General Awareness Question Papers
03rd September 2016 (Shift-1)
Question 26.MUDRA Bank has been launched to help
Options:
1) Small business
2) Marginal farmers
3) Poor women
4) Rural sector
Correct Answer: Small business
Question 27.Which of the following controls the insurance business of India?
Options:
1) RBI
2) IDBI
3) SEBI
4) IRDA
Correct Answer: IRDA
Question 28.The Speaker of Lok Sabha addresses his letter of resignation to the
Options:
1) President of India
2) Prime Minister
3) Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha
4) The Chief Justice of India
Correct Answer: Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha
Question 29.Who presided over the first session of the Indian National Congress?
Options:
1) A.O. Hume
2) Surendranath Banerjee
3) W.C. Banerjee
4) Badruddin Tayyabji
Correct Answer: W.C. Banerjee
Question 30.Which of the following writers has called Akbar’s Din-i-Ilahi as a monument of his folly, not of wisdom?
Options:
1) Badayuni
2) Vincent Smith
3) Barni
4) W.Haig
Correct Answer: Vincent Smith
Question 31.Which of the following region in India is now regarded as an “Ecological Hot Spot”?
Options:
1) Western Himalayas
2) Eastern Himalayas
3) Western Ghats
4) Eastern Ghats
Correct Answer: Western Ghats
Question 32.The Beaufort scale is used to measure:
Options:
1) Atmospheric pressure
2) Altitudes of mountains
3) Wind velocity
4) Intensity of earthquakes
Correct Answer: Wind velocity
Question 33.The waste management technique that involves the use of micro-organisms to remove or neutralize pollutants from the contaminated site is called
Options:
1) Bio sensor
2) Bio magnification
3) Bio remediation
4) Bio concentration
Correct Answer: Bio remediation
Question 34.In IT networking, which of the following device is used in physical layer?
Options:
1) Repeater
2) Router
3) Transport Gateway
4) Bridge
Correct Answer: Repeater
Question 35.The purest form of water in nature is
Options:
1) Rain water
2) Lake water
3) River water
4) Sea water
Correct Answer: Rain water
Question 36.The source of energy that causes the least global warming is
Options:
1) coal
2) Geothermal energy
3) Natural Gas
4) Petroleum
Correct Answer: Geothermal energy
Question 37.The constellation ‘Sapta Rishi’ is known to Westerners as the
Options:
1) Seven Monks
2) Alpha Centauri
3) Big Dipper
4) Small Bear
Correct Answer: Big Dipper
Question 38.Bridge is the technique used in
Options:
1) Athletics
2) Wrestling
3) Weight lifting
4) Karate
Correct Answer: Wrestling
Question 39.Which of the following books is called the ‘Bible of Socialism’?
Options:
1) Economics of Welfare
2) Das Capital
3) Value and Capital
4) Asian Drama
Correct Answer: Das Capital
Question 40.Which country recently detonated its first hydrogen bomb?
Options:
1) North Korea
2) South Korea
3) Iran
4) Libya
Correct Answer: North Korea
Question 41.The Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rojgar Yojna (SJSRY) mainly aims at creating employment opportunities for
Options:
1) both self employment and wage employment in urban areas
2) self employment in urban areas only
3) wage employment in urban areas only
4) None of these
Correct Answer: both self employment and wage employment in urban areas
Question 42.Who is known as the ‘Father of Green Revolution in India?
Options:
1) G. Paul
2) Norman Borlaug
3) Van Neil
4) Dr. Mithchell
Correct Answer: Norman Borlaug
Question 43.The component used for tuning a radio is basically a variable ____________________.
Options:
1) Resistor
2) Condenser
3) Inductor
4) Transformer
Correct Answer: Condenser
Question 44.Which of the following is not a donor atom?
Options:
1) Phosphorus
2) Antimony
3) Arsenic
4) Aluminium
Correct Answer: Aluminium
Question 45.Which one of the following party was founded by Subhash Chandra Bose?
Options:
1) Abhinav Bharat
2) Azad Hind Sena
3) Revolutionary Army
4) Forward Block
Correct Answer: Forward Block
Question 46. 0°K is equivalent to
Options:
1) 273°C
2) -273°C
3) 0°C
4) 100°C
Correct Answer: -273°C
Question 47.The oxygen liberated during photosynthesis comes from
Options:
1) Water
2) Carbon dioxide
3) Glucose
4) Chlorophyll
Correct Answer: Water
Question 48.First national park of India that was established in 1936 was named as
Options:
1) Kanha National Park
2) Bharatpur National Park
3) Hailey National Park
4) Rajaji National Park
Correct Answer: Hailey National Park
Question 49.Who is the 1st Indian female amputee to climb Mount Everest?
Options:
1) Arunima Sinha
2) Bachendri Pal
3) Santosh Yadav
4) Premlata Agarwal
Question 50.The term ‘Higgs Boson’ is associated with
Options:
1) Nano Technology
2) Oncology
3) God Particle
4) Stem Cell Research
Correct Answer: God Particle