General Awareness Question Papers
02nd September 2016 (Shift-1)
Question 26.Who among the following Sikh Gurus had laid the foundation of Amritsar?
Options:
1) Guru Amar Das
2) Guru Ram Das
3) Guru Arjan Dev
4) Guru Har Govind
Correct Answer: Guru Ram Das
Question 27.In the 42nd Constitutional Amendment 1976, which word was added to the Preamble?
Options:
1) Democratic
2) Equality
3) Secular
4) Socialist
Correct Answer: Secular
Question 28.Which monument is known as “The National Monument of India”?
Options:
1) India Gate
2) Gateway of India
3) Raj Ghat
4) Red fort
Correct Answer: India Gate
Question 29.Which of the following country has recently declared 3 month emergency following a failed military coup?
Options:
1) Sudan
2) Turkey
3) Maldives
4) Syria
Correct Answer: Turkey
Question 30.The award which, the famous writer and social activist Mahasweta Devi, who passed away recently, did not win
Options:
1) Sahity Akademi Award
2) Jnanpith Award
3) Magsaysay Award
4) Padam Vibhushan
Correct Answer: Padam Vibhushan
Question 31.Which place is said to be the Manchester of South India?
Options:
1) Coimbatore
2) Salem
3) Thanjavur
4) Madurai
Correct Answer: Coimbatore
Question 32.A galvanometer can be converted into a voltmeter by connecting with it a
Options:
1) high resistance in parallel
2) low resistance on parallel
3) high resistance on series
4) low resistance in series
Correct Answer: high resistance on series
Question 33.In computer processing, __________ selects processes from the pool and loads them into memory for execution.
Options:
1) Job Scheduler
2) Resource Scheduler
3) CPU Scheduler
4) Process Scheduler
Correct Answer: Job Scheduler
Question 34.Name the first cricketer to score 1000 runs in an innings in any competitive match
Options:
1) Prithvi Shaw
2) Pranav Dhanawade
3) Virat Kohli
4) Shikhar Dhawan
Correct Answer: Pranav Dhanawade
Question 35.The beach sands of Kerala are rich in
Options:
1) Calcium
2) Radium
3) Thorium
4) Manganese
Correct Answer: Thorium
Question 36.During which of the following operating conditions of an automobile, carbon monoxide content in exhaust gas is maximum?
Options:
1) Acceleration
2) Cruising
3) Idle running
4) Deacceleration
Correct Answer: Idle running
Question 37.India’s first Railway University will come up at
Options:
1) Vadodara, Gujarat
2) Bengaluru, Karnataka
3) Hyderabad, Andra Pradesh
4) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Correct Answer: Vadodara, Gujarat
Question 38.The Himalayas is the example of ____
Options:
1) Fold mountains
2) Block mountains
3) Ancient mountains
4) Residual mountains
Correct Answer: Fold mountains
Question 39.The largest irrigation canal in India is _____________
Options:
1) Yamuna canal
2) Indira Gandhi canal
3) Sirhand canal
4) Upper Bari Doab canal
Correct Answer: Indira Gandhi canal
Question 40.Even after sunset, the air near the Earth’s surface continues to receive heat due to
Options:
1) Insolation
2) Terrestrial Radiation
3) Conduction
4) Convection
Correct Answer: Terrestrial Radiation
Question 41.At the Rio Olympics, who was the flagbearer of the Indian contingent?
Options:
1) Narsingh Yadav
2) Abhinav Bindra
3) Dipa Karmakar
4) Sania Mirza
Correct Answer: Abhinav Bindra
Question 42.A landscape which is caused due to the fissure in the earth along which one side has moved down with reference to the other is known as
Options:
1) Rift Valley
2) U Shaped Valley
3) V Shaped Valley
4) Hanging Valley
Correct Answer: Rift Valley
Question 43.The largest artery in human body is
Options:
1) Aorta
2) Capillary
3) Vena cava
4) Pulmonary vein
Correct Answer: Aorta
Question 44.An eudiometer measures
Options:
1) Atmospheric pressure
2) Time
3) Volume of gases
4) Vapour pressure
Correct Answer: Volume of gases
Question 45.Trinitrotoluene is
Options:
1) used to melt metals
2) used to fuse two metals
3) used as an abrasive
4) used as an explosive
Correct Answer: used as an explosive
Question 46.In a cut motion, when the amount of demand is reduced by Rs 100/- , it is known as
Options:
1) Disapproval of policy cut
2) Economy cut
3) Vote on Account
4) Token cut
Correct Answer: Token cut
Question 47.One of the leading producers of asbestos in the world is
Options:
1) Australia
2) Russia
3) Canada
4) Armenia
Correct Answer: Canada
Question 48.Beighton Cup is associated with which of the following?
Options:
1) Cricket
2) Hockey
3) Football
4) Volleyball
Correct Answer: Hockey
Question 49.If Reserve Bank of India reduces the cash reserve ratio, it will :
Options:
1) increase credit creation
2) decrease credit creation
3) have no impact on credit creation
4) have no definite impact on credit creation
Correct Answer: increase credit creation
Question 50.Nitrification is the biological process of converting
Options:
1) N2 into nitrate
2) N2 into nitrite
3) Ammonia into nitrite
4) Ammonia into N2
Correct Answer: Ammonia into nitrite