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Friday, November 23, 2012

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQ



1. The Union Public Service Commission was created by? 
1) Presidential Order of 1952
2) The Constitution
3) The Civil Services Act 1951
4) Parliaments Act in 1952

2. The power to decide an election petition is vested in the?
1) Parliament
2) Supreme Court
3) High Courts
4) Election Commission

3. The Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir came into force on?
1) 26 January 1951
2) 26 January 1957
3) 26 January 1958
4) 26 January 1959

4. According to the Citizenship Act, 1955, Indian Citizenship cannot be aquired by?
1) Children born of Indian Citizens abroad
2) Children of diplomatic personnel born in India on or after 26 th January, 1950
3) Women who is or has been, married to a citizen of India
4) Persons of Indian origin who are ordinarily resident in any country or place out side divided India

5. Which one of the following is not a feature of the Indian Judiciary?
1) It is free and independent
2) It is the final interpreter of the Constitution
3) It is the highest law-making body
4) It is a single integrated system

6. The Union Territories are admini stered by?
1) The Prime Minister of India
2) The President through the administrators appointed by him
3) The Union Executive
4) The Prime Minister

7. The office of the Prime Minister of India?
1) has a constitutional basis
2) has a statutory basis
3) has a conventional basis
4) None of the above

8. In India the President enjoys?
1) all the power
2) only nominal powers
3) most of the powers
4) more powers than the Prime Minister

9. The Directive Principles of State Policy cover Articles?
1) 29 to 50
2) 36-50-A
3) 29-51
4) 36-51

10. Fundamental Duties were introduced in the constitution by the?
1) 42nd Amendment
2) 40th Amendment
3) 43rd Amendment
4) 44th Amendment

11. What is a writ of Quo Warranto?
1) It is a writ from a superior court commanding some officer or parti- cular authority to do a specific act
2) It is an order from a higher court to stop proceedings in a certain case
3) An order To produce the body of a person
4) It is an order from the superior court to any official to show his right to the office

12. The structure of the Indian Constitution is?
1) Federal in form and Unitary in spirit
2) Unitary
3) Rigid
4) Purely Federal

13. National income of a country is also Known as?
1) Gross National Product
2) Gross Domestic Product
3) Net National Product
4) Net Domestic Product

14. The largest revenue source in India is?
1) Railways
2) Excise Duty
3) Sales Tax
4) Direct Taxes

15. The Indian budget includes?
1) budget estimates for the following year
2) actual figures of the preceding year
3) revised estimates for the current year
4) all of these

16. Banks create credit?
1) according to certain rules
2) on the basis of their securities
3) on the basis of their reserves with the Central Bank
4) on the basis of each deposit with them

17. In which Industry in India are the maximum workers employed?
1) Sugar
2) Textiles
3) Jute
4) Iron and Steel

18. Which one of the following is not a measure initiated under land reforms?
1) Social ownership of land
2) Security of tenure for tenants
3) Ownership rights for tenants
4) Ceiling on land holdings

19. The biggest public sector under-taking in India is?
1) Life Insurance Corporation of India
2) Hindustan Steel
3) Indian Railways
4) Indian Oil Corporation

20. An irrigation project is described as major if it covers a minimum?
1) 10,000 hectares
2) 1000 hectares
3) 2,000 hectares
4) 20,000 hectares

21. The first country-wide agricultural census was taken in India in the year?
1) 1960-61
2) 1970-71
3) 1976-77
4) 1921-22

22. Our Five-year Plans are planned towards the country becoming?
1) rich
2) industrially developed
3) a developed society
4) self-sufficient

23. Socialistic Pattern comes through?
1) Free economy
2) Mixed Economy
3) Public Sector
4) None of these

24. Economic development has been retarded in India mainly due to?
1) inefficient agrarian system
2) haphazard industrialisation
3) westernised social attitude
4) all the above

25. What is the nature of the Planning Commission?
1) Government department
2) Advisory body
3) Autonomous Corporation
4) A Ministry

26. Which of the following is in correct?
1) 1951-56 First Five Year Plan
2) 1956-61 Second Five Year Plan
3) 1961-66 Third Five Year Plan
4) 1966-71 Fourth Five Year Plan

27. Export earnings under the group Handicrafts comes mainly from?
1) Sandalwood works
2) Brass works
3) Precious stones and Pearls
4) Pottery and ivory works

28. The Indian Trade Policy is best described as?
1) Control of all trade
2) Control of foreign trade
3) Free trade
4) Control of exports

29. In an underdeveloped country the poverty line is most affected by?
1) Price level 
2) Volume of production
3) Per capita income
4) None of the above

