General awareness

 1. The dispute over Siachen Glacier is between 

(a) India and China 

(b) India and Afghanistan  

(c) India and Pakistan

(d) India and Nepal 

Ans. C

2. Who wrote the famous line: 'A thing of beauty is a joy forever? 

(a) John Keats 

(b) V.S. Naipaul 

(c) Sir Richard Burton 

(d) Larry Collins 

Ans. A

3. Who was the first lady Governor of an Indian State? 

(a) Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani 

(b) Miss Padmaja Naidu 

(c) Mrs. Tarkeswari Sinha 

(d) Mrs. Sarojini Naidu  

Ans. D

4. Trickle down theory ignóres the impact of economic growth on 

(a) Investment 

(b) Savings 

(c) Income distribution 

(d) Consumption 

Ans. C

5. The 'Comptroller and Auditor' General of India does not audit the receipts and expenditure of 

(a) Central Government 

(b) Local Bodies 

(c) State Government 

(d) Government Companies

Ans.  D

6. In which year did the Kakori conspiracy case take place? 

(a) 1925 

(b) 1924 

(c) 1926 

(d) 1927

Ans. A

7. The Taj Mahal is called a dream in marble'. Which monument is called as 'a dream in stone'? 

(a) The Rang Mahal 

(b) The Panch Mahal 

(c) The Red Fort 

(d) The Bahai Temple 

Ans. B

8. Sex-ratio in India is measured as 

(a) Number of males per thousand females 

(b) Number of females per thousand males 

(c) Number of males per hundred females 

(d) Number of females per hundred males 

Ans. B

9. The minimum number of members that must be present to hold the meeting of the Lok Sabha is 

(a) one-fourth of the total membership 

(b) one-tenth of the total membership 

(c) fifty per cent strength of the Lok Sabha 

(d) at least hundred members 

Ans. B

10. What will you call a system of taxation under which the poorer sections are taxed at higher rates than the richer sections? 

(a) Progressive tax 

(b) Proportional tax 

(c) Regressive tax 

(d) Degressive tax 

Ans. C

11. The 'Red Shirts' Movement was led by 

(a) Maulana Azad 

(b) Mohammad Ali 

(c) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan 

(d) Ashfaqulla Khan 

Ans. C

12. In the context of non-conventional energy, what is the meaning of 'OTE'? 

(a) Ocean Tidal Energy 

(b) Ocean Thermal Energy 

(c) Ocean Tidal Electricity 

(d) Other Thermal Energy 

Ans. B