General Awareness - 2 (Postal)

General Awareness - 2

15 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following classes participated the least in the Indian National Movement?

  1. Peasants
  2. Princes of states
  3. Government officials
  4. Capitalists
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The first Civil Disobedience Movement was started by Gandhiji after the

  1. Rowlatt Act of 1919
  2. Jallianwala Bagh massacre
  3. Chauri-Chaura incident of 1922
  4. arrival of the Cripps Mission
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The Constitution of India is declared to have been adopted and enacted by the

  1. Constituent Assembly
  2. Indian Parliament
  3. Union Cabinet
  4. None of these
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The Earth has only one natural satellite. Which of the following is that?

  1. The Sun
  2. Scorpius
  3. Little dipper
  4. The Moon
  5. None of these
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What role does light energy play in the process of photosynthesis?

  1. Reduction of CO2
  2. Synthesis of glucose
  3. Activation of chlorophyll
  4. Photolysis of water
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following states has the lowest sex ratio?

  1. Kerala
  2. Haryana
  3. Punjab
  4. Uttar Pradesh
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A satellite orbiting the earth is kept moving by the centripetal force provided by

  1. the burning of fuel in its engine
  2. the ejection of hot gases from its exhaust
  3. the gravitational attraction of the sun
  4. the gravitational attraction of the earth
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Photography came into existence in the

  1. 17th century
  2. 16th century
  3. 18th century
  4. 19th century
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Full form of ISRO is

  1. Indian Spaceship Research Organisation
  2. Indian Space Research Organisation
  3. International Space Research Organisation
  4. International Spaceship Research Centre
  5. Indian Spaceship Real Organisation
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The power of a concave lens is __________.

  1. zero
  2. infinity
  3. a negative value
  4. a positive value
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In August 2014, according to Reserve Bank of India (RBI) banks are allowed to set a limit of ____ free transactions at their own ATMs.

  1. 5
  2. 3
  3. 7
  4. 6
  5. 4
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

For our energy requirements, we depend mostly on

  1. fossils
  2. nuclear energy
  3. wind energy
  4. hydro energy
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not the legislative power of the President?

  1. No bill passed by the two Houses of the Parliament can become law without his assent.
  2. He can dissolve the Parliament.
  3. No money bill can be introduced in the Parliament without his previous consent.
  4. No law of a municipal board can be enforced without his assent.
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

________ is a football player.

  1. Viswanathan Anand
  2. Wayne Rooney
  3. Tim Duncan
  4. Novak Djokovic
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following powers can be exercised by both the President and the Governor?

  1. Power to pardon a sentence by court-martial
  2. Power to remit a sentence in an offence relating to a matter on the state list
  3. Power to commute a sentence of death in certain circumstances
  4. Power to remit a sentence by court-martial