SET 23 : GK STATIC MCQS FOR OPSC & OSSSC UPCOMING EXAM

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.

* Please don't relay on these practice sets only, understand and analyse the options to cover the topic more precisely.
* As we are providing previously asked questions, so that anyone can understand the type of questions.

OPSC General Awareness Practice Sets

Q1. When did China explode first atomic device?

1. 1962
2. 1963
3. 1964
4. 1965

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Q2. When did India enter into space age by launching the satellite 'Aryabhatta'?

1. 1966
2. 1932
3. 1975
4. 1990

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Ans: 3

Q3. When did Christopher Columbus discover the West Indies?

1. 1455 AD
2. 1492 AD
3. 1139 AD
4. 1556 AD

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Ans: 2

Q4. Which animal never drinks water in its entire life?

1. Kangaroo
2. Hippopotamus
3. Rat
4. Kangaroo rat

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Ans: 4

Q5. Which one is an alkaline among the following?

1. Vinegar
2. Saliva
3. Ammonia
4. Acid rain

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Ans: 3

Q6. What are the brighter areas on the Sun's surface called?

1. Analemma
2. Corona
3. Faculae
4. Nanoflares

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Q7. In which year of First World War, Germany declared war on Russia and France?

1. 1914
2. 1915
3. 1916
4. 1917

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Q8. In a normal human body, the total number of red blood cells is

1. 5 trillion
2. 10 trillion
3. 15 trillion
4. 30 trillion

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Q9. How many teeth does a normal adult dog has?

1. 32
2. 34
3. 38
4. 42

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Q10. What invention caused many deaths while testing it?

1. Dynamite
2. Ladders
3. Race cars
4. Parachute

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Q11. What Benjamin Franklin invented?

1. Bifocal spectacles
2. Radio
3. Barometer
4. Hygrometer

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Q12. When was the first elevator built?

1. 1743
2. 1739
3. 1760
4. 1785

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Q13. The Uprising of 1857 was described as the first Indian war of Independence by

1. S.K. Sen
2. R.C. Mazumdar
3. B.G. Tilak
4. V.D. Savarkar

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Q14. Ustad Mansur was a famous painter in the regime of

1. Shajahan
2. Akbar
3. Hymayun
4. Jahangir

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Q15. Tipu Sultan was the ruler of

1. Hyderabad
2. Madurai
3. Mysore
4. Vijayanagar

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Q16. The term Khalisa in Mughal administration signified the

1. Entire Imperial establishment
2. land owned by the emperor himself
3. religious land grants
4. land from where revenue was collected for the Imperial Treasury

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Q17. Velu Thampi led a revolt against the British in State of

1. Travancore
2. Baroda
3. Hyderabad
4. Mysore

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Q18. The treaty of Mangalore was signed between

1. the English East India Company and Haider Ali
2. the British East India Company and Tipu Sultan
3. Haider Ali and the Zamorin of Calicut
4. the French East India Company and Tipu Sultan

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Q19. Foreign Direct Investment ceilings in the telecom sector have been raised from 74 percent to

1. 80 percent
2. 83 percent
3. 90 percent
4. 100 percent

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Q20. Redistribution policies geared to reduce economic inequalities include

1. progressive tax policies
2. land reforms
3. rural development policies
4. All of these

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Ans: 4