General Awareness Practice Test Set-5
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| 1. | Who among the following received the ‘Global GoalKeeper’ Award in 2021? | |
| Â | (1) | Narendra Modi |
| Â | (2) | Abiy Ahmed |
| Â | (3) | Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka |
| Â | (4) | Elon Musk |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
| 2. | The main collections of Vedic hymns are called ______. | |
| Â | (1) | Pad |
| Â | (2) | Sutra |
| Â | (3) | Samhita |
| Â | (4) | Mukh |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) Samhita
| 3. | ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) successfully launched a remote sensing satellite of which country on 28th February 2021? | |
| Â | (1) | Brazil |
| Â | (2) | Mexico |
| Â | (3) | Cuba |
| Â | (4) | Spain |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) Brazil
| 4. | Chandragupta led a revolt against the ______ and overthrew them. | |
| Â | (1) | Nandas |
| Â | (2) | Haryankas |
| Â | (3) | Shishunagas |
| Â | (4) | Kushanas |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) Nandas
| 5. | ______ are thick deposits of glacial clay and other materials embedded with moraines. | |
| Â | (1) | Duns |
| Â | (2) | Karewas |
| Â | (3) | Bhabars |
| Â | (4) | Duars |
CORRECT ANSWER
(2) Karewas
| 6. | In 2020, who among the following became the most successful F1 driver with the most career wins, overtaking Michael Schumacher? | |
| Â | (1) | Lewis Hamilton |
| Â | (2) | Kimi Raikkonen |
| Â | (3) | Fernando Alonso |
| Â | (4) | Sebastian Vettel |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) Lewis Hamilton
| 7. | Which of the following statements is correct? | |
| Â | (1) | Two magnetic field lines may intersect. |
| Â | (2) | The net magnetic flux through any closed surface is zero. |
|  | (3) | Earth’s magnetic poles coincide with the geographic poles. |
| Â | (4) | Magnetic flux is a vector quantity. |
CORRECT ANSWER
(2) The net magnetic flux through any closed surface is zero.
| 8. | Who among the following was the first Indian table tennis player ever to become a nine times senior national champion as of January 2021? | |
| Â | (1) | Manav Thakkar |
| Â | (2) | Achanta Sharath Kamal |
| Â | (3) | Harmeet Desai |
| Â | (4) | Soumyajit Ghosh |
CORRECT ANSWER
(2) Achanta Sharath Kamal
| 9. | The colour of an emerald is generally ______. | |
| Â | (1) | yellow |
| Â | (2) | green |
| Â | (3) | red |
| Â | (4) | blue |
CORRECT ANSWER
(2) green
| 10. | The ‘Lezim’ dance form is peculiar to which of the following states? | |
| Â | (1) | Maharashtra |
| Â | (2) | Gujarat |
| Â | (3) | Karnataka |
| Â | (4) | Bihar |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) Maharashtra
| 11. | Which of the following is NOT a storage root? | |
| Â | (1) | Conical root |
| Â | (2) | Napiform root |
| Â | (3) | Fusiform root |
| Â | (4) | Breathing root |
CORRECT ANSWER
(4) Breathing root
| 12. | In which of the following years was the Rajya Sabha first constituted? | |
| Â | (1) | 1947 |
| Â | (2) | 1950 |
| Â | (3) | 1952 |
| Â | (4) | 1948 |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) 1952
| 13. | Bombay Stock Exchange became the first stock exchange in India to launch commodity derivatives contract in gold and ______. | |
| Â | (1) | diamond |
| Â | (2) | platinum |
| Â | (3) | silver |
| Â | (4) | equity |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) silver
| 14. | In 2022, which of the following tiger reserves won the ‘TX2 Award’ for its efforts to increase the tiger population? | |
| Â | (1) | Pilibhit Tiger Reserve |
| Â | (2) | Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve |
| Â | (3) | Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve |
| Â | (4) | Periyar Tiger Reserve |
CORRECT ANSWER
(2) Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve
| 15. | As of June 2022, who among the following is the Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting? | |
| Â | (1) | Babul Supriyo |
| Â | (2) | Ravi Shankar Prasad |
| Â | (3) | Anurag Singh Thakur |
| Â | (4) | Prakash Javadekar |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) Anurag Singh Thakur
| 16. | Ghulam Nabi Azad was awarded the Padma Bhushan in the field of ______ in January 2022. | |
| Â | (1) | politics |
