GK Questions asked in 4 April 2016 Railway RRB Exam

Hi Aspirants..Here are the General Awareness questions asked in today’s (04/04/2016) Railway RRB Exam 2016. This will be useful for those having exams in coming days. All the Best. We will add more questions shortly. 

1st Shift Questions

1. What is Victoria memorial? - Museum

2. Who Indian was the brand ambassador of syechelles? - AR Rahman

3. Partition of Bengal was done under? - Lord Curzon

4. What is full form of NASA? - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

5. Where is ISRO Head quarters? - Bangalore

6. What is the full form of GSM? - Global System for Mobile Communication

7. What is the full form of DNA? - Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid

8. Kanchenjauga is? - Himalyas

9. What is the Full form of RAM? - Random Access Memory

10. What are the 4 key eliments of Amino Acid? - Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Carbon

11. Who was Ccharles Correa? - Architect

12. On which planet NASA found water? - Mars

13. When is Earth Day? - 22 April

14. Who wrote calvin and hobbes comic strip? - Bill Watterson

15. Who was the Governor General after Mountbatten? - C. Rajagopalachari

16. Name of India's first satellite? - Aryabhata

17. Who wrote unknown Indian? - Nirad C. Chaudhuri

18. Name of parent company of Google? - Alphabet

19. Which is Laccadive sea? - Lakshadweep Sea

20. When was economic liberalisation in India started? - 1991

21. What is the Full form of CPU? - Central Processing Unit

22. Father of white revolution? - Varghese Kurien

23. What was the first football player from the Indian Sub continent to play for a European Club? - Mohammed Saleem

24. Which two Indian cities, were added to the creative city network of UNESCO in Dec 2015? - Varanasi, Jaipur

25. Thermostat is a device in ovens which helps to maintain a temperature by? - Regulating flow of heat

26. Who was the Confucius? - Chinese Philosopher

27. Who is PV Sindu? - Badminton Player

28. What did Dmitri mendeleev formulate? - Periodic Table

29. Galvanization is a process in which a layer of zinc is put on iron objects to prvent them from? - Rust

30. What do the terms Geocentric and Heliocentric refer to? - Earth centered, Sun centered

31. Kangchenjauga is? - Himalayas

32. What is the name of the Tablet computer produced by Data wind which is promoted by the GOVT of India as part of an e-learning program? - Aakash

33. Which of the following names is Nilanjana Sudeshna, an Indian American Author popularly known as? - Jhumpa Lahari

34. What is the unit of length used in formally to express astronomical distances? - AU

35. The purple frontier, the Earth dragon and the outer fortresses, all refer to? - Great wall of china

2nd Shift Questions
1. Indian Institute of Vegetable Research is located at? - Varanasi
2. Einstein got the Nobel Prize for his theory of? - Law of Photoelectric effect
3. What is the full form of UPS? - Uninterruptible Power Supply
4. Richest Source of Vitamin A is? - Carrots
5. Yellow color in Papaya is because of? - Carotene
6. In the rebellion of 1857, maximum number of soldiers were in? - Awadh
7. Why does Government of India act 1935 was important? - It is the main source of Indian Constitution
8. Servant of India Society was founded by? - Gopal Krishna Gokhale
9. What is true about Zika Virus? - It’s transmitted by aedes mosquitoes.
10. Where is Valley national Park? - Ohio, United States
11. What is the full form of IPTL? - International Premier Tennis League
3rd Shift Questions
1. South Africa currency? - Rand
2. What is the national game of China? - Table Tennis
3. What are the number of players in polo? - 4
4. First woman doctor in world? - Elizabeth Blackwell
5. How many Muscles uses for eye ball? - 6 Muscles
6. Nearest galaxy to milkway? - Andromeda galaxy
7. Who commisioned Taj Mahal? - Shah Jahan
8. Who build jantarmater in Delhi? - Sawai Jai Singh II

9. Which Acid is present in grapes? - Tartaric

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Kerala PSC University Assistant Exam 2016 Notification & Apply Online

Hi Aspirants, Kerala Public Service Commission(KPSC) has invited online applications from qualified candidates for appointment as Assistants in various Universities in Kerala. Eligible candidates can apply till 27 April 2016. Details are as follows:

Category No: 42/2016

Department/Name of Institution : Universities in Kerala

Name of Post : Assistant

Scale of pay : 13900-24040/-

Number of vacancies : Not estimated

Method of appointment : Direct Recruitment

Age limit: 18-36. Only candidates born between 02.01.1980 and 01.01.1998 (both dates included) are eligible to apply for this post with usual relaxation to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Communities (For other conditions regarding the age relaxation please see part 2 of the General Conditions).

