How far can I depend on others to develop my personality ?_ Question asked by a young student.

Answer :

This is the most crucial time of your precious life.  You are young and there is tremendous youth energy in you.  You should be very alert and careful.  This is the right time for you to mould your life and character.  Young people always want freedom, without knowing the meaning of the term.  You are still young and your mind is not yet fully matured.  Restless mind and turbulent senses will always try to pull you down.  Giving freedom to such minds and senses is a sign of weakness and certainly harmful.  Since you are not able to discriminate between the right and the wrong, it is always better for you to seek advice of elders, specially your parents and teachers in serious matters.  They are your well-wishers.  Their mature advice will certainly help you to follow the right path.  Even if they scold you for your mistakes, it is for your good.  Since they love you, and are interested in your well being, you should take it in the right spirit._Swami Srikantananda

MBA Admission Test January 2008 Question Paper (Fully Solved), GPO, University of Delhi, General Awareness

1. The term 'Aparanta' or 'Pratichya' nin ancient literature refers to ...
1) North India, 2) Mid-Indo-Gangetic Plain, 3) North-Western India, 4) Western India
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2. Who among the following was awarded the 'Nobel Prize'?...
1) Rutherford, 2) Chadwich, 3) Bohr, 4) Goldstein..
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3. The International Date Line is located in the...
1) Pacific Ocean, 2) Arcitic Ocean, 3) Indian Ocean, 4) Atlantic Ocean
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4. 'Interest Rate Policy' is a component of...
1) Fiscal Policy, 2) Monetary Policy, 3) Trade Policy, 4) Direct Control
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5. Which instrument is employed for conducting astronomical photography?
1) Spectrograph, 2) Astrograph, 3) Photometer, 4) Quadrant...
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6. India's Gauri Shankar won Gold at the 'Biel Internationa Youth Chess Championship', in...
1) Germany, 2) France, 3) Switzerland 4) Russia

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7. The centre has directed the public sector banks to increase advances to minority communities including Muslims, Christians and Sikhs, to ... of their total priority sector lending over the next three years....

1) 5 percent, 2) 10 percent, 3) 15 percent, 4) 20 percent...

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8. Name the country's third largest private sector lender which has been officially changed to the Axis Bank Ltd...

1) Lord Krishna Bank, 2) HDFC Bank, 3) Centurian Bank, 4) U.T.I. Bank...

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9. Which of the following awards has been won by the 'Incredible Indian Campaign' of the Tourism Ministry?...

1) PATA Award, 2) Golden Peacock Award, 3) Jim Corbett Award, 4) Hotel Association of Asia-Pacific Award...

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10. The first-regular adjudicatory mobile court in the country has ben inaugurated at Punbanna village in...

1) Bihar, 2) Andhra Pradesh, 3) Haryana, 4) Punjab...

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11) 17.38 metres is the height of the statue of Bahubali at Sravanabelagola in...., which is the world's biggest single-stone statue...

1) Andhra Pradesh, 2) Kerala, 3) Tamil Nadu, 4) Karnataka...

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12) In which sports did Leander Paes's father VecePaes represented India?

1) Football, 2) Hockey, 3) Badminton, 4) Tennis...

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13. Match the following correctly

LIST I LIST II

A. International Literacy Day... i) Sept. 8

B. World Ozone Day ii) Sept. 14

C. World Tourism Day iii) Sept. 16

D. Hindi Day iv) Sept. 27

A B C D

(1) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)

(2) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)

(3) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)

(4) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)

