General Awareness Practice Test Set-8
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| 1. | Who among the following is the author of the book ‘Tabaqat-i-Nasiri’? | |
| Â | (1) | Minhaj-us-Siraj |
| Â | (2) | Ziauddin Barani |
| Â | (3) | Al-Biruni |
| Â | (4) | Amir Khusrau |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) Minhaj-us-Siraj
| 2. | Who among the following was the first scholar to decipher the Ashokan edicts? | |
| Â | (1) | V Gordon Childe |
| Â | (2) | James Prinsep |
| Â | (3) | Alexander Cunningham |
| Â | (4) | James Taylor |
CORRECT ANSWER
(2) James Prinsep
| 3. | The female devotee, Andal belonged to which part of India? | |
| Â | (1) | Southern |
| Â | (2) | North-eastern |
| Â | (3) | Western |
| Â | (4) | Northern |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) Southern
| 4. | Which of the following statements is correct? | |
| Â | (1) | Frequency of a wave is the number of oscillations of each constituent particle in the vibrating medium per minute. |
| Â | (2) | The minimum distance between two points in a wave having the same phase at a particular instant of time is called the wave length. |
| Â | (3) | If the constituents of the medium oscillate perpendicular to the direction of wave propagation, we call the wave a longitudinal wave. |
| Â | (4) | If the constituents of the medium oscillate along the direction of wave propagation, we call the wave a transverse wave. |
CORRECT ANSWER
(2) The minimum distance between two points in a wave having the same phase at a particular instant of time is called the wave length.
| 5. | Identify the author of the book ‘The English Teacher’. | |
| Â | (1) | Khushwant Singh |
| Â | (2) | Vikram Seth |
| Â | (3) | RK Narayan |
| Â | (4) | Salman Rushdie |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) RK Narayan
| 6. | ______ is a process in which impure water is boiled and the steam is collected and condensed in a separate container, leaving many of the solid contaminants behind. | |
| Â | (1) | Filtration |
| Â | (2) | Sedimentation |
| Â | (3) | Distillation |
| Â | (4) | Decantation |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) Distillation
| 7. | Which of the following cities is closest to the location of Pushkar Fair? | |
| Â | (1) | Ajmer |
| Â | (2) | Ahmedabad |
| Â | (3) | Prayagraj |
| Â | (4) | Amravati |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) Ajmer
| 8. | Which branch of economics deals with the depletion of natural resources stock and pollution, which are a result of rapid economic development? | |
| Â | (1) | Public Economics |
| Â | (2) | International Economics |
| Â | (3) | Developmental Economics |
| Â | (4) | Environmental Economics |
CORRECT ANSWER
(4) Environmental Economics
| 9. | In which of the following countries was the first hockey association formed? | |
| Â | (1) | The US |
| Â | (2) | The UK |
| Â | (3) | Spain |
| Â | (4) | India |
CORRECT ANSWER
(2) The UK
| 10. | ______ is made of lower density felsic rocks, such as andesite and granite. | |
| Â | (1) | Continental crust |
| Â | (2) | Oceanic crust |
| Â | (3) | Outer core |
| Â | (4) | Inner core |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) Continental crust
| 11. | Identify the state in which you will find the highest peak of the Deccan Plateau, Anai Mudi. | |
| Â | (1) | Tamil Nadu |
| Â | (2) | Karnataka |
| Â | (3) | Andhra Pradesh |
| Â | (4) | Kerala |
CORRECT ANSWER
(4) Kerala
| 12. | Who among the following chroniclers wrote about Raziyya and recognised that she was more able and qualified than all her brothers? | |
| Â | (1) | Ibn Battuta |
| Â | (2) | Minhaj-i-Siraj |
| Â | (3) | Amir Khusrau |
| Â | (4) | Zia-ud-din Barani |
CORRECT ANSWER
(2) Minhaj-i-Siraj
| 13. | Which of the following is NOT a disease caused by a virus? | |
| Â | (1) | Ebola |
| Â | (2) | AIDS |
| Â | (3) | Zika |
| Â | (4) | Plague |
CORRECT ANSWER
(4) Plague
| 14. | The horizontal rows in the modern periodic table are called: | |
| Â | (1) | clusters |
| Â | (2) | periods |
| Â | (3) | families |
| Â | (4) | groups |
CORRECT ANSWER
(2) periods
| 15. | What is the chemical symbol of magnesium? | |
| Â | (1) | Mn |
| Â | (2) | Ma |
| Â | (3) | Mg |
