Solved Paper Series 1-General Awareness paper
Posted by admin on November 20th, 2008
1.Which two iron and steel plants have
been setup in collaboration with former Soviet
Union?
(a) Jamshedpur and Rourkela
(b) Durgapur and Bokaro
(c) Bhilai and Durgapur
(d) Bokaro and Bhilai
answer:(d) Bokaro and Bhilai
2.Command Area Development Pro-
gramme was launched to:
(a) ensure that land is given to the tillers
(b) ensure better utilisation of irrigation
potential
(c) development of land under Army’s
Command
(d) poverty alleviation in selected areas
answer: (b) ensure better utilisation of irrigation
3.Which is the river across which Almatti
dam is being built?
(a) Tungabhadra
(b) Godavari
(c) Krishna
(d) Sharvathi
Answer: (c) Krishna
4.Who invented the Microprocessor?
(a) Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore
(b) Georges Claude
(c) Gregory Pincus
(d) Michael de Bakey
answer 
a) Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore
5.Who amongst the following is renowned
in the field of instrumental music—Shehnai?
(a) Ustad Alla Rakha
(b) Ustad Bismillah Khan
(c) Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
(d) Pt Vishwamohan Bhat
Answer b) Ustad Bismillah Khan
6.Who is the author of An Equal Music?
(a) Dick Francis
(b) Vikram Seth
(c) Salman Rushdie
(d) Anurag Mathur
answer: (b) Vikram Seth
7.Ashoka’s Dhamma can be best
described as:
(a) Modified form of Brahmanism
(b) A socio-ethical code of conduct
(c) Propagation of Bhakti
(d) Modified form of Dharmasastra
answer: (b) A socio-ethical code of conduct
8.Who was the founder of the City of
Agra?
(a) Mohammad Tughlaq
(b) Alauddin Khilji
(c) Sikandar Lodhi
(d) Ibrahim Lodhi
answer c) Sikandar Lodhi
9.After the fall of Napoleon Bonaparte,
Peace Treaty was signed at:
(a) Versailles
(b) Berlin
(c) Vienna
(d) Paris
answer a) Versailles
10.Which of the following States was NOT
annexed under the Doctrine of Lapse?
(a) Satara
(b) Jhansi
(c) Awadh
(d) Nagpur
answer d) Nagpur
11.Which of the following Indian States is
broadly as large as the European nation—
Greece?
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Orissa
(c) Bihar
(d) Assam
answer b) Orissa
12.Water from an artesian well flows up
automatically due to:
(a) heavy rainfall in region
(b) volcanic activity
(c) hydrostatic pressure
(d) geothermal energy
answer c) hydrostatic pressure
13.A coal mining area of the Damodar
Valley is:
(a) Korba
(b) Sambhalpur
(c) Singareni
(d) Raniganj
answer: (d) Raniganj
14.Which racial group does the tribals of
Andaman Islands resemble?
(a) Negrito
(b) Mongoloid
(c) Alpinoid
(d) Nordic
answer: (b) Mongoloid
15.If a country ‘devalued’ its currency, it
would be having:
(a) floating exchange rate system
(b) fixed exchange rate system
(c) exports would fall
(d) dirty float
answer: (b) fixed exchange rate system
16.The crucial determinant of the size of
the market is:
(a) Monetary expansion
(b) Inducement for investment
(c) Productivity
(d) Savings
answer b) Inducement for investment
17.Which one of the following is not an
example of direct tax?
(a) Income Tax
(b) Wealth Tax
(c) Gift Tax
(d) Sales Tax
answer: (d) Sales Tax
18.According to the quantity theory, the
quantity of money determines the:
(a) interest rate
(b) level of real output
(c) price level
(d) level of employment
answer: (c) price level
19.A company is said to be “sick” when
the accumulated loss at the end of any finan-
cial year leads to erosion of…. per cent of its
net worth.
(a) 100%
(b) 75%
(c) 50%
(d) 25%
answer: (c) 50%
20.Who is legally competent to declare
war or conclude peace treaty?
(a) The Prime Minister
(b) The Council of Ministers
(c) The President
(d) The Parliament
answer: (c) The President
21.Who decides the disputes regarding
the election of the Vice-President?
