General Awareness Quiz

101. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 1 Mar approved the merger of Kotak Mahindra Bank and ING Vysya Bank. The
acquisition will make Kotak Mahindra Bank the ________ largest private sector lender in the country with about 1,200
branches.
1) second 2) third 3) fourth 4) fifth 5) None of these
102. Which of the following statements is NOT correct with respect to Sukanya Samriddhi Account Scheme, a scheme to
promote savings for girl child?
1) Accounts in name of girl child can be opened in banks and post offices.
2) Half of the fund can be withdrawn for girl’s higher education and marriage after the girl attains 18 years of age.
3) An account can be opened in the name of a girl child of up to 10-year-old.
4) The scheme would mature on completion of 25 years from the date of opening of the account.
5) Deposits can be made till completion of 14 years of the girl.
103. As announced by the Finance Ministry, the investments in Sukanya Samriddhi Account, the special deposit scheme for
girl child, will earn interest rate of ________ for 2015-16.
1) 9.2 per cent 2) 8.7 per cent 3) 9 per cent 4) 8.3 per cent 5) 10.2 per cent
104. The investments in Public Provident Fund will earn interest rate of ________ for 2015-16 as announced by the Finance
Ministry.
1) 9 per cent 2) 8.7 per cent 3) 9.2 per cent 4) 8.3 per cent 5) 10.2 per cent
105. The Reserve Bank of India turned 80 recently. It started its operations as a shareholders’ bank in 1935 on
1) 30 Mar 2) 31 Mar 3) 1 Apr 4) 2 Apr 5) 1 May
106. Who among the following was appointed the first governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?
1) Sukumar Sen 2) RK Shanmukham Chetty 3) CD Deshmukh
4) Osborne Smith 5) Benegal Rama Rau
107. The govt on 1 Mar unveiled its Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) for 2015-2020, seeking to strengthen merchandise and
services exports with a targeted value of ________ by 2020.
1) USD 500 bn 2) USD 600 bn 3) USD 700 bn 4) USD 900 bn 5) None of these
108. Which of the following is NOT a commercial bank operating in India as of now?
1) Federal Bank 2) Royal Bank of Scotland 3) Catholic Syrian Bank
4) South Indian Bank 5) None of these
109. Who among the following has been crowned the Femina Miss India 2015?
1) Vartika Singh 2) Deeksha Kaushal 3) Tanya Hope 4) Afreen Racheal Vaz 5) Aditi Arya
110. In the term NBFC, letter ‘F’ denotes
1) Financial 2) Facilitating 3) Forwarding 4) Factoring 5) Funding
111. As per the news published in financial newspapers, the govt has scaled the steep fiscal-deficit target set for 2014-15.
The fiscal-deficit target set for 2014-15 was ________ of gross domestic product.
1) 3.9 per cent 2) 3.6 per cent 3) 4.1 per cent 4) 4.3 per cent 5) None of these
112. The health insurance business in India is regulated by which of the following institutions at present?
1) PFRDA 2) IRDA of India 3) SEBI 4) FMC 5) None of these
113. At least 70 students were massacred when Shebab Islamist group raided a university in the town of Garissa in ________
recently.
1) Somalia 2) Syria 3) Libya 4) Kenya 5) Egypt
114. Izumo is the name of the biggest warship of which of the following countries since World War II? The Defence Minister
Manohar Parrikar visited the ship recently.
1) Germany 2) UK 3) Japan 4) South Korea 5) France
115. What is India’s ranking in the 2015 FM Global Resilience Index on business resilience of nations based on economic, risk
quality and supply chain factors?
1) 115th 2) 113th 3) 127th 4) 119th 5) 107th
116. The QIP is a capital-raising tool, primarily used in India and other parts of southern Asia. What is expanded form of QIP?
1) Qualified Institutional Placement 2) Quantitative Institutional Placement
3) Qualitative Institutional Placement 4) Qualified Institutional Proposal
5) None of these
117. Daniel Vettori, who announced his retirement from international cricket recently, is a cricketer of
1) Australia 2) South Africa 3) New Zealand 4) Zimbabwe 5) England
118. According to a global billionaire list by Forbes released recently, who among the following is richest woman of China at
present?
1) Zhou Qunfei 2) Chan Laiwa 3) Zhang Xin 4) Wu Yajun 5) Yang Huiyan
119. The investments in senior citizens savings scheme (SCSS) will earn interest rate of ________ for 2015-16 as announced
by the Finance Ministry.
1) 9 per cent 2) 9.3 per cent 3) 9.2 per cent 4) 8.3 per cent 5) 10.2 per cent
120. As announced by the Finance Ministry, the investment in Kisan Vikas Patra will earn interest rate of ________ for 2015-
16.
1) 9.2 per cent 2) 8.7 per cent 3) 9 per cent 4) 8.3 per cent 5) 10.2 per cent
121. Iran and six world powers reached a preliminary nuclear agreement on 2 Mar in
1) Switzerland 2) Canada 3) France 4) Spain 5) Norway
122. The Centre has given six months’ more time to the states for rolling out the National Food Security Act (NFSA). The 11
states/UTs which have so far implemented the Act does not include
1) Punjab 2) Delhi 3) Chhattisgarh 4) Bihar 5) Uttar Pradesh
123. ________ of subsidised foodgrains per person per month at Rs 1-3/kg to two-thirds of the country’s population is
provisioned in the National Food Security Act (NFSA).
1) 2 kg 2) 3 kg 3) 5 kg 4) 8 kg 5) 10 kg
124. The IRDAI guidelines for ‘Registering Cancellation or Change of Nomination’ have come into effect from Apr 1, 2015.
Now, modifications in nomination in insurance policies will come at a cost of up to ________ for offline policies.
1) Rs 100 2) Rs 200 3) Rs 250 4) Rs 500 5) None of these
125. Muhammadu Buhari won presidential election in which of the following countries recently?
1) Somalia 2) Cameroon 3) Ghana 4) Nigeria 5) Liberia

Answers:
101. 3 102. 4 103. 1 104. 2 105. 3
106. 4 107. 4 108. 5 109. 5 110. 1
111. 3 112. 2 113. 4 114. 3 115. 4
116. 1 117. 3 118. 1 119. 2 120. 2
121. 1 122. 5 123. 3 124. 1 125. 4