| Â | (4) | Ms |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) Mg
| 16. | Which of the following is NOT a traditional water storage structure? | |
| Â | (1) | Kund |
| Â | (2) | Tanka |
| Â | (3) | Haryali |
| Â | (4) | Johad |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) Haryali
| 17. | Which of the following body parts behaves like a stretched rubber sheet? | |
| Â | (1) | Eardrum |
| Â | (2) | Tongue |
| Â | (3) | Nostril |
| Â | (4) | Eye lens |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) Eardrum
| 18. | Which of the following is a flightless bird? | |
| Â | (1) | Crane |
| Â | (2) | Kiwi |
| Â | (3) | Peacock |
| Â | (4) | Hen |
CORRECT ANSWER
(2) Kiwi
| 19. | Who among the following issued Mahzarnama in 1579? | |
| Â | (1) | Jahangir |
| Â | (2) | Shah Jahan |
| Â | (3) | Humayun |
| Â | (4) | Akbar |
CORRECT ANSWER
(4) Akbar
| 20. | Which of the following is located in Gujarat? | |
| Â | (1) | Humayun Tomb |
| Â | (2) | Alai Darwaza |
| Â | (3) | Bibi Ka Maqbara |
| Â | (4) | Rani-ki-Vav |
CORRECT ANSWER
(4) Rani-ki-Vav
| 21. | The rupee symbol, which was introduced in India in 2010, is an amalgamation of the Devanagari ‘Ra’ and the ______ ‘R’ without the stem. | |
| Â | (1) | Brahmi |
| Â | (2) | Cyrillic |
| Â | (3) | Roman |
| Â | (4) | Ol Chiki |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) Roman
| 22. | Gautamiputra Satakarni was a ______ ruler. | |
| Â | (1) | Eastern Ganga |
| Â | (2) | Mauryan |
| Â | (3) | Parthian |
| Â | (4) | Satavahana |
CORRECT ANSWER
(4) Satavahana
| 23. | India’s first seaplane service, that was launched in November 2020, operates between Kevadiya and ______. | |
| Â | (1) | Surat |
| Â | (2) | Vadodara |
| Â | (3) | Ahmedabad |
| Â | (4) | Rajkot |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) Ahmedabad
| 24. | ______ is one of the most popular folk dances of Odisha. | |
| Â | (1) | Rauf |
| Â | (2) | Giddha |
| Â | (3) | Hojagiri |
| Â | (4) | Dalkhai |
CORRECT ANSWER
(4) Dalkhai
| 25. | How many oxygen atoms are present in a molecule of potassium permanganate? | |
| Â | (1) | One |
| Â | (2) | Three |
| Â | (3) | Two |
| Â | (4) | Four |
CORRECT ANSWER
(4) Four
| 26. | Which of the following waterfalls is located in Madhya Pradesh? | |
| Â | (1) | Khandadhar |
| Â | (2) | Shivasamudram |
| Â | (3) | Dudhsagar |
| Â | (4) | Dhuandhar |
CORRECT ANSWER
(4) Dhuandhar
| 27. | Who among the following earned the sobriquet ‘Bharat Kokila’ from Mahatma Gandhi? | |
| Â | (1) | Sarojini Naidu |
| Â | (2) | Annie Besant |
| Â | (3) | Sucheta Kriplani |
| Â | (4) | Toru Dutt |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) Sarojini Naidu
| 28. | Who is the author of the book ‘Ethical Religion’? | |
| Â | (1) | Swami Vivekananda |
| Â | (2) | Vinoba Bhave |
| Â | (3) | Mahatma Gandhi |
| Â | (4) | Bipan Chandra |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) Mahatma Gandhi
| 29. | What are the two variables whose relationship is given by the environmental Kuznets curve? | |
| Â | (1) | Inequality and tax revenue |
| Â | (2) | Inequality and per capita income |
| Â | (3) | Environmental degradation and tax revenue |
| Â | (4) | Environmental degradation and per capita income |
CORRECT ANSWER
(4) Environmental degradation and per capita income
| 30. | The liver is affected; and skin and eyes turn yellow due to the deposit of bile pigments. Which of the following digestive disorders is described here? | |
| Â | (1) | Vomiting |
| Â | (2) | Jaundice |
| Â | (3) | Constipation |
| Â | (4) | Diarrhoea |
CORRECT ANSWER
(2) Jaundice
| 31. | Through which amendment was the Tenth Schedule added to the Constitution of India? | |
| Â | (1) | 53rd |
| Â | (2) | 52nd |
| Â | (3) | 42nd |
| Â | (4) | 43rd |
CORRECT ANSWER
(2) 52nd
| 32. | The Battle of Khanua was fought between Babur and ______. | |
| Â | (1) | Rana Sanga |
| Â | (2) | Todar Mal |
| Â | (3) | Hemu |
| Â | (4) | Sher Shah Suri |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) Rana Sanga
| 33. | Which of the following was NOT a part of Gondwanaland? | |
| Â | (1) | Australia |
| Â | (2) | South America |
| Â | (3) | India |
| Â | (4) | North America |
CORRECT ANSWER
(4) North America
| 34. | Who among the following appoints the Speaker ‘Pro tem’ of the Lok Sabha? | |
