General awareness Set 1

1) Which of the following organization has Giant Panda as its symbol?

A) UNICEF
B) Greenpeace
C) World Bank
D) World Wide Fund for Nature
Ans:D

2) Name the inventor of Black Box fight recorder who died recently

A) David Warren
B) J.L. Baird
C) Thomas Alva Edison
D) Wilbur Wright
Ans:A

3) “What Congress and Ghandhi have done to the Untouchables” is a book written by

A) B.R. Ambedkar
B) V.D. Savarkar
C) Rajendra Prasad
D) S.C. Bose
Ans:A

4) Sri Shiva Shankar Menon holds the position of

A) Union Home Secretary
B) Planning Commission Chairman
C) Minister of State in Defense Ministry
D) National Security Advisor
Ans:D

5) Who has won the World Cup Football as a player and coach?

A) Lisa Raymond
B) Paulo Rossi Italy
C) George Best England
D) Franz Beckenbauer Germany

6) Who among the following launched education reform movement among the Muslims in India?

A) Sri Syed Ahmed Khan
B) W.W. Hunter
C) Shah Waliullah
D) Sakkir Hussain
Ans:A

7) Which of the following leaders died in the battle filed in the Revolt of 1857?

A) Tantia Tope
B) Bahadur Shah II
C) Nana Saheb
D) Rani Jhansi
Ans:D

8) Who among the following was known as the “Indian Gladstone”?

A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B) Gopala Krishna Gokhale
C) Dadabhai Naoroji
D) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Ans:C

9) Prabuddha Bharata was a paper published in English by

A) Louis Vivian Derozio
B) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
C) Swami Vivekananda
D) Swami Dayanand
Ans:C

10) The Radical Democratic Party was founded in 1940 by

A) N.D. Muzambar
B) S.C. Bose
C) B.R. Ambedkar
D) M.N. Roy
Ans:D

11) Based on the 1981-91 decennial growth rate of population, state with the highest and lowest growth rate are respectively

A) Arunachal Pradesh and Goa
B) Nagaland and Kerala
C) Arunachal Pradesh and kerala
D) Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu
Ans:B

12) Which one of the following incidents prompted Vinoba Bhave to initiate the Boothan Movement?

A) Nalgonda incident
B) Sri Kakulam incident
C) Naxalbari incident
D) Madhubani incident
Ans:A

13) The poorest state with 39.9% people living below poverty line is

A) Jharkand
B) Orissa
C) Bihar
D) Assam
Ans:B

14) Which of the following is the largest man made lake in India?

A) Didwan Lake
B) Vembanad Lake
C) Indira Sagar Lake
D) Chilka Lake
Ans:C

15) In India a special Ministry for women and social welfare was formed at the centre in the year

A) 1983
B) 1986
C) 1976
D) 1981
Ans:B

16) The Article in the Constitution of India which provides for the appointment of a special officer for scheduled Castes and Scheduled tribes by the President of India is

A) Article 164
B) Article 341
C) Article 342
D) Article 338
Ans:D

17) Who was the permanent chairman of the Constituent Assembly?

A) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
D) Sardar Patel
Ans:A

18) The 42nd Amendment extended the term of the Lok Sabha is

A) 7 years
B) 6 years
C) 8 years
D) 9 years
Ans:B

19) The Sarkaria Commission was set up to review the relation between

A) Prime Minister and the President
B) Executive and Judiciary
C) Legislative and Executive
D) Centre and the State
Ans:D

20) One of the following members was not included in the drafting Committee of the Indian Constitution

A) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Shri N Madhava Rao
D) Shri KM Munshi
Ans:B

21) The provisions concerning the suspension of Fundamental rights by the President during emergencies was borrowed from the

A) Constitution of U.S.A.
B) Constitution of Canada
C) Constitution of Ireland
D) Weimar Constitution
Ans:D

22) Article 164 of the Constitution of India provides for separate Ministers of Tribal Welfare in

A) Rajasthan, Kerala and Nagaland
B) Orissa, Bihar and Meghalaya
C) Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Orissa
D) Madhyapradesh, Assam and Orissa
Ans:C

23) Who appoints the Municipal Commissioner of the Municipalities?

