Assistant Station Master Exam : General Knowledge Solved Paper

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1. Which of the following countries is a land locked country in south America?

a. Ecuador

b. Peru

c. Uruguay

d. Bolivia

Answer : d

2. Canary Islands belongs to

a. Norway

b. Spain

c. New Zealand

d. Portugal

Answer: b

3. Titan is the largest natural satellite of planet

a. Mercury

b. Venus

c. Saturn

d. Neptune

Answer: c

4. Which of the following planets rotates clock wise?

a. Pluto

b. Jupiter

c. Venus

d. Mercury

Answer: c

5. A difference of 1 degree in longitude at the Equator is equivalent to nearly

a. 101 km

b. 111 km

c. 121 km

d. 125 km

Answer: b

6. The earliest known Indian script is

a. Mori

b. Devanagari

c. Brahmi

d. Kharosti

Answer: c

7. How many times the preamble was amended

a. once

b. twice

c. thrice

d. four times

Answer: a

8. The term socialist was added in the Preamble by the...amendment

a. 40th

b. 42nd

c. 44th

d. 49th

Answer: b

9. The state with the lowest population in India is

a. Goa

b. Tripura

c. Mizoram

d. Sikkim

Answer: d

10. Which person or organisation received the Nobel Prize three times so far?

a. Medame Curie

b. Linus Pauling

c. Alexender Flemming

d. International Committee of the Redcross

Answer: d

11. The Finance Commission is appointed for every... year

a. 3

b. 4

c. 5

d. 6

Answer: c

12. Under which five year plan did agriculture show a negative growth?

a. 1st plan

b. 2nd plan

c. 3rd plan

d. 4th plan

Answer: c

13. Who is the founder of the Capital city of Agra?

a. Akbar

b. Babar

c. Sikinder Lodi

d. Mubarak Shah Sayyad

Answer: c

14. The first tide generated electricity project was established at

a. Vizhinjam, Kerala

b. Mangalore, Karnataka

c. Paradeep, Orissa

d. Vishakapattanam

Answer: a

15. National Institute of Oceanography is located in :

a. Calcutta

b. Chennai

c. Mangalore

d. Panaji

Answer: d

16. The 2004 Olympics were held in :

a. Bangkok

b. Rome

c. Athens

d. Nagasaki

Answer: c

17. Who headed the committee appointed on Kargil War ?

a. Gen. V. P. Malik

b. Gen. S. K. Sinha

c. K. Subramanyam

d. K. C. Panth

Answer: c

18. The C. K. Nayudu Trophy is related to the sport of

a. cricket

b. Hockey

c. Football

d. Chess

Answer: a

19. New York is situated on the river

a. Hudson

b. Thames

c. Danube

d. Tigris

Answer: a

20. "The Woman of the Millennium" selected by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is

a. Margaret Thacher

b. Hillary Clinton

c. Chandrika Kumaratunga

d. Indira Gandhi

Answer: d

21. The General Assembly of United Nations meets

a. Once a year

b. twice a year

c. thrice a year

d. Once in five years

Answer: a

22. The "Common Wealth Games 2002" will be held in

a. Toranto

b. Manchester

c. Tokyo

d. Canberra

Answer: b

23. All India Radio commenced operations in

a. 1926

b. 1936

c. 1945

d. 1947

Answer: b

24. The "Killer Instinct" is written by

a. Sulakshan Mohan

b. M.K.Santanam

c. O.P.Sabharwal

d. Subash Jain

Answer: c

25. The Secretary-General of UN is appointed by the

a. Security Council

b. Trusteeship Council

c. General Assembly

d. World Bank

Answer: c

26. Postal Voting is other wise called:

a. external voting

b. secret voting

c. plural voting

d. proxy voting

Answer: d

27. The Common Wealth of Independent states (CIS) consists of....republica?

a. 10

b. 11

c. 12

d. 13

Answer: c

28. Which of the following harbours is considered as the world's finest natural harbour?

a. Sydney harbour

b. Toronto harbour

c. New Jersy harbour

d. Singapore harbour

Answer: a

29. Who invented Radar?

a. Henrey Backquerel

b. Max Planck

c. Robert Watson Watt

d. Humphrey Davy

Answer: c

30. Sandal Wood trees are mostly found in...

a. Trophical Evergreen Forests

b. Tropical most Decidous

c. Alpine forests

d. Trophical Thorn Forests

Answer: d

31. The first country to legalise medically assisted suicide is

a. Switzerland

b. New Zealand

c. USA

d. Netherlands

Answer: d

31. India's newsprint industry is mainly located in

a. Indore

b. Dehradun

c. Nepanagar

d. Nagpur

Answer: c

32. The tomb of Babur is at

a. Kabul

b. Lahore

c. Multan

d. Larkhana

Answer: a

33. The joint session of the two houses is presided by

a. the speaker

b. the president

c. chairman of Rajyasabha

d. none of these

Answer: a

34. The Gandhara school of Art was influenced most by the

a. Greeks

b. Shakas

c. persians

d. Kushans

Answer: a

35. The Simon Commission was appointed in

a. 1927

b. 1928

c. 1929

d. 1930

Answer: c

36. Sikkim became a full fledged state of the Indian Union, in the year ?

a. 1972

b. 1973

c. 1974

d. 1975

Answer: d

37. Who is the founder of Mahabalipuram ?

a. Rajaraja Chola

b. Mahendra Varman

c. Narsimha Varman

d. Narsimha Chola

Answer: c

38. The 189th member of United Nations is

a. Palau

b. Tuvalu

c. Soloman Islands

d. Nauru

Answer: b

39. When was Burma separated from India

a. 1947

b. 1942

c. 1937

c. 1932

Answer: c

40. Which of the following country has more than 55,000 lakes?

a. Poland

b. Denmark

c. Finland

d. Norway

Answer: c

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