1. For crop does India have the largest cultivated area in the world?
2. When was the Madras State renamed Tamil Nadu?
3. Which law directly explains the law of conservation of mass?
4. What the wind is deflected due of the rotation of the earth?
5. Who built the stupa at Sanchi in Madhya Pradesh?
6. After textiles, which is India’s second important industry?
7. Which books was written by Tilak?
8. Which gas is absorbed during photosynthesis?
9. Which country leads in fish catches?
10. Which temple got the name of Black Pagoda?
11. Which is an extra Constitutional and non-statutory body?
12. Which are the space waves are affected seriously by atmospheric conditions?
13. Who has written the famous book ‘Anna Karenina’?
14. Which type of climate is known for the maximum diurnal range of temperature?
15. By whom was the first weekly Bengali newspaper ‘Samachar Darpan’ published?
16. Which State stands first in the length of roads in the country?
17. Which type of cell has the ability to develop into any type of all ?
18. With what subject do the Articles 5 to 8 of the Constitution of India deal?
19. Which characteristic is NOT found in the convectional rainfall ?
20. Who was founder of Boy Scouts and Civil Guides Movement in India?         ******************************Answer :
1. Rice 2. 1969 3. Avogadro’s law 4. Geostropic wind 5. Ashoka 6. Iron and steel 7. Gita Rahasya 8. CO2
 9. Japan 10.
Sun Temple 11. Planning Commission 12. UHF 13. Leo Tolstoy 14. Hot desert 15. Marshman 16. Maharashtra 17.
Stem cell 18. Citizenship 19. Drizzling 20. Baden Powell

1. Which planet looks reddish in the night sky? – Mars

2. How are Latitude and Longitude? – Perpendicular to each other

3. Which instrument used for finding out wind-direction? – Wind vane

4. When does Relative humidity decreases? – With increased temperature

5. Which country is the largest producer of Bauxite? – Australia

6. In which latitudes largest quantities of bauxite is found? – Tropical latitudes

7. Which rocks is transformed into marble? – Limestone

8. Where is the Sargasso sea located? – North Atlantic Ocean

9. Which is the most populous city in the world? – Tokyo

10. Which foreign country is closest to Andarnan Islands? – Myanmar

11. Which mountain range stretches from Gujarat in west to Delhi in the north? – Aravallis

12. Which state has the largest number of salt lakes in India? – Rajasthan

13. Which is a global biodiversity hotspot in India? – Western Ghats

14. Where are Tapovan and Vishnugarh Hydroelectric Projects located? – Uttarakhand

15. What is the state the main activity associated with the fold mountain? – Earthquakes

16. Rotation of the earth causes deflection of wind by which force? – Coriolis force

17. What is most important reason for dwindling forest resources today? – Over felling

18. The Himalyas are approximately how many kilometer broad? – 150 to 400

19. Which city is known as the ‘Manchester of South India’? – Coimbatore

20. What can be the maximum duration of totality for a solar eclipse? – 7 minutes 40 seconds

21. All the watches of a country are set according to which time? – Standard time of the country

22. What are the ‘Temperate lows’? – Sub-polar low pressure belts

23. Wine production is mainly carried out in natural region? – Mediterranean region

24. Which is the chief industry of Afghanistan? – Carpet making

25. Which instrument instrument used for recording earthquake waves? – Seismograph

Cartosat
Why in news?
India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, in its forty second flight (PSLV-C40), successfully launched the 710 kg Cartosat-2 F Satellite for earth observation and 30 co-passenger satellitesbelonging to India, Canada, Finland, France, Republic of Korea, UK and the USA together weighing about 613 kg at lift-off from Sriharikota.
What is Cartosat series?
These are Earth observation satellites indigenously built by India. A total of 8 satellites have been launched so far in this series.
Cartosat series is part of the Earth Remote Sensing Programme launched for Earth’s resource management and monitoring

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GENERAL KNOWELDGE

1. Trans Pacific Partnership is initiated by ___________country? America

2. Maritime Silk Road is the pet project of ___________country? China

3. World’s longest train journey starts from ___________country? Yiwu(China) Yiwu -Madrid

4. The expansion of LEMOA is ___________Logistics Exchange Memorandum Of Agreement

 5. LEMOA is an agreement between India and the ___________ US

6. Parkinson’s disease affects ___________organ of the body. Nervous system

 7. ___________was the name of the declaration in Kumbamela happened in Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh? Sinhastha Declaration

 8. Delhi declaration of friendship was made between Indian PM Narendra Modi and ___________Obama

 9. Recently launched Indian Satellite’s name was NAVIC. The expansion is ___________? Navigation with Indian Constellation

10. The name of the GPS system of Russia is ___________and The name of the GPS system of UK is ___________Glonass and Galelio respectively.

