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FCI general awareness questions to practice ,General awareness/current affairs previously asked in different examinations in ssc upsc etc,

1. Which Indian filmstars was recently conferred Honorary Doctorate by Bedfordshire University, (U.K.) ?

(A) Amitabh Bachhan

(B) Shah Rukh Khan

(D) Amir Khan

Ans : (B)

2. Williams Sisters won the U.S. Open Women’s Doubles Title 2009 after defeating in the final—

(A) Leizal Herber and Cara Blank

(B) Kim Clijsters and Anna Kournikova

(D) Nathalie Deshy and Sania Mirza

Ans : (A)

3. Which one of the following is a military alliance ?

(A) ASEAN

(B) SAARC

(D) NAFTA

Ans : (C)

4. The recipient of the 42nd Jnan Peeth Award is—

(A) Manohar Shastri

(B) Harish Pandya

(D) K. Kamal Kumar

Ans : (C)

5. World Development Report is an annual publication of—

(A) UNICEF

(B) UNDP

(D) World Bank

Ans : (D)

6. Which one of the following is correct ?

Player — Sport

(A) Jeev Milkha Singh —Tennis

(B) Jhulan Goswami —Cricket

(D) Pankaj Advani —Badminton

Ans : (B)

7. Which one of the following industrialists was declared ‘The Business Person of the year 2008’ by the Times of India Survey ?

(A) Anil Ambani

(B) Rahul Bajaj

(D) Gautam Adani

Ans : (C)

8. Naina Devi peak forms a part of—

(A) Himalayan range located in Sikkim

(B) Himalayan range located in Kumaon region

(D) Himalayan range located in Jammu & Kashmir

Ans : (B)

9. The aim of the ISRO’s OCEANS AT-2 satellite is—

(A) To provide ocean scientists knowledge about mineral resources under the sea

(B) To aid fishermen in identifying fishing zones

(D) All the above

Ans : (D)

10. Who amongst the following is not the recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award ?

(A) Vijendra Singh

(B) Sushil Kumar

(D) Abhinav Bindra

Ans : (D)

11. Nilgiri, Himgiri and ‘Beas’ are—

(A) Aircraft Carrier ships

(B) Frigates

(D) Oil tankers of ONGC

Ans : (B)

12. The age of a tree can be calculated by—

(A) Number of branches

(B) Its height

(D) Number of its annual rings

Ans : (D)

13. Which one of the statements below explains the external economies of scale ?

(A) Starting a computer firm in a Techno Park to avail the expertise

(B) Expanding firms employing specialist accountants, lawyers and managers

(D) A major supermarket gaining bulk discounts on direct purchase

Ans : (C)

14. Which one of the following types of unemployment is common in Indian agriculture ?

(A) Frictional

(B) Structural

(D) Seasonal

Ans : (D)

15. A rolling plan refers to a plan which—

(A) Does not change its targets every year

(B) Changes its allocations every year

(D) Changes only its targets every year

Ans : (C)

16. An instrument of qualitative credit control in India is—

(A) Open market operations

(B) Credit rationing

(D) Bank rate policy

Ans : (B)

17. Laissez-faire is a feature of—

(A) Socialism

(B) Communism

(D) Mixed Economy

Ans : (C)

18. Which one of the following is not a source of the tax revenue in Indian States ?

(A) Land Revenue

(B) Motor Vehicle Tax

(D) Corporate Tax

Ans : (D)

19. CSO has changed its base year for National Income estimation.

The new base year is—

(A) 1990-91

(B) 1993-94

(D) 1995-96

Ans : (B)

20. Which is the biggest enterprise of the Government of India ?

(A) Postal and Telegraph

(B) Railways

(D) Shipping

Ans : (B)

21. In which type of competition does Marginal Revenue Curve coincide with Average Revenue Curve ?

(A) Monopoly

(B) Imperfect Competition

(D) Monopolistic Competition

Ans : (C)

22. According to J. A. Schumpeter, entrepreneurs are entitled to enjoy the profit for their……… activities.

(A) Innovative

(B) Risk taking

(D) Hard work

Ans : (A)

