Sunday, November 16, 2008

16th November 2008

1.What is RDX chemical name
a. cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine
b. cyclotrinitrotoluene
c. cyclocobalamine
d. cyclotrinitroamine

Ans a


2. chemical used for narco- analysis are
a. Sodium Pentothal or Sodium Amytal
b. sodium chlorinate
c. potassium carbonate
d. none of these


Ans a

3. The present G-20 summit also called as Washington summit focused on

a. financial markets and the world economy
b. atmospheric brown clouds
c. Global warming and climate change
d. war against terror

Ans A


4.Sambhar lake , a inland saline wetland and Ramsar site (1990) comes under the catchment area of river

a. Medha and Saraswati
b. Luni and rupengarg
c. Saraswati and luni
d. Medha and Rupengarh

Ans. D

5. kanakadasa award for literature has been instituted by
a. Andhra Pradesh
b. Karnataka
c. Madhya Pradesh
d. Gujrat

Ans b





6. Karaikal port private ltd has built a all weather deep sea port at

a. karaikal
b. Vanjore
c. Tuticorin
d. Vizhingam

Ans Vanjore….eastern coast of India in Tamil nadu


7. Pandanadu Muthavazhi Subrahmanya Swami temple recently in news due to presence of Iridium is located at

a. hampi
b. belur
c. chengannur
d. mallapuram

ans C Chengannur at Kerala

8. The Global Gender Gap Report is released by:-

a. UNEP
b. World Bank
c. IMF
d. World Economic Forum

Ans d

India ranked 113 out of 130 countrys score. .6060
Nordic country (Norway , Finland ,Sweeden) top the list Yemen is the lowest ranking country

Thursday, November 13, 2008

13 november 2008

Question on chandrayaan-I


1. How many countries have carried moon mission?
a)3
b)4
c)5
d)6

US,Rus,Chn,Jpn,Ind and European space agency

2. Chandrayan’s tracking centre is located at?
a)Peenya ,banglore
b)ahmedabad
c)shriharikota
d)Dehradun

peenya,banglore...byaalalu is dish anteena centre


3. The launch vehicle used for chandrayan-I

a) SLV
b) GSLV
c) PSLV-C11
d) PSLV-C10

4. chandryaan is ______ moon mission

a)7
b)57
c)67
d)68

ans……68

5. choose correct moon misiion

i)Kaguya- China
ii)Chang’e-1 – china
iii)SMART-1- US

a) i
b) ii
c) iii
d) i & ii
6. the number of instrument carried by chandrayaan
a) 5
b)6
c)10
d)11

ans d) 6 ..3from ESA..2 from NASA….1 from Bulgaria 5 indian

November 13 2008
1.choose the correct

a. shourya is surface to air missile
b. shourya can carry both nuclear and conventional warheads.
c. It is the land version of underwater- launched missile K-15
d. Shourya is powered by 2-stage solid propellant
e. Shourya unlike sagarika has booster underground and an air booster

A. all of them
B. none of them
C. b.c.d.e.
D. a,d,e
ans C) shourya an surface to surface with 600 km range.


2. MNP is

a. Mobile network portability through which one can access all the network of mobile operator
b. Market Networking project a scheme which allows smooth transition to market economy
c. Moral and neutral Policing a policy adopted by Scotland yard
d. Mobile number portability – allowing phone users to change their telecom operator without changing their phone number
Ans d

3.The first culturing of human embryonic stem cell was conducted by university of Wisconsin, Madison by
a. William Hopkins
b. james Thomson
c adam Thomson
d . William terry

ans james Thomson

4. Ku Klux Klan

a. It is a ancient civilization of Aztecs
b. It is right wing terrorist organization of America
c. It is a fighting tribe
d. It is the newly launched Microsoft game
Ans b

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

12th nov 2008

1.The half –marathon consists of how much distance.
(a) 21 km
(b) 21.097km
(c) 20.97km
(d) 42 km
Ans. b

2. Choose the correct match

a) U.D. choubey --. GAIL
b) R.S .Sharma -- SAIL
c) S.K Roongta --ONGC
d) R.Gupta --. UCIL
e) Rana Som -- NMDC
f) Baba.N.Kalyani --. Bharat forge

A) a,b,c,d,e,f
B) a,b,e,f
C) a,d,e,f
D) b,c,f
Ans. C

3. Arrange nations according to GDP decreasing order

a. US, china,japan , India, germany,Britain
b. EU,US,China,Japan,India,Russia
c. China,US,Russia,Japan,India
d. US,Japan,china,India,france

Ans b)
EU-$14.71trillion
US-$13.84 trillion
China-$6.99 trillion
Japan- $4.30trillion
India-$2.98trillion
Germany-$2.81trillion
Britain- $2.14 trillion
Russia- $2.09 trillion
France- $2.05 trillion source:IMF

4. “Gas troika” a cartel on lines of OPEC consists of
a) Russia, Qatar, Iran
b) Algeria,Russia, Libya
c)Iran, Qatar, Turkimenistan
d) Venezuela, Indonesia, libya
ans A)

if this format is unsuitable i would change them...but after a week...
abhilash

Tuesday, November 04, 2008

Daily question

Dear friends ,
Reading newspaper for Civil services preparation has been a difficult task amongst aspirants. GS Pre paper which has considerable amount of current events needs a paper reading habit.
In this difficult time i would like to assist my friends with daily questions of CSE relevance . Hope it becomes useful for all