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Friday, August 1, 2008

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The General Awareness questions for the day are given below.
1. I was the first Republican President of the United States. I was in office during the Civil War, and issued the Emancipation Proclamation. My face is featured on the penny. Who am I?
(1) James Garfield
(2) John Adams
(3) Abraham Lincoln
(4) George Washington


2. Born, Leslie Lynch King Jr, he became the 38th President of the US. He was the first president not elected by the people to become president. He served as both Vice-President and President, but was not elected to either office. Two attempts were made to assasinate him and he also became the first president to pardon a former president. How do we know him better?
(1) Gerald ford
(2) Lyndon Johnson
(3) James Carter
(4) Ronald Regan


3. He wrote a large part of the declaration of Independence demanding freedom. He was the first President to be elected unanimously by the Electoral College and he gave the shortest inaugural speech. He was President for two terms and refused a third term. Who is he?
(1) George Washington
(2) Thomas Jefferson
(3) James Madison
(4) John Adams


4. One of the only two presidents to sign the Declaration of Independence, he is credited with several inventions, including the swivel chair, a pedometer and a letter-copying machine. Identify this President.
(1) George Washington
(2) Thomas Jefferson
(3) John Adams
(4) Andrew Jackson


5. The constituion of America states that the President is limited to two full terms, but if the President comes to power through the line of sucession, and there is _____ years or less remaining in that term, he may serve another two full terms (8 years). Thus, according to the constitution, what is the maximum number of years a person can serve as President?
(1) 12
(2) 11
(3) 10
(4) 9


6. George W Bush lost both the electoral and popular votes but still became the President. Two other candidates have become the President in a similar manner, one was Rutherford B Hayes, who was the other (he was the first to have become the President in such a manner)?
(1) John Quincy Adams
(2) James Monroe
(3) James Madison
(4) John Adams


7. Before the Clinton administration only one other President was impeached by the House of Representatives, who was he?
(1) Andrew Johnson
(2) Richard Nixon
(3) James Buchanan
(4) John F Kennedy


8. This President led the United States during The Great Depression and World War II. On becoming US President, he said "I will do my best. That is all I can do. I ask your help, and God's". He was the first U.S. president to fly while in office. He suffered from polio and was completely paralyzed from the hips down. In private, he always used a wheelchair. When he had to make public appearances, the events were choreographed to hide his paraplegia. He was the 32nd president of the United States. Who?
(1) Theodore Roosevelt
(2) Franklin D. Roosevelt
(3) Herbert Hoover
(4) Harry S Truman


9. Four US presidents have been assasinated till date. Abraham Lincoln was the first president to be assassinated. William McKinley and John F Kennedy are two others. One other president was shot in the back but actually died several months later because of an infection caused by his doctors who poked and prodded him to try to find the bullet and get it out. Who was this unfortunate president?
(1) Woodrow Wilson
(2) James Buchanan
(3) Grover Cleveland
(4) James Garfield


10. George W Bush is the 43rd President of the United states. However, not all the Presidents have been 'elected'. How many of the 43 Presidents have been elected?
(1) 40
(2) 39
(3) 42
(4) 41

Answer Key
(1) 3
(6) 1
(2) 1
(7) 1
(3) 1
(8) 2
(4) 2
(9) 4
(5) 3
(10) 3

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