General Awareness Practice Test Set-3
| 1. | Who is the ex-officio President of the Indian Parliamentary Group (IPG), set up in 1949, which functions as the national group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and the main branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) in India? | |
| Â | (1) | Vice President |
| Â | (2) | Prime Minister |
| Â | (3) | President |
| Â | (4) | Speaker of the Lok Sabha |
CORRECT ANSWER
(4) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
| 2. | In which state is Ponu Yoksi, a sword-like instrument, used during ceremonial dances performed by priests? | |
| Â | (1) | Arunachal Pradesh |
| Â | (2) | Madhya Pradesh |
| Â | (3) | Uttar Pradesh |
| Â | (4) | Himachal Pradesh |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) Arunachal Pradesh
| 3. | Of the known elements in the periodic table, only ______ are gases under normal atmospheric conditions. | |
| Â | (1) | 10 |
| Â | (2) | 13 |
| Â | (3) | 11 |
| Â | (4) | 12 |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) 11
| 4. | Which of the following countries’ former Prime Minister was awarded with the Padma Vibhushan award in 2021? | |
| Â | (1) | Japan |
| Â | (2) | Bangladesh |
| Â | (3) | Nepal |
| Â | (4) | Sri Lanka |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) Japan
| 5. | In which Indian state will you find the Borail Wildlife Sanctuary? | |
| Â | (1) | Odisha |
| Â | (2) | Assam |
| Â | (3) | Karnataka |
| Â | (4) | West Bengal |
CORRECT ANSWER
(2) Assam
| 6. | The ______ rate measures rising prices in everything except food and energy. | |
| Â | (1) | core inflation |
| Â | (2) | wage inflation |
| Â | (3) | deflation |
| Â | (4) | stagflation |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) core inflation
| 7. | Which of the following is one of the metals used in LED semiconductor technology? | |
| Â | (1) | Iron |
| Â | (2) | Zinc |
| Â | (3) | Gallium |
| Â | (4) | Copper |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) Gallium
| 8. | The place of Gautama Buddha’s birth was a grove known as ______. | |
| Â | (1) | Kavus |
| Â | (2) | Mangar Bani |
| Â | (3) | Lumbini |
| Â | (4) | Mawphlang |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) Lumbini
| 9. | ______ is a practice of establishing and managing individual trees generally for amenity purposes. | |
| Â | (1) | Arboriculture |
| Â | (2) | Viniculture |
| Â | (3) | Floriculture |
| Â | (4) | Silviculture |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) Arboriculture
| 10. | When is the Hindi Diwas observed annually? | |
| Â | (1) | 2 October |
| Â | (2) | 14 September |
| Â | (3) | 14 March |
| Â | (4) | 6 April |
CORRECT ANSWER
(2) 14 September
| 11. | Who among the following was the first Vice President of India? | |
| Â | (1) | Zakir Hussain |
| Â | (2) | Varahagiri Venkata Giri |
| Â | (3) | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
| Â | (4) | Gopal Swarup Pathak |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
| 12. | What is the name of the river formed by the confluence of Sankh River and South Koel River at Vedvyas in Odisha? | |
| Â | (1) | Pennar |
| Â | (2) | Sabarmati |
| Â | (3) | Subarnarekha |
| Â | (4) | Brahmani |
CORRECT ANSWER
(4) Brahmani
| 13. | Which of the following is also called ‘green algae’? | |
| Â | (1) | Porphyridium |
| Â | (2) | Phaeophyceae |
| Â | (3) | Rhodophyceae |
| Â | (4) | Chlorophyceae |
CORRECT ANSWER
(4) Chlorophyceae
| 14. | Who among the following is an Indian Paralympic swimmer? | |
| Â | (1) | Sharath M Gayakwad |
| Â | (2) | Gaurav Khanna |
| Â | (3) | Pramod Bhagat |
| Â | (4) | Sukant Kadam |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) Sharath M Gayakwad
| 15. | In which of the following years did the revolt in the countryside of the Bombay Deccan occur? | |
| Â | (1) | 1890 |
| Â | (2) | 1875 |
| Â | (3) | 1905 |
| Â | (4) | 1790 |
CORRECT ANSWER
(2) 1875
| 16. | What do you call the effect of splitting of a spectral line into several components in the presence of a static magnetic field? | |
| Â | (1) | Askaryan effect |
| Â | (2) | Domino effect |
| Â | (3) | Bezold effect |
| Â | (4) | Zeeman effect |
CORRECT ANSWER
(4) Zeeman effect
| 17. | As of 26th June 2022, who is the Lok Sabha Speaker? | |
| Â | (1) | Rajnath Singh |
