General Awareness (Model Set 3)

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

1. Which of the following agencies related to UNO was in existence before the second world war ?
(A) World Health Organisation (WHO)
(B) Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO)
(C) International Labour Organisation (ILO)
(D) International Monetary Fund (IMF)

2. The name ‘Pierre Cardin’ is associated with which field ?
(A) Pop Music
(B) Films
(C) Painting
(D) Fashion Designing

3. Ustad Nasir Zahiruddin Dagar was a renowned singer of which of the following forms of music ?
(A) Folk
(B) Thumri
(C) Kheyal
(D) Dhrupad

4. Samantha Fox is associated with—
(A) Sports
(B) Politics
(C) Social Service
(D) Pop music

5. Where is the national institute of virology situated?
(A) Pune
(B) Chennai
(C) Mumbai
(D) Delhi

6. The Headquarters of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts is at—
(A) Bangalore
(B) Bhopal
(C) Lucknow
(D) New Delhi

7. National Gallery of Modern art & Museum is in—
(A) New Delhi
(B) Kolkata
(C) Hyderabad
(D) Lucknow

8. The Raman Research Institute is located in which of the following cities ?
(A) New Delhi
(B) Kolkata
(C) Mumbai
(D) Bangalore

9. Where is the prestigious Bharat Bhavan which is associated with art situated ?
(A) Delhi
(B) Chennai
(C) Bhopal
(D) Hyderabad

10. Where is the Chitrakut situated ?
(A) Maharastra
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Bihar

11. The headquarters of national power training institute is located in—
(A) Lucknow
(B) Faridabad
(C) Bhopal
(D) Hyderabad

12. The headquarters of the national research laboratory for conservation of cultural property is located in—
(A) Jaipur
(B) New Delhi
(C) Pune
(D) Lucknow

13. The Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathawara University is located at—
(A) Nanded
(B) Aurangabad
(C) Parbhani
(D) Nagpur

14. Where is ‘Elsie Palace’ ?
(A) Italy
(B) Germany
(C) France
(D) Spain

15. The UN charter was ratified in 1945 by _____ nations.
(A) 25 nations
(B) 29 nations
(C) 33 nations
(D) 37 nations

16. The famous sphinx is located at—
(A) Saudi Arab
(B) Egypt
(C) Thailand
(D) Germany

17. Largest mint in India is located at—
(A) Kolkata
(B) Chennai
(C) Hyderabad
(D) Nasik

18. In which of the following places is India’s first open university located ?
(A) New Delhi
(B) Chennai
(C) Mysore
(D) Hyderabad

19. Apsara is the name of India’s first—
(A) Railway locomotive
(B) Helicopter
(C) Ground battle tank
(D) Nuclear Reactor

20. Which was the Indian satellite launched from Soviet cosmodrome ?
(A) Bhaskara
(B) Bharat
(C) Rohini - I
(D) Aryabhatta

21. The first person of Indian origin to be appointed as a judge in U.S.A. is—
(A) R.C.Bharadwaj
(B) Ridhi Desai
(C) Basava Rajeshwari
(D) P.A. Sangma

22. The first electric train in India (Deccan Queen) was run between—
(A) Howrah and Delhi
(B) Kalyan and Pune
(C) Bombay and Surat
(D) New Delhi and Madras

23. The first Indian woman to reach olympic finals in individual track events was—
(A) Arti Saha
(B) M.D.Valsamma
(C) P.T.Usha
(D) Shiny Abraham

24. Which of the following monuments is the oldest ?
(A) Khajuraho
(B) Ajanta Caves
(C) Taj Mahal
(D) Qutub Minar

25. India’s first satellite launching station is located at—
(A) Chennai
(B) Ahmedabad
(C) Thumba
(D) Sri Harikota

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