Multiple Choice Questions on General Awareness and Practice Test 12

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This is a mock drill question bank on General Awareness for those appearing in RRB and other competitive examinations. The question bank consists of 24 questions with clock set for 20 minutes. After you finish the test, press Quiz Finish and you will get the answer sheet, your result and its comparison with others. You will also be given remarks containing the explanation about the answer and something more to add your general awareness knowledge. You should also learn techniques to handle distracters.

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1	The dynasty of Moghal raj ended in	1857	During the 18th century the power of Moghals rapidly dwindled and, with the establishment of the British raj, the last of the emperors Bahadur Shah II was deposed in 1857
2	The Muslim population in India is how much percentage of the world Muslim population?	0.35	The Muslim population of India is the third largest in the world. India also has the third largest Shia population of India is the world. According to the 2001 census, 80.5% of the population of India practice Hinduism, Islam 13.4%, Christianity 2.3%, Sikhism 1.9% Buddhism 0.8% and Jainism 0.4% are the other major religions followed by the people of India.
3	Redcliffe line divides what?	India and Pakistan at the time of partition	The Radcliffe Line was published on 17 August 1947 as a boundary demarcation line between India and Pakistan upon the Partition of India. The Radcliffe Line was named after its architect, Sir Cyril Radcliffe, who as chairman of the Border Commissions was charged with equitably dividing 175,000 square miles (450,000 km2) of territory with 88 million people
4	Who won the first Miss World title by an Indian?	Miss Reita Faria	Miss Zeenat Aman: Miss Asia Pacific, Miss Sushmita Sen: First Miss Universe, Miss Madhubala has not won any beauty pageant.
5	The election to legislative Assembly of J&K is held every	6 years	This is the only state of Union Territory where the elections are held every 6 years.
6	Name the river which flows in Arabian Sea	Tapi
7	Which is the national game of India?	None	In an RTI reply, the Sports Ministry has made it clear that it has not declared any sports as national game whereas the web portal of Government http://www.india.gov.in has posted an article glorifying field hockey under the heading ‘National Game’
8	Who received the first Dadasaheb Phalke Award started in the year 1969?	Devika Rani	Widely acknowledged as “the first lady of Indian cinema” the actress debuted in Karma (1933), which was the first Indian English-language film and the first Indian film to feature an on-screen kiss. She also founded the first Indian public limited film company, Bombay Talkies, in 1934
9	The highest Jnanpith Award instituted in the year 1961 and first awarded in the year 1965 given to	G Sankara Kurup	Tarasankar: 1966, Firaq: 1969, Sumitranandan: 1968
10	The number of Indian Citizens conferred Noble Laureates are	5	Dr. C V Raman, Rabindra Nath Tagore, Mother Terasa, Amritya Sen, Kailash Satyarthi
11	Capital of Meghalaya is	Shillong	There are seven states in NE region and their capital does not come to everyone observation commonly. It is important to remember them as the examiner is likely to ask one of it. Itanagar: Arunachan Pradesh, Agartala: Tripura, Kohima: Nagaland, Aizwal: Mizoram, Imphal: Manipur, Guwhati: Assam
12	The first non-congress state Govt. with majority was formed in which State	Kerala	It was by E M S Namboodiripad in 1957
13	The culture and splendour of the luxurious Mughal court reached its zenith during emperor	Shahjahan	Shah Jahan built Taj Mahal, Red Fort, Agra Fort, Jama Masjid, Moti Masjid, Shalimar gardens
14	Which is the oldest surviving text of Hinduism?	Rig-Veda	The oldest surviving test of Hinduism is Rig-Veda, produced during the Vedic period and dating to 1700-1100 BCE.
15	India shares maximum boundary length with which country?	Bangla Desh	Total 15,106.70 km Bangladesh:4,096.70 km China: 3,488 km Pakistan:2910 Km, Nepal: 1751 Km, Burma 1643 Km, Bhutan 699 Km
16	The first Bharat Ratna was given in the year	1954	Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, C. Rajagopalachari, and C. V. Raman in 1954
17	The election to Meghalaya Legislative assembly takes place every	5 years	Except J&K, the elections to legislative assembly is held every five years.
18	This city is not located at the bank of Yamuna river	Kanpur	The cities of Baghpat,Delhi, Noida, Mathura, Agra, Firozabad, Etawah, Kalpi, Hamirpur, Allahabad lie on its banks. At Etawah, it meets it another important tributary, Chambal, followed by a host of tributaries further down, including, Sindh, the Betwa, and Ken
19	Annual football trophy in India is called	Santosh	Aghakhan and Nehru cup in Football and Deodhar In Cricket
20	Who received the 2013 Dadasaheb Phalke Award?	Gujral	Pran in 2012, Dilip Kumar in 1994 and Rajesh Khanna did not received the award.
21	Maximum number of Jnanpith award has been given to literary work in Hindu, name the second largest language to have received the award?	Kannada	Hindi: 10, Kannada: 8, Bengali and Malayalam each 5, Urdu: 4
22	Who composed the national anthem of Bangla Desh ” Amar Sonar Bangla”	Rabindra Nath Tagore	Rabindra Nath Tagore wrote “Amar Sonar Bangla” and adopted as national anthem of Bangla Desh. He also wrote Jan Gan Man, national anthem of India. He is the only poet whom two composition becomes national anthem of two nations.
23	How many states are there in India?	29	After the formation of Telangana State, there are 29 States in India
24	The first woman chief minister of any state in India	Sucheta Kriplani	Sarojini Naidu: First Governor, Vijay Laxmi Pandi: First woman Minister, Rajkumari Amrit Kaur: First Cabinet minster in India

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