Qualifications: A Degree in any faculty from a recognised University or its equivalent.

Probation: The candidates selected to the post shall be on probation for a period of two years on duty within a continuous period of three years during which the candidates selected shall pass Secretariat Manual and Accounts test.

Tentative date for OMR test: 24.05.2016

Last date for receipt of applications :- 27.04.2016 Wednesday up to 12 midnight.

The list of Universities in Kerala for which the new recruitment is taking place .

1.  Kerala University
2.  Kannur University
3.  Cochin University of Science & Technology
4.  Malayalam University, Malappuram
5.  M.G. University
7.  Sree Sankaracharya University
8.  Kerala Agriculture University
9.  Kerala Veterinary and Animal Science University
10. Kerala University of Health Science 
11. Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean studies

12. APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University

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Current Affairs MCQ Quiz – 3 April 2016

Hi Aspirants, here is the Online latest Current affairs Quiz for 3 April 2016. These questions will be very useful for all upcoming exams like SSC CGL 2016, Railway RRB 2016, ISRO Assistant, PSC University Assistant & other bank exams. Attmpt the quiz to check the right answers. 

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

1) Which e-commerce giant has recently acquired a Bengaluru-based mobile payments company PhonePe?

(A) Snapdeal

(B) Shopclues

(C) Amazon

(D) Flipkart

2) India has recently signed a memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with which country for setting up Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) in India?

(A) USA

(B) France

(C) Germany

(D) Canada

3) Fourth edition of Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) was held during the first of April 2016 at?

(A) Paris, France

(B) Washington, United States

(C) Geneva, Switzerland

(D) Amsterdam, Netherlands

4) Which country has recently (April 2016) elected Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan as the country`s first female house speaker?

(A) Thailand

(B) Bhutan

(C) Vietnam

(D) China

5) World Autism Awareness Day was observed across the world on?

(A) 2 April

(B) 3 April

(C) 4 April

(D) 1 April

6) Union Government on 31 March 2016 launched Vidyut PRAVAH Mobile App to empower People to demand 24x7 ___?

(A) Medicine

(B) Water Supply

(C) Power

(D) Transport Facility

7) 13th India-European Union Summit was held on 30 March 2016 in Brussels. Brussels is the capital of?

(A) France

(B) Netherlands

(C) Denmark

(D) Belgium

8) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel on 30 March 2016 remotely launched Asia's biggest telescope, the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) which is located at Devasthal near Nainital in which state?

(A) Jammu and Kashmir

(B) Uttarakhand

(C) Bihar

(D) Kerala

9) Which state recently launched Project Salamati for injectable contraceptive?

(A) Haryana

(B) Jharkhand

(C) Rajasthan

(D) None of these

10) Which country on 30 March 2016 launched its 22nd satellite for its BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS)?

(A) China

(B) France

(C) Brazil

(D) Japan

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Railway RRB Exam - 3 April 2016 General Awareness Questions Asked

Hi Aspirants..Here are the GK and General Awareness questions asked in today’s (03/04/2016) Railway RRB Exam 2016. This will be useful for those having exams in coming days. All the Best. We will add more questions shortly. 

