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General Knowledge Test 2002

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Who among the following is the Bhakti saint in whose works the teachings of Muslim saints are included?

  1. Kabir

  2. Tulsides

  3. Chaitanya

  4. Guru Nanak

  5. Guru Arjun Dev ji


Correct Option: D

“Buland Darwaza” in Fatehpur Sikri was built by Akbar to commemorate

  1. His own coronation

  2. His conquest of the Deccan

  3. His conquest of Gujarat

  4. The birth of his son, Salim


Correct Option: C

The Gupta Empire declined in the fifth century AD as a result of the invasions of

  1. Pallavas

  2. Greeks

  3. Chalukyas

  4. Huns

  5. Guptas


Correct Option: D

Centre for DNA Finger Printing and Diagnostics was in the news during February 2002 as its Director, Dr. Seyed E. Hussain was awarded the eleventh G. D. Birla Award for Scientific Research for the year 2001. This centre is located in

  1. Bangalore

  2. Chennai

  3. Hyderabad

  4. Pune

  5. Kolkota


Correct Option: C

Which of the following is the first Indian firm to be listed on NASDAQ?

  1. VSNL

  2. Silverline

  3. SIFY

  4. Infosys

  5. HCL


Correct Option: D

Who among the following are the two U.S. Congressmen, who have been conferred Padma Bhushan, the country's third highest civilian award this year?

  1. Frank Pallone & Richard Posner

  2. Gary Ackerman & Donald Rumsfeld

  3. Gary Ackerman & Frank Pallone

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C

Who among the following has not been conferred the Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian award this year?

  1. Gangubai Hangal

  2. C. Rangarajan

  3. B. K. S. Lyengar

  4. Kishori Amonkar


Correct Option: C

Architect of India’s missile programme, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam was denied professorship at which of the following premier institutes in India?

  1. IIM, Kolkata

  2. IIT, Chennai

  3. IISc, Bangalore

  4. None of these

  5. All of these


Correct Option: C

First Chief of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), considered to be the doyen of Indian intelligence services, who died in January 2002, was

  1. Rameshwar Nath Rao

  2. Vishambhar Nath Rao

  3. B. N. Mallick

  4. Rakesh Sood

  5. S. K. Joshi


Correct Option: A

ATP World Doubles Championship was held during January-February in

  1. Bangalore

  2. Chennai

  3. Kolkata

  4. New Delhi

  5. Bihar


Correct Option: D

Who among the following is the present CMD of BSNL?

  1. D. P. S. Seth

  2. P.C. Sharma

  3. Anil Aggarwal

  4. Shyamal Dutta

  5. R. Chidambaram


Correct Option: A

Who among the following is the youngest cricketer to claim 400 Test wickets?

  1. C. Ambrose

  2. S. Warne

  3. Wasim Akram

  4. M. Muralitharan

  5. Sachin Tendulker


Correct Option: B

Which of the following sports-persons has recently ended his long association with the International sports shoe and clothes manufacturer, Nike?

  1. Marat Safin

  2. Pete Sampras

  3. Todd Martin

  4. Ian Thorpe

  5. Andre Agassi


Correct Option: B

In the Fa Femina Miss India 2002 contest held in Hyderabad in January, who among the following won the Miss India-World title?

  1. Neha Dhupia

  2. Shruti Sharma

  3. Anjali Gupta

  4. Reshmi Ghosh

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B

In which of the following cities, World Book Fair was held during January-February 2002?

  1. Kolkata

  2. Banglaore

  3. New Delhi

  4. Chennai


Correct Option: C

Yves Saint Laurent, who was in the news during January 2002, is

  1. Fashion designer

  2. Pop Star

  3. Politician

  4. Painter

  5. Musician


Correct Option: A

Who among the following had built the “Rajeshwara Temple” of Tanjore?

  1. Cholas

  2. Pandyas

  3. Chalukyas

  4. Rashtrakutas


Correct Option: A

Which of the following third-generation communication satellite was launched in January 2002 by India from Kourou in French Guyana?

