SOME FACTS ABOUT BHARAT RATNA

**: 1st Indian to be awarded the Bharat Ratna -- सी राजगोपालचारी

**: 1st Bharat Ratna Awardee to become the President of India -- डाँ. एस राधाकृष्णन...

**: 1st person to be awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously -- लाल बहादुर शास्त्री

**: 1st Scientist to be awarded the Bharat Ratna --सी वी रमन

**: 1st and only Industrialist to be awarded the Bharat Ratna -- जे आर डी टाटा

**: 1st woman to be awarded the Bharat Ratna -- श्रीमती इन्दिरा गाँधी

General Knowledge Solved Paper

National Institute of Fashion Technology Fashion Design (Under Graduate) Exam 2013

 

1. “Consumer Electronic Imaging Fair 2013” formally known as “Photo Fair” was organised during January 2013 at–

(A) Kolkata (B) Chennai

(C) Delhi (D) Mumbai

Ans : (C)

2. Who is the brand ambassador of NOKIA Phones in India ?

(A) Shah Rukh Khan (B) Aamir Khan

(C) Abhishek Bachchan (D) M.S. Dhoni

Ans : (A)

3. Which are the rivers that originate from the Mansarovar region ?

(A) Narmada, Tapti, Beas (B) Indus, Sutlej, Brahmaputra

(C) Godavari, Krishna, Cauvery (D) Ganges, Yamuna, Hooghly

Ans : (B)

4. Where are the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee located?

(A) Italy (B) Switzerland

(C) Belgium (D) France

Ans : (B)

5. What is common about famous personalities Manish Malhotra, J. J. Valya and Rohit Bal?

(A) Male Modelling (B) Film Direction

(C) Novel Writing (D) Fashion Designing

Ans : (D)

6. Which Indian State is the leading Cotton producer ?

(A) Gujarat (B) Maharashtra

(C) Andhra Pradesh (D) Madhya Pradesh

Ans : (A)

7. Mahindra & Mahindra has acquired the manufacturing of ………. by naming its next generation electric car as the Mahindra e2o that is ‘E-too-oh’.

(A) Reva (B) Punto

(C) Nano (D) Bolero

Ans : (A)

8. World’s largest roller coaster named ‘Ferrari World’ is located in–

(A) Tokyo (B) Abu Dhabi

(C) Mumbai (D) Beijing

Ans : (B)

9. Who won the men’s national table tennis championship in January 2013 held in Raipur?

(A) Soumyajit Ghosh (B) Sharat Kamal

(C) Sourabh Chaktaborty (D) G Jalyan

Ans : (A)

10. Who won the reality TV show “Bigg Boss Season 6” in January 2013 hosted by actor Salman Khan ?

(A) Sana Khan (B) Urvashi Dholakia

(C) Imam Siddique (D) Niketan Madhok

Ans : (B)

11. ‘Canterbury’, the premium Indian brand of woollen cardigans and pullovers is from the house of–

(A) Monte-Carlo (B) Woodland

(C) Digjam (D) OCM

Ans : (A)

12. Which state has the traditional dress of men known as “Sola or Fotua” and “Eri-Chaddar” ?

(A) Assam (B) Tripura

(C) Nagaland (D) Meghalaya

Ans : (A)

13. Which one of the following cosmetic companies has launched Color Riche Nail Collection “Le nail Art” ?

(A) Lakme (B) L’Oreal

(C) Garnier (D) Clinique

Ans : (B)

14. The ‘more mega store’ retail chain belongs to which Indian Industry?

(A) Reliance Industry (B) Bharti Enterprises

(C) Aditya Birla Group (D) None of these

Ans : (C)

15. Who is the brand ambassador of the Hockey India League (HIL) 2013 ?

(A) Pargat Singh (B) Dhanraj Pillai

(C) Navjot Singh Sidhu (D) Virat Kohli

Ans : (C)

16. ‘Van Heusen’ is a leading International brand of–

(A) formal wear (B) fashion accessories

(C) jewellery (D) None of these

Ans : (A)

