(Antonyms) Part – B General Knowledge (Solved Paper 2024 – II) (51 to 100)

Total Questions: 50

31. Which one among the following is a landlocked water body?

Correct Answer: (d) Caspian Sea
Solution:The landlocked seas around the world are Aral Sea, Caspian Sea, Dead Sea, Great Salt Lake, Salton Sea and Sea of Galilee.

Landlocked seas may are also considered lakes as the definition of a lake is "a large body of freshwater surrounded by land". A land locked sea would be one with no access to the rest of the world's oceans.

32. Which one among the following statements with reference to Benguela current is NOT correct?

Correct Answer: (a) It influences the climate of the West coast of North Africa
Solution:The Benguela Current is a cold ocean current that flows along the west coast of southern Africa in the South Atlantic Ocean.

It's a branch of the South Atlantic Drift that flows northward, almost to the equator, before merging with the Atlantic South Equatorial Current.

33. The lowest part of most bolsons is occupied by a landform called playa. Which category of landform formation does it represent?

Correct Answer: (b) Arid landforms
Solution:Playa are the Shallow, circular lakes formed by deposition in the middle of desert basins, filled with rainwater and transforming into lakes.

Saline playas may be known by various names such as salt flats, salt marshes, salars, salt pans, alkali flats, or salinas.

34. Which one among the following diseases is caused due to deficiency of Vitamin D in humans?

Correct Answer: (c) Rickets
Solution:Vitamin D deficiency can lead to an array of problems, most notably rickets in children and osteoporosis in adults. It can lead to a loss of bone density.

35. Which one among the following combinations most appropriately represent the components of balanced diet?

Correct Answer: (c) Carbohydrate, vitamins, proteins, minerals and water
Solution:A balanced diet consists of six main nutrient groups: proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, vitamins, minerals and water.

36. In which part or organ of human body cartilage is NOT found?

Correct Answer: (c) Bronchiole
Solution:Bronchioles do not have cartilage, unlike large bronchi, which have

C-shaped cartilaginous rings.

37. Which part or nephron of the human kidney is responsible for filtration of blood for excretion?

Correct Answer: (d) Bowman's capsule
Solution:The glomerulus is the network of capillaries in the Bowman's capsule. It filters blood, separating waste and water from proteins and blood cells, which remain in the glomerulus.

38. Organisms of which of the following phylum are called sponges?

Correct Answer: (c) Porifera
Solution:Sponger belong to the phylum Porifera which means "pore-bearer" in latin.

39. A point object is placed at the centre of curvature of a spherical concave mirror. Which one among the following would be the correct location of image formed?

Correct Answer: (b) At the centre of curvature
Solution:When a point object is placed at the centre of curvature of a spherical concave mirror, then the image formed is real, inverted and the same size of the object located at the centre of curvature also.

40. Which one among the following is correct for a person suffering from myopia?

Correct Answer: (a) The person can see ncar objects clearly
Solution:Amyopic eye can see near objects clearly. On the other hand, it cannot see distant object clearly.