General Awareness : Multiple choice questions - 2

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Émile Zola

1. The author of the book 'Zest for Life'or 'La Joie de vivre' is–

(A) Virginia Wolf 
(B) Mark Twain 
(C) Emile Zola 
(D) H. G.Walls 

(Ans : C)

2. What is Amnesty International?

(A) An Environment Protection Organization 
(B) An AnimalRights Protection Organization
(C) A Human Rights Organization 
(D) A Peace Movement 

( Ans: C)

3. Which of the following country has the longest overlandtunnel?

(A) Germany 
(B) France 
(C) Spain 
(D) Switzerland 

( Ans : D)

4. What accord ding to Communism is the chief enemy of thesociety?

(A) Religion 
(B) Capitalist class 
(C) Private property 
(D)Surplus value 

( Ans : C)

5. When income increases, consumption also increases–

(A) None of the options 
(B) in a lower proportion
(C) in a higher proportion 
(D) in the same proportion 

( Ans :B)

6. Afla toxins are produced by–

(A) Bacteria 
(B) Viruses 
(C) Fungi 
(D) Algae 

( Ans : C)

7. Who was the Nawab of Bengal during 'Battle of Plassey' ?

(A) Mir Jafar 
(B) None of these 
(C) Mir Qasim 
(D) Siraj-ud-duala 

(Ans : D)

8. In mountainous areas a natural cause for road blocks isoften–

(A) land slides 
(B) tree felling
(C) traffic congestion 
(D) road repairs and construction

(Ans : A)

9. The National Police Academy is located at–

(A) Bengaluru 
(B) Abu Road 
(C) Hyderabad 
(D) Dehradun

(Ans : C)

10. 'Wall Street' is the name of the–

(A) Indian Township in Washington 
(B) Super market in Mumbai
(C) Stock Exchange of Kolkata 
(D) Stock Exchange of NewYork 

( Ans : D)

11. The substrate of Photorespiration is–

(A) Pyruvic acid 
(B) Fructose 
(C) Glycolate 
(D) Glucose 

( Ans: D)

12. The Indian Constitution provides the country withthree categories of civil services, namely–

(A) Administrative, police and foreign services 
(B) All India,central and state services
(C) Administrative, railway and police services 
(D)Administrative, police and revenue services 

( Ans : B)

13. Rotation of crops is essential–

(A) For increasing the quantity of minerals 
(B) For getting different kinds of crops
(C) For increasing fertility of the soil 
(D) For decreasing the quantity of proteins 

( Ans : B)

14. Match the following–

List-I (Crops)

(a) Rice 
(b) Maize 
(c) Rubber 
(d) Sugarcane

List-II (First in the world)

1. Brazil 
2. Malaysia 
3. China 
4. U.S.A.

Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 3 4 2 1
(B) 2 1 3 4
(C) 4 2 1 3
(D) 1 3 4 2 

(Ans : A)

15. In the case of deadlock between the two houses of theParliament, the joint sitting is presided over 
by the–

(A) President 
(B) Speaker of Lok Sabha
(C) Vice President 
(D) Senior most member of Lok Sabha

(Ans : B)

16. Which one of the following is the infective stage of theMalarial Parasite?

(A) Sporoblast 
(B) Sporozoite 
(C) Schigozoite 
(D)Trophozoite 

( Ans : B)

17. Headquarter of European Union (EU) is situated in–

(A) Munich (Germany) 
(B) Brussels (Belgium) 
(C) Milan(Italy) 
(D) Paris (France) 

(Ans : B)

18. Who of the following became a member of the "Din-i-Ilahi" ?

(A) Tansen 
(B) Raja Man Singh 
(C) Raja Birbal 
(D) Todarmal

(Ans : C)

19. Competition for food, light and space is most severe in–

(A) Distantly related species growing in the same habitats
(B) Closely related species growing in the same area orniche
(C) Distantly related species growing in different habitats
(D) Closely related species growing in different habitats

(Ans : B)

20. The Thirteenth Pravasi Bhartiya Divas was held on 8th and 9th January, 2015 at–

(A) New Delhi 
(B) Indore 
(C) Gandhinagar 
(D) Bengaluru

(Ans : C)

21. In a Database Management System (DBMS), the contentand the location of the data is defined by 
the–

(A) Multi Dimensional data 
(B) Meta data 
(C) Subdata 
(D)Sequence data 

(Ans : B)

22. The apparent weight of a man in a lift is less than thereal weight when–

(A) the lift is going up with uniform speed 
(B) the lift is going up with an acceleration
(C) the lift is going down with uniform speed 
(D) the lift isgoing down with an acceleration 

( Ans : D)

23. The green color seen in firework displays is due to thechloride salt of–

(A) Sodium 
(B) Barium 
(C) Strontium 
(D) Calcium 

(Ans : B)

24. The first Sultan of Delhi to issue regular currency anddeclare Delhi as the capital of his empire 
was–

(A) Balban 
(B) Qutbuddin Aibak 
(C) Alam Shah 
(D) Iltutmish

(Ans : D)

25. Which of the following refers to the white salt whichcovers the land in some areas during dry 
season?

(A) Usar 
(B) Reh 
(C) Reg 
(D) Erg

 ( Ans : A)