General Awareness

 

Combined Graduate Level Examination 2024 Tier I

Exam Date: 09/09/2024 Exam Time: 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Section: General Awareness

01) In which year was Project Tiger launched in India?

         a) 1973

         b) 1970

         c) 1972

         d) 1985

02) Lathmar Holi is primarily celebrated in the state of:

         a) Karnataka

         b) Himachal Pradesh

         c) Arunachal Pradesh

         d) Uttar Pradesh

03) Which of the following awards was won by Lata Mangeshkar in the year 2001?

         a) Dadasaheb Phalke Award

         b) Padma Vibhushan

         c) Bharat Ratna

         d) Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award

04) Details about Sudarshana lake is given in a rock inscription at Girnar (Junagarh), Which was composed to record the achievements of the Shaka ruler _______.

         a) Chashtana

         b) Rudradama I

         c) Rudrasimha III

         d) Mause

05) _______ is an industry association and self-regulatory organization (SRO) whose primary objective is to work towards the robust development of the microfinance sector.

         a) NABARD

         b) Self-help Group Association

         c) Microfinance and Investments Regulatory Authority

         d) Microfinance Institutions Network

06) Which article has similar provision to that of Article 32 and deals with writ jurisdiction?

         a) Article 228

         b) Article 227

         c) Article 226

         d) Article 225

07) Which of the following is NOT a condition for the President’s office in India?

         a) He shall not hold any office of profit.

         b) The allowances shall not be diminished during his term of office.

         c) He shall not be entitled, without payment of rent, to use his official residence.

         d) He shall not be a member of either House of the Parliament.

08) Which of the following statements best defines the monoecious?

         a) A flower with gynoecium only

         b) A flower with androecium only

         c) A flower with both androecium and gynoecium

         d) A flower with dithecous

09) Mohan Veena plyer, Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt won the _______ Award in the year 1994.

         a) Grammy

         b) Sangita Kalanidi

         c) Oscar

         d) Sangeet Natak Akademi

10) Who is Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology as of July 2023?

         a) Dharmendra Pradhan

         b) Jitendra Singh

         c) Ashwini Vaishnaw

         d) Ramesh Pokhriyal

11) Which of the following decomposition reactions is NOT a redox reaction?

         a) Decomposition of sodium hydride

         b) Decomposition of calcium carbonate

         c) Decomposition of potassium chlorate

         d) Decomposition of dihydrogen monoxide

12) Who among the following has authored the play “Nil Darpan”?

         a) Chittaranjan Das

         b) Motilal Nehru

         c) Dinabandhu Mitra

         d) Sarojini Naidu

13) Who among the following formed the Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha in 1929?

         a) Jayaprakash Narayan

         b) JM Sengupta

         c) Kunwar Singh

         d) Swami Sahajanand Saraswati

14) Which plateaus are very fertile because they are rich in black soil that is very good for farming?

         a) Deccan lava plateau

         b) African plateau

         c) Ethiopian plateau

         d) Katanga plateau

15) Which of the following is a correct order of basicity?

         a) LiOH>NaOH>KOH>CsOH

         b) KOH>CsOH>NaOH>LiOH

         c) LiOH>KOH>CsOH>NaOH

         d) CsOH>KOH>NaOH>LiOH

16) Which of the following pairs is INCORRECT regarding the grade of organization and its example?

         a) Cell-tissue grade organization - Jellyfish

         b) Cellular grade organization - Sycon

         c) Protoplasmic grade organization - Paramecium

         d) Tissue-organ grade organization - Euplectella

17) The head office of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is located in _______.

         a) Kolkata

         b) Chennai

         c) Mumbai

         d) New Delhi

18) When the analysis of population density is done by calculating it through net cultivated area, then the measure is termed as:

         a) Net density

         b) Gross density

         c) Agricultural density

         d) Physiological density

19) Mahendravarman I was the ruler of which of the following dynasties?

         a) Pallava

         b) Pandya

         c) Chalukya

         d) Chola

20) What challenge does foreign investment often face in India?

         a) Excessive foreign competition

         b) Lack of skilled labour

         c) Lack of consumer base

         d) Inconsistent regulatory environment

21) Which of the following states is the biggest producer of Pulses?

         a) Bihar

         b) Madhya Pradesh

         c) Punjab

         d) Haryana

22) Who founded the Prathana Samaj in Mumbai in 1867?

         a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

         b) Shri Ram Bajpai

         c) Atmaram Pandurang

         d) Ram Mohan Roy

23) Who is the chief Minister of Tamil Nadu as of July 2023?

         a) KN Nehru

         b) Pinarayi Vijayan

         c) M Ydurappa

         d) MK Stalin

24) In which city was the first golf club of India situated?

         a) Kolkata

         b) Mysore

         c) Shimla

         d) Gulmarg

25) Which Indian among the following has his name in Time Magazine’s list of ‘100 most influential people of 2021’?

         a) Amit Shah

         b) Narendra Modi

         c) Neeraj Chopra

         d) Virat Kohli