Current Affairs & GK Questions- Part 12

Current Affairs & GK Questions- Part 12

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1. Baglihar Dam, also known as Baglihar Hydroelectric Power Project, in Jammu & Kashmir is built across which river ?

(A) Beas

(B) Chenab

(C) Jhelum

(D) Sutlej

Ans.(B) Chenab

2.Where was the first Indian Institute of Management (IIM) established in 1961 ?

(A) Kolkata

(B) Bengaluru

(C) Ahmedabad

(D) Lucknow

Ans.(A) Kolkata

3.Which India born physicist invented the 'Optical Fibre' ?

(A) C.V. Raman

(B) Satyendra Nath Bose

(C) Homi J. Bhabha

(D) Narinder Singh Kapany

Ans.(D) Narinder Singh Kapany

4. Which natural sugar is found in the milk ?

(A) Lactose

(B) Sucrose

(C) Maltose

(D) Fructose

Ans.(A) Lactose

5.What is the maximum number of votes which an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) can record ?

(A) 1840 votes

(B) 2840 votes

(C) 3840 votes

(D) 4840 votes

Ans.(C) 3840 votes

6.Which device is used to detect radioactivity ?

(A) Oscilloscope

(B) Geiger counter

(C) Geordie Lamp

(D) Kipp's apparatus

Ans.(B) Geiger counter

7.On the banks of which river is the Jamshedpur, the steel city of India, situated ?

(A) Tapti

(B) Narmada

(C) Subarnarekha

(D) Hooghly

Ans. (C) Subarnarekha

8.Which Indian city you would be in if you were standing on world's longest railway platform ?

(A) Jabalpur (M.P.)

(B) Kharagpur (W.Bengal)

(C) Mughalsarai (U.P.)

(D) Secunderabad (A.P.)

Ans.(B) Kharagpur (W.Bengal)

9. 'Freedom in Exile' book is the autobiography of which Nobel Peace Prize winner ?

(A) Yasser Arafat

(B) Nelson Mandela

(C) Dalai Lama XIV

(D) Aung San Suu Kyi

Ans.(C) Dalai Lama XIV

10.Which waterbody seprates the India from the island nation of Sri Lanka ?

(A) Bering Strait

(B) Palk Strait

(C) Strait of Gibraltar

(D) Strait of Magellan

Ans.(B) Palk Strait

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Advance Reservation Period for Booking Reserved Train Tickets Reduced to 60 Days from Existing 120 Days from Today i.e. 1ST May 2013

Advance Reservation Period for Booking Reserved Train Tickets Reduced to 60 Days from Existing 120 Days from 1ST May 2013

The Ministry of Railways has decided that the Advance Reservation Period (ARP) for booking reserved train tickets will be reduced from existing 120 days to 60 days (excluding the date of journey) from today i.e. 1st May 2013. The details are as below:-

I.    With effect from 01.05.2013, the ARP will be of 60 days (excluding the day of journey) and booking will be done accordingly. However, all the bookings done upto 30.4.2013 under the ARP of 120 days will remain intact.

II.    Cancellation of the booking made beyond the ARP of 60 days will, however, be permitted.

III.    There will be no change in the case of certain day time express trains like Taj Express, Gomti Express etc. where lower time limits for advance reservations are at present in force.

IV.    There will also be no change in the case of limit of 360 days for foreign tourists.

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Current Affairs & GK Questions- Part 11

Current Affairs & GK Questions- Part 11

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Q1. The capital of Portugal is?

[A]Algiers

[B]Lisbon

[C]Brussels

[D]Madrid

Ans. [B]Lisbon

Q2. World Consumer Rights Day is observed on?

[A]4-Mar

[B]15-Mar

[C]30-Mar

[D]7-Apr

Ans. [B]15-Mar

Q3. Who were the first Europeans in modern times to enter into trade relations with India?

[A]Dutch

[B]Portuguese

[C]French

[D]British

Ans. [B]Portuguese

Q4. Who chaired the Constituent Assembly set up to prepare a draft on the Constitution of free India?

[A]Dr Rajendra Prasad

[B]Dr Br Ambedkar

[C]Jawaharlal Nehru

[D]C Rajagopalachari

Ans. [A]Dr Rajendra Prasad

Q5. K.C. Neyogy was the?

