Computer - 4

Information systems tailored to the needs of the top management are known as ____
i) Top management system ii) Executive information system iii) Management information system iv) Transaction information system



A security mechanism to prevent unauthorised access to a network/resources is called ______
i) Firewall ii) Bluetooth iii) Secure hubs iv) Routers



Operating instructions for information system users are called ______
i) Reports ii) Policies iii) Procedures iv) Programs



A group of interrelated components working together towards the attainment of a common goal is ______
i) Chain ii) Network iii) System iv) Process



______ is the world's first truly cross platform programming language.
i) Ada ii) Java iii) C iv) Pascal



The detailed study of the information needs of the users and an information systems is called ______
i) System design ii) System investigation iii) System approach iv) System analysis



_____ are knowledge-based systems that provide expert advice and act as expert consultants to users
i) Process control systems ii) Expert systems iii) Enterprise collaboration systems iv) Transaction processing systems



_____ determines the organizational, economic, technical and operational suitability of a proposed information system
i) Process study ii) Work study iii) System study iv) Feasibility study



Personal productivity software is suitable for ______
i) A student ii) A Researcher iii) A corporate executive iv) All of the above



_____ is the most successful rapid application development tool for Windows application
i) MS Excel ii) MS Outlook iii) MS Access iv) Visual Basic

Indian Premier League (IPL) Quiz

1. Who is the owner of Chennai Super Kings team?

India Cements

2. Who is the owner of Deccan Chargers team?

Deccan Chronicle

3. Who is the owner of Delhi Daredevils team?

GMR

4. Who is the owner of Kings XI Punjab team?

Priety Zinta, Ness Wadia, Karan Paul and Mohit Burman

5. Who is the owner of Kolkata Knight Riders team?

Shahrukh Khan (Red Chillies Entertainment)

6. Who is the owner of Mumbai Indians team?

Mukesh Ambani (Reliance Industries Limited)

7. Who is the owner of Rajasthan Royals team?

Emerging Media

8. Who is the owner of Royal Challengers Bangalore team?

Vijay Mallaya (UB Group)

Numerical Ability - 7

A 140 metres long train crosses a signal post in 7 seconds. What is the speed of the train in kmph?
i) 84 ii) 72 iii) 64 iv) Data inadequate



Express 12.5 percent as a fraction
i) 1/32 ii) 1/16 iii) 1/4 iv) 1/8



If Rs.91 is divided among A,B,C in the ratio 1 1/2: 3 2/3: 2 3/4, B will get
i) 42 ii) 46 iii) 40 iv) 36



A earns 10% more than B, but 15% less than C. If B earns Rs.85/-, then C earns
i) Rs.100/- ii) Rs.110/- iii) Rs.25/- iv) 105/-



What should be added to 18962 to make it exactly divisible by 13?
i) 5 ii) 2 iii) 4 iv) 3



The square root of 0.0081 will be
i) 0.9 ii) 0.009 iii) 0.0009 iv) 0.09



The price of four dozens of pens is Rs.748.80. What will be the approximate price of 29 such pens?
i) Rs.430 ii) Rs.477 iii) Rs.450 iv) Rs.501



If a/b = 1/3, then 5a+b/5a-b equal to
i) 1/4 ii) 16/14 iii) 4 iv) 14/16



19/7*64/18*21/38*54/16 = ?
i) 1/2 ii) 18 iii) 32/21 iv) 9



A vendor bought tomato at the rate of 6 for a rupee. How many for a rupee must he sell to gain 20%?
i) 4 ii) 3 iii) 6 iv) 5

Science - 4

1. Specialist in female ailments
i) obstetrician ii) dermatologist iii) gynecologist iv) none of these

2. Specialist in children diseases
i) orthopedist ii) internist iii) cardiologist iv) pediatrician

3. Specialist in eye diseases
i) dermatologist ii) optician iii) oculist iv) orthopedist

4. Specialist in mental disorders
i) psychiatrist ii) neurologist iii) optician iv) cardiologist

5. Study of eye diseases
i) orthodontia ii) optometry iii) taxidermy iv) ophthalmology

6. Student of plant life
i) zoologist ii) botanist iii) biologist iv) none of these

7. Student of the stars
i) astronomer ii) anthropologist iii) biologist iv) astrologer

8. Student of insect life
i) semanticist ii) sociologist iii) entomologist iv) etymologist

9. Student of word meanings
i) philologist ii) semanticist iii) etymologist iv) none of these

10. Analysis of living tissues
i) autopsy ii) astrology iii) anatomy iv) biopsy


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Computer - 3

A perfect example of a single-tasking operating system is ____
i) MS-DOS ii) Unix iii) Linux iv) Windows 95



