Engineering Services Exam 2010

Solved Question Paper - General Knowledge

31. Financial distribution between the Union and the States takes place on the basis of the recommendations of:

  1. The Inter-State Council
  2. The Planning Commission
  3. The Finance Commission
  4. The National Development Council

32. Paul Krugman won the Nobel Prize for his contribution to:

  1. Economics
  2. Genetics
  3. Literature
  4. Promotion of peace

33. The famous Palme d' Or (Golden Palm) is awarded to the best

  1. sculptor
  2. painter
  3. travel writer
  4. film director

34. Which one of the following places is the natural habitat of Lion-tailed Macaque?

  1. Maikala hills
  2. Neora valley
  3. Nilgiris
  4. Panchmarhi

35. Which one of the following places is well known for the annual mass nesting of Olive Ridley turtles?

  1. Gopalpur
  2. Gahirmatha
  3. Paradeep
  4. Puri

36. Which one of the following is a pigment?

  1. Albumin
  2. Elastin
  3. Keratin
  4. Melanin

37. Azlan Shah cup is associaed with

  1. Badminton
  2. Cricket
  3. Football
  4. Hockey

38. Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma is well known as an exponent of:

  1. Santoor
  2. Sitar
  3. Tabla
  4. Violin

39. Consider the following pairs:

1. Lionel MessiFootball
2. Namit Bahadur Boxing
3. Sanya Richards Badminton

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

  1. 1 and 2 only
  2. 2 only
  3. 1 and 3
  4. 1, 2 and 3

40. With reference to Indian freedom struggle, who of the following formed the Congress Khilafat Swarajya Party?

  1. Vallabhai Patel and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
  2. Jawaharlal Nehru and Hakim Ajmal Khan
  3. J.B. Kriplani and K.M. Munshi
  4. Motilal Nehru and C.R. Das

41. Who is the author of the play Neel Darpan?

  1. Aurobindo Ghosh
  2. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
  3. Deen Bandhu Mitra
  4. Rabindra Nath Tagore

42. Who of the following organised the East India Association in London to mobilise public opinion for Indian welfare?

  1. Anandmohan Bose
  2. Bhikaji Cama
  3. Dadabhai Naoroji
  4. Surendranath Banerjee

43. A new group of countries called BASIC is frequently mentioned in the news. Which of the following is not one of them?

  1. Argentina
  2. Brazil
  3. India
  4. South Africa

44. Consider the following pairs:

Well known placeState
1. Bokaro Bihar
2. JamshedpurJharkhand
3. Korba Chhattisgarh
4. Rourkela Orissa

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

  1. 1 and 2 only
  2. 2, 3 and 4 only
  3. 1, 3 and 4
  4. 1, 2, 3 and 4

45. Mike Pandey is well known as a

  1. Newspaper
  2. Conservationist and filmmaker
  3. Industrialist and social activist
  4. Theatre artist

46. Consider the following pairs:

1. Zubin Mehta Musician
2. Orhan Pamuk Environmentalist
3. Robert Zoellick Novelist

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

  1. 1 only
  2. 1 and 2
  3. 2 and 3
  4. 1, 2 and 3

47. Which one of the following is a purpose of Kepler Spacecraft launched by NASA?

  1. To finally determine the existence of water or the signs of conditions favourable to the formation of water on moon
  2. To repair the Hubble Telescope alread positioned in the space
  3. To look for the signs of organic molecules or conditions leading to the formation of them on Mars
  4. To search for Earth-size planets moving around other stars

48. The Parliament of India consists of

  1. The Lok Sabha, the Rajya Sabha and the office of the President of India only
  2. The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha
  3. The Lok Sabha, the Rajya Sabha and the office of the Prime Minister of India only
  4. The Lok Sabha, the Rajya Sabha, the office of the President of India and the office of the Prime Minister of India