General awareness / studies questions and answers - Oct 12, 2014
1. The President of India who was appointed unopposed wasa. Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
b. V.V.Giri.
c. Dr. Zakir Hussain.
d. N. Sanjeeva Reddy.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d. N. Sanjeeva Reddy.
The only President appointed unopposed was N. Sanjeeva Reddy. He was appointed in the 1977. Earlier in 1969, he had contested but lost against V. V. Giri.
a. Pressure Gradient Force.
b. Coriolis force.
c. Frictional Force.
d. All of these.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b. Coriolis force.
Coriolis force is caused due to the earth’s rotation. Coriolis force deflects the blowing wind towards right in northern hemisphere and towards left in the southern hemisphere.
i. Increase in the money flow.
ii. Decrease in the Cash Reserve Ratio.
a. Only (i).
b. Only (ii).
c. Both (i) and (ii).
d. Neither (i) nor (ii).
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c. Both (i) and (ii).
Inflation is a term to explain huge increase in the price of goods and drastic fall of the value of currency. The increase in money flow will definitely lead to inflation; and decreasing the CRR makes the bank to have more money to lend to its customers and this again increases the money flow.
i. He holds office for a period of 5 years.
ii. He resigns by writing to the Chief Justice of Supreme Court.
iii. He can be appointed only thrice.
a. Only (i).
b. Only (ii).
c. (i) and (ii).
d. (ii) and (iii).
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d. (ii) and (iii).
The President of India holds the office for a period of 5 years, he remains in the office till his successor take up the charge. He resigns by writing to the Vice-President of India. In India,the President can be appointed any number of times. There is no restriction that he cannot be appointed more than thrice.
a. Environmental Lapse Rate.
b. Normal Lapse Rate.
c. Temperature Inversion.
d. None of these.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c. Temperature Inversion.
In Troposphere, there will be decrease in temperature with increase in height but sometimes there will be inverse of this which is called as temperature inversion.
A. Terabyte.
B. Petabyte.
C. Gigabyte.
D. Megabyte.
a. A, B, C, D.
b. B, A, C, D.
c. D, C, A, B.
d. D, C, B, A.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c. D, C, A, B.
Any data that is stored in the electronic devices will be measured in terms of bits and bytes. Bit is one binary digit and byte is eight bits. Megabyte is one million bytes, Gigabyte is one billion bytes, Terabyte is one trillion byte and Petabyte is one quadrillion bytes.
i. Deve Gowda.
ii. Rajiv Gandhi.
iii. Lal Bahadur Shastri.
iv. Chandra Shekhar.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: i. Deve Gowda.
According to Indian Constitution, the person to be appointed as Prime Minister ,should be a member of any house of the Parliament or he should become member within six months of his appointment. When Deve Gowda was appointed he was member of the Rajya Sabha.
a. Counter Equatorial Current.
b. Brazil Current.
c. Gulf Stream.
d. West Wind Drift.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d. West Wind Drift.
West Wind Drift is the ocean current which flows in Southern Hemisphere, which carries huge amount of water from west to east. It is cold current which makes sailors very difficult to sail in that particular part of ocean. The other three are warm currents.
a. Prime Minister.
b. President.
c. People.
d. Lok Sabha.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d. Lok Sabha.
The council of ministers are appointed by the President after the recommendation of Prime Minister so they are individually responsible to President, but they are collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha.
a. Analog Computers.
b. Super Computers.
c. Digital Computers.
d. Hybrid Computers.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b. Super Computers.
Computers are classified on the basis of uses as analog, digital and hybrid computers. They are classified on the basis of size as Mini, Micro, Personal, Mainframe and Super Computers.
