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. What is the venue of 2020 Summer Olympics?
(a) Tokyo
(b) Seoul
(c) Dubai
(d) Singapore
S1. Ans.(a)
Sol.The 2020 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXII Olympiad and commonly known as Tokyo 2020, is a forthcoming international multi-sport event that is scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020.
Q2. For what is Radiocarbon dating technique used?
(a) To estimate soil contamination
(b) To estimate the amount of water in fossils
(c) To estimate the age of fossils
(d) To estimate the quality of soil
S2. Ans.(c)
Sol.Radiocarbon dating (also referred to as carbon dating or carbon-14 dating) is a method for determining the age of an object containing organic material by using the properties of radiocarbon, a radioactive isotope of carbon.
Q3. From which of the following are the Fundamental duties adopted?
(a) French Constitution
(b) Indian Constitution
(c) Spanish Constitution
(d) USSR Constitution
S3. Ans.(d)
Sol.Fundamental Duties : Part IVA (Article 51A) Fundamental duties were added by 42nd and 86th Constitutional Amendment acts. As of now there are 11 Fundamental duties. Citizens are morally obligated by the Constitution to perform these duties.
Q4. “Sultan Johor Cup” is associated with ______.
(a) Hockey
(b) Cricket
(c) Football
(d) Golf
S4. Ans.(a)
Sol.The Sultan of Johor Cup is an annual, international under–21 men’s field hockey tournament held in Malaysia.
Q5. Which of the following is an example of Electrically-Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory?
(a) Flange
(b) Fury
(c) Flash
(d) FRAM
S5. Ans.(c)
Sol.Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM) is a stable, non-volatile memory storage system that is used for storing minimal data quantities in computer and electronic systems and devices, such as circuit boards.
Q6. Who developed the idea of Crop rotation?
(a) Lily Thomas
(b) Carrot Cornwick
(c) Cabbage Carlson
(d) Turnip Townsend
S6. Ans.(d)
Sol.Charles Townshend earned his nickname “Turnip Townshend” for his contribution to the development of the use of turnips in crop rotation.
Q7. Halophytes are plants that grow in
(a) Fresh Water
(b) Cold Water
(c) Ponds
(d) Salt Water
S7. Ans.(d)
Sol.A halophyte is a plant that grows in waters of high salinity, coming into contact with saline water through its roots or by salt spray, such as in saline semi-deserts, mangrove swamps, marshes and sloughs and seashores.
Q8. Felis Catus is the scientific name of
(a) Cat
(b) Dog
(c) Mouse
(d) Porcupine
S8. Ans.(a)
Sol.The domestic cat (Felis catus) is a small, typically furry, carnivorous mammal. They are often called house cats when kept as indoor pets or simply cats when there is no need to distinguish them from other felids and felines.
Q9. What is used to prevent freezing of fuel in space crafts?
(a) Benzene
(b) Glycol
(c) Acetylene
(d) Ester
S9. Ans.(b)
Sol.Like ethylene glycol, propylene glycol is able to lower the freezing point of water, and so it is used as aircraft de-icing fluid. Water-propylene glycol mixtures dyed pink to indicate the mixture is relatively nontoxic are sold under the name of RV or marine antifreeze.
Q10. Chanakya was known as ______.
(a) Rajasekhara
(b) Tejasvi
(c) Kautilya
(d) Vatsyayana
S10. Ans.(c)
Sol.Chanakya was an Indian teacher, philosopher, economist, jurist and royal advisor. He is traditionally identified as Kauṭilya or Vishnugupta, who authored the ancient Indian political treatise, the Arthashastra.
Q11. Jawaharlal Nehru was born in the year
(a) 1789
(b) 1839
(c) 1889
(d) 1939
S11. Ans.(c)
Sol.Jawaharlal Nehru(Born: 14 November 1889, Allahabad) was the first Prime Minister of India and a central figure in Indian politics before and after independence.
Q12. Who wrote the book, ‘Indian Home Rule’?
(a) M K Gandhi
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Subhash Chandra Bose
(d) Babasaheb Ambedkar
S12. Ans.(a)
Sol.Indian Home Rule or Hind Swaraj is a political booklet written by Mohandas K. Gandhi in the early 20th century.
Q13. The first chairman of Planning Commission was?
(a) Sardar vallabh bhai Patel
(b) Rajender Prasad
(c) Jwahar Lal Nehru
(d) Moti Lal Nehru
S13. Ans.(c)
Sol.The Planning Commission was an institution in the Government of India, which formulated India’s Five-Year Plans, among other functions.
Q14. Which one of the following is a land locked sea?
(a) Caribbean Sea
(b) Aral Sea
(c) Red Sea
(d) South China Sea
S14. Ans.(b)
Sol.The Aral Sea was an endorheic lake lying between Kazakhstan (Aktobe and Kyzylorda Regions) in the north and Uzbekistan (Karakalpakstan autonomous region) in the south.
Q15. How many facial bones are there?
(a) 34
(b) 24
(c) 14
(d) 4
S15. Ans.(c)
Sol.In the human skull, the facial skeleton consists of fourteen bones in the face: Inferior nasal concha (2) Lacrimal bones (2) Mandible. Maxilla (2)