A) State Government
B) Mayor
C) President
D) Governor
Ans:A

24) The historic INA trial commenced in

A) 1940
B) 1944
C) 1945
D) 1948

Ans:B

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Questions asked in TA Exam held on 18 AUG 2013 with answers

PRELIMINARY INTERVIEW BOARD
TERRITORIAL ARMY COMMISSION:18TH AUG 2013

MAX TIME:2 HRS
MAX TIME:100

                                    SECTION 1

                                PART 1 (ESSAY)

A) Write an essay in about 300 words in any one of the topics mentioned below? (Marks – 30)

1) Role of Army Navy Air Force in Uttarakhand flood tragedy.

2) Write about controversy Over CAG report regarding improper Allocation of Coal Blocks.

3) Case on Ranbaxy in US.

4) Election in Pakistan.

5) India China relationship.

PART – II 

ENGLISH COMPREHENSION

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

B) Comprehension passage (5 marks)

The duty of armed forces comes in extra ordinary adverse situations. For those situations, there is a force which makes the society stable. Police maintain law & order in the country .Police protects customs and religious rights of people. It protects the people of the country. It helps the gentle and law abiding citizens. Police capture the anti-social persons and hand over to the court. Court punish them, the fear of punishment makes the anti-social persons no to do any crime. Police make the irresponsible people responsible towards their duty. However, all the powers lie in the hand of ministers and inspector General of Police.

1) What is the meaning of customs and religious rights in the passage?

2) In extra ordinary adverse situation which organization does its duty?

3)4)5):not able to recollect.

C)Antonyms (5 marks)

1)Darken

2)Meticulous

3)Secure

4)5):not able to recollect.

SECTION – 2

 GENERAL AWARENESS 

MARKS:60

                                                   

1) Where is doldrums effect occurs?

Ans-Sub tropical region

2) How many Gold Medal P.T. Usha won in 1986 Asian games in Seoul?

Ans-3

3) Who was runner up for ICC world cup cricket in 2013 (Men's)?

Ans-Controversial question

4) Chlorophyll has one metal content?

Ans-magnesium.

5) Red soil is suitable for which crops?

Ans-Millets, Sugarcane, Ragi

6) Martin Luther King was from which country?

Ans-USA

7) Reinforcement movement was initiated by?

Ans-Martin Luther

8) Paris is situated in the bank of which river?

Ans-Seine

9) Quit India movement was initiated in year?

Ans-1942

10) Which is not a permanent member of UN security council?

Ans-Germany

11) How soap work?

Ans-soap mix with oil and separate it from dirt.

12) Who was first Governor General of free India?

Ans- Lord Mountbatten

13) Capital of Iceland?

Ans-Reykjavik

14) Raja Ram Mohan Rai Established By?

Ans-Brahmo Samaj

15) Capital of Sudan?

Ans-Juba

16) Where is Kilimanjaro Volcano?

Ans-Tanzania

17) Where is Angkot Vishnu Temple located?

Ans-Cambodia

18) When did Saurav Gangulay first played for India?

Ans-11 Jan .1992

19) When did India got its first Gold medal in Olympic Games?

Ans-1928(Hockey)

20) Who heads the planning commission?

Ans- Prime Minister

21) Oral rehydration therapy ORT is used for?

Ans-cholera

22) The action of bile on is?

Ans-Emulsification

23) Kilowatt per Hour is unit of?

Ans-Electric energy

24) White revolution is about of which product?

Ans-Milk

25) The instrument used for measuring air pressure?

Ans-Barometer

26) Aryabhataa was the contemporary of which king??

Ans-Chandragupta

27) Pallavs ruled in which states?

Ans-Kanchi

28) McMahon line is border of?

Ans-India & China

29) Submarine uses which instrument?

Ans-Periscope

30) Which kind of mirror is used in periscope?

Ans-Plane mirror

31) Which is not a Rabi corps?

Ans-Millets

32) Buddhism Literature is written in which language?

Ans-Pali

33) What kind of reaction is nerve impulse send?

Ans-Electro-chemical

34) Urea is separated/produced by which organ?

Ans-Kidney

35) Who was first Indian to sail in boat around the world alone?

Ans-Lieutenant Commander Abhilash Tomy

36) Which is called heat waves also?

Ans-Microwaves

37) Who makes oath to President?

Ans-Chief Justice India

38) Which of these is example of Public litigation, Court take action?

Ans-Judicial Activism

39) Nthula Pass is situated in?

Ans-Sikkim

40) When did India adopted its constitution?

Ans-26th Jan, 1950

41) Where is Gulf of Mannar?