(a) The President
(b) The Parliament
(c) The Supreme Court
(d) The Election Commission
answer c) The Supreme Court
22.Which right in India is a constitutional
right, but not a fundamental right?
(a) Right to freedom of religion
(b) Cultural and Educational Rights
(c) Right against exploitation
(d) Right to property
answer d) Right to property
23.Who certifies a bill to be a money bill
in Indian States?
(a) State Assembly Speaker
(d) State Finance Minister
(c) Governor of the State
(d) Chief Justice of the High Court
answer a) State Assembly Speaker
24.The right to freedom from illegal
detention is secured through the writ of:
(a) Mandamus
(b) Prohibition
(c) Quo-warranto
(d) Habeas Corpus
answer d) Habeas Corpus
25.Name the chemical used for
removing air bubbles from glass during its
manufacture.
(a) Soda-ash
(b) Feldspar
(c) Potassium Carbonate
(d) Arsenious Oxide
answer a) Soda-ash
26.Which form of Iron has got the highest
carbon content?
(a) Mild Steel
(b) Stainless Steel
(c) Wrought Iron
(d) Cast Iron
answer b) Stainless Steel
27.A green leaf placed in a dark room
is illuminated by red light. The leaf will
appear:
(a) green
(b) red
(c) yellow
(d) black
(c) yellow
28.Triple vaccine is administered to a
new born child to immunise against:
(a) Whooping cough, tetanus and measles
(b) Whooping cough, tetanus and
diphtheria
(c) Tetanus, measles and rubella
(d) Tetanus, diphtheria and small pox
answer: (b) Whooping cough, tetanus and
diphtheria
29.Rows of trees grown along the coastal
areas to reduce the impact of cyclones are
known as:
(a) Wind breaks
(b) Protection forests
(c) Mangroves
(d) Shelter belts
answer : (c) Mangroves
30.The most effective pesticide for gener-
al use against most garden pests is:
(a) Bordeaux mixture
(b) Carbo furan
(c) Malathion
(d) Phosphamidon
answer c) Malathion
31.Electric current passing through a
metallic wire generates heat because of:
(a) collisions of conduction electrons with
each other
(b) collisions of the atoms of the metal
with each other
(c) the energy released in the ionisation of
the atoms of the metal
(d) collisions of the conduction electrons
with the atoms of the metallic wire
answer: (d) collisions of the conduction electrons
with the atoms of the metallic wire
32.Which one of the following seas is
without a coastline?
(a) White sea
(b) Saragossa sea
(c) Sea of Okhotsk
(d) Tasman sea
answer : (b) Saragossa sea
33.Match List I with List II and select the
correct answer using the codes given below the
Lists:
List I List II
A. Manju Kapoor 1. An Equal Music
B. Vikram Seth 2. Old Woman
C. Mahasweta Devi 3. Difficult Daughters
D. Romesh Bhandari 4. Goa
Codes:
ABCD
(a) 1 3 2 4
(b) 3 1 2 4
(c) 3 2 1 4
(d) 4 2 1 3
(b) 3 1 2 4
34.Which one of the following is used as
a filler in rubber tyres?
(a) Graphite
(b) Coke
(c) Carbon black (d) Charcoal
answer: (c) Carbon black
35.Concave mirrors are used as shaving
mirrors because they:
(a) do not distort images
(b) always produce real images
(c) produce magnified images
(d) never produce inverted images
answer: (c) produce magnified images
36.Match List I with List II and select the
correct answer using the codes given below the
Lists:
List I List II
A. Vishakhadatta 1. Mrichhakatika
B. Shudraka 2. Ritusamhara
C. Kalidasa 3. Kamasutra
D. Vatsyayana 4. Devichandraguptam
Codes:
ABCD
(a)1 4 2 3
(b)4 1 3 2
(c)1 4 3 2
(d)4 1 2 3
d)4 1 2 3
37.Match List I with List II and select the
correct answer using the codes given below the
Lists:
List I List II
(Item in the (Country from Constitution which derived)
of India)
A. Chapter on 1. United Kingdom
Fundamental
Rights
B. India as ‘a 2. Australia
Union of States’
with more powers
to the Union
C. Parliamentary 3. Ireland
privileges
and procedure of
law making
D. Concurrent List 4. United States of America
in Union-State
relations
5. Canada
Codes:
ABCD
(a) 3 4 1 2
(b) 3 4 1 5
(c) 4 5 1 2
(d) 2 4 5 3
(c) 4 5 1 2
38.Amir Khusrau was the famous poet in
the court of:
(a) Akbar
(b) Shahjahan
(c) Ibrahim Lodi
(d) Alauddin Khalji
(d) Alauddin Khalji
39.Match List I with List II and select the
correct answer using the codes given below the
Lists:
List I List II
A. Global warming 1. Oxides of Nitrogen and Sulphur
B. Acid rain
2. Airport
C. Noise pollution 3. Decibel
D. Noise level
4.Greenhouse effect
5. Nuclear tests
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 1 4 3 2
(b) 3 1 2 5
(c) 4 1 2 3
(d) 1 2 3 5
answer: (39c)
40.Which one of the following Mughal
emperors donated land for the construction of
the Golden Temple at Amritsar?
