GENERAL AWARENESS MCQs

1. Who gave the slogan “Play the game, in the spirit of the game” ?
(a) Baron de Cubertin
(b) Samaranch
(c) Maharaja Yadvendra Singh
(d) Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
Answer. (d)

2. The purity of milk is measured by:
(a) Hydrometer
(b) Manometer
(c) Lactometer
(d) Fathomometer
Answer. (c)

3. Who is the Chairman of India’s Space Commission?
(a) H.N. Sethna
(b) M.G.K. Menon
(c) Kasturirangan
(d) Satish Dhawan
Answer. (c)

4. Who invented dynamite?
(a) Lord Chelmsford
(b) Bhabha Homi
(c) Alfred Nobel
(d) Neil O borh
Answer. (c)

5. Who is author of the book “Anand Math?”
(a) Nirad C. Chaudhari
(b) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(c) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(d) None of these
Answer. (b)

6. Which country won maximum gold medals in the 13th Asian Games held in Bangkok During 6-20 Dec., 1998?
(a) Japan
(b) China
(c) South Korea
(d) Iran
Answer. (b)

7. The National Defence College is located at:
(a) Delhi
(b) Coimbatore
(c) Pune
(d) Dehradun
Answer. (a)

8. Harappan civilization is Indus civilization Because?
(a) It resembles Indus civilization and is
Considered to exist at the same time
(b) It is in the same region
(c) Both are wholly the same
(d) None of the above
Answer. (a)

9. Which State of India has the largest area under forest?
(a) M.P.
(b) U.P.
(c) Gujrat
(d) Assam
Answer. (d)

10. Which pair is incorrect?
(a) UNO Population Award-Smt. Indira Gandhi
(b) Pulitzer Award-Mother Teresa
(c) Jnan Pith Award-Smt.Mahadevi Verma
(d) Nobel Prize-S. chandrashekhar
Answer. (b)

11. The Summer Olympics of 2004 will be organized at which of the following cities?
(a) Rome
(b) Athens
(¢) Tokyo
(d) London
Answer. (b)

12. Income Tax exemption limit in assessment Year l998-99 is:
(a) Rs. 50,000
(b) Rs. 28,000
(c) Rs. 25,000
(d) Rs. 45,000
Answer. (a)

13. Which month is named after the Roman God of War?
(a) April
(b) May
(c) March
(d) September
Answer. (c)

14. Annie Beasant established Home Rule League with the purpose:-
(a) To start a revolutionary movement
(b) To help the congress
(c) To gain independence with constitutional means
(d) To create harmonious relations between the Moderates and Extremists
Answer. (c)

15. An Indian river that does not form any delta is:
(a) The Krishna
(b) The Sindh
(c) The Narmada
(d) The Cauvery
Answer. (c)

16. Games Day is observed in India on:
(a) 12 April
(b) 2 May
(c) 29th August
(d) 14th September
Answer. (c)

17. Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) consists of Mainly:
(a) Methane, Ethane and Hexane
(b) Methane, Butane and Propane
(c) Ethane, Hexane and Nonane
(d) Nonane, Ethane and Hexane
Answer. (b)

18. Which of the following diseases is caused by Virus?
(a) Diphtheria
(b) Tetanus
(c) Syphilis
(d) Influenza
Answer. (d)

19. The Rajya Sabha which is the upper house of The Indian Parliament:
(a) Is a permanent body
(b) Has a life of six years
(c) Has a life of five years
(d) Has a life of four years
Answer. (a)

20. Under which article of the Constitution of India can the President impose President's Rule in a state?
(a) Article 370
(b) Article 368
(c) Article 356
(d) Article 352
Answer. (c)

21. The fictional character whose centenary was Celebrated by Britain in 1987 is:
(a) James Bond
(b) Robin Hood
(c) Sherlock Holmes
(d) Sydney Cotton
Answer. (c)

22. Which is the largest continent of the world?
(a) North America
(b) Africa
(c) Asia
(d) Australia
Answer. (c)

23. Who is the President of South Africa?
(a) Pik Botha
(b) Pieter Botha
(c) Fredrick De Klark
(d) Nelson Mandela
Answer. (d)

24. Vitamin necessary to prevent prolonged Bleeding is:
(a) Vitamin A
(b) Vitamin D
(c) Vitamin K
(d) Vitamin E

25. If the lens in eye becomes opaque, the disease Is called:
(a) Myopia
(b) Astigmatism
(c) Glucoma
(d) Cataract
Answer. (d)