  1. INSAT-2D

  2. INSAT-3B

  3. INSAT-3C

  4. INSAT-3D

  5. INSAT-2E


Correct Option: C

Who among the following is the winner of the 68th Senior National Snooker Championship?

  1. Ashok Shandilya

  2. Alok Kumar

  3. Maman Chandra

  4. Subhash Kumar

  5. Vinod Gupta


Correct Option: B

Who among the following is not the recipient (Posthumous) of Ashok Chakra award announced in 2002?

  1. Santosh Kumar

  2. Kamlesh Kumari

  3. M. S. Negi

  4. R. P. Gupta

  5. M.S.Swaminathan


Correct Option: D

XXXII National Games are scheduled to be held in which of the following cities?

  1. Hyderabad & Secunderabad

  2. Chandigarh & Mohalianpur

  3. Lucknow & Kanpur

  4. Bhubaneswar & Cuttack

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A

Leading Punjabi novelist, Dr. Dalip Kaur Tiwana's novel 'Katha Kaho Urvashi' was selected in January 2002 for which of the following awards?

  1. Shankar Puraskar-2001

  2. Sarawati Samman-2001

  3. Sanskriti Awards-2001

  4. Bihari Puruskar-2001


Correct Option: B

Who among the following has refused to accept the Padma Bhushan award announced by the government in January 2002?

  1. Habib Tanveer

  2. K.K. Venugopal

  3. Sitara Devi

  4. M.K. Rasgotra

  5. None of these


Correct Option: C

The abbreviation IGMDP stands for

  1. Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme

  2. International Guided Missile Development Programme

  3. Integrated Guided Missile Design Programme

  4. None of these

  5. All of these


Correct Option: A

'The Shadow of Kamakhya's is a book written by

  1. Arindam Chaudhary

  2. Indira Goswami

  3. Swarna Jayawwera

  4. S. P. Sondh


Correct Option: C

By which of the following designations was the PM known during the reign of Akbar?

  1. Sadr-us-Sadr

  2. Mir. Bakshi

  3. Mansabdar

  4. Vakil

  5. None of these


Correct Option: D

Who among the following won the runners-up prize in the Australian Open 2002 Women's Singles Tennis final in Melbourne?

  1. Jennifer Capriati

  2. Mary Pierce

  3. Martina Hingis

  4. Lindsay Davenport


Correct Option: A

At which of the following places UGC has agreed in principle to set up a National Centre for Human Genome and National Centre for History of Science respectively?

  1. Panjab University (in Chandigarh) & University of Mysore

  2. University of Mysore & University of Rajasthan

  3. Pune of Mysore & University of Delhi

  4. Punjab University (in Chandigarh) & University of Mysore

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A

Who among the following is the U.S. Commander of the Afghan War?

  1. Gen. Tommy Franks

  2. Gen. Paul Anchari

  3. Gen. Anthony Franks

  4. Gen. Nigel Perez

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B

Journalist “Daniel Pearl”, who was abducted in Pakistan, is a reporter of

  1. New York Times

  2. Wall Street Journal

  3. Independent

  4. Observer


Correct Option: B

Vegetative propagation

  1. is an ancient practice

  2. is a more rapid, easier and cheaper method of propagating plants.

  3. enables rapid reproduction of genetic variation

  4. gives rise to genetically uniform propagation called the clone.

  5. None of these


Correct Option: D

When one of the following was set up during the Seventh Five-year Plan to help the low income groups?

  1. NABARD

  2. Regional Rural Bank

  3. National Housing Bank

  4. UTI Bank

  5. PNB


Correct Option: A

Which one of the following items fetches the maximum foreign exchange for India?

