General Awareness Quiz - Set 16

1. Sodium burns in air to give-
a) Sodium peroxide
b) Sodium hydroxide
c) Sodium monoxide
d) Sodium oxide and sodium nitride

2. Laughing gas?
a) Carbon dioxide
b) Sulphur dioxide
c) Nitrous oxide
d) Hydrogen peroxide

3. Which Layer of Earth's atmosphere is used by International Space Station?
a) stratosphere
b) thermosphere
c) troposphere
d) hydrosphere

4. Which State has the largest coastline in India?
a) Gujarat
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Karnataka
d) Andhra Pradesh

5. Which of the following foreign countries is closest to Andaman Islands?
a) Sri Lanka
b) Myanmar
c) Indonesia
d) Pakistan

6. Jharkhand does not share boundary with:
a) West Bengal
b) Orissa
c) Chhattisgarh
d) Madhya Pradesh

7. The highest waterfall of the world is:-
a) Victoria
b) Tugela
c) Angel
d) Niagara

8. Who was told “Beware the Ides of March.”?
a) Julius Caesar
b) Augustus Caesar
c) Mark Antony
d) Cleopatra

9. The Peshwa Dynasty was founded by—
a) Shivaji
b) Balaji Vishwanath
c) Baji Rao
d) Shah Jahan

10. Which of the following latitudes passes through India?
a) Equator
b) Arctic Circle
c) Tropic of Capricorn
d) Tropic of Cancer 

Answers: 

1. a) Sodium peroxide

2. c) Nitrous oxide

3. b) thermosphere

4. a) Gujarat

5. b) Myanmar

6. d) Madhya Pradesh

7. d) Niagara

8. a) Julius Caesar

9. b) Balaji Vishwanath

10. d) Tropic of Cancer

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