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
Ans: (A)
4. How many red balls are on the table at the start of a frame of snooker?
- A.15
- B.13
- C.14
- D.10
Ans: (A)
5. Which chess piece can only move diagonally?
- A. Bishop
- B. Knights
- C. Pawns
- D. King
Ans: (A)
6. Who won the 2010 Screen Actor's Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Leading Actor for the film 'The Blind Side'?
- A. Penelope Cruz
- B. Sandra Bullock
- C. Julia Roberts
- D. Nicole Kidman
Ans: (B)
7. Which one of the following is essentially a solo dance?
- (A). Kuchipudi
- (B). Kathak
- (C). Manipuri
- (D). Mohiniattam
Ans: (D)
8. Although fog consists of fine drops of water, we cannot see clearly through it because-
- (A) The light rays undergo total internal reflection in the drops
- (B) Fine drops of water in fog polarize the light
- (C) The fine drops are opaque to the light
- (D) The drops scatter most of the light
Ans: (D)
9. During the Mughal period, which one of the following were the first to come to India as traders?
- (A). Portuguese
- (B). Dutch
- (C). Danish
- (D). English
Ans: (A)
10. Who is the author of the book,' Three Point Someone'?
- (A). Arun Shourie
- (B). Chetan Bhagat
- (C). Rafiq Zakaria
- (D). Salman Rushdie
Ans: (B)
11. The age of a tree can be determined by
- (A). Measuring its height
- (B). Measuring its diameter
- (C). Analyzing its sap
- (D). Counting the annual growth rings of its stem
Ans: (D)
12. Who is called the "Grand Old Man of India"?
- (A) Mahatma Gandhi
- (B) Dadabhai Naoroji
- (C) Gokhale
- (D) Tilak
Ans: (B)
13. Which five year plan has the objective" Garibi Hatao"?
- (A) first
- (B) Fifth
- (C) seventh
- (D) Eigth
Ans: (B)
14. Who is the music composer of new version of 'Phir Mile Sur' which is launched on 26th Janurary'2010?
- (A) A.R. Rehman
- (B) Louis Banks
- (C) Shankar, Ehsan, Loy
- (D) Anu Malik
Ans: (B)
15. Who is the director of the Hollywood film 'AVATAR'?
- (A) Gary Marshall
- (B) Rodger Donaldson
- (C) Doug Liman
- (D) James Cameron
Ans: (D)
16. Which country is recently in news for racist attacks on Indians?
- (A) Australia
- (B) London
- (C) America
- (D) Japan
Ans: (A)
17. How many Nations are members of SAARC?
- (A) 4
- (B) 7
- (C) 8
- (D) 6
Ans: (C)
18. Which country will host the 2010 Commonwealth Games?
- (A) China
- (B) India
- (C) Indiana
- (D) Germany
Ans: (B)
19. Who won the Oscars for the best actress for 'Rachel getting Married' ?
- (A) Anne Hathaway
- (B) Kylie Minogue
- (C) Sandra Bullock
- (D) Dannii Minogue
Ans: (A)
20. Which actress recently put together a video as a tribute to her mother who died of cancer?
- (A) Angelina Jolie
- (B) Rachel Weisz
- (C) Penelope Cruz
- (D) Dannii Minogue
Ans: (A)
21. Which is the second fastest growing economy in the world at present?
- (A) India
- (B) China
- (C) Japan
- (D) Singapore
Ans: (A)
22. Which was the first state to introduce VAT in the year 2003?
- (A) Delhi
- (B) Haryana
- (C) Maharashtra
- (D) Karnataka
Ans: (B)
23. Which of the following states in India topped the Educational Development Index ?
- (A) Goa
- (B) Kerala
- (C) Delhi
- (D) Maharashtra
Ans: (B)
24. What is the rank of India in world, in the textile sector, according to UNIDO Industrial Statistics 2008?
- (A) 5 th
- (B) 7 th
- (C) 10 th
- (D) 12 th
Ans: (D)
25. Two new Greenfield International airports are being constructed in india at:
- (A) Bangalore and Mangalore
- (B) Mangalore and Hyderabad
- (C) Devanhalli and Hyderabad
- (D) Hyderabad and Shamsabad
Ans: (C)