General Awareness For Railway NTPC Exam 2016

Q.1. Which canal connects Mediterranean Sea with Red Sea?

(A) Corinthian Canal (B) Grand Canal

(C) Panama Canal (D) Suez Canal

Q.2. Which of the following features and their source is wrongly matched?

(A) Judicial review - British Practice

(B) Concurrent list - Australian Constitution

(C) Directive principles - Irish Constitution 

(D) Fundamental Rights - US Constitution

Q.3. Baikonur Cosmodrome, the space launch facility, is located in -

(A) Russia (B) Kazakhstan

(C) Kyrgyzstan (D) Uzbekistan

 

Q.4. An Ant can see the objects all around it due to the presence of -

(A) Simple eyes 

(B) Eyes over its head

(C) Well developed eyes

(D) Compound eyes

Q.5. The Fort at Pulicat was built by :

(A) Portuguese (B) British

(C) French (D) Dutch

Q.6. Kabir was the disciple of -

(A) Ramanuja (B) Ramananda

(C) Shankaracharya (D) Chaitanya

Q.7. Which one of the following is an enzyme?

(A) Glucagon (B) Insulin

(C) Somatropin (D) Trypsin

Q.8. Where is Mullaperiyar Dam located?

(A) Tamil Nadu (B) Kerala

(C) Karnataka (D) None of the above

Q.9. The Sualkuchi Textile Park is located in which state of India?

(A) Karnataka 

(B) Jammu and Kashmir

(C) Assam

(D) Meghalaya

Q.10. Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth is mentioned in -

(A) Article 14 (B) Article 15

(C) Article 16 (D) Article 17

Q.11. The Characteristic feature of Virus is -

(A) It multiplies only on dead animals

(B) It multiplies only on hosts

(C) It lacks chlorophy II

(D) It is made up of fats

Q.12. The bacterial conversion of Nitrogen into Nitrogen Compounds is called -

(A) Nirtorgenation (B) Nitrogen Fixation

(C) Fertilisation (D) None of the above

Q.13. Legislation of Widow Remarriage in India was first secured by -

(A) Pandit Ramabai 

(B) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

(C) Maharshi Karve

(D) Rajaram Mohan Roy

Q.14. Japanese Encephalitis is spread by -

(A) Contaminated water

(B) Air

(C) Dog Bite

(D) Mosquito

Answers

Q.1.(D) Suez canal connects mediterranean sea with red sea. 

Q.2.(A) Source of judicial review is USA. 

Q.3.(B) Baikonur Cosmodrome is the world’s first and largest operational space launch facility. It is located in the desert steppe of Kazakhstan. 

Q.4.(B) 

Q.5.(D) The fort at pulicat was built by Dutch East India Company in 1633. 

Q.6.(B) Kabir was the disciple of Ramananda. 

Q.7.(D) Trypsin is an enzyme. An enzyme is a protein that speeds up a certain biochemical reaction. 

Q.8.(B) The Mullaperiyar Dam is located on the Periyar River in the Indian state of Kerala. 

Q.9.(C) The Sualkuchi Textile Park is also known as Manchester of Assam is located on the northward bank of the mighty river Brahmaputra. 

Q.10.(B) Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth is mentioned in Article-15.

Q.11.(B) The Characteristic feature of virus is it multiplies only on host. 

Q.12.(A) 

Q.13.(B) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar took the initiative in proposing and pushing the Widow Remarriage Act XV of 1856 (26 July) in India. 

Q.14.(D) Japanese encephalitis is a disease caused by the mosquito-borne Japanese encephalitis virus.