| Â | (1) | Chief Justice of Supreme Court |
| Â | (2) | President |
| Â | (3) | Chief Election Commissioner |
| Â | (4) | Prime Minister |
CORRECT ANSWER
(2) President
| 35. | The Indian Mutiny began from Meerut on 10 May 1857 and ended in: | |
| Â | (1) | Delhi on 18 September 1859 |
| Â | (2) | Jhansi on 15 August 1860 |
| Â | (3) | Gwalior on 20 June 1858 |
| Â | (4) | Kolkata on 13 May 1858 |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) Gwalior on 20 June 1858
| 36. | The lowest temperature at which a substance catches fire is called its: | |
| Â | (1) | ignition temperature |
| Â | (2) | normal temperature |
| Â | (3) | boiling point |
| Â | (4) | melting point |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) ignition temperature
| 37. | The lowest temperature at which a substance catches fire is called its: | |
| Â | (1) | ignition temperature |
| Â | (2) | normal temperature |
| Â | (3) | boiling point |
| Â | (4) | melting point |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) ignition temperature
| 38. | With which sports do you associate the name Prasanta Dora, who passed away at the age of 44 in January 2021? | |
| Â | (1) | Cycling |
| Â | (2) | Wrestling |
| Â | (3) | Volleyball |
| Â | (4) | Football |
CORRECT ANSWER
(4) Football
| 39. | ‘Thullal’ is a solo satiric dance form belonging to the state of ______. | |
| Â | (1) | Goa |
| Â | (2) | Kerala |
| Â | (3) | Arunachal Pradesh |
| Â | (4) | Haryana |
CORRECT ANSWER
(2) Kerala
| 40. | Prophet Muhammad founded the faith of Islam in the ______ century. | |
| Â | (1) | sixth |
| Â | (2) | ninth |
| Â | (3) | seventh |
| Â | (4) | eighth |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) seventh
| 41. | Which of the following is known as alkaline earth metal? | |
| Â | (1) | Magnesium |
| Â | (2) | Cobalt |
| Â | (3) | Copper |
| Â | (4) | Platinum |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) Magnesium
| 42. | ______ is a sessile animal, that relies upon its relationship with plants like algae to build the largest structures of biological origin on earth. | |
| Â | (1) | Mammal |
| Â | (2) | Bird |
| Â | (3) | Reptile |
| Â | (4) | Coral |
CORRECT ANSWER
(4) Coral
| 43. | Which of the following places is NOT located on the banks of river Ganga? | |
| Â | (1) | Varanasi |
| Â | (2) | Kanpur |
| Â | (3) | Hazaribagh |
| Â | (4) | Phaphamau |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) Hazaribagh
| 44. | How many brightest stars is the constellation called the Great Bear made up of? | |
| Â | (1) | Nine |
| Â | (2) | Five |
| Â | (3) | Seven |
| Â | (4) | Three |
CORRECT ANSWER
(3) Seven
| 45. | A/an ______ is a natural geo-hydrological unit of land, which collects water and drains it through a common point by a system of streams. | |
| Â | (1) | watershed |
| Â | (2) | reservoir |
| Â | (3) | aquifer |
| Â | (4) | warabandi |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) watershed
| 46. | Who among the following had invaded India in 712 AD? | |
| Â | (1) | Muhammad Bin-Quasim |
| Â | (2) | Mahmud of Ghazni |
| Â | (3) | Muhammad Ghori |
| Â | (4) | Qutub-ud-Din Aibak |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) Muhammad Bin-Quasim
| 47. | Coulomb per second is equivalent to ______. | |
| Â | (1) | ampere |
| Â | (2) | ohm |
| Â | (3) | volt |
| Â | (4) | joule |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) ampere
| 48. | Who among the following is one of the authors of ‘The Hitman: The Rohit Sharma Story’? | |
| Â | (1) | G Krishnan |
| Â | (2) | Anupam Kher |
| Â | (3) | Sanjana Desai |
| Â | (4) | S Hareesh |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) G Krishnan
| 49. | An economy in which both, the private sector and the government are involved is known as a/an ______ economy. | |
| Â | (1) | mixed |
| Â | (2) | blended |
| Â | (3) | amalgam |
| Â | (4) | parallel |
CORRECT ANSWER
(1) mixed
| 50. | Force of attraction between molecules of the same substance is called ______. | |
| Â | (1) | viscosity |
| Â | (2) | cohesive force |
| Â | (3) | surface tension |
| Â | (4) | adhesive force |
CORRECT ANSWER
(2) cohesive force
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