CIVILS 2008 Prelims

Important Questions in CIVILS 2008 (Prelims)

1. What is Bisphenol A (BPA)
a. A Chemical used for the development of food packaging material

2. Biodiesel Mission implementing Union Ministry
a. Ministry of Rural Development

3. Selene -1 Lunar Orbit mission belongs to
a. Japan country

4. Barak anti-missile of India purchase from the country
a. Israel

5. Spokes in India's Dharmachakra
a. 24

6. pH level of blood of normal person
a. 7.35 - 7.45

7. Which of the laser Types is used in a laser printer
a. Gas laser

8. Rubies and Sapphire chemically known as
a. Aluminium oxide.

9. One barrel oil approximately equals to
a. 159 Litres

10. Advanced light helicapter in Indian defence
a. Dhruv..

11. In India How many states share the coast line
a. 4

12. Nobel prize winning scientist James Watson is known for his work in which area
a. Environmental protection

13. Where the Maximum no of National Parks are in India
a. Andaman & Nicobar Islands

IMPORTANT DAYS ON FEBRUARY 2009

IMPORTANT DAYS IN FEBRUARY 2009

1: Coast Guards Day, Formation day of Unit Trust of India ( 1964)

2: Birth day of Konda Venkatappaiah

4 : Indian Derbi Day

7 : Birth day of Charles Dickens

8 : Jakir Hussain Birth day

11 : World Wedding Day, Birth day of Thomas Alwa Edison

12 : Darwin Day, National Production day

14 : Lovers day, Birth day of Damodaram Sanjeevaiah

21 : International Mothertongue day

22 : International magicians day

24 : Central Excise Day

28 : National Science day

Period of C.Ms in AP

CHIEF MINISTER'S PERIOD FROM 1956 IN ANDHRA PRADESH

ANDHRA PRADESH WAS FORMED ON 1956 NOVEMBER 1.

At that time the 2nd Assembly was running in Andhra Pradesh.

2nd Assembly ( 1956 - 1962)

SARVA SRI

Neelam Sanjeeva reddy : 01.11.1956 to 11.01.1960 ( 3 Yrs, 2 Months, 10 days)

Damodaram Sanjeevaiah, : 11.01.1960 to 12.03.1962 ( 2 Yrs. 2 Months 1 day)

3rd Assembly ( 1962 - 1967 )

Neelam Sanjeeva reddy : 12.03.1962 to 29.02.1964 ( 1Yr. 11 Months 17 days)

Kasu Brahmananda Reddy : 29.02.1964 to 01.03.1967 ( 3 Yrs. 2 days)

4th Assembly ( 1967 - 1972)

Kasu Brahmananda reddy : 02.03.1967 to 30.09.1971 ( 4 Yrs. 6 Months , 28 days)

PV Narasimha Rao : 30.09.1971 to m18.03.1972 ( 5 Months 18 days)

5th Assembly ( 1972 - 1978 )

PV Narasimharao 19.03.1972 to 10.01.1973 ( 9 months, 21 days)

January 10, 1973 to December 10, 1973 Prime Ministers rule

6th Assembly ( 1978 - 1983)

Marri Chennareddi : 06.03.1978 to 11.10.1980 ( 2 Yrs, 7 Months 5 days)

T. Anjaiah: 11.10.1980 to 24.02.1981 ( 1 YR, 4 Months 13 days)

Bhavanam Venkatram : 24.02.1982 to 20.09.1982 ( 6 Months 26 days)

Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara reddy : 20.09.1982 to 09.01.1983 ( 3 Months 19 days)

7th Assembly ( 1983 - 1985 )

N.T. Ramarao : 09.01.1983 to 16.08.1984) ( 1 Yr ,7 Moths, 7 days)

Nadendla Bhaskararao : 16.8.1984 to 16.09.1984 ( 1 Month)

N.T. Ramarao : 16.09.1984 to 08.03.1985 ( 5 Months 21 days)

8th Assembly ( 1985 - 1989 )

N. T Rama rao : 09.03.1985 to 03.12.1989 ( 4 Yrs, 8 Months, 25 days)

9th Assembly (1989 - 1994 )

Marri Chenna reddi : 03.12.1989 to 17.12.1990 ( 1 Yr. 14 days)

Nedurumalli Janardhana reddi : 17.12.1990 to 10.10.1992 ( 1 Yr, 9 Months 23 days)

Kotla VijayaBhaskara reddi : 10.10.1992 to 12.12.1994 ( 2 Yrs, 2 Months 2 days)

10th Assembly ( 1994 - 1999)

N.T. Ramarao : 12.12.1994 to 01.09.1995 ( 8 Months 21 days)

N . Chandra babu Naidu : 01.09.1995 to 10.10.1999 ( 4 Yrs. 1 Month 10 days)

11th Assembly ( 1999 - 2004)

N. Chandra Babu Naidu : 11.10.1999 to 14.05.2004 ( 4 Yrs. 7 Months, 4 days)

12th Assembly ( 2004 - 2009 )

Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara reddy : 14.05.2004 to ......