23. Demonstration effect means—

(A) Effect of advertisement

(B) Imitating effect of consumption

(D) Effect of an experiment

Ans : (B)

24. Homogeneous product is a feature of—

(A) Imperfect market

(B) Monopoly

(D) Perfect market

Ans : (D)

25. Which part of the Indian Constitution declares the Ideals of Welfare State ?

(A) Fundamental Rights

(B) Fundamental Duties

(D) Directive Principles of State Policy

Ans : (D)

26. Who said, “Parliamentary System provides a daily as well as a periodic assessment of the Government” ?

(A) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

(B) Shri B. N. Rao

(D) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

Ans : (A)

27. The legal advisor to the State Government is known as—

(A) Advocate-General

(B) Attorney-General

(D) State Public Prosecutor

Ans : (A)

28. The maximum duration of Zero Hour in Lok Sabha is—

(A) 30 minutes

(B) One hour

(D) Unspecified

Ans : (B)

29. Which agency acts as co-ordinator between Union Government,Planning Commission and State Governments ?

(A) National Integration Council

(B) Finance Commission

(D) Inter-State Council

Ans : (C)

30. When will demand become a grant ?

(A) When a demand is proposed

(B) After the discussion on demand is over

(D) When the Budget Session is closed

Ans : (C)

31. What makes the Judiciary the guardian of the Constitution ?

(A) Independence

(B) Service Conditions

(D) Judicial Review

Ans : (D)

32. What is the name of Judicial organ of UNO ?

(A) Supreme Court

(B) Court of International Justice

(D) International Court of Justice

Ans : (D)

33. The Election disputes regarding the Election of President and Vice-President can be heard by—

(A) Parliament

(B) Central Election Commission

(D) Attorney-General of India

Ans : (C)

34. Balwant Rai Mehta Committee suggested that the structure of Panchayati Raj should consist of—

(A) The village, the block and the district levels

(B) The mandal and the district levels

(D) The village, the mandal, the district and the State levels

Ans : (A)

35. Which of the following has banned ‘floor crossing’ by the members elected on a party ticket to the legislature ?

(A) 52nd Constitution Amendment

(B) Representation of People Act

(D) Maintenance of Internal Security Act

Ans : (A)

36. The expression ‘Creamy Layer’ used in the judgement of the Supreme Court relating to the case regarding reservations refers to—

(A) Those sections of society which pay Income-tax

(B) Those sections of socially and educationally backward classes of the society that are economically advanced

(D) All sections of upper castes of the society

Ans : (B)

37. When was the Panchtantra written ?

(A) Maurya Period

(B) Kanishka Period

(D) Harsha Period

Ans : (C)

38. Which one among the following is regarded as the ‘Magna Carta’of Indian education ?

(A) Wood’s Despatch

(B) Hunter’s Commission

(D) Wardha Scheme

Ans : (A)

39. The battle of Mahabharata is believed to have been fought at Kurukshetra for—

(A) 14 days

(B) 16 days

(D) 20 days

Ans : (C)

40. The Mukteswara Temple is located at—

(A) Puri

(B) Belur

(D) Bhubaneswar

Ans : (D)

41. Which king of the Gupta Dynasty was called the ‘Napoleon of India’ ?

(A) Samudragupta

(B) Chandragupta Vikramaditya

(D) Chandragupta-I

Ans : (A)

42. Between which two rulers was the First Battle of Panipat fought ?

(A) Akbar and Bahlol Lodi

(B) Babur and Ibrahim Lodi

(D) Shah Jahan and Daulat Khan Lodi

Ans : (B)

43. Who is the author of Ain-i-Akbari ?

(A) Abul Fazal

(B) Abdus Samad

(D) Raja Todarmal

Ans : (A)

44. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists—

List-I — List-II

(A) Peshwas 1. Nagpur

(B) Gaekwads 2. Pune

(D) Holkers 4. Baroda

Codes :

(A) (B) (C) (D)

(A) 2 4 1 3

(B) 1 3 2 4

(D) 4 3 2 1

Ans : (A)

45. Which reformer from Maharashtra was known as Lokhitavadi ?

(A) Pandit Ramabai

(B) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

(D) Gopal Hari Deshmukh

Ans : (D)

