General Awareness Questions and Answers for Competitive Exams

General Awareness Questions

Q.21 The British established their first factory in Surat with the permission of _________.

a) Jahangir

b) Sher Shah Suri

c) Hemu

d) Shah Jahan

Q.22 The Curiosity rover built by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as a part of Astrobiology mission successfully landed on the planet–

a) Mars

b) Saturn

c) Venus

d) Mercury

Q.23 Which of the following is not an endocrine gland?

a) Pituitary gland

b) Pancreas

c) Pineal gland

d) None of these

Q.24 Which of the following is not correctly matched?

a) Cyrus Mistry : Tata Group

b) Sheryl Sandberg : Facebook

c) Larry Page : Google

d) Deepak Parekh : HFCL

Q.25 Which of the following acts as both exocrine and endocrine gland?

a) Pancreas

b) Spleen

c) Liver

d) Pituitary gland

Q.26 Which of the following does not produce hormone?

a) Heart

b) Kidney

c) Gastro-intestinal tract

d) None of these

Q.27 Who among the following Viceroys wrote the book ‘Problems of the East’?

a) Lord Curzon

b) Lord Clive

c) Lord Mayo

d) Lord Mountbatten

Q.28 Which among the following Philosophical Systems expounds ‘Critical Examination’ or ‘Solution of a problem by reflection’?

a) Vaishesika

b) Samkhya

c) Mimansa

d) Yoga

Q.29 Who among the following said about Md. Ali Jinnah that he was an ‘Ambassador of Hindu- Muslim Unity’?

a) Annie Besant

b) Sarojini Naidu

c) B. G. Tilak

d) None of these

Q.30 Which among the following is considered as the best rock cut temple in the world?

a) Brihadeeswara Temple, Tanjavur

b) Lingaraja Temple, Bhubaneswar

c) Kailasha Temple, Ellora

d) Kandariya Temple, Khajuraho