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G.K. / Current Affairs

1. What is the age limit for the athletes participating in the Youth Olympic Games?

[A]14 to 20 

[B]15 to 22 

[C]14 to 18 

[D]16 to 25 

2. The “Tsongmo or Changu” lake is located in ___? 

[A]Jammu and Kashmir 

[B]Sikkim 

[C]Himachal Pradesh 

[D]Uttarkhand 

3. On 14 August, 2014, which among the following World’s Greatest Project has turned 100 years of construction? 

[A]Suez Canal 

[B]Nicaragua Canal 

[C]Panama Canal 

[D]Hudson Dam 

4. Which among the following countries is the venue for the Youth Olympic Games-2014? 

[A]South Korea 

[B]China 

[C]Japan 

[D]Scotland 

5. Which one of the following cities has been chosen as ad hoc capital of Andhra Pradesh? 

[A]Vijayawada 

[B]Visakhapatnam 

[C]Tirupati 

[D]Kurnool 

6. In which of the following states, India’s first “Skill Development” centre has been inaugurated, recently (August 2014)? 

[A]Karnataka 

[B]Madhya Pradesh 

[C]Rajasthan 

[D]Haryana 

7. Recently (August 2014), which among the following software firm has pledged Rs 100 crore toward financing hygienic sanitation facilitation for girl students across 10,000 schools? 

[A]Wipro 

[B]Infosys 

[C]TCS 

[D]IBM 

8. The “Ulchi Freedom Guardian” is an annual military drill between United States and ____? 

[A]South Korea 

[B]China 

[C]Japan 

[D]India 

9. As per the latest (2014) report, India ranked fifth among top ten wind power producers in the world. As per the report world’s top four wind power producing countries are ___? 

[A]China, Brazil, Germany and France 

[B]China, US, Brazil and Canada 

[C]US, China, Brazil and Canada 

[D]China, Brazil, US and Canada 

10. Which among the following companies developed the world’s first smartphone “Simon” which celebrated its 20 years since the device was first released? 

[A]IBM 

[B]Motorola 

[C]Nokia 

[D]HTC

General Secience For All Examinations

1.Which among the following strictly works on the principle of dipole movement of the water molecules? 
(A)Refrigerator 
(B)Microwave Oven 
(C)Air Conditioner 
(D)Electric Geyser 

2.Which among the following waves are most commonly used in the Night Vision Devices? 
(A)Microwaves 
(B)Infra Red Waves 
(C)Ultra Violet Waves 
(D)Radio Waves 

3.Which among the following waves are used in the gemstone industry to change white topaz into blue topaz? 
(A)X-Rays 
(B)Gamma Rays 
(C)Alpha Radiation 
(D)Beta Radiation 

4.What do we call the part of the "DTH Satellite dish" that converts the signals from electromagnetic or radio waves to electrical signals ? 
(A)Orthomode transducer (OMT) 
(B)Low-noise block converter (LNB) 
(C)Block upconverter (BUC) 
(D)Parabolic Dish 

5.The power we use at Home has a frequency of 60Hz. What would be the period of the sine wave? 
(A)0.116 seconds 
(B)0.0116 seconds 
(C)0.00116 seconds 
(D)0.0016 Microseconds 

6.Consider the following advantages of the Optic Fibers and the Copper wires: 
1. Optic Fibers are NOT susceptible to the electrical interference 
2. Optic Fibers can be used to transmit more signals that Copper Wires 
3. Optic Fibers can carry a signal over a single fiber, unlike the electricity which requires a pair of Copper wires. 
Which among the above stand correct ? 
(A)Only 1 is correct 
(B)Only 1 & 2 are correct 
(C)All 1, 2 & 3 are correct 
(D)Only 3 is correct 

7.Consider the following: 
1. Submarine Communications 
2. AM Radio 
3. Short Wave Radio 
4. Radar Arrange the above in increasing frequency of the waves used in their applications. 
(A)4 3 2 1 
(B)1 2 3 4 
(C)2 1 4 3 
(D)2 3 4 1 

8.Consider the following: 
1. Alpha Rays 
2. Gamma Rays 
3. Beta Rays Which among the above have equal velocity of the light waves? 
(A)Only 1 & 2 
(B)Only 2 & 3 
(C)Only 3 
(D)Only 2 

9.Which among the following correctly represents a Parsec? 
(A)0.326 Light Years 
(B)3.261 Light Years 
(C)32.61 Light Years 
(D)3.026 Light Years 

10."Fermi" is a unit of which among the following? 
(A)Mass 
(B)Length 
(C)Velocity 
(D)Frequency 

11.Which among the following Vitamin is added to the milk in some countries as it is lost during the process of Fat Removal (Skimming)? 
(A)Vitamin A 
(B)Vitamin B 
(C)Vitamin D 
(D)Vitamin C 

12.Which among the following property of the matter is studied in "Rheology"? 
(A)Gravitation 
(B)Viscosity 
(C)Magnetic Properties 
(D)Entropy 

13.Which among the following is "Fool's Gold" ? 
(A)Copper Sulphate 
(B)Iron Sulfide 
(C)Brass 
(D)Silver Bromide 

14.In which country is produced the "Carnauba wax"? 
(A)Brazil 
(B)Egypt 
(C)Japan 
(D)South Korea 

15.Which among the following makes Chile saltpetre different from saltpetre? 
(A)Nitrate 
(B)Sodium 
(C)Magnesium 
(D)Calcium

Answer Key

G.K. / Current Affairs

1. 14 to 18 The Youth Olympic Games is an international multi-sport event organised by the International Olympic Committee. The age limitation of the athletes is 14 to 18.
2. Sikkim Changu Lake is a glacial lake in the East Sikkim, located around 40 kilometres away from capital Gangtok at elevation of 3,780 m.
3. Panama Canal The Panama Canal is a 77.1 kilometre ship canal in Panama that connects Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. The canal was officially opened on August 15, 1914. One of the largest and most difficult engineering projects ever undertaken, Panama Canal shortcut greatly reduced the ships to travel between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
4. China The 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games is the second summer Youth Olympic Games, an international sports, due to be held from 16 to 28 August 2014 in Nanjing, China.
5. Vijayawada The Andhra Pradesh government has decided to have an ad hoc capital at Vijayawada until the needed infrastructure and other projects for the new capital are completed.
6. Rajasthan Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje has inaugurated country’s first skill development centre in Jaipur. The centre which has been set up under the “Livelihood Skill Project” aims to provide job oriented training programmes to the state’s unemployed youth.
7. TCS Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), country’s largest software service provider has pledged Rs 100 crore toward financing hygiene sanitation facilitation for girl students across 10,000 schools. TCS will earmark a budget of Rs 100 crore to be spent on this initiative, which will help children, especially girl students, to participate in school education for a longer period of time and play a longer economic role in their communities.
8. South Korea Ulchi-Freedom Guardian is the name of the military exercise between United States and South Korea. The exercise is the world’s largest computerized command and control implementation which mainly focuses on defending South Korea from a North Korea attack.
9. China, US, Brazil and Canada
10. IBM

General Science For All Examinations

1)B, 2)B, 3)B 4)B, 5)B, 6)C, 7)B, 8)D,

9)B, 10)B, 11)A, 12)B, 13)B, 14)A, 15)B

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