| Â | (2) | Public Affairs |
| Â | (3) | art |
| Â | (4) | science |
CORRECT ANSWER
(2) Public Affairs
| 17. | Plants grown at which of the following places take up carbon dioxide during the night? | |
| Â | (1) | Deserts |
| Â | (2) | Roof tops |
| Â | (3) | Ocean beds |
| Â | (4) | Hilly terrains |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) Deserts
| 18. | Sandalwood grows in which type of forests? | |
| Â | (1) | Equatorial evergreen forests |
| Â | (2) | Savanna forests |
| Â | (3) | Tropical rainforests |
| Â | (4) | Tropical deciduous forests |
CORRECT ANSWER
(4) Tropical deciduous forests
| 19. | Who among the following is the founder of the field of psychoanalysis? | |
| Â | (1) | Carl Jung |
| Â | (2) | Jean Piaget |
| Â | (3) | Sigmund Freud |
| Â | (4) | Kai T Erikson |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) Sigmund Freud
| 20. | ______ is an alphanumeric code that uniquely identifies a bank-branch participating in the NEFT system. | |
| Â | (1) | SFMS |
| Â | (2) | IFSC |
| Â | (3) | STP |
| Â | (4) | RTGS |
CORRECT ANSWER
(2) IFSC
| 21. | Alivardi Khan was a Nawab of ______. | |
| Â | (1) | Deccan |
| Â | (2) | Malabar |
| Â | (3) | Bengal |
| Â | (4) | Awadh |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) Bengal
| 22. | In which of the following years did Japan invade India resulting in the Battle of Imphal? | |
| Â | (1) | 1944 |
| Â | (2) | 1862 |
| Â | (3) | 1901 |
| Â | (4) | 1899 |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) 1944
| 23. | In 2020, Kolkata Port Trust was renamed as ______. | |
| Â | (1) | Ramakrishna Trust |
| Â | (2) | Syama Prasad Mookerjee Trust |
| Â | (3) | Subhash Chandra Bose Trust |
| Â | (4) | Sri Aurobindo Trust |
CORRECT ANSWER
(2) Syama Prasad Mookerjee Trust
| 24. | IPR 1956 formed the basis of the ______ Five Year Plan of India. | |
| Â | (1) | Fourth |
| Â | (2) | Third |
| Â | (3) | First |
| Â | (4) | Second |
CORRECT ANSWER
(4) Second
| 25. | In connection with the issue of adoption of villages by parliamentarians, a scheme named ‘SAGY’ was launched. What does the ‘A’ in SAGY stand for? | |
| Â | (1) | Anubhav |
| Â | (2) | Apna |
| Â | (3) | Adarsh |
| Â | (4) | Atmanirbhar |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) Adarsh
| 26. | Weber per second is equivalent to ______. | |
| Â | (1) | ohm |
| Â | (2) | volt |
| Â | (3) | ampere |
| Â | (4) | coulomb |
CORRECT ANSWER
(2) volt
| 27. | Which of the following is a district-cum-tourism hotspot of Arunachal Pradesh? | |
| Â | (1) | Tawang |
| Â | (2) | Kalimpong |
| Â | (3) | Jalpaiguri |
| Â | (4) | Alipurduar |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) Tawang
| 28. | ______ is the largest union territory in India in terms of area. | |
| Â | (1) | Chandigarh |
| Â | (2) | Ladakh |
| Â | (3) | Jammu and Kashmir |
| Â | (4) | Puducherry |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) Jammu and Kashmir
| 29. | Parsec is a unit of ______. | |
| Â | (1) | acceleration |
| Â | (2) | speed |
| Â | (3) | length |
| Â | (4) | time |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) length
| 30. | Which of the following is the nodal ministry for implementation of the ‘SVAMITVA’ scheme launched in 2020? | |
| Â | (1) | Ministry of Education |
|  | (2) | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare |
| Â | (3) | Ministry of Urban and Rural Development |
| Â | (4) | Ministry of Panchayati Raj |
CORRECT ANSWER
(4) Ministry of Panchayati Raj
| 31. | With which of the following sports do you associate the term ‘16-yard hit’? | |
| Â | (1) | Cricket |
| Â | (2) | Lawn tennis |
| Â | (3) | Field hockey |
| Â | (4) | Golf |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) Field hockey
| 32. | World Leprosy Day 2022 was celebrated in India on ______ January 2022. | |
| Â | (1) | 31 |
| Â | (2) | 30 |
| Â | (3) | 22 |
| Â | (4) | 25 |
CORRECT ANSWER
(2) 30
| 33. | Which of the following diseases is caused by bacteria? | |
| Â | (1) | Rubella |
| Â | (2) | Polio |
| Â | (3) | Diphtheria |
| Â | (4) | Zika fever |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) Diphtheria
| 34. | The archaeological site of Atranjikhera is located in ______. | |
| Â | (1) | Himachal Pradesh |
| Â | (2) | Uttarakhand |
| Â | (3) | Maharashtra |
| Â | (4) | Uttar Pradesh |
