General Awareness Question Papers
21st August 2017 (Shift-2)
Question-126: The demand for an inferior good increase with ________ in the consumer’s income.
Options:
1) increase
2) decrease
3) constant
4) double
Correct Answer: decrease
Question-127: Goods for which demand move in the opposite direction of the income of the consumer are called?
Options:
1) Inferior goods
2) Normal goods
3) Complementary goods
4) Substitute goods
Correct Answer: Inferior goods
Question-128: “Population control and family planning” 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-129: _______ is issued when the court finds that a particular office holder is not doing legal duty and thereby is infringing on the right of an individual.
Options:
1) Habeas Corpus
2) Mandamus
3) Prohibition
4) Quo Warranto
Correct Answer: Mandamus
Question-130: According to the categories of land mentioned in the Chola inscriptions ___________ was known as the land donated to Jaina institutions?
Options:
1) Vellanvagai
2) Brahmadeya
3) Shalabhoga
4) Pallichchhandam
Correct Answer: Pallichchhandam
Question-131: Prince Khurram was the name of the future Emperor __________.
Options:
1) Shah Jahan
2) Jahangir
3) Babur
4) Akbar
Correct Answer: Shah Jahan
Question-132: ___________ are defined as the mass movement of rock, debris or earth down a slope.
Options:
1) Earthquake
2) Cyclone
3) Flood
4) Landslide
Correct Answer: Landslide
Question-133: The material carried by the glacier such as rocks big and small, sand and silt gets deposited, which are called glacial ________.
Options:
1) moraines
2) deltas
3) plateaus
4) grooves
Correct Answer: moraines
Question-134: Based on the common features like presence of notochord and dorsal hollow neural system, animals like fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds along with mammals are included in which Phylum?
Options:
1) Mammalia
2) Chordata
3) Primata
4) Insecta
Correct Answer: Chordata
Question-135: The members of phaeophyceae are commonly called _________ algae.
Options:
1) Green
2) Brown
3) Red
4) Yellow
Correct Answer: Brown
Question-136: Asterias (Star fish), Echinus (Sea urchin), Antedon (Sea Lily) are all examples of which Phylum?
Options:
1) Echinodermata
2) Annelida
3) Platyhelminthes
4) Arthropoda
Correct Answer: Echinodermata
Question-137: During uniform motion of an object along a straight line, the ________ remains constant with time.
Options:
1) Time
2) Velocity
3) Acceleration
4) Distance
Correct Answer: Velocity
Question-138: The impression of an image persists on the retina for about _________ of a second.
Options:
1) 1/10th
2) 1/8th
3) 1/16th
4) 1/5th
Correct Answer: 1/16th
Question-139: In Microsoft Word, _______ allows us to move selected paragraphs to the left.
Options:
1) Decrease Indent
2) Increase Indent
3) Double Indent
4) Single Indent
Correct Answer: Decrease Indent
Question-140: Acetic Acid is another name for which of the following?
Options:
1) Vinegar
2) Baking Soda
3) Copper Sulphate
4) Magnesium Oxide
Correct Answer: Vinegar
Question-141: The reaction of Copper Sulphate and Iron produces Iron Sulphate and __________.
Options:
1) Vinegar
2) Ash
3) Baking Soda
4) Copper
Correct Answer: Copper
Question-142: A few organisms can tolerate and thrive in a narrow range of temperatures. Such organisms are called ___________.
Options:
1) Osmotic
2) Eurythermal
3) Stenothermal
4) Hydrothermal
Correct Answer: Stenothermal
Question-143: ____________ scheme was launched by the Central Government in the state of Bihar to provide clean water of the Ganges to domestic areas via postal services.
Options:
1) Gangajal Delivery Scheme
2) Mission Bhagiratha In Telangana
3) National Apprenticeship Promotion
4) Railway Travel Insurance
Correct Answer: Gangajal Delivery Scheme
Question-144: Who discovered Electron?
Options:
1) Enrico Fermi
2) Robert Noyce
3) J.J.Thomson
4) James Dyson
Correct Answer: J.J.Thomson
Question-145: Which country won the 2016 Men’s Kabaddi World Cup?
Options:
1) India
2) Thailand
3) Pakistan
4) Iran
Correct Answer: India
Question-146: Mattancherry Palace is located in?
Options:
1) West Bengal
2) Kerala
3) Rajasthan
4) Karnataka
Correct Answer: Kerala
Question-147: Which of the following is an award given by the Government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in National sports?
Options:
1) Ashok Chakra
2) Dada Saheb Phalke Awards
3) Arjuna Award
4) Padma Shri
Correct Answer: Arjuna Award
Question-148: Which of the statements given below are not correct?
1. The author of the novel ‘A Visit from the Goon Squad’ is Edward P Jones.
2. The author of the novel ‘The Corrections’ is Jonathan Franzen.
3. The author of the novel ‘The Known World’ is Jennifer Egan.
Options:
1) 1 and 2
2) 2 and 3
3) 1 and 3
4) 1, 2 and 3
Correct Answer: 1 and 3
Question-149: In April 2017, the G20 Digital Ministerial Meeting on Digital Economy was held in which country?
Options:
1) Italy
2) Germany
3) France
4) USA
Correct Answer: Germany
Question-150: Which is the only train which runs between Kolkata and Dhaka?
Options:
1) Dosti Express
2) Maitree Express
3) Bangla Express
4) Padma Express
Correct Answer: Maitree Express