Coal India Limited (CIL) Latest 2011-2012 Sample Placement paper Questions|CIL General Awareness questions with answers
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1. 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)
Q26 What does PBX stand for ?
Private Branch Exchange
Q27World’s First credit Card
Diners Club Card
Q28 What is C-DOT
Centre for Development of Telematics
Q29 The first woman to reach the top of the Everest
Junko Tabei
Q30 India’s Largest mineral Resource
Coal
Q31 The Indian state with the longest coast line
Gujarat
Q32 India’s Largest commercial Bank
State Bank of India
Q33 Which bird migrates the longest distance ?
The arctic tern
Q34 Who is considered to be founder of the modern Quantity Theory of Money ?
Milton Friedman
Q35 The reduction or elimination of inflation is known as ?
Disinflation
Q36 What is meant by Goodwill of a firm
Intangible Assets
Q37 Crossing a cheque not Negotiable affords security against ?
Theft of Cheques
Q38 Which cost increases continuously with the increase in production ?
Variable Cost
Q39 Which country is the leading producer of silver in the world ?
USA
Q15 When was the essential Commodities act enacted in the country ?
1955
Q40Name the state where Panchayat Raj was first introduced
Rajasthan
Q41 In which year was the companies act enacted ?
1956
Q42 What is meant by BGML ?
Bharat Gold Mines LTD
Q43 When did the industries development and regulation act come into effect?
1951
Q44 The first Five year plan was launched on
1st April 1951
Q45 Which is the highest body that approves Five Year Plans in the country ?
National Development Council
Q46Which state is the leading producer of cotton in country?
Punjab
Q47 What is meant by UHF ?
Ultra High Frequencies
Q48 Who was the first film star to be featured on postage stamp?
Grace Kelly
Q49 In which year was M K Gandhi born on October 2?
1869
Q50 The story of ‘My Experiments with truth ‘ was originally written in ——– language
Gujarati
Q51 What is another name for Vitamin B1 ?
Thiamine
Q52 Who introduced Vaccination
Edward Jenner
Q53Who is responsible for keeping the Voter’s list up to date at all times ?
The Election Commission
Q54 A dockyard has been found at
Lothal
Q55Who introduced postage stamp in India?
Lord Dalhousie
Q56 Who founded the Ramakrishna Mission in 1896?
Swamy Vivekananda
Q57The first modern trade union founded in India
Madras Labour Union
Q58 Who gave the slogan “ Jai Hind “?
Subash Chandra Bose
Q59 what is meant by ‘ WWW’?
World Wide Web
Q60 Someone who browses the internet with no definite destination is called ?
Net Surfer
Q61 ——– is the unit of measurement for data transmission speed over a telecommunication line ?
BPS (Bites Per Second)
Q62 Who invented television ?
John Baird
Q63 Who is the first Indian statistician to be elected a fellow of he Royal Society London ?
P C Mahalanobis