General Awareness MCQ-7 January 29, 2016admin0 Comments CategoriesGeneral Awareness 1. Before Hyderabad, which city was the the capital of Andhra Pradesh (erstwhile Andhra State) ? Warangal Kurnool Vijayawada Visakhapatnam 2. What is the boundary line demarcating India and China known as ? Curzon Line Durand Line McMahon Line RadCliffe Line 3. Zend Avesta is the holy book of which religion ? Islam Judaism Christianity Zoroastrianism 4. ’Tamasha’ is the popular folk theatre of which state ? Punjab Maharashtra Karnataka West Bengal 5. Who authored the ‘Rajatarangini’, a historical chronicle of Kashmir ? Kalidas Kalhana Chankaya Banabhatt 6. In which city is the Central Rice Research Institute located ? Karnal (Haryana) Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) Rajamundry (Andhra Pradesh) Cuttack (Orissa) 7. At which place in Kerala was the first tide (ocean wave) generated electricity project of India established ? Alapuzha Ezhimala Vizhinjam Kozhikode 8. From which country did India procure the aircraft carier Admiral Gorshkov, scheduled to join Indian Navy as INS Vikramaditaya in 2012 ? Russia Germany France United States of America 9. Who administers the oath of office to the President of India ? Prime Minister Lok Sabha Speaker Rajya Sabha Speaker Chief Justice of India 10. Which National Film Award is given to the Best First Film of a Director ? Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus) Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus) Nargis Dutt Award Indira Gandhi Award 11. In 1954, with which Chinese premier did Indian PM Jawaharlal Nehru sign Panchsheel (five principles of peaceful co-existence) Pact ? Mao Zedong Zhou Enlai Deng Xiaoping Hua Guofeng 12. Who is the ex-officio chairman of the Planning Commission of India ? President Prime Minister Finance Minister RBI Governor 13. Who directed ‘Raja Harishchandra’ (1913), the first totally indigenous Indian feature film ? Ardeshir Irani Dadasaheb Phalke V.Shantaram Sohrab Modi 14. ’Struggle for Existence’ book is the autobiography of which Indian woman leader ? Mayawati J.Jayalalitha Sushma Swaraj Mamta Banerjee 15. Who founded the Brahmo Samaj, initially known as Brahmo Sabha, in 1828 ? Raja Ram Mohan Roy Debendranath Tagore Mahadev Govind Ranade Keshub Chandra Sen 16. At which place Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth and the last Guru of Sikhs, created ‘Khalsa’ in 1699 ? Anandpur (Punjab) Amritsar (Punjab) Patna (Bihar) Nanded (Maharashtra) 17. Who designed the Param Vir Chakra medal, India’s highest military award ? Nek Chand Umesh Rao Bobby Kooka Savitri Khanolkar 18. Hazratbal Dargah, which houses the sacred hair of Prophet Mohammed, is situated in which city ? Ajmer Srinagar Fatehpur Sikri Mumbai 19. With which state is the Phulkari embroidery associated ? Punjab Gujarat Karnataka Uttar Pradesh 20. In 1958, which billiards player became the first Indian to win an individual world title in any sport ? Wilson Jones Michael Ferreira Geet Sethi Manoj Kothari 21. What is the name of India’s longest river bridge, built over the river Ganga at Patna ? Rabindra Setu Vidyasagar Setu Mahatma Gandhi Setu Anna Indira Gandhi Bridge 22. Which capital city houses the headquarters of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) ? Dhaka Thimpu Kathmandu Islamabad 23. Who was the first Indian to win boy’s Wimbledon Singles title in 1954 ? Ramanathan Krishnan Vijay Amritraj Ramesh Krishnan Leander Paes 24. ’Kalaripayattu’ is the traditional martial art of which Indian state ? Punjab Manipur Kerala Jammu & Kashmir 25. Who is the first woman Air Marshal of India Air Force (IAF) ? Punita Arora Harita Kaur Deol Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya Padmavathy Bandopadhyay Loading … Related posts: General Awareness MCQ-15 General Awareness MCQ-14 Current General Awareness-2016 MCQ-71 Current General Awareness IBPS Clerk ,SBI Online Quiz ,UPSC ,SSC ,MPSC General Awareness MCQ-6 Powered by YARPP.