First Shift Questions

1. Which is the cleanest city of India? - Mysore

2. Which country is the newest member of WTO? - Afghanistan

3. Which Vitamin helps in blood clotting? - Vitamin K

4. Male is the Capital of which country? - Maldives

5. Capital of Uganda? - Kampala

6. What is Siberian ibex? - Species

7. What is Makarsankranti? - Hindu Festival

8. Where is Orang National Park situated? - Assam

9. What is the Operation Name of 1998 Pokharan Test? - Shakti

10. Anjolie Ela Menon is related to which field? - Artist

11. Chipko Movement firstly started in? - Rajasthan

12. Madhubani painting is related to which state? - Bihar
13. Maasai Mara National Reserve is in which country? - Kenya
14. Sabari Karthik is related to which sport? - Karate
15. Srilanka capital? - Colombo
16. Global peaceful index 2015 which country got 1st place? - Iceland
17. Sikkim became state in which year? - 1975
18. Who is the author of Malgudi Days? - R.K. Narayan
19. Adhai Din Ka Jhopra is situated at? - Ajmer
20. Which is Largest Fresh Water lake in India? - Wular Lake
21. Foundation Year of Arunachal Pradesh? - 1972
22. What is LIGO? - Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
23. Which is most abundant natural combustible gas? - Methane
24. 1896 Olympics held first time at? - Athens
25. Make in India Logo designed by? - Weiden Kennedy India Limited
26. What does BESK Stand for? - Binary Electronic Sequence Calculator
27. What is Sighmo? - Festival
28. “In the practice of tolerance, one’s enemy is the best teacher” is quote by? - Dalai Lama
29. Limerick is? - A five line poetry
30. Who was the first woman to climb Mount Everest? - Junko Tabei
31. Which is not an Operating system (options :OS x,win 98,C++,Windows 7)? - C++
32. Longest river in India which do not fall in sea? - Yamuna
33. Longest railway destination of India? - Dibrugarh to Kanyakumari
34. H2O is water then what is KOH? - Potassium Hydroxide
35. Which crop is produced at highest quantity in India? - Rice 

2nd Shift Questions

1. PNR full form? - Passenger Name Record

2. Which animal is depicted in make in India logo? - Lion

3. Study of dreams? - Oneirology

4. Who among the following was not a vice president? - APJ Abdul Kalam

5. Who was the Prime Minister of Pakistan during 1999? - Nawaz Sharif

6. First modern Olympics host? - Athens

7. Official language of Bhutan? - Dzongkha

8. HIL full form? - Hockey Indian League

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GK Questions asked in Railway RRB NTPC Exam - 2 April 2016

Hi Aspirants..Here are the General Awareness questions asked in today’s (02/04/2016) Railway RRB Exam 2016. This will be useful for those having exams in coming days. All the Best. We will add more questions shortly. 

1. Cultivation of saffron is done in which state? - Jammu and Kashmir

2. Study of organisms and their environment? - Ecology

3. The image formed on the retina of human eyes is? - Real and inverted

4. Which country got Independence in 2011? - South Sudan

5. Capital of Gujarat? - Gandhinagar

6. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place in which year? - 1919

