SPECIAL QUESTIONS||INTELLIGENCE AND GENERAL KNOWLEDGE||SET 02

GI & GK Q.1

a) What is a Saprophyte?
b) Can you name a plant of this family ?




Ans.
a) Organism that lives on dead decaying matter.
b) The Bird's nest, Orchis

GI & GK Q.2

What is a phobia?
What are the following phobias:

Aero
Agora
Algo
Astra


Ans.
A phobia is a persistent fear of some object or situation that presents no actual danger to the person of in which the danger is magnified out of all proportion to its actual seriousness.

Aerophobia - it is a fear of high places.
Agoraphobia - it is a fear of open places.
Algophobia - it is a fear of pain
Astraphobia - it is a fear of storms, thunder and lightening.

GI & GK Q.3

What do the following abbreviations stand for:

C
CA
CBE
cc
cf
CE
cfic
CID
CM
cm


Ans.

C - Centigrade
CA - Chartered Accountant
cc - cubic centimeter
CE - Civil Engineer
CM - Chief Minister
cm - centimeter

GI & GK Q.4

Fill in the blanks:

2, 3, 5, 9, 17, .....,


Ans.
33 ( the series consists of doubling the preceding number, then minusing one).

GI & GK Q.5

Who created the comic character Winnie the Pooh ? Was it :

A. AA Milne
B. Zoseph
C. Ken the Mongrel
D. Atlas King
E. Thomas Pke


Ans.
(A)

GI & GK Q.6

'Puce' is a colour. What colour is it ?

A. Grey yellow
B. Sheep white
C. Purple-brown
D. Lime green
E. Puce is no colour


Ans.
(A)

GI & GK Q.7

Which of these are poisonous gases

1. Thermite
2. Phosphorite
3. Lewisite
4. Kernite
5. TNT
6. Dynamite
7. BBC
8. Phosgene
9. OED
10. Chlorine
11. DA
12. KKK
13. Arsenic
14. DB
15. CAD


Ans.
3, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15

GI & GK Q.8

What is pantomime ?
Can you name ten famous pantomimes ?


Ans.
Pantomime is dramatic entertainment based on a traditional fairy tale, with singing, dancing, acrobatics, clowning, topical jokes, a transformation scene, and certain stock roles. 

Some famous pantomime stories are Alibaba, Puss in Boots, Robinson Crusoe, Alladin, Sindbad the Sailor, Babes in the Woods, Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Humpty Dumpty. 

GI & GK Q.9

Fill in the blanks :

a) A, D, H, M, S, -
b) 3, 5, 8, 13, 22, --


Ans.
(a) Z (the gap between the letters of the alphabet is 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7)

(b) 39 (the series consists of doubling the number and sub-tracting 1, 2, 3, 4 and so on).

GI & GK Q.10

Who wrote The Moon's a Balloon?

A) David Niven
B) Mark Twain
C) David Forsyth
D) Micheal Douglas
E) Henry Smith 


Ans.
(A)