(12th Assembly sessions last date 12.02.2009)

INDUSTRIES AND PLACES

INDUSTRIES AND THEIR LOCATIONS

1. Bharat Alluminium Company : New Delhi
2. Bharat Electronics Limited : Jalahalli, Bangaloore
3. Bharat Gold Mines Limited : Kolar, Karnataka
4. Bharat Heavy Electricals limited : Bopal, Haridwar, Hyderabad, Tiruchirapalli
5. Bharat Heavy Plates Vessels Limited : Visakhapatnam
6. Bharat Aftalmic Glass Limited : Durgapoor
7. Bokaro Steels limited : Bokaro
8. Cement Corporation Of India : New Delhi
9. Chittranjan Locomotive works : Varanasi
10. Engineers India Limited : Newdelhi
11. Fertiliser Corporation of India : Sindri, Ghorakpoor
12. National Fertilisers limited : Nangal, Batinda, Panipat
13. Hindustan Fertiliser Corporation : Durgapoor, Barowni, Namaroop
14. Rastriya Chemicals and Fertilisers : Trambe
15. Garden Reech ship Builders and Engineers : Kolkata
16. Heavy vehicle Factory : Awadi, Chennai
17. Hindustan Antiboitics Limited : Pimpri (Maharastra) , Rushikesh ( UP)
18. Hindustan Eronautics : Bangaloore
19. Hindustan Cabels : Roop Narayanpoor
20. Hindustan Coper Limited : Kolkata
21. Hindustan Housing Factory : Newdelhi
22. Hindustan Machine tools : Bangaloor, Pijore (Haryana), Kalamasseri ( kerala), Hyderabad
23. Hindustan Organics chemicals limited : Kolaba ( Maharastra)

ASIAN GAMES

ASIAN GAMES

from 1951

1. New Delhi : 1951
2. Maneela, Philippines : 1954
3. Tokyo, Japan : 1958
4. Jakartha, Indonesia : 1962
5. Bankok, Thailand : 1966
6. Bankok, Thailand : 1970
7. Teharan, iran : 1974
8. Bankok, Thailand : 1978
9. New Delhi, India : 1982
10. Seol, South Korea : 1986
11. Beejing, Chaina : 1990
12. Hiroshima, Japan : 1994
13. Bankok, Thailand : 1998
14. Poosan, South Korea : 2002
15. Dhoha, Khathaar : 2006

Finanace Commssions

INDIAN FINANCE COMMISSIONS

Constituted by Article 280, Implementation For Each 5 years, One Chairman and 4 Members in each commission It will give Grant-in-aids to States.
K.C . Niyogi : 1st Finance commission
K Santhanam : 2nd Finance commission
AK Chanda : 3rdFinance commission
PV Rajamannar : 4thFinance commission
Mahaveer Thyagi : 5thFinance commission
Kasu Brahmanandareddi : 6th Finance commission
Justice Sherlath : 7th Finance commission
YV Chavan : 8th Finance commission
NKP Salve : 9th Finance commission
KC Panth : 10th Finance commission
AM Kusro : 11 th Finance commission
C Rangarajan : 12th Finance commission

SAARC

IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ON SAARC

SAARC Established on 1985 December in Dhaka.
Members in SAARC ; India, Bungladesh, Nepal, Sreelanka, Maldeevs, Bhutan, Pakistan
SAARC Capital Place at Nepal capital Khatmandu
UPdated meetings
1. Dhaka (Bungladesh) : 1985

