STAR EDUCATION Quiz

General Knowledge Questions

U-shaped valley: Found in glacial regions.
Champaran Tin Khatikan system: A practice in Champaran related to land use for indigo cultivation. Details were not clearly available in the source.
NABARD role: Provides loans to commercial and regional rural banks for rural development. It does not provide loans directly to the public.
Perfect competition supply curve (fixed costs and no external economies): Derived from the horizontal summation of marginal cost curves.
Classical employment theory: Assumes full employment as a norm. Involuntary unemployment is not part of this concept. The theory considers seasonal or conflict-related unemployment. There was advocation for wage cuts to reduce unemployment levels.
Balance of payments deficit: Difference between autonomous receipts and autonomous payments or between the balance of payments receipts and balance of payment payments.
Monopolistic competition long-run equilibrium: Occurs where the firm's price is equal to the long-run average cost at its minimum point.
Damodar River source: Originates from the Chota Nagpur Plateau.
Indian states not sharing border with Myanmar: The specific details of which states in India do not share borders with Myanmar were not clear.
'Jungle Mahal' region: Located in Jharkhand.
River crossing three Himalayan ranges: The specific river crossing all three Himalayan ranges is not clear in the given data.
Earth's position: Between Mars and Jupiter.
World's longest rail-road tunnel (Seikan): Located in Japan.
Afghanistan border: Does not share a border with Russia.
Kautilya's Arthashastra: A book about principles of governance.
Chinese traveler Xuanzang's visit: During the reign of Harshavardhana.
Third Battle of Panipat loser: The Marathas were defeated by the Afghans.
Aurangzeb death (1707) successor: Bahadur Shah I
Widow remarriage movement leaders:
Annie Besant
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
M. G. Ranade
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
First woman president of Indian National Congress: Annie Besant or Sarojini Naidu (depending on the source).
Lokmanya Tilak nickname origin: During the Swadeshi movement.
India's first Law Minister: B. R. Ambedkar.
Largest coffee producer in India: Karnataka.
Rourkela steel plant establishment: With German collaboration.
Body regulating India's stock market: Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).
'Green Revolution': Associated with wheat production.
India's biodiversity hotspots: Eastern Ghats and Western Ghats.
Indian Constitution type: Partly rigid and partly flexible.
Source of concurrent list in Indian Constitution: Australia.
Body determining fiscal policy in India: Ministry of Finance.
First person to call Gandhi 'Father of the Nation': The provided text does not specify the individual.
'Soul' of Indian constitution: Preamble.
'Navratna' concept: Refers to selected public sector undertakings.
Cardamom hills location: Karnataka and Kerala.
Eastern coast ports: Chennai, Paradip, Tuticorin. Kandla is not an eastern coast port.
State with most wildlife sanctuaries: Madhya Pradesh.
'Kargam' dance: From Kerala.
National Environmental Engineering Institute location: Ranchi.
Minimum distance of clear vision: 25 cm.
Longest-serving Viceroy of India: The provided text does not list specific details to conclude the answer.
Ecosystem types: Includes terrestrial, marine, and coastal ecosystems (a type of Biosphere Reserve.)

General Science Questions

Evaporation rate (liquids): Fastest for petrol followed by alcohol, then kerosene, and lastly water.
Lowest temperature measurement: Uses a minimum reading thermometer.
Star color dependence: Depends on temperature.
Electromagnetic wave characteristics: Electromagnetic waves are transverse waves, and they only travel through vacuum.
Natural gas mixtures in gas lasers: Helium and neon.
Vitamin D deficiency and affected body part: Bones..
Properties of ammonia: Its aqueous solution turns red litmus paper blue.
Strongest oxidising agent: Fluorine.
Sodium carbonate common name: Washing soda.
Fixed property of cell: Proteins.
Essential constituent of nitrogen: Proteins.
Discovery of cobalt in vitamin B12: The given text doesn't specify the discoverer.

General Maths Questions

Operation * (x*y = x² + y² - xy): 11*13 = 147.
Percentage calculation: Sunil got 60% more than Sonu. Further details were needed to complete the task.
Ratio calculation: Details insufficient to give a definitive answer.
Work completion problem: B worked for 9 days.
Problems on Time, Speed, and Distance: The initial distance between the office and the place where the man started was about 7km.

Jharkhand Specific Questions

First Param Vir Chakra awardee from Jharkhand: Birsa Munda.
Jharkhand state animal: The specific details about the Jharkhand state animal were not clear.
'Marang Gomke': Birsa Munda.
President of the Chota Nagpur Conference (1954): The specific details were not clear.
Christian religious leader and Ramkatha work: The author was not mentioned in the text.
'Dust Storm and Hanging Mist' book author: The author mentioned in the text was not clear, more details were needed.
'Isau Charit Chintamai' book author: Father J Hofman.
First state to directly benefit from a commodity transfer: The given text does not specify the details of the commodity that received this recognition.
Energy Ganga-Jagdishpur-Haldia gas pipeline: Does not pass through East Singhbhum.
Author of the "Disappearing Country" novel: The specific details were not clear.
Author of the "Koce K'daba" play: The specific details were not clear.
Author of "Kherwal Ban'sho Dhoro'm Putli": The given text includes insufficient details.
Author of "Adi Dharma": The given text mentions insufficient details.
Author of the 1910 edition of Santal Pargana District Gazetteer: The given text does not specify the correct author.
Rank of Bokaro Steel Plant in Asia: Second largest steel plant in Asia (from the data).
Location of Hot Springs: Hajaribagh in Jharkhand (from the data)
Leader of the tribal uprising (before British rule): The specific details about the uprising leaders were not clear.
Hill station pilgrim center: Parsanath Hill is for Jain pilgrims, from the data.
Jharkhand's share in India's total resources: About 30%.
Cause of the 1965 Dori colliery disaster: The given text does not fully specify the reason.
Mineral found in Jharkhand: The text does not provide a complete list of minerals.
Unique Jharkhand mineral: Mica.
Agricultural University location (Kanke): The focus of the institution/university is agriculture, animal science, and forestry.
Jharkhand monsoon season: August-September.
Tribal classification based on subsistence methods: Birhor, Korwa, and Kharia. (from the data)
Meaning of 'Mahali' and 'Kompit': The given text does not provide context for a specific tribal group.
Jharkhand's unique production: Mica.
Historical narrative based on a character: Based on the given text, the story of Mahasweta Devi (Aranyer Adhikar) was not clearly the tribal uprising text.
Category of tribes based on hunting and gathering methods: From the given information, several tribal groups were mentioned as hunters-gatherers.
Political movement associated with the region: The given text mentions several tribal uprisings that were associated with the locality mentioned in the data.
Festival linked to religious figures: The given text states that the festival (Karma) is observed by males (per the data).
Bride price practice: Called 'goneong'. (from the data)
Jharkhand's district with abundant waterfalls: The text doesn't explicitly specify the area.
Jharni dance: A form of folk dance associated with the Jharkhand state (from the given text).
State that implemented anti-conversion law: The given information does not specify the details on the anti-conversion law.
First permanent people's court in Ranchi: The given text did not state the year for this event.
Tribe associated with the hilly region in an uprising(political movement): The given text indicates the participants in the upheaval in that region.
Industrial area of Asia: (based on information) Adityapur Industrial Area is noted as one of the largest in Asia.