General Awareness Quiz

01. Murli Deora, who died recently, was a veteran Congress leader from Maharashtra and former Union
1) Commerce and Industry Minister 2) Petroleum Minister 3) Railway Minister
4) Home Minister 5) None of these
02. Sitara Devi passed away recently. She was one of the country’s finest ________dancers.
1) Kathak 2) Odissi 3) Kuchipudi 4) Kathakali 5) Bharatanatyam
03. Who among the following is set to be appointed as the next Chairperson of the Press Council of India (PCI)?
1) Markenday Katju 2) Altamas Kabir 3) Aseem Trivedi 4) Gyan Sudha Misra 5) CK Prasad
04. Chuck Hagel has quit as US ________recently.
1) Secretary of State 2) Secretary of the Treasury 3) Defense Secretary
4) Commerce Secretary 5) None of these
05. Which of the following women players from India has been named UN Women’s Goodwill Ambassador for South Asia
region?
1) Jwala Gutta 2) Mary Kom 3) Sania Mirza 4) Saina Nehwal 5) None of these
06. The SAARC Summit held in Nepal on 26-27 Nov was ________summit of the group.
1) 15th 2) 18th 3) 19th 4) 20th 5) 21th
07. President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the first Commonwealth Science Congress held after a gap of 50 years in
________on 25 Nov.
1) Chennai 2) Hyderabad 3) Mumbai 4) Bengaluru 5) None of these
08. Swavalamban scheme is associated with which of the following?
1) Low-cost pension scheme 2) Group health insurance 3) Women empowerment
4) Saving girl child 5) None of these
09. Which of the following countries is planning to build the world’s largest sea wall to try and prevent its capital city from
disappearing under rising sea levels? It is expected that half the city will be below sea level by 2030.
1) Malaysia 2) Indonesia 3) Iran 4) Singapore 5) None of these
10. Which of the following countries won a historic first Davis Cup title winning 2014 Davis Cup?
1) France 2) Switzerland 3) South Korea 4) UK 5) None of these
11. What is the deadline set by the govt to introduce Goods and Services Tax (GST)?
1) Apr 2016 2) Mar 2016 3) Jan 2016 4) Sep 2015 5) None of these
12. The pension fund regulator, PFRDA expects the funds under management to reach Rs 1 lakh cr by the end of this fiscal
for the Swavalamban Yojana. Who among the following is the chairman of PFRDA?
1) Shashi Kant Sharma 2) Hemant G Contractor 3) M Damodaran
4) CB Bhave 5) Chitra Ramkrishna
13. It is expected that oil prices could plunge to $60 a barrel if OPEC does not agree on a significant output cut. Which of the
following countries is NOT a member of OPEC?
1) Libya 2) Syria 3) Indonesia 4) Kuwait 5) Venezuela
14. Which of the following private power firms has bought Avantha Group’s 600 MW power plant at Korba for Rs 4,200 cr
to become the largest private sector power utility in the country?
1) Reliance Power 2) Tata Power 3) JSW Power 4) Adani Power 5) None of these
15. India’s S Sarjubala and Saweety, who won silver medals at the 8th World Women’s Championships recently, are associated
with
1) Archery 2) Boxing 3) Wrestling 4) Weightlifting 5) None of these
16. Jack Ma visited India recently as part of a business delegation. He is the founder of
1) Amazon 2) ebay 3) Alibaba 4) Xiaomi 5) None of these
17. Iran and world powers missed a deadline to clinch a landmark nuclear deal. What is the new deadline set for Iran nuclear
deal?
1) 1 Jan, 2015 2) 1 Mar, 2015 3) 1 Apr, 2015 4) 1 Jun, 2015 5) 1 Jul, 2015
18. The Delhi Special Police Establishment (Amendment) Bill, 2014, passed recently in the Lok Sabha amend law on
1) CBI chief’s appointment 2) Status of Delhi police 3) Security of the Parliament
4) Security of MPs and their families 5) None of these
19. India is likely to sign an agreement soon for conducting a feasibility study for setting up a 1,700-km-long high-speed rail
line between New Delhi and Chennai with
1) France 2) Japan 3) Germany 4) China 5) None of these
20. Which of the following aviation manufacturers delivered the sixth P-8I maritime patrol aircraft to India recently? The
aircraft is part of a contract of eight planes awarded in 2009.
1) United Aircraft Corporation, Russia 2) Dassault Aviation, France
3) Boeing, US 4) Airbus, EU
5) None of these
21. The pension scheme floated by the govt called Swavalamban Yojana, is mainly for the
1) organised sector 2) unorganised sector 3) students
4) widows and handicapped 5) None of these
22. Phillip Hughes, the international cricketer who sustained head injury during a domestic match and succumbed to the
injury recently, belonged to
1) England 2) Australia 3) New Zealand 4) South Africa 5) None of these


Answers: 01. 2 02. 1 03. 5 04. 3 05. 3
06. 2 07. 4 08. 1 09. 2 10. 2
11. 1 12. 2 13. 2 14. 4 15. 2
16. 3 17. 5 18. 1 19. 4 20. 3
21. 2 22. 2 23. 4

General Awareness Quiz

1. The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit was held at Yanqi Lake, about 50 km north east of Beijing. This
was ________APEC summit.
1) 11th 2) 12th 3) 21st 4) 22nd 5) None of these

2. The RBI has announced a new set of norms for NBFCs mandating a huge increase in the minimum ‘net owned fund’
requirement from earlier Rs 25 lakh to ________by 2017 in a phased manner.
1) Rs 50 lakh 2) Rs 75 lakh 3) Rs 1 cr 4) Rs 2 cr 5) Rs 5 cr

3. The SFIO submitted the final report on Saradha scam to the Corporate Affairs Ministry recently. Expand the term SFIO.
1) Serial Fraud Investigation Office 2) Scam and Fraud Investigation Office
3) Serious Fraud Investigation Office 4) Serious Fraud Investigation Organisation
5) None of these

4. The first ever state of the art institute of livestock management and entrepreneurship of North East is being set up in
which of the following states?
1) Assam 2) Arunachal Pradesh 3) Mizoram 4) Tripura 5) Manipur

5. The PM Narendra Modi invited ASEAN nations to invest in India while interacting with them on the sidelines of ASEAN
summit in Myanmar. ASEAN is a bloc of ________ small and medium economies.
1) 9 2) 10 3) 12 4) 21 5) 22

6. The National Education Day in observed on the birth Anniversary of Mulana Abul Kalam Azad which falls on
1) 6 Nov 2) 10 Nov 3) 11 Nov 4) 14 Nov 5) 16 Nov

