General Awareness Question Papers
20th August 2017 (Shift-1)
Question-26: The demand for a normal good increases with ________ in the consumer’s income.
Options:
1) increase
2) decrease
3) constant
4) double
Correct Answer: increase
Question-27: Short-run marginal cost curve cuts the average variable cost curve from _______ at the minimum point of average variable cost.
Options:
1) top
2) below
3) right
4) left
Correct Answer: below
Question-28: “Forests” is listed in the __________ list given in the Seventh Schedule in the Constitution of India.
Options:
1) Union
2) State
3) Global
4) Concurrent
Correct Answer: Concurrent
Question-29: Which Fundamental Right in the Indian Constitution states that all persons shall be equally protected by the laws of the country?
Options:
1) Right to Equality
2) Right to Freedom
3) Right against Exploitation
4) Right to Freedom of Religion
Correct Answer: Right to Equality
Question-30: ________ was imprisoned for the rest of his life by Aurangzeb.
Options:
1) Akbar
2) Shah Jahan
3) Jahangir
4) Babur
Correct Answer: Shah Jahan
Question-31: Name the Commission that came to India in 1928 to reform India’s constitutional system.
Options:
1) Rowlatt Act
2) Pitt’s India Act
3) Partition of Bengal
4) Simon Commission
Correct Answer: Simon Commission
Question-32: _________ is an example of intrusive igneous rock.
Options:
1) Conglomerate
2) Shale
3) Sandstone
4) Granite
Correct Answer: Granite
Question-33: The longitudinal valley lying between lesser Himalaya and the ____________ are known as Duns.
Options:
1) Himadri
2) Himachal
3) Shiwaliks
4) Tibet
Correct Answer: Shiwaliks
Question-34: A multicellular organism grows by ____________.
Options:
1) Cell addition
2) Cell explosion
3) Cell implosion
4) Cell division
Correct Answer: Cell division
Question-35: The male sex organs in a flower is the __________.
Options:
1) Zoospores
2) stamen
3) pistil
4) Chlorophyceae
Correct Answer: stamen
Question-36: In animals like Annelids, Molluscs, organs have associated to form functional systems, each system concerned with a specific physiological function. This pattern is called ________ system level of organization.
Options:
1) organ
2) open
3) closed
4) coelom
Correct Answer: organ
Question-37: Contact force is another name for _________.
Options:
1) Friction
2) Magnetic force
3) Electrostatic force
4) Muscular force
Correct Answer: Muscular force
Question-38: The force of friction between two surfaces will increase if:
Options:
1) a layer of lubricant is kept between the two surfaces
2) the two surfaces are pressed harder
3) air gap is created between the two surfaces
4) irregularities on both the surfaces are removed
Correct Answer: the two surfaces are pressed harder
Question-39: An absolute ________ contains the complete address of a file on the Internet.
Options:
1) JavaScript
2) URL
3) SQL
4) String
Correct Answer: URL
Question-40: A change in which no new substances are formed is called _____________.
Options:
1) Physical Change
2) Chemical Change
3) Rusting
4) Galvanisation
Correct Answer: Physical Change
Question-41: The property of metal by which it can be drawn into wires is called _____________.
Options:
1) maleability
2) viscosity
3) ductility
4) tensile strength
Correct Answer: ductility
Question-42: _____________ is the number of deaths in the population during a given period.
Options:
1) Natality
2) Mortality
3) Immigration
4) Emigration
Correct Answer: Mortality
Question-43: ____________ scheme by the Central Government aims at setting up an organized rural Panchayat in order to make the villages more self-sustained.
Options:
1) Gram Uday Se Bharat Uday Abhiyan
2) Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana
3) Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Yojana
4) Vidyanjali Yojana
Correct Answer: Gram Uday Se Bharat Uday Abhiyan
Question-44: Who discovered Circulatory System?
Options:
1) Thomas Edison
2) William Harvey
3) Robert Hooke
4) Robert Boyles
Correct Answer: William Harvey
Question-45: Which country did India lose to in the semi finals of the Men’s Cricket World Cup 2015?
Options:
1) Sri Lanka
2) New Zealand
3) Pakistan
4) Australia
Correct Answer: Australia
Question-46: Buland Darwaza is located in?
Options:
1) West Bengal
2) Gujarat
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Tamil Nadu
Correct Answer: Uttar Pradesh
Question-47: Which of the following award is given for distinguished service in any field including service rendered by the Government servants?
Options:
1) Ashok Chakra
2) Dada Saheb Phalke Awards
3) Arjuna Award
4) Padma Shri
Correct Answer: Padma Shri
Question-48: Which of the statements given below are correct?
1. The author of ‘The Great Indian Novel’ is A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.
2. The author of ‘A Foreign Policy For India’ is I.K Gujral.
3. ‘Wings of Fire’ is an Autobiography of A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.
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: In April 2017, diplomatic ties were re-established after 37 years between Cuba and _________.
Options:
1) India
2) Morocco
3) Sri Lanka
4) USA
Correct Answer: Morocco
Question-50: Nepal shares a border with which other countries besides India?
Options:
1) China
2) Bhutan
3) Bangladesh
4) Afghanistan
Correct Answer: China