General Awareness MCQs and Answers: General Awareness are very important for OPSC, OSSC, OSSSC & Other State Exams. Aspirants who are willing to apply for the various Government exams in 2022 must go through the topics of General Awareness for competitive exams, as General Awareness is a key part of the syllabus.
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Q1. Beighton Cup is associated with
(a) Badminton
(b) Kabaddi
(c) Polo
(d) Hockey
S1. Ans.(d)
Sol.BeightonCup is one of the oldest field hockey tournaments running till date.
It was Instituted in 1895 andorganised by Hockey Bengal earlier called Bengal Hockey Association.
Q2. To whom does StateHumanRights Commission submitan annual report?
(a) State Government
(b) Governor
(c) President of India
(d) State legislature
S2. Ans.(a)
Sol.The Protection of Human Rights act was enacted in 1993. This act led to the creation of the National Human Rights Commission at the national level and State Human Rights Commission at the state level.
State Human Rights Commission submit an annual report to the State Government.
Q3. Gateway of India situated in?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Delhi
(c) Mumbai
(d) Jaipur
S3. Ans.(c)
Sol.The Gateway of India is an arch monument built during the 20th century in Bombay(now Mumbai), India. The monument was erected to commemorate the landing of King George V and Queen Mary at Apollo Bunder on their visit to India in 1911.
Q4. Bhangra is a folk dance of
(a) Arunachal Pradesh
(b) Punjab
(c) Assam
(d) Nagaland
S4. Ans.(b)
Sol.Bhangra, folk dance and music of the Punjab (northwestern India and northeastern Pakistan) and the popular music genre that emerged from it in the mid-to-late 20th century.
Q5. Which state has decided to recruit transgender people as jail wardens?
(a) Uttarakhand
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Kerala
(d) Odisha
S5. Ans.(d)
Sol.The Odisha government has decided to recruit members of transgender community as warders in jails of the State
Q6. What are Equinox days?
(a) When day is smaller than night
(b) When day is the longest in the year
(c) When day is greater than night
(d) When day and night are equal
S6. Ans.(d)
Sol.An equinox is commonly regarded as the moment the plane of Earth’s equator passes through the center of the Sun’s disk, which occurs twice each year, around 20 March and 22-23 September(when the sun shines directly on the equator and the length of day and night is nearly equal).
Q7. Which is the largest Union Territory of India?
(a) Goa
(b) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
(c) Puducherry
(d) Chandigarh
S7. Ans.(b)
Sol. Andaman & Nicobar Islands is a group of 572 islands / islets and the largest union territory in India with an area of 8,249 sq km.
Q8. Which of the following is not an Operating System?
(a) Windows Vista
(b) Linux
(c) Microsoft Office
(d) Apple’s Mac OS
S8. Ans.(c)
Sol.An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources and provides common services for computer programs.
Q9. Venn diagram was invented by
(a) Lucien Vidi
(b) John Venn
(c) Theophilus Van Kannel
(d) Lewis Urry
S9. Ans.(b)
Sol.John Venn was an English logician and philosopher noted for introducing the Venn diagram.
Q10. __________ is the 2017 Oscar Winner for Best Actor.
(a) Casey Affleck
(b) Bryan Cranston
(c) Matt Damon
(d) Michael Fassbender
S10. Ans.(a)
Sol.Casey Affleck for his role in Manchester by the Sea.
Q11. Who discovered theory of relativity?
(a) Isaac Newton
(b) Albert Einstein
(c) Niel Bohr
(d) Michael Faraday
S11. Ans.(b)
Sol.Albert Einstein, in his theory of special relativity, determined that the laws of physics are the same for all non-accelerating observers, and he showed that the speed of light within a vacuum is the same no matter the speed at which an observer travels.
Q12.National Girl Child Day is celebrated on?
(a) 24th January
(b) 29th January
(c) 1st February
(d) 7th February
S12.Ans(a)
Sol. National Girl Child Day is celebrated on 24th January
Q13. Name the most common adulterant used in coffee
(a) Chicory
(b) Tamarind
(c) Date seed powder
(d) All of the above
S13. Ans.(d)
Sol. The most commonly used adulterants include coffee husks and stems, chicory, cereal grains (e.g., corn, barley, wheat middlings, rye, triticale, etc.), woody tissue, cocoa or soya beans, acai berries,exogenous sugars, scorched persimmon, powder of date seed, tamarind seeds powder and chicory.
Consumption of these types of adulterants can cause problems of diarrhea, giddiness and joint pains in humans.
Q14. The ‘RannUtsav’ is a festival celebrated in
(a) Gujarat
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Himachal Pradesh
S14. Ans.(a)
Sol.RannUtsavis celebrated every year in Gujarat.
Every year in the winter months, a Tent City is created nearDhordovillage,inBhuj Taluka in Kutch District of Gujarat.
This is known as RannUtsav.
Q15. Who is the author of the book “Jinnah Often Came to Our House”?
(a) SunitaNarain
(b) Kiran Doshi
(c) Dinanath Gopal Tendulkar
(d) SowvendraShekhar
S15. Ans.(b)
Sol. Kiran Doshi is a retired Indian diplomat and educationist.
He is the author of novel, “Jinnah often came to our House”.
For this writing he received The Hindu Prize for the best work of fiction published in India in 2016.
