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Q1. _________ gets converted to phosgene, when exposed to sunlight.
(a) Chloroform
(b) Acetone
(c) Benzene
(d) Propylene

Q2. Who discovered benzene?
(a) Hal Anger
(b) Michael Faraday
(c) Bruce Ames
(d) Nicolas Appert

Q3. Gateway of India situated in?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Delhi
(c) Mumbai
(d) Jaipur

Q4. Bhangra is a folk dance of
(a) Arunachal Pradesh
(b) Punjab
(c) Assam
(d) Nagaland

Q5. At the equilibrium price
(a) quantity demanded is equal to quantity supplied
(b) quantity demanded is greater than quantity supplied
(c) elasticity of demand equals elasticity of supply
(d) price elasticity of demand is unity

Q6. Which of the following gases emitted from automobile exhaust is poisonous?
(a) Carbon monoxide
(b) Carbon dioxide
(c) Hydrocarbons
(d) Sulphur dioxide

Q7. Molybdenite is an ore/mineral of
(a) Molybdenum
(b) Nickel
(c) Silver
(d) Tin

Q8. Which state has decided to recruit transgender people as jail wardens?
(a) Uttarakhand
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Kerala
(d) Odisha

Q9. What are Equinox days?
(a) When day is smaller than night
(b) When day is the longest in the year
(c) When day is greater than night
(d) When day and night are equal

Q10. Which is the largest Union Territory of India?
(a) Goa
(b) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
(c) Puducherry
(d) Chandigarh

Solutions

S1. Ans.(a)
Sol.Phosgene (COCl2) is a toxic gas/liquid used as a chemical warfare agent during WWI. Phosgene can form in chloroform as it is exposed to oxygen and amounts of UV light (although UV light is not always necessary if catalytic contaminants are present). Phosgene has a characteristic odor of cut hay.

S2. Ans.(b)
Sol. Benzene was first discovered by the English scientist Michael Faraday in 1825 in illuminating gas.

S3. Ans.(c)
Sol.The Gateway of India is an arch monument built during the 20th century in Bombay(now Mumbai), India. The monument was erected to commemorate the landing of King George V and Queen Mary at Apollo Bunder on their visit to India in 1911.

S4. Ans.(b)
Sol.Bhangra, folk dance and music of the Punjab (northwestern India and northeastern Pakistan) and the popular music genre that emerged from it in the mid-to-late 20th century.

S5. Ans.(a)
Sol.The equilibrium price is the market price where the quantity of goods supplied is equal to the quantity of goods demanded. This is the point at which the demand and supply curves in the market intersect.

S6. Ans.(a)
Sol.CO is found in fumes produced any time you burn fuel in cars or trucks, small engines, stoves, lanterns, grills, fireplaces, gas ranges, or furnaces. CO can build up indoors and poison people and animals who breathe it.Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless, and tasteless gas that is slightly less dense than air. It is toxic to hemoglobic animals when encountered in concentrations above about 35 ppm.

S7. Ans.(a)
Sol.Molybdenite is the most important ore of the metal molybdenum. Molybdenite is currently being researched as a possible replacement semiconductor for silicon in transistors in electronic chips.

S8. Ans.(d)
Sol.The Odisha government has decided to recruit members of transgender community as warders in jails of the State

S9. Ans.(d)
Sol.An equinox is commonly regarded as the moment the plane of Earth’s equator passes through the center of the Sun’s disk, which occurs twice each year, around 20 March and 22-23 September(when the sun shines directly on the equator and the length of day and night is nearly equal).

S10. Ans.(b)
Sol. Andaman & Nicobar Islands is a group of 572 islands / islets and the largest union territory in India with an area of 8,249 sq km.

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