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General Awareness
Series – 789 KO 6 (IInd Shift-2pm to 4pm)

1. Pituitary gland is situated in
(A) the base of the heart
(B) the base of the brain
(C) the neck
(D) the abdomen
Ans: (B) the base of the brain

2. Who discovered cement?
(A) Agassit
(B) Albertus Magnus
(C) Joseph Aspdin
(D) Janseen
Ans: (C) Joseph Aspdin

3. According to RBI Report….. NPA – 2008-09 for India
Banks
(A) 2.3%
(B) 2.6%
(C) 3.5%
(D) 5.2%
Ans: (A) 2.3%

4. Windows 7, the latest OS ……… Indian Languages fonts
(A) 14
(B) 26
(C) 37
(D) 49
Ans: (A) 14

5. TRIPS and TRIMS are the terms associated with
(A) IMF
(B) WTO
(C) IBRD
(D) IDA
Ans: (B) WTO

6. A Presidential Ordinance can remain in force
(A) For three months
(B) For Six months
(C) For nine months
(D) Indefinitely
Ans: (B) For Six months


7. Which of the following Indonesian victim massive
earthquake-2004?
(A) Irian Jaya
(B) Sumatra
(C) Kalibangan
(D) Java
Ans: (B) Sumatra

8. First DURANTO A/C Express
(A) Sealdah-New Delhi
(B) Mumbai-Howrah
(C) Bangalore-Howrah
(D) Chennai-NewDelhi
Ans: (A) Sealdah-New Delhi

9. Economic Outlook for 2009-2010?
(A) Planning Commission
(B) PM Economic Advisory Council
(C) Finance Commission
(D) RBI
Ans: (B) PM Economic Advisory Council

10. Indian and US finalize agreement related to
following?
(A) Trade and Investment
(B) Intellectual property
(C) Traditional Knowledge
(D) All of the Above
Ans: (D) All of the Above

11. Which of the following river does not part of
Narmada river?
(A) MP
(B) Rajasthan
(C) Gujarat
(D) Maharashtra
Ans: (B) Rajasthan

12. Which of the following countries third largest
market for twitter?
(A) China
(B) India
(C) Brazil
(D) Indonesia
Ans: (B) India

13. The exchange of commodities between two countries is
(A) Balance of trade
(B) Bilateral trade
(C) Volume of trade
(D) Multilateral trade
Ans: (B) Bilateral trade

14. Soil erosion on hill slopes cane be checked by
(A) Afforestation
(B) Terrace cultivation
(C) Strip cropping
(D) Contour ploughing
Ans: (B) Contour ploughing

15. Who coined the word Geography?
(A) Ptolemy
(B) Eratosthenese
(C) Hecataus
(D) Herodatus
Ans: (B) Eratosthenese

16. Which of the following is called ‘ecological
hotspot of India’?
(A) Western Ghats
(B) Eastern Ghats
(C) Western Himalayas
(D) Eastern Himalayas
Ans: (B) Western Himalayas

17. The art of map making
(A) Remote sensing
(B) Cartography
(C) Photogrammetry
(D) Mapping
Ans: (B) Cartography

18. The age of Earth can be determined by
(A) Geological Time Scale
(B) Radio-Metric Dating
(C) Gravity Method
(D) Fossilization Method
Ans: ((B) Radio-Metric Dating

19. The monk influenced Ashoka to embrace Buddhism
(A) Vishnu Gupta
(B) Upa Gupta
(C) Brahma Gupta
(D) Brihadratha
Ans: B) Upa Gupta

20. The declaration that “Govt. of the people, by the
people, for the people made by
(A) George Washington
(B) Winston Churchill
(C) Abraham Lincoln
(D) Theodore Roosevelt
Ans: (C) Abraham Lincoln

21. The Lodhi dynasty was founded by
(A) Ibrahim Lodhi
(B) Sikandar Lodhi
(C) Bahlol Lodhi
(D) Khizr Khan
Ans: (C) Bahlol Lodhi

22. Harsha was defeated by
(A) Prabhakaravardhana
(B) Pulakesin-II
(C) Narsimhavarma Pallava
(D) Sasanka
Ans: (B) Pulakesin-II

23. Who among the following was illiterate?
(A) Jahangir
(B) Shah jahan
(C) Akbar
(D) Aurangazeb
Ans: (C) Akbar

24. Which Gov. General associated with Doctrine of
lapse?
(A) Lord Rippon
(B) Lord Dalhousie
(C) Lord Bentick
(D) Lord Curzon
Ans: (B) Lord Dalhousie

