General Awareness Questions

Some General Awareness questions are given below.

1. In the case of a test tube baby 
(1) Fertilization takes place inside the test tube
(2) Development of the baby takes place inside the test tube
(3) Fertilization takes place outside the mother's body
(4) Unfertilized egg develops inside the test tube
  
2. Who elects the President of India?
(1) Lok Sabha
(2) Rajya Sabha
(3) People of India
(4) Parliament and State Assemblies
  
3. The Fundamental Duties were incorporated in the Constitution of India by the
(1) First Amendment
(2) Tenth Amendment
(3) Thirty-second Amendment
(4) Forty-second Amendment
  
4. The speed of light will be minimum while passing through
(1) glass
(2) vacuum
(3) air
(4) water
  
5. The time taken by the Sun to revolve around the center of our galaxy is
(1) 50 mn years
(2) 100 mn years
(3) 250 mn years
(4) 365 mn years
  
6. The oldest monarchy in the world is that of
(1) Nepal
(2) U K
(3) Spain
(4) Japan
  
7. The Vice-President is elected by an electoral college consisting of
(1) only elected members of both Housed of Parliament
(2) only Rajya Sabha members
(3) all members of Parliament and State Legislative Assemblies
(4) all members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
  
8. In which one of the following states of India is it legal for a Hindu male and illegal for a Muslim male to have more than one living wife?
(1) Nagaland
(2) Goa
(3) Himachal Pradesh
(4) Arunachal Pradesh
  
9. Where did Buddha die?
(1) Lumbini
(2) Kusinagara
(3) Pavapuri
(4) Magadha
  
10. What was the main difference between the Indus Valley Civilization and Vedic Civilization?
(1) Indus Valley Civilization was urban, while the Vedic Civilization was rural. 
(2) "Pipal" tree was worshiped in Indus Valley Civilization, while "Burgad" tree was worshiped in Vedic Civilization. 
(3) The main emphasis in Indus Valley Civilization was on trade while in the Vedic Age was on religion.
(4) Indus Valley Civilization believed in non-violence while Vedic Civilization had no hard and fast rules about violence.

Answer Key 
(1) 3   (6) 4
(2) 4   (7) 4
(3) 4   (8) 2
(4) 1   (9) 2
(5) 3   (10) 1


1. All of the following are constituents of RNA molecule except
(1) Adenine
(2) Guanine
(3) Thymine
(4) Uracil
  
2. The father of modern biology is
(1) Aristotle
(2) Darwin
(3) Mendel
(4) Vesalius
  
3. Which of the following seeds will normalize blood sugar level?
(1) Coriander
(2) Mustard
(3) Cumin
(4) Fenugreek
  
4. The point at which solid, liquid and gaseous forms of a substance co-exist is called
(1) sublimation point
(2) distillation point
(3) triple point
(4) melting point
  
5. Which among the following substances is used as a lubricant?
(1) Quartz
(2) Silica
(3) Graphite
(4) Nickel
  
6. The weight of an object will be minimum when it is placed at
(1) The North Pole
(2) The South Pole
(3) The Equator
(4) The center of the Earth
  
7. Earth quake waves travel fastest in
(1) Soil
(2) Molten rock
(3) Water
(4) Flexible rock
  
8. The angle between the geographical meridian and magnetic meridian is called
(1) Angle of dip
(2) Angle of declination
(3) Angle of inclination
(4) None of the above
  
9. What is the currency of Mexico?
(1) Lira
(2) Peso
(3) Mexican dollars
(4) Krones
  
10. The Essar group of companies has been promoted by
(1) Ruias
(2) Ambanis
(3) Goenkas
(4) Kanorias

Answer Key 
(1) 3   (6) 4
(2) 1   (7) 3
(3) 4   (8) 2
(4) 3   (9) 2
(5) 3   (10) 1


. One of the following liquor brands is not owned by United Breweries
(1) Kalyani Black Label
(2) Blue Riband
(3) McDowells
(4) Bagpiper
  
2. Amtrex air conditioners has a technical collaboration with
(1) Sanyo
(2) Mitsubishi
(3) Hitachi
(4) Carrier
  
3. Marlboro Cigarette is owned by
(1) ITC
(2) Godfrey-Philips
(3) Philip Morris
(4) British American Tobacco
  
4. Who is the CEO of Microsoft?
(1) Bill Gates
(2) Paul Allen
(3) Larry Ellison
(4) Steve Ballnes
  
5. One of the following is not an Insurance Company
(1) ICICI Prudential
(2) HDFC Natwest
(3) OM Kotak Mahindra
(4) Birla Sun Life
  
6. What is the currency of Portugal?
(1) Escudo
(2) Guilder
(3) Mark
(4) Schilling
  
7. One of the following personalities is not associated with the Indian auto sector
(1) Suresh Krishna
(2) Venu Srinivasan
(3) Anand Mahindra
(4) Venugopal Dhoot
  
8. One of the following companies is not in the area of air-conditioning & refrigeration
(1) BPL
(2) Thermax
(3) Lloyd
(4) Carrier Aircon
  
