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. Headoffice of Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is in which of the following city?

(a) Washington D.C

(b) Geneva, Switzerland

(d) New York City, USA

S1. Ans.(c)

Sol. The BIS is owned by 60 central banks, representing countries from around the world that together account for about 95% of world GDP.The BIS was established in 1930. Its head office is in Basel, Switzerland and it has two representative offices: in Hong Kong SAR and in Mexico City.

Q2. In which of the following years was Sir Richard Stafford Cripps sent to India to win the cooperation of Indian political groups?

(a) 1909

(b) 1917

(d) 1929

S2. Ans.(c)

Sol. The Cripps Mission was sent by the British government to India in March 1942 to obtain Indian cooperation for the British war efforts in the 2nd World War.

Q3. What is the Currency of the Republic of The Gambia?

(a) Kroon

(b) Dalasi

(d) Pula

S3. Ans.(b)

Sol. The Gambia officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa that is almost entirely surrounded by Senegal with the exception of its western coastline along the Atlantic Ocean. It is the smallest country within mainland Africa.

Q4. Siang and Lohit rivers flows through the states of

(a) Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh

(b) Arunachal Pradesh and Assam

(d) Himachal Pradesh and Punjab

S4. Ans.(b)

Sol. Siang and Lohit rivers flows through the states of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam.

Siang/Dihang River flows through Arunachal Pradesh.

Brahmaputra is known as the Siang/Dihang Riverin Arunachal Pradesh.

Lohit River flows through the state of Assam.

River Lohit joins the Brahmaputra Riverin the state of Assam.

Q5. Which of the following is the popular harvest festival of Meghalaya?

(a) Hampi

(b) Chapchar Kut

(d) Losar

S5. Ans.(c)

Sol. Wangala is the popular harvest festival of Meghalaya.

Wangala is also called the festival of “The Hundred Drums”.

It is celebrated by the Garo tribe, who live in Meghalaya, Nagaland and Assam.

Q6. The East India Company acquired charter from the ruler of England, Queen Elizabeth I, Granting it the sole right to trade with the East in the year:

(a) 1600

(b) 1800

(d) 1500

S6. Ans.(a)

Sol. The East India Company acquired charter from the ruler of England, Queen Elizabeth I, Granting it the sole right to trade with the East in the year 1600.

Sir James Lancaster commanded the first East India Company voyage in 1601.

Q7. The National Defence Academy is located at :

(a) Mt. Abu

(b) Hyderabad

(d) New Delhi

S7. Ans.(c)

Sol. The National Defence Academy (NDA) is located in Khadakwasla near Pune, Maharashtra. It is the first tri-ser-vice academy in the world.

Q8. ‘Bobbili Veena’ is a well-known musical instrument from the state of ______.

(a) Madhya Pradesh

(b) Uttar Pradesh

(d) Andhra Pradesh

S8. Ans.(d)

Sol. Bobbili Veena is a well-known musical instrument from the state of Andhra Pradesh.

In 2011 the musical instrument got a Geographical Indication tag from the Government of India.

Q9. Who rendered the English translation of the Indian National song?

(a) Shri Aurobindo

(b) Rabindra Nath Tagore

(d) Sarojini Naidu

S9. Ans.(a)

Sol. Vande Mataram, a poem from Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay’s 1882 novel Anandamath, is the national song of India. Aurobindo Chose translated it into English. The literal translation of all the stanzas of Vande Mataram by Aurobindo Ghose appeared in Karmayogin, 20 November, 1909.

Q10. Which of the following is the highest peak in south India?

(a) Doddabetta

(b) Perumal

(d) Anamudi

S10. Ans.(d)

Sol. Anamudi is the highest peak in the Western Ghats and in South India.

Anamudi is the highest mountain in peninsular India as well as the largest mountain in Kerala.

Q11. According to which of the following Articles shall the Supreme Court of India have power to review any judgement pronounced or order made by the Parliament?

(a) Article 135

(b) Article 143

(d) Article 235

S11. Ans.(c)

Sol. According to Article 137 of the Indian Constitution, the Supreme Court of India have power to review any judgement pronounced or order made by the Parliament.

Q12. In which among the following King’s reign Persian traveller Abdur Razzaq came to India?

(a) Dev Rai I

(b) Krishna Dev Rai I

(d) Krishna Rai II

S12. Ans.(c)

Sol. Abdur Razzak was an Islamic scholar and a historian who visited the Vijayanagara Kingdom in India at the time of Dev Raya II, the greatest ruler of the Sangama dynasty.

Q13. Which of the following is/are Indian Classical dances?

(a) Bharatnatyam

(b) Kuchipudi

(d) All of these

S13. Ans.(d)

Sol. Indian classical dance is an umbrella term for various codified art forms rooted in Natya and sacred Hindu musical the atre styles whose theory can be traced back to thhe Natya Shastra of Bharata Muni (400 BC). The Sangeet Natak Akademi currently confers classical status on eight Indian classical dance styles: Bharatanatyam (Tamil Nadu), Kahtak (North India), Kathakali (Kerala), Kuchipudi (Andhra Pradesh), Manipuri (Manipur), Mohiniyattam (Kerala), Odissi (Odisha), and Sattriya (Assam).

Q14. Which of the following soil types becomes less fertile due to the intense leaching caused by tropical rains?

(a) Red soils

(b) Yellow soils

(d) Black soils

S14. Ans.(c)

Sol. Laterite soil becomes less fertile due to the intense leaching caused by tropical rains.

Laterite is both a soil and a rock type rich in iron and aluminium.

Q15. ‘Jal Jeevan Mission’, aimed to provide safe and adequate drinking water through household tap connections to every household in rural India by 2024, was launched in

(a) 2014

(b) 2017

(d) 2019

S15. Ans.(d)

Sol. ‘Jal Jeevan Mission’, aimed to provide safe and adequate drinking water through household tap connections to every household in rural India by 2024, was launched in 2019.