General Awareness – 118 | Sakshi Education

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Who were selected for the prestigious 2016 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award?
1) P.V. Sindhu, Sakshi Malik, Shiv Thapa, Lalita Babar
2) Sakshi Malik, Dipa Karmakar, P.V. Sindhu, Rajat Chauhan
3) P.V. Sindhu, Sakshi Malik, Dipa Karmakar, Jitu Rai
4) P.V. Sindhu, Sakshi Malik, Ajinkya Rahane, Apurvi Chandela
Who is called the father of modern Economics?
1) Thomas Robert Malthus
2) Adam Smith
3) John Maynard Keynes
4) Alfred Russel Wallace
Which of the following Articles says that State shall not deny to any person equality before the law or the equal protection of the laws within the territory of India?
1) Article 17
2) Article 18
3) Article 14
4) Article 16
Who gave the slogan 'Do or Die' during the Quit India movement?
1) Subhash Chandra Bose
2) Jawaharlal Nehru
3) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
4) Mahatma Gandhi
Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated in the Battle of Waterloo fought in?
1) 1812
2) 1813
3) 1814
4) 1815
Who became the first woman President of the Indian National Congress in 1917?
1) Sarojini Naidu
2) Annie Besant
3) Nellie Sengupta
4) Sucheta Kripalani
Who built the Sun Temple at Konark in Odisha in the 13th century AD?
1) Narasimhadeva I
2) Ananga Bhima Deva II
3) Bhanu Deva I
4) Rajaraja II
The rule of the Eastern Ganga dynasty consisted of the whole of the modern day Indian State of?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Kerala
3) Odisha
4) Bihar
Which of the following terms refers to a form of commercial farming where crops like tea, coffee and rubber are grown for profit?
1) Terrace Farming
2) Extensive farming
3) Multiple cropping
4) Plantation agriculture
Plant cuticle is absent in?
1) Leaf
2) Stem
3) Fruit
4) Root
Parambikulam Aliyar Project is a joint venture of Kerala and?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Karnataka
3) Telangana
4) Puducherry
Chandra Prabha Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in?
1) Bihar
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Himachal Pradesh
4) Arunachal Pradesh
Which one among the following Asian countries is land-locked?
1) Cambodia
2) Vietnam
3) Laos
4) Thailand
Which of the following help blood to clot?
1) Red Blood Cells
2) White Blood Cells
3) Platelets
4) Plasma
Sangama, Saluva and Tuluva dynasties were associated with?
1) Kashmir
2) Bengal
3) Warangal
4) Vijayanagara
Corey Anderson is a cricketer from which of the following countries?
1) Australia
2) England
3) New Zealand
4) South Africa
Who is the founder of the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan?
1) Pratibha Shinde
2) Aruna Roy
3) Medha Patkar
4) Kalpanatai Salunkhe
Which of the following banks changed its name to Axis Bank?
1) Times Bank
2) Centurion Bank
3) UTI Bank
4) Global Trust Bank
Where is the headquarters of the International Labor Organization located?
1) Zurich
2) Geneva
3) Berne
4) Vienna
Omkareshwar Dam is on which of the following rivers?
1) Narmada
2) Chambal
3) Tapti
4) Mahanadi
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was the President of India during?
1) 1952-1957
2) 1957-1962
3) 1962-1967
4) 1967-1972
Crimea is now a part of which of the following countries?
1) Ukraine
2) Russia
3) Poland
4) Latvia
Who among the following was awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1954?
1) Rajendra Prasad
2) Jawaharlal Nehru
3) C. Rajagopalachari
4) B.C. Roy
Which is the first Indian talkie film released in 1931?
1) Shree Pundalik
2) Raja Harishchandra
3) Kalidas
4) Alam Ara
What is the lowermost layer in the atmosphere?
1) Stratosphere
2) Troposphere
3) Ionosphere
4) Exosphere
Which one of the following major ports is situated on the east coast?
1) Kandla
2) Mormugao
3) Mangalore
4) Tuticorin
Who among the following is the present Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC)?
1) Vijai Sharma
2) R.K. Mathur
3) K.V. Chowdary
4) B. Durga Prasad
Which of the following is the capital city of Cambodia?
1) Phnom Penh
2) Putrajaya
3) Sumatra
4) Astana
Which of the following rivers originates in Tibet, flows through India and Bangladesh and flows into the Bay of Bengal?
1) Indus
2) Ganges
3) Brahmaputra
4) Chenab
What is the currency of Germany?
1) Pound
2) Krone
3) Euro
4) Franc
Ebola virus is named after the Ebola River in?
1) Democratic Republic of Congo
2) Central African Republic
3) Angola
4) Uganda
The Hornbill Festival is celebrated every year in December in which of the following states?
1) Sikkim
2) Nagaland
3) Meghalaya
4) Arunachal Pradesh
Identify the mismatched pair?
1) NAV - Net Asset Value
2) GDP - Gross Domestic Product
3) FMC - Forward Management Commission
4) CCI - Competition Commission of India
The National Energy Conservation Day is observed every year on?
1) November 14
2) November 24
3) October 14
4) December 14
Beighton Cup is associated with which of the following sports?
1) Hockey
2) Cricket
3) Table Tennis
4) Football
Which of the following branches of medicine deals with tumors?
1) Nephrology
2) Oncology
3) Rheumatology
4) Radiology
The headquarters of INTERPOL is situated in which of the following cities?
1) Paris
2) Nice
3) Marseille
4) Lyon
Finance Commission is set up under article?
1) 263
2) 266
3) 280
4) 324
The headquarters of which of the following organizations is situated in Vienna, Austria?
1) NATO
2) APEC
3) UNESCO
4) OPEC
Chandragupta Maurya spent his last days in?
1) Pataliputra
2) Bodh Gaya
3) Ujjain
4) Shravanabelgola
Araneology is the branch of Zoology that deals with?
1) Spiders
2) Mites
3) Aphids
4) Bees
The Russian Revolution took place in which of the following years?
1) 1905
2) 1911
3) 1917
4) 1920
Who is the most famous king of Kushan dynasty?
1) Harshavardhana
2) Ashoka
3) Kanishka
4) Bimbisara
The headquarters of ISRO is situated in?
1) Ahmedabad
2) Srihari Kota
3) Chennai
4) Bangalore
Who among the following is the present Prime Minister of Turkey?
1) Recep Tayyip Erdogan
2) Binali Yildirim
3) Ahmet Davutoglu
4) Bashar al Assad

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