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General Awareness Questions for Railways Set 2

Dear Aspirants,
Railways exams and round the corner and general awareness is an important section to take care off. We are here with out 1st set on General Awareness Questions for railways Set 2. Of total we will be having around 20 sets of 10 questions each. Do find the questions given below and give us feedback on the same.

Set of 10 Questions

1. The Common Wealth Games held in Delhi, 2010 is the…?
(a) 17th Edition
(b) 18th Edition
(c) 19th Edition
(d) 20th Edition
(e) 16th Edition

2. On which of the following rivers is the Tehri Hydropower Complex located?
(a) Alaknanda
(b) Mandakini
(c) Dhauli Ganga
(d) Bhagirathi
(e) None of the above

3. Nobel Prize winning Indian Amartya Sen is known for his work in which area?
(a) Physics
(b) Environmental Protection
(c) Chemistry
(d) Economics
(e) Biology

4. The headquarters of South-Central Railways is situated at
(a) Mumbai (V.T)
(b) Chennai
(c) Secundrabad
(d) Mumbai (Central)
(e) New Delhi

5. The headquarters of Northern Railway is at
(a) New Delhi
(b) Guwahati
(c) Gorakhpur
(d) Mumbai (V.T)
(e) Secundrabad

6. Rajasthan is under which of the following railway zones?
(a) Northern region
(b) Western region
(c) North-Western region
(d) Central Region
(e) Southern region

7. Who discovered circulation of blood in human body?
(a) Edward Jenner
(b) Joseph Lister
(c) William Harvey
(d) Jonon Esals
(e) None of the above

8. The first attempt in printing was made in England by
(a) James Arkwright
(b) James Watt
(c) William Caxton
(d) Isaac Newton
(e) None of the above

9. Who was the surgeon who pioneered antiseptic surgery in 1865?
(a) Edward Jenner
(b) Joseph Lister
(c) Henry William
(d) John Sleeman
(e) None of the above

10. The credit of developing the polio vaccine goes to
(a) Jonas Salk
(b) Alb E. Sabin
(c) Selman Waksman
(d) Henry William
(e) None of these

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