J. N. Choudhury NSG, Arvind Ranjan CISF gets new chiefs

NSG, CISF get new chiefs


Senior IPS officer J.N. Choudhury has been appointed as head of National Security Guard (NSG) in place of Arvind Ranjan who will take over as the full-time chief of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).

The Union Home Ministry issued the orders today on the appointments to the two important central security forces.

Mr. Choudhury, who has been appointed as the

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SSC FCI Combined Assistant Grade III Exam GK Solved Paper

Staff Selection Commission : Food Corporation of India (FCI)

Combined Assistant Grade-III Exam 2012

General Awareness Question Paper (Fully Solved)

l. Reasons for the growth of Regional Political Parties in India is–
(A) lack of effective opposition (B) economic disparities among the States
(C) failure of the national parties (D) All the above
Ans : (D)

2. The first State in India to be

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General Awareness Questions and Answers for Bank PO 2014

General Knowledge Questions with Answers



1. Supercouductors are those elements–
(A) whose conductivity is intermediate between metals and insulators
(B) whose resistance falls almost to zero at very low temperatures
(C) which turn into insulators at very low temperatures
(D) which conduct electricity only at super-high temperatures
Answer: whose resistance falls almost to zero at very

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General Awareness Questions and Answers for Bank Clerk Exams

General Knowledge Questions with Answers



1. The book ‘Trutb, Love and A Little Malice’ written by–
(A) Tarun Tejpal (B) Vikram Seth
(C) Khushwaut Singh (D) Nirad C. Chaudhuri
Answer: Khushwaut Singh '; return false;">See Answer:

2. In which of the following years was General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
(GATT) absorbed into the World Trade Organisation (WTO) ?
(A) 1991 (B) 1995
(C)

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General Awareness Questions with Answers for Bank Exams

General Knowledge Questions with Answers



1. With which of the following books is Hobbes associated ?
(A) Lactures on Jurisprudence
(B) Social Contract
(C) Republic
(D) Leviatban
Answer: Leviatban'; return false;">See Answer:

2. In which year were the Indian States reorganised on the linguistic basis?

(A) 1947 (B) 1951
(C) 1956 (D) 1966
Answer: 1956 '; return false;">See Answer:

3. Who

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General Awareness and Aptitude Questions and Answers 2014

General Knowledge Questions with Answers



1. Which one- of the following items is not included in the current account of
India’s Balance of Payments?
(A) Short-term commercial borrowings
(B) Non-monetary gold movements
(C) Investment income
(D) Transfer payments
Answer: Non-monetary gold movements '; return false;">See Answer:

2. Engel’s Law states the relationship between–
(A) quantity

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General Awareness Questions with Answers for SSC Exam 2014

General Knowledge Questions with Answers



1. As per the National Sample Survey Organisation findings released in June
2013, with regard to monthly per capita expenditure, which of the following
States comes into the first three?
(A) Maharashtra (B) Gujarat
(C) Kerala (D) Madhya Pradesh
Answer: Kerala '; return false;">See Answer:

2. Who among the following was not a party to the league

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General Knowledge Questions with Answers 2014

General Knowledge Questions with Answers



1. In which of the following years the Fundamental Duties have been added to
the existent Fundamental Rights in the Constitution of India?
(A) 1965 (B) 1976
(C) 1979 (D) 1982
Answer: 1976 '; return false;">See Answer:

2. Which one of the following is the example of sedimentary rocks?
(A) Loess (B) Basalt
(C) Granite (D) Gabbro
Answer: Loess ';

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UPSC Important General Knowledge Questions with Answers

General Knowledge Questions with Answers


1. Blood cancer is otherwise known as–
(A) Anaemia (B) Polycythemia
(C) Leucopenia (D) Leukaemia
Answer: Leukaemia '; return false;">See Answer:

2. For which community were seats reserved by the Morley-Minto reforms?
(A) Jews (B) Muslims
(C) Christians (D) Sikhs
Answer: Muslims '; return false;">See Answer:

3. Whose achievements are recorded in

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General Knowledge Questions with Answers 2014

General Knowledge Questions with Answers



1. The branch of biology dealing with the study of cells is known as–
(A) Cytology (B) Histology
(C) Psychology (D) Physiology
Answer: Cytology '; return false;">See Answer:

2. The study of extinct animals is called–
(A) Herpetology (B) Ornithology
(C) Geology (D) Palaeontology
Answer: Palaeontology '; return false;">See Answer:

3. The medical

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Important General Knowledge Questions for Competitive Exams

General Knowledge Questions with Answers



1. When formaldehyde and potassium hydroxide are heated, we get–
(A) Acetylene (B) Methyl alcohol
(C) Methane (D) Ethyl formate
Answer: Methyl alcohol '; return false;">See Answer:

2. The enzyme in whose presence glucose and fructose are converted into alcohol
is–
(A) Diastase (B) Maltase
(C) Invertase (D) Zymase
Answer: Zymase '; return

