Common Entrance Exams : Test 10 : Most Repeated Important GK Questions
11. Which country is known as the Land of the Rising Sun ? āĻā§āĻ¨āĻāĻ¨ āĻĻā§āĻļāĻ “āĻāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§ā§°ā§āĻ¯ā§° āĻĻā§āĻļ” āĻŦā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻā§ā§ąāĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ ?
(A) Finland / āĻĢāĻŋāĻ¨āĻ˛ā§āĻŖā§āĻĄã (B) Sweden / āĻā§āĻāĻĄā§āĻ¨ã (C) Japan / āĻāĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ã (D) Greenland / āĻā§ā§°ā§āĻŖāĻ˛ā§āĻŖā§āĻĄ
Ans: (C) Japan / āĻāĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻ¨
Explanation: Japan is known as the Land of the Rising Sun. āĻāĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻ “āĻāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§ā§°ā§āĻ¯ā§° āĻĻā§āĻļ” āĻŦā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
12. Which waterway connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea ? āĻā§āĻ¨āĻā§ āĻāĻ˛āĻĒāĻĨā§ āĻā§āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸āĻžāĻā§°āĻ āĻ˛ā§āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻžāĻā§°ā§° āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸āĻāĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻā§ ?
(A) Strait of Gibraltar / āĻāĻŋāĻŦā§ā§°āĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻžā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŖāĻžāĻ˛ā§ã (B) Palk Strait / āĻĒāĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŖāĻžāĻ˛ā§ã (C) Suez Canal / āĻā§ā§ąā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ã (D) Kiel Canal / āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻžāĻ˛
Ans: (C) Suez Canal / āĻā§ā§ąā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻ˛
Explanation: The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. āĻā§ā§ąā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻā§āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸āĻžāĻā§° āĻā§°ā§ āĻ˛ā§āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻžāĻā§°āĻ āĻ¸āĻāĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻā§āĨ¤
13. Who was the first person to reach the South Pole ? āĻĻāĻā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻŖ āĻŽā§ā§°ā§āĻ¤ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽā§ āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ ?
(A) Roald Amundsen / ā§°ā§ā§ąāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻĄ āĻāĻŽā§āĻŖā§āĻĄāĻā§āĻ¨ã (B) David Livingstone / āĻĄā§āĻāĻŋāĻĻ āĻ˛āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻāĻˇā§āĻāĻ¨ã (C) Vasco da Gama / āĻāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻā§-āĻĄāĻž-āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻžã (D) Marco Polo / āĻŽāĻžā§°ā§āĻā§ āĻĒ'āĻ˛ā§
Ans: (A) Roald Amundsen / ā§°ā§ā§ąāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻĄ āĻāĻŽā§āĻŖā§āĻĄāĻā§āĻ¨
Explanation: Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen reached the South Pole on 14 December 1911. āĻ¨ā§°ā§ąā§ā§° āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§ ā§°ā§ā§ąāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻĄ āĻāĻŽā§āĻŖā§āĻĄāĻā§āĻ¨ā§ ā§§ā§¯ā§§ā§§ āĻāĻ¨ā§° ā§§ā§Ē āĻĄāĻŋāĻā§āĻŽā§āĻŦā§°āĻ¤ āĻĻāĻā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻŖ āĻŽā§ā§°ā§āĻ¤ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽā§ āĻāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
14. Which of the following is NOT a seaport of India ? āĻ¤āĻ˛ā§° āĻā§āĻ¨āĻā§ āĻāĻžā§°āĻ¤ā§° āĻ¸āĻžāĻā§°ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§° āĻ¨āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ ?
(A) Kochi / āĻā§āĻāĻŋã (B) Okha / āĻāĻāĻžã (C) Bhavnagar / āĻāĻžā§ąāĻ¨āĻā§°ã (D) Mysore / āĻŽāĻšā§āĻļā§ā§°
Ans: (D) Mysore / āĻŽāĻšā§āĻļā§ā§°
Explanation: Mysore is an inland city in Karnataka, not a seaport. āĻŽāĻšā§āĻļā§ā§° āĻā§°ā§āĻŖāĻžāĻāĻā§° āĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻā§āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻāĻšā§°āĨ¤ āĻ āĻ¸āĻžāĻā§°ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§° āĻ¨āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
15. Khajuraho is situated in which state ? āĻāĻžāĻā§ā§°āĻžāĻšā§ āĻā§āĻ¨āĻāĻ¨ ā§°āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻ¤ āĻ ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤ ?
(A) Bihar / āĻŦāĻŋāĻšāĻžā§°ã (B) Jharkhand / āĻāĻžā§°āĻāĻŖā§āĻĄã (C) Madhya Pradesh / āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻā§āĻļã (D) Chhattisgarh / āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻļāĻāĻĄāĻŧ
Ans: (C) Madhya Pradesh / āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻā§āĻļ
Explanation: Khajuraho is famous for its historic temples and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Madhya Pradesh. (āĻāĻžāĻā§ā§°āĻžāĻšā§ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻā§āĻļā§° āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ¸āĻŋāĻ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋā§°āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻšā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤āĨ¤ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžā§° āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋā§°āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻš UNESCO āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦ āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¯ āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§° āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§°ā§āĻāĻ¤āĨ¤)
16. Namdapha National Park is situated in which state ? āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽāĻĻāĻžāĻĢāĻž ā§°āĻžāĻˇā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ āĻā§āĻ¨āĻāĻ¨ ā§°āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻ¤ āĻ ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤ ?
