General Knowledge - Prelims PYP Part 13 - 2005

Welcome to your General Knowledge – Prelims PYP Part 13 – 2005

1.

2005,General Knowledge

Consider the following statements:

1. The Headquarters of the International Organization for Standardization are located in Rome
2. ISO 9000 relates to the quality management system and standards.
3. ISO 14000 relates to environmental management system standards.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1, 2 and 3

(b) 3 only

(c) 2 and 3

(d) None

2.

2005,General Knowledge

Which one of the following airports in India is the first to be owned by a public limited company?

(a) Dabolim Airport, Goa

(b) Cochin airport

(c) Hyderabad airport

(d) Bangalore airport

3.

2005,General Knowledge

Match List-I (Distinguished Person) with List-II (Achievement/Known as) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

List I List II
(A)Guenter Grass 1. First woman Prime Minister of Canada
(B)Trevor Huddleston 2. Nobel Prize Winner for literature
(C)Dicky Dolma 3. Leading campaigner against apartheid in South Africa
(D)Kim Campbell 4. Youngest woman to climb the Mt. Everest
5. American violinist
A B C D

(a) 5 3 2 1

(b) 2 3 4 1

(c) 5 3 4 2

(d) 2 4 1 3

4.

2005,General Knowledge

Which one of the following was probed by the Liberhan Commission?

(a) Test Cricket match fixing

(b) Best Bakery Case

(c) Tehelka tapes Case

(d) Demolition of the disputed structure at Ayodhya

5.

2005,General Knowledge

Match items in the List-I (Businesswoman) with List-II (Company) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

List I List II
(A) Zia Mody 1. Venkateshwara Hatcheries
(B) Anuradha J. Desai 2. AZB & Partners
(C) Villoo Morawala Patell 3. Quantum Market Research
(D) Meena Kausik 4. AvesthaGengraine Technology
5. Biocon India
A B C D

(a) 4 1 5 3

(b) 2 3 4 1

(c) 4 3 5 1

(d) 2 1 4 3

6.

2005,General Knowledge

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

List I List II
(A)B.V. Rao 1. Automobile Manufacture
(B)C.K. Prahlad 2. Fisheries Economy
(C)John Kurien 3. Information Technology and Software
(D)Kiran Karnik 4. Poultry Farming
5. Management Science
A B C D

(a) 2 5 1 3

(b) 4 3 2 5

(c) 2 3 1 5

(d) 4 5 2 3

7.

2005,General Knowledge

Which one of the following pairs are correctly matched?

Publication: Group
1. Sportstar: The Hindu publication group
2. Business-world: ABP group
3. The Week: Malayala Manorama publication group
4. Reader’s Digest: Indian Express publication group
Select the correct answer using the codes given below :

(a) 1, 2, 3 and 4

(b) 1, 2 and 3

(c) 2 and 4

(d) 1 and 3

8.

2005,General Knowledge

Of which one of the following games is Shanmugham Venkatesh an outstanding player?

(a) Table tennis

(b) Hockey

(c) Football

(d) Basketball

9.

2005,General Knowledge

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

(a) Southern Air Command: Thiruvananthapuram

(b) Eastern Naval Command: Visakhapatnam

(c) Armoured Corps Centre and School: Jabalpur

(d) Army Medical Corps Centre and School: Lucknow

10.

2005,General Knowledge

Which one of the following pairs are correctly matched?

Enterprise Industrial Group
1. VSNL Bharti Group
2. Mundra Special Economic Zone Ltd Adani Group
3. CMC Ltd Tata Group
4. IPCL Reliance Group
Select the correct answer using the codes given below :

(a) 1, 2 and 3

(b) 3 and 4

(c) 1, 2 and 4

(d) 2 , 3 and 4