General Awareness Question Papers
19th August 2017 (Shift-3)
Question-226: A ___________ deficit is financed by net capital flows from the rest of the world, thus by a capital account surplus.
Options:
1) Current Account
2) Savings Account
3) Capital Account
4) Asset Account
Correct Answer: Current Account
Question-227: __________ is defined as the output per unit of variable input
Options:
1) Marginal product
2) Production function
3) Total product
4) Average product
Correct Answer: Average product
Question-228: “Taxes on lands and buildings” 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: State
Question-229: There are total _________ parliamentary seats (Rajya Sabha constituency) in Maharashtra.
Options:
1) 11
2) 19
3) 10
4) 1
Correct Answer: 19
Question-230: Akbar was __________ years old when he became emperor.
Options:
1) 16
2) 19
3) 13
4) 10
Correct Answer: 13
Question-231: Sultan Mahmud was a ruler of_____.
Options:
1) Persia
2) Ghazni
3) Lahore
4) Arab
Correct Answer: Ghazni
Question-232: As the river enters the plain it twists and turns forming large bends known as ____________.
Options:
1) crooks
2) flections
3) rounds
4) meanders
Correct Answer: meanders
Question-233: The method of soil conservation in which stones, grass, soil are used to build barriers along contours and trenches are made in front of the barriers to collect water is called?
Options:
1) Mulching
2) Contour barriers
3) Rock dam
4) Terrace farming
Correct Answer: Contour barriers
Question-234: In male reproductive system, the testes are situated outside the abdominal cavity within a pouch called __________.
Options:
1) Glands
2) Scrotum
3) Testicular Lobules
4) Seminiferous Tubules
Correct Answer: Scrotum
Question-235: Which of the following is not among the 3 main classes of Algae?
Options:
1) Chlorophyceae
2) Rhodophyceae
3) Phaeophyceae
4) Gymnosperms
Correct Answer: Gymnosperms
Question-236: Sycon (Scypha), Spongilla (Fresh water sponge) and Euspongia (Bath sponge) are examples of which Phylum?
Options:
1) Coelenterata
2) Platyhelminthes
3) Ctenophora
4) Porifera
Correct Answer: Porifera
Question-237: If the force applied on the object is in the direction opposite to the direction of motion, the speed of the object __________.
Options:
1) increases
2) stops
3) decreases
4) no effect
Correct Answer: decreases
Question-238: The SI unit of acceleration is _______________.
Options:
1) meters per seconds squared
2) meters per second
3) seconds per meter
4) seconds per meter squared
Correct Answer: meters per seconds squared
Question-239: In Microsoft Excel, the _______() function returns the smallest value among the values passed as arguments.
Options:
1) LEAST
2) LESS
3) MIN
4) LOW
Correct Answer: MIN
Question-240: Fire extinguishers emit which gas?
Options:
1) Carbon monoxide
2) Chlorine
3) Carbon dioxide
4) Nitrogen
Correct Answer: Carbon dioxide
Question-241: What is formed when Magnesium is burnt?
Options:
1) Baking Soda
2) Calcium Carbonate
3) Ash
4) Vinegar
Correct Answer: Ash
Question-242: The salt concentration (measured as salinity in parts per thousand), is less than ______ % in inland waters.
Options:
1) 5
2) 20
3) 50
4) 75
Correct Answer: 5
Question-243: ______________ scheme launched by the Central Government aims to improve rural livelihoods and promote rural development and strengthen the Panchayati Raj across the country.
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: Gram Uday Se Bharat Uday Abhiyan
Question-244: Who discovered Photon?
Options:
1) George Crum
2) Albert Einstein
3) Henry Cavendish
4) Humphry Davy
Correct Answer: Albert Einstein
Question-245: Who is the winner of 2016-17 Premier League (Football)?
Options:
1) Leicester City
2) Manchester City
3) Chelsea
4) Manchester United
Correct Answer: Chelsea
Question-246: Gol Gumbaz was designed by?
Options:
1) Ustad Ahmad of Lahouri
2) George Wittet
3) Henry Irwin
4) Yaqut of Dabul
Correct Answer: Yaqut of Dabul
Question-247: Which of the following was the winner of the Grammy Awards 2016 “Country Song of the Year”?
Options:
1) Chances Are
2) Girl Crush
3) Hold My Hand
4) Traveller
Correct Answer: Girl Crush
Question-248:
A] The author of the novel ‘Bird Box’ is Victor LaValle.
B] The author of the novel ‘The Devil in Silver’ is Josh Malerman.
C] The author of the novel ‘Fellside’ is Victor LaValle.
Which of the statements given above are not correct?
Options:
1) A and B
2) B and C
3) A and C
4) A, B and C
Correct Answer: A, B and C
Question-249: In April 2017, to address growing unemployment, which country has abolished the 457 Visa Programme used by thousands of temporary foreign workers, a majority of them Indians?
Options:
1) USA
2) Canada
3) Australia
4) UK
Correct Answer: Australia
Question-250: SAARC Agriculture Centre (SAC) is based in which city?
Options:
1) Islamabad
2) Dhaka
3) Colombo
4) Kathmandu
Correct Answer: Dhaka