General Awareness Question Papers
28th August-2016 (Shift-2)
Question 26.What is the phenomenon which established the transverse nature of light?
Options:
1) Reflection
2) Interference
3) Diffraction
4) Polarisation
Correct Answer: Polarisation
Question 27.What is the name of a memory buffer used to accommodate a speed differential?
Options:
1) Cache
2) Stack Pointer
3) Accumulator
4) DISC
Correct Answer: Cache
Question 28.What is contained in Chlorophyll?
Options:
1) sodium
2) potassium
3) manganese
4) magnesium
Correct Answer: magnesium
Question 29.Epigraphy is the study of which of the following?
Options:
1) Coins
2) Inscriptions
3) Temples
4) Birds
Correct Answer: Inscriptions
Question 30.Who won the Women’s Singles Wimbledon Championship 2016?
Options:
1) Angilique Kuber
2) Serena Williams
3) Venus Williams
4) Steffi Graff
Correct Answer: Serena Williams
Question 31.In which field is B.C. Roy Award give?
Options:
1) Music
2) Journalism
3) Medicine
4) Environment
Correct Answer: Medicine
Question 32.What is Damodar Valley Corporation?
Options:
1) Statutory body
2) Municipal Corporation looking after Damodar Valley
3) A private enterprise located in Bihar
4) A non-government organisation
Correct Answer: Statutory body
Question 33.Which is the highest gallantry Award in India?
Options:
1) Vir Chakra
2) Param Vishist Seva Medal
3) Kirti Chakra
4) Param Vir Chakra
Correct Answer: Param Vir Chakra
Question 34.Who was recently appointed as the first woman president of Nepal?
Options:
1) Sita Subedi
2) Pampha Bhusal
3) Urmila Rana
4) Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Correct Answer: Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Question 35.In which field is Pulitzer Prize awarded for outstanding work?
Options:
1) Environment study
2) Science and Technology
3) Literature and Journalism
4) International Understanding
Correct Answer: Literature and Journalism
Question 36.Why is Carbon Monoxide a pollutant?
Options:
1) Reacts with haemoglobin
2) Makes nervous system inactive
3) It reacts with Oxygen
4) It inhibits glycolysis
Correct Answer: Reacts with haemoglobin
Question 37.Why is Rann Of Kutch of India famous for?
Options:
1) Tidal and flats
2) Fertile soil
3) Dense Vegetation
4) All are correct
Correct Answer: Tidal and flats
Question 38.Commercial banks lend to which of the following Priority sectors?
Options:
1) Heavy Industries
2) Agriculture, Small scale industries
3) Foreign Companies
4) State government in emergency situation
Correct Answer: Agriculture, Small scale industries
Question 39.What is the accounting year of the Reserve Bank of India?
Options:
1) April-March
2) July-June
3) October-September
4) January-December
Correct Answer: July-June
Question 40.What is the position of the Earth when it is at the greatest distance from the sun?
Options:
1) Aphelion
2) Antipode
3) Perihelion
4) Aldiatc
Correct Answer: Aphelion
Question 41.The biogas used for cooking is a mixture of which of the following?
Options:
1) Carbon dioxide & oxygen
2) Isobutane & propane
3) Methane & carbon monoxide
4) Methane & carbon dioxide
Correct Answer: Methane & carbon dioxide
Question 42.From the following, who was the first women speaker of Lok Sabha?
Options:
1) Sushma Swaraj
2) Margret Alva
3) Meera Kumar
4) Sarojini Naidu
Correct Answer: Meera Kumar
Question 43.Which of the following wind is blowing from the Mediterranean sea to the North-Western parts of India?
Options:
1) Western disturbances
2) Norwesters
3) Loo
4) Mango showers
Correct Answer: Western disturbances
Question 44.Azolla increases soil fertility for ….
Options:
1) maize cultivation
2) wheat cultivation
3) barley cultivation
4) rice cultivation
Correct Answer: rice cultivation
Question 45.Which of the following is not provided in the constitution?
Options:
1) Election Commission
2) Finance Commission
3) Public Service Commission
4) Planning Commission
Correct Answer: Planning Commission
Question 46.What is the popular name of Monolithic rock shrines at Mahabalipuram?
Options:
1) Rathas
2) Prasadas
3) Mathika
4) Gandhakuti
Correct Answer: Rathas
Question 47.What is the name of the device used to convert alternating current into direct current?
Options:
1) Ammeter
2) Galvanometer
3) Rectifier
4) Transformer
Correct Answer: Rectifier
Question 48.Why does ice covered in sawdust not melt quickly?
Options:
1) Sawdust does not allow the air to touch the ice
2) The water is absorbed by sawdust
3) Sawdust is a bad conductor of heat
4) Sawdust is good conductor of heat
Correct Answer: Sawdust is a bad conductor of heat
Question 49.Which layer of the earth’s atmosphere contains the ozone layer?
Options:
1) Troposphere
2) Mesosphere
3) Ionosphere
4) Stratosphere
Correct Answer: Stratosphere
Question 50.Where is the Great Barrier Reef located?
Options:
1) Pacific Ocean
2) Indian Ocean
3) Atlantic Ocean
4) Arctic Ocean
Correct Answer: Pacific Ocean