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PREFACE MBA Forum imparts training to the candidates appearing for various MBA entrance
examinations. It takes pride in its faculties and personalized teaching style. This
course material is prepared with an earnest desire to facilitate students while preparing
for the examination. The ‘Basic Study Materials’ has been designed to help students
prepare for different MBA Entrance Examinations such as CAT, XAT, MAT, IIFT,
SNAP etc. The content and style has been developed keeping in mind the recent trend
adopted by different MBA Entrance Examinations.
The ‘Basic Study Materials’ explain the basic concepts or theory involved in each of
the chapters supported by a large number of illustrative examples. The important
formulas and shortcut techniques are also provided wherever it is applicable. The
material also contains a good number of questions as a part of the Practice Exercises
followed by an elaborate step by step solution.
The different components of Basic Study Material are presented below.
• Quantitative Aptitude ----------------------------------------------------- 4 Sets
• Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency ------------------------------- 2 Sets
• Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension --------------------------- 2 Sets
• Analytical/Logical/Critical Reasoning -----------------------------------2 Sets
In this Set i.e. Computer Fundamentals & General Awareness Set , we have covered
the all the relevant concepts a candidate is expected to know in Computer
Fundamental Section. This section forms the core of Computer Aptitude Section and
important for MCA Entrance examinations as well as any other competitive
examinations. We believe that the concepts and the problems given in this book will
go a long way in preparing for MCA & MBA examination. The Practice Exercises are
also provided in increasing order of difficulty level.
In addition to the above, we have two sets dedicated to Advance Mathematics &
Reasoning. These are specially designed for CAT, XAT & JMET entrances whose
syllabus contains advance chapters in Mathematics & Reasoning.
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COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS AND
GENERAL AWARENESS
Table of Contents
COMPUTER GENERATIONS ............................................................................................................4
BASIC ORGANIZATION OF A COMPUTER ..................................................................................5
INPUT & OUTPUT DEVICES 8 REGISTERS 9 PROCESSORS 10
MEMORY OF A COMPUTER ..........................................................................................................11
TYPES OF SOFTWARE.....................................................................................................................13
SYSTEM SOFTWARE 13 APPLICATION SOFTWARE 13
COMPUTER LANGUAGES ..............................................................................................................14
OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS ON COMPUTER APTITUDE............................................................16
GENERAL AWARENESS..................................................................................................................30
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PART A: COMPUTER APTITUDE
COMPUTER GENERATIONS
A computer is a device that operates upon data. A computer can store, process, and
retrieve data as and when desired. Charles Babbage, a nineteenth century Professor at
Cambridge University, is considered the father of modern digital computers.
The custom of referring to computer era in terms of generations came into wide use
only after 1964. There are totally five computer generations known till today.
• First Generation (1942-1955): These machines and others of their time used
thousands of vacuum tubes. The memory of these computers used electromagnetic
relays, and all data and instructions were fed into the system from punched cards.
The instructions were written in machine and assembly languages because high-
level programming languages were introduced much later.
• Second Generation (1955-196(d): The second-generation computers were
manufactured using transistors instead of vacuum tubes. On software front, high-
level programming languages (like FORTRAN, COBOL, ALGOL, and
SNOBOL) and batch operating system emerged during second generation. High-
level programming languages were easier for people to understand and work with
than assembly or machine languages making second-generation computers easier
to program and use than first-generation computers.
The first-generation computers were mainly used for scientific computations.
However, the second-generation computers were increasingly used in business
and industry for commercial data processing applications like payroll, inventory
control, marketing, and production planning.
• Third Generation (1964-1975): Integrated circuits (called ICs) are circuits
consisting of several electronic components like transistors, resistors, and
capacitors grown on a single chip of silicon eliminating wired interconnection
between components. Computers built using integrated circuits characterized the
third generation.
On software front, standardization of high-level programming languages,
timesharing operating systems, unbundling of software from hardware, and
creation of an independent software industry happened during third generation.
FORTRAN and COBOL were the most popular high-level programming
languages in those days. Development and introduction of minicomputers also
took place during the third-generation period.
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• Fourth Generation (1975-1989): Average number of electronic components
packed on a silicon chip doubled each year after 1965. This progress soon led to
the era of large scale integration (LSI) when it was possible to integrate over
30,000 electronic components on a single chip, followed by very large scale
integration (VSLI) when it was possible to integrate about one million electronic
components on a single chip. This progress led to a dramatic development –
creation of a microprocessor. It started a new social revolution – personal
computer (PC) revolution.
Another significant development during fourth-generation period was spread of
high-speed computer networking enabling interconnection of multiple computers
to enable them to communicate and share data. Local area networks (LANs)
became popular for connecting computers within an organization or within a
campus. Similarly, wide area networks (WANs) became popular for connecting
computers located at larger distances. Several new operating systems were
developed for PCs. Notable among these were MS-DOS, MS-Windows, and App
le’s propriety OS. Since PCs were for individuals who were not computer
professionals, companies developed graphical user interfaces for making
computers more users friendly.
• Fifth Generation (1989-Present): VLSI technology became ULSI (Ultra Large
Scale Integration) technology in fifth generation resulting in production of
microprocessor chips having ten million electronic components. Due to this fast
pace of advancement in computer technology, we see more compact and more
powerful computers being introduced almost every year at more or less the same
price or even cheaper. Storage technology also advanced very fast making larger
and larger main memory and disk storage available in newly introduced systems.
During fifth generation, optical disks also emerged as a popular portable mass
storage media such as CD – ROM (Compact Disk – Read Only Memory). Also
there is an emergence and popularity of the Internet and associated technologies
and applications.
BASIC ORGANIZATION OF A COMPUTER
A Computer is comprises of an Input Unit, Output Unit, Storage Unit, Arithmetic
Logical Unit (ALU) and Control Unit (CU). Control unit (CU) and arithmetic logic
unit (ALU) of a computer system are together known as the Central Processing Unit
(CPU).
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The basic organization of a Computer is diagrammatically presented below.
Input Unit
In short, an input unit performs following functions:
• It accepts (or reads) instructions and data from outside world.
• It converts these instructions and data in computer acceptable form.
• It supplies the converted instructions and data to computer system for further
processing.
Output Unit
An output unit performs following functions:
• It accepts the results produced by a computer, which are in coded form and
hence, we cannot easily understand them.
• It converts these coded results to human acceptable (readable) form.
• It supplies the converted results to outside world.
Storage Unit
A storage unit holds (stores):
• Data and instructions required for processing (received from input devices).
• Intermediate results of processing.
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• Results for output, before they are released to an output device.
Storage unit of all computers is comprised of following two types of storage:
• Primary storage. Primary storage of a computer, also known as its main
memory, is used to hold pieces of program instructions and data, intermediate
results of processing, and recently produced results of those job(s) on which the
computer is currently working. However, primary storage can hold information
only while computer system is on.
• Secondary storage. Known as its auxiliary storage, is used to take care of the
limitations of primary storage. That is, it supplements the limited storage capacity
and the volatile characteristic of primary storage. This is because secondary
storage is much cheaper than primary storage and it can retain information even
when a computer system switches off or resets.
Arithmetic Logic Unit
Arithmetic logic unit (ALU) of a computer system is the place where actual
execution of instructions takes place during processing operation. To be more precise,
calculations are performed and all comparisons (decisions) are made in the ALU.
Data and instructions stored in primary storage before processing are transferred as
and when needed to the ALU where processing takes place. Hence, data may move
from primary storage to ALU and back again to storage many times before processing
is over. Almost all ALUs are designed to perform the four basic arithmetic operations
(add, subtract, multiply, and divide) and logic operations or comparisons such as, less
than, equal to, and greater than.
Control Unit
Although, it does not perform any actual processing on data, the control unit acts as a
central nervous system for other components of a computer system. It manages and
coordinates the entire computer system. It obtains instructions from the program
stored in main memory, interprets the instructions, and issues signals causing other
units of the system to execute them.
Central Processing Unit (CPU)
Control unit (CU) and arithmetic logic unit (ALU) of a computer system are together
known as the Central Processing Unit (CPU). The CPU is the brain of a computer
system. In a human body, the brain takes all major decisions and other parts of the
body function as directed by the brain. Similarly, in a computer system, all major
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calculations and comparisons take place inside the CPU and the CPU is responsible
for activating and controlling the operations of other units of the computer system.
Input & Output Devices
Input Devices
An input device is an electromechanical device that accepts data from outside world
and translates them into a form a computer can interpret. The important input devices
are - Keyboard devices, Point-and-draw devices, Data scanning devices, Digitizer,
Electronic cards based devices, Speech recognition devices, Vision based devices etc.
Some important input devices based upon which you will often find questions in
OJEE MBA Entrance Test are as follows:
• Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Device: In this case, the scanner is
equipped with character recognition software (called OCR software) that
converts the bitmap images of characters to equivalent ASCII codes. That is,
the scanner first creates the bitmap image of the document and then the OCR
software translates the array of grid points into ASCII text that the computer
can interpret as letters, numbers, and special characters.
• Optical Mark Reader (OMR): These scanners are capable of recognizing a
pre-specified type of mark made by pencil or pen. For example, in objective
type tests applicants mark their choices of correct answers on a special pre-
printed test scoring sheet by darkening a small square, circular, or oval shaped
box by a pencil.
• Bar – Code Reader: A bar-code reader is a device used for reading
(decoding) bar – coded data. A bar-code reader uses laser-beam scanning
technology.
• Magnetic-Ink Character Recognition (MICR): MICR is similar to OCR. It
is used by banking industry for faster processing of large volume of cheques
handled every day by this industry. A bank cheque has bank’s identification
code (name, branch, etc.), account number, and cheque number pre-printed
(encoded) on it by using characters from a special character set.
• Digitizer: A digitizer is an device used for converting (digitizing) pictures,
maps, and drawings into digital form for storage in computers.
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Output Devices
The important output devices of a computer are - Monitors, Printers, Plotters, Screen
image projector, Voice response system etc.
Registers
CPU is the brain of a computer system. All major calculations performed by a
computer are carried out inside its CPU. The CPU is diagrammatically presented
below:
In order to handle this process satisfactorily and to speed up the rate of information
transfer, a number of special memory units called registers are used. These registers
are used to hold information on a temporary basis and are part of the CPU (not main
memory).
The length of a register equals the number of bits it can store. Hence, a register that
can store 8 bits is referred to as an 8-bit register. Most CPUs sold today have 32-bit or
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64-bit registers. The length of registers of a computer is sometimes called its word
size.
Although, the number of registers varies from computer to computer, these are some
registers common to all computers. Functions of these registers are described below in
the Table.
Sl.
No. Name of Register Function
1 Memory Address
(MAR) Holds address of the active memory location
2 Memory Buffer (MBR) Holds information on its way to and from
memory
3 Program Control (PC) Holds address of the next instruction to be
executed
4 Accumulator (A) Accumulates results and data to be operated upon
5 Instruction (I) Holds an instruction while it is being executed)
6 Input / Output (I/O) Communicates with I/O devices
Processors
Processor Speed
The CU and ALU perform operations at incredible speed. These operations are
usually synchronized by a built-in electronic clock (known as system clock) that emits
millions of regularly spaced electric pulses per second (known as clock cycles).
Hence, the speed at which an instruction is executed is related directly to a computer’s
built-in clock speed, which is the number of pulses produced per second. This clock
speed is measured in megahertz (MHz) or gigahertz (GHz), where mega means 106,
giga means 109.
Types of Processors
The different type of Processor is elaborated below:
• CISC Processors: CPUs with large instruction set, variable-length instructions,
and a variety of addressing modes are said to employ CISC (Complex Instruction
Set Computer) architecture.
• RISC Processors: CPUs with a small instructions set, fixed-length instructions,
and reduced references to memory to retrieve operands are said to employ RISC
(Reduced Instruction Set Computer) architecture. Since RISC
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• EPIC Processors: The Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing (EPIC)
technology breaks through the sequential nature of conventional processor
architectures by allowing the software to communicate explicitly to the processor
when operations can be done in parallel.
• Multicore Processors: Now building multicore processor chips instead of
increasingly powerful (faster) single-core processor chips. The multicore chips do
not necessarily run as fast as the highest performing single-core models, but they
improve overall performance by handling more work in parallel.
MEMORY OF A COMPUTER
Main Memory
Every computer has such has such a storage space known as primary storage, main
memory, or simply memory. It is a temporary storage area built into the computer
hardware. Instructions and data of a program reside mainly in this area when CPU is
executing the program.
Main Memory Organization
A primary storage or main memory of a computer system is made up of several small
storage areas called locations or cells. Each of these locations can store a fixed
number of bits called word length of the memory.
Main Memory Capacity
Memory capacity of a computer system is normally stated in terms of kilobytes (KB),
which is equal to 1024 (210) bytes of storage, or megabytes (MB), which is equal to
1,048,576 (220) bytes of storage, or gigabytes (GB), which is equal to 1,073,741,824
(230) bytes of storage. Notice that 1 KB is about 103 bytes, 1 MB is about 106 bytes,
and 1 GB is about 109 bytes hence, the origin of the prefixes kilo (thousand), mega
(million) and giga (billion). Therefore, a computer having 32 MB of memory is
capable of storing 32 × 1048576 = 33,554,432 bytes or characters.
