1. The International Day for Elimination of Racial
Discrimination is observed on:
(1) 20th February (2) 20th March
(3) 25th May (4) 21st February
(5) 21st March
2. In 2006 Mahesh Bhupathi completed his Career
Grand Slam as he won the fourth Grand Slam mixed
doubles title. Which of the following is the open mixed
doubles title he won in January 2006?
(1) Australian Open (2) US Open
(3) French Open (4) Wimbledon
(5) None of these
3. The World Economic Forum Meet was organized in
January 2006 in Davos. Which of the following two
countries were in the spotlight in the meet?
(1) Brazil and Russia (2) Russia and China
(3) China and Brazil (4) India and China
(5) India and Brazil
4. Who amongst the following is going to establish a
fund of Rs 1000 crores for financing the food processing
industry?
(1) State Bank of India (2) SIDBI
(3) ECGC (4) NABARD
(5) None of these
5. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to
withdraw its nominee directors from the boards of which of
the following types of banks?
(1) Co-operative Banks (2) Nationalized Banks
(3) Private Sector Banks (4) Foreign Banks
(5) None of these
6. Some countries/organizations recently decided to
suspend any help/aid to Palestine. Which of the following
is/are the reason(s) for the same?
(A) It is because Hamas got victory in general elections
held in Palestine.
(B) UN has imposed sanctions on Palestine as it has
violated norms of the IAEA on nuclear policy.
(C) It is openly supporting Iran’s nuclear programme
whereas USA is dead against it.
(1) (A) and (C) both (2) Only (B)
(3) Only (C) (4) (A) and (B) both
(5) Only (A)
7. Sonia Gandhi is the Member of the Lok Sabha from
which of the following seats?
(1) Allahabad (2) Lucknow
(3) Sultanpur (4) Amethi
(5) None of these
8. As announced in the Budget 2006-07 the Crop loan
Credit to the farmers will be given at the rate of 7% upto a
loan limit of:
(1) Rs 1 lakh (2) Rs 2 lakhs
(3) Rs 3 lakhs (4) Rs 4 lakhs
(5) Rs 5 lakhs
9. ‘New Horizons’ space craft which was launched by
the NASA is launched to study which of the following
planets?
(1) Mars (2) Saturn
(3) Jupiter (4) pluto
(5) Mercury
10. As per the estimates released by the agencies Per
Capita Income of average Indian in 2005-06 (at 1999-2000
prices) was approximately:
(1) Rs 15,000 (2) Rs 18,000
(3) Rs 20,000 (4) Rs 22,000
(5) Rs 25,000
11. Which of the following years was adjudged as the
‘Hottest Year of the Century’ as per the report prepared by
the NASA?
(1) 2003 (2) 2004
(3) 2005 (4) 2000
(5) None of these
12. As per a survey conducted by an agency what was
India’s rank in the field of Internet usage in 2005?
(1) 2nd (2) 3rd
(3) 4th (4) 8th
(5) 10th
13. Which of the following correctly describes what
‘The Sultan’s Elephant’ is?
(1) It is the name of the new film directed and produced
by Maniratnam.
(2) It is a street theatre performance which took place in
London recently.
(3) It is a comedy serial being telecast on DD Metro
these days.
(4) It is a novel written by Khushwant Singh
(5) None of these
14. Naushad who died recently was a famous:
(1) Politician (2) Social worker
(3) Sports personality (4) Music Director
(5) Painter
15. The 6th International Indian Film Academy
Awards function was organized in which of the following
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GENERAL AWARENESS
Questions asked in various Bank P.O. Examinations held in last 12 months
places?
(1) Dubai (2) Bangalore
(3) Panaji (4) Moscow
(5) Amsterdam
16. Which of the following banks was adjudged best in
‘Corporate Governance’ and was given Golden Peacock
Award, 2005, for the same?
(1) Bank of India (2) Punjab National Bank
(3) ICICI Bank (4) State Bank of India
(5) None of these
17. The 6th African Union Summit was held in January
2006 in Khartoum. Where is this place Khartoum? It is in:
(1) Ghana (2) South Africa
(3) Angola (4) Chad
(5) Sudan
18. Which amongst the following is one of the books by
Bill Gates?
