General Knowledge - Current Affairs, General Awareness Quiz - Questions and Answers, GK for UPSC, Bank PO & All Exams

1. Consider the following statements: 1. Ireland is a member of EU but not a member of unified visa system as part of the Schengen area2. Switzerland is NOT a member of EU but is a part of unified visa system as part of the Schengen areaWhich among the above statements is/ are correct?

a. Only 1 is correct

b. Only 2 is correct

c. Both 1 & 2 are correct

d. Neither 1 nor 2 is correct

2. Which among the following is NOT an instrument of qualitative control in India ?

a. Regulation of the Consumer Credit

b. Rationing of the Credit

c. Margin Requirements

d. Variable Costs and Reserves

3. What fraction of the GDP has been kept as Fiscal Deficit for 2011-12 in the recently announced budget?

a. 3.60%

b. 3.50%

c. 4.60%

d. 4.80%

4. In context with ancient India, what did the word Agrahara referred to ?

a. A kind of tax from the cultivators

b. A kind of land gifted to Brahmins

c. A kind of trade guild

d. A type of a tribe

5. As per an all India enumeration, that was undertaken during the financial year 2007-08, which among the following states has largest number of wild elephants in India ?

a. Kerala

b. Assam

c. Karnataka

d. Tamil Nadu

6. After the Hindustan Republican Association was renamed as Hindustan Socialist Republic Association, a central committee was formed. Who among the following was from Bihar in this central Committee?

a. Sukhdev

b. Kundanlal

c. P N Ghosh

d. Shiv Sharma

7. Consider the following statements: 1. During Farrukhsiyar reign, in 1717, that the British East India Company purchased duty-free trading rights in all of Bengal for a mere three thousand rupees a year2. The son-in-law of Mir Jafar, who was made Nawab of Bengal after the Battle of Chinsura opposed the Imperial Dastak because it was discriminatory3. Mir Kasim abolished all the taxes of the Local traders Which among the above statements is / are correct?

a. Only 1 is correct

b. Only 1 & 2 are correct

c. All are correct

d. Only 2 & 3 are correct

8. The Gram Positive Bacteria can be identified by the Gram staining because of the following reasons?

a. The cell walls have more lipids compared to peptidoglycan

b. The Cells walls have more Peptidoglycan compared to Lipids

c. The Cells membrane has more fatty acids

d. The plasma has Peptidoglycans

9. If there is an increase in the external commercial borrowings in India. What will be the impact on the external debt of the country?

a. Increase

b. Decrease

c. Remain unaffected

d. Either increase or decrease

10. Which among the following scientists is known for devising four criteria designed to establish a causal relationship between a causative microbe and a disease?

a. Louis Pasteur

b. Emil Behring

c. Ivan Pavlov

d. Robet Koch

General Knowledge

1. World Geography -Test-01

2. World Geography -Test-02

3. World Geography -Test-03

4. Geography of India -Test-01

5. Geography of India -Test-02

6. Geography of India -Test-03

7. Geography of India -Test-04

8. Geography of India -Test-05

9. History of India - Test - 01

10. History of India - Test - 02

11. History of India - Test - 03

12. History of India - Test - 04

13. History of India - Test - 05

14. History of India - Test - 06

15. History of India - Test - 07

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Rules to play Pocket Billiards

Pocket Billiards

Pocket billiards, also called Pool, a billiards game, most popular in the United States and Canada, played with a white cue ball and 15 consecutively numbered coloured balls on a rectangular table with six pockets (one at each corner and one at the midpoints of both longer sides). The dimensions of the table are usually 4 by 8 feet (122 by 244 cm) or 4 1/2 by 9 feet (137 by 274 cm).

To begin play, the 15 object balls are arranged (racked) in a pyramid formation with its apex on a spot near the foot of the table. The first player then stands at the head of the table and drives the cue ball into the formation to break it apart. To continue play, he is usually required either to pocket a ball or to drive two object balls in addition to the cue ball against the cushions. When a player fails to pocket a ball, his opponent begins play. The first player or side to pocket eight balls wins the round.

After the break (first) shot, a player must designate (call) the ball that he intends to pocket, although in this form of the game he need not indicate the pocket into which the ball will go. If the ball called is pocketed, any other balls pocketed on that stroke are also credited to the player. If the ball called is not pocketed, any other balls pocketed on that shot are replaced on the table on the spot where the rack is made or, if more than one ball is replaced, in a line from that spot; the player then loses his turn.

Penalties of one ball replaced on the table in addition to those pocketed on the foul stroke are assessed for such infractions as failure to comply with rules for the break shot; touching the cue ball twice with the cue on the same stroke; pocketing the cue ball (scratching) or knocking it off the table; and failing either to pocket a ball, to drive an object ball to a cushion, or to drive the cue ball to a cushion after contacting an object ball. For a double foul on a single stroke, only one penalty is assessed.