(a) Akbar
(b) Humayun
(c) Jahangir
(d) Shahjahan
(a) Akbar
41.The seasonal movement of animals in
search of pastures is known as:
(a) pastoral farming
(b) nomadic herding
(c) transhumance
(d) shifting cultivation
(c) transhumance
42.Consider the following drugs:
1. Greseofulvin
2. Streptomycin
3. Quinine
Among these, antibiotics would include
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 1 and 3
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3
answer: (a) 1 and 2
43.Consider the following statements:
Aurangzeb proceeded to Deccan in 1681
for
1. crushing the Marathas.
2. annexing Golconda and Bijapur.
3. driving out the Portuguese from Goa.
4. subduing the revolts of Mughal
nobility.
Which of these statements are correct?
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 2, 3 and 4
(c) 1, 2 and 4
(d) 1, 3 and 4
amswer : (c) 1, 2 and 4
44.Which one of the following structural
components of cell wall of fruits is commer-
cially valuable for the manufacture of food jel-
lies?
(a) Cellulose
(b) Hemicellulose
(c) Lignin
(d) Pectin
(d) Pectin
45.Number of persons expressed in
terms of unit area of agricultural land is
known as:
(a) Agricultural density
(b) Economic density
(c) Physiological density
(d) Arithmetical density
answer : (d) Arithmetical density
46.Match List I with List II and select the
correct answer using the codes given below the
Lists:
List I
List II
A. Basketball 1. Lob
B. Bridge 2. Revoke
C. Golf 3. Pivot
D. Tennis 4. Bunker
Codes:
AB CD
(a)2 3 1 4
(b)2 3 4 1
(c) 3 2 1 4
(d) 3 2 4 1
answer : (d) 3 2 4 1
47.Who among the following, destroyed
the group of Forty Nobles?
(a) Baharam Shah
(b) Iltutmish
(c) Sultan Razia
(d) Balban
answer : (d) Balban
48.The source of “Satyameva Jayathe” is:
(a) Ashoka pillar
(b) Bhagavat Gita
(c) Mundaka Upanishad
(d) Rigveda
answer : (c) Mundaka Upanishad
49.Consider the following statements:
Ammonia is
1. readily soluble in water.
2. used as a refrigerant.
3. used for preparation of polypropylene.
4. used as an additive in cooking gases.
Which of these statements are correct?
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 4
(c) 3 and 4
(d) 1 and 3
answer : (a) 1 and 2
50.“Repression is repression; if it is legal,
it must be resisted peacefully; but if it is illegal,
it must be illegally met.” Who made this remark?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Gandhiji
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
amswer : (d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer keys :
1.d )(2b . ) (3c .) (4a . )( 5.b )(6b .) (7b .) (8c .)
( 9.a )(10d) . (11b) . (12c) . ( 13d.) (14b) . (15b) . (16b) .
(17d.) (18c) . (19c) . (20c) . ( 21c. ) (22d) . (23a) . (24d) .
( 25a.) (26b) . (27c) . (28b) . ( 29c. ) (30c) . (31d) . (32b)
( 33b.) (34c) . (35c) . (36d) . ( 37c. ) (38d) . (39c) . (40a) .
(41c. ) (42a) . (43c) . (44d) . (45d.) (46d) . (47d) . (48c) .
(49a.) (50d) .