Useful GK Questions for PSC LD Clerk Exam 2016 - Day 2

Hi Aspirants, here are some more useful GK Questions for the upcoming Kerala PSC LD Clerk Exam 2016-17. Each question counts!! All the Best.

1. Who wrote the book ‘Cry the peacock’?

Khushwant singh

Morarji Desai

Anita Desia

Arun Gandhi

2. The duration of the normal one half of a hockey match is:

45 min

40 min

35 min

30 min

3. ‘National Education Day’ is celebrated on

12th November

11th November

5th November

29th October

4. First national park developed in India is

Gir

Kaziranga

Jim Corbett

None of these

5. Which of the following State does not have Legislative council?

Andhra Pradesh

Tamilnadu

Uttar Pradesh

Madhya a Pradesh

6. Who among the following introduced the Vernacular Press Act?

Lord Lytton

Lord Rippon

Lord Curzon

Lord Hastings

7. Brass contains:

70% copper and 30% zinc

90% copper and 10% tin

85-92% copper and rest tin with little lead and nickel

70-75% copper and rest tin

8. The atomic number of carbon is 12. It means that carbon atom contains:

6 protons and 6 electrons

12 neutrons

12 electrons

12 protons and 12 electrons

9. Freezing point of water is same on these scales:

Centigrade and Fahrenheit

Centigrade  and Reaumur

Centigrade and Kelvin

Fahrenheit and Kelvin

10. Which of the following Act governs the foreign Exchange in India now:

FEMA

LIBOR

FSI

FERA

Answers

1) Ans. Anita Desia

2) Ans. 35 min

3) Ans. 11th November

4) Ans. Jim Corbett

5) Ans. Madhya a Pradesh

6) Ans. Lord Lytton

7) Ans. 70% copper and 30% zinc

8) Ans. 12 protons and 12 electrons

9) Ans. Centigrade  and Reaumur

10) Ans. FEMA

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Profit and Loss Questions for SSC CGL Exam with Solutions

Hi Aspirants, here is an interesting quiz on  Profit and Loss for cracking SSC CGL, CHSL, Bank Exams, UPSC Exams and other competitive exams. 

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DRDO CEPTAM-08 Exam 17 July 2016 Useful General Awareness Questions

Hi Aspirants, DRDO CEPTAM-08 Exam is scheduled to be held on 17 July 2016 (Sunday). General Awareness is an important section for this exam and in this post we are sharing with you some more useful questions other than what we updated you yesterday. Study Well.  

1. Which one of the following minerals is contained in the Monazite sand of Kerala?

Uranium

Thorium

Copper

Petroleum

2. The largest sugarcane producing Country in the World is:

India

Brazil

China

USA

3. ……………. is NOT a Central Government tax.

Income Tax

Custom Duty

Entertainment Tax

Serv1ce Tax

4. International Mother Earth day was observed across the world on:

20th April

21th April

22th April

24th April

5. Who amongst the following is not a Lawn Tennis Player

Rafel Nadal

Roger Federer

Tiger Woods

Serena Williams

6. The river water is polluted with acidic wastes if ph of water is:

Below 7

Above 7

Equal to 7

Any one of these

7. Which bone is the largest bone in human body

Femur

Humerus

Tibia

Radius

8. Surface tension has the units of:

Newton/m²

Newton/m³

Newton-m

Newton/m

9. “Do or ‘Die” is associated with the following movement:

Dandi

Non Cooperation

Khilafat

Quit India

10. Shortest day in the Northern hemisphere:

June 20

December 22

December 21

June 18

Answers

1) Ans. Thorium

2) Ans. Brazil

3) Ans. Entertainment Tax

4) Ans. 22th April

5) Ans. Tiger Woods

6) Ans. Below 7

7) Ans. Femur

8) Ans. Newton/m

9) Ans. Quit India

10) Ans. December 22

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Expected GK Questions for DRDO CEPTAM-08 Exam 17 July 2016

Hi Aspirants, Defence Research and Development Organisation is going to conduct its CEPTAM 08 exam on 17 July 2016 for selection of Senior Technical Assistant ‘B’, Technician, Admin & Allied. General Awareness is an important topic and in this post we are sharing with you some expected GK Questions. All the Best.