17. ‘Sonata’, ‘Ajanta’ and ‘Maxima’ are the well-known Indian brands of–

(A) jewellery (B) watches

(C) cosmetics (D) home furnishing

Ans : (B)

18. Lionel Messi, the winner of four FIFA-Ballon d’Or and World Player of the Year belongs to–

(A) Brazil (B) Spain

(C) Argentina (D) Germany

Ans : (C)

19. Who has been crowned ‘Miss Earth’ Beauty Pageant at the 12th edition held in November 2012 ?

(A) Stephany Stetanowitz (B) Tereza Fajksova

(C) Osmariel Villalobos (D) Camila Brant

Ans : (B)

20. FDI stands for–

(A) Fashion Directorate of India (B) Foreign Direct Investment

(C) Fashion Designer’s Initiative (D) Foreign Directory of Industries

Ans : (B)

21. The international awards given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, California (USA) for excellence in the field of cinema are popularly known as–

(A) IIFA Awards (B) Oscar Awards

(C) BAFTA Awards (D) Grammy Awards

Ans : (B)

22. The largest continent in terms of area is–

(A) Asia (B) Africa

(C) Australia (D) North America

Ans : (A)

23. The space agency NASA belongs to–

(A) Germany (B) USA

(C) Russia (D) France

Ans : (B)

24. The basic function of technology ‘Blue tooth’ is to allow–

(A) landline phone to mobile phone communication

(B) signal transmission on mobile phones only

(C) satellite television communication

(D) wireless communication between equipment

Ans : (D)

25. Which among the following is the source of a non-conventional energy?

(A) Solar Power (B) Coal

(C) Uranium (D) Petroleum

Ans : (A)

SSC General Knowledge Solved Paper

 

General Knowledge Solved Paper

1. Constitution of India came into force in–

(A) 1956 (B) 1950

(C) 1949 (D) 1951

Ans : (B)

2. Cold War refers to–

(A) ideological rivalry between Capitalist and Communist world (B) tension between Superpowers

(C) tension between East and West (D) All of the above

Ans : (D)

3. Select the High Yielding Varieties of seed-crops developed under Green Revolution in India–

(A) Maize, Black-gram, Jowar, Coffee and Tea

(B) Rice, Wheat, Jowar, Bajra and Maize

(C) Wheat, Rice, Sugarcane, Pulses and Maize

(D) Rice, Wheat, Pulses, Oil seeds and Sugarcane

Ans : (B)

 

4. In which year did Amartya Kumar Sen receive the Nobel Prize in Economics?

(A) 1995 (B) 2000

(C) 1990 (D) 1998

Ans : (D)

5. The worldwide Great Depression took place in–

(A) 1929 (B) 1928

(C) 1930 (D) 1936

Ans : (C)

6. India is the largest producer and consumer of–

(A) Tea (B) Coffee

(C) Sugar (D) Paddy

Ans : (A)

7. A camera in the hands of a professional photographer is a ……….good.

(A) Intermediary (B) Consumer

(C) Capital (D) Free

Ans : (C)

8. Which among the following movements was not led by Mahatma Gandhi ?

(A) Swadeshi Movement (B) Non-Cooperation Movement

(C) Civil Disobedience Movement (D) Quit India Movement

Ans : (A)

9. Name the Commander of the Arab army who conquered Sindh–

(A) Qutbuddin Aibak (B) Allauddin Khilji

(C) Muhammad bin Qasim (D) Al Hazzaz

Ans : (C)

10. Who was the chairperson of the Chinese Communist Party at the time of liberation of China ?

(A) Deng Xiaoping (B) Mao Zedong

(C) Liu Shaoqi (D) Zhou En-lai

Ans : (B)

11. Who was regarded by Gandhiji as his political Guru ?

(A) Bipin Chandra Pal (B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (D) Lala Lajpat Rai

Ans : (C)

12. Which one of the following is not an All India Service ?

(A) Indian Forest Service (B) Indian Administrative Service

(C) Indian Police Service (D) Indian Foreign Service

Ans : (D)