(1) Business @ The Speed of Thought
(2) The Google Story (3) Net and Internet
(4) The World is Flat (5) None of these
19. Which of the following countries has developed a
low cost anti-rabies vaccine, which is also the world’s first
combination rabies vaccine?
(1) China (2) India
(3) Britain (4) USA
(5) None of these
20. Aung San Suu Kyi who was awarded the Olaf Palm
Prize recently is a citizen of:
(1) Singapore (2) China
(3) Taiwan (4) Myanmar
(5) Nepal
21. The XXI Winter Olympics will be held in 2010 at:
(1) Tokyo (2) Minsk
(3) Rome (4) Vancouver
(5) Bangkok
22. Which of the following organizations has created
an ‘Investor Protection Fund’, which is funded by fines and
penalties collected by the organization itself from various
clients?
(1) SEBI (2) RBI
(3) IRDA (4) AMFI
(5) None of these
23. To tackle the widespread rural unemployment the
Union Budget 2006-07 has approximately earmarked an
amount of Rs:
(1) 10000 crores (2) 12500 crores
(3) 14300 crores (4) 16700 crores
(5) 20000 crores
24. Earlier it was thought safe to allow each financial
institution to carry out only one type of financial service. But
now banks are selling shares, insurance companies can sell
banking services. These new financial conglomerates are
colloquially referred to as:
(1) Multinationals
(2)Financial supermarkets
(3) Market regulators
(4) Brand Promoters
(5) None of these
25. Which of the following is the purpose owing to
which banks have created Investment Fluctuation Reserves
(IFR)? This will help them in managing:
(1) Interest rate risk
(2) CRR
(3) SLR
(4) Foreign Currency Accounts
(5) None of these
26. As per the guidelines issued by the SEBI the
Permanent Account Number (PAN) is a must for which of
the following?
(1) Demat Accounts
(2) All Saving Banks Accounts
(3) All Housing Loan Accounts
(4) All Current Accounts
(5) None of these
27. Many times we read a term ‘Free Market’ in
newspapers. What does it mean? [Pick up the correct
statement(s)]:
(A) It is a market where pricing is driven by the laws of
supply and demand.
(B) In free market things are available without restraints
of the government.
(C) In such markets goods are free from extraneous
influences such as tariff or quotas.
(1) Only (A) (2) Only (B)
(3) Only (C) (4) (A) and (B) both
(5) (A), (B) and (C) all
28. Which of the following correctly describes what is
e-Bharat?
(1) It is a comprehensive governance programme for
rural India launched by the Government of India.
(2) It is the new service launched by the MTNL which
will provide cheap mobile connection to rural
Indians.
(3) It is a newly launched internet service launched by
the Tatas providing cheap connections to rural
people.
(4) It is a call center service launched by the ITC to help
farmers.
(5) None of these
29. Corporation Bank is also a distributor of the
Mutual Fund products. For this the bank has an agreement
with which of the following organizations?
(1) Bajaj Allianz (2) DSP Merrill Lynch
(3) HDFC Mututal Fund (4) SBI Mutual Fund
(5) None of these
30. Which of the following was the reason owing to
which Thaksin Shinawtra, the Thai Prime Minister has to
resign even after his victory in recent general elections?
(A) He got very marginal victory in General Elections
(B) Main opposition parties boycotted the poll hence
they are not ready to accept the results of the
election.
(C) He was found guilty of manipulating results of the
elections in his favour
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(1) Only (A) (2) Only (B)
(3) Only (C) (4) (B) and (C) both
(5) None of these
31. In which of the following countries, women voted
for the first time after they were given equal political rights
in 2005?
(1) UAE (2) Kuwait
(3) Sudan (4) Uganda
(5) None of these
32. Which of the following countries has decided to
close all its small coal mines by 2007 as the safety of the
workers is very poor in those mines?
(1) India (2) Bangladesh
(3) China (4) South Africa
(5) None of these
33. John Kenneth Galbraith who died recently was a
famous:
(1) Cine Artist (2) Sports Personality
(3) Economist (4) Sociologist
(5) Creative Writer
34. As per the decision taken by the RBI the Know Your
Customer Norms will now be applicable also for which of
the following organizations?
(1) NBFC
(2) Insurance Companies
(3) Stock Brokers
(4) Builders and Property Dealers
(5) None of these
35. Dabhol Power Plant which was in news recently is
located in which of the following States?