7. The 45th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will begin in Goa from 20 Nov. Which of the following countries will
be the focus country of this year?
1) Japan 2) Germany 3) China 4) Vietnam 5) Australia

8. The Minister of Minority Affairs launched the Maulana Azad National Academy for skills (MANAS) in New Delhi, on
the 125th birth Anniversary of Mulana Abul Kalam Azad. Who among the following is the Minority Affairs Minister at
present?
1) MJ Akbar 2) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi 3) Syed Shahnawaz Hussain
4) Najma Heptulla 5) None of these

9. India and which of the following countries have successfully test-fired a jointly developed long range surface to air
missile (LRSAM) recently? The multi-role missile has a range of 70 km and has sea-skimming capability and could take
on anti-ship function too.
1) US 2) Brazil 3) Japan 4) Israel 5) None of these

10. Who among the following has been elected as the Speaker of the Maharashtra Assembly?
1) Ganpatrao Deshmukh 2) Haribhau Bagde 3) Jiva Pandu Gavit
4) Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil 5) Eknath Shinde

11. Who among the following Indian cricketers has become the quickest cricketer in history to reach 6000 runs in ODI?
1) Yuvraj Singh 2) Suresh Raina 3) Virat Kohli
4) Mahendra Singh Dhoni 5) None of these

12. Who among the following batsmen has become the world’s only cricketer to hit two double centuries as of now?
1) Ravindra Jadeja 2) Shikhar Dhawan 3) Rohit Sharma 4) Virat Kohli 5) Suresh Raina

13. The names disclosed by the Supreme Court in connection with the IPL match fixing probe includes who among the
following? The Mudgal Committee submitted its report in this case recently.
1) Sunder Raman 2) N Srinivasan 3) Gurunath Meiyappan
4) Only 2) and 3) 5) All 1), 2) and 3)

14. Which of the following is the capital city of Myanmar? It hosted ASEAN Summit recently.
1) Naypyidaw 2) Manila 3) Hanoi 4) Beirut 5) None of these

15. After ‘Make In India’ campaign, the govt is all set to launch ‘Served from India’ campaign. The services sector constitutes
________share of the country’s GDP as of now.
1) 37 per cent 2) 43 per cent 3) 57 per cent 4) 63 per cent 5) 77 per cent

16. After RBI’s approval, banks like SBI, HDFC Bank and Axis Bank have started charging customers for using home ATMs
more than five times a month with effect from 1 Nov. It is NOT applicable in which of the following cities?
1) Kolkata 2) Chennai 3) New Delhi 4) Mumbai 5) None of these

17. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Myanmar’s President on 11 Nov on the sidelines of ASEAN summit. Who among
the following is the current president of Myanmar?
1) Min Aung Hlaing 2) Thein Sein 3) Shwe Mann 4) Than Shwe 5) Aung San Suu Kyi

18. The govt has launched GIS based decision support system to expedite forest clearance for development projects in New
Delhi. GIS stands for
1) Geographical Information System 2) Geological Information System
3) Graphical Information System 4) Geothermal Information System
5) None of these

19. Who among the following is NOT among the 19 Americans who will on 24 Nov receive Presidential Medal of Freedom,
the country’s highest civilian honour for their “extraordinary contributions”?
1) Meryl Streep 2) Stephen Sondheim 3) Tom Brokaw 4) Stevie Wonder 5) None of these

20. According to current regulations for banks, an asset is classified as non-performing when it remains overdue for how
many days?
1) 30 2) 60 3) 90 4) 120 5) 180

21. Which of the following fighter aircrafts grounded following a crash in Pune has been cleared for flying recently?
1) Sukhoi-30s 2) Mirage 2000 3) MiG-29M 4) Jaguar 5) None of these

22. Six infrastructure projects in India figure among the 100 most innovative infrastructure investments in the world. Which
of the following is one among them?
1) Delhi Metro 2) Yamuna Expressway
3) Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT) 4) Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project
5) All the above

23. One out of three companies that raised funds via QIP route in the recent past have seen their stocks underperform the
markets. Expand the term QIP.
1) Qualified Institutional Placement 2) Qualified Institutional Package
3) Quantitative Institutional Placement 4) Qualitative Institutional Placement
5) None of these

24. The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has cleared the long-pending proposal of which of the following banks
to hike foreign holding in the bank to 74 per cent recently?
1) ICICI Bank 2) Axis Bank 3) Federal Bank 4) HDFC Bank 5) None of these

25. Name the spacecraft launched by the EU Space Agency which has successfully landed on a comet for the first time in
space history.
1) Discovery 2) Philae 3) Curiosity 4) Phoenix 5) None of these

26. Which of the following state govt’s has made voting compulsory in elections to local bodies recently attracting widespread
controversy?
1) Madhya Pradesh 2) Kerala 3) Tamil Nadu 4) Gujarat 5) Rajasthan

27. CRY is an international organisation associated with
1) animal rights 2) child rights 3) climate change 4) citizen’s rights 5) None of these

28. As revealed by the External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj recently, India is the third largest passport issuing country
in the world. Which of the following countries holds the top position in this regard?
1) Japan 2) China 3) Malaysia 4) Indonesia 5) Philippines

Answers: 1. 4 2. 4 3. 3 4. 1 5. 2
6. 3 7. 3 8. 4 9. 4 10. 2
11. 3 12. 3 13. 5 14. 1 15. 3
16. 5 17. 2 18. 1 19. 5 20. 3
21. 1 22. 5 23. 1 24. 4 25. 2
26. 4 27. 2 28. 2

Computer Quiz

Ques. : 1 The process of writing computer instructions in a programming language is known as
1) Coding 2) Processing
3) Programming 4) File
5) None of the above

Ans.) 1
Ques. : 2 Which of the following is not true of a magnetic disk?
1) It is expensive relative to magnetic tape 2) It provides only sequential access to stored
data
3) Users can easily update records by writing over
the old data 4) It does not provide an automatic audit trail
5) All of the above are true

Ans.) 2
Ques. : 3 A regular TV set can be hooked up to a computer so as to received computer signal instead of a television program. This hooking up is achieved with
the help of a
1) modem 2) adapter
3) cable 4) aerial
5) None of the above

Ans.) 2
Ques. : 4 An output device that uses words or messages recorded on a magnetic medium to produce audio response is
1) Magnetic tape 2) Voice response unit
3) Voice recognition unit. 4) Voice band
5) None of the above Ans.) 2
Ques. : 5 The most common input device used today is
1) Motherboard 2) Track ball
3) Scanner 4) Mouse
5) Keyboard