13. In which session of the Indian National Congress was the “Poorna Swaraj” resolution adopted ?

(A) Belgaum Session in 1924 (B) Lahore Session in 1929

(C) Karachi Session in 1931 (D) Lucknow Session in 1916

Ans : (B)

14. The school of arts developed during the Kushan Period with the mixture of Indian and Greek style is known as–

(A) Persian art (B) Gandhara art

(C) Mughal art (D) Kushan art

Ans : (B)

15. Where was Christopher Columbus from ?

(A) Genoa (B) Spain

(C) Portugal (D) Venice

Ans : (A)

16. Which of the following micro-organisms is used in milk curdling ?

(A) Leuconostoc (B) Bacillus

(C) Lactobacillus (D) Acetobacter

Ans : (C)

17. Which of the following is present in Chlorophyll molecule ?

(A) Mg (B) Fe

(C) K (D) Mn

Ans : (A)

18. The busiest rail section in respect to goods transportation is–

(A) Kolkata – Chennai section (B) Delhi– Mumbai section

(C) Mumbai – Chennai section (D) Delhi – Kolkata section

Ans : (D)

19. The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through–

(A) Nepal (B) Bangladesh

(C) China (D) Myanmar

Ans : (A)

20. The country in East Asia which is most conspicuous for its decreasing population growth since 1981 is–

(A) Thailand (B) China

(C) Japan (D) South Korea

Ans : (B)

21. The Sethusamudram Ship Canal Project (SSCP) is supposed to reduce the distance between Chennai and Tuticorin by………. nautical miles.

(A) 434 (B) 243

(C) 305 (D) 361

Ans : (A)

22. Cities with population from one to five million are called–

(A) Million City (B) Metropolitan

(C) Cosmopolitan (D) Conurbation

Ans : (B)

23. Master copy of genetic information is–

(A) r-RNA (B) m-RNA

(C) DNA (D) Nucleus

Ans : (C)

24. Contraceptive pills in the market contain–

(A) Herbicides (B) Antibiotics

(C) Steroid-hormones (D) Inorganic compounds

Ans : (C)

25. Nematocysts are present in–

(A) Ascaris (B) Centipede

(C) Sea anemone (D) Starfish

Ans : (C)

26. Which one out of the following helps in burning ?

(A) Carbon monoxide (B) Nitrogen

(C) Carbon dioxide (D) Oxygen

Ans : (D)

27. In organic compounds, nitrogen is estimated by–

(A) Vietor-Meyer’s method (B) Liebig’s method

(C) Dumas’ method (D) Carius method

Ans : (C)

28. When a body falls from an aeroplane, there is increase in its–

(A) Mass (B) Acceleration

(C) Potential energy (D) Kinetic energy

Ans : (D)

29. What does ‘Ozone Layer’ absorb?

(A) Ultraviolet rays (B) X-rays

(C) y-rays (D) Infrared rays

Ans : (A)

30. In a water lifting electric pump, we convert–

(A) Kinetic energy into Electrical energy (B) Kinetic energy into Potential energy

(C) Electrical energy into Kinetic energy (D) Electrical energy into Potential energy

Ans : (C)

31. The type of mirror used in automobiles to see the traffic on the rear side is–

(A) Plano-Convex (B) Plane

(C) Convex (D) Concave

Ans : (C)

32. In MS- Excel, ……….. provide a visual representation of the values in a worksheet.

(A) Formulae (B) Templates

(C) Views (D) Charts

Ans : (D)

33. Speed of processor chip is measured in–

(A) MHz (B) Bits/second

(C) Bytes/second (D) Mbps

Ans : (A)

34. Which command is not used to switch off the computer ?

(A) Log off (B) Shut Down

(C) Hibernate (D) Turn off

Ans : (A)

35. ‘Kyoto Protocol’, an agreement signed by various countries, is associated with–

(A) Building common food stock to save human beings from any natural disaster

(B) International Trade

(C) Deep Sea Oil and Mineral Exploration

(D) Clean Environment and Climate Change

Ans : (D)

36. Why was Justice Dalveer Bhandari in the news recently–

(A) He became Secretary-General of SAARC

(B) He became a member of U.N. Human Rights Council

(C) He was elected to the International Court of Justice

(D) He became Director-General of World Trade Organisation

Ans : (C)