1. The chemical name of Baking soda is

(a) Sodium hydroxide

(b) Sodium acetate

(c) Sodium bicarbonate

(d) Sodium carbonate

2. Which of the following command deletes the data in the entire table and makes the delete permanent in the database?

(a) Truncate

(b) Rollback

(c) Commit

(d) Delete

3. Which one of the following gases has colour?

(a) Oxygen

(b) Nitrogen

(c) Chlorine

(d) Hydrogen

4. The point on the Earth surface directly above the origin of an earthquake is know as

(a) Medi Centre

(b) Prime Centre

(c) Epicentre

(d) Hypo Centre

5. State with highest percentage of forests is

(a) Uttar Pradesh

(b) Mizoram

(c) Arunachal Pradesh

(d) Assam

6. May 8 is observed as

(a) World Red Cross Day

(b) Commonwealth Day

(c) World Telecommunication Day

(d) World Standard Day

7. Which famous scientist was the first to look at the night sky through a telescope?

(a) Galileo

(b) Copernicus

(c) Michael Faraday

(d) Newton

8. The number of days for a year in Mercury is

(a) 56

(b) 88

(c) 300

(d) 36

9. Sodium chloride or table salt occurs in nature as the mineral

(a) Sphalerite

(b) Halite

(c) Tale

(d) Sylvite

10. CENVAT is related to

(a) Service Tax

(b) Custom Duty

(c) Excise Duty

(d) Sales Tax

Answer Key

1) Ans. (c) Sodium bicarbonate

2) Ans. (a) Truncate

3) Ans. (c) Chlorine

4) Ans. (c) Epicentre

5) Ans. (b) Mizoram

6) Ans. (a) World Red Cross Day

7) Ans. (a) Galileo

8) Ans. (b) 88

9) Ans. (b) Halite

10) Ans. (c) Excise Duty

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Current Affairs (June-July 2016) for SBI Clerk 2016 Mains

Hi Aspirants, here are some useful expected Current Affairs Questions from June – July 2016 for SBI Clerk Mains Exam 2016. Questions are also useful for other upcoming exams like SSC CGL 2016, SBI PO Mains 2016 etc.

1. The 2016 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit 2016 was held at?

(A) Buenos Aires

(B) Paris

(C) Warsaw

(D) Washington

2. Om Prakash Sonik, who passed away recently, was a famous personality of which field?

(A) Film

(B) Sports

(C) Media

(D) Literature

3. Shankar Acharya committee has been constituted during July 2016 by Union Government for?

(A) Examine the feasibility of a new financial year

(B) Examine Seventh Pay Commission Recommendation

(C) To find out new RBI Governor

(D) None of these

4. What is the India’s rank in the 2016 Networked Readiness Index (NRI)?

(A) 141

(B) 36

(C) 55

(D) 91

5. Who is the newly appointed Union Minister of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting?

(A) Ravi Shankar Prasad

(B) Venkaiah Naidu

(C) Smirthi Irani

(D) Harsha Vardhan

6. Abbas Kiarostami, the immensely acclaimed and influential writer-director from which country died recently (July 2016)?

(A) France

(B) Mexico

(C) Portugal

(D) Iran

7. Which bank during July 2016 launched a full-fledged digital banking service for small and medium enterprises (SME)?

(A) HDFC Bank

(B) ICICI Bank

(C) IndusInd Bank

(D) UCO Bank

8. How much interest subsidy for farmers has been approved by Union Government for FY 2016-17?

(A) 7.5 %

(B) 5 %

(C) 6.7 %

(D) 8 %

9. Who has become the first-ever Indian gymnast to be certified as “World Class Gymnast” by the International Federation of Gymnastics (IFG)?

(A) Ashish Kumar

(B) Dipa Karmakar

(C) Deepika Kumari

(D) Mary Kom

10. Who is the newly appointed Union Minister of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD)?

(A) Sadananda Gowda

(B) Prakash Javadekar

(C) Suresh Prabhu

(D) Arun Jaitley

Answers

1) Ans. (C) Warsaw - Capital of Poland

2) Ans. (A) Film

3) Ans. (A) Examine the feasibility of a new financial year

4) Ans. (D) 91

5) Ans. (B) Venkaiah Naidu

6) Ans. (D) Iran

7) Ans. (A) HDFC Bank

8) Ans. (B) 5 %

9) Ans. (B) Dipa Karmakar

10) Ans. (B) Prakash Javadekar

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Employment News: 9 July 2016 to 15 July 2016

Hi Aspirants, here is the employment news for the week ending 15 July 2016.

