LDE (other) • 2016 • General Knowledge
Insulin was discovered by:
A)
John MacLeod
B)
Frederick G. Banting
C)
Leonard Thompson
D)
Bertram Collip
Insulin was discovered in 1921 by Frederick Banting and Charles Best; Banting and MacLeod won Nobel 1923.
LDE (other) • 2016 • General Knowledge
OGP stands for:
A)
Office of Global Partnership
B)
Open Government Partnership
C)
Oil and Gas Production
D)
Order of Green Partnership
OGP = Open Government Partnership.
LDE (other) • 2016 • General Knowledge
The full form of NeGAP is:
A)
North East Green Awareness Programme
B)
North East Green Augmentation Project
C)
National E-Governance Action Plan
D)
National E-Governance Awareness Project
NeGAP = National e-Governance Action Plan.
LDE (other) • 2016 • General Knowledge
World’s most powerful supercomputer at present is:
A)
Titan, USA
B)
Sequoia, USA
C)
K Computer, Japan
D)
Tianhe-2, China
World's most powerful supercomputer 2016 was Sunway TaihuLight (China).
LDE (other) • 2016 • General Knowledge
Jallikattu is a Bull taming sport played in Tamil Nadu as a part of :
A)
Pongal Festival
B)
Chitthirai Festival
C)
Kavadi Festival
D)
Saaral Vizha
Jallikattu during Pongal Festival in Tamil Nadu.
LDE (other) • 2016 • General Knowledge
Raghuram Rajan was recently awarded 2016 Central Bank of the Year Award (Global and Asia Pacific), which of the following are true?
1. He is the 22nd RBI Governor
2. The award was conferred by The Banker
3. He was awarded for stimulating growth and stabilizing economy
4. He was the Chief Economic Advisor
A)
1, 2 and 3
B)
2, 3 and 4
C)
3 and 4 only
D)
1 and 2 only
Raghuram Rajan is 23rd RBI Governor and won Global and Asia-Pacific Central Banker of the Year 2016 from The Banker/Central Banking; statements 2,3,4 are considered correct in this set.
LDE (other) • 2016 • General Knowledge
Which is the first State Government in India which has set minimum educational qualifications for candidates to contest in the urban local bodies?
A)
West Bengal
B)
Assam
C)
Haryana
D)
Rajasthan
Rajasthan in 2015 became first state to prescribe minimum educational qualifications for contesting urban local bodies and panchayat polls.
LDE (other) • 2016 • General Knowledge
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) on 30 December 2015 announced discovery and assignment of four elements to periodic tables, consider the alternatives-
1. These elements are the first to be added to periodic table since 2011
2. Elements are having atomic numbers 113, 115, 116 and 118
3. Four elements are synthetic in nature
4. They completed the 7th row of the table
A)
1, 2 and 4
B)
1, 3 and 4
C)
1 and 2 only
D)
3 and 4 only
IUPAC 2015 added elements 113,115,117,118 - first since 2011, synthetic, completed 7th period.
LDE (other) • 2016 • General Knowledge
Union Government is going to develop __________ as the spiritual capital to serve the civilisation bond between India and the Buddhist world:
A)
Sarnath
B)
Kushinagar
C)
Nalanda
D)
Bodh Gaya
Bodh Gaya to be developed as spiritual capital for Buddhist world.
LDE (other) • 2016 • General Knowledge
Pollination by wind is known as:
A)
Hydrophily
B)
Anemophily
C)
Ornithophily
D)
Entomophily
Wind pollination Anemophily.
LDE (other) • 2016 • General Knowledge
Printing Press was invented by:
A)
Johannes Gutenberg
B)
Jacobus Gutenberg
C)
Mans Gutenberg
D)
Hesse Gutenberg
Printing press with movable type was invented around 1440 by German Johannes Gutenberg.
LDE (other) • 2016 • General Knowledge
Who has been appointed as Director General of the National Centre for Good Governance?
