General Awareness Question Papers
08th August 2017 (Shift-3)
Question-1: Who takes the decision regarding the savings and loan activities in a Self Help Group (SHG)?
Options:
1) Private Bank
2) Reserve Bank of India
3) Members of group
4) Non-Government Organizations
Correct Answer: Members of group
Question-2: Which amongst the following is not in the list of Maharatna?
Options:
1) Coal India Limited
2) Steel Authority of India Limited
3) Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
4) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
Correct Answer: Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
Question-3: In the Indian constitution, the method of election of the President has been taken from which country?
Options:
1) Britain
2) USA
3) Ireland
4) Australia
Correct Answer: Ireland
Question-4: What is the literal meaning of the term “Quo-Warranto”?
Options:
1) We command
2) To forbid
3) By what authority (or) warrant
4) None of these
Correct Answer: By what authority (or) warrant
Question-5: Who was given the title of “The Ambassador of Hindu – Muslim Unity” for being the architect and mastermind of the historic Lucknow Pact?
Options:
1) Sir Sayyad Ahmad Khan
2) Fazl-ul-Haq
3) Syed Mohammad Sharfuddin Quadri
4) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Correct Answer: Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Question-6: What is the name of the court poet of King Harshavardhana?
Options:
1) Tulsidas
2) Banabhatta
3) Surdas
4) Raskhan
Correct Answer: Banabhatta
Question-7: Marble comes under which category of rocks?
Options:
1) Sedimentary
2) Igneous
3) Metamorphic
4) None of these
Correct Answer: Metamorphic
Question-8: Which of the following is most important for the absorption of heat radiated from the Sun as well as from the Earth?
Options:
1) Carbon dioxide
2) Oxygen
3) Carbon monoxide
4) Nitrogen
Correct Answer: Carbon dioxide
Question-9: Which among the following has segmented body?
Options:
1) Phylum Mollusca
2) Phylum Arthopoda
3) Phylum Annelida
4) Phylum Coelenterata
Correct Answer: Phylum Annelida
Question-10: Synapse gap is present between which of the following?
Options:
1) Two neurons
2) Brain and Spinal Cord
3) Two Kidneys
4) None of these
Correct Answer: Two neurons
Question-11: Which organ has finger like outgrowths which are called as Villi (Singular Villus)?
Options:
1) Large Intestine
2) Bladder
3) Small Intestine
4) Stomach
Correct Answer: Small Intestine
Question-12: Which of the following is not a vector quantity?
Options:
1) Acceleration
2) Electric current
3) Force
4) Velocity
Correct Answer: Electric current
Question-13: The phenomenon of raising the outer edge of the curved roads above the inner edge to provide a necessary centripetal force to the vehicles to take a safe turn is called _____.
Options:
1) banking of roads
2) cornering of roads
3) elevation of roads
4) tempering of roads
Correct Answer: banking of roads
Question-14: C++ is ________.
Options:
1) an operating system
2) a programming language
3) a software
4) None of these
Correct Answer: a programming language
Question-15: What are isobars?
Options:
1) Elements with the same atomic number but the different mass number
2) Elements with different atomic number but the same mass number
3) Elements with different atomic number and different mass number
4) Elements with the same atomic number and same mass number
Correct Answer: Elements with different atomic number but the same mass number
Question-16: Which of the following pairs is INCORRECT?
I. Haematite : Iron
II. Pitchblende : Copper
III. Monazite : Thorium
Options:
1) Only I
2) Only II
3) Only I and II
4) Only I and III
Correct Answer: Only II
Question-17: In which year did Kyoto Protocol came into force?
Options:
1) 2004
2) 2005
3) 2006
4) 2007
Correct Answer: 2005
Question-18: The 7th pay commission has retained the rate of annual increment of _____.
Options:
1) 2%
2) 2.57%
3) 3%
4) 3.5%
Correct Answer: 3%
Question-19: Who discovered malaria-causing germs?
Options:
1) Christiaan Bernard
2) Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran
3) Dmitry Ivanovsky
4) Martinus William Beijerinck
Correct Answer: Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran
Question-20:
Options:
1) 1-a, 2-b, 3-c
2) 1-b, 2-a, 3-c
3) 1-b, 2-c, 3-a
4) 1-a, 2-c, 3-b
Correct Answer: 1-a, 2-c, 3-b
Question-21: Which of the following pair is INCORRECT?
Options:
1) Amjad Ali Khan – Tabla
2) Ustad Bismillah Khan – Shehnai
3) Hema Malini – Bharatnatyam
4) Shambhu Maharaj – Kathak
Correct Answer: Amjad Ali Khan – Tabla
Question-22: Who was conferred with the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature?
Options:
1) Bob Dylan
2) Oliver Hart
3) Yoshinori Ohsumi
4) J. Michael Kosterlitz
Correct Answer: Bob Dylan
Question-23: Who is the author of the book titled ‘The Gita for Children’?
Options:
1) Puja Changoiwala
2) Ruchira Gupta
3) Priyanka Mookerjee
4) Roopa Pai
Correct Answer: Roopa Pai
Question-24: With which country India celebrated its 25th year of diplomatic ties in 2017?
Options:
1) France
2) Russia
3) Israel
4) China
Correct Answer: Israel
Question-25: Which Asian country has opened ‘Duge Bridge’ (world’s highest road bridge) for use in year 2016?
Options:
1) China
2) Russia
3) Japan
4) India
Correct Answer: China