Improve Your General Knowledge - Twenty Five Useful Question

                                                                                       Download/Print

Q1.  The Planetesimal  Theory is related with  ------------------ Planet Formation

Q2    Who was the first person to cross the Antarctic Circle? Captain James Cook

Q3  First News Paper in India Bombay Samachar

Q4   --------------is widely known for realising that there was a lower limit to temperature. Lord Kelvin

Q5  A system of reading and writing used by people who are blind or visually impaired  is called as Braille system

Q6  Who invented the Mailbox? First mailbox was invented in 1653 by Renouard De Valayer

Q7  The smallest bird in  the world Bee Hummingbird

Q8 The Boston Tea Party took place on ------- December 16, 1773

Q9  The first documented use of the term "carbonated paper" was in 1806 . Who invented  Carbon Paper ? Ralph Wedgwood

Q10   -----------  is the coldest place on earth   Antarctica

Q11   The secretions of endocrine glands are known as Hormones

Q12   The  Din –i-Illahi  the religion   formulated  by  ---------------- Mughal emperor Akbar

Q13 The smallest country on the Earth is  Vatican City

Q14 What is meant by  Igloo ? Type of shelter built of snow by  the people who inhabiting the Arctic

Q15   When was the great wall of china finished? 221 BC – 206 BC

Q16 From  where is the longest town name in the world and mention the name of  the Town In the United Kingdom   Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

Q17  Who  invented  first automobile fuel Pump in the world? Sylvanus bowser

Q18  The Death Valley National Monument is situated  at --------- California

Q19  Where was the world's first telephone exchange installed? The first commercial telephone exchange in the world is opened at New Haven in England

Q20    What is meant by  BC  and AD  ? Anno Domini (abbreviated as AD or A.D.) and Before Christ(abbreviated as BC or B.C.)  Anno  Domini  means year of our lord

Q21  What is meant by   DNA? Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid (Nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions specifying the biological development of all cellular life)

Q22  What is the Weight of the Earth? The Earth's mass is 6,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kilograms

Q23  What are primary colors? Red, yellow, and blue

Q24  Who invented the Computer Mouse Douglas Engelbart

Q25 “ I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds”  Who said it  ? J. Robert Oppenheimer  (  The father of  Atom Bomb)

Prepared by  S Jayachandran , SA , Divisional Office , Mavelikara – 690101 -9961464279                http://nfpemavelikaradivision.blogspot.com

More information about Indian Constitution - Study Material for IPO Examination

The Constitution consists of the following 1.  The Preamble 2.   Parts 1 to XX11  covering articles 1  to  395 3. Schedule 1 to  12 and 4. An appendix  IX

2. The  states and territories therof  shall be as specified in the first schedule (Art 2)

3. The union has exclusive power to make laws on all matters in List  1 of  the seventh schedule (union List)

Residuary Power  -  The union  has exclusive power to make  laws  on any  matter not  enumerated in the concurrent list or state list

Over riding powers – In case of any  conflict between Union Laws , the Union laws shall prevail – Article 254

Fundamental rights are granted to citizens under Article 12 to 35 of the constitution

The 16th and 24th amendments have considerably limited the exercise of fundamental Rights

The 42nd amendment act 1976 has incorporated into the constitution a new chapter on fundamental duties under Part IV-A and article 51- A

Article 36 to 51 of the constitution (Part IV) lay down 19  Objectives

There shall be a President of India (article 52) who is the Executive head of state (Article 53(1)  and the supreme commander of the Armed Forces (Article 53 (2)

The Governor of a state is the Executive head of  the state government (Article 155 and 156)

With a view to grant constitutional  status to Panchayati  Raj Institutions  the parliament passed  the 73rd constitution Amendment Act   in December 1992

Article 368 deals with amendment of the constitution .

There are 12 schedules to the constitution

The ninth schedule was added by the first Amendment to the constitution in 1951  and the 11th and 12th by the 73rd and 74th Amendment in 1992

Impeachment -  Procecution of a very  high public official by the legislature for alleged offence otherwise beyond the normal reach of law

Quo  warranto  - It is a proceeding whereby the court enquiries into the legality of the claim  which a party asserts to a public office and to and to oust him from  its enjoyment of the if the claim be not well founded .

