Quiz on General Awareness-1

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS


1. Where is Waterloo situated?
(a) France
(b) Switzerland
(c) UK.
(d) Belgium
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2. The capital of Vatican City is:
(a) Kinshasa
(b) Nauru
(c) Lusaka
(d) Vatican city
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3. The necessity for a planning commission for India was first advocated by:
(a) M. Visvesvarayya
(b) Ram Krishna Hegde
(c) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(d) K.T. Shah
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4. What is dry ice?
(a) Solid sodium carbonate
(b) Solid carbon-dioxide
(c) Solid ammonium chloride
(d) None of these
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5. Won is the currency of;
(a) North Korea
(b) South Korea
(c) North Korea and South Korea both
(d) None of these
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6. Which country hosted the 15th Common-wealth Games;
(a) India
(b) Malaysia
(C) Australia
(d) Canada
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7. Which film won the 70th Oscar Award for 1997 (Declared in 1998) for Best Feature Film?
(a) Brave Heart
(b) Howard’s End
(c) Titanic
(d) Unforgiven
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8. First Woman Pilot in Indian Air Force was-
(a) Bachendri Pal
(b) Junko Tabei
(c) Sally Ride
(d) Harita Kaur Deol
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9. The famous Pakistan resolution was passed At:
(a) Lahore
(b) Delhi
(c) Bombay
(d) Lucknow
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10. Where is the greatest volcanic crater in the World?
(a) Phillippines
(b) Cyprus
(c) Indonesia
(d) Japan
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11. Pimpri is associated with:
(a) News print
(b) Fertilizer
(c) Manganese
(d) Anti-biotic
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12. India bought A-320 airbuses from:
(a) France
(b) U.S.A.
(c) U.S.S.R
(d) Japan
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13. Which important event immediately preceded the Jallianwala Bagh massacre ?
(a) Communal Award
(b) Arrival of Simon Commission
(c) Non-Co-operation Movement
(d) Rowlatt Act enactment
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14. When sun light falls on a soap bubble bright Colours are seen. They are produced by:
(a) Dispersion
(b) Interference
(c) Refraction
(d) Pigments in the soap
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15. The 1998 Men’s Wimbledon Championship
Was won by:
(a) Pete Sampras
(b) Patrick Rafter
(c) Boris Becker
(d) Andre Agassi
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16. Who once remarked, ‘Nehru is a patriot while Jinnah is a politician?
(a) Maulana Azad
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Sir Mohammad Iqbal
(d) Abdul Gaffar Khan
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17. Who, among the following, is the world’s first Woman cosmonaut ?
(a) Junko Tabei
(b) Valentina Tereshkova
(c) Sally Ride
(d) Bachendri Pal
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18. Which state in India can be placed under Governor’s rule?
(a) Mizoram
(b) Manipur
(c) Pondicherry
(d) Jammu and Kashmir
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19. By which amendment of the Constitution the Words ‘Socialist and Secular’ were added to its
Preamble?
(a)42nd
(b)43rd
(c)44th
(c)45th
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20. The Department of Archeology was started in
India by:
(a) Warren Hastings
(b) Curzon
(c) Willium Bentinck
(d) Minto
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21. Antibodies in our bodies:
(a) Cause diseases
(b) Cure infection
(c) Are poisonous substances
(d) Protect us against disease
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22. The British introduced provincial autonomy In India through;
(a) The Minto-Morley Reforms Act of 1909
(b) The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms of 1919.
(c) Indian Council Act of 1892
(d) The Government of lndia Act l935
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23. The first village in India to be lit by solar-
Powered lighting is located in the district of:
(a) Laddakh
(b) Baramulla
(c) Srinagar
(d) Anantnag
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24. Name the writer who refused to accept the Nobel Prize for Literature:
(a) Ernest Hemingway
(b) Boris Pasternak
(c) Allen Ginsberg
(d) Jean-Paul Sarte
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25. Where are the Niagra Falls?
(a) Canada
(b) U.S.A
(c) Africa
(d) South America
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26. Which Article of India’s Constitution abolishes untouchability and makes its
Practice in any form an offence punishable under law?
(a) 16th
(b) l7th
(c) 22nd
(d) 25th
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27. The Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre at Trivendrum is mainly concerned with;
(a) Development of Satellite launch Vehicles
(b) Design and fabrication of spacecraft
(c) Research in propellants for launching Rockets
(d)To launch sounding rockets to investigate problems of meteorology
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28. What is ‘Sagar Samrat’?
(a) Naval Fighting Ship
(b) Merchant Navy Ship
(c) An ordinary Ship
(d) An oil-drilling rig
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29. The comment ‘no vakil, no appeal, no dalil’ was made in relation to :
(a) The Communal Award
(b) The Hbert Bill
(c) The Rowlatt Act
(d) The Vernacular Press Act
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30. Directive Principles of State policy have been enumerated in the IV Part of the constitution.
The concept has been borrowed from;
(a) U.S.A
(b) England
(c) Ireland
(d) France
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