46. ‘Din-e-Ilahi’ of Akbar was not a success because—

(A) After Akbar, it was not patronized

(B) The Muslims did not accept other religious practices

(D) All the above

Ans : (D)

47. Who was the author of the book ‘My Experiments with Truth’ ?

(A) Aurobindo Ghosh

(B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(D) Vinoba Bhave

Ans : (C)

48. Give the correct chronological order of the following events—

1. Formation of Muslim League

2. Formation of All India Untouchability League

3. Formation of All India Trade Union Congress

4. Formation of Indian National Congress

(A) 2, 4, 1, 3

(B) 3, 4, 1, 2

(D) 4, 1, 3, 2

Ans : (D)

49. 80% of the coal in India comes from—

(A) Jharia and Raniganj

(B) Kantapalli and Singareni

(D) Neyveli

Ans : (A)

50. Dry zone agriculture in India contributes nearly 40% of the total—

(A) Commercial crops

(B) Fodder crops

(D) Plantation products

Ans : (D)

51. Who was the first Indian woman to scale the Mount Everest ?

(A) Bachhendri Pal

(B) Phew Dorajee

(D) Yoko Ono

Ans : (A)

52. Name of S. Chandrashekhar is associated with which of the

following subjects ?

(A) Cosmology

(B) Chemistry

(D) Astrophysics

Ans : (D)

53. Who was the only Indian woman to be elected as the President of

U.N. General Assembly ?

(A) Vijayalakshmi Pandit

(B) V. K. Krishna Menon

(D) Rajeshwar Dayal

Ans : (A)

54. ‘RAF’ is the abbreviated form of which of the following ?

(A) Ready Action Force

(B) Rapid Action Force

(D) Repeat Action Force

Ans : (B)

55. Tehri dam is built on which of the following rivers ?

(A) Ganga

(B) Brahmputra

(D) Yamuna

Ans : (C)

56. Who lost the AFC (Asian Football Confederation Final, 2008 to India) ?

(A) Myanmar

(B) Sri Lanka

(D) Tajikistan

Ans : (D)

57. After the terrorist attack of 26th November, 2008 in Mumbai, who was appointed as the Home Minister of India ?

(A) Sh. Shivraj Patil

(B) Sh. Pranab Mukherjee

(D) Sh. A.K. Anthony

Ans : (C)

58. Name the winner of the Sanjay Chopra National Award for Bravery 2008—

(A) Saumika Mishra

(B) Santosh Sen

(D) Pappu

Ans : (A)

59. The concept of the Directive Principles of State Policy was borrowed by our Constitution from the Constitution of—

(A) U.S.A.

(B) Canada

(D) Ireland

Ans : (D)

60. The three medals that IndiAns won in the Beijing Olympics were in—

(A) Shooting, Boxing and Wrestling

(B) Shooting, Boxing and Archery

(D) Shooting, Boxing and Hockey

Ans : (A)

61 There is no provision in the Constitution for the impeachment of the—

(A) Chief Justice of India

(B) Chief Justice of a High Court

(D) Vice President

Ans : (C)

62. The train service—‘Thar Express’ between India and Pakistan, originates in India from—

(A) Jaisalmer

(B) Jodhpur

(D) Barmer

Ans : (D)

63. Garba is a dance form of—

(A) Gujarat

(B) Rajasthan

(D) Assam

Ans : (A)

64. Who is named as the Flying Sikh of India ?

(A) Mohinder Singh

(B) Ajit Pal Singh

(D) Milkha Singh

Ans : (D)

65. Fundamental Rights are not given to—

(A) Bankrupt persons

(B) Aliens

(D) Political sufferers

Ans : (B)

66. Which of the following, according to Mahatma Gandhi, is the strongest force in the world ?

(A) Non-violence of the brave

(B) Non-violence of the weak

(D) Non-violence of the downtrodden

Ans : (A)

67. What is the tenure of the Prime Minister of India ?

(A) Conterminous with the tenure of the Lok Sabha

(B) Conterminous with the tenure of the President

(D) Five years

Ans : (C)

