Dear Students, you know that GENERAL AWARENESS is a part of OPSC ASO 2018 SYLLABUS. There will be 100 questions with 100 marks every question carries 1 mark each. So we are providing Some Important Sets of General Awareness Questions with Answer in a simple way reading format. Read and prepare yourself better for OPSC ASO Exam 2018.
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* As we are providing previously asked questions, so that anyone can understand the type of questions.
Q1. Who was first in Europe to record the formula of Gunpower ?
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OPSC General Awareness Practice Sets
- G. Ferdinand Von Zeppelin
- Sir Frank Whittle
- Roger Bacon
- Leo H Baekeland
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Q2. Who is the English physicist responsible for the 'Big Bang Theory'?
- Albert Einstein
- Michael Skube
- George Gamow
- Roger Penrose
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Q3. The Venetian traveller who travelled with his wife and reached Vijayanagar around 1420 was
- Athanasius Nikitin
- Nicolo de Conti
- Ibn Batuta
- Ferishta
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Q4. The Upanishads are
- a source of Hindu philosophy
- books of ancient Hindu laws
- books on social behaviour of man
- prayers to God
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Q5. Pulakesin II was the most famous ruler of
- Chalukyas
- Cholas
- Pallavas
- Satavahanas
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Q6. The weekly Commonweal was founded by
- Annie Besant
- Bipin Chandra Pal
- Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- Sarojini Naidu
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Q7. Visakhadatta sketches the events after the death of Samudragupta in his work
- Mudrarakasam
- Devi Chandra Pal
- Mrichekakatika
- Malavikagnimitra
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Q8. There were widespread risings against the British in the 1820s. Which one of the following did not revolt in the 1820s?
- Santhals
- Ahoms
- Pagal Panthis
- Ramosi
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Q9. Two of the great Mughals wrote their own memoirs. They were
- Babar and Humayun
- Humayun and Jahangir
- Babar and Jahangir
- Jahangir and Shahjahan
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Q10. Deficit financing implies
- printing new currency notes
- replacing new currency with worn out currency
- public expenditure in excess of public revenue
- public revenue in excess of public expenditure
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Q11. The ARDC is now a branch of the
- RBI
- NABARD
- IDBI
- SIDBI
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Q12. Resurgent India Bonds were issued in US dollar, Pound Sterling and
- Japanese Yen
- Deutsche Mark
- Euro
- French Franc
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Q13. Where is the Railway Staff College located ?
- Pune
- Allahabad
- Vadodra
- Delhi
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Q14. Under Mother Teresa's guidance, the Missionaries of Charity built near Asansol, a leper colony is called
- Peace City
- Sahara
- Shanti Nagar
- SOS
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Q15. Where did the 1st ODI match was played in India?
- New Delhi
- Ahmedabad
- Kolkata
- Mumbai
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Q16. The Indian football team made its first appearance at Olympics in ..........?
- 1936
- 1948
- 1952
- 1956
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Q17. It travels over land and water. Who invented the HOVERCRAFT?
- S. Sperrow
- O. Stricheg
- T. Henman
- C. Cockerell
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Q18. Which of the following is NOT written by Munshi Premchand?
- Gaban
- Godan
- Guide
- Manasarovar
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Q19. The Parliament of India cannot be regarded as a sovereign body because
- it can legislate only on subjects entrusted to the Centre by the Constitution
- it has to operate within the limits prescribed by the Constitution
- the Supreme Court can declare laws passed by Parliament as unconstitutional if they contravene the provisions of the Constitution
- All of these
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Q20. The name of the Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi islands was changed to Lakshadweep by an Act of Parliament in
- 1970
- 1971
- 1972
- 1973