Gk Questions interview questions – page 3

Commercial agar agar is obtained from

1. Volvox
2. Porphyro
3. Gracilaria
4. Chlorella

Which of the following plant hormone is mainly responsible for fruit ripening?

1. Abscissic acid
2. Ethylene
3. Cytokinin
4. None of these

Who is called the Father of Taxonomy?

1. Lamarck
2. Theophrastus
3. Carolos Linnaeus
4. Aristotle

Which of the following plants produce only seeds but no fruit?

1. Almond
2. Cycus
3. Peanut
4. Sugarcane

Gregory Johann Mendel worked on

1. Garden pea
2. Pigeon pea
3. Wild pea
4. Edible pea

Noscapine is obtained from

1. Opium poppy Papaver somniferum
2. Basil
3. Eucalyptus
4. Ephedra

Which of the following contain enzymes for cellular respiration?

1. Mitochondria
2. Lysosomes
3. Endoplasmic reticular
4. Dictyosomes

Which one of the following is an enzyme?

1. Vasopressin
2. Trypsin
3. Keratin
4. Gastrin

Which of the following is a fresh water sponge?

1. Pleurobrachia
2. Spongilla
3. Euspongia
4. Sycon

ICBN stands for

1. International Code of Botanical Nomenclature
2. Indian code of Botanical Nomenclature
3. International Council for Botanical Nature
4. None of the above

Which one of the following is considered as a cell within a cell?

1. Golgi complex
2. Lysosome
3. Chloroplast
4. Ribosome

Carbohydrates are stored in plants in and animals in the form of

1. Cellulose and glycogen respectively
2. Starch and glucose respectively
3. Starch and glycogen respectively
4. Cellulose and glucose respectively

Highest milk producer in India is

1. Gujarat
2. Punjab
3. Haryana
4. U.P.

Which one of the following countries is not a member of ASEAN?

1. Vietnam
2. Myanmar
3. Brunei Darussalam
4. Bangladesh

India is self sufficient in production of which of the following commodities?

1. Pulses
2. Natural gas
3. Edible oil
4. Milk

Which one among the following has the largest livestock population in the world?

1. USA
2. India
3. China
4. Brazil

When the Value Added Tax (VAT) was first introduced in India?

1. 2002
2. 2005
3. 2007
4. 2009

India earns maximum foreign exchange by the export of

1. Tea
2. Textiles
3. Handloom
4. Iron

The headquarters of World Trade Organisation is in

1. Montreal
2. New Jersey
3. Seatle
4. Geneva

Which of the following states has the largest number of people belonging to scheduled caste?

1. Bihar
2. Punjab
3. Uttar Pradesh
4. West Bengal

Which of the following tribes is not found in Central India?

1. Gonds
2. Munda
3. Bhils
4. Todas

To which group do the tribals of central and southern India belong?

1. Mongoloids
2. Brachycephais
3. Proto- Australoids
4. Negritos

Which industry earns the second highest, net foreign exchange from the trade?

1. Engineering goods industry
2. Steel industry
3. Textile industry
4. Gems and ornaments

Which industry is the largest?

1. Handloom
2. Sports
3. Music
4. Textile

Which one of the following gives the correct sequence of places going from the east to the west of India?

1. Guwahati, Silchar, Bhopal, Rajkot
2. Jorhat, Bhopal, Ahmedabad, Rajkot
3. Tinsukhia, Phulpur, Udaipur, Kota
4. Sikhar, Tinsukhia, Indore, Vadodara

Bokaro Steel Limited was established with the assistance of

1. USA
2. UK
3. Soviet Union
4. Germany

Which one of the following countries has the longest international boundary with India?

1. Bhutan
2. Bangladesh
3. China
4. Pakistan

Which of the following is east of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands?

1. Bangladesh
2. Sri Lanka
3. Thailand
4. Indonesia

Kudremukh Iron Ore project is in the state of

1. Karnataka
2. Maharashtra
3. Kerala
4. Tamil Nadu

Which of the following is the largest Public Sector organization in India?

1. Oil and Natural Gas Commission
2. Indian Oil Corporation
3. Steel Authority of India
4. Bharat Petroleum