List of top General Awareness Questions

Match the following literary works with their authors.

Literary Works		Authors
P	Mrcchakatika	I	Kalidasa
Q	Mudrarakshasa	II	Shudraka
R	Abhijnanashakuntalam	III	Bāṇabhaṭṭa
S	Rasamanjari	IV	Vishakhadatta
T	Harshacharita	V	Krishnadevaraya

From which location, India test-fired the new generation Agni Prime missile in 2021?

Match the following UNSECO world heritage sites with the states to which they belong

UNESCO World Heritage Sites		States
P	Khajuraho Group of Monuments	I	Telangana
Q	Kakatiya Rudreshwara Temple R. Dholavira	II	Gujarat
R	Nanded	III	Karnataka
S	Group of Monuments at Hampi	IV	Sikkim
T	Khangchendzonga National Park	V	Madhya Pradesh

Which of the following politicians has served for the longest years consecutively, or otherwise, as the Chief Minister of any Indian state or Union Territory?

Which of the following 2018 Commonwealth Games Gold medallists has successfully contested the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly elections?

Which of the following footballing legends had never won the prestigious Ballon d'Or Award?

Maitri and Bharati are the names of:

Match the following books with their authors.

Books		Authors
P	The Fractured Himalaya: India Tibet I. Dinayar Patel China 1949-1962	I	Dinayar Patel
Q	False Allies: India's Maharajahs in the Age of Ravi Varma	II	Tamal Bandyopadhyay
R	VP Menon: The Unsung Architect of Modern India	III	Manu S Pillai
S	Pandemonium: The Great Indian Banking Tragedy	IV	Nirupama Menon Rao
T	Naoroji: Pioneer of Indian Nationalism	V	Narayani Basu

Which of the following companies has acquired 100% stake in Air India?

What is a grey market?

What is OSIRIS-REx?

Monosodium glutamate is:

Which of the following spacecrafts by the NASA entered the Sun’s upper atmosphere – the Corona?

What is the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)?

Match the following classic movies with their directors

Movies		Directors
P	Agantuk	I	Adoor Gopalakrishnan
Q	Thaneer Thaneer	II	Shyam Benegal
R	Drohkaal	III	Satyajit Ray
S	Elipatthayam	IV	K Balachander
T	Bhumika	V	Govind Nihalani

Identify the XLRI alumnus, who has recently been appointed as the Deputy National Security Advisor?

Which of the following Indian states does not have an “Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)”?

Match the following districts with the states to which they belong

Districts		States
P	Muktsar	I	Bihar
Q	Rohtas	II	Assam
R	Nanded	III	Tamil Nadu
S	Kamrup	IV	Punjab
T	Salem	V	Maharashtra

From the following options, choose the one which arranges the given Queens’ ascension to the throne in a chronological order.

Match the animals listed below with the most common collective noun used to represent a group of them (e.g. wolves – Pack)

Animals		Collective Nouns
P	Eagles	I	Tower
Q	Apes	II	Quiver
R	Giraffes	III	Kaleidoscope
S	Butterflies	IV	Shrewdness
T	Cobras	V	Convocation

Given below are two statements:
Statement I : Food is cooked in pressure cooker quickly because it retains heat for a longer period.
Statement II : Food is cooked in pressure cooker quickly because boiling point of water increases. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

Which form of Indian dance shows influence of Persian culture?

Change in Seasons occur due to
(A) Earth’s rotation
(B) Earth’s Revolution
(C) Inclination of Earth axis
Choose the correct options from the options given below:

The total number of Judges of International Court of Justice is

Given below are two statements:
Statement I : Our lungs have two parts – the left and right lungs.
Statement II : structurally two parts of the lungs are different from each other. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below