Test your General Awareness, Current affairs

General Awareness

1. Which is the first Indian Bank to get approval to start
normal banking operation in China?
(1) Indian Bank
(2) Punjab National Bank
(3) Corporation Bank
(4) State Bank of India
(5) Bank of Baroda

2. Who has been appointed as the Chief Minister of Puducherry.
1. V. Vaithilingam
2. Jyoti Basu
3. Kamlesh Sharma
4. Ashok kelkar
5. J.S. Sidhu

3. Who among the following won the 2008 Noble Prize of Peace?
1. Paul Krugman
2. Martin Chalfie
3. George Bush
4. Makoto Kobayashi
5. Martti Ahtisaari

4. Who among the following was elected president of Maldives in the first ever democratic presidential election in the Country?
1. Maumoom Abdul Gayoom
2. Mohammad Anni Nasheed
3. Noor Ghulam Ahmad
4. Mohammad Nasir
5. None of these

5. Baglihar Hydro electric Power project is associated with which state ?
Maharastra
2. Mizoram
3. Assam
Karnataka
None of these

6. 10th Osian Cinefan Festival took place in
1. New Delhi
2. Mumbai
3. Agra
4. Pune
5. Jaipur

7. Sasan Power Project is associated with
1. Anil Ambani
2. Mukesh Ambani
3. Ratan Tata
4. Aditya Birla
5. Nandan Nielkani

8. which of the following country is not a member of G-8?
1. Britain
2. Germany
3. United State
4. Italy
5. All are member of G-8

9. Durand Cup is associated with which game
1. Hockey
2. Badminton
3. Football
4. Cricket
5. Tennis

10. On November 4, Government of India has decided to give the status of National River to
1. Kosi
2. Ganga
3. Yamuna
4. Chenab
5. Jhelum

11. Barack Obama is recently elected as
1. 42nd President of US
2. 43rd president of US
3. 44th President of US
4. 45th Prime Minister of US
5. None of these are correct

12. Recently held Davis Cup won by
1. India
2. Argentina
3. Spain
4. France
5. Germany

13. Why was Jerry Yang in the NEWS recently?
1. He has been appointed as new secretary General of SAARC
2. He is the recently elected president of Maldives.
3. He has won Booker prize recently.
4. He has quit as Yahoo CEO.
5. He is the youngest man to cross British Channel.

14. The second Summit of BIMSTEC took place in
1. Tokyo
2. New Delhi
3. Colombo
4. Hyderabad
5. Jaipur

15. Midnight Children is associated with
1. Arundati Roy
2. Aravind Adiga
3. Salman Rushdie
4. Adam Gilchrist
5. None of these

16. Athletes of the year won by
1. Usain Bolt
2. Yelena Isinbayeva
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Paul Vaulter
5. all of these

17. Singapore Open Golf won by
1. Tiger Wood
2. Jeev Milkha Singh
3. Alberto Contador
4. Chetan Anand
5.None of these

18. Which of the Following Countries are the members of IBSA?
1. India, Britain, Somalia and Australia
2. Indonesia, Britain and South Africa
3. India Brazil and South America
4. India, Brazil and South Africa
5. Indonesia, Britain and South Africa

19. National Consumer Right Day is observed on
1. 24 september
2. 8 september
3. 24 December
4. 8 December
5. 8 March

20. The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency is
1. Baan ki Moon
2. Robert E. Zoelock
3. Mohamed El Baderi
4. Mohammad Anni Ansaari
5. Dalai Lama

Answers
1. 3.
2.1
3. 5
4. 2
5.5
6.1
7. 1
8.
9.3
10.2
11.3
12. 3
13.4
14.2
15.3
16.3
17.2
18.4
19.3
20. 3

True of False

1. Chlorophyll contains Mg.
2. Light reaction takes place in Stroma
3. IGFRI is located in Jhansi.
4. Carotene and Xanthophyll are together called Carotenoids.
5. Krantz type chloroplast lack PS 11
6. American ballworm is Helicoverpa armigera
7. Bemisia tabaci is Cotton white fly
8. White Bud of maize is due to deficiency of Mo.
9. Nabam is a sodium containing fungicide
10. Zineb is a Zinc containing fungicides

Answers

T
F
T
T
T
T
T
F, Zinc
T
10.T

Agriculture Officer Exam Model Paper

Model questions for agriculture officer Exams

1. Lemma + Palea together known as
Panicle
Plumule
Hull
Seed
None of these

2. Miracle Rice in India is
I R 8
T. N 1
Jaya
Padma
Basmati

3. ‘Square’ is the appearance of flower bud in
a. Cotton
b. Okra
c. papaya
d. Custard apple
e. Pine apple

4. The ratio of crop yield to the amount of water depleted by the crop in the process of evapo transpiration is
a. Consumptive Use of water
b. Water Use efficiency
c. Irrigation efficiency
d. all of these
e. None of these

