GK Questions asked in today's SSC CGL Exam - 28 August 2016

Hi Aspirants, today (28/08/2016) is the second day of the SSC CGL Online Exam 2016. Hope you have read our post on SSC CGL Exam held yesterday. In case you missed, Click Here. In this post we will be sharing all the GK, English, Quantitative Aptitude and Reasoning Questions from today's (28 August 2016) exam across all shifts. We will be updating this page regularly with new questions. So keep visiting the same on regular basis. 

Review & Questions of SSC CGL Exam 28-08-2016

GK Questions ssked in SSC CGL Tier – I Exam: (Morning) 1st Shift - 10.00AM to 11.15AM

1. Who named Mahatma Gandhi as Father of Nation for the 1st time? - Subhash Chandra Bose
2. Smallest part of brain? - midbrain
3. Hriday scheme is related to? - Heritage City Development 
4. U.S parliament is called as? - United States Congress
5. Who is Charles Correa? - Indian architect
6. What is net neutrality? - Full  access to all content and applications 
7. Ellora caves is near  to which city? - Aurangabad
8. Cause of sepoy mutiny? - Hurting the Religious sentiments of Sepoys
9. Public litigation filed for? - protection of the public interest
10. Study of human mind called? - Neuropsychology
11. Place where soldiers live called? - Fort/Battalion
12. Excise duty is applied on? - Goods produced within the country
13. Doctrine of lapse was introduced by? - Lord Dalhousie
14. Golden revolution  related to? - Fruits/Overall Horticulture development/Honey Production
15. Blue color of ocean due to? - Due to scattering of light

GK Questions Shift -2
1. Great barrier reef in which ocean? - Pacific Ocean
2. BC Roy award is given in which field? -  Medicine
3. First women President of Nepal? – Bidhya Devi Bhandari
4. Great barrier reef in which ocean? - Pacific Ocean
5. Rann of Kutch is famous for? - Seasonal salt marsh
6. Who won 2016 women singles Wimbledon? - Serena Williams
7. What is azolla used for? - Rice cultivation
8. Pulitzer Prize is given in which filed? - Journalism 
9. First women Speaker of Lok Sabha? - Meira Kumar
10. Name the word when Earth is at a max distance from Sun? - Aphelion
11. Biogas is mixture of? - methane, hydrogen, and carbon monoxide 
12. Why does ice not melt when covered with sawdust? - Bad conductor of heat
13. Which is not described in the constitution? - Planning Commission
14. Why co is most pollutant? - It reacts with haemoglobin

15. Mahabalipuram Temple is known as? - Monolithic Temples

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GK Practice Test for SSC CGL 2016 OnlineExam

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Computer Knowledge Quiz for IBPS Clerk 2016

Hi Aspirants, here are some useful Computer Knowledge Quiz Questions for IBPS Clerk 2016.

1. Which computer memory is used for storing programs and data currently being processed by the CPU ?

Answer: Internal memory

2. One byte is equival to

Answer:8 bit

3. What type of software creates a smaller file that is faster to transfer over the Internet?

Answer:Compression

4. The steps and tasks needed to process data, such as responses to questions or clicking an icon, are called:

Answer:instructions

5. Which of the following is used for close a tab on a browser?

Answer:Ctrl + W

6. The operating system is the most common type of ____________ software.

Answer:system

7. Which of the following is NOT a component of the Central Processing Unit of the computer?

Answer:Both 1 & 2

8. The ability to recover and read deleted or damaged files from a criminals computer is an example of a law enforcement specialty called:

Answer:computer forensics.

9. When cutting and pasting, cutting section is temporarily stored in

Clipboard

10. The base of the hexadecimal number system is

Answer:16

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Answer Key of Kerala PSC Assistant Salesman Exam - 27 August 2016

Hi Aspirants, Kerala PSC today's (27/08/2016) conducted the Assistant Salesman Exam for Kerala State Civil Supplies Corporation. In this post we will be bringing you the Question Paper and Answer Key of this exam. More than 4 lakh candidates have appeared for the examination across Kerala. Official Answer Key will be published by Kerala PSC within 1 week.

