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Quiz 4 12/02/2017 Daily Quiz for HAS(Pre) & NT(Pre+Mains) (Based On UPSC+HPPSC Past Year Papers)

Quiz 4
12/02/2017
Daily Quiz for HAS(Pre) & NT(Pre+Mains) (Based On UPSC+HPPSC Past Year Papers)


Q 1.  In summer, man with excess perspiration feels weak, because  of the

(a)  Loss of more  water through  evaporation 
(b)  Loss of salts through  evaporation 
(c)  Loss of  carbohydrates  through  evaporation 
(d)  All factors mentioned  above 


Q 2. Decomposition of organic matter is due  to 

(a) Virus 
(b)  Fungi 
(c)  Bacteria 
(d)  None  of these 


Q 3. The  bats can fly  in the  dark because 

(a) They  have  a  better vision in the dark 
(b)  The  light startles them 
(c) They  produce  ultrasonics 
(d)  None  of the  above 


Q 4. Ajanta  Caves  are  located in the State of 

(a) Maharashtra 
(b)  Gujarat 
(c) Tamil Nadu 
(d)  West Bengal 


Q. 5 Match List I with List II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists:

List I.                                                 List II
I. Surendranath Bannerjee.  (A) Hind Swaraj.                 
II. M. K. Gandhi.                    (B) The Indian Struggle.   
III. Subhash Chandra Bose. (C) Autobiographical Writings.  
IV. Lajpat Rai.                         (D) A Nation in Making.

Codes:

(a) I D, II A, III C, IV B

(b) I A, II D, III C, IV B

(c) I A, II D, III B, IV C

(d) I D, II A, III B, IV C


Q 6. Lord Wellesley greatly extended the British dominion in India through

(a) Doctrine of Lapse
(b) Subsidiary Alliance
(c) Partitioning of Indian States
(d) Annexing the princely States


Q 7.  The  area  known  as  ‘Golan  Heights’  sometimes  appears  in  the  news  in  the  context  of  the  events related to 

(a) Central Asia 
(b) Middle East 
(c) South-East Asia 
(d) Central Africa 


Q 8. When  a  bill  is  referred  to  a  joint  sitting  of  both  the  Houses  of  the  Parliament,  it  has  to  be  passed by 

(a)  a  simple  majority of  members present and  voting 
(b)  three-fourths majority  of members present and  voting 
(c) two-thirds majority  of  the Houses 
(d)  absolute majority  of the  Houses 


Q 9. When was Shimla officially declared the Summer Capital of British Empire in India?

A. 1868
B. 1862
C. 1864
D. 1872


Q10.  For which Block in HP has NABARD sanctioned funds under Tribal Development Programme?

A. Mahla in Chamba
B. Ghumarwin in Bilaspur
C. Amb in Una
D. Nichar in Kinnaur



Answers:-


Q 1.  In summer, man with excess perspiration feels weak, because  of the

(a)  Loss of more  water through  evaporation 
(b)  Loss of salts through  evaporation 
(c)  Loss of  carbohydrates  through  evaporation 
(d)  All factors mentioned  above 


Q 2. Decomposition of organic matter is due  to 

(a) Virus 
(b)  Fungi 
(c)  Bacteria 
(d)  None  of these 


Q 3. The  bats can fly  in the  dark because 

(a) They  have  a  better vision in the dark 
(b)  The  light startles them 
(c) They  produce  ultrasonics 
(d)  None  of the  above 


Q 4. Ajanta  Caves  are  located in the State of 

(a) Maharashtra 
(b)  Gujarat 
(c) Tamil Nadu 
(d)  West Bengal 


Q. 5 Match List I with List II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists:

List I.                                                 List II
I. Surendranath Bannerjee.  (A) Hind Swaraj.                 
II. M. K. Gandhi.                     (B) The Indian Struggle.   
III. Subhash Chandra Bose.  (C) Autobiographical Writings.  
IV. Lajpat Rai.                          (D) A Nation in Making.

Codes:

(a) I D, II A, III C, IV B

(b) I A, II D, III C, IV B

(c) I A, II D, III B, IV C

(d) I D, II A, III B, IV C


Q 6. Lord Wellesley greatly extended the British dominion in India through

(a) Doctrine of Lapse
(b) Subsidiary Alliance
(c) Partitioning of Indian States
(d) Annexing the princely States


Q 7.  The  area  known  as  ‘Golan  Heights’  sometimes  appears  in  the  news  in  the  context  of  the  events related to 

(a) Central Asia 
(b) Middle East 
(c) South-East Asia 
(d) Central Africa 


Q 8. When  a  bill  is  referred  to  a  joint  sitting  of  both  the  Houses  of  the  Parliament,  it  has  to  be  passed by 

(a)  a  simple  majority of  members present and  voting 
(b)  three-fourths majority  of members present and  voting 
(c) two-thirds majority  of  the Houses 
(d)  absolute majority  of the  Houses 


Q 9. When was Shimla officially declared the Summer Capital of British Empire in India?

A. 1868
B. 1862
C. 1864
D. 1872


Q10.  For which Block in HP has NABARD sanctioned funds under Tribal Development Programme?

A. Mahla in Chamba
B. Ghumarwin in Bilaspur
C. Amb in Una
D. Nichar in Kinnaur


Note:- If you find any of the answers wrong, please let me know in the comment section.

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