RAM, ROM, PROM and EPROM
Random Access Memory (RAM)
RAM (random access memory) is the place in a computer where the operating system,
application programs, and data in current use are kept so that they can be quickly
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reached by the computer's processor. RAM is much faster to read from and write to
than the other kinds of storage in a computer, the hard disk, floppy disk, and CD-
ROM. However, the data in RAM stays there only as long as your computer is
running. When you turn the computer off, RAM loses its data. When you turn your
computer on again, your operating system and other files are once again loaded into
RAM, usually from your hard disk.
Read – only Memory (ROM)
A special type of RAM, called read-only memory (ROM), is a non-volatile memory
chip in which data is stored permanently and cannot be altered by usual programs.
ROMs are mainly used to store programs and data that do not change and are
frequently used. ROMs are used by computer manufactures to store these micro-
programs so that they cannot be modified by the users.
Programmable Read-Only Memory (PROM)
There are two types of read-only memory (ROM) - manufacturer-programmed and
user-programmed. A manufacturer-programmed ROM is one in which data is burnt in
by the manufacturer of the electronic equipment in which it is used.
Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EPROM)
Once information is stored in a ROM or PROM chip it cannot be altered. Erasable
Programmable Read-Only Memory (EPROM) overcomes this problem.
EPROM chips are of two types – one in which the stored information is erased by
exposing the chip for some time to ultraviolet light and the other one in which the
stored information in erased by using high voltage electric pulses. The former is
known as Ultra Violet EPROM (UVEPROM) and the latter is known as Electrically
EPROM (EEPROM). It is easier to alter information stored in an EEPROM chip as
compared to an UVEPROM chip. EEPROM is also known as flash memory.
Cache Memory
Even with the use of main memory, memory-processor speed mismatch becomes a
bottleneck in the speed with which the CPU can process instructions because there is
a 1 to 10 speed mismatch between the processor and memory. Obviously, the overall
performance of a processor can be improved greatly by minimizing the memory-
processor speed mismatch. Cache memory is commonly used for this purpose. It is an
extremely fast, small memory between CPU and main memory whose access time is
closer to the processing speed of CPU. It acts as a high-speed buffer between CPU
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and main memory and is used to temporarily store very active data and instructions
during processing.
TYPES OF SOFTWARE
The Software can be divided into two types of classes – System Software and
Application Software.
System Software
System software is a set of one or more programs designed to control the operation
and extend the processing capability of a computer system. The different types of
System Software are as follows:
• Operating Systems. Operating system software takes care of effective and
efficient utilization of all hardware and software components of a computer
system.
• Programming Language Translators. Programming language translators
transform the instructions prepared by programmers in a programming language
into a form that can be interpreted and executed by a computer system.
• Communications software. In a network environment (where multiple computers
are interconnected together by communications network) communications
software enables transfer of data and programs from one computer system to
another.
• Utility Programs. Utility programs (also known as utilities) are a set of programs
that help users in system maintenance tasks, and in performing tasks of routine
nature.
Application Software
Application software is a set of one or more programs designed to solve a specific
problem, or do a specific task Known application software. Some commonly known
Application Software are - Word-Processing Software, Spreadsheet Software,
Database Software, Graphics Software etc.
The relationship between the Computer Hardware, Application and System Software
can be understood from the following diagram.
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COMPUTER LANGUAGES
A language acceptable to a computer system is called computer language or
programming language, and the process of writing instructions in such a language for
is called programming or coding.
All computer languages can be classified broadly into following three categories:
Machine Language, Assembly Language or High-level Language
Machine Language
Although computers can be programmed to understand many different computer
languages, every computer understands only one language without using a translation
program. This language is called machine language of the computer.
However, writing a program in machine language has many disadvantages. The
machine language is machine dependent, difficult to program, error prone and
difficult to modify.
Assembly Language
A language that allows instructions and storage locations to be represented by letters
and symbols instead of number is called assembly language or symbolic language. A
program written in an assembly language is called assembly language program or
symbolic program.
This translation is done with the help of a translator program called assembler.
Assembler is system software supplied by computer manufacturers. The assembly
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language is translated to a program into its equivalent machine language program by
using an assembler.
All the limitations of machine language are not solved by using assembly language.
The machine dependency is still there.
High Level Language
Machine and assembly languages are often referred to as low-level programming
languages. High-level programming languages were designed to overcome these
limitations of low-level programming languages.
• They are machine independent
• They do not require programmers to know anything about the internal
structure of the computer which the high-level language programs are
executed.
• Rather, they deal with high-level coding, enabling the programmers to write
instructions using English words and familiar mathematical symbols and
expressions.
Hence, a high-level language program must be converted (translated) into its
equivalent machine language program before it can be executed on a computer. This
translation is done with the help of a translator program called compiler.
Some high languages are elaborated below:
FORTRAN: As FORTRAN language is oriented towards solving problems of a
mathematical nature, it is an algebra-based programming language.
COBOL: COBOL stands for Common Business Oriented Language. It was designed
for business data processing applications.
BASIC: BASIC stands for Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code.
BASIC was the first high-level language to be implemented on personal computers
when they were instroduced.
Pascal: Pascal wad developed based on the concepts of structured programming. It
was designed to enable writing of complete Pascal programs without the use of any
GO TO statement, unlike BASIC where Go TO is used extensively for branching.
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Object Oriented Programming Languages
Object-Oriented Programming (often referred to as OOP) is one such concept used in
programming languages. OOP concept was introduced first in 1967 by the developers
of a programming language named Simula – 67.
The basic idea behind OOP is that programming languages are used for simulating
real-world problems on computers. Since much of the real world is made of objects, a
simulation of such a world must include simulated objects.
C and C++
C soon became the language of choice of systems programmers who wanted to write
portable systems software and commercial software packages like operating systems,
compilers, spreadsheet, word processing, and database management systems. C++
contains all the elements of the basic C language but has been expanded to include
numerous object-oriented programming features.
OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS ON COMPUTER APTITUDE
1. A Compiler is ….
(a) a combination of computer hardware
(b) A program which translates from one high-level language to another
(c) a program which translates from one high-level to a machine level
(d) All of the above
(e) None of these
2. When a key is pressed on the keyboard, which standard is used for converting the
keystroke into the corresponding bits
(a) ANSI (b) ASCII (c) EBCDIC (d) ISO (e) None of these
3. A Pixel is
(a) A computer program that draws picture
(b) A picture stored in secondary memory
(c) The smallest resolved part of a picture
(d) All of the above
(e) None of these
4. Which device is used as the standard pointing device in a Graphical User
Environment?
(a) Keyboard (b)Mouse (c) Joystick (d) Track Ball (e) None of these
5. Which number system is usually followed in a typical 32-bit computer?
(a) 2 (b) 10 (c) 16 (d) 32 (e) None of these
6. Which of the following is not an output device?
(a) Scanner (b) Printer (c) Flat Screen (d) Touch Screen (e) None of these
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7. Which of the following devices have a limitation that we can only information to
it but cannot erase or modify it
(a) Floppy Disk (b) Hard Disk (c) Tape Drive
(d) CDROM (e) None of these
8. Which technology is used in Compact disks?
(a) Mechanical (b) Electrical (c) Electro Magnetic
(d) laser (e) None of these
9. Which of the following storage devices can store maximum amount of data?
(a) Floppy Disk (b) Hard Dick (c) Compact Disk
(d) Magneto Optic Disk (e) None of these
10. Which of the following is the largest manufacturer of Hard Disk Drives?
(a) IBM (b) Seagate (c) Microsoft (d) 3M (e) None of these
11. The memory location address are limited to
(a) 00000 to 9ffff(16) (b) 00001 to 9ffff(16) (c) 00010 to 9ffff(16)
(d) 10000 to 9ffff(16) (e) None of these
12. The programs which are as permanent as hardware and stored in ROM is known
as
(a) Hardware (b) Software (c) Firmware
(d) ROMware (e) None of these
13. Memory is made up of
(a)Set of wires (b) Set of circuits (c) Large number of
cells (d) All of these (e) None of these
14. Primary memory stores
(a) Data alone (b) Programs alone (c) Results alone
(d) All of these (e) None of these
15. EPROM can be used for
(a) Erasing the contents of ROM
(b) Reconstructing the contents of ROM
(c) Erasing and reconstructing the contents of ROM
(d) Duplicate ROM
(e) None of these
16. Which device can understand difference between data & programs?
(a) Input device (b) Output device (c) Memory
(d) Microprocessor (e) None of these
17.The contents of information are stored in
(a) Memory data register (b) Memory address register
(c) Memory access register (d) Memory arithmetic register
(e) None of these
18. Memory unit is one part of
(a) Input device (b) control unit (c) Output device
(d) Central Processing Unit (e) None of these
19. Algorith and Flow chart help us to
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(a) Know the memory capacity
(b) Identify the base of a number system
(c) Direct the output to a printer
(d) specify the problem completely and clearly
(e) None of these
20. Which of the following is not a valid size of a floppy disk?
(a) 8” (b) 5.1/4” (c) 3.1/2” (d) 5.1/2” (e) None of these
21. A ____ is a set of computer instructions that carry out a task on the computer.
(a) program (b) database (c) memory file
(d) All of the above (e) None of these
22. An operating system version designed for home use is Microsoft Windows XP
____.
(a) Home Edition (b) Media Center Edition
(c) Tablet PC Edition (d) All of the above (e) None of these
23. A user-interface that is easy to use is considered to be ____.
(a) user-happy (b) user-simple (c) user-friendly
(d) All of the above (e) None of these
24. When you press and release the secondary mouse button you are ____.
(a) Right-clicking (b) Left-clicking (c) either a. or b.
(d) neither a. nor b. (e) None of these
25. Another term for hyperlink is ____.
(a) link (b) source (c) bar
(d) All of the above (e) None of these
26. A ____ is a flash memory storage device that plugs into a USB port.
(a) USB snap drive (b) USB flash drive (c) USB memory
maker drive (d) All of the above (e) None of these
27. An operating system version designed for use with a Media Center PC is
Microsoft Windows XP ____.
(a) Home Edition (b)Media Center Edition (c) Tablet PC Edition
(d) All of the above (e) None of these
28. A graphical user interface displays ____.
(a) graphics (b) text (c) both (A) and (B) (d) neither (A) nor (B)
(e) None of these
29. When you quickly press and release the left mouse button twice, you are ____.
(a) Primary-clicking (b) Double-clicking (c) pointing
(d) All of the above (e) None of these
30. Underlined text, such as text and folder names is referred to as a ____.
(a) hyperlink (b) menu (c) source drive
(d) All of the above (e) None of these
31. The ____ program compresses larger files into a smaller file.
(a) WinZip (b) WinShrink (c) WinStyle
(d) All of the above (e) None of these
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32. An operating system version designed for use with a tablet PC is Microsoft
Windows XP ____.
(a) Home Edition (b) Media Center Edition (c) Tablet PC Edition
(d) All of the above (e) None of these
33. The ____ displays the name of every computer user on the computer.
(a) Wish list screen (b) Command screen (c) Welcome screen
(d) All of the above (e) None of these
34. The ____ contains commands associated with the My computer window.
(a) Standards menu (b) Start menu (c) System menu
(d) All of the above (e) None of these
35. Press the ____ button to have the window fill the entire screen.
(a) Close (b) Maximize (c) Minimize
(d) All of the above (e) None of these
36. The ____ is the drive containing the files to be copied.
(a) source drive (b) destination drive (c) USB drive
(d) All of the above (e) None of these
37. A ____ allows you to write on screen with a digital pen and convert that writing
into characters that the PC can process.