2. Bengaloor ( India) : 1986

3. Khatmandu ( Nepal) : 1987

4. Islamabad (Pak) : 1988

5. Male ( Maldeevs) : 1990

6. Colombo ( Sreelanka) : 1991

7. Dhaka ( Bungladesh) : 1993

8. New Delhi ( India) : 1995

9. Maldeevs : 1997

10. Colombo ( Sreelanka) : 1999

11. Khatmandu ( Nepal) : 2002

12. Colombo ( Sreelanka) : 2008

13. Maale (Maldeevs) : 2009

VARIOUS IMPORTANT PERSONS

INDIAN IMPORTANT PERSONS WITH THEIR INDUSTRY

DANCE:
Achan Maharaj : Khadak
Ananda Sivaraman : Kathakali
Balasaraswathi : Bhartnatyam
Yamini Krishnamoorthy : Bharatnatyam
Vempati Chinasatyam : Kuchipudi
Vedantham Satyanarayana : Kuchipudi
Siddendra Yogi : Kuchipudi
SamyukthaPanigrahi : Odissi
Shambhu Maharaju : Kadhak
Rajareddi, Radhareddi : Kuchipudi
Mrunalini Sarabai : Bharatnatyam
Durgadas : Khadak
Veerendra Patnayak : Odissi
RenuPrasad Das : Odissi
PV Chandrasekhar : Bhartnatyam
Bharati Gupta : Khadak

MUSIC :
Allahuddin Khan : Hindustani (Khayaal)
Ameerkusro : Hindustani (Khayaal)
Ariyakodi Ramanuja Ayyangar : Hindustani ( Khayaal)
Bheemsen Joshi : Classical
PV Bhagavathar : Karnatic Music
Fayaaz khan : Hindustani ( Khayaal )
Purandara Dasu : Karnatic Music
Syama Sastri : Karnatic Music

ANCIENT INDIAN WRITERS

ANCIENT INDIAN WRITERS AND THEIR WRITINGS

Panini : Astadyayi

Patanjali : Mahabhashyam

Koutilyudu : Arthasastram

Megastaniese : Indica

Ashwaghosh : Budhacharitha ( Pali Language )

Bharavi : Kiratharjuneeyam

Bharathudu : Natya Sastra

Sudrakudu : Mrutchakatika

Kalidasu : Malavikagni mitra, Vikramorvaseeyam, Abhignana Sakunthalam, Meghadhutam, Kumara sambhavam, Raghuvamsham

Harshudu : Rathnavali, Priyadarsini, Naganandam

Bhavabhuthi : Uttara Ramacharitha

Bharthuhari : Neethi Sathakam, Srungara Sathakam, Vyragya sathakam

Jayadevudu : Geethagovindam

Nayachandra : Hamira MahaKavya

Banudu : Harsha Charitha

Bilhanudu : Vikramankadeva Charitha

Atula : Mushika Vansha

Kalhanudu : Rajatharingini

Dandi : Dasakumara Chaitha

Subandudu : Vasavadhatha

Banudu : Kadhambari

Kshemendra : Bruhadkadha Manjari

Somadevudu : Kadha Saristhagaram

Vishnusarma : Panchatantra

Veerasena : Navarathna

Visakhadatta: Mudrarakshasam

Banudu : SwapnaVasavadhatha

Mahendravarma : Mathavilasa Prahasanam

Nagarjunudu : Sruhullekha, Madhyamika Sutra

Dandi : Kavyadarsini

Hyuyantsang : C.U.KI

Vrahamihira : Bruhatsamhitha

Aryabatta : Aryabhattiyam, Suryasidhantham

Gunadyudu : Bruhatkhadha

Kamandakudu : Neethisaram

Bhaskara : Sidhantha Siromani

Haludu : Gadhasaptapasathi

Charakudu : Charakasamhitha

Gangadharudu : Gangadesha, Prathapa Vilasam

ANCIENT INDIAN WRITERS

GK - 3

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE TEST - 3

1. Who wrote the Book " BENHUR"
a. Lewis Wallace
b. James H Jones
c. Geoffery Chaucer

2. CHOGM " Stands for
a Common Welath Heads of Government Movement.
b. Common Welath Heads of Groups meeting.
c. Common Welath Heads of Government Meeting.

3. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ
a. 29 AD
b. 31 AD
c. 4 AD

4. French Revolution
a. August 21, 1789
b. August 27, 1789
c. August 28, 1789

5. One of the "Dravidian" Language
a. Gujarathi
b. Telugu
c. Oriya

6. The Great Epics" Ramayana and Mahabharat" , were given their final shape in the period of:
a. Ashoka period
b. Gupta period
c. Nanda Period

7. The founder of the Slave Dynasty.
a. Qutubuddin Shah
b. Qutubuddin Aibak
c. Raijia Sultana

8. Article 370 of the Indian Constitution is related to
a. Punjab Highcourt
b. Sikkim
c. Jammu and Kashmir

9. The minimum age required for an Indian Citizen to become a member of the Lok Sabha is
a. 25 years
b. 35 years
c. 21 years

10. Bhakti Movement
a. Namdev, Ramdas and Rakanujam in Orissa
b. Namdev, Ramdas and Nanak in U.P
c. Namdev, Ramdas and Tukaram in Maharastra

11. " National Centre of Antarctic and Ocean Reasearch" Located in
a. Artarctic of India base
b. Goa
c. Lothal, Gujrat

12 Amar Ujala News Paper published in
a. Bengali
b. Hindi
c. Gujarati

13. In India "Anna " Titles related to
a. N.T.R
b. T Prakasham
c. C.N. Annadurai

14. Mark the incorrect fair:
a. Netaji - Subhash Chandra Bose
b. Frontier Ghandi - Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
c. Deshabandu - C.R Das

15. Yellow Book related to
a. Official Italian and Persian publications
b. French Official Book
c. Official publication of the Government of Netherlands.

