General awareness

Q.1. Which of the following neighbouring countries of India is soon to conduct its first national census in 19 years?
A. Afghanistan
B. Nepal
C. Sri Lanka
D. Pakistan
Ans. Pakistan

Q.2. The principle of Maximum Social Advantage was given by
A. Hugh Dalton
B. Stafford Cripps
C. Hugh Gaitskell
D. Winston Churchchill
Ans. Hugh Dalton

Q.3. Education became a fundamental right of every child in the age group of 6 to 14years through the 86th amendment of the Constitution in the year?
A. 1996
B. 1999
C. 2002
D. 2006
Ans. 2002

Q.4. In India, there are four ways in which citizenship can be acquired. Which of the following is not one of them?
A. Naturalisation
B. Registration
C. Descent
D. Migration
Ans. Migration

Q.5. The Union Agricultural and Farmer's Welfare Minister Radha Mohan Singh recently laid the foundation stone of the Banana Research Centre at
A. Lucknow, UP
B. Bhopal, MP
C. Ahmedabad, Gujarat
D. Vaishali, Bihar
Ans. Vaishali, Bihar

Q.6. If need arises, the state government avail ways and means advances from which of the following institutions?
A. RBI
B. NABARD
C. ADB
D. SBI
Ans. RBI

Q.7. Who among the following organised a historic agitation against the evil custom of Sati in India?
A. Lala Lajpat Rai
B. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C. Maan Mohan Malaviya
D. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Ans. Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Q.8. The first smart tribal model village 'Habbi' was inaugurated recently in which state
A. Jammu and Kashmir
B. Jharkhand
C. Chattisgarh
C. Andhra Pradesh
Ans. Jammu and Kashmir

Q.9. Which of the following firms has launched a new initiative , She Leads Tech, to support women-founded or co-women founded startups?
A. Google
B. Facebook
C. Microsoft
D. IBM
Ans. Facebook

Q.10. Which among the following has authorised recently releases book titled "Numbers do lie"
A. Murali Kartik
B. Jaideep Verma
C. Aakash Chopra
D. Kapil Dev
Ans. Aakash Chopra                        

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