General Awareness Objective Type Questions
General Awareness Objective Type Questions
1-Tool to measure height (ASML) is
(A) Barometer
(B) Hygrometer
(C) Clinometer
(D) Altimeter
2-Tool to measure angle of slope is
(A) Anemometer
(B) Hygrometer
(C) Inclinometer
(D) Altimeter
3-Normal pulse rate of healthy person is
(A) 30-40 beats/min
(B) 40-50 beats/min
(C) 60-100 beats/min
(D) 100-130 beats/min
4-Normal breathing rate of healthy person is
(A) 30-35/min
(B) 08-10/min
(C) 25-30/min
(D) 12-20/min
5-Science dealing with the maintenance of health
(A) Medicine
(B) Sanitation
(C) Hygiene
(D) All of the above
6-The temperature at which air becomes saturated by cooling is
(A) Convection
(B) Dew point
(C) Sublimation
(D) Condensation
7-The highest peak in South Pole is
(A) Mount Matterhorn
(B) Mount Vinson
(C) Mount McKinley
(D) Mount Blanc
8-Instrument used to measure humidity is
(A) Hygrometer
(B) Anemometer
(C) Barometer
(D) All of the above
9-Coldest layer of atmosphere is
(A) Troposphere
(B) Stratosphere
(C) Mesosphere
(D) Ionosphere
10-Itai-itai disease is caused by the poisoning of which one of the following?
(A) Arsenic
(B) Cadmium
(C) Nitrate
(D) Mercury
11-Choose the appropriate word at (?) which bears the same relationship with the given forth word as the first two bears. Scale : Length :: ?: Pressure
(A) Water
(B) Barometer
(C) Atmosphere
(D) Pascal
12-Elements most commonly found in the Upper crust are
(A) Si and Al
(B) Si and Mg
(C) Ca and Na
(D) Ca and Mg
13-Which is the most common ore of lead?
(A) Bauxite
(B) Chromite
(C) Galena
(D) Sphalerite
14-Marble is a type of metamorphic rock that originates from:
(A) Granite
(B) Sandstone
(C) Limestone
(D) Shale
15-The chemical union of water with a Mineral is called:
(A) Carbonation
(B) Hydrolysis
(C) Hydration
(D) Oxidation
16-Hydrogen is converted to helium in the Sun, this nuclear reaction produces:
(A) Radiation energy
(B) Kinetic energy
(C) Potential energy
(D) Solar radiation
17-The measuring of elevation with reference to sea level is termed as:
(A) Tachometry
(B) Hypsometry
(C) Morphometry
(D) Altimetry
18-Braunite is an ore of:
(A) Tungsten
(B) Iron
(C) Manganese
(D) Copper
19-Which of the following oceans is contracting?
(A) Pacific Ocean
(B) Indian Ocean
(C) Atlantic Ocean
(D) None of the above
20-Bornite is an ore of
(A) Copper
(B) Nickel
(C) Lead
(D) Iron
21-‘Smarskite’ is an ore mineral of
(A) Copper
(B) Cobalt
(C) Nickel
(D) Thorium
22-Which one of the following will have the lowest value at the centre of Earth?
(A) Gravity
(B) Pressure
(C) Density
(D) Temperature
23-The most turbulent zone of the Earth’s atmosphere is
(A) Mesosphere
(B) Stratosphere
(C) Troposphere
(D) Thermosphere
24-Diamonds occur in __________ rocks
(A) Basalt and limestone
(B) Kimberlite
(C) Granite gneiss
(D) Sandstone
25-The phenomenon of polar lights (aurora) commonly occurs in the
(A) Mesosphere
(B) Troposphere
(C) Ionosphere
(D) Stratosphere
ANSWERS:
1-(D), 2-(C), 3-(C), 4-(D), 5-(C), 6-(B), 7-(B), 8-(A), 9-(C), 10-(B), 11-(B), 12-(A), 13-(C), 14-(C), 15-(C), 16-(D), 17-(B), 18-(C), 19-(A), 20-(A), 21-(D), 22-(A), 23-(C), 24-(B), 25-(B)