Food Corporation Of IndiaGeneral Awareness Questions PapersQ.1.What is the population of India ?

1. 98 crores2. More than 2 billion3. More than 1 billion4. Less than 96 crores5. 96 croresQ.2.Thermostat is an instrument used to"

1. measure flow of current2. measure intensity of voltage3. regulate temperature4. regulate velocity of sound5. None of theseQ.3.Wimbledon Trophy is associated with"

1. Football2. Cricket3. Hockey4. Basketball5. Lawn TennisQ.4.GNP stands for"

1. Gross National Product2. Group Net Product3. Grand Nuclear Process4. Group Networking Process5. None of theseQ.5.'Acoustics' is the science of the study of"

1. Light2. Sound3. Electricity4. Magnetism5. None of theseQ.6.Noise pollution is measured in the unit called"

1. micron2. nautical miles3. ohms4. ampere5. decibelQ.7.'Heavy Water' is used in which of the following types of industries ?

1. Sugar2. Nuclear Power3. Textile4. Coal5. None of theseQ.8.Who amongst the following is the author of the book 'Indomitable Spirit'?

1. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam2. Dr. Manmohan Singh3. Justice K. G. Balakrishna4. Mr. Natwar Singh5. None of theseQ.9.Which of the following is not the name of popular IT/Software Company ?

1. Wipro2. Mastek3. Toyota4. IBM5. InfosysQ.10.'Yen' is the currency of"

1. South Korea2. China3. Indonesia4. Malaysia5. None of theseQ.11.Baichung Bhutia whose name was in news is a well known"

1. Music Director of Indian films2. English author of Indian origin3. Journalist4. Politician5. Sports PersonalityQ.12.'Richter Scale' is used to measure which of the following ?

1. Intensity of Tsunami Waves2. Intensity of Earthquake3. Density of salt in Sea water4. Flow of electric current5. None of theseQ.13.Which of the following best explains 'e-governance'?

1. Improving the functioning of government2. Teaching government employees the basics of computing3. Delivery of public services through internet4. Framing of cyber-laws of chatting on internet5. Convergence of e-mail and video-conferencingQ.14.CAS is associated with which of the following ?

1. Legal System Reforms2. Piped gas line3. Cable T.V.4. Mobile phone regulation5. None of theseQ.15.Tata Steel recently acquired the Corus, a steel giant situated in"

1. South Africa2. Ukraine3. Australia4. Italy5. BritainQ.16.Which of the following is the abbreviated name of the Organization/Agency working in the field of Space Research ?

1. ISBN2. ISRO3. INTELSET4. INTACH5. None of theseQ.17.'Handshaking' in Networking parlance means"

1. connecting computers to a hub2. distributed Networks3. having same operating system on different computers4. sending e-mail5. None of theseQ.18.VAT stands for"

1. Value And Tax2. Value Added Tax3. Virtual Action Tasks4. Virtual Assessment Technique5. None of theseQ.19.Alzheimer's diseaseistheailment of which of the following organs /parts of the human body ?

1. Kidney2. Heart3. Liver4. Stomach5. BrainQ.20.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 ?

1. U.S.A.2. China3. India4. Britain5. None of theseQ.21.Which of the following books has been written by Bill Gates ?

1. Microsoft Secrets2. The Road Ahead3. The Elephant Paradigm4. e-commerce5. None of theseQ.22.Which of the following is the name of the social network service run by the Google on the internet ?

1. Online Space2. Orkut3. Net-Space4. Wikipedia5. None of theseQ.23.Which of the following states is a relatively new addition ?

1. Goa2. Delhi-Answer3. Uttarakhand4. Himachal Pradesh5. BiharQ.24.DOT stands for"

1. Disc Operating Therapy2. Department of Telephones3. Directorate of Technology4. Damage on Time5. None of these (Dot stands for Department of Telecommunications)Q.25.Which of the following States/ parts of India is completely land locked having no contact with sea ?