CORRECT ANSWER
(4) Uttar Pradesh
| 35. | Who is the General Secretary of Communist Party of India as of June 2022? | |
| Â | (1) | Sujan Chakrabarti |
| Â | (2) | S Sudhakar Reddy |
| Â | (3) | Brinda Karat |
| Â | (4) | D Raja |
CORRECT ANSWER
(4) D Raja
| 36. | Alamgir was the title of which Mughal emperor? | |
| Â | (1) | Shah Jahan |
| Â | (2) | Akbar |
| Â | (3) | Babur |
| Â | (4) | Aurangzeb |
CORRECT ANSWER
(4) Aurangzeb
| 37. | Who is the author of the book, ‘Men in White - A Book of Cricket’? | |
| Â | (1) | Mukul Kesavan |
| Â | (2) | Boria Mazumdar |
| Â | (3) | Harsha Bhogle |
| Â | (4) | Sanjay Manjrekar |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) Mukul Kesavan
| 38. | With which of the following states does Bangladesh NOT share its border? | |
| Â | (1) | Nagaland |
| Â | (2) | Assam |
| Â | (3) | Tripura |
| Â | (4) | Meghalaya |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) Nagaland
| 39. | ______ festival in the Bastar region is celebrated along with the worship of the local goddess, Kesharpal Kesharpalin Devi. | |
| Â | (1) | Harela |
| Â | (2) | Phool Dei |
| Â | (3) | Khatarua |
| Â | (4) | Madai |
CORRECT ANSWER
(4) Madai
| 40. | The Arjuna Awards are given by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports to recognise outstanding achievement in sports and games. It was instituted in ______. | |
| Â | (1) | 1969 |
| Â | (2) | 1956 |
| Â | (3) | 1961 |
| Â | (4) | 1947 |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) 1961
| 41. | In 1977, who became the President of the Janata Party, which formed a coalition government at the centre with Morarji Desai as the Prime Minister? | |
| Â | (1) | Chandra Shekhar |
| Â | (2) | Charan Singh |
| Â | (3) | Madhu Dandavate |
| Â | (4) | George Fernandes |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) Chandra Shekhar
| 42. | The Kamaicha is a bowed lute played by the Manganiars of: | |
| Â | (1) | west Rajasthan |
| Â | (2) | west Kerala |
| Â | (3) | west Bihar |
| Â | (4) | west Goa |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) west Rajasthan
| 43. | The rules made for the ______ were written down in a book called ‘Vinaya Pitaka’. | |
| Â | (1) | Vaishnavites |
| Â | (2) | Lingayats |
| Â | (3) | Shakta cult |
| Â | (4) | Buddhist sangha |
CORRECT ANSWER
(4) Buddhist sangha
| 44. | Which of the following is an award for contribution in the field of science and technology? | |
| Â | (1) | Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) Award |
| Â | (2) | Jnanpith Award |
| Â | (3) | Dronacharya Award |
| Â | (4) | Deenanath Mangeshkar Award |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) Award
| 45. | Atoms of which element combines with hydrogen to give water? | |
| Â | (1) | Carbon |
| Â | (2) | Oxygen |
| Â | (3) | Iodine |
| Â | (4) | Nitrogen |
CORRECT ANSWER
(2) Oxygen
| 46. | Which of the following is the SI unit for measuring the amount of a substance? | |
| Â | (1) | mole (mol) |
| Â | (2) | candela (cd) |
| Â | (3) | kelvin (K) |
| Â | (4) | metre (m) |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) mole (mol)
| 47. | General Bipin Rawat was a ______ who was conferred with the Padma Vibhushan posthumously in January 2022. | |
| Â | (1) | Literature and Education |
| Â | (2) | painter |
| Â | (3) | Civil Service |
| Â | (4) | archaeologist |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) Civil Service
| 48. | Shri Radheyshyam Khemka was a ______ who was conferred with the Padma Vibhushan posthumously in January 2022. | |
| Â | (1) | Public Affairs |
| Â | (2) | Literature and Education |
| Â | (3) | Art |
| Â | (4) | archaeologist |
CORRECT ANSWER
(2) Literature and Education
| 49. | Shri Kalyan Singh was a ______ who was conferred with the Padma Vibhushan posthumously in January 2022. | |
| Â | (1) | Public Affairs |
| Â | (2) | Literature and Education |
| Â | (3) | archaeologist |
| Â | (4) | Public Affairs |
CORRECT ANSWER
(4) Public Affairs
| 50. | In which of the following countries was the headquarters of International Olympic Committee located as of May 2022? | |
| Â | (1) | Japan |
| Â | (2) | China |
| Â | (3) | Switzerland |
| Â | (4) | The US |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) Switzerland
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