POLITICS-1

1. Who was the last President of USA who visited India prior to Bill Clinton,22years back?
2. President of India
3. Home minister of Maharashtra
4. Congress President
5. Name two ex.Prime ministers of India
6. Chief minister of Karnatak
7. Vice President of India
8. Railway Minister of India
9. Municipal Commissioner of Greater Mumbai
10. Mr George Bush the U.S President belongs to ------party
11. Police commissioner of Mumbai
12. Chief justice of India
13. Chief Election Commissioner of India
14. Other two Election Commissioners
15. Which political Party is running the Govt in Maharashtra
16. President of B.J.P.
17. Name the commission appointed to probe in to the Ayodya incidents leading to demolition of the Babri Masjid
18. The army chief of India
19. Chairman & Managing Director of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd
20. What was George.W.Bush before he became President of USA---
21. Prime Minister of India
22. Chief Minister of Maharastra
23. Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
24. What is President Bill Clinton by profession
25. Which Party heads the Govt in Orissa?
26. Chief Minister of Jharkhand state
27. Chief Minister of Uttaranchal
28. Law Minister of India
29. Sharad Pawar is President of this Party
30. Sports Minister of India
31. Extention of reservation of constituencies for shcedule caste & schedule tribes was done for another 10 years by this constitution amendment
32. Name the Tamil Nationalist Movement leader who negotiated with Veerappan for release of Dr Rajkumar
33. Who is Sheila Dixit
34. Chief Minister of Chhatisgarh
35. Chief Minister of U.P.
36. What is the Congress-led Govt at centre called?
37. Home Minister of India
38. What is meant by RJD?
39. Secretary general of United Nations
40. Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
41. President of Sri Lanka
42. Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
43. Which party heads the govt in Gujarath?
44. Chief Minister of West Bengal
45. President of Russia
46. Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir & the Party he belongs to
47. Chief Minister of Rajasthan

SPORTS-1

1. Which country won the Reliance world cup cricket in 1987
2. Which of these stadiums is not in calcutta,"Netaji indoor stadium","Salt lake stadium","Eden Gardens","Kennan stadium".
3. Name the commission appointed to enquire into match fixing in India
4. Name the south African cricket captain who confessed having received cash benifits from match fixing
5. The only Indian cricketer having the title of Colonel
6. Ahmed Khan is associated with
7. name the only athelete to have won three gold medals in long distance event at a single olympic game
8. Name the nations which got Gold ,Silver & Bronze medals in Men's Hockey at Sydney Olympics
9. Name the three top nations which got the max. no. of medals in the Sydney Olympics
10. Significance of August Kranti Maidan in Mumbai
11. Full form of BEST
12. Olympic games in the year 2000 were held in this city
13. The only Indian woman to get an olympic medal in the year 2000
14. Name the country which got the highest no. of medals in the 2000-Olympics
15. Who tops the the list of "Forbes Richest 400 Americans" released recently
16. In which field the father of Leander Paes got the Olympic gold medal
17. Olympic games are held after every ---years
18. Who won the Wimbeldon Men's final this year[2000]
19. Who is heading the enquiry commission to look intothe betting scandal in cricket in South Africa?
20. How many Ranji Trophy matches does one has to play to represent India
21. Who is the youngest cricketer Who scored century in Test cricket
22. Which country is hosting 2010 Commonwealth Games

GEOGRAPHY-1

1. Tista is the tributary of which river
2. What was the ancient Aryan name for the river Indus
3. The capital city of which country was named after its first President
4. In which Indian state is Kargil
5. What is the currency of Israel
6. Which water-body seperates India from Sri Lanka
7. Which state is the highest producer of sugar in India
8. In which country ,the children are most under-nourished
9. Who built the Jantar Mantar in Delhi,Ujjain,Mathura Varanashi & Jaipur
10. which protectorate was granted the status of a state of India on 25-4-1975
11. Capital of Fiji
12. Capital of Taiwan
13. Name the fastest animal
14. Capital of Uttaranchal state
15. Bangkok is the capital of----
16. Capital of Madhya Pradesh
17. Capital of Pakistan
18. capital of Jharkhand state
19. Indian state whose state-language is Malayalam
20. From which countrydoes nearly all the world's diamonds come from?
21. Capital of Chhattisgarh
22. In which city is Gandhiji's Sabarmati-Aashram situated
23. Which organisation was established after worldwar-I to maintain peace
24. Where would you find the largest statue of Buddha

    
    

