Quiz on Current Affairs for All competitive exams

Quiz on Current Affairs(December 2011) for competitive exams

Who has been appointed as Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court?
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Who stepped down as chairman of Essar Energy?
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Who inaugurated Kerala Cricket Association stadium at Krishnagiri in Wayanad District?
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Who won the woman’s singles match at the BWF World Super Series Finals?
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Who has been selected as president of India International Centre(IIC)?
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Who won the Thailand Golf Championship by 7 strokes?
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Who won her 3rd WISPA(women’s professional squash tour) crown of 2011 at the Crocodile Challenge Cup in Hong Kong?
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Name the former Czech president who died recently.
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Which company has agreed to remove its logo from London’s Olympic stadium?
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Which bank launched ‘Bank on wheels’ in Karnataka recently?
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Which major bill was cleared by Indian Union Cabinet on 18th December 2011?
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Which company won patent rights against Android?
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Which company won patent for Driverless car?
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Name the Olympian, custodian of the gold medal-winning Indian team in the 1951 Asian Games who passed away recently.
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Name the debutant novelist who has captured the 600 year old history of Madurai till 1920 in his novel ‘Kaval Kottam’, won the Sahitya Academy Award for 2011.
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How many hectares of cultivable land in India has declined in the last 5 years due to shift to non-agricultural purposes?
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Name India’s top nuke scientist who designed the first atomic bomb which was detonated at Pokhran in 1974, who died recently.
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Who has been appointed as Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court?
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GENERAL AWARENESS Practice Quiz for All Exams -1

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUIZ

1. The first tea company established in Assam was
"A" Jorhat Tea Company
"B" Assam Company
"C" Assam-Bengal Tea Company
"D" None of the above
2. The Indian National Congress was founded during the viceroyalty of
"A" Lord Canning
"B" Lord Dufferin
"C" Lord Amherst
"D" Lord Curzon
3. 'Do or Die' was the slogan during
"A" the Swadeshi Movement
"B" the Non-Cooperation Movement
"C" the Civil Disobedience Movement
"D" the Quit India Movement
4. Which of the following Land Settlement Systems was followed in Assam?
"A" Ryotwari
"B" Zamindari
"C" Mahalwari
"D" None of the above
5. A. O. Hume was a
"A" scientist
"B" social worker
"C" civil servant
"D" military commander
6. The capital of British India was shifted to Delhi in the year
"A" 1908
"B" 1911
"C" 1937
"D" 1947
7. Indian National Army was headed by
"A" Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
"B" General Cariappa
"C" A. G. Khan
"D" M. N. Roy
8. The Swadeshi Movement started during
"A" Anti Bengal Partition Movement
"B" Non-Cooperation Movement
"C" Civil Disobedience Movement
"D" None of the above
9. If the deepest parts of the ocean are about 10 kilometers and the radius of the earth is about 6400 kilometers, then the depth of the ocean would represent what percentage of the earth's radius?
"A" Less than 1%
"B" About 5%
"C" About 10%
"D" None of the above
10. How are latitude and Iongitilde lines drawn on a globe of the earth?
"A" Latitude lines are parallel and longitude lines meet at the equator
"B" Longitude lines are parallel and latitude lines meet at the equator
"C" Latitude lines arc parallel and longitude linea meet at the poles
"D" longitude lines are parallel and latitude lines meet at the poles
11. Which radioactive isotope is most useful for nuclear power generation?
"A" Uranium-238
"B" Uranium-235
"C" Carbon-14
"D" Rubidium-87
12. The third most abundant gas in the atmosphere is
"A" argon
"B" carbon dioxide
"C" helium
"D" hydrogen
13. Where is the headquarters of WTO?
"A" New York
"B" Geneva
"C" Rome
"D" Paris
14. Who authored the book, India from Midnight to Millennium?
"A" Khushwant Singh
"B" Mira Nair
"C" Sashi Tharoor
"D" Arun Jaitley
15. The first regular census in India was carried out in the year
"A" 1861
"B" 1881
"C" 1901
"D" 1911






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GENERAL AWARENESS Practice Quiz for All Exams

