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General Awareness - 3 (DSSSB Grade II)

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Man and Biosphere Programme is sponsored by

  1. CSIR

  2. UNESCO

  3. IUCN

  4. NEERI


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct Answer: UNESCO

‘Transhumance’ refers to

  1. migration of animal in ranches

  2. human migration in search of jobs

  3. seasonal movement of people and their herds from valley to mountain and vice versa

  4. migration of nomads


Correct Option: C

The period of revolution of a geostationary satellite is

  1. 24 hours

  2. 30 hours

  3. 365 days

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A

What is the name of India's first indegenously built satellite launched in 1992?

  1. INSAT 1S

  2. INSAT 1A

  3. INSAT 1G

  4. INSAT 2A


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Correct Answer: INSAT 2A

Which of the following are the terminal stations of East-West corridor?

  1. Silchar and Porbandar

  2. Ahmedabad and Kolkata

  3. Kandla and Aizawl

  4. Srinagar and Kanyakumari


Correct Option: A

Which of the following options is considered the second class mail?

  1. Cards

  2. Envelopes

  3. Packets

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C

When was the first Census Act passed?

  1. 1948

  2. 1956

  3. 1951

  4. 1950


Correct Option: A

What proportion of urban population of India is clustered in Class I cities?

  1. One-third

  2. Two-thirds

  3. Three-fifths

  4. Two-fifths


Correct Option: B

Social forestry programme started in

  1. 1990

  2. 1976

  3. 1986

  4. 1970


Correct Option: B

The Objective Resolution was presented in the Constituent Assembly by

  1. Mahatma Gandhi

  2. Jawaharlal Nehru

  3. Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

  4. Motilal Nehru


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Assembly met in its second plenary session from January 20-24, 1947 and adopted an 'Objective Resolution' moved by Jawaharlal Nehru. The objective of the framers of the constitution was declared to be the creation of Sovereign Democratic Republic for India.

Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP) was introduced in the year

  1. 1978-79

  2. 1979-80

  3. 1980-81

  4. 1981-82


Correct Option: A

Arrange the following schemes in the chronological order they were launched.

A. Antyodaya Anna Yojna B. VAMBAY C. SJSRY D. SGSY

  1. C D A B

  2. C D B A

  3. D C B A

  4. D C A B


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The chronological order of the launch of given schemes is: A. SJSRY - December 1997 B. SGSY - April 1999 C. Antyodaya Anna Yojna - Decmber 2000 D. VAMBAY - December 2001

Which Indian commercial bank was the first to provide mobile ATM service?

  1. ICICI bank

  2. HDFC bank

  3. SBI

  4. IDBI bank


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Option (1) is the correct answer. 

Who among the following succeeded Chief Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha as Chief Justice of India?

  1. H. L. Dattu

  2. P. Sathasivam

  3. S. H. Kapadia

  4. Altamas Kabir

  5. Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Correct option is (1).

Who among the following became the first Indian actor to be honoured with a postage stamp by the US Post Service (USPS)?

  1. Raj Kapoor

  2. Chiranjivi

  3. Kamal Hasan

  4. Nageswara Rao

  5. Salman Khan


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 Nageswara Rao

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