NDA Exam 2018 General knowledge Question Answers list

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1. The circulation and movement of soluble inorganic matter (nutrients) derived from sedimentary and atmospheric phases and reservoirs throught organic phase of various biotic components and finally their return to inorganic phase is collectively called: Biogeochemical Cycles


2. The middle zone of the earth with a thickness of 2780 Km having an average density of 5-6 is known as :
   
   
   
   1. Pyrosphere
   
   
   
   


3. The instrument which records the seismic waves generated by the occurrence of earthquakes is called :
   
   
   
   1. Seismograph
   
   
   
   


4. Wild Ass Sanctuary is situated in                                                                          Little Rann of Kutch, Gujarat


5. The western Ghats are also known as The Sahyadris


6. The major peaks like Mt. Everest, Kanchenjunga, Makalu, Dhaulagiri, Mansalu, Cho Oyu, Nanga Parbat and Annapurna all are situated in: The Greater Himalayas (Himadri)


7. The highest peak of the KaraKoram Range is: K2 (Godvin Austin)


8. Vembnad Lake is located in Kerala


9. The most important coal field in India is: Jharia Coalfield


10. The top five million cities of India as per the 2001 census, in descending order, are :
    
    
    
    1. Greater Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi, Chennai and Bangalore
    
    
    
    


11. A river drains the water collected from a specific area which is called its: Catchment Area


12. The low flat central area of a basin of inland drainage is called:          Playa


13. The only South American nation through which both the Equator and the Tropic of Capricorn pass throught
    
    
    
    1. Brazil
    
    
    
    


14. India shares maximum length of the border with Bangladesh


15. On the bank of which river is Hyderabad situated? Musi River


16. Who constructed Suez Canal? Ferdinand de Lesseps


17. Where is Silicon Valley located at? In U.S.A.


18. The highest percentage decadal growth rate of population as per 2001 Census was registered by
    
    
    
    1. Nagaland
    
    
    
    


19. What is the difference between the Indian Standard time and Greenwich Standard Time ?
    
    
    
    1. 5 Hour and 30 minutes
    
    
    
    


20. Wainganga river is a tributary of : Godavari


21. Indira Gandhi Zoological Park is located in : Vishakhapatnam


22. Madhumalai Sanctuary is located in : Tamil Nadu


23. The headquarters of North Western Railway is located in : Jaipur


24. First Metro Railway was inaugurated in Kolkata : On October 24, 1984


25. India’s First Stock Exchange Bombay Stock Exchange was established in : 1887


26. The index which refers to moisture deficit or surplus in a area is called: Moisture Index


27. The study of plant communities in relation to their habits of a given ecosystem is known as :
    
    
    
    1. Synecology
    
    
    
    


28. Primary producers fall into two categories e.g.: Phototrophs and Chemotrophs


29. The Naharkatiya oil field is located in : Assam


30. The largest mangrove forest in the world is located in : Sunderbans (West Bengal)


31. Mindanao Island is located in : The Pacific Ocean


32. Upper Volta is the old name of : Denmark


33. The Highest point of Australia is : Mount Kosciusko


34. A group of populations of different species living in the same habitat and interacting with one another is called
    
    
    
    1. Ecological Community
    
    
    
    


35. Which river is known as Sorrow of Bihar ?                                                           Kosi River


36. The largest among the west flowing rivers of Peninsula of India is Narmada River


37. Titagarh, Amlai and Nepanagar are associated with Paper Industry


38. Sandstone, Conglomerate , Limestone, Shale, Chalk and Coal are example of Sedimentary rocks


39. WladimirKoppen –the great climatologist of Austria suggested in his new scheme of climatic classification
    
    
    
    1. Five major types of climate
    
    
    
    


40. The Largest Indian Mammal is Elephant


41. The India Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) was created in 1987


42. The inner planets include Mercury , Venus, Earth , and Mars


43. The mean thickness of Oceanic crust is 5 Kilometre


44. The first large scale modern machine tool factory set up in public sector is
    
    
    
    1. The Hindustan Machine Tools (HMT) at Bangalore in 1953
    
    
    
    


45. The first shore-based steel plant in India is Vishakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP)


46. Golden Quaderilateral Comprising National Highways connects
    
    
    
    1. Delhi-Mumbai-Chennai-Kolkata-Delhiby six lane super highways
    
    
    
    


47. The Diesel Locomotive works engaged in producing desel locos is located in Varanasi


48. The Chambal Valley Project is a joint venture of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh


49. World Environment Day is observed on : June 5


50. McMohan Line lies between which of the following countries ? India and China


51. India is the seventh largest country in the world. It occupies : 4% of world area


52. The imaginary line joining the land projecting towards the sea which is the landward limit of internal seawater is called :                                                                                                                                        Base Line


53. The Beas project consisting of Beas-Satluj link and Pong dam at Beas is the joint venture of
    
    
    
    1. Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan
    
    
    