68. Consent of the people meAns consent of—

(A) A few people

(B) All people

(D) Leader of the people

Ans : (C)

69. Which of the following is not a Panchayati Raj Institution ?

(A) Gram Sabha

(B) Gram Panchayat

(D) Nyaya Panchayat

Ans : (C)

70. Match the following—Union Territory

(A) Puducherry

(B) Andaman and Nicobar Islands

(D) Daman and Diu

Jurisdiction (High Court)

1. Kerala

2. Bombay

3. Madras

4. Calcutta

(A) (B) (C) (D)

(A) 3 4 1 2

(B) 1 3 4 2

(D) 1 4 3 2

Ans : (A)

71. Which of the following is true regarding ‘No Confidence Motion’in the Parliament ?

1. There is no mention of it in the Constitution.

2. A period of six months must lapse between the introduction of one ‘No Confidence Motion’ and another.

3. Atleast 100 persons must support such a motion before it is introduced in the House.

4. It can be introduced in the Lok Sabha only.

(A) 2 and 4

(B) 1, 2, 3 and 4

(D) 1 and 4

Ans : (D)

72. The toxicity of which of the following heavy metals leads toliver cirrhosis ?

(A) Copper

(B) Lead

(D) Zinc

Ans : (A)

73. Cell or tissue death within a living body is called as—

(A) Neutrophilia

(B) Nephrosis

(D) Neoplasia

Ans : (A)

74. Typhoid is caused by—

(A) Pseudomonas sp.

(B) Staphylococcus

(D) Salmonella typhi

Ans : (D)

75 Besides carbohydrates, a major source of energy in our food is constituted by—

(A) Proteins

(B) Fats

(D) Vitamins

Ans : (B)

76. The process of removing calcium and magnesium from hard water is known as—

(A) Sedimentation

(B) Filtration

(D) Water softening

Ans : (D)

77. Leprosy bacillus was discovered by—

(A) Koch

(B) HAnsen

(D) Harvey

Ans : (B)

78. Who, of the following, was awarded ‘Ashok Chakra’ on 26th January, 2009 ?

1. Hemant Karkare

2. M. C. Sharma

3. Gajendra Singh

4. Vijay Salaskar

(A) 1 and 2

(B) 1, 2 and 4

(D) All the above

Ans : (D)

79. The British introduced the railways in India in order to—

(A) Promote heavy industries in India

(B) Facilitate British commerce and administrative control

(D) Enable IndiAns to move freely within the country

Ans : (B)

80. Which religious reformer of Western India was known as ‘Lokhitwadi’ ?

(A) Gopal Hari Deshmukh

(B) R. G. Bhandarkar

(D) B. G. Tilak

Ans : (A)

81. In which of the following states was President’s Rule imposed during the month of January, 2009 ?

(A) Uttarakhand

(B) Meghalaya

(D) Jharkhand

Ans : (D)

82. In which state was the Nalanda University located in India ?

(A) Bengal

(B) Bihar

(D) Uttar Pradesh

Ans : (B)

83. Which of the following are correctly matched ?

Persons—Events

1. Sultan Mahmud—Sack of Somnath

2. Muhammad Ghori—Conquest of Sindh

3. Alauddin Khilji—Revolt in Bengal

4. Muhammad Bin Tughlaq—Changiz Khan’s invasion

(A) 1 and 3

(B) 2 only

(D) 2 and 4

Ans : ()

84. Where did Babar die ?

(A) Agra

(B) Kabul

(D) Delhi

Ans : (A)

85. A situation where we have people whose level of income is not sufficient to meet the minimum consumption expenditure is considered as—

(A) Absolute Poverty

(B) Relative Poverty

(D) Rural Poverty

Ans : (A)

86. India is called a mixed economy because of the existence of—

1. Public Sector

2. Private Sector

3. Joint Sector

4. Cooperative Sector

(A) 1, 4

(B) 1, 2

(D) 2, 4

Ans : (B)

87. Which is the largest state of India, populationwise, according to 2001 census ?

(A) Maharashtra

(B) Bihar

(D) West Bengal

Ans : (C)