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUIZ

1. Which of the following is not a part of the financial management?
"A" Preparation of the budget
"B" Approval of the budget by the Cabinet
"C" Execution and rendering of accounts
"D" Audit and accounts of public expenditure
2. Under the Assam Panchayat Act, 1994, the quorum for the meeting of the Gram panchayat is
"A" one-half of the total number of members
"B" one-half of the total number of members present
"C" one-third of the total number of members
"D" one-third of the total number of members present
3. Who initiated the Home Rule Movement in India?
"A" Chittaranjan Das
"B" Lajpat Rai
"C" Annie Besant
"D" Maulana Azad
4. The Indus Valley Cilvilization belongs to the
"A" Palaeolithic Age
"B" Mesolithic Age
"C" Neolithic Age
"D" Chalcolithic Age
5. Who among the following was the first to visit India?
"A" Huen Tsang
"B" I-Tsing
"C" Fa-Hien
"D" Megasthenes
6. Ahalya Bai was distinguished
"A" Maratha leader
"B" Rajput leader
"C" Sikh leader
"D" Mughal leader
7. During which period did the East India Company begin to build up its territorial power in India?
"A" Beginning of the 18th century
"B" Last quarter of the 17th century
"C" Middle of the 18th century
"D" First quarter of the 19th century
8. What is the date of the Third Battle of Panipat?
"A" AD 1551
"B" AD 1661
"C" AD 1761
"D" AD 1861
9. Which Act transferred power from the Company to the Crown in India?
"A" Act of 1861
"B" Act of 1892
"C" Act of 1858
"D" Act of 1853
10. The first railway line in India was laid in
"A" 1852
"B" 1853
"C" 1857
"D" 1885
11. The slogan 'Inquilab Zindabad' was given by
"A" Chandrashekhar Azad
"B" Muhammad Iqbal
"C" Bhagat Singh
"D" Mahatma Gandhi
12. Which of the following events can be ascribed to the year 1919?
"A" Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
"B" Partition of Bengal
"C" Permanent Settlement of Bengal
"D" Subsidiary Alliance
13. In 1826, the Treaty of Yandaboo was sigried by which the British practically occupied Assam from the Burmese, In which year was Burma annexed by the British?
"A" 1837
"B" 1826
"C" 1864
"D" 1891
14. Who wrote 'Vande Matram'?
"A" Muhammad Iqbal
"B" Sarat Chandra Chatterjee
"C" Bankim Chandra Chaterjee
"D" Rabindra Nath Tagore
15. The earliest historical dynasty of Assam was that of the
"A" Palas
"B" Varmans
"C" Narakas
"D" Salastambhas





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GENERAL AWARENESS Practice Quiz for DMRC engineer 2012

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE Quiz

1. Science of improving human race is
(A) eugenics
(B) epigenesis
(C) epistasis
(D) euthenics
2. A photon will have less energy, if its
(A) amplitude is higher
(B) frequency is higher
(C) wavelength is longer
(D) wavelength is shorter
3. Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is mainly a mixture of
(A) propane and butane
(B) butane and isobutane
(C) propane and isobutane
(D) propane and tetralin
4. One of the elements of direct democracy is
(A) refrendum
(B) equality
(C) free and fair election
(D) universal adult franchise
5. 'Purna Swaraj' resolution of the Congress was adopted on
(A) 26th January, 1930
(B) 26th January, 1931
(C) 26th January, 1929
(D) 26th January, 1932
6. Article 80 of the Indian Constitution deals with the formation of the
(A) Rajya Sabha
(B) Lok Sabha
(C) Legislative Council
(D) District Council
7. The Fundamental Duties were incorporated into the Constitution of India on the basis of the recommendation of
(A) S.V. Singh Committee
(B) Swaran Singh Committee
(C) C. Hanumantha Rao Committee
(D) None of the above
8. In the formal sense, Panchayati Raj was established in Assam in the year
(A) 1961
(B) 1962
(C) 1963
(D) 1964
9. The Planning Commission in India was established by
(A) an act of the Parliament
(B) the Constitution of India
(C) resolution of the Central Government
(D) presidential order
10. Which of the following methods is not provided by the Citizenship Act, 1955 to acquire Indian citizenship?
(A) By birth
(B) By descent
(C) By registration
(D) By exercising right to vote
11. Which of the following types of budgeting is followed in India?
(A) Plural budgeting
(B) Cash budgeting
(C) performance budgeting
(D) Surplus budgeting
12. Which of the following Articles of the Constitution of India is related to the independence of the Union Public Service Commission?
(A) Article 323
(B) Article 324
(C) Article 325
(D) Article 326
13. Which of the following Schedules to the Constitution of India relates to languages?
(A) 7th Schedule
(B) 8th Schedule
(C) 9th Schedule
(D) 10th Schedule
14. The French philosopher Rousseau belonged to the
(A) eighteenth century
(B) sixteenth century
(C) fifteenth century
(D) seventeenth century
15. Which of the following can initiate the process of impeachment of the President of India?
(A) Any House of the Parliament
(B) The Lok Sabha alone
(C) The Rajya Sabha alone
(D) The Supreme Court of India





