General Awareness (Model Set 9)

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

1. Who composed the famous song “Sare Jahan se Achha’’?
(A) Bankim Ch. Chatterjee
(B) Jaidev
(C) Mohammad Iqbal
(D) Rabindra Nath Tagore

2. The classical Indian dance of Andhra Pradesh is—
(A) Kathakali
(B) Odissi
(C) Kuchipudi
(D) Bharat Natyam

3. In which of the following festivals is boat race a special feature ?
(A) Pongal
(B) Rangoli Bihu
(C) Onam
(D) Navratri

4. The language of Lakshadweep, a union territory of India is—
(A) Tamil
(B) Hindi
(C) Malayalam
(D) Telugu

5. Bahubali festival is related to—
(A) Islam
(B) Hinduism
(C) Buddhism
(D) Jainism

6. The controversial film, ‘O darling, yeh hai India’ is directed by—
(A) Mahesh Bhatt
(B) Shekhar Kapoor
(C) Ketan Mehta
(D) Chetan Anand

7. The death anniversary of which of the following leaders is observed as Martyr’s day ?
(A) Smt. Indira Gandhi
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Lal Bahadur Shastri

8. ‘Good Friday’ is observed to commemorate the event of—
(A) Birth of Jesus Christ
(B) Birth of St. Peter
(C) Crucification of Jesus Christ
(D) Rebirth of Jesus Christ

9. Which of the following Muslim festivals is based on the ‘Holy Quran’ ?
(A) Id-ul-Zuha
(B) Id-ul-Fitre
(C) Bakr-id
(D) Moharram

10. ‘Van Mahotsav’ was started by—
(A) Maharshi Karve
(B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(C) K.M.Munshi
(D) Sanjay Gandhi

11. Kalarippayat is the Martial art of the state of—
(A) Madhya Pradesh
(B) Mizoram
(C) Nagaland
(D) Kerala

12. ‘Dogri’ is spoken in which of following states ?
(A) Bihar
(B) Orissa
(C) Assam
(D) Jammu & Kashmir

13. The festival celebrated to commemorate the ordeal of Islamic is—
(A) Id-ul-Zuha
(B) Moharram
(C) Id-i-Milad
(D) Id-ul-Fitre

14. The Konark Temple is dedicated to—
(A) Vishnu
(B) Shiva
(C) Krishna
(D) Sun-God

15. The dates of National Calendar permanently correspond with the—
(A) Vikrami Calendar
(B) Mohammadan Calendar
(C) Georgian Calendar
(D) None of these

16. The 227 year old ‘Nawab ki Haveli’ is located at—
(A) Hyderabad
(B) Jaipur
(C) New Delhi
(D) Agra

17. Which one of the following is essentially ‘a Solo dance’ ?
(A) Kuchipudi
(B) Kathak
(C) Manipuri
(D) Mohini Attam

18. Central Salt and Marine Research institute is located at—
(A) Ahmedadabad
(B) Bhavnagar
(C) Gandhinagar
(D) Panaji

19. Nandyal is situated at—
(A) Karnataka
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Maharashtra
(D) Madhya Pradesh

20. Industrial Toxicology Research Centre is situated in which of the following states ?
(A) U.P.
(B) Gujarat
(C) M.P.
(D) Bihar

21. Writers Building is the headquarters of—
(A) The times of India Group
(B) All India Writers Association
(C) West Bengal Government
(D) Press Trust of India

22. ‘Bread for the world’ institute which focuses on problems of poverty and hunger in the world, is based on—
(A) London
(B) Washington
(C) New York
(D) Geneva

23. Admission of States to the membership of the U.N. is made by—
(A) Unanimous vote of the General Assembly
(B) Two-third majority of General Assembly members present and voting, on the recommendation of the security council
(C) Simple majority of General Assembly
(D) The Security Council

24. The objective of Common Wealth Equity-Fund is—
(A) To help poor countries
(B) To contribute to Stock Market
(C) Long term capital appreciation to equity
(D) None of these

25. The working language of the UNESCO is/are—
(A) English only
(B) French only
(C) English and French
(D) English, French and Russian

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