 11. The name of the GPS system of China is ___________ Beidou

12. How many countries are there in RCEP-Regional comprehensive Economic partnership? 16

 13. Stuxnet cyber attack in 2010 was a ___________attack . Worm attack

 14. Expansion of important body ITLOS is ___________ International Tribunal for law of the sea

15. According to Paris summit developed countries will raise ___________US dollars to help developing countries to reduce carbon emission. 100 b $

16. ___________bagged prestigious Phalke award which is meant for art and literature. Manoj Kumar

17. Women’s bill in parliament aims to ___________To reserve for women one third of seats in parliament and legislature

18. Nansha islands is also knows as ___________Spartley Islands

19. BTIA – Broad based Trade and investment agreement is between India and ___________UK

 20. Zika virus outbreak in Brazil was in news. It causes ___________disease? Microcephaly

 21. In ___________state Narmada canal is located. Gujarat

 22. ___________is the Indian trade port nearest to Nepal. Haldia Port

23. Nepal made an agreement with China to import from China’s ___________port. Tianjin

 24. ___________Iran port is being built by India for trade Chabahar

 25. ___________aims to provide five crore subsidized LPG Ujwala Yojana

26. ICANN is currently in news. Expansion is ___________Internet Corporation for assigned names and numbers

27. ___________aims to revive energy distribution companies. UDAY (Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana)

28. The country ___________will clean Indian rivers as it cleaned its Rhine river. Germany

 29. ___________breaking system will be mandatory for two wheelers from 2019Combined Braking System

 30. In Defense procurement policy India pushes its aim of IDDM. Expansion? ___________Indigenously Designed developed and manufactured

 31. China Builds ___________port of Sreelanka. Hambantota

 32. China builds ___________port of Pakistan. Gwadar

33. CII- Confederation of Indian industries president is ___________Noushad Forbs

34. Ravi and Beas river is in news. It is in ___________state? Punjab

35. The permanent court of Arbitration is in ___________Hague

36. ___________project is a flagship project to clean Ganga river by 2020 and Govt allocated Rs. 30000 crore for the same. Namami Ganga

37. India signed agreement with ___________for water purification and filtration. Israel

 38. The Head of the United Nation development program is ___________Helen Clark

 39. ___________will represent India in United Nations Organization. Sayid Akrabuddeen

40. IPBES – Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and ecosystem services endorsed by 124 countries has secretariat in ___________country. Germany

41. SAGE is ___________’s strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunisation. WHO

42. Stand Up India was introduced in ___________state. Uttar Pradesh, Noida

 43. India’s universal immunization program cover ___________life threatening diseases. 13

 44. India’s new born action plan was launched in ___________year 2014

 45. What is PRAGATI ___________Proactive Governance and timely Implementation

 46. Global initiative to combat nuclear terrorism( GICNT) grouping has ___________ countries. 86

 47. In India small pox was eliminated in ___________year 1975

 48. India eradicated ___________disease in august 2015 and Polio was eradicated in ___________year in India. Neonatal Tetanus. 2014

 49. Expansion of FRBM is ___________Fiscal Responsibility and Budget management

50. ___________is meant to function as a metadata intelligence grid by networking multiple data available with various agencies. NATGRID

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TNPSC POSTING

Group I

·         Deputy Collector.

·         Deputy Superintendent of Police (Category-I).

·         Deputy Registrar of Co-operative Societies.

·         Assistant Director of Rural Development Department.

·         Assistant Commissioner in the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Administration Department.

·         Assistant Commissioner – Commercial Tax officer.

·         District Registrar.

·         Divisional Officer in Fire and Rescue services Department.

·         Assistant Conservator of Forest.

·         District Employment Officer.

Group II Services (Interview post)

·         Deputy Commercial Tax Officer (DCTO).

·         Sub Registrar.

·         Probation Officer in Prison Department.

·         Assistant Inspector of Labout.

·         Junior Employment Officer.

·         Assistant Section Officer in Law Department/ TNPSC/ Finance Department/Various Departments in the Tamil Nadu Ministerial Service/Secretariat Service.

·         Assistant Inspector in Local Fund Audit Department.

·         Special Assistant in the Vigilance and AntiCorruption Department.