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General Knowledge Questions for Competitive Exams 2014

General Knowledge Questions with Answers



1. An astronaut in outer space will observe sky as–
(A) White (B) Black
(C) Blue (D) Red
Answer: Black '; return false;">See Answer:

2. Which one of the following lenses should be used to correct the defect of
astigmatism ?
(A) Cylindrical lens (B) Concave lens
(C) Convex lens (D) Bifocal lens
Answer: Bifocal lens '; return false;">See Answer

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Cabinet Ministers of India 2014 (Latest)

Mallikarjun Kharge
Railways


Oscar Fernandes
Road and HighwaysLabour and Employment (Additional charge)




Cabinet Ministers

Dr. Manmohan Singh : Prime Minister, Personnel, Public Grievances and
Pensions, Planning, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space
Beni Prasad Verma : Steel
Jairam Ramesh : Rural Development
V. Kishore Chandra Deo : Panchayati

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Forthcoming Competitive Exams : 2014

December
● Joint CSIR-UGC Test for Junior research Fellowship and Eligibility for
Lectureship (December 22)
● S.S.C. Stenographers Grade 'C' and 'D' Exam., 2013 (December 29)
● Rajasthan Teacher Eligibility Test, 2013 (December 29)
● UGC-NET/JRF Exam. (December 29)
● Rajasthan Nagar Palika Selection Service Commission Assistant
Programmer and Information Assistant Competitive Exam, 2013 (

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Chief Ministers and Governors of Indian States 2014

Capitals, Governors and Chief Ministers of Indian States


States CapitalsGovernorsChief Ministers
(1) Andhra PradeshHyderabadMr. E.S.L.NarasimhanMr. N.Kiran Kumar Reddy
(2) Arunachal PradeshItanagarLieutenant General (Retd) Nirbhay SharmaMr. Nabam Tuki
(3) AssamDispurMr. J. B. PatnaikMr. Tarun Gogoi
(4) BiharPatnaMr. D. Y. PatilMr. Nitish Kumar
(5) ChhattisgarhRaipurMr. Shekhar DuttDr. Raman

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Space & Solar System Quiz Questions Answers : Science Quizzes

Space Science Quiz 

1. The planet Neptune, discovered in 1846 and yet to complete its circuit, will
be back at the position where it was first observed until the year–
(A) 2001 (B) 2011
(C) 2021(D) 2031
Answer: 2011 '; return false;">See Answer:

2. The planet Jupiter takes about ........................ to complete one
revolution in its orbit around the Sun.
(A) 11.86 years (B) 248

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Nelson Mandela, Former South African president, Dies aged 95

Nelson Mandela, the revered icon of South Africa's anti-apartheid struggle and a towering figure of 20th century politics, died on Thursday aged 95.

The Nobel Peace laureate, who was elected South Africa's first black president after spending nearly three decades as a political prisoner, died at his Johannesburg home surrounded by his family, after a long battle against lung infection.

The

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Solar System Quiz Questions and Answers : Science Quizzes

Space Science Quiz

1. The Sun shines vertically on the Equator–
(A) Throughout the year (B) Four times a year
(C) Twice a year (D) Once a year
Answer: Twice a year '; return false;">See Answer:

2. The three planets nearest to the Sun in the correct order are–
(A) Mercury, Earth, Mars (B) Mercury, Venus, Jupiter
(C) Mercury, Venus, Earth (D) Mercury, Venus, Mars
Answer: Mercury, Venus,

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Solar System Quiz Questions Answers : Science Quizzes

Space Science Quiz 

1. The distance between the Earth and the Sun is greatest during–
(A) Aphelion (B) Perihelion
(C) Winter Solstice (D) Summer Solstice
Answer: Aphelion '; return false;">See Answer:

2. Which of the following is the brightest star in our Solar system?
(A) Proxima Centauri (B) Canopus
(C) Sirius (D) Arcturus
Answer: Sirius '; return false;">See Answer:

3. The age of

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Space Science Quiz Questions Answers : Science Quizzes

Space Science Quiz

1. When the Sun shines vertically on the whole Arctic circle, it is vertical on
the–
(A) Tropic of Cancer (B) Equator
(C) Tropic of Capricorn (D) None of these
Answer: Tropic of Cancer '; return false;">See Answer:

2. Which of the following gases is most predominant in the Sun?
(A) Hydrogen (B) Nitrogen
(C) Ozone (D) Helium
Answer: Hydrogen '; return false;">See

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Space Quiz Questions and Answers : Science Quizzes

1. The Earth rotates on its axis from–
(A) West to East (B) East to West
(C) South to North (D) North to South
Answer: West to East '; return false;">See Answer:

2. Of the total number of units of solar radiant energy reaching the Earth, how
many units get absorbed in the Earth’s atmosphere itself ?
(A) 17 units (B) 21 units
(C) 34 units (D) 14 units
Answer: 14 units '; return false;">See

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