(a) monitor RS (b) tablet PC (c) database manager
(d) media center (e) None of these
38. A ____ is a pointing device.
(a) monitor (b) mouse (c) keyboard (d) All of the above
(e) None of these
39. Numbers are stored and transmitted inside a computer in
(a) binary form (b) ASCII code form (c) decimal form
(d) alphanumeric form (e) None of these
40. The original ASCII codes
(a) were 7 bits (b) 8 bits (c) represented 256 Characters
(d) represented 127 characters (e) None of these
41. The ASCII code of “A” is
(a) 66D (b) 41H (c) 0100 0010 (d) 0110 0011
(e) None of these
42. The ASCII code of “0” (zero) is
(a) 48D (b) 32H (c) 0011 1000
(d) 42H (e) None of these
43. The 4-bit binary number 0111 represents
(a) 15 (b) -7 (c) 7 (d) -1 (e) None of these
44. The decimal number 127 may be represented by
(a) 1111 1111B (b) 1000 0000B (c) EEH
(d) 0111 1111 (e) None of these
45. A byte corresponds to
(a) 4 bits (b) 8 bits (c) 16 bits (d) 32 bits (e) None of these
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46. The storage required for an image such as an X-ray is approximately
(a) a few bytes (b) a few hundred bytes (c) a few gigabytes
(d) in the megabyte range (e) None of these
47. A gigabyte represents
(a) 1 billion bytes (b) 1000 kilobytes (c) 230 bytes
(d) 1024 bytes (e) None of these
48. a megabytes represents
(a) 1 million bytes (b) 1000 kilobytes (c) 220 bytes
(d) 1024 bytes (e) None of these
49. A folder :
(a) is an organizational tool used to store files
(b) is synonyms with directory, but folder is the newer preferred term
(c) contains data
(a) a only (b) b only (c) c only (d) a & c only (e) None of these
50. The part of computer system containing the circuitry that does the adding,
subtracting, multiplying, dividing and comparing, is called as
(a) Arithmetic-Logic unit (b) Control (c) Memory
(d) CPU (e) None of these
51. The storage that supplements the primary internal storage of a computer is known
as:
(a) Secondary storage (b) Primary storage (c) Back – end storage
(d) Back ground storage (e) None of these
52. A browser is a:
(a) line that delineates the edge of a program window
(b) software program especially designed for viewing web pages on the internet
(c) tool for resizing the window
(d) device used for modifying the window
(e) all the of above
53. The storage device used to compensate for the difference in rates of flow of data
from one device to another is termed as:
(a) Chip (b) Channel (c) Floppy (d) Call (e) Buffer
54. Which of the following is a standard code used to exchange information among
data provessing and communication system?
(a) ANSI (b) ACM (c) ASCII (d) APL (e) OSI
55. Which of the following best explains RAM?
(a) It is an acronym for Random Access Memory
(b) It is memory built from silicon chips that is used to store programs and data
temporarily while they are being processed
(c) Read Access Memory
(a) Only a & c (b) Only b & c (c) Only a & b
(d) All of the above (e) None of these
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56. Conversion of computer-generated result into human-acceptable form is a
function of:
(a) CPU (b) Input interface (c) Output interface
(d) RAM (e) None of these
57. The components of a computer system with the circuitry to control interpretation
and execution of instructions is known as:
(a) ALU (b) Memory (c) Control
(d) CPU (e) None of these
58. The computer as a machine and all other equipment associated with it, are termed
as:
(a) Hardware (b) Software (c) Firmware
(d) Humanware (e) None of these
59. The basic operations performed by a computer are:
(a) Arithmetic Operations (b) Logical Operations
(c) Storage and relative (d) All of the above (e) None of these
60. IBM stands for:
(a) Indian Business Machines (b) International Business Machines
(c) International Banking Machines (d) International Business Model
(e) None of these
61. In context with the Core Banking System, what does CORE stands for ________?
(a) Centralized Online Records Exchange
(b) Centralized Office Real-time Exchange
(c) Centralized Online Real-time Exchange
(d) Central Online Real-time Exchange
(e) None of these
62. Firewall technology is designed to block unauthorized access while permitting
authorized communications. Which among the following is the most advanced in
firewall technology?
(a) packet filters (b)application layer (c) stateful filters
(d) All of the above (e) None of these
63. Which of the following term is used for the process of transforming information
using an algorithm to make it unreadable to anyone except those possessing
special knowledge?
(a) deciphering (b)encryption (c) decryption
(d)coding (e) None of these
64. Which among the following is the correct definition of "Computer Audit" used
many times in Banking Industry?
(a) Practice of using computers to automate or simplify the audit process
(b)Practice of testing the computer security procedures and identification lapses
before the banking operation is put to risk
(c)software designed to read, process and write data with the help of functions
performing specific audit routines
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(e) None of these
65. In which year was UNCITRAL Model Law on E-Commerce adopted by the
United Nations following which India passed the Information Technology Act
2000 in May 2000?
(a) 1995 (b) 1996 (c)1997 (d)1998 (e) None of these
66. In 1995, the Reserve Bank had set up the Committee for Proposing Legislation on
Electronic Funds Transfer and other Electronic Payments. What this committee
was called?
(a) Rangrajan Committee (b)ShereCommittee
(c) Saraf Committee (d)Narsimham Committee
(e) None of these
67. In context with the use of Information technology in Banks, what is the meaning
of Cheque Truncating?
(a) illegal act of taking advantage of the float to make use of non-existent funds in
a cheque
(b)creating digital version of the original cheque
(c)crossing of cheque
(d)All of the above
(e) None of these
68. Which of the following parts of a computer makes use of primary memory?
(a) Storage Unit (b) CPU
(c) Computer Output devices (d)Mass Storage Devices
(e) None of these
69.While browsing internet , a keyboard shortcut is used to place a www to the
beginning and ".com" to the end of the text typed in the Address bar. Which
among the following shortcuts?
(a) ALT + ENTER (b)CNTRL + ENTER (c)ALT + SHIFT
(d)CNTRL + SHIFT (e) None of these
70. How many kilohertz are in 1 terahertz ?
(a) 1 000 000 000 (b) 1000 000 00 (c)1 000 000
(d)1 000 000 000 00 (e) None of these
71.Access control which enables an authority to control access to areas and resources
in a given physical facility or computer-based information system has two
important processes. These processes are ___?
(a) Encryption & Decryption (b)Locking and Unlocking
(c)Authorization and authentication (d)Tunneling and Switching
(e) None of these
72. Most of the ATM cards, credit cards, debit cards, etc all over the world are of
ISO/IEC 7810 ID-1 size, an international standard format that defines the physical
characteristics for identity or identification cards. What are the approx.
dimensions of these cards?
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(d) 74 x 44 mm (e) None of these
73. The first 6 digits of the credit card number are known as ___?
(a) Issuer Identification Number (b)Major Industry Identifier
(c)account number (d)Check sum
(e) None of these
74. Which among the following is official registrar of International Bank Account
Number (IBAN)?
(a) SWIFT (b)Euro Banking Association
(c)Banking, Insurance and Finance Union (d)All of the above
(e) None of these
75. What is the full form of SDRAM?
(a) Shift dynamic random access memory
(b) Synchronous dynamic random access memory
(c) System dynamic random access memory
(d) Serial dynamic random access memory
(e) None of these
76. Where is the headquarters of Microsoft located?
(a) Santa Clara, California (b) Tucson, Arizona
(c) Richmond, Virginia (d) Redmond, Washington
(e) None of these
77. In what year was the "@" chosen for its use in e-mail addresses?
(a) 1976 (b) 1972 (c) 1980 (d) 1984 (e) None of these
78. What was the first ARPANET message?
(a) "lo" (b) "hello world" (c) "mary had a little lamb"
(d) "cyberspace, the final frontier" (e) None of these
79. Where is the headquarters of Intel located?
(a) Redmond, Washington (b) Tucson, Arizona
(c) Santa Clara, California (d) Richmond, Virginia
(e) None of these
80. In which year was MIDI introduced?
(a) 1987 (b) 1983 (c) 1973 (d) 1977 (e) None of these
81. '.BAK' extension refers usually to what kind of file?
(a) Backup file (b) Audio file
(c) Animation/movie file (d) MS Encarta document
(e) None of these
82. '.MPG' extension refers usually to what kind of file?
(a) WordPerfect Document file (b) MS Office document
(c) Animation/movie file (d) Image file
(e) None of these
83. '.INI' extension refers usually to what kind of file?
(a) Image file (b) System file
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(c) Hypertext related file
(d) Image Color Matching Profile file (e) None of these
84. '.BAT' extension refers usually to what kind of file?
(a) Compressed Archive file (b) System file
(c) Audio file (d) Backup file
(e) None of these
85. '.JPG' extension refers usually to what kind of file?
(a) System file (b) Animation/movie file
(c) MS Encarta document (d) Image file
(e) None of these
86. '.MOV' extension refers usually to what kind of file?
(a) Image file (b) Animation/movie file
(c) Audio file (d) MS Office document
(e) None of these
87.'.TXT' extension refers usually to what kind of file?
(a) Text File (b) Image file (c) Audio file
(d) Adobe Acrobat file (e) None of these
88. '.TMP' extension refers usually to what kind of file?
(a) Compressed Archive file (b) Image file
(c) Temporary file (d) Audio file (e) None of these
89. Who created Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)?
(a) Paul Zimmerman (b) Tim Berners-Lee (c) Marc Andreessen
(d) Ken Thompson (e) None of these
90. Who co-founded Hotmail in 1996 and then sold the company to Microsoft?
(a) Shawn Fanning (b) Ada Byron Lovelace (c) Sabeer Bhatia
(d) Ray Tomlinson (e) None of these
91. Who co-created the UNIX operating system in 1969 with Dennis Ritchie?
(a) Bjarne Stroustrup (b) Steve Wozniak (c) Ken Thompson
(d) Niklaus Wirth (e) None of these
92. Who is largely responsible for breaking the German Enigma codes, created a test
that provided a foundation for artificial intelligence?
(a) Alan Turing (b) Jeff Bezos (c) George Boole
(d) Charles Babbage (e) None of these
93.Who built the world's first binary digit computer: Z1...?
(a) Konrad Zuse (b) Ken Thompson (c) Alan Turing
(d) George Boole (e) None of these
94. Who developed Yahoo?
(a) Dennis Ritchie & Ken Thompson (b) David Filo & Jerry Yang
(c) Vint Cerf & Robert Kahn (d) Steve Case & Jeff Bezos
(e) None of these
95. 'DB' computer abbreviation usually means ?
(a) Database (b) Double Byte (c) Data Block
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(d) Driver Boot (e) None of these
96. 'OS' computer abbreviation usually means ?
(a) Order of Significance (b) Open Software (c) Operating System
(d) Optical Sensor (e) None of these
97. 'DTP' computer abbreviation usually means ?
(a) Digital Transmission Protocol (b) DeskTop Publishing
(c) Data Type Programming (d) Document Type Processing
(e) None of these
98. 'CD' computer abbreviation usually means ?
(a) Command Description (b) Change Data (c) Copy Density
(d) Compact Disc (e) None of these
99. What is the term to ask the computer to put information in order numerically or
alphabetically?
(a) Crop (b) Report (c) Record (d) Sort (e) None of these
100. What do we call a network whose elements may be separated by some distance?
It usually involves two or more small networks and dedicated high-speed
telephone lines.
(a) URL (Universal Resource Locator) (b) LAN (Local Area Network)
(c) WAN (Wide Area Network) (d) World Wide Web
(e) None of these
101. What do we call a collection of two or more computers that are located within a
limited distance of each other and that are connected to each other directly or
indirectly?
(a) Inernet (b) Intranet (c) Local Area Network
(d) Wide Area Network (e) None of these
102. What is part of a database that holds only one type of information?
(a) Report (b) Field (c) Record (d) File (e) None of these
103.The window which shows icons for things like the mouse, sound, and display
is...?
(a) My Computer (b) Explorer (c) Control Panel
(d) Taskbar (e) None of these
104.On the Task bar the time is shown in the...?
(a) Start menu (b) Scrollbar (c) Desktop
(d) Notification area or Tray (e) None of these
105.Experts say the healthiest way to view a computer monitor is by...
(a) Placing it 18 to 30 inches away from your eyes
(b) Viewing from a darkened room
(c) Adjusting the screen for maximum contrast
(d) Using special glasses that filter out UV rays
(e) None of these
106. A dual-layer DVD is valued because it:
(a) Can hold more data
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(b) Contains a backup of the data stored
(c) Uses a second layer to offer a speed increase
(d) Creates alternative sound tracks
(e) None of these
107. A JPG is...
(a) A Jumper Programmed Graphic (b) A format for an image file
(c) A type of hard disk (d) A unit of measure for memory
(e) None of these
108. Windows Vista, the eventual replacement for Windows XP, will demand more
from a computer. Which of the following statements is correct?
(a) You'll need at least 512 megabytes of RAM
(b) A separate graphics card, rather than onboard graphics, will be required
(c) A DVD drive is needed
(d) All the above
(e) None of these
109. Your computer has gradually slowed down. What's the most likely cause?
(a) Overheating
(b) Your processor chip is just getting old
(c) Adware/spyware is infecting your PC
(d) You dropped a sandwich in your computer
(e) None of these
110. The letters, "DOS" stand for...
(a) Data Out System (b) Disk Out System
(c) Disk Operating System (d) Data Operating System
(e) None of these
111. Changing computer language of 1's and 0's to characters that a person can
understand is...
(a) Highlight (b) Clip art (c) Decode
(d) Execute (e) None of these
112.Hardware devices that are not part of the main computer system and are often
added later to the system.
(a) Peripheral (b) Clip art (c) Highlight
(d) Execute (e) None of these
113. The main computer that stores the files that can be sent to computers that are
networked together is...
(a) Clip art (b) Mother board (c) Peripheral
(d) File server (e) None of these
114. To select text by shading as you drag the mouse arrow over the text is known
as...
(a) Clip art (b) To highlight (c) To fetch
(d) To decode (e) None of these
115. Another word for the CPU is...
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(a) Execute (b) Microprocessor (c) Micro chip
(d) Decode (e) None of these
116.Which of these is not a computer?
