January 07, 2013 GK Questions

Who has been honoured with India Pride Award 2013 for excellence as the head of the department projects? D. Moudgil Atul Kulkarni Sudhir Asnani Madan Mohan Which among the following nation destroys 6 tonnes illegal Ivory? Brazil China Portugal Switzerland Name the Former Supreme Court judge who resigns as NUJS honorary professor on 6th January 2014? H.l. Dattu Shiva Kirti Singh Jagdish Singh Khehar AK Ganguly Which Bollywood actress married to Chennai based entrepreneur Sameer Bharat Ram on 6th January 2014? Esha Gupta Shravanthi Sainath Chitrangada Singh Prachi Desai Which among the following country’s chancellor breaks his pelvis in skiing accident? Germany Japan Philippines Uruguay How many percent Direct tax collection up during April-October at Rs 3.4 lakh crore? 15 Percent 7 Percent 12 Percent 11 percent Who has been appointed as new Director (Personnel) of NEEPCO Limited? Bhuvneshwar Kumar Vikram Raj Vir Singh Manprit Juneja Satyabrata Borgohain Who becomes the Number one junior shuttler in the World? Adiya Joshi Hemant Mishra Ram Shankar Manoj Bhoj Name the Algerian independence hero who passed away at age of 85 on 6th January 2014? Rachid Mekhloufi Omar Betrouni Mustapha Zitouni Mahmoud Guendouz Which tennis player won the Brisbane International title 2014? Roger Federer Lleyton Hewitt Andy Roddick Tommy Haas Show me the answers. 1. D. Moudgil 2. China 3. AK Ganguly 4. Shravanthi Sainath 5. Germany 6. 12 Percent 7. Satyabrata Borgohain 8. Adiya Joshi 9. Mustapha Zitouni 10. Lleyton Hewitt

