GENERAL KNOWLEDGE – 2002, SECTION III

Time Allowed: Three Hours      Maximum Marks: 300

Candidates should attempt ALL question from Section III

SECTION III

8.       Mention the place where the following are located:

(a)    Visvesvarayya Industrial and Technological Museum

(b)   Temperate Forest Research Centre

(c)    National Chemical Laboratory

(d)   Tropical Forestry Research Centre

(e)   Wild life institute of India

(f)     West zone Cultural Centre

(g)    G. B. Pant institute of Himalayan Environment and Development.

(h)   National Centre for Plant Genomic research

(i)      National Remote Sensing Agency

(j)     Meenakashi Temple

9.       What do the following abbreviations stand for:

(a)    NIOT

(b)   YWCA

(c)    AIU

(d)   AAI

(e)   UNEP

(f)     UCIL

(g)    NPE

(h)   PDS

(i)      PIB

(j)     CPCB

10.   what are the  following (Answer in one word or one sentence each):

(a)    insulation                                      

(b)   Anthology

(c)    Gerontology

(d)   Ombudsman

(e)   Nautical mile

(f)     Perihelion

(g)    Atmospheric window

(h)   Glacier

(i)      Stereoscope 

(j)     Bora

11.   What are the following  famous for (answer in one word or one sentence each) :

(a)    Birju  Maharaj

(b)   Jas Raj

(c)      V. shantaram

(d)   Vijay Laxmi Pandit

(e)   K. Kamraj

(f)     M. G. ramchandran

(g)    Har Govind Khurana  

(h)   M. subbalakshmi

(i)      Amir Khusro   

(j)     Jaidev

12.   Why have the following been in the news recently:

(a)    Amrinder Singh

(b)   Karzai

(c)    Sitara Devi

(d)   Madhav Rao Scindia

(e)   Venkita Chelliah

(f)     Amir khan

(g)    Jagat Mehta

(h)   Jagmohan Dalmia

(i)      Pankaj Dhyani

(j)     Indira Goswami

13.   With which game/ sport are the following terms associated

(a)    Smash

(b)   Pivot

(c)    Cue

(d)   Wight in

(e)   Slam

(f)     Crease

(g)    Throw in

(h)   Dromy

(i)      Wrap

(j)     Bunker