NDA/NA SOLVED PAPER 2016-II (GENERAL KNOWLEDGE)

Total Questions: 100

31. When a force of 1 newton acts on a mass of 1 kg which is able to move freely, the object moves in the direction of force with a/an

Correct Answer: (b) acceleration of 1 m/s²
Solution:Force (F) = Mass (m) × acceleration (a)
acceleration (a) = Force (F)/Mass (m) = 1 newton/1 kg = 1 m/s²

32. Which of the following items is used in the household wirings to prevent accidental fire in case of short circuit?

Correct Answer: (d) Electric fuse
Solution:Electric fuse in electric circuit is a device which is used to interrupt any type of accidental fire due to short circuit.

33. Which of the following are the features of the ideology of utilitarianism?

1. Utilitarians believed that all value derives from land
2. The most celebrated spokesmen of utilitarianism were jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill
3. Utilitarians were advocates of the idea that India could be ruled through indigenous laws and customs
4. Utilitarians were advocates of the idea of the 'greatest good for the greatest number of people

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Correct Answer: (b) 2 and 4 only

34. Who among the following invented the powerloom that revolutionized the cotton textile industry?

Correct Answer: (a) Edmund Cartwright
Solution:A power loom is a mechanised loom powered by a line shaft, and was one of the key developments in the Industrial Revolution. Edmund Cartwright the powerloom which revolutionaries the textile industry.

35. Subsidiary Alliance was a system devised by

Correct Answer: (a) Lord Wellesley

36. Consider the following statements:

1. Periplus is a Greek word meaning sailting around.
2. Erythraean was the Greek name for the Mediterranean Sea.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Correct Answer: (a) 1 only

37. Who among the following was defeated by Saina Nehwal to win the women's title of the Australian Open Super Series Badminton Tournament, 2016?

Correct Answer: (a) Sun Yu

38. Consider the following statements:

He was an Indian journalist, editor and author. He was associated with the Statesman, the Guardian, the Times of India etc. He received the Ramnath Goenka Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013. He died in june 2016. The person referred to above is

Correct Answer: (c) Inder Malhotra

39. Recently Microsoft announced its 26.2 billion dollar acquisition of which one of the following professional networking sites?

Correct Answer: (d) Linked In

40. Recently Microsoft announced its 26.2 billion dollar acquisition of which one of the following professional networking sites?

Correct Answer: (d) Linked In