1. Karnataka2. Orissa3. Maharashtra4. North-East5. None of theseQ.26.TRAI regulates the functioning of which of the following services ?

1. Telecom2. Trade3. Port4. Transport5. None of theseQ.27.At present for the ATMs in India, the most commonly used net-work communication mode is"

1. Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT)2. General Packet Radio Ser-vice (GPRS)3. Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)4. Dial-in Connection5. None of theseQ.28.Which of the following is not a foreign bank operating in India ?

1. DBS Bank Ltd.2. Sonali Bank3. J. P. Morgan Chase Bank4. Shinhan Bank5. All are Foreign BanksQ.29.Who is the author of the book 'Future Shock' ?

1. Alvin Toffler2. Tom Peters3. Napoleon Hill4. Kenneth Blanchard5. None of theseQ.30.Apex fares are"

1. more than the normal fare2. less than the normal fare3. offered only to corporate clients4. applicable to late night flights only5. applicable to international flights only

Q.1.Who amongst the following is the Director of the film 'Water' which was in news ?

Vidhu Vinod Chopra Mrinal Sen Gulzar Mahesh Bhatt None of theseQ.2.The 10th plan period is upto"

2007 2008 2009 2010 None of theseQ.3.OPEC is a group of countries which are"

exporting oil producing cotton rich and developed developing and poor nuclear powersQ.4.Intel Company mainly produces"

Hard disks VCDs Monitors Software None of theseQ.5.Who amongst the following is the M.D./Chairman of one of the major Steel Companies ?

Shri L. N. Mittal Shri K. K. Birla Shri Vijaypat Singhania Shri Mukesh Ambani Shri Anil AgarwalQ.6.Who is the President of Nasscom?

Kiran Karnik Narayana Murthy Pramod Desai Devang Mehta None of theseQ.7.Which of the following awards is not given for excellence in the field of literature ?

Booker Prize Nobel Prize Pulitzer Price Arjun Award Bharatiya Gnanpith AwardQ.8.'Singur' which was in news is a place in"

Orissa West Bengal Jharkhand Bihar MaharashtraQ.9.Who amongst the following is the author of the book series named as 'Harry Potter' ?

J. K. Rowling Lindsay Lohan Julia Roberts Sandra Bullock None of theseQ.10.Which of the following Satellites recently dedicated to nation helps Direct to Home Television Service in India ?

Matsat Edusat Insat"4b Insat"IB None of theseQ.11.Many a times we read some news items about the 'West Bank'.'West Bank' is situated at the western side of the river"

Mississippi Amazon Nile Jordan None of theseQ.12.Which of the following phenomenon is considered responsible for 'Global Warming' ?

Greenhouse Gas Effect Fox Fire Dry Farming Radioactivity None of theseQ.13.Which of the following instruments is not issued by a bank ?

Demand Draft Pay Order Debit Card Credit Card National Saving CertificateQ.14.Name of Jyoti Randhawa is associated with which of the following games ?

Golf Badminton Hockey Chess None of theseQ.15.Which of the following Software Companies recently launched its education portal 'Unlimited Potential' in India ?

Microsoft Infosys Wipro TCS None of theseQ.16.Polly Umrigar who died was a well known"

Cricketer Tennis Player Golfer Chess Player Hockey PlayerQ.17.In India Census is done after a gap of every"

Five years Seven years Eight years Ten years Fifteen yearsQ.18.Prof. Muhammad Yunus the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize 2006 is the exponent of which of the following concepts in the field of banking ?

Core Banking Micro Credit Retail Banking Real Time Gross Settlement Internet BankingQ.19.Who amongst the following was India's official candidate for the post of UNO's Secretary General ?

Mr. Shyam Saran Dr. C. Rangarajan Mr. Shashi Tharoor Mr. Vijay Nambiar None of theseQ.20.Mr. Gordon Brown has taken over as the Prime Minister of"

Italy Canada France South Africa BritainQ.21.Which of the following Departments of the Govt. of India is helping banks in disbursement of rural credit by the bank ?

