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GENERALKNOWLEDGE ANDCURRENT AFFAIRS

Dr. T.K. Jain.

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Supreme commandor of

Indian Armed force? President Pratibha Patil


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Which country produced

first atom bomb? USA.


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Who invented telephone? Graham bell


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Minimum age for becoming

president of India? 35


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World red cross day? 8 May.


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ISRO headquarter? Bangalore


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Capital of Chhatisgarh Raipur


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GATT? General agreement of Tariff andTrade?


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Chairman of constitution

drafting committee? B.R. Ambedkar


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The heighest non-

military award of India Bharat Ratna


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First cencus of India? 1872


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Kisan Ghat is for whom? Charan Singhs


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First olympic took place

in ? Athenes in Greece.


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Writer of Hamlet? Shakespeare


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Myamar was separated

from India in ? 1935


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Who discovered

radioactivity? Madam Curie


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BBC stands for ? British Broadcasing corporation.


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Arjuna Sengupta Panel

2006 was about? It gave recommendations onunorganised sector labour.


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o s convenor oNational security advisory

board? M.K. Rasgotra (former foreignsecretary).


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Who is chairman of national

commission on farmers? M.S. Swaminathan


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What is SIMI? Students Islamic Movements of India(it has been declared unlawful in

India by Justice B.N. ChaturvediTribunal under unlawful activitesprevention act 1967


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What is rank of India in

HDI? India has 126thrank in HumanDeveloment Index developed by

United Nations (out of 177 countries)in 2006. the top rank holders areNorway, Iceland, Australia, Irelandand Sweden.


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What is the rank of India in

Economic Freedom Index? 53 rank. Top ranks are by Hongkong and

Singapore.

at s t e ran o n a n


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at s t e ran o n a ncorruption perception

Index? 88 rank. The worlds cleanest countries are

iceland, Finland, newzealand. India has a score of 2.9 out of 10 and

shares the same rank as Armenia,

Benin, Moldova, Tanzania.


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What is full form ofFMC?

Forward markets commission


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What is the share of

India in world exports? .9%


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Justice Patkak

committee is about? Iraqi oil for food scam.


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Who was founder of

Enron? Kenneth Lay (he died of heart attackon 5 July 2006) Enron became

bankrupt in 2001.


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What is JACIK? Japan, ASEAN, China, India andKorea (they are forming a free trade

agreement).


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What is GAS in fashion

apparel? Grotto S.P.A. (which is also calledGAS) is Italian fashion wear

company. It is in collaboration withRaymond of India.


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What is ZAPP in

garments? It is the brand relating to childrenwear launched by Raymond Ltd.


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What is PUMA in fashion

wear? It is sports wear including shoesmaking company. It has opened

offices in India also starting fromChennai.


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Who have launched these

models? Verna, Aveo, Pleasure, gallardo,murcielago, civic, cedia, gladiator,

blaze, zeus,x-treme, platina,shine.


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ese comapny es ave


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ese comapny es avelaunched these models of

automibilies Hyundai -Verna,chevrolet- Aveo, herohonda -Pleasure, Lamborghini -

gallardo, Lamborghini - murcielago,Honda - civic, Lancer - cedia, Yamaha- gladiator, Kinetic -blaze, Suziki -zeus,Hero honda- x-treme, Bajaj -platina,Honda - shine.

ter o ata an e


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ter o ata an e ,which other cities will also

have Metro trains? Bangalore, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad,Kochi and Mumbai.

Kolkata Metro will be expanded soon.


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Which is the train on

roof recently started? Lhasa to Shimud (China) started in2006.


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When did Gandhi ji used

Satyagrah first time? 11 Sept. 1906 in South Afrika againstregistration law.


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First movement of

Gandhi ji in India? Champaran Andolan in 1917 forprotecting indigo workers.


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Who is CEO of Ford? Allen Mulailee


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Who is CEO of news

corp. Rupord Murdoch


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Who is CEO of american

media co. Viycom Philip Doman


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Who is chancellor of

Germany? Angela Merkel (she is alsoconsidered worlds most powerful

lady as per different surveys)


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Who is foreign secretary

of USA? Condoleezza Rice.

o s c e o


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o s c e oAfghanistan Human Rights

Commission? Seema Samar


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Who is the Deputy Prime

Minister of China? Wu Yi.