·         Audit Inspector in the Audit wing of Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments.

·         Supervisor of Industrial Co-operatives.

·         Senior Inspector of cooperative societies.

Group II Services (Non Interview post)

·         Accountant in Treasuries and Accounts Department.

·         Assistant in Forest Department.

·         Personal clerk in Finance Department, Secretariat.

·         Personal clerk in (other than Law and Finance Dept) Secretariat.

·         Personal Clerk in Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission.

·         Personal Clerk in Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.

·         Assistant in various Departments in the Tamil Nadu Ministerial Service/Secretariat Service/Legislative Assembly Secretariat Service.

·         Assistant in the Divisions of Commercial Taxes Department.

·         Handloom Inspector.

·         Revenue Assistant in Revenue Department.

Group IV

·         Junior Assistant.

·         Typist.

·         Steno Typist − Grade III.

·         EXECUTIVE OFFICER, GRADE-III in the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Administration Department.

·         Junior Assistant (Security).

·         Bill Collector Grade-I.

·         Junior Assistant (Non-Security).

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CURRENT GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. Which type of Asprin was invented by the scientist to fight against Cancer?

Answer: Gas-filled

 2. Who is the new M.D for Hyundai Motors India , who was appointed recently?

Answer: Bo Shin Seo

3. Who is the New President of Germany , who has been elected recently?

Answer: Joachin Gauck

4. Who is the new Railway minister for UPA Government ?

Answer: Mukhul Roy

5. Who is the Railway minister , who had resigned recently from the cabinet for raising the railway fares ?

Answer: Dinesh Trivedi

6.Who is the philanthropist who died recently, vice chairman of Sankar foundation?

Answer: Sankar Rao

7.Who is the Egypt Ambassador, who visited India for the  golden jubilee celebration of (AARDO)?

Answer: Mr.Ahmed Abulkheir

8. Who is the Turkish Ambassador who visited Hyderabad recently?

Answer: Dr.Burak Aklapar

9. Who is the managing director of International monitory fund ( IMF) , who visited India recently?

Answer: Christine Lagarde

10. Who is the Prime ministe of Canada who had visited Thailand recently?

Answer: Staphen Harper

11. Who is the US Secretary of commerce who visited India for  bilateral trade meeting ?

Answer: John Bryson

12. Who is Bollywood Actress to become the sixth Bollywood celebrity to be honoured with a wax likeness?

Answer: Madhuri Dixit

13. AIMA stands for ___________All India Management Association

 14. Who had written the book ” Didi: A Political biography “of Mamata Benerjee recently?

Answer: Monobina Gupta

15. . Name the project which had been sanctioned 423crore rupees loan assistance in Gujarat from NABARD

Answer: Narmada link project

 16. Which state recorded the highest voting percentage in the history of election, which were held in the month of Feb in  five states recently?

Answer: Goa

17. Who is the first independent woman loco driver in SCR?

Answer: S. Satyavathi

18. What is the assets declared by Mayawati while her nomination for the Rajya Sabha recently?

Answer: 111.64 crore

19. Which is the plan , which was launched by the Chief minister of A.P Kiran Kumar recently?

Answer: SHG Linkage credit plan

20. From which place in Andhra Pradesh the first International flight took off recently?

Answer: Visakhapatnam

 21. Who inaugurated the 50th golden jubilee celebration of Afro-Asian Rural Development Organisation held in New Delhi recently?

Answer: Manmohan singh

22. In which place  the Turkey’s World Trade Bridge International Summit is going to be held ?

Answer: Istanbul

23. In which place was the International Monitory Fund Summit was held recently ?

Answer: New Delhi

24. Where was the second  conference of nuclear security summit held recently?

Answer: Seoul

25. Where will be the third Nuclear Security Summit is going to be held next year ?

Answer: Netherland

26.the Telugu novelist, who had been awarded Kurra Kotisuryamma Memorial Award for his outstanding contribution to Telugu literature?

Answer: Bheemaraju Venkataramana

27. Who is the world’s tallest man, finally stopped growing after treated ?

Answer: Sultan Kosen

28. Who  had been awarded with Ugadi Puraskaram from the Andhra Pradesh Government recently?

Answer: P.Surya Rao

29. Who is the women, awarded with Nirmal Gram Puraskar for the year 2012 from Andhra Pradesh from the President Pratibha Patil recently?

Answer: Y.Chintamma

30.How many new World Records were set up in 12 hours by the former England cricketer Andrew Flintoff and Steve Harmison ?

