General Awareness MCQ - Practice Questions

1A metals desk records four alloy dossiers: Dossier 1 — Brass = Cu+Zn; electrical conductivity higher than pure copper Dossier 2 — Bronze = Cu+Sn; electrical conductivity lower than pure copper Dossier 3 — Brass = Cu+Sn; preferred for house wiring over pure copper Dossier 4 — Bronze = Cu+Zn; electrical conductivity lower than pure copper Let N be how many dossiers are entirely correct. Let Z be the atomic number of zinc and S the atomic number of tin. Which value equals S − Z + 10N?

2A dual-duty municipal store must issue one solid credited in textbooks with bleaching cotton and linen in textile work and with disinfecting drinking water to make it potable. Four requisition slips are under review: Slip 1 — CaOCl₂ Slip 2 — Na₂CO₃·10H₂O Slip 3 — NaHCO₃ Slip 4 — Ca(OH)₂ Exactly one slip names the correct solid for both duties. Let K be that slip’s number. Let L be the number of distinct element symbols in the formula written on that slip. What is 10K + L?

3Consider the following statements regarding the Ilbert Bill: 1. It was introduced in the Imperial Legislative Council in 1883 during the viceroyalty of Lord Ripon. 2. It proposed that qualified Indian judges could try cases involving Europeans. 3. Strong European opposition forced the measure into a severely compromised form when finally enacted. 4. It was drafted as a companion measure to Lord Lytton’s Vernacular Press Act and passed in the same year. Which of the statements given above are correct?

4Consider the following statements about the Quit India Movement of 1942: 1. Independent local governments arose in places such as Satara in Maharashtra, Ballia in Uttar Pradesh and Tamluk in West Bengal. 2. Nana Patil organised the Tamralipta Jatiya Sarkar at Tamluk during this movement. 3. Matangini Hazra led a long procession in Tamluk, advancing with the national flag, and was killed by colonial police bullets. 4. Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee was one of the main architects of the Tamralipta Jatiya Sarkar. Which of the statements given above are correct?

5Laboratory notes on human protein digestion record two constraints: (1) gastric peptide-bond cleavage stops if parietal acid secretion is blocked, even though chief-cell secretions continue; (2) the pancreatic proteolytic cascade fails to start in the gut lumen if duodenal mucosa is absent, even though pancreatic juice still arrives. Which option names the active proteases whose appearance depends on notes (1) and (2), respectively?