Important Elements and terms of Botany

Find a huge list of Important elements and terms related to Botany (science) with it’s definition and explanation. Acid: It is a substance which releases hydrogen ions in water and has a pH less than 7, e.g. hydrochloric acid in the human stomach. Adolescence: It is the period in the human life cycle between puberty and maturity. Additive: In food technology, any natural or artificial chemical added to prolong the shelf life of processed foods (salt or nitrates), alter the colour or flavour of food, or minerals). Aerobe: It is an organisation which requires oxygen to survive. Agar: It is a jelly obtained from seaweeds which is used as a medium for culturing bacteria. Algae: A large group of primitive plants, mostly aquatic and capable of photosynthesis. Allogamy: It is cross-fertilization. Anatomy: It is the study of the structure of the body and its components parts, especially the human body, as distinguished form physiology, which is the study of bodily functions. Antibiotic: It is a substance, synthesizes by micro organism, which damages or kills other micro organism. Anther: In a flower, the upper part of a stamen containing pollen grains. Aquatic: It means living in water. All life originated in the early oceans. Asexual reproduction: It is reproduction in which new organisms are formed a single parent without gamete production. Autogamy: It means self fertilization. Autoclave: It is a pressure cooker used for the sterilization of materials. Auxins: These are plant hormones which control many aspects of plant growth. Baermann funnel: It is an apparatus used to isolate organisms living in soil water, e.g. algae protozoa. Balanced diet: It is the diet that includes carbohydrated, protein, fat, vitamins, water, minerals and roughage. Benthos: These are the flora and fauna of the bottom of oceans and lakes. Beriberi: It is inflammation of the nerve endings, mostly occurring in the tropics and resulting from a deficiency of vitamin B (thiamine). Biology: It is the study of living things. There are many specializations including cytology (the study of cells), zoology (the study of animals), and ecology (the study of the environment). Biotechnology: It is the industrial use of living organisms to manufacture food, drugs or other products. Biofuel: It is a kind of fuel which is made from natural materials or waste. Biomass: It is the total weight of all the organisms in a particular habitat. Biosphere: It is the entire zone of air, land and water at the surface of the earth that is occupied by living things. Bulb: It is an organ of storages and vegetative reproduction. Caffeine: It is a mildly addictive alkaloid found in a number of plants, such as tea, coffee and cola. Capillary action: It is the spontaneous movement of liquids up or down narrow tubes such as plant xylem vessels or the spaces existing between soil particles. Canines: These are sharp pointed tearing teeth near the front of the mouth used for killing prey and ripping of pieces of food. Cannabis: It is the source of a fibre and drugs like hashish and marijuana. Also called the Indian hemp or bhang plant. Cartilage: It is a flexible bluish-white connective tissue made up of the protein collagen. Casein: It is the main protein of milk, from which it can be separated by the action of acid, the enzyme rennin, or bacteria (souring); It is also the main component of cheese. Carpel: It is the female reproductive organ of a flower (megas-poprophyII) bearing the ovules which mature into seeds after fertilization. Cell: It is the smallest functional and structural unit of all living organisms. Cereal: It is the grass grown for its edible starch seeds. The term cereal refers primarily to barley and wheat, but may also refer to oats, maize, rye, millet and rice. Chlorophyll: It is the green coloured pigment university found in plants, responsible for capturing the energy for photosynthesis. Clavicle: It is the collar bone, in humans, it is vulnerable to fracture. Cornea: It is the transparent front section of the eye. The cornea is curved and behaves as a fixed lens, so that light entering the eye is partly focused before it reaches the lends. Corolla: It is a collective name for the petals of a flower. Death rate: It is the number of deaths, measured in the human population as the number of deaths in one year per 1000 of population. Deciduous: These are trees and shrubs that shed their leaves before the onset of winter or a dry season. Defoliant: It is a chemical sprayed on plants that causes leaves to fall of prematurely. Desertification: It is the natural or man made conversation of arable or forest land into barren deserts. Down’s syndrome: It is a human abnormality caused by a mutation in which the ovum has an extra chromosome. Ecology: It is the study of structure and function of nature. Ectotherm: It is a cold-blooded animal, such as a lizard, that relies on external warmth to raise its body temperature so that it can become active. Egestion: It is the removal of undigested food or faeces from the gut. Enzyme: It is a biological catalyst produced in cells and capable of speeding up the chemical reactions necessary for life by converting one molecule (substrate) into another. Epidermis: It is the outermost layers of cells on an organism’s body. Faeces: These are remains of food and other debris passed out of the digestive tract of animals. Fallopian: It is a tube or oviduct in mammals one of the two tubes that carry ova (eggs) from the ovary to the uterus. Fibrin: It is an insoluble blood protein used by the body to stop bleeding. Fossil: These are remains or traces of animal and plant life of the past found embedded in rock. Fossil fuel: It is the fuel such as coal, oil and natural gas. These are remains of organism embedded in the surface of the earth. Fungi: These are primitive members of the plant family. Fungus: It is a kind of living thing, a simple plant which cannot make its own food. Grafting: It is the process of uniting parts of two plants to form a single plant. Habitat: It is the locality or external environment in which a plant or animal lives. Haploid: It is an organism or structure having a single set of unpaired chromosomes. Herbarium: It is an organized collection of plant specimens for identification and reference purposes. Hermaphrodite: It is an organism having both male and female reproductive organs in the same individual. Horticulture: It is a branch of agriculture dealing with garden crops, generally fruits, vegetables and ornamentals. Iris: It is the structure in the vertebrate eye which controls the size of the pupil and hence the amount of light entering the eye. Metabolism: It describes all the change that happens inside living things. Ossicles: These are the three tiny linked bones in the mammalian middle ear. Ovule: It is a somewhat oval body attached to the ovary wall in a flower which matures into a seed after fertilization. Parasitism: It is a biological association between organisms in which one, the parasite, benefits at the expense of the other, the host. Palate: It is in mammals, the ceiling of the mouth. Predator: It is an animal that feeds on other animals which are called the prey. Radiocarbon dating: It is the method of finding out the age of fossils by determining the amount of radiocarbon remaining in them. Retina: It is light-sensitive tissue lining the interior of the vertebrate eye, and consisting of two types of cells. Rhizome: It is an organ of vegetative reproduction in flowering plants consisting of a horizontal underground stem growing from a parent plant. Root: It is part of a flowering plant that normally grows down into the soil. Savannah: It is a grassland with scattered trees. Saprophyte: It is an organism that feeds on dead and decaying plants and animals, causing decomposition. Short sight: It is Myopia. Transplantation: It is the relocation of seedlings from nursery beds to the actual site of plantation. Tropism: It is a plant growth movement in response to a stimulus, for example, light. Tuber: It is an organ of vegetative reproduction in flowering plants.

