General Awareness Practice Test Set-2
| 1. | The Sun Temple of Odisha was built in the 12th Century AD by which of the following emperors? | |
| Â | (1) | Dharmapala |
| Â | (2) | Narasimha Deva I |
| Â | (3) | Kharavela |
| Â | (4) | Vijaya Sena |
CORRECT ANSWER
(2) Narasimha Deva I
| 2. | Lymph is a light clear fluid made up of white blood cells that attack harmful ______ in the blood. | |
| Â | (1) | bacteria |
| Â | (2) | viruses |
| Â | (3) | fungi |
| Â | (4) | protozoa |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) bacteria
| 3. | Chandernagore (Chandannagar) was a ______ colony captured by the British Navy on 23 March 1757. | |
| Â | (1) | Danish |
| Â | (2) | Dutch |
| Â | (3) | Portuguese |
| Â | (4) | French |
CORRECT ANSWER
(4) French
| 4. | In 2020, the United Nations passed a resolution to remove cannabis and cannabis resin from the category of ‘most dangerous substances’. Which of the following countries was absent from the voting? | |
| Â | (1) | India |
| Â | (2) | Ukraine |
| Â | (3) | The US |
| Â | (4) | Russia |
CORRECT ANSWER
(2) Ukraine
| 5. | The ICTP Ramanujan Prize is awarded annually for excellence in ______. | |
| Â | (1) | Physics |
| Â | (2) | Biology |
| Â | (3) | Mathematics |
| Â | (4) | Chemistry |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) Mathematics
| 6. | Viscose fibre is obtained from ______. | |
| Â | (1) | coal |
| Â | (2) | cellulose |
| Â | (3) | petrochemicals |
| Â | (4) | oil |
CORRECT ANSWER
(2) cellulose
| 7. | Who among the following economists coined the terminology ‘Hindu Rate of Growth’? | |
| Â | (1) | Bimal Jalan |
| Â | (2) | Raj Krishna |
| Â | (3) | Vijay Kelkar |
| Â | (4) | Amiya Kumar Bagchi |
CORRECT ANSWER
(2) Raj Krishna
| 8. | Carbon and energy requirements of an autotrophic organism are fulfilled by ______. | |
| Â | (1) | glycogenation |
| Â | (2) | photosynthesis |
| Â | (3) | locomotion |
| Â | (4) | respiration |
CORRECT ANSWER
(2) photosynthesis
| 9. | For a wave, wavelength divided by the time period is equal to: | |
| Â | (1) | phase difference |
| Â | (2) | wave velocity |
| Â | (3) | frequency |
| Â | (4) | amplitude |
CORRECT ANSWER
(2) wave velocity
| 10. | How many arteries are there in an umbilical cord? | |
| Â | (1) | One |
| Â | (2) | Two |
| Â | (3) | Three |
| Â | (4) | Four |
CORRECT ANSWER
(2) Two
| 11. | ‘Aaluyattu’ is a folk-dance form from the state of ______. | |
| Â | (1) | Nagaland |
| Â | (2) | Kerala |
| Â | (3) | Goa |
| Â | (4) | Haryana |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) Nagaland
| 12. | In which of the following places is a steel plant under SAIL located? | |
| Â | (1) | Korba |
| Â | (2) | Raigarh |
| Â | (3) | Bhilai |
| Â | (4) | Bilaspur |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) Bhilai
| 13. | ______ National Park is in Ladakh. | |
| Â | (1) | Namdapha |
| Â | (2) | Gir |
| Â | (3) | Hemis |
| Â | (4) | Manas |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) Hemis
| 14. | Which of the following is NOT an outcome of endogenic forces? | |
| Â | (1) | Earthquakes |
| Â | (2) | Landslides |
| Â | (3) | Volcanic eruptions |
| Â | (4) | Sea waves |
CORRECT ANSWER
(4) Sea waves
| 15. | In which of the following years was the All-India Harijan Sevak Sangh founded? | |
| Â | (1) | 1919 |
| Â | (2) | 1942 |
| Â | (3) | 1932 |
| Â | (4) | 1928 |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) 1932
| 16. | Which part of the body is associated with the rickets disorder? | |
| Â | (1) | Heart |
| Â | (2) | Bones |
| Â | (3) | Eyes |
| Â | (4) | Skin |
CORRECT ANSWER
(2) Bones
| 17. | How many trains were flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in January 2021 connecting the location of the Statue of Unity to different parts of India? | |
| Â | (1) | Eight |
| Â | (2) | Six |
| Â | (3) | Five |
| Â | (4) | Seven |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) Eight
