General Knowledge & Current Affairs ? September 2005

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General Knowledge & Current Affairs ? September 2005..

Answer / debadas_orissa

1. Recently Union Defence Minister launched army?s
strategic broadband satellite network. It is named
(a) Mercury Flash
(b) Pluto Flash
(c) Army Satellite
(d) Eastern Star
Ans: ( a ) Mercury Flash

2. Who among the following was the first economist to hold
the office of Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs in
the Union Finance Ministry ?
(a) Dr. I.G. Patel
(b) Dr. Manmohan Singh
(c) Rakesh Mohan
(d) Dr.M.S. Ahluwalia
Ans: ( a ) Dr. I.G. Patel

3. What does the abbreviation ATR stand for ?
(a) Action Taken Result
(b) Actually True Report
(c) Action Taken Report
(d) Action Taken Rejoinder
Ans: ( c ) Action Taken Report

4. According to the Government, during 2004 India received
Foreign Direct Investment to the tune of
(a) $3.7 billion
(b) $4.8 billion
(c) $7.3 billion
(d) $8.4 billion
Ans: ( a ) $3.7 billion

5. Which of the following countries won theSultan Azlan Shah
Hockey Trophy held in Kuala Lumpur in June 2005 ?
(a) Pakistan
(b) Australia
(c) South Korea
(d) India
Ans: ( b ) Australia

6. Which of the following companies has started a rural
marketing network called ?e-chaupal? ?
(a) ITC
(b) Dabur
(c) Hindustan Lever
(d) Procter & Gamble
Ans: ( a ) ITC

7. The decision to form the Indian National Army (Azad Hind
Fauj) was taken at
(a) Rangoon
(b) Bangkok
(c) Kuala Lumpur
(d) Tokyo
Ans: ( d ) Tokyo

8. Give the correct chronological sequence of the following :
1. Russain Revolution
2. American War of Independence
3. Spanish Revolution
4. The French Revolution
(a) 1, 2, 4, 3
(b) 2, 4, 3, 1
(c) 2, 1, 4, 3
(d) 4, 2, 3, 1
Ans: ( b ) 2, 4, 3, 1

9. Which of the following Indians has been recently
conferred Nelson Mandela Award for Minority Empowerment ?
(a) Ms. Margaret Alva
(b) Ms. Girija Vyas
(c) Ms. J. Natarajan
(d) Ms. Ambika Soni
Ans: ( a ) Ms. Margaret Alva

10. At which of the following places India?s first Net Route
Server has been set up ?
(a) Mumbai
(b) Noida
(c) Chennai
(d) Hyderabad
Ans: ( c ) Chennai

11. Who among the following is not a member of the recently
constituted Disaster Management Authority headed by Prime
Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh ?
(a) Gen. N.C. Vij
(b) S.P. Sukhatme
(c) K.M. Singh
(d) Ashok Ganguly
Ans: ( d ) Ashok Ganguly

12. Which of the following Fortune 500 Indian companies has
suffered loss for the first time in the first quarter
of2005-06 ?
(a) Indian Oil Corporation
(b) ONGC
(c) Reliance Industries
(d) Bharat Petroleum Corporation
Ans: ( a ) Indian Oil Corporation

13. Which of the following cities would host 2012 Olympic
Games ?
(a) Paris
(b) New York
(c) London
(d) Madrid
Ans: ( c ) London

14. Who is the author of ?Soul and Structure of Governance
in India? ?
(a) V.K. Duggal
(b) Jairam Ramesh
(c) Dr. I.G. Patel
(d) Jagmohan
Ans: ( d ) Jagmohan

15. Which one of the following is not a land-locked country ?
(a) Afghanistan
(b) Nepal
(c) Bhutan
(d) Thailand
Ans: ( d ) Nepal

16. Which one of the following processes is not related with
chemical weathering ?
(a) Exfoliation
(b) Carbonation
(c) Hydration
(d) Oxidation
Ans: ( a ) Exfoliation

17. Who invented polio vaccine (oral) ?
(a) Albert Sabin
(b) Burkholder
(c) Louis Pasteur
(d) Jonas Salk
Ans: ( a ) Albert Sabin

18. Mist is caused by
(a) Dry ice
(b) Ice at low temperature
(c) Water vapours at low temperature
(d) Carbon-monoxide in solid form
Ans: ( c ) Water vapours at low temperature

19. The first computer language developed was
(a) COBOL
(b) BASIC
(c) FORTRAN
(d) PASCAL
Ans: ( c ) FORTRAN

20. ?Smasher? is associated with which of the following sports ?
(a) Boxing
(b) Wrestling
(c) Football
(d) Volleyball
Ans: ( d ) Volleyball

21. The total number of vertebrae in a human being is
(a) 30
(b) 33
(c) 26
(d) 29
Ans: ( c ) 26

22. Steel tycoon L.N. Mittal has recently signed an MoU to
tie-up with which of the following Indian companies ?
(a) ONGC
(b) GAIL
(c) Reliance Energy
(d) Essar Company
Ans: ( a )

23. At the 52nd National Film Awards announced on July 13,
2005, which of the following films was adjudged the best film ?
(a) Hum Tum
(b) Page 3
(c) Hasina
(d) Veer-Zaara
Ans: ( b ) Page 3

24. Baglihar Power Project is being constructed at which of
the following rivers ?
(a) Jhelum
(b) Ravi
(c) Chenab
(d) Sindh
Ans: ( c ) Chenab

25. The African Union whose cooperation was sought by G-4 to
expand UN Security Council has a strength of
(a) 43 Members
(b) 53 Members
(c) 63 Members
(d) 34 Members
Ans: ( b ) 53 Members

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General Knowledge & Current Affairs ? September 2005..

Answer / ravikant

Who won the 2006 World Cup Hockey ?

GERMANY.

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