Railways State Road Transports Post and Telegraph Ministry of Health None of theseQ.22.Which of the following organization/agencies has established a fund known as " investor production fund" ?

SEBI NABARD Bombay stock exchange AMFI None of theseQ.23.Who amongst the following is the Head of the RBI at present ?

Mr. M.V.Kamath Mr. Y.V.Reddy Mr. N.R.Narayanmurthy Mr.O.P.Bhatt None of theseQ.24.Majority of rural people still prefer to go to which of the following for their credit needs ?

Money lenders Foreign Bankers NABARD RBI None of theseQ.25.India has different categories of commercial banks.Which of the following is NOT one such categories ?

Private Banks Commodities Banks Nationalized Banks Cooperative Banks Foreign BanksQ.26.Which of the following types of Banks are allowed to operate foreign currency accounts ?(1) Foreign Banks(2) Regional Rural Banks(3) Nationalized Banks

Only 1 Only 2 Only 3 All 1,2and 3 None of theseQ.27.Which of the following countries does not play International Cricket ?

Russia England South Africa Pakistan IndiaQ.28.The money which Govt. of India spends on the development of infrastructure in country comes from the which of the following sources Pick up the correct Statement(s)(1) Loan from World Bank/ADB etc(2) Taxws collected from the people(3) Loan from the RBI

Only 1 Only 2 Only 3 Both 1 and 2 All 1,2 and 3Q.29.The Securities & Exchange Board Of India (SEBI) recently imposed a restriction on money flow in equity through P Notes'.What is the full form of P Notes' ?

Permanent Notes Perchase Notes Participatory-Notes Private Notes None of theseQ.30.Who amongst the following was the captain of the India cricket team who won the Twenty-20 World Cup-2007 ?

Yuvraj Singh M.S.Dhoni Rahul Dravid Saurav Ganguly None of these

Q.1. Reasons for the growth of Regional Political Parties in India is

lack of effective opposition economic disparities among the States failure of the national parties All the aboveQ.2. The first State in India to be formed on linguistic basis is

Andhra Pradesh Odisha Karnataka MaharashtraQ.3. The only Union Territory which has a High Court of its own is

Chandigarh Daman and Diu Delhi LakshadweepQ.4. One of the following subjects is not in the State List

Market and fairs Bankruptcyand insolvency Police and prisons Public health and sanitationQ.5. Who was the founder of the Slave dynasty in India ?

Balban Qutub-ud-din Aibak Muhammad Ghori IltutmishQ.6. Chandragupta Maurya was the

Great-grandfather of Ashoka Brother of Ashoka Father of Ashoka Grandfather of AshokaQ.7. Who was known as Lakh Baksh ?

Iltutmish Raziya Qutub-ud-din Aibak BabarQ.8. Who was the pioneer among the social reformers ?

Ramakrishna Paramhans Swami Vivekanand Raja Rammohun Roy Dayanand SaraswatiQ.9. Which of the following classes did not participate in the Revolt of 1857 ?

1. 1Agricultural labourers2. Money lenders3. Peasants4. Zamindars 2 only 2 and 4 1 only D) land 2Q.10. Pradhanmantri Bharat Jodo Pariyojna is related to

Linking of Rivers Development of Roads Communication Social IntegrationQ.11.The differencebetween G.D.P. at market prices and G.D.P. at factor prices is

Net factor income from abroad Net export Depreciation Net indirect taxesQ.12. With increase in the price of commodity X, the demand of Y decreases. The commodity Y is a/an

inferior good composite good substitute good complementary good13. Match the following List A List Ba. Perfect competition 1. One sellerb. Monopoly 2. Product differentiationc. Discriminating monopoly 3. Homogeneous commodityd. Monopolistic competition 4. Price differentiation

a b c d 4 2 3 1 2 4 1 3 3 1 4 2 1 3 2 4Q.14. Corporate Tax is imposed by

Central Government Both Central and State Government State Government Local GovernmentQ.15. Which one of the following is essential for proper working of democracy?

