IBPS General Awareness model test paper - 2

IBPS General Awareness model test paper - 2


1. Where are Mumbai High Oil Fields located?

a.) In Bay of Bengal
b.) On the Continental Shelf of the Arabian Sea
c.) West Coastal Plain
d.) Western Ghat

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ANSWER: b.) On the Continental Shelf of the Arabian Sea




2. When is the World Literacy Day celebrated?

a.) July 3
b.) August 9
c.) October 24
d.) Nov 15

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ANSWER: c.) October 24




3. Rowlatt Act was passed during the tenure of which Viceroy of India?

a.) Lord Chelmsford
b.) Lord Mountbatten
c.) Lord Clifford
d.) Lord Alfred

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ANSWER: a.) Lord Chelmsford




4. There are ____ cervical vertebrae in a human body?

a.) 6
b.) 7
c.) 8
d.) 9

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ANSWER: b.) 7




5. When can the salaries of Central Government employees be reduced?

a.) During National Emergency
b.) During State Emergency
c.) During Financial Emergency
d.) Never

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ANSWER: c.) During Financial Emergency




6. Which Article envisages the protection of interests of minorities?

a.) 15
b.) 29
c.) 32
d.) 37

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ANSWER: b.) 29




7. As of 2014, who is the president of World Bank?

a.) Dr. Margaret Chan
b.) Takehiko Nakao
c.) Dr. Jim Yong Kim
d.) Li Yong

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ANSWER: Dr. Jim Yong Kim




8. _________ electromagnetic radiation is used in satellite communication.

a.) Microwave
b.) Infrared
c.) Ultraviolet
d.) Radiowave

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ANSWER: a.) Microwave




9. What happens due to the higher concentration of Nitrogen and Phosphorus?

a.) Hardness
b.) Alkalinity
c.) Acidity
d.) Eutrophication

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ANSWER: d.) Eutrophication




10. ________ causes Minamata disease.

a.) Mercury
b.) Lead
c.) Sulphur
d.) Methane

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ANSWER: a.) Mercury




11. Where are Wheels and Axles in Indian Railways manufactured?

a.) Chittaranjan
b.) Yelhanka (Bangalore)
c.) Hussainpur (Punjab)
d.) Perambur (Chennai)

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ANSWER: b.) Yelhanka (Bangalore)




12. During a thunderstorm, we first get to see the flash of lightning and hear its thunder later because …

a.) Sound travels faster than light
b.) Light travel faster than sound
c.) Light has the ability to move through vacuum
d.) Sounds takes time to move through vacuum

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ANSWER: b.) Light travel faster than sound




13. The difference between the local time of two places is 2 hrs. What will be the difference in their longitudes?

a.) 15 degree
b.) 30 degree
c.) 45 degree
d.) None of the above

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ANSWER: b.) 30 degree




14. Where is Dudhwa National Park located?

a.) Himachal Pradesh
b.) Chattisgarh
c.) Madhya Pradesh
d.) Uttar Pradesh

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ANSWER: d.) Uttar Pradesh




15. What is the width of Broad Guage Track in Indian Railways?

a.) 856 mm
b.) 1000 mm
c.) 1676 mm
d.) 1722 mm

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ANSWER: c.) 1676 mm




16. Which phenomenon makes the clear sky look blue?

a.) Reflection of light
b.) Refraction of light
c.) Diffraction of light
d.) Dispersion of light

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ANSWER: c.) Diffraction of light




17. What do plants release during the process of photosynthesis?

a.) Oxygen
b.) Carbon dioxide
c.) Starch
d.) Water

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ANSWER: a.) Oxygen




18. Who was the founder of All India Muslim League?

a.) Syed Ahmed Khan
b.) Mohd Ali Jinnah
c.) Aga Khan
d.) Hamid Ali

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ANSWER: c.) Aga Khan




19. Where was Gandhiji’s Satyagrah for Indigo farmers observed?

a.) Chauri Chaura
b.) Bardoli
c.) Sabarmati
d.) Champaran

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ANSWER: d.) Champaran




20. What is the capital of Colombia?

a) Havana
b) Bogota
c) Quito
d) Astana

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ANSWER: b) Bogota




21. Who wrote the book “Hind Swaraj”?

a.) Mahatama Gandhi
b.) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
c.) Tatya Tope
d.) Lal Bahadur Shastri

