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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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