General Studies Practice Quiz Set 14

Subject: General Studies

General Studies - Multiple Choice Questions

SET 14

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.

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1Q) Which of the following is the first enzyme that is mixed with food and makes the food soft and digestible?

(1) Salivary amylase

(2) Lingual lipase

(3) Lysozyme

(4) Pepsin

(A) Only 1

(B) Only 1 and 2

(C) Only 2

(D) Only 1, 2, and 3

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⇨ Salivary amylase and Lingual lipase are the first enzymes mixed with food, making the food soft and digestible.

Salivary amylase:

⇨ (1) Carbohydrate digestion initiates in the mouth.

⇨ (2) It was produced by the salivary glands.

⇨ (3) Ptyalin enzyme is also secreted by salivary glands. It is also called salivary amylase.

⇨ (4) Ptyalin initiates the digestion of starch in the mouth.

Lingual lipase:

⇨ (1) Lipid digestion initiates in the mouth.

⇨ (2) Lingual lipase starts the digestion of lipids/fats.

Pepsin enzyme:

⇨ (1) Pepsin is a stomach enzyme that serves to digest proteins found in ingested food.

⇨ (2) Gastric chief cells secrete pepsin as an inactive zymogen called pepsinogen.

⇨ (3) Parietal cells within the stomach lining secrete hydrochloric acid that lowers the pH of the stomach.

2Q) Which of the following organisms does not make its own food?

(A) Green Algae

(B) Daisies

(C) Cyanobacteria

(D) Fungi

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Autotrophs:

⇨ (1) Autotrophs are organisms that can produce their own food.

⇨ (2) Green algae have chloroplasts that contain chlorophyll that can make their own food.

⇨ (3) Cyanobacteria make their own food by photosynthesis. Blue-green algae, also called Cyanobacteria.

⇨ (4) Daisies flowering plants belonging to the Aster family (Asteraceae), which can produce their own food.

⇨ (5) Ferns are plants that have photosynthetic organs such as chlorophyll. That's why ferns make their own food through the process of photosynthesis.

Heterotrophs:

⇨ (1) Heterotrophs are organisms cannot produce their own food. these relying on other organisms for food.

⇨ (2) Fungi do not have photosynthetic organisms to make their own food. They feed by absorbing nutrients from the surrounding environment.

3Q) Which of the following Diseases are caused by Mosquitoes?

(1) Malaria

(2) Chikungunya

(3) Zika

(4) West Nile virus disease

(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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⇨ Malaria is caused by an Anopheles mosquito.

⇨ Chikungunya is caused by Aedes Aegypti and Aedes Albopictus mosquitoes.

⇨ Zika is caused by the Aedes mosquito.

⇨ West Nile virus disease is caused by the Mosquitoes of the genus Culex.

⇨ Dengue is caused by Aedes Albopictus and Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes.

⇨ Yellow Fever is caused by the Aedes Aegypti mosquito.

⇨ Japanese Encephalitis is caused by Aedes or Culiseta mosquitoes.

⇨ World Mosquito Day is celebrated every year on August 20.

⇨ On this day in 1897, British doctor Sir Ronald Ross discovered that female anopheline mosquitoes transmit malaria to humans.

4Q) Which of the following matched correctly?

(1) The Mesolithic - Old stone age.

(2) The Palaeolithic - Middle stone age.

(3) The Neolithic - New stone age.

(A) Only 1

(B) Only 2 and 3

(C) Only 3

(D) Only 1, 2, and 3

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⇨ The Palaeolithic - Old stone age.

⇨ The Mesolithic - Middle stone age.

⇨ The Neolithic - New stone age.

5Q) Which of the following statement is correct?

(1) The Great Bath was found in Mohenjo-Daro.

(2) Great Granary was found at Mohenjo-Daro.

(3) The six granaries in a row were found in the citadel at Harappa.

(A) Only 1 and 2

(B) Only 2 and 3

(C) Only 1 and 3

(D) Only 1, 2, and 3

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⇨ The Great Bath was found in Mohenjo-Daro.

⇨ Great Granary was found at Mohenjo-Daro.

⇨ The six granaries in a row were found in the citadel at Harappa.

6Q) World Tuberculosis (TB) Day is observed on which of the following day?

(A) 22th March

(B) 23th March

(C) 24th March

(D) 25th March

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⇨ World Tuberculosis (TB) Day is observed on 24th March every year.

⇨ On this day in 1882, Dr. Robert Koch discovered Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which causes TB.

⇨ India aims to make the nation TB-free by 2025.

⇨ The global Target for TB elimination is 2030.

⇨ This year 2023, World Tuberculosis Day 2023 theme is "Yes! We can end TB!"

7Q) Which of the following ministry implemented the scheme titled "Scheme for Safeguarding the Intangible Heritage and Diverse Cultural Traditions of India"?

(A) Ministry of Education (MoE)

(B) Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (Ministry of I&B)

(C) Ministry of Culture

(D) Ministry of Home Affairs

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⇨ The Ministry of Culture has formulated a Scheme titled "Scheme for Safeguarding the Intangible Heritage and Diverse Cultural Traditions of India".

8Q) Which of the following statement is correct regarding Saddle Joints?

(1) A saddle joint is a type of biaxial and movable joint.

(2) Saddle joints are similar to condyloid joints.

(3) The structure of saddle joints is the combination of both hinge joints and ball and socket joints.

(A) Only 1 and 2

(B) Only 2 and 3

(C) Only 1 and 3

(D) Only 1, 2, and 3

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⇨ A saddle joint is a type of biaxial and movable joint.

⇨ Saddle joints allow angular movements similar to condyloid joints but with a greater range of motion.

⇨ Saddle joints include flexion, extension, adduction, abduction, and circumduction.

⇨ The structure of saddle joints is the combination of both hinge joints and ball and socket joints.

9Q) The area between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn is called which of the following types of zone?

(1) Torrid Zone

(2) Temperature Zone

(3) Frigid Zone

(A) Only 1

(B) Only 1 and 2

(C) Only 2

(D) Only 2 and 3

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⇨ The area between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn receives the maximum heat and is called the Torrid Zone.

10Q) Which of the following statement is correct?

(1) Longitudes are semi-circles.

(2) All meridians are of equal length.

(3) Meridian's count should begin from the meridian which passed through Greenwich.

(A) Only 1 and 2

(B) Only 2 and 3

(C) Only 1 and 3

(D) Only 1, 2, and 3

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⇨ Latitudes are full circles while Longitudes are semi-circles.

⇨ All meridians are of equal length.

⇨ Meridian's count should begin from the meridian which passed through Greenwich. This meridian is called the Prime Meridian. Its value is 0° longitude.

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