Ans.) 5
Ques. : 6 Which memory system is not as a mass memory medium?
1) semiconductor memory 2) magnetic tape
3) magnetic disk 4) magnetic drum
5) None of the above

Ans.) 1
Ques. : 7 Different components on the motherboard of a PC processor unit are linked together by sets of parallel electrical conducting lines. What are these lines
called?
1) Conductors 2) Buses
3) Connectors 4) Connectively
5) None of the above

Ans.) 2
Ques. : 8 Which of the following typically uses a keyboard for input?
1) desktop terminal 2) point-of-sale terminal
3) financial transaction terminal 4) executive workstation
5) All of the above

Ans.) 5
Ques. : 9 The microelectronics is the technology of
1) microwaves 2) microcomputers
3) chips 4) automatic processing
5) None of the above

Ans.) 3
Ques. : 10 Who developed the first personal computer spreadsheet package called Visicalc?
1) Niklaus Wirth 2) Dan Bricklin
3) Bob Frankston 4) both (b) and (c)
5) None of the above

Ans.) 4
Ques. : 11 What is meant by the term RAM?
1) Memory which can only be read 2) Memory which can be both^read and written to
3) Memory which is used for permanent storage 4) Memory which can only be written to
5) None of the above

Ans.) 2
Ques. : 12 Microfilm reader is a
1) OCR device 2) COM device
3) MICR device 4) None of the above
5) All of the above

Ans.) 2
Ques. : 13 In magnetic disks, data is organized on the platter in a concentric sets of rings called
1) sector 2) track
3) head 4) block
5) None of the above

Ans.) 2
Ques. : 14 The data recording area between the blank gaps on magnetic tape is called a/ an:
1) Record 2) Block
3) Field 4) Database
5) None of the above

Ans.) 2

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Reasoning Quiz

Give answer

1) if only conclusion I follows.
2) if only conclusion II follows.
3) if either I or II follows.
4) if neither I nor II follows.
5) if both conclusions I and II follow.

1. Statements: Some married are educated.
Some educated are men.
All men are qualified.

Conclusions: I. Some educated if they are men are qualified.
II. Some educated if they are qualified are men.

2. Statements: All shares are debentures.
No debenture is an equity.
Many equities are maturities.

Conclusions: I. No debenture can be a maturity.
II. All debentures that are shares may be equities.

3. Statements: Some doctors are rich.
All rich who are doctors are honest.

Conclusions: I. Many doctors are honest.
II. Some honest are possibly rich.

4. Statements: No ring is a wing.
Some wings are kings.
All kings are brave.

Conclusions: I. Some brave may be ring.
II. Kings which are not wings are rings.

5. Statements: All queens are beautiful.
Some princesses are queens.
No beautiful is royal.

Conclusions: I. All beautiful which are princesses will necessarily be queens.
II. All queens are royal.

General Awareness- Quiz

1. ________ assumed charge as the new Chief Election Commission on 19 Apr and will serve until Jul 2017.
1) Nasim Zaidi 2) Shashi Kant Sharma 3) TK Viswanathan 4) SY Quraishi 5) VS Sampath

2. The Govt barred foreign funds for which of the following NGOs and froze its bank accounts for alleged norms violation
and anti-national activities recently?
1) Justice and Care 2) The Hope Foundation 3) Digital Green
4) Greenpeace 5) None of these

3. In a recent operation named ‘Operation Rahat,’ India evacuated around 5,600 people including foreign nationals from
which of the following countries?
1) Libya 2) Syria 3) Nigeria 4) Yemen 5) Kenya

4. The World Meteorological Day is annually held on
1) 21 Mar 2) 23 Mar 3) 27 Mar 4) 28 Mar 5) 31 Mar

5. Murty S Kambhampati, who has been chosen for the prestigious US presidential award for excellence in the field of
science, mathematics and engineering mentoring, is a professor of
1) physics 2) chemistry 3) biology 4) mathematics 5) None of these

6. The Greek govt, recently, claimed nearly USD 303 bn from which of the following countries in war reparation for atrocities
and looting during the World War II?
1) France 2) UK 3) Germany 4) Japan 5) None of these

7. The concept of a Bank Investment Company (BIC) that would dislodge the govt’s ownership in public sector, was
suggested by
1) PJ Nayak Committee 2) Deepak Mohanty Committee 3) Rakesh Mohan Committee
4) A Vaidyanathan Committee 5) Usha Thorat Committee

8. PM Narendra Modi launched MUDRA bank on 8 Apr. The govt plans to set up the bank as a ________ body.
1) statutory 2) advisory 3) voluntary 4) private 5) None of these

9. The Women in Parliaments (WIP) Global Forum presented international award for women’s empowerment in the South
and Southeast Asia category to ________ in its summit in Addis Ababa.
1) Sri Lanka 2) Bangladesh 3) Nepal 4) India 5) Maldives

10. Name the women shuttler from India who created history, becomes first Indian woman player to become World No. 1
recently.
1) Jwala Gutta 2) PV Sindhu 3) Saina Nehwal 4) Ashwini Ponnappa 5) None of these

11. India has decided to fast-track purchase of Rafale jets from France to meet IAF’s critical operational necessity. Now, the
number of jets to be purchased in flyaway condition will be
1) 18 2) 36 3) 54 4) 72 5) None of these

12. Richie Benaud, the celebrated ‘voice of cricket’, died at the age of 84 recently. He was the former captain of
1) New Zealand 2) West Indies 3) Australia 4) South Africa 5) England

13. Paris, the capital and most populous city of France, is situated on the bank of
1) Seine River 2) Danube River 3) Swan River 4) Rhine River 5) Elbe River

14. The UN body UNESCO is headquartered in
1) Paris 2) Milan 3) Toronto 4) New York 5) Geneva


Answers: 1. 1 2. 4 3. 4 4. 2 5. 3
6. 3 7. 1 8. 1 9. 2 10. 3
11. 2 12. 3 13. 1 14. 1

Probability Questions and Answers

Question 1: A die is rolled, find the probability that an even number is obtained.

Solution to Question 1:

Let us first write the sample space S of the experiment.

S = {1,2,3,4,5,6}

Let E be the event "an even number is obtained" and write it down.

E = {2,4,6}

We now use the formula of the classical probability.

P(E) = n(E) / n(S) = 3 / 6 = 1 / 2

Question 2: Two coins are tossed, find the probability that two heads are obtained.

Note: Each coin has two possible outcomes H (heads) and T (Tails).

Solution to Question 2:

The sample space S is given by.