Responsible and efficient opposition Written constitution Universal adult franchise Parliamentary systemQ.16. The sound of explosions in a distant star is not heard from the Earth because

the frequency of sound produced is below 10 Hz the frequency of sound produced is above 100 kHz there is no continuous medium from the star to Earth the distance of the star is so large that sound intensity falls below the audible rangeQ.17. Combustion is the process in which

only heat is, produced heat and light are produced no heat is produced no light is producedQ.18. In a dynamo

electrical energyis converted to mechanical energy electrical energyis converted to magnetic energy mechanical energy is converted toelectrical energy mechanical energy is converted to heat energyQ.19. Among the materials listed below, sound travels the fastest in

Hydrogen Vacuum Steel WaterQ.20. In an e-mail address, the symbol that is used to separate theuser nameandthe domain nameis

@ # : / /Q.21. CD-ROM is a

Magnetic Memory Secondary Memory Semiconductor Memory Memory RegisterQ.22. pH value of blood is

in between 8 and 9 greater than 10 less than 6 in between 7 and 8Q.23. Great Barrier Reef is situated in

Australia Nova Scotia North Sea Southern ChinaQ.24. In India, the longest day occurs on

April 13 October 13 June 21 March 21Q.25. Which one of the following is not found in new alluvial soil ?

Humus Gas Minerals WaterQ.26. Palghat Gap connects Tamil Nadu with

Kerala Karnataka Andhra Pradesh Both and (B)Q.27. Jodhpur receives less rainfall than Delhi because

Arabian Sea runs parallel to Aravali it is on leeward side of the winds condensationdoes not take place there all of above factorsQ.28. Bamboo is a

Tree Climber Shrub HerbQ.29. Which vitamins are those which if taken in excess can be dangerous as they are stored in the body ?

B Complex E and C B and C A and DQ.30. Which one of the following constitutes two best reasons for distinguishing the living from the non-living?

Respiration and excretion Reproduction and locomotion Irritability and locomotion Growth and locomotionQ.31. The expansion of D.D.T. is

Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloroethane Dichloro Diamine Trichloroethane Dichloro Diphenyl Tetrachloroethane None of the aboveQ.32. Which of the following animals is a parasite?

Amoeba Sponge Plasmodium EarthwormQ.33. Which one of the. following respires by gills ?

Cray-fish Star-fish Silver-fish Jelly-fishQ.34. The book Friends and Foes was written by

Rajmohan Gandhi Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Lord Tennyson Dr. S. RadhakrishnanQ.35. On the lines of Palace on Wheels, a new train Deccan Odyssey isoperatedbetween

Karnataka and Kerala Kerala and Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu and Karnataka Maharashtra and GoaQ.36. Name the famous paper which Gandhiji edited to propagate his ideas.

Harijan Satyagrah Khadi SwadeshiQ.37. The aeroplane that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima was

White Storm Thunder Power Enola Gay Black LightQ.38. Which Indian Commercial Bank became the first in providing mobile ATM Service ?

HDFC Bank SBI ICICI Bank IDBI BankQ.39. Sivakasi, which recently witnessed major explosions in the cracker manufacturing units, is situated in the State of

Kerala Chhattisgarh Tamil Nadu Andhra PradeshQ.40.Who has brought laurels to the country by winning a Silver Medal in the London Paralympic Games in High Jump?

Bhimrao Kesarkar Devendra Singh Joginder Singh Bedi H. N. GirishaQ.41. Sunita Williams has set the record for the maximum number of space-walks by a woman astronaut recently. The exact number of the walks is

5 4 7 6Q.42. Who among the following Indian economists has recently been appointed as the Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of theWorld Bank?

B. B. Bhattacharya Jagdish Bhagwati Raghuram Rajan Kaushik BasuQ.43. When water is heated from 0C to 10C, the volume of water

decreases steadily increases steadily first increases then decreases first decreases then increasesQ.44. From which of the following endocrine glands is GTH secreted ?

