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General Awareness - 2

Description: General Awareness and Current Affairs Test - Free General Knowledge Tests for Examination and Entrance Questions and Online Preparation and Practice Tests
Number of Questions: 25
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Which is the highest body that approves Five Year Plans in the country?

  1. Planning Committee

  2. Union Cabinet

  3. Parliament

  4. National Development Council


Correct Option: D

If the tax rate increases with the higher level of income, it shall be called

  1. proportional tax

  2. progressive tax

  3. lump sum tax

  4. regressive tax


Correct Option: A

Which functionary can be invited to give his opinion in the Parliament?

  1. Attorney-General of India

  2. Chief Justice of India

  3. Chief Election Commissioner of India

  4. Comptroller & Auditor General of India


Correct Option: A

The practice of selling goods in a foreign country at a price below their domestic selling price is called:

  1. diplomacy

  2. discrimination

  3. dumping

  4. double pricing


Correct Option: C

Triple vaccine is administered to a new-born child to immunize it against:

  1. whooping cough, tetanus and measles

  2. whooping cough, tetanus and diphtheria

  3. tetanus, diphtheria, measles and rubella

  4. tetanus, diphtheria, small pox and rubella


Correct Option: B

The world famous 'Peacock Throne' was kept in which of the following Mughal buildings?

  1. Diwan-i-Khas at Fatehpur Sikri

  2. New Agra Fort

  3. The Rang Mahal of the Red Fort at Delhi

  4. The Diwan-i-Am of the Red Fort at Delhi


Correct Option: D

The immortal national song 'Bande Mataram' has been written by:

  1. Rabindranath Tagore .

  2. Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyaya

  3. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya

  4. Surendranath Bandopadhyaya


Correct Option: C

Which of the following is a bulwark of personal freedom?

  1. Mandamus

  2. Habeas Corpus

  3. Quo-Warranto

  4. Certiorari


Correct Option: B

Gandhiji considered Khadi as a symbol of

  1. industrialisation

  2. economic independence

  3. economic growth

  4. moral purity


Correct Option: B

The Indian Sub-continent was originally a part of

  1. Jurassic-land

  2. Angara-land

  3. Arya-varta

  4. Gondwana-land


Correct Option: D

Which one of the following countries is the largest producer of uranium in the world?

  1. Canada

  2. South Africa

  3. Namibia

  4. U.S.A.


Correct Option: A

Fluid part of blood devoid of corpuscles is called

  1. tissue fluid

  2. plasma

  3. serum

  4. lymph


Correct Option: B

Laws of heredity was put forward by

  1. Mendel

  2. Mendeleev

  3. Pavlov

  4. Koch


Correct Option: A

In India, rain forests are found in:

  1. Central India

  2. Eastern Ghat

  3. N.E. Himalayas and Western Ghats

  4. N.W. Himalayas and Eastern Ghats


Correct Option: C

Polythene is polymer of:

  1. Ethylene

  2. Propylene

  3. Acetylene

  4. Aniline


Correct Option: A

Which silver salt is used for making film for photography?

  1. Silver bromide

  2. Silver chloride

  3. Silver sulphate

  4. Silver nitrate


Correct Option: A

The Round Table Conference at London met for the discussion of

  1. Provision of Provincial Autonomy

  2. A future Constitution of India

  3. Gandhi's demands for calling off Civil Disobedience Movement

  4. Congress claim to be the sole representative of Indians


Correct Option: A

Which of the following rates is not determined by the Reserve Bank of India?

  1. Bank Rate

  2. CRR

  3. SLR

  4. PLR


Correct Option: D

Which year was declared as International Year of Potato by the UN?

  1. 2007

  2. 2008

  3. 2009

  4. 2010


Correct Option: B

Which one of the following was not a French settlement in India?

  1. Pondicherry

  2. Mahe

  3. Goa

  4. Chandarnagar


Correct Option: C

New capital issue is placed in

  1. Secondary market

  2. Grey market

  3. Primary market

  4. Black market


Correct Option: C

The language used in writing the scientific name of animals is

  1. French

  2. Latin

  3. German

  4. Dutch


Correct Option: B

The concept of 'General Will' was advocated by

  1. Hume

  2. Hegel

  3. Kant

  4. Rousseau


Correct Option: D

Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary is located in

  1. Kerala

  2. Karnataka

  3. Tamil Nadu

  4. Andhra Pradesh


Correct Option: C

Who defined the law of gravitation?

  1. Newton

  2. Archimedes

  3. Galileo

  4. Faraday


Correct Option: A
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