HARYANA CIRCLE PA /SA EXAM GENERAL KNOWLEDGE SOLVED PAPER (EXAM HELD ON 27/04/2014)

1. How many teams are participating in IPL 2014?
Ans.:8

2. Who is the deputy speaker of Lok Sabha at present?
Ans.: Kariya Munda

3. Who is presently the chairman of the finance commission?
Ans.:  Dr Vijay L Khelkar

Yv Reddy  is the chairman of 14 Finance commission. But now 13th commission is on running .

4. The Vidhan Sabha of Haryana is ___ and comprises ____ members of legsilative Assembly.
Ans: Unicameral, 90

5. What is the motto of ICC
Ans: Great Sport and Great Spirit

6. Open market operations mean:
Ans:  Purchase and sale of securities by the Central Bank

7. Which of the following does not affect credit creation power of Commericial Bank.
Ans: Statutory liquidity ratio

8. How many players are there in each side of a Basketball game:
Ans. 5

9. O2, CO2 and N2 being the life supporting gases are chiefly concentrated in:
Ans. Troposphere

10. The Chipko Andolan is asscociated with:
Ans.  Trees

11. Instrument for measuring humidity .
Ans: Hygrometer

12. Female reproductive part of flower
Ans: Pistil

13. A stick immensed in water appears bent due to
Ans:  ?

14. If a question arise whether a bill is money bill or notAns: B : speaker of house of people15. Which article of constitute of India
Ans:  122

16. Constitution of Parliament as per article 79 of the
Ans:  President, council of states and the house of the people

17. In the freedom movement of India the year 1930  is associated with
Ans:  Dandi March

18. Where is the tomb of Shahjahan is  situated
Ans: Tajmahal

19. Balghat mines is famous for
Ans: Bauxite deposits

20. Longest day in Southern hemisphere
Ans:  Dec 21

21.Which of the following extreme locations connected by East West corridor
Ans:  Silchar and porbandar

22.” Jagannath Pahadia “ is present Governor of
Ans:  Haryana

23. Next Winter Olympics will be held at
Ans:  Pyeongchang, south korea

24. Dadashaeb Phalke award for the year 2013 awarded to
Ans: Gulzar

25.Who is the Chief Justice of India as on date
Ans:  Rajendra Mal Lodha

KARNATAKA CIRCLE PA /SA EXAM GENERAL AWARENESS SOLVED PAPER (EXAM HELD ON 27/04/2014)

1) Bleeding of gums and loosening of teeth is caused due to deficiency of:

Ans.: Vitamin C

2) Which of the following is not present in blood?

Ans:   Placenta

3) A stick immersed in water appears bent due to the phenomenon of:

Ans:  Refraction of light

4) This area is termed as territorial water and resources therein belonging to the nation:

Ans:  Oceanic area upto 19.2 nautical miles from the coast

5)  Which state of India is the largest producer Bajra?

Ans:  Rajasthan

6)  Kudremukh mine deposits known to be one of the largest in the world is located in the states of:

Ans:  Karnataka

7) Who recently won ICC under 19 world cup cricket tittle?

Ans:  South Africa

8) The term of the current lok sabha will expire on:

Ans:   1st June, 2014

9) BIMSTEC summit 2014 recently concluded in:

Ans. Myanmar

10) The Prime Minster of which country is recently facing charges of negligence over a govt rice subsidy scheme?

Ans.  Thailand

11) Which of the following three countries elected/appointed their Prime Ministers as recently as in Feb, 2014:

Ans.  Thailand, Italy, Nepal

12) Who is the present governor of the state of Karnataka?

Ans.  Hans Raj Bhardwaj

13)  Identify the state with bicameral legislature:

Ans.  Maharashtra

14) The world Environment day is celebrated on:

Ans.  June 5

15) Clean water would have BOD value of less than:

Ans.  5 ppm

16)  Rovers cup is associated with

Ans.  Football

17)  With which game is the term 'Double fault' associated?

Ans.  Lawn Tennis

18) The Asian games are organised after every:

Ans.  4 years

19) Which article of the constitution of India deals with the formation of new states and alteration of areas, boundaries or names of existing states:

Ans.  Article 3

20) Who has been vested with power by the constitution to permit any member of parliament who can not adequately express himself/herself in Hindi or in English to address the house in his/her mother tongue:

Ans.  Both A and B

21) What eligibility criteria for age for election as Vice president of India?

