Quiz no 30:Practice Quiz for IBPS exam

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUIZ

1. The first Europeans to visit India were the?
1 English 
2 Spanish
3 Danish 
4 Portuguese
2. Which of the following throws light on Harappan culture?
1 Writing in terracota seals 
2 Rock Edicts
3 Archaeological excavations 
4 All of these
3. Who was the pioneer of higher education for Muslims in India? 
1 Syed Ali Imam 
2 Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
3 Badruddin Tyabji 
4 Amir Ali
4. Who among the following kings used to keep direct contact with the public?
1 Chandra Gupta Mourya 
2 Ashoka
3 Chandragupta Vikramaditya 
4 Bindusara
5. Marathas were defeated in the third Battle of Panipat (January 14, 1761 because?
1 Number of Afghans were more than Marathas
2 Weapons of Marathas were inferior to the weapons of Afghans
3 Marathas adopted wrong strategy during the battle
4 In the north Marathas separated Kings and common man from their side.
6. The earliest Indian-edited newspaper, a Bengali Journal called Samavad Kaumudi, was founded by?
1 Dayanand Saraswati 
2 Mahatma Hans Raj
3 Raja Ram Mohan Roy 
4 Satyanand Agnihotri
7. The titular Mughal king of Delhi on the outbreak of 1857 Revolt is?
1 Salar Jung 
2 Bahadur Shah Jaffar
3 Mohammad Shah Ransila 
4 Farruksiyar
8. The word Sardeshmukhi is associated with?
1 Music 
2 Religion
3 Revenue 
4 Education
9. The Mathura School of art flourished during the reign of?
1 Kanishka 
2 Kad phises-1
3 Vaishka 
4 Vasudeva
10. The Voice of India published extracts from the Indian Press. It was started by?
1 P. Ananda Charlu 
2 Bal Gangadhar Tilak 
3 Dadabhai Nauroji 
4 Surendranath Banerjee
11. The champaran Satyagraha was started by Mahatma Gandhi in the year?
1 1915 
2 1917
3 1919 
4 1930
12. Right to property was removed from the list of Fundamental Rights by the?
1 Forty-second Amendment
2 Forty-fourth Amendment
3 Twenty-ninth Amendment
4 Twenty-sixth Amendment
13. The chairman and members of State Public Serivce Commission are appointed by the?
1 President 
2 Governor
3 Chairman of UPSC 
4 Prime Minister
14. Which parliamentary committee in India is normally chaired by a prominent member of the opposition?
1 Committee on Government Assurances
2 Estimates Committee
3 Previleges Committee
4 Public Accounts Committee
15. Compensatory and Contingency Financing Facility is a fund for helping member countries and is maintained by?
1 Asian Development Bank
2 The World Bank
3 The European Community
4 The International Monetary Fund
16. Untouchability is associated with?
1 Political Inequality 
2 Social inequality
3 Economic inequality 
4 Religious inequality
17. Among the Questions allowed by the speaker, which one is regarded as the most important?
1 Unstarred 
2 Starred
3 Supplementary 
4 Short notice
18. In India, five year plans for economic growth are finally approved by the?
1 Planning Commission
2 Financial Commission
3 Government of India
4 National Development Council
19. If a person is refused freedom of movement it means denial of ?
1 Civil Liberty 
2 Economic Liberty
3 National Liberty 
4 Political Liberty
20. The soils group which covers largest area in India is the?
1 Alluvial Soils 
2 Black soils
3 Red Soils 
4 Laterite soils
21. The important pass in Sikkim on the great Himalayan Range is?
1 Nathu La 
2 Shipkila
3 Jelep La 
4 Zor La
22. Which of the following ports of India is on the eastern Coast?
1 Tuticorn 
2 Cochin
3 Kandla 
4 Mumbai
23. Palghat joins which of the following States?
1 Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim
2 Maharastra and Gujarat
3 Kerala and Tamil Nadu
4 Sikkim and West Bengal.
24. Indira Gandhi canal originates from?
1 Gandhi Sagar Dam 
2 Bhakra Dam
3 Harike Barrage 
4 Hirakud Dam
25. The layer of the atmosphere which provides ideal flying conditions for large jet aeorplanes is?
1 Troposhere 
2 Stratosphere
3 Ionosphere 
4 Exosphere
26. The tribal population in Andaman and Nicobar islands belongs to the?
1 Australoid race 
2 Caucasoid race
3 Mongoloid race 
4 Negroid race
27. The largest variety of plants and animals are found in?
1 Tropical grasslands 
2 Tropical forests
3 Temperate forests 
4 Monson forests
28. The total coastline of India is more than?
1 5000 km. 
2 7000 km.
3 7500 km. 
4 8000 km.
29. Which part of India is closest to Indonesia?
1 Mizoram
2 Andaman and Nicobar Islands
3 West Bengal 
4 Tripura
30. The mountain range which stretches from Gujarat in the west to Delhi in the North is the?
1 Aravallis 
2 Vindhyas
3 Satpura 
4 Kaimur Range
31. The most reactive among the halogens is?
1 fluorine 
2 Chlorine 
3 bromine 
4 iodine
32. Cooking oil can be converted into vegetable ghee by the process of?
1 crystallisation 
2 distillation
3 oxidation 
4 hydrogenation
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