January 06, 2013 GK Questions

1. Who become the sixth space faring country after US, Russia, Japan, China and France to successfully develop cryogenic booster technology?
   • England
   • Australia
   • New Zealand
   • India
2. Name the Telgu actor who committed suicide on 5th January 2014 at his house?
   • Mohan Babu
   • Uday Kiran
   • Sairam Shankar
   • Mukesh Rishi
3. Who has been won the Chennai open title 2014?
   • Richard Gasquet
   • Tomáš Berdych
   • Stanislas Wawrinka
   • Rafael Nadal
4. At least 29 injured as plane makes emergency landing in-
   • Poland
   • Belgium
   • Switzerland
   • Saudi Arabia
5. Which among the following Malayalam singer passed away on 5th January 2014?
   • Anuj Gurwara
   • K P Udayabhanu
   • Devan Ekambaram
   • Karthik
6. Which among the following former women’s tennis world number one player get engaged with two time golf champion Rory Mcllroy?
   • Caroline Wozniacki
   • Ana Ivanovic
   • Julia Görges
   • Agnieszka Radwanska
7. At least 14 killed in stampede during religious gathering in-
   • China
   • Malaysia
   • Sri Lanka
   • Netherlands
8. Which cricket nation became the first team in the annals of Test cricket to record 300 hundreds by its batsmen against a specific opposition?
   • Sri Lanka
   • England
   • West Indies
   • Australia
9. Which among the following Aam Aadmi Party’s minister car attacked in Delhi’s Mangolpuri area?
   • Somnath Bharti
   • Rakhi Birla
   • Girish Soni
   • Satyendra Jain
10. Name the Oscar-Winning Producer who Dies at 92 in San Francisco on 5th January 2014?
    • Saul Zaentz
    • David Womark
    • Cameron Mackintosh
    • Stacey Sher

Show me the answers.

1. India
2. Uday Kiran
3. Stanislas Wawrinka
4. Saudi Arabia
5. K P Udayabhanu
6. Caroline Wozniacki
7. China
8. Australia
9. Rakhi Birla
10. Saul Zaentz

Important Elements and terms of Chemistry

Find a huge list of Important elements and terms related to Chemistry (science) with it’s definition and explanation.