1. BHARATIYA RESERVE BANK NOTE MUDRAN PVT. LTD., Bengaluru

Name Of Post : Industrial Workman Grarde-1 (Trainee)

No.of Vacancies : 120

Last Date :18.07.2016

2. UNION PUBIC SERVICE COMMISSION, Delhi

Name Of Post : Anthropologist, jr. Work Managers, Senior Scientific Assistants, etc

No.of Vacancies : 278

Last Date :28.07.2016

3. CSIR-NORTH EAST INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Assam

Name Of Post : Technical Assistant, Senior Technical Officer, Scientist, Principal Scientist

No.of Vacancies : 35

Last Date :16.08.2016

4. CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BIHAR

Name Of Post : Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor

No.of Vacancies : 73

Last Date :18.07.2016

5. SATISH DHAWAN SPACE CENTRE SHAR, SRIHARIKOTA

Name Of Post : Technician-B, Draftsman-B, Fireman-A

No.of Vacancies : 53

Last Date :20.07.2016.

6. CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MINING; FUEL RESEARCH

Name Of Post : Assistant, Jr. Stenographer

No.of Vacancies : 45

Last Date :25.07.2016

7. INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Jodhpur

Name Of Post : Executive Engineer, Asstt. Executive, Medical Officer, jr. Technician Jr. Superintendent etc

No.of Vacancies : 27

Last Date :29.07.2016

8. MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES, Delhi

Name Of Post : Scientist ‘C’ ‘D’ ‘F’ and ‘G’

No.of Vacancies : 10

Last Date :Within 42 days after publication

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Mission PSC LD Clerk Exam 2016 - Kerala Renaissance GK- Day 1

Hi Aspirants, here are some useful GK Questions from Kerala Renaissance for upcoming Kerala PSC LD Clerk Examination 2016. Kerala Renaissance Multiple choice questions are very important for this exam and you have to study carefully in order to score good marks. 

1. Name the prime minister who visited Kerala during the Liberation Struggle:

(A) Indira Gandhi

(B) Lal Bahadur Shastri

(C) Jawaharlal Nehru

(D) Morarjee Desai

2. Vaikkom Satyagraha was started in the year?

(A) 1925

(B) 1924

(C) 1926

(D) 1930

3. In connection with which event, Mahatma Gandhi visited Kerala for the second time in 1925?

(A) Wagon Tragedy

(B) Quit India Movement

(C) Vaikkom Satyagraha

(D) Temple Entry Proclamation

4. Where was the Advaita Ashramam founded by Sree Narayana Guru in 1913?

(A) Aruvippuram

(B) Varkala

(C) Adoor

(D) Aluva

5. SNDP (Sree Narayana Darma Paripalana Sangham) was started in the year?

(A) 1914

(B) 1903

(C) 1888

(D) 1921

6. The earlier name of Vaikunda Swamikal was?

(A) Muthukutty

(B) Velu Asan

(C) Nanu

(D) None of these

7. Who founded the Vidya Poshini Sabha?

(A) Sahodaran Ayyappan

(B) Chattampi Swamikal

(C) Thycaud Ayya

(D) Vaghbhatananda

8. Who founded the organisation “Samathwa samajam" in 1836?

(A) Sahodaran Ayyappan

(B) Vaikunda Swamikal

(C) Thycaud Ayya

(D) Vaghbhatananda

9. In which year was the Nivarthana Agitation?

(A) 1924

(B) 1928

(C) 1932

(D) 1936

10. Who started “Prathyaksha Raksha Daiva Sabha”?

(A) Sahodaran Ayyappan

(B) Vaikunda Swamikal

(C) Poykayil Yohannan

(D) Kuriakose Elias Chavara

Answers

1) Ans. (C) Jawaharlal Nehru

2) Ans. (D) 1930

3) Ans. (C) Vaikkom Satyagraha

4) Ans. (D) Aluva

5) Ans. (B) 1903

6) Ans. (A) Muthukutty

7) Ans. (A) Sahodaran Ayyappan

8) Ans. (B) Vaikunda Swamikal

9) Ans. (C) 1932

10) Ans. (C) Poykayil Yohannan

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