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General Knowledge & Current Affairs ? September 2005
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1. Recently Union Defence Minister launched army?s
strategic broadband satellite network. It is named
(a) Mercury Flash
(b) Pluto Flash
(c) Army Satellite
(d) Eastern Star
Ans: ( a ) Mercury Flash
2. Who among the following was the first economist to hold
the office of Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs in
the Union Finance Ministry ?
(a) Dr. I.G. Patel
(b) Dr. Manmohan Singh
(c) Rakesh Mohan
(d) Dr.M.S. Ahluwalia
Ans: ( a ) Dr. I.G. Patel
3. What does the abbreviation ATR stand for ?
(a) Action Taken Result
(b) Actually True Report
(c) Action Taken Report
(d) Action Taken Rejoinder
Ans: ( c ) Action Taken Report
4. According to the Government, during 2004 India received
Foreign Direct Investment to the tune of
(a) $3.7 billion
(b) $4.8 billion
(c) $7.3 billion
(d) $8.4 billion
Ans: ( a ) $3.7 billion
5. Which of the following countries won theSultan Azlan Shah
Hockey Trophy held in Kuala Lumpur in June 2005 ?
(a) Pakistan
(b) Australia
(c) South Korea
(d) India
Ans: ( b ) Australia
6. Which of the following companies has started a rural
marketing network called ?e-chaupal? ?
(a) ITC
(b) Dabur
(c) Hindustan Lever
(d) Procter & Gamble
Ans: ( a ) ITC
7. The decision to form the Indian National Army (Azad Hind
Fauj) was taken at
(a) Rangoon
(b) Bangkok
(c) Kuala Lumpur
(d) Tokyo
Ans: ( d ) Tokyo
8. Give the correct chronological sequence of the following :
1. Russain Revolution
2. American War of Independence
3. Spanish Revolution
4. The French Revolution
(a) 1, 2, 4, 3
(b) 2, 4, 3, 1
(c) 2, 1, 4, 3
(d) 4, 2, 3, 1
Ans: ( b ) 2, 4, 3, 1
9. Which of the following Indians has been recently
conferred Nelson Mandela Award for Minority Empowerment ?
(a) Ms. Margaret Alva
(b) Ms. Girija Vyas
(c) Ms. J. Natarajan
(d) Ms. Ambika Soni
Ans: ( a ) Ms. Margaret Alva
10. At which of the following places India?s first Net Route
Server has been set up ?
(a) Mumbai
(b) Noida
(c) Chennai
(d) Hyderabad
Ans: ( c ) Chennai
11. Who among the following is not a member of the recently
constituted Disaster Management Authority headed by Prime
Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh ?
(a) Gen. N.C. Vij
(b) S.P. Sukhatme
(c) K.M. Singh
(d) Ashok Ganguly
Ans: ( d ) Ashok Ganguly
12. Which of the following Fortune 500 Indian companies has
suffered loss for the first time in the first quarter
of2005-06 ?
(a) Indian Oil Corporation
(b) ONGC
(c) Reliance Industries
(d) Bharat Petroleum Corporation
Ans: ( a ) Indian Oil Corporation
13. Which of the following cities would host 2012 Olympic
Games ?
(a) Paris
(b) New York
(c) London
(d) Madrid
Ans: ( c ) London
14. Who is the author of ?Soul and Structure of Governance
in India? ?
(a) V.K. Duggal
(b) Jairam Ramesh
(c) Dr. I.G. Patel
(d) Jagmohan
Ans: ( d ) Jagmohan
15. Which one of the following is not a land-locked country ?
(a) Afghanistan
(b) Nepal
(c) Bhutan
(d) Thailand
Ans: ( d ) Nepal
16. Which one of the following processes is not related with
chemical weathering ?
(a) Exfoliation
(b) Carbonation
(c) Hydration
(d) Oxidation
Ans: ( a ) Exfoliation
17. Who invented polio vaccine (oral) ?
(a) Albert Sabin
(b) Burkholder
(c) Louis Pasteur
(d) Jonas Salk
Ans: ( a ) Albert Sabin
18. Mist is caused by
(a) Dry ice
(b) Ice at low temperature
(c) Water vapours at low temperature
(d) Carbon-monoxide in solid form
Ans: ( c ) Water vapours at low temperature
19. The first computer language developed was
(a) COBOL
(b) BASIC
(c) FORTRAN
(d) PASCAL
Ans: ( c ) FORTRAN
20. ?Smasher? is associated with which of the following sports ?
(a) Boxing
(b) Wrestling
(c) Football
(d) Volleyball
Ans: ( d ) Volleyball
21. The total number of vertebrae in a human being is
(a) 30
(b) 33
(c) 26
(d) 29
Ans: ( c ) 26
22. Steel tycoon L.N. Mittal has recently signed an MoU to
tie-up with which of the following Indian companies ?
(a) ONGC
(b) GAIL
(c) Reliance Energy
(d) Essar Company
Ans: ( a )
23. At the 52nd National Film Awards announced on July 13,
2005, which of the following films was adjudged the best film ?
(a) Hum Tum
(b) Page 3
(c) Hasina
(d) Veer-Zaara
Ans: ( b ) Page 3
24. Baglihar Power Project is being constructed at which of
the following rivers ?
(a) Jhelum
(b) Ravi
(c) Chenab
(d) Sindh
Ans: ( c ) Chenab
25. The African Union whose cooperation was sought by G-4 to
expand UN Security Council has a strength of
(a) 43 Members
(b) 53 Members
(c) 63 Members
(d) 34 Members
Ans: ( b ) 53 Members
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. Which of the following is the correct Assertion. South part of the Tropic of Capricon is hot and of heavy rains Reasons. Tropic of Capricon divides India into two parts called South India and North India (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A (b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A (c) A is true but R is false (d) A is false but R is true
Formation of fruit without fertilisation is known as: (A) polygamy (B) polyembryony (C) parthenocarpy (D) parthenogenesis
Central Government employees will be getting an additional dearness allowance with effect from January 1999. How much will be the increase in terms of percengate? 1 5% 2 7% 3 10% 4 15%
The biosphere of the earth comprises: (A) all the areas on the earth?s surface and the atmosphere around the earth where organisms live (B) the oceans of the earth (C) the upper crust of the earth where man, animals and other biological organisms thrive (D) the atmosphere where the micro organisms live
The salary of the Vice-President of India is (a) Rs. 40,000 (b) Rs. 25,000 (c) Rs. 20,000 (d) Rs. 15,000
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The Lok Sabha is dissolved by the: (1) Prime Minister (2) Speaker (3) Home Minister (4) President on the advice of Prime Minister
At which place did Gautam Buddha give his first sermon? (A) Vaishali (B) Rajgriha (C) Bodh Gaya (D) Sarnath
There is a piece of ice in a glass of water when the ice completely melts the level of water (1) Increases (2) Decreases (3) Remains same (4) Any thing can happen
THE FIRST CHIEF MINISTER OF OLD MYSORE STATE WAS
Remains of harappa city have been unearthed in (1) Uttar Pradesh (2) Bihar (3) New Delhi (4) Gujarat
The recently discovered Buddhist site of Bavikonda is located in this district of Andhra Pradesh (1) Guntur District (2) Anantapur District (3) Visakhapatnam District (4) Srikakulam District
The weekly journal started by Gandhiji was: (a) Young India (b) Kesri (c) Comrade (d) All Hilal
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