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General Awareness - 1

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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

When were the 'Three Rivers Environmental Awards' created?

  1. 2001

  2. 1993

  3. 1987

  4. 1982


Correct Option: B

Which are the 3i countries?

  1. India, Ireland and Indonesia

  2. Israel, Ireland and India

  3. India, Iraq and Indonesia

  4. Israel, Indonesia and Iraq


Correct Option: B

Which of the following is the capital of Philippines?

  1. Sydney

  2. Toronto

  3. Manila

  4. Mandalay


Correct Option: C

With which game is Jeev Milkha Singh associated?

  1. Golf

  2. Wrestling

  3. Boxing

  4. Shooting


Correct Option: A

Which is the world's longest written Constitution?

  1. The Canadian Constitution

  2. The Russian Constitution

  3. The German Constitution

  4. The Indian Constitution


Correct Option: D

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'.

Who propounded the theory of ‘Economic Drain of India’, during British imperialism?

  1. W. C. Bannerji

  2. Dadabhai Naoroji

  3. Gopalkrishna Gokhale

  4. Gandhiji


Correct Option: B

Who is the author of the book 'Two Lives'?

  1. Vikram Seth

  2. James Patterson

  3. Ved Mehta

  4. Khushwant Singh


Correct Option: A

The three day, "VIIIth World Hindi Conference" was held in July, 2007 at

  1. New Delhi

  2. London

  3. New York

  4. Kathmandu


Correct Option: C

Which one of the following countries is not a member of ASEAN?

  1. Myanmar

  2. Bangladesh

  3. Brunei Darussam

  4. Vietnam


Correct Option: B

Where is the headquarters of WTO located?

  1. New York

  2. Geneva

  3. Hague

  4. New Delhi


Correct Option: B

Which one of the following is correctly matched?

  1. Eskimo : Canada

  2. Oran : Japan

  3. Lapps : India

  4. Gonds : Africa


Correct Option: A

Who wrote the novel 'Tutan Wala Khoo'?

  1. S. Kulwant Singh Virk

  2. Sohan Singh Sital

  3. Nanak Singh

  4. Amrita Pritam


Correct Option: D

Which of the following will travel fastest in air?

  1. Light

  2. Sound

  3. Rocket

  4. Supersonic plane


Correct Option: A

'Vande Mataram' was first published in

  1. Harijan

  2. Kesari

  3. Gitanjali

  4. Anand Math


Correct Option: D

Which was the first eclipsing binary star to be discovered?

  1. Beta Lyrae

  2. Algol

  3. Alpha Capricorni

  4. Epsilon Aurigae


Correct Option: B

Which of the following is the purpose owing to which banks have created Investment Fluctuation Reserves (IFR)? This will help them in managing

  1. Interest Rate Risk

  2. CRR

  3. SLR

  4. Foreign Currency Accounts

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A

‘New Horizons’ space craft launched by the NASA, was launched to study which of the following planets?

  1. Mars

  2. Saturn

  3. Jupiter

  4. Pluto

  5. Mercury


Correct Option: D

The largest producer of coffee in the world is

  1. Ivory Coast

  2. Brazil

  3. India

  4. Mexico


Correct Option: B

When iron rusts, its weight

  1. increases

  2. decreases

  3. remains the same

  4. is unpredictable


Correct Option: A

The Attorney General of India is appointed by the

  1. Chief Justice of Supreme Court

  2. Parliament

  3. Law Minister

  4. President


Correct Option: D

Who is the writer of Hawa me Hastakshar?

  1. Kailas Vajpayee

  2. Abul Kalam Qasimi

  3. Vaidehi

  4. U.A. Khadar

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Kailas Vajpayee

Ashoka the Great, conquered Kalinga in

  1. 216 B.C.

  2. 285 B.C.

  3. 225 B.C.

  4. 261 B.C.


Correct Option: D

“Parent or guardian to provide opportunities for education to his child or, as the case may be, the ward between the age of six and fourteen years” is the article/clause enshrined in

  1. Fundamental Rights

  2. Directive Principles of State Policy

  3. Fundamental Duties of Citizens

  4. Child Act


Correct Option: C

Which of the following places of India is closest to the Equator?

  1. Kanyakumari

  2. Lakshadweep

  3. Nicobar Island

  4. Minicoy Island


Correct Option: C

The fifth Economic Census was conducted in the year

  1. 2005

  2. 2006

  3. 2007

  4. 2004


Correct Option: A

Who defined liberalism as the philosophy of 'Live and let live'?

  1. Bertrand Russell

  2. Harold Laski

  3. J.S. Mill

  4. Jeremy Bentham


Correct Option: C

Bronze is an alloy of

  1. copper and zinc

  2. tin and zinc

  3. copper and tin

  4. iron and zinc


Correct Option: C

Directions: Name the currency of the given country. Bosnia

  1. Euro

  2. Krone

  3. Boliviano

  4. Lek


Correct Option: C

The difference in the duration of day and night increases as one moves from

  1. east and west of the prime meridian

  2. west to east

  3. poles to equator

  4. equator to poles


Correct Option: D

The highest milk producing breed of goat in India is

  1. Black Bengal

  2. Jamnapari

  3. Barbari

  4. Beetal


Correct Option: B

The Buddhist sect Mahayana formally came into existence during the reign of

  1. Ajatashatru

  2. Ashoka

  3. Kanishka

  4. Dharmapala


Correct Option: A

In 1930 Mahatma Gandhi started Civil Disobedience movement from

  1. Wardha

  2. Dandi

  3. Sabarmati

  4. Sevagram


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correct Answer: Sabarmati

Ashoka was much influenced by a Buddhist monk called

  1. Upagupta

  2. Ambini

  3. Asvaghosha

  4. Vasubandhu


Correct Option: A

Which of the following was not one of the regions, in which the English first set up trading posts?

  1. Gujarat

  2. Bengal

  3. Goa

  4. Coromondel coasts


Correct Option: C
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