| Â | (2) | Om Birla |
| Â | (3) | JP Nadda |
| Â | (4) | Nitin Gadkari |
CORRECT ANSWER
(2) Om Birla
| 18. | ‘Swasthya Sathi’ scheme is the health insurance scheme that covers the entire population of which of the following states? | |
| Â | (1) | Meghalaya |
| Â | (2) | West Bengal |
| Â | (3) | Assam |
| Â | (4) | Bihar |
CORRECT ANSWER
(2) West Bengal
| 19. | When is the statehood day of Tripura observed? | |
| Â | (1) | 3 October |
| Â | (2) | 21 January |
| Â | (3) | 12 March |
| Â | (4) | 21 February |
CORRECT ANSWER
(2) 21 January
| 20. | Article 21A of the Constitution of India provides Right to ______. | |
| Â | (1) | Equality |
| Â | (2) | Work |
| Â | (3) | Education |
| Â | (4) | Privacy |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) Education
| 21. | In which of the following states is Anchar Lake located? | |
| Â | (1) | Jammu and Kashmir |
| Â | (2) | Bihar |
| Â | (3) | Meghalaya |
| Â | (4) | Assam |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) Jammu and Kashmir
| 22. | Topaz is a ______ of fluorine and aluminium. | |
| Â | (1) | carbonate |
| Â | (2) | sulphate |
| Â | (3) | phosphate |
| Â | (4) | silicate |
CORRECT ANSWER
(4) silicate
| 23. | Which of the following states topped the second edition of the Indian Innovation Index released by NITI Aayog in January 2021? | |
| Â | (1) | Punjab |
| Â | (2) | Andhra Pradesh |
| Â | (3) | Tamil Nadu |
| Â | (4) | Karnataka |
CORRECT ANSWER
(4) Karnataka
| 24. | ‘Jadopatiya’ is a form of ______ popular in the state of Jharkhand. | |
| Â | (1) | painting |
| Â | (2) | sculpture |
| Â | (3) | dance |
| Â | (4) | music |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) painting
| 25. | Who among the following was one of the leaders who was instrumental in convincing Mahatma Gandhi about the need to start a non-cooperation movement in support of The Khilafat? | |
| Â | (1) | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad |
| Â | (2) | Abdul Ghaffar Khan |
| Â | (3) | Shaukat Ali |
| Â | (4) | Mohammad Ali Jinnah |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) Shaukat Ali
| 26. | Which of the following organs secretes hydrochloric acid that helps our body in killing pathogenic bacteria? | |
| Â | (1) | Heart |
| Â | (2) | Stomach |
| Â | (3) | Kidney |
| Â | (4) | Brain |
CORRECT ANSWER
(2) Stomach
| 27. | SHG promotes thrift in small proportion by a minimum contribution from each member of the group. What does ‘H’ stand for in SHG? | |
| Â | (1) | Harvest |
| Â | (2) | Heavy |
| Â | (3) | Help |
| Â | (4) | Habitat |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) Help
| 28. | Which of the following is NOT in Karnataka? | |
| Â | (1) | Mysore Palace |
| Â | (2) | Bannerghatta National Park |
| Â | (3) | Hampi |
| Â | (4) | Duduma Waterfall |
CORRECT ANSWER
(4) Duduma Waterfall
| 29. | Who among the following laid the foundations of the Indian National Movement by founding the Indian Association at Calcutta in 1876? | |
| Â | (1) | Womesh Chandra Banerjee |
| Â | (2) | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| Â | (3) | Surendranath Banerjee |
| Â | (4) | Aurobindo Ghose |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) Surendranath Banerjee
| 30. | Who among the following won the ‘Indian Personality of the Year Award’ during the 52nd International Film Festival? | |
| Â | (1) | Asha Bhosle |
| Â | (2) | Shabana Azmi |
| Â | (3) | Prasoon Joshi |
| Â | (4) | Amitabh Bachchan |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) Prasoon Joshi
| 31. | Who among the following rulers is called the ‘Napolean of India’? | |
| Â | (1) | Chandragupta I |
| Â | (2) | Bindusara |
| Â | (3) | Ashoka |
| Â | (4) | Samudragupta |
CORRECT ANSWER
(4) Samudragupta
| 32. | In the periodic table, the highly electronegative halogens and the highly electropositive alkali metals are separated by: | |
| Â | (1) | Rare earth elements |
| Â | (2) | Noble metals |
| Â | (3) | Alkaline earth metals |
| Â | (4) | Noble gases |
CORRECT ANSWER
(4) Noble gases
| 33. | Deserts, rain forests, coral reefs and mangroves are features of ______ diversity. | |
| Â | (1) | genetic |
| Â | (2) | cultural |
| Â | (3) | species |
| Â | (4) | ecological |
CORRECT ANSWER
(4) ecological
| 34. | Which of the following elements’ salts are most soluble? | |
