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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1. Who, among the following, has not been a Vice President of India before becoming the President of India?
a) S. Radhakrishnan b) Zakir Husain c) Shankar Dayal Sharma d) Pranab Mukherjee
2. The‘ God Particle’ is the name given to
a) The Meson Particle b) The Higgs Boson Particle c) The Proton Particle d) None of the above
3. When it is 11:15 as per Greenwich Mean Time, what will be the time in Delhi?
a) 04:45 hours c) 17:45 hours b) 05:45 hours d) 16:45 hours
4. Match the position in Column 1 with the person who holds it( till date) in column 2
Column 1 Column 2
1. Chief Information Commissioner of India
2. Central Vigilance Commissioner of India
3. Chief Election Commissioner of India
4. Chief Justice of India
( 1) 1-C; 2-D; 3-A; 4-B( 2) 1-C; 2-B; 3-A; 4-D( 3) 1-C; 2-A; 3-D; 4-B( 4) 1-D; 2-D; 3-A; 4-C
A. Nasim Zaidi
B. T. S. Thakur
C. Sushma Singh
D. K V Chowdary
5. Select the incorrect Country – Parliament match:
Country a) Iran b) India c) Japan d) Srilanka
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6. The world’ s highest skywalk will come up in which state of India?
a) Himachal Pradesh b) Assam c) Arunachal Pradesh d) Sikkim
7. Who has become the brand ambassador for 2017 T20 Blind Cricket World Cup?
a) Rahul Dravid b) Sachin Tendulkar c) V V S Laxman d) Saurav Ganguly
8. The National Cancer Awareness Day is observed on which date in India?
a) November 8 b) November 7 c) November 5 d) November 6
9. Which year is known as the year of the great divide in the demographic history? It is only year when there was decrease in Indian population based on decade census. Since then there has been continuous rapid growth in population.
a) 1857 b) 1947 c) 1921 d) 1951
10. Arrange the following Indian rivers from North to South
1. Narmada 2. Kaveri 3. Jhelum 4. Godavari a) 3 – 1 – 2 – 4 b) 1 – 4 – 3- 2 c) 1 – 3 – 4 – 2 d) 3 – 1- 4 – 2