S = {(H,T),(H,H),(T,H),(T,T)}

Let E be the event "two heads are obtained".

E = {(H,H)}

We use the formula of the classical probability.

P(E) = n(E) / n(S) = 1 / 4

Question 3: Which of these numbers cannot be a probability?

a) -0.00001
b) 0.5
c) 1.001
d) 0
e) 1
f) 20%

Solution to Question 3:

A probability is always greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1, hence only a) and c) above cannot represent probabilities: -0.00010 is less than 0 and 1.001 is greater than 1.

Question 4: Two dice are rolled, find the probability that the sum is

a) equal to 1

b) equal to 4

c) less than 13

Solution to Question 4:

a) The sample space S of two dice is shown below.

S = { (1,1),(1,2),(1,3),(1,4),(1,5),(1,6)
         (2,1),(2,2),(2,3),(2,4),(2,5),(2,6)
         (3,1),(3,2),(3,3),(3,4),(3,5),(3,6)
         (4,1),(4,2),(4,3),(4,4),(4,5),(4,6)
         (5,1),(5,2),(5,3),(5,4),(5,5),(5,6)
         (6,1),(6,2),(6,3),(6,4),(6,5),(6,6) }

Let E be the event "sum equal to 1". There are no outcomes which correspond to a sum equal to 1, hence

P(E) = n(E) / n(S) = 0 / 36 = 0

b) Three possible outcomes give a sum equal to 4: E = {(1,3),(2,2),(3,1)}, hence.

P(E) = n(E) / n(S) = 3 / 36 = 1 / 12

c) All possible outcomes, E = S, give a sum less than 13, hence.

P(E) = n(E) / n(S) = 36 / 36 = 1

Question 5: A die is rolled and a coin is tossed, find the probability that the die shows an odd number and the coin shows a head.

Solution to Question 5:

The sample space S of the experiment described in question 5 is as follows

S = { (1,H),(2,H),(3,H),(4,H),(5,H),(6,H)
           (1,T),(2,T),(3,T),(4,T),(5,T),(6,T)}


Let E be the event "the die shows an odd number and the coin shows a head". Event E may be described as follows

E={(1,H),(3,H),(5,H)}

The probability P(E) is given by

P(E) = n(E) / n(S) = 3 / 12 = 1 / 4

Question 6: A card is drawn at random from a deck of cards. Find the probability of getting the 3 of diamond.

Solution to Question 6:

Let E be the event "getting the 3 of diamond". An examination of the sample space shows that there is one "3 of diamond" so that n(E) = 1 and n(S) = 52. Hence the probability of event E occurring is given by P(E) = 1 / 52

Question 7: A card is drawn at random from a deck of cards. Find the probability of getting a queen.

Solution to Question 7:

The sample space S of the experiment in question 7 is shwon above (see question 6)

Let E be the event "getting a Queen". An examination of the sample space shows that there are 4 "Queens" so that n(E) = 4 and n(S) = 52. Hence the probability of event E occurring is given by

P(E) = 4 / 52 = 1 / 13
Question 8: A jar contains 3 red marbles, 7 green marbles and 10 white marbles. If a marble is drawn from the jar at random, what is the probability that this marble is white?

Solution to Question 8:

We first construct a table of frequencies that gives the marbles color distributions as follows

color frequency
red 3
green 7
white 10


We now use the empirical formula of the probability

                                    Frequency for white color
P(E)= ________________________________________________
                             Total frequencies in the above table


= 10 / 20 = 1 / 2

Question 9: The blood groups of 200 people is distributed as follows: 50 have type A blood, 65 have B blood type, 70 have O blood type and 15 have type AB blood. If a person from this group is selected at random, what is the probability that this person has O blood type?

Solution to Question 9:

We construct a table of frequencies for the the blood groups as follows

group frequency
a 50
B 65
O 70
AB 15


We use the empirical formula of the probability

                               Frequency for O blood
P(E)= ________________________________________________
                                Total frequencies


= 70 / 200 = 0.35

Exercises:

a) A die is rolled, find the probability that the number obtained is greater than 4.

b) Two coins are tossed, find the probability that one head only is obtained.

c) Two dice are rolled, find the probability that the sum is equal to 5.

d) A card is drawn at random from a deck of cards. Find the probability of getting the King of heart.

Answers to above exercises:

a) 2 / 6 = 1 / 3

b) 2 / 4 = 1 / 2

c) 4 / 36 = 1 / 9

d) 1 / 52

IBPS RRB's Recruitment 2015 Notification Out!!!!

The online examination for the Common Recruitment Process for RRBs (RRBs of Group “A”-Officers (Scale-I, II & III) and Group “B” conducted online by the Institute of Banking Personnel Select Any eligible candidate, who aspires to join any of the Regional Rural Banks listed at (A) as (Scale-I, II & III) and Group “B” Recruitment Process (CWE for RRBs online examination will subsequently be called for a Common Interview to be conducted by the Nodal Regional Rural Bank in each State/UT, coordinated by IBPS. the Regional Rural Banks and as reported to IBPS, candidates shortlisted will be provisionally allotted to one of the Regional Rural Banks keeping in view the spirit of Govt. Guideli administrative convenience, etc. The validity for CWE for RRBs of business on 31.12.2016 with or without giving any notice. This system of Common Recruitment Process Rural Banks has the approval of the appropriate authorities. IBPS, an autonomous body, has received a mandate from the organisations mentioned at (A) below, to conduct the recruitment process as mentioned above, once a year. IBPS will make arrangements for conducting online examination, declare result of online exam Interviews will be conducted with the help coordinated by IBPS in consultation with appropriate authority IBPS after carefully reading the advertisement regarding the process of examinations, interview and provisional allotment, eligibility criteria, online registration processes, payment of prescribed application fee / intimation charges, pattern of examination, issuance of call letters etc. and ensure that they fulfil the stipulated criteria and follow the prescribed processes.

APPLICATION FEE/ INTIMATION CHARGES-  Application Fees/ Intimation Charges (Online payment from 08.07.2015 to 28.07.2015both dates inclusive) Officer (Scale I, II & III) - Rs. 100/- for SC/ST/PWD candidates. - Rs. 600/- for all others Office Assistant (Multipurpose) - Rs. 100/- for SC/ST/PWD/EXSM candidates. - Rs. 600/- for all others

Reserve List: A reserve list to the extent of approximately 10 percent of the vacancies under each category may be kept, subject to the availability of candidates. This does not guarantee provisional allotment to/recruitment by the RRBs. In the event of RRBs providing further vacancies during January 2016-December 2016, provisional allotment will be carried out for the candidates in the reserve list. However if no vacancy is furnished by the RRBs owing to exigencies or otherwise during the validity period the candidates under the reserve list will not be considered for provisional allotment. The reserve list will expire automatically on 31.12.2016 without any notice. Candidates who are not provisionally allotted or not in the reserve list will not be considered for any further process under CWE RRBs- IV for vacancies for January2016- December 2016.

