General Awareness Questions for APPSC Prelims G1, G2

1. Who among the following is the
President of Belarus?
(1) Georgi Purvanov
(2) Alexander Lukashenko
(3) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
(4) Alvaro Uribe Velez
2. Who among the following is the
Chairman of National Knowledge
Commission?
(1)Mr. P.M. Bhargava
(2)Mr. P. Balram
(3)Mr. Andre Beteille
(4)Mr. Sam Pitroda
3. Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya's Dargah
is located at
(1)Ajmer (2) Mumbai
(3) Delhi (4) Hyderabad
4. With which sport is the term
'butterfly' associated?
(1) Kabaddi (2) Swimming
(3)Boxing (4) Wrestling
5. Who among the following won the
renowned Adiseshiah Award 2007?
(1)Mr. Khushwant Singh
(2)Mr. Vikram Seth
(3) Prof. Amartya Sen
(4) Dr. Ram Chandra Guha
6. Who among the following tennis
sensations announced her
retirement in 2007?
(1) Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
(2) Monica Seles
(3) Kim Clijsters
(4) Serena Williams
7. Which of the following sports will be
included in 2010 Asian Games to be
held in Guangzhou (China)?
(1) Baseball (2) Rugby
(3)Squash (4) Cricket
8. The Dronacharya Award for sports
coaches was instituted by the
Government in
(1) 1961 (2) 1970
(3) 1985 (4) 1987
9. Who among the following literary
personalities won Cervantes Prize
recently?
(1)Mr. Paulo Coelho
(2)Mr. Franz Kafka
(3)Mr. Antonio Gamoneda
(4)Mr. Chinua Achebe
10. Which of the following countries has
the highest life expectancy at birth?
(1) Australia (2) Japan
(3)Sweden (4) Canada
11. Which of the following is the world's
largest city in area?
(1) Mount Isa (Australia)
(2) Mumbai (India)
(3)Wenchuan (China)
(4) Tokyo (Japan)
12. Who among the following is
regarded as the father of Modern
Biology?
(1) Aristotle
(2)Darwin
(3)Robert Hooke
(4) Vesalius
13. Which of the following rivers rises
in lake Lan-Ka Tso in Tibet?
(1)Jhelum (2)Chenab
(3) Beas (4) Sutlej
14. Who among the following tennis
players won the women's singles title
in French Open 2007?
(1) Venus Williams
(2) Maria Sharapova
(3) Justine Henin
(4) Martina Hingis
15. By what name is the disease,
Varicella, more commonly known?
(1) Chicken Pox (2) Small Pox
(3) Malaria (4) Tuberculosis
16. Who among the following noted
personalities won the prestigious
Abel Prize recently?
(1)Mr. M.S. Swaminathan
(2)Mr. Srinivasan Padmanabhan
(3)Mr. A. Sivathanu Pillai
(4)Mr. Srinivasa Varadhan
17. Which of the following parts of the
skeleton protects the spinal cord?
(1) Auditory Capsule
(2)Cranium
(3) Olfactory Capsule
(4) Vertebral Column
18. The Community of Sahel-Saharan
States (CEN-SAD) Summit was held
in
(1)Sudan (2) Nigeria
(3) Libya (4) Niger
19. Who among the following is the
Attorney-General of India?
(1)Mr. Goolam E. Vahanvati
(2)Mr. Milon Kumar Banerji
(3)Mr. Vikas Singh
(4)Mr. Gopal Subramaniam
20. Which of the following countries has
the largest area of forest?
(1) Russia (2) Canada
(3) Brazil (4)USA
21. The States/UT through which the
Kaveri river flows are
(1)Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and
Puducherry
(2) Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and
Puducherry
(3)Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and
Puducherry
(4)Maharashtra, Karnataka and
Puducherry
22. PERT is a technique used for which
one of the following?
(1) Electric Power Transmission
(2) Project Management
(3) Railway Safety
(4) Internet
23. The Asteroid Belt is found between
which of the following planets?
(1) Mars and Jupiter
(2) Earth and Mars
(3) Jupiter and Saturn
(4) Saturn and Uranus
24. Who among the following
propounded the 'Saptanga' Theory?
(1)Manu (2) Charaka
(3) Kautilya (4) Tulsidas
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25. The visible part of the Sun is called
(1) Ionosphere (2) Hydrosphere
(3) Photosphere (4) Troposphere
26. Where was the 14th SAARC Summit
held?
