General Awareness Questions

1. In the eye donation, which part of the eye is transplanted from the donor ?
(A) Cornea
(B) The whole eye
(C) Lens
(D) Retina

2. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?
(A) Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) —Satellite Programme
(B) Falcon—Under-seacable system
(C) Discovery —Space Shuttle
(D) Atlantis —Space Station

3. Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the formation of the following as full States of the Union ?
(A) Sikkim-Arunachal Pradesh-Nagaland-Haryana
(B) Nagaland-Haryana-Sikkim-Arunachal Pradesh
(C) Sikkim-Haryana-Nagaland-Arunachal Pradesh
(D) Nagaland - Arunachal-Pradesh-Sikkim-Haryana

4. Which one of the following is printed on a commonly used flourescent tubelight ?
(A) 220 K
(B) 273 K
(C) 6500 K
(D) 9000 K

5. Which one of the following countries is the first country in the world to propose a carbon tax for its people to address global warming ?
(A) Australia
(B) Germany
(C) Japan
(D) New Zealand

6. Which one among the following was set up in pursuance of a definite provision under an Article of the Constitution of India ?
(A) University Grants Commission
(B) National Human Rights Commission
(C) Election Commission
(D) Central Vigilance Commission

7. The number of High Courts in India is—
(A) 22
(B) 24
(C) 21
(D) 25

8. Who among the following was a proponent of Fabianism as a Movement ?
(A) Annie Beasant
(B) A. O. Hume
(C) Michael Madhusudan Dutt
(D) R. Palme Dutt

9. What was Komagata Maru ?
(A) A political party based in Taiwan
(B) Peasant Communist leader of China
(C) A naval ship on voyage to Canada
(D) A Chinese village where Mao Tse Tung began his Long March

10. Which one of the following countries does not border Lithuania ?
(A) Poland
(B) Ukraine
(C) Belarus
(D) Latavia

11. Where are the Balearic islands located ?
(A) Mediterranean Sea
(B) Black Sea
(C) Baltic Sea
(D) North Sea

12. Spanish is not the official language of—
(A) Chile
(B) Colombia
(C) Republic of Congo
(D) Cuba

13. The Constitution (98th Amendment) Act is related to—
(A) Empowering the centre to levy and appropriate tax
(B) The Constitution of National Judicial Commission
(C) Readjustment of electoral Constituencies on the basis of the Population Census 2001
(D) The demarcation of new boundaries between states

14. Which of the following is the correct statement on the basis of Census 2001 ?
(A) Bihar has the highest percentage of Scheduled Castes of its population
(B) The decadal growth of population of India (1999–2001) has been below 20%
(C) Mizoram is the Indian state with the least population.
(D) Puducherry has the highest sex ratio among the Union Territories

15. Where is the volcanic mountain Mount St. Helen located ?
(A) Chile
(B) Japan
(C) Philippines
(D) United States of America

16. The memory of a computer is commonly expressed in terms of Kilobytes or Megabytes. A byte is made up of—
(A) Eight binary digits
(B) Eight decimal digits
(C) Two binary digits
(D) Two decimal digits

17. The Parliament can make any law for the whole or any part of India for implementing International treaties—
(A) With the consent of all the states
(B) With the consent of the majority of the states
(C) With the consent of the State concerned
(D) Without the consent of any State

18. Which one of the following statements about a Money Bill is not correct ?
(A) A Money Bill can be tabled in either House of Parliament
(B) The Speaker of Lok Sabha is the final authority to decide whether a Bill is Money Bill or not
(C) The Rajya Sabha must return within 14 days a Money Bill passed by the Lok Sabha
(D) The President cannot return a Money Bill to the Lok Sabha for reconsideration

19. Which one of the following Muslim rulers was hailed as the Jagadguru by his Muslim subjects because of his belief in secularism ?
(A) Hussain Shah
(B) Zainul Abidin
(C) Ibrahim Adil Shah
(D) Mahmud II

