GK for SSC and PCS Examinations [Test-60]

1.

Who among the following is the author of oldest surviving Prakrit grammar Prākrita Prakāśa?

Pingala

Yaska

Vararuchi

Shaunaka

2.

Which of the following is NOT a petrochemical centre of India?

Koyali

Jamnagar

Mangalore

Rourkela

3.

In which of the following human geography approaches believes that physical geographies determine human behaviour and the existence of different forms of societies?

Possibilism

Environmental determinism

Neo-determinism

Stop and go determinism

4.

Contamination of drinking water with which of the following causes Blackfoot disease (BFD)?

Nitrates

Arsenic

Mercury

Cadmium

5.

First steam-powered vehicle was built by?

Richard Trevithick

Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot

Don Walsh

Janice Meek