MAY 2012 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMS/ PSC EXAMS /UPSC EXAMS /RRB EXAMS/BANKING EXAMS/.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE MAY 2012

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1. Who is the author of the book “A Passage to India”?

E.M.Foster

2. Which planet is known as 'Will-O-Wisp in the sky'?

Mercury

3. First potable computer is?

Osborne-I

4. Which Indian state is ‘T’ shaped?

Assam

5. Land of the Golden Fleece

Australia

6. Where is Central Rice Research Institute situated?

Cuttack

7. The mixture of Nitric acid and Hydrochloric acid is

Aquaregia

8. Who is popularly known as “Vaikkom Hero”?

E.V.Ramaswami Naykar

9. First Indian woman to lead delegation to the United Nations?

Vijayalakshmi Pandit

10. Acid present in the milk is

Lactic Acid

11. PH value of blood is

7.4

12. Bird man of India

Salim Ali

13. Founder of Arya Samaj?

Swami Dayanand Saraswathy

14. The year in which Panchayat Raj was introduced in India

1959

15. The World Environment Day is observed on

June 5

16. VAT(Value Added Tax) is firstly introduced in

France

17. “Chalo Delhi”, who gave this declaration?

Subash Chandra Bose

18. Silver Revolution is related to

Egg

19. Who is the first Governor General of Pakistan?

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

20. The Head quarters of UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organization)?

Vienna

21. The “Saka Era” is started in

AD 78

22. Aga khan cup is associated with

Hockey

23. Boundary line between India and China

Mac Mohan Line

24. Orange book is related to which country?

Netherlands

25. Vitamin B1 deficiency causes

Beriberi

26. The nibble consists of ------- number of bits

27. Mamankam was held once in --------- year

28. Who is first woman Loksabha speaker in India?

Meera Kumar

29. The leader of the Bardoli satyagraha:

Sardar Vallabhai Patel

30. The unit of pressure is:

Pascal

31. Who appoints the chief justice and other judges in the Supreme Court?

President

32. The minimum age for appointment as governor of a state is

33. The Navy Academy is situated in Kerala at

Ezhimala

34. The author of the book “Wonder that was India”

A.L.Basham

35. Five year plans in India are approved by

National Development Council

36. Panchayat Raj has got constitutional status with the ------------ Amendment Act

37. The best conductor of electricity is :

Silver

38. Who is called Deshabandu?

C.R.Das

39. Iberian Airlines is the official airlines of

Spain

40. Entomology is the study of :

Insects

41. The largest shipyard in India is :

Kochi

42. Yakshagana is the popular folk art of :

Karnataka

43. The Thermal Power plant at Bokaro is located in which state?

Jharkhand

44. Sudden death is related to which game?

Football

45. Ellora caves are situated in

Maharashtra

46. Quit India Movement was started in

1942

47. First Indian went to the space

Rakesh Sharma

48. The theory of Evolution was formulated by

Charles Darwin

49. India’s first Atomic Reactor is installed at

Tharapur

50. Which Indian city is called the Silicon Valley of India?

Bangalore

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