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Q1. Which company manufactures the A-380 aircraft?
कौन सी कंपनी ए -380 विमान बनाती है?
(a) Air Bus Industries / एयर बस इंडस्ट्रीज
(b) Lockheed Martin / लॉकहीड मार्टिन
(c) Raytheon / रेथियॉन
(d) Macdonald Douglas / मैकडोनाल्ड डगलस
Sol. Airbus SAS is a division of the multinational Airbus Group SE that manufactures civil aircraft. It is based in Blagnac, France, a suburb of Toulouse. The company produces and markets the first commercially viable digital fly-by-wire airliner, the Airbus A320, and the world’s largest passenger airliner, the A380.
Q2. Who produced the first gasoline automobile?
प्रथम गैसोलीन ऑटोमोबाइल किसने बनाई?
(a) Gottleib Daimler / गॉटलेब डेमलर
(b) Henry Ford / हेनरी फोर्ड
(c) Rudolf Diesel / रूडोल्फ डीजल
(d) Karl Benz / कार्ल बेंज
Sol. If we had to give credit to one inventor, it would probably be Karl Benz from Germany. Many suggest that he created the first true automobile in 1885/1886.
Q3. Who was associated with the creation of Pentium Chip?
पेंटियम चिप के सृजन से कौन सम्बन्धित था?
(a) Arun Netravalli /अरुण नेत्रवल्ली
(b) Sabeer Bhatia /सबियर भाटिया
(c) C. Kumar Patel /सी कुमार पटेल
(d) Vinod Dham /विनोद धाम
Sol. Vinod Dham is an inventor, entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He is popularly known as the Father of the Pentium chip, for his contribution to the development of highly successful Pentium processors from Intel.
Q4. The leaning temple of Huma is dedicated to which Hindu God?
हुमा का झुका मंदिर किस हिंदू भगवान को समर्पित है?
(a) Shiva / शिव
(b) Rama/ राम
(c) Krishna / कृष्णा
(d) Hanuman/ हनुमान
Sol. The Leaning Temple of Huma in India is the only leaning temple in the world. It is located in Huma, a village situated on the bank of the Mahanadi, 23 km south of Sambalpur in the Indian state of Orissa. The temple is dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva.
Q5. The Secretary – General of the UNO is appointed by the:
यूएनओ (UNO) के महासचिव किसके द्वारा नियुक्त किया गया है:
(a) General Assembly/ महासभा
(b) Security Council/ सुरक्षा परिषद
(c) Trusteeship Council/ ट्रस्टीशिप काउंसिल
(d) None of the above/ उपर्युक्त में से कोई नहीं
Sol. The Secretary-General is appointed by the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Security Council. The Secretary-General’s selection is therefore subject to the veto of any of the five permanent members of the Security Council.
Q6. The journalist who refused to accept ‘Padma Bhushan’ was?
उस पत्रकार का नाम बताईये जिसने ‘पद्म भूषण’ को स्वीकार करने से इनकार कर दिया था?
(a) Shekaran Nair/ शेखरन नायर
(b) Khushwant Singh/ खुशवंत सिंह
(c) Ratan Thiyam/ रतन थियाम
(d) Arun Shourie/अरुण शौरी
Sol. Khushwant Singh was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1974 . In 1984, however he returned the award in protest against the siege of the Golden Temple by the Indian Army (Operation Blue star). In 2007, the Indian government awarded Singh the Padma Vibhushan.
Q7 Silent Spring book was written by:
सायलेंट स्प्रिंग किसके द्वारा लिखी गई है?
(a) Julien Huxley/ जूलियन हक्सले
(b) Jane Goodall/ जेन गुडल
(c) John Seymour/ जॉन सेमुर
(d) Rachel Carson/ राहेल कार्सन
Sol. Silent Spring is an environmental science book by Rachel Carson. The book was published on 27 September 1962 and it documented the detrimental effects on the environment of the indiscriminate use of pesticides.
Q8. Who developed the first working laser?
प्रथम कार्यरत लेजर किसने विकसित किया?
(a) Sir Frank Whittle / सर फ्रैंक व्हिटल
(b) Fred Morrisson / फ्रेड मॉरिसन
(c) Theodore Maiman/ थियोडोर माईमान
(d) Dr. Charles H. Jones / डॉ चार्ल्स एच जोन्स
Q9. March 8th is observed as
8 मार्च को _______मनाया जाता है.
(a) World Environment day / विश्व पर्यावरण दिवस
(b) Heritage day /विरासत दिवस
(c) International Women’s day / अंतर्राष्ट्रीय महिला दिवस
(d) Youth day / युवा दिवस
Q10. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) came into existence with:
_______ के साथ अंतर्राष्ट्रीय मुद्रा कोष (आईएमएफ) अस्तित्व में आया:
(a) Berlin Conference/ बर्लिन सम्मेलन
(b) London Conference/ लंदन सम्मेलन
(c) Brettonwoods Conference/ ब्रेटनवुड सम्मेलन
(d) None of the above/ उपर्युक्त में से कोई नहीं
Q11. Who invented the video-tape?
वीडियो टेप का आविष्कार किसने किया?
(a) Richard James / रिचर्ड जेम्स
(b) Charles Ginsberg / चार्ल्स गिन्सबर्ग
(c) P.T. Farnsworth / पी. टी. फार्न्सवर्थ
(d) Georges De Mestral / जॉर्जेस डी मेस्ट्रल
“द कंपनी ऑफ़ वूमेन’ का लेखक कौन है?
(a) John Gray/ जॉन ग्रे
(b) David Baldacci/ डेविड बाल्डैची
(c) Dick Francis/ डिक फ्रांसिस
(d) Khushwant Singh/ खुशवंत सिंह
Sol. Khushwant Singh, one of India’s most well-known and widely read authors, commenced writing The Company of Women when he was eighty-three and finished at age eighty-five.
सेबी के अध्यक्ष कौन हैं?
(a) M. Damodaran / एम. दमोदरन
(b) D. R. Mehta / डी. आर. मेहता
(c) G. N. Bajpai / जी.एन.बाजपेई
(d) Ajay Tyagi/ अजय त्यागी
Sol. Shri Ajay Tyagi took charge as Chairman, Securities and Exchange Board of India.Shri Tyagi, an Indian Administrative Service Officer of Himachal Pradesh Cadre, has held several responsible positions with distinction in the State and Central Governments.
टैरिफ और व्यापार पर सामान्य समझौते को प्रतिस्थापित किया गया था:
(a) North American Free Trade Association/ उत्तरी अमेरिकी मुक्त व्यापार संघ
(b) South Asian Free Trade/ दक्षिण एशियाई मुक्त व्यापार
(c) World Trade Organisation/ विश्व व्यापार संगठन
(d) Free Trade Organisation/मुक्त व्यापार संगठन
Sol. GATT became law on Jan. 1, 1948, once it was signed by 23 countries. GATT was refined over decades and eventually led to the 123 countries creating the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Jan. 1, 1995.
हर वर्ष _________को ‘विश्व उपभोक्ता अधिकार दिवस’ मनाया जाता है
(a) 1 April /1 अप्रैल
(b) 23 October /23 अक्टूबर
(c) 15 March /15 मार्च
(d) 5 December /5 दिसंबर
Sol. J.F. Kennedy, the president of the USA, declared the consumers rights publicly for the first time on the March 15th 1962 and this day has been celebrated as a consumers day ever since. The purpose of the day is to pay more attention to the rights of the consumers among both entrepreneurs and consumers themselves.
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