• Acids: These are the chemicals that produce positively charged hydrogen ions (H+) or a proton in solutions.
• Adhesive: A substance that sticks two surfaces together.
• Aerated: Water that has had air (oxygen) blown through it.
• Aerosol: Very small solid particles suspended in air.
• Air pollution: Contamination of the atmosphere caused by the discharge, accidental or deliberate, of a wide range of toxic substances.
• Alkali: A base which is soluble in water.
• Alloy: It is metal prepared by adding other metals or non-metals to obtain desired properties.
• Amino acids: The organic acids which are constituents of all proteins in living organism.
• Ammonium chloride: It is a white, soluble, crystalline salt, used in dry cells.
• Ammonium nitrate: It is a colourless, crystalline salt, used in some explosives.
• Antacids: Substances used to reduce the pH of stomach juices and, therefore, relive indigestion.
• Anodizing: It is a process of coating aluminium oxide, or alumina, using electrolysis, it makes the surface more resistance to corrosion.
• Antibiotic: These are medicinal compounds producedsd by moulds and bacteria, capable of destroying or preventing the growth of bacteria in animal system.
• Antiseptic: It prevents infections, decay and inhibits the action of microorganism.
• Aromatic compounds: These are organic compounds like benzene which have a strong smell
• Argon: It is a colourless gas which has no smell.
• Arsenic: It is poisonous metallic element.
• Asbestos: It is a useful variety of a rock-forming mineral which is fibrous, very heat-resistant and chemically inert.
• Asphalt: It is a brown or black tar-like substance, a variety of bitumen, found in a natural state or obtained by evaporating petroleum.
• Aspirin: It is an acetyl salicylic acid.
• Bactericide: It is a substance used to kill bacteria e.g. antibiotics, antiseptics and disinfectant.
• Bath salts: These are salts used to soften hard water.
• Bauxite: The principal ore of aluminium, consisting of a mixture of hydrated aluminium oxides and hydroxides, generally contaminated with compounds of iron, which gives it a red colour.
• Beta Particle: Electron ejected with great velocity from a radioactive atom that is undergoing spontaneous disintegration.
• Biodegradable: Capable of being broken down by living organisms, principally bacteria and fungi.
• Bitumen: It is a dark black viscous hydrocarbon manufactured artificially by heating coal, it is used in coating the surfaces of roads.
• Blast furnace: It is a special kind of furnace, iron is made inside a blast furnace.
• Borax: It is a white crystalline salt with an alkaline nature used in the manufacture of glass, soldering of metals, enamels, gems, soaps, etc.
• Boric acid: It is a white crystalline solid which behaves as a weak acid and used as mild antiseptic and in the manufacture of cement, enamels, etc.
• Carbohydrates: Energy-producing organic compounds, e.g. cane sugar, glucose, starch, etc.
• Carbon dioxide: It is a colourless, odourless, tasteless gas about one and a half times as heavy as air. It is given out during respiration.
• Carbon monoxide: It is a colourless, odourless gas resulting from the incomplete oxidation of carbon, it is poisonous to animal for it bind to haemoglobin more strongly than oxygen.
• Carvacrol: A thick oil extracted from the oil of mint and used as an antiseptic and anaesthetic.
• Catalysis: A phenomenon in which the addition of a small quantity of a substance enhances the rate of reaction manifold, without the added substance itself being consumed in the course of the reaction.
• Centrifuge: An apparatus that rotates containers at high speeds, creating centrifugal forces.
• Chemotherapy: It is the treatment of diseased by the administration of chemicals.
• Chlorine: It is a chemical element, a yellow, poisonous gas which dissolves in water. It makes water safe to drink.
• Chloroform: It is a sweetish, colourless liquids and used as a solvent and anaesthetic.
• Chlorophyll: It is a green pigment found in all members of the plant species, excluding fungi.
• Cholesterol: It is steroid compound in all animals, but not in plants.
• Charcoal: It is a black solid which contains carbon, it is made by heating wood in a closed space with no air.
• Cobalt: It is a very hard and silvery metal, it is mixed with iron to make cobalt steel.
• Chemistry: It is the science concerned with composition of matter and of the changes that take place in it under certain condition.
• Chlorination: The addition of chlorine to drinking water and to water used in swimming pools in order to kill dangerous bacteria.
• Citric acid: A colourless substance especially used in jams and fruit juices as a preservative.
• Coke: Light type of coal obtained when coal is heated in the presence of air.
• Corrosion: It is a process whereby stone or metal is chemically eaten away.
• Dichloro diphenyl trichloroethane (D.D.T.): It is a common insecticide insoluble in water, easily soluble in ethanol and acetone.
• Dehydration: Elimination of water
• Desalination: The process of removing dissolved salts, mainly sodium chloride, from seawater and brackish water to yield potable water for human consumption.
• Detergent: A synthetic cleaning agent, it has the ability to emulsify oils and remove dirt.
