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CMAT 2020 (General Awareness )

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Q1

General Awareness

Who wrote the book “The Paradoxical Prime Minister”?

A

A. Khushwant Singh

B

B. Shashi Tharoor

C

C. Arundhati Roy

D

D. Vikram Seth

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B. Shashi Tharoor

The Paradoxical Prime Minister: Narendra Modi And His India is a 2018 non-fiction book written by senior leader of the Indian National Congress, Shashi Tharoor, about the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi.

Q2

General Awareness

Who wrote the book 'The Paradoxicl Prime Minister'? 

A

A.Khushwant Singh

B

B. Shashi Tharoor

C

C. Arundhati Roy

D

D. Vikram Seth

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B. Shashi Tharoor

The Paradoxical Prime Minister: Narendra Modi And His India is a 2018 non-fiction book written by senior leader of the Indian National
Congress, Shashi Tharoor, about the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi.

Q3

General Awareness

VAIO is the product of which company ?

A

A. Dell

B

B. Verizon Associates

C

C. Sony

D

D. Compac

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C. Sony

VAIO was originally a brand of Sony, introduced in 1996

Q4

General Awareness

How many overs were allowed persidein the inaugural 1975 Cricket World Cup ?

A

A. 60

B

B. 50

C

C. 25

D

D. 40

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a. 60

a. 60

Q5

General Awareness

Who is the founding member of Muslim League?

A

A. Md.Ali Jinnah

B

B. Aga Khan

C

C. Shaukat Ali

D

d. Nawab Khwaja Salimullah

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A. Md.Ali Jinnah

A. Md.Ali Jinnah

Q6

General Awareness

In India, how many banks were nationalised during Second Round of Nationalization in 1980 ?

A

A. 7 Banks

B

B. 6 Banks

C

C. 8 Banks

D

D. 5 Banks

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B. 6 Banks

B. 6 Banks

Q7

General Awareness

EXIM Policy of India is prepared by ..........

A

A. SEBI

B

B. Ministry of Finance

C

C. Ministry of Commerce

D

D. RBI

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C. Ministry of Commerce

C. Ministry of Commerce

Q8

General Awareness

Which Indian has becomethe first woman in the world to be awarded with the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) award for Exceptional Bravery at sea ?

A

A. P.V. Sindhu

B

B. Radhika Menon

C

C. Bhawana Kanth

D

D. Avani Chaturvedi

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B. Radhika Menon

B. Radhika Menon

Q9

General Awareness

What do you call the study of inscriptions ?

A

a. Palaeography

B

B. Archaeology

C

C. Numismatics

D

D. Epigraphy

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D. Epigraphy

Epigraphy (Ancient Greek: ?πιγραφ?), "inscription", is the study of inscriptions

Q10

General Awareness

‘Grapevine’ is the term used in relation to ..........

A

A. E-mail Communication

B

B. Group Communication

C

C. Formal Communication

D

D. Informal Communication

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D. Informal Communication

D. Informal Communication

Q11

General Awareness

Birla Industrial and Technological Museum is located in the state ........

A

A. Maharashtra

B

B. West-Bengal

C

C. Bihar

D

D. Karnataka

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B. West-Bengal

B. West-Bengal

Q12

General Awareness

The length of the longest railway platform in India is ..........

A

A. 4481.6 ft.

B

B. 4412 ft.

C

C. 4492 ft.

D

D. 4432 ft.

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A. 4481.6 ft.

The world's longest station platform is at Gorakhpur Junction in India at 1,355.40 metres ( 4481.627ft)

Q13

General Awareness

MDMK is Political Party, what does it stand for ?

A

A. Makkal Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

B

B. Munnetra Dravida Marumalarchi Kazhagam

C

C. Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

D

D. Madras Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

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C. Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

C. Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Q14

General Awareness

Which city houses the headquarters of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the World’s ‘Atoms for Peace’ organisation set-up
in 1957 within the United Nations family ?

A

a. Vienna (Austria)

B

B. NewYork (USA)

C

C. Tokyo (Japan)

D

D. Geneva (Switzerland)

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a. Vienna (Austria)

a. Vienna (Austria)

Q15

General Awareness

The country which is also known as Persia is ......

A

A. Iran

B

B. Iraq

C

C. Qatar

D

D. Kuwait

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A. Iran

A. Iran

Q16

General Awareness

Which is the oldest Veda ?

A

A. Atharveda

B

B. Samveda

C

C. Rigveda

D

D. Yajurveda

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C. Rigveda

The Rigveda Samhita is the oldest extant Indic text. It is a collection of 1,028 Vedic Sanskrit hymns and 10,600 verses in all, organized into ten books

Q17

General Awareness

Who is the only batsman to score five centuries in a single edition of ICC World Cup?

A

A. Rohit Sharma

B

B. Hardik Pandya

C

C. Clive Loyd

D

D. Virat Kohli

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A. Rohit Sharma

A. Rohit Sharma

Q18

General Awareness

To which field of literature is the ‘Booker Prize’ awarded every year ?

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A. Fiction

B

B. Autobiography

C

C. Religion

D

D. Philosophy

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A. Fiction

The International Booker Prize is awarded annually for a single work of fiction, translated into English and published in the UK by a registered imprint. Both works of long form fiction and collections of short stories are eligible.

Q19

General Awareness

The bank which merged with Capital First was ........

A

A. IDBI

B

B. ICICI

C

C. IDFC

D

D. SBI

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C. IDFC

C. IDFC

Q20

General Awareness

Which city is known for its ‘Chicken embroidery’ ?

A

A. Surat

B

B. Pune

C

C. Indore

D

D. Lucknow

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D. Lucknow

D. Lucknow

Q21

General Awareness

......... is gained whena bulletis fired upwards vertically

A

A. Synergy

B

B. Kinetic Energy

C

C. Energy

D

D. Potential Energy

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D. Potential Energy

If you fire a bullet vertically upwards, it may rise as high as 10000 feet or around 2.7 km. When the bullet is fired it has Kinetic energy and the direction is vertically upward. The bullet continues to loose Kinetic energy and gains potential energy at higher heights.
Therefore answer is option D

Q22

General Awareness

The famous hill station ‘Kodaikanal’ is in .........

A

A. Nilgiri Hills

B

B. Palani Hills

C

C. Javadi Hills

D

D. Cardomom Hills

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B. Palani Hills

Kodaikanal is one of the very popular holiday destination hill resorts in South India. This hill station stands 7200 feet above sea level and situated in upper palani hills of the westernghats near Madurai in Tamil Nadu. Kodaikanal is also popularly known as the princes of Hill Stations.

Q23

General Awareness

What strait divides Moracco and Spain ?

A

a. Strait of Malacca

B

B. Strait of Hormuz

C

C. Strait of Bosporus

D

D. Strait of Gibraltar

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D. Strait of Gibraltar

D. Strait of Gibraltar

Q24

General Awareness

Who won the Miss Universe Australia title in 2019 ?

A

A. Sushmitha Rao

B

B. Preethi Lamba

C

C. Priya Serrao

D

D. Kalpana Chawla

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C. Priya Serrao

C. Priya Serrao

Q25

General Awareness

The longest circle which can be drawn onthe Earth’s surface passes through :

A

A. Tropic of Capricorn

B

B. Tropic of Cancer

C

C. Arctic circle

D

D. Equator

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D. Equator

The equator is the circle that is equidistant from the North Pole and South Pole. It divides the Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and
the Southern Hemisphere. Of the parallels or circles of latitude, it is the longest, and the only 'great circle' (a circle on the surface of the
Earth, centered on Earth's center).

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