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ANSWERS OF GENERAL AWARENESS TEST 01

Held On 18-05-2020 at 11:00AM To 11:40AM 

Unit- I

1.    Which inscription of Ashoka gives an account of Kalinga War ?

a)      Jaugada Rock Inscription

b)     Dhauli Rock Inscription

c)      Rummindei Pillar Inscription

d)     Shahbajgarhi Rock Edict

2.    The script of Indus Valley people was __?

a)  Desi Script

b) Pictographic Script

c)  Brahmi Script

d) Kharosti Script

3.      Who among the following is called the Darvesh king?

a) Ghias-ud-din Balban

b) Qutub-ud-din Aibak

c) Nasir-ud-din Mahmud

d) Shams-ud-din Altamash

4.      When was Indian National Congress founded?

a) 1876

b) 1885

c) 1886

d) 1893

5.    Who integrated 565 princely states into India?

a) Bhagat Singh

b) Jawaharlal Nehru

c) Lal Bahadur Shastri

d) Vallabhbhai Patel

6.    Vedic Age was the period of ___________ in India.

a)      Aryans

b)     Mugals

c)      Cholas

d)     Mauryas

7.    Who was the first Sultan of Delhi to introduce the practice of Sijda.?

(a) Balban

(b) Firoz Tughlaq

(c) Mohammad Tughlaq

(d) Ala-ud-din Khilji

8.    In the Delhi Sultanate one silver tanker was the equivalent of

a)   52 jitals

b)  48 jitals

c)   45 jitals

d)  38 jitals

9.    Who was the first Indian women president of INC?

a)      Indira Gandhi

b)     Mrs. Annie Besant

c)      Razia Sultana

d)     Sarojini Naidu

10. Mahmud of Ghazni defeated …………the ruler of Hindu Shahi dynasty.

a)      Jaichand

b)     Jaipala

c)      Rajya Pal

d)     none

Unit- II

11. In which case, Supreme Court held that Preamble is integral part of the

constitution?

a)         S.R Bommai Case

b)        Kesavanand Bharti Case

c)         Ashok Kumar Thakur Case

d)        M C Mehta Case

12. Which of the following article deals with citizenship at the time of commencement of the constitution?

a)     Article 5

b)     Article 6

c)      Article 7

d)     Article 8

13. Which of the following committee advocated the fundamental duties in Indian constitution?

a) Verma Committee

b) Sarkaria committee

c)Balwant Rai Mehta committee

d) Swarn Singh committee

14. Who among the following was first woman judge of India?

a)             Leila Seth

b)             Anna Chandy

c)             Fathima Beevi

d)             Sujata Manohar

15. Which of the following article of the Constitution is directed to establish Uniform Civil Code?

(a) Article 45

(b) Article 39

(c) Article 44

(d) Article 40

16.  Whose election is not held under the supervision of the Chief Election Commissioner .

         (a)  Legislative Assembly

         (b)  Vice President

         (c)  Gram Panchayat

         (d)  President

17. Which of the following is the latest High Court in India?

a)      Calcutta

b)     Madras

c)      Bombay

d)     Telangana

18.  Who has allowed / suggested the use of “indelible ink” for stamping ‘home quarantined ‘ ?

a)      WHO

b)     IMF

c)      Election Commission

d)     Prime Minister

19. Maximum number of states/union territories in India come under the Jurisdiction of which of the following High Court?

a)      Kolkata High Court

b)     Guwahati High Court

c)      High court of Madras

d)     Bombay High Court

20. The High court issued a writ to a lower court preventing it from exceeding its jurisdiction. This is referred to as_________?

a)      Certiorari

b)     Prohibition

c)      Habeas Corpus

d)     None of them

Unit- III

21. Which code is used to classify goods and services under GST?

a) HSN Code

b) SAC/HSN Code

c) GST Code

d) SAC Code

22. Which year’s population level is considered by the 14^th finance commission while deciding share of states?

a)             2001

b)             1991

c)             1971

d)             1981

23. Who is the chairman of 15^th finance commission?

a)                       Y.V.Reddy

b)                      C.Rangarajan

c)                       N.K.Singh

d)                      Mahaveer Tyagi

24. Consider the following statements and identify the right ones.

i. As per the 1948 policy, six industries were under the mixed sector

ii. New units could be set up by the private sector

a)     i only

b)     ii only

c)      both

d)     none

25. Which of the following below is the vice – chairman of the NITI Aayog?

a)      Montek Singh Ahluwalia

b)     Abhijeet Sen

c)        Amartya Sen

d)     Arvind Panagariya

26. When the Wheat seeds were taken to Asia?

a)      1968

b)     1950

c)      1951

d)     1960

27.   Fiscal Policy of India is formulated by

a)      the Finance Ministry

b)     the Reserve Bank of India

c)      the Securities and Exchange Board of India

d)     the Planning Commission

28. Who is known as Father of Green Revolution?

a)      Dr. M S Swami Nathan

b)     Norman Borlaug

c)      Varghese Kurien

d)     None of the above

29. Progressive Taxation is most closely associated to the base which the tax proposals are generally developed is ______?

a)      Expediency Theory

b)     Cost of service approach

c)      Ability to pay approach

d)     Concentration approach

30. Which pair is not correct?

(a) I Plan - (1951-56)

(b) III Plan - (1966-71)

(c) VI Plan - (1980-85)

(d) X Plan- (2002-2007)

Unit- IV

31. The ILO was brought into formal relationship with UN in?

a)      1946

b)     1945

c)      1944

d)     1947

32. Who has announced that due to Covid-19 the whole world has entered recession?

a)      IMF

b)     UNESCO

c)      WHO

d)     World Bank

33. ADB has announced to contribute _____________ to fight with Coronavirus.

a)             4 million US $

b)             3 million US $

c)             5 million US $

d)             10 million US $

34. Which of the following UNESCO cultural Heritage Sites is in Tamil Nadu?

a)             Group of Monuments at Hampi

b)             Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram

c)             Group of Monuments at Pattadakal

d)             Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park

e)             None of these

35. India’s Ravi Prakash has won the BRICS-Young Innovator Prize at 4th BRICS -Young Scientist Forum’s Conclave held during 6-8 November2019 in Brazil for inventing _________?

a)      Making the food system more trusted and transparent

b)     development of new products and services which can help transform our food system

c)       affordable and indigenously designed milk chilling unit

d)     funding sources and marketing.

36. IMF proposed to release its full ________ lending capacity to support countries that battle the COVID-19 outbreak.

a)       $1 trillion

b)     $2 trillion 

c)      $3 trillion

d)     $4 trillion

37.    Bretton Woods Conference which remarks agreement of ‘IMF’ and ‘IBRD’ wing of World Bank was held on

a)       1 to 22 October 1944

b)      1 to 22 July 1944

c)       1 to 22 May 1946

d)      1 to 22 March 1946

38.  World Bank Group on 25th Oct 2016 released the report entitled Doing Business 2017: Equal Opportunity for All. Which country stood first in the list of merit?

a)       Denmark

b)      Singapore

c)       Finland

d)      New Zealand

39.   India celebrates February 28 every year as ‘ National Science day ‘ because on this day ___

a)       first Indian Space craft was launched

b)     Nehru laid the foundation of Science labs all over India

c)      in 1928 C.V. Raman discovered what was later called the 'Raman Effect'

d)     Vikram Sarabhai was born

40. Which of the following is not correctly matched?

a)       Army Day - January 15

b)      Martyrs' Day - January 31

c)       Earth Day - April 22

d)      Coconut Day - August 2