Ans-Tamilnadu

42) Which fact is right about leaving of Britishers from India

Ans- indian national army forced them

43) Emergency cannot be imposed in which of following conditions?

Ans-Political disturbance

44) Name of the line joining equal rain falling places?

Ans-Isohyets

45) Which is not a real fruit?

Ans-plum

46) rain shadow area?

Ans-Orographic rain

47) What is Photo synthesis?

48) What is the name of the tiger used as mascout in commonwealth games?

Ans- Raju

49) Which is the top award given to any Indian for literature, science and art?

Ans-Bharataratna

50) Lance Armstrong belongs to which country?

Ans-USA

51) When did Quit India movement started?

Ans-1942

52) Kovvada Nuclear power plant is in which state?

Ans-Andra Pradesh

53) Dada Saheb Falke award is given for?

Ans-Cinema

54) Which state produces most coffee in India?

Ans-Karnataka

55) Which is called evening star?

Ans-Venus

56)  Which is not a Mammal?

Ans-Shark

57) Which is not a component of Milk?

Ans-vitamin c

58) How water get acidic?

Ans- due to the dissolved oxygen

59) Sodium kept in which liquid?

Ans-kerosene

60) Which actor won the best actor award in National Film Award 2012?

Ans- Irfan Khan & Vikram Gokhle

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Amazing Facts About India

• India is the world's largest, oldest, continuous civilization.
• India is the world's Largest democracy.
• India never invaded any country in her last 1000 years of history.
• India invented the number system. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
• When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilization).
  
• There are 300,000 active mosques in India , more than in any other country, including the Muslim world
• Sanskrit is the mother of all the European Languages . Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software - a report in Forbes magazine July 1987.
• Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in India.
• India has the second largest pool of Scientist and Engineers in the World.
• India is the largest English speaking nation in the world.
• India is the only country other than US and Japan, to have built a super computer indeigenously.
• India has the largest number of Post Offices in the world.
• One of the largest employer in the world is the Indian Railways , employing over a million people.
• India was one of the richest countries till the time of British rule in the early 17th Century. Christopher Columbus, attracted by India's wealth, had come looking for a sea route to India when he discovered America by mistake.
• The Baily Bridge is the highest bridge in the world. It is located in the Ladakh valley between the Dras and Suru rivers in the Himalayan mountains. It was built by the Indian Army in August 1982
• The Vishnu Temple in the city of Tirupathi built in the 10th century, is the world's largest religious pilgrimage destination. Larger than either Rome or Mecca, an average of 30,000 visitors donate $6 million (US) to the temple everyday.
• Varanasi, also known as Benaras, was called "the Ancient City" when Lord Buddha visited it in 500 B.C., and is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world today.
• Martial Arts were first created in India, and later spread to Asia by Buddhist missionaries.
• Yoga has its origins in India and has existed for over 5,000 years.

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Indian Territorial Army as an Officer Recruitment FEB 2014

Indian Army invites applications from gainfully employed young men an opportunity of donning the uniform and serving the nation as Territorial Army Officers. Based on the concept of enabling motivated young men to serve in a military environment without having to sacrifice their primary professions. You can serve the nation in two capacities – as a civilian and as a soldier. No other option allows you such an expanse of experiences

Part Time Commitment – Full Time Honour : Adventure Awaits You!

Eligibility Conditions for Indian Territorial Army Officer 2014 : Only Male citizens of India and Ex-service officers who are medically fit.

Indian Territorial Army Officer Age Limit 2014 : 18 to 42 years as on  31 DEC 2013.

Qualification for Indian Territorial Army Officer 2014 : Graduate from any recognized university.

Employment : Gainfully Employed in Central Govt / Semi Govt / Pvt Firm / Own business / Self Employed.

Important Note for Indian Army TA Officers 2014 : Serving Employees of Policies / Para Military Forces are not eligible.


Embodiment for Indian Territorial Army Training 2014 :

1.One month basic training in the first year of commission.
2.Two months annual training camp every year including the first year.

3.Three months Post Commissioning training within first two years at IMA Dehradun.

Indian Territorial Army Officer Written Exam Date 2014 : 9 FEB 2014

Syllabus for Indian Army Territorial Army Officer Exam 2014 :

Part I – Short Essay


Part II – Objective type question on General Awareness : Includes issues related to Political / Economical Affairs, International Situation and Sports.

