GENERAL AWARENESS
(Exam Held on: 27-11-2010)1. The unit of ionic product of water (Kw) is:
(a) Mol2 let-1
(b) Mol2 let-2
(c) Mol-1 let-2
(d) Mol-1 let-1
2. What is the name of the Fort build by the English in Calcutta?
(a) Fort St. David
(b) Fort St. Andrew
(c) Fort William
(d) Fort Victoria
3. National Income include:
(a) Financial help to earthquake victims
(b) Pocket money of a child
(c) Winning of a lottery prize
(d) Construction of a new house
4. There is a need to keep larger area under forests for:
(a) absorption of carbon dioxide
(b) protecting wildlife
(c) raising precipitation
(d) geological balance
5. The Shipra path Police Station that has been adjudged the best in the word is in:
(a) New Delhi
(b) Jaipur
(c) Chandigarh
(d) Mumbai
6. Who amongst the following was the Last Guru of the Sikhs?
(a) Guru Arjun Dev’
(b) Guru Teg Bahadur
(c) Guru Gobind Singh
(d) Guru Angad Dav
7. C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru formed the ‘Swaraj Party’ after,
(a) Swadeshi Movement
(b) Non Cooperation Movement
(c) Civil Disobedience Movement
(d) Quit India Movement
8. The situation on which total Revenues equals total cost, is known as:
(a) Monopolistic competition
(b) Equilibrium level of output
(c) Break even point
(d) Perfect competition
9. When two cubes of ice are pressed on each other, what is the cause of their being one ?
(a) Van Der Waals Force
(b) Dipole moment
(c) Hydrogen bond formation
(d) Covalent attraction
10. When milk is churned, the cream separates from it due to:
(a) Frictional force
(b) Centrifugal force
(c) Gravitational force
(d) Viscous forces
11. Moving electric charge produces:
(a) magnetic field
(b) sound waves
(c) light rays
(d) heat waves
12. The crop which occupies maximum cultivated area in India is:
(a) Rice
(b) Wheat
(c) Gram
(d) Linseed
13. The S.I. unit of electric charge is:
(a) ampere
(b) coulomb
(c) e.s.u
(d) Kelvin
14. Demand curve of a firm under perfect competition is:
(a) horizontal to ox-axis
(b) negatively sloped
(c) positively sloped
(d) U-shaped
15. Who was the Chola king who brought Ganga from North to South?
(a) Raja Raja Chola
(b) Mahendra
(c) Rajendra Chola
(d) Parantaka
16. The writ of ‘Habeas Corpus’ is issued in the event of:
(a) Loss of Property
(b) Refund of Excess Taxes
(c) Wrongful Police detention
(d) Violation of the freedom of speech
17. Light beam which is highly directional is called:
(a) eraser
(b) grazer
(c) maser
(d) laser
18. The most abundant constituent of atmospheric are is:
(a) carbon
(b) hydrogen
(c) oxygen
(d) nitrogen
19. Which is the administrative capital of Malayasia?
(a) Putrajaya
(b) Seremban
(c) Taiping
(d) Ipoh
20. Fiber diet in includes:
(a) glycogen
(b) proteins
(c) cellulose
(d) fats
21. Tuberculosis infection is by means of:
(a) Mycobacterium avonin
(b) Staphylococcus
(c) Mycobacterium tuberculosis
(d) Streptococcus
22. How many ago-climatic zones are there in India as far as the official categorization of the Ministry of Agriculture is concerned?
(a) 123
(b) 126
(c) 127
(d) 122
23. The word’s wettest continent is:
(a) Asia
(b) Europe
(c) North America
(d) South America
24. Dumping of solid waste in lowlying areas earth cover is called as:
(a) Sanitary landfilling
(b) Open dumping
(c) Compositing
(d) Incineration
25. Permissible noise level at Residential area during night time is:
(a) 45 dB (A)
(b) 55 dB (A)
(c) 75 dB (A)
(d) 80 dB (A)
