Multiple Choice Question on General Awareness Practice Test 21
Last updated on July 14th, 2015 at 05:21 am
There are 20 questions to be attended in 20 minutes. The questions are on general awareness, consisting on topics like Science and Technology, places, personalities, history, geography, politics, awards, sports etc. Read the study material before making an attempt so that you build your confidence in the subject. Read the remarks column of each question which gives the detail information on the subject.
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Sr No Question Answer Remarks 1 What is zero hour in the functioning of Parliament? this is the period during which short question of emergent nature is put up for reply by the minister A short notice question is taken up for answer immediately after the Question Hour. popularly it is also known as Zero Hour 2 City of lake is located in Bhopal The famous lakes in India are Wulur: J&K, Loktak Lake: Manipur, Damdama Lake: Haryana, Dal Lake: Srinagar, Pichola: Udaipur, Gurudongmar: Sikkim, chilka Lake: Orissa, Vembanad Lake: Kerala, Bhimtal: Nainital, Sukhna lake:Chandigarh 3 How many gold medals Indians won in Olympics? 9 8 in hockey and one more in 10m air rifle event by Abhinav Bindra 4 Who was the first British to reach India? William Hawkins The British presence in India dates back to the early part of the seventeenth century. On 31 December 1600, Elizabeth, then the monarch of the United Kingdom, acceded to the demand of a large body of merchants that a royal charter be given to a new trading company, “The Governor and Company of Merchants of London, Trading into the East-Indies.” Between 1601-13, merchants of the East India Company took twelve voyages to India, and in 1609 William Hawkins arrived at the court of Jahangir to seek permission to establish a British presence in India 5 Which is not a Kharif crop? Wheat The crops that are sown in the rainy season are called kharif crops. (also known as the summer or monsoon crop) in India. Kharif crops are usually sown with the beginning of the first rains in July, during the south-west monsoon season. The main monsoon season in Pakistan and India runs from June to September. The crops are Maize, Soybean, Cotton, jowar etc. The crops that are sown in the winter season are called Rabi crops. (also known as the “winter crop”) in Pakistan and India. The Rabi means, when the crop is harvested.Crops that are grown in the winter season, from November to April are called Rabi Crops. Some of the important rabi crops are wheat, barley, peas, gram and mustard. 6 Maximum number of individuals who can share a Nobal Prize award in a year? 3 The average number of laureates per prize increased substantially during the 20th century, a prize may not be shared among more than three people 7 Railway begin its commercial service over India in the year Fri Apr 15 1853 23:36:32 GMT+0530 (IST) 8 What is cosmic year? it is the time taken for the solar system to rotate around milky way galaxy A cosmic year is the time (about 225 million years) needed for the solar system to revolve once around the centre of the Milky Way Galaxy 9 August Kranti is the termed coined to remember the movement Quit India movement Quit India movement or the India august Movement was a civil disobedience movement launched in India in August 1942 in response to Gandhi call for Satyagraha, call to do or die issued on 8th August at the Gwalior Tank Maidan in Mumbai. Vellore Sepoy, two hours after midnight on 10th July. Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a large scale rebellion of northern and central India against the British East India Company’s rule. on 19th May 1957 and Dandi March is also called Salt March on 11th March 1930. 10 Which Veda contains information to cure diseases? Atharva 11 Where does India Rank in the total land area in Asia? 3rd First is Russia with highest area in Europe as well as Asia, 2nd is China, 3rd India, 4th is Indonesia, 5th is Pakistan 12 Which city is rated the cleanest city in India Chandigarh MOUD conducted the survey and Chandigarh emerged the cleanest city with 73.8 points, Mysore-70.65 and Surat – 69.08 points. 13 How many fundamental rights are enjoyed by Indian citizen as Indian Constitution? 8 1. Right to equality, 2. freedom, 3, against exploitation, 4. to freedom of religion, 5. cultural and educational rights, 6. to constitutional remedies, 7. to elementary education, 8. information 14 The highest waterfall in India is Kunchikal Fall, Shimoga, Karnataka Kunchikal Fall, Shimoga, Karnataka: 455 meters, Barehipani: 399 meters, Langhiang: 337 meter, Meenumutty: 300 meter 15 How any times India hosted Asian games? 2 India hosted Asian games twice starting from inaugral in 1951 and 1982. 16 Where was the first post office open in India? Kolkata The post office in Kolkata was opened in 1727. 17 Harappa Civilisation existed between what period? 3300-1300 BCE The Indus Valley Civilization (IVC) was a Bronze Age civilisation period dated back to 3300–1300 BCE; with its peak period 2600–1900 BCE) extending from what today is northeast Afghanistan to Pakistan and northwest India. Along with Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, it was one of three early civilizations of the old World, and of the three the most widespread. It flourished in the basins of the Indus Rive, one of the major rivers of Asia. 18 Alfred Nobal became famous for his invention of Dynamite 19 First road connected with Wi-Fi connectivity in India Taj Expressway Rajarhat connecting Rajarhat Main Arterial Road to the airport to Sector V in the city of Kolkata with 10.5 km 20 Does sun also rotates around any axis? yes sun rotates around its own axis as well as around the centre of milky way galaxy The planets in our solar system orbit around the sun. One orbit of the Earth takes one year. Meanwhile, our entire solar system orbits the centre of the Milky Way galaxy. Our sun and solar system move at about 800 thousand kilometres an hour – that’s about 500 thousand miles an hour – in this huge orbit. So in 90 seconds, for example, we all move some 20,000 kilometres – or 12,500 miles – in orbit around the galaxy’s centre. -
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Maximum number of individuals who can share a Nobal Prize award in a year?
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What is cosmic year?
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August Kranti is the termed coined to remember the movement
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Which Veda contains information to cure diseases?
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Where does India Rank in the total land area in Asia?
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Which city is rated the cleanest city in India
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How many fundamental rights are enjoyed by Indian citizen as Indian Constitution?
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The highest waterfall in India is
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How any times India hosted Asian games?
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Where was the first post office open in India?
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First road connected with Wi-Fi connectivity in India
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Does sun also rotates around any axis?
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The five permanent member of the United National Security council as in the year 2015 are
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What is the target for installation of power generating capacity under JNNSM planned by 2022?
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Which were the first rivers linking in India?
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The previous year question bank is posted on this website. you may visit https://globalrailelectrica.com/job-opportunities-in-rail-transport/multiple-choice-questions-paper-junior-engineer-rrb-green-part-i-75-questions-year-2014/ wherein JE as well as SSE papers are posted for mock drill examination. You may appear for the mock drill examination, and after completion, you will get the questions with correct answer and solution for those answers. There were three different set of papers i.e Red, green and yellow for JE and SSE, total six papers.
According to wikipedia, Thosengar falls at satara distric waterfalls is the highest falls in india followed by nohkalikai in khasi hill of meghalaya. Can u clarify on this point please?
Kunchikal Fall, Shimoga, Karnataka: 455 meters, Barehipani: 399 meters, Langhiang: 337 meter, Meenumutty: 300 meter
Pl visit
http://www.walkthroughindia.com/attraction/top-10-highest-waterfalls-in-india/