| Â | (1) | Lithium |
| Â | (2) | Rubidium |
| Â | (3) | Sodium |
| Â | (4) | Potassium |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) Sodium
| 35. | In which of the following states is the Bhitarkanika National Park situated? | |
| Â | (1) | Goa |
| Â | (2) | Meghalaya |
| Â | (3) | Odisha |
| Â | (4) | Kerala |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) Odisha
| 36. | Whose administration became a model that was followed by Akbar when he consolidated the Mughal Empire? | |
| Â | (1) | Iltutmish |
| Â | (2) | Bahlul Lodi |
| Â | (3) | Ghiyas ud din Balban |
| Â | (4) | Sher Shah Suri |
CORRECT ANSWER
(4) Sher Shah Suri
| 37. | Who among the following wrote the basic text of Vaisheshika philosophy? | |
| Â | (1) | Patanjali |
| Â | (2) | Kanada |
| Â | (3) | Shankaracharya |
| Â | (4) | Jaimini |
CORRECT ANSWER
(2) Kanada
| 38. | Which two great footballers, who were members of the gold medal winning team of 1962 Asian Games, passed away in 2020? | |
| Â | (1) | Krishanu Dey and C Prasad |
| Â | (2) | Chuni Goswami and PK Banerjee |
| Â | (3) | Ram Bahadur and Jarnail Singh |
| Â | (4) | Yousuf Khan and TA Rahaman |
CORRECT ANSWER
(2) Chuni Goswami and PK Banerjee
| 39. | Which of the following is another name for ‘white ant’? | |
| Â | (1) | Termite |
| Â | (2) | Mosquito |
| Â | (3) | Housefly |
| Â | (4) | Wasp |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) Termite
| 40. | What do you call the amount of monetary or other returns, either earned or unearned, accruing over a period of time? | |
| Â | (1) | Services |
| Â | (2) | Income |
| Â | (3) | Price |
| Â | (4) | Value |
CORRECT ANSWER
(2) Income
| 41. | Pushyabhuti, who ruled from Thaneswar, was the founder of ______ dynasty. | |
| Â | (1) | Pandya |
| Â | (2) | Chera |
| Â | (3) | Chalukya |
| Â | (4) | Vardhana |
CORRECT ANSWER
(4) Vardhana
| 42. | Almost 98% of Earth’s crust is made up of eight elements. Which of the following does NOT figure among these elements? | |
| Â | (1) | Carbon |
| Â | (2) | Oxygen |
| Â | (3) | Calcium |
| Â | (4) | Silicon |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) Carbon
| 43. | Who wrote the book ‘The Quest for Equity in Development’? | |
| Â | (1) | Manmohan Singh |
| Â | (2) | Raghuram Rajan |
| Â | (3) | Montek Singh Ahluwalia |
| Â | (4) | Amartya Sen |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) Manmohan Singh
| 44. | The Vedic view of an individual and his relation to society is determined by four objectives of life. Which of the following is NOT one of these objectives? | |
| Â | (1) | Siddhi |
| Â | (2) | Dharma |
| Â | (3) | Moksha |
| Â | (4) | Artha |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) Siddhi
| 45. | Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas? | |
| Â | (1) | Helium |
| Â | (2) | Surface level ozone |
| Â | (3) | Nitrous oxide |
| Â | (4) | Water vapour |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) Helium
| 46. | Which of the following Articles of the Constitution of India adopted Hindi in Devanagari script as the official language of the Union? | |
| Â | (1) | Article 108 |
| Â | (2) | Article 123 |
| Â | (3) | Article 343 (1) |
| Â | (4) | Article 231 |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) Article 343 (1)
| 47. | What is represented by the product of force with displacement in the direction of force? | |
| Â | (1) | Impulse |
| Â | (2) | Work |
| Â | (3) | Power |
| Â | (4) | Momentum |
CORRECT ANSWER
(2) Work
| 48. | In October 2020, the world’s longest highway tunnel was inaugurated in the state of ______. | |
| Â | (1) | Madhya Pradesh |
| Â | (2) | Uttar Pradesh |
| Â | (3) | Arunachal Pradesh |
| Â | (4) | Himachal Pradesh |
CORRECT ANSWER
(4) Himachal Pradesh
| 49. | Till 20 January 1972, which present-day Indian state was known as the North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA)? | |
| Â | (1) | Nagaland |
| Â | (2) | Arunachal Pradesh |
| Â | (3) | Assam |
| Â | (4) | Sikkim |
CORRECT ANSWER
(2) Arunachal Pradesh
| 50. | Which of the following countries will host the 2022 FIFA World Cup? | |
| Â | (1) | The US |
| Â | (2) | Brazil |
| Â | (3) | Qatar |
| Â | (4) | Russia |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) Qatar
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