General Awareness (Model Set 7)

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

1. The first man to climb Mt. Everest twice was—
(A) Edmund Hillary
(B) Tenzing Norgay
(C) Sherpa Sungau
(D) Nawang Gombu

2. The world’s largest monolithic statue of Buddha was installed in December 1992 in—
(A) Myanmar
(B) China
(C) India
(D) Sri Lanka

3. The oldest monarchy in the world is that of—
(A) Nepal
(B) Saudi Arabia
(C) Japan
(D) U.K.

4. Which is the highest gallantry award in India ?
(A) Kirti Chakra
(B) Vir Chakra
(C) Param Visistha Seva Medal
(D) Param Vir Chakra

5. ‘Bachawat Award’ was given for—
(A) Teachers
(B) Physicians
(C) Lawyers
(D) Newspaper Establishment

6. The uniting for peace resolution adopted by the U.N.has—
(A) made no difference to the powers of General Assembly
(B) reduced the powers of General Assembly
(C) enhanced the powers of General Assembly in a comprehensive way
(D) empowered the General Government Assembly to act in specific situations in matter of peace and security.

7. Feroz Gandhi Award is given for outstanding performance in the which field ?
(A) Medical Research
(B) Journalism
(C) Preservation of wild life
(D) Parliamentary Debate

8. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) gives which of the following awards every year ?
(A) Hari Om Ashram
(B) Jamanlal Bajaj
(C) Dhanvantari
(D) S.S.Bhatnagar

9. Which of the following awards is given for creating national awareness in Advertising ?
(A) Sanjay Gandhi Award
(B) Ashoke Jain Award
(C) Indira Gandhi Award
(D) Inlaks Journalism Award

10. Which of the famous financial journals of International repute confers ‘Finance Minister of year’ award ?
(A) Dalal Street
(B) Money matters
(C) Euromoney
(D) Business Standard

11.The first recipient of ‘Human Rights Awards’ is—
(A) Nelson Mandela
(B) Leach Wales
(C) Amnesty International
(D) Andrei Sakharov

12. K.P.Goenka Award and Right livelihood award are given for the outstanding work in the field of—
(A) Peace
(B) Medicine
(C) Environment
(D) Science

13. Which of the following societies has instituted an award for an outstanding parliamentarian ?
(A) Jamanlal Bajaj Foundation
(B) R.D.Birla Samarak Kosh
(C) G.B.Pant Memorial Society
(D) Institute of Constitutional and Parliamentary studies.

14. Neeraj Bhanot awards are given to—
(A) Women for exceptional courage
(B) Prominent literary figures for exceptional writings
(C) army men for a special act of valour
(D) None of these

15. Who among the following got the ‘Bharat Ratna’ award before becoming the president of India ?
(A) R. Venkatraman
(B) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(C) Dr. Zakir Hossain
(D) V.V.Giri

16. Which of the following bodies certifies the circulation figures of newspapers ?
(A) ISI
(B) PTI
(C) AINEC
(D) ABC

17. When was the Indian Peace Keeping Force sent to Sri Lanka ?
(A) May, 1986
(B) July, 1987
(C) May, 1988
(D) March, 1990

18. Field Marshall is highest rank in—
(A) Army
(B) Navy
(C) Air Force
(D) Territorial Army

19. The flights of ‘Indian Airlines’ are which of the following ?
(A) Within India only
(B) In the metropolitan cities
(C) India and the neighbouring countries
(D) Outside India only

20. Which of the following was the first Indian state to issue photo identity cards to its voters ?
(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Rajasthan
(C) Gujarat
(D) Haryana

21. Newspapers are not published from which of the following Indian states ?
(A) Assam
(B) Mizoram
(C) Manipur
(D) Arunachal Pradesh

22. India has consistently opposed—
(A) Racialism & Colonialism
(B) Racialism & Capitalism
(C) Racialism, Colonialism & Fascism
(D) Racialism, Fascism & Capitalism

23. The Thakkar commission was appointed to investigate into the—
(A) Bofors deal
(B) Centre state relations
(C) Operation Blue Star
(D) Indira Gandhi Assassination case

24. The value of ‘pi’ was first invented by—
(A) Bhaskara
(B) Varahmihira
(C) Aryabhatta
(D) Kanad

25. Which newspaper has appointed an Ombudsman to attend of redress public grievances regarding published articles ?
(A) The Hindustan Times
(B) The Indian Express
(C) The Times of India
(D) The Hindu

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