Adrenal gland Islets of Langerhans in pancreas Pituitary gland Thyroid glandQ.45. Which of the following is an acid?

H2O Na2CO3 HZSO4 NaClQ.46. Which of the following is the major component of ecosystem ?

Biotic Abiotic Energy All of the aboveQ.47.There has been an increasing incidence of floods in Northern India in recent years because

there has been increase in deforestation in the catchment area the rate of silting of, dams has gone up there has been an increase in annual rainfall the ice has been melting faster due to slight increase inatmospherictemperatureQ.48. Which of the following is the most dangerous pollutant ?

Carbon dioxide Sulphur dioxide Carbon monoxide Nitrous oxideQ.49. Which country loses highest amount oftop soilfrom its crop lands due to erosion ?

Brazil U.S.A. China IndiaQ.50. Ajanta-Ellora Caves are situated near

Ajmer Aurangabad Patna Jaipur

. Who of the following brought the Sikh Kingdom of Punjab under direct British rule by an official proclamation?

Lord Hastings LordCornwallis Lord Minto Lord Dalhousie2. India is comparatively not rich in which one of the following minerals compared to the other three?

Bauxite Copper Iron Manganese3. Among the following, which one has recorded the highest population growth rate during 1991-2001?

Arunachal Pradesh Manipur Nagaland Sikkim4. In which one of the following regions does the Indus river originate?

Laddakh Lahaul Nepal Tibet5. What is the term used to denote thetemperatureat which the water vapour present in the atmosphere is sufficient to saturate?

Condensationpoint Dew point Sublimation point Saturation point6. The earths reflectivity of solar radiation, termed albedo, is highest in which one of the following?

Cropland Forest area Sand desert Snow area7. Who of the following wrote the book Precepts of Jesus?

Raja Rammohan Roy Devendranath Tagore Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar Keshab Chandra Sen8. Who for the first time saw bacteria through amicroscopemade by himself?

Anton van Leeuwenhoek Louis Pasteur Robert Hooke Robert Virchow9. Which of the following contain enzymes for cellular respiration?

Dictyosomes Endoplasmic reticula Lysosomes Mitochondria10. To which of the following types of animals are Salamanders closely related ?

Dolphinsand Whales Frogs and Toads Prawns and Crabs Seals and Walruses11. Which one of the following statements is correct? A seed is a ripened

ovary flower gynoecium ovule12. Historical materialism is a tenet of which one of the following political theories ?

Capitalism Liberalism Fascism Marxism13. What is Look East Policy often in the news?

Government of Indiasinitiative forthe infrastructural development in the North Eastern States Indias search foroil and gasin its Eastern shoreline Indias collaboration with some East Asian countries in the exploration ofoil and gas Indias continuing pursuit of close relations with South-East Asian countries14. Who of the following published a famous pamphlet known as Right of Mass and urged the people in England, America and France to fight for their liberty ?

Thomas Jefferson Thomas Paine John Locke Jean Jacques Rousseau15. Who of the following invented the cotton gin that separates the seeds from cotton three hundred times faster than by hand?

EliWhitney George Stephenson McAdam James Watt16. Whose duty is it to recommend to the President of India on the issue of the distribution and allocation of the net proceeds of taxes in the context of Centre State fiscal relations ?

Planning Commission National Development Council Union Ministryof Finance Finance Commission17. In the Union Government, under whose charge is the Cabinet Secretariat?

The Minister of Parliamentary Affairs The President of India The Prime Minister of India The Union Home Minister18. Which Five-Year Plan had an objective of Rapid Industrialization with particular emphasis on development of basic and heavy industries?

First Third Second Fourth19. Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the given rulers of ancient India?

Ashoka Kanishka Milinda Milinda Ashoka Kanishka Ashoka Milinda Kanishka Milinda Kanishka Ashoka20. Which one of the following is not a disease caused by virus?

Bird-flu Chickenpox Cholera Dengue21. In terms of the evolution of organisms,which one among following is the most advanced?

Bat Shark Pigeon Vulture22. Which one of the following is not a genetic disorder?

