Friday, October 16, 2009

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  1. The person in a company who deals with the computer and networking issues is called
    a. Network Administrator
    b. Hardware Specialist
    c. Software Engineer
    d. Database Administrator
  2. Qantas is the name of the airlines of
    a. Germany
    b. France   
    c. Australia
    d. UK
  3. What is the capital of Ethiopia?
    a. Addis Ababa
    b. Lisbon
    c. Kinshasa
    d. Cape Town
  4. Which is the highest capital city of the world?
    a. La Paz
    b. Lhasa
    c. Ottawa
    d. Oslo
  5. The ocean that occupies a larger area than the area occupied by the earth is
    a. Arctic Ocean
    b. Atlantic Ocean
    c. Pacific Ocean
    d. None of these
  6. The only metal that is liquid is
    a. Plutonium
    b. Mercury
    c. Osmium
    d. Polonium
  7. The company that acquired Daksh eServices in 2004 is
    a. GE
    b. Intel
    c. IBM
    d. Microsoft
  8. World Consumer Day is observed on
    a. July 11
    b. April 7
    c. May 18
    d. March 15
  9. Which of the following conferences was responsible for the establishment of International Monetary Fund (IMF)?
    a. Bretton Woods Conference
    b. Uruguay Round
    c. Seattle Meet
    d. None of these
  10. Who was the first black American leader who received the Nobel Prize in 1964?
    a. Ralph Bunche
    b. Mathew Henson
    c. Toni Morrison
    d. Martin Luther King Jr.
  11. What is the name given to the area/road between San Jose and Paulo Alto?
    a. Yellow Stone
    b. Wall Street
    c. Silicon Valley
    d. Ground Zero

  12. What is Hamas?
    a. New group of Islamic countries of Asia
    b. Intelligence agency of Lebanon
    c. A terrorist organization
    d. Latest missile from Israel
  13. First person of Indian origin to win the Nobel Prize is
    a. C.V. Raman
    b. Hargobind Khurana
    c. Rabindranath Tagore
    d. S. N. Bose
  14. Which Indian state is the maximum producer of rubber in India?
    a. Kerala
    b. Karnataka
    c. Andhra Pradesh
    d. Tamil Nadu
  15. Name the first Indian movie insured by General Insurance Corporation (GIC).
    a. Mother India
    b. Sholay


    c. Taal
    d. Mughal- e-Azam

  16. Name the first Indian company that was listed on New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
    a. ICICI
    b. Sify
    c. Infosys Technologies
    d. Ranbaxy Laboratories
  17. What is Jidoka?
    a. Name of the mascot of Athens Olympics
    b. Former name of Toyota Automobiles
    c. A management concept
    d. A form of Japanese martial art
  18. Name the fabric that is named after the French place called ‘Nime’.
    a. Terry cot
    b. Denim
    c. Jean
    d. None of these
  19. Which of the following countries became the 191st member to join the United Nations (UN)?
    a. Sweden
    b. Norway
    c. Switzerland
    d. East Timor
  20. The winner of Sydney Peace Prize 2004 is
    a. Arundhati Roy
    b. Medha Patekar
    c. Vandana Shiva
    d. Shanta Sinha
  21. What is HELPAGE India?
    a. A Government of India project meant for the eradication of rural poverty.    
    b. A Non-governmental Organization working for the aged people.
    c. A welfare scheme meant for the empowerment of women.
    d. A project launched in Rajasthan for disbursing pension to old people
  22. Who is known  as ‘The Maker of Modern India’?
    a. Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
    b. Indira Gandhi
    c. Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
    d. Mahatma Gandhi
  23. Red Cross is headquartered at
    a. Brussels
    b. Geneva
    c. New York
    d. Paris
  24. The first factory of East India was established at
    a. Surat
    b. Calicut
    c. Kolkata
    d. Allahabad
  25. Indian Institute of Public Administration is based at
    a. Mussoorie
    b. Indore
    c. Shimla
    d. New Delhi
  26. Mein Kemf is the name of the famous work of
    a. Napoleon Bonaparte
    b. Benito Mussolini
    c. Mustafa Kamal Ataturk
    d. Adolf Hitler
  27. A Brief History of Time is a famous work of
    a. Alvin Toffler
    b. Arthur C. Clarke
    c. Stephen Hawkings
    d. Carl Segan
  28. The event in which Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore won the silver medal at the Athens Olympics, is
    a. Shooting
    b. Boxing
    c. Swimming
    d. Weightlifting
  29. Which of the following movies won the National Award for the best feature film in 2004?
    a. Shwaas
    b. Munnabhai MBBS


    c. Chokher Bali
    d. Baghaban

  30. Education has become a fundamental right by___ constitutional amendment.
    a. 90th Constitutional amendment
    b. 93rd Constitutional amendment
    c. 95th Constitutional amendment
    d. 97th Constitutional amendment
  31. Who discovered the miner’s safety lamp?
    a. Thomas Alva Edison
    b. Sir Humphry Davy
    c. George Stephenson
    d. George Cayley
  32. Which among the following is the first Indian state to have launched the train called ‘Palace on Wheels’?
    a. Madhya Pradesh
    b. Maharashtra
    c. Rajasthan
    d. Gujarat
  33. Name the instrument used for measuring the atmospheric pressure.
    a. Altimeter
    b. Manometer
    c. Barometer
    d. Hygrometer
  34. Which of the following is the name of the poisonous gas whose leakage caused the Bhopal Gas Tragedy?
    a. Carbon Tetrachloride
    b. Methyl Isocynate
    c. Phosphine
    d. Carbon Monoxide
  35. Who is known as the Father of Genetics and is known for conducting experiments with peas?
    a. Robert Hook
    b. Charles Darwin
    c. Gregor J. Mendel
    d. Francis Crick
  36. Name of the first Indian satellite is
    a. Varah Mihir
    b. Bhaskar
    c. Aryabhatta
    d. Ramanuja
  37. Amnesty International is an organization associated with
    a. Human Rights
    b. Education
    c. Health issues
    d. Environment protection
  38. This article deals with the Constitutional breakdown of machinery in a state. Identify it from the given options.
    a. Article 348
    b. Article 342
    c. Article 344
    d. Article 356
  39. Find the odd one amongst the following.
    a. LAN
    b. MAN
    c. WAN
    d. TAN
  40. What is the expansion of ‘A’ in NAFTA?
    a. American
    b. Association
    c. Atlantic
    d. Arts
General Knowledge Answer Key:


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