(a) Aptiva (b) Macintosh (c) Acorn (d) Paseo (e) None of these
117. Which was an early mainframe computer?
(a) ENIAC (b) UNIC (c) BRAINIA (d) FUNTRIA (e) None of these
118. Which of the following is not a programming language?
(a) Basic (b) Java (c) Turing (d) C# (e) None of these
119. RAM stands for...
(a) Random Access Memory (b) Really Annoying Machine
(c) Read A Manual (d) Real Absolute Memory
(e) None of these
120. How many bits is a byte?
(a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) 32 (e) None of these
121. Which of the following is NOT a type of expansion slot or bus design used in
Advanced-Technology class systems?
(a) PCMCIA (b) ISA (c) PROM (d) EISA (e) None of these
122.Which company created the most used networking software in the 1980's
(a) Microsoft (b) Sun (c) IBM (d) Novell (e) None of these
123.Which Intel chip was the first to support a 32-bit bus architecture?
(a) 486SI (b) Pentium (c) 286 (d) 386DX (e) None of these
124. Which of the following operating systems is produced by IBM?
(a) OS-2 (b) Windows (c) DOS (d) UNIX (e) None of these
125. What was the clock speed of the original IBM PC?
(a) Less than 5 MHz (b) 10 MHz (c) 8 MHz
(d) Just over 16 MHz (e) None of these
126. The IBM PC-XT was the first to include a hard drive. What was the capacity of
this disk?
(a) 20 MB (b) 1.44 MB (c) 10 MB (d) 750 KB (e) None of these
127. Which of the following word processors came first?
(a) WordPerfect (b) Lotus Notes (c) MS Word
(d) WordStar (e) None of these
128. On what date was the debut of the first IBM Personal Computer?
(a) August 12, 1981 (b) January 21 1979 (c) August 21, 1980
(d) January 12, 1982 (e) None of these
129. The Central Processing Unit is an embeded chip that acts as the 'brains' of a
computer. What Intel chip was used in the Altair (the first real personal
computer)?
(a) 6502 (b) 8080 (c) 6400 (d) 8286 (e) None of these
130. The invention of the transistor, or semiconductor, was one of the most important
developments leading to the personal computer revolution. What company
invented the transistor in 1947?
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(a) International Business Machines (b) MITS
(c) Xerox (d) Bell Laboratories
(e) None of these
131. This virus activated every Friday the 13th, affects both .EXE and .COM files and
deletes any programs run on that day. What is the name of that virus?
(a) Chernobyl (b) Jerusalem (c) Melissa
(d) I Love You (e) None of these
132.In what year did the Symantec Corporation first release Norton Antivirus?
(a) 1990 (b) 1995 (c) 1988 (d) 1997 (e) None of these
133. A computer virus that actively attacks an anti-virus program or programs in an
effort to prevent detection is...
(a) Worm (b) Retrovirus (c) Trojan (d) Ghost virus (e) None of these
134.A program that neither replicates or copies itself, but does damage or
compromises the security of the computer. Which 'Computer Virus' it is?
(a) Joke Program (b) Worm (c) Trojan
(d) Hoax (e) None of these
135. Which of these is a documented hoax virus?
(a) McDonalds screensaver (b) Alien.worm
(c) Merry Xmas (d) Adolph (e) None of these
136. In 1983, which person was the first to offer a definition of the term 'computer
virus'?
(a) McAfee (b) Smith (c) Cohen (d) Norton (e) None of these
137. What is RISC?
(a) Remodeled Interface System Computer
(b) Remote Intranet Secured Connection
(c) Runtime Instruction Set Compiler
(d) Reduced Instruction Set Computer
(e) None of these
138. What is a GPU?
(a) Grouped Processing Unit (b) Graphics Processing Unit
(c) Graphical Performance Utility (d) Graphical Portable Unit
(e) None of these
139. What does ECP stand for?
(a) Extended Capabilities Port (b) Extra Compatible Part
(c) Extended Connection Port (d) External Cordless Peripheral
(e) None of these
140. What is TTL?
(a) Technical Talk Language (b) Transparent Transfer Layer
(c) Time To Live (d) True Technology Lives
(e) None of these
141. What is FMD?
(a) FastEthernet Measuring Device (b) Flashing Media Diode
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(c) Fluorescent Multi-Layer Disc (d) Flash Media Driver
(e) None of these
142. What does DOCSIS stand for?
(a) Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification
(b) Data Over Cable Security Internet Std
(c) Data Over Cable Secure International Stds
(d) Data Over Cable Service Internet Standard
(e) None of these
143. What is VCM?
(a) Virtual Connection Manager (b) Virtual Channel Memory
(c) Voice Controlled Modem (d) Voice Communications Module
(e) None of these
144. What is NAT?
(a) Network Address Translation (b) Network Administration Tool
(c) Novell Address Transfer (d) Newly Added Technology
(e) None of these
145. What is a NIC?
(a) Netware Intranet Controller (b) No Internet Connection
(c) Network Interface Card (d) Network Interference Control
(e) None of these
146. What is a MAC?
(a) A Computer made by Apple (b) Memory Address Corruption
(c) Mediocre Apple Computer (d) Media Access Control
(e) None of these
147. What does PPTP stand for?
(a) Point to Point Transmission Protocol (b) Point to Point Transfer Protocol
(c) Point to Point Tunneling Protocol (d) Point to Point Traffic Protocol
(e) None of these
148. What is LCP?
(a) Local Connection Protocol (b) Lost Connection Problem
(c) Link Control Protocol (d) Laggy Connection Problem
(e) None of these
149. What does SSL stand for?
(a) Secure Socket Layer (b) System Socket Layer
(c) Super user System Login (d) Secure System Login
(e) None of these
150. What does ICMP stand for?
(a) Internet Connection Modem Protocol
(b) Intranet Control Message Program
(c) Internal Conflict Management Program
(d) Internet Control Message Protocol
(e) None of these
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GENERAL AWARENESS
1. The runner up in 2009 Wimbledon women’s singles is— (a) Venus William (b) Serena William (c) Dinara Safina (d) Svetlana Kuznetsova (e) None of these
2. According to the latest official ranking the number one football team of the world is— (a) Spain (b) Brazil (c) Netherlands(d) Germany (e) None of these
3. The Asian Tour Title (Indonesia’s President Invitational Title of Golf) has been won by— (a) Jeev Milkha Singh (b) Tiger Woods (c) Gaganjeet Bhullar (d) None of these (e) All of these
4. German Grand Prix winner is— (a) Lewis Hamilton (b) Mark Webber (c) Valentino Rossi (d) None of these (e) All of these
5. Which of the following is incorrectly matched? --------------------------------------------------- Governor | State --------------------------------------------------- (a) Kateekal Sankarnarayanan Jharkhand (b) Devendra Nath Dwivedi Gujarat (c) Banwari Lal Joshi — Uttar Pradesh (d) Margaret Alva — Uttarakhand (e) Jagannath Pahadia — Haryana
6. Yukiya Amano is the new chief of— (a) UNESCO (b) IAEA (c) WTO (d) WHO (e) None of these
7. Who has not been given the Akademi Ratna (Akademi Fellows) ? (a) Sitara Devi (Dance) (b) R.C.Mehta (Music) (c) Khaled Chaudh (Theatre) (d) Ustad Zakir Hussain (Tabla) (e) None of these
8. Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development has recently been conferred on— (a) Bill Gates (b) Jacob Zuma (c) Asma Jahangir (d) None of these (e) All of these
9. The re-appointed Chairman of Economic Advisory Council to Prime Minister is— (a) Dr. Bimal Jalan (b) Montek Singh Ahluwalia (c) Dr. C. Rangrajan (d) None of the above (e) All of these
10. Who of the following has been honoured with Ashok Chakra—the peace time highest gallantry award? (a) Major D. Shri Ram Kumar (Assam Rifles) (b) Major Rohit Sharma (Para Special Forces) (c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of the above (e) All of these
11. India’s Deep Joshi has recently been honoured with— (a) Magsaysay Award (b) Whitley Prize (c) Right to Livelihood Award (d) None of these
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(b) (e) All of these 12. ‘The Idea of Justice’ is the book authored by—
(a) Murtaza Rizvi (b) Amartya Sen (c) Dharmendra Bhandari (d) A.R.Laxman (e) None of these
13. AFT stands for— (a) Anti-Foreign Trade Practice (b) Armed Forces Training (c) Armed Forces Tribunal (d) All the above (b) (e) None of these
14. The dreaded terrorist who was recently killed in the U.S. led drone attack in Afghanistan is— (a) Osama Bin Laden (b) Baitullah Mehsud (c) Fazlullah (d) None of these (e) None of the above
15. The new chairperson of Children Film Society of India is— (a) Nafisa Ali (b) Shabana Azmi (c) Nandita Das (d) None of these (e) All of these
16. The third Twenty-20 Cricket World will be organized in— (a) West Indies (b) Kenya (c) South Africa (d) Australia
17. The 2010 Hero Honda World Cup of Hockey will be held in— (a) Bangkok (b) New Delhi (c) Tokyo (d) Kuala-Lumpur (e) None of these
18. The number one tennis player of the world, according to latest ranking, is— (a) Roger Federer (b) Rafael Nadal (c) Andy Murray (d) Andy Roddick (e) None of these
19. The number of districts which have been declared drought hit by State governments in the country is— (a) 200 (b) 281 (c) 246 (d) 150 (e) None of these
20. The top three countries in winning medals in World Swimming Championship held in Rome (in descending order) are— (a) China, U.S.A. and India (b) U.S.A., Japan and Germany (c) U.S.A., Germany and Canada (d) U.S.A., Australia and China (e) None of these
21. In the current international economic environment, we assume that an exporter is NOT converting his Dollar receivables into Rupees. In this context, please consider the following statements: 1. The Exporter thinks that the current exchange rates are too low and the exchange
risk may be very high if he goes for the conversion. 2. The Exporter thinks that the current exchange rates are too high and the exchange
risk may be very high if he goes for the conversion. 3. The exporter thinks that not converting the Dollar Receivables would help him in
near future as the Rupee may become Costlier. 4. The Exporter thinks that not converting the Dollar Receivable would help him in
near future as the Rupee may become cheaper Which among the above statements fit into the near future plan of this exporter? (a) 1 & 2 (b) 2 & 3 (c) 2 & 4 (d) 1 & 4 (e) None of these
22. Consider the following statements: 1.All wildlife refuges are a byproduct of widespread Forest Fires 2. The wildlife refuges have become a problem now a days
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Which among the above statements is / are correct? (a)1 only (b)2 only (c)both are correct
(d)both are incorrect (e) None of these 23. Consider the following statements:
1.Bilateral Trade between India and Chile increased substantially after 2005-06 2. India and Chile have a Preferential Trade Agreement Which among the above statements is / are correct? (a)1 only (b)2 only (c)Both 1 & 2 (d)None of them (e) None of these
24. Consider the following: 1.National Innovation Council 2. National Advisory Council 3. National Development Council Which among the above are chaired by Prime Minister of India? (a)1 & 3 only (b)1 & 2 only (c)3 only (d)1 only (e) None of these
25. The PL 480 which in expanded form is Public Law 480 is an act of United States and has a great international importance because it is associated to ............ ? (a)Information Technology (b)Human Resources (c)Agriculture (d)Space Technology (e) None of these
26. India's National Commission on farmers had recommended in its National Policy for Farmers that Mohan Dharia Committee (1995) recommendations must be implemented. Which among the following was the focus of Mohan Dharia Committee? (a)Irrigation (b)High Yielding Variety Seeds (c)Wasteland Development (d)Biotechnological Application in Agriculture (e) None of these
27. Consider the following statement in context with the recent US Border Security Bill: 1.An amount of $ 600 million is to be raised by hiking the Visa Fees 2.This Amount will be wholly spend on security of US-Mexico and US-Canada
Border Which among the above statements is / are correct? (a)1 only is correct (b)2 only is correct (c)Both are Correct (d)Both are Incorrect (e) None of these
28. Who among the following was appointed in July 2010 as the Co-Chairman of 'National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship', a group set up to support US President's innovation strategy? (a)Gururaj Deshpande (b)Raj Goyle (c)Kashmir Gill (d)Raja Krishnamoorthi (e) None of these
29. What is the adhoc uniform exfactory price fixed under the Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) Programme throughout the country for ethanol procured by Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs)? (a)Rs. 22 per litre (b)Rs. 25 per litre (c)Rs. 27 per litre (d)Rs. 29 per litre (e) Rs. 32 per litre
30. Joanne "Jo" Murray, is the actual name of which of the following writers? (a)J. K. Rowling (b)Jaq D. Hawkins (c)James Tiptree, Jr. (d)George Paston (e) None of these
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31. What is India's rank in the latest released World Investment Report-2010 by UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development)? (a)12 (b)16 (c)18 (d)20 (e) None of these
32. Which among the following states has become the First State to Launch Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojna? (a)Haryana (b)Gujarat (c)Rajasthan (d)Madhya Pradesh (e) None of these
