General Studies Practice Quiz Set 29

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General Studies - Multiple Choice Questions - SET 29

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 and

Questions Included from UPSC previous year papers, State level Group-1 and group-2 Previous Papers

1Q) Which of the following is involved in the synthesis of proteins?

(A) Nucleus

(B) Lysosomes

(C) Ribosomes

(D) Golgi complex

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⇨ The process of protein synthesis occurs in ribosomes.

2Q) What is the function of vacuoles?

(1) It creates turgor pressure.

(2) It facilitates endocytosis and exocytosis.

(3) It stores pigments, waste, water, and food.

(4) It helps in maintaining the cytoplasmic pH of the cell.

(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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⇨ A vacuole is a membrane-bound cell organelle that can be found in both animals and plants.

⇨ Functions of vacuoles :

⇨ (1) It creates turgor pressure to maintain the shape of the cell.

⇨ (2) It stores pigments, which provides color to plant.

⇨ (3) It helps in the storage of salts, minerals, proteins, waste, water, and food within the cell.

⇨ (4) It helps in maintaining the cytoplasmic pH of the cell.

⇨ (5) It facilitates endocytosis and exocytosis.

3Q) Who among the following is the recipient of the UNEP Champions of the Earth Award 2022?

(A) K. Ullas Karanth

(B) Valmik Thapar

(C) Medha Patkar

(D) Dr. Purnima Devi Barman

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⇨ Indian Assam-based wildlife biologist Dr. Purnima Devi Barman has been honored with the U.N. Environment Programme’s 2022 Champions of the Earth award in the Entrepreneurial Vision category.

⇨ About the award :

⇨ (1) The Champions of the Earth Award is the UN's highest environmental honor.

⇨ (2) It was Established in 2005.

⇨ (3) In 2017, the program was expanded to include Young Champions of the Earth.

⇨ (4) Typically, this award honored five to seven young environmentalists between the ages of 18 and 30 every year.

⇨ The Champions of the Earth Award are in four categories :

⇨ (1) Policy leadership

⇨ (2) Inspiration and action

⇨ (3) Entrepreneurial vision

⇨ (4) Science and innovation

4Q) Arrange the following elements from maximum quantity to the minimum quantity which are present in the Earth's crust?

(A) Oxygen > Aluminium > Calcium > Potassium

(B) Silicon > Oxygen > Iron > Sodium

(C) Silicon > Iron > Oxygen > Aluminium

(D) Iron > Silicon > Aluminium > Sodium

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⇨ Composition of the Earth's Crust :

⇨ Oxygen (O) - 46 %

⇨ Silicon (Si) - 28 %

⇨ Aluminium (Al) - 8 %

⇨ Iron (Fe) - 6 %

⇨ Calcium (Ca) - 3.6 %

⇨ Sodium (Na) - 2.8 %

⇨ Potassium (K) - 2.6 %

⇨ Magnesium (Mg) - 1.5 %

5Q) Which of the following are the three Ratnas Jainism?

(1) Right livelihood

(2) Right faith

(3) Right knowledge

(4) Right conduct

(A) Only 1, 2 and 3

(B) Only 2, 3, and 4

(C) Only 1, 3, and 4

(D) Only 1, 2, and 4

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⇨ The "Three Jewels" (Triratnas) of Jainism are :

⇨ (1) Samyak Darshan (“Right faith”)

⇨ (2) Samyak Gyana (“Right knowledge”)

⇨ (3) Samyak Charitra (“Right conduct”)

6Q) Tamasha is folk dance related to which of the following state?

(A) Maharashtra

(B) Tamil Nadu

(C) Chhattisgarh

(D) Uttar Pradesh

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⇨ Tamasha is a folk dance related to Maharashtra.

⇨ Tamasha is associated with two of the communities of Maharashtra, they are Kolhati and Mahar.

