POSTAL ASSISTANT SOLVED PAPERS I

Postal Assistant / Sorting Assistant 

held on 07.07.2013

General Awareness Solved Paper

Q.1.According to 2011 census, which is the second most populous state in India?

• West Bengal
• Maharashtra
• Andhra Pradesh
• Bihar

Q.2.The capillary action phenomenon of water climbing up a narrow tube dipped in water is due to:

• Surface Tension
• Atmospheric Pressure
• Differential Temperature
• Surface Friction

Q.3.The smallest functional unit of kidney is:

• Nephron
• Air Sac
• Ovaries
• Neuron

Q.4.Kwashiorkar is caused due to the deficiency of which nutrient:

• Protein
• Vitamin D
• Iron
• Fat

Q.5.Vasco-de-gama was a native of:

• Britain
• Portugal
• Australia
• America

Q.6.Who is the Governor of Maharashtra at present:

• S.M Krishna
• S.C Jamir
• Kateekal Shankarnarayanan
• None of the above

Q.7.Third battle of Panipat was fought between:

• Marathas and Ahmad Shah Abdali
• Humaun and Hemu
• Akbra and Shershah
• None of these

Q.8.Who is the leader of house in the fifteenth Lok Sabha?

• Sonia Gandhi
• Sushil Kumar Shinde
• Meira Kumar
• None of these

Q.9.Layer of the atmosphere which is closest to the earth:

• Troposphere
• Stratosphere
• Ionosphere
• Mesosphere

Q.10.The maximum strength of the Lok Sabha as envisaged by the constitution is:

• 552
• 555
• 550
• 530

Q.11.Deepika Kumari is a name associated with which game:

• Archery
• Boxing
• Weightlifting
• Wrestling

Q.12.Acid Rain destroys vegetation because it contains:

• Sulphuric Acid
• Nitric Acid
• Carbon Monoxide
• Ozone

Q.13.Consider the London Olympics held recently. Identify the wrong match:

• Vijay Kumar- Silver in Shooting
• Saina Nehwal- Bronze in Badminton
• Gangan Narang- Bronze in shooting
• Yogeshwar Dutt- Silver in wrestling

Q.14.Which country has launched solar-B satellite to study the sun:

• China
• Japan
• Germany
• India

Q.15.Santhali language is chiefly spoken by more than six million people in India.Apart from the states of Bihar & Jharkhand, it is also spoken in the states of:

• Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan
• Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir
• Himachan and Jammu and Kashmir
• Assam, Orissa, West Bengal and Tripura

Q.16.The Higgs-Boson particle which was recently discovered by scientists, is also known as

• God Particle
• Atomic Particle
• High Mass particle
• Quantum Particle

Q.17.Recently over 140 countries have agreed on the first international treaty called Minamata Convention. It aims to reduce the emission and release of which element into air, water and land?

• Sulphur
• Mercury
• Cadmium
• Lead

Q.18.What is the “Support Price” for an agricultural commodity?

• Floor price below which it cannot be sold
• The minimum price at which the governmet is ready to buyt it
• Money paid to agriculturists in the case of draught
• Subsidy paid by the government over the prices already available in the market

Q.19.Which one of the following items, comes under the concurrent List of the Indian Constitution?

• Trade Unions
• Citizenship
• Local Government
• Inter-state rivers

Q.20.The authority to alter the boundaries of state in India rests with:

• President
• Prime Minsiter
• Parliament
• State Government

Q.21.The president can nominate two members of the Lok Sabha to give representation to:

• Indian Christians
• Parsis
• Buddhists
• Anglo Indians

Q.22.Electoral disputes arising out of Presidential and Vice-presidential elections are settled by:

• Joint Committee of Parliament
• Election Commission of India
• Supreme Court of India
• Central Election Tribunal

Q.23. ……………. Is not a Central Government Tax.

• Custom Duty
• Land Revenue
• Service Tax
• Income Tax

Q.24.Pranab Kumar Mukherjee was declared elected as ......... president of India on 29 July 2012?

• 11th
• 12th
• 13th
• 10th

Q.25.Who among the following players won Australian Open mens single title,2013?

• Novak Djokovic
• Gisela Dulko
• Daniel Nestor
• Bob Bryan

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