Intelligence Bureau ACIO II General Awareness General Awareness Paper 2014-15
Curcuma longa is the scientific name of which spice ?
(a) Cumin
(b) Cloves
(c) Tumeric
(d) Coriander
Ans – (c)
Bones found in the hands and feet as the percentage of total number of bones in the body of an adult human being is nearly equal to
(a) 20%
(b) 30%
(c) 40%
(d) 50%
Ans – (d)
Europeans are believed to have brought potatoes to India in the 18th Century. Which region of the world is believed to be the orgin of potato cultivation ?
(a) Eastern Ghana
(b) Southern Peru
(c) Portual
(d) West Indies
Ans – (b)
Oymyakon is generally considered the coldest inhabited area on Earth. Which country Oymyakon is located in
(a) Mongolia
(b) Russia
(c) Greenland
(d) Iceland
Ans – (b)
Which gland in the human body is also known as the third eye
(a) Pineal
(b) Pituitary
(c) Mammary
(d) Tear gland
Ans- (a)
Leukaemia is a group of cancers that usually begins it the bone marrow and results in high numbers of which abormal cells
(a) White blood cells
(b) Red blood cells
(c) Platelets
(d) All of these
Ans – (a)
During an earthquake, two places ‘A’ and ‘B’ record its intensity in Richter scale as 4.0 and 6.0 respecitvely. In absolute terms, the ratio of intensity of the earthquake at ‘A’ to that of ‘B’ is
(a) 2 : 3
(b) 7 : 8
(c) 141 : 173
(d) 1 : 100
Ans – (d)
On a cool day in January, the temperature at a place fell below the freezing point and was recorded as -40 degree centigrade. In Fahrenheit scale, the same temperature would be
(a) 32 degree Fahrenheit
(b) – 8 degree Farenheit
(c) -40 degree Farenheit
(d) – 72
Ans – (c)
Universal Gas constant, R, is a property of ?
(a) Ideal gases
(b) Halogen Gases
(c) Inert Gases
(d) All Gases
Ans – (a)
In which place was the 1st Science Congress held in January, 1914
(a) Kolkata
(b) Allahabad
(c) Chennai
(d) Pune
Ans – (a)
The class of elementary particles, bosons, was named after Satyendra Nath Bose, an Indian Physicist. Which of the following Indian Scientists graduated from Presidency College Calcutta as a classmate of Satyendra Nath Bose ?
(a) Jagdish Chandra Bose
(b) P.C. Mahalanobis
(c) Praful Chandra Roy
(d) Meghnad Saha
Ans – (d)
To which place Aryabhata, the great matheamtician, went for advanced studies
(a) Takshashila
(b) Patliputra
(c) Kashi
(d) Kaushambi
Ans- (b)
The development of the world’s first practical design for an Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile, A9/10, was undertaken in Nazi Germany during the World War II. It was intended for use in bombing
(a) London and other coastal cities of Britain
(b) Northern cities of France, including Venice
(c) New York and other American cities
(d) Ineriors of USSR to cut off military supply lines to Moscow.
Ans – (c)
Homi Jahangir Bhabha, the father of Indian nuclear programme,, was also the founding director of which of the following institutes ?
(a) Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
(b) Indian Institute of Science
(c) Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai
(d) Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata
Who headed the Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV) project launched by ISRO in 1970 ?
(a) Dr. Vikram Sarabhai
(b) Dr. K. Radhakrishnan
(c) Dr.A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(d) Dr. G. Madhavan Nair
Ans – (c)
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