Colour blindness Downs syndrome Hemophilia Xerophthalmia23. Which one of the following is an enzyme?

Gastrin Keratin Trypsin Vasopressin24.In human body,which one of the following secretes hormones as well as digestive enzymes ?

Oesophagus Pancreas Spleen Large intestine25. In the human body, which of the following store / stores extra blood for release whenshortages occur?

Liver Pancreas Spleen Lymph nodes26. A bullet travelling horizontally hits a block kept at rest on a horizontal surface & gets embedded into it, the two together then move with a uniform velocity. Which one of the following conservation laws holds?

Conservation of angular momentum Conservation of kinetic energy Conservation of linear momentum Conservation of velocity27. Which one of the following is correct? A negatively charged glass rod has always

less electrons than protons less electrons than neutrons less protons than electrons less neutrons than protons28. Who among the following was sent by Lord Hardings to South Africa to plead the cause of Indians led by the young Gandhi?

B. G. Tilak G. K. Gokhale M. G. Ranade Motilal Nehru29. Which one of the following is not a current of North Atlantic Ocean?

Falkland Current Canary Current Labrador Current Gulf Stream30. Which one of the following States does not share boundary with Jharkhand ?

Chattisgarh Madhya Pradesh Orissa Uttar Pradesh31. Through which States does Vamsadhara river flow?

Andhra Pradesh and Chattisgarh only Chattisgarh and Orissa only Andhra Pradesh and Orissa only Andhra Pradesh, Chattisgarh and Orissa32. Whose entry into India resulted in the introduction of maize crop in India?

Dutch English French Portuguese33. The efforts of who of the following led to the Age of Consent Act, 1891?

Rabindranath Tagore M. G. Ranade Surendra Nath Bannerjee Mulbari34.What was the name of the party formed by Subhas Chandra Bose after leaving Indian National Congress?

Congress Socialist Party Forward Bloc Indian National Conference Swaraj Party35. Among the following who was a prominent leader of Khilafat Movement?

Jawaharlal Nehru Mahatma Gandhi Rajendra Prasad Vallabhbhai Patel36. Who was the architect of the Drain Theory and the author of the book Poverty & Un-British Rule in India?

Dadabhai Naoroji Gopal Krishna Gokhale Abul Kalam Azad Ramesh Chandra Dutt37. The Civil Disobedience Movement started with which of the following?

No-tax campaign in Bardoli district Demonstration of Akali Sikhs at Nabha Demonstration against the Simon Commission Dandi March38. The most abundant gas in the atmosphere is

Oxygen Nitrogen Hydrogen Carbon dioxide39. Which dance form are Birju Maharaj and Gopi Krishna renowned for?

Kathak Chhau Kathakali Odissi40.Which is the official language of the Union Territory of Lakshadweep?

Tamil Marathi Malayalam Konkani41. Who is known as the Father of Indias missile programme?

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam R. Santhanam Raja Ramanna Homi Bhabha42. The birthday of which sportsperson is celebrated as National Sports Day?

Sunil Gavaskar PT. Usha Prakash Padukone Dhyan Chand43. Who among the following holds a record of the fastest 100 test wickets taken by an Indian bowler?

Erapalli Prasanna Bhagawat Chandrasekhar Bishan Singh Bedi Kapil Dev44 In which city were the first Asian Games held?

Bangkok Kuala Lumpur New Delhi Moscow45. The First Five Year Plan covered the period

1951-56 1952-57 1947-52 1950-5546. The breadth of the railway broad gauge is approximately

1.67m 1.33m 2.00m 1.83m47. Modulation used in a GSM mobile phone is

PSK BPSK MSK GMSK48. The light in optical fibre cable propagates due to

Refraction Diffraction Total internal reflection Interference49. When a TV receiver is switched n, the picture comes late, Why ?

Video bandwidth is large Video signal takes longer to arrive Electron emission takes time All of the above.50. Seismograph is used in the study of

Moon Earthquake Floods Tides