• Diamond: Hardest substance known, made of pure carbon.
• Distilliation: A process involving both evaporation and condensation simultaneously, used for purifying liquids.
• Dynamite: It is used for blasting. It contains sodium or ammonium nitrate sensitized with nitroglycerine and use absorbers like wood pulp.
• Electroplating: A method of coating one metal with a thin layer of another metal.
• Emerald: The green germ variety of beryl: One of the most highly prized gemstones.
• Enamel: A hard material containing over 90 percent calcium and magnesium salts which provides protection against corrosion or decay.
• Enzymes: Proteins that carry out different metabolic and functional reaction in animals and plants.
• Ephedrine: A white solid used in medicine for the treatment of asthma colds.
• Epsom salts: Hydrates of magnesium sulphate used in medicines to empty bowels.
• Ethylene: A colourless gas used in making plastic (polythene) and in artificial ripening of fruits.
• Ethanol: A colourless, flammable alcohol whose boiling point is 780 C. Ethanol is the alcohol contained in alcohol drinks.
• Ether: It is colourless liquid which burs very easily, it evaporates very quickly.
• Evaporation: Conversion of a liquid into vapour without necessarily reaching the boiling point.
• Fermentation: A chemical change brought about in organic substance by the enzymatic action of living organism such as yeast and bacteria.
• Ferrous: It describes iron or any metal which contains iron.
• Flash point: The lowest temperature at which a substance catches fire on being lighted with a flame.
• Flint glass: Glass containing lead silicate used for optical purposes.
• Fluoride: It is a chemical compound.
• Fluorescence: Emission of light by a substance when some radiations fall on it.
• Forging: A process in which metals are given the required shape by compressing them.
• Free radical: Group of atoms in particular combinations capable of free existence under special condition, usually for very short periods.
• Hard water: Water that does not lather easily with soap, and that produces ‘fur’ or scale’ in kettles, it is caused by the presence of certain salts of calcium and magnesium.
• Helium: It is colourless, odourless, gaseous, non-metallic element.
• Hormones: Compounds internally secreted in animal which stimulated organs in their respective action. e.g. insulin, adrenaline, testosterone, etc.
• Hydrogen: It is colourless, odourless, gaseous, non-metallic element.
• Inert: It is a substance which does not burn and does not change when it is heated.
• Inorganic chemistry: It is branch of chemistry dealing with the element and their compounds, excluding the more complex carbon compounds.
• Kinetics: It is the branch of chemistry that investigates the rates of chemical reactions.
• Krypton: It is colourless, odourless, gaseous, non-metallic element.
• Lactose: A sugar found in milk and used in some baby foods.
• Lignite: A soft, brownish-black coal in which the texture of original wood can still be seen.
• Lipids: Fats and their derivatives that occur in living systems.
• Litmus: It is a coloured dye which is often used to coat special strips of paper called litmus paper.
• Luminous: It describes something that gives out light.
• Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD): It is an extremely powerful drug that causes distortions in thinking and feeling.
• Magnesia: A white, tasteless powder used as a mild laxative and antacid.
• Marsh gas: Consisting mostly of methane.
• Menthol: A white, waxy, crystalline solid obtained from the oil of pepper mints and used in medicine and perfumery.
• Mercury: A silvery white liquid metal.
• Methane: It is a colourless gas.
• Methanol: It is also called methyl alcohol or wood spirit.
• Minerals: Ali compounds that are obtained from the earth’s crust.
• Milk of Magnesia: Common name for a suspension of magnesium hydroxide in water. It is a common antacid.
• Morphine: A pain killing drug, It is the main alkaloid present in opium, being 10 percent of its weight.
• Morter: A mixture of cement, sand and water used to bind together bricks and stones.
• Molten: State of a solid that has been heated until it melts.
• Mustard gas: A highly poisonous liquid which vaporises easily and is sued in chemical warfare.
• Napalm: An abbreviated form of sodium (Na) palmitate. It is a gel made up of some readily burning hydrocarbon oils and soap. It is used a sin incendiary weapon with wide destructive power as it sticks to the target while burning.
• Naphtha: It is a mixture of hydrocarbon of low molecular weight obtained either from coal tar, petroleum or shale oil.
• Narcotic: It is a drug which tends to induce sleep or unconsciousness, for example, morphine.
• Neon: It is a chemical element and is a colourless gas which does not dissolve in water.
• Nerve Gas: It is a gas used in chemical warfare which is especially damaging to the nervous and respiratory systems.
• Neutron: It is an elementary particle that is a part of the atoms of all elements except normal hydrogen. It is present in the nucleus of the hydrogen. It is present in the nucleus of the atom along with another particle, Proton.
• Nicotine: A poisonous oily liquid which is the principle compound in tobacco.
