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Previously asked GK questions for PSC and Bank exams


Random General Knowledge Questions and Answers


1. Gulf Stream Ocean Currents located in ?
Answer: Atlantic


2. Potassium is kept in ?
Answer: Kerosene


3.Which article of the Indian Constitution deals with the Right to Education ?
Answer: Article 21(a)


4. Which is the soil formed due to intense leaching in areas of high temperature and rainfall ?
Answer: Laterite Soil


5. The general governor who organized police force in India ?
Answer: Lord Cornvallis


6. Which is the Chemical added to give particular smell to LPG ?
Answer: Ethyl Marcaptan (Ethanethiol)


7. HTTPS stand for _____ ?
Answer: Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure


8. For refreshing which function key is used ?
Answer: F5


9. The working principle of Optical Fibre Cables ?
Answer: Total Internal Reflection



10. The Andes Mountain located in ?
Answer: South America


11. The name Indian National Congress first put forward by ?
Answer: Dadabhai Naroji


12. Lightening Conductor was discovered by ?
Answer: Benjamin Franklin

13. Swami Vivekananda delivered his famous Chicago speech on which date?
Answer: 11 September 1893

 14. which planet is called green planet?
Answer: uranus

15. which planet is known as red planet?
Answer: Mars

16. which planet is known as morning star?
Answer:venus

17. which planet is known as blue planet?
answer: earth

18. which planet is known as green planet in solar system ?
answer: Uranus

19. Which planet have rings?
Answer: Saturn


*20. Who is the author of the book "You got magic"?
Answer: Neel Madhav

Important Facts about Indian presidents

*21. India wins freedom is the autobiography of?
answer: Abdul kalam azad


*22.The president who led the first minority government in India?
answer: V P Singh


*22. The President of India who announced the emergency of 1975?
answer: Fakhruddin ali ahmed

*23.First Indian president who was born in 20th century?
Answer: Fakhrudin Ali ahmed

*24. The oldest president of India?
Answer: K R Narayan

*25.The youngest president of India?
Answer: Neelam sanjiv Reddy

*26. Who is the first chief minister of Andhra pradesh?
Answer:  Neelam sanjiv Reddy


 
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Gk & Current affairs Questions from 2017 exams

Recently asked GK & Current affairs questions from PSC and Postal exams

1.In which city the first "Centre of Excellence for Internet of Things" (COEIOT) was started?
Answer: Bangaluru 

[Postman exam 2017]

2.Which Indian state started Saraswati river project?
Answer: Haryana

[Postman exam 2017]

3. Chandigarh rock garden was built by ?

Answer: Nek Chand

[Postman exam 2017]

4. Hiroshima day is celebrated on?

Answer: August 6

[Postman exam 2017]

5.Who discovered Radium?

Answer: Mary curie

[Postman exam 2017]

6.Which day is celebrated as ozone day?

Answer: 16 September

[Kerala PSC 2017 exam]

7. GST(Goods and service tax) is set to be introduced by the Union government on?

Answer: 2017 july 1

 [Kerala PSC 2017 exam]

8. The Pradhan mantri Adarsh gram yojana was initially implemented in?

Answer: Rajasthan

[Kerala PSC 2017 exam]

9. Metal Present in chlorophyll?

Answer: Magnesium

[KPSC exams] 

10. Indian sports research institute is located at  ?

Answer: Patiala 

[KPSC exams] 

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Revolutions for Increase Production (yellow,white,green,blue,pink brown & grey)

Some revolutions are introduced to increase the production of various items by different governments. Here lists some of them  from previous questions .If you have any suggestions feel free to comment

 Yellow revolution =>Increase in production of oil seeds  

 White revolution => Increase in production of milk         

 Green revolution => Increase in crop production            

 Blue revolution   => Increase in fish production              

 Pink revolution  => Increase in production of meat        

 Brown revolution => Increase in production of leather  

 Grey revolution => Increase in production of fertilizers 

Who is known as Father of green revolution?
Answer:  Norman Borlaug

Who is known as Father of green revolution in india?
Answer: M S swaminathan

what is mean by operation flood ?
Answer: increase in production of milk

In which year operation flood started ?
Answer: 1970
 
who is the father of white revolution ?
Answer: Varghese Kurien

Green revolution was started in which country?
answer: Mexico

Company Corporation gk questions solved

Answers of today's (08/06/2013) company corporation exam


Gk section answer key of company corporation exam
some of the questions which we discussed earlier are linked to the respective pages


