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General Awareness - 9

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In which South American country does one find the Atacama desert?

  1. Chile

  2. Peru

  3. Colombia

  4. Brazil

  5. Ecuador


Correct Option: A

Which among the following is the first aircraft to fly around the world without refuelling?

  1. Challenger

  2. Colombia

  3. Discoverer

  4. Voyager

  5. Silverstone


Correct Option: D

Haemorrhage is caused by the deficiency of vitamin

  1. A

  2. D

  3. E

  4. K

  5. B


Correct Option: D

A leased line can transmit

  1. Only data

  2. Only voice

  3. Only video

  4. Only text

  5. All the above


Correct Option: E

A computer cannot “boot” if it does not have the

  1. Compiler

  2. Loader

  3. Operating system

  4. Assembler

  5. None of these


Correct Option: C

The word ‘FTP’ stands for

  1. File Translate Protocol

  2. File Transit Protocol

  3. File Typing Protocol

  4. File Transfer Protocol

  5. None of these


Correct Option: D

What characteristic of read-only memory (ROM) makes it useful?

  1. ROM information can be easily updated

  2. Data in ROM is nonvolatile, that is, it remains there even without electrical power

  3. ROM provides very large amounts of inexpensive data storage

  4. ROM chips are easily swapped between different brands of computers

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Option (2) is correct. 

Which of the following plays the most important role in the distribution of revenue between Centre and the States?

  1. Planning Commission

  2. Finance Commission

  3. Inter State Council

  4. National Development Council

  5. Election commission


Correct Option: B

Example of non-numeric data is

  1. Employee address

  2. Examination score

  3. Bank balance

  4. All of the above

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A

Which one of the following was an important port of the eastern coast during Gupta period?

  1. Kalyan

  2. Tamralipti

  3. Sopara

  4. Baroch

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B

What is the name for a webpage address?

  1. Directory

  2. Domain

  3. Extension

  4. Protocol

  5. URL


Correct Option: E

With which game Serena Williams is associated?

  1. Football

  2. Hockey

  3. Swimming

  4. Tennis

  5. Cricket


Correct Option: D

The ability of an OS to run more than one application at a time is called

  1. Multitasking

  2. Object-oriented programming

  3. Multi-user computing

  4. Time-sharing

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A

Authentication can be provided by adding_____to a message.

  1. Sign

  2. Manual Signature

  3. Digital Signature

  4. Initials

  5. None of these


Correct Option: C

What is the name for the process that is used to convert a sense of instructions, or program, written in a high-level language into instructions (or a program) that can be run on a computer?

  1. Assembling

  2. Compiling

  3. Translating

  4. Uploading

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B

_____means the altering of computer system software to achieve a task for which it was not originally designed.

  1. Pegging

  2. Hacking

  3. Trekking

  4. Breaking

  5. All of these


Correct Option: B

Which of the following is NOT a member of the G-8?

  1. Russia

  2. Canada

  3. Italy

  4. Japan

  5. Sweden


Correct Option: E

Which of the following is the major contributor for 24 hour banking?

  1. Credit Card

  2. ATM

  3. Mobile banks

  4. Networked Branches

  5. Any City Banking


Correct Option: B

Which of the following films was adjudged the 'Best Motion Picture of the Year' in the Oscar Awards Ceremony 2006?

  1. Walk the Line

  2. The Constant Gardener

  3. Memories of the Geisha

  4. Crash

  5. None of these


Correct Option: D

Which of the following branches is called the study of Sound?

  1. Aetiology

  2. Anatomy

  3. Astrophysics

  4. Acoustics

  5. None of these


Correct Option: D

In India, Tanks are a popular method of irrigation in

  1. Eastern states

  2. South India

  3. Northeast states

  4. Western India

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B

India’s first Natural Disaster Information System was launched at

  1. Mumbai

  2. Bangalore

  3. Chennai

  4. Port Blair

  5. Kolkata


Correct Option: B

Which of the following is/are NOT one of the objectives of International Monetary Fund (IMF)? (A) To ensure exchange rate stability. (B) To ensure Balanced International Trade (C) To replace World Trade Organisation in years to come

  1. Only (A)

  2. Only (B)

  3. Only (C)

  4. (A) and (B) both

  5. (A) and (C) both


Correct Option: C

In the opinion of Prof Amartya Sen the development in which of the following areas could make a 'dramatic' difference in rural India? (A) Health System (B) Education
(C) Marketing of Agro Products

  1. Only (A)

  2. Only (B)

  3. (A) and (B) both

  4. Only (C)

  5. None of these


Correct Option: C
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