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Wednesday 21 May 2014

GK Questions and answers for all Competitive Examinations



1. The Akali movement was formed in:
Answer: 1920
2. Who started the paper ‘Leader’?
Answer: Madan Mohan Malavya
3. Name the official organ of the Swaraj Party:
Answer: Hindustan Times
4. The college section and Gurukula Section were the divisions of:
Answer: Aryasamaj
5. The whitley commission on Labour was setup in:
Answer: 1929
6. Name the leader of the Revolt of 1857 who fled to Nepal?
Answer: Nanasaheb
7. Who is called as ‘Periyor’?
Answer: E.V Ramaswami Naicker
8. The Irwin Declaration was in:
Answer: 1929
9. The instruments or grants of adoption given to Hindu and Muslim princess after the Revolt of 1857 were called as:
Answer: Sanads
10. Name the author of the book “Thepeasantry in Bengal”?
Answer: R.C Dutt
11. The policy of the English East India company in Bengal during the Double Government was known as:
Answer: Masked system
12. Who was forced to leave the Indian National Congress following the notorious Gurukula incident of Tirunelvelley?
Answer: E.V Ramaswami Naicker
13. Who made the August Declaration of 1917?
Answer: Edwin Montague
14. When did Tilak declare “Swaraj is my birth right, and I shall have it”?
Answer: 1916
15. When did Gandhiji serve a ’11 point Ultimatum’ on the British Government?
Answer: Before starting the civil disobedience movement.
16. Name the revolutionary terrorist who ended his days as a Ramakrishna mission swami.
Answer: Jatindranath Bandopadhyay
17. Name the first session of Indian National Congress in which Jawaharlal Nehru participated:
Answer: Bankipore (1912)
18. Who started Ganesh and Shivaji festivals for anti-British propaganda?
Answer: Bala Gangadhara Tilak
19. Muhammadali Jinnah drafted the 14 points against:
Answer: Nehru Report
20. Which considered as the parental home of Bhagavatism?
Answer: Mathura
21. Who is called as the ‘Paragon of Vedantist’?
Answer: Swami Vivekananda
22. Which is considered as ‘Dravida Veda’?
Answer: Thevaram
23. Name the European power who built the first Carmelite church in Kerala.
Answer: The Dutch
24. The outsiders who settled down in tribal areas were called as:
Answer: Diku

25. The number of schedules to the Constitution of India:
Answer: 12
1st schedule - Names of states and UT
2nd schedule - Salaries of constitutional authorities
3rd schedule - Forms of oaths
4th schedule - Representation to the state in parliament
5th schedule - Special protection to schedule tribes and areas
6th schedule - Special protection of tribal people
7th schedule - Division of power between central and state govt.
8th schedule - Recognized languages
9th schedule - Land reforms act
10th schedule- Anti defection
11th schedule - Functions of panchayat raj
12th schedule - Functions of urban local govt
26. Atacama desert is in:
Answer: Chile
27. The first Prime Minister of Pakistan:
Answer: Liaquat Ali Khan
28. The Author of “1857 The Great Rebellion”:
Answer: Asoka Mehta
29. How many times National Emergency declared so far?
Answer: Twice
30. Right to property is a:
Answer: Legal right
31. Who waged a war of destruction and plunder against India 17 times between 1000 and 1025 A.D?
Answer: Muhammad of Ghazni
32. The first council of Buddhist monks was convened at:
Answer: Rajagaha
33. The major bird sanctuary in Kerala:
Answer: Thattekad
34. What is the equatorial diameter of Earth?
Answer: 12,754 km
35. Who destroyed Nalanda University in 1202?
Answer: Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khilji
36. The first month of National Calendar (Saka era):
Answer: Chaitra
37. The first country built nuclear power station:
Answer: Russia
38. The birth place of the famous classic painter Raja Ravi Varma:
Answer: Kilimanoor
39. One Megawatt is:
Answer: 1000000 watts
40. Itanagar is the capital of:
Answer: Arunachal Pradesh
41. The headquarters of Asian Development Bank (ADB) are located in:
Answer: Manila