Ans.  Should have completed the age of 35 years

22) The Great emperor Kanishka belonged to which dynasty:

Ans.  Kushana

23) Which of the following was not written by Kalidas?

Ans.  Laghujatakam

24) Which of the following is credit rating agency?

Ans.  ICRA

25) The term "Bull" and "Bear" is realated to?

Ans.  Share Market

DELHI CIRCLE PA/SA EXAM GENERAL AWARENESS SOLVED PAPER (EXAM HELD ON 27/04/2014)

1) Which one of the following minerals is contained in the Monazite sand of Kerala?
Ans.  Thorium

2) The largest sugarcane producing country in the world is:
Ans.  Brazil

3) This refers the amount that the commercial banks require to maintain in the form of gold or government approved securities before providing credit to customers:
Ans.  Statutory Liquidity Ratio

4) .......... is NOT a Central Government Tax.
Ans.  Entertainment Tax

5) How many countries delegates will visit India to have first hand experience of Lok Sabha Election 2014 under the 'Election Visitors Programme 2014' launched by election commission of India:
Ans.  20

6) Largest Solar Power plant of India was recently launched in the state of:
Ans.  Madhya Pradesh

7) 2014 Ranji Trophy was won by:
Ans.  Karnataka

8) International Mother Earth Day was observed across the world on:
Ans.  22nd April 2014

9) Who is the leader of house presently in Rajya Sabha:
Ans.  Manmohan Singh

10) In an economy, the sectors are classified into public and private on the basis of
Ans.  Ownership of enterprises

11) Who amongst the following is not a Lawn Tennis Player
Ans.  Tiger Woods

12) The three R's which can help us to conserve natural resource for long term us are?
Ans.  Reduce, Recycle, Reuse

13) The river water is polluted with acidic wastes if ph of water is:
Ans.  Below 7

14) How many ergs are there in 1 joule:
Ans. 10^7

15) President of International Olympic Committee:
Ans.  Thomas Bach

16) Which bone is the largest bone in human body
Ans.  Fermur

17) Who is responsible to collect the service tax?
Ans.  Central Excise Department

18) Surface Tension has the units of:
Ans. Newton/m

19) When the office of the Chief Justice of India is vacant or when the chief justice is by reason of absence or otherwise unable to perform the duties of his office, Who shall have the authority to appoint acting chief justice as per Article 126 the constitution of India?
Ans. The President of India

20) The State shall endeavor to provide early childhood care and education of all children until they complete the age of six years. This is a provision under:
.Ans. Article 45A relating to directive principles of state policy enumerated in Part IV of the constitution of India

21) If any question arises as to whether a member of Parliament has become subject to any disqualifications mentioned in clause(1) of article 102, the question shall be referred for decision to the ....... and decision of the .... shall be final:
Ans. President of India

22) Amoghvarsha was a famous:
Ans. Rastrakuta King

23) "Do or Die" is associated with the following movement:
Ans.  Quit India

24) Find the odd one out on the basis of origin of Resources:
Ans. Rocks and metals

25) Shortest day in the Northern hemisphere:
Ans. December 21

Punjab Circle Postal Assistant Examination General Awareness Solved Paper (Exam held on 18.05.2014)

1. Identify the mismatched pair in national Sports award
Ans : Dharmender Dalal - Dhyan Chand

2.The capital of world youngest nation south sudan is
Ans : Juba

3.which country recently decided to implement Nitaqat law?
Ans :  Saudi Arabia

4.The Lokpal and Lokayuktas bill 2013 got the President of india ascent on
Ans :  1 January 2014

5. Math List I and II
a. Kalinga war                 1. Ibrahim Lodi and babur
b. First Battle of Panipat     2. Rana Pratap and Akbar
c. Battle of 
d. Battle of Khanwah         4.Babur and Rana Sangha 

Ans: A3,B1,C2,D4

6.Find the incorrect statement
Ans : A tributary is a river which, leaves the main river and flows separately. 