5. Number of agroclimatic zones in India
a. 10
b. 12
c.15
d. 20
e. 11

6. Term ‘Vernalisation’ given by
1. Arnon and Stout
2. Lysenco
3.Stephen Hales
4. Mendel
5. None of these




7. Tax to GDP ratio in India in year 2007-08 is
a. 12
b.19
c.28
d.38
e.49

8. Which one of the following minerals is least weatherable in soil?
a. Olivine
b. Quartz
c.Calcite
d. biotite
e. Lime

9. Peat soils are generally
Black, heavy & acidic
Black, light & basic
Red Light & acidic
Black, heavy & neutral
Red, Heavy and neutral

10. The state Leading in groundnut production is
Gujrat
Rajasthan
Andhra Pradesh
Maharastra
Punjab

11. Tran genetic Plains are found in
Punjab Haryana and shiwalik region
MP and some parts of Rajasthan
Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and hilly areas of U.P.
Nagaland, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh
E. None of these

12. The word Pulse is derived from
Latin
Greek
French
German
Hindi

13. Nucleic acid Phytin Contains element
P
Ca
Mg
Na
K

14. NABARD was started in the year
1968
1974
1978
1982
1989

15.white Grub is the pest of
a. groundnut
b. Sugarcane
c. Rice
d. Mustard
e.wheat

16. which one of the following is the mercurial chemical
a.thiram
b. oxanthins
c. carboxins
d.chloranil
e. all are non mercurials.

17. Phyllody of seasamum is
a. Bacterial disease
b. Fungal disease
c. Mycoplasma disease
d. deficiency disease
e.Nematode disease

18. Mosaic streak of wheat is a
a. Bacterial disease
b. Fungal disease
c. Mycoplasma disease
d. Viral disease
e. Nematode disease

19. Greening disease of citrus is
a. Bacterial disease
b. Fungal disease
c. Mycoplasma disease
d. Viral disease
e. Nematode disease


20.Cnaphalocrosis medindis is also known as
a. White Leaf hopper
b. Paddy Leaf hopper
c. Rice Gall midge
d. Rice Gundhi Bug
e. Rice Army worm

Answers
1. c 2. c 3. a 4. b 5. e
6. 2 7.a 8. b 9.a 10.c
11.a 12.c 13.a 14.d 15.a
16.e 17.c 18.d 19.a 20. b

The World Bank has barred India's Satyam Computer from doing business with it for eight years on the charges of data theft.

Bhaichung Bhutia was chosen the All India Football Federation's Player of the Year.

Bimal Jalan wrote the book"Future of India".

The revolutionary novel"Bandhi jeevan" was written by Sachindra sanyal.

‘Naked In The Wind’ by Brinda Charry has won the Critics Choice Award at the inaugural Indiaplaza Golden Quill Book Awards. ‘If God Was A Banker’ by Ravi Subramanian won the Readers Choice Award.

The OPEC oil cartel agreed to a record output cut of two million barrels a day, the Saudi Arabian oil minister said while non-member producers also ready to slash 600,000 barrels. This is done to check the prices of oil that are at very low levels.

GDP is a measure of the total economic activity in a country. This includes the income of foreign firms in the country, income that may be remitted to the firm’s own country.

GNI is the total income earned by the citizens of a country, regardless of where that money was made.

NNI is simply GNI adjusted for depreciation of the capital resources of a country through wear and tear and damage.

Thus: NNI = GNI – depreciation.

some points for Agriculture officer exam

Export variety of Mango- Alphanso

Seedless variety of Grape- Thompson

Pusa Nanha is a dwarf variety of Papaya

Thornless variety of Rose - Chitra

World's First high yield dwarf export quality aromatic rice- Pusa Basmati 1

First rice dwarf variety introduced in India- IR 8.

First hybrid in the World- ICPH-8(Pigeon Pea)

Wonder cane with recovery approximately 10%- CoC671

Ammendment for acidic soil is Lime.

Ammendment used for Saline soil is Gypsum.

Human Right Day is celebrated on !0th of December.

North Korea has been removed by the USA from its terrorist blacklist recently.

New Governor of Bihar is R L Bhatia.

India have pulled out of their planned cricket tour of Pakistan in the wake of November's terror attacks in Mumbai.
Morgan Stanley loses $2.37 billion in Q4.Morgan Stanley shares fell 7.6 percent in premarket trade.
3G spectrum to be introduced in 29 cities of AP: BSNL
The Government plans to introduce a biometric passport system by 2010, external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee has informed the Upper House of the Parliament.
"We have decided to introduce biometric passport system. We intend to complete the entire process by 2010," he responded during the Question Hour in the Rajya Sabha. This would help check human trafficking he added.