Prepared by  S Jayachandran , SA , Divisional Office , Mavelikara – 690101 -9961464279                http://nfpemavelikaradivision.blogspot.com

The Orders for payment of Productivity Linked Bonus PLB for Postal Employees have been issued

Click on picture to  enlarge 

Model Question - Numerical Ability - For LGO Examination

1.  The  HCF of two  numbers is  16 and their LCM  is 160 . If one of the numbers is 32  then the other number is 13

2. Six bells commence tolling together  and  toll at intervals of 2,4,6,8,10 and 12 seconds respectively . In 30 minutes , How many  times do they toll together ? 16

3  The difference between simple interest and compound interest at the same rate for Rs  5000 for 2 years  is Rs  72. The rate of interest is 12%

4 A sum of money  amounts to  Rs 10648 in 3 years and Rs 9680 in 2 years . The rate of  interest is  10%

5  A Sum of money  put at simple interest  trebles itself in 15 years. The rate per cent  per annum is 13  1/3 %

6. A Certain sum  of money  at simple interest amounts to Rs  1012 in 2 ½  years and to  Rs 1067.20 in  4 years .  The rate of interest per annum  is 4 %

7. A man  borrows  Rs  4000 from  a bank at 7 ½ % compound interest . At the end of every  year he pays Rs  1500 as part re payment of loan and interest. How much does he still owe to the bank after three such instalments 123.25

8. Five years ago Raju’s age was one third  of the age of joy  and now Raju’s age is 17 years . What is the present age of Joy ? 36 years

9 The age of father  10 years ago was thrice  the age of his son . Ten years hence  the father ‘s age will be twice that of his son. The ratio of their present age is 7:3

10 Ten years ago  A was half of B in age  . if the ratio of their  present ages is  3:4. What will be  the total of their present ages? 35 years

11 The sum of two numbers is  15 an sum of their squares is 113 . The numbers are 7,8

12.  Three numbers are in the ratio 4:5:6 and their average is 25  . The largest number is  30

13 Two trains are running  on parallel lines in the same direction at a speed of 50 KM and 30 km  per hour respectively . The faster train cresses a man in slower train  in 18 seconds . The length of the faster train is 100 meter

14 A train 700 m long is running at the speed of 72 KM per hour . If it crosses a tunnel in 1 minute , then the length of the tunnel is 600 m

15  Two men  start together to walk to a certain destination , one at 3.75 km per hour  and another at 3 KM  an hour . The former arrives half  an hour before latter . The distance is  7.5 KM

16 A  and B can do  a piece of  work  in 18 days , B and  C in 24 days , A and C  in 36  days . In what time can they  do it all  working together ? 16 days

17  A can do certain job in 25 days which b alone can do  in 20 days . A started the work and was joined by  B after 10 days The work lasted for  16 2/3 days

18 If 3 men or 4 women can construct a wall in 43 days , then the number of days that 7 men  and 5 women take to construct it  12 days

19 If the cost price of 15 tables be equal to the selling price of  20 tables , the loss  percent is 25 %

20  Rs 700 is divided among  A, B and C so that A receive half as much as B and B half as much as C . Then C’s share is Rs 400/-

http://nfpemavelikaradivision.blogpot.com

Useful information relating with Indian Civil Services - Study Material for IPO Examination

Meaning of  Public Administration  means  the management of Governmental  affairs.

Major  role  of Government  is mainly  related  with  two things  ie  Rule  and service .

Maintenance  of law is the example of   Rule  while supply  of  electricity  is  the example  for  service .

The  term  civil  service  refers  to  the large body  of permanent government  officers and  servants which carries out  the routine work  of  administration .

Civil  services is divided  into several specialized departments  .

The Indian  civil  services  may be classified  under three heads  1. The  All  India Services 2. The  Central Services  3. The  state services .

Former name of IAS ( Indian  Administrative Services )  is  ICS Imperial  Civil Services .

The  Indian Constitution  has empowered the parliament to  establish new all  India Services as and  when necessary .

The recruitment to  All  India  Services is made by  the Central  Government .