33. How much amount per village will be spent in Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojna ? (a)Rs. 10 Lakh (b)Rs. 50 Lakh(c)Rs. 100 Lakh(d)Rs. 200 Lakh (e) None of these
34. On Which date Vande Mataram was adopted as India's National Song? (a)Jan. 23, 1950 (b)Jan. 24, 1950(c)Jan. 25, 1950(d)Jan. 26, 1950(e) None of these
35. In which region Bihar's Sorrow originates? (a)Nepal (b)Tibet (c)Mainland China(d)India (e) None of these
36. Recently India's Aditya Patel won a race in the Scirocco R-Cup. The 3-door sporty small family car Scirocco has been manufactured by which of the following companies? (a)Chevrolet (b)Volkswagen(c)BMW (d)Renault (e) None of these
37. How many states of India share border with Myanmar? (a)3 (b)4 (c)5 (d)2 (e) None of these
38. Who among the following has won the 18th Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award ? (a)Lata Mangeshkar (b)Bhupen Hazarika (c)Maulana Wahiduddin Khan (d)Dilip Kumar (e) None of these
39. In which of the following cities, "E-rick" was recently launched by Vodafone? (a)Kolkata (b)Bangalore (c)Mumbai (d)Delhi (e) None of these
40. Which of the following countries recently launched Global Position System Aided Geo Augmented Navigation ? (a)China (b)US (c)Canada (d)India (e) None of these
41. Which among the following is considered the highest award in the field of Carnatic Music? (a)Sanatan Sangeet Samman (b)Sangeet Samrat (c)Sangeet Kalanidhi (d)Sangeet Atman (e) None of these
42. In which of the following districts, maximum HIV positive persons were detected during last 5 years (2005-2010)? (a)Mumbai (b)East Godavari(c)Guntur (d)Krishna (e) None of these
43. Minimum Support Price of Millets are announced by the Government of India at which of the following time? (a)Starting of Kharif Season (b)End of Kharif Season (c)Starting of Rabi Season (d)End of Rabi Season (e) None of these
44. As of March 31, 2010, the banking System in India has issued approximately how many Kisan Credit Cards? (a)746 Lakh (b)895 Lakh (c)925 Lakh (d)1045 Lakh (e) None of these
45. Name of "Sufyan Sheikh " is related to which of the following ? (a)Land Adventure (b)Air Adventure (c)Water Adventure (d)None of the above (e) All of these
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46. Consider the following components of India's textile exports: 1. fiber, 2. yarn 3. fabrics Which among the following shows the correct decreasing order of their export from India? (a)1 2 3 (b)2 1 3 (c)3 2 1 (d)3 1 2 (e) None of these
47. As per Census 2001, which among the following state of India leads the number of persons with disabilities? (a)West Bengal (b)Uttar Pradesh(c)Maharastra(d)Gujarat (e) None of these
48. Which among the following states in India leads in Swine Flu Deaths as of 2010? (a)Gujarat (b)Karnataka (c)Maharashtra(d)Kerala (e) None of these
49. Which of the following countries scrapped Visa on Arrival for Indians, the facility which was introduced in 2006? (a)Singapore (b)Malaysia (c)Sri Lanka (d)Thailand (e) None of these
50. Scientists of which of the following countries have recently drawn first oyster genome map of the world? (a)South Korea (b)Japan (c)China (d)North Korea (e) None of these
51. The terms "Technical foul" and "Flagrant Foul" are most commonly associated with which of the following sports? (a) Table Tennis (b) Badminton (c) Basket Ball (d) Football (e) None of these
52. Which among the following is/ are considered to be the first tangible evidence of expansion of Buddhism? (a)Statues of Buddha (b) Edicts of Ashoka (c) Mahavibhasa (d) Jataka Tales (e) None of these
53. "Leila Seth" was the first woman Judge of a State High Court in India. Which High court? (a) Allahabad High Court (b) Delhi High Court (c) High Court of Bombay (d) Kolkata High Court (e) None of these
54. In which year, Nalanda University was finally destroyed? (a) 993 AD (b)1093 AD (c)1193 AD (d)1293 AD (e) None of these
55. Consider the following: 1.Nepal 2. Bangladesh 3. Bhutan Which among the above lie on either side of the "Siliguri Corridor" that connects India with its North East states? (a)1 & 2 (b)2 & 3 (c)1 & 3 (d)1, 2 & 3 (e) None of these
56. In which state / Union Territory is located "Kuttanad" a place which is with the lowest altitude in India and is one of the places in the word, where agriculture is carried out below sea level? (a)Tamil Nadu (b)Kerala (c)Andaman & Nicobar Islands (d)Lakshadweep (e) None of these
57. Watson's Hotel or Esplanade Mansion, which is India's oldest surviving cast Iron Building is located in which of the following cities? (a)Mumbai (b)Kolkata (c)Surat (d)Chennai (e) None of these
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58. The ONLY active volcano of South Asia is located in which of the following countries? (a) India (b)Sri Lanka (c)Maldives (d)Mauritius (e) None of these
59. "Battle of Talikota" resulted in the end of which of the following? (a)Deccan Sultanates (b)Madurai Sultanate (c)Pandya Empire (d)Vijayanagar Empire (e) None of these
60. Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav was India's first Individual Olympic Medalist winning a Bronze Medal in 1952 Helsinki Games in which of the following? (a)Shooting (b)Boxing (c)Wrestling (d)Athletics (e) None of these
61. Where is located the famous Lalita Mahal that was specially built as a residence of Viceroy of British India? (a)Mysore (b)Hyderabad (c)Chennai (d)Kolkata (e) None of these
62. The Jakarta History Museum located in old Jakarta, Indonesia was once used as the headquarters of which of the following? (a)British East India Company (b)Dutch East India Company (c)Portuguese East India Company (d)Danish East India Company (e) None of these
63. "Faith is a Battle" is the biographical work on which of the following personalities? (a)Mohammad Ali Jinnah (b)Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan (c) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (d)None of these (e) All of these
64. "Narayan Sarovar Sanctuary" in Kutch, Gujarat is most famous for which of the following? (a)Zebra (b) Chinkara (c)Lions (d)Tigers (e) None of these
65. Who among the following was behind the "epoch making" discovery of Arthashastra that altered the false perception of the European scholars that Ancient Indians learnt the art of administration from the Greeks? (a) R. Shamasastry (b) C. Sivarama Murti (c) K. S. Neelakantan Unni (d) Veturi Prabhakara Sastri (e) None of these
66. What is the name of Chairman of J&K Bank who stepped down from his position after being asked by the state Govt? (a) Umar Abdulla (b) Nawab Shareef (c) Haseeb A Drabu (d) S K Singh (e) None of these
67. The state govt which will issue OBC certificates to nearly 14 million muslims of the State? (a) Rajasthan (b) Gujarat (c) UP (d) West Bengal (e) None of these
68. ICC Cricketer of the Year is? (a) Sachin Tendulkar (b) Ricky Ponting (c) Shane Watson (d) MS Dhoni (e) None of these
69. UNO has constituted a new wing for Equality and Empowerment of women named? (a) Women Development (b) UN Women (c) UN Women Empowerment (d) Division for advancement of the women (e) None of these
70. Govt will divest 5% of its stake in ONGC, which will reduce govt. holdings in ONGC to? (a) 55 % (b) 60.88% (c) 69.14% (d) 72.88% (e) None of these
71. Germany has signed Trade deal with which of the following countries? (a) China (b) Britain (c) South Africa(d) USA (e) None of these
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72. World Tourism day is observed on? (a) 20 September(b) 27 october (c) 27 September(d) 20 October(e) None of these
73. India has signed agreement with which country to cooperate in agriculture & allied sectors? (a) Argentina (b) China (c) USA (d) Japan (e) None of these
74. IMF has approved what amount of Loan for flood hit Pakistan (a) 351 Million $ (b) 451 Million $ (c) 551 Million $ (d) 651 Million $’ (e) None of these
75. Who is the new Chairman & MD of National Housing Bank? (a) Vipul Negi (b) R V Verma (c) R C Bhatt (d) Anil Agarwal (e) None of these
76. Which state Govt will provide free Electricity connection to BPL families? (a) Gujarat (b) Punjab (c) UP (d) Tamil Nadu (e) None of these
77. Which country has prohibited the use of Rs 500 & Rs 1000 for Indian Passangers? (a) Nepal (b) Pakistan (c) Bangladesh(d) Myanmar (e) None of these
78. Select the True Statements 1) Counting of tigers in India started on 22 January 2010 2) “Project Tiger” was started in 1973 3) In counting of year 2006 1411 Tigers were counted to be total (a) Only 1 (b) Only 2 (c) Both 1 and 2(d) All 1 2 and 3 (e) None of these
79. According to the Forbes magazine, who will be the wealthiest man in the world by 2014? (a) Bill Gates (b) Carlos Slim (c) Mukesh Ambani (d) Anil Agarwal (e) None of these
80. What is the name air defense exercise which took place over the central province of Henan in China recently? (a) Vanguard 2010 (b) Air Flow 2010 (c) Airguard 2010 (d) Venom 2010 (e) None of these
81. Which Metropolitan city has completed its 371 years of Establishment? (a) Delhi (b) Mumbai (c) Chennai (d) Bangalore (e) None of these
82. President of Which country will be chief guest for Republic day of year 2011? (a) Japan (b) USA (c) Indonesia (d) Argentina (e) None of these
83. Who is the author of the book “Again”? (a) Amitabh Bachchan (b) Ajitabh Bachchan (c) Aishwarya Rai (d) Pritish Nandy (e) None of these
7. Rani Laxmibai award is related to which field and given by which state? (a) Sports | UP State (b) Sports | Gujarat State (c) Literature | UP State (d) Literature | Gujarat State (e) None of these
85. Who has taken over as new Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand? (a) Niranjan Shah (b) Shiv Shankar Menon (c) Subhash Kumar (d) Arjun Sharma (e) None of these
86. Famous personality “Eddie Fisher” died recently, he was ……? (a) Writer (b) Player (c) Singer (d) Politician (e) None of these
87. Hyderabad is situated on banks of ……….? (a) Sarayu River (b) Musi River (c) Kaveri River (d) None of the Above (e) All of these
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88. Which company has won “Engineering Export Promotion Council Top Export award”? (a) NTPC (b) GAIL (c) BHEL (d) Bosch India(e) None of these
89. EU has approved free Trade Agreement with which Asian Country? (a) South Korea (b) Thailand (c) North Korea(d) Japan (e) None of these
90. Which American State has banned outsourcing in IT and bank office projects? (a) Texas (b) Ohio (c) California (d) Philadelphia(e) None of these
91. Which of the following term is not related to Cricket? (a) Doosra (b) Pitch (c) Mongoose Bat(d) Deuce (e) None of these
92. Who has been Honoured with “Jnanpith Award” for year 2008? (a) Akhlaq Khan Shahryar (b) Raghuram Rajan (c) Pratyush Sinha (d) R Godsay (e) None of these
93. Which is the first Australian Bank to operate with full Banking License in the country? (a) Aussies State Bank (b) Commonwealth Bank (c) Bank of Australia (d) None of the Above (e) All of these
94. Author of “The Sacred Grove” is ? (a) Daman Singh(b) Raju Patel (c) Y V Das (d) Raman Singh`(e) None of these
95. Chemical name of Sulphuric Acid is? (a) H2SO4 (b) HCL (c) PCL5 (d) HNO3 (e) None of the Above
96. What is the name of the genetically produced potato by Indian Scientists? (a) Potato 1 (b) Protato (c) Potato (d) Potatowiz (e) None of these
97. Which Indian women boxer has won world championship for 5th time recently? (a) Jwala Gutta (b) M C Maricom (c) Krishna Poonia (d) Rajveer Kau (e) None of these
98. Choose the correct pair of winner and runner up for Womens hockey world cup? (a) Argentina – Holland (b) Holland – Argentina (c) England – Australia (d) Australia – England (e) None of these
99. Lafarge, a company from france has established its plant in some states of india, it is related to ………? (a) Coal (b) Cement (c) Steel (d) Ferroalloys (e) None of the Above
100. A famous test cricketer, Eric Tindill has passed away, he belong to which country? (a) New-Zealand(b) West Indies(c) South Africa(d) England (e) None of these
101. Qiam Missile(surface to surface) has been test fired by which country? (a) Iraq (b) Iran (c) Pakistan (d) Israel (e) None of these
102. Cloned buffalo “Garima II” was born in which state? (a) Gujarat (b) Punjab (c) Haryana (d) Maharashtra (e) None of these
103. According to wall-street journal, …… has topped list of best-paid executives of the decade? (a) William Dough (b) Larry Ellison (c) Sunil Manchanda
(d) Richard Hoogly (e) None of these 104. ………. inaugurated its strategic oil pipeline for China?
(a) USA (b) Russia (c) Iran (d) South Africa (e) None of these 105. Who is Chief Economic Advisor of Finance ministry?
(a) K Subramaniyam (b) J Roy (c) Kaushik Basu (d) Ahmed Khan (e) None of these
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106. Who will head advisory committee for overseeing implementation of drought mitigation strategies in the bundelkhand region of UP and MP? (a) Piyush Sinha (b) Montek Singh Ahluwalia (c) Amit Agarwal
(d) Pranab Mukharjee (e) None of these 107. A famous personality Claude Chabrol died recently, he is related to …….?