(1)Kathmandu (2) Dhaka
(3)Colombo (4) New Delhi
27. The 2008 Olympic Games will be
held at
(1) Montreal (2) Beijing
(3) Atlanta (4) London
28. Which among the following films
won the award for 'Best Motion
Picture of the Year' in 79th Annual
Academy Awards 2007?
(1)The Queen
(2)The Departed
(3) The Last King of Scotland
(4) The Lives of Others
29. Who among the following is the
Governor of Meghalaya?
(1)Mr. K. Sankaranarayan
(2)Mr. Shivinder Singh Sidhu
(3)Mr. B.L. Joshi
(4)Mr. Dinesh Nandan Sahaya
30. Where is the world's tallest Pagoda
located?
(1)Bhutan (2) Japan
(3) Nepal (4) China
31. At which international film festival
is the 'Golden Lion' awarded to the
best film?
(1) IIFA
(2) Locarno Film Festival
(3) Cannes Film Festival
(4) Venice Film Festival
32. With which mythological figure would
you associate the weapons – 'Ajagava',
'Khatwanga' and 'Pinaka'?
(1)Vishnu (2) Shiva
(3)Brahma (4) Indra
33. How many companies from India
figure in the 'Global-500' list?
(1)6 (2) 4
(3)8 (4) 10
34. Which of the following planets takes
nearly the same time for a rotation
on its own axis as does the Earth?
(1) Jupiter (2) Mars
(3)Neptune (4) Uranus
35. Noted author and activist Arundhati
Roy has been supporting the
farmers of Singur in West Bengal
who are resisting the State
Government's move to acquire land
and give it to
(1) Tata Motors
(2) Maruti Udyog Ltd.
(3) Infosys
(4) Hindustan Motors
36. Who among the following batsmen
achieved the feat of hitting six 6s in
one over for the first time in
international cricket during the
World Cup 2007?
(1) Scott Styris
(2) Sanath Jayasuriya
(3) Herschelle Gibbs
(4) Brian Lara
37. The XVI Asian Games are scheduled
to be held at
(1) Qatar (2) Incheon
(3)Guangzhou (4) Jakarta
38. Who was the founder of the Asiatic
Society?
(1) William Carey
(2) William Jones
(3) David Hare
(4)Marshman
39. Lance Armstrong, a sportsperson of
international repute, belongs to
which of the following countries?
(1)USA (2) Ukraine
(3) Spain (4) Brazil
40. 'Galileo Satellites', named after their
discoverer, are four large moons of
the planet
(1) Jupiter (2) Neptune
(3) Saturn (4) Uranus
BUSINESS
41. How many companies from India
found a place in the 'Global-500' list?
(1)6 (2) 4
(3)8 (4) 10
42. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
has succeeded in acquiring a big deal
from Bank of China worth
(1) $ 75 million
(2) $ 50 million
(3) $ 100 million
(4) $ 125 million
43. According to the Global Gender Gap
Report, 2006 by the World Economic
Forum, the country which has
provided more political
empowerment to women among the
following is
(1)USA
(2) India
(3) Sri Lanka
(4) Bangladesh
44. Noted author and activist Arundhati
Roy has been supporting the
farmers of Singur in West Bengal
who are resisting the State
Government's move to acquire land
and give it to
(1)Tata Motors
(2) Maruti Udyog Ltd.
(3) Infosys
(4) Hindustan Motors
45. The 14th Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
(APEC) 2006 Summit was
held in
(1) Thailand (2) Vietnam
(3) Brazil (4) China
46. Which of the following industries are
the major beneficiaries of the
Mumbai port?
(1)Sugar and Cotton textile
industry
(2) Iron and Steel industry
(3) Cotton textile and Petrochemical
industry
(4)Engineering and Fertilizer
industry
47. What is Value Added Tax (VAT)?
(1) A new initiative taken by the
Government to increase the taxburden
of high income groups
(2) A simple, transparent, easy to pay
tax imposed on consumers
(3) A single tax that replaces State tax
like surcharge, turnover tax, etc.
(4) A new tax to be imposed on the
producers of capital goods.
48. The common currency which has
been introduced among 11 European
nations is known as
(1)Euro
(2)Euro Pound
(3) Euro Dollar
(4) None of these
49. Who amongst the following was the
head of the Investment Commission
which submitted its report to the
Government of India?
(1)Dr. Rakesh Mohan
(2)Mr. Ratan Tata
(3)Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla
(4)Mr. Rahul Bajaj
50. Which bank has launched a new
health cover scheme under the
name of "Arogya Shree"?
(1)PNB (2) SBI
(3)Andhra Bank (4)OBC

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