General Awareness : Solved Paper 1. Capital formation in an economy depends on:
(A) Total Income
(B) Total demand
(C) Total savings
(D) Total production
Ans : (D)
2. If the tax rate increases with the higher level of Income, it shall be called:
(A) Proportional tax
(B) Progressive tax
(C) Lump sum tax
(D) Regressive tax
Ans : (A)
3. Who painted the master piece Hamsa Damayanti?
(A) Anjolie Ela Menon
(B) Abanindranath Tagore
(C) Amrita Shergill
(D) Raja Ravi Varma
Ans : (D)
4. In India, one-rupee coins and notes and sub sidiary coins are issued by:
(A) the Reserve Bank of India
(B) the Central Government
(C) the State Bank of India
(D) the United Trust of India
Ans : (A)
5. Which is the highest body that approves Five Year Plans in the country?
(A) Planning Committee
(B) Union Cabinet
(C) Parliament
(D) National Development Council
Ans : (D)
6. In India, population density is defined as the number of persons:
(A) per square mile
(B) per lakh square mile
(C) per lakh square kilometre
(D) per square kilometre
Ans : (D)
7. Prime cost is equal to:
(A) Variable cost plus administrative cost
(B) Variable cost plus fixed costs
(C) Variable cost only
(D) Fixed cost only
Ans : (B)
8. New capital issue is placed in:
(A) Secondary market
(B) Grey market
(C) Primary market
(D) Black market
Ans : (C)
9. Bank deposits that can be withdrawn without notice are called:
(A) account payee deposits
(B) fixed deposits
(C) variable deposits
(D) demand deposits
Ans : (D)
10. An expenditure that has been made and cannot be recovered is called:
(A) Variable cost
(B) Opportunity cost
(C) Sunk cost
(D) Operational cost
Ans : (C)
11. The practice of selling goods in a foreign country at a price below their domestic selling price is called:
(A) diplomacy
(B) discrimination
(C) dumping
(D) double pricing
Ans : (C)
12. Who propounded the 'market law'?
(A) Adam Smith
(B) J.B. Say
(C) T.R. Malthus
(D) David Recardo
Ans : (B)
13. Which is NOT a Central Service?
(A) Indian Police Service
(B) Indian Foreign Service
(C) Indian Audit & Accounts Service
(D) None of these
Ans : (D)
14. Triple vaccine is administered to a new-born child to immunize it against:
(A) whooping cough, tetanus and measles
(B) whooping cough, tetanus and diphtheria
(C) tetanus, diphtheria, measles and rubella
(D) tetanus, diphtheria, small pox and rubella
Ans : (B)
15. The book "Unto the Last" which influenced Gandhi was authored by:
(A) Boris Yeltsin
(B) John Ruskin
(C) Pushkin
(D) Ruskin Bond
Ans : (B)
16. Which Article of the Indian Constitution provides for the institution of Panchayati Raj?
(A) Article 36
(B) Article 39
(C) Article 40
(D) Article 48
Ans : (C)
17. Which of the following is a bulwark of personal freedom?.
(A) Mandamus
(B) Habeas Corpus
(C) Quo-Warranto
(D) Certiorari
Ans : (B)
18. Which of the following does not have an influence over the climate in India?
(A) Monsoons
(B) Ocean currents
(C) Nearness to equator
(D) Presence of Indian Ocean
Ans : (B)
19. How many minutes for each degree of longitude does the local time of any place vary from the Greenwich time?
(A) Two minutes
(B) Four minutes
(C) Six minutes
(D) Eight minutes
Ans : (B)
20. The concept of 'General Will' was advocated by:
(A) Hume
(B) Hegel
(C) Kant
(D) Rousseau
Ans : (D)
21. Who is the highest civil servant of the Union Government?
(A) Attorney-General
(B) Cabinet Secretary
(C) Home Secretary
(D) Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister
Ans : (B)
22. Article 1 of the Constitution declares India as:
(A) Federal State
(B) Quasi-Federal State
(C) Unitary State
(D) Union of States
Ans : (A)
23. Which functionary can be invited to give his opinion in the Parliament?
(A) Attorney-General of India
(D) Chief Justice of India
(C) Chief Election Commissioner of India
(D) Comptroller & Auditor General of India
Ans : (A)
24. Which of the following countries have an Unwritten Constitution?
(A) U.S.A.