(a) Politics (b) Filmmaker (c) Economist (d) Terrorist (e) None of these 108. Who won Italian Grand Prix?
(a) Vitantonio Liuzzi (b) Adrian Sutil (c) Fernando Alonso (d) Autodrono Citan (e) None of these 109. Which of the following is not true among the following?
(a) Hindi Diwas – 14 September (b) Teachers Day – 5 September
(c) International Literacy Day – 8 September (d) World Tourism day – 20 September (e) None of these 110. N G Ranga Award is related to ……… ?
(a) Films (b) Agriculture(c) Literature (d) Scientist (e) None of these 111. Which of the following is a Military Alliance?
(a) NATO (b) SAARC (c) PETA (d) ASEAN (e) None of these 112. Virdhawal Khade is related to which of the following?
(a) Golf (b) Swimming (c) Tennis (d) Cricket (e) None of these 113. RatlamNagar was in news for Naxal Violence, it is located in ………..?
(a) Chattisgarh (b) Jharkhand (c) Bihar (d) Uttar Pradesh(e) None of these 114. Under UID project, first Uniqie Identity Number was given to ……….?
(a) Ranjana Sonawane (b) Manmohan Singh (c) Sonia Gandhi (d) Narendra Modi (e) None of these 115. Who won Best Actress award in 57th National Awards?
(a) Kareena Kapoor (b) Priyanka Chopra (c) Vidhya Balan (d) Ananya Chatarjee (e) Mithun Chakraborty 116. Which City of Rajasthan has recently got status of a Metro City?
(a) Kota (b) Bikaner (c) Ajmer (d) Jaipur (e) None of these 117. Jamuna Devi Passed away recently, she was related to?
(a) Banks (b) Politics (c) Journalist (d) Films (e) None of these 118. What was India`s Position in Medal tally for Common Wealth Games 2010?
(a) 1st (b) 2nd (c) 3rd (d) 4th (e) 5th 119. In which of the following event, all three medals were won by Indian players?
(a) Boxing (b) Discuss Throw(c) Cycling (d) Archery (e) None of these 120. Who is the new chief of CII (Confederation of Indian Industry)
(a) Rahul Bajaj (b) Manoj Dalmia (c) Hari Bhartia (d) Ratan Tata (e) None of these 121. Head Office of CAIRN energy is located in?
(a) Scotland (b) South Korea(c) Nrazil (d) UAE (e) None of these 122. Who is the author of the book “The Grand Design”?
(a) Vimal Jain (b) Louis Billy (c) Stephan Hawkins (d) Rooplaxmi Sahay (e) None of these 123. Multidimensional Poverty Index is a new index to be included in?
(a) World Human Report (b) Human Development Report (c) World Development Report (d) U.N Poverty Report
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(e) None of the Above 124. World Heart Day is observed on?
(a) 26 September (b) 27 September (c) 28 September (d) 29 September (e) 30 September 125. Sinosat-6 communication satellite is launched by?
(a) India (b) Japan (c) China (d) USA (e) None of these 126. Proposed 750 MW Pragati Power-II is located in which state ?
(a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Delhi (c) Gujarat (d) Uttar Pradesh (e) None of these 127. The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) is better
known as (a) World Bank (b) Asian Development Bank (c) IMF (d) It is known by its name (e) None of these 128. When was the Reserve Bank of India established? (a) 1935 (b) 1920 (c) 1928 (d) 1947 (e) 1953 129. Which is the largest commercial bank in India? (a) Reserve Bank of India (b) State Bank of India (c) ICICI Bank (d) Bank of India (e) None of these 130. The Bank of Calcutta, Bank of Bombay and Bank of Madras were merged in 1921
to form (a) Reserve Bank of India (b) Imperial Bank of India (c) Bank of India (d) Union Bank of India (e) None of these 131. Which sister organization of the World Bank helps private activity in developing
countries by financing projects with long-term capital in the form of equity and loans?
(a) Asian Development Bank (b) IMF (c) International Developmental Association (d) International Finance Corporation (e) WHO 132. Which sister organization of the World Bank provides long term loans at zero
interest to the poorest developing countries? (a) Asian Development Bank (b) IMF (c) International Developmental Association (d) International Finance Corporation (e) WHO
133. Who is known as the ‘Father of Economics’? (a) Adam Smith (b) Chanakya (c) Machiavelli (d) Leonardo Vinci(e) None of these 134. Which was the first Indian Bank to introduce credit card? (a) State Bank of India (b) Central Bank of India (c) Union Bank of India (d) ICICI (e) Axis Bank 135. What does devaluation of a currency mean?
(a) decrease in the internal value of money (b) decrease in the external value of money (c) decrease both in the external and internal values of money (d) increase in internal value of money (e) none of these
136. Which of the following is known as plastic money?
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(a) bearer cheques (b) credit cards (c) demand drafts (d) gift cheques (e) None of these 137. Which of the following statements best describes the concept of involvement in the
context of buyer behaviour? (a) The length of time involved in the buying process (b) The potential impact of a product on an individual's self-identity (c)The number of people involved in the decision-making unit (d) The complexity of an order (e) None of these 138. Buying decisions generally follow a pattern of overlapping stages. Which of the
following best describes the typical stages of the buying process? (a). Need recognition > Information search > Evaluation > Decision > Post purchase
evaluation (b). Need recognition > Evaluation > Information search > Decision > Post purchase
evaluation (c). Information search > Need recognition > Evaluation > Decision > Post purchase
evaluation (d). Need recognition > Information search > Decision > Evaluation > Post purchase
evaluation (e) None of these
139. Needs differ from wants because: (a) Wants are a socialized manifestation of underlying needs (b) Needs are a socialized manifest Needs are historical; wants are about the
futuretation of underlying wants (c). Needs are historical; wants are about the future (d). Needs and wants are exactly the same (e) None of these
140. A company uses The Coors to endorse its range of snack foods. This endorsement is likely to be particularly effective if the Coors are seen by Large numbers of the company's target market as:
(a) A primary reference group. (b) A tertiary reference group. (c) A secondary reference group. (d) A non-reference group. (e) None of these 141. Article 17 of the constitution of India provides for (a) equality before law. (b) equality of opportunity in matters of public employment.
(c) abolition of titles. (d) abolition of untouchability
(e) None of these 142. Article 370 of the constitution of India provides for (a) temporary provisions for Jammu & Kashmir. (b) special provisions in respect of Nagaland.
(c) special provisions in respect of Manipur. (d) provisions in respect of financial emergency (e) All of these 143. How many permanent members are there in Security Council? (a) Three (b) Five (c) Six (d) Four (e) Five 144. The United Kingdom is a classic example of a/an (a) aristocracy (b) absolute monarchy
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(c) constitutional monarchy (d) polity. (e) Dictatorship 145. Social Contract Theory was advocated by (a) Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau. (b) Plato, Aristotle and Hegel.
(c) Mill, Bentham and Plato. (d) Locke, Mill and Hegel. (e) None of these 146. The Speaker of the Lok Sabha is elected by the (a) President (b) Prime Minister. (c) Members of both Houses of the Parliament. (d) Members of the Lok Sabha. (e) Governor 147. Who is called the ‘Father of History'? (a) Plutarch (b) Herodotus (c) Justin (d) Pliny (e) None of these 148. The Vedas are known as (a) Smriti. (b) Sruti. (c) Jnana. (d) Siksha. (e) All of these 149. The members of Estimate Committee are (a) elected from the Lok Sabha only. (b) elected from the Rajya Sabha only.
(c) elected from both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. (d) nominated by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
(e) None of these 150. Who is the chief advisor to the Governor? (a) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. (b) Chief Minister.
(c) Speaker of the Lok Sabha. (d) President. (e) None of these 151. Foreign currency which has a tendency of quick migration is called (a) Scarce currency. (b) Soft currency. (c) Gold currency. (d) Hot currency. (e) None of these 152. Which of the following is a better measurement of Economic Development? (a) GDP (b) Disposable income (c) NNP (d) Per capita income (e)HDI 153. In India, disguised unemployment is generally observed in (a) the agriculture sector. (b) the factory sector. (c) the service sector (d) All these sectors. (e) None of these sectors 154. If the commodities manufactured in Surat are sold in Mumbai or Delhi then it is (a) Territorial trade. (b) Internal trade. (c) International trade. (d) Free trade. (e) None of these 155. The famous slogan "GARIBI HATAO" (Remove Poverty) was launched during the (a) First Five-Year Plan (1951-56) (b) Third Five-Year Plan (1961-66)
(c) Fourth Five-Year Plan (1969-74) (d) Fifth Five-Year Plan (1974-79) (e) None of these 156. Bank Rate refers to the interest rate at which (a) Commercial banks receive deposits from the public.
(b) Central bank gives loans to Commercial banks. (c) Government loans are floated. (d) Commercial banks grant loans to their customers.
(e) All of these 157. All the goods which are scare and limited in supply are called (a) Luxury goods. (b) Expensive goods. (c) Capital goods. (d) Economic goods. (e) None of these
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158. The theory of monopolistic competition is developed by (a) E.H.Chamberlin (b) P.A.Samuelson (c) J.Robinson (d) A.Marshall (e) Francis Bator 159. Smoke is formed due to (a) solid dispersed in gas. (b) solid dispersed in liquid. (c) gas dispersed in solid. (d) gas dispersed in gas. (e) None of these 160. Which of the following chemical is used in photography? (a) Aluminum hydroxide (b) Silver bromide (c) Potassium nitrate (d) Sodium chloride. (e) Silver Nitrate 161. Gober gas (Biogas) mainly contains (a) Methane. (b) Ethane and butane. (c) propane and butane. (d) methane, ethane, propane and propylene. (e) None of these 162. Preparation of ‘Dalda or Vanaspati' ghee from vegetable oil utilises the following
process (a) Hydrolysis (b) Oxidation (c) Hydrogenation (d) Ozonoloysis(e) None of these 163. Which colour is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) Blue (b) Green (c) Orange (d) Red (e) Yellow 164. During washing of cloths, we use indigo due to its (a) better cleaning action. (b) proper pigmental composition.
(c) high glorious nature. (d) very low cost. (e) None of these 165. Of the following Indian satellites, which one is intended for long distance
telecommunication and for transmitting TV programmes? (a) INSAT-A (b) Aryabhata (c) Bhaskara (d) Rohini (e) None of these 166. What is the full form of ‘AM' regarding radio broadcasting? (a) Amplitude Movement (b) Anywhere Movement
(c) Amplitude Matching (d) Amplitude Modulation. (e) None of these 167. Who is the author of Gandhi's favorite Bhajan Vaishnava jana to tene kahiye? (a) Purandar Das (b) Shyamal Bhatt (c) Narsi Mehta (d) Sant Gyaneshwar (e) None of these 168. Which one of the following is not a mosquito borne disease? (a) Dengu fever (b) Filariasis (c) Sleeping sickness (d) Malaria (e) None of these 169. What is the principal ore of aluminium? (a) Dolomite (b) Copper (c) Lignite (d) Bauxite (e) None of these 170. Which country is the facilitator for peace talks between the LTTE and the Sri
Lankan Government? (a) The US (b) Norway (c) India (d) The UK (e) None of these 171. The highest body which approves the Five-Year Plan in India is the (a) Planning Commission (b) National Development Council
(c) The Union Cabinet (d) Finance Ministry (e) None of these 172. Ceteris Paribus is Latin for
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(a) " all other things variable " (b) "other things increasing" (c) "other things being equal" (d) "all other things decreasing"
(e) None of these 173. Who has been conferred the Dada Saheb Phalke Award (Ratna) for the year 2007? (a) Dev Anand (b) Rekha (c) Dilip Kumar (d) Shabana Azmi (e) None of these 174. Purchasing Power Parity theory is related with (a) Interest Rate. (b) Bank Rate. (c) Wage Rate. (d) Exchange Rate. (e) None of these 175. India's biggest enterprise today is (a) the Indian Railways. (b) the Indian Commercial Banking System.
(c) the India Power Sector. (d) the India Telecommunication System. (e) Indian Stock Exchange 176. The official agency responsible for estimating National Income in India is (a) Indian Statistical Institute.
(b) Reserve Bank of India. (c) Central Statistical Organisation. (d) National Council for Applied Economics and Research.
(e) State Bank of India 177. Which of the following has the sole right of issuing currency (except one rupee
coins and notes) in India? (a) The Governor of India (b) The Planning Commission
(c) The State Bank of India (d) The Reserve Bank of India (e) None of these 178. In the budget figures of the Government of India the difference between total
expenditure and total receipt is called. (a) Fiscal deficit (b) Budget deficit (c) Revenue deficit (d) Current deficit (e) None of these 179. Excise duty on a commodity is payable with reference to its (a) production. (b) production and sale. (c) Production and transportation. (d) Production, transportation and sale. (e) None of these 180. In the US, the President is elected by (a) The Senate. (b) Universal Adult Franchise. (c) The House of Representatives. (d) The Congress. (e) All of these 181. Fascism believes in (a) Peaceful change (b) Force (c) Tolerance (d) Basic Rights for the individual (e) None of these 182. Which is the most essential function of an entrepreneur? (a) Supervision (b) Management (c) Marketing (d) Risk bearing (e) None of these 183. Knowledge, technical skill, education ‘etc.' in economics, are regarded as (a) social-overhead capital. (b) human capital. (c) tangible physical capital. (d) working capital. (e) None of these 184. What is the range of Agni III, the long-range ballistic missile, test-fired by India
recently?
