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GENERAL AWARENESS - 4

151. 'Lawsons Bay Beach' and 'Ramakrishna Beach' are located in which port city on the Bay of Bengal --> Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh)
152. Which ancient Indian physician is known as the 'Father of Modern Plastic Surgery' --> Sushruta
153. Who directed Oscar award winning short documentary film 'Smile Pinki' (2008) --> Megan Mylan
154. On which planet, due to its clockwise (east to west) rotation on the axis, the Sun rises in the west and sets in the east --> Venus
155. By what name is British lady Madeleine Slade, a disciple of Mahatma Gandhi, better known --> Meera Ben
156. For his major role in the development of computer chip 'Pentium', which Indian IT expert is called the 'Father of Pentium' --> Vinod Dham
157. Pinaka, the multi barrel rocket launcher produced in India, is named after which Hindu God's bow --> Shiva
158. Which disease, named after a Japanese city where it was first observed, is caused by severe Mercury poisoning --> Minimata
159. Name the bird than can imitate human speech better than a parrot --> The hill myna
160. Which river forms the marble falls --> Narmada
161. Which river is called ‘Bihar’s river of sorrow’ --> Kosi
162. Which is the oldest dam in India --> The Grand Anicut across the Coleroom River
163. Who designed the bhakra dam --> Henry Slokan
164. Who was known as the ‘Thug hunter’ in history --> William Sleeman
165. Who has earned the title of ’India’s cataract king’ --> Dr. M. C. Modi
166. Murli Dhar Devidas is the original name of which well known social worker --> Baba Amte
167. What is the original name of Mother Teresa --> Agnes Gonxha Bejaxhiu
168. Name the English man, who is called ‘Father of Calcutta’ --> Job Charnock
169. Who is called the ‘first lady of Indian screen’ --> Nargis Dutt
170. Which English man helped to form the INC --> Allan Octavian Hume
171. In which year The International Finance Corporation (IFC) was established --> 1956
172. The first American president who resigned Presidency was --> Richard Nixon
173. Where is Rajiv Gandhi Indian Institute of Management --> Shillong
174. The " liberty , equality and fraternity " enshrined by Preamble is inspired by which revolution --> French Revolution
175. Which organ in herbivorous animals helps in digestion of starch through bacteria --> Caecum
176. Rennin enzyme is secreted in --> Stomach
177. Heiroglyphic Writing is a part of which ancient civilization --> Egyptian
178. Which instrument is used to listen and record underwater sounds --> Hydrophone
179. Vedic mythology refers to an ancient settlement called Pushkalavati after Pushkal who was the son of King Bharata in the epic Ramayana. What is the modern location of Pushkalavati --> Peshawar (in Pakistan)
180. Baffin Island is located in which ocean --> Pacific Ocean
181. Karl Pearson is related to which branch of Mathematics --> Statistics
182. Whose had original name " Mula Shanakar" --> Swami Dayanand Saraswati
183. In which year "Gandhi" got Oscar Award --> 1982
184. Where is located the Airforce Academy --> Hyderabad
185. What is the currency of Mexico --> Peso
186. Which is the highest civilian award in India --> Bharat Ratna
187. Which is the highest honour forsports in India --> Rajev Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
188. Which is true about the trade agreements SAFTA & SAPTA? (SAFTA- South Asian Free Trade Area & SAPTA- SAARC Preferential Trading Arrangement) --> SAFTA, came into being on 1 January 2006 replacing SAPTA
189. Dunkel Proposals are related to which of the following rounds of GATT --> Uruguay Round
190. SAARC has designated the decade 2001-2010 as --> SAARC Decade of the Rights of the Child
191. Which of the following country backed out the 16th SAARC Summit scheduled to be held in 2009 expressing its inability to arrange the gathering due to the current economic recession --> Maldives , It was scheduled to be held in Male this year
192. India has requested membership in APEC, and received initial support from the United States, Japan and Australia but was not admitted because of the 10 year moratorium imposed in 1997. This moratorium was prolonged till which year later on --> 2010
193. Which among the following ratios correctly denotes Money Multiplier --> M3: M0
194. Which among the following is an alternate word used for " Buyer's Monopoly" --> Monopsony
195. katrina, Ike, Andrew, Wilma are the names of --> Tropical Cyclones
196. A mountain range which extends along the southern margin of Eurasia. Stretching from Java to Sumatra through the Himalayas, the Mediterranean, and out into the Atlantic is called --> Alpide Range
197. What is the name of the mountain range in central Asia, where Russia, China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan come together --> Altai Mountains, also called as onion range
198. Arete,Cirque, Groove, Moraines, Flood planes etc are the landforms associated with --> Erosion Activity
199. What does an "Epicenter" of an earthquake means --> point at ground level directly above the point of initial rupture. point of initial rupture is called Hypocenter
200. In which country Chukha Valley project is located --> Bhutan

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