General Studies Practice Quiz Set 18

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General Studies - Multiple Choice Questions

SET 18

Useful for UPSC related exams, SSC-CGL, SSC CHSL, SSC MTS, RRB, CDS, and State Level Group-1 & Group-2 exams.

Source of Questions - NCERT 6th to 12th Textbooks.

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1Q) Which of the following vitamins are fat-soluble?

(1) Vitamin A

(2) Vitamin D

(3) Vitamin E

(4) Vitamin K

(A) Only 1 and 2

(B) Only 2 and 3

(C) Only 1, 2 and 3

(D) Only 1, 2, 3, and 4

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⇨ Vitamins A, D, E, and K are fat-soluble.

⇨ Fat-soluble vitamins are absorbed along with the fats in food and stored in the body's adipose tissue and liver.

⇨ Vitamins can be divided into two categories.

⇨ (1) fat-soluble - (vitamins A, D, E, and K).

⇨ (2) water-soluble - (vitamin B complex and vitamin C).

2Q) The hemorrhagic disease may cause newborn babies due to which vitamin deficiency?

(A) Vitamins A

(B) Vitamins D

(C) Vitamins E

(D) Vitamins K

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⇨ Vitamin K deficiency causes hemorrhagic disease in newborn babies.

⇨ Vitamin K deficiency bleeding or VKDB, occurs when infants are unable to stop bleeding because their blood does not have enough vitamin K to form clots.

3Q) Which of the following statement is correct regarding the types of ribs in the human body?

(1) True Ribs - First to the seventh rib

(2) False Ribs - Eight, ninth and tenth ribs

(3) Floating Ribs - Eleventh and twelfth ribs

(A) Only 1 and 2

(B) Only 2 and 3

(C) Only 1 and 3

(D) Only 1, 2 and 3

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⇨ The Human body has 24 ribs in the chest, with 12 on each side of the body.

⇨ Types of ribs in the human body :

⇨ (1) True Ribs - First to seventh rib (The ribs articulate directly with the sternum with their costal cartilages).

⇨ (2) False Ribs - Eight, ninth and tenth ribs (Ribs that articulate indirectly with the sternum, their costal cartilages articulate with the seventh costal cartilage; through the costochondral joint).

⇨ (3) Floating Ribs - Eleventh and twelfth ribs (The sternum, is not attached to the last two pairs of ribs below the rib cage).

4Q) Which of the following is correct regarding Arthritis and Gout disease?

(A) Inflammation of joints

(B) Hemorrhage

(C) Sterility

(D) sore eyes

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⇨ Arthritis is a joint disorder that involves joint stiffness or inflammation of one or more joints.

⇨ There are more than 100 different types of arthritis, with different causes and treatment methods.

⇨ Osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and gout are the most common types of arthritis.

⇨ Common symptoms of arthritis include pain, redness, heat, and swelling in your joints.

⇨ World Arthritis Day, is observed every year on October 12.

⇨ World Arthritis Day 2022 Theme - "It's in your hands; take action."

⇨ Arthritis and Rheumatism International (ARI) initiated the observance of World Arthritis Day.

⇨ This day was first observed in 1996.

5Q) Which of the following statement correctly matched?

(1) Yoga Sutras - sage Patanjali

(2) Nyaya Sutra - Akṣapada Gautama

(3) Samkhya Sutra - sage Kapila

(4) Vaisesika sutra - sage Kanada

(A) Only 1 and 2

(B) Only 2 and 3

(C) Only 1, 2, and 3

(D) Only 1, 2, 3, and 4

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⇨ The Yoga Sutras were compiled by the sage Patanjali.

⇨ The Nyaya Sutra is an ancient Indian Sanskrit text composed by Akṣapada Gautama. It is the foundational text of the Nyaya school of Hindu philosophy.

⇨ Sage Kapila developed the Sankhya Sutra. These principles are explained in another well-studied text of Hinduism called Samkhyakarika.

⇨ Vaisesika sutra also called Kanada sutra was authored by the Hindu sage Kanada, also known as Kashyapa.

6Q) Pedology is the study of Which of the following?

(A) Study of landforms

(B) Study of soil

(C) Study of climate

(D) Study of glaciers

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⇨ Geomorphology is the study of landforms.

⇨ Pedology is the study of soils.

⇨ Climatology is the study of climate.

⇨ Glaciology is the scientific study of glaciers.

7Q) The Khilji sultans belong to which of the following ethnic group?

(A) Azerbaijanis

(B) Kurds

(C) Turks

(D) Ingush

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⇨ The Khilji dynasty was a Muslim dynasty of Turkish origin, thus they belong to an ethnic group called Turks.

⇨ The Khiljis were vassals of the Mamluk dynasty (slave dynasty) of Delhi and served the Delhi Sultan Ghiyasuddin Balban.

⇨ Jalal-ud-din Firoz Khilji was the founder and the first Sultan of the Khilji dynasty.

8Q) Which of the following is the brightest star in the night sky outside the solar system?

(A) Vega

(B) Canopus

(C) Procyon

(D) Sirius

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⇨ Sirius, also called Alpha Canis Majoris or the Dog Star, brightest in the night sky outside the solar system.

9Q) Astronomical Unit is the average distance between which of the following?

(1) Sun

(2) Earth

(3) Moon

(4) Artificial Satellite

(A) Only 1 and 2

(B) Only 2 and 3

(C) Only 2 and 4

(D) Only 3 and 4

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⇨ The astronomical unit is the average distance between the Earth and the sun.

10Q) Which of the following Satellite have the same atmosphere as Earth?

(A) Callisto

(B) Deimos

(C) Hyperion

(D) Titan

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⇨ Titan is the largest moon of Saturn.

⇨ It is the only moon with a dense atmosphere and the only Satellite that has the same atmosphere as Earth in space.

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