GENERAL QUIZ SIX

GENERAL AWARENESS: (4 tests)

TEST 1
1.In the nineteenth century, the people of Europe started moving from the villages to cities due to
the impact of?
Epidemics War
Industrialization Population explosion in villages

2.GATT stands for-?

General Association for trade and Transport General agreement for trade and
transport
General agreement on Tariffs and Trade None of these

3.Which three of the following were the Dravida Kingdoms in India?

Saka, Gandhar, Magadha Avanti, Telang, Mahakosal
Satwahan, Kalinga,Rashtrakut Chola, Pandya, Chera

4.With which field would u associate the term"Futures & Derivatives"?

FOREX Stock Markets
Hawala Import-Export

5.Who was the first woman president of the United Nations organization?
Vijaylakshmi Pandit Rajkumari Amrit Kour
Sarojni Naidu S.Bhandarnaike

6.In which state is the people war group operative?

J&K Bihar
Andhra Pradesh Jharkhand

7.Which city is an important center of aircraft industry in India?

Banglore Chennai
Nagpur Hyderabad

8.Which one of the classical dance forms originated in Andhra Pradesh?

Bharat Natyam Kathakali
Kuchipudi Chakwar Kuntu

9.What is the percentage of carbohydrates in the normal daily food calorie requirement of an
adult?
About 7% About 35%
About 48% About 60%

10.Which planet is known for its main seven rings made up of icy particles?
Jupiter Saturn
Pluto Venus

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Correct Answers for Test 1

1 Industrialization

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2 General agreement on Tariffs and Trade
3 Chola, Pandya, Chera
4 Stock market
5 Vijaylakshmi Pandit
6 Andhra Pradesh
7 Banglore
8 Kuchipudi
9 About 48%
10 Saturn

TEST 2
1.To be recognized as a national party, a political party must be a recognized party in atleast -?

Three states Four states

Five states Six states

2.Citizens of which one of the following Caribbean Islands enjoy all US rights except voting
rights?
Bahamas Bermudas
Jamaica Puerto Rico

3.Hieroglyphics were developed by the -?

Indians Mayans

Chinese Chola, Pandya, Chera

4.The electorate system for president in India is based on-?

Adult franchise Separate Electorate
Indirect election system Multi-Vote system

5.The member of the NAFTA includes -?

USA, Canada, Mexico USA, Canada, UK
USA, UK, Russia USA, UK, Mexico

6.Cash crops of India includes-?

Paddy and jawar Maize, Jawar and Paddy
Cotton and Sugarcane Ground nut and Cotton

7.Who was the founder of first Sufi order in India?

Khwaja Qutub - Ud – din Bakhtiar Kaki Shaikh Nizam ud din Auliya
Khwaja Muinud-din Chisti Shaikh Nasir Ud-din Mahmud

8.Who was the pioneer of the ‘Panchayati Raj’ for introducing local self-government in British
India?
Warren Hastings Lord William Bentinck
Lord Canning Lord Ripon

9.The traveler from the west who visited the Bahmani Kingdom in 1417 was?
Marco Polo Nicolo Conti
Vasco de Gama Ibn Batuta

10.Who categorized blood in to four groups-?

Robert Brown Karl Landsteiner

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Louis Pasture Robert Hook

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Correct Answers for Test 3

1 Four states
2 Puerto Rico
3 Egyptians
4 Indirect election system
5 USA, Canada, Mexico
6 Cotton and Sugarcane
7 Khwaja Qutub - Ud – din Bakhtiar Kaki
8 Lord Ripon
9 Nicolo Conti
10 Karl Landsteiner

TEST 3
1. Equinox occurs when the sun is vertically above the _____
Poles tropic of Cancer
Equator tropic of Capricorn

2. The lowest layer of atmosphere is called the ____

Ionosphere Troposphere
Stratosphere None of these

3. The Indian Constitution was established during the rule of _____

Lord Wellington Lord Canning
George - I Atlee

4. What was the name of India's first base in Antarctica, set up in 1982 ?
Dakshin Jamuna Dakshin Gangotri
Dakshin Saraswati None of these

5. " Wolfram " is the alternative name of which metallic element ?

Tungsten Copper
Iron Cobalt

6. Which monkey possesses a blood factor otherwise found only in humans ?

Rhesus Chimpanze
Gorilla None of these

7. The deepest mine in the world (about 4 km deep) is in the Continent of _____
Africa Asia
South America North America

8. Which places are connected by the Grand Trunk Highway ?

Calcutta - New Delhi Calcutta - Amritsar
Mumbai - New Delhi New Delhi - Chennai

9. The Chairman of the Planning Commission of India is _____

President Home minister
Prime minister Finance minister

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10. Which of the following port is a free trade zone ?
Mumbai Kandla
Cochin Mangalore

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Correct Answers for Test 3

1 Equator
2 Troposphere
3 Lord Wellington
4 Dakshin Gangotri
5 Tungsten
6 Rhesus
7 Africa
8 Calcutta - Amritsar
9 Prime minister
10 Kandla

TEST 4
1. Who was the only woman in Nehru's kitchen cabinet in 1947?
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur Sarojini Naidu
Krishna Hatheesingh Vijayalaxmi Pandit

2. What was the technical term used for the 'Star Wars' project?
Stellar Defense Project Stellar Defense
Initiative
Strategic Defense Initiative Strategic Missile
Shield

3. Who wrote the novel Rebecca?

Alexander Dumas Honore de Balzac
Jean-Paul Sartre Daphne du Maurier

4. Where is the Indian Police Academy located ?

Guntur Hyderabad
Khadakwasla Shimla

5. Who ruled the Magadhan Empire as a tribute-paying feudatory of the Huns under Mihirgula?
Samudra Gupta Shri Gupta
Skanda Gupta Vainya Gupta

6. Which Maratha chieftain accompanied Sadashiv Rao Bhau to the 3rd Battle of Panipat and
survived to establish a separate dynasty of his own?
Daulat Rao Sindhia Mahadji Sindhia
Fateh Singh Gaekwad Yashwant Rao
Holkar

7. When did the saying 'to be a quisling' come into being?

World War II World War I
the Zulu Wars the Boer War

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8. Who is the present Chairperson of the Reserve Bank of India?
C. D. Rangarajan Jagdish Bhagwati
Bimal Jalan N. K. Singh

9. Which world leader was known as the 'Iron Chancellor'?

Prince Otto von Bismarck Sir Winston
Churchill
Helmut Kohl Konrad Adenauer

10. Name the capital of Chatrapati Shivaji's kingdom.

Zanjira Satara
Singhgad Raigarh

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Correct Answers For Test 4

1 Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
2 Strategic Defense Initiative
3 Daphne du Maurier
4 Hyderabad
5 Vainya Gupta
6 Mahadji Sindhia
7 World War II
8 Bimal Jalan
9 Prince Otto von Bismarck
10 Raigarh

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