General Awareness Question Papers
02nd September-2016 (Shift-2)
Question 26.Chief Ministers of States are members of __________________
Options:
1) NITI Commission(Aayog)
2) Finance Commission
3) National Development Council
4) Election Commission
Correct Answer: National Development Council
Question 27.When the demand for a good increases with an increase in income, such a good is called___________
Options:
1) Superior good
2) Giffin good
3) Inferior good
4) Normal good
Correct Answer: Superior good
Question 28.Which of the following is the most important raw material for generation of power in India?
Options:
1) Mineral Oil
2) Natural Gas
3) Uranium
4) Coal
Correct Answer: Coal
Question 29.Which of the following is the treatment of water pollution?
Options:
1) Bag house filter
2) Windrow composting
3) Venturi scrubber
4) Reverse Osmosis
Correct Answer: Reverse Osmosis
Question 30.The Comptroller and Auditor General is closely connected with which of the following Committees of Parliament?
Options:
1) The Estimates Committee
2) The Committee on Public Undertakings
3) The Public Accounts Committee
4) All of these
Correct Answer: The Public Accounts Committee
Question 31.The demand of a commodity is a direct demand but the demand of a factor of production is called a
Options:
1) Crossed demand
2) Joint demand
3) Derived demand
4) Independent demand
Correct Answer: Derived demand
Question 32.Depreciation is loss in value of ________
Options:
1) Final goods
2) Machinery
3) Capital stock
4) Stock of inventory
Correct Answer: Machinery
Question 33.What is the Mehrauli Pillar in the complex of Qutub Minar primarily famous for?
Options:
1) Proverbial height
2) Skilful stone cutting
3) Excellent quality steel
4) Statue of Buddha on top
Correct Answer: Excellent quality steel
Question 34.Harvesting season of Kharif crop in India is _________
Options:
1) January-March
2) February-April
3) September-October
4) November-January
Correct Answer: September-October
Question 35.Which of the following produces the most solid waste?
Options:
1) Agriculture
2) Nuclear Power Plants
3) Manufacturing
4) Packaging Industry
Correct Answer: Manufacturing
Question 36.Potassium Permanganate is used for purifying drinking water, because_________
Options:
1) It is a reducing agent
2) It is an oxidising agent
3) It is a sterilising agent
4) It dissolves the impurities of water
Correct Answer: It is an oxidising agent
Question 37.Spraying of DDT on crops causes pollution of __________
Options:
1) Air & Soil
2) Crops & Air
3) Soil & Water
4) Air & Water
Correct Answer: Soil & Water
Question 38.Which cells in pancreas produce Insulin?
Options:
1) Thymus
2) Estrogen
3) Corpus epididymis
4) Islets of Langerhans
Correct Answer: Islets of Langerhans
Question 39.When we see an object, the image formed on the retina is ________
Options:
1) Real and inverted
2) Real and erect
3) Virtual and erect
4) Virtual and inverted
Correct Answer: Real and inverted
Question 40.Find the “odd one out”.
Options:
1) Linux
2) Windows 98
3) C++
4) Windows 7
Correct Answer: C++
Question 41.Kinetic energy depends on
Options:
1) the velocity or speed of the moving body.
2) the mass of the moving body
3) the pressure of the moving body
4) both mass and velocity of the moving body
Correct Answer: both mass and velocity of the moving body
Question 42.In which form is the supplied heat energy stored during change in temperature of substance?
Options:
1) Heat energy
2) Kinetic energy
3) Potential energy
4) Both kinetic and potential energy
Correct Answer: Kinetic energy
Question 43.Atoms of same element having different mass numbers are called__________
Options:
1) Isobars
2) Isotopes
3) Isotones
4) Isomers
Correct Answer: Isotopes
Question 44.Which script was used in Ashoka’s inscriptions?
Options:
1) Brahmi
2) Devanagiri
3) Gurmukhi
4) Sanskrit
Correct Answer: Brahmi
Question 45.The ideas of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity, which influenced the Indian National Movement, was taken from _________
Options:
1) American Revolution
2) Russian Revolution
3) Chinese revolution
4) French revolution
Correct Answer: French revolution
Question 46.The Kaushal Kendra (skilling center) under the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana has been inaugurated in the city of ______________
Options:
1) Noida
2) Kolkata
3) Mumbai
4) Hyderabad
Correct Answer: Noida
Question 47.Which one of the following is not the official language of the UNO?
Options:
1) French
2) Arabic
3) Spanish
4) Japanese
Correct Answer: Japanese
Question 48.With the participation in the Rio Olympics who has become the first tennis player in the world to have 7 appearances in Olympics?
Options:
1) Martina Navratilova
2) Serena Williams
3) Leander Paes
4) Roger Federer
Correct Answer: Leander Paes
Question 49.How many rings are there in the Olympic flag?
Options:
1) 4
2) 5
3) 6
4) 7
Correct Answer: 5
Question 50.Indian Army’s School of Artillery is located at_______________
Options:
1) Khadakvasala
2) Dehradun
3) Deolali
4) Roorkee
Correct Answer: Deolali