GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS

1. Dr. Hargovind Khurana’s research work is Related with:
(a) Zoology
(b) Medicine
(c) Cure for cancer
(d) Genetics
Answer. (d)

2. The number of bones in the human body System is:
(a) 306
(b) 206
(c) 260
(d) 370
Answer. (b)

3. Diabetes can be controlled by the injection Of:
(a) Thyroxin
(b) Tetracycline
(c) Streptomycin
(d) Insulin
Answer. (d)

4. Hydroponics is:
(a) Soil conservation
(b) Conservation of water
(c) Growth of plants under laboratory Conditions
(d) Growth of plants in liquid media
Answer. (d)

5. Hydrometer is an instrument:
(a) For measuring sound under water
(b) To detect the presence of hydrogen in The atmosphere
(c) For measuring the specific gravity of Liquids
(d) To detect the changes in the atmospheric  Humidity
Answer. (c)

6. The Glorious Revolution in England Established:
(a) The rule of the Tudors
(b) The rule of the House of Hanover
(c) The rule of the Stuarts
(d) The rule of constitutional monarchs
Answer. (d)

7. Thrombosis is a disease of the:
(a) Lungs
(b) Blood
(c) Thyroid
(d) Nerve bursting
Answer. (d)

8. Russia has recently signed a historic border Pact with which of the following countries?
(a) Mongolia
(b) Romania
(c) Afghanistan
(d) Kazakhstan
(e) China
Answer. (d)

9. Which of the following is considered as the “Electronic City” of India?
(a) Hyderabad
(b) Mumbai
(c) Calcutta
(d) Bhopal
(e) Bangalore
Answer. (e)

10. South Pole was discovered by:
(a) Robert Peary
(b) Amundsen
(c) Captain Cook
(d) Megallen
Answer. (b)

11. The study which deals with secret writing Is known is:
(a) Cryptography
(b) Secretology
(c) Cytology
(d) None of these
Answer. (a)

12. Which country is called the ‘Sugar Bowl of the World’ :
(a) Indonesia
(b) India
(c) Cuba
(d) Thailand
Answer. (c)

13. The annual growth rate envisaged in the Eighth Five Year Plan is:
(a) 5.6 per cent
(b) 5.8 per cent
(c) 6.0 per cent
(d) 5.0 per cent
Answer. (a)

14. The headquarter of OAU (Organisation of African Unity) is at:
(a) Dare-a-Salam
(b) Tunis
(c) Nairobi
(d) Addis Abada
(e) Kampala
Answer. (d)

15. Emperor ‘Akbar’ is the name given to:
(a) A heavy tanker gifted to India by Japan
(b) A Boeing 747 aircraft acquired by India
(C) A fighter plane acquired by India from Britain
(d) A new warship manufactured indigenously  By India
Answer. (b)

16. Who is the Ex-officio Chairman of Planning Commission in India?
(a) Prime Minister
(b) President
(c) Planning Minister
(d) Chief Justice
Answer. (a)

17. The partition of Bengal in 1905 was Affected by:
(a) Lord Linlithgow
(b) Lord Wellesley
(c) Lord Minto
(d) Lord Curzon
Answer. (d)

18. India House is located in :
(a) New Delhi
(b) Calcutta
(c) London
(d) Mumbai
Answer. (c)

19. Who was the founder of the Indian National Congress?:
(a) W.C. Banerjee
(b) Mrs. Annie Besant
(c) A.O. Hume
(d) Madan Mohan Malviya
Answer. (c)

20. The country known as the ‘Land of the Midnight Sun’ is:
(a) Japan
(b) Sweden
(c) Norway
(d) Denmark
Answer. (c)

21. Duration of the Eighth Five Year Plan was:
(a) 1990-95
(b) 1991-96
(c) 1992-97
(d) 1993-98
Answer. (c)

22. Who was known as ‘Man of Destiny’?
(a) Napoleon
(b) Stalin
(c) Hitler
(d) Musolini
Answer. (a)

23. Which of the following is not a space Power?
(a) France
(b) Spain
(c) U.S.A.
(d) China
(e) India
Answer. (b)

24. The term Fourth estate refers to:
(a) Very backward state
(b) Judiciary
(c) Parliament
(d) Press
Answer. (d)

25. Pasteurized milk:
(a) Is sterile
(b) Not sterile
(c) Will not turn sour
(d) Will not turn sour for sometime
Answer. (d)