General Awareness (Model Set 2)

Model Set No. 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10

1. Who is the author of ‘Is Paris burning’ ?
(A) Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre
(B) Salman Rushdie
(C) Henri Kisinger
(D) None of these

2. Kimono is dress style of which country ?
(A) China
(B) Korea
(C) Japan
(D) Laos

3. Green Peace foundation is associated with—
(A) France
(B) Italy
(C) Britain
(D) Russia

4. Which country is known as the ‘Pearl of the East’?
(A) Nepal
(B) Bangladesh
(C) Bhutan
(D) Sri Lanka

5. Which of the following countries has opted out of the European Union ?
(A) France
(B) Germany
(C) Belgium
(D) Norway

6. C.I.S. consists of the republics of former—
(A) Czechoslavakia
(B) Yugoslavia
(C) Indo-China
(D) Soviet-Union

7. Ikebana is the Japanese art of—
(A) Modern Painting
(B) Plant forming
(C) Freestyle wrestling
(D) Flower Arrangement

8. The name of the World’s second space tourist is—
(A) Yuri Gidzenko
(B) Roberto Vittori
(C) Johny Koroma
(D) Mark Shuttleworth

9. Dr. Salim Ali was associated with—
(A) Sericulture
(B) Geology
(C) Space Science
(D) Ornithology

10. Who among the following is famous as the ‘Tragedy king’ of Indian Cinema ?
(A) Raj Kapoor
(B) Dilip Kumar
(C) Bharat Bhusan
(D) Rajendra Kumar

11. Charles Correa has distinguished himself in which of the following fields ?
(A) Western Music
(B) Painting
(C) Ballet
(D) Architecture

12. Which of the following is known as the ‘International Ozone Day’ ?
(A) September 14
(B) September 16
(C) September 28
(D) October 5

13. Journalist Day was celebrated for the first time all over the country on—
(A) Oct. 1, 1984
(B) Oct. 8, 1984
(C) Oct. 20, 1984
(D) Oct. 28, 1984

14. ‘Rosh Hashanah’ is the new year’s day of which of the following communities ?
(A) Zoroastrian
(B) Jews
(C) Muslims
(D) Shinto

15. The official language of Bhutan is—
(A) English
(B) Bhoti
(C) Dzonglkha
(D) Gorkha

16. Chakma refugees are the natives of—
(A) Nepal
(B) Tripura
(C) Bangladesh
(D) Myanmar

17. Which of the following African countries was the first to get independence ?
(A) Nigeria
(B) Congo
(C) Ghana
(D) Zambia

18. Which of the following countries was divided into two independent republics on the New Year’s Day of 1993 ?
(A) Yugoslavia
(B) Albania
(C) Czechoslovakia
(D) Cyprus

19. First Indian to make a speech in Hindi before the UN General Assembly is—
(A) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(B) A.B.Vajpayee
(C) L.K.Advani
(D) Morarji Desai

20. ‘Satyen Bose’ has shown his excellence in which of the following fields ?
(A) Classical Music
(B) Drawing & Painting
(C) Classical Dance
(D) Motion Picture

21. The only Indian woman who became president of WHO was—
(A) Smt. Vijyalakshmi Pandit
(B) Smt. Kamala Devi Chattopadhyay
(C) Dr. Sushila Nair
(D) Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur

22. Who among the following headed the committee on ‘Computerization’ in Indian banks (1998)—
(A) R.N.Malhotra
(B) S.Venkataraman
(C) M.Narasimhan
(D) C. Rangarajan

23. Prof. Malcom Adisheshiah is famous for—
(A) Defence
(B) Economics
(C) Literature
(D) Medicine

24. Who declared that his ultimate aim was to wipe ‘every tear from every eye’ ?
(A) Sardar Patel
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Rajendra Prasad

25. Who headed the first scientific group to leave for Antarctica in 1982 ?
(A) Dr. V.K. Raina
(B) Dr. H.K.Gupta
(C) Dr. S.Z.Kasim
(D) Dr. D.R.Sengupta

Answer :
1. (A) 2. (C) 3.(A) 4.(D) 5.(D) 6. (D) 7.(D) 8.(D) 9.(D) 10.(B)
11.(D) 12.(B) 13.(D) 14.(B) 15.(C) 16.(C) 17.(C) 18.(C) 19.(B) 20.(D)
21.(D) 22.(C) 23.(B) 24.(B) 25.(C)