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(a) 2,250 km (b) 3,500 km (c) 5,000 km (d) 1,000 km (e) 7,500 km 185. Nathu Laa, a place where India-China border trade has been resumed after 44 years,
is located on the Indian border in (a) Sikkim. (b) Arunachal Pradesh. (c) Himachal Pradesh (d) Jammu and Kashmir. (e) None of these 186. M. Damodaran is the (a) Chairman, Unit Trust of India. (b) Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India.
(c) Chairman, Securities and Exchange Board of India. (d) Chairman, Life Insurance Corporation of India.
(e) None of these 187. What is the name of the Light Combat Aircraft developed by India indigenously? (a) BrahMos (b) Chetak (c) Astra (d) Tejas (e) None of these 188. Who is the Prime Minister of Great Britain? (a) Tony Blair (b) Jack Straw (c) Robin Cook (d) Gordon Brown. (e) None of these 189. The 2010 World Cup Football Tournament will be held in (a) France. (b) China. (c) Germany. (d) South Africa. (e) Australia 190. Who is the present Chief Election Commissioner of India? (a) Navin Chawla (b) N.Gopalswamy (c) T.S.krishnamoorty (d) B.B.Tandon (e) None of these 191. The title of the book recently written by Jaswant Singh, former Minister of External
Affair, is (a) A call of Honour - In the Service of Emergent Inida
(b) Whither Secular India? (c) Ayodhya and Aftermath (d) Shining India and BJP.
(e) None of these 192. What was the original name of "Nurjahan"? (a) Jabunnisa (b) Fatima Begum (c) Mehrunnisa (d) Jahanara (e) None of these 193. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched ? (a) Lord Dallhousie- Doctrine of Lapse (b) Lord Minto- Indian Councils Act, 1909
(c) Lord Wellesley- Subsidiary Alliance (d) Lord Curzon- Vernacular Press Act, 1878 (e) None of these 194. The province of Bengal was partitioned into two parts in 1905 by (a) Lord Lytton. (b) Lord Ripon. (c) Lord Dufferin. (d) Lord Curzon. (e) None of these 195. The essential features of the Indus Valley Civilization was (a) worship of forces of nature. (b) organized city life. (c) pastoral farming. (d) caste society. (e) None of these 196. Name the capital of Pallavas. (a) Kanchi. (b) Vattapi. (c) Trichnapalli. (d) Mahabalipuram (e) None of these 197. The Home Rule League was started by
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(a) M.K.Gandhi (b) B.G.Tilak (c) Ranade (d) K.T.Telang (e) None of these 198. The Simon Commission was boycotted by the Indians because (a) it sought tocurb civil liberties.
(b) it proposed to partition India. (c) it was an all-white commission Indian representation. (d) it proposed measures for nationalism.
(e) All of these 199. Storm of gases are visible in the chamber of the Sun during (a) Cyclones (b) Anti-cyclones (c) Lunar-eclipse (d) Solar eclipse. (e) None of these 200. The Indian Councils Act of 1990 is associated with (a) The Montagu Decleration. (b) The Montagu- Chelmsford Reforms.
(c) The Morley-Minto Reforms. (d) The Rowlatt Act. (e) None of these 201. The age of tree can be determined more or less accurately by (a) counting the number of branches. (b) measuring the height ,of the tree.
(c) measuring the diameter of the trunk. (d) counting the number of rings in the trunk. (e) None of these 202. Of all micro-organisms, the most adaptable and versatile are (a) Viruses (b) Bacteria (c) Algae (d) Fungi (e) Bugs 203. What is an endoscope?
(a) It is an optical instrument used to see inside the alimentary canal (b) it is device which is fitted on the chest of the patient to regularize the irregular
heartbeats (c) It is an instrument used for examining ear disorders
(d)It is an instrument for recording electrical signals produced by the human muscles.
(e) None of these 204. The disease in which the sugar level increase is known as (a) Diabetes mellitus (b) Diabetes insipidus (c) Diabetes imperfectus (d) Diabetes sugarensis (e) None of these 205. The President of India is elected by
(a) members of both Houses of the Parliament. (b) members of both houses of Parliament of State Legislatures. (c) members of both Houses of the State Legislative Assemblies. (d) Elected members of both Houses of the Parliament and members of Legislative
Assemblies. (e) All of these
206. The nitrogen present in the atmosphere is (a) of no use to plants. (b) injurious of plants.
(c) directly utilized by plants. (d) utilized through micro-organisms. (e) None of these 207. Diamond and Graphite are
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(a) allotropes (b) isomorphous(c) isomers (d) isobars (e) None of these 208. Kayak is kind of (a) tribal tool. (b) boat. (c) ship. (d) weapon. (e) None of these 209. Which of the following has the highest calorific value? (a) Carbohydrates (b) fats (c) Proteins (d) Vitamins. (e) None of these 210. Rotation of crops means (a) growing of different crops in succession to maintain soil fertility.
(b) some crops are growing again and again. (c) two or more crops are grown simultaneously to increase productivity.
(d) grow seasonal crops (e) None of these.
211. Suez Canal connects (a) Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean. (b) Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea.
(c) Lake Huron and Lake Erie. (d) Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. (e) None of these 212. Which of the following ports has the largest hinterland? (a) Kandla (b) Kochi (c) Mumbai (d) Vishkhapatnam.(e) None of these 213. "Slash and Burn agriculture" is the name given to (a) method of potato cultivation. (b) process of deforestation. (c) mixed framing. (d) shifting cultivation. (e) None of these 214. The main reason for deforestation in Asia is (a) excessive fuel wood collection. (b) excessive soil erosion.
(c) floods. (d) construction of roads. (e) None of these 215. Recharging of water table depends on (a) amount of rainfall. (b) relief of the area. (c) vegetation of the area. (d) amount of percolation. (e) None of these 216. Mr. Gordon Brown has taken over as the Prime Minister of – (a) Italy (b) Canada (c) France (d) South Africa (e) Britain 217. Justice A.R.Lakshmanan’s name was recently in news as he has taken over as the- (a) Chief Justice of India (b) Chairman of the 18th Law Commission
(c) Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court (d) Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission
(e) None of these 218. Which of the following was the name of the space shuttle which brought Sunita
Williams and few others on the earth recently? (a) California (b) Mir Space (c) Boston Marathon (d) Edwards (e) Atlantis 219. The Government of India recently announced a special Rashtriya Krishi Vikas
Yojana so that States can better their Agricultural output and performance. The size of the package is around –
(a) Rs. 20,000 crore (b) Rs. 25,000 crore (c) Rs. 30,000 crore (d) Rs. 35,000 crore (e) Rs. 40,000 crore
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220. Which of the following organizations/agencies has recently floated a Private Equity (PE) Fund with an initial corpus of Rs. 100 crore to help its client to further expand their business activities?
(a) NABARD (b) SIDBI (c) ECGC (d) IDBI Bank (e) None of these 221. Which of the following Software Companies recently launched its educational
portal ‘Unlimited Potential’ in India? (a) Microsoft (b) Infosys (c) Wipro (d) TCS (e) None of these 222. Which of the following monuments of India is now one of the Seven New Wonders
of the World? (a) Mughal Garden of the Rashtrapati Bhawan (b) Dal Lake of Srinagar
(c) Gol Gumbaj of Bijapur (d) Victoria Memorial of Kolkata
(e) Taj Mahal 223. The Indian Navy recently commissioned its new Warship ‘INS Jalashwa’. The ship
is acquired from- (a) France (b) Russia (c) Britain (d) Germany (e) U.S.A 224. Which of the following activities does not form a part of the functions of a well
established Banking Company? (a) Liquidity Management (b) Forex Management
(c) Outsourcing Back room operators (d) Enhancing/Forecasting/Monitoring cash flow
(e) Frequency Modulation of Delivery channels 225. A steeprise in the share prices of which of the following Group of Companies
recently has made its Chairman India’s first only trillionire? (a) Aditya Birla Group of Companies (b) Reliance Industries
(c) Tata Group of Companies (d) Wipro (e) None of these
226. Which of the following events is not associated with the game of Tennis? (a) French Open (b) Australian Open (c) US Open (d) Formula Renault V-6 (e) Wimbledon 227. Which of the following organizations has celebrated recently its silver jublie? (a) ECGC (b) State Bank of India (c) SIDBI (d) SEBI (e) NABARD 228. Who among the following cricketers completed 15,000 runs in ODIs? (a) Rahul Dravid (b) Ricky Ponting (c) Brian Lara (d) Sachin Tendulkar (e) Sourav Ganguly 229. Which of the following State Governments has set up a committee to consider the
claim of the Gujjar community to be included in the list of scheduled tribes? (a) Punjab (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Bihar (d) Haryana (e) Rajasthan 230. With the purpose of raising capital in the share market, the first public issue of share
of the company to the investors is called………….. (a) Initial public proposal (b) Inclusive proposal (c) Mutual fund (d) Haze fund (e) None of these
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231. Who among the following chess players won the GM Open Championship, organized recently in Luxembourg?
(a) Vishwanath Anand (b) Koneru Humpy (c) K.Shashikaran (d) P.Harikrishna (e) None of these 232. Which of the following events took place on July 21, 1969, which termed as
‘universal wonder’ in the human history? (a) Landing of Appolo-II on moon (b) Invention of atom bomb
(c) Invention of Super computer (d) Heart transplant (e) None of these
233. Which of the following pairs of countries is the largest arms as per data issued by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Sweden?
(a) India-China (b) China-Pakistan (c) India-Pakistan (d) Iran-China (e) None of these 234. Recently, Francisco Totty of Italy announced his retirement from international
matches. Francisco Totty is a famous player of ………….. (a) Lawn Tennis (b) Football (c) Badminton (d) Cricket (e) Golf 235. Finance Minister of India, recently, expressed his concern over the falt in
production of food grains in India. What has been the approximate quantity of food production during the last few years?
(a) 100 million tones (b) 150 million tones (c) 200 million tones (d) 250 million tones (e) 300 million tones 236. What approximate amount of help has Mayawati sought from the Center to expedite
the development of backward areas of Uttar Pradesh? (a) Rs. 50,000 crore (b) Rs. 60,000 crore (c) Rs. 70,000 crore (d) Rs. 80,000 crore (e) Rs. 1,00,000 crore 237. Charges of corruption against the Chief Justice were dismissed and termination of
his service was cancelled by the Supreme Court of which of the following countries/ (a) Bangladesh (b) Nepal (c) Pakistan (d) Iran (e) None of these 238. What percentage of rural income is obtained from agricultural activities of the
country as per data given to press by the Union Finance Minister in an interview? (a) 20% (b) 25% (c) 35% (d) 43% (e) 53% 239. In which of the following States, the Government of India is planning to set up a
‘National Institute of Handloom Technology’? (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Kerala (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Orissa (e) None of these 240. ‘Novartis’ a Swiss based firm is operating in India in big way- Novartis has its
business in which of the following sectors in India? (a) Textile (b) Diamond Mining (c) Pharma (d) Paper Newsprint (e) Steel and Iron 241. Which of the following places was known as a centre of learning in ancient India? (a) Nalanda (b) Ujjain (c) Allahabad (d) Magadh (e) None of these 242. The process of transfer of heat by matter but without actual movement of the
particles themselves is called. (a) conduction (b) convection (c) radiation (d) Migration (e) None of these 243. Only zero and one are used for operating
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(a) Calculator (b) Computer (c) Abacus (d) Typewriter (e) None of these 244. Transistor is (a) semi-conductor (b) inductor (c) modulator (d) demodulator (e) None of these 245. Computer cannot (a) send message (b) abstract thought (c) read files (d) play music (e) None of these 246. Which of the following is not a carbohydrate? (a) Wax (b) Starch (c) Sucrose (d) Maltose (e) None of these 247. Deficiency of which vitamin causes night blindness? (a) Vit. B (b) Vit. C (c) Vit. A (d) Vit. E (e) Vit D 248. Which of the following is the vaccine for tuberculosis? (a) OPT (b) BCG (c) Salk vaccine (d) Rubella vaccine (e) None of these 249. Horns, nails and hair are (a) soluble fats (b) insoluble carbohydrates (c) keratin proteins (d) complex lipids (e) None of these 250. Who conducts the State Assembly Elections? (a) Chief Justice of the High Court concerned. (b) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
(c) Chief Election Commissioner (d) Governor of the State concerned (e) None of these 251. Which is an ore of aluminum? (a) Chromite (b) Cuprite (c) Bauxite (d) Siderite (e) Ferro 252. Kalidas was (a) a poet during the Gupta period. (b) a dramatist during Harshvardhana’s reign.
