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General Awareness

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The highest literary award in India, the Jnanpith Award, carries a cash prize of

  1. Rs. 2 lakh

  2. Rs. 3 lakh

  3. Rs. 5 lakh

  4. Rs. 8 lakh


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Rs. 5 lakh cash prize is given to the winner of Jnanpith Award.

Which is the smallest country by area?

  1. Monaco

  2. Malta

  3. Vatican city

  4. Marshall Islands


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Vatican city is the world's smallest city. It area is 0.44 sq. km only.

'I Dare' is the autobiography of

  1. Nelson Mandela

  2. Kiran Bedi

  3. Phoolan Devi

  4. P.T. Usha


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

It is Kiran Bedi's autobiography.

Cathay Pacific Airways is the airlines of

  1. France

  2. Hong Kong

  3. Poland

  4. Russia


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Hong Kong calls its air lines as Cathy Pacific Airways

Financial Times is a daily, published from

  1. Toronto

  2. New York

  3. London

  4. Beijing


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

This daily is published in London.

Who said 'Gods help those who help themselves'?

  1. Abraham Lincoln

  2. Otto von Bismarck

  3. Goldsmith

  4. Aesop


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

he was a Greek slave who wrote famous fables like 'Tortoise and the hare' etc each with a moral.

Who among the following is the first space tourist?

  1. Laika

  2. Dennis Tito

  3. Yuri Gagarin

  4. Alan B Shepherd


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Dennis Tito of USA is the first tourist into space

Thalassophobia is fear of

  1. telling lies

  2. thunder

  3. travel

  4. sea


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Fear of the sea is called as thalassophobia

Which is the top daily newspaper in India?

  1. The Hindustan Times

  2. The Hindu

  3. Dainik Jagaran

  4. Malayala Manoram


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

This is the top daily in India with a clientele of more than 23 lakh.

Which is the third most spoken language of the world?

  1. Arabic

  2. Spanish

  3. Hindi

  4. German


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Spanish is the third language most spoken by people around the world after Chinese and English

Zloty is the currency of which of the following countries?

  1. Phillipines

  2. Poland

  3. Peru

  4. Romania


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

It is the currency of Poland.

Color Television was invented by

  1. Micheal Faraday

  2. G.Marconi

  3. W K Roentgen

  4. John Logie Baird


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Baird invented tv

Who earned the sobriquet of 'King Maker of India'?

  1. C.Rajagopalachary

  2. Kautilya

  3. Lal Bahadur Shastri

  4. Kamraj


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

He earned the sobriquet of 'king maker of India'.

Who was the first person to win 'Dada Saheb Phalke Award'?

  1. V. Shantaram

  2. Prithviraj Kapoor

  3. Naushad Ali

  4. Devika Rani Roerich


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Devika Rani was the first recipient of the award in 1969.

Which of the following countries is the chief exporter of coffee?

  1. USA

  2. China

  3. Brazil

  4. India


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Brazil is the chief exporter of coffee.

Quiranale House is the official residence of

  1. President of Italy

  2. President of France

  3. President of Mexico

  4. President of South Korea


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Italian President resides here.

Penny Postage system was designed by

  1. Malthus

  2. Sir Rowland Hill

  3. Maria Montessori

  4. Baden Powell


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Hill introduced the penny postage system

Empire State Building is located in

  1. London

  2. Washington

  3. New York

  4. Berlin


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Empire State Building is located in New York.

Knesset is the parliament of

  1. Israel

  2. Japan

  3. Sweden

  4. Jordon


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Israeli Parliament is known as Knesset.

Omakar Temple is located in

  1. Tamil Nadu

  2. Orissa

  3. Madhya Pradesh

  4. Madhurai


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Omakar Temple is located in Madhya Pradesh.

Napoleon Bonaparte was known as

  1. Fuhrer

  2. Man of Destiny

  3. Man of Blood

  4. Desert Fox


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Napoleon was known as the Man of Destiny.

Humming bird is the National Emblem of

  1. Turkey

  2. Canada and Ukraine

  3. Trinidad and Tobago

  4. Sudan


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Humming bird is the National Emblem of Trinidad and Tobago.

Who among the following did not win the 'Man Booker Prize for fiction'?

  1. Salman Rushdie

  2. Arundhati Roy

  3. Kiran Desai

  4. Vikram Seth


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

He never won the Booker Prize. His famous novel is, 'A Suitable Boy'.

Aspirin, the common medicine, was invented by

  1. Koller

  2. Leeuwenhock

  3. Dreser

  4. James Simpson


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Dreser invented Aspirin in 1889.

Where is Stratosphere Tower located?

  1. China

  2. USA

  3. Kuwait

  4. Russia


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Stratosphere is located in Las Vegas in USA.

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