⇨ Popular folk dances related to Maharashtra :

⇨ (1) Tamasha

⇨ (2) Lavani

⇨ (3) Nakata

⇨ (4) Koli

⇨ (5) Gafa

⇨ (6) Lezim

⇨ (7) Pavri Nach (This dance performed by the Kokna tribe in the hilly regions of northwest Maharashtra and the adjoining region of Gujarat)

⇨ (8) Dahikala Dashavatar or Bohada

⇨ (9) Dhangari Gaja

⇨ (10) Mauni

⇨ (11) Dindi and Kala

⇨ (12) Pavadas (Powadas)

⇨ (13) Tarpa dance

⇨ (14) Gauricha

⇨ (15) Jagran Gondhal

⇨ (16) Varkari Dindi (Religious Devotional Dance Form)

⇨ (17) Shakti tura (This a Dance Forms Conveying Social Messages)

⇨ (18) Bala nritya

7Q) Which of the following folk dances and their corresponding states are correctly matched?

(1) Kathputli dance - Tamil Nadu

(2) Kirtan folk dance - Karnataka

(3) Pandwani - Chhattisgarh

(4) Charkula - Uttar Pradesh

(A) Only 1 and 2

(B) Only 3 and 4

(C) Only 1, 2, and 3

(D) Only 2, 3, and 4

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⇨ Kathputli dance - Rajasthan (It is the old tradition of stories from mythology and stories of the past are told through puppets)

⇨ Kirtan folk dance - West Bengal (This dance form is a 500-year-old folk dance of Bengali culture. It is a part of the sun festival of West Bengal)

⇨ Pandwani - Chhattisgarh (It depicts the story of the Pandavas, the leading characters in the epic Mahabharata)

⇨ Charkula - Uttar Pradesh (In this dance, veiled women balancing large multi-tiered circular wooden pyramids on their heads dance to songs about Krishna)

8Q) Below classical dancers are associated with which of the following Indian classical dance form?

(1) Rani Karna Nayak

(2) Prerana Shrimali

(3) Aditi Mangaldas

(4) Uma Sharma

(A) Kathak

(B) Bharatanatyam

(C) Kuchipudi

(D) Odissi

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⇨ Rani Karnaa was an Indian classical dancer, known for her proficiency in the Indian dance form of Kathak.

⇨ She was honored by the Padma Shri in 2014.

⇨ Prerana Shrimali is a senior dancer of Jaipur Gharana of Kathak.

⇨ Aditi Mangaldas is known for her classical Kathak as well as "contemporary dance based on Kathak" repertoire.

⇨ She was honored by the National Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2013.

⇨ Uma Sharma is a Kathak dancer.

⇨ She also runs the Bharatiya Sangeet Sadan, Delhi, a classical dance and music academy, founded by her father in 1946.

⇨ She is most known for reviving the old classical dance form of Natwari Nritya or the Raslila of Brindavan, which later evolved into the Kathak

⇨ She became the youngest dancer to be conferred with the Padma Shri (1973) and Padma Bhushan (2001) by the Government of India.

⇨ She was also awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and the Sahitya Kala Parishad Award.

9Q) The city of Jaunpur was founded in memory of who among the following?

(A) Mohammad-bin Tughlaq

(B) Firoz Shah Tughlaq

(C) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq

(D) Nasir-ud-din Nusrat Shah Tughluq

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⇨ The city was founded in the 14th century by Feroze Shah Tughlaq, who named it Jaunpur in memory of his cousin Muhammad Bin Tughlaq.

⇨ The fort known as Shahi Qila was built by Firoz Shah Tughlaq in 1360 AD.

⇨ Shahi Qila also known as Karar Fort or Jaunpur Fort is a fort built during the 14th century in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh.

⇨ It is Situated in the heart of the city on the left bank of the Gomti River.

10Q) Who among the following organized the Chittagong Armoury raid?

(A) Laxmi Sehgal

(B) Surya Sen

(C) Chandrasekhar Azad

(D) Ganesh Ghosh

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⇨ About the Chittagong Armoury raid :

⇨ It was an attempt on 18 April 1930 to raid the armory of police and auxiliary forces from the Chittagong armory of Bengal Province in British India led by Surya Sen.

⇨ He recruited revolutionaries like Ganesh Ghosh, Pritilata Vaddedar, Anant Singh, and Kalpana Dutta to help him organize the attack.

⇨ They were inspired by the Easter Rising in Ireland in 1916.

⇨ One of Surya Sen's successful exploits was the robbery of the treasury office on the Bengal-Assam Railway in Chittagong on 23 December 1933.

⇨ Surya Sen was tortured by police and executed by hanging on January 12, 1934.

⇨ Tarakeshwar Dastidar, who tried to free Sen from jail, was hanged along with Sen.

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