General awareness and Aptitude test
27
a) area
b) diameter
c) circumference d) quadrilateral
44) Which word does NOT belong with the
others?
a) mayor
b) lawyer
c) governor
d) senator
45) Which word does NOT belong with the
others?
a) acute
b) right
c) obtuse
d) parallel
46) Which word does NOT belong with the
others?
a) wing
b) fin
c) beak
d) rudder
For questions 47 to 49, find the word that
names a
necessary
part of the underlined word.
47) book
a) fiction
b) pages
c) pictures
d) learning
48) guitar
a) band
b) teacher
c) songs
d) strings
49) shoe
a) sole
b) leather
c) laces
d) walking
KEY
1
c
13 c
25 d
37 c
2
a
14 b
26 d
38 a
3
a
15 c
27 d
39 d
4
b
16 b
28 a
40 b
5
c
17 d
29 a
41 d
6
a
18 a
30 d
42 c
7
c
19 c
31 c
43 d
8
d
20 d
32 c
44 b
9
b
21 c
33 a
45 d
10 a
22 d
34 b
46 c
11 a
23 b
35 c
48 b
12 b
24 c
36 d
49 d
50 a
ENVIRONMENT
1.
Which natural disaster causes more deaths
than any other?
a) Volcano
b) Fire
c) Flooding
d) Earthquakes
2.
The natural process of the earths atmosphere
heating through the traping of re-radiated
infra-red radiation is known as
a) Global warming
b) Green house effect
c) Solar heating
d) Thermal inversion
3.
Temperate forests are likely to have which
of the following species of trees?
a) Maple
b) Spruce
c) Pine
d) All
4.
About what percentage of Earth people live
in areas where water shortage are common.
a) 40 percent
b) 30 percent
c) 45 percent
d) 25 percent
5.
Which of the following is not associated with
industrial food production?
a) The use of fossil fuels
b) Chemical fertilizers
c) Large amount of labour
d) Machinery
6.
With what bio-region is the team ‘steppe’
associated?
a) Coniferous forest
b) Tropical forests
c) Savanna
d) Grass land
7.
In which of the following area s do
international environmental treaties exist?
a) Fisheries
b) Whaling
c) Ocean pollution
d) All
8.
What percentage of earths water is fresh
water?