| 18. | Who among the following was the first Indian to unfurl the tricolour on foreign land? | |
| Â | (1) | Annie Besant |
| Â | (2) | Bhikaiji Cama |
| Â | (3) | Begum Hazrat Mahal |
| Â | (4) | Lakshmi Sehgal |
CORRECT ANSWER
(2) Bhikaiji Cama
| 19. | Which of the following diseases is caused by a parasite? | |
| Â | (1) | Plague |
| Â | (2) | Goitre |
| Â | (3) | Malaria |
| Â | (4) | Pneumonia |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) Malaria
| 20. | Which of the following is a work on statecraft written by Krishnadevaraya? | |
| Â | (1) | Kadambari |
| Â | (2) | Amuktamalyada |
| Â | (3) | Karpuramanjari |
| Â | (4) | Tolkappiyam |
CORRECT ANSWER
(2) Amuktamalyada
| 21. | With which of the following sports is the term ‘Chinaman’ associated? | |
| Â | (1) | Cricket |
| Â | (2) | Polo |
| Â | (3) | Table tennis |
| Â | (4) | Swimming |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) Cricket
| 22. | Which of the following is NOT a feature of food security? | |
| Â | (1) | Availability |
| Â | (2) | Accessibility |
| Â | (3) | Acceptability |
| Â | (4) | Affordability |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) Acceptability
| 23. | ______ is created by the collision of convergent plate boundaries. | |
| Â | (1) | Mid-ocean ridge |
| Â | (2) | Oceanic trench |
| Â | (3) | Mountain building |
| Â | (4) | Land erosion |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) Mountain building
| 24. | India and ______ were declared joint winners of the 2020 Online FIDE Chess Olympiad. | |
| Â | (1) | Russia |
| Â | (2) | The US |
| Â | (3) | Serbia |
| Â | (4) | Estonia |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) Russia
| 25. | When is National Girl Child Day observed annually in India? | |
| Â | (1) | 24 January |
| Â | (2) | 12 May |
| Â | (3) | 5 June |
| Â | (4) | 9 September |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) 24 January
| 26. | Who among the following never became the Vice President of India? | |
| Â | (1) | VV Giri |
| Â | (2) | BD Jatti |
| Â | (3) | Gulzarilal Nanda |
| Â | (4) | Zakir Husain |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) Gulzarilal Nanda
| 27. | Tapovan Vishnugad Hydroelectric Project is located in: | |
| Â | (1) | Himachal Pradesh |
| Â | (2) | Ladakh |
| Â | (3) | Uttarakhand |
| Â | (4) | Jammu and Kashmir |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) Uttarakhand
| 28. | According to the Puranas, Lord Vishnu took the shape of ______ in order to rescue the earth, which had sunk into water. | |
| Â | (1) | a boar |
| Â | (2) | a lion |
| Â | (3) | an elephant |
| Â | (4) | a tiger |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) a boar
| 29. | Who among the following was the Nizam of Hyderabad in 1947? | |
| Â | (1) | Osman Ali |
| Â | (2) | Nasir Jung |
| Â | (3) | Mir Mahbub Ali Khan |
| Â | (4) | Akbar Ali Khan |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) Osman Ali
| 30. | Which of the following locations has the highest altitude? | |
| Â | (1) | Moradabad |
| Â | (2) | Ranikhet |
| Â | (3) | Kolkata |
| Â | (4) | Patna |
CORRECT ANSWER
(2) Ranikhet
| 31. | Which of the following Articles of the Constitution of India provides for the creation of a GST Council? | |
| Â | (1) | Article 269A |
| Â | (2) | Article 279A |
| Â | (3) | Article 323A |
| Â | (4) | Article 246A |
CORRECT ANSWER
(2) Article 279A
| 32. | What is the objective of the ‘Doughnut Model’ of development? | |
| Â | (1) | It envisions rapid development at environmental cost, then make up for it later. |
| Â | (2) | It envisions a world in which people and planet can thrive in balance. |
| Â | (3) | It envisions the food processing industry as the centre of development. |
| Â | (4) | It envisions total abandonment of technology to live at peace with environment. |
CORRECT ANSWER
(2) It envisions a world in which people and planet can thrive in balance.
