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Quick Quiz
MAC digits are used in relation to velocity
(a) of sound
(b) of vessel
(c) of aircraft
(d) of spacecraft
Option c – of aircraft
Decibel is
(a) a musical instrument
(b) an instrumental voice
(c) a unit of measurement of sound level
(d) a wavelength of noise
Option c – a unit of measurement of sound level
The frequency of audible waves is
(a) less than 20 Hz
(b) more than 20 Hz
(c) more than 20,000 Hz
(d) from 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz
Option a – less than 20 Hz
Bats fly in the dark because
(a) Bats produce ultrasonic waves
(b) Bats produce infrasonic waves
(c) Bats produce audible waves
(d) Bats are seen more in the dark
Option a – Bats produce ultrasonic waves
Sound waves cannot move in
(a) water
(b) air
(c) iron
(d) vacuum
Option d – vacuum
The speed of sound is the maximum
(a) in air
(b) in vacuum
(c) in water
(d) in steel
Option d – in steel
The velocity of sound in air is approximately
(a) 330 m/s
(b) 220 m/s
(c) 110 m/s
(d) 232 m/s
Option a – 330 m/s
Who is a writer of ‘Neither a Hawk Nor a Dove’?
(a) Brion May
(b) David J Eicher
(c) Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri
(d) Kapil Ishapuri
Option c – Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri
The book ‘The silent cry’ has been written by whom?
(a) Haruki Murakami
(b) Kenzaburo Oe
(c) John Milton
(d) Micheal Madhusudan Dutta
Option b – Kenzaburo Oe
Who has written the book War and Peace?
(a) RN Tagore
(b) Sarojini Naidu
(c) Leo Tolstoy
(d) Lenin
Option c – Leo Tolstoy
Which of the following novel has not been written by Charles Dickens?
(a) Oliver Twist
(b) Pickwick Peppers
(c) Hard Times
(d) Pride and Prejudice
Option d – Pride and Prejudice
Who is the author of the book ‘India: A Million Mutinies Now’?
(a) VS Naipaul
(b) Mulk Raj Anand
(c) Nirad C Chaudhuri
(d) Amitav Ghosh
Option a – VS Naipaul
Who amongst the following is the author of the book ‘A Bend in the River’?
(a) Chetan Bhagat
(b) VS Naipaul
(c) Kiran Desai
(d) Anita Desai
Option b – VS Naipaul
Who is the author of ‘Two Years, Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights?
(a) Ruskin Bond
(b) Arvind Adiga
(c) VS Naipaul
(d) Salman Rushdie
Option d – Salman Rushdie
Which of the following books is not written by Salman Rushdie?
(a) An Area of Darkness
(b) Shame
(c) Midnight’s Children
(d) The Satanic Verses
Option a – An Area of Darkness
Who is the author of the book ‘Namesake’?
(a) Kiran Desai
(b) Chetan Bhagat
(c) Arundhati Roy
(d) Jhumpa Lahiri
Option d – Jhumpa Lahiri
Who amongst the following is the author of the book “The Lawland’?
(a) Amandeep Sandhu
(b) Vikram Seth
(c) Chetan Bhagat
(d) Jhumpa Lahiri
Option d – Jhumpa Lahiri
………. has written ‘The Red Saree’.
(a) Mamta Banerjee
(b) Javier Moro
(c) Malala Yousazai
(d) Neel Mukherjee
Option b – Javier Moro
The book ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’ has been written by
(a) RK Narayan
(b) Khushwant Singh
(c) George Orwell
(d) None of the above
Option c – George Orwell
The Salesout has been written by whom?
(a) Paul Beatty
(b) Arvind Adiga
(c) Elinor Catton
(d) Howard Jacobson
Option a – Paul Beatty
The book ‘Life of Pi’ has been written by
(a) Yann Martel
(b) Peter kerry
(c) lan Makvin
(d) Paul Barker
Option a – Yann Martel
Famous Nobel Pride and Prejudice has been written by whom?
(a) Jane Austen
(b) George Eliot
(c) Leo Tolstoy
(d) Charles Dicken’s
Option a – Jane Austen
Who is a writer of ‘A passage to India’?