1. Decibel is a unit of ?
Answer: Sound


2. Which of the following is used as rear view mirrors in vehicles ?
Answer: Convex mirror


3. Which of the following is not an ore of iron ?

a) Iron pyrites  b) Magnetite  c) Hematite  d) Magnesite
Answer: d) Magnesite


4. Which one of the following is known as the 'king of metal' ?

a) Iron  b) Gold  c) Platinum  d) Cobalt
Answer:


5. Which is the alkaloid that contains in cola drinks ?
Answer: Caffeine


6. Which alloy is used for the production of the body of aeroplanes ?
Answer: Duralumine


7. The compounds which are used to give colour to glasses and oil paintings ?
Answer: Transition metals


8. Name the person who invented lightning conductor ?
Answer: Benjamin Franklin


9. What is the voltage at which house hold AC (Alternating Current) equipments work ?
a) 220 v   b) 230 v    c) 400v   d) 110v

Answer: 230 v


10. Which of the following is a device that employs the principle of Mutual Induction ?

 a) Electric motor    b) Microphone   c) Transformer    d) Electronic choke
Answer: Transformer


11. Dengue fever is caused by ?
Answer: IGM Dengue Virus


12.  The work of famous poet 'AKKITHAM' which got VAYALAR award in 2012 ?
Answer: Anthimahakalam


13. Which is the highest national Environment award ?
Answer: Vriksha Mithra award


14. Who is the second Indian who is appointed as head of ICC Cricket Committee ?
Answer: Anil Kumble  (First > Sunil Gasvaskar)


15. Who got Nobel Prize for literature in 2012 ?
Answer: Mo yan


16. The programme launched by Kerala state Government to protect women and children from sexual abuse and sexual harassment ?
Answer: Nirbhaya


17. The present chief Justice of India ?
Answer:  P. Sathasivam


18. The new name of Big Ben Tower ?
answer: Elizabeth Tower


19. The 14th Vice President of India ?
answer: Hameed Ansari


20. Which was the statistical model used for India's second five year plan for attaining economic development?
answer: Mahalanobis Model


21. The Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) was established on ?
answer: 1992 April 12


22. Who was the first women Director General of Police in India?
answer:  Kanchan Chauduri


23. No child below the age of 14 can employed as per the Indian Constitution ?
answer:  Article 24


24. Who wrote the book 'Development as Freedom' ?
answer: Amartya Sen


25. The sex-ratio of Kerala (Females per 1000 Males) according to the Census of 2011 ?
answer: 1084


26. Untouchability is abolished under ?
Answer:  Article 17


27. Article 21 A deals with?
answer:  Right to Education



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Previously asked Gk questions

Today's Postal assistant Exam Questions Solved (12/05/13 Kerala Circle)

Part (A) General Knowledge Questions

Current affairs Questions !!!!!!!!!


1. Who was named AIFF (All India Football federation) player of the year 2012 ?
Answer: Syed Rahim Nabi


2. How many gold medal were won by India at Copa Brasil - 2012 Tournament for wrestling ?
Answer: 9


3. The reserve Bank of India has asked banks to ensure withdrawal of Non-CTS 2010 standard cheques with CTS standard -2010 cheques by ?
Answer: error in answer


4. Recently consensus on GST have been arrived by center and states. What does GST mean ?
Answer: Goods and service Tax


5. Who was elected as vice president of Indian National Congress ?
Answer: Rahul Gandhi


6. The government of India has given ......... "language of the 8th schedule" the status of official language ?
Answer: 22


7. Who was world biggest exporter of rice in 2012 as per the latest report by food & Agriculture organization ?
Answer: India


8. The National development Council has approved recently the 12th five year paln and set an annual average growth target of ?
Answer: 8.2 %