• Nitrates: Salts of metals, formed with nitric acid.
• Nitric acid: A strong minerals acid used in medicinal preparations and in industry.
• Nitrogen: A gaseous chemical element.
• Nobel metals: Metals such as gold, silver and platinum which are chemically much less reactive compared to other metals.
• Non-ferrous metals: Any metal other than iron of steel.
• Nucleus: The central dense part of an atom which contains practically all its mass.
• Octane Number: A measure of the quality of petrol.
• Ore: A natural occurring mineral normally mined for the extraction of metal on a commercial scale.
• Organic Chemistry: Branch of chemistry that deals with carbon compounds,, in particular the more complex ones.
• Osmosis: The movement of solvent (liquid) through a semipermeable membrane separating solutions of different concentrations.
• Oxidation: It is a kind of chemical reaction.
• Oxide: A compound of oxygen and another element,, frequently produced by burning the element or a compound of it in air on oxygen.
• Oxygen: A colourless, odourless, tasteless, non-metallic, gaseous element.
• Ozone: A highly reactive pale-blue gas with a penetrating odour.
• Paraffin: It is an oily liquid.
• Pasteurization: A heat-treatment process to reduce the number of micro-organism present in food in order to extend its shelf-life.
• Penicillin: An antibiotric produced by the fungus.
• Phosphorus: A highly reactive, non-metallic element.
• Photosynthesis: A process by which green plants trap light energy and use it to drive a series of chemical reactions, leading to the formation of carbohydrates.
• Pig iron or cast iron: The crude, unrefined form of iron produced in a blast furnace.
• Pigment: It is a kind of coloured powder, It is mixed with liquids make paint.
• Pipette: Device for the accurate measurement of a known volume of liquid, usually for transfer from one container to another, used in Chemistry and Biology laboratories.
• Plaster of Paris: A form of calcium sulphate, obtained from gypsum, mixed with water for making casts and moulds.
• Platinum: A heavy, soft, silver-white, malleable and ductile, metallic element.
• Potassium: It is chemical element.
• Protein: Any of a large number of complex organic compounds made up of long chains of amino acids and found in all living organism.
• Propene: A colourless, inflammable gas, it is widely used by industry to make organic chemicals, including poly-propylene plastics.
• Quicksilver: Another name given to mercury.
• Radiotherapy: It is used by doctors to help some of their patients.
• Radium: Radioactive, metallic element.
• Roentgen: It is a unit for measuring the dose of radiation.
• Saccharin: A white crystalline solid which is 550 times sweeter than sugar, but does not have any food value.
• Sapphire: Any gem, other than ruby, especially of blue colour due to traces of cobalt present in it.
• Sewage treatment: Waste water from industry or the home is treated in several ways in order to make it fit again for use.
• Silica: A hard, insoluble white, colourless solid with a very high melting point.
• Silicon: It is the chemical element.
• Slag: It is the molten mass of impurities that is produced in the smelting or refining of metals.
• Smelting: A method by which metals are separated from their original ore.
• Smog: A form of air pollution, dark, thick dust laden sulphurous fog that pollutes the atmosphere in industrial cities.
• Sponge Iron: It is iron in porous form.
• Sodium: It is chemical element.
• Soft water: Type of water that easily produces a lot of lather with soap.
• Solvent: It is a liquid.
• Stainless steel: It is iron containing 4 percent chromium to resist rusting.
• Steroids: Class of organic compounds present in animals and plants. These are present as bile acids.
• Sucrose: Cane Sugar made of glucose and fructose.
• Sulphur dioxide: It is a colourless gas which can make people cough.
• Surgical Spirit: It is ethanol to which has been added a small amount of methanol to render it unfit to drink.
• Synthetic: It describes an artificial substance.
• Thermodynamics: The branch of science dealing with the conversation of energy from one form to another, especially heat and mechanical energy.
• Titanium: It is a chemical element, a hard, white metal which does not corrode easily.
• Toxin: A poisonous substance produced by a living organism, generally bacteria.
• Tungsten: It is a chemical element, a grey metal which has a very high melting point, Filaments in electric light bulbs are made from tungsten.
• Urea: It is called carbamide, it is a white crystalline organic compound with m.p. 133⁰C, it is found in the urine.
• Unleaded petrol: Petrol manufactured without the addition of antiknock.  It has a slightly lower octune rating than leaded petrol, but has the advantage of not polluting the atmosphere with lead compounds.
• Vinegar: A solution which is made by the action of bacteria on wine or cider.
• Vitamins: Chemicals which are important to the proper working of the body. They tend to be complex organic molecules which must be eaten, as in daily products are (Vitamin A) or fruit (Vitamin C).
• Vulcanization: A chemical process of improving the physical properties of natural rubber by heating it with sulphur.