42. The Secretary General of the Lok Sabha is appointed by:
Answer. The Speaker of the Lok Sabha
43. The Author of ‘Snakes and Ladders’ is:
Answer. Gita Mehta
44. The first Indian satellite ‘Aryabhata’ was launched in the year:
Answer. 1975
45. The first World Cup Football tournament was held in:
Answer. Uruguay
46. The rear view mirror used in vehicles is:
Answer. Convex
47. Which country is known as ‘Land of Thousand Lakes’?
Answer. Finland
48. The free operating system Linux was developed by:
Answer. Linus Torwalds
49. New York City is on the bank of the river.
Answer. Hudson
50. How many vertebrae are there in a giraffe’s neck?
Answer. 7
51. Who is the founder of the Khilji dynasty?
Answer. Jalaludheen Khilji
52. When did television transmission begin in India?
Answer. 1959
53. The first battle of Panipat was in:
Answer. 1526
54. India Gate was earlier known as:
Answer. All India War Memorial
55. Vitamin B2 is also known as:
Answer. Riboflavin
56. The capital of Nigeria is:
Answer. Abuja
57. Mesopotamia is now known as:
Answer. Iraq

Tuesday 20 May 2014

Headquarters Locations of Important International Organizations.


1. United Nations Organization (UNO) - New York, USA
2. United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - New York, USA
3. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) - Paris, France
4. United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) - Vienna, Austria
5. World Health Organization (WHO) - Geneva, Switzerland
6. United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) - New York, USA
7. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) - Vienna, Austria
8. World Bank - Washington, D.C., United States
9. International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) - Geneva, Switzerland
10. International Maritime Organization (IMO) - London, United Kingdom
11. Universal Postal Union (UPU) - Bern, Switzerland
12. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) - Rome, Italy
13. World Meteorological Organization (WMO) - Geneva, Switzerland
14. South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) - Kathmandu, Nepal
15. International Labour Organization (ILO) - Geneva, Switzerland
16. International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Washington, D.C., United States
17. World Trade Organization (WTO) - Geneva, Switzerland
18. International Court of Justice (World Court or ICJ) - The Hague, Netherlands
19. Amnesty International - London, United Kingdom
20. Transparency International (TI) - Berlin, Germany
21. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) - Geneva, Switzerland
22. International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
23. Commonwealth of Nations - London, United Kingdom
24. International Organization for Standardization (ISO) - Geneva, Switzerland

GK Questions and answers for all Competitive Examinations



1. The compounds containing COOH group are called?
Answer: Organic Acid
2. Mixture of concentrated Nitric Acid and concentrated Hydrochloric Acid?
Answer: Aquaregia
3. The major acid present in Grapes?
Answer: Tartaric Acid
4. The Acid present in Palm Oil?
Answer: Palmitate Acid
5. Earliest known Acid?
Answer: Acetic Acid
6. The acid present in Vinegar?
Answer: Acetic acid
7. The first acid used by man?
Answer: Acetic acid
8. Acid also known as ‘Muriatic Acid’?
Answer: Hydrochloric Acid
9. Spirits of Salt?
Answer: Hydrochloric Acid
10. Acid which is known as ‘King of Chemicals’?
Answer: Sulphuric Acid
11. Sulphuric Acid is mainly manufactured by?
Answer: Contact Process
12. The acid used in Lead storage batteries?
Answer: Sulphuric acid
13. The acid present in Lemons?
Answer: Citric acid
14. Fuming Sulphuric acid is called?
Answer: Oleum
15. Acid present in Milk and Curd?
Answer: Lactic Acid

16. Which gas is used to produce soda water?
Answer: Carbon dioxide
17. Which chemical is known as Hypo?
Answer: Sodium Thiosulphate
18. Which chemical is the most common photographic fixer?
Answer: Hypo
19. What is added to reduce the acidity of the soil?
Answer: Lime
20. The chemical used to reduce the alkaline nature of the soil is:
Answer: Aluminium Sulphate
21. What is the optimum soil PH range for the most plants?
Answer: 6 to 7.5
22. What turns blue litmus paper into red?
Answer: Acids
23. Red litmus paper turns blue under ………….. conditions?
Answer: Basic (Alkaline)
24. Which chemical is used for the preservation of biological specimen?
Answer: Formalin
25. The alcohol which is present in the alcoholic beverages is ………….?
Answer: Ethanol (Ethyl Alcohol)
26. What is ‘Laughing gas’?
Answer: Nitrous oxide
27. What is used as eyewash?
Answer: Boric Acid
28. Which element is used for manufacturing computer chips, solar cells and trancistors?
Answer: Silicon
29. Benzodiazepine is the most commonly used ………..?
Answer: Psychoactive drug (Sleeping pill)
30. Which chemical is used for the artificial ripening of fruits?
Answer: Calcium carbide

