General Awareness Quiz Questions and Answers
1-Which one of the following is a primary rock?
(A) Metamorphic
(B) Sedimentary
(C) Igneous
(D) None of the above
2-1° of latitude represents
(A) 81 km
(B) 111 km
(C) 121 km
(D) 221 km
3-The highest plateau in the world is
(A) Pamir Plateau
(B) Potwar Plateau
(C) Colorado Plateau
(D) Patagonia Plateau
4-Which of the following is the brightest planet?
(A) Jupiter
(B) Mars
(C) Venus
(D) Mercury
5-From which of the following metamorphic rocks originate?
(A) Sedimentary rocks
(B) Igneous rocks
(C) both (A) and (B)
(D) None of the above
6-The term ‘midnight sun’ means
(A) Sun shining in the polar circle for long time
(B) bright moon
(C) twilight
(D) rising sun
7-The reason for drifting apart of continents is
(A) Tectonic activities
(B) Volcanic eruptions
(C) Folding of rocks
(D) cyclones
8-Which of the following planet has nearly as big as that of earth?
(A) Pluto
(B) Mars
(C) Mercury
(D) Venus
9- ___ of the Earth’s land surface is desert.
(A) 1/2
(B) 1/3
(C) 1/4
(D) 1/5
10-Which of the following is the outermost layer of the Sun?
(A) Mesosphere
(B) Chromosphere
(C) Lithosphere
(D) Corona
11-The largest temperature desert in the world is
(A) Turkmen desert
(B) Gobi desert
(C) Sahara desert
(D) Patagonian desert
12-One astronomical unit is the average distance between the
(A) sun and the moon
(B) sun and the earth
(C) venus and the earth
(D) mercury and the sun
13-Who suggested the Big Bang theory for the first time
(A) Edwin Hubble
(B) Belgian priest
(C) Greek thinkers
(D) None of the above
14-Following is the second most abundant metal present in the earth’s surface.
(A) Copper
(B) Aluminium
(C) Zinc
(D) Iron
15-Most commonly used unit for measuring distance between galaxies
(A) Kilometers
(B) Nautical mile
(C) Light years
(D) Megaparsec
16- ___ is the International Date Line.
(A) 180° longitude
(B) 90° east longitude
(C) 0° longitude
(D) Equator
17-Milky way is ___ galaxy.
(A) elliptical
(B) spiral
(C) globular
(D) irregular
18-Epicentre is related to
(A) Cyclone
(B) Volcano
(C) Earthquake
(D) All of the above
19-Following are the largest known galaxies in the universe
(A) Merged galaxies
(B) Elliptical galaxies
(C) Spiral galaxies
(D) None of the above
20-Which of the following is the world’s most active volcano?
(A) Fujiyama
(B) Kilauea
(C) Vesuvius
(D) Cotopaxi
ANSWERS:
1-(C), 2-(B), 3-(A), 4-(A), 5-(C), 6-(A), 7-(A), 8-(D), 9-(B), 10-(D), 11-(D), 12-(B), 13-(B), 14-(B), 15-(D), 16-(A), 17-(B), 18-(C), 19-(B), 20-(B)