(1) Delhi (2) Karnataka
(3) M.P. (4) Maharashtra
(5) U.P.
36. Which of the following banks started banking
operations in China in August 2006?
(1) State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur
(2) Bank of India
(3) State Bank of India
(4) Indian Overseas Bank
(5) Corporation Bank
37. Charles Taylor who was charged with crime
against humanity in the international war crime tribunal
was the president of:
(1) Uganda (2) Chad
(3) Liberia (4) Congo
(5) None of these
38. Four Asian nations (including India) will host the
World Cup Cricket tournament to be held in:
(1) 2007 (2) 2008
(3) 2009 (4) 2010
(5) 2011
39. The Union Budget 2006 has made a provision of
Rs 1,700 crore by way of interest subsidy for crop loan on the
outstanding of 2006. What is the rate of interest subsidy?
(1) 0.5% (2) 0.75%
(3) 1.00% (4) 1.5%
(5) 2%
40. Banks have started opening ‘No Frill’ accounts
recently. These accounts are to help which of the following
sections of customers?
(1) Weaker section of society
(2) High Value Customers
(3) Studetns
(4) Loan seekers who were not able to repay their loans
taken earlier
(5) None of these
41. Which of the following statement(s) about Union
Budget 2006-07 is/are TRUE?
(A) Tax proposed on profits of cooperative banks.
(B) ATM services provided by third parties to banks to
be taxed.
(C) Service tax proposed on issue of pay order, demand
draft, cheque, letter of credit, etc.
(1) Only (A) (2) Only (B)
(3) Only (C) (4) (A) and (B) both
(5) (A) and (C) both
42. As per the Union Budget 2006 Corpus of Rural
Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) has been
increased to Rs:
(1) 5000 crores (2) 7000 crores
(3) 7500 crores (4) 8000 crores
(5) 10000 crores
43. As per reports published in the newspapers Visa
and Master Cards want banks to Pursue EMV Technology
Standards. What is the full form of EMV Standards?
(1) Europay MasterCard Visa Standard
(2) European Multiple Volume Standard
(3) English MasterCard Visa Standard
(4) Electronic Multiple Variety Standard
(5) None of these
44. Now the limit on Foreign Institutional Investment
in Government Securities is increased upto US $:
(1) 1 billion (2) 1.5 billion
(3) 1.75 billion (4) 2 billion
(5) 2.25 billion
45. As per the reports published in the news papers
Public Sector Banks were able to recover Non Performing
Assets of Rs 20,000 crores. Which of the following has been
the major contributor in this recovery?
(1) Compromise Schemes
(2) Lok Adalats
(3) Debt Recovery Tribunals
(4) Asset Reconstruction Companies
(5) None of these
46. Samresh Jung who was recently in news is
associated with which of the following games?
(1) Pistol Shooting (2) Swimming
(3) 100 metre Race (4) Weight Lifting
(5) None of these
47. Indian Government is in favour of Mergers and
Acquisitions in banks. Which of the following can not be
considered a direct benefit of merger and acquisition?
(1) Most efficient and trained staff
(2) Increased market share
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(3) Multiple and additional locations
(4) Opportunity to have a large customer base
(5) All of these
48. For which of the following reasons RBI has raised
cap on exports credit interest rates?
(1) It has been revised in sync with foreign currency
deposits
(2) It has been revised in line with global rates
(3) It has been revised in consonance with WTO
commitments
(4) It has been revised keeping in view the international
export credit pricing
(5) None of these
49. Which of the following is the objective for
amendment to the Indian Postal Act 1898?
(1) Courier Companies shall be monitored by Postal
Department
(2) It will enlarge the role of courier companies in
distribution of postal products
(3) All documents weighing less than 300 gms will have
to go to post and cannot be couriered
(4) All documents weighing less than 500 gms will have
to go to post and cannot be couriered
(5) None of these
50. For which of the following Banks, cabinet has given
approval to write off accumulated losses amounting
Rs 278.44 crore?
(1) UCO
(2) United Bank of India
(3) Indian Bank
(4) Oriental Bank of Commerce
(5) None of these
51. Expand the term LIBOR.
(1) London Inter-Bank Operational Rate
(2) London Inter-Bank Offsite Rate
(3) London Inter-Bank Onsite Rate
(4) London Inter-Bank Offered Rate
(5) None of these
52. Which of the following was the present Reverse
Repo Rate as on June 9, 2006?
