NTA previous year questions of General Knowledge and General Study

Sanju

 1.who was the first winner of Gandhi peace prize?

Ans: Julius Nyerere, the former President of Tanzania.

Note - international Gandhi peace prize was lunched in 1995. it's annual award given to individuals and institutions. The award carries ₹1 crore


2. Arrange the given Bharat Ratna  awardees in chronological order according to their year of receiving the award.

A.P.J Abdul kalam, lata mangeshkar, Amartya sen and Dr. C.V. Raman

Ans: CV Raman (1954)
        APJ Abdul Kalam (1997)
        Amartya Sen (1999)
        Lata Mangeshkar (2001)

Note - Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award of the country started from 1954.

civilian award order from lowest to highest - Padma shri < Padma Bhushan < Padma Vibhushan < Bharat Ratna.

to know more visit - https://dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/


3. Arrange the given Indian or Indian origin astronauts in chronological order of year in which they went to space.

 Rakesh Sharma, Sunita Williams, Raja chari and Kalpana chawla

Ans: 

Rakesh Sharma - 1984(Soyuz T-11 ), soviet mission

Kalpana chawla - 1997 and 2003

sunita williams - 2006, 2012 & 2024

Raja chari - 2021, in spaceX Crew-3 mission to ISS


4. first Indian state to start world class IT campus for persons with disabilities

Ans: Telangana 

5. The book "why I am an Atheist" was written by

Ans: Bhagat Singh

6. Contribution to which field is honoured by Dhanvantari award?

Ans: Medicine

7. Where is 'Lakshmibai national institutes of physical education' located?

Ans: Gwalior, MP

8. It was "match the column question" so here is the answer

Father of Math - Archimedes

Father of Biology - Aristotle

Father of Physics - Isaac Newton

Father of English -  Geoffrey Chaucer


9. The term "Mnemonics"  associated with

Ans: Memory

10. It was "match the column question" so here is the answer

Itai - itai - cadmium toxicity

Minamata - Mercury toxicity ( A neurological degradation)

Blue baby syndrome - High nitrate in water


11. The tendril by which a pea plant clings to a support is/are

Ans: Modified Leaves

12. The atomic nuclei having the same neutron number N but a different atomic number are called...

Ans: Isotones

Note - 

Concept

Same

Different

Example

Isotopes

Protons (atomic number)

Neutrons, atomic mass

¹²C, ¹³C, ¹⁴C

Isobars

Mass number

Protons (atomic number), neutrons

⁴⁰K, ⁴⁰Ca, ⁴⁰Ar

Isotones

Neutrons

Protons, atomic number

¹⁴C, ¹⁵N, ¹⁶O

Isomers

Molecular formula

Structure

n-Butane & Iso-Butane

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13. Arrange the following radiation in the increasing order of their energy.

infrared ratiation, UV-radiation, visible radiation, X-ray and microwave radiation

Ans: microwave<infrared<visible<UV<X-ray

14. which elements are primarily responsible for Acid rain?

Ans: nitrogen oxide and Sulphur oxide. Acid rain has PH value below 5.6

15. What is the chemical formula of iron rust?

Ans:  Fe2O3.xH2O

16. popular 'Girmit Act' is related to which of the following acts during British colonial period?

Ans: Indian Emigration act

17. Nayanars are the devotees of which God of Hindu tradition?

Ans: Shiva

18. Which part of independent India is the first to hold an election based on the universal adult franchise?

Ans: Manipur

19. The play 'Post office' is written by 

Ans: Rabindranath Tagore

20. The famous sanskrit play 'Abhigyan Shakuntalam' is written by

Ans: Kalidasa



Other questions which are summarized and converted in  note reding format are given below. these are actual previous year questions so don't take it for granted.

* Christian majority state of India according to the census 2011 are - Nagaland, Mizoram and Meghalaya.

* main worker is a person who works for at least 183 days (or six months) in a year.

* Nitrogen fixing bacteria - Rhizobium, Azospirillum, Azotobacteria, cyanobacteria

* DIKSHA (Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing) has been formally launched on 5th September 2017.


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