Which of the following is not an operating system?
i)Mac OS 8 ii) Microsoft Windows NT iii) Linux iv) Intel Xeon



Which of the following operating systems does not support multiprocessing?
i) Windows NT ii) Windows Server 2003 iii) MS-DOS iv) Mac OS 9



Which of the following operating systems is ideally suited managing a networked corporate environment?
i) Windows 2000 ii) Windows NT server iii) Windows NT workstation iv) None of these



Operating system manages computer by ______
i) Swapping ii) Providing virtual memory iii) Partitioning iv) All of the above



A _____ is an application that operating systems use to interact with an underlying device.
i) Support files ii) Device drivers iii) Virtual memory iv) Interrupt handlers



Many aspects of GUI were first developed by ______
i) Microsoft ii) AT&T iii) IBM iv) Xerox



Expand GUI.
i) Graphical User Interface ii) Graphite User Interface iii) Gigabyte User Identifier iv) None of these

Computer - 2

Which of the following is an input device?
i) Mouse ii) Printer iii) RAM chip iv Monitor



Which of the following is not an output device?
i) Speaker ii) OCR iii) Inkjet Printer iv) Plotter



The smallest element of data is called a ____
i) Megabyte ii) Byte iii) Bit iv) Kilobyte



Which of the following is the largest unit of storage?
i) Byte ii) Bit iii) Gigabyte iv) Kilobyte



Which of the following is capable of storing maximum amount of data?
i) Zip disk ii) CD-R iii) Floppy Disk iv) DVD-ROM



Which of the following is not an input device?
i) Digital Camera ii) Smart cards iii) LCD iv) Magnetic stripe



Whenever a computer is switched on, the kernel is copied into the _____ of the computer.
i) RAM ii) Hard disk iii) Primary memory iv) Both i and iii



The kernel is also called
i) System resident ii) ROM resident iii) Memory resident iv) CPU resident



For which one of the following applications is a supercomputer most suitable?
i) Business Computing ii) Computer aided designing iii) Weather forecasting iv) Desktop Publishing



Which of the following in terms of accessibility is the fastest memory when compared to others?
i) Cache ii) ROM iii) RAM iv) DRAM

India enters league of top-10 Industrial producers

US

China

Japan

Germany

South Korea

France

Italy

UK

India

Brazil

Top ten Billionaires in the world

World's top 10 Billionaires

Rank       Name                                                     Country                         Net worth

1.           Carlos Slim Helu and family                      Mexico                     $53.5 Billion

2.           Bill Gates                                                  USA                         $53 Billion

3.           Warren Buffet                                            USA                        $47 Billion

4.           Mukesh Ambani                                         India                         $29 Billion

5.           Lakshmi Mittal                                           India                         $28.7 Billion

6.           Lawrence Ellison                                       USA                          $28 Billion

7.           Bernard Arnault                                        France                        $27.5 Billion

8.          Eike Batista                                               Brazil                          $27 Billion

9.          Amancio Ortega                                        Spain                           $25 Billion

10.        Karl Albrecht                                            Germany                      $23.5 Billion

Indian Union Budget 2010-11 - a brief

Proposals:

• To issue additional banking licenses to private players and Non Banking Financial Institutions
• To provide more capital to Regional Rural Banks to meet the needs of the rural economy
• To extend the interest subvention of 2 percent for another year to export sectors involving Handicrafts, Handloom, Small and Medium enterprises and Carpets.
• To extend the period for repayment of loan amount by farmers to another 6 months
• To raise the interest subvention from 1 percent to 2 percent for timely repayment of short term corp loans
• To setup Coal Regulatory Authority to resolve issues involving economic pricing of coal and benchmarking of standards of performance
• National Literacy Mission has been relaunched as "Saakshar Bharat" to improve female literacy rate
• Minimum Alternate Tax to be increased from 15% to 18%
  

Fund Allocation:

• Rs.300 crore has been provided under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana to increase the productivity of dry land.
• Rs.400 crore has been provided to extend the Green Revolution in the eastern region including Bihar, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa, West Bengal and Eastern Uttar Pradesh
• Rs.1,73,552 crore (i.e. 46% of total plan allocation) has been allocated for infrastructure development
• Rs.19,894 crore has been provided for the road transport which is increased by 13%
• Rs.16,752 crore has been provided to modernize and expand railway network
• Increase in the plan outlay for the ministry of New and Renewable Energy from Rs.620 crore to Rs.1000 crore for the achievement of 20000 mega watt of solar power under Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission
• Rs. 500 crore has been allocated to setup solar, small hydro and micro power projects in the Ladakh region of Jammu Kashmir
• Rs.200 crore has been provided to preserve Goa's Natural resources and restore Goa's beaches under special Golden Jubilee package
• Amount of Rs.500 crore has been increased for "Mission Clean Ganga 2020" under the National Ganga River Basin Authority
• To increase the amount for school education to Rs.31,036 crore from Rs.23,800 crore
• To increase the amount for Ministry of Health and Family welfare to Rs.22,300 crore from Rs.19,534 crore
• Rs.48,000 crore has been allocated from rural development
• Rs,25,000 crore to be increased from disinvestment which would be further utilised to meet the requirements of the social sector schemes
• An increase of Rs.5,400 crore from existing Rs.3060 crore for "Swarna Jayanthi Shahari Rozgar Yojana"
• An increase of Rs.400 crore from existing Rs.200 crore for linking Self Hep Groups with the Banking System
• Rs.1,900 crore has been allocated to the Unique Identification Authority of India project
• Rs. 1,47,344 crore has been allocated to the defence sector which includes Rs.60,000 crore towards Capital Expenditure

New Projects/Agreements (including expansion of existing):

• 5 more food parks to be setup which raises the total to 15
• To establish National Clean Energy Fund for funding research and innovative projects in Clean Energy Technologies
• An agreement has been signed between Government of India and Asian Development Bank for implementing Khadi Reforms in the country
  

Numerical Ability - 6

If X/4 - X-3/6 =1, then x is equal to
i) 4 ii) 6 iii) 3 iv) 12



If X+2=0, then the value of 3(X+3)(X+1)/x-1 is
i) 1 ii) 3 iii) 2 iv) 4



A rectangular field is 12m*16m. Length of its diagonal is
i) 35m ii) 20m iii) 25m iv) 30m



1/6th of a pole is dipped in mud, half of the rest is in water and 5m is above water. The length of the pole is
i) 8.5m ii) 12m iii) 7.5m iv) 10m



The approximate value of 2/3+7 1/2 of 4/9 + 99 48/49*245 is
i) 24,500 ii) 245 iii) 2,450 iv) 99 1/5



If 30% of A=0.25 of B=1/5 of C, then A:B:C is
i) 15:12:10 ii) 10:15:12 iii) 12:15:10 iv) 10:12:15



What is the radius of a circle of area 616cm square?
i) 14cm ii) 12cm iii) 16cm iv) 15cm



Water boils at 212 degree F or 100 degree C and melts at 32 degree F or 0(zero) degree C. If the temperature of a particular day is 35 degree C, it is equivalent to
i) 90degree F ii) 99degree F iii) 95degree F iv) 85degree F



Average of 6 numbers is 8. What number should be added to it to make the average 9?
i) 18 ii) 15 iii) 17 iv) 16



A number is first increased by 20% and then reduced by 20%. What should be the percentage change in the number?
i) 4 ii) 0 iii) 2 iv) 6

Reasoning - 5

Rahul can do a work in 6 days and Rupa can do the same work in 12 days. In how many days they will complete the work, working together?
i) 4 days ii) 6 days iii) 8 days iv) 2 days



P is the brother of Q, R is the sister of P, S is the brother of T, T is the daughter of Q, then who is the uncle of S?
i) Q ii) R iii) P iv) cannot be determined



Savitha borrowed Rs.100 from Gagan. Kavitha borrowed Rs.330 from Savitha and Rs. 50 from Gagan. Rs.400 was stolen from Gagan and he was left with no money. How much did Gagan have initially?
i) 350 ii) 500 iii) 400 iv) 550



Richard does not wear white dress and Ajay does not wear blue dress. Richard and Sanjay wear different colored dresses. Only Sundar wears red dress. If everyone wears different colored dresses, then what is the color of Sanjay's dress?
i) red ii) white iii) blue iv) none of these



Pointing at Jeevan, Jagan said, "His father is my father's son". Then what is the relation of Jagan to Jeevan?
i) Grandson ii) Son iii) Father iv) Grandfather



In a row of tress, a tree is at the 5th place from both the ends. How many trees are there in the row?
i) 10 ii) 8 iii) 9 iv) 11



