General Awareness Question Papers
12th August 2017 (Shift-3)
Question-226: Which of the following is called GDP Deflator?
Options:
1) Ratio of nominal to real GDP
2) Ratio of nominal to real GNP
3) Ratio of nominal to real CPI
4) Ratio of real to nominal GNP
Correct Answer: Ratio of nominal to real GDP
Question-227: Which organisation monitors the banks in actually maintaining cash balance?
Options:
1) State Bank of India
2) Reserve Bank of India
3) Grameen Bank of India
4) None of these
Correct Answer: Reserve Bank of India
Question-228: Which of the following Country doesn’t have a written Constitution?
Options:
1) United Kingdom
2) Australia
3) United States of America
4) Bangladesh
Correct Answer: United Kingdom
Question-229: In the Indian Parliamentary System, ‘Vote on Account’ is valid for how many months (except the year of elections)?
Options:
1) 2 months
2) 3 months
3) 6 months
4) 9 months
Correct Answer: 2 months
Question-230: Takshashila University was located between which two rivers?
Options:
1) Indus and Jhelum
2) Jhelum and Ravi
3) Beas and Indus
4) Satluj and Indus
Correct Answer: Indus and Jhelum
Question-231: Who is the most prominent god of ‘Rig Veda’?
Options:
1) Indra
2) Agni
3) Pashupati
4) Vishnu
Correct Answer: Indra
Question-232: Which Indian state has the largest share of the Wastelands in India?
Options:
1) Gujarat
2) Andhra Pradesh
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Rajasthan
Correct Answer: Rajasthan
Question-233: Which is the highest peak in Andaman and Nicobar islands?
Options:
1) Mount Koya
2) Mount Diavolo
3) Saddle Peak
4) Mount Thuiller
Correct Answer: Saddle Peak
Question-234: How does a Unicellular Organism reproduce?
Options:
1) Cell division
2) Cell reproduction
3) Cell synthesis
4) Fragmentation
Correct Answer: Cell division
Question-235: What is the full form of DNA?
Options:
1) Diribo nucleic acid
2) Di nucleic acid
3) Dual nitrogen acid
4) Deoxyribonucleic acid
Correct Answer: Deoxyribonucleic acid
Question-236: Which among the following is/are female hormones?
(i) Estrogen
(ii) Progesterone
(iii) Testosterone
Options:
1) (i) and (iii)
2) (i) and (ii)
3) (ii) and (iii)
4) Only (iii)
Correct Answer: (i) and (ii)
Question-237: For which of the following game, players must have knowledge of Pascal’s law?
Options:
1) Climbing
2) Paragliding
3) Rafting
4) Scuba diving
Correct Answer: Scuba diving
Question-238: What is the value of the Least Distance of Distinct vision (in cm) for a normal human being?
Options:
1) 2.5
2) 25
3) 58
4) 60
Correct Answer: 25
Question-239: What is the full form of ISDN?
Options:
1) International Service Digital network
2) Indian Service Digital Network
3) Integrated Service Digital Network
4) Internal Service Digital Network
Correct Answer: Integrated Service Digital Network
Question-240: Which among the following is used to treat Indigestion?
Options:
1) Antacid
2) Antiseptic
3) Analgesic
4) Antibiotic
Correct Answer: Antacid
Question-241: Which of the following cannot be beaten into Sheets?
Options:
1) Gold
2) Silver
3) Potassium
4) Aluminum
Correct Answer: Potassium
Question-242: Minamata disease is a nervous disorder caused by eating fish, polluted with _____ .
Options:
1) Iron
2) Mercury
3) Lead
4) Nickel
Correct Answer: Mercury
Question-243: Mahila Police volunteer scheme to be implemented in all states of the country has been launched on pilot basis firstly in which state?
Options:
1) Delhi
2) Gujrat
3) Haryana
4) Rajasthan
Correct Answer: Haryana
Question-244: Who invented the Centigrade scale?
Options:
1) Anders Celsius
2) Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
3) William Thomson
4) Wright Brothers
Correct Answer: Anders Celsius
Question-245:
Options:
1) 1-b, 2-c, 3-a
2) 1-b, 2-a, 3-c
3) 1-a, 2-c, 3-b
4) 1-a, 2-b, 3-c
Correct Answer: 1-b, 2-a, 3-c
Question-246: Jallikattu practiced in Tamil Nadu is a part of which festival?
Options:
1) Onam
2) Pongal
3) Natuanjali
4) Hampi
Correct Answer: Pongal
Question-247: Who among the following was NOT one of the recipients of Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award for the year 2016?
Options:
1) Rajendra Pralhad Shelke
2) Sylvanus Dung Dung
3) Sathi Geetha
4) Amit Kumar
Correct Answer: Amit Kumar
Question-248: Who authored the book titled ‘Jinnah often came to our House’, which won the 2016 The Hindu Prize?
Options:
1) Kiran Doshi
2) Salman Rushdie
3) K. Vijay Kumar
4) Yasser Usman
Correct Answer: Kiran Doshi
Question-249: With which country India has signed an agreement to renew the supply of Petroleum for a period of 5 years (i.e. till 2022)?
Options:
1) Nepal
2) U.A.E.
3) Iran
4) Bhutan
Correct Answer: Nepal
Question-250: Which of the following neighbouring country of India is not a landlocked country?
Options:
1) Nepal
2) Myanmar
3) Bhutan
4) Afghanistan
Correct Answer: Myanmar