NTPC General Awareness English Part I
NTPC General Awareness English Part I
30. Who was the Prime Minister of Britain at the time of the
Iron and blood – Balban revolution of 1857- Parmston
2. Who was the Sultan to start Sijda and Pabos in India- 31. Who led the Sikhs after the death of Guru Gobind Singh -
Balban Banda Bahadur Who is the author of the book 'A Passage
3. Who gave the English translation of Shree. Bhagwadgita to India' - E. M. Foster
- John Wilkins 32. Where is the Niagara Falls - in America
4. Bauxite is the ore of which metal – aluminum 33. Started Allil News - Abdul Kalam Azad
5. Varna system is the product of which civilization- Arya 34. Almati Dam is built on which river- on Krishna river
6. India's oldest museum – Kolkata 35. Whose book is "The Gin Drinkers" - Arundhati Roy
7. land of five rivers – Punjab 36. Which country's Parliament is called the mother of
8. The red color of blood in humans is due to the presence of Parliament - Britain's Parliament (Parliamentary
which hemoglobin- Erythrocytes system)
9. Who wrote the book Planning for India in 1934 - Sir 37. When did the Red Revolution happen in China - in 1949
Visvesvaraya 38. Bronze alloy - copper and tin
10. In which city is the historic temple of Mahakaleshwar – 39. Diego Garcia is a small island in which ocean - in the
Ujjain Indian Ocean
11. Who has been described by Pt. Nehru as the temples of 40. In which year Bhakra Nangal Dam was built - in 1963
modern India - big dams of India AD
12. When and where Guru Gobind Singh was born- 41. When was SAARC established – 1985
(December 22, 1666) Patna 42. Sampanes are tribal of- Andaman and Nicobar
13. What is the name given to our country in the Preamble to 43. Tenalirama whose court poet was - Krishnadeva Raya
the Constitution - Bharat, India 44. Dhaulpur House is the office of- Union Public Service
14. Which Prime Minister of India did not face Parliament - Commission (UPSC)
Ch. Charan Singh (Samadhi - Kisan Ghat) 45. 49th parallel line connects which two countries- America
15. Who was the first Chairman of Rajya Sabha- Dr. and Canada
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 46. Vivekananda memorial is located in - Tamil Nadu
16. For the first time, the Prime Minister of the non-Congress 47. What is acupuncture - method of treatment with needle
government formed at the Center was who- Mouraraji (China)
Desai 48. Dialysis used for- Kidney function
17. Who Wrote Beejak- Kabirdas 49. In present time Panchal is known by which name- Punjab
18. Who was the last English Viceroy of India - Lord 50. Radcliffe Border Line - India and Pakistan
Mountbatten 51. McMahon Borderline - India and China
19. Who gave the slogan of "Do or Die"- Gandhiji (during 52. Who provided land to build the Golden Temple- Akbar
Quit India Movement) 1942 53. The word "T" is related to which sport – Golf
20. Where is Central Mamsya Institute of Technology located 54. What is a roaring fortress - west winds
- in Ernakulam (Kerala) 55. In which direction does the earth rotate in its orbit - west
21. Kanyakumari city is settled in- Tamil Nadu. to east
22. Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli is situated 56. Which lens is used in myopia defect- Concave lens
between which two states of India - Gujarat and 57. What was the name of Aurangzeb's mother- Mumtaz
Maharashtra Mahal
23. Which state is famous for sandalwood in India - 58. The national emblem has the color of Ashoka Chakra -
Karnataka, Tamil Nadu Navy Blue (dark blue)
24. Highest silk production in India – Karnataka 59. Which is the oldest Vada Yantra in Indian instruments –
25. In how many fields Nobel Prize is given - 6 fields Veena
26. Who said, "At the stroke of midnight, when the ocean 60. What is normal human body temperature in centigrade-
sleeps India will wake up for its life and freedom"- 370c (98-6F) 310 Kelvin
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru 61. Who declared independence in America in 1776- Thomas
27. Which book is composed in both prose and verse – Jefferson
Yajurveda 62. Which countries were involved in 100-year war- England
28. Which woman had first embraced Buddhism - Gautami, and France
Nanda-2, Yashodhara-3 63. Which country is the world's largest postal network - in
29. Which leader participated in all three Golmael India
conferences - BR Ambedkar