9. India on Oct-4, 2012 successfully test fired nuclear capable Prithvi-2 ballistic missile from a test range at Balasore. This was a ?
Answer: Surface to Surface Missile


10. The refractive indices of Kerosene, Turpentine and water are 1.44. 1.47 and 1.33 respectively. Light will have maximum speed in ?
Answer: Water


11. Which of the following gases are given out during Photosynthesis ?
Answer: Oxygen


12. Who is credited with the discovery of Electron ?
Answer:  J.J Thompson


13. What is the Script of Ashoka's inscription ?
Answer: Brahmi


14. The first temporary president of Constituent Assembly?
Answer: Dr. Sachidanand Sinha


15. Which among the following was the major demand of Bardoli Styagraha (1928) organized under the leadership of sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel ?
Answer: Rollback of newly enhanced revenue rate


16. During the time of which Mughal emperor did the English East India Company establish its first factory in India ?
Answer: Jahangir


17. Find the incorrect statement

a) Spring tide is caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and the sun together in the same direction 

b) A line on a map that join all the places of the same height above sea level is called contour line

c)  Full moon occurs when the moon comes between the Earth and the sun

d) The difference in minutes between the Greenwich time and the local time at a place can be derived by multiplying the longitude of place by four 

Answer: Full moon occurs when the moon comes between the Earth and the sun 


18. The central government on 1st Jan 2013 launched the pilot phase of direct cash benefits transfer scheme. Under this scheme the cash will be directly transferred to the intended beneficiaries through?
answer: Aadhar Linked Bank accounts


19. Identify the three leader states in wind energy among the following ?
Answer : Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat


20. Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia said recently that the term "Bimaru" states should be done away with. Which sates was/were termed as Bimaru state ?
Answer: Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh



 21. Bhopal  Gas tragedy  is  associated  with  leakage of  ?
 Answer: Methyl  ISO  Cryanate


 22. Which  company  has  developed  AKASH ,  the  cheapest  tablet computer  ?
Answer: Data Wind


23. Which  of  the  following  articles  of constitution  says  that  the  executive  power  of  every  state  shall  be  so  exercised  as  not  to  impede  or  prejudices the  exercise  of  the  executive  power  of  India ?
Answer: Article 257


24. The  distance  between  the  earth  and  Sun  is greatest during ?
Answer:  Aphelion


25. Who is the General Secretary of CPI(M) ?
Answer:  Prakash Karat 



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Indian Coast guard Navik Previous question

Navik gd previous questions

When I got the hall ticket for Indian Coast Guard Navik, I searched for Previous questions (just to know, what they going to ask). But I didn't get any.  Because they don't give the question papers after the exam.

I will give outline about what they going to ask.

There is no negative marks so don't leave any questions unanswered.

Mathematics questions that were asked in 2013 ICG Navik >There is questions from LCM & HCF, time & work, SI & CI, profit and loss, problems on Train, percentage etc



English questions that were asked in 2013 ICG Navik > antonyms, Synonyms, etc
two questions being asked from proverbs, that is

1. A stitch in time saves ______?
answer: 9

2. _____ wasn't built in a day ?
Answer: Rome

Physics & Chemistry questions that were asked in 2013 ICG Navik > Every question in chemistry and physics are from +2 textbook and most of them are maths.

Physics > maths related to gravity, questions related to Dimensional Formula, maths related to Kinetic Energy and Potential energy,  Maths related to Tension, etc.

Chemistry is also filled with maths >  maths questions from Mole, Sorry I can't remember more.....

then Mental Ability.

If you are selected in written test, there will be physical test on the same day. so be prepared..
If you pass the Physical test, there will be medical test on the next day.


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N.B.: This info is according to the 2013 coast guard exam on Western Zone (kochi), these procedures may change according to the Date and Zone, So please use your Brain.


