DMRCEXAMINATIONHELDON22

nd
July,2012
(PaperIII:GeneralAwareness)Solved
CandidatesAspiringtoappearintheforthcomingDMRCexammustattemptthesequestionstoknow
thekindofquestionsaskedandthelevelofsuchquestions.Youmaynotbeawareofanswersto
manyquestionsasthesewerebasedonNewsofearly2012.Suchquestionswillnotberelevantfor
thisyearbutthiswillgiveyouideaastowhatmustbereadinthecurrentnews.
Q.
No.
Questionwithoptions Answer
61 ViswanathanAnandwonthechampionship2012bydefeatingwhich
ofthefollowingplayers?
(a) EselinTopalov
(b) VladimirKramnik
(c) BorisGelfand
(d) AlexanderKhalifman
Answer:(c)Boris
Gelfand
62 WhoistherecipientofDadaSahebPhalkeAward2011?
(a) K.Balachander
(b) V.K.Murthy
(c) D.Ramanaidu
(d) SoumitraChatterjee

Answer:(d)
Soumitra
Chatterjee

63 IndianplayerDeepikaKumariwhoclaimedhermaidenWorldCupin
Antalayarecently,belongstowhichgame?
(a) Squash
(b) Archery
(c) Athletics
(d) Billiards&Snooker
Answer:(b)
Archery

64 WhatistheMottoofOlympics2012?
(a) OneWorld,OneDream
(b) WelcomeHome
(c) InspireaGeneration
(d) Thecelebrationofthecentury
Answer:(c)
Inspirea
Generation

65 IdentifytheincorrectmatchwithrespecttoIPL2012?
AwardPlayer/Team
(a) ManoftheSeriesSunilNaraine
(b) MostRunsChrisGayle
(c) MostWicketsMorneMorkel
(d) FairPlayAwardKingsXIPunjab
Answer:(d)Fair
PlayAward
66 WhoisthePresidentofWorldBank?
(a) RobertZoellick
(b) DonaldKaberuka
Answer:(c)Jim
YongKim

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(c) JimYongKim
(d) Dr.MargaretChan
67 WhenbothHousesoftheParliamentarenotinsessionandif
governmentfeelstheneedforimmediateaction,Presidentcan
promulgateordinanceswhichhavethesameforceandeffectaslaws
passedbyParliamentandtheircontinuanceissubjectto
parliamentaryapproval.Ordinanceremainvalidfornomorethan
.........................fromthedatetheParliamentisconvenedunless
approvedbyitearlier?

(a) 6weeks
(b) 6months
(c) 60days
(d) 90days
Answer:(a)6
weeks

68 Selectthewrongstatementamongthefollowings?
(a) Thereisnospecificprovisionofsalary/pensionfortheVice
President,perse
(b) TheVicePresidentmustbequalifiedforelectionasa
memberoftheRajyaSabha.
(c) TheVicePresidentholdsofficeforfiveyears
(d) Alldisputesarisinginconnectionwiththeelectionofthe
VicePresidentarepetitionedtotheElectionCommissionof
Indiawhichinquiresintothematterandgivesfinaldecision

Answer:(d)All
disputesarisingin
connectionwith
theelectionof
theVicePresident
arepetitionedto
theElection
Commissionof
Indiawhich
inquiresintothe
matterandgives
finaldecision

69 Kankesethuraiharbour,forwhichIndiaisprovidingfinancial
assistancealso,islocatedin?
(a) Myanmar
(b) Bangladesh
(c) SriLanka
(d) Indonesia

Answer:(c)Sri
Lanka

70 Acoinplacedatthebottomofacontainerappearstoriseasthe
containerisslowlyfilledwithwater.Thisisdueto?
(a) RefractionofLight
(b) Reflectionoflight
(c) DeflectionofLight
(d) PolarizationofLight

Answer:(a)
RefractionofLight

71 LargeHadronCollider(LHC)liesintunnel27kilometresin
circumference,asdeepas175metres?
(a) BeneaththeFranceSwitzerlandborder
(b) BeneththeGermanySwitzerlandBorder
Answer:(a)
Beneaththe
France
Switzerland
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(c) BeneaththeItalySwitzerlandBorder
(d) BeneaththeAustraliaSwitzerlandandBorder

border

72 TherefractiveindicesofKerosene,turpemtineandwaterare1.44,
1.47and1.33respectively.Lightwillhavemaximumspeedin?
(a) Kerosene
(b) Turpentine
(c) Water
(d) Speedremainssameforall

Answer:(c)
Water

73 Onedioptreofpowerofalens?
(a) Whosefocallengthis10meters
(b) Whosefocallengthis100meters
(c) Whosefocallengthis1meter
(d) Whosefocallengthis0.01meter

