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General Awareness Sample Paper 9 (100 Q)

General Awareness Sample Paper 9

1. The Govt of India has decided to declare which of the following rivers a National River?
a) Brahmaputra
b) Yamuna
c) Ganga 
d) Kaveri    
e) None of these

2. Who amongst the folIowing economists gave the concept of "economies of scale", which says "many goods and services can be produced more cheaply in long series"?
a) Edward C Prescott
b) Amartya Sen
c) Gary S Becker
d) Edmund S Phelps
e) Paul Krugman 

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General Awareness Sample Paper 8

General Awareness Sample Paper 8

1. Abel Prize is named after Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel (1802-1829). It is given annually to outstanding mathematicians by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Who won this prize in 2012?

  1.  Mikhail Gromov
  2. John Tate
  3. John Thompson
  4. Jacques Tits
  5. Endre Szemeredi

2. The Inter State Council was set up in 1990 following the recom-mendation of the Sarkaria Com-mission on Centre-State relatio-ns. Who is its present Chairman?

  • 1) Hamid Ansari
  • 2) Manmohan Singh
  • 3) Pranab Mukherjee
  • 4) C.Rangarajan
  • 5) None of these

3. Which state has recently started a programme called 'Anandadhara' for Self Help Groups?

  • 1) Andhra Pradesh
  • 2) Odisha
  • 3) West Bengal
  • 4) Madhya Pradesh
  • 5) Himachal Pradesh

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General Awareness Sample Paper 4

General Awareness Sample Paper 4

1. The artist Leonardo Da Vinci was alive in which two centuries?

  • A.15th and 16th
  • B.14th and 15th
  • C.13th and 15th
  • D. None of the above

Ans: (A)

2. What do Harry Potter and his friends call normal people?

  • A.Muggles
  • B. Death healers
  • C. Hobbits
  • D. Elf

Ans: ( A )

3. Who was Leonardo di Caprio's co-star in Titanic?

  • A. Kate Winslett
  • B. Angelina Jolie
  • C. Sandra Bullock
  • D. None of the above

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General Awareness Sample Paper 2

General Awareness Sample Paper 2

1. Brickfielder, Khamsin and Harmattan are the examples of…

  • a. hot winds
  • b. cold winds
  • c. trade winds
  • d. planetary winds

Ans: (A)

2. The world-famous Khajuraho temples were built by the rulers of…

  • a. Gupta dynasty
  • b. Chandela dynasty
  • c. Pallava dynasty
  • d. Chola dynasty

Ans: (B)

3. The world's first Earth Summit took place in the year…

  • a. 1988
  • b. 1990
  • c. 1992
  • d. 1994

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