30. Temporary tax levied to obtain additional revenue is called?
1) cess
2) rate
3) fee
4) surcharge

31. In an economy of steadily increasing prices, who will benefit the most?
1) Salaried employees
2) Businessmen
3) Creditors
4) Debtors

32. The highest savings in India is recorded by?
1) Public sector
2) Co-operative sector
3) Banking sector
4) House hold sector

33. The cause of inflation is?
1) increase in money supply
2) fall in production
3) increase in money supply and fall in production
4) decrease in money supply and fall in production

34. The most important nationalist organization (all India) before the Congress was?
1) The Indian Association of Calcutta
2) The Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
3) The East India Association
4) The Bombay Presidency Association

35. Which of the following played a very important role in disseminating nationalist ideas all over India?
1) The English language
2) Literature
3) Patriotic poetry
4) The press

36. The Indian National Congress was formed during the Governor-Generalship of?
1) Lord Rippon
2) Lord William Bentinck
3) Lord Dufferin
4) Lord Curzon

37. The Minto-Morley Reforms which were passed in 1909?
1) established a constitution-making body
2) enlarged the central and the provincial legislative councils
3) made the executive council of the Governor - General purely English in composition
4) decreased the number of the provinicial and central legislative members

38. When was the Non-cooperation Movement suspended?
1) 1922
2) 1920
3) 1941
 4) 1942

39. In which year did the Indian National Congress declare attainment of complete independence as its goal?
1) 1941
2) 1931
3) 1929
4) 1939

ANSWERS:

1) 2 2) 3 3) 2 4) 4 5) 3 6) 2 7) 1 8) 2 9) 4 10) 1
11) 4 12) 1 13) 3 14) 2 15) 4 16) 4 17) 2 18) 1 19) 3 20) 1
21) 2 22) 4 23) 2 24) 1 25) 2 26) 4 27) 3 28) 2 29) 1 30) 4
31) 4 32) 4 33) 3 34) 1 35) 4 36) 3 37) 2 38) 1 39) 3




1. Which of the following character istics is absent in a computer, however sophisticated it may be?
1) High speed
 2) Intelligence
3) Accuracy
4) Perfect Memory

2. Cultivation of the same piece of land more than once in a year is called?
1) Extensive cultivation
2) Mixed cultivation
3) Shifting Cultivation
4) Intensive cultivation

3. Which one of the following dyna- sties was famous for its maritime power?
1) Pallava
2) Pandya
3) Chola
4) Rashtrakutas

4. The National Anthem was first sung in the year?
1) 1911
2) 1913
3) 1914
4) 1915

5. Sarkaria Commission is associated with?
1) Centre-State relationship
2) Inter-State relationship
3) Election reforms
4) Freedom of Press

6. Who is the author of Poverty and Un-British Rule in India?
1) R.C. Dutt
2) V.K.R.V. Rao
3) Dadabhai Naoroji
4) Amartyasen

7. In India broadcasting was started in the year?
1) 1925
2) 1926
3) 1927
4) 1928

8. Which one of the following is a non-conventional energy resource?
1) Hydro electricity
2) Thermal power
3) Photovoltaic energy
4) Mineral oil

9. Sir Thomas Roe was sent by British to India during the reign of?
1) Akbar
2) Humayun
3) Jahangir
4) Babar

10. Cattle-borne powder is used as fertiliser as it is rich in?
1) Nitrogen
2) Phosphorus
3) Sodium
4) Potassium

11. Territorial waters of India extended upto?
 1) 3 nautical miles
2) 9 nautical miles
3) 12 nautical miles
4) 15 nauitical miles

12. As an export item of India, which spice occupies the top position in value?
1) Pepper
2) Chillies
3) Turmeric
4) Cardamom

13. Among the following leaders, who had popularised the Ganapati Festival Celebrations?
 1) M.G. Ranade
2) Ferozeshah Mehta
3) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
4) Tilak

14. The metal which exists in liquid format in room temperature is?
1) Bromine
2) Lead
3) Mercury
4) Cadmium

15. The gas predominantly reponsible for global warming is?
1) Carban dioxide
2) Carbon monoxide
3) Nitrous oxide
4) Nitrogen peroxide

16. Who was the first woman President of the Indian National Congress?
1) Indira Gandhi
2) Sarojini Naidu
3) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
4) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

17. The normal Haemoglobin levels in the blood in men are?
 1) 10 gm per 100 ml blood
2) 16 gm per 100 ml blood
3) 13 gm per 100 ml blood
4) 18 gm per 100 ml blood

18. Disguised unemployment prevails in underdeveloped countries in which of the following sectors?
1) Manufacturing industry
2) Agriculture
3) Services sector
4) Banking

