GENERAL QUIZ SIX GENERAL AWARENESS: (4 tests)

TEST 1
1.In the nineteenth century, the people of Europe started moving from the villages to cities due to the impact of? Epidemics War Industrialization Population explosion in villages 2.GATT stands for-? General Association for trade and Transport transport General agreement on Tariffs and Trade General agreement for trade and None of these

3.Which three of the following were the Dravida Kingdoms in India? Saka, Gandhar, Magadha Avanti, Telang, Mahakosal Satwahan, Kalinga,Rashtrakut Chola, Pandya, Chera 4.With which field would u associate the term"Futures & Derivatives"? FOREX Stock Markets Hawala Import-Export 5.Who was the first woman president of the United Nations organization? Vijaylakshmi Pandit Rajkumari Amrit Kour Sarojni Naidu S.Bhandarnaike 6.In which state is the people war group operative? J&K Andhra Pradesh Bihar Jharkhand

7.Which city is an important center of aircraft industry in India? Banglore Chennai Nagpur Hyderabad 8.Which one of the classical dance forms originated in Andhra Pradesh? Bharat Natyam Kathakali Kuchipudi Chakwar Kuntu 9.What is the percentage of carbohydrates in the normal daily food calorie requirement of an adult? About 7% About 35% About 48% About 60% 10.Which planet is known for its main seven rings made up of icy particles? Jupiter Saturn Pluto Venus -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Correct Answers for Test 1 1 Industrialization 2 General agreement on Tariffs and Trade

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3 Chola, Pandya, Chera 4 Stock market 5 Vijaylakshmi Pandit 6 Andhra Pradesh 7 Banglore 8 Kuchipudi 9 About 48% 10 Saturn

TEST 2
1.To be recognized as a national party, a political party must be a recognized party in atleast -? Three states Five states Four states Six states

2.Citizens of which one of the following Caribbean Islands enjoy all US rights except voting rights? Bahamas Bermudas Jamaica Puerto Rico 3.Hieroglyphics were developed by the -? Indians Chinese Mayans Chola, Pandya, Chera

4.The electorate system for president in India is based on-? Adult franchise Separate Electorate Indirect election system Multi-Vote system 5.The member of the NAFTA includes -? USA, Canada, Mexico USA, UK, Russia 6.Cash crops of India includes-? Paddy and jawar Cotton and Sugarcane 7.Who was the founder of first Sufi order in India? Khwaja Qutub - Ud din Bakhtiar Kaki Khwaja Muinud-din Chisti USA, Canada, UK USA, UK, Mexico Maize, Jawar and Paddy Ground nut and Cotton Shaikh Nizam ud din Auliya Shaikh Nasir Ud-din Mahmud

8.Who was the pioneer of the Panchayati Raj for introducing local self-government in British India? Warren Hastings Lord William Bentinck Lord Canning Lord Ripon 9.The traveler from the west who visited the Bahmani Kingdom in 1417 was? Marco Polo Nicolo Conti Vasco de Gama Ibn Batuta 10.Who categorized blood in to four groups-? Robert Brown Louis Pasture Karl Landsteiner Robert Hook

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Correct Answers for Test 3 1 Four states 2 Puerto Rico 3 Egyptians 4 Indirect election system 5 USA, Canada, Mexico 6 Cotton and Sugarcane 7 Khwaja Qutub - Ud din Bakhtiar Kaki 8 Lord Ripon 9 Nicolo Conti 10 Karl Landsteiner

TEST 3
1. Equinox occurs when the sun is vertically above the _____ Poles Equator 2. The lowest layer of atmosphere is called the ____ Ionosphere Stratosphere tropic of Cancer tropic of Capricorn Troposphere None of these

3. The Indian Constitution was established during the rule of _____ Lord Wellington Lord Canning George - I Atlee 4. What was the name of India's first base in Antarctica, set up in 1982 ? Dakshin Jamuna Dakshin Gangotri Dakshin Saraswati None of these 5. " Wolfram " is the alternative name of which metallic element ? Tungsten Copper Iron Cobalt 6. Which monkey possesses a blood factor otherwise found only in humans ? Rhesus Chimpanze Gorilla None of these 7. The deepest mine in the world (about 4 km deep) is in the Continent of _____ Africa Asia South America North America 8. Which places are connected by the Grand Trunk Highway ? Calcutta - New Delhi Mumbai - New Delhi 9. The Chairman of the Planning Commission of India is _____ President Prime minister 10. Which of the following port is a free trade zone ? Mumbai Calcutta - Amritsar New Delhi - Chennai Home minister Finance minister Kandla

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Cochin -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Correct Answers for Test 3 1 Equator 2 Troposphere 3 Lord Wellington 4 Dakshin Gangotri 5 Tungsten 6 Rhesus 7 Africa 8 Calcutta - Amritsar 9 Prime minister 10 Kandla

Mangalore

TEST 4
1. Who was the only woman in Nehru's kitchen cabinet in 1947? Rajkumari Amrit Kaur Krishna Hatheesingh 2. What was the technical term used for the 'Star Wars' project? Stellar Defense Project Initiative Strategic Defense Initiative Shield 3. Who wrote the novel Rebecca? Alexander Dumas Jean-Paul Sartre 4. Where is the Indian Police Academy located ? Guntur Khadakwasla Sarojini Naidu Vijayalaxmi Pandit Stellar Defense Strategic Missile

Honore de Balzac Daphne du Maurier Hyderabad Shimla

5. Who ruled the Magadhan Empire as a tribute-paying feudatory of the Huns under Mihirgula? Samudra Gupta Shri Gupta Skanda Gupta Vainya Gupta 6. Which Maratha chieftain accompanied Sadashiv Rao Bhau to the 3rd Battle of Panipat and survived to establish a separate dynasty of his own? Daulat Rao Sindhia Mahadji Sindhia Fateh Singh Gaekwad Yashwant Rao Holkar 7. When did the saying 'to be a quisling' come into being? World War II the Zulu Wars 8. Who is the present Chairperson of the Reserve Bank of India? C. D. Rangarajan Bimal Jalan World War I the Boer War Jagdish Bhagwati N. K. Singh

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9. Which world leader was known as the 'Iron Chancellor'? Prince Otto von Bismarck Helmut Kohl 10. Name the capital of Chatrapati Shivaji's kingdom. Zanjira Singhgad -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Correct Answers For Test 4 1 Rajkumari Amrit Kaur 2 Strategic Defense Initiative 3 Daphne du Maurier 4 Hyderabad 5 Vainya Gupta 6 Mahadji Sindhia 7 World War II 8 Bimal Jalan 9 Prince Otto von Bismarck 10 Raigarh

Sir Winston Churchill Konrad Adenauer Satara Raigarh

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