GENERAL AWARENESS
1. According to the World Bank estimates, worldwide demand for water is doubling every
(1) 22 years (2) 15 years (3) 21 years (4) 25 years
Ans: 21 years reference
2. "The eye sees all, but the mind shows us what we want to see". This famous quotation was
given by:
(1) Shankaracharya
(2) Shakespeare
(3) Sir William Hamilton
(4) John Keat
Ans: Shakespeare
3. Which of the following mountains is considered a natural boundary between Europe and
Asia ?
(1) Mountain Etna (2) Caucasus Mountains
(3) Corcovado Mountains (4) Chimney Rock
Ans: Caucasus Mountains
4. How many countries took part in 28th Olympic Games ?
(1) 199 (2)200 (3) 201 (4) 202
Ans: 202
5. The record for longest stay in space for a woman was set by
(1) Sunita Williams
(3) Helen Sharman
(2) Kalpana Chawla
(4) Sally Ride
Ans: Sunitha Williams
6. which country is the second largest producer of cement in the world
(1) China (2) UK (3) India (4) Italy
Ans: India
7. "The Story of My Life" is the autobiography of :
(1) Kapil Dev (2) Helen Keller (3) Dalai Lama (4) Mark Twain
Ans: Helen Keller
8. Which of the following is not an official language of the U.N. ?
(1) Arabic (2) Japanese (3) Russian (4) Spanish
Ans: Russian
9. In which city 'suvarnabhumi International Airport' is located ?
(1) Singapore (2) Bengaluru (3) Bangkok (4) Penan
Ans: Bangkok
10. Who among the following is known as the "Father of the Modern Olympics" ?
(1) Spiridon Louis
(3) Pierre de Coubertin
(2) Phlidippides
(4) Hjalmar Anderson
Ans: Pierre de Coubertin
11.Which phrase means'likely' ?
(1) under the sun (2) on the table (3) on the cards (4) in camera
Ans: On the cards
12. In the vote of confidence of UPA government held on 22nd July 2008, how many votes were
polled in favour and against ?
(1) 277 and 258 (2) 276 and 259 (3) 275 and 256 (4) 274 and 25
Ans: 275 and 256
13. The industrialist who co-piloted an F 16 fighter aircraft at the age of 69 is :
(1) M.K. Birla
(3) Vijaypat Singhania
(2) Adi Godrej
(4) Ratan Tata
Ans: Ratan Tata
14. The IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources)
maintains an international list of species facing extinction. This data is published as a book,
popularly known as
(3) Red Data Book
(2) Green Data Book
(4\ Yellow Data Book
Ans: Red Data Book
15. Which Indian fruit began to be exported to the U.S.A. in April 2007 after a gap of 18 years ?
(1) Mangoes (2) Sapotas (3) Apples (4) Orange
Ans: Mango
16. Who created the well known painting'Girls in Conversation' ?
(1) M.F. Hussain
(3) Amrita Sher-Gil
(2) Anjolie Ela Menon
(4) Chinmoy Das
Ans: Amrita Sher-Gill
17, The Honda motor company gets its name Honda from :
(1) a city
(3) a river
(2) an engineer
(4) a mountain peak
Ans: Engineer
18. The great Indian Revolt of 1857 was first described as 'First War of India's Independence'
(1) Kari Marx
(2) B.G. Tilak
(3) Swami Vivekananda
(4) Veer Savarkar
Ans: Veer Savarkar
19. The first Indian to win a Nobel Prize was :
(1) Sir. C.V. Raman
(2) S. Chandrashekhar
(3) RabindranathTagore
(4) J.C. Bose
Ans: Rabindranath Tagore
20. UNIDO set r.ip its first global centre for south-south Industrial Cooperation in which Asian
City ?
(1) Lahore (2) New Delhi (3) Kathmandu (4) Shanghai
Ans: New Delhi
21. The founder
of the first socialist
state was :
(1) V.I. Lenin (2) J.V. Stalin (3) Mao (4)
Karl Marx
Ans: Stalin
22. The foreign
countty where India's Reva Electric
Car has sold most cars ?
(1) UK (2) France (3)
Italy (4) Germany
Ans:UK
23. which of the
following countries does
not have a sea coast
?
(1) Ethiopia (2) Somalia (3)
South Africa (4) Nigeria
Ans: Ehiopia
24. The author of 'Theory
of Relativitv, was :
(1) Isaac Newton(3) Max
Planck(2) Neil Bohr(4) Albert
Einstein
Ans: Einstein
25. The country
which tops in banana
production is
(1) India (2) USA (3) Malaysia (4) China
(1) India (2) USA (3) Malaysia (4) China
Ans: India
26. The tennis
great who retired
in 2002 after winning the US
Open Final against Andre Agassi
is:
(1) Boris Becker (2) Carlos Moya (3) Pete Sampras (4) Goran Ivansevic
(1) Boris Becker (2) Carlos Moya (3) Pete Sampras (4) Goran Ivansevic
Ans: Pete Sampras
27. who is known as
the Father of the
Green Revolution in India
?
(1) Prof. Yashpal
(3) M.c.K. Menon
(2) M.S. Swaminathan
(4) V. Kurien
Ans: M S Swaminathan
28. The meaning of an'Oracle' is :
(1) An interpreter
of dreams
(3) A greek
goddess of truth
(2) An infallible
guide to future action
(4) An astrologer
Ans: An infallible guide to future action ?
29. Which of the
following authors rejected a Nobel prize ?
(1) Hemmingrray (2) Albert
Camus (3) George Bernard Shaw(4) Jean Paul Satre
Ans : Jean Paul Satre
30. Tushar A. Gandhi who
wrote 'Let’s Kill Gandhi, is Mahatma Gandhi’ is
(1) son
(3) greatson
(2) great grandson
(4) nephew
Ans: Great Grandson