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14. Which country has recently adopted its new National Anthem?...
1) Israel, 2) Bangladesh, 3) Indonesia, 4) Nepal...
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15. Up to which year will India send man in space?...
1) 2010, 2) 2015, 3) 2020, 4) 2025...
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16. Which Indian has been awarded Ramon Magsayay Award, 2007?...
1) P. Sainath, 2) G. Madhavan Nair, 3) P.A. Sangama, 4) Arvind Kejariwal...
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17. Who has written the book, "Gifted'?...
1) Shobha De, 2) Anitha Desai, 3) Nikita Lalvani, 4) Indira Sinha...
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18. Who among the following has become the first Indian women to win the Gold Medal in the World Archery Championship?...
1) Dola Banerjee, 2) Shruthi Sinha, 3) Rashmi Chouhan, 4) Rupali Dhar...
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19. Which among the following films has got the 'Swarna Kamal Award' for Best Feature Film in 53rd National Film Awards?...
1) Parineeta, 2) Sringarm, 3) Iqbal, 4) Kaalpurush...
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20. Which country will host the next SAARC Summit in 2008?
1) Afghanisthan, 2) Maldives, 3) Nepal, 4) Bangladesh...
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21. Who has been appointed as the chairman of a high level commitee on Financial Sector Reforms?...
1) N.K. Singh, 2) S.K. Kohli, 3) Uday Kotak, 4) Raghuram G. Rajan...
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22. Which of the following is/are included in the UNESCO's natural heritage site in India?...
A) Keoladeo, B) Kaziranga National Park, C) Manas Tiger Project, D) Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve...
1) A and B, 2) B and C, 3) C and D, 4) All
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23. Which of the following is India's indigenous helicopter Weaponised Version Made its first flight recently?...
1) Dhruv, 2) Cheetah, 3) Chetak, 4) Rajhans...
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24. Which of the following has said that India will become third largest economy of the world after China and US by 2025?
1) Asian Development Bank, 2) World Bank, 3) United nations, 4) International Monetary Fund...
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25. Which of the following companies has emerged as the largest tax payer of the country during 2006-07?...
1) Aditya Birla Group, 2) Reliance Industries, 3) Hero Honda, 4) Tata Group...
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26. Which is the expanded form of 'MICR'?
1) Magnetic Ink Character Reader, 2) Magnetic Ink Code Reader, 3) Magnetic Inline Character Reader, 4) Magnetic Inline Code Reader...
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27. Amartya Sen was awarded the Nobel Prize for his contribution to....
1) Econometrics, 2) Monetary Economics, 3) Welfare Economics, 4) Development Economics...
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28. Who was the First Speaker of Independent India's Lok Sabha?...
1) G.V. Mavalankar, 2) Rabi Ray, 3) Hukam Singh, 4) Bali Ram Bhagat...
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29. How many Fundamental Duties are included in Indian Constitution?...
1) Nine, 2) Ten, 3) Eleven, 4)Twelve...
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30. In man, the normal number of chromosomes is...
1) 42, 2) 44, 3) 46, 4) 48...
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31. The name of the first cloned sheep was...
1) Jolly, 2) Dolly, 3) Rolly, 4) Molly...
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32. Who was the First Test Centurian in Indian Cricket?...
1) Vinu Mankad, 2) C.K. Naidu, 3) Lala Amarnath, 4) Mansur Ali Pataudi...
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33. Who wrote 'Long Walk to Freedom'?...
1) Nelson Mandela, 2) Aung San Suu Kyi 3) Abraham Lincoln, 4) Motilal Nehru...
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34. The currency of Bhutan is...
1) Lote, 2) Rupiah, 3) Ngultrum, 4) Shekel...
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35. Commonwealth Day is observed by Member Countries on...
1) 26 August, 2) 24 May, 3) 27 December, 4) 29 Janyary...
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36. Tapti river originates from...
1) Satpura range, 2) Amarkantak, 3) Trimbakeshwar, 4) Panchmarhi...
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37. Which contributes most to the GDP of India?
1) Iron and Steel Industries, 2) Cotton Textile Industries, 3) Railways, 4) Service Sector...
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38. Which of the following is used for ripening the fruits?
1) Acetylene, 2) Ethane, 3) Calcium Carbonate, 4) Methane...
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39. Who presented the first Union Budget of Independent India?
1) Rajendra Prasad-1949,2) John Mathai-1950, 3) Jawaharlal Nehru-1951, 4) C.D. Deshmukh-1952...
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40. The capital of Austria is..
1) Canberra, 2) Vienna, 3) Jakarta, 4) Tokyo...
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ANSWERS.....

1. (4) 2. (4) 3. (1) 4. (2) 5. (2) 6. (3) 7. (3) 8. (4) 9. (1) 10. (3)
11. (4) 12. (2) 13. (1) 14. (4) 15. (2) 16. (1) 17. (3) 18. (1) 19. (1)
20. (2)... It was scheduled to be held at Maldives but recently, it has been changed to Sri Lanka...
21. (4) 22. (4) 23. (1) 24. (2) 25. (4) 26. (1) 27. (3) 28. (1)
29. (3)... Originally there were ten fundamental duties. One was added vide 86th constitution amendment.
30. (3) 31. (2) 32. (3) 33. (1) 34. (3) 35. (None) 36. (1) 37. (4) 38. (2) 39. (3)
40. (3).....

General Knowledge...1

1. Which film studio, set up by Himanshu Rai in 1934, produced the pionering films, Kangan Achhut Kanya and Jwar Bhata?

A: Bombay Talkies...

2. Which biochemist and critic of US nuclear policy became the first man to win two individual Nobel Prizes in different disciplines, in 1962?

A: Linus Pauling...

3. Which tendon in the human body is named after a Greek hero in the Troan War?

A: Achilles...

4. In the Ramayana, who appeared in the form of a golden deer to lure Rama away from Sita?

A: Maricha...

5. The work of which Greek mathematician is contained in the 13-volume Elements which is stiall used in geometry?

A: Euclid...

6. After which financial agent of Queen Elizabeth I is the monetary principle, 'Bad money drives out good', named?

A: Thomas Gresham (Gresham's Law)

7. After which inventor of the first digital calculator has a computer language been named?

A: Blaise Pascal...

8. Which word of German origin translates as 'battling spirit'?

A: Poltergeist...

9. Which Board of Revenue president under Lord Cornwallis evolved the Permanent Settlement System?

A: John Shore...

10. The kings of which Indian dynasty that flourished in the North West, assumed the title Devaputra?

A: Kushanas...

11. On which river does the world's largest river island Majuli stand?

A: Brahmaputra...

12. Which island in the Pacific Ocean was discovered by the Dutch navigator Jacob Roggeveen on Easter Sunday in 1772?

A: Easter Island...

13. Which newspaper published from Calcutta was established in 1875 by Robert Kinght as an extension of an earlier paper, Friend of India?

A: The Statesman...

14. Of which species of birds are yellow-billed, open-billed, white and saddle-billed varieties?

A: Storks...

15. Which of the Kalidasa's work is an account of the birth of the war god, Skanda?

A: Kumara Sambhava...

16. Pragjyotishpur, located on the river Brahmaputra, was the capital of which ancient Indian Kingdom?

A: Kamrupa...

17. From the abbreviation of which term did the vehicle name 'Jeep' come about?

A: General Purpose...

18. Which automobile company was founded by August Horsch and named after the German word for 'hear'?

A: Audi...

19. Which American Astronomer in 1905 predicted the existence of Pluto?

A: Percival Lowell...

20. What name was coined by mathematician Eward Kasner's nephew for the sum one followed by a hundred zeros?

A: Googol...