Arrange the following words according to the dictionary.
1) Exodus 2) Exotic 3) Exogamy 4) Exonerate

i) 4213 ii) 1234 iii) 3124 iv) 1342



Find out the one which is different from others.
i) Carrot ii) Tomato iii) Onion iv) Potato

In certain code Yellow is called White. White is called Blue, Blue is called Red, Red is called Pink. What is the color of blood?
i) white ii) pink iii) red iv) blue



Which would be the proper order of the following?
1) Country 2) Forest 3) Furniture 4) Wood 5) Trees

i) 53124 ii) 12345 iii) 12543 iv) 14325

Oscar Awards 2010

Best Picture	Hurt Locker
Best Director	Kathryn Bigelow for 'The Hurt Locker'
Best Actor(Leading role)	Jeff Bridges in 'Crazy Heart'
Best Actress(Leading role)	Sandra Bullock in 'The Blind Side'
Best Actor(Supporting role)	Christoph Waltz
Best Actress(Supporting role)	Mo'Nique in 'Precious'

Writing(Original Screenplay)	The Hurt Locker by Mark Boal
Animated Feature Film	Up
Art Direction	Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg for 'Avatar'
Cinematography	Mauro Fiore for 'Avatar'
Foreign Language Film	The secret in their eyes(Argentina)
Music(Original Score)	Michael Giacchino for Up
Music(Original Song)	The Weary Kind from Crazy Heart
Visual Effects	Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R.Jones for Avatar
Costume Design	'The Young Victoria' by Sandy Powell
Film Editing	Bob Murawski and Chris Innis for The Hurt Locker
Makeup	Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow for Star Trek

Science - 3

'Pneumonia' is caused by the inflammation of
i) liver ii) lungs iii) brain iv) none of these



'Thrombosis' is a disease of the
i) skin ii) brain iii) brain iv) none of these



'Rickets' is caused due to lack of
i) Vitamin-D ii) Vitamin-B iii) Vitamin-A iv) none of these



'Meningitis' affects
i) eyes ii) brain iii) skin iv) all of these



'Dyphtheria' affects
i) ears ii) lungs iii) legs iv) throat



'Arthritis' is a disease of the inflammation of
i) tooth ii) brain iii) joints iv) ears



'Astigmatism' is a disease which affects
i) nose ii) eyes iii) ears iv) legs

Choose the appropriate word - 4

If I take a state roadways bus, I'll get late ___
i) isn't it
ii) is it?
iii) won't I?
iv) will I?


Tony, where are you? ____ up this tree.
i) Here am I
ii) There am I
iii) Here I am
iv) There I am



It ____ to me that she was incurable.
i) flashed
ii) occurred
iii) happened
iv) suggested



Every Shakesperean hero has an internal ____ in his character.
i) timid
ii) feeble
iii) blemish
iv) defect



Vinitha ___ me of a girl I used to know.
i) recollects
ii) reminds
iii) remembers
iv) recalls



Man does not live by ___ alone.
i) diet
ii) money
iii) food
iv) bread



My mother was too ____ to push open the heavy door.
i) feeble
ii) faint
iii) timid
iv) faltering



Authority ____ when it is not supported by the moral purity of its user.
i) waits
ii) crumbles
iii) empowers
iv) prevails



Speeding and blocking are traffic offences which lead to ____ accidents.
i) ginsome
ii) urban
iii) minor
iv) gruesome



____ learning does not help the mental growth of a student.
i) Fast
ii) Rote
iii) Guided
iv) Assisted

Highest Honours of some Countries

America	Presidential Medal of Freedom
Argentina	The Order of Sona Martin
Britain	Member of British Empire, Victoria Cross
Denmark	Order of Diana Brog
France	Legend of Honour
Germany	Pore Lee Merit Iron Cross
Hungary	The Order of Banner
India	Bharat Ratna
Japan	Order of Moulovenice Sun
Kuwait	Mubarak-Al-kabir Medal
Nicaragua	Augusto-Caeser Sandino Order
Netherlands	Netherlands Lion
Saudi Arabia	Shah Abdul Aziz Medal
Vietnam	The order of the Golden Star

Changed Names of some Indian cities/states

Old Names	New Names
Assam	Asom
Allahabad	Prayag
Aurangabad	Sambhajinagar
Banaras	Varanasi
Baroda	Vadodara
Bangalore	Bengaluru
Bombay	Mumbai
Calcutta	Kolkata
Calicut	Kozhikode
Cochin	Kochi
Mughalsarai	Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar
Madras	Chennai
Pondicherry	Puducherry
Trivandrum	Thiruvananthapuram
Uttaranchal	Uttarakhand

