RRB ALP 2018 Practice Test Papers | General Knowledge (Day-58)

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1). Prime Meridian is located at ____________

  1. Greenwich England
  2. Norway
  3. Japan
  4. China

2). Prime meridian is located at which of the following degree?

  1. 45°
  2. 360°
  3. 180°

3). Bering Strait is located between which of the following country?

  1. Russia to USA
  2. USA to UK
  3. China to Russia
  4. India to Nepal

4). Who is the chairperson of APEC?

  1. GohChok Tong
  2. ChuanLeekpai
  3. Alan Bollard
  4. Peter O’Neill

5). Which of the following country is the largest landlocked country in the world?

  1. Turkmenistan
  2. Kazakhstan
  3. Uzbekistan
  4. Kyrgyzstan

6). Which country is referred to as Mother of Parliaments?

  1. Canada
  2. Sweden
  3. British
  4. USA

7). _____________ tax is a tax on any market activity that generates negative externalities

  1. Services tax
  2. GST
  3. Pigovian tax
  4. Sin tax

8). Physiocracy is related to

  1. well developed theory of Biology
  2. well developed theory of Phyche
  3. well developed theory of Economy
  4. well developed theory of criminology

9). Edaphology is one of two main divisions of _________ science

  1. Temperature
  2. Hills
  3. Ant
  4. Soil

10). ____________ is the exudation of drops of xylem sap on the tips or edges of leaves of some vascular plants, such as grasses.

  1. Surface tension
  2. Osmosis
  3. Capillarity
  4. Guttation

Answers:

1). Answer: A

The Prime Meridian, as it passes through Greenwich, England, is considered 0 degrees longitude. Because both the equator and the Prime Meridian are imaginary lines, they were both established by mankind at some point in human history.

2). Answer: C

A prime meridian is a meridian in a geographic coordinate system at which longitude is defined to be 0°. Together, a prime meridian and its antemeridian form a great circle. This great circle divides the sphere, e.g., Earth, into two hemispheres.

3). Answer: A

The Bering Straitis a strait of the Pacific, which borders with the Arctic to north. It is located between Russia and the United States.

4). Answer: D

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is a forum for 21 Pacific Rim member economies that promotes free trade throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

5). Answer: B

Kazakhstan is the world’s largest landlocked country and the ninth largest in the world. Kazakhstan is the dominant nation of Central Asia economically, generating 60% of the region’s GDP, primarily through its oil/gas industry. It also has vast mineral resources.

6). Answer: C

The British Parliament is often referred to as the Mother of Parliaments (in fact a misquotation of John Bright, who remarked in 1865 that “England is the Mother of Parliaments”) because the British Parliament has been the model for most other parliamentary systems, and its Acts have created many other parliaments.

7). Answer: C

A Pigovian tax (also spelled Pigouvian tax) is a tax on any market activity that generates negative externalities (costs not included in the market price). The tax is intended to correct an undesirable or inefficient market outcome, and does so by being set equal to the social cost of the negative externalities

8). Answer: C

Physiocracyis an economic theory developed by a group of 18th century. Physiocracy is perhaps the first well-developed theory of economics.

9). Answer: D

Edaphology is one of two main divisions of soil science, the other being pedology. Edaphology is concerned with the influence of soils on living things, particularly plants.

10). Answer: d

Guttation is the exudation of drops of xylem sap on the tips or edges of leaves of some vascular plants, such as grasses. Guttation is not to be confused with dew, which condenses from the atmosphere onto the plant surface.

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