General Awareness Quiz - Set 72

1. ________ is called the “Shrimp capital of India”.

a) Kochi

b) Nellore

c) Udupi

d) Vishakhapatnam

2. Chemically, silk fiber is

a) Cellulose

b) Fat

c) Carbohydrate

d) Protein 

3. Mangrove forests are seen in

a) Deccan

b) Eastern region

c) Western Himalayas

d) Andaman region 

4. Which of the following places does NOT have a Stupa?

a) Rajgir

b) Ranchi

c) Bharhut

d) Sarnath 

5. National Rural Development Institute is situated in

a) Shimla

b) Patna

c) Mumbai

d) Hyderabad 

6. The lack of dietary iodine is the main cause of

a) rickets

b) scurvy

c) goiter

d) anaemia 

7. Who said “Without equality, I say, there cannot be liberty”?

a) Laski

b) Plato

c) Aristotle

d) Rousseau 

8. Rowlatt Act was passed in

a) 1912

b) 1919

c) 1932

d) 1938 

9. The Indian Constitution vests the residuary powers with

a) Local Government

b) State Government

c) Union Government

d) None of these 

10. The place where Goutama Buddha took his last breath is

a) Kushinagar

b) Sarnath

c) Bodh Gaya

d) Rajgriha 

Answers: 

1. b) Nellore

2. a) Cellulose

3. d) Andaman region

4. b) Ranchi

5. d) Hyderabad

6. c) goiter

7. a) Laski

8. b) 1919

9. c) Union Government

10. a) Kushinagar 

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