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.
Q1. Who is known as 'the father of Indian missile technology'?
- Dr. U.R. Rao
- Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
- Dr. Chidambaram
- Dr. Homi Bhaba
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Q2. IRDP stand for
- International Rural Development Programme
- Integrated Rural Development Programme
- Indian Rural Development Policy
- None of these
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Q3. A universal blood recipient belongs to the blood group ?
- AB
- O
- B
- A
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Q4. The religious system of belief in one god is called
- Polytheism
- Monotheism
- Holytheism
- None of these
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Q5. Dry ice is an example of which process ?
- Condensation
- Evaporation
- Sublimation
- Freezing
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Ans: 3- Radio waves
- Microwaves
- Infra-red waves
- Freezing
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Q7. Which of the following parts of Sun is easily visible only during a total Solar Eclipse ?
- Core
- Photosphere
- Sunspots
- Corona
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Q8. Where is the Headquarters of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) ?
- Jakarta
- Beijing
- New York
- Da Nag
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Q9. Out of the following remains excavated in Indus Valley, which one indicates the commercial and economic development ?
- Pottery
- Seals
- Boats
- Houses
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Q10. Hydrogen bomb is based on the principle of
- Nuclear fission
- Nuclear fusion
- Natural radioactivity
- Artificial radioactivity
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Q11. English education was introduced in India by
- Lord Curzon
- Jawahar Lal Nehru
- Lord Macaulay
- Mahatma Gandhi
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Q12. The number of subjects in the Union List of the Indian Constitution is
- 100
- 97
- 66
- 47
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Q13. The declaration of Constitutional Emergency in an Indian State has to be approved by the Parliament within a period of
- 2 months
- 4 months
- 6 months
- 12 months
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Q14. In which State /UT of India, was a non-Congress Government formed for the first time
- Tamil Nadu
- Bihar
- Kerala
- Maharashtra
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Q15. Who was the first Indian to become member of British Parliament ?
- Dadabhai Naoroji
- D.N. Vacha
- W.C. Bannerjee
- Behramji M Malabari
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Q16. Which of the following is the second highest peak of the World ?
- K2
- Nanda Devi
- Dhulagiri
- Kanchenjunga
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Q17. Who among the following founded the Arya Samaj in India ?
- Raja Rammohan Roy
- Mahatma Gandhi
- C.R. Das
- Swami Dayanand Saraswati
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Q18. The length of India's coastline is about
- 5700 kms
- 4900 kms
- 8300 kms
- 7500 kms
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Q19. The President of India can issue proclamation of Emergency
- on the advice of Prime Minster of India
- in his own discretion
- when the decision of the Union Cabinet for the issue of such proclamation has been communicated to him in writing
- None of these
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Q20. The first General Election in India were held on /in-
- 26 January, 1950
- 1952
- 1953
- 1954