(1) 5.00 (2) 5.75
(3) 6.00 (4) 6.50
(5) None of these
53. Which of the following banks got permission in
March 2006 to open a representative office at Shenzhen
(China)?
(1) Punjab National Bank (2) Allahabad Bank
(3) Bank of Baroda (4) Bank of India
(5) None of these
54. Who amongst the following is the author of the
book ‘God’s Little Soldier’?
(1) Kiran Nagarkar (2) Amitabh Ghosh
(3) Khushwant Singh (4) Anita Desai
(5) Kuldeep Nayyar
55. The first India-EU Business Conference on energy
was held in:
(1) New Delhi (2) London
(3) Paris (4) Berlin
(5) None of these
56. Which of the following Cups/Trophies is NOT
associated with the game of Hockey?
(1) Surjeet Singh Cup (2) Irani Trophy
(3) Federation Cup (4) Cuppuswamy Cup
(5) Scindia Gold Cup
57. Which of the following programmes is being
implemented by the National Bank for Agriculture and
Rural Development (NABARD)?
(1) Prime Minister’s Rozgar Yojana (PMRY)
(2) Swarnjayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY)
(3) District Rural Industrial Project (DRIP)
(4) Rural Employment Generation Programme (REGP)
(5) None of these
58. Which of the following ministerial portfolio is
being held by Mr Kamal Nath?
(1) Communication
(2) Commerce and Industry
(3) Banking
(4) Rural development
(5) Agriculture
59. Tata Group in association with which of the
following banks has launched ‘Tata Credit Card’?
(1) Bank of India (2) State Bank of India
(3) Central Bank of India (4) Bank of Baroda
(5) None of these
60. Nirmal Gram Panchayat (NGP) Award is given for
which of the following causes?
(1) Promoting rural health
(2) Promoting education in rural areas
(3) Promoting sanitation in rural areas
(4) Promoting use of computers in rural areas
(5) None of these
61. Which of the following State governments decided
to scrap Stamp Duty on government securities after a
meeting with the bankers?
(1) Delhi (2) Karnataka
(3) Uttar Pradesh (4) Maharashtra
(5) None of these
62. Which of the following Public Sector Banks has
decided to acquire Bharat Overseas Bank?
(1) PNB (2) IOB
(3) BOB (4) Syndicate Bank
(5) None of these
63. In which of the following cities comprehensive
‘Fleet Taxi Scheme’ is being introduced?
(1) Bangalore (2) Chennai
(3) Delhi (4) Mumbai
(5) Kochi
64. For which of the following banks, “Protected
Disclosure” scheme is being introduced?
(1) Public Sector Banks
(2) Co-operative Banks
(3) Private Banks
(4) Foreign Bank
(5) None of these
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65. Who amongst the following is the Prime Minister
of Nepal after the King Gyanendra decided to reinstate the
Parliament?
(1) Sher Bahadur Deuba
(2) Krishna Prasad Sitaula
(3) Girija Prasad Koirala
(4) Krishna Prasad Bhattarai
(5) None of these
66. Thierry Henry who was adjudged as the
‘Footballer of the Year 2005’ is a citizen of:
(1) Germany (2) France
(3) Italy (4) Brazil
(5) USA
67. Which of the following countries won the Thomas
Cup Badminton title 2006 held recently?
(1) China (2) Denmark
(3) Japan (4) Bangladesh
(5) North Korea
68. Which of the following banks launched India’s first
food and agriculture private equity fund?
(1) Robo Bank (2) Citibank
(3) HSBC (4) SBI
(5) None of these
69. Which amongst the following organizations has
tied up with 12 commercial banks to set up small enterprises
financial corporations?
(1) ECGC (2) SIDBI
(3) NABARD (4) UTI Bank
(5) None of these
70. Which of the following countries got the status of
10th largest Importer and Exporter of commercial services?
(According to World Trade Report)
(1) China (2) North Korea
(3) India (4) Egypt
(5) None of these
71. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards are given for
excellence in which of the following fields?
