General Awareness Questions

1) Indian Railway has recently renamed which train as Yoga Express?
Ans: Haridwar Express

2) Jharkhand imposed a ban in entire state on the sale of?
Ans: Thermo coal Plates

3) Formation of Rainbow is due to:
Ans: Refraction and reflection of sunlight by water droplets

4) Which among the following countries currently tops in oil production?
    a) Saudi Arabia b) Iraq c) United States d) Venezuela
Ans: United States

5) Name the two week joint military exercise between India and UK held in India in June 2015?
Ans: Ajeya Warrior

6) Sunil Chhetri became the first Indian footballer to score ____ international goals in June 2015?
Ans: 50

7) Sariska Sanctuary is located in:
Ans: Rajasthan

8) German Silver is an alloy of:
Ans: Zn, Sn &Pb

9) Which country announced a ban on wearing earphones while driving a vehicle or riding a cycle?
Ans: France

10) CAD stands for:
Ans: Computer Aided Design

11) Unix operating system is generally known as:
Ans: Multi User Operating system

12) Which of the following system is based on the principle of surplus value?
     a) Capitalism b) Individualism , c) Idealism d) Communism
Ans: Capitalism

13) Which of the following provides Representative Government?
    a) Democracy b) Direct Democracy c) Indirect Democracy 
    d) Presidential form of Government
Ans: Indirect Democracy

14) What is the main duty of the Legislature?
Ans: Enacting laws

15) The total energy of an electron inside an atom is:
Ans: Zero

16) Name the Italian traveler who visited the Vijayanagara Empire in 1420?
 Ans: Nicolo de Conti

17) Which of the following is a merit of the presidential form of government?
     a) The fixed tenure of the executive gives it a great sense of stability 
     b) It ensures speedy execution of policies 
     c) It safeguards the liberty of the people d) All off the above
Ans: The fixed tenure of the executive gives it a great sense of stability

18) Which bird has been voted as united kingdom’s first national bird?
Ans: Robin

19) The winners of Copa America -2015:
Ans: Chile

20) Which day has been declared as Income Tax day?
Ans: July -24

21) The Headquarters of UNIDO is located in:
Ans: Vienna

22) What is the rank of India on the Global Human Capital Index?
Ans: 100th

23) Which Mughal Emperor prohibited the use of tobacco?
Ans: Jahangir

24) Who is the new Director of Satish Dhawan Space Centre?
Ans: P. Kunhikrishnan

25) In terms of the Coinage Act (2011), coins can be issued up to the denomination of?
Ans: Rs.1000

26) Headquarters of NIN (National Institute of Nutrition) is located at:
Ans: Hyderabad

27) The regulator of the stock market is:
Ans: SEBI

28) Certain substance loses their electrical resistance completely at super low temperature. Such substances are called:
Ans: Superconductors

29) The section of the CPU that selects, interprets and monitors the execution of programme instructions is:
Ans: Control Unit

30) Pablo Picasso, the famous painter was a:
Ans: Spanish

31) Which of the following method is not used in determining National Income of a country?
Ans: Investment Method

32) The scientist who first discovered that the earth revolves round the sun was:
Ans: Copernicus

33) In which of the following countries are the judges of the federal court elected by the two Houses of the federal legislature?
     a) USA b) Switzerland c) Germany d) Both b and c
Ans: Both b and c

34) Which of the following elements is found in all organic compounds?
      (a) Carbon (b) Hydrogen (c) Nitrogen (d) Oxygen
Ans: Carbon

35) Who was the greatest ruler of the Satvahanas?
Ans: Gautamiputra Satkarni

36) The Rathambore fort is situated in:
Ans: Rajasthan

37) If waste materials contaminate the source of drinking water, which of the following diseases will spread?
      a) Malaria b) Scurvy c) Typhoid c) Anemia
Ans: Typhoid

38) Which vein brings pure blood from the lungs into the heart?
Ans: Pulmonary Vein

39) British Crown assumed sovereignty over India from the East India Company in the year:
Ans: 1858

40) Which state is the largest producer of pulses in India?
Ans: Madhya Pradesh

41) The largest producer of aluminum in the world is:
Ans: USA

42) Akbar held his religious discussions in:
Ans: lbadt Khana

43) Energy is stored in liver and muscles in the form of:
Ans: Glycogen

44) Who was the first Indian woman president of the Indian National Congress?
Ans: Annie Besant

45) In which Rock Edict Asoka mentions about the causalities of Kalinga war and declares the renunciation of war?
Ans: Rock Edict XIII

46) Article 32 of Constitution refers to:
Ans: Right to constitutional remedies

47) Foramen Magnum is an aperture found in the:
Ans: Skull

48) Which Chinese traveller visited India during Harsha-vardhana's rules?
Ans: Hiuen-Tsang

49) Who betrayed Siraj-Ud-Daula in the Battle of Plassey 1757?
Ans: Mir Jaffar

50) In which year was the Regulating Act passed?
Ans: AD 1773 
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