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What is RAM and ROM? Random Access Memory and ReadOnly Memory.


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What is IMAP? Internet Message Access Protocal.


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What is LCD? Liquid Crystal Display.


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What is 1mb? 1024 Kilobytes.


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What is WAP? Wireless application protocal.


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What is TFT? THIN FILM TECHNOLOGYTRANSFER (COMPUTER

TERMINOLOGY).


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What is FTP? File transfer Protocol


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What is EDGE? Enhanced Data rates for GSMEvolution. (a digital mobile phone

technology)


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What is AWARE? Advertising that is part of softwaresis called aware.

F


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Fastest supercomputer in

India? Kabru (made in India) Integrity Superdome (imported)

Fastest supercomputer in the worldis Blue Gene /L (70.72 teraflops)made by IBM.

Wh i


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What is next to

internet? Internet 2 is the project which hasbeen started by 34 US research

firms. Internet 2 will offer speed ofover 155mbps. (3000 times fasterthan dial up modem) It will use fibreoptics etc.


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What is IP telephony? Inernet protocol telephony.

Wh i d


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When was windows

started? 1985 by microsoft.


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How did internet start? It was started by pentagon asADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECT

AGENCY in 1969, as ARPANET.


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What is TCP/IP? Transmission control Protocolinternet protocol

Wh t i i tifi f


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What is scintific name ofIndian National bird?

Pavo Cristatus (linnaeus) is the nameof Peacock.


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What is the scintific nameof Indian national animal?

Panthera Tigris (linnaeus) is the nameof Tiger.

Wh ti l


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When was national songsung for the first time?

1896 at INC.

The song is composed in Sanskrit.

National song, written byBankimchandra Chatterji wastranslated into English by Aurobindo.

Wh i MD f P d ti l


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Who is MD of PrudentialICICI?

Shikha Sharma

Wh i h i f


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Who is chairman ofTrent Ltd.

Simone Tata

o w set up m onf l l l


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ptonne greenfield steel plant

in Orissa? Arcelor-Mittal LN Mittal group.

Wh t is th sh f LN


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What is the share of LNMittal in Arcelor?

49%

51% is being held by Joseph Kinsch

Mittal will be vice president of thiscompany.

Wh t is d i ist d


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What is administeredprice?

The prices which are set bygovernment are called administered

price or APM.


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What is disinvestment? Sale of stake in PSUs by Govt. is

called disinvestment.


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What is Keynes Model? It is based on depression of 1930 and

states that govt. should spend money

to create employement possiblities.


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What is tobin tax? It is tax on financial sector with

the help of this tax third worldcountries can be supported.

It is named after nobel laureateJames Tobin (1981) who said thatthere should be tax on global capitaltransfers.


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What is CRR and SLR? Cash reserve ratio And

Statutory liquidity ratio (these are fixed by RBI as permonetary policy announced twice in a

year once in April and once in

October).

Where is definition of


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Where is definition ofMoney bill?

It is given in article 110 ofconstituton of India.

What is 100th amendment


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What is 100thamendmentto constitution?

It included Bodo, Santhili, Maithili,and Dogri into constititon as officiallanguages in eighth schedule ofconstitution.

What is 99th amendment


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What is 99thamendmentto constitution?

It created Bodo territorial council.

What is 12th schedule


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What is 12thscheduleabout?

It is about municipal commissions andnagar parishads.

What is Asian Highway


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What is Asian HighwayNetwork?

India along with neighbouringcountries have signed an agreementto form this network by 2010 whichwill create a network of 1.4 lakh km.


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Biggest port of India? Mumbai.


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River port in India? Haldia (kolkatta, west bengal).


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Tidal port in India? Kandla


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Deepest port in India? Vishakhapattnam

Oldest port of East


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Oldest port of EastCoast (artificial port)?

Chennai.

First corporated port of


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First corporated port ofIndia

Ennore

First fully mechanised


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First fully mechanisedport of India?

Nhava Shewa

Which state has biggest


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Which state has biggestroad network in India?

Maharastra.

How many major ports


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How many major portsdoes India have?

12 major ports, 184 other ports on acoast line spread over 5600 Km.


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