(1) Sports
(2) Science and Technology
(3) Literature
(4) Social Science
(5) Journalism
72. Ms Angela Markel who was in news recently is the:
(1) Chancellor of Germany
(2) Foreign Minister of France
(3) Foreign Secretary of USA
(4) Prime Minister of Denmark
(5) None of these
73. ‘NASA’ is the space research organization of:
(1) Russia (2) UK
(3) USA (4) China
(5) Germany
74. Evo Morales is:
(1) President of Bolivia
(2) Prime Minister of Bolivia
(3) President of Chad
(4) Prime Minister of Chad
(5) None of these
75. Who amongst the following is the author of the
book ‘Speed Post’?
(1) Shashi Deshpande (2) Anita Desai
(3) Shobha De (4) Maneka Gandhi
(5) None of these
76. ‘Swati Ghate’ who won the National
Championship is associated with which of the following
games?
(1) Chess (2) Badminton
(3) Golf (4) Athletics
(5) None of these
77. Which of the following instruments is used to
regulate temperature to a particular level?
(1) Telemeter (2) Voltameter
(3) Thermostat (4) Periscope
(5) None of these
78. ‘Arcelor’ which was in news recently is a major
firm making:
(1) Cement (2) Paper
(3) Electronic Gadgets (4) Drugs
(5) Steel
79. ‘International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit
Trafficking’ is observed on:
(1) 10th June (2) 26th June
(3) 26th July (4) 10th July
(5) None of these
80. Samurai Bonds are offered in which of the
following countries?
(1) South Korea (2) North Korea
(3) Japan (4) Singapore
(5) China
81. The head office of the Asian Development Bank
(ADB) is in:
(1) Manila (2) Jakarta
(3) Honolulu (4) Nairobi
(5) Tokyo
82. Kyoto Protocol which took effect in February 2005
is related to which of the following issues?
(1) Subsidy to Agriculture (2) Cloning
(3) Global Warming
(4) Enrichment of Uranium (5) None of these
83. Who amongst the following is the author of the
book The Heart of India?
(1) Meera Syal (2) Gita Mehra
(3) Ruskin Bond (4) Mark Tully
(5) None of these
84. Sometimes some natural calamities bring some
opportunities for the people of different nations to come
together and work for the cause of humanity. Which of the
following was one such incidence/calamity which helped
people of Pakistan to associate themselves with the people
of India and vice versa? (Incident took place in 2005).
(1) Heavy rains and flood in Mumbai
(2) Tsunami in Asian countries
(3) Severe earthquake in parts of J&K
(4) Bomb blast in tube rail in London
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(5) None of these
85. As evident from the performance of India on
economic front during 2005-06 it can be very well concluded
that India did excellent in all sectors except one which is:
(1) Banking sector (2) Industrial sector
(3) Service sector (4) Agriculture sector
(5) None of these
86. The ‘Economist’ weekly published from USA titled
who amongst the following as the ‘Biotech Queen of India’?
(1) Kiran Mazumdar Shaw (2) Tina Ambani
(3) Kanan Bhatt (4) Naina Lal Kidwai
(5) None of these
87. Which of the following cities has become the 2nd
Indian city with Metro Railway Service?
(1) Mumbai (2) Bangalore
(3) Ahmedabad (4) Delhi
(5) Kolkata
88. Immediately prior to Rajnath Singh who amongst
the following was the President of BJP?
(1) L.K. Advani (2) Uma Bharati
(3) Pramod Mahajan (4) Atal Behari Vajpayee
(5) None of these
89. Scientists in which of the following countries were
successful in creation of Human Embryo by the process of
cloning?
(1) Japan (2) South Korea
(3) Britain (4) Germany
(5) Sweden
90. Lalu Prasad Yadav and Rabri Devi served as Chief
Ministers of Bihar for how many years uninterruptedly
before Nitish Kumar took over as the Chief Minister?
(1) 7 years (2) 9 years
(3) 12 years (4) 15 years
(5) 22 years
91. Which of the following is the full form of the term
MPLADS?
(1) Madhya Pradesh Lead Area Development Scheme
(2) Member of Parliament’s Local Area Development
Scheme
(3) Madhya Pradesh Local Area Development Scheme
(4) Member of Parliament Leading Area Demonstration
Scheme
(5) None of these
92. Which of the following is the youngest member of
the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation?
(1) Bhutan (2) Bangladesh
(3) Nepal (4) Sri Lanka
(5) Afghanistan
93. Which of the following States will not get any
benefit from the Sardar Sarovar Dam directly?
