General Awareness

General Awareness - September 2002

1. When the posts of both the President and the Vice President are vacant who among the following, officiates as President?

a. The Chief Justice of Supreme Court

b. The Lt. Governor of Delhi

c. The Speaker of Lok Sabha

d. The Prime Minister

2. Which of the following events occurred first?

a. DNA structure of genes was discovered by James D Watson and Francis Crick.

b. Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space.

c. World's first human heart transplant was -performed by Dr Christian Barnard

d. World's first test tube baby Louise Brown was born in U.K.

3. The committee on subordinate legislation deals with

a. Delegated legislation

b. Financial legislation

c. Municipal legislation

d. State legislation

4. The surface tension of water on adding detergent to it

5. Direct Democracy is a system of Government in which

a. People choose t ' he Civil Servants.

b. People directly elect their Repre sentatives.

c. People take part directly in the policy making and administration of the country.

d. Government officials consult people on various appointments.

6. The size of the market for a product refers to:

a. the number of people in the given area

b. the geographical area served by the producers

c. the volume of potential sales of the product

d. the number of potential buyers of the product

7. Information in a combination of graphics, text, sound, video and animation is called

8. India adopted the Five-Year Plans from:

9. The name of plastic polymer from which combs, toys, bowls etc., can be made, is

c. Metallic polysulphides

10. Molasses a by-product in the manufacture of sugar, is converted into

Put the yo yo in the centre of your palm. Your palm should be facing up and the string on the yo yo should be coming from the top of your yo yo.

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