Answer:(c)
Whosefocal
lengthis1meter

74 WhoiscreditedwiththediscoveryofElectron?
(a) E.Goldstein
(b) J.J.Thompson
(c) JamesChadwick
(d) Rutherford

Answer:(b)J.J.
Thompson

75 TheEarthissphericalinshapeexceptforsomeflatteningonsome
portions.Thisflatteningisatthe?
(a) Equator
(b) Tropics
(c) 66 NorthandSouth
(d) Poles

Answer:(d)Poles

76 Thedistancebetween90Elongitudeand91Elongitudeatthe
polesis?
(a) Zerokilometers
(b) 5Kilometers
(c) 50Kilometers
(d) Sameasitisattheequator

Answer:(a)Zero
kilometers

77 Theupwardthrustexperiencedbyabodyfloatinginwaterisequal
to?
(a) Volumeofthebody
(b) Verticalheightofbodybelowwater
(c) Weightofwaterdisplacedbythebody
(d) Depthofwateratthepointthebodyfloats

Answer:(c)
Weightofwater
displacedbythe
body

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78 Theunitofaccelerationis?
(a) Distancepersecond
(b) Secondsperdistance
(c) Distancepersecondsquared
(d) Distancepersecondpersecondsquared

Answer:(c)
Distanceper
secondsquared

79 Acurrentflowingthroughaconductoris?
(a) Directlyproportionaltothepotentialdifference
(b) Directlyproportionaltotheresistance
(c) Inverselyproportionaltothevoltage
(d) Noneofthese

Answer:(a)
Directly
proportionalto
thepotential
difference

80 Thealloycontainingcoppertinandzincintheratioof87:10:3is
called?
(a) Bronze
(b) Brass
(c) Solder
(d) Gunmetal

Answer:(a)
Bronze

81 Petroleumisconvertedintoavarietyofproductsthroughthe
processof?
(a) Frictionaldistillation
(b) Fractionaldistillation
(c) Additiveseparation
(d) Diluteddistillation

Answer:(b)
Fractional
distillation

82 Chronologicalarrangethevisitsoffollowingpilgrimshistorical
personalitiestoIndia?
(a) ThomasRoe
(b) FaHien
(c) HuenTsang

(1) BCA
(2) BAC
(3) CAB
(4) ABC

Answer:(1)BCA

83 Awrit,issuedtokeeptheexerciseofpowersbyjudicialandquasi
judicialtribunalswithinthelimitofjurisdictionassignedtothemby
lawandtorestrainthemfromactinginexcessoftheirauthority,is
calledawritof?
(a) Mandamus
(b) QuoWarranto
Answer:(c)
Prohibition

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(c) Prohibition
(d) HabeasCorpus

84 Thecharacteristicsmellofonionbulbsisdueto?
(a) Badodourofsoil,wheregrown
(b) Sulphurcompounds
(c) Sugar
(d) Reservecarbohydrates

Answer:(b)
Sulphur
compounds

85 TheSpeakerofLokSabhawhilearesolutionforhisremovalisunder
consideration?
(a) Shallhaverighttospeakinandtotakepartinthe
proceedingsoftheHousebutshallhavenorighttovote
(b) Shallhavenorighttospeakinandtakepartinthe
proceedingsoftheHouseandalsoshallnotpresidethe
House
(c) ShallnotpresidetheHousebutshallhaverighttospeakand
takepartintheproceedingsoftheHouseandshallalsohave
righttovoteexceptincaseofequalityofvotes
(d) ShallpresidetheHousebutshallnothaverighttospeakor
takepartinproceedingsofthehouseandshallcasthisvote
onlyincaseofequalityofvotes

Answer:(c)Shall
notpresidethe
Housebutshall
haverightto
speakandtake
partinthe
proceedingsof
theHouseand
shallalsohave
righttovote
exceptincaseof
equalityofvotes

86 Whichoneofthefollowingfundamentalrightswasrecentlyincluded
asperthe93
rd
amendmentoftheConstitution?
(a) ARighttoconstitutionalremedies
(b) Righttofreeandcompulsoryeducationforallchildreninthe
6to14agegroup
(c) Righttoequality
(d) Righttofreedomofreligion

Answer:(b)Right
tofreeand
compulsory
educationforall
childreninthe6
to14agegroup

87 TheHinducommunitywasdividedintohowmanyvarnas(castes)
basedonthedutiesexpectedtobeperformedbyeach?
(a) Four
(b) Three
(c) Six
(d) Two

Answer:(a)Four

88 Kelvinisusedtomeasure?
(a) Workorenergy
(b) Frequency
(c) Temperature
(d) Inductance
Answer:(c)
Temperature

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89 Whichofthefollowinggasesaregivenoutduringphotosynthesis?
(a) Oxygen
(b) Carbondioxide
(c) Nitrogen
(d) Hydrogen

Answer:(a)
Oxygen

90 WhatisthescriptofAshokasinscriptions?
(a) DevNagri
(b) Brahmi
(c) Gurumukhi
(d) Hieroglyphics

Answer:(b)
Brahmi

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