[A]first chairperson of finance commission of India

[B]first governor of RBI

[C]first finance minister of Independent India

[D]None of these

Ans. [A]first chairperson of finance commission of India

Q6. Sarabjit Singh imprisoned in the Kot Lakhpat jail in Lahore,Pakistan who is in news now has been given death sentence for his alleged involvement in the serial bomb blasts in the Punjab province of Pakistan resulting in the death of 14 persons and injuring about 80 persons. These serial

bomb blasts took place in …

[A]1990

[B]1996

[C]2002

[D]2007

Ans. [A]1990

Q7. Which portfolio did Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, the first woman cabinet minister in India, hold in the independent India's first cabinet?

[A]Labour

[B]Health

[C]Education

[D]Railways

Ans. [B]Health

Q8. The banking sector will fall under which of the following sectors?

[A] Agricultural Sector

[B] Service Sector

[C] Manufacturing

[D] Industrial Sector

Ans. [B] Service Sector

Q9. The constitution of India has how many schedules?

[A] 5

[B] 8

[C] 12

[D] 20

Ans. [C] 12

Q10. Present Union Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences (April-2013)?

[A] Vayalar Ravi

[B] S. Jaipal Reddy

[C] Kapil Sibal

[D] Verappa Moily

Ans. [B] S. Jaipal Reddy

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Some useful Current Affairs Questions- March/April 2013!!!!

Some useful Current Affairs Questions- March/April 2013!!!!

1) Who is selected for the prestigious Jnanpith award for the year 2012?

Ans. Ravuri Bharadhwaja for his contributions to Telugu literature.

2) Recently, who was re-elected for a second term as IAEA Chief?

Ans. Yukiya Amano

3) Where was India‟s first all Women Post Office inaugurated recently?

Ans. New Delhi

4) Who scored the fastest debut century in test cricket recently?

Ans. Shikhar Dhawan

5) Malala Yousafzai has recently signed a deal to publish her autobiography. Name the title?

Ans. I Am Malala

6) Indian President was the Chief Guest at the Independence Day celebrations ofwhich country during March 2012?

Ans. Mauritius

7) Who has been elected as the new Pope of the Catholic Church?

Ans. Jorge Mario Bergoglio from Argentina & he has chosen the name "Francis‟

8) Which film was adjudged best feature filmin the 60th National Film Awards?

Ans. Paan Singh Tomar (Hindi) directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia

9) The 5th BRICS summit was recently held at?

Ans. Durban, South Africa (March 26-27).The member states of BRICS are Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

10) The code name given to the entire plan of the execution of Afsal Guru, the parliament attack convict:

Ans. Operation Three Star

11) Which country will host ICC World T20 2014?

Ans. Bangladesh

12) Who is elected as the President of Venezuela recently?

Ans. Nicolas Maduro

13) The President of Bangladesh who passed away recently?

Ans. Zillur Rahman

14) Who are the three personalities recently selected by the Indian Parliamentary Group for the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award?

Ans. Arun Jaitley (2010), Karan Singh (2011) and Sharad Yadav (2012)

15) Which team won the Santosh Trophy Football tournament 2013 held in Kerala?

Ans. Services

16) Who was honoured with Indira Gandhi Peace Prize recently?

Ans. Ela Bhatt, founder of the Self Employed Women‟s Association (SEWA), was presented with the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for the year 2011 by the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee.

17) Who was crowned the Femina Miss India 2013?

Ans. Navneet Kaur Dhilon

18) When is the First International Happiness Day celebrated?

Ans. 20th March 2013

19) Who is chosen for Saraswati Samman award 2013?

Ans. Sugathakumari (Malayalam Poet)

20) Which former British Prime Minister popularly known as the "Iron Lady‟ passed away on April 8?

Ans. Margaret Thatcher. She was the longest serving British prime minister (1979-1990) of the 20th century and is the only woman to have held the office. 