The Civil Services Examination is conducted by UPSC (Union Public Service Commission).

Recruits are trained as administrative generalists at an academy at Mussoorie.

Indian Administrative Service officer is assigned to increasingly more responsible positions, such as a district collector after six or seven year.

A larger organization, the Central Public Services, staffs a broad variety of administrative bureaus ranging from the Indian Foreign Service to the Audits and Accounts Service and the Postal Service.

Satyendranath Tagore was the first Indian to join the Indian Civil Service. He was selected for the Indian Civil Service in June, 1863.

The Cabinet Secretary is the  topmost post an IAS officer can occupy in India

Most IAS officers start their careers in the state administration at the sub-divisional level as a sub divisional magistrate

Article 312 of the Constitution for creation of one or more All India Services common to the Union and State.

The Indian Forest Service, was created in 1966

The Indian Administrative  Service (Cadre) Rules  1954

Main Cadre Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS), Indian Forest Service (IFtS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS), Indian Railway Service, Indian Postal Service, Indian Customs and Central Excise Service, Audit & Accounts Service, Indian Information Service (IIS), Indian Revenue Service (IRS)

Prepared by  S Jayachandran , SA , Divisional Office , Mavelikara – 690101 -9961464279                http://nfpemavelikaradivision.blogspot.com

Online Test For General English-

                               
                  Check your knowledge  and  prepare  for departmental examination

                                               Please click  
   
       ONLINE  TEST  FOR GENERAL ENGLISH 

Know the constitution of India - Study material for IPO Examination

Elements of  Nationality

1.  Common Residence

2. Common  Race

3 Common  Language

4 Common  Reliogn

5  Community of  Interests

6 Common Government

7 Common Historical Traditions

The cultural unity of India in the midst of diversity is the basis of  Indian Nationality

If India  Is a state then what are the elements of state ? 1 Population 2. Territory 3. Government  4 Sovereignty

What is the main difference between  government and state? The state is a politically organized sovereign community  while government is only an element of  the state

Constitutionalism is closely associated with the development of democracy in the modern world

England  has no written constitution and India has written constitution

The chairman of  drafting  committee for Indian Constitution  BR Ambedkar Members of the drafting committee  K M Munshi , T T  Krishnamachari , Alladi Krishna  Swami Iyer , Gopala Swami Ayengar

The Indian Constitution as it emerged , contained  395 articles and 8 Schedule

Source of Indian Constitution 1.The principles and provisions were derived from  Government of India Act 1935 2. The parliamentary system of government and the principle of rule of law derived from  British Constitution 3. The inclusion of fundamental rights in the Indian constitution was influenced by the American practice 4  Directive principles  of  state policy  were derived from  Irish Constitution

Features of Indian constitution 1. The lengthiest constitution 2. A rigid constitution 3. Sovereign democratic republic 4 Welfare state 5  A federation with unitary Bias 6  A secular state 7 Single Citizenship 8 The Fundamental Rights 9 Directive Principles 10  The state Language 11 Judicial Review 12  Rule of  Law

The preamble  serves as the introduction of a constitution

What is meant by  India is  a republic  which is mentioned in  preamble? It means that the ultimate source of power is the people themselves and the head of  the state  is an elected president not a nominated or  hereditary king

The second part of  the  preamble   points out  the social and political  objectives of  Indian constitution

What are the fundamental  rights  provided by  Indian constitution 1. Right to equality  2. The right to  freedom  3.  The right against exploitation 4.The right to freedom  to religions 5 Cultural and  educational  rights 6.  Right to  property  7 right to  constitutional  remedies

The directive principles emphasize the creation of social order  which will  promote the welfare of  people

The directive principles can be divided in to three classes 1. Social and  Economical Polices  2 Educational and cultural polices 3. Administrative , legal   and international polices

Fundamental  rights  in the constitution emphasize the  classical individual rights  while directive principles  lay stress on the social and economical objectives

The   constitution confers wide and varied  powers on the president of India  . They include  executive ,legislative and judicial powers as well as financial  and emergency powers

Prepared by  S Jayachandran , SA , Divisional Office , Mavelikara – 690101 -9961464279                http://nfpemavelikaradivision.blogspot.com