Gazette Date: 10/08/2015

Category No: 222/2015

Department :- Kerala State Civil Supplies Corporation Limited

Name of Post :- Assistant Salesman

Time of Exam: 1.30PM to 3.15 PM

English Questions Solved

1. Karthik speaks English fluently,..........? 

(A) Does he

(B) Do he

(C) Doesn't he

(D) Don't he

Answer: C

2. Arjun had been living here....... five years

 (A) Since

 (B) For

 (C) Before

 (D) By

Answer: B

 3. I have got headache. Correct the sentence as:

  (A) I have got a headache

  (B) I got a headache

  (C) I had got headache

  (D) None

Answer: A

4. An example of compound word:

 (A) Seriousness

 (B) Table cloth

 (C) Horizontal

 (D) Parallel

Answer: B

5. A synonym of pleasant:

(A) Cheerful

(B) Beautiful

(C) Rival

(D) Colourful

Answer: A

6. Tom asked the stranger, 'where did you go'? The sentence can be reported as Tom asked the stranger:

 (A) Where he has gone

 (B) Where he had gone

 (C) Where he went

 (D) Where do you go

Answer: B

 7. Elephant is the......... animal on land. 

 (A) Biggest

 (B) Bigger

 (C) Big

 (D) None

Answer: A

 8. Success and......... are two sides of a coin.

 (A) Grace

 (B) Willingness

 (C) Failure

 (D) Fragrance

Answer: C

 9. One who hates mankind is:

 (A) Optimist

 (B) Pessimist

 (C) Misanthropist

 (D) Rationalist

Answer: C

 10. Correctly spelt word is:

 (A) Counsilor

 (B) Counselor

 (C) Counsellor

 (D) Counsoler

Answer: C

 11. Noun form of evaporate is:

 (A) Evaporatant

 (B) Evaporance

 (C) Evaporation

 (D) Evaporated

Answer: C

12. Everything is in order refer to:

 (A) Allright

 (B) Alright

 (C) Allready

 (D) Already

Answer: B

13. A fish of water means:

 (A) to be in uncomfortable position

 (B) to be in comfortable position

 (C) to be in an easy way

 (D) None

Answer: A

 14. A litter of:

 (A) Cats

 (B) Cows

 (C) Bats

 (D) Puppies

Answer: D

15. Plural form of goose is:

 (A) Goose

 (B) Gooses

 (C) Geese

 (D) Geeses

Answer: C

16. I prefer chocolates....... nuts.

 (A) Than

 (B) To

 (C) Less than

 (D) More than

Answer: B

17.Yesterday l met...... old man.

  (A) an

 (B) a

 (C) The

 (D) None

Answer: A

 18. One of the man....... attended the meetting.

 (A) have

 (B) is

 (C) has

 (D) are

Answer: C

19. Rahul usually....... newspaper in the morning.

 (A) Read

 (B) Reads

 (C) Has read

 (D) Reading

Answer: B

20. If you study well, you:

 (A) Will succeed

 (B) Succeed

 (C) Will have succeed

 (D) Would succeed

Answer: A

ANSWER KEY FOR BOOKLET A (Please refer your question paper and cross check)