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GENERAL AWARENESS Practice Quiz for IBPS CWE 2012 -2

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE Quiz

1. Terai zone is situated at Assam's
North zone
East zone
South zone
West zone
2. The National Park of Assam where the rare white-winged duck (Deohanh) is found is
Nameri
Dibru Saikhowa
Manas
Orang
3. What is the name of the new island emrging out of the Bay of Bengal?
Sonali
Dhan Khuli
Purbasa
Uttara
4. Which of the following is related to international trade?
EXIM
IIP
FPO
TQM
5. Of the total geographical area of Assam the total area under forest is
33 p.c
22 p.c
28 p.c
19 p.c
6. World's largest producer of gold is
Saudi Arabia
USA
South Africa
Canada
7. When was Mizoram converted into a Union Territory?
1969
1972
1949
1951
8. Which is the world's longest railway line?
Trans-Siberian line
Texas Railway line
Trans-Austin line
Trans-American line
9. For a healthy adult Indian, the Body Mass Index (BMI) Should be in the range of
11.51 - 18
18.5 - 24.9
25-30
None of the Above
10. Black hole is an object to be found
at the bottom of oceans
in the sky
inside a current –carrying conductor
None of the above
11. Minimum velocity required by a body to escape earth’s gravitation (escape velocity) is
9.5 km/s
11.2 km/s
13 km/s
24.25 km/s
12. Which one of the following is not an operating system of computers?
Sun 05
BSD
GNEXT/Linux
Windows NT
13. Which is the largest moon in the solar system?
Ganymede
Titan
Lo
Callisto
14. Pacemaker is implanted in heart when one of the following is defective
SA node
AV node
Purkinje fibre
Bundle of His
15. When a person is undergoing prolonged fasting, his/her urine will contain abnormal quantity of
fat
ketone
amino acid
glucose




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GENERAL AWARENESS Practice Quiz for IBPS CWE 2012

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE Quiz

1 Habeas corpus writ is associated with
anticipatory bail
quashing the order of Un administrative authority
an order of freedom of speech
production of person before the court
2 Drip irrigation is mostly practised in India especially for
tea and coffee
rice
wheat
vegetables (Rabi crops)
3 Grey Revolution is associated with
production of cement
commercial production of eggs
productions of sweets
steel production
4 The mass of an iron piece when gets rusted
may increase or decrease depending upon temperature
decreases
increases
remain same
5 The purest form of gold is
18 carat
22 carat
24 carat
28 carat
6 The National Flood Control Programme (NFCP) for flood control in India was launched in the year
1951
1954
1947
1960
7 The Integrated Wasteland Development Programme (IWDP) is sponsored by
NABARD
Government of India
Asian Development Bank
UNO
8 In which Indian State is the hill station Kodaikanal situated?
Andhra Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Tamil Nadu
Rajasthan
9 Which is the longest river in Asia?
River Surama
River Ob
River Ganga
River Brahmaputra
10 What is the percentage of oxygen in the earth's crust?
92
50
61
45
11 Name the country which is known as the 'Land of Morning Calm'
Japan
Korea
Indonesia
Canada
12 What is the precise time taken by the earth for one rotation?
24 hr
24 hr 30 min
23 hr 56 min 4 09 sec
24 hr 5 min 5 02 sec
13 The total area of Assam is
80645 km2
78438 km2
79012 km2
77901 km2
14 The largest continent in the world is
Europe
North America
Asia
Africa
15 Assam State enjoys
tropical climate
hot climate
warm climate
cold climate


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