General Awareness Quiz Set 9

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Question 1. Arrange the following events in correct chronological order.

  1. Lucknow Pact
  2. Gandhi-Irwin Pact
  3. Poona Pact
  4. Final Withdrawal of Civil Disobedience Movement

Select the correct answer from the code given below.

(A) 1, 4, 3, 2

(B) 1, 3, 4, 2

(C) 1, 2, 3, 4

(D) 1, 3, 2, 4

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(C) 1, 2, 3, 4

Question 2. Match the correctly.

 List-I  List-II
(a) Bardoli 1. Maharashtra 
(b) Chauri-Chaura 2. Gujarat
(c) Yarwada3. West Bengal
(d) Noakhali4. Uttar Pradesh
(a)(b)(c)(d)
(A)1234
(B)2143
(C)2413
(D)4312
View Answer
(C) 2 4 1 3

Question 3. Match the correctly.

 List-I  List-II
(a) Rabindra Nath Tagore 1. Economics 
(b) Amartya Sen2. Cricket 
(c) Chandra Shekhar3. Literature
(d) Vinoo Mankad4. Astrophysics
(a)(b)(c)(d)
(A)1234
(B)3124
(C)2341
(D)3142
View Answer
(D) 3 1 4 2

Question 4. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

 List-I  List-II
(a) Subhash Chandra Bose 1. Throwing of the bomb in Central Assembly 
(b) Vallabhbhai Patel2. Haripura Session of Indian National Congress 
(c) Iqbal3. Operation Polo
(d) Batukeshwar Dutt4. Allahabad Session of Muslim League, 1930
(a)(b)(c)(d)
(A)2341
(B)1234
(C)4321
(D)3421
View Answer
(A) 2 3 4 1

Question 5. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

 List-I  List-II
(a) Legal Services Day 1. 27 March 
(b) World Tourism Day 2. 8 September
(c) World Theatre Day 3. 9 November 
(d) International Literacy Day 4. 27 September
(a)(b)(c)(d)
(A)4321
(B)3412
(C)2341
(D)1234
View Answer
(B) 3 4 1 2

Question 6. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

 List-I  List-II
(a) 11 July 1. World Literacy Day 
(b) 12 August 2. National Sports Day 
(c) 29 August 3. International Youth Day 
(d) 8 September 4. World Population Day
(a)(b)(c)(d)
(A)4321
(B)3412
(C)2314
(D)4231
View Answer
(A) 4 3 2 1

Question 7. Match the following.

 List-I  List-II
(a) Yellow stone 1. Myanmar 
(b) Eiffel Tower 2. United States of America 
(c) Pagoda3. Egypt
(d) Pyramids4. Paris
(a)(b)(c)(d)
(A)2413
(B)1234
(C)3412
(D)4123
View Answer
(A) 2 4 1 3

Question 8. Much discussed ‘God Particle’ is____________.

(A) Mesons

(B) Higgs Boson

(C) Leptons

(D) Neutrino

View Answer
(B) Higgs Boson

Question 9. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

(A) Red Planet – Mars

(B) Large Hadron – God particle Collider

(C) Android – Voice input

(D) Optic fibres – Light waves

View Answer
(C) Android – Voice input

Question 10. The branch of Physics that deals with the motion of very small particles is called___________.

(A) Atomic Physics

(B) Quantum Mechanics

(C) Particle Physics

(D) Field Theory

View Answer
(B) Quantum Mechanics

Question 11. The field of science which studies automation and communication between human and machine is called____________.

(A) Cybernetics

(B) Dietetics

(C) Cryogenics

(D) Hydroponics

View Answer
(A) Cybernetics

Question 12. The latest Android mobile operating system-6.0 is named as__________.

(A) Lollipop

(B) Kitkat

(C) Jelly Bean

(D) Marshmallow

View Answer
(D) Marshmallow

Question 13. Science of time measurement is__________.

(A) Hydrology

(B) Tomography

(C) Cosmology

(D) Horology

View Answer
(D) Horology 

Question 14. The study of friction and lubrication is____________.

(A) Horology

(B) Horology

(C) Selenology

(D) Cryogenics

View Answer
(A) Horology 

Question 15. In which field of science, we will learn about White Dwarf?

(A) Anthropology

(B) Genetics

(C) Agriculture

(D) Astronomy

View Answer
(D) Astronomy 

Question 16. Which one of the following statements is incorrect?

(A) Vehicles carrying inflammable material usually have metallic ropes touching the ground

(B) A comb run through one’s wet hair does not attract small bits of paper

(C) The blue waves scatter more than violet waves of light so that the sky appears blue not violet

(D) The special rubber tyres of aircraft are made slightly conducting

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(C) The blue waves scatter more than violet waves of light so that the sky appears blue not violet

Question 17. National Physical Laboratory is situated in__________.

(A) Kolkata

(B) Bengaluru

(C) Chennai

(D) New Delhi

View Answer
(D) New Delhi 

Question 18. National Chemical Laboratory is situated at__________.

(A) Hyderabad

(B) Pune

(C) New Delhi

(D) Lucknow

View Answer
(B) Pune 

Question 19. Tata Institute of Fundamental.

(A) Mumbai

(B) Delhi

(C) Kolkata

(D) Bangalore

View Answer
(A) Mumbai

Question 20. Full form of LASER is___________.

(A) Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radio

(B) Locally Amplified by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

(C) Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

(D) Log Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

View Answer
(C) Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

Question 21. Laser is a device for producing.

(A) Stimulated radiation

(B) Scattered radiation

(C) Dispersed radiation

(D) Spontaneous radiation

View Answer
(A) Stimulated radiation

Question 22. The world’s highest ground-based telescopic observatory is located at___________.

(A) Switzerland

(B) Nepal

(C) India

(D) Colombia

View Answer
(C) India

Question 23. Who is the scientist in whose honour the ‘Chandra X-ray telescope’ has been named

(A) Subramanyam Chandrashekhar

(B) Prafulla Chandra Roy

(C) Jagdish Chandra Bose

(D) Chandrashekhar Venkat Raman

View Answer
(A) Subramanyam Chandrashekhar

Question 24. Who is the first astronaut in space?

(A) John Yung

(B) S. Titov

(C) Alan Shephard

(D) Yuri Gagarin

View Answer
(D) Yuri Gagarin

Question 25. Who among the following is world’s first woman cosmonaut?

(A) Sally Ride

(B) Valentina Tereshkova

(C) Junko Tabei

(D) Bachendri Pal

View Answer
(B) Valentina Tereshkova