Jharkhand Circle PA/SA Exam Answer Key: General Awareness Section

Friends..Here is the solved questions of General Awareness section from Postal/Sorting Assistant Exam held at Jharkhand Circle on 4 May 2014. 

1) The journalist who refused to accept Padma Bhushan was

(A) Shekharan Nair

(B) Khushwant Singh

(C) Churchill

(D) Ernest Hemingway

Ans. (B) Khushwant Singh

Note: He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1974 for service to his country. In 1984, he returned the award in protest against the siege of the Golden Temple by the Indian Army.

2) October 24 is observed as

(A) World Vegetarian Day

(B) United Nations Day for South South Cooperation

(C) World Immunization Day

(D) United Nations Day, recognized by the UN

Ans. (D) United Nations Day, recognized by the UN

3) What is Harry Potter's owl's name?

(A) Hedwig

(B) Honey dukes

(C) Money duke

(D) Eagle

Ans. (A) Hedwig

4) What is the rebooting of the computer system?

(A) Restarting of the software which is already installed in the system but remained idle

(B) Restarting of software recently installed in the computer system

(C) Restarting of a program which is cooperative to the main operating system

(C) Restarting of running computer intentionally or unintentionally

Ans. (C) Restarting of running computer intentionally or unintentionally

5) What is the name of the person that controls a football match?

(A) A refree

(B) An umpire

(C) A spectator

(D) A goalkeeper

Ans. (A) A refree

6) Which of the following sultans had greatest number of slaves in his court?

(A) Balban

(B) AlauddinKhilji

(C) Mohammed-bin-Tughlaq

(D) FerozTughlaq

Ans. (D) FerozTughlaq

7) When you travel in certain parts of India, you will notice red soil. What is the main reason for this colour?

(A) Abundance of magnesium

(B) Accumulated humus

(C) Presence of ferric oxides

(D) Abundance of phosphates

Ans. (C) Presence of ferric oxides

8) Glaciers always melt at the ....... first.

(A) Top Surface

(B) Sides

(C) Bottom

(C) Middle Surface

Ans. (C) Bottom

9) In which state is the famous Tawang monastery located?

(A) Arunachal Pradesh

(B) Jammu and Kashmir

(C) Himachal Pradesh

(D) Sikkim

Ans. (A) Arunachal Pradesh

10) Who among the following has been awarded the Officer of the Legion Honour, the highest civilian distinction of the Government of France?

(A) N R Narayana Murthy

(B) Ratan Tata

(C) K M Birla

(D) Mukesh Ambani

Ans. (A) N R Narayana Murthy

11) When is 'Hindi Diwas' celebrated?

(A) October 12th

(B) October 19th

(C) September 14th

(D) September 7th

Ans. (C) September 14th

12) Who directed the world famous film 'The Gandhi'?

(A) Nani Palkhivala

(B) Ben Kingsley

(C) Mrinal Sen

(D) Richard Attenborough

Ans. (D) Richard Attenborough

13) Who is the inventor of World Wide Web (WWW)?

(A) Vinod Dham

(B) Sir John Dalton

(C) Tim Berners Lee

(D) Bill Gates

Ans. (C) Tim Berners Lee

14) Which of the following games is not included in the Olympic Games?

(A) Cycling

(B) Archery

(C) Cricket

(D) Skiing

Ans. (C) Cricket

15) The head of the military department under the recognized central machinery of adminstration during Akbar's reign was

(A) Diwan

(B) Mir Bakshi

(C) Mir Saman

(D) Bakshi

Ans. (B) Mir Bakshi

16) Which languages are spoken in Nagaland?

(A) Konyak, Naga

(B) English

(C) Khasi and Garo

(D) None of these

Ans. (B) English

17) The filament of bulb is of

(A) Mercury

(B) Copper

(C) Tungsten

(D) None of these

Ans. (C) Tungsten

18) India's first nuclear test was conducted in

(A) Champaran

(B) Pokhran

(C) Jawahar Sagar

(D) Chickmagular

Ans. (B) Pokhran

19) Which date is known as 'Diabetes Day'?

(A) 14th February

(B) 14th May

(C) 14th September

(D) 14th November

Ans. (D) 14th November

20) Ctrl, Shift and Alt are called ....... Keys

(A) Modifier

(B) Function

(C) Alphanumeric

(D) Adjustment

Ans. (A) Modifier

21) 'The Prince' was written by

(A) N Machiaveli

(B) Boris Paterak

(C) Devendranath Tagore

(D) Jawaharalal Nehru

Ans. (A) N Machiaveli

22) Who among the follwing was a founder of Swaraj Party?

(A) Vallabhai Patel

(B) Rajendra Prasad

(C) CR Das

(D) Narendra Deb

Ans. (C) CR Das

23) Which gas is responsible for global warming?

(A) O2

(B) O2 and CO2

(C) CO2 and CH4

(D) CH4

Ans. (C) CO2 and CH4

24) The rings of which planet produce their own rain that falls onto the planet which has a major impact on its atmosphere?

(A) Venus

(B) Mercury

(C) Saturn

(D) Mars

Ans. (C) Saturn

25) Where is the National Academy of Agricultural Research Management located?

(A) Dehradun

(B) Hyderabad

(C) New Delhi

(D) Itanagar

Ans. (B) Hyderabad

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Jharkhand Circle Postal/Sorting Assistant Exam Question Paper 2014 PDF

Question Paper of

 Postal/Sorting Assistant Exam

Held on 04 May 2014 in

Jharkhand Postal Circle

Friends..Here is the Question Paper of PA/SA Exam 2014 held in Jharkhand Postal Circle on 04 May 2014. This will be helpful for those having exams in the coming phases. You can download the questions as PDF from the link below.

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Question Paper shared by our friend:

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Rajasthan Circle PA/SA Exam 2014 General Awareness Section Solved

1) The Goveror of a state is appointed by?

(A) Chief Minister of the State

(B) Chief Justice of Supreme Court

(C) President of India

(D) Speaker of Lok Sabha

Ans. (C) President of India

2) When cripps mission came to India, who among the following was viceroy of India:

(A) Lord Irwin

(B) Lord Linlithgo

(C) Lord Wavell

(D) Lord Willingdon

Ans. (B) Lord Linlithgo

3) Which Sikh Guru was executed by Aurangzeb?

(A) Guru Arjun Dev

(B) Guru Ram Das

(C) Guru Teg Bahadur

(D) Guru Gobind Singh

Ans. (C) Guru Teg Bahadur

4) The most Common measure of estimating Inflation in India is-

(A) Price Index

(B) Whole Sale Price Index

(C) Consumer Price Index

(D) Price Index of Industrial Goods

Ans. (C) Consumer Price Index

5) This is an apparatus for measuring increase or rate of growth in plants:

(A) Auxanometer

(B) Hemecytometer

(C) Spectrophotometer

(D) Calorimeter

Ans. (A) Auxanometer

6) The plant nearest to the Sun and Closest to the Earth are respectively:

(A) Venus and Mercury

(B) Mercury and Venus

(C) Jupiter and Venus

(D) Jupiter and Mercury

Ans. (B) Mercury and Venus

7) Which country recently won ICC World Cup T20 match:

(A) Pakistan

(B) India

(C) Sri Lanka

(D) South Africa

Ans. (C) Sri Lanka

Remaining questions will be posted soon..

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Intelligence Bureau (IB) Recruitment 2014 for Personal Assistant and Junior Intelligence Officer

Intelligence Bureau invited application for recruitment to the post of Personal Assistant and Junior Intelligence Officer Grade-II/Technical.  The candidates eligible for the post can apply through prescribed format before 02 June 2014. Details are as follows:

Total Posts: 74

>> Personal Assistant  (P.A.), General Central Service, Group-B (Non-Gazetted/ Ministerial): 42 Posts

>> Junior Intelligence Officer Grade-II/Tech  (JIO-II/Tech) General Central Service, Group ‘C’(Non-Gazetted/ Ministerial): 32 Posts

Important Dates

Opening Date for Registration: 03 May 2014

Closing Date for Registration: 02 June 2014

Age Limit: 18-27 years as on 02 June 2014

Educational Qualification: See details from advertisement below

Examination Fee:

Rs. 50/- (Rupees Fifty Only) for General & OBC candidates (male). However, woman candidates and Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe candidates are exempted from payment of fee.

How to Apply

Applications are available on the website of Intelligence Bureau,  www.mha.nic.in. Online application must be send from 03 May 2014 till 2359 hours of the closing date 02 June 2014. For further details go through the below provided link.

Click Here for detailed notification

Apply Online: https://www.onlinesubmit.in/mha5/

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02 May 2014 Current Affairs Updates

1) World's highest railway tunnel opened in China: The world's highest tunnel for high-speed trains in northwest China became operational on Friday at an altitude of 3,607.4 metres. The 16.3-km-long was completely linked up, operationalising the line linking Gansu Province and Xinjiang provinces. With altitudes of up to 3,607.4 metres, the tunnel passes through the Qilian Mountains with two sections and a bridge. The construction began in 2009. It is designed for trains running at over 200 km per hour and will cut the train travel time between Lanzhou and Urumqi to eight hours from about 20 hours.

2) President confers gallantry awards: President Pranab Mukherjee Friday conferred three Kirti Chakras and nine Shaurya Chakras on armed forces personnel for displaying "conspicuous gallantry, indomitable courage and extreme devotion" to duty at a ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The president also presented three Uttam Yudh Seva Medals for a high degree of distinguished service in an operational context which includes times of war, conflict, or hostilities.