    


54. The Nagarjunsagar Dam Project is located on :
    
    
    
    1. Krishna River in Nalgonda district
    
    
    
    


55. Which river is known as sorrow of Bihar due to its devastating flood and frequqnt changes in its course ?
    
    
    
    1. Kosi River
    
    
    
    


56. CGWB stands for Central Ground Water Board


57. Which planet is called a watery planet? Earth


58. The Crude Birth Rate is defined as: The Number of births per thousand population in a particular year 

1. AGRICULTURE

59. Which instrument measures the soil salinity ? Conductivity meter


60. Uniform soil erosion by running water is Sheet erosion


61. Terracing is done in which type of areas ? Hilly areas


62. Crop rotation is employed for Enhancing soil fertility


63. Social forestry is useful in yielding Multipurpose uses


64. Eco-friendly method is Energy plantation


65. Silent valley has been preserved as it has Natural forest


66. India’s Wheat Yield revolution of 1960s was possible primarily due to
    
    
    
    1. Mutations resulting in plant height reduction
    
    
    
    


67. Ranikhet is a disease of Poultry


68. Dwarf wheat varieties brought into India from Mexico were Sonora-64 and Lerma Rolo-64


69. As per the 2010-11 advance estimates recently released by Central Statistics Office (CSO) the agriculture and allied sector accounted for :
    
    
    
    14. 2% of Gross Domestic Product at Constant 2004-05 prices
    
    
    
    


70. Agriculture and allied sector account for : 1% of the total exports of India


71. During the first three years of the Current Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-12) agriculture sector recorded and average growth of : 03%


72. As per the third advance estimates of foodgrain for the year 2010-11 the production of foodgrains stands at the highest level of : 88 million tonnes


73. Rangrajan Panel was recently constitution to study the recommedations of National Advisory Council (NAC) on the proposed : National Food Security Bill


74. The group of crops which is sowm in October last and harvested in March/ April every year is :
    
    
    
    1. Rabi Crop
    
    
    
    


75. Grey revolution in India is associated with the Resources is Located in : Karnal (Haryana)


76. National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources is locaed in : New Delhi


77. International Institution of Horticulture situted at Brazil


78. Which gas is released from the paddy field ? CH4


79. Which two crops are responsible for almost 75% of pulse production in India ? Gram and Pigeon Pea


80. Supersonic Jet causes pollution by thinning of O3 Layer


81. Who invented Penicillin ? Alexander Fleming


82. The name of the white revolution is associated with VergheseKurien


83. Scientists at the Tomato Genome Consortium (TGC) successfully sequenced the genomes of which of the following vegetables ? Tomato


84. VenkataramanRamaKrishnan was jointly awarded Noble Prize in Chemistry in the year 2009 for the
    
    
    
    1. Studies of the structure and function of the ribosome
    
    
    
    


85. Which Indian scientist proposed a theory for long distance transport of water in plants ?
    
    
    
    1. C. Bose
    
    
    
    


86. Crop rotation helps to Eliminate parasites which have selective hosts


87. The credit of Green Revolution in India goes to Norman Borlaug and Dr. M. s. Swaminathan


88. Silver Revolution in India is associated with: The production of Eggs


89. As per the National Agriculture Policy 2000, the growth rate for agriculture has been targeted at 4% :
    
    
    
    1. For next two decades
    
    
    
    


90. The State Agricultural Produce Marketing (Development and Regulation) Act was passed in :
    
    
    
    1. The year 2003
    
    
    
    


91. TRIFED stands for :
    
    
    
    1. Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Limited
    
    
    
    


92. Food Chain Revolution aims at putting :
    
    
    
    1. A check on destroying food grains, vegetables, and fruits
    
    
    
    


93. In milk production, India stands: First in the World


94. The pioneer of operation flood in India is: Varghese Kurien


95. About 3-68 crore farmers have been benefited from this scheme involving debt waiver and debt relief of Rs. 65318.33 crore. The scheme is :
    
    
    
    1. Agriculture Debt Waiver and Debt Relief Scheme 2008
    
    
    
    


96. Three types of loans which are provided to Indian farmers to meet their financial requirements are :
    
    
    
    1. Short term loans, medium terms loans, and long-term loans
    
    
    
    


97. As per the Eleventh Five Year Plan Period (2007- 2012) target under the National Food Security Mission (NFSM), the production of rice, wheat and pulses are to be increased by :
    
    
    
    1. 10,8 and 2 million tonnes respectively
    
    
    
    


98. Food management in India has three basic objectives namely :
    
    
    
    1. Procurement of foodgrains from farmers, distribution of food grains to the consumers and maintenance of food buffers for security and price stability
    
    
    
    


99. Keeping in view the interest of the farmers as also the need of self-reliance the Government has been announcing Minimum Support Price (MSP) for                                                                                          24 Major crops


100. FRP stands for : Fair and Remunerative Price (of Sugarcane)