Agriculture GK Questions and Answers

1.Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Ministry will celebrate Sankalp to Siddhi - New India Manthan from __________.

Aug 15th to 20th Aug 19th to 30th Aug 20th to 30th Aug 22nd to 29th

2.Which online facility has been launched by the Union Government to provide direct solution to problem of agriculture sector?

e-Krishi Samasya e-Krishi Samvad e-Krishi Samveda e-Krishi Solution

3. Veteran agriculture scientist M S Swaminathan received an honorary medallion from this country for his contribution towards the development of agricultural practices.

Australia Canada New Zealand Mexico

4.The Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister recently launched e-Pashuhaat portal to connect breeders and farmers regarding availability of bovine germplasm. Who is the Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister?

Prakash Javadekar Anupriya Patel Vijay Goel Radha Mohan Singh

5.India is set to produce___________MT of foodgrains in 2017-2018 crop year, according to Agriculture Ministry

273 263 233 253

International - Latest Current Affairs

1.How many MoI were signed between India and Nepal recently?

6 8 5 9

2.Which country joins with India for free trade agreement in New Delhi?

Malaysia Swedan Canada Algeria

3.Which country to host the 2017 FIFA Under-17 World Cup 2017?

Japan United Kingdom Russia India

4.Which country has opened the world's largest bicycle parking garage recently?

Nigeria Netherland China Japan

5.USA and __________ began a 10-day-long annual military exercise recently.

New Zealand Japan South Korea Israel

Biology

1.One of the following is most suitable for study of mutations

Haploids 

Diploids 

Tetraploids

Polyploid

2.One day you wake with a sore throat and a runny nose. Your doctor takes a swab from your throat, sends it to a lab, and telephones you the next day to say that antibiotic will not help you get better. Which of the following is the most likely reason for the doctor's statement?

Having waited a day, it is too late to take an antibiotic 

You need an antiseptic, not an antibiotic 

You need to be vaccinated instead of taking an antibiotic 

You are infected by a virus

3.Ptyalin is an enzyme produced in the

salivary glands 

pituitary glands 

thyroid glands 

pancreas

4.Mycobacterium leprae causes leprosy, Corynebacterium diphtheria causes diphtheria and Vibrio comma causes

tetanus 

influenza 

cholera

typhoid

5.Other than spreading malaria, anopheles mosquitoes are also vectors of

dengue fever 

filariasis 

encephalitis 

yellow fever

Inventions

1. FROZEN FOOD - Who discovered the first practical method of freezing food?

C. Birdseye

F. Rozenosh 

G. Findus 

R. Scott

2.What drink was invented by Charles Leiper Grigg in 1929?

7-Up 

Yoo-Hoo

Pepsi 

Hawaiian Punch

3. Who invented Automobiles using gasoline?

Leo H Baekeland 

Karl Benz 

Evangelista Torricelli

Kirkpatrick Macmillan

4.The initials JCB on earth-moving equipment are those of the founder of the company that makes it. What is his name?

John Christopher Ballantyne

Joseph Cyril Bamford

John Christopher Baxter

Jack Croxford Baker

5. What charge card, developed in 1950, was the first to be accepted nationally in the US?

Visa

Discover

MasterCharge 

Diner's Club

State - Latest Current Affairs

1.Which state tops sanitation survey released the findings of the survey of 1.4 lakh rural households, undertaken by the Quality Council of India (QCI) between May and June this year?

Tamilnadu Haryana Uttar Pradesh Punjab

2.This is the first state in the country to implement coal utilisation between power units

Haryana Maharashtra Rajasthan Gujarat

3. India's first micro forest is being built in which state?

Punjab Himachal Pradesh Chhattisgarh Odisha

4.The Legislative Assembly of this state passed a bill which reclassifies coconut as a `tree', ensuring legal protection for it.

Goa Tamil Nadu Kerala West Bengal

5.How many states are selected by the NITI Ayog for a transformative change in Health & Education sectors?

4 7 5 6

General Knowledge - Sports

1.Jeev Milkha Singh is associated with which sports?

Volleyball Golf Athletics Hockey

2.How many players are there in Kabbadi team?

11 9 5 7

3. Michael Ferraria is associated with which games/sports?

Billiards Karate Hockey Tennis

4.The term 'Caddle' is associates with which sports?

Golf Billiards Polo Bridge

5.India First won the Olympic Hockey Gold at

London Amsterdam Berlin Rome

Architectural Working Drawings - General Questions

1.The building construction industry relies on sets of ________ drawings to construct homes and commercial buildings.
mechanical isometric architectural working all of the above

2.The text height for room names should be set to ________for a drawing that will be plotted to a scale of ¼" = 1'-0".
4" 5" 6" 8"

3.The architectural drafter usually begins a set of working drawings by creating the ________ plan first.
foundation floor plan elevations building section

4.The foundation contractor will work with the following architectural plans.
foundation site plan floor plan all of the above

5. Elevation drawings will include information about
roof pitch siding window style all of the above

Books and Authors

1.Who has written the famous book 'Mankind and Mother Earth'?

Arnold Toynbee

Leo Tolstoy

John Ruskin 

Bertrand Russel

2.Who is the author of the book 'Naked Triangle'?

R.K.Narayan 

Amrita Pritam

Balwant Gargi 

Khushwant Singh

3.The book 'Gulliver's Travels' was written by

Alexandra Dumas

Charles Lamb

Charles Dickens

Jonathan Swift

4.Who is the author of 'Tom Sawyer'?

Leo Tolstoy

Mark Twain

John Ruskin

William Shakespeare

5.Who said the words, 'I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to Death your right to say it'?

George Bernard Shaw

Lenin 

Voltaire

Mahatma Gandhi