General Awareness Question Papers
07th September 2016 (Shift-1)
Question 26.What is the maximum number of days of employment a rural poor would get under ‘MGNREGA’?
Options:
1) 180 days
2) 120 days
3) 100 days
4) 90 days
Correct Answer: 100 days
Question 27.Scheduled bank is a bank which is ….
Options:
1) Nationalised
2) Not Nationalised
3) Based in foreign Country
4) Included in the second schedule of RBI
Correct Answer: Included in the second schedule of RBI
Question 28.Black soil is also known by which of the following name?
Options:
1) Khadar Soil
2) Bangar Soil
3) Alluivial Soil
4) Regur soil
Correct Answer: Regur soil
Question 29.What is the name of the book written by Panini?
Options:
1) Mahabhashya
2) Mitakshara
3) Madhyamika Karika
4) Ashtadhyayi
Correct Answer: Ashtadhyayi
Question 30.Which dynasty was started by Khizr Khan?
Options:
1) The Sayyids
2) The Lodhis
3) The Rajputs
4) The Khiljis
Correct Answer: The Sayyids
Question 31.The instrument used for measuring air pressure is called …..
Options:
1) Anemometer
2) Barometer
3) Hygrometer
4) Thermometer
Correct Answer: Barometer
Question 32.Gustation refers to the sense of which of the following?
Options:
1) Smell
2) Hearing
3) Tactile
4) Taste
Correct Answer: Taste
Question 33.Intensity of any wave is proportional to which of the following?
Options:
1) amplitude
2) Square of amplitude
3) Square root of amplitude
4) Cube of amplitude
Correct Answer: Square of amplitude
Question 34.In the following list of devices which device is used in network layer?
Options:
1) Repeaters
2) Router
3) Application Gateway
4) Switch
Correct Answer: Router
Question 35.NTPC is a Central Public Sector Enterprise in which sector?
Options:
1) Education
2) Health
3) Power
4) Transport
Correct Answer: Power
Question 36.Which State government has launched the Smart Village Programme, to improve public facilities in village?
Options:
1) Maharashtra
2) Rajasthan
3) Odisha
4) Gujarat
Correct Answer: Gujarat
Question 37.Rodrigo “Digong” Duterte emerged winner in 2016 presidential elections of which country?
Options:
1) Mexico
2) The Philippines
3) Spain
4) Singapore
Correct Answer: The Philippines
Question 38.What is commonly known as ‘white plague’?
Options:
1) Typhoid
2) Malaria
3) Tuberculosis
4) Plague
Correct Answer: Tuberculosis
Question 39.What are gilt-edged securities?
Options:
1) Securities issued by the multinational companies.
2) Securities issued by the Government
3) Securities issued by the private sector
4) Securities issued by the joint venture companies
Correct Answer: Securities issued by the Government
Question 40.In whose consultation does the President convene and prorogue all sessions of Parliament?
Options:
1) The Speaker
2) The Prime Minister
3) The Prime Minister and the leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha
4) The Council of Ministers
Correct Answer: The Prime Minister
Question 41.With which religion is Kaivalya associated?
Options:
1) Buddhism
2) Jainism
3) Hinduism
4) Sikhism
Correct Answer: Jainism
Question 42.Bauxite is used as raw material by which industry
Options:
1) Aluminium
2) Iron
3) Steel
4) Gold
Correct Answer: Aluminium
Question 43.The large collection of stars, dust and gas held together by the gravitational attraction between components is known as
Options:
1) Cluster
2) Atmosphere
3) Galaxy
4) Sun Family
Correct Answer: Galaxy
Question 44.Thermal electricity is generated by using which of these?
Options:
1) Coal only
2) Coal and Natural Gas only
3) Coal, Natural Gas and Petroleum
4) None of these
Correct Answer: Coal, Natural Gas and Petroleum
Question 45.When iron rusts, its weight …..
Options:
1) decreases
2) increases
3) remains the same
4) first increases and then decreases
Correct Answer: increases
Question 46.The driest location on Earth is in which country?
Options:
1) Kenya
2) Chile
3) Congo
4) Libya
Correct Answer: Chile
Question 47.Which leader of British Labour Party was recently elected the first Muslim Mayor of London?
Options:
1) Sadiq Khan
2) Ataullah Khan
3) Firdauz Zaidi
4) Karim Shaikh
Correct Answer: Sadiq Khan
Question 48.Lady Ratan Tata Trophy’ is related to which game?
Options:
1) Basketball
2) Hockey
3) Kho-Kho
4) Cricket
Correct Answer: Hockey
Question 49.Which instrument is used for measuring humidity of atmosphere?
Options:
1) Barometer
2) Anemometer
3) Thermometer
4) Hygrometer
Correct Answer: Hygrometer
Question 50.Pankaj Advani is associated with which sport?
Options:
1) Billiards
2) Boxing
3) Cricket
4) Badminton
Correct Answer: Billiards