(c) an astronomer during Gupta period. (d) singer in the court of Gupta (e) None of these 253. Which mirror is used as a rear view mirror in vehicles? (a) Plain (b) Convex (c) Concave (d) Spherical (e) None of these 254. The compilation Meri Ekyawan Kavitayen is by (a) A.N. Vajpayee (b) Harivanshrai Bachchan (c) Dharam Vir Bharti (d) Shiv Mangal Singh Suman (e) None of these 255. ‘Equinox’ means (a) days are longer than nights. (b) days and nights are equal.
(c) days are shorter than nights (d) days are colder than night (e) None of these 256. Who was known as “Nightingale of India”? (a) Vijaylaxmi Pandit (b) Sarojini Naidu (c) Suraiya (d) Madhuri Dixit (e) None of these 257. Gaya is associated with Lord Buddha, where he
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(a) was born (b) attained enlightenment (c) died (d) delivered his first sermon (e) passed most of his time 258. Chemical change does not take place in (a) souring of milk into curd (b) rusting of iron in atmosphere
(c) burning of magnesium ribbon in air (d) emitting of light by a red hot platinum wire (e) None of these 259. Who is the highest wicket-taker in Indian Cricket team? (a) Javagal Srinath (b) Anil Kumble (c) Maninder Singh (d) Kapil Dev (e) Prabhakar 260. Which country leads in production of aluminum and aluminum goods? (a) Austriala (b) The US (c) Russia (d) Japan (e) None of these 261. The Nathu La Pass, which has increased Indian trade with a neighbour, lies between
India and which country? (a) Pakistan (b) Bhutan (c) Nepal (d) China (e) Tibet 262. The Banking Codes and Standards Boards has been formed to provide fair treatment
to: (a) Employees’ Unions (b) Member Banks (c) Officers (d) SBI (e) Customers 263. In India, the CRR at present is approximately: (a) less than 5% (b) 10% to 15% (c) 5% to 10% (d) 20% (e) 35% 264. The present salary of an MP is (Rs per month) (a) 2,500 (b) 5,000 (c) 7,500 (d) 15,000 (e) 16,000 265. Which river was recently found to be the longest? (a) Amazon (b) Nile (c) Mississippi (d) Ganga (e) Yangtze Kiang 266. The highest Indian mountain-peak is: (a) Mt Everest (b) Nanga Parbat (c) Dhaulagiri (d) Godwin Austin (e) Annapurna 267. Basel II norms will lead to: (a) Capital A/c convertibility (b) Better Stock Exchanges (c) Better CRR (d) Increased savings (e) None of these 268. Rice is which kind of crop? (a) Rabi (b) Evergreen (c) Kharif (d) Inter-seasonal (e) Monsoon 269. ‘Jog falls’ are in: (a) Kerala (b) J & K (c) U.P. (d) Uttaranchal (e) Karnataka
270. The capitals of the new States Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Uttaranchal are: (a) Raipur, Ranchi, Dehradun (b) Ranchi, Patna, Nainital
(c) Raniganj, Patna, Dehradun (d) Patna, Raipur, Nainital (e) None of the above
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1. (c) a program which translates from one high-level to a machine level
2. (a) ANSI
3. (c) The smallest resolved part of a picture
4. (b) Mouse 5. (a) 2
6. (d) Touch Screen 7. (d) CDROM
8. (d) laser 9. (b) Hard Dick
10.(b) Seagate 11. (a) 00000 to 9ffff(16)
12.(c) Firmware 13. (c) Large number of cells
14. (d) All of these
15. (c) Erasing and reconstructing the contents of ROM
16. (d) Microprocessor 17. (a) Memory data register
18. (d) Central Processing Unit
19. (d) specify the problem completely and clearly 20. (b) 5.1/4”
21. (a) program 22.(a) Home Edition
23. (c) user-friendly 24. (a) Right-clicking
25. (a) link 26. (b) USB flash drive
27. (b)Media Center Edition 28. (c) both (A) and (B)
29.(a) Primary-clicking 30. (a) hyperlink
31.(a) WinZip 32.(c) Tablet PC Edition
33. (c) Welcome screen 34. (c) System menu
35. (b) Maximize 36. (a) source drive
37. (b) tablet PC 38. (b) mouse
39. (a) binary form 40.(a) were 7 bits
41. (b) 41H 42. (a) 48D
43. (c) 7 44. (d) 0111 1111
45. (b) 8 bits 46. (d) in the megabyte range
47. (a) 1 billion bytes 48. (b) 1000 kilobytes
49. (e) None of these 50. (a) Arith-Logic Unit
51. (a) Secondary storage
52. (b) software program especially designed for viewing web pages on the internet
53. (e) (e) Buffer 54. (c) ASCII
55. (c) Only a & b 56. (c) Output interface
57. CPU 58. Hardware
59. (b) Logical Operations 60.(d) International Business
Model
61. (c) Centralized Online Real-time Exchange 62. (c) Statefull filters
63. (b)encryption
64. (b)Practice of testing the computer security procedures and identification lapses
before the
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65. (c)1997 66. (b)Shere Committee
67. (b)creating digital version of the original cheque 68. (b) CPU
69. (b)CNTRL + ENTER 70. (a) 1 000 000 000
71. (c) Authorization and authentication 72. (c) 86 × 54 mm
73. (a) Issuer Identification Number 74. (a) SWIFT
75. (b) Synchronous dynamic random access memory
76. (a) Santa Clara, California 77. (b) 1972
78. (a) "lo" 79. (c) Santa Clara, California
80. (b) 1983 81. (a) Backup file
82. (c) Animation/movie file 83. (b) System file
84. (b) System file 85. (d) Image file
86. (b) Animation/movie file 87. (a) Text File
88. (c) Temporary file 89. (a) Paul Zimmerman
90 (c) Sabeer Bhatia 91. (c) Ken Thompson
92. (a) Alan Turing 93. (a) Konrad Zuse
94. (b) David Filo & Jerry Yang 95. (a) Database
96. (c) Operating System 97. (b) DeskTop Publishing
98. (d) Compact Disc 99. (d) Sort
100. (c) WAN (Wide Area Network) 101. (c) Local Area Network
102. (b) Field 103. (c) Control Panel
104. (d) Notification area or Tray
105. (a) Placing it 18 to 30 inches away from your eyes
106. (a) Can hold more data
107. (b) A format for an image file 108. (d) All the above
109. (c) Adware/spyware is infecting your PC
110. (c) Disk Operating System 111. (c) Decode
112. (a) Peripheral 113. (d) File server
114. (b) To highlight 115. (b) Microprocessor
116.(d) Paseo 117. (a) ENIAC
118. (c) Turing 119. (a) Random Access Memory
120. (b) 8 121. (c) PROM
122. (d) Novell 123. (d) 386DX
124. (a) OS-2 125. (a) Less than 5 MHz
126. (c) 10 MB 127. (d) WordStar
128. (a) August 12, 1981 129. (b) 8080
130. (d) Bell Laboratories 131. (b) Jerusalem
132. (a) 1990 133. (b) Retrovirus
134.(c) Trojan 135. (a) McDonalds screensaver
136. (c) Cohen
137. (d) Reduced Instruction Set Computer
138. (b) Graphics Processing Unit
139. (a) Extended Capabilities Port
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141. (c) Fluorescent Multi-Layer Disc
142. (a) Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification
143. (b) Virtual Channel Memory
144. (a) Network Address Translation
145. (d) Network Interference Control 146. (d) Media Access Control
147. (c) Point to Point Tunneling Protocol 148. (c) Link Control Protocol
149. (a) Secure Socket Layer
150. (d) Internet Control Message Protocol
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68. (a) Sachin Tendulkar 69. (b) UN Women 70. (c) 69.14% 71. (a) China 72. (c) 27 September 73. (a) Argentina 74. (b) 451 Million $ 75. (b) R V Verma 76. (c) UP 77. (a) Nepal 78. (d) All 1 2 and 3 79. (c) Mukesh Ambani 80. (a) Vanguard 2010 81. (c) Chennai 82. (c) Indonesia 83. (d) Pritish Nandy 84. (c) Literature | UP State 85. (c) Subhash Kumar 86. (c) Singer 87. (b) Musi River 88. (c) BHEL 89. (a) South Korea 90. (b) Ohio 91. (d) Deuce 92. (a) Akhlaq Khan Shahryar 93. (b) Commonwealth Bank 94. (a) Daman Singh 95. (a) H2SO4 96. (b) Protato 97. (b) M C Maricom 98. (a) Argentina – Holland 99. (b) Cement 100. (a) New-Zealand 101. (b) Iran 102. (c) Haryana 103 (b) Larry Ellison 104. (b) Russia 105. (c) Kaushik Basu 106. (b) Montek Singh Ahluwalia 107. (b) Filmmaker 108. (c) Fernando Alonso 109. (d) World Tourism day – 20 September 110. (b) Agriculture 111. (a) NATO 112. (b) Swimming 113. (c) Bihar 114. (a) Ranjana Sonawane 115. (d) Ananya Chatarjee 116. (d) Jaipur 117. (b) Politics 118. (b) 2nd 119. (b) Discuss Throw 120. (c) Hari Bhartia 121. (a) Scotland 122. (c) Stephan Hawkins 123. (b) Human Development Report 124 (a) 26 September 125. (c) China 126. (b) Delhi 127. (a) World Bank 128. (a) 1935 129. (b) State Bank of India 130.(b) Imperial Bank of India 131. (d) International Finance Corporation 132.(c) International Developmental Association 133. (a) Adam Smith 134.(b) Central Bank of India 135.(b) decrease in the external value of money 136.(b) credit cards 137.(a) The length of time involved in the buying process 138.(a) Need recognition > Information search > Evaluation > Decision > Post purchase evaluation 139. (a) Wants are a socialized manifestation of underlying needs 140. (b) A tertiary reference group. 141. (d) abolition of untouchability 142. (a) temporary provisions for Jammu & Kashmir. 143. (b) Five 144. (c) constitutional monarchy 145. (a) Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau. 146. (d) Members of the Lok Sabha 147. (b) Herodotus 148. (b) Sruti 149. (a) elected from the Lok Sabha only 150. (b) Chief Minister. 151. (d) Hot currency 152. (a) GDP
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153. (a) the agriculture sector 154. (b) Internal trade 155. (c) Fourth Five-Year Plan (1969-74) 156. (b) Central bank gives loans to Commercial banks. 157. (d) Economic goods 158.(a) E.H.Chamberlin 159. (a) solid dispersed in gas. 160.(b) Silver bromide 161. (c) propane and butane. 162.(b) Oxidation 163. (b) Green 164.(a) better cleaning action 165.(d) Rohini 166. (c) Amplitude Matching 167.(c) Narsi Mehta 168. (d) Malaria 169.(b) Copper 170. (b) Norway 171.(c) The Union Cabinet 172. (c) "other things being equal" 173.(c) Dilip Kumar 174. (a) Interest Rate 175.(c) the India Power Sector 176. (d) National Council for Applied Economics and Research 177. (b) The Planning Commission 178. (a) Fiscal deficit 179. (a) production 180. (b) Universal Adult Franchise 181. (d) Basic Rights for the individual 182. (a) Supervision 183.(b) human capital. 184. (a) 2,250 km 185 (c) Himachal Pradesh 186. (d) Chairman, Life Insurance Corporation of India. 187. (d) Tejas 188. (d) Gordon Brown. 189. (b) China 190. (a) Navin Chawla 191. (c) Ayodhya and Aftermath 192. (d) Jahanara 193. (d) Lord Curzon- Vernacular Press Act, 1878 194.(b) Lord Ripon 195.(a) worship of forces of nature 196.(b) Vattapi. 197 (c) Ranade 198.(d) it proposed measures for nationalism . 199. (c) Lunar-eclipse 200. (d) The Rowlatt Act. 201. (a) counting the number of branches. 202. (a) Viruses 203. (a) It is an optical instrument used to see inside the alimentary canal 204. (d) Diabetes sugarensis 205. (d) Elected members of both Houses of the Parliament and members of Legislative Assemblies. 206. (a) of no use to plants 207. (b) isomorphous 208. (b) boat 209. (a) Carbohydrates 210. (b) some crops are growing again and again 211.(b) Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea. 212. (d) Vishkhapatnam. 213. (d) shifting cultivation 214. (d) construction of roads 215. (a) amount of rainfall. 216. (e) Britain 217. (b) Chairman of the 18th Law Commission 218. (e) Atlantis 219 (b) Rs. 25,000 crore 220. (b) SIDBI 221. (a) Microsoft 222. (e) Taj Mahal 223. (e) U.S.A 224. (e) Frequency Modulation of Delivery channels 225. (b) Reliance Industries 226. (d) Formula Renault V-6 227. (e) NABARD 228. (d) Sachin Tendulkar 229. (e) Rajasthan 230. (a) Initial public proposal 231. (b) Koneru Hu 232. (a) Landing of Appolo-II on moon 233. (a) India-China 234. (b) Football
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