Daily Quiz 11th Feb 2020 Welcome to your Daily Quiz 11th Feb 2020 Name 1. Which of the following has maximum diurnal temperature difference? Desert Mountains Plateau Ocean None 2. What is the full form of ITCZ? Inter Tropical Converter Zone Inter Tropical Convergence Zone Inter Tropical Centre Zone None of these None 3. Which of the following winds are hot dust laden and blow from Sahara desert towards Mediterranean Region? Sirocco Loo Foehn Mistral None 4. Which of the following has maximum biodiversity? Desert River Polar Region Tropical Region None 5. Fog, clouds, mist are examples of _______. Aerosol Solid sol Foam Gel None 6. Which of the following is most important for absorption of heat radiated from the Sun as well as from the Earth? Carbon dioxide Oxygen Carbon monoxide Nitrogen None 7. _______ affect the rate of humus formation of soil. Flora & Fauna Time Temperature Parent rock None 8. The place on the Earth's surface above the focus is called the ______. Focus Incentre Epicentre Circumcentre None 9. Precipitation in the form of a mixture of rain and snow is called Drizzle Hail Sleet Snow None 10. Instrument for measuring blueness of the sky or ocean is called ______. Bathymeter Ceraunograph Cyanometer Barometer None 11. Instrument for measuring rainfall is called Lucimeter Galactometer Hyetometer Hygrometer None 12. The country which tops in the production of cocoa is _____. Ghana Brazil Ivory Coast Nigeria None 13. Deliquescence rises in Warm, Moist and Airy Condition Cold, Moist and Airy Condition Cold, Dry and Still Condition Warm, Dry and Airy Condition None 14. The vertical speed of air is called Wind Air current Air outburst Velocity of air None 15. A form of condensation which reduces the visibility and causes breathing problems, is- Dew Frost Smoke fog Fog None 16. The prediction of storm is made, when atmospheric pressure- Rises suddenly Rises gradually Decreases suddenly Decreases gradually None 17. Dry winds (Harmattan) blows in Sahara Desert from- South to North East to West West to East North to South None 18. What is the meaning of Willy-Willy? Tropical Cyclone near Australia Earthquake High Tide Tropical Cyclone near India None 19. The Mediterranean region is known for heavy rain- In spring season In autumn In winter In summer None 20. In which country, slash and burn agriculture is known as “Milpa”? Venezuela Brazil Central America Mexico and Central America None 21. What is known as Soil-free Farming? Hydroponics Humidity up gradation Interlude crops Sericulture None 22. The largest producer of coffee in the world is Ivory coast Brazil India Mexico None 23. Which of the following forest is resistant to cyclones? Alpine Forest Mangrove Forest Evergreen forest Monsoon forest None 24. What is the main natural cause of disruption of road in hilly areas? Landslide Falling of Trees Traffic Road Construction None 25. Which Lok Sabha speaker has authored the book 'Matoshree'? Sumitra Mahajan Meira Kumar Somnath Chatterjee Manohar Joshi None 26. _____ can give the Union parliament power to make laws on matters included in the State list. Ministry of Defence Prime Minister's Office Securities and Exchange Board of India Rajya Sabha None 27. There are total ______ parliamentary seats (Rajya Sabha constituency) in Tripura. 7 1 18 10 None 28. Who among the following is not a member of any of the two houses of our country? Prime Minister Finance Minister President Railway Minister None 29. Which of the f ol lowi ng provi si on needs a special majority in Parliament? Change in Fundamental Rights Creation of New States Abolition of Legislative Councils in State Rules and Procedures in Parliament None 30. Which State has the highest Lok Sabha seats in India? Maharashtra Madhya Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Bihar None 31. Which of the following parliamentary constituency is the largest in terms of area- Barmer (Rajasthan) Arunachal West (Arunachal Pradesh) Laddakh (Jammu and Kashmir) Uttaranchal East (Uttaranchal) None 32. Which Parliamentary Committee in India is normally chaired by a prominent member of the opposition? Committee on Government Assurances Estimates Committee Privileges Committee Public Accounts Committee None 33. If the Parliament has to appoint a committee for a specific task, it is known as- Standing committee Ad-hoc committee Joint committee Permanent committee None 34. Who can initiate the process of removal of the President before the expiry of his term? Lok Sabha Supreme Court Common man Member of Parliament None 35. Which of the following committee is not a permanent committee of the Parliament- Public accounts committee Estimates committee Committee on public undertaking Advisory committee of finance ministry None 36. Which of the following is not related to Parliament- Closure Adjournment Censure Suspension None 37. If Parliament has to legislate with respect to a matter in the state list, the proposal for such is to be approved by- Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and Legislature of related State Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha both Rajya Sabha Lok Sabha None 38. Who approves a bill as money bill in Lok Sabha President Finance Minister Prime Minister Speaker None 39. Which article of the Constitution deals with money bills: Article-130 Article-110 Article-120 Article-100 None 40. Raj ya Sabha is assisted by the Secretary General, who holds the rank equivalent to? Cabinet Minister of the Government of India Member of Parliament Member of Legislature Cabi net Secretary to the Government of India None 41. Which one of the following coins was issued in silver during the Gupta period? Kakini Nishka Rupyaka Dinar None 42. Who was called Lichchavi Dauhitra? Chandragupta I Skandagupta Kumaragupta Samudragupta None 43. The official court language of the Guptas was Pali Prakrit Hindi Sanskrit None 44. Which of the following Gupta kings stopped the Huns from invading India? Kumaragupta Samudragupta Skandgupta Chandragupta None 45. During which Gupta King’ s reign did the Chinese traveller Fa-hien visit India? Chandra Gupta I Samudra Gupta Chandra Gupta II Kumara Gupta None Time's up
