Gk Questions interview questions – page 2

_____ is the science of counting.

1. Statistics
2. Psychology
3. Ethics
4. History

In a socialist economy, all decisions regarding production and distribution are taken by _____

1. Private sector
2. Market forces
3. Customs and traditions
4. Central planning authority

When marginal product is negative, the total product _____

1. Is lowest
2. Is maximum
3. Increases
4. Decreases

The marginal productivity theory explains any variable factor must obtain a reward equal to its _____

1. Average product
2. Total product
3. Productivity
4. Marginal product

In the words of _____, “without saving, there can be no liquidity to surrender”.

1. Marshall
2. Robbins
3. Jacob Viner
4. Keynes

When marginal utility falls to zero then the total utility is _____

1. Negligible
2. Zero
3. Maximum
4. Minimum

The degree of response of demand to change in price is _____

1. Price elasticity of demand
2. Income elasticity of demand
3. Cross- elasticity of demand
4. All the above

The hotness or pungency of chili pepper is due to

1. Argenol
2. Capsaicin
3. Cucumin
4. Sorbitol

Process by which plants prepare their food is

1. Photosynthesis
2. Photorespiration
3. Metabolic synthesis
4. Carbohydrolysis

Cloves, used as a spice are derived from which of the following plant parts?

1. Flower buds
2. Leaves
3. Fruits
4. Seeds

Chilgoza is obtained from

1. Ginkgo
2. Sellaginella
3. Pinus
4. Cycus

A seed is ripened

1. Ovule
2. Gynoecium
3. Flower
4. Ovary

Quinine is obtained from which part of the plants?

1. Bark
2. Leaves
3. Roots
4. Stem

Turpentine oil is extracted from

1. Pine
2. Teak
3. Cycas
4. Nettle

Who of the following is known as the Father of Biology?

1. Aristotle
2. Darwin
3. Lamarck
4. Theophrastus

Censor mechanism of dispersal of seeds is found in

1. Maize
2. Cotton
3. Pea
4. Poppy

Coconut water, is technically

1. Pericarp
2. Siutellum
3. Soft drink
4. Endosperm

Which one of the following is not a carnivorous plant?

1. Thymus sp.
2. Nepenthes sp.
3. Drosera sp.
4. Heliamphora sp.

Lichens are indicators of

1. Soil pollution
2. Water pollution
3. Air pollution
4. Radiation pollution

Which part of the pear is edible?

1. Endosperm
2. Mesocarp
3. Spores
4. Fleshy thalamus

Azolla is a

1. Aqueous fern
2. Algae
3. Bryophyte
4. Fungi

Which of the following leguminous plant is also a petro plant?

1. Pongamia
2. Gram
3. Pea
4. Pigeon pea

At which region of the electromagnetic spectrum do the plants photosynthesis?

1. Blue and Orange
2. Violet and Orange
3. Green and Yellow
4. Red and Blue

Saffron is obtained from which part of plants?

1. Stigma and style
2. Leaves
3. Stem
4. Roots

The process of evaporation occurs from

1. Entire plants surface
2. Leaf
3. Stem
4. Root

The chief constituent of cotton is

1. Glycerine
2. Fatty acid
3. Protein
4. Cellulose

Which of the following is a petro plant?

1. Aak
2. Pongamia
3. Jatropha
4. All of these

The age of trees is estimated by

1. Their elongation of roots
2. Their weights
3. Their heights
4. Counting the number of annual rings

Which one of the following is a useful functional association between fungi and the roots of higher plants?

1. Mycorrhiza
2. Lichen
3. Coralloid root
4. Biofertilizer

Plants which grow on rocks are known as

1. Oxylophytes
2. Sclerophytes
3. Lithophytes
4. Mesophytes