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General knowledge questions PSC

Secretariat Assistant General knowledge questions (Asked on 5/1/2013 ) part 2


1. India is called a tropical country mainly on account of its ?
Answer: Latitudinal Extent


2. The marshy and forested land in northern part of Uttar Pradesh is ?
Answer: Terai


3. Which river is called a river between the two mountains ?
Answer: Narmada


4. Which state is called the agricultural epitome of India ?
Answer: Uttar Pradesh


5. Which region of India has a larger female population than the male population ?
a. west bengal           b. Mizoram         c. Nagaland           d. Puducherry
Answer: Puducherry
 

6. Who was the first propounder of the doctrine of 'Passive Resistance' ?
Answer: Aurobindo Ghosh


7. In which five year plan University Grants Commission was set up for promoting and strengthening higher education ?
Answer:  First Five Year Plan


8. Who is known as the father of Renaissance of Western India ?
Answer: M.G Ranade


9. The longest River in Peninsular India ?
Answer: Godavari


10. The largest producer of rice in India ?
a. Kerala       b. Andhara Pradesh       c. Tamil Nadu         d. Gujarat
Answer: Andhara Pradesh


11. The national animal of kerala ?
Answer: Elephant


12. The southern most river in Kerala ?
Answer: Neyyar


13. The largest national park in Kerala ?
Answer: Eravikulam


14. First dam in Kerala ?
Answer: Mullapperiyar


15. The most populated district in Kerala as per 2001 census ?
Answer: Malappuram

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Secretariat Assistant Previous General Knowledge questions

Secretariat Assistant Solved Previous Question paper (Asked on 5/1/2013 ) Kerala


1. Which lamp has the highest energy efficiency ?

a. Incandescent Lamp
b. LED
c. CFL
d. Arc Lamp




2. Yellow light is a combination of  _________ primary colors ?

a. Blue, Green
b. Red, Blue
c. Red, Green
d. Red, Blue and Green




3. Diverging lens produces __________ type of images ?

a. Small virtual image
b. Big real image
c. Small real image
d. Big virtual image




4. The process used to produce Ammonia is ?

a. Contact process
b. Haber process
c. Chlor-alkali process
d. Creighton process




5. The non-metal which exist in liquid state at room temperature is ?

a. Mercury
b. Sodium
c. Potassium
d. Bromine




6. 2007 Nobel prize for Chemistry was awarded to ?

a. Gerhard Ertl
b. Dan Shechtman
c. Richard Fred Heck
d. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan




7.The fifth state of matter is ?

a. Plasma
b. Magma
c. Bose-Einstein condensate
d. Fermionic condensate




8. Speed of blue color light in vacuum is ?

a. > 3x10⁸ m/s
b. = 3x10⁸ m/s
c. < 3x10⁸ m/s
d. > 300 m/s




9. Which fuel has the highest Calorific Value ?

a. Bio-gas
b. Methane
c. Petrol
d. Hydrogen




10. In which direction does rainbow appear in the morning ?

a. North
b. South
c. East
d. West




11. The Chief Minister of Uttatakhand is __________ ?

a. Manohar parrikar
b. Vijay Bahugunna
c. Khanduri
d. Arjun Munda




12. Who is the President of France ?

a. Nicolas Sarkozy
b. Jacques chirac
c. Francois Hollande
d. Joachim Gauck




13. The Booker prize winner of 2012 is  ______ ?

a. Jeet Thayil
b. Hilary Mantel
c. Julian Barnes
d. Mo Yan




14. ICC T20 World cup Winner of 2012 is ____________ ?

a. Sri Lanka
b. Australia
c. India
d. West Indies




15. Who won the women's 100 meter Gold in 2012 London Olympics ?

a. Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce
b. Carmelita Jeter
c. Ohuruogo
d. Felix Sanchez




16. The 59th National Film Award for Best Director was won by ?

a. Guruvinder Singh
b. Salim Ahamed
c. Suveeran
d. Vetrimaaran




17. God's particle is the pseudonym of  __________ ?

a. Large Hardon Collider
b. Quarks
c. Leptons
d. Higgs Boson




18. Which rocket was launched by ISRO during its 100 th Mission ?

a. ASLV-C21
b. GSLV-C21
c. PSLV-C21
d. INSAT-C21




19. The 2012 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to  ________ ?

a. Liu Xiaobo
b. European Union
c. Barack Obama
d. Inter governmental Panel on climate change