7. The state of india which has the largest wind farm cluster?
Ans : Tamilnadu

8. Identify the correct group of states where rubber  is mainly grown?
Ans:  Kerala, Tamilnadu,Karnataka, Andaman and Nicobar and Garo Hills

9. Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is suituated in which state of India?
Ans : Andhra Pradesh

10. The Chilka lake region is situated between the deltas of
Ans: Mahanadi and Godavari

11. The first indian Governor general of independent India was
Ans : C. Rajgopalachari

12.The president of surat session of Congress, 1907 was
Ans : R B Ghosh

13. During whose reiga did hiuen Tsang visit the Chalukya kingdom?
Ans : Pulakesin II

14.Rajya Sabha Can Delay a money bill passed by Lok Sabha?
Ans : Not more than 14 days

15.Who has the right under the constitution to seek opinion of the supreme Court on question of law?
Ans : President of India

16. As per article 170 of the Constitution of india, the maximum strength of legislative assembly members can not exceed ____ members chosen by direct election from territorial constituencies in the state.
Ans : 500

17. Schedule 8 of the constitution of India deals with
Ans : Languages

18.Shah Jahan fought the battle of Kartarpur against
Ans : Guru Hargovind Singh

19. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
Ans :  Fachometer

20.The Finance Ministry has kept some services under the negative list which means
Ans : ?

21. The Compounds leading to origin of life were
Ans : Proteins and nucleic acids

22. The three fundamental quantities are
Ans : Mass,Length, Time

23. The Cricketer from which country created a world record on January 1, 2014 by scoring the fastest ODI century off 36 balls?
Ans : New Zealand

24. Which of the following is not a natural environment?
Ans : Pond

25. Which of the following is not a fossil fuel or is not derived from a fossil fuel?
Ans: Biogas

RAJASTHAN CIRCLE PA/SA EXAM GENERAL AWARENESS SOLVED PAPER (EXAM HELD ON 27/04/2014)

1. As per the constitutional provision, who has the absolute and ultimate powers regarding the passing of money bills?

 Ans:-the house of the people

2:- As per the constitutional of India, the reports of the comptroller and auditor general of India relating to the accounts of the state shall be submitted to?

Ans:- the Governor of state

3:- The governor of a state is appointed by?

Ans:- president of India

4:- when cripps mission came to India, who among the following was viceroy of India?

Ans:- lord linlithgo

5:- which sikh guru was executed by Aurangzeb?

Ans:- Guru tej bahadur

6:- the most common measure of estimating inflation in India is

Ans:- whole sale price index

7:- this is an apparatus for measuring increase or rate of growth in plants?

Ans:- Auxanometer

8:- About what percent of are of our country (India) is the plateau region possessing rich reserve of minerals, fossil and forests?

Ans:- 27%

9:- The planet nearest to the sun and closest to the earth are respectively?

Ans:- Mercury and Venus

10:- Identifiy the mismatched paire

A:- smallest ocean —– Arctic ocean

B:- lowest point on earth —– Mariana trench

C:- largest ocean ——- Pacific ocean

D:- smallest continent —- Australia

Ans:- smallest continent —- Australia

11:- which country won ICC world cup T-20 match?

Ans:- Sri-lanka

12:- the amount of oxygen required by bacteria to break down the organic matter present in a certain volume of a sample water, is called?

Ans:- BOD and COD both

13:- who is the present governor of the state of Rajasthan?

Ans:- Smt. Margaret Alva

14. Who was recently appointed as interim president of BCCI board by the Supreme court of India

Ans: Sunil Gavaskar

15.Which of the following countries has become first to pass climatic Act

Ans: Canada

16.The winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award 2013 for writing Rajasthani language

Ans: Ambika dutt

17:- The chief election commissioner can be removed from office only?

Ans:- Through impeachment by parliament

18:- Hindi movie “Shahid” won two awards in 61st national film awards. This film is based on the life of?

Ans:- A murdered right to information activist

19:- who represent India in recently concluded the 2014 Nuclear security summit held in Neatherlands

Ans:- Salman Khurshid

20:- :Bharat Kesri” award is given in the sport?

Ans:- Wrestling

21:- India’s first credit bureau through which commercial banks will share credit history of the customers?

Ans:- CIBIL

22:- The outer part of a railway track near the bend or curve is generally raised?

Ans:- To produce the necessary centripetal force

23:- The number images of an object formed by two mirrors inclined at an angle of 60 is?

Ans:- 5

24:- What is the “ motto” of Olympics 2016?

Ans:- Live your passion

25:- Pungency in chillies is due to?

Ans:- Capsaicin