General Awareness Question Papers
27th August-2016 (Shift-1)
Question 26.Trickle down theory ignores the impact of economic growth on
Options:
1) Investment
2) Savings
3) Income distribution
4) Consumption
Correct Answer: Income distribution
Question 27.The Comptroller and Auditor General of India does not audit the receipts and expenditure of
Options:
1) Central Government
2) Local Bodies
3) State Government
4) Government Companies
Correct Answer: Local Bodies
Question 28.In which year did the Kakori conspiracy case take place?
Options:
1) 1925
2) 1924
3) 1926
4) 1927
Correct Answer: 1925
Question 29.The Taj Mahal is called ‘a dream in marble’. Which monument is called as ‘a dream in stone’?
Options:
1) The Rang Mahal
2) The Panch Mahal
3) The Red Fort
4) The Bahai temple
Correct Answer: The Panch Mahal
Question 30.Sex-ratio in India is measured as
Options:
1) Number of males per thousand females
2) Number of females per thousand males
3) Number of males per hundred females
4) Number of females per hundred males
Correct Answer: Number of females per thousand males
Question 31.Companion cells are unique to
Options:
1) Bryophytes
2) Pteridophytes
3) Angiosperms
4) Gymnosperms
Correct Answer: Angiosperms
Question 32.Which one of the following is an insulator?
Options:
1) Copper
2) Wood
3) Mercury
4) Aluminium
Correct Answer: Wood
Question 33.Bubbles of air rise up through liquids due to:
Options:
1) Surface tension and adherence
2) viscosity and buoyancy.
3) air current over the liquid and buoyancy
4) Up thrust and surface tension.
Correct Answer: viscosity and buoyancy.
Question 34.Zeolite is
Options:
1) hydrated ferric oxide
2) hydrated sodium aluminium silicate
3) sodium hexameta phosphate
4) sodium tetra borate
Correct Answer: hydrated sodium aluminium silicate
Question 35.The boiling point of liquids vary as
Options:
1) pressure varies
2) temperature varies
3) volume varies
4) density varies
Correct Answer: pressure varies
Question 36.The largest source of pollution in the world is
Options:
1) herbicides and insecticides
2) Automobile exhausts
3) Sewage and garbage
4) Industrial effluents
Correct Answer: Sewage and garbage
Question 37.Among the following states, the literacy rate is highest in
Options:
1) Orissa
2) Punjab
3) Maharashtra
4) Mizoram
Correct Answer: Mizoram
Question 38.The minimum number of members that must be present to hold the meeting of the Lok Sabha is
Options:
1) One-fourth of the total membership
2) One-tenth of the total membership
3) Fifty percent strength of the Lok Sabha
4) At least hundred members
Correct Answer: One-tenth of the total membership
Question 39.India’s population growth is characterized by
Options:
1) An increase in rate of death
2) An increase in the ratio of females
3) An increase in the birth rate and declining death rate
4) Increasing number of old people
Correct Answer: An increase in the birth rate and declining death rate
Question 40.What will you call a system of taxation under which the poorer sections are taxed at higher rates than the richer sections?
Options:
1) Progressive tax
2) Proportional tax
3) Regressive tax
4) Degressive tax
Correct Answer: Regressive tax
Question 41.The most important function of an interest group is to
Options:
1) form the government
2) alter government policies to its liking
3) build up public opinion
4) Contest elections
Correct Answer: alter government policies to its liking
Question 42.Which among the following is not correctly paired?
Options:
1) Shivaji-Afzal Khan
2) Nurjahan-Mahabat Khan
3) Akbar-Rana Pratap
4) Babar-Bairam Khan
Correct Answer: Babar-Bairam Khan
Question 43.Which of the following deserts is rich in gold reserves?
Options:
1) Arabian
2) Thar
3) Mongolian
4) Atacama
Correct Answer: Atacama
Question 44.Lacrymal glands are situated in the
Options:
1) Palms
2) Buccal cavity
3) Eye orbit
4) Stomach
Correct Answer: Eye orbit
Question 45.The most extensive use of molasses after fermentation is for producing
Options:
1) Methanol
2) Sugar
3) Ethanol
4) Sugarcane
Correct Answer: Ethanol
Question 46.Acid rain is caused due to pollution of atmosphere by
Options:
1) oxides of nitrogen and sulphur
2) oxides of nitrogen and phosphorous
3) oxides of carbon and nitrogen
4) oxides of nitrogen and methane
Correct Answer: oxides of nitrogen and sulphur
Question 47.The dispute over Siachin Glacier is between
Options:
1) India and China
2) India and Afghanistan
3) India and Pakistan
4) India and Nepal
Correct Answer: India and Pakistan
Question 48.Who wrote the famous line: ‘A thing of beauty is a joy forever’
Options:
1) John Keats
2) V.S. Naipaul
3) Sir Richard Burton
4) Larry Collins
Correct Answer: John Keats
Question 49.Who was the first lady Governor of an Indian State?
Options:
1) Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani
2) Miss Padmaja Naidu
3) Mrs Tarkeswari Sinha
4) Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
Correct Answer: Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani
Question 50.Which of the following is an application protocol?
Options:
1) HTTP
2) TCP
3) IP
4) UDP
Correct Answer: HTTP