Thursday, September 19, 2013

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS

1.    Which country has test-fired the Abdali short range surface to surface ballistic missile?
     1) Pakistan     

     2) Afghanistan
     3) Iran     

     4) Syria
     5) Iraq

 2.    How many people in India are killed by indoor pollution every year as per the study of the World Health Organization (WHO)?
     1) 1.3 million    

     2) 1.7 million
     3) 2 million    

     4) 6.20 lakh
     5) 7.20 lakh

 3.    Which of the following teams won the Irani Cup Cricket for the eighth time in a row in 2013?
     1) Rest of India  
     2) Mumbai
     3) Delhi    

     4) Tamil Nadu
     5) Karnataka

 4.    Nabil Elaraby is the Secretary General of?
     1) Commonwealth
     2) OPEC     

     3) SAARC    
     4) Arab League
     5) None of these

 5.    Which of the following is/are the specific goal (s) of Bharat Nirman?
      1)    To provide more employment     opportunities to rural youth
      2)    To provide best technical    education to rural youth
     3) To provide more employment opportunities to urban youth
     4) Both 1 and 2  
     5) None of these

 6.    Which of the following is not a civilian award?
     1) Sahitya Academy
     2) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar
     3) Padma Shri     

     4) Bharat Ratna
     5) Kirti Chakra

 7.    Rolex is a brand of?
     1) Luxury cars    

     2) Luxury pens
     3) Luxury watches
     4) Home accessories
     5) Confectionary

 8.    Which of the following terms is not used in Cricket?
     1) Maiden over 

     2) Stumped
     3) Hat trick    

     4) Gulley     
     5) Hoops

 9.    The agricultural productivity in India is low in comparison to other countries. What is/are the main reason(s)?
     1) Lack of credit and marketing    facilities
     2) Uneconomic holdings
     3)    Outdated agricultural techniques
     4) Both 1 and 2
     5) All 1, 2 and 3

 10.    Which of the following conditions indicate the impact of global warming?
     1) Melting of glaciers
     2) Rise in sea level
     3) Changes in weather conditions
     4) Rise in global temperature
     5) All the above

 11.    Who is the author of book 'What I Require from Life'?
     1) Salim Ali
     2) S.Radhakrishnan
     3) J.B.S.Haldane
     4) J.C.Bose
     5) None of these

 12.    Which of the following Ministries lays down the policies and programs for the development and regulation of the country's water resources?
     1)    Ministry of Rural Development
     2) Ministry of Agriculture
     3) Ministry of Environment and Forests
     4) Ministry of Tribal Affairs
     5) None of these

 13.    Which of the following statements is not correct?
 1) World Meteorological     Organization is in Geneva
 2) The area of Coffee is maximum in Karnataka
 3) The Headquarters of FAO is in Rome
 4) Banana has the largest area    in India among all fruit crops
 5) India is the world's largest tea-drinking nation

 14. David Cohen prize is given for?
     1) Agriculture  
     2) Literature
     3) Progress in religion
     4) Popularization of science
     5) None of these

 Answers:
 1) 1    2) 1    3) 1    4) 4    5) 5
 6) 5    7) 3    8) 5    9) 5    10) 5
 11) 3    12) 5    13) 4    14) 2