A)
Dr. Gyanendra D Bandgaiyan
B)
K. Ramakrishna Rao
C)
Y. Sadasivaiah
D)
K. Poornachandra Rao
Dr. Gyanendra D. Bandgaiyan/Badgaiyan was appointed Director General of National Centre for Good Governance.
LDE (other) • 2016 • General Knowledge
Which of the following places is not among the World Heritage List?
A)
Kaziranga National Park
B)
Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
C)
Mountain Railways of India
D)
Siwaliks
Siwaliks not in WH list; Kaziranga, Manas, Mountain Railways are.
LDE (other) • 2016 • General Knowledge
The book ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ is written by:
A)
Gabriel García Márquez
B)
George Graham Márquez
C)
George García Márquez
D)
Gabriel Graham Márquez
'One Hundred Years of Solitude' (1967) is by Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez.
LDE (other) • 2016 • General Knowledge
Who has written the book ‘Principles of Scientific Management’?
A)
Henri Fayol
B)
Elton Mayo
C)
Robert Taylor
D)
F.W. Taylor
'Principles of Scientific Management' (1911) was authored by Frederick Winslow Taylor, father of scientific management.
LDE (other) • 2016 • General Knowledge
The common name of Washing Soda is:
A)
Sodium Bicarbonate
B)
Sodium Carbonate
C)
Sodium Sulphate
D)
Sodium Nitrate
Washing Soda = Sodium Carbonate Na2CO3·10H2O.
LDE (other) • 2016 • General Knowledge
Wangala Festival is an annual post-harvest festival of the
A)
Garos
B)
Mishmis
C)
Bhutias
D)
Tripuris
Wangala post-harvest festival of Garos (Meghalaya).
LDE (other) • 2016 • General Knowledge
What is the ratio of 12 minutes to one hour?
A)
1/4
B)
1/5
C)
2/4
D)
2/5
Ratio 12 min to 60 min =1:5.
LDE (other) • 2016 • General Knowledge
The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) is:
1. Found in 1984 at Mumbai
2. An NGO
3. Registered under the Society Registration Act, 1860
4. UN has awarded special consultative status
A)
1, 2 and 3
B)
1, 3 and 4
C)
2, 3 and 4
D)
3 and 4 only
INTACH founded 1984, NGO for heritage conservation.
LDE (other) • 2016 • General Knowledge
The classical dance Kathakali originated in:
A)
Tamil Nadu
B)
Karnataka
C)
Odisha
D)
Kerala
Kathakali originated in Kerala.
LDE (other) • 2016 • General Knowledge
Who invented Fountain Pen?
A)
Lewis Waterman
B)
Edson Waterman
C)
Paul Waterman
D)
John Waterman
Fountain pen with practical reservoir was invented by Lewis Edson Waterman in 1884.
LDE (other) • 2016 • General Knowledge
Who is the first Muslim Minister for Home Affairs in the Union Cabinet?
A)
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
B)
Syed Shahnawaz Hussain
C)
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
D)
Omar Abdullah
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed became first Muslim Union Home Minister in VP Singh cabinet 1989-90.
LDE (other) • 2016 • General Knowledge
When Iron rusts, its weight :
A)
Increases
B)
Decreases
C)
Remains the same
D)
None of the above
Rusting adds oxygen from air forming Fe2O3·xH2O, weight increases.
LDE (other) • 2016 • General Knowledge
Barak 8 is:
A)
An Indian Navy interceptor missile
B)
An Israel Navy interceptor missile
C)
An US Navy interceptor missile
D)
None of the above
Barak-8 is a long-range surface-to-air missile jointly developed by India (DRDO) and Israel (IAI), so it is not solely Indian or Israeli or US; hence none of the listed options fully describes it.
LDE (other) • 2016 • General Knowledge
Liquefied Petroleum Gas is a mixture of:
A)
Propane and Ethane
B)
Propane and Butane
C)
Propane and Oxygen
D)
Propane and Methane
LPG is mixture of Propane and Butane.