(a) Nirad C Choudhary
(b) EM Forster
(c) Thomas Hardi
(d) Rabindranath Tagore
Option b – EM Forster
‘Mein Kampf is an autobiography of which political leader?
(a) Hitler
(b) Musolini
(c) Bismarck
(d) Maizini
Option a – Hitler
Who has written the book ‘The struggle in My life’?
(a) Nelson Mandela
(b) J L Nehru
(c) Balgangadhar Tilak
(d) George Washington
Option a – Nelson Mandela
‘Long Walk to Freedom is a book written by
(a) Sonia Gandhi
(b) LK Advani
(c) Nelson Mandela
(d) Benazir Bhutto
Option c – Nelson Mandela
‘Freedom From Fear book has been written by whom?
(a) Benazir Bhutto
(b) Corazon Aquino
(c) Aung San Suu Kyi
(d) Nayantara Sehgal
Option c – Aung San Suu Kyi
Who is the author of ‘As You Like It?
(a) Leo Tolstoy
(b) Mulk Raj Aanand
(c) George Bernard Shaw
(d) William Shakespeare
Option d – William Shakespeare
Who was written the book named ‘Origin of Species’?
(a) Watson
(b) Mandal
(c) Charles Darwin
(d) Hutchinson
Option c – Charles Darwin
Who is the author of ‘Adhe-Adhure’?
(a) Mohan Rakesh
(b) Premchand
(c) Nirala
(d) Pant
Option a – Mohan Rakesh
Who has written an autobiography titled ‘Amar Katha’ (1913)?
(a) HD Devagoda
(b) APJ Abdul Kalam
(c) Ganesh Chandra Ghosh
(d) Binodini Dasi
Option d – Binodini Dasi
Book ‘Soj-e-Vatan’ is written by
(a) Mahadevi Verma
(b) Premchand
(c) Sumitranandan Pant
(d) Suryakant Tripathi Nirala
Option b – Premchand
Which of the following is not written by Munshi Premchand?
(a) Gaban
(b) Godan
(c) Guide
(d) Mansarovar
Option c – Guide
Who is the writer of the book ‘Andhayug’?
(a) Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
(b) Mahaveer Prasad Dwedi
(c) Dharmveer Bharti
(d) Mohan Rakesh
Option c – Dharmveer Bharti
Among the following, which book is written by Phanishwar Nath Renu?
(a) Raag Darbari
(b) Gunaho Ka Devta
(c) Maila Aanchal
(d) Andha Yug
Option c – Maila Aanchal
Who is the writer of Madhushala?
(a) Jai Shankar Prasad
(b) Ramdhari Singh ‘Dinkar’
(c) Mahadevi Verma
(d) Harivansh Rai Bachchan
Option d – Harivansh Rai Bachchan
Which of the following is correctly matched? I. PIK – Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research II. NTCA – National Tiger Conservation Agency III. UHV – Ultra High Voltage
(a) Only I
(b) I and III
(c) Only II
(d) I, II, and III
Option b – I and III
Which of the following is correctly abbreviated? I. MODEM – Modulator demodulator II. MP -Member of Parliament III. MPEG Motion Picture Experts Group IV. MRCP – Member of the Royal College of Physicians
(a) II and III
(b) Only III
(c) Only I
(d) All of these
Option d – All of these
Consider the following. I. ICJ – International Court of Justice II. ICMR – Indian Council of Medical Research III ICSI – Indian Company Secretaries Institute IV. IDA – International Development Agency
(a) All are right
(b) II and III
(c) I, II, and III
(d) None of these
Option a – All are right
Which of the following is not correctly abbreviated? I. APECF – Asia Pacific Exchange and Cooperation Foundation II. EGOM – Empowered Group of Ministers III. NEERI – National Environment Engineering Research Institute IV. SRS – Sample Registration System
(a) Only II
(b) Only III
(c) Only I
(d) None of the above
Option d – None of the above
Consider the following. I. IAEA – International Atomic Energy Agency. II. IARI – Indian Agricultural Research Institute. III. IBRD – International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Which of the above is correct?