Weightage: The total marks allotted for Interview are 100. The minimum qualifying marks / scores in interview and within it for local language proficiency will not be less than 40% (35% for SC/ST candidates). The minimum qualifying marks in interview for Officer Scale II and III will also be not less than 40% for all the candidates except 35% for SC / ST candidates. The relative weightage (ratio) of CWE and interview will be 70:30 respectively.

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General Awareness Quiz

1. Which of the following films has won the best foreign language film Oscar at the 87th Academy Awards?
1) Wild Tales 2) Timbuktu 3) Tangerines 4) Leviathan 5) Ida

2. Honda Motor has named who among the following as its new President and CEO who will take over in late Jun?
1) Takahiro Hachigo 2) Takanobu Ito 3) Soichiro Honda 4) Takeo Fukui 5) None of these

3. The govnt has launched a new portal to redress consular grievances of Indian citizens living abroad. Name the portal.
1) Helping Hand 2) Sahayata 3) Madad 4) Suvidha 5) None of these

4. Name the Indian-American who has won 2015 J Calvin Giddings Award in the field of chemistry in the US.
1) Jamshed Bharucha 2) Rakesh Khurana 3) Geeta Menon 4) Purnendu Dasgupta 5) None of these

5. Which of the following countries has adopted a witness protection law, recently, ahead of an investigation into suspected
human rights abuses in a 26-year civil war in the country?
1) Bangladesh 2) Thailand 3) Myanmar 4) Sri Lanka 5) Egypt

6. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu has won Oscar for best direction at the 87th Academy Awards for which of the following
films?
1) The Imitation Game 2) Birdman 3) The Grand Budapest Hotel
4) Foxcatcher 5) Boyhood

7. The parliament of which of the following countries on 19 Feb passed legislation banning commercial surrogacy?
1) Thailand 2) Philippines 3) Finland 4) Myanmar 5) China

8. Kotak Mahindra Bank obtains CCI nod for Kotak-ING Vysya Bank merger was the news in financial newspapers recently.
Here the term CCI stands for
1) Central Commission of India 2) Clearance Commission of India 3) Certification Commission of India
4) Competition Commission of India 5) None of these

9. Who among the following was on 20 Feb appointed as the new Sri Lankan Army Chief by President Maithripala Sirisena?
1) Daya Ratnayake 2) Sarath Fonseka 3) Chrishantha de Silva
4) Jagath Jayasuriya 5) None of these

10. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India on 23 Feb signed a $50 million loan agreement to
boost power generation capacity in
1) Arunachal Pradesh 2) Sikkim 3) Manipur 4) Tripura 5) Assam

11. Which of the following states is all set to become the country’s first state to present a ‘paperless’ budget on Mar 11?
1) Himachal Pradesh 2) Haryana 3) Andhra Pradesh 4) Telangana 5) Delhi

12. Who among the following has won the best actor Oscar at the 87th Academy Awards?
1) Steve Carell (Foxcatcher) 2) Bradley Cooper (American Sniper)
3) Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game) 4) Michael Keaton (Birdman)
5) Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything)

13. Who among the following has won the best actress Oscar at the 87th Academy Awards?
1) Reese Witherspoon (Wild) 2) Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl)
3) Julianne Moore (Still Alice) 4) Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything)
5) Marion Cotillard (Two Days, One Night)

14. Which of the following telecom service providers and UNICEF has joined hands to provide education and health related
information to its customers in some 17 African countries?
1) Bharti Airtel 2) Vodafone 3) Orascom Telecom 4) Telkom 5) None of these


Answers: 1. 5 2. 1 3. 3 4. 4 5. 4
6. 2 7. 1 8. 4 9. 3 10. 5
11. 1 12. 5 13. 3 14. 1

SHORTCUTS IN MULTIPLICATION

SHORTCUTS IN MULTIPLICATION-

Multiplication using multiples
12 x 15 
= 12 x 5 x 3 
= 60 x 3 
= 180

Multiplication by distribution 
12 x 17
= (12 x 10) + (12 x 7) ---> 12 is multiplied to both 10 & 7
= 120 + 84
= 204 

Multiplication by "giving and taking"
12 x 47 
= 12 x (50 - 3) 
= (12 x 50) - (12 x 3) 
= 600 - 36
= 564

Multiplication by 5 --> take the half(0.5) then multiply by 10
428 x 5 
= (428 x 1/2) x 10 = 428 x 0.5 x 10
= 214 x 10
= 2140

Multiplication by 10  ---> just move the decimal point one place to the right
14 x 10
= 140   ---> added one zero

Multiplication by 50 ---> take the half(0.5) then multiply by 100
18 x 50
= (18/2) x 100 = 18 x 0.5 x 100
= 9 x 100
= 900

Multiplication by 100 ---> move the decimal point two places to the right
42 x 100
= 4200  ---> added two zeroes

Multiplication by 500 ---> take the half(0.5) then multiply by 1000
21 x 500
= 21/2 x 1000
= 10.5 x 1000
= 10500

Multiplication by 25 ---> use the analogy $1 = 4 x 25 cents
25 x 14
= (25 x 10) + (25 x 4) ---> 250 + 100 ---> $2.50 + $1
= 350

Multiplication by 25 ---> divide by 4 then multiply by 100
36 x 25
= (36/4) x 100
= 9 x 100
= 900  

Multiplication by 11 if sum of digits is less than 10
72 x 11
= 7_2  ---> the middle term = 7 + 2 = 9
= place the middle term 9 between 7 & 2
= 792

Multiplication by 11 if sum of digits is greater than 10
87 x 11
= 8_7  ---> the middle term = 8 + 7 = 15 
because the middle term is greater than 10, use 5 then
add 1 to the first term 8, which leads to the answer of
= 957 

Multiplication of 37 by the 3, 6, 9 until 27 series of numbers --> the "triple effect"            
solve 37 x 3                
multiply 7 by 3 = 21, knowing the last digit (1), just combine two more 1's giving the triple digit answer 111            
                
solve 37 x 9                
multiply 7 by 9 = 63, knowing the last digit (3), just combine two more 3's giving the triple digit answer 333                                
solve 37 x 21                
multiply 7 by 21 = 147, knowing the last digit (7), just combine two more 7's giving the triple digit answer 777                            