7. Who designed the building of the Indian Parliament? - Sir Edwin Lutyens

8. The king Ashoka belonged to which dynasty? - Maurya dynasty

9.  In which Olympic year did women participated in all events for first time? - 2012 London Olympics

10. Periodic Table of elements was invented by? - Dmitri Mendeleev

11. First man who reached outer space? - Yuri Gagrin

12. If we double the resistance of wire, the effect on voltage would be? - Voltage would get decrease

13. Sri Lanka got Independent in which year? - 1948

14. The term "Wood shot/Hairpin shot" is associated with which sport? - Badminton

15. From where our Indian Constitution has borrowed Emergency provision? - Germany

16. Which planet has no satelites? - Mercury and Venus

17. Which monument was built by Shah Jahan in Delhi? - Jama Masjid

18. Which recently discovered creature lives without water for 10 years? - Kangaroo Rat

19. River Brahmaputra doesn't flows in which country? - Myanmar

20. X-rays was discovered by? - Wilhelm Roentgen

21. Currency of Korea? - South Korean Won

22. Fastest acting anti-rabies injection was developed by which country? - India

23. What is minimum age required to become Prime Minister of nation? - 25 years

24. NaCl is what (Options: Salt, Water, Sugar and one more option)? - It's a salt

25. In which cells Mitochondria doesn't exists? - Erythrocytes (red blood cells)

26. Which country would host 2019 Rugby World Cup? - Japan

27. Air conditioner was invented by? - Willis Carrier
28. Which monument was built to commemorate the eradication of plague? - Charminar
29. Father of Indian Space Programmes? - Dr. Vikram Sarabhai
30. Which was first geostationary satellite launched in India? - Ariane Passenger Payload Experiment (APPLE) in 1981
31. Molecular formula for sugar? - C12H22011
32. Height of badminton net above ground level? - 1.524 meter
33. Which of following colour has least wavelength? - Violet
34. Which of following element is found in room temperature? - Bromine
35. Who introduced Orthodox Christianity in Russia? - Vladimir
36. Kidney stone is caused by? - Calcium Oxalate
37. Noble prize recipient of India in 2014 for peace? - Kailash Satyarthi
38. First President of INC? - W.C. Bannerjee
39. Mughal dynasty was established by? - Babar
40. Which thing was discovered by Alexander Fleming? - Penicillin
41. White desert in India? - Rann of Kuch desert
42. Oldest oil reserves in India? - Digboi
43. How many tastes buds are present in tongue? - 5
44. How many bones a Infant baby have? - Around 300
45. On which planet frozen water is found? - Pluto
46. Tennis is played on which surface? - Hard, Grass and Clay courts.
47. National song of India was composed by? - Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
48. First woman President of Pakistan? - Dr. Fehmida Mirza

49. What is tri colour ratio of Indian National Flag? - Width : Length = 2:3

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Current Affairs Quiz 29 March 2016

Hi Aspirants, here is the Current Affairs Quiz for 29 March 2016. Attempt the Quiz and share your score. 

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

1) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to script history by launching a record number of ____ satellites in a single mission in May 2016?

(A) 5

(B) 11

(C) 22

(D) 18

2) Sergey Karjakin from which country has recently won the prestigious FIDE World Chess Candidates Tournament held in Moscow?

(A) Norway

(B) Switzerland

(C) Malaysia

(D) Russia 

3) Which organization on 29 March 2016 launched animate film series ‘Unfairy Tales’?

(A) WWF

(B) INTERPOL

(C) WTO

(D) UNICEF

4) Telecom Commission has approved the number ____ as the single emergency number for India?

(A) 112

(B) 911

(C) 111

(D) 100

5) Which player was on 28 March 2016 appointed as captain of the Delhi Daredevils team for 2016 Indian Premier League season?

(A) J P Duminy

(B) Zaheer Khan

(C) Asish Nehra

(D) Yuvraj Singh

6) India’s biggest ever land, naval and homeland security exhibition Defence Expo 2016 began on 28 March 2016 in which state?

(A) Kerala

(B) Goa

(C) Andhra Pradesh

(D) Odisha

7) Who won the Best Actor award at 63rd National Film Awards 2016?

(A) Jayasurya

(B) Samuthirakani

(C) Vijay

(D) Amitabh Bachchan

8) Who won the Best Actress award at 63rd National Film Awards 2016?

(A) Parvathy

(B) Kangana Ranaut

(C) Tanvi Azmi

(D) Deepika Padukone

9) Which film was selected as the Best feature film in the 63rd National Film Awards 2016?

(A) Piku

(B) Tanu Weds Manu Returns

(C) Baahubali: The Beginning

(D) Bajirao Mastani

10) Sanjay Leela Bhansali won the Best Director award at 63rd National Film Awards 2016 for his film?

(A) Bajirao Mastani

(B) Baahubali: The Beginning

(C) Piku

(D) Tanu Weds Manu Returns

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National Film Awards 2016 Complete List of Winners PDF Download

* The 63rd National Film Awards 2015 were announced on 28 March 2016 by the Chairpersons of the three juries on Feature Films, Non Feature Films and Best Writing on Cinema.

* Baahubali has won the Best Film award at 63rd National Film Award. Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan won the Best Actor award for his role in ‘Piku’while Kangana Ranaut won Best Actress for her role in ‘Tanu Weds Manu Returns

* The Feature Film Central panel was headed by Shri Ramesh Sippy, a popular director & producer in Hindi cinema.

* The Central panel comprised of 11 members including Chairman. The Non Feature jury was headed by Shri Vinod Ganatra and comprised of 7 members including the Chairman. The jury on Best Writing on Cinema was headed by Ms. Advaita Kala and comprised of 3 members including the Chairperson. 

Here is the complete list of winners: You can download the PDF from below link. 

