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.
Q1. According to FSS Act, the sale of certain mixture is prohibited. Which among the following is included in it?
(a) Curd made from pasteurisedMilk
(b) Condensed Milk
(c) Water mixed Milk
(d) None of these
Q2. Which among the following types of plantations help in the prevention of soil erosion in desert?
(a) Shelter belts
(b) Strip cropping
(c) Agro forest
(d) Contour ploughing
Q3. In which of the following Acts of British Parliament, Separate electorate was provided for the Muslims
(a) Government of India Act, 1919
(b) Indian Councils Act, 1909
(c) Government of India Act, 1935
(d) None of these
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Q4. Mahatma Gandhi started the famous ‘Salt March’ from Sabarmati to Dandi. In which district of Gujarat Dandi is located?
(a) Porbandar
(b) Navsari
(c) Surat
(d) Kutch
Q5. Which one of the following economists proposed the LPG model of economic development in India?
(a)Y.B. Reddy
(b)K.V. Kamath
(c)Manmohan Singh
(d)None of these
Q6. Which of the following countries is NOT a member of BIMSTEC?
(a) India
(b) Nepal
(c) Bhutan
(d) Maldives
Q7. During the period of 16 Mahajanapadas, Mathura was the capital of
(a) Vajji
(b) Vatsa
(c) Kashi
(d) Surasena
Q8. ‘Rule of Law Index’ is released by which of the following?
(a) Amnesty International (b) International Court of Justice
(c) The office of UN Commissioner for Human Rights
(d) World Justice Project
Q9. What is the effect of deficit financing on economy?
- Reduction in taxes
- Increase in wages
- Increase in money supply
- Decrease in money supply
Q10. Which is the staple vegetable in Indian diet?
- Tomato
- Cauliflower
- Potato
- Chilli
Q11. The Samadhi of Raja Ram Mohan Roy is in
(a) Kolkata
(b) Patna
(c) Bristol
(d) Canada
Q12. Bitterness in colocasia is due to
- Calcium oxalate
- Calcium chloride
- Potassium oxalate
- Calcium carbonate
Q13. Which one of the following Constitutional Amendments introduced the anti-defection provision in the Constitution for the first time?
(a) 51stAmendment
(b) 52ndAmendment
(c) 53rdAmendment
(d) 54th Amendment
Q14. International Date line passes through
(a) Africa
(b) Asia
(c) Pacific ocean
(d) Atlantic ocean
Q15. SatyasodhakSamaj, a social reform societywas founded by Jyotibaphule in______
(a) 1870
(b) 1873
(c) 1875
(d) 1880
ANSWER
S1. Ans.(c)
Sol.As per Food Safety & Standards (Prohibition & Restriction on Sales) Regulations, 2011,there is prohibition and restriction on sales of certain articles/ingredients/admixtures, etc.
These includes, Cream which has not been prepared exclusively from milk or which contains less than 25% of milk fat; Milk which contains any added water; Ghee which contains any added matter not exclusively derived from milk fat; Skimmed milk (fat abstracted) as milk; A mixture of two or more edible oils as edible oil; Vanaspati to which ghee or any other substance has been added;Dahi or curd not prepared from boiled, pasteurized, or sterilized milk etc.
S2. Ans.(a)
Sol. Shelter belts is a barriers of trees and shrubs that provide protection from wind and storm and lessens erosion in desert Areas.
Shelter belts decreases the wind speed 60% to 80% and reduce crop damage.
S3. Ans.(b)
Sol. The Indian Councils Act 1909 commonly known as the Morley–Minto or Minto–Morley Reforms.
It was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom thatgrantedseparate electorate for Muslims.
After enactment of this act, Lord Minto, the then viceroy of India, came to be known as “Father of Communal Electorate in India”.
S4. Ans.(b)
Sol.Dandi is a village in Navsari district of Gujarat located on the coast of the Arabian Sea.
On 12 March 1930, Mahatma Gandhi started his famous Dandi March from Sabarmati Ashram and reached Dandi on 5April, 1930 alongwith his 78 followers.
On reaching there, he broke the salt law by making salt on the shore.
S5. Ans.(c)
Sol. The economy of India had undergone significant policy shifts in the beginning of the 1990s. This new model of economic reforms, commonly known as the LPG or Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization modelwas proposed by Dr. Manmohan Singh, economist and finance minister of India at that time under PV Narasimha Government.
S6. Ans.(d)
Sol.The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is an international organisation of seven South Asian and Southeast Asian nations, housing 1.73 billion people and having a combined gross domestic product of $3.8 trillion (2021).
The BIMSTEC member states are:Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.
It is headquatered in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Maldives is not the member of BIMSTEC States.
S7. Ans.(d)
Sol. The Mahajanapadas were sixteen kingdoms or oligarchicrepublics that existed in Northern ancient India from the sixth to fourth centuries BCE during the second urbanisation period.
Mathura or Madhura was the capital of one of the 16 Mahajanapadas, Surasena.
S8. Ans.(d)
Sol. The World Justice Project (WJP) releases the WJP Rule of Law Index.
This index measures how the rule of law is experienced and perceived worldwide based on household and expert surveys in 128 countries and jurisdictions.
S9. Ans.(c)
Sol.Deficit financing means generating funds to finance the deficit which results from excess of expenditure over revenue.
The gapis covered by borrowing from the public by selling bonds or by printing new currency.
Printing new currency notes increases the flow of money in the economy.
S10. Ans.(c)
Sol. Potato is a staple vegetable in Indian diet.
S11. Ans.(c)
Sol.Raja Ram Mohan Roywas an Indian reformer and founder of the BrahmoSamaj.
He was given the title of Raja by Akbar II, the Mughal emperor.
His Samadhi or mausoleum is located at Bristol, England.
S12. Ans.(a)
Sol. Bitterness in colocasia is due to the presence of Calcium oxalate in it.
S13. Ans.(b)
Sol. The provisions related to Anti-defection law has been included in 10th schedule of Indian Constitution.
It was added to the Constitution of India by 52nd Amendment Act, 1985.
S14. Ans.(c)
Sol.The International Date Line is an imaginary line of demarcation on the surface of Earth that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole.
It passes through the Pacific Ocean.
S15. Ans.(b)
Sol.SatyashodhakSamaj (Truth–seekers’Society) was a social reform society founded by JyotibaPhule in Pune, Maharashtra, on 24 September 1873.
He and his wife, SavitribaiPhule, were pioneers of women’s education in India.