Indian Army TA Officer Terms and Conditions of Service 2014:

1.Commission is granted in the rank of Lieutenant.
2.Pay and Allowances and privileges will be same as Regular Army Officers when embodied for training and military service.
3.Promotions upto Lt Col by time scale subject to fulfilling laid down criteria. Promotion to Colonel and Brigadier by selection.

4.Officers commissioned in TA Infantry may be called out for military service for longer duration depending on requirement.

Application Forms for Indian Territorial Army Civilian Candidates 2014:

All desirous civilian candidates can obtain Indian Army TA application form 2013,from employment newspaper or download from www.indianarmy.gov.in and send it alongwith self addressed stamped envelope of 28 x 12 cms size,two passport size photographs and postal stamps worth Rupee 12 /- ( Rupee 25 for J & K ) affixed on envelop to their respective TA Group Headquarters.

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64th Raising Day of Citizen’s Army(TA Day) Celebrated

Prime Minister’s Territorial Army Day Parade was organised to commemorate the 64th raising anniversary of Territorial Army at the Army Parade Ground at New Delhi on 9 October 2013. Minister of State for Defence Jitendra Singh was the chief guest.

The parade was attended by Chief of Army Staff, Gen Bikram Singh, Chief of Air Staff,Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne and other civil and military dignitaries, including military and defence attachés from friendly foreign countries. The parade was commanded by Colonel DS Chauhan and comprised of 10 Marching Contingents, 15 Bands and Three Tableaus of Railway Engineer, Oil Sector and Ecological Territorial Army Units.

Apart from this, the PARA Territorial Army units demonstrated expert

slithering 

techniques from Advance Light Helicopters (Dhruv). Territorial Army has become 

a force to reckon with and has augmented the Regular Army in all spheres.

It comprises of Infantry, Home and Hearth, Oil Sector, Railway Engineer and 

Ecological Territorial Army units.

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64th Raising Day of Citizen’s Army(TA Day):

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LIST OF COUNTRIES AND THEIR NATIONAL EMBLEMS

Australia — Kangaroo

Barbados — Head of a Trident

Canada — White Lily

Denmark — Beach


France — Lily

Guyana — Canje Pheasant

India — Ashoka Chakra

Ireland — Shamrock

Italy — White Lily

Japan — Chrysanthemum

Luxembourg — Lion with Crown

Netherlands — Lion

Norway — Lion

Papua New Guinea —Bird of paradise

Senegal —Bhobab Tree

Sri Lanka — Lion

Syria — Eagle

U.K — Rose

Bangladesh — Water Lily

Belgium — Lion

Chile — Candor & Huemul

Dominica — Sisserou Parrot

Germany — Corn Flower

Hong Kong — Bauhinia (Orchid Tree)

Iran — Rose

Israel — Candelabrum

Ivory Coast — Elephant

Lebanon — Cedar Tree

Mongolia — The Soyombo

New Zealand — Southern Cross, Kiwi,Fern

Pakistan — Crescent

Spain — Eagle

Sierra Leone — Lion

Sudan — Secretary Bird

Turkey — Crescent & Star

U.S.A — Golden Rod

   
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INDIA'S POSITION IN THE WORLD

1. 1st to introduce government supported family planning.

2. Largest postal network in the world.

3. Largest livestock population.

4. Largest producer of milk.

5. Largest producer of millets in the world.

6. Largest consumer of gold jewellery.

7. Largest producer of jute.

8. Largest producer of ginger.

9. Largest producer of bananas.

10. Largest producer of castor oil seeds.

11. Largest producer of mangoes.

12. Largest producer of safflower oil seeds.

13. Largest producer of papayas.

14. 2nd largest producer of tea, the 1st position - China.

15. 2nd largest producer of sugarcane, 1st position - Brazil.

16. 2nd largest producer of wheat, 1st position - China.

17. 2nd largest producer of onions, the 1st position - China.

18. 2nd largest producer of potatoes, the 1st position - China.

19. 2nd largest producer of garlic, the 1st position - China.

20. 2nd largest producer of rice, the 1st position - China.

21. 2nd largest producer of cottonseed, the 1st position - China.

22. 2nd largest producer of cement., next to China.

23. India has the largest deposits of Thorium mostly in Kerala.

24. 3rd largest producer and 2nd largest consumer of fertiliser.

25. India has the 2nd largest arable land in the world. The USA has the largest arable land in the world.

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