January 04, 2013 GK Questions

Which among the following country offers to host Asia Cup and World Twenty20 2014? Australia Sri Lanka New Zealand England Who has been appointed as new retail CEO of Bharti Enterprises? Mahesh Sharma Vinod Khemka Sudeep Tyagi Raj Jain How many prices rose on petrol on 3rd January 2014? 75 Paisa 2.30 Rupees 3 Rupees 1.50 Rupees Who has been regained the title of the world’s richest man from Mexican telecommunications magnate Carlos Slim? John Catsimatidis Ben Bernanke Bill Gates Sheldon Adelson Who has been appointed as congress legislative party leader in Delhi Assembly? Haroon Yusuf Jai Kishan Sandeep Dikshit Ajay Maken Which among the following company elevates B. G. Srinivas and Pravin Rao as Presidents of global market and delivery market? Wipro Bharti Airtel India Cements Infosys Name the former Supreme Court judge who resigned on 3rd January from the post of honorary professor of the National University of Juridical Sciences? Surinder Singh Nijjar Gyan Sudha Misra Anil R. Dave Ashok Ganguly Which among the following elected as new speaker of Delhi Assembly? Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi MS Dhir Jagdish Mukhi Aqeel Ahmed According to Delhi police report how many percent robbery cases up in Delhi in 2013? 43.67 Percent 30 Percent 55.20 Percent 61.36 Percent Which country’s security forces have seized around three tonnes of ice drug along with AK-47 rifles and explosives from a village? Japan Indonesia China Nigeria Show me the answers. 1. Sri Lanka 2. Raj Jain 3. 75 Paisa 4. Bill Gates 5. Haroon Yusuf 6. Infosys 7. Ashok Ganguly 8. MS Dhir 9. 43.67 Percent 10. China

January 05, 2013 GK Questions

Which country won the Under-19 Asia Cup title 2013? India Sri Lanka Pakistan Bangladesh At least 13 dead and dozens injured in under construction building collapsed in- Manipur Delhi Haryana Goa Which company’s turnover reached Rs. 9123 crore in April December 2013? Infosys Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited Wipro Reliance Industries Who has been beat Victoria Azarenka to win women’s Brisbane International Title 2013? Maria Sharapova Caroline Wozniacki Sarena Williams Ana Ivanovic Which country reversed a blanket ban on protest at Winter Olympic? Russia Brazil China South Africa Which among the following Indian state’s chief minister to hold rally in Maharashtra today? Rajasthan Delhi Gujarat Mizoram Who has been became the third wicket-keeper to score 400 runs and effect 20 dismissals in a test series? Matt Prior Brad Haddin Kumar Sangakkara Umar Akmal At least 8 killed and dozens wounded in fresh violence at- Bangladesh India Japan Pakistan Which among the following nation going to general election on 5th January 2013? Bangladesh Finland Nigeria China Which Bollywood movie becomes highest grossing film in Nepal? Chennai Express Bullet Raja Dhoom 3 Sholay 3D Show me the answers. 1. India 2. Goa 3. Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited 4. Sarena Williams 5. Russia 6. Gujarat 7. Brad Haddin 8. Pakistan 9. Bangladesh 10. Dhoom 3

January 03, 2013 GK Questions

Who has been elected as all India President of Indian Oil Officers Association (IOOA)? Mukul Kumar Harsh Jindal Mayank Tomar Naveen Sharma Name the former India’s permanent representative to the UN who joins Bharatiya Janata Party on 2nd January 2014? Brajesh Mishra Satish Chandra Hardeep Puri Mohit Mathur At least 27 passengers were killed and 18 injured in a bus accident in- Maharashtra Assam Tamil Nadu Meghalaya Which company awarded the PSE Excellence Award 2013 for R&D, Technology Development & Innovation by Indian (ICC) and Department of Public? Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) Larsen & Toubro Essar Group Engineers India Limited (EIL) Who has been appointed as new chairman and managing director of Delhi Transco Limited? Mohit Sinha Dr. Puneet Kumar Rakesh Talwar Neeraj Saxena The current General Manager of Northern Railways is- Jai Ram Ramesh Narendra Vishwas V. K. Gupta Pankaj Mishra Which among the following party merge with Bharatiya Janata Party? Karnataka Janata Paksha Shiv Sena Janata Dal (United) Telugu Desam Party Which among following former president of Pakistan hospitalized after chest pain? Asif Ali Zardari Muhammad Mian Soomro Muhammad Rafiq Tarar Pervez Musharraf Name the china’s first aircraft carrier that completes sea trials on 2nd January 2013? Schmetterling Eurospike IM-69 Bomarc GAM-83 Bullpup Who has been elected as the managing director and chief executive officer of Multi-Commodity Exchange? Sandeep Maheshwari Mukul Goyal Arvind Gupta Manoj Vaish Show me the answers. 1. Mukul Kumar 2. Hardeep Puri 3. Maharashtra: 4. Engineers India Limited (EIL) 5. Dr. Puneet Kumar 6. V. K. Gupta 7. Karnataka Janata Paksha 8. Pervez Musharraf 9. Eurospike 10. Manoj Vaish