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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GK Quiz for ISRO Assistant Exam 2016 & DRDO Exam 2016

Hi Aspirants..Here are some useful General Knowledge Questions useful for ISRO Assistant Exam 2016 - Junior Personal Assistant, Stenographer & Assistant, DRDO Exam 2016 - Senior Technical Assistant ‘B’, Technician ‘A’ and Junior Translator, Stenographer Grade-II, StoreAsstt. 'A', Admin Asstt. ‘A’. Questions will also be useful for Railway RRB 2016, LIC AAO 2016 etc.

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1. Which among following is called “Gift of the Nile”?

(a) China

(b) India

(c) Iraq

(d) Egypt

2. Rangaswamy cup is associated with

(a) archery

(b) cricket

(c) football

(d) hockey

3. The ‘Red Triangle’ symbol denotes

(a) Air India

(b) family planning

(c) culture and civilization

(d) None of the above

4. Rabindranath Tagore is also known as

(a) Guruji

(b) Gurudev

(c) Mahamana

(d) Netaji

5. Thomas Cup is associated with

(a) badminton

(b) billiards

(c) lawn tennis

(d) table tennis

6. Satellite launching station is located at

(a) Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh)

(b) Solapur (Maharashtra)

(c) Salem (Tamilnadu)

(d) Warangal (Andhra Pradesh)

7. In which city the Asian Games first took place?

(a) Hong kong

(b) Tokyo

(c) New Delhi

(d) Kuala Lampur

8. How many players are there in Kabbadi team?

(a) 11

(b) 9

(c) 5

(d) 7

9. The head quarters of Sahitya AKademi is at

(a) Mumbai

(b) Chennai

(c) New Delhi

(d) Kolkata

10. The islands of Seychelles are located in the

(a) Arctic Ocean

(b) Atlantic Ocean

(c) Indian Ocean

(d) Pacific Ocean

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DRDO CEPTAM 8 Recruitment 2016 - Apply Online for 1142 Vacancies

Hi Aspirants..Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) (Centre for Personnel Talent Management (CEPTAM)) under Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India has invited online applications for Senior Technical Assistant ‘B’, Technician ‘A’ and Junior Translator, Stenographer Grade-II, StoreAsstt. 'A', Admin Asstt. ‘A’. There are 1142 vacancies in the laboratories/establishments of DRDO. 

Vacancies

1. Senior Technical Assistant ‘B’: 564

2. Technician ‘A’: 345

3. Admin & Allied: 233

Total : 1142 Vacancies

Important Dates:

DRDO notification Issued in Employment News : 16.01.2016 to 23.01.2016

Online application started: 16.01.2016

Last date for submission of DRDO Online Application: 08.02.2016

Last date for submission of DRDO Offline Application: 15.02.2016

Exam Date: Will be notified later

Education Qualification:

Senior Technical Assistant Grade “B”: candidates must have done Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) or diploma or technology in concerned field or specified field for which they want to apply.

Technician Grade “A”: They must have done 10th/SSC with ITI in specified trades for which they want to apply

Admin & Allied cadre: should have done 10th/12th/graduation

You can check more details from the offcial notification.

Scheme of Examination: The written examination will be OMR based and consisting of 150 objective type multiple choice questions.

a) For STA ‘B’ & Technician ‘A’ : The written test will consist of (i) 50 questions on General Awareness, General Intelligence, Reasoning Ability, General Science and (ii) 100 Questions on Subject concerned.

b) For Junior Translator: The written test will consist of (i) 50 Questions on General Awareness, General Intelligence, Reasoning & Numerical Ability and (ii) 50 Questions each on Hindi and English Language.

c) For Stenographer Grade II, Admin Assistant ‘A’ & Store Assistant ‘A’ : The written examination will consist of (i) 50 questions on General Awareness, General Intelligence, Reasoning & Numerical Ability (ii) 50 questions on General English and (iii) 50 Questions on Hindi OR English language.

d) For Vehicle Operator ‘A’& Asstt. Halwai-cum-Cook: The written test will consist of (i) 100 Questions on General Awareness, General Reasoning, Arithmetic, Numerical Ability (ii) 25 Questions on General English (iii) 25 Questions related to Job.

Fees

Non-Refundable Application Fee of Rs. 50/- (Rupees Fifty only) is to be paid by the male candidates of UR and OBC categories. Candidates belonging to the

SC/ST/PWD/ESM/Woman are exempted from payment of Application Fee. Fee is to be paid online for online applications through Credit Card/Debit Card/Net banking. For offline applications, the fee is to be paid through INDIAN POSTAL ORDER (IPO) only issued in favour of “The Director, CEPTAM, Delhi”, payable at Delhi.

Check More details from the official Notification

Click Here to Download the Official Notification

Click Here to Apply Online

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