9. How many countries are a part of the European union?
(1) 18
(2) 15
(3) 21
(4) 12
  
10. Who is the attorney general of United States of America?
(1) Ashcroft
(2) Powell
(3) Rumsfeld
(4) Cheney

Answer Key 
(1) 4   (6) 1
(2) 3   (7) 4
(3) 3   (8) 3
(4) 4   (9) 2
(5) 2   (10) 1


1. When was the generic domain name (Top Level Domain - TLD) .com introduced?
(1) 1989
(2) 1985
(3) 1994
(4) 1991
  
2. Who is the prime minister of Israel?
(1) Benajamin Netanyahu
(2) Ariel Sharon
(3) Shaul Mofaz
(4) Goldamyer
  
3. What was the significant about the purchase of a kilo of lychees on the French island of Reunion, located in the Indian Ocean?
(1) They were the first lot of lychees exported from India.
(2) It was the first official purchase using the new currency Euro.
(3) It was done by to commemorate the release of the new France with Princess Diana's image on it.
(4) None of these
  
4. Which brand had the highest number of Web searches in 2001?
(1) Google
(2) Marlboro
(3) Intel
(4) Play Station 2
  
5. What is common to all of the following names - Eduardo Camano, Adolfo Rodriguez Saa, Ramon Puerta and Fernando de la Rua?
(1) They were all former Presidents of Argentina.
(2) They are the dreaded drug lords of South America
(3) They own together 70% of the world's Silver mines.
(4) None of these
  
6. The video games X box is a product of 
(1) Sega
(2) Sony
(3) Intel
(4) Microsoft
  
7. It was acknowledged as the second-most dangerous computer virus in history, after the Love Bug virus. Name this virus, which struck in 2001.
(1) Melissa
(2) Code Red
(3) C-Brain
(4) Major Domo
  
8. What does the letters XP stand for in the product Microsoft XP?
(1) Extended product
(2) Extra Pampering
(3) Experience
(4) Entry level product
  
9. Which business and media tycoon won the elections to become Head of State in Italy amidst widespread clouds of scandal?
(1) Guillani Giovanni
(2) Joe Pacci
(3) Antonio Machiaveli
(4) Silvio Berusconi
  
10. Under what name is MTNL marketing its GSM based mobile telephony?
(1) Swarna
(2) Dolphin
(3) Speed
(4) Vayu

Answer Key 
(1) 2   (6) 4
(2) 2   (7) 2
(3) 2   (8) 3
(4) 4   (9) 4
(5) 1   (10) 2

General Knowledge Quiz Questions & Answers

1. What is project Swashakti?
Ans: Swashakti is a project for rural women’s development and empowerment.

2. What is the meaning of the Blue Box term related with WTO?
Ans: In WTO terminology, subsidies in general are identified by boxes.
Any support that would normally be in the amber box, is placed in the blue box

3. Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan was associated with
Ans: Total Revolution

4. What is project Gyandoot?
Ans: The goal of this project is to establish community-owned, technologically innovative and sustainable information kiosks in a poverty-stricken, tribal dominated rural area.

5. What do you understand Bhoomi?
Ans: This was the name of the project meant for the computerization of land records of Karnataka.

6. What is the aim of the Public Distribution System (PDS)?
Ans: Ensuring availability of food grains to the public at affordable prices as well as for enhancing the food security for the poor.

7. Co-operative movement in which sector of the Indian Economy has been highly successful?
Ans: Milk production

8. Inflationary Pressure on the Economy means…
Ans: It means inflation is high in the economy.

9. What will be the effect of introduction of Kullahars, Khadi and Sampark Kranti Express etc. on the rural economy?
Ans: It will promote the rural domestic industries thereby increasing the employment generation in the rural sector and hence leading to the growth of the Indian economy in general.

10. What is the contribution of the agriculture sector in the GDP of the Indian Economy?
Ans: 10: 21%

11. What is rain fed farming?
Ans: ‘Rainfed farming’, is defined as growing crops under conditions of natural rainfall.

12. Inflation is measured in terms of…
Ans: Wholesale Price Index (WPI)

13. What are the uses of the interlinking of the rivers?
Ans: 13: It addressed the twin problems of monsoon floods and water scarcity.

14. What is National Bamboo Mission?
Ans: The National Mission has been structured to address critical areas of bamboo development covering - research, development, post-harvest management, product development and marketing by adopting a mission mode approach.

15. What is the chemical used for the cloud seeding?
Ans: Silver Iodide

16. What is the name of the first Genetically Modified crop that was given permission to be grown in India?
Ans: Bt Cotton

17. The National Commission of Women was constituted in…
Ans: 1992

18. What is micro finance?
Ans: Small Loans that help poor people to start or expand their small businesses.

19. What is NPA?
Ans: NPA is defined as Non Performing Assets

20. What is the purpose of launching the Indira Awas Yojana?
Ans: The project was started to help construction of dwelling units for members of Scheduled Castes and also Non-Scheduled Castes rural poor living below the poverty line.