26. The author of the Book Title ‘The Future of India’, is:
(a) Bimal Jalan
(b) Depak Chopra
(c) Amitav Ghosh
(d) N.K. Singh
27. The expenditure made on which of the following does not require budgetary approval enery year in India?
(a) Defence
(b) Natural calamities
(c) Consolidated fund
(d) Contingency fund
28. The Baisakhi Festival of the year 1999 is of great historical significance to Punjab because
(a) it commemorates the tercentenary of the foundation of Khalsa Panth
(b) it being the last such festival of the twentieth century
(c) of participation by a large number of Punjabis who are non resident Indians
(d) None of the above
29. The abnormal constituent of urine is
(a) urea
(b) creatinine
(c) albumin
(d) sodium
30. Value of out put and value added can be distinguished if we know:
(a) the value of intermediate consumption
(b) the value of net indirect taxes
(c) the value of the sales
(d) the value of consumption of fixed capital
31. The disease that is caused by virus is:
(a) Typhoid
(b) Cholera
(c) Common cold
(d) Malaria
32. The 3rd Commonwealth Youth Games were held at:
(a) Pune
(b) Karachi
(c) Dhaka
(d) London
33. The team ‘PC-XT’ refers to—.
(a) Personal Computer External Technology
(b) Personal Computer Extended Technology
(c) Personal Computer Expanded Technology
(d) Personal Computer Embedded Technology
34. Transfer payments include:
(a) Gifts received from a friend
(b) rent free accommodation by the employer
(c) net factor income from abroad
(d) employee’s contribution to social security
35. The marginal revenue of a monopolist is:
(a) more than price
(b) equal to price
(c) less than price
(d) less than marginal cost
36. The most important element of weather affecting agriculture in India is:
(a) Pemperive
(b) Humidity
(c) Wind
(d) Rainfall
37. What was Chandraputa II also known as?
(a) Samudra Gupta
(b) Skanda Gupta
(c) Vikramaditya
(d) Ranaa Gupta
38. October 2nd of every year has been declared by UNO as:
(a) International Non-violence day
(b) International heritage day
(c) International Moral Values day
(d) International anti-terrorism day
39. In plants water is absorbed by the root hairs by a process called:
(a) Transpiration
(b) Respiration
(c) Perspiration
(d) Osmosis
40. The element which is required by the plant in large quantity:
(a) Calcium
(b) Nitrogen
(c) Phosphorus
(d) Sulphur
41. Which of the following gods are worshipped in the sanctum of Badrinath and Kedarnath temples respectively?
(a) Visnu and Shiva
(b) Shiva and Vishnu
(c) Shiva and Parvati
(d) Vishnu and Brahma
42. Which one of the following ocean currents does not occur in Atlantic Ocean?
(a) Gulf stream
(b) Brazil current
(c) Peru current
(d) Canary current
43. Who was the Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly?
(a) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
(b) C. Rajagopalachari
(c) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru
44. Energy in reflected light:
(a) does not depends on the angle of incidence
(b) increases with the increase in angle
(c) decreases with the increase in angle of incidence
(d) becomes maximum for angle of incidence equal to 45o
45. Which gas is used for converting vegetable oils into saturated fats?
(a) H2
(b) O2
(c) Cl2
(d) SO2
46. Which one of the following gives energy to our body?
(a) Vitamins
(b) Water
(c) Carbohydrates
(d) Proteins
47. Which of the following pairs has open type of circulatory system?
(a) Earthworm and Leech
(b) Man and Whale
(c) Cockroach and Silverfish
(d) Tadpole larva and Fish
48. Chemical name of bleaching powder is:
(a) Calcium chlorate
(b) Calcium hypochlorite
(c) Calcium chloro hypochlorite
(d) Calcium bi chloride
49. When were the Fundamental Duties of the Indian citizen incorporated in the constitution?
(a) 1952
(b) 1976
(c) 1979
(d) 1981
50. Alcoholic (–OH) group can be identified by:
(a) Tollen’s Reagent Test
(b) Esterfication Test
(c) FeCl3 Test
(d) Ozonolysis Reaction
ANSWERS:
1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4 (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 7 (b) 8 (c) 9 (d) 10 (b)
11 (a) 12 (a) 13 (b) 14 (a) 15 (c) 16 (c) 17 (d) 18 (d) 19 (a) 20 (c)
21 (c) 22 (b) 23 (b) 24 (a) 25 (a) 26 (a) 27 (b) 28 (a) 29 (c) 30 (b)
31 (c) 32 (a) 33 (c) 34 (c) 35 (c) 36 (d) 37 (c) 38 (a) 39 (d) 40 (b)
41 (a) 42 (c) 43 (a) 44 (a) 45 (a) 46 (c) 47 (c) 48 (d) 49 (b) 50 (c)
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