General Awareness Question Papers
18th August 2017 (Shift-1)
Question-26: The closest example of a centrally planned economy is the __________ for the major part of the 20th Century.
Options:
1) USA
2) India
3) Soviet Union
4) Japan
Correct Answer: Soviet Union
Question-27: ____________ is the relationship between the variable input and output, keeping all other inputs are held constant.
Options:
1) Total product
2) Average product
3) Isoquant
4) The Long Run
Correct Answer: Total product
Question-28: _____________ means cases that can be directly considered by the Supreme Court without going to the lower courts before that.
Options:
1) Original Jurisdiction
2) Writ Jurisdiction
3) Appellate Jurisdiction
4) Advisory Jurisdiction
Correct Answer: Original Jurisdiction
Question-29: Under which of the following jurisdiction can any individual, whose fundamental right has been violated, can directly move the Supreme Court for remedy?
Options:
1) Original Jurisdiction
2) Writ Jurisdiction
3) Appellate Jurisdiction
4) Advisory Jurisdiction
Correct Answer: Writ Jurisdiction
Question-30: During their rule the British persuaded or forced cultivators in Bengal to grow __________.
Options:
1) Jute
2) Tea
3) Sugarcane
4) Wheat
Correct Answer: Jute
Question-31: The Mongols under ___________ invaded Transoxiana in north-east Iran in 1219.
Options:
1) Timur Lang
2) Nadir Shah
3) Ahmed Shah Abdali
4) Genghis Khan
Correct Answer: Genghis Khan
Question-32: In the biosphere living beings are inter-related and interdependent on each other for survival. This life supporting system is known as the __________.
Options:
1) Ecosystem
2) Mountain range
3) Forest
4) Atmosphere
Correct Answer: Ecosystem
Question-33: The part of the Himalayas between Tista and Dihang rivers is known as _________ Himalayas.
Options:
1) Nepal
2) Kashmir
3) Assam
4) Jammu
Correct Answer: Assam
Question-34: Other name of Platelets is?
Options:
1) Leucocytes
2) Erythrocytes
3) Platelets
4) Thrombocytes
Correct Answer: Thrombocytes
Question-35: In stems, the protoxylem lies towards the centre and the metaxylem lies towards the periphery of the organ. This type of primary xylem is called _____________.
Options:
1) Xylem fibres
2) Xylem parenchyma
3) Exarch
4) Endarch
Correct Answer: Endarch
Question-36: ___________ is the second largest animal phylum.
Options:
1) Mollusca
2) Chordata
3) Coelomates
4) Anneldia
Correct Answer: Mollusca
Question-37: In a qualitative way, the tendency of undisturbed objects to stay at rest or to keep moving with the same velocity is called _________.
Options:
1) force
2) acceleration
3) friction
4) inertia
Correct Answer: inertia
Question-38: The time taken by a pendulum to complete one oscillation is called its?
Options:
1) Maximum speed
2) Average speed
3) Time period
4) Time interval
Correct Answer: Time period
Question-39: Teach Text’ is a text editor in which of the following operating systems?
Options:
1) Windows
2) Google Chrome
3) Mozilla Firefox
4) Macintosh
Correct Answer: Macintosh
Question-40: Metals react with sodium hydroxide to produce ___________.
Options:
1) oxygen gas
2) sodium
3) water
4) hydrogen gas
Correct Answer: hydrogen gas
Question-41: Which base is present in lime water?
Options:
1) Sodium hydroxide
2) Magnesium hydroxide
3) Calcium hydroxide
4) Ammonium hydroxide
Correct Answer: Calcium hydroxide
Question-42: Presence of large amounts of nutrients in waters also causes excessive growth of _________ algae.
Options:
1) Biomagnification
2) Algal bloom
3) planktonic
4) Eutrophication
Correct Answer: planktonic
Question-43: ______________ scheme launched by the Central Government plans to issue soil cards to farmers which will carry crop-wise recommendations of nutrients and fertilisers.
Options:
1) Soil Health Card
2) Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission
3) Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana
4) National R-URBAN Mission
Correct Answer: Soil Health Card
Question-44: Who invented the electric tram?
Options:
1) James Cook
2) William Harvey
3) Fyodor Pirotsky
4) Robert Boyles
Correct Answer: Fyodor Pirotsky
Question-45: Who was the 2015 Men’s Rugby World Cup Winner?
Options:
1) New Zealand
2) South Africa
3) Australia
4) England
Correct Answer: New Zealand
Question-46: Indian Mughal paintings originated during the rule of which Mughal Emperor?
Options:
1) Humayun
2) Akbar
3) Jahangir
4) Shah Jahan
Correct Answer: Humayun
Question-47: Which of the following won the Best Film in 62nd Filmfare Awards 2017?
Options:
1) Dangal
2) Rustom
3) Airlift
4) Udta Punjab
Correct Answer: Dangal
Question-48: Which of the statements given below are correct?
1. The author of the novel ‘Forty Thieves’ is Thomas Perry.
2. The author of the novel ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’ is Jennifer Egan.
3. The author of the novel ‘Middlesex’ is Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
Options:
1) 1 and 2
2) 2 and 3
3) 1 and 3
4) 1, 2 and 3
Correct Answer: 2 and 3
Question-49: What was USA’s rank in 2016 Human Development Index published by the United Nations Development Programme?
Options:
1) 1
2) 10
3) 100
4) 200
Correct Answer: 10
Question-50: The Delhi – Lahore Bus is officially known as __________________.
Options:
1) Sada-e-Sarhad
2) Maitree bus
3) Yaad-e-Shaheed
4) Dosti bus
Correct Answer: Sada-e-Sarhad