L.I.C Apprentice Development officers 2008 Recruitment Exam General Knowledge Solved Paper

L.I.C Apprentice Development officers 2008 Recruitment Exam General Knowledge Solved Paper

LIC Apprentice Development officers Recruitment Exam 2008 GK Paper

L.I.C General Knowledge Solved Paper

1. Who is the highest Law officer of a State ?
(A) Attorney General
(B) Secretary General Law Department
(C) Advocate General
(D) Solicitor General
Ans : (C)


2. The place for Amritsar was given by the Mughal Emperor Akbar to—
(A) Guru Amar Das
(B) Guru Hari Kishan
(C) Guru Ram Das
(D) Guru Tegh Bahadur
Ans : (C)


3. Which section of IPC is applicable in a case of death due to negligence ?
(A) 304 Part-I
(B) 304 Part-II
(C) 304 A
(D) 307
Ans : (C)


4. Which of the following pairs is wrongly matched ?
(A) Sabarigiri Project —Gujarat
(B) Sharavathy Project —Karnataka
(C) Kundah Project —Tamil Nadu
(D) Balimela Project —Orissa
Ans : (A)


5. The Olympic Flame symbolises—
(A) Speed, perfection and strength
(B) Unity among various nations of the world
(C) Continuity between the ancient and modern games
(D) Sports as a means of securing harmony among the nations
Ans : (C)


6. Which of the following deals with economic offences ?
(A) TADA
(B) MISA
(C) NSA
(D) COFEPOSA
Ans : (D)


7. The earth rotates on its axis from—
(A) East to West
(B) West to East
(C) North to South
(D) South to North
Ans : (B)


8. A Cricket match is being telecasted live from Delhi. If the match commences at 10 a.m. at What time would viewers in London have to tune in their sets ?
(A) 10 a.m.
(B) 4·30 a.m.
(C) 4.30 p.m.
(D) 10 p.m.
Ans : (B)


9. ‘The United Kingdom’ consists of England and—
(A) Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
(B) Northern Ireland, Palma and Iceland
(C) Scotland, Wales and Faeroe Island
(D) Scotland, Sardinia and Wales
Ans : (A)


10. Which of the following is the publisher of ‘Employment News’ ?
(A) Indian Express Group
(B) Times of India Group
(C) Ministry of Human Resources Development
(D) Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Ans : (D)


11. The states of India having common border with Myanmar are—
(A) Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh
(B) Mizoram, Manipur, Tripura, Meghalya
(C) Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalya, Assam
(D) Assam, Manipur, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh
Ans : (A)


12. In which of the following states ‘Koyana Hydro Electric Power Project’ is located ?
(A) Madhya Pradesh
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Kerala
(D) Orissa
Ans : (B)


13. The scientist associated with the success of Green Revolution is—
(A) V. R. Rao
(B) J. C. Bose
(C) S. S. Bhatnagar
(D) Norman Borlaug
Ans : (D)


14. The largest coal deposit in India is in—
(A) Damodar Valley
(B) Satpura Valley
(C) Godavari Valley
(D) Brahmani Valley
Ans : (A)


15. National Highway-2 connects—
(A) Srinagar and Leh
(B) Varanasi and Kanyakumari
(C) Agra and Mumbai
(D) Delhi and Kolkata
Ans : (D)


16. The national centre for production of bio-fertilizers is at—
(A) Hyderabad
(B) Ghaziabad
(C) Nellore
(D) Dehradoon
Ans : (B)


17. Which of the following satellites helps to telecast T.V. Network Programmes all over the country ?
(A) APPLE
(B) Rohini
(C) Aryabhatta
(D) INSAT–1B
Ans : (D)


18. Which Sports Association of Indian lifted the ban from its players ‘foreign tours’ ?
(A) BCCI
(B) All India Tennis Federation
(C) Badminton Association of India
(D) All India Football Federation
Ans : (A)


19. In which state ‘Kanya Vidyadhan Yojana’ is operational ?
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Rajasthan
(D) Haryana
Ans : (A)


20. With which country U.N.O. has an agreement for ‘Oil for food’ ?
(A) Kuwait
(B) Iran
(C) Iraq
(D) Venezuela
Ans : (C)


21. Where will World Cup Football, 2010 be played ?
(A) South Africa
(B) Mexico
(C) Brazil
(D) Canada
Ans : (A)


22. Who has declared as ‘Miss India World, 2007’ ?
(A) Puja Gupta
(B) Amrita Pathi
(C) Puja Chitgopekar
(D) Sarah Jane Dias
Ans : (D)


23. Electron was discovered by—
(A) Rutherford
(B) Bohr
(C) J. J. Thomson
(D) Ramsay
Ans : (C)


24. Which film won the Best Picture in the 79th Annual Academy Award (Oscar Award) 2007 conferred in Feb. 2007 ?
(A) The Departed
(B) The Queen
(C) The Dream Girls
(D) The Last King of Scotland
Ans : (A)


25. In which country of the world, the largest Buddhist temple is located ?
(A) Japan
(B) Indonesia
(C) China
(D) India
Ans. - (B)