Answer: 14

31. Who is the Hungarian Mathematician who has been awarded with Abel Prize for the year 2012?

Answer: Endre Szemere’de

32. To which place India dropped in ODI championship Table after losing their triangular series in Australia?

Answer: 3rd place

33. Who is cricket player who made 100 centuries in his career recently?

Answer: Sachin Tendulkar

34. Who is the sportswoman from Andhra Pradesh ,who is going to represent India at the World Cup for Archery which is going to held in China in April 2012?

Answer: Jyothi Surekha

35. Who had won the BNP Paribas Women’s single title for the year 2012?

Answer: Victoria Azarenka

36. Who is the World’s no-1 ranking Golf player , Who had won the US PGA Transitions Championship held at Florida recently?

Answer: Luke Donald

37. Who had been the ‘Player of the Tournament’ in the Asia Cup 2012 held at Dhaka recently ?

Answer: Shakib Ali Hasan

38. What is the name of the new card product which was launched by ICICI bank for the super rich recently?

Answer: Sapphiro

39. In which place is Indian railways in World ranking?

Answer: Fourth place

40.What is the percentage of service tax , which had been raised in the budget 2012-13?

Answer: 12%

41.What is the per capita income of India for the year 2012-13 ?

Answer: Rs. 60972

42. Which country is the highest consumer of oil in per capita terms ?

Answer: United states

43. Which country stood at the least place in service sector ?

Answer: India

44 .What is the per capita GDP of Qatar ?

Answer: 44.45 lakh

45. How much financial aid was granted by the World Bank to India ?

Answer: $4.3billion

46. Name the new equality saving scheme announced in the budget 2012-13 recently?

Answer: The Rajiv Gandhi Equality saving scheme

 47. In how many planets in solar system life may exist according to the researchers ?

Answer: 5 Planets

48. What is the name of the second largest Moon of Saturn?

Answer: Rhea

49. What is the name of the submarine which had been taken as lease from Russia recently?

Answer: INS Chakra

50. Russian court dismissed the plea seeking ban on which Holly Literature book translation recently ?

Answer: Bhagwad Gita

51. How many  EU states had signed the pact for budget discipline on 2 March 2012 ?

Answer: 25 states

52. Who is the Asia ‘s richest man according to the forbes list ?

Answer: LI Ka Shing

53. Which are the most ethical firms of the world according to the report revealed by the Ethical Institute’s ?

Answer: Tata & Wipro

54. Which is world’s largest art, antiques market owing country ?

Answer: China

55. Which country gave a call to boycott American products recently for voting against a resolution?

Answer: Srilanka

56.Who is the Arab League head , who discussed on the issue of Syrian fate failed recently held in Cairo on 3 March2012?

Answer: Nabil Elaraby

57. Who had inaugurated the trade show in Jakarta by India,  to reach the target of $ 25 billion by 2015 ?

Answer: Mr. Anand Sharma

58. Where was the Indo-Israel free trade agreement meeting was held recently?

Answer: Hyderabad

59.Which are the two new missiles developed by defense research & development laboratory handed over to Navy & IAF on 3 March 2012?

Answer: Torpedo & Akash

60. Who is the next Army cheif for the Indian Army after the retirement of Gen.V.K.Singh on 31 May 2012?

Answer: Lt,Gen.Bikram singh

61. Who is Asia’s richest woman with a net worth of $ 12billion in our country?

Answer: Savitri Jindal

62. Who is the Foreign minister of Italy who has been camping in India relating with two Italian Marines recently?

Answer: Staffan De Misture

63. How many new trains had been introduced by the railway minister in Railway budget 2012-13?

Answer: 75

64. . Which company had opened centre of excellence for oracle recently for IT services and business solutions ?

Answer: Tata Consultancy Services ( TCS) 

CURRENT GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1.”Reflections of a Statesman” book was written on whose life history ?

Answer : R.Venkataraman

2. India’s which board was admitted as the 11th member of MDEP recently?

Answer : Atomic Energy Regulatory

3.Which two countries signed an agreement on  Contract Workers ?

Answer : India & UAE

4. Which countries had signed six agreements in diverse areas recently including oil& gas?

Answer :  India & Qatar

5. In which country the  Industrial “Canton Fair” is going to be held?

Answer :  China

 6. Where is the largest Tulip garden is situated in Asia?

Answer:  Srinagar

7. Which country had stated to expand the members in UN Security Council recently?

Answer : India

8. Where was the oldest and largest bank of South Korea had set its branch recently in India ?

Answer :  Chennai

9.Commemorative Postage Stamp of which president was released to mark the birth centenary recently?

