General Awareness Sample Paper 11

1. For a healthy adult Indian, the Body Mass Index (BMI) Should be in the range of

(A) 11.51 – 18
(B) 18.5 – 24.9
(C) 25-30
(D) None of the Above
ANS – (B)

2. Black hole is an object to be found

(A) At the bottom of oceans
(B) In the sky
(C) Inside a current –carrying conductor
(D) None of the above
ANS – (A)

3. Minimum velocity required by a body to escape earth's gravitation (escape velocity) is

(A) 9.5 km/s
(B) 11.2 km/s
(C) 13 km/s
(D) 24.25 km/s
ANS – (B)

 

4. Which one of the following is not an operating system of computers?

(A) Sun 05
(B) BSD
(C) GNEXT/Linux
(D) Windows NT
ANS – (A)

5. World's largest producer of gold is

(A) Saudi Arabia
(B) USA
(C) South Africa
(D) Canada
ANS – (B)

6. Which is the world's longest railway line?

(A) Trans-Siberian line
(B) Texas Railway line
(C) Trans-Austin line
(D) Trans-American line
ANS – (A)

7. Which is the largest moon in the solar system?

(A) Ganymede
(B) Titan
(C) Lo
(D) Calisto
ANS – (A)

8. Pacemaker is implanted in heart when one of the following is defective

(A) SA node
(B) AV node
(C) Purkinje fiber
(D) Bundle of His
ANS – (A)

9. When a person is undergoing prolonged fasting, his/her urine will contain abnormal quantity of

(A) Fat
(B) Ketone
(C) Amino acid
(D) Glucose
ANS – (B)

10. Science of improving human race is

(A) Eugenics
(B) Epigenesist
(C) Epistasis
(D) Euthenics
ANS – (A)

11. A photon will have less energy, if its

(A) Amplitude is higher
(B) Frequency is higher
(C) Wavelength is longer
(D) Wavelength is shorter
ANS – (C)

12. Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is mainly a mixture of

(A) Propane and butane
(B) Butane and isobutene
(C) Propane and isobutene
(D) Propane and tetralin
ANS – (A)

13. One of the elements of direct democracy is

(A) Referendum
(B) Equality
(C) Free and fair election
(D) Universal adult franchise
ANS – (A)

14. The Fundamental Duties were incorporated into the Constitution of India on the basis of the recommendation of

(A) S.V. Singh Committee
(B) Swaran Singh Committee
(C) C. Hanumantha Rao Committee
(D) None of the above
ANS – (B)

15. First Indian to win the gold medal in men's singles tennis at the Asian Games was

(A) Leander Paes
(B) Rohan Bopanna
(C) Somdev Devvarman
(D) Mahesh Bhupathi
ANS – (C)

16. The Planning Commission in India was established by

(A) an act of the Parliament
(B) the Constitution of India
(C) resolution of the Central Government
(D) presidential order
ANS – (C)

17. Which of the following methods is not provided by the Citizenship Act, 1955 to acquire Indian citizenship?

(A) By birth
(B) By descent
(C) By registration
(D) By exercising right to vote
ANS – (D)

18. When was Mizoram converted into a Union Territory?

(A) 1969
(B) 1972
(C) 1949
(D) 1951
ANS – (B)

19. The Integrated Wasteland Development Programme (IWDP) is sponsored by

(A) NABARD
(B) Government of India
(C) Asian Development Bank
(D) UNO
ANS – (B)

20. In which Indian State is the hill station Kodaikanal situated?

(A) Andhra Pradesh
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Tamil Nadu
(D) Rajasthan
ANS – (C)

21. Which is the longest river in Asia?

(A) River Surama
(B) River Ob
(C) River Ganga
(D) River Brahmaputra
ANS – (B)

22. What is the percentage of oxygen in the earth's crust?

(A) 92
(B) 50
(C) 61
(D) 45
ANS – (D)

23. The National Flood Control Programme (NFCP) for flood control in India was launched in the year

(A) 1951
(B) 1954
(C) 1947
(D) 1960
ANS – (B)

24. The largest continent in the world is

(A) Europe
(B) North America
(C) Asia
(D) Africa
ANS – (C)

25. Assam State enjoys

(A) Tropical climate
(B) Hot climate
(C) Warm climate
(D) Cold climate
ANS – (A)