General Awareness questions for SSC(CGL), CHSL, CPO, FCI, CPF, CDS, RAILWAYS and another Examinations

General Awareness questions for SSC(CGL), CHSL, CPO, FCI, CPF, CDS, RAILWAYS and another Examinations 

1. Match the following :

Rivers

a. Gomti

b. Brahmaputra

c. Godavari

d. Kaveri

Towns

1. Guwahati

2. Rajahmundry

3. Tiruchirapalli

4. Lucknow

  

          a        b        c        d

(1)     3        4        2        1

(2)     2        1        3        4       

(3)     4        1        2        3

(4)     4        2        1        3

2. Consider the following pairs:

Tributary                      Main river

a. Chambal           :         Narmada

b. Sone                  :         Yamuna

c. Manas               :         Brahamputra

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched ?

(1) a, b and c        (2) a and b only

(3) b and c only   (4) c only

3. Match the following :

   Dams                          Rivers

a. Hirakud                       Beas

b. Pong Dam                  Bhagirathi

c. Tehri Dam                  Ravi

d. Thein Dam                 Mahanadi

4. Cauvery water sharing is a dispute between

(1) Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh

(2) Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh

(3) Tamil Nadu and Karnataka

(4) Karnataka and Maharashtra

5. On which river is the Tehri dam built ?

(1) Alakhnanda    (2) Bhagirathi

(3) Ganga                       (4) Hooghly

6. Which of the following are alternative names of the river “Brahmaputra” ?

(1) Yamuna, Yarlung Zangbo and Tsangpo

(2) Yamuna, Megna and Tsangpo Yamuna

(3) Jamuna, Siang, Yarlung Zangbo and Tsangpo

(4) Jamuna, Siang, Yarlung Zango, Megna and Tsangpo

7. Which of the following was not a purpose for building Farakka Barrage ?

(1) Checking water flowing into Bangladesh

(2) Checking silting of Kolkata Port

(3) Preventing erosion of Kolkata Port

(4) Facilitating navigation in Ganga river

8. Octover and and November months give more rainfall to :

(1) Malwa Plateau

(2) Chota Nagpur Pleatu

(3) Eastern Hills

(4) Coromandal Coast

9. Heavy rainfall during the months of October and November is received by

(1) Gharo, Khasi and Jaintia hills

(2) Chota Nagpur Plateau

(3) Coromandel Coast

(4) Malwa Plateau

10. The brust of monsoon in the months of June brings rain to

(1) Kerala and Karnataka

(2) Kerala and Southern coast of Tamil Nadu

(3) Kerala, Tamil Nadu and parts of Andhra Pradesh

(4) Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka