Expected GK Questions for SSC CHSL 2015 – Part 1

Friends.. We are starting a new series wherein we will be sharing with you some useful GK Questions for preparing SSC CHSL Exam scheduled to be held in November 2015. As you know from this year Postal Assistant Exam 2015 was also included in SSC CHSL 2015. 

1) In which of the following states, the Balimela Project is located?

(A) West Bengal

(B) Bihar

(C) Odisha

(D) Madhya Pradesh

2) Section 304 A of the Indian Penal Code is related to which among the following?

(A) Murder

(B) Culpable Homicide

(C) Death Under Negligence

(D) None of them

3) In which state the Koyna Hydroelectric Power project is located?

(A) Madhya Pradesh

(B) Gujarat

(C) Andhra Pradesh

(D) Maharastra

4) Who was the first governor of RBI?

(A) James Braid Taylor

(B) Mihir Sen

(C) Nagendra Singh

(D) Osborne Smith

5) The Phosphate Solubilising Bacteria (PSB) are used for which among the following purposes?

(A) Soil Reclamation

(B) Pollution Control

(C) Biofertilizers

(D) Environment Indicators

6) What is the most powerful tool used by the Reserve Bank of India to control inflation?

(A) Raise interest rates

(B) Raise current supply

(C) Reduce current supply

(D) Reduce interest rates

7) With which of the following diseases, the Project Sankalp is related to?

(A) Malaria

(B) HIV/ AIDS

(C) Cancer

(D) Tuberculosis

8) Who was the first Indian Governor of RBI?

(A) C. D. Deshmukh

(B) Benegal Rama Rau

(C) R. K. Shanmukham Chetty

(D) K. G. Ambegaonkar

9) In which among the following years, Essentials Commodities act enacted?

(A) 1955

(B) 1958

(C) 1965

(D) 1971

10) In which of the following states the Indian Astronomical Observatory is located?

(A) Karnataka

(B) Uttar Pradesh

(C) Maharastra

(D) Jammu & Kashmir

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Current Affairs Online Quiz: 8 September 2015

Friends.. Here is the Online Interactive Objective Type Current Affairs Questions for 8 September 2015. We have prepared this Online MCQ Quiz with special focus on UPSC, Banks and all competitive exams. 

Questions for the day. Click the ‘START QUIZ’ button to start the quiz.

1) Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has recently decided to upgrade Broadband speed to minimum ___ Mbps in the country?

(A) 1 Mbps

(B) 2 Mbps

(C) 3 Mbps

(D) 5 Mbps

2) Sixth Indo-Maldives joint Training Exercise was held recently at?

(A) Thiruvananthapuram

(B) Jaipur

(C) Pune

(D) Mysuru

3) One Rank One Pension scheme (OROP) announced by Union Government recently for ex-serviceman will be implemented with effect from?

(A) 1 April 2014

(B) 1 January 2014

(C) 1 July 2014

(D) 1 January 2015

4) China and which country have recently launched a joint air exercise called Shaheen (Eagle)-4 in China?

(A) India

(B) Bangladesh

(C) Sri Lanka

(D) Pakistan

5) Which Australian all rounder has recently (Sep 2015) announced retirement from Test cricket with immediate effect?

(A) Shane Watson

(B) Steve Smith

(C) Glenn Maxwell

(D) James Faulkner

6) Union Government is going to develop Bodhgaya in Gaya district of which state as Spiritual Capital of the country?

(A) Himachal Pradesh

(B) Jammu and Kashmir

(C) Odisha

(D) Bihar

7) Who on 6 Sep 2015 won 2015 Italian Grand Prix of Formula One?

(A) Sebastian Vettel

(B) Lewis Hamilton

(C) Felipe Massa

(D) Valtteri Bottas

8) Indian boxer Vikas Krishan has recently won the silver medal in the Asian Championships held at?

(A) Guangzhou, China

(B) Kochi, India

(C) Bangkok, Thailand

(D) Tokyo, Japan

9) 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games started on 7 September 2015 at?

(A) Jakarta, Indonesia

(B) Apia, Samoa

(C) New Delhi, India

(D) Glascow, Scotland

10) Book titled "To the Brink and Back: India's 1991 Story" which was in news recently is written by?

(A) Jairam Ramesh

(B) Kapil Sibal

(C) Verappa Moily

(D) Narendra Modi

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List of National Parks in India for Competitive Exams - PDF Download

Friends.. National parks in India are IUCN category II protected areas and is now a days a common question for all Online Bank and Insurance Exams be it conducted by SBI, IBPS etc. It has been a request from many of you to bring out a PDF on this so that you can easily refer anytime. Hence in this post, we bring you the state wise list of National Parks of India. You can download the PDF list from the below link. 

India's first national park was established in 1936 as Hailey National Park, now known as Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand. By 1970, India only had five national parks. In 1972, India enacted the Wildlife Protection Act and Project Tiger to safeguard the habitats of conservation reliant species. At present, a  total of 166 national parks have been authorized. Here is the Complete State Wise List.

Meghalaya

1. Balphakram National Park

2. Nokrek National Park

Madhya Pradesh

1. Bandhavgarh National Park

2. Kanha National Park

3. Madhav National Park

4. Mandla Plant Fossils National Park

5. Panna National Park

6. Pench National Park

7. Sanjay National Park

8. Satpura National Park

9. Van Vihar National Park

Karnataka

1. Bandipur National Park

2. Bannerghatta National Park (Bannerghatta Biological Park)

3. Kudremukh National Park

4. Nagarhole National Park

Jharkhand

1. Betla National Park

2. Hazaribagh National Park

Odisha

1. Bhitarkanika National Park

2. Nandankanan Zoological Park

3. Simlipal National Park

Gujarat

1. Blackbuck National Park, Velavadar

2. Gir Forest National Park

3. Marine National Park, Gulf of Kutch

4. Vansda National Park

West Bengal

1. Buxa Tiger Reserve

2. Gorumara National Park

3. Jaldapara National Park

4. Neora Valley National Park

5. Singalila National Park

6. Sundarbans National Park

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

1. Campbell Bay National Park

2. Galathea National Park

3. Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park

4. Middle Button Island National Park

5. Mount Harriet National Park

6. North Button Island National Park

7. Rani Jhansi Marine National Park

8. Saddle Peak National Park

9. South Button Island National Park

Maharashtra

1. Chandoli National Park

2. Gugamal National Park

3. Navegaon National Park

4. Sanjay Gandhi National Park

5. Tadoba National Park

Jammu and Kashmir

1. Dachigam National Park

2. Hemis National Park

3. Kishtwar National Park

4. Salim Ali National Park

Rajasthan

1. Darrah National Park

2. Desert National Park

3. Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary

4. Ranthambore National Park

5. Sariska Tiger Reserve

Assam

1. Dibru-Saikhowa National Park

2. Kaziranga National Park

3. Manas National Park

4. Orang National Park

Uttar Pradesh

1. Dudhwa National Park

Tamil Nadu

1. Guindy National Park

2. Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park

3. Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park

4. Mudumalai National Park

5. Mukurthi National Park

6. Palani Hills National Park

Kerala

1. Eravikulam National Park

2. Mathikettan Shola National Park

3. Periyar National Park

4. Silent Valley National Park

Uttarakhand

1. Gangotri National Park

2. Govind Pashu Vihar Wildlife Sanctuary

3. Jim Corbett National Park

4. Nanda Devi National Park

5. Rajaji National Park

6. Valley of Flowers National Park

Himachal Pradesh

1. Great Himalayan National Park

2. Pin Valley National Park

Punjab

1. Harike Wetland

Chhattisgarh

1. Indravati National Park

2. Kanger Ghati National Park

Haryana

1. Kalesar National Park

2. Sultanpur National Park

Telangana

1. Kasu Brahmananda Reddy National Park

2. Mahavir Harina Vanasthali National Park

3. Mrugavani National Park

Manipur

1. Keibul Lamjao National Park

2. Sirohi National Park

Rajasthan

1. Keoladeo National Park

Sikkim

1. Khangchendzonga National Park

Goa

1. Mollem National Park

Arunachal Pradesh

1. Mouling National Park

2. Namdapha National Park

3. Nameri National Park

Mizoram

1. Murlen National Park

2. Phawngpui Blue Mountain National Park

Nagaland

1. Ntangki National Park

Andhra Pradesh

1. Papikonda National Park

2. Sri Venkateswara National Park

Bihar

1. Valmiki National Park
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Computer Quiz for IBPS PO and IBPS RRB Exam 2015

Friends.. Here are some repeatedly asked questions from Computer Knowledge Section useful for preparing for upcoming IBPS RRB PO and IBPS PO 2015 Exam.  You can expect similar questions in the exam. Also our online quiz provides you the real time score. Attempt the quiz and share your score. 

1) A computer’s clock speed is measured in?

(A) Gigabytes

(B) Bits

(C) Gigahertz/Megahertz

(D) Megabyte

2) The computer size was very large in?

(A) First Generation

(B) Second Generation

(C) Third Generation

(D) Fourth Generation

3) Which of the following code used in present day computing was developed by IBM Corporation?

(A) ASCII

(B) EBCDIC Code

(C) Hollerith Code

(D) Baudot Code

4) A directory within a directory is called?

(A) Mini Directory

(B) Junior Directory

(C) Part Directory

(D) Sub Directory

5) Web site is a collection of?

(A) HTML documents

(B) Graphic files

(C) Audio and video files

(D)  All of the above

6) Which of the following is not an input device?

(A) OCR

(B) Optical scanners

(C) Voice recognition device

(D) COM (Computer Output to Microfilm)

7) Which of the following are types of sound files?

(A) LOG file

(B) Data file

(C)  DRV files

(D) WAV files

8) The server on the Internet is also known as?

(A) Repeater

(B) Host

(C) Gateway

(D) AND Gate

9) Internet Explorer is a?

(A) Web Browser

(B) Graphing Package

(C) News Reader

(D) Any person browsing the net

10) USB in data cables stands for?

(A) Unicode smart Bus

(B) Universal structural Bus

(C) Unicode Serial Bus

(D) Universal serial Bus

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GA Questions (6 September 2015) IBPS RRB Scale I Officer Exam: (Evening Shift)

Hi Friends.. Here are the General Awareness Questions asked in today's (6 September 2015) Evening Shift IBPS RRB PO Officer Scale I Exam. As you are aware there were 5 sections in the exam: Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, General Awareness, English Language and Computer Knowledge. In this post, we are sharing with you the GA questions. Special Thanks to Praveen, Ananya and Deepika for sharing the questions with us.

1. Veerappa Moily got Saraswati Samman 2014 for his poem 'Ramayana Mahanveshanam' in which language? - Kannada

2. International Day of the Girl Child? - 11 October

3. The Ukai Dam is located on which river? - Tapti

4. Michael Clarke is related to which sports? - Cricket

5. Ringgit is currency of? - Malaysia

6. Union Minister of steel? -  Narendra Singh Tomar

7. President of Mauritius? -  Ameenah Gurib-Fakim

8. City topped in Swachh Bharat Rankings? - Mysuru

9. First female speaker of Lok Sabha? - Meira kumar

10. Who was recently appointed as the CEO of Alphabet Inc.? - Sundar Pichai

11. Sajjangarh Biological Park is located in? - Udaipur, Rajasthan

12. The Chandra Prabha Wildlife Sanctuary is located at? - Uttar Pradesh

13. OECD Headquarters? - Paris, France

14. Capital of Seychelles? - Victoria

15. Nanda Devi mountain range is located in? - Uttarakhand

16. The first driver less train recieved by Delhi Metro from? - South Korea

17. The famous musician, singer Bhupen Hazarika belonged to which state? - Assam

18. Life insurance scheme for both Husband and Wife by SBI is? - Smart Hamsafar

19. What is the Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana partial disability cover? - 1 Lakhs

20. In currency of IMF i.e. SDR what does D mean? - Drawing

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Today's (6 September 2015) IBPS RRB Scale I Exam Questions- Morning Shift

Hi Friends.. Today (6 September 2015) is the second day of IBPS RRB Officer Scale-I exam 2015. As you are aware there were 5 sections in the exam: Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, General Awareness, English Language and Computer Knowledge. In this post, we are sharing with you the GA questions asked in today's (6 Sep 2015) Morning Shift exam. Special Thanks to Soumya, Vivek, Hareesh and Pooja for sharing the questions with us. 

1. Currency of Czech Republic? - Czech Koruna

2. Headquarters of IRDA? -  Hyderabad

3. Mithali Raj is related to which sport? - Cricket

4. Who the first Indian footballer to score 50 international goals? - Sunil Chhetri

5. Highest Civilian Award of Canada? - Cross of Valour

6. SBI life insurance partner? - BNP Paribas Cardif

7. Who is the brand ambassador of UC Browser? - Yuvraj Singh

8. In MUDRA 'R' stands for? - Refinance

9. Peru capital? - Lima

10. Orange festival is celebrated in which country? - Poland

11. National Handloom Day is observed on? - 7th August

12. PPP for infra development committee headed by? - Vijay Kelkar

13. The most expensive City in India? - Mumbai

14. Shishu,kishore,tarun comes under which scheme? - PMMY

15. President launched nakshatra vatika in which city? - Secunderabad

16. The International Energy Agency Headquarter is in? - France

17. Gandhi stadium is located in? - Jalandhar, Punjab

18. Name the Maharashtra Chief Minister? - Devendra Fadnavees

19. In Madhya Pradesh which river flows? - Narmada

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