Engineering Services Exam 2009

Solved Question Paper - General Knowledge


1. The Presidency of the Security Council of United Nations is alternated every

  1. Month
  2. Six months
  3. Year
  4. Two years

The Presidency of Security Council is rotated every month in the alphabetical order of the names (in English) of member countries. The current Presidency (for Mar 2011) is with China, which will be followed by Columbia for April.

2. Kourou, from where the satellites are launched is in

  1. Costa Rica
  2. French Guyana
  3. El Salavador
  4. West Indies

Kourou is in French Guyana, a territory of France in South America. For other space launching stations Click here

3. With reference to the standard air pressure at sea level, 1 atm is equal to

  1. 660 mm mercury
  2. 730 mm mercury
  3. 760 mm mercury
  4. 780 mm mercury

4. When it is 12 noon in Allahabad, the time in Tokyo would be about

  1. 9.30 AM
  2. 3.30 PM
  3. 6.30 PM
  4. 9.30 PM

5. Which among the following are southern-most hills?

  1. Cardamom hills
  2. Javadi hills
  3. Nallamalai hills
  4. Nilgiri hills

6. Which among the following is the western-most city?

  1. Jhansi
  2. Gwalior
  3. Agra
  4. Delhi

7. Great Barrier Reef is situated along the coast of

  1. Australia
  2. Canada
  3. U.K.
  4. South Africa

8. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists

List I List II
A. Bhitarkanika 1. Kerala
B. Coondapur 2. Orissa
C. Vembanad3. Karnataka
D. Coringa 4. Andhra Pradesh

Code:

  1. A - 2; B - 3; C - 1; D - 4
  2. A - 2; B - 1; C - 3; D - 4
  3. A - 4; B - 3; C - 1; D - 2
  4. A - 4; B - 1; C - 3; D - 2

9. Which one among the following makes common border with maximum number of other States of India?

  1. Assam
  2. Madhya Pradesh
  3. Jharkhand
  4. Rajasthan

Assam is bordered by seven states, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya and West Bengal and one country - Bhutan.See more on Indian States

10. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

Name of the fieldCountry
(a) Kirkuk Iraq
(b) Burgan Kuwait
(c) Alqaiq Iran
(d) Safaniya Saudi Arabia

11. Which one among the following planets is nearest to the Sun?

  1. Jupiter
  2. Uranus
  3. Mars
  4. Mercury

12. Equatorial radius of the earth is approximately

  1. 6380 Km
  2. 6740 Km
  3. 7380 Km
  4. 7740 Km

13. Which one among the following is the longest continuous mountain range in the world?

  1. The Himalayas
  2. The Andes
  3. The Rocky Mountains
  4. The Alps

The Andes in South America is the longest continuous mountain range in the world with a lengh of about 7,000 km. The Himalayas have a length of 2,400 km. For more information see Mountains

14. Durgapur is located on the banks of river

  1. Damodar
  2. Brahmani
  3. Subarnarekha
  4. Indravathi

15. With reference to Indian freedom struggle, which one of the following events occurred earliest?

  1. Swadeshi movement
  2. Shifting of imperial capital from Calcutta to Delhi
  3. Lucknow Pact
  4. Khilafat movement

Swadeshi Movement followed the partition of Bengal in 1905. Shifting of capital to Delhi - 1911, Lucknow Pact - 1916 and Khilafat Movement - 1920. - Click here for more.

16. Who founded the 'India League' in London?

  1. Annie Besant
  2. Bhikaji Cama
  3. Shyamji Krishna Verma
  4. V.K. Krishna Menon

He was also the secretary of the India League from 1929 to 1947.

17. Which one of the following Indian freedom fighters coined the slogan 'Jai Hind'?

  1. J.L. Nehru
  2. B.G. Tilak
  3. Sardar Patel
  4. S.C. Bose

18. The immediate cause of the Swadeshi movement was

  1. Rise in prices of essential commodities
  2. Partition of Bengal
  3. Rising of unemployment
  4. Discontent of the peasants

19. During India's freedom struggle, which one of the following led to the first "All India Hartal"?

  1. Protest against Rowlatt Act
  2. Protest against Jalianwalabagh incident
  3. Arrest and trial of Mahatma Gandhi
  4. Arrival of Simon Commission

The first All India Hartal was on April 6, 1919. Jallianwalla Bagh massacre followed on April 13 just 7 days later.