(B) U.K.
(C) Pakistan
(D) India
Ans : (A)
25. Lothal is a site where dockyards of which of the following civilization were found?
(A) Indus Valley
(B) Mesopotamian
(C) Egyptian
(D) Persian
Ans : (A)
26. The world famous 'Peacock Throne' was kept in which of the following Mughal buildings?
(A) Diwan-i-Khas at Fatehpur Sikri
(B) New Agra Fort
(C) The Rang Mahal of the Red Fort at Delhi
(D) The Diwan-i-Am of the Red Fort at Delhi
Ans : (D)
27. Which was the birth place of Guru Nanak?
(A) Gurdaspur
(B) Amritsar
(C) Lahore
(D) Talwandi
Ans : (D)
28. Motilal Nehru and Chittaranjan Das were the founder-members of the:
(A) Communist Party of India
(B) Forward Block
(C) Socialist-Swarajist Party
(D) Swarajya Party
Ans : (D)
29. The immortal national song ‘Bande Mataram’ has been written by:
(A) Rabindranath Tagore .
(B) Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyaya
(C) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
(D) Surendranath Bandopadhyaya
Ans : (C)
30. The Mohemmadan Anglo-Oriental College at Aligarh was founded by:
(A) Md. Ali Jinnah
(B) Mohammad Ali
(C) Saukat Ali
(D) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Ans : (D)
31. Who among the following is generally regarded as the pioneer of Local Self-Government in Modern India?
(A) Ripon
(B) Lytton
(C) Mayo
(D) Curzon
Ans : (A)
32. Which one of the following was not a French settlement in India:
(A) Pondicherry
(B) Mahe
(C) Goa
(D) Chandarnagar
Ans : (C)
33. The famous Kohinoor diamond was produced from one of the mines in:
(A) Orissa
(B) Chhota Nagpur
(C) Bijapur
(D) Golconda
Ans : (D)
34. 'Buddha' means:
(A) The Awakened
(B) The Religious Preacher
(C) The Genius
(D) The Powerful
Ans : (A)
35. Gandhiji considered Khadi as a symbol of:
(A) industrialisation
(B) economic independence
(C) economic growth
(D) moral purity
Ans : (B)
36. "India Wins Freedom" is the autobiography of:
(A) Abul Kalam Azad
(B) Muhammad Ali
(C) Zakir Hussain
(D) Syed Ahmad Khan
Ans : (A)
37. A high growth rate of population is characterised by:
(A) high birth and high death rates
(B) high birth and low death rates
(C) low birth and low death rates
(D) low birth and high death rates
Ans : (B)
38. The Indian Sub-continent was originally a part of:
(A) Jurassic-land
(B) Angara-land
(C) Arya-varta
(D) Gondwana-land
Ans : (D)
39. The tropical grassland is called:
(A) Pampas
(B) Llanas
(C) Savanah
(D) Veld
Ans : (C)
40. The atmosphere is heated mainly by:
(A) Insolation
(B) Conduction
(C) Radiation
(D) Convection
Ans : (C)
41. Which one of the following countries is the largest producer of uranium in the world?
(A) Canada
(B) South Africa
(C) Namibia
(D) U.S.A.
Ans : (A)
42. Which of the following methods does not help in conserving soil fertility and moisture?
(A) Contour ploughing
(B) Dry farming
(C) Strip cropping
(D) Shifting agriculture
Ans : (B)
43. In a slanting hilly Indian terrain experiencing more than 200 cms of annual rainfall, which one of the following crops can be cultivated best?