Reasoning - 4

HAND : Glove :: HEAD : ____
i) Hat ii) Hair iii) Neck iv) Earring

Which one of these four is least like the other three?
i) kangaroo ii) cow iii) deer iv) horse

Which one of the four choices makes the best comparison? LIVED : DEVIL :: 6323: ___
i) 3236 ii) 3326 iii) 6232 iv) 2336

Select the set which is most like the given set:
[9,36,54]
i) [11,44,77] ii) [8,40,48] iii) [10,40,50] iv) [12,48,72]

Select the set which is most like the given set:
[5,30,120]
i) [4,22,60] ii) [3,12,24] iii) [7,56,325] iv) [6,40,212]

When the letters "VANDRUMTRI" is rearranged, it would have the name of a(n):
i) Country ii) City iii) State iv) Ocean

A boy is 4yrs old and his sister is three times as old as he is. When the boy is 12yrs old, how old will his sister be?
i) 20 ii) 28 iii) 16 iv) 24

Tom is taller than Mike, and Kelly is shorter than Sandra. Which of the following statements would be more accurate?
i) Kelly is as tall as Mike
ii) Kelly is taller than Mike
iii) Kelly is shorter than Mike
iv) It's impossible to tell

If all Zips are Zoodles, and all Zoodles are Zonkers, then all Zips are definitely Zonkers, the sentence is loggically:
i) False ii) Neither iii) True iv) None of these

For a given perimeter which has the maximum area
i) rectangle ii) circle iii) heptagon iv) square

Interesting Facts - 7

A plane approaching at a speed of 960 miles is not heard, because that speed of light is more than that of sound

Bats fly in the dark without hitting the obstruction, because they emit ultra-sonic waves to detect obstruction

The moon has no atmosphere because of its thinness

It takes more time to cook potatoes on mountain tops because the atmospheric pressure is low

White clothes are preferable in summer because they do not absorb sunlight

The blotting paper absorbs quickly because it has got small pores

A small gap is left between the joints of rails to accommodate expansion in summer

The lighting is seen before we hear thunder because the speed of light is more than that of sound

An object weighs a little less at the equator than at the poles because the gravitational pull at the equator is less than that at the poles

Steam produces burns more easily than water at equal temperature because it contains more calories of heat per gram at the same temperature

Numerical Ability - 5

40 grams could be written in kilograms as
i) 0.41 ii) 40 iii) 0.004 iv) 0.04

When 75% of a number is added to 75, then the result is the number again. The number is given by
i) 250 ii) 300 iii) 250 iv) 175

Supply the missing figure:
5/10*8/7*100/50*35/40*?/16=1/8
i) 16 ii) 4 iii) 2 iv) 8

0.6+0.66+0.066+6.606=?
i) 7.388 ii) 6.666 iii) 7.392 iv) 7.932

0.001/? = 0.01
i) 0.1 ii) 10 iii) 0.01 iv) 0.001

42060/15+5=?
i) 289 ii) 2809 iii) 2103 iv) 2804

48-12*3+9 = ?+3+9/3
i) 1/3 ii) 1 iii) 3 1/2 iv) 3

Compute 35*0.0015/0.25*0.07
i) 3 ii) 30 iii) 0.3 iv) 4

?-1046-398-69=999
i) 2525 ii) 2512 iii) 2425 iv) 2121

What decimal of an hour is a second?
i) 0.0256 ii) 0.000126 iii) 0.0025 iv) 0.00027

Indian History - 4(Gandhian Era)

C.R.(C.Rajagopalchari)Formula	1944
End of Second World War	1945
Wavell Plan	1945
Parliamentary Delegation	1946
Cabinet Mission	1946
Elections to Constituent Assembly	1946
Direct Action Day	1946
Interim Government	1946
Meeting of the Constituent Assembly	1946
Declaration of 20th February	1947

Indian Independent Act 1947

Indian History - 3(Gandhian Era)

Communal Award	1932
Poona Pact	1932
Third Round Table Conference	1932
The Government of India Act	1935
Congress and Government of India-Act	1935
The Day of Deliverance or Thanks-giving Day	1939
Demand for Pakistan	1940
Cripps Mission	1942
Quit India Resolution	1942
Indian National Army	1942