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SSC CGL Solved Questions- Exam held on 21 April 2013

SSC CGL Solved Questions- Exam held on 21 April 2013

General Awareness

01. Rajiv Gandhi International Airport is situated in:

(A) Jammu and Kashmir (B) New Deihi (C) Mangalore (D) Hyderabad

Ans. (D) Hyderabad

02. Who founded the Indian National Party in Berlin during 1914?

(A) Subhash Chandra Bose (B) W.C.Baneijee

(C) Surendra nath Banerjee  (D) Champakaraman Pillai

Ans. (D) Champakaraman Pillai

03. Malaria is transmitted from one person to another

(A) Aedes Mosquito   (B) Culex Mosquito  (C) Anopheles Mosquito (D) All of the above

Ans. (C) Anopheles Mosquito

04. Who was the head of the Finance Commission?

(A) Manniohan Singh  (B) Vasant Sathe   (C) Shiv-Shankar  (D) K.C. Pant

Ans. (D) K.C. Pant

05. In India, Special Economic Zones were established to enhance:

(A) Free trade  (B) Foreign investment (C) Employment (D) Technology Development

Ans. (B) Foreign investment

05. Salal is the hydro power project in

(A) Haryana (B) Jammu and Kashmir (C) Himanchal Pradesh (D) Punjab

Ans. (B) Jammu and Kashmir

06. During Quit India Movement, ‘Parallel Government’ was constituted at:

(A) Varanasi (B) Allahabad (C) Lucknow (D) Ballia

Ans. (D) Ballia

07. Liver is a RICH source of

(A) sugars  (B) fat soluble vitamins  (C) minerals (D) proteins

Ans.( B) fat soluble vitamins 

07. Cuscuta is a:

(A) Saprophyte (B) Epiphyte (C) Xerophyte   (D) Parasite

Ans. (D) Parasite

08. In the case of an inferior good, the income elasticity of demand is:

(A) Zero (B) Negative (C) Infinite (D) Positive

Ans. (B) Negative

09. Nitrogen is an essential constituent of all:

(A) Fats (B) Proteins (C) Vitamins (D) Carbohydrates

Ans. (B) Proteins

10. The Sargasso sea is situated in the

(A) Atlantic Ocean (B) Pacific Ocean (C) Indian Ocean (D) Arctic Ocean

Ans. (A) Atlantic Ocean

11. Who discovered electromagnetic nature of light?

(A) Snell (B) Newton  (C) Maxwell (D) Young

Ans. (C) Maxwell

12. Judges of the district courts are appointed by:

(A) Governor (B) Chief Minister (C) Law Minister (t)) President

Ans. (A) Governor

13. The Poona Pact (1932) was an agreement between:

(A) Nehru and Ambedkar  (B) Gandhi and Ambedkar

(C) Malaviya end Arnbedkar (D)) Gandhi and Nehru

Ans. (B) Gandhi and Ambedkar

14. Time of exposure required for taking photograph of an object depends upon the:

(A) brightness of the object (B) skill of photographer

(C) proximity of object (D) size of the object

Ans. (A) brightness of the object

15. On which side did Japan fight in the First World War?

(A) none, it was neutral

(B) with Germany against United Kingdom

(C) against Russia on its own

(D) with United Kingdom against Germany

Ans. (A) none, it was neutral

16. On which side did Japan fight in the First World

(A) none, it was neutral

(B) with Germany against United Kingdom

(C.) against Russia on its own

(D) with United Kingdom against Germany

Ans. (A) none, it was neutral

17. In which year the planning commission was set-up?

(A) 1950 (C) 1952 (B) 1951 (D) 1949

Ans. (A) 1950

18. The First lndian-Africa Forum Summit was held during 2008 at

(A) New Delhi (B) Tana (C) Bangalore (D) Addis Ababa

Ans. (A) New Delhi

19. “Rainbow Coalition” is a term derived from the politics and policies of:

(A) Pranab Mukharee  (B) Barack Obama

(C)  Mitt Romney (D) A.B. .Vajpayee

Ans. (D) A.B. Vajpayee

20. The layer of the atmosphere in which Radio Waves are reflected back is called:

(A) Ionosphere (B) Troposphere (C) Stratosphere (D) Exosphere

Ans. (A) Ionosphere

21. Who can impose reasonable restrictions over fundamental rights?

(A) Council of Ministers  (B) Parliament

(C) People (D) Cabinet

Ans. (B) Parliament

21. The number of eggs normally released during one menstrual cycle is:

(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 4

Ans. (C) 1

22. Who won the “World Youth chess Championship 2012”

(A) N Priyanka (B) Kimi Raikkorien

(C) Scott Flemmmig (D) M. Mahalakshmi

Ans. (D) M. Mahalakshmi

23. The animal that do not develop hypertension inspite of heavy intake of salt is:

(A) Sheep (B) Buffalo  (C) Tiger (D) Camel

Ans. (D) Camel

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