Monday, May 11, 2015

The Characteristics odour of garlic is due to

(a) a chloro compound
(b) a sulphur compound
(c) a flourine compound
(d) acetic acid

Oxygen transportation in Human Body takes place through

(i) Blood              (ii) Lungs                  (iii) Tissue      
The correct sequence of transportation is
(a) (i), (ii), (iii)        
(b) (iii), (i), (ii)       
(c) (ii), (i), (iii)   
(d) (i), (iii), (ii)

India is a member of which of the following?

(i) Asian Development Bank
(ii) Asia - Pacific Economic Cooperation
(iii)Colombo Plan
(iv) Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Select answer from the codes given below:
  1. (i) and (iii) only
  2. (ii) and (iv) only
  3. (i), (ii) and (iii) only
  4. (i) ,(ii),(iii) and (iv)

MCA - 21 is a major initiative taken up by the Government of India in which one of the following areas?

(a) Foreign direct investment in India
(b) Attracting international tourist
(c) e-governance
(d) Modernisation of Airport

Which one of the following is not explicitly stated in the Constitution of India but followed as convention?

(a) The Finance Minister is to be a Member of the Lower House
(b) Th Prime Minister has to resign if he loses majority in the Lower House
(c) All the parts of India are to be represented in the council of Ministers
(d) In the event of both the President and the vice- President emitting office simultaneously before the end of their tenure the speaker of the lower house of the Parliament will officiate as the President.

Match List I with List II and select the correct answers using the codes given below:

  List I                                                   List II
A. Europeans trans- continental Railways 1. Paris to Istanbul
B. Trans - Andean railway                         2. Leningrad to Vladivostok
C. Trans -Siberian railway                         3. Leningrad to volgograd
D. Orient Express                                       4. Buenos Aires to valparaiso
                                                                    5. Paris to Warsaw
CODES:  A     B      C    D
         (a)  5     4      2    1
          (b) 1     4      3   2
          (c) 5     1      2    3
          (d)1      2      3   4


Answer- A

Which one of the following is in the correct chronological order of the battle fought in India in the 18th century?

(a) Battle of Wandiwash -- Battle of Buxar -- Battle of Amber -- Battle of Plassey
(b) Battle of Ambur -- Battle of Plassey --- Battle of Wandiwash -- Battle of Buxar
(c) Battle of Wandiwash -- Battle of Plassey --- Battle of Ambur
(d) Battle of Ambur -- Battle of Buxar --- Battle of Wandiwash --Battle of Plassey





Answer- B

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched:

(a) Pitt's India Act - Warren Hastings
(b) Doctrine of Lapse - Dalhousie
(c) Vernacular - Curzon
(d) Ilbert Bill - Ripon



Answer - C

The "Strait of Dover" separates which of the following countries?

  1. United Kingdom and France
  2. Spain and Portugal
  3. Portugal and Italy
  4. Italy and Greece

Sunday, April 5, 2015

Empire tape is

(a) varnished cambric
(b) vulcanized rubber
(c) impregnated paper
(d) none of the above



















Ans: a

The thickness of the layer of insulation on the conductor, in cables, depends upon

(a) reactive power
(b) power factor
(c) voltage
(d) current carrying capacity




Ans: (c) voltage

Which of the following protects a cable against mechanical injury ?

(a) Bedding
(b) Sheath
(c) Armoring
(d) None of the above

























Ans: c

Which of the following insulation is used in cables ?

(a) Varnished cambric
(b) Rubber
(c) Paper
(d) Any of the above























Ans: d

The insulating material for a cable should have

(a) low cost
(b) high dielectric strength
(c) high mechanical strength
(d) all of the above


























Ans: d

Monday, February 23, 2015

Homi Jahangir Bhabha, the father of Indian nuclear programme, was also the founding director of which of the following institutes?

  1. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
  2. Indian Institute of Science
  3. Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai
  4. Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata

Albert Einstein received the Nobel Prize for Physics in the year 1921 for his work on

  1. Mass energy equivalence given by E=mc2
  2. Hydrogen Atom
  3. Theory of Relativity
  4. Photoelectric effect

Universal Gas Constant, R, is a property of?

  1. Ideal gases
  2. Halogen Gases
  3. Inert Gases
  4. All Gases