GENERAL-1

1. In which international beauty-contest does the winner of the Miss India title represernt India
2. Name Miss Universe 2000
3. Who was the first Indian to win the Miss niverse title
4. In which subject did Mahathma Gandhi have an education degree
5. what sort of rifle is AK-47
6. Full form of FIR
7. Name the world's richest person
8. Name the train which runs between India and Pakistan
9. Who is the first Asian to win Nobel Prize?
10. Census in India is held every ---- years
11. What is AGNI
12. Full form of C.B.I.
13. What is NHRC
14. Flying over this historic monument in India is prohibited
15. When was the census first held in Independent India
16. The first modern Indian census was conducted by the Brititsh in -------
17. According to the 1991 census ,the state with highest proportion of urban populationis ----& the state with lowest is -------
18. As per 1991 census, the state with highest density of population is ---
19. Who is the last nobel prize winner in Literature
20. The famous writing of Rabindranath Tagore which won the nobel prize

FILMS-1

1. Which was the first Hindi film in which Rajkapoor appeared
2. Who won the best actress National award for three consecutive years
3. Who directed the oscar winning film "Gandhi"
4. Which actor's real name is "Krishna Bhanji"
5. whose sons are Rahul & Akshaye
6. Who played the title role in TV serial "Tipu Sultan"
7. Name a film which used the maximum no. of extras in a scene
8. On which Ruskin Bond story was Sham Beagal's film saga of the 1857 war Junoon based
9. Name the producer-Director of First Indian Talky movie "Alam Ara"
10. The first personality from the Hindi film indusrty to be honoured with the highest civilian award of Bharat Ratna
11. Who is the Director of the film "Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar
12. Director of film "water"
13. Screen name of film actress "Anjali Thadani"
14. Film financier of film 'Chori Chori Chupke Chupke"
15. Why was Bharat Shah arrested
16. Name the producer of film "Chori Chori Chupke Chupke"
17. Which Pakistani actress played the lead role in Rajkapoor's Heena

18. Who acted as Gandhi in Jabbar Patel's "Babasaheb Ambedkar"
19. Who acted as Gandhi in Shyam Benagal's "The making of the Mahatma"
20. Who acted as Gandhi in Richard Attenborough's "Gandhi"
21. Who acted as Gandhi in Ketan Mehta's "Sardar"
22. Nasiruddin Shah has acted as Gandhi in this film
23. Director of film " Monsoon Wedding
24. Name the main actor & actress in the film Mangal Pandey-The Rising

RELIGION-1

1. In Ramayanawho was Sugriva's brother
2. Where did Goutam Buddha deliver his first sermon
3. In Mahabharat whose son was Parikshit
4. The festival of Pongal is celebrated by the people of which state
5. In Ramayana who is Rama'a mother
6. In Mahabharat which Pandav answered correctly Yaksha's questions
7. In Mahabharat who was Nakul's mother
8. Which Hindu God is also called"Pashupati"
9. Who is not the brother of Shurpanakha? "Ravana","Kumbhakarna","Indrajit","Vibhishana"
10. Kamadhenu was in the ashram of this sage
11. In Ramayana which bird tried to save Sita from Ravana & got killed
12. The person disguised as golden deer to tempt Sita in Hindu Mythology
13. In Hindu mythology Arundhati is the wife of this sage
14. Name the son of Goutam Buddha
15. Who was Chhatrapati Shivaji's Guru?
16. In Mahabharat,who was the sister of Vasudev,father of Krishna
17. In Hindu mythology,who is the brother of Balaram
18. Swami Vivekananda's Guru
19. Raidas is the Guru of
20. Who is Ganesh's brother in Hindu mythology

21. Who wrote Hanumanchalisa
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    SCIENCE-1

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    1. Which is the largest planet in our solar system
    2. Steel is a pure metal. say true or false
    3. which organ of the human body is commonly known as a voice box
    4. Which is the center of Solar system
    5. which part of the human body is affected by myopia
    6. Eczema affects which part of the body
    7. Name the country which was first to send craft into the outer space
    8. Which part of the body is affected by Hepatitis B
    9. Glaucoma affects which part of the body
    10. Deficiency of which vitamin causes night blindness
    11. How many sensory organs are there in an human body?
    12. How many millimeters are there in a meter?
    13. lightest element
    14. which one of these is not a flower :-Ratki rani,Phulkari,Chameli & Gainda
    15. For the treatment of which disease a person visits a dermatologist
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        COMPUTER-1

