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1. Doctor's Day is celebrated every year on which date?

Ans:-July 1

 

2. Every year on 6th July World Zoonoses Day is observed. What is Zoonoses?

Ans:-An ailment that is transmitted from other vertebrate animals to human beings

 

4. An unusual rock art discovery, petroglyphs, which are engravings made with a hard tool, have been found in Beruthorapatti in which state recently? (The Hindu, May 24, 2009)

Ans:-Tamil Nadu

 

5. International Day of Cooperatives is celebrated on what date / day every year ?

Ans:-First Saturday of July

 

6. Mr. Kamalnath is India's new________?

Ans:-Minister of Road Transport and Highways

 

7. Inspired by the success of NREGS , which north east state has recently decided to launch a job

guarantee scheme for those who are below poverty line?

Ans:-Tripura

 

11. Who won the French Grand Prix on May 17, 2009?

Ans:-Jorge Lorenzo

 

13. John Higgins is the world Champion of Snooker. He belongs to ________?

Ans:-Scotland

 

14. Suma Shirur is related to which sports?

Ans:-Shooting

 

18. Nike is the first thing which comes to a customer's mind in Running Shoe Product category. This is because of ________?

Ans:-Brand awareness

 

19. Which is true about packaging of a product ?

Ans:-packaging helps in branding and promoting brand loyalty

 

20. Which are most essential aspects of labeling?

Ans:-Statutory obligations

 

21. Which affect Pricing strategy of a firm?

Ans:-Profit, Volume, Competition & Prestige

 

22. Markup pricing is an example of _______?

Ans:-Cost based Approach

 

23. Which pricing approach is used to avoid the problem of overpricing and under pricing?

Competition Based Approach

 

24. Which is an example of Competition based pricing ?

Ans:-(A)Firms Bidding for a particular project

 

25. In the case of prestige goods the demand is _______?

Ans:-Not price sensitive till a level

 

28. Actual physical movement of the product from the manufacturers through all the parties who take physical possessions of the product from the point of production to the final consumer is called as ________?

Ans:-Product Flow

 

29. Negotiation Flow in the marketing Channel does not involve_______?

Ans:-Transporting Company

 

30. Galena & Litharge are ores of which of the following metals?

Ans:-Lead

 

31. Graphite, Carbon and Diamonds are _________?

Ans:-Allotropes

 

32. Bleaching Powder is a compound of _______?

Ans:-Calcium

 

35. Which is strongest oxidizing agent?

Ans:-Fluorine

 

36. Water at 4 degree centigrade has____?

Ans:-maximum density

 

37. Which group characterizes alcohols?

Ans:-OH group

 

38. Sodium Alkyl Sulphate and Benzene Sulphate are examples of ________?

Ans:-Synthetic Detergents

 

39. Rayon is an example of _______?

Ans:-semi-synthetic fiber.

 

40. What is the full form of DDT?

Ans:-Dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane

 

42. Reserpine is an example of which kind of drug?

Ans:-Tranquillizer

 

43. Phenolphthalein is used in chemistry as a ______?

Ans:-dye

 

45. BIFR was established under Sick Industrial Companies Act 1985, to deal with the problems of industrial sickness with regard to the crucial sectors where public money is locked up. What is correct expansion of BIFR ?

Ans:-Board of Industrial and Finance Reconstruction

 

46. Which are the four states of India where the largest number of districts were included in suicide prone areas?

Ans:-Andhra Pradesh, Maharastra, Karnataka, Kerala

 

47. What is a Govt.'s flagship programme for Rural Housing ?

Indira Awas Yojna

 

48. IRDP (Integrated Rural Development programme ) is not in existing at this time because It was merged with _______________on April 1, 1999.

Ans:-Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojna

 

52. In the Union Budget 2009-10, one handloom mega cluster in each of which two states has been decided to set up?

Ans:-West Bengal & Tamil nadu


53. In the Union Budget 2009-10 , in which state a power loom mega cluster has been decided to set up?

Ans:-Rajasthan

 

55. Meera Seth committee was related to?

Ans:-Development of handlooms

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56. Maastricht Treaty is related to?

Ans:-Europe Unification

 

57. In Which state of India , maximum Diamond Mines are found?

Ans:-Madhya Pradesh & Andhra Pradesh

 

58. As per the census 2001 what is the ratio of rural : urban population?

Ans:-28:72

 

59. In which year Bharat Nirman was launched?

Ans:-2005

 

63. Recently president of which country has signed a historic bill that gives the government powers to curb advertising and promotion of tobacco products?

Ans:-US

 

65. What name has been proposed to name Mumbai's Bandra-Worli sealink which recently opened for public?

Ans:-Rajiv Gandhi Setu

 

66. The 'caravan' and 'heliport' plans have been included in the Ministry 's 100-day agenda as part of its efforts to boost the sector. Which sector we are talking about?

Ans:-Tourism

 

67. According to a report by global consultancy firm Celent, mobile banking in India is expected to increase 10 times to cross the which mark by 2012?

Ans:-25 million (2.5 crore

 

70. Tata Motors will introduce its small car Nano-- considered the world's cheapest--in which African country within next 18 months before its planned launch in Europe?

Ans:-Nigeria

 

72. What was India's Forex reserves for the week ended June 26, 2009 ?

Ans:-$264.584 billion

 

73. In the recent Union Budget presented in the Lok Sabha , total expenditure for fiscal 2009-10 is estimated at _______?

Ans:-Rs 9,53,231 crore

 

74. How much amount has been allocated for National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme for the year 2009-10?

Ans:-Rs.30,100 crore

 

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75. In the Union Budget the authorized capital of National Safai Karamchari Finance and Development Corporation was raised from Rs. 200 crore to _________?

Ans:-Rs. 400 crore

 

76. How much amount has been allocated for Midday Meals Scheme for the year 2009-10 in the Union Budget?

Ans:-Rs 8,000 crore

 

78. In the Budget 2009-10 how many marine vessels sanctioned for the Customs Department to prevent movements of contraband goods across the country's sea borders?

Ans:-109

 

83.1910.What is the full form of ANSI ?

Ans:-American National Standard Institute

 

84. Which key is used for checking grammar and spelling?

Ans:-F7

 

90. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in which year?

Ans:-1985

 

91. bit operations were introduced for the first time by Microsoft in ________?

Ans:-Windows 3.11

 

93. Which is responsible for allocating IP addresses and managing the domain name system.?

Ans:-Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers

 

94. Who is associated with the discovery of rings of Saturn?

Ans:-Galileo

 

95. What is the length of day and night when the rays from the Sun directly (vertically ) fall on equator?

Ans:-Day and Night are equal

 

96. In India when there is summer season, what is the season in Chilies?

Ans:-Winter

 

97. World's largest temple is located in _______ ?

Ans:-Cambodia

 

98. Suryavarman II in the early 12th century is related to which ancient sites?

Ans:-Angkor Wat

 

100. Which comet is seen every 75-76 years?

Ans:-Halley's Comet

 

101. Western Australia is characterized by __________?

Ans:-maximum coral reefs

 

104. Which country is the largest producer of Asbestos?

Ans:-Russia

 

107. A barchan is an example of ___________?

Ans:-A Dune

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