General Awareness Practice Question and Answer

Q: The study of Heavenly bodies is called 2606 0

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    Astronomy
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    Astrology
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    Astrophysics
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    Astronautics
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Answer : 1. "Astronomy"
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Answer: A) Astronomy Explanation: Astronomy is the study of planets and heavenly bodies. Historically, astronomy has focused on observations of heavenly bodies. It is a close cousin to astrophysics. Succinctly put, astrophysics involves the study of the physics of astronomy and concentrates on the behavior, properties and motion of objects out there.

Q: Which of the following is known as the Electronic City of India? 1015 0

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    Hyderabad
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    Mumbai
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    Bengaluru
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    Gurgaon
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Answer : 3. "Bengaluru"
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Answer: C) Bengaluru Explanation: Bengaluru city is known as the Electronic City of India. Because Electronic City is an IT hub in Anekal taluk of Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. It is one of India's largest electronic industrial parks in 3 phases i.e, in Konappana Agrahara and Doddathogur villages, Bengaluru.

Q: The Indian to beat the computers in mathematical wizardry is 4190 0

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    Shakuntala Devi
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    Raja Ramanna
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    Rina Panigrahi
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    Ramanujam
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Answer : 1. "Shakuntala Devi"
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Answer: A) Shakuntala Devi Explanation:

Q: Which is a green planet in the solar system? 3353 0

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    Pluto
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    Venus
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    Uranus
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    Mars
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Answer : 3. "Uranus"
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Answer: C) Uranus Explanation: Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun which looks green color. It has the third-largest planetary radius and fourth-largest planetary mass in the Solar System. Uranus is similar in composition to Neptune, and both have different bulk chemical composition from that of the larger gas giants Jupiter and Saturn.   Colors of other planets:: Mercury - Gray or slightly brownish Venus - Pale yellow Earth - Blue with white clouds Mars - Mostly reddish brown Jupiter - Orange and white bands Saturn - Pale gold Uranus - Green Neptune - Pale blue Pluto - Light brown

Q: According to a report by New World Wealth, which is the richest city in the world 2018? 845 0

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    Tokyo
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    New York
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    London
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    Paris
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Answer : 2. "New York"
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Answer: B) New York Explanation: New York City, London, and Tokyo are the richest cities in the world 2018, according to their ranks.

Q: World's smallest Computer is unveiled by 978 0

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    Infosys
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    Intel
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    IBM
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    Microsoft
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Answer : 3. "IBM"
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Answer: C) IBM Explanation: IBM has unveiled the world's smallest computer - a device no bigger than a grain of salt. Presented at the company's Think 2018 conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, the unit measures just 1mm by 1mm but has the same processing power as the x86 chip that ran early Nineties IBM desktop computers.

Q: Which planet has maximum satellite? 1300 0

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    Saturn
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    Earth
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    Jupiter
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Answer : 3. "Jupiter"
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Answer: C) Jupiter Explanation: Jupiter has 67 natural satellites. Eight of Jupiter's moons are regular satellites, with 4 large, spherical moons, and 4 smaller moons that orbit closer to Jupiter. Jupiter has an additional 55 tiny irregular satellites.   The planet with the second highest number of moons is Saturn, with 61 moons. Earth has only one natural satellite i.e, Moon. Mercury and Venus have no satellites.

Q: First Indian woman to win Man Booker Prize? 6244 0

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    Kiran Desai
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    V.S. Naipaul
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    Salman Rushdie
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    Arundhati Roy
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Answer : 4. "Arundhati Roy"
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Answer: D) Arundhati Roy Explanation: Arundhati Roy was the first Indian woman to win the Man Booker Prize in the year 1997. An Indian writer, Arundhati Roy, was awarded England's prestigious Booker Prize this evening for her first novel, ''The God of Small Things,'' a soaring story about a set of twins struggling to make sense of the world, themselves and their strange and difficult family in southern India.   Kiran Desai was the youngest woman to win the Man Booker Prize. Bernice Rubens became the first woman to win the Booker Prize in 1970. Man Booker Prize is one of the world's richest literary prizes.

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