INDIAN NAVY AA SSR GENERAL AWARENESS TEST
INDIAN NAVY AA SSR GENERAL AWARENESS TEST
Question – 1 : Which of the following is not a scientist?
Answer – (A) : Rabindranath Tagore
Answer – (B) : Sir C.V. Raman
Answer – (C) : Homi J. Bhabha
Answer – (D) : Rabindranath Tagore
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Correct Answer : (D)
Explanation : Rabindranath Tagore, is not a scientist.Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) was the youngest son of Debendranath Tagore, a leader of the Brahmo Samaj, which was a new religious sect in nineteenth-century Bengal and which attempted a revival of the ultimate monistic basis of Hinduism.
Question – 2 : Raja Rammohan Roy was not connected with:
Answer – (A) : Sanskrit education
Answer – (B) : Widow remarriage
Answer – (C) : The Promotion of English
Answer – (D) : Sanskrit education
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Correct Answer : (D)
Explanation : Raja Rammohan Roy was not connected with Sanskrit education. Raja Rammohan Roy is considered the prophet of socio-religious movements in India. Raja Rammohan Roy is the father of the Indian renaissance. He founded a reform association known as the Brahmo Sabha in Calcutta. Later Brahma Sabha was known as Brahma Samaj.He began campaigns against the practice of Sati and abolished Sati from India. Sati was banned in 1829. Raja Rammohan Roy argued in favour of widow re-marriage. Raja Rammohan Roy was keen to spread the knowledge of Western education in India.
Question – 3 : Which of the following is the largest delta in the world?
Answer – (A) : Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta
Answer – (B) : Danube Delta
Answer – (C) : Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta
Answer – (D) : Amazon Delta
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Correct Answer : (C)
Explanation : Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta is the largest delta in the world. The deposition of sediment that is carried by a river created a landform called a river delta. The Ganges Delta also called Sunderban Delta is situated in the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent and also in Bangladesh. The delta surface area of some 100.000 km2. The Ganges Delta is formed by three major rivers the Ganga, the Brahmaputra, and the Megna river. Ganges Delta is also one of the most fertile regions in the world.
Question – 4 : Which of the following is a well-known place for Chikankari embroidery?
Answer – (A) : Lucknow
Answer – (B) : Lucknow
Answer – (C) : Raipur
Answer – (D) : Indore
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Correct Answer : (B)
Explanation : The Chikankari embroidery is a traditional embroidery style from Lucknow. It is one of Lucknow’s best-known textile decoration styles. Chikan is a delicate and artfully done hand embroidery on a variety of textile fabrics like muslin, silk, chiffon, organza, net, etc. White thread is embroidered on cool, pastel shades of light muslin and cotton garments. The market for local chikan is mainly in Chowk, Lucknow.
Question – 5 : FEARLESS
Answer – (A) : GRASS
Answer – (B) : RESEAL
Answer – (C) : LESSER
Answer – (D) : ERASE
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Correct Answer : (A)
Explanation : (A) GRASS – FEARLESS (Cannot be formed because G is missing)(B) RESEAL – FEARLESS (Can be formed)(C) LESSER – FEARLESS (Can be formed)(D) ERASE – FEARLESS (Can be formed)So, the correct answer is “GRASS”.
Question – 6 : Who has won the 2020 Dayton Literary Peace Prize’s lifetime achievement award?
Answer – (A) : Margaret Atwood
Answer – (B) : Margaret Atwood
Answer – (C) : Jane Austen
Answer – (D) : J. K. Rowling
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Correct Answer : (B)
Explanation : Margaret Atwood has won the 2020 Dayton Literary Peace Prize’s lifetime achievement award. The award celebrates literature’s power to foster peace, social justice and global understanding. Atwood is a prolific writer of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, essays, comic books. Atwood published her first book of poetry, Double Persephone, in 1961.
Question – 7 : In a certain code language “PRINCE” is written as “356987”. In that code language, how will “NICE” be written?
Answer – (A) : 9687
Answer – (B) : 9687
Answer – (C) : 9876
Answer – (D) : 7896
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Correct Answer : (B)
Explanation : In a certain code:Words P R I N C E Codes 3 5 6 9 8 7 In the same way, Words N I C E Codes 9 6 8 7 Therefore, In that code language “NICE” will be written as 9687.
Question – 8 : Hirakund Dam is located in which state?
Answer – (A) : Orissa
Answer – (B) : Orissa
Answer – (C) : Maharashtra
Answer – (D) : Punjab
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Correct Answer : (B)
Explanation : Hirakud Dam is located in Orissa. Hirakud Dam is built across the Mahanadi river about 15 km. Its height is 61m.Sir Hawthorne Lavish founded the Hirakud Dam when he was the Governor of Orissa. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru laid the first batch of concrete on 12 April 1948.
Question – 9 : Which of the following has bagged the best drama series honour at the 48th International Emmy Awards?
