GENERAL AWARENESS QUESTIONS 1 1.   Who was the first Indian to go into space ?

Satish Dhawan

Ravi Malhotra

Rakesh Sharma

None of these

ANSWER : Rakesh Sharma

2. Who wrote Dragons Seed ?

Pearl S. Buck

Shakespeare

Shelley

Keats

ANSWER : Pearl S. Buck

3.Bismillah Khan is associated with

Tabla

Sarod

Flute

Shehnai

ANSWER : : Shehnai

4.The Paratroopers Training School of the Indian Air Force, is located at

Nasik

Agra

Pune

Dehradun

ANSWER : : Agra

5. The famous Meenakshi temple is in

Maharashtra

Gujarat

Orissa

Tamil Nadu

ANSWER : : Tamil Nadu

6. Which of the following personalities inspiredGreen Revolution in India ?

R.A. Kidwai

N.E. Borlaug

K.M. Panikkar

M.S. Ssaminathan

ANSWER : : N.E. Borlaug

7.The headquarters of the National Power Training Institute is located in

Lucknow

Faridabad

Bhopal

Hyderabad

ANSWER : : Faridabad

8. Which of the following is a violin player ?

V.C. Jog

Mallikarjun Mansur

Hariprasad Chaurasia

None of these

ANSWER : C. Jogns: V.C. Jog

9. Which Iraqi scientist known as Dr. Germ for her role in Iraqs biological weapons programme recently surrendered to coalition forces ?

Maleeha Lodhi

Salma Pervez

Saleema Garib

Rihab Rashid Taha

ANSWER : : Rihab Rashid Taha

10. Kishori Amonkar is famous in which of the following fields ?

Dance

Music

Social service

Film acting

ANSWER : : Music