2001+ General Awareness Questions and Answers with Explanation

Q:

India's first National Defence University is being established in

A) Gurgaon	B) Hissar
C) Panipat	D) Ambala

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Gurgaon

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The term Upari refers to which one of the following?

A) A category of proprietary tenure under the Mughal rule	B) A category of tenancy tenure under the Maratha rule
C) A soldier in the Maratha army	D) A village headman in the Mughal period.

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) A category of tenancy tenure under the Maratha rule

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Upari refers to a category of tenancy tenure held under the Maratha Regime.The Government used to assign land to various cultivators for cultivation and getting maximum revenue. The land allotted to original settlers of villages came to be known as Mirasi land whereas the land assigned to the migrant settlers was known as the Upari land.

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Q:

Indus Valley Civilization is called the protohistoric civilization because its people knew

A) art	B) writing
C) copper	D) pottery

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) writing

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Which of the following countries is a permanent member of the UN Security Council?

A) Switzerland	B) People's Republic of china
C) Japan	D) Ukraine

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) People's Republic of china

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Which Bank has become the first bank in India to launch DigiPOS, a Point of Sale (POS) machine ?

A) Yes Bank	B) HDFC Bank
C) ICICI Bank	D) SBI

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) HDFC Bank

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Q:

N.R. Narayana Murthy was recently presented with the 2014 'Global India Award' in Canada. He is the executive chairman of which of the following companies?

A) Infosys	B) Wipro
C) IBM	D) TCS

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Infosys

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What is the assigned code name of India first nuclear explosion at Pokran ?

A) Operation Sakshi	B) Operation Hurricane
C) Operation smiling Buddha	D) Operation cross road

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Operation smiling Buddha

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The Supreme Court has reconstituted the special Investigation Team(SIT) to expedite probe into Black Money Cases and directed the government to issue the necessary notification. Who of the following is the chairman of this team?

A) Arijit Pasayat	B) M.B.Shah
C) R.M.Lodha	D) Vinod Rai

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