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ANSWER: a.) Mahatama Gandhi




22. Which acid is used in the battery of a car?

a.) Hydrochloric acid
b.) Sulphuric Acid
c.) Nitric Acid
d.) Carbonic Acid

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ANSWER: b.) Sulphuric Acid




23. _________ was the capital of Pallava Kings.

a.) Kanchipuram
b.) Madurai
c.) Tiruchirapalli
d.) Srirangapatanam

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ANSWER: a.) Kanchipuram




24. When you produce one more unit of a good, the cost rises a bit. What is this additional cost called as?

a.) Unit cost
b.) Marginal cost
c.) Implicit cost
d.) Average cost

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ANSWER: b.) Marginal cost




25. Government’s spending, taxing and borrowing is governed by its ___________.

a.) Monetary Policy
b.) Tax Policy
c.) Fiscal Policy
d.) Expenses Policy

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ANSWER: c.) Fiscal Policy




26. Which states are joined by Palghat?

a.) Goa and Maharashtra
b.) Gujarat and Rajasthan
c.) Kerala and Tamil Nadu
d.) Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh

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ANSWER: c.) Kerala and Tamil Nadu




27. ________________ discovered the sea route to India.

a.) Columbus
b.) Magellan
c.) Alexander
d.) Vasco da Gama

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ANSWER: d.) Vasco da Gama




28. Which countries are a part of BRICS?

a.) Brazil, Romania, India, Chile, Senegal
b.) Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
c.) Brazil, Romania, India, China and South Africa
d.) Brazil, Russia, India, China and Somalia

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ANSWER: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa




29. Where are the head quarters of WHO located?

a.) Geneva
b.) Copenhagen
c.) New York
d.) Washington

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ANSWER: a.) Geneva




30. What is the legislative capital of South Africa?

a.) Johannesberg
b.) Pretoria
c.) Tshwane
d.) Cape Town

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ANSWER: d.) Cape Town




31. The animals living in Colder regions have fur as it –

a.) Traps air and protects them from cold
b.) Protects them from snow
c.) Allows them to hibernate
d.) Go without eating for days

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ANSWER: a.) Traps air and protects them from cold




32. What happens during a Lunar eclipse?

a.) The Earth comes between the Moon and the Sun
b.) The Sun comes between the Moon and the Earth
c.) The Moon comes between the Earth and the Sun
d.) The Mercury comes between the Earth and the Sun

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ANSWER: a.) The Earth comes between the Moon and the Sun




33. ________ converts glycogen into glucose and purifies the blood.

a.) Kidney
b.) Liver
c.) Gall bladder
d.) Spleen

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ANSWER: b.) Liver




34. _______________ is used in Solar Cells.

a.) Photoelectric effect
b.) Photovoltaic effect
c.) Photoconductive effect
d.) Photosynthetic effect

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ANSWER: b.) Photovoltaic effect




35. A bug in a program is ____________ .

a.) a statement
b.) an error
c.) a syntax
d.) all the above

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ANSWER: b.) an error




36. “Public health and sanitation” finds a place in which list of Indian constitution?

a.) State list
b.) Union List
c.) National List
d.) Concurrent List

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ANSWER: a.) State list




37. The speaker of Loksabha has a final decision on whether a bill is a money bill or not?

a.) True
b.) False

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ANSWER: a.) True




38. Who is the president of International Cricket Council as of Jan 2014?

a.) Alan Isaac
b.) Jagmohan Dalmiya
c.) Srinivasan
d.) Peter Tomka

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ANSWER: a.) Alan Isaac




39. Indian signed the extradition treaty with ______________ in October’13.

a.) Maldives
b.) Mauritius
c.) Bangladesh
d.) Indonesia

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ANSWER: c.) Bangladesh




40. IFPRI prepared Global Hunger Index 2013. What was India’s rank in this index?

a.) 50th
b.) 63rd
c.) 65th
d.) 67th

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ANSWER: b.) 63rd


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