LIST OF ANTONYMS


  • Above – below
  • Attack – defend
  • Ability – inability
  • Advance – retreat
  • Adversity – prosperity
  • Arrival – departure
  • Ancient – modern
  • Arrest – release, free
  • Ascent – descent
  • Acquit – convict
  • Acceptance – rejection
  • Armament – disarmament
  • Absurd – reasonable
  • Ample – meagre
  • Advantage – disadvantage
  • Agree – disagree
  • Angel – devil
  • Absence – presence
  • Bottom – top
  • Broad – narrow
  • Buy – sell
  • Blunt – sharp
  • Busy – idle
  • Beautiful – ugly
  • Blessing – curse
  • Bravery – cowardice
  • Belief – disbelief
  • Beneficial – harmful
  • Barren – fertile
  • Beginning – end
  • Barbaric – civil
  • Boon – bane, curse
  • Better – worse
  • Cheerful – gloomy
  • Concord – discord, disagreement
  • Complicated – simple
  • Cautious – negligent
  • Consent – dissent
  • Confess – deny
  • Compare – contrast
  • Courageous – timid
  • Care – neglect
  • Creation – destruction
  • Confidence – diffidence
  • Civilized – uncivilized, wild
  • Cause – effect
  • Certain – uncertain
  • Credit – cash
  • Converge – diverge
  • Docile – stubborn
  • Deep – shallow
  • Friendly – hostile
  • Foolish – wise
  • False – true
  • Guest – host
  • Gain – loss
  • Grateful – ungrateful
  • General – particular
  • Genuine – spurious
  • Humility – insolence
  • Heaven – hell
  • Honour – shame, dishonour
  • Hope – despair
  • Heredity – environment
  • Humble – proud, haughty
  • Honest – dishonest
  • Import – export
  • Include – exclude
  • Increase – decrease
  • Innocent – guilty
  • Initial – final
  • Inhale – exhale
  • Justice – injustice
  • Junior – senior
  • Joy – sorrow
  • Knowledge – ignorance
  • Kind – cruel
  • Like – dislike
  • Literate – illiterate
  • Logical – illogical
  • Lack – abundance
  • Legitimate – illegitimate
  • Lend – borrow
  • Material – spiritual
  • Maximum – minimum
  • Mortal – immortal
  • Miser – spendthrift
  • Merit – demerit
  • Mourn – rejoice
  • Noble – ignoble
  • Natural – unnatural, artificiaL
  • Oral – written
  • Dead – alive
  • Dull – bright, interesting
  • Defence – offence
  • Domestic – wild
  • Deficit – surplus
  • Deposit – withdraw
  • Dwarf – giant
  • Demand – supply
  • Defeat – victory
  • Difficult – easy
  • Desolate – inhabited
  • Distress – comfort
  • Dynamic – static
  • Diminish – increase
  • Death – life
  • Defensive – offensive
  • Dependent – independent
  • Dry – wet
  • Exterior – interior
  • Examiner – examinee
  • Expedite – delay
  • Ebb – flow
  • Enjoyment – suffering
  • Early – late
  • Economical – extravagant
  • Encourage – discourage
  • Earn – spend
  • Entrance – exit Failure – success
  • Frank – reserved
  • Freedom – slavery
  • Fame – obscurity
  • Front – back
  • Frown – smile
  • Far – near
  • Fortune – misfortune
  • Full – empty
  • Fine – coarse
  • Fresh – stale

