NTPC General Awareness Questions : 22nd, January 2020 for Indian Constitution and Doab

Q1.How many types of writ are there in the Indian Constitution?
(a)5
(b)4
(c) 3
(d) 2

Q2.How many Fundamental Duties are mentioned in Indian constitution?
(a)Five
(b)Seven
(c)Nine
(d)Eleven

Q3.Part IV of constitution of India deals with which of the following?
(a) The Union
(b) The States
(c) Fundamental Rights
(d) Directive Principles of State Policy

Q4. Which one of the following is not a non conventional source of energy?
(a) Solar Energy
(b) Natural Gas
(c) Wind Energy
(d) Tidal Power

Q5. The term “Doab” means –
(a) a land between two mountains
(b) a land between two lakes
(c) a land between two rivers
(d) a land between two seas

Q6. What is Dakshin Gangotri?
(a) River valley in Andhra Pradesh
(b) Unmanned station located in Antarctica
(c) Second source of River Ganga
(d) Island in the Indian Ocean

Q7. Who from among the following was the founder of Bahmani kingdom in the Deccan?
(a) Mahmud Gawan
(b) Hasan Gangu
(c) Sikandar Shah
(d) Malik Ambar

Q8. The Nobility of the Delhi Sultanate was largely composed of
(a) Afghans
(b) Arabs
(c) Turks
(d) Composite elements

Q9. The Mongols appeared for the first time on the banks of the Indus during the rule of
(a) Raziya
(b) Balban
(c) Iltutmish
(d) Qutub-ud-din Aibak

Q10. Who among the following founded the city of Ahmedabad?
(a) Muzaffar Shah II
(b) Ahmad Shah
(c) Qutub-ud-din Ahmad Shah
(d) Muhammad I Begarha

Solutions

S1. Ans.(a)
Sol.There are five types of Writs – Habeas Corpus, Mandamus, Prohibition, Certiorari and Quo warranto.

S2. Ans.(d)
Sol.The Fundamental Duties of citizens were added to the Constitution by the 42nd Amendment in 1976, upon the recommendations of the Swaran Singh Committee that was constituted by the government earlier that year. Originally ten in number, the Fundamental Duties were increased to eleven by the 86th Amendment in 2002.

S3. Ans.(d)
Sol.The Directive Principles of State Policy, embodied in Part IV of the Constitution, are directions given to the state to guide the establishment of an economic and social democracy, as proposed by the Preamble.

S4. Ans.(b)
Sol. Natural Gas is a conventional source of energy and not a non-conventional source of energy.

S5. Ans.(c)
Sol. Doab is a term used for tract of land lying between two rivers.

S6. Ans.(b)
Sol. Dakshin Gangotri was the first scientific base station of India situated in Antarctica, part of the Indian Antarctic Program. It is an unmanned station. Dakshin Gangotri was built in 1983 but was buried in ice and abandoned around 1991.

S7.Ans.(b)
Sol. The founder of the Bahmani kingdom was Alauddin Bahman Shah also known as Hasan Gangu in 1347.

S8.Ans.(c)
Sol. Delhi Sultanate nobles were nomadic Turkic peoples from the Central Asian steppes.

S9.Ans.(c)
Sol. In 1221, the Mongol Empire under Genghis Khan appeared for the first time on the banks of the Indus River during the period of Iltutmish.

S10.Ans.(b)
Sol. Ahmedabad is the largest city in the state of Gujarat. It is located in western India on the banks of the River Sabarmati. The present city was founded on 26 February 1411 and announced as the capital on 4 March 1411 by Ahmed Shah I of Gujarat Sultanate as a new capital.

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