General Awareness Question Papers
10th August 2017 (Shift-2)
Question-126: In which market form, a market or industry is dominated by a few firms?
Options:
1) Perfect Competition
2) Monopoly
3) Oligopoly
4) Monopolistic
Correct Answer: Oligopoly
Question-127: Which amongst the following is not a component of monetary policy in India?
Options:
1) Repo rate
2) Moral suasion
3) Credit Rationing
4) Public Debt
Correct Answer: Public Debt
Question-128: Who among the following is not a member of any of the two houses of our country?
Options:
1) Prime Minister
2) Finance Minister
3) President
4) Railway Minister
Correct Answer: President
Question-129: Which article of Indian constitution has the provision for National Emergency?
Options:
1) Article 350
2) Article 352
3) Article 312
4) Article 280
Correct Answer: Article 352
Question-130: Who led the Bardoli Satyagraha movement?
Options:
1) Mahatma Gandhi
2) Rabindra Nath Tagore
3) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
4) Chittaranjan Das
Correct Answer: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Question-131: Who is known as the ‘Father of Indian Unrest’?
Options:
1) Anant Singh
2) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
3) Bhagat Singh
4) Dadabhai Naoroji
Correct Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Question-132: Which of the following region is covered by tropical evergreen forest?
Options:
1) Eastern Ghat
2) Vindhyanchal
3) Aravalli
4) Western Ghat
Correct Answer: Western Ghat
Question-133: The final boundary between the Earth and outer space is called _____.
Options:
1) magnetosphere
2) ionosphere
3) mesopause
4) magnetopause
Correct Answer: magnetopause
Question-134: What is the name of the hormone produced by thymus gland?
Options:
1) Thyroxine
2) Auxins
3) Cytokinins
4) Thymosin
Correct Answer: Thymosin
Question-135: Photosynthesis takes place in the presence of chlorophyll and _________.
Options:
1) water
2) nutrients
3) carbon-dioxide
4) sunlight
Correct Answer: sunlight
Question-136: Which blood group is universal acceptor?
Options:
1) O+
2) O–
3) AB–
4) AB+
Correct Answer: AB+
Question-137: If objects appear enlarged and inverted in a rearview mirror, then which type of mirror is used?
Options:
1) Concave
2) Convex
3) Cylindrical
4) Plane
Correct Answer: Concave
Question-138: Soap bubble attains spherical shape due to ______.
Options:
1) inertia
2) pressure
3) surface tension
4) Viscosity
Correct Answer: surface tension
Question-139: CAD stands for _____.
Options:
1) Common Aided Design
2) Computer-Aided Design
3) Complex Aided Design
4) Communication Aided Design
Correct Answer: Computer-Aided Design
Question-140: Which of the following is a characteristic of an exothermic reaction?
Options:
1) Release of heat
2) Absorption of heat
3) Doesn’t involve any change in temperature
4) None of the option is correct
Correct Answer: Release of heat
Question-141: What is the chemical formula for Sodium Chloride (Salt)?
Options:
1) NaCl2
2) NaCl
3) Na2Cl
4) Na2C
Correct Answer: NaCl
Question-142: Which of the following gas contributes the maximum to the phenomena of global warming?
Options:
1) Methane
2) Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC)
3) Nitrogen dioxide
4) Carbon dioxide
Correct Answer: Carbon dioxide
Question-143: Who selects the Social Audit Committee under MGNREGA scheme?
Options:
1) Chief Minister
2) Gram Sabha
3) Mayor
4) B.D.O.
Correct Answer: Gram Sabha
Question-144: Which of the following was invented by Sir Humphry Davy?
Options:
1) Safety Pin
2) Steam Engine
3) Safety Lamp
4) X-Rays
Correct Answer: Safety Lamp
Question-145: Who has won the 2016 Men’s Single title at US Open?
Options:
1) Novak Djokovic
2) Rafael Nadal
3) Stan Wawrinka
4) Andy Murray
Correct Answer: Stan Wawrinka
Question-146:
Options:
1) 1-b, 2-a, 3-c
2) 1-c, 2-b, 3-a
3) 1-c, 2-a, 3-b
4) 1-a, 2-c, 3-b
Correct Answer: 1-c, 2-a, 3-b
Question-147: Who has recently been awarded with Nobel Prize for peace in 2016?
Options:
1) Juan Manuel Santos
2) Henry Dunant
3) Kailash Satyarthi
4) Malala Yousefzai
Correct Answer: Juan Manuel Santos
Question-148: Which of the following is a book written by Shashi Tharoor?
Options:
1) It’s Not About You
2) Invisible People
3) An Era of Darkness
4) Democrats and Dissenters
Correct Answer: An Era of Darkness
Question-149: With which country India has recently decided to partner with for strategic storage of crude oil in southern India?
Options:
1) Iran
2) Iraq
3) United Arab Emirates
4) United States of America
Correct Answer: United Arab Emirates
Question-150: Which neighbouring country of India is also reffered as ‘Druk Yul’?
Options:
1) Myanmar
2) Maldives
3) Bhutan
4) Afghanistan
Correct Answer: Bhutan