General Studies Practice Quiz Set 30

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General Studies - Multiple Choice Questions - SET 30

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 and

Questions Included from UPSC previous year papers, State level Group-1 and group-2 Previous Papers

1Q) Which of the following statements is correct regarding Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes?

(1) Prokaryotes don't have a nucleus, They are called single-celled.

(2) Eukaryotes have a true nucleus.

(3) Examples of Prokaryotes are archaea, Bacteria, Mycoplasma, E.coli, and Cyanobacteria.

(4) Examples of Eukaryotes are Plants, fungi, protozoans, Paramecium, and animals.

(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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⇨ About Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes :

⇨ Prokaryotes don't have a nucleus, They are called single-celled.

⇨ Eukaryotes have a true nucleus.

⇨ Examples of Prokaryotes are archaea, Bacteria, Mycoplasma, E.coli, and Cyanobacteria.

⇨ Examples of Eukaryotes are Plants, fungi, protozoans, Paramecium, and animals.

2Q) Each human cell contains how many pairs of chromosomes?

(A) 21 pairs

(B) 23 pairs

(C) 25 pairs

(D) 27 pairs

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⇨ A chromosome is one of the thread-like "packages" of genes and other DNA in a cell's nucleus.

⇨ In humans, each cell normally contains 23 pairs of chromosomes, for a total of 46.

⇨ 22 of these pairs, called autosomal chromosomes, are identical in both males and females.

⇨ The 23rd pair, the sex chromosomes, differs between males(XY) and females(XX).

⇨ Chromosomes also contain proteins that help DNA stay in the correct shape.

⇨ The bacterium E. coli has a single, circular chromosome.

⇨ A yeast cell has 16 chromosomes.

⇨ Mice cell contains 20 pairs of chromosomes.

3Q) Which of the following correctly matched?

(1) Post office of the cell - Golgi apparatus

(2) A powerhouse of the cell - Mitochondria

(3) Suicide bags - Lysosomes

(3) Chloroplasts - Chlorophyll

(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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⇨ Important Points :

⇨ (1) Post office of the cell - Golgi apparatus (It is responsible for the packaging, modification, and transport of proteins where needed)

⇨ (2) A powerhouse of the cell - Mitochondria (Taking in glucose and oxygen, mitochondria produce energy that they capture and package into energy-rich molecules of ATP)

⇨ (3) Suicide bags - Lysosomes (it contains digestive enzymes, and the digestive enzymes released start digesting their own cells)

⇨ (4) Chloroplasts - Chlorophyll (Chloroplasts contain chlorophyll, a green pigment that absorbs light energy for photosynthesis)

4Q) Sufiana Kalam is a classical music art form of which of the following region?

(A) Jammu and Kashmir

(B) Punjab

(C) West Bengal

(D) Kerala

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⇨ Sufiana Kalam is the classical music of Kashmir. This music uses its own ragas (maqam) and To create this classical music, the artists use a hundred-stringed instrument called the santoor, along with the Kashmiri saz, the sitar, the wasool, tabala, and the dokra.

⇨ The dance based on the sofiyiana kalam is the hafiz nagma.

⇨ Qawwali is a form of Sufi Islamic devotional singing, originating in the Indian subcontinent.

⇨ Notable Santoor musical instrument players: Shivkumar Sharma from Jammu, and Bhajan Sopori from the Kashmir Valley.

5Q) Which of the following matches correctly?

(1) Lal Mahal - Pune

(2) Lakshmi Vilas Palace - Vadodara

(3) Hawa Mahal - Jaipur

(4) Victoria Memorial - Mumbai

(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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⇨ Lal Mahal - Pune (Chhatrapati Shivaji's Father Shri Shahaji Bhosale, established the Lal Mahal for his wife Jijabai and son)

⇨ Lakshmi Vilas Palace - Vadodara (It was built by Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III in 1890, who ruled the Baroda State)

⇨ Hawa Mahal - Jaipur (It was built in 1799 by Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh with red and pink sandstone. He is a grandson of Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh, the founder of the city of Jhunjhunu in the state of Rajasthan)

⇨ Victoria Memorial - Kolkata (It was built between 1906 and 1921 by the British government)

6Q) Who among the following is a Contemporary of Gautama Buddha?

(A) Vardhaman Mahavira

(B) Nagarjuna

(C) Parshvanatha

(D) Bhadrabahu

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⇨ Mahavir was a contemporary of Gautam Buddha.

7Q) Which of the following were contemporaries of Kanishka?

(1) Nagrujuna

(2) Vasumitra

(3) Asvagosha

(4) Banabhatta

(5) Kalidasa

(A) Only 1, 2, and 3

(B) Only 2, 3, and 4

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

(D) Only 2, 3, 4, and 5

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⇨ The contemporaries of Kanishka were Nagarjuna, Vasumitra, and Asvaghosha.

8Q) Which of the following are written by Ashvaghosha?

(1) Buddhacharita

(2) Saundarananda

(3) Sariputraprakaraṇa

(4) Madhyamika Sutra

(A) Only 1 and 2

(B) Only 1, 2, and 3

(C) Only 1, 3, and 4

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

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⇨ ashvaghosha's literary works :

⇨ (1) Buddhacharita - an epic life of the Buddha

⇨ (2) Saundarananda - a kavya poem with the theme of the conversion of Nanda (Buddha's half-brother)

⇨ (3) Sariputraprakaraṇa - It is a drama that has survived in Sanskrit.

⇨ (4) Tridaṇḍamala - a single Sanskrit manuscript.

⇨ (5) Sutralankara - It comprises a series of Buddhistic sermons.

⇨ (6) Vajra Suchi

⇨ Some important literary works of Nagarjuna :

⇨ (1) Madhyamaka Sutra

⇨ (2) Rasaratnakara

⇨ (3) Madhyamaka Siddhanta

⇨ (4) Madhyamika Sutralankara

⇨ (5) Saddharma Pundarika (or) Lotus Sutra

9Q) In which of the following movements did Mahatma Gandhi first time use "Hunger Strike" as a tool to fulfill his demands?

(A) Champaran Movement

(B) Kheda Movement

(C) Rowlatt Satyagraha

(D) Ahmadabad mills strike

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⇨ Gandhi used the weapon of the Hunger strike for the first in the Ahmedabad mill strike (It is a dispute between the owners and workers of a cotton mill).

10Q) Which one of the following events, was characterized by Montagu as "Preventive Murder"?

(A) The killing of INA activists

(B) Shooting of Curzon-Wythe

(C) Hanging of Bhagat Singh

(D) Massacre of Jallianwalla Bagh

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⇨ The Massacre of Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar was severely criticized by Edwin Montagu.

⇨ Edwin Montagu condemned O'Dwyer's severity, and called it “Preventive Murder”.

⇨ "C.F. Andrews" called Jallianwala Massacre as ruthless Murder.

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