General Awareness-6

      1.      Where did Babur die? 

a.      Agra

b.      Kabul

c.       Lahore

d.      Delhi 

      2.      Itimad-ul-Daula’s tomb at Agra was built by:

a.       Akbar

b.      Jahangir

c.       Noorjahan

d.      Shahjahan 

      3.      The Nagarjun Sagar project is on the river:

a.       Sutlej

b.       Narmada

c.       Krishna

d.      Cauveri 

      4.      The Rihand valley project is in:

a.       Madhya Pradesh

b.      Odisha

c.       Uttar Pradesh

d.      Karnataka 

      5.      A keyboard is this kind of device. 

a.       Black

b.      Input

c.       Output

d.      Word processing 

      6.      Agriculture sector directly employs one of the following percentages of labour force in India:

a.       20 %

b.      30 %

c.       40 %

d.      65 % 

      7.      NABARD was established in the:

a.       Fourth Five Year Plan

b.      Fifth Five Year Plan

c.       Sixth Five Year Plan

d.      Eighth Five Year Plan 

      8.      Who is the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha? 

a.       The President

b.      The Vice- President

c.       The Prime Minister

d.      The Speaker 

      9.      Rhine Valley of France is famous for:

a.       Zinc deposits

b.      Copper deposits

c.       Nickel deposits

d.      Bauxite deposits 

      10.  The Strait which separates Africa from Europe is:

a.       Hook Strait

b.      Strait of Gibraltar

c.       Palk Strait

d.      Bering Strait 

      11.  The Strait which separate Asia from North America is:

a.      The Bering strait

b.      The Palk Strait

c.       The Strait of Gibraltar

d.      The strait of Malacca 

      12.  Strait of Malacca separates:

a.      Sumatra and Malaysia

b.      Java and Brunei

c.       Sumatra and Java

d.      Malaysia and Brunei 

      13.  Who formulated the ‘Drain of Wealth’ theory? 

a.      Dadabhai Naoraji

b.      M.G. Ranade

c.       R.C. Dutt

d.      B.C. Pal 

      14.  The book ‘Midnight’s Children has been written by:

a.       Arundhati Roy

b.      Tasleema Nasreen

c.       Salman Rushdie

d.      Kiran Desai 

      15.  The term ‘bogey’ is associated with:

a.       Tennis

b.      Golf

c.       Baseball

d.      Chess 

      16.  Ryder Cup is related with which sports?

a.       Football

b.      Golf

c.       Badminton

d.      Cricket 

      17.  Which was the birth place of Guru Nanak? 

a.       Gurdaspur

b.      Amritsar

c.       Lahore

d.      Talwandi 

      18.  Who was the last independent Nawab of Bengal? 

a.       Sirajuddaulah

b.      Mir Jafar

c.       Mir Kasim

d.      Najmuddaulah 

      19.  The largest oil field of Gujarat is in:

a.       Sanand

b.      Kadi

c.       Kalol

d.      Ankleshwar 

      20.  Edaphic conditions relate to:

a.       Climate

b.      Vegetation

c.       Soil

d.      Temperature 

      21.  Soils developed in humid tropical regions are called:

a.       Podzol

b.      Chernozem

c.       Laterite

d.      Yellow soils 

      22.  Redzina soil occur in regions of:

a.       Sandstone

b.      Limestone

c.       Shale

d.      Granite 

      23.  Which one do you need for tennis? 

a.       A helmet

b.      A racket

c.       Flippers

d.      A basket 

      24.  Merdeka Cup is associated with:

a.       Cricket

b.      Football

c.       Rugby

d.      Hockey