General Awareness Question Papers
10 June 2019 (Shift-2)
Q.1 What is the popular name of ‘Ascorbic Acid’?
1. Vitamin K
2. Vitamin A
3. Vitamin B12
4. Vitamin C
Correct Answer: Vitamin C
Q.2 Which of the following Indian islands lies in the Bay of Bengal?
1. Diu
2. Andaman and Nicobar
3. Daman
4. Lakshadweep
Correct Answer: Andaman and Nicobar
Q.3 Who among the following is the author of the book ‘A Passage to England’?
1. Nirad C Chaudhuri
2. Salman Rushdie
3. Khushwant Singh
4. V S Naipaul
Correct Answer: Nirad C Chaudhuri
Q.4 In which year did Independent India win its first Olympic Gold in the game of hockey?
1. 1952
2. 1960
3. 1948
4. 1956
Correct Answer: 1948
Q.5 How many members are present in the Sri Lankan parliament?
1. 210
2. 215
3. 225
4. 232
Correct Answer: 225
Q.6 An economic condition when there is one buyer and many sellers is called ______.
1. Oligopoly
2. Perfect Competition
3. Monopoly
4. Monopsony
Correct Answer: Monopsony
Q.7 What is the name given to the graph that shows all the combinations of two commodities that a consumer can afford at given market prices and within the particular income level in economic terms?
1. Demand Curve
2. Budget Line
3. Supply Curve
4. Isocost Line
Correct Answer: Budget Line
Q.8 Who among the following was the first Indian origin recipient of the prestigious Pulitzer Prize?
1. Gobind Behari Lal
2. Siddhartha Mukherjee
3. Geeta Anand
4. Jhumpa Lahiri
Correct Answer: Gobind Behari Lal
Q.9 Which of the following is a vestigial organ?
1. Heart
2. Appendix
3. Kidney
4. Lungs
Correct Answer: Appendix
Q.10 Silent Valley National Park is located in the Indian state of ________.
1. West Bengal
2. Madhya Pradesh
3. Uttarakhand
4. Kerala
Correct Answer: Kerala
Q.11 The explosion of crackers is an example of ___________.
1. Decomposition
2. Evaporation
3. Precipitation
4. Combustion
Correct Answer: Combustion
Q.12 Who among the following became the first woman to win the Abel Prize 2019?
1. Karen Uhlenbeck
2. Maryam Mirzakhani
3. Julia Robinson
4. Sophie Germain
Correct Answer: Karen Uhlenbeck
Q.13 Who authored ‘A Century is not Enough’in 2018?
1. Virat Kohli
2. MS Dhoni
3. Sourav Ganguly
4. Sachin Tendulkar
Correct Answer: Sourav Ganguly
Q.14 Viyahula Giddha’ is a popular folk dance performed during marriages in the Indian state of _______ .
1. Gujarat
2. Jharkhand
3. Punjab
4. Odisha
Correct Answer: Punjab
Q.15 Who became the first Indian player to represent India at the Wimbledon Tennis Championship of Independent India?
1. Ramanathan Krishnan
2. Ramesh Krishnan
3. Vijay Amritraj
4. Leander Paes
Correct Answer: Ramanathan Krishnan
Q.16 Which of the following countries has the largest parliament in the world?
1. UK
2. China
3. Japan
4. India
Correct Answer: China
Q.17 The Bangladesh Liberation War ended on _____.
1. 14th November 1972
2. 17th October 1971
3. 2nd October 1974
4. 16th December 1971
Correct Answer: 16th December 1971
Q.18 Mahatma Gandhi formed the Natal Indian Congress in the year ______.
1. 1863
2. 1854
3. 1894
4. 1874
Correct Answer: 1894
Q.19 Which one of the following is the brightest star in the Orion Constellation?
1. Rigel
2. Alnilam
3. Betelgeuse
4. Eta Orionis
Correct Answer: Rigel
Q.20 Of which Indian state is ‘Gamocha’ a cultural symbol?
1. Rajasthan
2. Haryana
3. Assam
4. Kerala
Correct Answer: Assam
Q.21 What is the geographic name given to a deep and narrow valley consisting of steep sides created by weathering and erosion by rivers, wind, rain and tectonic activity?
1. Ridge
2. Basin
3. Buttes
4. Canyon
Correct Answer: Canyon
Q.22 Who among the following was the first president of Pakistan?
1. Yahya Khan
2. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
3. Ayub Khan
4. Iskander Mirza
Correct Answer: Iskander Mirza
Q.23 The First Anglo-Burmese War ended with the signing of the ______.
1. Treaty of Yandabo
2. Treaty of Purandar
3. Treaty of Salbai
4. Treaty of Titalia
Correct Answer: Treaty of Yandabo
Q.24 World Global Recycling Day was observed on ______ in 2019.
1. 2nd January
2. 10th February
3. 16th February
4. 18th March
Correct Answer: 18th March
Q.25 What is the dominant chemical present in vinegar?
1. Formic acid
2. Malic acid
3. Sulphuric acid
4. Ethanoic acid
Correct Answer: Ethanoic acid