DSSSB Nurse Paper 2013 – General Awareness

DSSSB Delhi Staff Nurse Paper 2013

“The servants of India Society” was founded by
(a) Annie Besant
(b) Gopalakrishna Gokhale
(c) Bala Gangadhara Tilak
(d) Dadabhai Naoroji

‘Dandia’ is popular dance of
(a) Punjab
(b) Gujarat
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Maharashtra

The words “Satyameva Jayate” insrcribed below the base plate of the emblem of India are taken from
(a) Rigveda
(b) Satpath Brahmana
(c) Mundak Upanishad
(d) Ramayana

In the form of which Constitution Amendment Bill Anti-Detection Bill was by the Indian Parliament on 30th January 1985 ?
() 42
(b) 52
(c) 61
(d) 44

The Prakrit text “Gatasaptasati” is attributed to the Satavahana King
(a) Vasishtiputra Pulumavi
(b) Hala
(c) gautamiputra Satkarni
(d) Amaru

The intersecting lines drawn onmaps and globes are
(a) latitudes
(b) longitudes
(c) geographic grids
(d) None of the above

The hot and cold deserts together occupy nearly _____ land area of the world.
(a) 1/2
(b) 1/4th
(c) 1/3rd
(d) 3/4th

Who wrote the famous book-“We the People”?
(a) T.N.Kaul
(b) J.R.D.Tata
(c) Khushwant singh
(d) Nani Palkhivala

The original name of Mahabharatha was
(a) Brihit Katha
(b) Sahastra Samhita
(c) Jaya Samhita
(d) Rajatha Rangini

Jainism differed from Buddhism in which of the following aspects?
(a) Faith in Karma
(b) Doctrine of Ahimsa
(c) Belief in Fasting
(d) Rejection of Yagna