General Awareness Questions and Answers for Competitive Examinations
1- The inventor of printing press was
(A) Frederic Barbier
(B) Johann Guttenberg
(C) Tsai Lun
(D) Marshall McLuhan
2- Freshwater lake Titicaca is situated in which of the following continent?
(A) North America
(B) Australia
(C) South America
(D) Europe
3- Greenland and Baffin Island is divided by-
(A) Torres Strait
(B) Yucatan Strait
(C) Davis Strait
(D) Hudson Strait
4- Which vitamin helps in healing of wounds?
(A) Vitamin D
(B) Vitamin C
(C) Vitamin B
(D) Vitamin A
5- Pencillin is invented by
(A) Alexander Fleming
(B) Kove
(C) Dunlop
(D) Stephenson
6- Mirage is an example of
(A) Diffraction
(B) Deflection
(C) Total internal reflection
(D) Refraction
7- Two components of the ecosystem are
(A) Land and Water
(B) Biotic and Abiotic
(C) Trees and Weeds
(D) Plants and Animals
8- The connecting strait of Asia and North America continent is
(A) Gibraltar Strait
(B) Bering Strait
(C) Malacca Strait
(D) Davis Strait
9- Which of the following are used for vermicomposting?
(A) Tape worm
(B) Round worm
(C) Flat worm
(D) Red worm
10- Bone is rich source of
(A) Phosphorous
(B) Phosphorous and Magnesium
(C) Potassium and Nitrogen
(D) Phosphorous and Calcium
11- Limestone and Sandstone are
(A) Igneous rocks
(B) Primary rocks
(C) Metamorphic rocks
(D) Sedimentary rocks
12- Carrot is rich in which element?
(A) Sulphur
(B) Potassium
(C) Iron
(D) Calcium
13- Foot and mouth disease in cattle and pigs is caused by
(A) Fungi
(B) Flies
(C) Bacteria
(D) Virus
14- Maximum limit of an ear, listening loud noise without pain is
(A) 125 decibel
(B) 85 decibel
(C) 38 decibel
(D) 15 decibel
15- Total Number of muscles found in human body is
(A) 697
(B) 679
(C) 639
(D) 529
16- Lactose consists of
(A) Glucose + Ribose
(B) Glucose + Galactose
(C) Glucose + Sucrose
(D) Glucose + Fructose
17- Which of the following disease cannot be prevented by vaccination?
(A) Amoebiasis
(B) Pneumonia
(C) Diphtheria
(D) Polio
18- Oncogenic virus causes which of the following diseases?
(A) Hypertension
(B) Diabetes
(C) Tuberculosis
(D) Cancer
19- The pyramid of biomass of ocean ecosystem is generally
(A) inverted
(B) upright
(C) uncertain
(D) none of the above
20- The products of ecosystem processes are called
(A) Productivity
(B) Ecosystem services
(C) Gross National Product
(D) None of the above
ANSWERS:
1-(B), 2-(C), 3-(C), 4-(B), 5-(A), 6-(C), 7-(B), 8-(B), 9-(D), 10-(D), 11-(D), 12-(B), 13-(D), 14-(A), 15-(C), 16-(B), 17-(A), 18-(D), 19-(A), 20-(B)