20. During the Indian freedom struggle, who of the following started the newspaper "Bande Mataram"?

  1. Barindra Kumar Ghose
  2. Bipin Chandra Pal
  3. Devendra Nath Tagore
  4. Surendra Nath Banerjee

21. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists

List I
(Books)		 List II
(Authors)
A. India Wins Freedom 1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B. Gita Rahasya 2. Jawaharlal Nehru
C. Discovery of India 3. Dadabhai Naoroji
D. Poverty and Un-British rule in India 4. Abul Kalam Azad

Code:

  1. A - 4; B - 2; C - 1; D - 3
  2. A - 4; B - 1; C - 2; D - 3
  3. A - 3; B - 4; C - 2; D - 1
  4. A - 3; B - 2; C - 4; D - 1

22. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists

List I
(Dam)		 List II
(State)
A. Malaprabha 1. Andhra Pradesh
B. Panam 2. Gujarat
C. Pochampad 3. Karnataka
D. Upper Penganga 4. Maharashtra

Code:

  1. A - 4; B - 2; C - 1; D - 3
  2. A - 4; B - 1; C - 2; D - 3
  3. A - 3; B - 2; C - 1; D - 4
  4. A - 3; B - 1; C - 2; D - 4

23. Consider the following pairs:

1. Abhijeet Gupta Chess
2. Gagan Narang Weight lifting
3. Jeev Milkha Singh Golf

Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?

  1. 1 and 2 only
  2. 1 and 3 only
  3. 3 only
  4. 1, 2 and 3

24. Consider the following:

  1. Acetic acid
  2. Ascorbic acid
  3. Citric acid
  4. Folic acid

Which of the above are vitamins?

  1. 1, 2 and 3
  2. 2 and 4
  3. 1 and 4
  4. 2, 3 and 4

Ascorbic acid is the other name of Vitamin C, while Folic acid is a part of B group of vitamins. - More on Vitamins

25. Who of the following is popularly known as Deshbandhu?

  1. Aurobindo Ghose
  2. Chittaranjan Das
  3. G.B. Pant
    4. li>R.M. Lohia

26. Who of the following resigned as Defence Minister in the wake of India-China war in 1962?

  1. Sardar Baldev Singh
  2. Sardar Swaran Singh
  3. V.K. Krishna Menon
  4. Y.B. Chavan

27. With reference to the period of Indian freedom struggle, who of the following set up the Gyan Prasarak Mandali (Society for Promotion of Knowledge) for the education of adult menfolk?

  1. Annie Besant
  2. Bhikaji Cama
  3. Dadabhai Naoroji
  4. G.K. Gokhale

Known as the Grand Old Man of India, he was the first Asian to be a British MP in the House of Commons. He was also the author of Poverty and Unbritish Rule in India.

28. Who was the President of India National Congress at the time of partition of India?

  1. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
  2. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
  3. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
  4. Acharya J.B. Kriplani

Pattabhi Sitaramayya was elected the President of INC in first session of the congress after Independence succeeding Acharya Kriplani. Read more about important sessions of INC by - clicking here..

29. Who the following was the founder of Khudai Khidmatgars (Red Shirts) movement?

  1. Hakim Ajmal Khan
  2. Shaukat Ali
  3. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
  4. Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan

30. Consider the following plants:

  1. Banana
  2. Grape
  3. Rose

Which of the above is/are propagated by vegetative methods?

  1. 1 only
  2. 1 and 2 only
  3. 2 and 3 only
  4. 1, 2 and 3

Vegetative Propagation is a process by which new plants arise without production of seeds or spores. Rose is one such common plant which is raised by stem cutting. See also - List of Plants Propagated by Vegetative Methods.


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