(A) Assam / āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽã (B) Arunachal Pradesh / āĻ ā§°ā§āĻŖāĻžāĻāĻ˛ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻā§āĻļã (C) Nagaland / āĻ¨āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻŖā§āĻĄã (D) Manipur / āĻŽāĻŖāĻŋāĻĒā§ā§°
Ans: (B) Arunachal Pradesh / āĻ ā§°ā§āĻŖāĻžāĻāĻ˛ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻā§āĻļ
Explanation: Namdapha National Park is located in Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh. (āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽāĻĻāĻžāĻĢāĻž ā§°āĻžāĻˇā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ āĻ ā§°ā§āĻŖāĻžāĻāĻ˛ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻā§āĻļā§° āĻāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¤ āĻ ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤)
17. Where is the headquarters of UNICEF situated ? UNICEF-ā§° āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ'āĻ¤ āĻ ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤ ?
(A) Washington, D.C. / ā§ąāĻžāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻāĻ¨, āĻĄāĻŋ.āĻāĻŋ.ã (B) New York / āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§°ā§āĻã (C) Geneva / āĻā§āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻžã (D) Paris / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŋāĻ
Ans: (B) New York / āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§°ā§āĻ
Explanation: UNICEF headquarters is located in New York City, USA.
āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž: UNICEF-ā§° āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻŽā§ā§°āĻŋāĻāĻžā§° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§°ā§āĻ āĻāĻšā§°āĻ¤ āĻ ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤
18. Who wrote the book A Passage to India ? A Passage to India āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽā§° āĻā§ā§°āĻ¨ā§āĻĨāĻāĻ¨ āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻ˛āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ˛ ?
(A) Nirad C. Chaudhuri / āĻ¨ā§ā§°āĻĻ āĻāĻŋ. āĻā§āĻ§ā§ā§°ā§ã (B) E. M. Forster / āĻ. āĻāĻŽ. āĻĢā§°ā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻžā§°ã (C) Vikram Seth / āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§ā§°āĻŽ āĻā§āĻ ã (D) Arthur Hailey / āĻā§°ā§āĻĨāĻžā§° āĻšā§āĻāĻ˛ā§
Ans: (B) E. M. Forster / āĻ. āĻāĻŽ. āĻĢā§°ā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻžā§°
Explanation: E. M. Forster wrote A Passage to India, published in 1924. (āĻ. āĻāĻŽ. āĻĢā§°ā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻžā§°ā§ ā§§ā§¯ā§¨ā§Ē āĻāĻ¨āĻ¤ A Passage to India āĻā§ā§°āĻ¨ā§āĻĨāĻāĻ¨ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤)
19. The Commonwealth Games are held every how many years ? āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ā§ąā§āĻ˛āĻĨ āĻā§āĻŽāĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻā§°ā§° āĻŽā§ā§°ā§ āĻŽā§ā§°ā§ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ ?
(A) 4 years / ā§Ē āĻŦāĻā§°ã (B) 5 years / ā§Ģ āĻŦāĻā§°ã (C) 6 years / ā§Ŧ āĻŦāĻā§°ã (D) 2 years / ā§¨ āĻŦāĻā§°
Ans: (A) 4 years / ā§Ē āĻŦāĻā§°
Explanation: The Commonwealth Games are generally held every four years. (āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ā§ąā§āĻ˛āĻĨ āĻā§āĻŽāĻ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžā§°āĻŖāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻžā§°āĻŋ āĻŦāĻā§°ā§° āĻŽā§ā§°ā§ āĻŽā§ā§°ā§ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤)
20. The Kalinga Prize is awarded by which organisation for the popularisation of science ? āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§° āĻāĻ¨āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻā§°āĻŖā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻ˛āĻŋāĻāĻ āĻŦāĻāĻāĻž āĻā§āĻ¨āĻā§ āĻ¸āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻā§°ā§ ?
(A) Odisha Government / āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻļāĻž āĻā§°āĻāĻžā§°ã (B) Indian Government / āĻāĻžā§°āĻ¤ āĻā§°āĻāĻžā§°ã (C) UNESCO / āĻāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻā§ã (D) International Science Congress / āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻā§°āĻžāĻˇā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻāĻā§ā§°ā§āĻ
Ans: (C) UNESCO / āĻāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻā§
Explanation: The Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science is awarded by UNESCO. (āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻ āĻāĻ¨āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžā§°āĻŖā§° āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻ¤ āĻāĻ¨āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻā§°āĻžā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻā§ā§ąā§ āĻāĻ˛āĻŋāĻāĻ āĻŦāĻāĻāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤)
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Assam Police PYQ : English
Q. Choose the opposite of “Difficult”. (“Difficult” āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻā§ā§° āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§āĻ¤ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻā§°āĻžāĨ¤)
(A) Hard (B) Easy (C) Tough (D) Strong
Ans / āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§°: (B) Easy
Explanation / āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž: Difficult = āĻāĻ āĻŋāĻ¨; Easy = āĻ¸āĻšāĻāĨ¤
Q. Choose the correct spelling. (āĻļā§āĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻ¨āĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻā§°āĻžāĨ¤)
(A) Quastion (B) Qustion (C) Question (D) Queston
Ans / āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§°: (C) Question
Q. When the principal entered the class, a student ______ on the blackboard. (āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻ āĻļā§ā§°ā§āĻŖā§āĻā§āĻ āĻžāĻ¤ āĻĒā§ā§°ā§ąā§āĻļ āĻā§°āĻžā§° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¤ āĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻ āĻŦā§āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻŦā§°ā§āĻĄāĻ¤ ______ āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤)
(A) writes (B) wrote (C) was writing (D) is writing