3) Waqar Younis Offered Two-Year Contract to Coach Pakistan: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has offered former captain Waqar Younis a two-year contract to coach the national side, according to chairman Najam Sethi. Waqar Younis had coached Pakistan in 2010 and 2011 before resigning for 'personal' reasons during Ijaz Butt's tenure at the helm of the cricket Board.

4) Election Queue Management System introduced in India: The Election Queue Management System, a first of its kind initiative was introduced in India. It was introduced by the District Election Authority in Burdwan district, West Bengal during Lok Sabha election held on 30 April 2014. The Election queue management system helped voters to find out the level of crowd in the polling booths in Burdwan district. This system will help the voter in receiving information about the crowd in the queue by sending an SMS with the Electoral Photo Identity Card (EPIC) number to 9230085005.

5) 32 killed in 36 hours by Bodo militants in Assam, curfew imposed: There seems to be no end to the bloodbath in Assam as seven more bodies have been found in Baksa district, taking the total death toll to 32 in the last 36 hours. This comes after suspected Bodoland militants killed at least 23 people in a span of 24 hours in Kokrajhar and Baksa districts of lower Assam.

6) India slips in the global rankings for freedom of the press: India has slipped down the global rankings for freedom of the press, thanks to what The Annual Index of Media Freedom called "increased interference in content by media owners in the run-up to the 2014 elections". Global press freedom has fallen to its lowest level in over a decade with India ranked 78th and belonging to countries with "partially free media".

7) Deadline ended for non-CTS cheques: The deadline for switching to new format bank cheques under the Cheque Truncation System (CTS) ended on 30 April 2014. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) started the process of migration to CTS cheques in New Delhi and Chennai from 24 September 2011. Transactions with cheques that have Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) and not CTS technology will be delayed from 1 May 2014. Now, the non- CTS cheques will be likely to take four days or more from the date of deposit to credit the amount. Banks will now clear non-CTS cheques on Mondays and Fridays only.

8) Air India to join Star Alliance in July:  Air India (AI) is all set to join the world's largest airline grouping company— Star Alliance, this July, making it the first airline company from India to be part of a global chain of carriers. The move, according to AI CMD Rohit Nandan, will bring immense benefits to Indian fliers from day one as they will be able to earn-and-burn miles, get access to lounges across the globe and enjoy seamless connectivity across the globe.

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Haryana Circle PA/SA Exam 2014 General Awareness Section Answer Key

Friends..Here is the Solved Questions from GA Section of Haryana Circle PA/SA Exam Paper. To view question paper click Here. We would like to thank  Himanshi, Chandan Pandey for sharing the questions with us. 

1) How many teams are participating in IPL 2014?

(A) 7

(B) 8

(C) 9

(D) 11

Ans. (B) 8

2) Who is the deputy speaker of Lok Sabha at present?

(A) P J Kurien

(B) Meira Kumar

(C) Kariya Munda

(D) None of these

Ans. (C) Kariya Munda

3) Who is presently the chairman of the finance commission?

(A) Dr Vijay L Kelkar

(B) C Rangarajan

(C) Y Venugopal Reddy

(D) None of these

Ans. (C) Y Venugopal Reddy

4) The Vidhan Sabha of Haryana is ___ and comprises ____ members of legsilative Assembly.

(A) Unicameral, 90

(B) Bicameral, 90

(C) Unicameral, 54

(D) Bicameral, 54

Ans. (A) Unicameral, 90

5) Open market operations mean:

(A) Borrowing by scheduled banks from the Central Bank

(B) Purchase and sale of securities by the Central Bank

(C) Lending by commercial Banks to Industry and Trade

(D) Deposit mobilisation

Ans. (B) Purchase and sale of securities by the Central Bank

6) Which of the following does not affect credit creation power of Commericial Bank.

(A) Cash Reserve Ration

(B) Statutory liquidity ratio

(C) Capital adequancy Ratio

(D) Cash Deposit Ratio

Ans. (B) Statutory liquidity ratio

7) How many players are there in each side of a Basketball game:

(A) 5

(B) 7

(C) 6

(D) 8

Ans. (A) 5

8) What is the motto of international cricket council?

(A) Inspire a Generation

(B) Live with passion

(C) Great Sport Great Spirit

(D) Great Game Great Name

Ans. (C) Great Sport Great Spirit

9) O2, CO2 and N2 being the life supporting gases are chiefly concentrated in:

(A) Startosphere

(B) Exosphere

(C) Troposphere

(D) None of these

Ans. (C) Troposphere

10) The Chipko Andolan is asscociated with:

(A) Tigers

(B) Trees

(C) Fevicol

(D) Cleaning of Ganga

Ans. (B) Trees

Remaining questions will be posted soon...

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