General Awareness Questions for Bank Exams - 10

General Awareness Questions for Bank Exams - 10

1.       Hajo, the meeting point of Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam, is in the state of:
(a) Bihar               (b) Jharkhand    (c) Uttar Pradesh             (d) Assam

Ans: (d)

2.       Which is the highest mountain peak in India?
(a) K2    (b) Mount Everest           (c) Kanchen Junga           (d) Nanda Devi

Ans: (a)

3.       Who amongst the following introduced the ‘Doctrine of Lapse’ whereby in absence of natural heir, the sovereignty of Indian States was to lapse to the British:
(a) Lord Hardinge             (b) Lord William Bentinck              (c) Lord Dalhousie
(d) Lord Hastings

Ans: (d)

4.       A bottle filled with water at 30°C when opened at moon:
(a) Water will freeze       (b) Water will decompose
(c) Water will boil             (d) Nothing will happen
Ans: (a)

5.       Which one of the following increases the blood calcium level in the human body?
(a) Calcitonin      (b) Parathormone           (c) Thyroxin        (d) Vasopressin
Ans: (b)

6.       In India proclamation of emergency is made under:
(a) Article 352    (b) Article 356    (c) Article 359     (d) Article 360

           Ans: (d)

7.       Malaria can be detected by testing the blood for the presence of:
(a) Eggs of mosquito in red blood cells
(b) Plasmodium in red blood cells
(c) Ruptured liver cells in blood
(d) Larvae of mosquito in blood
Ans: (b)

8.       How much would a 70 Kg man weigh on the moon?
(a) 14 Kg
(b) 686.46 N (Newton)
(c) 421.67 Kg
(d) 98.4  N (Newton)
Ans: (b)

9.       Smallest & Largest planet of solar system is respectively:
(a) Mercury & Uranus
(b) Neptune & Jupiter
(c) Mars & Saturn
(d) Mercury & Jupiter
Ans: (d)

10.   The MOTTO of the National Defence Academy is:
(a) Sewa Parmo Dharma
(b) Veerta Aur Vivek
(c) Kartavya Sarvopari
(d) None of these
Ans: (a)

11.   Buddhism has been divided into how many sects:
(a) Four                (b) Two                                (c) Nine                (d) Three

            Ans: (d)

1         12.    The term cox is associated with which game:
     (a) Rowing          (b) Billiards          (c) Golf                                 (d) Boxing

     Ans: (a)

13.   The white band in India’s national flag was added by:
(a) Pt. Motilal Nehru
(b) Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Rabindra Nath Tagore

Ans: (c) (This answer needs a little more probing though it is accepted as such. The present national flag of the country is a modification of the one designed by Pingali Venkayya for the Indian National Congress.)  

14.   If a new state of the Indian Union is to be created, which one of the following schedules of constitution must be amended?
(a) First                 (b) Second          (c) Third               (d) Fifth
Ans: (a)

15.    An order of the Supreme Court or High Court commanding a person or a body to do that which is his duty to do is known as:
(a) Mandamus  (b) Certiorari      (c) Obiter Dictum             (d) Quo Warranto

Ans: (b)