General Awareness-5

  

     1.    The total surface area of earth is:

a.      510 million sq. km

b.      610 million sq. km

c.       710 million sq. km

d.      810 million sq. km 

     2.    The earth rotates around an axis pointing towards:

a.       The Moon

b.      The pole star

c.       The Sun

d.      Venus 

     3.    Summer Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere occurs in:

a.      December, 22

b.      September, 23

c.       June, 21

d.      March, 21 

     4.    Right livlihood prize-2012 has been given to:

a.       Seema Samer

b.      Gene Sharp

c.       (a) and (b) both

d.      None of these 

     5.    Who among the following was the first to land on moon? 

a.      Neil Armstrong

b.      Tenzing Norgay

c.       Rakesh Sharma

d.      Edwin Aldrin 

     6.    The hymns of ‘Rigaveda’ are the work of:

a.       one author

b.      four author

c.       seven author

d.      many author 

     7.    The great law giver of ancient times was:

a.      Manu

b.      Vatsyayana

c.       Ashoka

d.      Aryabhatta 

     8.    The Eastern Ghats and the Western Ghats meet at the:

a.       Cardamon Hill

b.      Annamalai Hills

c.       Nilgiri Hills

d.      Palani Hills 

     9.    What is the area of land mass of India? 

a.       3.50 million sq/cm

b.      3.28 million sq/cm

c.       3.40 million sq/cm

d.      3.62 million sq/cm 

     10.  In MICR, C stands for:

a.       Code

b.      Colour

c.       Computer

d.      Character 

     11.  The world’s largest shipping canal is:

a.      Suez in Egypt

b.      Panama in America

c.       Kiel in Germany

d.      Gota in Sweden

     12.  Which strait connects Red Sea and Indian Ocean? 

a.      Bab-el-Mandeb

b.      Hormuz

c.       Bosporus

d.      Malacca 

     13.  Limestone is metamorphosed to form:

a.       Graphite

b.      Quartz

c.       Granite

d.      Marble 

     14.  In Which year were the first Winter Olympic Games held? 

a.       1896

b.      1904

c.       1912

d.      1924 

     15.  In Which year Olympic were not held?

A.    1920

B.     1916

C.     1940

D.    1948 

     16.  The first woman in space was:

A.    Tamara press

B.     Sally ride

C.     Naidia comenci

D.    Valentine Tereshkova 

     17.  The East India Company secured the Diwani from:

a.       Sujauddaulah

b.      Aurangzeb

c.       Bahadur Shah

d.      Shah Alam II 

     18.  By default, your documents print in……… mode. 

a.       Landscape

b.      Portrait

c.       Page Setup

d.      Print View

     19.  The “Dark Continent” is:

a.      Africa

b.      South America

c.       Australia

d.      Asia 

     20.  The equator cuts through which of the following island:

a.       Madagascar

b.      Tasmania

c.       Java

d.      Borneo 

      21.  The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through:

a.       Egypt

b.      India

c.       Iran

d.      Maxico

     22.  Nobel Prizes are not given for which of the following fields? 

a.       Physics

b.      Chemistry

c.       Peace

d.      Music 

     23.  Who was the first Indian to reach Antarctica? 

a.       Rakesh Sharma

b.      G.S. Sirohi

c.       B. K. Dutta

d.      K. Karuna Nautial