Sunday 18 May 2014

LIST OF NEW APPOINTMENTS Part -2


  1. Dinesh Sarraf - ONGC chief
  2. Arseny Yatseniuk - Ukraine’s new prime minister
  3. Rashid Latif - Pakistan cricket chief selector
  4. Bappi Lahiri - goodwil ambassador in Nepal
  5. Metro Man E Sreedharan - Uttar Pradesh government’s chief adviser for Lucknow metro rail project.
  6. Cheteshwar Pujara - ‘brand ambassador’ of the Gujarat state Election Commission.
  7. Salil Nair - Shoppers Stop CEO
  8. Ashok Varadhan - co-head of Goldman Sachs’ securities
  9. Justice Mukul Mudgal - appointed as Chief of BCCC
  10. Siddharth Das - Flipkart Chief Operating Officer of its online payment solution PayZippy
  11. Rakesh Maria - Mumbai’s new police commissioner
  12. Vallabhaneni Venkateshwara Rao - the member of Censor Board.
  13. Kalyan Singh -BJP vice-president
  14. Sheila Dikshit – Governor of Kerala Published
  15. Ibrahim Mahlab – Prime Minister of Egypt
  16. Matteo Renzi - PM of Italy
  17. Edward Snowden - Rector of University of Glasgow
  18. Abdul Basit - high commissioner of Pakistan
  19. Vinod Sawhny - CEO of Reliance Communications
  20. Jatinder Bir Singh - CMD of Punjab and Sind Bank
  21. R.K.Tiwari – new Chairman of CBDT
  22. N Ramachandran- President of IOA
  23. Marco Lambertini - Director-General of WWF International
  24. Sanjeev Kulkarni - dean of Princeton University Graduate School (DGH)
  25. Satya Nadella – CEO of Microsoft
  26. M Teresa Kho – Country Director of ADB
  27. Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur – head 7th Central Pay Commission
  28. Poonam Khetrapal Singh – Regional Director of SEARO
  29. Vivek Lall -Special Advisor Published
  30. Manoj Vaish – MD & CEO of MCX
  31. Harish Rawat -8th Chief Minister of Uttrakhand
  32. Michel Rogers – Director of NSA
  33. Arun Gupta – CMD of Shipping Corporation of India
  34. Ajoy Misra – the CEO and MD of Tata Global Beverages Limited
  35. Manoj Kohli – MD&CEO of non telecom businesses of Bharti Enterprises
  36. Gopal vittal – MD&CEO of Bharti Airtel
  37. Egypt’s Army Chief Fattah al-Sisi -Field Marshal
  38. Professor Rakesh Khurana – Dean of Harvard College
  39. Kailash Meghwal – Speaker of Rajasthan Assembly
  40. Aruna Bahuguna -first woman to be appointed chief of National Police Academy
  41. Catherline Samba-Panza- CAR’s Interim President (first woman to be elected as the interim president)
  42. Jamila Bayaz -first women to be appointed police chief of Kabul province
  43. Sirajuddin Qureshi – President of IICC Published
  44. Morten Sorby – new Uninor CEO
  45. Munish Sharda – MD and CEO of Future Generali Life
  46. Janet Yellen – Chairperson of Federal Reserve
  47. Chandrashekhar – President of NASSCOM
  48. Srinivas and Pravin Rao – Infosys Presidents
  49. Raj Jain – CEO of Bharti Retail
  50. Pradhyuman Singh – pro-tem speaker of 14th Rajasthan Assembly
  51. S.K.Sharma – Chairman and Managing Director of BEL
  52. Ashraf Jehan-first female judge in Pak’s National Sharia Court
  53. Devendra Kumar Pathak – DG, BSF
  54. Pradeep Kumar – MD Corporate Banking of State Bank of India
  55. J.N.Chaudhary – Head of NSG
  56. CISF – chief Arvind Ranjan
  57. Ashok Lavasa, – the New Civil Aviation Secretary
  58. M. Veerappa Moily – new Environment and Forests Minister
  59. Siddarth Birla – President of FICCI
  60. Vinod Kumar Duggal – the Governor of Manipur
  61. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar – ambassador of US
  62. Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed – Prime Minister by Somalian Parliament
  63. Usha Sangwan – first woman Managing Director of Life Insurance Corporation.
  64. P.H. Parekh – President of Supreme Court Bar Association
  65. S B Nayar -Chairman and Managing Director of India Infrastructure Finance Corp Limited
  66. Puneet Kumar – secretary general of AEPC
  67. Harsh Kumar Bhanwala -Chairman of NABARD
  68. CVR Rajendran – CMD of Andhra Bank
  69. Krishna Iyer – CEO of Wal-Mart India
  70. Lt Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag – new Army chief