Answer – (A) : Delhi Crime
Answer – (B) : Delhi Crime
Answer – (C) : Mirzapur
Answer – (D) : Crime Patrol
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Correct Answer : (B)
Explanation : Netflix’s India Original series “Delhi Crime”, helmed by Indian-Canadian director Richie Mehta, has bagged the best drama series honour at the 48th International Emmy Awards. The series deconstructs the case of the 23-year-old physiotherapy intern who was abducted and gang-raped in a moving bus on the night of December 16, 2012. The show was released in the year 2019.
Question – 10 : What is the full form of “BRICS”?
Answer – (A) : Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa
Answer – (B) : Botswana, Rwanda, Ivory Coast, Croatia, and South Africa
Answer – (C) : Bangladesh, Romania, India, Cambodia, and South Africa
Answer – (D) : Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa
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Correct Answer : (D)
Explanation : The full form of “BRICS” is Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.BRICS is an acronym for the powerful grouping of the world’s leading emerging market economies, namely Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. The BRICS mechanism aims to promote peace, security, development, and cooperation. BRICS countries have individually emerged to assume new economic rankings.
Question – 11 : In which city of India was the second United Nations World Geospatial Information Congress held?
Answer – (A) : Hyderabad
Answer – (B) : Mumbai
Answer – (C) : Chennai
Answer – (D) : Bangalore
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Correct Answer : (A)
Explanation : The second United Nations World Geospatial Information Congress held in Hyderabad.The 2nd United Nations World Geospatial Information Congress (UNWGIC 2022) took placed in Hyderabad. The five-day conference was hosted by the Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology and convened by the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management.
Question – 12 : In which year did the Khilafat Movement start?
Answer – (A) : 1919
Answer – (B) : 1923
Answer – (C) : 1919
Answer – (D) : 1921
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Correct Answer : (C)
Explanation : The Khilafat Movement started in the year 1919.The Ali Brothers–Mohammad Ali and Shaukat Ali–launched an anti-British movement in 1919. The movement was for the restoration of the Khilafat Movement. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad also led the movement. It was supported by Mahatma Gandhi and INC. On October 17, 1919, ‘Khilafat Day’ was celebrated.
Question – 13 : Direction: A series is given with one term missing. Select the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.1, 5, 14, 30, 55, ?
Answer – (A) : 91
Answer – (B) : 91
Answer – (C) : 72
Answer – (D) : 65
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Correct Answer : (B)
Explanation : The logic is :1 + 22 = 55 + 32 = 1414 + 42 = 3030 + 52 = 5555 + 62 = 91
Question – 14 : Mumtaz Khan, who was named the Emerging Player of the Year by the International Hockey Federation (FIH), belongs to which district of Uttar Pradesh?
Answer – (A) : Lucknow
Answer – (B) : Lucknow
Answer – (C) : Banda
Answer – (D) : Chitrakoot
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Correct Answer : (B)
Explanation : Mumtaz Khan, who was named the Emerging Player of the Year by the International Hockey Federation (FIH), hails from the Lucknow district of Uttar Pradesh. India’s young hockey player Mumtaz Khan has been awarded the ‘FIH Rising Women’s Star of the Year 2021-22′ award. Mumtaz defeated Charlotte Englebert of Belgium by just three points. Mumtaz got a total of 32.9 points after the voting while Englebert came third with 29.9 points. Netherlands’ Luna Folk (16.9 points) finished third.
Question – 15 : In _______, a major upheaval took place that shook the foundation of British Rule and is often referred to as the ‘First War of Independence.
Answer – (A) : 1857
Answer – (B) : 1875
Answer – (C) : 1947
Answer – (D) : 1857
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Correct Answer : (D)
Explanation : The revolt of 1857 started on 10th May when the Company’s Indian soldiers at Meerut rebelled.It is also called the Sepoy Mutiny by the British. It is now also known as the ‘First War of Independence’ against the British rulers. The main event which became the immediate cause of the war was the refusal of the Sepoys to use the grease-covered cartridges (greased with the fat of pig and cow) on January 23, 1857.
Question – 16 : Which is the longest tributary river in India?
Answer – (A) : Yamuna
Answer – (B) : Ganga
Answer – (C) : Ravi
Answer – (D) : Yamuna
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Correct Answer : (D)
Explanation : The Yamuna is the longest tributary of the River Ganga. It does not directly fall into the sea. The major states through which the river flows are Uttarakhand, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh.
Question – 17 : If MUSIC is coded SZWLE, then how is CANOE coded?
Answer – (A) : IFRRG
Answer – (B) : FGSE
Answer – (C) : IFRRG
Answer – (D) : RGFIS
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Correct Answer : (C)
Explanation : The logic is :Similarly,Therefore, CANOE will be coded as IFRRG.
Question – 18 : Direction: Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.72, 78, 90, 110, 140, ____
Answer – (A) : 182
Answer – (B) : 182
Answer – (C) : 185
Answer – (D) : 144
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Correct Answer : (B)
Explanation : The pattern followed here is as below:
Question – 19 : Which festival marks the beginning of the Tibetan New Year?