88. Revealed Preference Theory was propounded by—

(A) Adam Smith

(B) Marshall

(D) J. S. Mill

Ans : (C)

89. An exceptional demand curve is one that moves—

(A) Upward to the right

(B) Downward to the right

(D) Vertically

Ans : (A)

90. Who has been appointed the Governor of RBI after the retirement of Shri Y. V. Reddy ?

(A) Dr. Indra Rangarajan

(B) Dr. Dilip Sanghvi

(D) Shri D. Subbarao

Ans : (D)

91. In Economics the terms ‘Utility’ and ‘Usefulness’ have—

(A) Same meaning

(B) Different meaning

(D) None of the above

Ans : (B)

92. Among the following the celestial body farthest from the Earthis—

(A) Saturn

(B) Uranus

(D) Pluto

Ans : (D)

93. The instrument used to see the distant objects on the Earth is—

(A) Terrestrial telescope

(B) Astronomical telescope

(D) Simple microscope

Ans : (A)

94. The fuse in our domestic electric circuit melts when there is a high rise in—

(A) Inductance

(B) Current

(D) Capacitance

Ans : (B)

95. It is difficult to cook rice—

(A) At the top of a mountain

(B) At the sea level

(D) Same anywhere

Ans : (A)

96. X-rays were discovered by—

(A) Becquerel

(B) Roentgen

(D) Van Lue

Ans : (B)

97. The National Chemical Laboratory (India) is located in—

(A) Mumbai

(B) Bengaluru

(D) Pune

Ans : (D)

98. The chemicals released by one species of animals in order to attract the other members of the same species are—

(A) Hormones

(B) Nucleic acids

(D) Steroids

Ans : (C)

99. Match the source in Column B with the product of Column A.Column A (Product)

(A) Formic acid

(B) Citric acid

Column B (Source)

1. Lemon

2. Tamarind

3. Ants

(A) (B) (C)

(A) 3 2 1

(B) 3 1 2

(D) 2 1 3

Ans : (B)

100. An emulsifier is an agent which—

(A) Stabilises an emulsion

(B) Aids the flocculation of an emulsion

(D) Homogenises an emulsion

Ans : (A)

101“ Sensex” is related to

BSE-Anwer

NSE

RBI

SEBI

102 It is an index comprising of share price of companies. Who among following was the longest serving Arab Leader ?

King Abdullah

Muammar Gaddafi-AnwerHe ruled Libya for 42 Years.

Hosni Mubarak

Bashar-al-Assad

103 MS Dhoni is the _______ captain of Indian Cricket Team

41th

35th-Anwer

31th

34th

104 Wal-Mart in India is associated with

Big Bazaar

Spencer's Retail

Easy Day Stores-Anwer

Spur Retail

Bharti Enrerprises & Wal-Mart created a joint venture to run retail business in India. Wal-Mart provides only backend operation support to the business while Bharti looks after fron-end & Management operations

105 Name of the Nokia’s mobile phone operating system

Android

Windows

Symbian-Anwer

JAVA

Symbian is Nokia's own developed mobile phone OS

106 Which was the India’s first scheduled airline ?

Air India

Tata Airlines-Anwer

Air Birla

Indian Airlines

107 JRD TATA formed Tata Airlines in the year 1932, was initially used to carry mails from Karachi to Bombay. In the year 1946 , it was renamed as "Air India".Later, in the year 1948 , the airlines was forcefully acquired

by Government of India as flag carrier.Which political party does Sri Ajit Singh represents ?

Rashtriya Lok Dal-Anwer

Samta Party

Samajwadi Party

Jan Lok Dal

108 “Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act” provides employment guarantee for how many days per year

120

100-Anwer

180

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is an Indian job guarantee scheme, enacted by legislation on August 25, 2005. The scheme provides a legal guarantee for one hundred days of

employment in every financial year to adult members of any rural household

109 What is the current FDI upper cap in telecom in India ?

51%-Anwer

74%

49%

No Cap

110 Who among following ordered “Jallian Wala Bagh Massacre” ?

Lord Mountbatten

John Simon

Reginald Dyer-Anwer

N.D.K MacEven

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