DSSSB Primary Teacher Paper 2013 General Awareness

DSSSB Primary School Teacher Previous Year 2013 Paper  – General Awareness

India is a land of many beautiful ancient temples.Which one among the following temples displays the most extensive and sumptuous rock-cut shrines and is the most marvelous architectural peak in India?
(a) The Kailash Temple at Ellora
(b) The Rath Temple at Mamallapuram
(c) The Chaturbhuja-Vishnu Temple at Khajuraho
(d) The Kalalsh Temple at Kanchi

Which of the following is the festival dance of the people of Assam ?
(a) Garba
(b) Bhangra
(c) Bihu
(d) Kathak

Prathibha Ray, who was named for Jnanpith award is a famous ________ writer.
(a) Bengali
(b) Odia
(c) Hindi
(d) English

The Continental shelf surrounding the Indian cost is widest off the
(a) Hoogly Coast
(b) Coromandel coast
(c) Konkan coast
(d) South Gujarat coast

Rainfall on the east coast of Tamil Nadu occurs during October to November due to
(a) Winter monsoon
(b) Retreating South-West monsoon
(c) North-West monsoon
(d) local winds

Name the Indian who was associated with the discovery of Mohanjodaro.
(a) R.D.Banerjee
(b) R.D.Chatterjee
(c) W.C.Banerjee
(d) S.N.Banerjee

Humayun’s tomb was built by
(a) Bu Hatima
(b) Nur Jahan
(c) Haji Begum
(d) Akbar

Where was 16th N.A.M. Summit held?
(a) Iraq
(b) Poland
(c) Egypt
(d) Tehran

Indian constitution is
(a) Rigid
(b) Flexible
(c) Partly Rigid and Partly Flexible
(d) Neither Rigid nor Flexible

Which is the richest temple in India?
(a) Balaji Temple of Tirupathi
(b) Shirdi Sai Baba Temple
(c) Padmanabha Swamy of Thiruvenanthapuram
(d) Jagannatha Temple of Puri