Important Questions

BANKING PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTION ON GENERAL AWARENESS

1. Who was the Prime Minister of Britain when India got Independence?

a) Harold Wilson

b) Lloyd George

c) Chamberlain

d) Clement Atlee

Ans : D

2. The Acharya who established “matths” in all the four corners of India

a) Ramanuja

b) Sankara

c) Madhava

d) Vallabha

Ans : B

3. Sir C.V.Raman was the first Nobel Laureate in Physics from the Indian Sub-continent.Who was the second?

a)Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam

b) Dr.S.S.Bhatnagar

c) Dr.Hargovind KhoranaÂ

d)Prof.Abdus Salam of Pakistan

Ans : D

4. Free India’s First Education Minister was

a)M.C. Chagla

b) Maulana Kalam Azad

c) Rafi Ahmed Kidwai  Â

d) N.G.Ayyangar

Ans : B

5. Who was the first Viceroy of India ?

a)Lord Clive

b)Lord Warren Hastings

c)Lord Canning

d)Lord Cornwallis

Ans : C

6. The servants of India society was founded by

a)Blavatsky & Olcott,1866

b)Gopalkrishna Gokhale,1905

c)M.G.Ranade,1867

d)Sir S.A.Khan,1920

Ans : B

7. Under whose Vice Royalty was Tipu Sultan Defeated

a)Lord Cornwallis

b)Lord Wellesley

c)Lord Hastings

d)Lord Canning

Ans : B

8. The hundred sons of Dhritarashtra had one sister.What was her name?      Â

a) Duhsala

b) Trishala

c) Kunti

d) Madri  Â

Ans : A

9. In Indian Mythology , who was the wife of Kubera?        

a) Rambha

b)Menaka

c) Urvasi

d) LakshmiÂ

Ans : A

10. Which country was expelled from U.N. in 1992?      Â

a) Czechoslovakia

b) Yugoslovia

c) Iraq

d) Switzerland Â

Ans : B

11. Who compiled the Adi Granth?      Â

a) Guru Nanak

b) Guru Har Rai

c) Guru Arjun Dev

d) Guru Teg Bahadur

Ans : C