General Awareness Question Papers
18th August 2017 (Shift-3)
Question-226: The __________ exchange rate is the price of one unit of foreign currency in terms of domestic currency.
Options:
1) Artificial
2) Nominal
3) Fixed
4) Real
Correct Answer: Nominal
Question-227: __________ of an input is defined as the change in output per unit of change in the input when all other inputs are held constant.
Options:
1) Marginal product
2) Production function
3) Total product
4) Average product
Correct Answer: Marginal product
Question-228: “Trade unions” is listed in the __________ list given in the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India.
Options:
1) Union
2) State
3) Global
4) Concurrent
Correct Answer: Concurrent
Question-229: __________ writ is issued by a higher court (High Court or Supreme Court) when a lower court has considered a case going beyond its jurisdiction.
Options:
1) Habeas Corpus
2) Mandamus
3) Prohibition
4) Quo Warranto
Correct Answer: Prohibition
Question-230: Arrest of _________ in 1930 led to angry demonstrations in streets of Peshawar.
Options:
1) Abdul Ghaffar Khan
2) Abul Kalam Azad
3) Zakir Hussain
4) Muzaffar Ahmed
Correct Answer: Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Question-231: The _________ were the successors of Timur, the ruler of Iran, Iraq and modern-day Turkey.
Options:
1) Rajputs
2) Khaljis
3) Mughals
4) Tughluq
Correct Answer: Mughals
Question-232: Beyond the _____________, the Himalayas bend sharply to the south and spread along the eastern boundary of India.
Options:
1) Zoji La Pass
2) Dihang gorge
3) Bhutan border
4) Nepal Border
Correct Answer: Dihang gorge
Question-233: The National Highway 1A connects Leh to Kashmir Valley through the ___________ pass.
Options:
1) Khyber
2) Zoji la
3) Nathula
4) Karakoram
Correct Answer: Zoji la
Question-234: In the names Mangifera indica (mango), Solanum tuberosum (potato) and Panthera leo (lion), the terms Mangifera, Solanum and Panthera represent the higher level of?
Options:
1) Taxon
2) Taxonomic Hierarchy
3) Specific Epithet
4) Binomial Nomenclature
Correct Answer: Taxon
Question-235: Which of the following is one of the commercial products obtained from Gelidium and Gracilaria and are used to grow microbes and in preparations of ice-creams and jellies?
Options:
1) Agar
2) Chlorella
3) Spirullina
4) Gymnosperms
Correct Answer: Agar
Question-236: Taenia (Tapeworm), Fasciola (Liver fluke) are examples of which Phylum?
Options:
1) Coelenterata
2) Platyhelminthes
3) Annelida
4) Arthropoda
Correct Answer: Platyhelminthes
Question-237: If the mass of an object is 60 kgs, what will be its weight on the moon? (N=Newton)
Options:
1) 60N
2) 600N
3) 100N
4) 10N
Correct Answer: 100N
Question-238: The side mirrors of vehicles are of which type of mirrors?
Options:
1) Convex
2) Concave
3) Plane
4) Inverted
Correct Answer: Convex
Question-239: In Microsoft Excel, the _______() function returns the largest value among the values passed as arguments.
Options:
1) HIGHEST
2) MORE
3) HIGH
4) MAX
Correct Answer: MAX
Question-240: In an acid base reaction which product is produced along with a salt?
Options:
1) Hydrogen gas
2) Oxygen gas
3) Carbon dioxide
4) Water
Correct Answer: Water
Question-241: What is the process of melting also called?
Options:
1) Fusion
2) Galvanisation
3) Crystallisation
4) Evaporation
Correct Answer: Fusion
Question-242: Which one of the following is not a Major Abiotic Factors?
Options:
1) Temperature
2) Water
3) Light
4) Air
Correct Answer: Air
Question-243: ______________ scheme launched by the Central Government aims to promote entrepreneurship among people from schedule caste/schedule tribe.
Options:
1) Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana
2) Gram Uday Se Bharat Uday Abhiyan
3) Stand up India scheme
4) National RU URBAN Mission
Correct Answer: Stand up India scheme
Question-244: Who discovered Potassium?
Options:
1) Humphry Davy
2) Alan Turing
3) Bill Gates
4) Tim Berners-Lee
Correct Answer: Humphry Davy
Question-245: Who is the winner of 2017 Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix?
Options:
1) Sebastian Vettel
2) Lewis Hamilton
3) Valtteri Bottas
4) Kimi Raikkonen
Correct Answer: Sebastian Vettel
Question-246: Where is Humayun’s Tomb is located?
Options:
1) Hyderabad
2) New Delhi
3) Mumbai
4) Kolkata
Correct Answer: New Delhi
Question-247: Which of the following was the winner of the Grammy Awards 2016 “Rap Album of the Year”?
Options:
1) Compton
2) 2014 Forest Hills Drive
3) To Pimp a Butterfly
4) The Pinkprint
Correct Answer: To Pimp a Butterfly
Question-248: Which of the statements given above are correct?
1. The author of the novel ‘Brave New World’ is Aldous Huxley.
2. The author of the novel ‘An Affair Downstairs’ is Sherri Browning.
3. The author of the novel ‘Darkness at Noon’ is Victor LaValle.
Options:
1) 1 and 2
2) 2 and 3
3) 1 and 3
4) 1, 2 and 3
Correct Answer: 1 and 2
Question-249: To which country, India gave Rs. 35 crore rupees to children of freedom fighters in under the new ‘Muktijodha scholarship’ scheme?
Options:
1) Nepal
2) Bhutan
3) Bangladesh
4) Sri Lanka
Correct Answer: Bangladesh
Question-250: Which nation is not a part of the South Asian Free Trade Area?
Options:
1) China
2) Sri Lanka
3) Bhutan
4) India
Correct Answer: China