(a) I and II
(b) II and III
(c) I and III
(d) All of the above
Option d – All of the above
Which of the following is correctly matched? I. DAC – Defence Acquisition Council II. NPA – Non-performing Assert III. ESIC – Employee State Insurance Corporation IV. GIAN – Global Initiative of Academic Networks Codes
(a) I and II
(b) I, II, and III
(c) II and III
(d) All of these
Option d – All of these
Who is the author of the book ‘Conquest of Self’?
(a) Aurobindo Ghosh
(b) Rabindranath Tagore
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) S Radhakrishnan
Option c – Mahatma Gandhi
Who is the author of the book ‘My Experiments with Truth’?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Michael Anderson
(c) Winston Churchill
(d) Jarnes Morris
Option a – Mahatma Gandhi
In which language Mahatma Gandhi had written his biography?
(a) Gujarati
(b) Marathi
(c) Hindi
(d) English
Option a – Gujarati
Which of the following book is written by BR Ambedkar?
(a) The Discovery of India
(b) My Life
(c) Buddha and Karl Marx
(d) Hind Swaraj
Option c – Buddha and Karl Marx
‘Golden Threshold’ and ‘Broken Wings’ are written by
(a) Sarojini Naidu
(b) Indira Priyadarshini
(c) Kalpana Dutta
(d) Lakshmi Sehgal
Option a – Sarojini Naidu
Who had the writer of the book named ‘My Journey: Transforming Dreams into Actions?
(a) Dr APJ Abdul Kalam
(b) JK Rowling
(c) BR Ambedkar
(d) Mani Shankar Aiyar
Option a – Dr APJ Abdul Kalam
Which social reformer has written books ‘Gyanyog’, ‘Karmyog’, and ‘Rajyog’?
(a) Swami Vivekanand
(b) Ramakrishna Paramhansa
(c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(d) Ranade
Option a – Swami Vivekanand
‘Gora’ is authored by
(a) Fadishwarnath Renu
(b) Harivansh Rai Bachchan
(c) Jaishankar Prasad
(d) Rabindranath Tagore
Option d – Rabindranath Tagore
Who is the writer of ‘Post Office’?
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Mulkraj Anand
(c) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(d) Vishnu Sharma
Option a – Rabindranath Tagore
Which of the following books is written by Rabindranath Tagore?
(a) Raktakarabi
(b) Chidambara
(c) Anandmath
(d) Durgesh Nandini
Option a – Raktakarabi
‘Ghare Baire (The Home and the World)’ is written by
(a) Bakim Chandra Chatterjee
(b) Devendranath Tagore
(c) Rabindranath Tagore
(d) Aurobindo Ghosh
Option c – Rabindranath Tagore
Name the story written by Rabindranath Tagore.
(a) Unto This Last
(b) Al Blagh
(c) Aakash
(d) Kabuliwala
Option d – Kabuliwala
Who amongst the following is the author of the classic book ‘Life Divine’?
(a) Ravi Shankar
(b) Swami Vivekananda
(c) Radha Krishnan
(d) Aurobindo Ghosh
Option d – Aurobindo Ghosh
Who among the following has authored the book ‘Hind Swaraj’?
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(d) MG Ranade
Option b – Mahatma Gandhi
What does C stand for in ITCZ?
(a) Circulation
(b) Convergence
(c) Constant
(d) Convection
Option b – Convergence
What is the full form of VVPAT?
(a) Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail
(b) Voter Varying Paper Accountant Trail
(c) Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail
(d) Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Tally
Option a – Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail
INTERPOL stands for
(a) International Police Organisation
(b) International Public Organisation
(c) Indian Police Organisation
(d) Indian Police Officer
Option a – International Police Organisation
Among the given option one of them rightly represent ILO?
(a) International Law and Order
(b) Inter-State Lawful Ordinance
(c) Indian Legal/orientation
(d) International Labour Organisation
Option d – International Labour Organisation
Which of the following is correctly abbreviated? I. ASEAN is Association of South East Asian Nations. II. APEC is Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation.
