General Awareness Question Papers
21st August 2017 (Shift-3)
Question-227: The average variable cost curve is ____ shaped.
Options:
1) U
2) V
3) X
4) W
Correct Answer: U
Question-228: “Central Bureau of Intelligence and Investigation” 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: Union
Question-229: There are total _________ parliamentary seats (Rajya Sabha constituency) in Odisha.
Options:
1) 11
2) 19
3) 10
4) 1
Correct Answer: 10
Question-230: In 1918, Mahatma Gandhi went to ______________ to organise a satyagraha movement amongst cotton mill workers.
Options:
1) Madras
2) Bombay
3) Surat
4) Ahmedabad
Correct Answer: Ahmedabad
Question-231: Murshid Quli Khan, Alivardi Khan and Sirajuddaullah were all nawabs of ___________?
Options:
1) Lucknow
2) Varanasi
3) Hyderabad
4) Bengal
Correct Answer: Bengal
Question-232: _________ affect the rate of humus formation of soil.
Options:
1) Flora & Fauna
2) Time
3) Temperature
4) Parent rock
Correct Answer: Flora & Fauna
Question-233: The latitudes of main land of India extends between __________.
Options:
1) 8°4′ N and 37°6′ N
2) 8°4′ W and 37°6′ W
3) 8°4′ E and 37°6′ E
4) 8°4′ S and 37°6′ S
Correct Answer: 8°4′ N and 37°6′ N
Question-234: ___________ is a straw coloured, viscous fluid constituting nearly 55 per cent of the blood.
Options:
1) Plasma
2) Formed Elements
3) Blood Groups
4) Coagulation of Blood
Correct Answer: Plasma
Question-235: Sexual reproduction in Algae that takes place through fusion of two similar size gametes is called?
Options:
1) Zoospores
2) Anisogamous
3) Isogamous
4) Oogamous
Correct Answer: Isogamous
Question-236: Animals in which the cells are arranged in three embryonic layers are called ________.
Options:
1) Diploblastic
2) Ectoderm
3) Tripoblastic
4) Endoderm
Correct Answer: Tripoblastic
Question-237: An image formed by a concave mirror on a screen is called __________?
Options:
1) Virtual image
2) Real image
3) Inverted image
4) Erect image
Correct Answer: Real image
Question-238: The distance-time graph for the motion of an object moving with a constant speed is a __________.
Options:
1) Dot
2) Circle
3) Straight Line
4) Curve
Correct Answer: Straight Line
Question-239: _____________ is a collection of data values of same types having a common name.
Options:
1) Object
2) String
3) Array
4) Numbers
Correct Answer: Array
Question-240: A __________ thread is actually stronger than a steel wire.
Options:
1) wool
2) cotton
3) jute
4) nylon
Correct Answer: nylon
Question-241: The process of depositing a layer of any desired metal on another material by means of electricity is called ___________.
Options:
1) Electroplating
2) Galvanisation
3) Rusting
4) Crystallisation
Correct Answer: Electroplating
Question-242: __________ refers to the number of births during a given period in the population that are added to the initial density.
Options:
1) Natality
2) Mortality
3) Immigration
4) Emigration
Correct Answer: Natality
Question-243: ___________ is a welfare scheme started by the Prime Minister in order to provide LPG connections to domestic households that fall under the below the poverty line category.
Options:
1) Gram Uday Se Bharat Uday Abhiyan
2) Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana
3) Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Yojana
4) Vidyanjali Yojana
Correct Answer: Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana
Question-244: Who invented the waterproof raincoat?
Options:
1) Robert Hooke
2) Cai Lun
3) Charles Macintosh
4) William Harvey
Correct Answer: Charles Macintosh
Question-245: In which sport did India win Silver medal at Rio Olympics 2016?
Options:
1) Badminton
2) Boxing
3) Hockey
4) Wrestling
Correct Answer: Badminton
Question-246: Who was the architect of Taj Mahal?
Options:
1) Ustad Ahmad Lahouri
2) Norman Foster
3) Henry Irwin
4) Ustad Ghani Utbuddin
Correct Answer: Ustad Ahmad Lahouri
Question-247: The Nobel Prize in Literature 2016 was awarded to?
Options:
1) Frank Sinatra
2) Elvis Presley
3) Bob Dylan
4) Jimi Hendrix
Correct Answer: Bob Dylan
Question-248: Which of the statements given below are not correct?
1. The author of ‘India 2020: A Vision for the New Millennium’ is Shashi Tharoor.
2. The author of ‘The Great Indian Novel’ is A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.
3. The author of ‘My Country My Life’ is I.K Gujral.
Options:
1) 1 and 2
2) 2 and 3
3) 1 and 3
4) 1, 2 and 3
Correct Answer: 1, 2 and 3
Question-249: In April 2016, amid rising tension over North Korea, which country launched its first domestically built aircraft carrier?
Options:
1) South Korea
2) Japan
3) China
4) USA
Correct Answer: China
Question-250: Which National Park in Nepal is a continuation of India’s Valmiki National Park?
Options:
1) Chitwan National Park
2) Bandipur National Park
3) Dudhwa National Park
4) Jim Corbett National Park
Correct Answer: Chitwan National Park