General Awareness Question Papers
08th August 2017 (Shift-2)
Question-1: ‘Neo-Malthusian Theory’ is associated with which of the following?
Options:
1) Employment
2) Poverty
3) Resource scarcity
4) Income
Correct Answer: Resource scarcity
Question-2:
Options:
1) 1-b, 2-c, 3-a
2) 1-c, 2-a, 3-b
3) 1-a, 2-c, 3-b
4) 1-c, 2-b, 3-a
Correct Answer: 1-b, 2-c, 3-a
Question-3: How many Fundamental Duties are mentioned in the Indian constitution?
Options:
1) Five
2) Seven
3) Nine
4) Eleven
Correct Answer: Eleven
Question-4: Part IV of Constitution of India deals with which of the following?
Options:
1) The Union
2) The States
3) Fundamental Rights
4) Directive Principles of State Policy
Correct Answer: Directive Principles of State Policy
Question-5: Who gave the slogan ‘Back to the Vedas (Vedo ki aur lauto)’?
Options:
1) Guru Nanank Dev Ji
2) Dayanand Saraswati
3) Swami Vivekananda
4) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Correct Answer: Dayanand Saraswati
Question-5: Todarmal was the famous revenue minister of which Mughal Emperor?
Options:
1) Shah Jahan
2) Bahadur Shah Jafar
3) Akbar
4) Aurangzeb
Correct Answer: Akbar
Question-6: Gravitational force is maximum at which of the following place?
Options:
1) At equator
2) At tropic of cancer
3) At tropic of Capricorn
4) At poles
Correct Answer: At poles
Question-7: Which of the following device is used to measure humidity?
Options:
1) Hydrometer
2) Hygrometer
3) Psycho Meter
4) Anemometer
Correct Answer: Hygrometer
Question-8: Which of the following disease is caused by female Anopheles mosquito?
Options:
1) Chicken Pox
2) Malaria
3) Black Fever
4) Cholera
Correct Answer: Black Fever
Question-9: Which part of the plant gives us saffron?
Options:
1) Roots
2) Petals
3) Stem
4) Stigma
Correct Answer: Stigma
Question-10: Which of the following transports water from the roots of the plant to its leaves?
Options:
1) Xylem
2) Phloem
3) Both xylem and phloem
4) Cortex
Correct Answer: Xylem
Question-11: Which of the following is not a vector quantity?
Options:
1) Momentum
2) Displacement
3) Torque
4) Speed
Correct Answer: Speed
Question-12: At what temperature (in Fahrenheit) pure water freezes?
Options:
1) 32
2) 0
3) 48
4) 37
Correct Answer: 32
Question-13: In which graphics, digital photos and scanned images are typically stored with extensions such as.bmp, .png, .jpg, .tif or.gif?
Options:
1) Bitmap
2) Pixels
3) Plane
4) Both Bitmap and Pixels
Correct Answer: Bitmap
Question-14: The process of gaining electrons is known as _____.
Options:
1) oxidation
2) reduction
3) radiation
4) both oxidation and reduction
Correct Answer: reduction
Question-15: Which of the following metal (shown by its symbol) is generally used for making filaments of bulb?
Options:
1) Fe
2) An
3) Ag
4) W
Correct Answer: W
Question-16: Which of the following trees shed their leaves once in a year?
Options:
1) Deciduous trees
2) Coniferous trees
3) Evergreen trees
4) Both deciduous and coniferous trees
Correct Answer: Deciduous trees
Question-17: The Entrepreneurship Development Scheme (EDS) has been launched under New Economy Development Policy (NEDP) on January 19, 2017 at _____.
Options:
1) New Delhi
2) Mizoram
3) Gujrat
4) Uttar Pradesh
Correct Answer: Mizoram
Question-18: Who invented Dynamite?
Options:
1) J B Dunlop
2) Alfred Nobel
3) James Simons
4) Peter Hargreaves
Correct Answer: Alfred Nobel
Question-19: ‘Rovers cup’ is associated with which of the following sport?
Options:
1) Football
2) Hockey
3) Golf
4) Basketball
Correct Answer: Football
Question-20: Dandia is a form of dance associated with which of the following state?
Options:
1) Haryana
2) Punjab
3) Gujarat
4) Rajasthan
Correct Answer: Gujarat
Question-21: Who among the following was awarded with Dhronacharya Award 2016 in the field of ‘Swimming (Lifetime)’?
Options:
1) Shri Raj Kumar Sharma
2) Shri Sagar Mal Dhayal
3) Shri S. Pradeep Kumar
4) Shri Nagapuri Ramesh
Correct Answer: Shri S. Pradeep Kumar
Question-22: ‘Ace Against Odds’ is an autobiography of which sportsperson?
Options:
1) Vishwanathan Anand
2) Sania Mirza
3) Abhinav Bindra
4) Anjali Bhagwat
Correct Answer: Sania Mirza
Question-23: Under the framework of the new partnership with which country, Victory University will help India to Establish a National Sports University?
Options:
1) Portugal
2) Australia
3) Vietnam
4) USA
Correct Answer: Australia
Question-24: With which country India exchanged its border maps?
Options:
1) China
2) Sri Lanka
3) Pakistan
4) Bangladesh
Correct Answer: Bangladesh