General Awareness MCQs and Answers For Odisha Exam

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. Indian navy’s stealth frigate has been launched at Yantar Shipyard of which country?

(a) African

(b) Greek

(d) Russia

S1. Ans.(d)

Sol. In a separate development, the MoD announced the launch of the seventh Indian Navy Frigate of P1135.6 class at Yantar Shipyard, Russia.

Q2. Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers launches which survey vessel for Indian Navy?

(a) Yudha

(b) Surya

(d) Rajni

S2. Ans.(c)

Sol. Sandhayak, the vessel is the first in the series of four ships being built under the Survey Vessel Large (SVL) project. It has been built at GRSE.

Q3. India became a member of the United Nations in……..

(a) 1963

(b) 1960

(d) 1945

S3. Ans.(d)

Sol. Technically, India was a founding member in October 1945, despite it being a British colony. India, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia were all British colonies but were given independent seats in the United Nations General Assembly.

Q4. How many Rafale Jets did UAE buy from France?

(a) 75

(b) 80

(d) 90

S4. Ans.(b)

Sol. France and UAE had signed a 14 billion euro agreement for 80 Rafale warplanes.

Q5. Which is the fourth stealth Scorpene class submarine that has been commissioned to the Indian Navy under Project 75?

(a) INS Hamsa

(b) INS Vela

(d) INS Hamla

S5. Ans.(b)

Sol. The Indian Navy has commissioned and inducted INS Vela, which is India’s fourth stealth Scorpene class submarine built under Project 75.

Q6. DRDO test-fired long-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile ‘Agni-5’. The new missile falls under which category?

(a) Air-to-surface

(b) Air-to-air

(d) Surface-to-surface

S6. Ans.(d)

Sol. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) carried out successful test-firing of the surface-to-surface ballistic missile Agni-5 from APJ Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha

Q7. For which invention is Otto Hahn famous?

(a) Atom bomb

(b) Television

(d) Miner’s safety lamp

S7. Ans.(a)

Sol. Otto Hahn was a renowned German radiochemist who won the Nobel Prize for his discovery of nuclear fission after a lifetime of working with radioactive isotopes. Nuclear fission is widely regarded as the key invention that enabled the atomic bomb, although Hahn was not involved with its development directly.

Q8. Who was the first Ramon Magsaysay Award winner from India?

(a) C.D. Deshmukh

(b) Jayaprakash Narayan

(d) Acharya Vinoba Bhave

S8. Ans.(d)

Sol. The Ramon Magsaysay Award is an annual award established to perpetuate former Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay’s example of integrity in governance, courageous service to the people, and pragmatic idealism within a democratic society. Vinayak Narahari “Vinoba” Bhave was an Indian advocate of nonviolence and human rights. Often called Acharya (Sanskrit for teacher), he is best known for the Bhoodan Movement.

Q9. The International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) has its headquarters at

(a) London

(b) Paris

(d) Lyon

S9. Ans.(d)

Sol. The International Criminal Police Organization, ICPO or INTERPOL, is an intergovernmental organization facilitating international police cooperation. It was established as the International Criminal Police Commission (ICPC) in 1923. The organization’s headquarters is in Lyon, France. It is the second largest political organization after the United Nations in terms of international representation.

Q10. Which edition of the India-Thailand Coordinated Patrol (Indo-Thai CORPAT) has conducted in November 2021 in the Andaman Sea?

(a) 34th

(b) 38th

(d) 30th

S10. Ans.(c)

Sol. The 32nd edition of India-Thailand Coordinated Patrol (Indo-Thai CORPAT) has conducted in the Andaman Sea.

Q11. The stealth guided-missile destroyer INS Visakhapatnam has been manufactured by which organization for the Indian Navy?

(a) Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited

(b) Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd

(d) Goa Shipyard Limited

S11. Ans.(a)

Sol. INS Visakhapatnam, a P15B stealth guided-missile destroyer has been commissioned into the Indian Navy at the Naval Dockyard, Mumbai. This is the first of the four ‘Visakhapatnam’ class destroyers. INS Visakhapatnam is a P15B stealth-guided missile destroyer. It is indigenously designed by the Indian Navy’s in-house organisation Directorate of Naval Design and constructed by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited, Mumbai.

Q12. Non Resident Indians (NRI) Day is marked on:

(a) January 9

(b) January 17

(d) January 7

S12. Ans.(a)

Sol. Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (English: Non-Resident Indian Day), is celebrated in India on 9 January every other year (every year before 2016) to mark the contribution of the overseas Indian community to the development of India. The day commemorates the return of Mahatma Gandhi from South Africa in Bombay on 9 January 1915

Q13. Which of the Indian Navy Ship (INS) has decommissioned after 32 years of service at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh in December 2021?

(a) INS Vikrant

(b) INS Khukri

(d) INS Surat

S13. Ans.(b)

Sol. INS Khukri (Pennant number 49), the first indigenously built Missile Corvette, was decommissioned after 32 years of service at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.

Q14. The central government has appointed Vice Admiral R Hari Kumar as the next chief of which defense force?

(a) Indian Navy

(b) Army & Navy

(d) Army

S14. Ans.(a)

Sol. The Central Government has recently appointed Vice Admiral R Hari Kumar as the next Chief of the Indian Navy.

Q15. How Many Indian soldiers took part in the International Exercise ‘Blue Flag 2021’?

(a) 75

(b) 85

(d) 84

S15. Ans.(d)

Sol. At Israel’s Ovda Airbase, 84 Indian Air Force (IAF) soldiers and a Mirage 2000 aircraft squadron took part in the international multilateral combat exercise Blue Flag 2021.