General Awareness Questions 2020

General Awareness

Q.1        The India Meteorological Department (IMD) celebrated its ___________ foundation day

              on January 15, 2020.

               .          1. 135th

                          2. 145th

                          3. 139th

                          4. 140^th

Q.2          On which country has the World Anti-doping Agency recently imposed a 4-year ban?

           1. Russia

           2. Brazil

           3. Pakistan

           4. China

Q.3          In which of the following is citric acid present?

           1. Black Gram

           2. Tamarind

           3. Curd

           4. Lemon

Q.4          What is the pass at the southern end of the Nilgiri hills called?

           1. Goran ghat pass

           2. Palakkad gap

           3. Malshej ghat pass

           4. Chorla ghat pass

Q.5          What does GNP stand for?

                          1. Gross National Product

                          2. Gramin Nisak Praman

                          3. Gross National Produce

           4. Gramin Nigam Parishad

Q.7          Protium, deuterium and tritium are the naturally occurring isotopes of:

           1. nitrogen

           2. hydrogen

                          3. carbon

           4. gold

Q.8          The Legislative Assembly of which state adopted a new logo on the 9th January 2020?

         1. Tripura

                       2. Andhra Pradesh

                       3. Assam

                       4. Arunachal Pradesh

Q.10        Name the first actor to win the Oscar Awards.

                       1. Emil Jannings

                       2. Charlie Chaplin

                       3. Lionel Barrymore

                       4. Warner Baxter

Q.12        Which of the following years is called the Year of the Great Divide in the demographic

                history of India?

                       1. 1951

                       2. 1921

                       3. 1931

                       4. 1911

Q.13        Who designed the logo for Lokpal in India?

                       1. B.P. Raju

                       2. Deepak Punia

                       3. Prashant Mishra

                       4. Kamareddy

Q.15        Which of the following Acts was amended to provide a statutory basis for the

                 implementation of the flexible inflation targeting (FIT) framework?

                       1. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Act, 1934

                       2. Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation Act, 1961

                       3. Banking Regulation Act, 1949

                       4. The Industrial Finance Corporation of India Act, 1948

Q.16        Deficiency of which of the following vitamins causes Night Blindness?

                       1. Vitamin C

                       2. Vitamin B

                       3. Vitamin A

                       4. Vitamin D

Q.19       Name the author of the book ‘Ain-i-Akbari’?

                       1. Abu’l Fazl

                       2. Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana

                       3. Dara Shikoh

                       4. Todar Mal

Q.21       In which year did the Portuguese capture Goa?

                        1. 1540 AD

                        2. 1610 AD

                        3. 1475 AD

                        4. 1510 AD

Q.22      Shaukat Kaifi passed away in 2019. She was the mother of which famous actress?

                        1. Dia Mirza

                        2. Urmila Matondkar

                        3. Shabana Azmi

                        4. Fatima Sana Shaikh

Q.23      What does the writ of ‘Mandamus’ mean?

                       1. You May Have the Body

                       2. By What Warrants

                       3. To be Certified

                       4. We Command

Answers.

              Q 1) 2,  Q 2) 1,  Q 3) 4, Q 4) 2,  Q 5) 1,  Q 7) 2,  Q 8) 4,   Q 10) 1,  Q 12) 2,  Q 13) 3, Q 15) 1, Q 16) 3, Q 19) 1,                  Q 21) 4, Q 22) 3, Q 23) 4.