General Knowledge Questions

1. “A Passage to Hope : Women and International Migration” is—
(A) A book written on the theme of upliftment of women
(B) The theme of the new released ‘State of World Population Report-2006’ by UNFPA
(C) A documentary film on global migration of women
(D) A report on the status of women in the world
Ans: B

2. The present Foreign Secretary of India is—
(A) Romesh Bhandari
(B) Shyam Saran
(C) Shivshankar Menon
(D) Shashank
Ans: C

3. The UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for 2006 for the promotion of tolerance and nonviolence has been awarded to—
(A) V. Anandasagree
(B) Taslima Nasreen
(C) Narayan Desai
(D) Pope Shenouda-III
Ans: A

4. ‘Miss Universe 2008’ is—
(A) Ioana Valentina Boitor
(B) Dayana Mendoza
(C) Sabrina Houssami
(D) Natasha Suri
Ans: B

5. The UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for 2006 for the promotion of tolerance and nonviolence has been awarded to—
(A) V. Anandasagree
(B) Taslima Nasreen
(C) Narayan Desai
(D) Pope Shenouda-III
Ans: A

6. Who among the following won the UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship 2008 ?
(A) Belgium
(B) France
(C) England
(D) Spain
Ans: D

7. Nishan-e-Pakistan, the highest civilian award of Pakistan has been recently awarded to—
(A) Hu Jintao
(B) Dilip Kumar
(C) King Abdullah
(D) Khuswant Singh
Ans: A

8. The 2007 ICC Women’s Cricketer of the year award has been won by—
(A) Lisa Sthalekar
(B) Claire Taylor
(C) Anju Banerjee
(D) Jhulan Goswami
Ans: D

9. ‘GLONASS’ is—
(A) Global Navigational Satellite System
(B) Global Navigational Space System
(C) Geostationary Launch of Artificial Space System
(D) Global New Astronomical Space System
Ans: A

10. ‘Sabse Pahale Pakistan’ is an Urdu translated version of which among the following books ?
(A) Pakistan Eye of the Storm
(B) In the Line of Fire
(C) Pakistan Today
(D) Passage to Pakistan
Ans: B

11. Which among the following national parks is celebrated its 70th anniversary in 2006 ?
(A) Corbett National Park
(B) Kaziranga National Park
(C) Gir National Park
(D) Ghana Wildlife Sanctuary
Ans: A

12. Tshwane Declaration has been signed between—
(A) India and China
(B) India and South Africa
(C) India and Nepal
(D) India and Russia
Ans: B

13. In which fuel, the government has decided to mix ‘marker’ for identifying adulteration ?
(A) Kerosene
(B) Diesel
(C) Petrol
(D) All of these
Ans: A

14. Tata Steel has recently acquired which among the following steel producer company ?
(A) Mittal Steel
(B) Corus
(C) Arcelor
(D) Nippon Steel
Ans: B

15. ‘Sensitive sector’ as defined by RBI include(s)—
(A) Capital Market
(B) Real Estate
(C) Commodities
(D) All the above
Ans: D

Railway Recruitment Board Solved 2005 Paper

1. When was the North-Eastern frontier Railway (NEFR) established?
(a) 15th Jan, 1958
(b) 15th Jan, 1955
(c) 2nd Jan, 1956
(d) 14th April, 1952
Ans: A

2. What is the length of North-Eastern Frontier Railway (NEFR)?
(a) 4300 Km
(b) 3700 Km
(c) 4290 km
(d) 5298 km
Ans: B

3. How much distance was traveled by first train of India?
(a) 33 km
(b) 36 km
(c) 34 km
(d) 46 km
Ans: C

4. In which Governor-General’s reign railway lines in India were established?
(a) Lord William Bentick
(b) Lord Cornwallis
(c) Lord Kenning
(d) Lord Dalhousie
Ans: D

5. Between which of the destinations the first Indian train was started?
(a) From Calcutta to Delhi
(b) From Mumbai to Thane
(c) From Mumbai to Surat
(d) From Mumbai to Madras
Ans: B

6. Where is the Research, Design and Standard Organisation situated?
(a) Lucknow
(b) Bangalore
(c) Pune
(d) New Delhi
Ans: A

7. In which year Research, Design and Standard organization was established?
(a) 1954
(b) 1957
(c) 1959
(d) 1967
Ans: B

8. A platform surrounded by rail lines from all the four sides, is called
(a) dock platform
(b) passenger platform
(c) island platform
(d) goods platform
Ans: C

9. Shatabdi Express train was started in
(a) 1984
(b) 1988
(c) 1990
(d) 1985
Ans: B

10. Which Zone is the largest in Indian Railways?
(a) Central Railway
(b) Northern Railway
(c) Eastern Railway
(d) Western Railway
Ans: C

11. When was the Jammu City appeared on the map of Indian Railway?
(a) 1965
(b) 1963
(c) 1967
(d) 1965
Ans: D

12. The first locomotive which was manufactured in Chittaranjan on
(a) November 1950
(b) October 1950
(c) September 1949
(d) October 1954
Ans: A

13. Rajasthan is under which of the following railway zones?
(a) Northern region
(b) Western region
(c) North-Western region
(d) Central Region
Ans: B

14. Palace On Wheels train was inaugurated in which year?
(a) 1988
(b) 1972
(c) 1982
(d) 1965
Ans: C

15. Indian Railways which is the largest of the Public Sector Enterprises, is divided in how many
regions?
(a) 7
(b) 9
(c) 8
(d) 10
Ans: B