general awareness multiple choice questions

Multiple choice questions based on general awareness?

Answers are in bold character

1. The international court of justice holds its sessions at its headquarters in
a. Lake
b. Success
c. The Hague
d. Paris

2. What percentage of solar radiation directly reaches the earth?
a. 48
b. 27
c. 30
d. 14

3. What percentage of the earth’s surface is covered under water?
a. 54
b. 74
c. 71
d. 75

4. The removal of soil at a rate faster than its formation is
a. Soil erosion
b. Accelerated erosion
c. Later erosion
d. None of the above

5. Which is the most irrigated state in India?
a. Utter Pradesh
b. Jammu and Kashmir]
c. Himachal Pradesh
d. Punjab

6. The weight of a cricket ball is
a. 5 oz
b. 6 oz
c. 8 oz
d. 3 oz

7. National game of Canada is?
a. Cricket
b. Kabbadi
c. Ice Hockey
d. Football
e. Tennis

8. Name the first Arabic writer awarded Nobel Prize?
a. Abdul salaam
b. Salman Rushdie
c. Mahtir Mohammad
d. Nagib Mah Fouz.

9. Who amoung the following was the first recepent of the Rajive Gandhi Khel Ratna award?
a. Dhanaj Pali
b. Amir khan
c. Vishwanathan Anand
d. Homi Matiwala

10. The earliest of the holy books of the Hindus is/ are the?
a. Gita
b. Ramayana
c. Vedas
d. Mahabharata
e. None of the above

11. The capital of Kanishka was?
a. Taxila
b. Gandhara
c. Multan
d. Purushapura
e. None of the above

12. The fomous financial advisor to akbar was ?
a. Todar Mal
b. Abu Fazal
c. Raja of Jodhpu
d. Bairam Kahn
e. None of the above

13. The founder of dynasty of the Peshwas was ?
a. Balaji Biswanath
b. Baji Roa
c. Bala Baji Rao
d. Sambhaji
e. None of the above

14. Indian Air force was established in the year?
a. 1932
b. 1924
c. 1978
d. 1942

15. In which year Planning Commission was set up?
a. 1956
b. 1950
c. 1890
d. 1947