General Awareness Question Papers
16th August 2017 (Shift-3)
Question-226: In which of the following market forms a firm does not exercise control over price?
Options:
1) Mixed Competition
2) Monopoly
3) Oligopoly
4) Perfect Competition
Correct Answer: Perfect Competition
Question-227: Which of the following is represented by ‘Lorenz Curve’?
Options:
1) Employment
2) Inflation
3) Deflation
4) Income Distribution
Correct Answer: Income Distribution
Question-228: Which of the following is not a fundamental duty?
Options:
1) To abide by constitution and respect the National Flag
2) To promote harmony and brotherhood
3) To uphold and protect the sovereignty
4) Abolition of titles except military and academic
Correct Answer: Abolition of titles except military and academic
Question-229: Which article can be used by The President of India to declare financial emergency?
Options:
1) Article 32
2) Article 349
3) Article 360
4) Article 365
Correct Answer: Article 360
Question-230: The Poona Pact was signed between Mahatma Gandhi and __________.
Options:
1) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
2) Lord Irwin
3) Subhash Chandra Bose
4) B. R. Ambedkar
Correct Answer: B. R. Ambedkar
Question-231: Which Governor General abolished the ‘Sati System’ in India?
Options:
1) Lord Canning
2) Lord Ripon
3) Lord Wiliam Bentinck
4) Lord Dalhousie
Correct Answer: Lord Wiliam Bentinck
Question-232: Which of the following is NOT a primary green house gas in the earth’s atmosphere?
Options:
1) Methane
2) Ozone
3) Nitrous oxide
4) Hydrogen
Correct Answer: Hydrogen
Question-233: Which type of forest is most widespread in India?
Options:
1) Tropical Evergreen Forests
2) Tropical Deciduous Forests
3) Montane Forests
4) Mangrove Forests
Correct Answer: Tropical Deciduous Forests
Question-234: Which blood group is universal donor?
Options:
1) O+
2) O–
3) AB–
4) AB+
Correct Answer: O–
Question-235: In how many parts is the human brain divided?
Options:
1) 2
2) 3
3) 4
4) 5
Correct Answer: 3
Question-236: In which of the following class can we put Adrenaline?
Options:
1) Hormone
2) Enzyme
3) Protein
4) Fat
Correct Answer: Hormone
Question-237: Supercooling is cooling of liquid _____.
Options:
1) below melting point
2) below freezing point
3) at melting point
4) above melting point
Correct Answer: below freezing point
Question-238: When light passes from one medium to another, this phenomenon of change in its direction is called _____.
Options:
1) Refraction
2) Diffraction
3) Propagation
4) No option is correct
Correct Answer: Refraction
Question-239: Which among the following is not an input device?
Options:
1) Plotter
2) Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR)
3) Optical Mark Recognition (OMR)
4) Barcode Reader
Correct Answer: Plotter
Question-240: Which of the following is also known as Carbolic Acid?
Options:
1) Phenol
2) Hydroxide
3) Sulphuric Acid
4) Ethanol
Correct Answer: Phenol
Question-241: Who discovered electron?
Options:
1) E. Goldstien
2) J. J. Thomson
3) Ernest Rutherford
4) J. Chadwick
Correct Answer: J. J. Thomson
Question-242: Who is a major driving force behind the ‘Narmada Bachao Andolan’?
Options:
1) Anna Hazare
2) Medha Patkar
3) Shantha Sinha
4) Manasi Pradhan
Correct Answer: Medha Patkar
Question-243: ‘Udey Desh ka Aam Nagrik’ (UDAN) scheme for regional air connectivity will provide travel to tier 2 and tier 3 cities at the rate of Rs _____ per hour.
Options:
1) 1500
2) 2000
3) 2500
4) 3000
Correct Answer: 2500
Question-244: Who invented radar?
Options:
1) Fred Morrison
2) A. H. Taylor and Leo C. Young
3) Van Tassel
4) W. K. Roentgen
Correct Answer: A. H. Taylor and Leo C. Young
Question-245: David Warner plays cricket for which country?
Options:
1) England
2) New Zealand
3) Australia
4) Sri Lanka
Correct Answer: Australia
Question-246: Japanese art ‘Ikebana’ is related to _____.
Options:
1) paper folding
2) flower arrangement
3) tree cutting
4) sand art
Correct Answer: flower arrangement
Question-247: Who was awarded the 2017 Padma Bhushan Award in the field of Art-Music?
Options:
1) Devi Prasad Dwivedi
2) Anuradha Paudwal
3) Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
4) K. J. Yesudas
Correct Answer: Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
Question-248: Who has recently launched his autobiography titled ‘An Unsuitable Boy’?
Options:
1) Rishi Kapoor
2) MS Dhoni
3) Karan Johar
4) Vikram Seth
Correct Answer: Karan Johar
Question-249: Which of the following country is not a member of ‘The Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA)’?
Options:
1) Sri Lanka
2) Mauritius
3) Seychelles
4) China
Correct Answer: China
Question-250: Which country has launched the longest bullet train line covering a distance of 2252 kilometers in January, 2017?
Options:
1) Japan
2) China
3) Afghanistan
4) Myanmar
Correct Answer: China