Answer : R.Venkataraman

10. Union Government decided to raise working capital ECB  resources for which sector recently?

Answer : Aviation sector

11. Where was the foundation stone for country’s first financial city laid up in ?

Answer : Bangalore

12. In which state the 4G services were launched recently?

Answer : Kolkata

13. In which place was the 20th ASEAN Summit held recently?

Answer :  Combodia

14.Where was the RIC trilateral conference held recently?

Answers : Mascow

15. Where was the 6th summit of the Americas held recently?

Answer : Colombia

16.Who is the Democratic leader of Myanmar awarded with Sukarno Prize for creation of Democracy in the country?

Answer : Aung San Suu Kyi

17. Which award has been presented to Lt.Gen.Bikram Singh?

Answer :  Gallantry Award

 18. Novack Djikivic world no-1 defeated whom to claim the Miami masters title in the final held in Florida?

Answer : Andy Murrey

19. Who is the first woman wrestler to be qualified for the Olympics afterwinning gold in Astana recently?

Answer :  Geeta Kumari

20. Who is the Tennis player captured her 40th career title in WTA tournament?

Answer : Sarena Williams

21. Who had won the 11th Asian Billiards championship  held in Goa recently?

Answer : Pankaj Advani

22. Where was the Archery World Cup Stage-I games held recently?

Answer :  Shanghai

23. Who had won the Men’s Single Asian Badminton Championship recently?

Answer :  Chen Jin

 24.With the cooperation of which country Multiskill development centre is going to start in Bangalore and Gulberg?

Answer : Germany

25. According to the World Economic Outlook report what is the lowered economic growth of India in 2012?

Answer : 6.9%

 26. What is name  of the World’s first flying car ?

Answer : Terrafugia

27. Where was the new ISRO  spy satellite centre was launched  recently?

Answer : Sriharikota

28. In which place India has successfully  carried out the AWACS test flight recently?

Answer :  Brazil

29. From which place the Agni-v long range ballistic missile was test fired recently?

Answer :  Odisha

30.What is the name of the ballistic missile which was test fired by Pakistan recently?

Answer :  Hatf-IV

31. What is the name of all weather radar imaging satellite launched recently by India ?

Answer : RISAT-I

32. What is the name of the stealth frigate which was inducted into navy recently?

Answer : INS Teg

33. Who is the new special envoy to Sudan and South Sudan?

Answer : Amarendra Khatua

34. Who is the new king of Malaysia elected recently?

Answer :  Sultan Abdul Halim

35. Who had been appointed as UNHCR special envoy recently?

Answer : Angelina Jolie

36. Who had been appointed as the President of World Heart Federation ?

Answer : Dr.Srinath Reddy

 37.Lucas Papademos is president of which country resigned recently due to early elections in the country?

Answer : Greece

38.Who is the president of Mali resigned recently?

Answer :  Amadov Toumani Toure

39. What is the name of Jordan Prime minister who resigned recntly?

Answer :  Awn aL Khasawneh

40. Who is the legendary newsman popular CBS “60Minutes” programmer died recently?

Answer :    Mike Wallace

41.Who is president of Malawi died of heart attack recently?

Answer : Binju Wa Mutharika

 42.The Chancellor of Exchequer of UK, who visited India for the fifth economic financial ministerial meeting held in New Delhi?

Answer :  George Osborne

43. Who is the Pakistan president visited India recently?

Answer : Asif Ali Zardari

44.Who is the Norwegian Minister of Trade & Industry visited India regarding Telenor issue recently?

Answer : Trond Giske

45. Which city is the world’s most impressive city according to the Wealth report?

Answer : London

46. Which organisation has became the heritage of the sank Titanic ship 100 years ago?

Answer : UNESCO

47. Where is the  name of the world’s highest tunnel bridge located in China?

Answer : Aizhai

49. Under whom the two member Adarsh Judicial Commission was set up by the Maharashtra Government?

Answer :  N.N.Kumbahar

50. Aung San Suu Kyi who recently won in Myanmar parliament elections, belongs to which political party?

Answer   : Nation League for Democracy (NLD)

51.The US Govenment announced an additional 12.2 million aid to which country recently?

Answer    :  Syria

52. Who is the Chief of Laskhar e-Taiba,  a reward money of $10 million has been announced on him  by America?

Answer    : Hafiz Saeed