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General Awareness - 5 (DSSSB Grade II)

Description: General Awareness - 5
Number of Questions: 15
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The ecological equilibrium in mined areas can be achieved by

  1. preventing soil erosion

  2. developing a vegetational cover

  3. preventing overgrazing

  4. introducing agriculture


Correct Option: B

Which state is not connected with HBJ pipeline?

  1. Madhya Pradesh

  2. Uttar Pradesh

  3. Maharashtra

  4. Gujarat


Correct Option: C

Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

  1. NH 3 — Agra - Mumbai

  2. NH 4 — Chennai - Thane

  3. NH 9 — Delhi - Mumbai

  4. NH 2 — Delhi - Kolkata


Correct Option: C

Which of the following is a tidal harbour?

  1. Mumbai

  2. Chennai

  3. Vishakhapatnam

  4. Kolkata


Correct Option: D

The first 'high tech' port of India is

  1. Quilon

  2. Nagapathinam

  3. Paradeep

  4. Nhava Sheva


Correct Option: D

The aboriginal population of the Andaman Island belongs to which one of the following racial categories?

  1. Negroids

  2. Negrito

  3. Palaeo-Australoids

  4. Negrillos


Correct Option: B

Which one of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?

(a) Tharu : Uttar Pradesh (b) Gaddi : Himachal Pradesh (c) Konyak : Kerala (d) Toda : Tamil Nadu

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)


Correct Option: C

A high ratio of non-workers to workers, as we have in India, indicates

  1. high degree of cultural development

  2. a state of self-sufficiency

  3. the rich natural resources of the country

  4. a rapid growth of population


Correct Option: D

Which of the following regions of India has the potentiality of harnessing tidal power?

  1. Gulf of Khambhat

  2. Gulf of Mannar

  3. Palk Strait

  4. Coast of Kerala


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Gulf of Khambhat is an inlet of the Arabian Sea along the west coast of India, in the state of Gujarat. It has the potentiality of harnessing tidal power. The difference in water height from low tide and high tide is potential energy. To capture sufficient power from the tidal energy potential, the height of high tide must be at least five meters (16 feet) greater than low tide.

Which one of the following is correct about a federation?

  1. Federation is domination of the centre on the states.

  2. Federation is dependence of the centre on the states.

  3. The centre and the states interfere in the matters of each other.

  4. Federation is an association of states that forms a new one and all the units and centre derive power from the constitution.


Correct Option: D

What was the aim of Antyodaya Programme?

  1. Improving the standards of scheduled castes

  2. Elimination of urban poverty

  3. Helping the poorest among poor

  4. Uplifting minorities


Correct Option: C

Who among the following succeeded Sheila Dikshit as the governor of Kerala?

  1. Hansraj Bhardwaj

  2. Nikhil Kumar

  3. P. Sathasivam

  4. R. S. Gavai

  5. T. N. Chaturvedi


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correct option is (3).

In 2014, the High Court of which of the following states banned throughout the state, the centuries-old tradition of animal sacrifice in religious places?

  1. Karnataka

  2. Jharkhand

  3. Gujarat

  4. Himachal Pradesh

  5. Rajasthan


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Correct option is (4).

The revived Nalanda University started its first session in September 2014. Who among the following was appointed as the first Vice Chancellor?

  1. Prapod Assavavirulhakarn

  2. Gopa Sabharwal

  3. Sugata Bose

  4. N. K. Singh

  5. Amartya Sen


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct option is (2).

The minimum number of women needed for making a ‘Working Group’ under DWCRA programme is

  1. 10

  2. 20

  3. 15

  4. No minimum limit


Correct Option: A
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