Multiplication of the "dozen teens" group of numbers -- 
(i.e. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19) by ANY of the numbers within the group:
solve 14 x 17                
4 x 7 = 28;  remember 8, carry 2                
14 + 7 = 21                
add 21 to whats is carried (2)                
giving the result 23                
form the answer by combinig 23 to what is remembered (8)                
giving the answer 238    

Multiplication of numbers ending in 5 with difference of 10
45 x 35  
first term = [(4 + 1) x 3] = 15; (4 is the first digit of 45 and 3 is the first digit of 35 --> add 1 to the higher first digit which is 4 in this case, then multiply the result by 3, giving 15)
last term = 75
combining the first term and last term,
= 1575

75 x 85
first term = (8 + 1) x 7 = 63
last term = 75
combining first and last terms,
= 6375

15 x 25
= 375

Multiplication of numbers ending in 5 with the same first terms (square of a number)
25 x 25 
first term = (2 + 1) x 2 = 6
last term = 25
answer = 625  ---> square of 25

75 x 75 
first term = (7 + 1) x 7 = 56
last term = 25
answer = 5625 ---> 75 squared

General Awareness (Quiz)

General Awareness (Quiz)

1. US scientist James Watson sold his Nobel Prize medal for $4.8 mn on 6 Dec in an auction. He was awarded the world’s
most prestigious award in 1962 for
1) the discovery of the structure of DNA
2) his contributions to evolutionary theory
3) discovery of penicillin
4) being the first researcher to isolate and identify nucleic acid
5) None of these

2. The US President Barack Obama has nominated who among the following to be the next defense secretary?
1) Heidi Shyu 2) Sean Stackley 3) Frank Kendall III 4) Ashton Carter 5) None of these

3. According to the report by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare released recently, India spent about ________on
diseases caused by tobacco in 2011.
1) Rs 50,000 cr 2) Rs 80,000 cr 3) Rs 1 lakh cr 4) Rs 1.2 lakh cr 5) Rs 1.6 lakh cr

4. Typhoon Hagupit hit which of the following countries recently?
1) Sri Lanka 2) Philippines 3) Maldives 4) Myanmar 5) Mauritius

5. India’s GSAT-16 satellite was launched successfully on 7 Dec from French Guiana. It will replace which of the following
satellites, decommissioned prematurely in Apr this year?
1) GSAT-7 2) GSAT-14 3) INSAT-3D 4) INSAT-3E 5) None of these

6. India and which of the following countries have agreed to take research and innovation relationship to a greater level
with the announcement of Newton-Bhabha Fund?
1) UK 2) US 3) Germany 4) France 5) Sweden

7. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has come out with the final guidelines for the BBPS, which will help consumers pay
multiple bills at a single point of transaction. Expand the term BBPS.
1) Bharat Bill Processing System 2) Bharat Bill Placement System 3) Bharat Bill Provisioning System
4) Bharat Bill Payment System 5) None of these

8. The RuPay debit cards, the first such card issued in India, has been issued by
1) NPCI 2) IBA 3) GIPSA 4) BaNCS 5) None of these

9. The central govt has extended the facility of Tourist Visa on Arrival or e-visa facility to 43 countries. Which of the
following countries is/are NOT among them?
1) Pakistan 2) Sri Lanka 3) Afghanistan 4) Iran 5) All the above

10. A committee chaired by Amitabh Kant cleared 10 proposals for manufacturing defence equipments and explosives in
India recently. He is ________in the Govt of India.
1) Secretary, DIPP 2) Director General, DRDO 3) Defence Secretary
4) Cabinet secretary 5) None of these

11. Who among the following has been named winner of this year’s readers’ poll for TIME Magazine’s ‘Person of the Year’?
1) Nurses treating Ebola 2) Protesters in Ferguson 3) Malala Yousafzai
4) Joshua Wong 5) Narendra Modi

12. The RRBs are jointly owned by the Center, the concerned state govt and sponsor banks with the issued capital shared
respectively in the proportion of
1) 35 per cent, 15 per cent and 50 per cent 2) 40 per cent, 20 per cent and 40 per cent
3) 45 per cent, 15 per cent and 40 per cent 4) 50 per cent, 15 per cent and 35 per cent
5) Other than those given as options


Answers: 1. 1 2. 4 3. 3 4. 2 5. 4
6. 1 7. 4 8. 1 9. 5 10. 1
11. 5 12. 4

General Awareness (Quiz)

1. As estimated in the annual report of the United Nation Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
(ESCAP), the Indian economy will grow at what per cent in the current fiscal?
1) 5.1 per cent 2) 5.5 per cent 3) 5.9 per cent 4) 6.1 per cent 5) None of these

2. The RBI relaxed KYC norms for opening bank accounts recently. Which of the following is NOT correct in this regard?
1) It has asked banks to allow self-certified copy of the document by mail, or post for opening an account.
2) Banks have not to seek fresh documents, if a KYC compliant customer desires to open another account in the bank.
3) If the customers are unable to comply within a reasonable period of time, partial freezing may be introduced for KYC
non-compliant customers.
4) Under partial freezing, only debits would be allowed in such accounts, but credits would not be allowed.
5) None of these

3. Ryder Cup is associated with which of the following games?
1) Golf 2) Squash 3) Billiards 4) Badminton 5) None of these

4. A new mission named ‘Resolute Support’ focusing on training and supporting the local army and police has been
initiated in which of the following countries recently?
1) Iraq 2) Syria 3) Pakistan 4) Afghanistan 5) None of these

5. Who among the following has been sworn in as the new president of Afghanistan in the country’s first democratic
transfer of power since the ouster of Taliban from power?
1) Abdullah Abdullah 2) Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai 3) Hamid Karzai
4) Abdul Rashid Dostum 5) None of these

6. The RBI announced it bi-monthly policy review on 30th Sep. Which of the following is NOT matched correctly as per the
latest announcement?
1) The short-term lending rate (repo) – 8 per cent
2) Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) – 4 per cent
3) Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) – 22.5 per cent
4) The projected GDP growth rate in 2015-16 fiscal – 6.3 per cent
5) None of these

7. Which of the following technology firms is planning to start testing its internet-carrying solar-powered drones in 2015
aimed at getting two-thirds of the global population online?
1) ZTE 2) Microsoft 3) Google 4) Facebook 5) None of these