(a) Only II
(b) I and II
(c) Both I and II
(d) None of these
Option c – Both I and II
Which of the following is not correctly abbreviated? I. GATE- Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering II. GATS General Agreement on Trade and Services III. GDP Gross Domestic Purchase IV. GSM – Global System for Mobile Communications
(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Only III
(d) All of these
Option c – Only III
Which of the following is correctly abbreviated? I. NASSCOM – National Association of Software and Services Companies II. OBC – Other Backward Classes III. OCR – Optical Character Recognition IV. PAN – Permanent Account Number
(a) I and II
(b) II and III
(c) Only I
(d) I, II, III and IV
Option d – I, II, III and IV
Which of the following is correctly abbreviated? I. CBSE – Central Board of Secondary Education II. CCEA Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs III. CCS-Cabinet Committee on Security IV. NASSCOM – National Association of Software and Service Companies
(a) I and II
(b) II and III
(c) None of these
(d) All of these
Option d – All of these
Consider the following UN Organisations. I. UNEP United Nations Educational Programme II. UNESCO – United Nations Economic Society and Cultural Organisation III UNFPA – United Nations Fund for Population Activities IV UNHCR – United Nations High Commission for Refugees Which of the above is wrongly abbreviated?
(a) I and II
(b) II and III
(c) III and IV
(d) I and IV
Option a – I and II
What is the full form of IUCN?
(a) International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resource
(b) Indian Union and Committee of Nature
(c) International Union for Conservation of Nature
(d) Indian Union and Committee of Nature and Natural Resource
Option c – International Union for Conservation of Nature
What is expanded form of am and pm in time?
(a) After Meridiem and Post Meridiem
(b) Ante Meridiem and Post Meridiem
(c) Ante Meridian and Post Meridian
(d) After Meridian and Post Meridian
Option c – Ante Meridian and Post Meridian
Full form of BCCI is
(a) Bank of Credit and Commerce International
(b) Bank of Commerce and Co-operation International
(c) Bank of Central Co-operation International
(d) None of the above
Option a – Bank of Credit and Commerce International
What does ‘A’ stand for in ‘UDAN’, the initiative of the Civil Aviation Ministry?
(a) Aastha
(b) Aam
(c) Air
(d) Aviation
Option b – Aam
Expand the term SWIFT.
(a) Society for Worldwide Telecommunications
(b) society for the Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications
(c) Society for Worldwide International Financial Transfers
(d) Society for Worldwide Interbrain Fiscal Transactions
Option b – society for the Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications
What is the full form of SWR?
(a) Significant Drawing Rights
(b) Special Drawing Rights
(c) Soft Drawing Rights
(d) Small Drawing Rights
Option b – Special Drawing Rights
SIDBI is on acronym of
(a) Small Innovations Development Bankers Institute
(b) Small Industries Developmental banker Institute
(c) Small Industries Development Bank of India
(d) Small Industrial Designed Bank of India
Option c – Small Industries Development Bank of India
C in UNICEF stands for
(a) Chancellor
(b) Charter
(c) Council
(d) Children
Option d – Children
USP Stands for
(a) United Selling Proposition
(b) Unique Service Proposition
(c) Unique Selling Proposition
(d) None of the above
Option c – Unique Selling Proposition
What is the full form of CTBT?
(a) Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
(b) Common Test for Bank Tellers
(c) Computerised Topography and Bio Technology
(d) Common Trading and Business Terminal
Option a – Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
NITI Aayog is a acronym of
(a) National Institution for Transforming India
(b) National Investment for Transforming India
(c) National Institution of Transparent India
(d) National Institution for Turning India
Option a – National Institution for Transforming India
PPP is most dicussed topic during construction of projects. It stands for
(a) Public Private Placement
(b) Public Private Partnership
(c) Public Private Pickup
(d) Public Private Policy
Option b – Public Private Partnership
What do you means by RTGS?
(a) Real Time Gross Settlement
(b) Real Time General Settlement
(c) Run Time Gross Settlement
(d) Regular Time General Settlement
Option a – Real Time Gross Settlement
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