General Awareness: Questions: Set-23



with answers....

01. Which of the following instruments measures the intensity of earthquakes?
(a) Barometer 
(b) Odometer 
(c) Seismograph 
(d) Lacto meter

02. Arjun is the name of an Indian_______
(a) submarine 
(b) main battle tank
(c) missile 
(d) U.A.V

03. _____ is the UN International Day for Abolition of Slavery.
(a) 1st December 
(b) 2nd December 
(c) 3rd December 
(d) 5th March

04. National Defence College situated in _______
(a) Pune 
(b) Nagapur 
(c) Mumbai 
(d) Delhi

05. Which process is known as the fastest heat transfer?
(a) radiation 
(b) conduction 
(c) convection 
(d) isolation

06. What does Part IV of the Indian Constitution deal with?
(a) Fundamental Rights 
(b) Citizenship 
(c) Directive Principles 
(d) Elections

07. Gandhiji organised Dhandi March in 1930 against_______
(a) Imposition of tax on salt 
(b) Atrocities on harizans
(c) Repression of the congress 
(d) The communal award

08. Quasars are ______
(a) quasi-stellar radio sources 
(b) celestial objects
(c) powerful sources of radio energy 
(d) all of the above

09. The Arjuna awards were instituted in the year of ________
(a) 1988 
(b) 1962 
(c) 1961 
(d) 1906

10. The first 'Bharat Ratna Award' was given the year of ____
(a) 1954 
(b) 1945 
(c) 1994 
(d) 1944

11. The rock group "Beatles originated from" _________
(a) America 
(b) London 
(c) India 
(d) Liverpool

12. Which of the following is not a member of  SAARC?
(a) Myanmar 
(b)Pakistan 
(c) China 
(d) India

13. Who was the Chairman of the INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION (ISRO) when it was founded in 1969?
(a) Dr.C.V. Raman
(b) Dr. Homi Bhabha 
(c) Dr. Vikram Sarabhai
(d) Dr. Hargobind Khorana

14. Who among the following was the first INDIAN to win an Oscar?
(a) Satyajit Ray 
(b) Bhanu Athaiya 
(c) Shashi kala 
(d) Jyothi rao

15. Who among the following was appointed as the first independent Evaluator of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)?
(a) Montek Singh Ahluwalia 
(b) K.C. Pant 
(c) D. Sengupta 
(d) Kuran moorthi

16. Ranthambore is a wildlife reserve famous for_________
(a) elephants 
(b) lions 
(c) tigers 
(d) snakes

17. Where was the first-ever South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC) meeting held?
(a) Colombo 
(b) Islamabad 
(c) Kathmandu 
(d) Dhaka

18. When did Afghanistan became a member of SAARC? (April-3)
(a) 2007 
(b) 2016 
(c) 2003 
(d) 2017

19. The lowest point on the Earth is the _________
(a) Caspian Sea 
(b) Greenland 
(c) Dead Sea 
(d) Antarctica

20. First SAARC summit was held at _____
(a) India 
(b) Indonesia 
(c) Pakistan 
(d) Bangladesh

21. 23rd January is observed as the birth anniversary of which of the following Indian leaders and also as the National Youth Day?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi 
(b) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(c) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose 
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru

22. Chilka lake, the largest brackish water lake of Asia, is situated in which of the following States?
(a) Maharashtra 
(b) Bihar  
(c) Odisha 
(d) Uttar Pradesh

23. Where was the institution of Ombudsman first introduced?
(a) Finland 
(b) Norway 
(c) Denmark 
(d) Sweden

24. ______ is the most taxed country in the world?
(a) Finland 
(b) Denmark 
(c) Norway 
(d) Sweden

25. When did Pakistan conduct its first nuclear test?
(a) 27 may, 1988 
(b) 28 may, 1998 
(c) 11 may 1999 
(d) 27 may, 1999


Answers

01. (c)   02. (b)   03. (b)   04. (d)   05. (a)

06. (c)   07. (a)   08. (d)   09. (c)   10. (a)

11. (d)   12. (a)   13. (c)   14. (b)   15. (a)

16. (c)   17. (d)   18. (a)   19. (c)   20. (d)

 21. (c)   22. (c)   23. (d)   24. (a)   25. (b)  
            




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