Friday, 8 November 2013

General Awareness - 1


General Awareness - 1


Direction (1-7) : In the following questions, three of the answers are connected or related or similar

to each other in some way. Mark the odd man out.

 
1.       (A) Ascorbic acid  -  Scurvy                                            (B) Niacin  -  Rickets

(C) Thiamine         -  Berry berry                                   (D) Cyanocobalamin -  Pernicious Anaemia

Answer: (B)

2.       (A)  Printing Press  -  Gutenberg                                                (B)  Steam Engine  -  Newton

(C)  Television   -   J. L. Bird                                            (D)  Telephone  -  Graham Bell

Answer: (B)

      3.       (A)  Mettur   -   Cauvery                                                 (B)  Almatti     -     Krishna

(C)  Gandhi Sagar  -   Chambal                                     (D)  Sardar Sarovar  -  Tapti

Answer: (D)

4.       (A)   Madagascar                                                              (B)   Italy

(C)   Sri Lanka                                                                  (D)   Iceland

Answer: (B)

5.       (A)  Faraday   -   Electrolysis                                          (B)   Maxwell  -  Electro Magnetic Theory

(C)  Huygens    -   Wave theory                                   (D)   Einstein   - Quantum Theory

Answer: (D)

6.       (A)  Godavari  -  Sabari                                                   (B)   Krishna -  Tungabhadra

(C)  Indus  -  Chenab                                                       (D)   Ganga  -  Beas

Answer: (D)

7.       (A)  Argon                                                                           (B)  Boron

(C)  Krypton                                                                        (D)  Neon

Answer: (B)

8.       Which of the following writers has not won the Booker prize?

(A)   Nirad Choudary                                                        (B)  Salman Rushdie

(C)   Kiran Desai                                                                 (D)  Arundhati Roy

Answer: (A)      

Direction (9 – 11) Which of these are not the correct combination of the new and old names of the same country, city or area.

9.       (A) Ahmedabad  -  Sabarmati                                      (B) Alappuzha – Allepey

(C)  Guwahati  -   Pragjyothishyapur                         (D) Kozhikode – Calicut

Answer: (A)

10.   (A)  Namibia – South West Africa                              (B) Mexico – Incas

(C)   Zimbabwe – Rhodesia                                          (D) Myanmar  -  Burma

Answer: ( B)

11.   (A) Uttar Pradesh – United Provinces

(B)   Arunachal Pradesh – North East Frontier Agency

(C)   Bihar – North Eastern Provinces

(D)   Madhya Pradesh  -  Central Provinces

Answer: (C) 

 

 
Directions (12 – 17) In the following questions, place the events, individuals or dynasties in the correct chronological order using the codes below:
 
12.   Battles                                                                               Codes
1. Battle of Buxar                                                        (A) 1   2   3   4
2. Battle of Wandiwash                                              (B) 2   1   3   4
3. Battle of Sabraon                                                   (C)  2   1   4   3
4. Battle of Kirkee                                                       (D) 1   2   4   3
Answer: (C)
 
13.   Viceroys of India                                                              Codes
1.       Lord Minto II                                                        (A)  3   4   2   1
2.       Lord Ripon                                                            (B)  2   1   4   3
3.       Lord Lytton                                                           (C)  3   2   4   1
4.       Lord Curzon                                                          (D)  2   4   3   1
Answer: (C)
 
14.   Sultanates of Delhi                                                             Codes
1.       Sayyids                                                                 (A)  1   4   2   3
2.       Tughlaks                                                              (B)  4   1   2   3
3.       Lodhis                                                                   (C)  4   3   1   2
4.       Khilji                                                                      (D)  4   2   1   3
Answer: (D)
 
15.   Wars                                                                                       Codes
1.       First Carnatic War                                              (A)  3   4   1   2
2.       First Sikh War                                                     (B)  1   4   3   2
3.       Fourth Mysore War                                           (C)  1   3   2   4
4.       Third Battle of Panipat                                      (D)  3   2   1   4
Answer: (B)
 
16.   Events                                                                                     Codes
1.       Home Rule League                                             (A)  1  2   3   4
2.       Lucknow Pact                                                      (B)  2   4   1   3
3.       Montague Chelmsford Reforms                      (C)  4   1   2   3
4.       Outbreak of World War I                                  (D)  4   3   2   1
Answer: (C)      
 
17.   Events                                                                                   Codes
1.       Dandi March                                                       (A)  2   3   1   4
2.       Simon Commission                                            (B)  4   3   2   1
3.       Poona Pact                                                          (C)  2   1   3   4
4.       Gandhi Irwin Pact                                               (D)  4   2   1   3
Answer: (C)
 
18.    Crop                                                     State which is its highest producer       
a)      Groundnut                                           (1)  Maharashtra
b)      Cotton                                                   (2)  Karnataka
c)       Coconut                                                (3)  Gujarat
d)      Coffee                                                   (4)  Kerala
 
Codes                                           a          b          c         d
(A)                                                  4          1          3         2
(B)                                                  3          4          2         1
(C)                                                  3          1          4         2
(D)                                                  2          3          4         1
            Answer: (C)
 
19.   Resource                                                State with its highest reserves
a)      Bauxite                                                       (1)   Chattisgarh
b)      Copper                                                        (2)   Tamilnadu
c)       Nickel                                                          (3)    Rajasthan
d)      Gypsum                                                       (4)   Orissa
 
    Codes                                                a          b          c          d
(A)                                                     2          3          4         1
(B)                                                     1          3          4         2
(C)                                                     1          2          3         4
(D)                                                     3          2          1         4
          Answer: (B)
 
20.   Place                                                            Industry
a)      Alang                                            (1)  Knit wear
b)      Surat                                             (2)  Refining
c)       Hazira                                           (3)  Ship breaking
d)      Tirupur                                         (4)  Diamond cutting
 
Codes                                           a          b          c          d
(A)                                               2          1          3          4
(B)                                               3          4          1          2
(C)                                               2          3          1          4
(D)                                               3          4          2          1
            Answer: (D)
 
 
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