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        1. In computer tecnology what does 'e' in e-mail stand for
        2. For receiving & sending e-mail one of these is not required a] Telephone line b] speaker c]Modem d]An account with Internet service provider
        3. What is CD-ROM
        4. All input & output devices like the key board,the printer and the mouse are connected to the system through ------
        5. The contents of the RAM are lost when the computer is switched off- say true or false
        6. Floppy discs come in two sizes --- & ----
        7. -----contains microprocessor,clock chip,Memory-RAM and ROM,Bus & ports
        8. The clock speed is one way of measuring the speed of a computer.Say true or false
        9. In a-----port eight bits are queued and sent bit by bit where as in -----port all the eight bits are transferred simultaneously
        10. This converts the A.C. input to D.C. out put of 5 & 12 volts and provides cable connectors to suplly required voltage to the other internal components like the floppy drives the hard disc drives, the motherboard and external device such as the keyboard.
        11. you have to install a special piece of hard ware on the motherboard sothat your PC is able to perform the special functions like producing music ,reproducing video clippings even though they are not normally programmed to do so.What are these called?
        12. In computer terminology what does RAM stand for
        13. Head Quarters of Microsoft Co. is located in this city of USA
        14. Any errors in computer hard ware or soft ware caused due to faulty design is called
        15. In Nov.2000,microsoft's corporate network was invaded by some attacker& saw some of its source codes using virus called

        16. What is ment by PDF in relation to computer terminology
        17. What is DOS
        
        
        Some definitions.
        
        Master:- The IDE device that controls the device chain.Each IDE port on a mother board can support two devices.The primary device is the Master;it talks directly to the processor.The secondary device is the slave;its ordes come from the processor through the master device.IDE devices usually have jumpers that determine master or slave status.
        Slave:- It is a secondary device in atwo device IDE chain.
        IDE :-The most popular type of hard disk interface.Each mother board has two IDE interfaces that can each support two devices that can be plugged into an IDE interface include some CD-ROM drives and ZIP drives.
        Jumpers:-Small plastic blocks that fit over two or more pins that stick up from a circuit board to change low level setting on it like DIP switches but cheaper to manufacture.
        LAN:-Stands for Local Area Network ,a network confined to a small area such as a single building.
        DIP switches:-Small switches like light swtches on acircuit board that control lowlevel settings(much as jumpers do).
        AT mother board:-A mother board in which the card interface slots run parallel to the wide edge of the board.
        ATX mother board:-A mother board in which the card interface slots run parallel to the narrow edge of the mother board.
        Virtual memory:-Virtual memory uses a portion of your hard disk to simulate extra memory(that is RAM) when more is needed than the system actually contains.)
        SCSI:-This stands for small computer system interface.A type of device interface that runs avariety of devices,such as hard disks,scanners,and CD-ROM drives.
        DIMM :-Stands for Dual Inline Memory Module.A new kind of memory(RAM)for PCs that is faster and better than the older SIMM type.The most popular type is S-DRAM DIMMs.
        Freeware :-Software that can be freely distributed without charge.Compare to Shareware.
        Shareware :-Software that is freely distributed in trial form;users are honor bound to pay for it if they like it and continue to use it.
        Toner :-The dry ink used by laser printers
        FDISK :-The utility programme used to partition a hard drive.
        Device driver :-A file that controls the interaction between a specific device and windows.
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        Questions and answers.
        
        Q:-What happens when the computer battery dies.
        Ans:-You loose all the informationon the CMOS chip,including the correct date and time and the types of disks installed on the computer.In the absence of CMOS data,the BIOS reverts to its default settings,so the compuetr might be able to start even when the battery is dead.However,the drives often behavestrangely if the default settings donot match the atcual system
        
        Q;-What is device conflict ,how do you detect it and resolve it.
        Ans:-A device conflict occurs when two devices are trying to claim the same system resource for themselves.
        To detect a device conflict:-
        1. Right click on the My Computer icon on the desktop and choose properties.
        2. Click on the Device Manager tab
        3. Look for a device with a yellow circle and an exclamation point next to it; this indicates a device conflict.
        To resolve the conflict:-
        1. Double click on the device with the conflict.Its properties dialog box appears.
        2. Click on the Resources tab.
        3. Check the conflicting device list.If a conflict is listed, note whether it is an Input/Output Range conflict or an IRQ conflict.
        4. Deselect the use Automatic Settings check box.
        5. Open the Setting based on drop-down list and choose a new configuration.Keep trying different confugerarions until you find one that reports No Conflicts in the Conflicting device list.
        6. Click on ok to close the dialog box.
        7. Click on close to close the System properties dialog box.
        8. Try using the device;it should work now.
        
        
        Some brief notes about computer Hardware.(click on the following)
        
        
        • Motherboard and Cpu
        • RAM
        • Hard disk
        • Monitor
        • CD-ROM drive
        • Modems
        • Sound cards
        • Printers
        • Scanners
        • Mouse
        • keyboard
        • Buying a component
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