General Awareness Quiz - Set 102

1. A fast wind can turn the blades of a windmill because it possesses

a) potential energy

b) kinetic energy

c) chemical energy

d) heat energy

2. Kilowatt hour is the unit of –

3. The fear of number 13 ____________.

a) Triskaidekaphobia

b) Cynophobia

c) Ophidiophobia

d) Leukophobia

4. 'Goodbye, Mr. Chips' is a famous novel about the life of a schoolteacher. The novel has been adapted into two films and two television adaptations. Who is the writer of this novel?

a) Virginia Woolf

b) E.M. Forster

c) Henry Green

d) James Hilton

5. First Indian woman to be honoured with MCC life membership?

a) Deepa Marathe

b) Priyanka Roy

c) Anjum Chopra

d) Varsha Raffe

6. Recently which country declares malaria-free by WHO?

a) Sri Lanka

d) Bangladesh

7. Who conferred with 2016 UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy?

a) Ramesh Pandey

b) Jan Shikshan Sansthan

c) Ravi Capoor

d) Navdeep Rinwa

8. International Day of Charity observed globally on _________.

a) 5^th September

b) 7^th September

c) 9^th September

d) 12^th September

9. India sent _______ athletes to Rio Olympic.

10. Country’s largest paramilitary force CRPF has decided to appoint which of the following sports persons as it’s brand ambassador and honorary rank of Commandant?

a) Dipa Karmakar

b) P.V. Sindhu

c) Sakshi Malik

d) None of the above

Answers:

1. b) kinetic energy
2. c) energy
3. a) Triskaidekaphobia
4. d) James Hilton
5. c) Anjum Chopra
6. a)Sri Lanka
7. b) Jan Shikshan Sansthan
8. b) 7 September
9. b) 117
10. b) P.V. Sindhu

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