  1. Tea

  2. Oil cakes

  3. Fish and fish products

  4. Spices

  5. Coffee


Correct Option: A

The Sindh ruler who was defeated by the Arabs was

  1. Dahar

  2. Chach

  3. Chandra

  4. Jaisiya

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A

Asoka expressed regret over the bloodshed in his conquest of Kalinga in his edict referred to as the

  1. Pillar Edict VII

  2. Minor Rock Edict I

  3. Lumbini Pillar Edict

  4. Rock Edict XIII

  5. None of these


Correct Option: D

Consider the following statement: For photosynthesis, plants require

  1. sunlight 2. carbon dioxide
  2. oxygen 4. water Of these statements
  1. 1,2,3, and 4 are correct

  2. 1 and 2 are correct

  3. 1, 2 and 4 are correct

  4. 3 and 4 are correct

  5. 2 and 3 are correct


Correct Option: C

Which day was celebrated as the commonwealth day in 2002?

  1. February 24, 2002

  2. February 26, 2002

  3. March 5. 2002

  4. March 11, 2002

  5. April 6, 2002


Correct Option: D

Match List I (locations) with List II (industries) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists List I List II A. Bhagalpur 1. Cement B. Sahjanwan 2. Sugar C. Satara 3. Jute D. Dwaraka 4. Silk

  1. A-4 B-3 C-2 D-1

  2. A-1 B-2 C-3 D-4

  3. A-4 B-2 C-3 D-1

  4. A-1 B-3 C-2 D-4


Correct Option: A

The A. Natarajan committee has been appointed to

  1. Look into the issue of sugar decontrol.

  2. Examine the new auto policy.

  3. Scrutinize the food procurement policy.

  4. Report on the cause of the helicopter crash that killed G.M.C Balayogi

  5. None of these


Correct Option: D

Which of the following statements is/are correct? Breathing is an essential process of life because it

  1. brings to the blood the oxygen needed by the cells for cellular respiration
  2. rids the body of carbon dioxide
  3. promotes combination with oxygen in the lungs
  4. aids in the transport of carbon dioxide from the tissues Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
  1. 4 alone

  2. 1 and 2

  3. 1, 2 and 3

  4. 1, 2, 3, and 4

  5. None of these


Correct Option: D

The swap ratio fixed for RIL, RPL merger is

  1. 1 : 2

  2. 1 : 6

  3. 1 : 9

  4. 1 : 11

  5. 1 : 3


Correct Option: D

What is the contribution of non-conventional energy in the total installed grid capacity in the country?

  1. 1%

  2. 3%

  3. 5%

  4. 10%

  5. 15%


Correct Option: B

For e-mail spamming, a teenager was recently booked under which section of IT Act 2000?

  1. Section 2

  2. Section 14

  3. Section 66

  4. Section 72

  5. Section 15


Correct Option: C

The famous personality who served a one day jail term for contempt of court

  1. Medha Patkar

  2. Amitabh Bachchan

  3. Khushwant Singh

  4. Arundhati Roy

  5. None of these


Correct Option: D

Which of the following combinations is not correctly matched about Oscar awards 2002?

  1. Best Film- A Beautiful Mind

  2. Best Director - Ron Howard

  3. Best Actor - Denzel Washington

  4. Best Actress- Jennifer Connelly


Correct Option: D

Which site will be developed as an international destination for tourism as per the latest Budget?

  1. Aihole

  2. Panchmarchi

  3. Khajuraho

  4. Hampi

  5. None of these


Correct Option: D

The international women's day is celebrated on

  1. March 8

  2. March 10

  3. March 12

  4. March 14


Correct Option: A

Which news channel was launched in February 1998?

  1. Star News

  2. Zee News

  3. Sahara

  4. Sabe TV

  5. Star Plus


Correct Option: A

What is Lakshya?

  1. Surface to Air missile

  2. Surface to Surface missile

  3. Pilotless Aircraft

  4. Doordarshan's educational

  5. None of these


Correct Option: C

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists List I List II A. Pyrolysis 1. Takes place in the absence of oxygen B. Gasification 2. Transfer of solid fuel to gaseous energy carrier C. Biomass liquefaction 3. Direct transfer of solid organic waste to liquid fuel D. Combustion 4. Takes place in the presence of oxygen

  1. A-1 B-2 C-3 D-4

  2. A-2 B-3 C-4 D-1

  3. A-1 B-3 C-2 D-4

  4. A-3 B-2 C-1 D-4


Correct Option: A
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