25. India attained dominion status on
(A) 15th Jan, 1947
(B) 15th Aug, 1947
(C) 15th Aug, 1950
(D) 15th Oct, 1947
Ans: B) 15th Aug, 1947

26. Despotism is possible in a
(A) One party state
(B) Two party state
(C) Multi party state
(D) Two and multi party state
Ans: (A) One party state

27. Marx belonged to
(A) Germany
(B) Holland
(C) France
(D) Britain
Ans: (A) Germany

28. Which of the following is guardian of fundamental
rights?
(A) Legislature
(B) Executive
(C) Political parties
(D) Judiciary
Ans: (D) Judiciary

29. Sarkaria Commission was concerned with
(A) Administrative reforms
(B) Electoral Reforms
(C) Financial Reforms
(D) Centre-State Relations
Ans: (D) Centre-State Relations

30. The speaker of Lok Sabha address his/her
resignation to
(A) PM of India
(B) President of India
(C) Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha
(D) Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
Ans: (C) Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha

31. A want become a demand only when it is backed by
(A) Ability to purchase
(B) Necessity to buy
(C) Desire to buy
(D) Utility of the product
Ans: (C) Ability to purchase

32. The term “Micro and Macro Economics” were coined by
(A) Alfred Marshall
(B) Ragner Nurske
(C) Ragner Frisch
(D) JM Keynes
Ans: (C) Ragner Frisch

33. During periods of Inflation, tax rates should
(A) Increase
(B) Decrease
(C) Remain Constant
(D) Fluctuate
Ans: (A) Increase

34. Which is the biggest tax paying sector in India?
(A) Agriculture Sector
(B) Industrial Sector
(C) Transport Sector
(D) Banking Sector
Ans: (B) Industrial Sector

35. “Economics is what it ought to “ – This statement
refers to
(A) Normative Economics
(B) Positive Economics
(C) Monetary Economics
(D) Fiscal Economics
Ans: (A) Normative Economics

36. The excess of price a person is to pay rather than
forgo consumption
(A) Price
(B) Profit
(C) Producers’ Surplus
(D) Consumers’ Surplus
Ans: (D) Consumers’ Surplus

37. Silver halides are used in photographic plates
because they
(A) Oxidised in air
(B) Soluble in hyposolution
(C) Reduced by light
(D) Totally colourless
Ans: (A) Oxidised in air

38. Tetraethyl lead is
(A) A catalyst in burning fossil fuel
(B) An antioxidant
(C) A reductant
(D) An antiknock compound
Ans: (D) An antiknock compound

39. Curie point is the temperature at which
(A) Matter becomes radioactive
(B) A metal loses magnetic properties
(C) A metal loses conductivity
(D) Transmutation of metal occurs
Ans: (B) A metal loses magnetic properties

40. The isotope used for the production of atomic energy
(A) U-235
(B) U-238
(C) U-234
(D) U-236
Ans: (A) U-235

41. The acceleration due to gravity at the equator
(A) is less than at the poles
(B) is greater than that at the poles
(C) is equal to that at the poles
(D) does not depend on the earth’s centripetal
acceleration
Ans: (A) is less than at the poles

42. Which of the following is not a nucleon?
(A) Proton
(B) Neutron
(C) Electron
(D) Positron
Ans: (D) Positron

43. The material used in the manufacture of lead pencil
is
(A) Graphite
(B) Lead
(C) Carbon
(D) Mica
Ans: (A) Graphite

44. Angle of friction and angle of repose are
(A) equal to each other
(B) not equal to each other
(C) proportional to each other
(D) None of the above
Ans: (C) proportional to each other

45. Processor’s speed of a computer is measured in
(A) BPS
(B) MIPS
(C) Baud
(D) Hertz
Ans: (D) Hertz

46. ‘C’ language is a
(A) Low level language
(B) High level language
(C) Machine level language
(D) Assembly level language
Ans: (B) High level language

47. What happens to a person who receives the wrong
type of blood?
(A) All the arteries constrict
(B) All the arteries dilates
(C) The RBCs agglutinate
(D) The spleen and lymphnodes deteriorate
Ans: (C) The RBCs agglutinate

48. NIS stands for
(A) National Infectious diseases seminar
(B) National Irrigation Schedule
(C) National Immunization Schedule
(D) National Information Sector
Ans: (C) National Immunization Schedule

49. If all bullets could not removed, it may cause
poisoning by
(A) Mercury
(B) Lead
(C) Iron
(D) Arsenic
Ans: (B) Lead

50. Ringworm is a ……………… disease
(A) Bacterial
(B) Protozoan
(C) Viral
(D) Fungal
Ans: (D) Fungal

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