20. The primary function of the Finance Commission in India is to—
(A) Distribute revenue between the Centre and the States
(B) Prepare the Annual Budget
(C) Advise the President on financial matters
(D) Allocate funds to various ministers of the Union and the State Governments

21. When water is heated from 0°C to 10°C, its volume—
(A) Decreases
(B) Does not change
(C) Increases
(D) First decrease and then increase

22. ‘Athlete’s Foot’ is a disease caused by—
(A) Nematode
(B) Fungus
(C) Bacteria
(D) Protozoa

23. If a new State of the Union is to be created, which one of the following Schedules of the Constitution must be amended ?
(A) First
(B) Fifth
(C) Second
(D) Third

24. Antigen is a substance which—
(A) Lowers body temperature
(B) Destroys harmful bacteria
(C) Is used to treat poisoning
(D) Stimulates formation of antibody

25. The Mongols under Chenghis Khan invaded India during the reign of—
(A) Feroz Tughlaq
(B) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
(C) Iltutmish
(D) Balban

26. Who among the following wrote ‘The Communist Manifesto’ along with Karl Marx ?
(A) Emile Durkeim
(B) Friedrich Engels
(C) Robert Owen
(D) Max Weber

27. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?
(A) Slovenia—Bratislava
(B) Seychelles—Victoria
(C) Sierra Leon—Freetown
(D) Mauritania—Nouakchott

28. Where are Shevroy Hills located ?
(A) Andhra Pradesh
(B) Karnataka
(C) Kerala
(D) Tamil Nadu

29. In human body, which one of the following hormones regulates blood calcium and phosphate ?
(A) Glucagon
(B) Growth hormone
(C) Parathyroid hormone
(D) Thyroxine

30. How do most insects inspire ?
(A) Through Skin
(B) Through gills
(C) By Lungs
(D) By trachael system

31. In human beings, normally in which one of the following parts, does the sperm fertilize the ovum ?
(A) Cervix
(B) Fallopian tube
(C) Lower part of uterus
(D) Upper part of uterus

32. Which one of the following parts of the human brain is the regulating centre for swallowing and vomiting ?
(A) Cerebellum
(B) Cerebrum
(C) Medulla Oblongata
(D) Pons

33. Production of which one of the following is a function of the liver ?
(A) Lipase
(B) Urea
(C) Mucus
(D) Hydrochloric Acid

34. Which one of the following is not a digestive enzyme in the human system ?
(A) Trypsin
(B) Gastrin
(C) Ptyalin
(D) Pepsin

35. Which of the following types of light are strongly absorbed by plants ?
(A) Violet and orange
(B) Blue and red
(C) Indigo and yellow
(D) Yellow and violet

Answers with Hints
1. (A) 2. (C) 3. (B) 4. (C) 5. (D) 6. (C)
7. (C) There are only 21 High Courts in India, whereas the number of States are 28.
8. (A)
9. (C) Komagata Maru was a naval ship which on September 29, 1914 reached Buzz Buzz (Kolkata) harbour where its passengers were fired at.
10. (B) 11. (A) 12. (C) 13. (B) 14. (D)
15. (D) 16. (A) 17. (D) 18. (A) 19. (C)
20. (A) According to Article 280 the Chief Function of the Finance Commission is to make recommendations
to the President regarding the distribution between the Union and the States of the net proceeds which are or may be divided between them.
21. (D)
22. (B) Athlete’s foot disease is caused by fungus. The fungus attacks the dead cells on upper layer of the skin and generates the disease.
23. (A) The subject matter of the First Schedule to the Constitution of India includes names of the States and their territorial jurisdiction, names of Union Territories and their extent covered under Article 1 to 4 of the Constitution of India.
24. (D) Antigen is the substance that inspires the formation of antibodies which, in turn, fight disease in the body.
25. (C) 26. (B)
27. (A) The Capital of Slovenia is Ljubljana.
28. (D) 29. (C) 30. (D) 31. (B) 32. (C) 33. (B)
34. (B) Gastrin is a hormone, which stimulates secretion of gastric juice.
35. (B)