19. Which one of the following is not a computer programming language?
1) COBOL
2) FORTRAN
3) PASCAL
4) PROTON 

20. Indias most modern medium range surface to air missile is?
1) Akash
2) Agni
3) Prithvi
4) Nag

21. Open Sky Policy means?
1) Opening the ozone layer
2) Artificial rain
3) Operation of both the private and public airways
4) Permission to foreign airlines

22. Common Wealth Games 2010 will be held in?
 1) England
2) Australia
3) Myanmar
4) India

23. One will not have to pass through Suez Canal while going from Mumbai to?
1) Alxendria
2) Suez
3) Port Said
4) Benghazi

24. The animal adopted by World Wildlife Fund as its symbol is?
1) Bear
2) Tiger
3) Deer
4) Panda

25. Enzymes are?
1) Biological Catalysts
2) Body Builders
3) Body regulators
4) Body cell multipliers

26. According to Lord Keynes, interest rate is determined by the supply and demand for?
1) savings
2) loanable funds
3) money
4) capital goods

27. Perfect market means there are?
1) many sellers and many buyers
2) a few sellers and a few buyers
3) a few sellers and many buyers
4) a few buyers and many sellers

28. Which physical property will be un-affected with increase in quantity?
1) Volume
2) Weight
3) Mass
4) Density

29. A Person Presses the earth least when he is?
 1) sitting
2) standing
3) running
4) lying on the ground

30. Which of the following is most elastic?
1) Steel
2) Rubber
3) Silver
4) Glass
31. Tea will cool most easily in?
1) Metal cup
2) Porcelain cup
3) Glass cup
4) Clay cup

32. For safe driving during rain and fog, a driver should use?
1) Additional violet lights
2) Additional yellow lights
3) Additional red lights
4) Additional milky lights

33. The formation of rainbow is explained by?
1) Scattering of light
2) Total internal reflection and scattering of light
3) Suspension of dust particles in air
4) White light having seven colours

34. Television signals cannot be rece-ived ordinarily beyond a particular distance due to?
1) Weakness of the signals
2) Weak antenna
3) Absorption of signals in the air
4) Curvature of the earth

35. We used the mach number in connection with?
1) sound
2) submarines
3) air craft
4) space craft

36. ....... determines the loudness of a sound?
 1) Frequency
2) Amplitude
3) Speed
4) Wavelength

37. Which of the following electro-magnetic, magnetic waves has the longest wave-length?
1) Ultroviolet
2) Light rays
3) Gamma rays
4) Infrared

38. The catalyst in the rusting of iron is?
1) Oxygen
2) Air
3) Nitrogen
4) Moisture

39. Common salt is obtained from sea water by the process of?
1) sublimation
2) evaporation
3) crystallisation
4) distillation
40. The element present in the largest amount in rocks and minerals is?
1) silicon
2) carbon
3) hydrogen
4) gold 

41. For plant growth, the most impor tant compound are made up of?
1) carbon
2) nitrogen
3) sodium
4) sulphur

42. The main use of salt in the diet is to?
1) make the taste of food better
2) produce in small amounts the hydrochloric acid required for digestion
3) ease the process of cooking
4) increase the solubility of food particles in water

43. What is enriched Uranium?
1) Uranium 235
2) U238
3) Uranium that has been exposed to intense radiation
4) Natural uranium which has been with U235

44. Hydrophobia may affect a person suffering from?
1) Snake bite
2) Dog bite
3) Bacterial infection
4) Bee sting

45. Iron, necessary for the body, is abundantly found in?
1) Egg
2) Green vegetables
3) Milk
4) Cauliflower

46. The purpose of growing plants along river banks is to prevent?
1) heavy rainfall
2) seepage of water underground
3) siltage and floods
4) pollution

47. Mark the correct statement : The Skin?
1) keeps the heat out
2) gives shape to the body
3) protects us from cold
4) serves as a secretory organ

48. Which of the following fertilizers is used after sowing the seeds?
1) Nitrate
2) Potash
3) Green manure
4) Phosphorus

ANSWERS:

1-2; 2-4; 3-3; 4-1; 5-1; 6-3; 7-3; 8-3; 9-3; 10-2;
11-3; 12-1; 13-4; 14-3; 15-1; 16-2; 17-2; 18-2; 19-4; 20-1;
21-3; 22-4; 23-2; 24-4; 25-1; 26-3; 27-1; 28-4; 29-4; 30-4;
31-1; 32-2; 33-2; 34-4; 35-3, 36-2; 37-4; 38-4; 39-2; 40-1;
41-2; 42-2; 43-4; 44-2; 45-2, 46-3; 47-2; 48-1
 

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