Answer – (A) : Losar festival
Answer – (B) : Ongkor festival
Answer – (C) : Losar festival
Answer – (D) : Shoton festival
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Correct Answer : (C)
Explanation : Losar festival marks the beginning of the Tibetan New Year. The Losar festival is celebrated with great zeal and fervour in the Lahaul Valley of Himachal Pradesh. It is also known as a festival of happiness and prosperity. The celebrates the Ladakhi or Tibetan New Year.
Question – 20 : Narain Sridhar Bendre was a renowned –
Answer – (A) : Painter
Answer – (B) : Actor
Answer – (C) : Playwright
Answer – (D) : Author
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Correct Answer : (A)
Explanation : Narayan Shridhar Bendre (21 August 1910 – 19 February 1992), was a 20th-century Indian Painter and one of the founder members of Baroda Group. Narayan Shridhar Bendre was born in Indore. He made a name for himself as a landscape artist. In 1992 he was awarded the Padma Bhushan.
Question – 21 : The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Ayush, Sarbananda Sonowal has recently (in June ’23) flagged off India’s maiden International Cruise Vessel – MV Empress – from Chennai, Tamil Nadu (TN) to _________ (country).
Answer – (A) : Sri Lanka
Answer – (B) : Mauritius
Answer – (C) : Singapore
Answer – (D) : Sri Lanka
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Correct Answer : (D)
Explanation : The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Ayush, Sarbananda Sonowal flagged off India’s maiden International Cruise Vessel – MV Empress – from Chennai to Sri Lanka in Chennai, Tamil Nadu(TN). It is built at a cost of Rs. 17.21 crores.
Question – 22 : Which of the following folk dances belongs to Punjab?
Answer – (A) : Giddha Dance
Answer – (B) : Akiri Dance
Answer – (C) : Monyo Asho
Answer – (D) : Loor Dance
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Correct Answer : (A)
Explanation : Giddha dance is a folk dance of Punjab. Giddha, a traditional pastoral dance performed by women of the Punjab, India, and Pakistan at festival times and at the sowing and reaping of the harvest. Patterned on a circle, it is notable for the bodily grace of the women’s movements (especially of the arms and hands) and for the charming melody that accompanies it. It is a dance style that is very colourful and is now copied in all regions of the world. This dance is usually performed by women on festive or social occasions. The dance is accompanied by rhythmic clapping and the aged ladies in the background sing a typical traditional folk song.
Question – 23 : ‘Matki’ is a popular folk dance of which of the following states?
Answer – (A) : Madhya Pradesh
Answer – (B) : Madhya Pradesh
Answer – (C) : Bihar
Answer – (D) : Rajasthan
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Correct Answer : (B)
Explanation : Matki dance form has been developed by nomadic tribes in Madhya Pradesh. Performed using a “small pitcher” is a folk dance originating from central India known as the “Matki Dance”. This “pitcher dance” belongs to the state of Madhya Pradesh, and is mainly performed in the Malwa region.
Question – 24 : Calcium deficiency in old age leads to which disease?
Answer – (A) : Osteoporosis
Answer – (B) : Anaemia
Answer – (C) : Osteomalacia
Answer – (D) : Rickets
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Correct Answer : (A)
Explanation : Calcium deficiency occurs at any stage. It can result in rickets, osteoporosis, and osteopenia. Osteoporosis occurs at later stages of life and is a disease in which bone becomes more fragile and more likely leading to fractures.
Question – 25 : Direction: From the given alternatives, select the word which CANNOT be formed using the letters of the given word.CREATIVITY
Answer – (A) : VERIFY
Answer – (B) : ACTIVE
Answer – (C) : VERIFY
Answer – (D) : REACT
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Correct Answer : (C)
Explanation : VARIETY – CREATIVITY (Can be formed)ACTIVE – CREATIVITY (Can be formed)VERIFY – CREATIVITY (Cannot be formed because F is missing)REACT – CREATIVITY (Can be formed)
INDIAN NAVY AA SSR GENERAL AWARENESS TEST
INDIAN NAVY AA SSR GENERAL AWARENESS TEST
INDIAN NAVY AA SSR GENERAL AWARENESS TEST
INDIAN NAVY AA SSR GENERAL AWARENESS TEST
INDIAN NAVY AA SSR GENERAL AWARENESS TEST
INDIAN NAVY AA SSR GENERAL AWARENESS TEST
INDIAN NAVY AA SSR GENERAL AWARENESS TEST
INDIAN NAVY AA SSR GENERAL AWARENESS TEST
INDIAN NAVY AA SSR GENERAL AWARENESS TEST
INDIAN NAVY AA SSR GENERAL AWARENESS TEST
INDIAN NAVY AA SSR GENERAL AWARENESS TEST
INDIAN NAVY AA SSR GENERAL AWARENESS TEST
INDIAN NAVY AA SSR GENERAL AWARENESS TEST
INDIAN NAVY AA SSR GENERAL AWARENESS TEST
INDIAN NAVY AA SSR GENERAL AWARENESS TEST
INDIAN NAVY AA SSR GENERAL AWARENESS TEST
INDIAN NAVY AA SSR GENERAL AWARENESS TEST
INDIAN NAVY AA SSR GENERAL AWARENESS TEST