1 C Digital India

2 B P.R.Sreejesh

3 D Madhya Pradesh

4 B London

5 D Puthucherry

6 C Angus Deaton

7 A Vaghbhatananda

8 B Eritrea

9 C Ninth Plan

10 B August (World Traditional Knowledge Day)

11 A P.V.Sindhu

12 C Kinfra

13 B Epigraphy

14 C MukuthiSamaram

15 B Francois Hollande

16 C Charminar

17 C Oct. 12,1993

18 D Article 51A

19 A Kayyur Rebellion

20 C R.K.Mathur

21 B Krishna

22 A Google

23 A Porbandar

24 B Gujarati

25 C Federal Bank

26 B Appololl

27 B Bala Gangadhara Tilak

28 C Marlon James

29 A Santhara

30 C Amitabh Kanth

31 B Gadhika

32 C Mysore Palace

33 A Markandey Katju

34 A S. Joseph

35 B Real Madrid and FC Barcelona

36 C Bihar

37 D Kamal

38 C Oct. 17,2000

39 D Kalpanal

40 D Assam

41 D Kalpetta

42 A Nadhula Pass

43 A Manampur Rajan Babu

44 D Bhavnagar

45 D SriLanka

46 A Rohit Sharma

47 D Operation Maithri

48 B Pampadi John Joseph

49 D Kannadi

50 A Vancouver

51 D Haryana

52 B JayantiPatnaik

53 D Begum Hazrat Mahal

54 B B.R.Ambedkar

55 A Juno

56 D Thanichalla Njan

57 A 9-Feb

58 D Lionel Messi

59 D Punjab

60 A May 17 1998

61 C has

62 B to

63 A an

64 A will succeed

65 B reads

66 B for

67 C doesn’t he?

68 A biggest

69 A I have got a headache.

70 B where he had gone

71 B table cloth

72 A cheerful

73 C failure

74 C Mosanthropist

75 C Counsellor

76 D Puppies

77 C Evaporation

78 A to be in an uncomfortable position

79 B Alright

80 C Geese

81 B 2

82 No answer

83 C 0.000008

84 B 33.33%

85 C 1680

86 B 42,63

87 B 62 km/hr

88 A 1/3 part

89 B 13

90 C 40

91 B 16,22

92 B 4.30

93 C 4-Jan

94 No answer

95 C Two-by-six

96 A 1

97 B 27

98 D 410

99 C Tuesday

100 D 400

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Questions Asked in today's (27 August 2016) SSC CGL Online Exam 2016 - Review

Hi Apsirants, today (27/08/2016) is the first day of the Staff Selection Commission CGL Exam Tier-1 2016. This is the first online exam by SSC for CGL. So question papers are history now. We have to wait for the comments of candidates to know the questions and the level of difficulty. As you know the exam consists of 4 parts - Quantitative Aptitude,General Intelligence (Reasoning) , English Language and General Awareness. In this post we will be sharing the questions of all 03 shits which will be held today. You can also contribute questions by commenting below.

Shift 1: 10.00AM to 11.15AM

GK Review: Very few questions were being asked from Current Affairs. Basically questions were being repeated from previous year question papers. The level of difficulty was moderate. More preference as given on Static GK

GK Questions

1. What is Zeolite? - any of a large group of minerals consisting of hydrated aluminosilicates of sodium, potassium, calcium, and barium.

2. Kakori conspiracy took place in which year? – 1925

3. Siachen glacier dispute is between which two countries? - India & China

4. Minimum attendance in Loksabha for proceeding session? - 1/10 of total Seats = 55

5. First female governor of India? - Sarojini Naidu

6. Components responsible for acid rain? - sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides 

7. Highest source of air pollution in the world? - Carbon Monoxide

8. Desert with high gold reserves? - South Gobi Desert

9. Government bodies not under the Attorney general of India? -

10. Which state has more literacy rate among the following (Punjab, Mizoram, Maharashtra, Odisha)? - Mizoram

11. Which monument is called dream of stones? - Panch Mahal

12. CAG does not audit which of the below mentioned? - Local Body

13. Who is the author of "A thing of beauty is a joy forever"? - John Keats
14. Boiling point of water depends on? - Atmospheric pressure
15. Headquarter of FIFA? - Zürich
16. Bubbles from liquid are formed due to? - Surface Tension

GK Questions from second Shift

 1. Who got first Medal for India in Rio Olympics 2016? - Sakshi Malik

2. Indian signed order line agreement with which country?-

3. On July 27th, Ramon Magsaysay award given to? - TM Krishna

4. First Filed Marshal of India? - Sam Manekshaw

5. Only Viceroy assassinated in India? - Lord Mayo

6. What is the main purpose of Monetary Policy? -

7. Which tax is collected by States? -

8. Head of PAC appointed by whom? - Speaker of Lok Sabha

9. Smallest Island nation in Indian ocean? - Maldives

10. Founder of Theosophical society? - Helena Blavatsky

11. Why water spreads while mercury does not when put on a glass plate?

12. Which of the following is not the main objective of Fiscal Policy?
13. How long can a Presidential ordinance remain in force? - Six Months
14. The declaration of constitutional emergency in an Indian state has to be approved by the parliament within? - Two Months
15. How many times was the term of the Lok Sabha extended upto 6 years ? - Once

Quant Questions:
1. L.C.M. of 1.25 and 0.625
2. X+1/X=5, Then 6X/(X^2+X+1)=?
3. Temperature of a week is 47℃. Temperature of 6 days excluding Tuesday is 42℃. Then temperature on Tuesday was?
4. Amount of Rs.2000 is interested at Rs.40 per thousand for 2 years then SI=?
5. tan(@+15°)=√3 Then @=?
6. A man bought an article for Rs.4950. Gives two successive discount 20% and 15%. Find selling price.
7. The radius of a sphere and a hemisphere is equal. What the ratio of their surface area?

