General awareness / studies questions and answers - Nov 28, 2014
1. Match the following. i. Kirana Gharana ----------------- A. Nayak Gopal
ii. Bhendi Bazaar Gharana ---------- B. Chhajju Khan
iii. Jaipur Atrauli Gharana --------- C. Alladiya Khan
iv. Patiala Gharana ---------------- D. Bade Fateh Ali Khan
a. 1 A 2B 3C 4D
b. 1 A 2D 3B 4C
c. 1 A 2D 3C 4B
d. 1 D 2B 3C 4D
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a. 1 A 2B 3C 4D
Bhendi Bazaar Gharana was founded by Chhajju Khan, Nazeer Khan and Khadim Khan. Patiala Gharana was founded by Bade Fateh Ali Khan and Ali Baksh Khan.
a. 1991.
b. 1994.
c. 1997.
d. 1999.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c. 1997.
The Committee was constituted in 1997. It checks the reports of the commission for Women and also examines the steps taken by the government to secure their status. It consists of 30 members, 20 from Lok Sabha and 10 from Rajya Sabha.
a. Assam and Jharkhand.
b. Karnataka and Gujarat.
c. Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.
d. Punjab and Haryana.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a. Assam and Jharkhand.
The Number of seats in Lok Sabha depends on the population of the state. If the state has more population, then it will have more number of seats. In the given list ,only Assam and Jharkhand have equal number of seats ,both have 14 seats.
a. Parliamentary forum on Youth.
b. Parliamentary forum on Water Conservation and Management
c. Parliamentary forum on Children.
d. None of these.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b. Parliamentary forum on Water Conservation and Management
Forums are constituted in order to provide platform for the members to interact with the ministers. And to help members in knowing the key factors of the various issues, for the exchange of data and information.
i. Jammu and Kashmir.
ii. Maharashtra.
iii. Jharkhand.
iv. Goa
a. (i) and (ii).
b. (ii) and (iii).
c. (iii) and (iv).
d. (i) and (iii).
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d. (i) and (iii).
The Election Commission of India announced elections for Jammu and Kashmir and Jharkhand. They have decided to conduct elections in five stages. Along with these two states, there is election in New Delhi for three constituencies.
a. Diamond.
b. Graphite.
c. Buckminsterfullerene.
d. None of these.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d. None of these.
Allotropes are the various physical forms in which an element can exist. A free state carbon occurs in three forms – Diamond, Graphite and the recently discovered Buckminsterfullerene.
a. Isotones.
b. Isomers.
c. Isotopes.
d. Isobars.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b. Isomers.
The organic compounds with same molecular formula but different structure are called as Isomers. For example both n-butane and iso-butane have same molecular formula but their structure is different.
a. Desert Biome.
b. Mediterranean Biome.
c. Tundra Biome.
d. Forest Biome.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c. Tundra Biome.
The most continuous biome of the world is the Tundra Biome; it is most fragile biome as it lacks diversity. Then meaning of Tundra in Finish language is Barrel land and in Russian language it is called Marshy land.
a. Frazer Commission.
b. Raleigh Commission.
c. Simon Commission.
d. None of these.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c. Simon Commission.
Simon Commission was called as All Whites Commission because this commission ,that was set up to review the situation of India had only Britishers as members and no Indian member.
a. Y.V. Reddy.
b. Dr. Vijay Kelkar.
c. Subramanium Swamy.
d. Rangarajan.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a. Y.V. Reddy.
The Finance commission is set up by the President of India every five years, they will be informed about the work they are supposed to do by the President and they look after the allocations made by the centre to various states.
