General Knowledge Set-7


1. Baichung Bhutia whose name was in news is a well known__________
(A) Music Director of Indian films
(B) English author of Indian origin
(C) Journalist
(D) Politician
(E) Sports Personality

2. ‘Richter Scale’ is used to measure which of the following?
(A) Intensity of Tsunami Waves
(B) Intensity of Earthquake
(C) Density of salt in Sea water
(D) Flow of electric current
(E) None of these

3. Which of the following best explains ‘e-governance’?
(A) Improving the functioning of government
(B) Teaching government employees the basics of computing
(C) Delivery of public services through internet
(D) Framing of cyber-laws of chatting on internet
(E) Convergence of e-mail and video-conferencing

4. CAS is associated with which of the following?
(A) Legal System Reforms
(B) Piped gas line
(C) Cable T.V.
(D) Mobile phone regulation
(E) None of these

5. Tata Steel recently acquired the Corus, a steel giant situated in_____
(A) South Africa
(B) Ukraine
(C) Australia
(D) Italy
(E) Britain

6. Which of the following is the abbreviated name of the Organization/Agency working in the field of Space Research ?
(A) ISBN
(B) ISRO
(C) INTELSET
(D) INTACH
(E) None of these

7. ‘Handshaking’ in Networking parlance means
(A) Connecting computers to a hub
(B) Distributed Networks
(C) Having same operating system on different computers
(D) Sending e-mail
(E) None of these

8. VAT stands for
(A) Value And Tax
(B) Value Added Tax
(C) Virtual Action Tasks
(D) Virtual Assessment Technique
(E) None of these

9. Alzheimer’s disease is the ailment of which of the following organs /parts of the human body ?
(A) Kidney
(B) Heart
(C) Liver
(D) Stomach
(E) Brain

10. Global warming is a matter of concern amongst the nations these days. Which of the following countries is the largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the World ?
(A) U.S.A.
(B) China
(C) India
(D) Britain
(E) None of these



Answers:


1. (E)   2. (B)   3. (C)   4. (C)    5. (E)    6. (B)    7. (A)    8. (B)    9. (E)    10. (B)