General Awareness Quiz 1. Which of the following is the world’s largest desert? (A) The Great Australian Desert (B) Arabian Desert (C) Gobi (D) Sahara Ans : (D) 2. The rate of erosion in a stream is lowest where– (A) the river joins the sea (B) depth is greater (C) breadth is greater (D) velocity is more Ans : (A) 3. The name ‘Sahyadri’ is related to– (A) A rain-bearing wind (B) Himalayan Peak (C) Western Ghats (D) Cyclone hazards Ans : (C) 4. People die in an atmosphere of carbon dioxide because– (A) of want of oxygen (B) of suffocation (C) it is a poisonous gas (D) it destroys tissues Ans : (A) 5. Which of the following acts as photosensitizer during photosynthesis ? (A) Chlorophyll (B) Chlorine (C) Oxygen (D) Nitrogen Ans : (A) 6. What happens when bleaching powder is left exposed to air ? (A) It gradually loses its oxygen (B) It gradually loses its chlorine (C) It turns dark brown in colour (D) It turns yellow in colour Ans : (B) 7. Arsenic pollution leads to– (A) Dyslexia (B) Allergy (C) White foot disease (D) Black foot disease Ans : (B) 8. Which one of the following does not contribute to pollution ? (A) Hydroelectric Power Plant (B) Atomic Power Plant (C) Thermal Power Plant (D) Nuclear Power Plant Ans : (A) 9. Which of the following are the two major components of dry air (by volume) ? (A) Nitrogen and Ammonia (B) Oxygen and Carbon dioxide (C) Nitrogen and Oxygen (D) Oxygen and Argon Ans : (C) 10. Tactile hair is found in the body of– (A) Reptiles (B) Birds (C) Insects (D) Mammals Ans : (D) 11. The source of energy m the Sun is– (A) radioactivity (B) electrical energy (C) nuclear fission (D) nuclear fusion Ans : (D) 12. Which one of the following materials is used as controller in a nuclear reactor power generator– (A) Graphite (B) Heavy water (C) Cadmium (D) Beryllium Ans : (C) 13. Banking of curves on road or railway track is done to provide– (A) gravitational force (B) angular velocity (C) centripetal force (D) centrifugal force Ans : (C) 14. ………. is type of application software used for communication. (A) Database (B) Image editing (C) FIP (D) Word processing Ans : (C) 15. A floppy disk is– (A) used as the primary memory in computer systems (B) made up of magnetic material (C) a semiconductor random-access memory (D) an EPROM Ans : (B)
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