Quantitative Aptitude Review

Arithmetic, Geometry, Trigonometry, Fractions were mainly from Qunatitaive Aptitude. The questions were straight forward. The questions from Arithmetic were easy. The difficulty level for Geometry and Trigonometry was of Moderate Level.

Overall Review

Overall, the level of the exam was easy. One can attempt 70+ questions in the exam very easily.

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Quiz on Current Affairs – 19 August 2016

Hi Aspirants, here is the Current Affairs Quiz for 19 August 2016 useful for SSC, UPSC, IBPS, Bank Exams and other PSC Exams.

1. Badminton player P V Sindhu on 18 August 2016 won historic silver medal in women’s singles badminton event at Rio Olympics 2016. Which player defeated P V Sindhu in the final?

Answer: Carolina Marín

Note: Sindhu became the first Indian woman to clinch a silver medal in Olympics. She also became the fourth Indian to win a silver at the Olympics after shooters Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (2004, Athens) and Vijay Kumar (2012, London) and wrestler Sushil Kumar (2012, London).

2. World Humanitarian Day was observed on?

Answer: 19 August

Note: The digital campaign for the World Humanitarian Day 2016 was The World You’d Rather.

3. Which city was recently named as  world’s most liveable city for the sixth year running according the Economist’s global liveability survey?

Answer: Melbourne

4. Who was recently awarded the prestigious 25th Vyas Samman 2015 for her poetry collection “Kshama”?

Answer: Hindi scholar and writer Sunita Jain

Note: The award instituted by the K K Birla Foundation carries a cash prize of Rs 2.50 lakh.

5. India Post Payments Bank Limited (IPPBL) has received the Certificate of Incorporation from the Registrar of Companies, Ministry of Corporate Affairs under the Companies Act 2013. Earlier Union Government has given its approval for setting up IPPB as a Public Limited Company under the DoP with ___% Government of India (GOI) equity?

Answer: 100%

6. State Bank of India’s (SBI’s) board of directors on 19th August 2016 has approved merger of its five associate banks and which other bank with itself?

Answer: Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB)

Note: These five subsidiaries are State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur, State Bank of Hyderabad, State Bank of Mysore, State Bank of Travancore.

7. Which state Government recently became first state in the country to launch India’s first comprehensive ‘Crime Criminal Tracking Network System’ (CCTNS)?

Answer: Maharashtra

8. Who was conferred with Sangeet Martand Ustad Chand Khan Lifetime Achievement Award recently?

Answer: Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma

9. Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), situated in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 18 August 2016 banned which Indian wrestler for four years following an appeal by World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)?

Answer: Narsingh Yadav

10. Who recently became the first Iranian woman to win an Olympic medal?

Answer: Kimia Alizadeh Zenoorin

Note: She won the bronze medal in Taekwondo.

11. Which bank has recently unveiled a payment service dubbed as "iMobile SmartKeys" that uses smartphone keyboard to make quick & secure payments?

Answer: ICICI Bank

12. Federal Bank has announced its partnership with ___, a mobile banking application, to provide cashless transactions?

Answer: Chillr

13. Which Indian former player  was recently awarded the honorary life membership of the Marylebone Cricket Club?

Answer: Virender Sehwag

14. Who won the Gold medal in men’s 200m at Rio Olympics 2016?

Answer: Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt

Note: He ran 19.78 seconds to come home ahead of Canada’s Andre de Grasse and France’s Christophe Lemaitre.

15. Govind Tej who died on 19 August 2016 was a noted filmmaker,actor & director in which language?

Answer: Odia

16. The world's longest and highest glass bottom bridge is set to open soon in which country?

Answer: China

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