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General Awareness - 3

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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

Who is the author of ‘Paradise Lost’?

  1. William Shakespeare

  2. Jonathan Swift

  3. Oscar Wilde

  4. John Milton


Correct Option: D

What is Consualia?

  1. A Greek God

  2. A Roman festival

  3. A Roman God

  4. A Greek festival


Correct Option: B

Which of the following newspapers is not a publication of Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd?

  1. Economic Times

  2. Navbharat Times

  3. The Times of India

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: D

'My Experiments with Truth' is the autobiography of which Indian leader?

  1. Jawaharlal Nehru

  2. Mahatma Gandhi

  3. Chandrashekhar Azad

  4. Chittaranjan Das


Correct Option: B

When was the Protection of Human Rights Act passed?

  1. 1989

  2. 1993

  3. 1984

  4. 1975


Correct Option: B

When was India's first Five Year Plan implemented?

  1. 1951

  2. 1952

  3. 1950

  4. 1948


Correct Option: A

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.

A computer virus is

  1. a chemical that attacks silicon

  2. a micro-organism that destroys integrated circuits

  3. data that the computer fails to handle

  4. a special kind of computer programme


Correct Option: D

Which is the anti-coagulant substance in blood?

  1. Fibrinogen

  2. Heparin

  3. Thrombin

  4. Globin


Correct Option: B

The United Nations Organisation was formed in the year

  1. 1940

  2. 1942

  3. 1945

  4. 1948


Correct Option: C

The first airline to allow flyers to surf the net is

  1. United Airlines

  2. Singapore Airlines

  3. Emirates Airlines

  4. Air Canada


Correct Option: B

The National Development Council is presided over by the

  1. Prime Minister of India

  2. Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission

  3. Finance Minister

  4. Union Minister of Planning


Correct Option: A

The planet closest to the Sun is

  1. Earth

  2. Mercury

  3. Venus

  4. Mars


Correct Option: B

Which of the following is more elastic?

  1. Rubber

  2. Glass

  3. Steel

  4. Brass


Correct Option: C

The earliest seeds of the Bhakti movement in India are found in

  1. the Vedas

  2. Jain philosophy

  3. Sufi philosophy

  4. Buddhist philosophy


Correct Option: C

The characteristic odour of garlic is due to

  1. a chloro compound

  2. acetic acid

  3. a fluorine compound

  4. a sulphur compound


Correct Option: A

The headquarters of SAARC is located in

  1. Dhaka

  2. New Delhi

  3. Kathmandu

  4. Karachi


Correct Option: C

Aung San Suu Kyi who was awarded the Olaf Palm Prize is a citizen of

  1. Singapore

  2. China

  3. Taiwan

  4. Myanmar

  5. Nepal


Correct Option: D

Which one of the following is the first atomic plant established in India?

  1. Kaiga

  2. Tarapur

  3. Narora

  4. Kota


Correct Option: B

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to withdraw its nominee directors from the boards of which of the following types of banks?

  1. Co-operative Banks

  2. Nationalized Banks

  3. Private Sector Banks

  4. Foreign Banks

  5. None of these


Correct Option: C

Who among the following was the founder of the Peshwas?

  1. Parasuram Triyambak

  2. Ram Chandra Pant

  3. Balajee Bajirao

  4. Balajee Viswanath


Correct Option: D

A galvanometer detects

  1. resistance

  2. energy

  3. current

  4. heat


Correct Option: C

Aircraft Carrier named Admiral Gorshkov, which India purchased from Russia has been renamed as

  1. INS Vikramaditya

  2. INS Mysore

  3. NNS Virat

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Correct Answer: INS Vikramaditya

The term 'Plastic Money' refers to

  1. bank drafts made of plastic coated paper

  2. credit cards issued by banks

  3. currency notes printed with special plastic thread

  4. none of these


Correct Option: B

A transformer is used for

  1. converting of DC into AC

  2. regulating the fluctuation of voltage

  3. measuring the flow of electricity

  4. converting low voltage into high voltage and vice versa


Correct Option: D

Which one of the following deals with economic offences?

  1. NSA

  2. MISA

  3. COFEPOSA

  4. TADA


Correct Option: C

Lunik II was the

  1. first space vehicle to sample moon’s crust

  2. first space vehicle to softland on moon

  3. first rocket to reach moon

  4. first robot to reach moon


Correct Option: C

The jail in which Jawahar Lal Nehru wrote 'Discovery of India' is

  1. Ahmednagar jail

  2. Yervada jail

  3. Kanpur jail

  4. None of theses


Correct Option: A

Directions: Name the currency of the given country.

Armenia

  1. Peso

  2. Dram

  3. Dinar

  4. Dollar


Correct Option: B

Who among the following founded Yoga?

  1. Thyagaraja

  2. Patanjali

  3. Panini

  4. Kautilya


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct Answer: Patanjali

Where was the world's first modern planetarium installed?

  1. Moscow

  2. Bonn

  3. London

  4. Newyork


Correct Option: B

Which of the following is not a banking/finance related term?

  1. Credit wrap

  2. EMI

  3. Held to Maturity

  4. Diffusion

  5. Exposure limit


Correct Option: D

Tehri Dam is situated on which river

  1. Yamuna

  2. Mandakini

  3. Bhagirathi

  4. Alakananda


Correct Option: C

A famous history book on India was written in the 11th century by

  1. Suleiman

  2. Masoodi

  3. Firdausi

  4. Alberuni


Correct Option: D

Who among the following is known as the Father of the Indian Constitution?

  1. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

  2. Vallabhbhai patel

  3. Jawaharlal Nehru

  4. Mahatma Gandhi


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Correct Answer: Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

Which bank advertises itself as ‘The World’s Local Bank’?

  1. Citi Bank

  2. HSBC

  3. ICICI

  4. ABN AMRO

  5. Standard Chartered


Correct Option: B
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