General Awareness Questions

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The appointments Committee of the Cabinet extended the tenure of ____ as Chairman, Railway Board, by two years with effect from 1st August 2016.

A) S.K. Roy B) Arunendra Kumar
C) Deepak Gupta D) A.K. Mittal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) A.K. Mittal

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Q:

Which country has launched the longest bullet train line covering a distance of 2252 kilometers in January, 2017?

A) Japan B) China
C) Afghanistan D) Myanmar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) China

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Q:

"Christ the Redeemer" is located in which among the following places?

A) Salvador B) Porto Alegre
C) Rio De Janeiro D) Brasilia
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Rio De Janeiro

Explanation:

"Christ the Redeemer" is located in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. 

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Which of the following produces the most solid waste ?

A) Agriculture B) Nuclear Power Plants
C) Manufacturing D) Packaging Industry
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Manufacturing

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Q:

D.C Series motor never operated on 

A) Full Load B) Half Load
C) No Load D) At any Load
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) No Load

Explanation:

D.C series motor both armature and feild connected in series at noload condition current drawn by the motor is zero Ia=0 flux also zero. but very small amount of flux avalible because of residual magnetism

in series motor speed  =  N α Eb/Φ Eb almost conistant

                                 =    N α 1/Φ

At no load condition d.c series can be run as dangerously very high so d.c series motor
operated at load condition only

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Q:

Who approved 20 lakh houses for urban poor under the PM Awas Yojna recently?

A) Smriti Irani B) Arun Jaitley
C) Sushnia Swaraj D) Shri Venkaiah Naidu
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Shri Venkaiah Naidu

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In July 2017, RBI Capped how much Customer liability if they report unauthorised transactions within seven working days?

A) Rs 50,000 B) Rs 25,000
C) Rs 10,000 D) Rs 20,000
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Rs 25,000

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Q:

Which voting method was discontinued in 2000?

A) Punch-card ballots B) Proxy Voting
C) Postal Voting D) Roll Call
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Punch-card ballots

Explanation:

Punch-card ballots voting method was discontinued as a result of the Help America Vote Act because of some issues in the counting process by the tabulating machines.

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