SET-5 : Important General Awareness Static MCQs for OPSC ASO Exam 2018

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 was the first native ruler of India to accept Subsidiary Alliance? 

1. Nawab of Oudh
2. Gaikward of Baroda
3. Scindia of Gwalior
4. Nizam of Hyderabad

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Q2. Which Act did change the designation of Governor General of Bengal to Governor General of India?

1. Regulating Act of 1773
2. Charter Act of 1833
3. Government of India Act of 1858
4. Government of India Act of 1935

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Q3. When did Ranjit Singh sign a treaty of perpetual friendship British at Amritsar?

1. 1799
2. 1805
3. 1806
4. 1809

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Q4. Who is associated with introduction of local self government in India?

1. Lord Dalhousie
2. Lord Lytton
3. Lord Rippon
4. Lord Curzon

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Q5. Which place did Kunwar Singh, a leader during the Revolt of 1857, belong to?

1. Uttar Pradesh
2. Madhya Pradesh
3. Rajasthan
4. Bihar

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Q6. Khajjiar lake is located in

1. Tamil Nadu
2. Himachal Pradesh
3. Odisha
4. Jammu & Kashmir

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Q7. Minicoy and Suheli Islands are separated by

1. Six Degree Channel
2. Seven Degree Channel
3. Eight Degree Channel
4. Nine Degree Channel

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Q8. Which of the following instruments is used for measuring very high temperature?

1. Photometer
2. Pyrgeometer
3. Solarimeter
4. Pyrometer

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Q9. Insulin is secreted from which gland or organ of human body?

1. Kidney
2. Liver
3. Pancreas
4. Small Intestine

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Q10. The act of simultaneously buying in one market and selling in another market is called?

1. Speculating
2. Spotting
3. Forwarding
4. Arbitrage

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Q11. Writs can be issued for the enforcement of Fundamental Rights by

1. District Courts
2. High Courts only
3. Supreme Court only
4. Both Supreme Court as well as the High Courts

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Q12. Which one of the following was the first State to establish the institution of the Lokayukta in India?

1. Bihar
2. Maharashtra
3. Rajasthan
4. Odisha

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Q13. In India, 'Collegium System' was first introduced in relationship to

1. Executive
2. Legislature
3. Judiciary
4. Union-State Relations

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Q14. Which one of the following was the first committee to demand constitutional recognition for Panchayats?

1. Balwant Rai Mehta Committee
2. Ashok Mehta Committee
3. Santhanam Committee
4. GVK Rao Committee

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Q15. A money bill can be introduced in

1. Rajya Sabha
2. Lok Sabha
3. Both Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha
4. None of the above

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Q16. Myopia, also known as near-sightedness, can be corrected by use of 

1. convex lens
2. concave lens
3. plane lens
4. magnifying lens

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Q17. The Sutej river is a tributary of the

1. Indus River
2. Beas
3. Jhelum
4. Chenab

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Q18. 'Indira Point' is near to

1. Car Nicobar
2. Little Nicobar
3. Great Nicobar
4. Kamorta

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Q19. In our country, second largest area is occupied by

1. alluvial soil
2. red soil
3. black soil
4. laterite soil

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Q20. Which one of the following States possesses the largest forest area?

1. Arunachal Pradesh
2. Chhattisgarh
3. Maharashtra
4. Madhya Pradesh

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Ans: 4