Questions

Q:

Cotton for textile was first cultivated in...........

A) Egypt B) India
C) Central America D) Mesopotamia
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Egypt

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Indian History

73 15914
Q:

The first Indian to receive the U Thant award for cultural understanding was

A) Jawaharlal Nehru B) Indira Gandhi
C) Acharya Vinoba Bhave D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Acharya Vinoba Bhave

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Honours and Awards

15 15910
Q:

Which one of the following statements about India is not correct?

 

A) India has 12 major ports and about 200 non-major ports. B) 95 percent of India’s trade by volume and 68 percent by value are moved through maritime transport.
C) India has a coastline of about 7500 km. D) In the Maritime Agenda, 2010-2020, a target of 300 MT port capacity has been set for the year 2020.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) In the Maritime Agenda, 2010-2020, a target of 300 MT port capacity has been set for the year 2020.

Explanation:

Statement 1 and 3 are factual and are correct.The Maritime Agenda projects a total traffic of 2494.95 million tonnes for all major and non-major ports taken together and a capacity of 3280.04 million tonnes. Hence, statement 4 is incorrect.

Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: General Awareness
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

0 15904
Q:

What  was/were  the  formative  influence(s)on the philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi?

1.Gandhiji  was  influenced  by  the  18th century  Pranami  sect  that  advocated the unity of faiths.

2.Gandhiji    was    influenced    by    the theosophists.

3.Gandhiji was an admirer of the writings of Romantics like Wordworth.

Select  the  correct  answer  using  the  code given below.

A) 1 and 2 only B) 2 and 3 only
C) 1, 2 and 3 D) 1 only
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 1, 2 and 3

Explanation:

All are correct

Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Indian History
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

0 15895
Q:

1. All beutiful things are sad.She is beutiful.She is sad

2. All nice things are flat.TV are flat.TV's are nice things

3. Potatoes are stems.All stems are fruits.Potatoes are fruits

 

Choose the alternative where the 3rd segment can be deduced from above two

A) 1 only B) 1 and 2
C) 3 only D) 1 and 3
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 1 and 3

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

0 15888
Q:

The year 1995 is the golden Jubilee year of which of the following International Organisations

A) GATT B) NAM
C) UNO D) ASEAN
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) UNO

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: World Organisations

51 15883
Q:

Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

My coat's pretty warm, even though it cost £9.99 and came from the flea market. It had a label in it, CHRISTIN BIOR, but I cut it out as soon as I got home. You can't work where I work and have CHRISTIN BIOR in your coat. You could have a genuine vintage Christian Dior label. Or something Japanese. Or maybe no label because you make your clothes yourself out of retro fabrics that you source at Alfies Antiques. But not CHRISTIN BIOR.

As I get near Catford Bridge, I start to feel a knot of tension. I really don't want to be late today. My boss has started throwing all sorts of hissy fits about people "swanning in at all times," so I left an extra twenty minutes early, in case it was a bad day. I can already see: It's a god-awful day. They've been having a lot of problems on our line recently and keep cancelling trains with no warning. Trouble is, in London rush hour, you can't just cancel trains. What are all the people who were planning to get on that train supposed to do? Evaporate?

What has been the problem with London trains lately?

A) The trains have become awful. B) There are more trains during rush hour.
C) People are late to work because of train delays. D) Trains are cancelled without prior intimation.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Trains are cancelled without prior intimation.

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: English
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

0 15882
Q:

Which of the following statements about the usage of the term ‘barbarian’ is/are correct?

1. It is derived from the Greek word ‘barbaros’ which means anon-Greek.

2. Romans used the term for the Germanic tribes, the Gauls and the Huns.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

A) 1 only B) 2 only
C) Both 1 and 2 D) Neither 1 nor 2
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Both 1 and 2

Explanation:

The ancient Greek word “bárbaros,” from which it derives, meant “babbler,”.In the Greek ear, speakers of a foreign tongue made unintelligible sounds (“bar bar bar”). Similar words exist in other Indo-European languages, including the Sanskrit “barbara,” which means “stammering.”The word “barbarian” originated in ancient Greece and was initially used to describe all non-Greek-speaking peoples, including Persians, Egyptians, Medes and Phoenicians.

Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Indian History
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

0 15867