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. The Andaman is separated from Nicobar by which water body ?

(1) 11⁰ Channel

(2) 10⁰ Channel

(3) Palk Strait

(4) Gulf of Mannar

2. The mountain range which divides the North and the South India is

(1) Himalayas

(2) Western ghats

(3) Vindhyas

(4) Satpura

                                                                  

3. The largest irrigation canal in India is called the :

(1) Yamuna canal

(2) Sirhand canal

(3) Indra Gandhi canal

(4) Upper Bari Doab canal

4. Which of the following rivers makes an estuary ?

(1) Krishna            (2) Mahanadi

(3) Godavari         (4) Narmada

5. Arrange the following rivers from South to North.

(a) Cauvery       (b) Krishna

(c) Godavari     (d) Mahanadi

(1) (a), (c), (b), (d)

(2) (c), (d), (a), (b)

(3) (b), (d), (c), (a)

(4) (a), (b), (c), (d)

6. Match the dams and the rivers across which those have been constructed.

          Dam                              River

(a) Gandi Sagar              1.Bhagirathi

(b) Jayakwadi                 2. Krishna

(c) Nagarjuna                 3. Godavari

(d) Tehri                         4. Chambal

          a        b        c        d

(1)     4        3        2        1

(2)     3        1        4        2       

(3)     2        4        3        1

(4)     4        2        1        3

7. Match the Dams and the rivers across which these have been constructed :   

          Dam                              River

(a) Farakka                              1.Bhagirathi

(b) Tehri                                  2. Ravi

(c) Thein                                 3. Ganga

(d) Nagarjuna                         4. Bhagirathi

          a        b        c        d

(1)     1        2        3        4

(2)     2        3        1        4       

(3)     3        4        2        1

(4)     4        1        2        3

8. River Damodar is called ‘Sorrow of Bengal’ because it

(1) gets flooded often causing

(2) causes maximum soil erosion

(3) forms number of dangerous

(4) is not a perennial river

9. Match the Dams and the States in which they are situated :

Dam

(1) Tungabhadra

(2) Lower Bhawani

(3) Idukki

(4) Nagarjuna Sagar

State

(1) Kerla

(2) Andhra Pradesh

(3) Tamil Nadu

(4) Karnataka

          (a)     (b)     (c)      (d)

(1)     (3)     (2)     (4)     (1)

(2)     (2)     (4)     (3)     (1)

(3)     (4)     (3)     (1)     (2)

(4)     (1)     (4)     (2)     (3)

10. Match the dams and the States in which they are situated :

Dam

A. Hirakhud         B. Mettur

C. Mahanadi        D. Almatti

State

1. Chattisgarh      2. Orissa

3. Karnataka        4. Tamil Nadu

          (A)    (B)     (C)     (D)

(1)     3        2        4        1

(2)     2        4        1        3

(3)     1        3        2        4

(4)     4        1        3        2