Here is Answers :

1(a), 2 (c), 3(a), 4 (b ), 5 ( b ) , 6(b), 7 (b), 8(c), 9 (a ), 10 ( c ),

11(b), 12(b), 13(c), 14(b), 15( b)

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GK - 2

IMPORTANT TOWNS ON RIVERS

1. Paris is situated on the banks of river
a. Seine
b. Danbe
c. Tiber

2. Lucknow situated on the river
a. Saraswati
b. Gomti
c. Tapti

3. Delhi situated on the river
a. Sutlej
b. Ganga
c. Jamuna

4. Karachi situated on the river
a. Ravi
b. Saraswathi
c. Indus

5. Cairo (Egypt) situated on the river
a. Tigris
b. Nile
c. Kazil

6. Calcutta situated on the river
a. Hooghly
b. Jamuna
c. Ganga

7.Nasik situated on the river
a. Krishna
b. Godavari
c. Jamuna

8. Belgrade situated on the river
a. Danube
b. Thames
c. Spree

9. London situated on the river
a. Thames
b. Avon
c. Delaware

10. Rome situated on the river
a. Tyne
b. Tiber
c. Rhine

11.Washington U.S.A situated on the river
a. Hudson
b. Potomac
c. Vistual

12. New Orleans U.S.A situated on the river
a. Mississippi
b. Hudson
c. Mersey

13. Yangon ( Myanmar) situated on the river
a. Yang-tse-kiang
b. Irrawady
c. Si-kiang

14. Vijayawada ( Andhra Pradesh ) situated on the river
a. Muneru
b. Krishna
c. Penna

15. Srinagar situated on the river
a. Tapti
b. Ravi
c. Jhelum

HERE IS ANSWERS:

1(A), 2(B), 3(C), 4(C), 5(B), 6 (A), 7(B), 8(A), 9 ( A), 10( B)

11(B), 12(A), 13(B) , 14 ( B), 15( C).

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G.K - 1

GENERAL STUDIES : G.K - I

1. IDBI abbreviation stand for ? * (SCRA Exam 1996 )
a. Industrial Development Bank of India
b. Indian Dental Bar Institute
c. Institute of Development Banking Industry

2. Tolstoy a famous author related to ?
a. Germany
b. Greek
c. Russian

3. Anand Math .. written by?
a. Mohan Rakesh
b. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
c. Jawahar Lal Nehru

4. Swarjya is my Birth right... quoted by ?
a. Lal Bahadur Shastry
b. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
c. Mahatma Gandhi

5. Ashoka's reign between (B.C)
a. 273 - 239
b. 273 - 278
c. 327 - 326

6. The Quit India Movement was launched in.
a. 1930
b. 1940
c. 1942

7. In 326 BC ( Battle of Hydaspes ) Alexander troops march into India against
a. Gupta Empire
b. Ashoka Empire
c. Nanda Empire

8. Who was the leader of Ghadr Party?
a. Lala Hardayal
b. Bhagat Singh
c. Tilak

9. Subsidiary Alliance system.
a. Lord Wellesley
b. Cornwalis
c. Curzon

10. The First Governor General of Free India
a. Cornwalis
b. Mountbatten
c. Curzon

11. The Period of Pt. JawaharLal Nehru
a. 15.8.1947 to 27.5.1964
b. 15.9.1947 to 27.5.1964
c.15.7.1984 to 27.5.1965

12. National Animal of India
a. Peacock
b. Panthera Tigris (Tiger)
c. Lotus

13. National Anthem 'Jana-gana-mana' , first sung on
a. 27 December 1911
b. 26 December 1911
c. 28 December 1911

14. National Calender of India based on
a. Greek Era
b. Saka Era
c. Maya Era

15. Santa Cruz International Air Port Located in
a. Kolkata
b. Mumbai
c. Meenambakkam

ANSWERS :

1(A), 2( C), 3(B), 4(B), 5( A), 6(C), 7( C), 8(A), 9(A), 10(B)

11(A), 12(B), 13(A), 14(B), 15(B)

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