1. Best Feature Film - Baahubali

2. Indira Gandhi award for Best Debut Film of a Director - Neeraj Ghaywan, Masaan

3. Best Popular Film providing wholesome entertainment - Bajrangi Bhaijaan

4. Best Film on Social Issues - Niranayakam

5. Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation - Valiya Chirakulla Pakshikal

6. Best Children's Film - Duronto

7. Best Direction - Sanjay Leela Bhansali, ‘Bajirao Mastani’

8. Best Actor - Amitabh Bachchan, Piku

9. Best Actress - Kangana Ranaut, Tanu Weds Manu Returns

10. Best Supporting Actor - Samuthirakani for  Visaaranai

11. Best Supporting Actress - Tanvi Azmi, Bajirao Mastani

12. Best Child Artist - Gaurav Menon, Ben

13. Best Male Playback Singer - Mahesh Kale for Katyar Kalijat Ghusli

14. Best Female Playback Singer - Monali Thakur, Moh Moh Ke Dhage

15. Best Cinematography - Sudeep Chaterjee for Bajirao Mastani

16. Best Screenplay- 

i. Screenplay Writer (Original): Juhi Chaturvedi for Piku and Himanshu Sharma for Tanu Weds Manu Returns

ii. Screenplay Writer (Adapted) : Vishal Bhardwaj For Talvar

iii. Dialogues : Juhi Chaturvedi for Piku and Himanshu Sharma For Tanu Weds Manu Returns

17. Best Audiography:

i. Location Sound Recordist: Sanjay Kurian For Talwar

ii. Sound Designer: Biswadeep Chatterjee For Bajirao Mastani

iii.  Re-recordist of the final mixed track: Justin Gose For Bajirao Mastani

18. Best Editing - Late Kishore TE for Visaaranai

19. Best production Design - Shriram Iyengar, Saloni Dhatrak And Sujeet Sawant for Bajirao Mastani

20. Best Costume Designer -Payal Saluja For Nanak Shah Fakir

21. Best Make-Up Artist - Preetisheel G Singh And Clover Wootton for Nanak Shah Fakir

22. Best Music Direction -

a) Songs: M Jayachandran for the song Kaathirun Nu Kaathirunnu from Ennu Ninte Moideen

b) Background Score:  Ilaiyaraaja for Thaarai Thappattai

23. Best Lyrics - Varun Grover For The Song Moh Moh Ke Dhage From Dum Laga Ke Haisa

24. Special Jury Award -

1. Kalki Kochlin for Margarita With Straw

25. Best Choreography - Remo D'Souza for the song Deewani Mastani from Bajirao Mastani

26. Nargis Dutt Award For Best Feature Film On National Integration - Nanak Shah Fakir

27. Best Special Effect - V Srinivas Mohan for Baahubali

26. Best Feature Film in Each of the Language Specified in Schedule VIII of the Constitution-

* Best Assamese Film : Kothanodi

* Best Bengali Film: Shankhachil           

* Best Hindi Film: Dum Laga Ke Haisha

* Best Kannada Film: Thithi

* Best Konkani Film: Enemy

* Best Malayalam Film: Pathemari

* Best Marathi Film: Ringan

* Best Odiya Film: Pahada Ra Luha

* Best Punjabi Film: Chauthi Koot        

* Best Tamil Film: Visaaranai

* Best Telugu Film: Kanche

* Best Sanskrit Film: Priyamanasam

* Best Maithili Film: Mithila Makhaan

* Best Mizo Film: Kima's Lode Beyond The Class

* Best Manipuri Film: Eibusu Yaohanbiyu

27. Best Feature Film in Language other than specified in VIII Constitution -

* Best Wancho Film - The Head Hunter

* Best Haryanvi Film: Satrangi

* Best Khasi Film - Onaatah

* Best Bodo Film - Dau Huduni Methai

28. Special Mention

a) Rinku Rajguru for Sairat

b) Jayasurya for Su Su Sudhi Vathmeekam & Lukka Chuppi

c) Ritika Singh for Irudhi Suttru

29. Awards for Writing on Cinema

Best Film Critic: Meghachandra Kongbam

Best Book On Cinema: Dr Rajakumar Samagra Charithre by Doddahulluru Rukkoji

Best Book on Cinema - Special Mention : Forgotten Masters of Hindi Cinema by Satish Chopra

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