| 33. | Which of the following is the meaning of ‘Pishtaq’ in the context of medieval Indo- Islamic architecture? | |
| Â | (1) | Tall gateway |
| Â | (2) | Dome |
| Â | (3) | Water tank |
| Â | (4) | True arch |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) Tall gateway
| 34. | ‘Bolak-aat’ is a ______ from the state of Karnataka. | |
| Â | (1) | music form |
| Â | (2) | sculpting form |
| Â | (3) | dance form |
| Â | (4) | painting form |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) dance form
| 35. | Halogens have ______ electrons in their outermost shells. | |
| Â | (1) | seven |
| Â | (2) | six |
| Â | (3) | eight |
| Â | (4) | five |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) seven
| 36. | Who among the following is credited with postulating three laws of planetary motion? | |
| Â | (1) | Galileo Galilei |
| Â | (2) | Isaac Newton |
| Â | (3) | Johannes Kepler |
| Â | (4) | Tycho Brahe |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) Johannes Kepler
| 37. | Who among the following is the author of the book ‘Democrats and Dissenters’? | |
| Â | (1) | Arun Shourie |
| Â | (2) | Nalini Singh |
| Â | (3) | Gurucharan Das |
| Â | (4) | Ramchandra Guha |
CORRECT ANSWER
(4) Ramchandra Guha
| 38. | Which of the following is a water-soluble vitamin? | |
| Â | (1) | Vitamin A |
| Â | (2) | Vitamin K |
| Â | (3) | Vitamin D |
| Â | (4) | Vitamin C |
CORRECT ANSWER
(4) Vitamin C
| 39. | Who among the following is the author of the book ‘Interpreter of Maladies’? | |
| Â | (1) | Anita Nair |
| Â | (2) | Sudha Murty |
| Â | (3) | Arundhati Roy |
| Â | (4) | Jhumpa Lahiri |
CORRECT ANSWER
(4) Jhumpa Lahiri
| 40. | In February 2021, the Defence Ministry of India awarded a contract to manufacture 83 Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas fighters to ______. | |
| Â | (1) | Defence Research and Development Organisation |
| Â | (2) | Bharat Dynamics Limited |
| Â | (3) | Hindustan Aeronautics Limited |
| Â | (4) | Bharat Electronics Limited |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
| 41. | ______ organised his trusted nobles into a group of forty known as Turkani- Chahalgani. | |
| Â | (1) | Iltutmish |
| Â | (2) | Ala-ud-Din Khilji |
| Â | (3) | Qutub-Ud-Din Aibak |
| Â | (4) | Balban |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) Iltutmish
| 42. | ______ is a branch of biology that studies fungi. | |
| Â | (1) | Morphology |
| Â | (2) | Virology |
| Â | (3) | Kalology |
| Â | (4) | Mycology |
CORRECT ANSWER
(4) Mycology
| 43. | Who among the following was the Australian Open 2022 women’s singles winner? | |
| Â | (1) | Garbine Muguruza |
| Â | (2) | Sofia Kenin |
| Â | (3) | Serena Williams |
| Â | (4) | Ashleigh Barty |
CORRECT ANSWER
(4) Ashleigh Barty
| 44. | The elements of the groups 3 to 12 are called ______ elements or transition elements. | |
| Â | (1) | d-block |
| Â | (2) | a-block |
| Â | (3) | c-block |
| Â | (4) | b-block |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) d-block
| 45. | How many people were awarded the Padma Vibhushan in January 2022? | |
| Â | (1) | 7 |
| Â | (2) | 10 |
| Â | (3) | 4 |
| Â | (4) | 29 |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) 4
| 46. | Which of the following nations is NOT a part of the Quad Group? | |
| Â | (1) | Australia |
| Â | (2) | India |
| Â | (3) | Japan |
| Â | (4) | Canada |
CORRECT ANSWER
(4) Canada
| 47. | Where is the headquarters of International Hockey Federation (FIH) located? | |
| Â | (1) | Switzerland |
| Â | (2) | Bhutan |
| Â | (3) | Australia |
| Â | (4) | Nepal |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) Switzerland
| 48. | Who among the following had written the book ‘Char Chaman’, during the reign of Shah Jahan, describing the Mughal nobility? | |
| Â | (1) | Gulbadan Begum |
|  | (2) | Abu’l Dazl |
| Â | (3) | Chandrabhan Brahman |
| Â | (4) | Muhammad Waris |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) Chandrabhan Brahman
| 49. | In which of the following years was the origin and enactment of the Indian Age of Consent Act passed? | |
| Â | (1) | 1901 |
| Â | (2) | 1889 |
| Â | (3) | 1891 |
| Â | (4) | 1834 |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) 1891
| 50. | Which of the following is a private good? | |
| Â | (1) | Non-rival in consumption and non-excludable |
| Â | (2) | A good that is consumed by a single person or household |
| Â | (3) | Spillover benefits |
| Â | (4) | A good that is available to everyone to consume, regardless of who pays for it and who does not. |
CORRECT ANSWER
(2) A good that is consumed by a single person or household
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