(A) Cotton
(B) Jute
(C) Tobacco
(D) Tea
Ans : (D)
44. Mudumalai Wild-life Sanctuary is located in the State of:
(A) Kerala
(B) Karnataka
(C) Tamil Nadu
(D) Andhra Pradesh
Ans : (C)
45. The narrow stretch of water connecting two Seas is called:
(A) Bay
(B) Peninsula
(C) Isthamus
(D) Strait
Ans : (D)
46. Naga, Khasi and Garo hills are located in:
(A) Purvanchal Ranges
(B) Karakoram Ranges
(C) Zaskar Ranges
(D) Himalaya Ranges
Ans : (D)
47. Laws of heredity was put forward by:
(A) Mendel
(B) Mendeleev
(C) Pavlov
(D) Koch
Ans : (A)
48. A device used for converting a.c. into d.c. is called:
(A) transformer
(B) rectifier
(C) induction oil
(D) dynamo
Ans : (B)
49. Which one of the following can be synthesized by Liver7
(A) Vitamin-A
(B) Vitamin-E
(C) Vitamin-D
(D) Vitamin-K
Ans : (A)
50. Fluid part of blood devoid of corpuscles is called:
(A) Tissue fluid
(B) Plasma
(C) Serum
(D) Lymph
Ans : (B)
51. Which of the following books is written by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam?
(A) Developing India
(B) Science in Today's India
(C) Defence set up in India
(D) Guiding Souls: Dialogues on the purpose of life
Ans : (D)
52. Heart murmur indicates a:
(A) defective valve
(B) poor oxygenation
(C) dislocation of the heart
(D) improper development of muscles
Ans : (A)
53. The language used in writing the scientific name of animals is:
(A) French
(B) Latin
(C) German
(D) Dutch
Ans : (B)
54. The 2008 Olympics will be held in:
(A) Paris
(B) London
(C) Beijing
(D) Lisbon
Ans : (C)
55. Which of the following are not grown in the Kharif season?
(A) Bajra and rice
(B) Maize and jowar
(C) Barley and mustard
(D) ]owar and rice
Ans : (C)
56. In India, rain forests are found in:
(A) Central India
(B) Eastern Ghat
(C) N.E. Himalayas and Western Ghats
(D) N.W. Himalayas and Eastern Ghats
Ans : (C)
57. By-product obtained by soap-industry is:
(A) Caustic soda
(B) Glycerol
(C) Naphthalene
(D) Caustic potash
Ans : (D)
58. Ripe grapes contain:
(A) Fructose
(B) Sucrose
(C) Galactose
(D) Glucose
Ans : (A)
59. Polythene is polymer of:
(A) Ethylene
(B) Propylene
(C) Acetylene
(D) Aniline
Ans : (A)
60. Rayon is made from:
(A) Plastic
(B) Gasoline
(C) Petroleum
(D) Cellulose
Ans : (D)
61. Which one of the following is pure water?
(A) Rain water
(B) Filter water
(C) Tubewell water
(D) Distilled water
Ans : (D)
62. Which silver salt is used for making film for photography?
(A) Silver bromide
(B) Silver chloride
(C) Silver sulphate
(D) Silver nitrate
Ans : (A)
63. Which is used for settling muddy water?
(A) Common salt
(B) Common alum
(C) Aluminium powder
(D) Bleaching powder
Ans : (B)
64. Which is widely used in the plastic industry for manufacturing bakelite?
(A) Ethyl alcohol
(B) Phenol
(C) Orth-cresol
(D) Catechol
Ans : (B)
65. The Round Table Conference at London met for the discussion of:
(A) Provision of Provincial Autonomy
(B) A future Constitution of India
(C) Gandhi's demands for calling off Civil Disobedience Movement
(D) Congress claim to be the sole representative of Indians
Ans : (A)
66. To an astronaut sky appears:
(A) white
(B) rich blue
(C) light blue
(D) dark
Ans : (D)
67. The instrument used to measure the speed of the wind is:
(A) Altimeter
(B) Anemometer
(C) Chronometer
(D) Dosimeter
Ans : (B)
68. Who defined the law of gravitation?
(A) Newton
(B) Archimedes
(C) Galileo
(D) Faraday
Ans : (A)
69. The metal used to make lightning conductors is:
(A) Iron
(B) Aluminium
(C) Copper
(D) Zinc
Ans : (C)
70. 'IC' in computers stands for:
(A) Integrated Charge
(B) Integrated Current
(C) Integrated Circuits.
(D) Internal Circuits
Ans : (C)
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