8. The 65th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China took place recently. The PR China was founded
on ________1949.
1) 25 Sep 2) 29 Sep 3) 30 Sep 4) 1 Oct 5) None of these

9. The PM Narendra Modi launched ‘Swachh Bharat’ mission on 2 Oct. Which of the following is NOT correct with respect
to the new mission?
1) The country’s biggest-ever cleanliness drive is expected to cost nearly Rs 5 lakh cr.
2) The logo of the campaign is ‘Gandhi’s spectacles’ and the slogan ‘Ek Kadam Swachhata Ki Or’.
3) As per a WHO estimate, a person in India loses about Rs 6,500 per annum due to illness and poor health as he is
unable to perform day-to-day duties.
4) The govt has decided to merge the ‘Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan’, a campaign for rural sanitation with Swachh Bharat
Mission.
5) The urban component of the Mission is proposed to be implemented over 5 years starting from 2 Oct 2014 in all 4,041
statutory towns.

10. The book titled ‘Kutsa Pakhha’ [Those Who Slander] has been authored by
1) Mamata Banerjee 2) J Jayalalithaa 3) N Chandrababu Naidu
4) Sasikala Natarajan 5) None of these

11. The Indian women’s kabaddi team notched up its second successive gold medal at the 17th Asian Games beating which
of the following teams in the summit clash?
1) Iran 2) Nepal 3) Pakistan 4) Indonesia 5) None of these

Answers- 1. 2 2. 4 3. 1
4. 4 5. 2 6. 3 7. 4 8. 4
9. 1 10. 11. 1

Computer Awareness (Quiz)

Ques. : 1 A memory space used for the temporary storage of data is
1) PROM 2) SAM
3) Scratchpad storage 4) Buffer
5) None of the above

Ans.) 3
Ques. : 2 What is the name of the logic circuit which can add two binary digits?
1) Full adder 2) Half adder
3) Half adder Buffer 4) Register
5) Register None of the above

Ans.) 2
Ques. : 3 A small film-plate which is used for microfilming the output from a microcomputer screen is called
1) microfilm 2) microfiche
3) film card 4) COM
5) None of the above

Ans.) 2
Ques. : 4 The term referring to evacuating the content of some part of the machine is known as
1) Dump 2) Enhancement
3) Down 4) Compiler
5) None of the above

Ans.) 1
Ques. : 5 The process of communicating with a file from a terminal is
1) Interactive 2) Interrogation
3) Heuristic 4) All of the above
5) None of the above

Ans.) 2
Ques. : 6 Which method is used to connect a remote computer
1) Device 2) Dialup
3) Diagnostic 4) Logic circuit
5) None of the above

Ans.) 2
Ques. : 7 A datum that indicates some important state in the content of input or output is
1) Sequence 2) Sentinel
3) SIO 4) Sibling
5) None of the above Ans.) 2
Ques. : 8 Which is a non-standard version of a computing language?
1) PROLOG 2) APL
3) Army 4) PL/1 5) None of the above

Ans.) 3
Ques. : 9 A program that is employed in the development, repair or enhancement of other programs is known as
1) System software 2) Software tool
3) Applications program 4) Utility program
5) None of the above

Ans.) 2
Ques. : 10 Any storage device added to a computer beyond the immediately usable main storage is known as
1) Floppy disk 2) Hard disk
3) Backing store 4) Punched card
5) None of the above

Ans.) 3
Ques. : 11 Which output device is used for translating information from a computer into pictorial form on paper.
1) Mouse 2) Plotter
3) Touch panel 4) Card punch
5) None of the above

Ans.) 2
Ques. : 12 A technique used by codes to convert an analog signal into a digital bit stream is known as
1) Pulse code modulation 2) Pulse stretcher
3) Query processing 4) Queue management
5) None of the above Ans.) 1
Ques. : 13 An optical input device that interprets pencil marks on paper media is
1) O.M.R 2) Punch card reader
3) Optical scanners 4) Optical scanners
5) None of the above

Ans.) 1

General Awareness (Quiz) For SSC 2015

General Awareness Quiz

1. The chief constituent of gobar gas is
A. ethane
B. methane
C. hydrogen
D. carbon dioxide

2. The countries that had maintained research stations in Antarctica under Antarctic Trade are
A. Argentina, Australia, Belgium and South Africa
B. Chili, France and Japan
C. New Zealand, Norway, the former USSR, the UK and the USA
D. All of the above

3. The first development flight of SLV-3 took place on
A. May 31, 1981
B. April 17, 1983
C. December 21, 1999
D. December 28, 1995

4.  The Enron project is a
A. hydro-electric project
B. thermal power project
C. atomic power project
D. gas-fired power project

5. The chief purpose of crop rotation is to check the loss of top soil
A. by water erosion
B. by wind erosion
C. by weathering
D. of its mineral content

6. World’s busiest airports by passenger traffic is
A. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, USA
B. Lhasa Airport, Tibet
C. King Abdul Aziz International Airport, Saudi Arabia
D. Chicago O’ Hare International Airport, USA

7. The first meeting of the UN General Assembly was held in which of the following cities?
A. London
B. New York
C. San Francisco
D. Teheran

8. The first rice straw power plant has been set up at
A. Kolkata
B. Jalkheri, Punjab
C. Trombay, Maharashtra
D. None of the above

9. The founder member of EFTA are
A. Austria, Denmark, Norway
B. Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland
C. UK, Austria, Sweden
D. All of the above

10. The first historical mention of the holding of the ancient Olympic Games occurred about
A. 2000 years ago
B. 2250 years ago
C. 2500 years ago
D. 2775 years ago

11. The first Afro-Asian Games were held in
A. Hyderabad
B. Sydney
C. Cairo
D. Kuala Lumpur

12. The first meeting of the SAARC was opened in
A. Dhaka, Bangladesh
B. Bangalore, India
C. Kathmandu, Nepal
D. Islamabad, Pakistan

13. The General Assembly meets regularly
A. once a month
B. after every three months
C. twice a year
D. once year

14. The fighter force of Air Force is comprised of
A. MIG-21 variant
B. MIG-23s, MIG-25s, MIG-27s, MIG-29s
C. Jaguars
D. All of the above

15. The control commend of Army is located at
A. Pune
B. Udhampur
C. Lucknow
D. Mhow

ANSWERS:
1.B
2.D
3.A
4.D
5.D
6.A
7.A
8.B
9.D
10.D
11.A
12.A
13.D
14.D