37. The hottest part of the gas flame is known as–

(A) non-luminous zone (B) luminous zone

(C) dark zone (D) blue zone

Ans : (A)

38. Which of the following radiations has the least wavelength ?

(A) α-rays (B) γ-rays

(C) β-rays (D) X-rays

Ans : (B)

39. The earth is a–

(A) non-absorber of heat (B) good absorber and good radiator of heat

(C) bad absorber and bad radiator of heat (D) good reflector of heat

Ans : (C)

40. BCG vaccination is given at the age of–

(A) 10 years (B) Newborn

(C) Within 15 days (D) 2-3 years

Ans : (B)

41. The International Year of Biodiversity was–

(A) 1999(B) 2006

(C) 2010 (D) 1996

Ans : (C)

42. Which of the following atmospheric gases constitute greenhouse gases?

1. Carbon dioxide 2. Nitrogen

3. Nitrous oxide 4. Water vapour

Select the correct answer using the codes given below–

(A) 1 and 4 (B) 1 and 3

(C) 1, 2 and 4 (D) 1, 3 and 4

Ans : (D)

43. Which sportsperson announced recently that he would not contest charges of doping against US Anti-Doping Agency ?

(A) Bradley Wiggins (B) Carl Lewis

(C) Lance Armstrong (D) George Hincapie

Ans : (C)

44. Who is the winner of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award (2011) ?

(A) Saina Nehwal (B) Sachin Tendulkar

(C) M. S. Dhoni (D) Gagan Narang

Ans : (D)

45. ‘White Revolution’ is related to–

(A) Milk production (B) Flood control

(C) Fish production (D) Wheat production

Ans : (A)

46. Who proposed the adage “Survival of the fittest”?

(A) William (B) Huxley

(C) Lamarck (D) Darwin

Ans : (D)

47. Who is the author of the book ‘Beyond the Lines : An Autobiography’ ?

(A) General J. J. Singh (B) Kuldip Nayar

(C) Ray Bradbury (D) Khushwant Singh

Ans : (B)

48. Which of the following Indian States has the largest concentration of Scheduled Tribes population ?

(A) Assam (B) Bihar

(C) Odisha (D) Madhya Pradesh

Ans : (D)

49. Sanjukta Panigrahi was famous for the dance–

(A) Kathak (B) Manipuri

(C) Odissi (D) Bharatnatyam

Ans : (C)

50. Which Indian batsman announced his retirement from International Cricket on August 18, 2012 ?

(A) Saurav Ganguly (B) Sachin Tendulkar

(C) V.V.S. Laxman (D) Virat Kohli

Ans : (C)

GS Q Bank

1. रणथंभौर के जैन मंदिर का शिखर

किसने बनावाया था।

- पृथ्वीराज तृतीय

2. चंदावर का युद्ध (1194) किसके मध्य

लड़ा गया था।...

- जयचंद व मोहम्मद गौरी

3. अजमेर में स्थित अढाई दिन

का झोपड़ा से पहले उसमे एक विद्यालय

था, जिसका निर्माण करवाया था।

- विग्रहराज चतुर्थ

4. लाल सागर व भूमध्य सागर को जोड़ने

वाली नहर है।

- स्वेज नहर

5. एशिया को यूरोप से कौनसा पर्वत

अलग करता है।

- काकेशश

6. एशिया शब्द की उत्पत्ति किस

भाषा के शब्द से हुई है।

- हिब्रू भाषा के आसु शब्द

7. पृथ्वी पर दिन व रात बराबर कब होते

हैं।

- 22 सितंबर व 21 मार्च

8. पृथ्वी पर उत्तरी गोलार्ध में सबसे

बड़ा दिन कब होता है।

- 21 जून

9. पृथ्वी पर दक्षिणी गोलार्ध में सबसे

बड़ा दिन कब होता है।

- 22 दिसंबर

10. भारतीय सुधार

समिति की स्थापना किसने की।

- दादा भाई नौरोजी