20. The Minister for Cooperation in Kerala is  ?

a. C.N Balakrishnan
b. K. Babu
c. Adoor Prakash
d. Ebrahim Kunju




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General Awareness questions Staff Selection Commission

SSC General Awareness Solved Previous questions (Asked on 28/10/2012)



1. "Supply creates its own demand" is the

a. Law of Demand
b. Law of Supply
c. Law of Market
d. Law of Demand and Supply




2. Ghandhi is known as

a. Marxist
b. Fabianist
c. Philosophical anarchist
d. Radical anarchist




3. Indian Federalism is close to

a. Canada
b. USA
c. Nigeria
d. Australia




4. Fundamental Rights are enshrined in which Part of the Indian Constitution ?

a. Part 1V
b. Part 11
c. Part 111
d. Part V




5. Which Article of the Indian Constitution provides special status to Jammu and Kashmir ?

a. 370
b. 371
c. 369
d. 390




6. The origin of Indian music could be traced back to which of the following Vedic Samhitas ?

a. Rig Veda
b. Atharva Veda
c. Sama Veda
d. Yajur Veda




7. The First Anglo-Maratha War came to an end by the treaty of

a. Salbai
b. Purandar
c. Surat
d. Bassein




8. Which of the following geomorphical pairs is not correct ?

a. Delta - River
b. Sinkholes - Wind
c. Cirque - Glacier
d. Tombolo - Wave




9. Siderite is an ore of

a. Aluminium
b. Iron
c. Tin
d. Copper




10. Common cold is caused by

a. Protozoa
b. Unicellular algae
c. Virus
d. Bacteria




11. Stilt roots are present in

a. Mango
b. China rose
c. Banyan
d. Maize

Answer: d. Maize



12. Which pairs of structures are usually found in both plant and animal cells ?

a. Endoplasmic reticulum and cell membrane
b. Cell membrane and cell wall
c. Cell wall and nucleus
d. Nucleus and chloroplast




13. Which of the following are homologous organs ?

a. Skin of crocodile and feather of birds
b. Forelimb of horse and man
c. Wings of insects and birds
d. Tail of fish and cat




14. Which of the following algae is being used in space research ?

a. Chlamydomonas
b. Chlorella
c. Hydrodictyon
d. Cladophora




15. Which of the following is not a green house gas ?

a. Chlorofluorocarbon
b. Carbon dioxide
c. Ethane
d. Water vapour




16. Fullerene, a newly discovered crystalline carbon allotrope contains

a. 60 C atoms
b. 40 C atoms
c. 100 C atoms
d. 80 C atoms




17. The metal which is protected by a layer of its own oxide is

a. Aluminium
b. Silver
c. Gold
d. Iron




18. Filaria is caused by

a. Ascaris lumbricoides
b. Entamoeba histolytica
c. Wuchereria bancrofti
d. Plasmodium vivax




19. Who is the Chief of Indian Army ?

a. Gen. V.K. Singh
b. Gen. Bikram Singh
c. Gen. J.J. Singh
d. Gen.Dalbir Singh




20. Who among the following Indian Prime Ministers received "NISHAN-E-PAKISTAN", the highest civilian award in Pakistan ?

a. Atal Behari Vajpayee
b. Indira Gandhi
c. Moraji Desai
d. Rajiv Gandhi




21. Which Country won the Gold in Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Hockey Tournament in 2012 ?

a. Argentina
b. India
c. New Zealand
d. South Korea




22. Where is Netaji Subhash National Institute of Sports ?

a. Patiala
b. Gwalior
c. Kolkata
d. Pune




23. Mullaperiyar Dam is a disputed issue between

a. Kerala and Tamil Nadu
b. Kerala and Karnataka
c. Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
d. Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu




24. Smt. Margaret Alva is the Governor of

a. Gujarat
b. Sikkim
c. Tamil Nadu
d. Uttarakhand




25. The Union Territory of Puducherry does not have a common border with

a. Andhra Pradesh
b. Kerala
c. Karnataka
d. Tamil Nadu

Answer: c. Karnataka



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