(1) Madhya Pradesh (2) Gujarat
(3) Maharashtra (4) Rajasthan
(5) Chattisgarh
94. Which of the following SAARC countries got a
Parliament after a long gap of 30 years?
(1) Nepal (2) Bhutan
(3) Maldives (4) Afghanistan
(5) None of these
95. Sri Lankan Government is holding peace talks
with which of the following groups of people?
(1) Naxalites (2) Maoists
(3) GNLF (4) DGHC
(5) LTTE
96. Which of the following is the full form of PURA?
(1) Perfect Urban Rural Association
(2) Provision of Urban Amenities in Rural Areas
(3) Preferential and Uniform Re-enforcement Act
(4) Programme on Urban Rural Association
(5) None of these
97. The 93rd Session of the Indian Science Congress
was organized in:
(1) Kolkata (2) Chennai
(3) Jaipur (4) New Delhi
(5) Hyderabad
98. Which of the following is the trade agreement
among SAARC member countries which came into effect
from January 2006?
(1) SCUBA (2) SAFTA
(3) ASEAN (4) ASSOCHAM
(5) None of these
99. Which of the following Brands was placed at the
top of the Fifth Brand Equity Survey of India for 2005?
(1) Lux (2) Dettol
(3) Colgate (4) Bata
(5) None of these
100. Which of the following Stock Exchanges has
completed 213 years of its existence? The Exchange has
recently sold part of its holdings to public.
(1) New York Stock Exchange
(2) London Stock Exchange
(3) Tokyo Stock Exchange
(4) Bombay Stock Exchange
(5) None of these
101. India’s first Natural Disaster Information System
was recently launched at:
(1) Mumbai (2) Bangalore
(3) Chennai (4) Port Blair
(5) Kolkata
102. In the opinion of Prof Amartya Sen the
development in which of the following areas could make a
‘dramatic’ difference in rural India?
(A) Health System
(B) Education
(C) Marketing of Agro Products
(1) Only (A) (2) Only (B)
(3) (A) and (B) both (4) Only (C)
(5) None of these
103. Which of the following branches is called the
study of Sound?
(1) Aetiology (2) Anatomy
(3) Astrophysics (4) Acoustics
(5) None of these
104. Which of the following is/are NOT one of the
objectives of International Monetary Fund (IMF)?
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(A) To ensure exchange rate stability.
(B) To ensure Balanced International Trade
(C) To replace World Trade Organisation in years to
come
(1) Only (A) (2) Only (B)
(3) Only (C) (4) (A) and (B) both
(5) (A) and (C) both
105. Which of the following is the major contributor
for 24 hour banking?
(1) Credit Card (2) ATM
(3) Mobile banks (4) Networked Branches
(5) Any City Banking
106. Which of the following is NOT a member of the
G-8?
(1) Russia (2) Canada
(3) Italy (4) Japan
(5) Sweden
107. In India, Tanks are a popular method of irrigation
in:
(1) Eastern States (2) South India
(3) North-East States (4) Western India
(5) None of these
108. Which of the following package is best suited for
preparing “Presentations”?
(1) Excel (2) Unix
(3) Windows (4) Word
(5) Power-Point
109. Which of the following films was adjudged the
‘Best Motion Picture of the Year’ in the Oscar Awards
Ceremony 2006?
(1) Walk the Line (2) The Constant Gardener
(3) Memories of the Geisha (4) Crash
(5) None of these
110. What is the name for the process that is used to
convert a sense of instructions, or program, written in a
high-level language into instructions (or a program) that can
be run on a computer?
(1) Assembling (2) Compiling
(3) Translating (4) Uploading
(5) None of these
111. _____means the altering of computer system
software to achieve a task for which it was not originally
designed.
(1) Pegging (2) Hacking
(3) Trekking (4) Breaking
(5) All of these
112. Authentication can be provided by
adding_____to a message.
(1) Sign (2) Manual Signature
(3) Digital Signature (4) Initials
(5) None of these
113. What is the name for a webpage address?
(1) Directory (2) Domain
(3) Extension (4) Protocol
(5) URL
114. The ability of an OS to run more than one
application at a time is called:
(1) multitasking
(2) object-oriented programming
(3) multi-user computing
(4) time-sharing
(5) None of these
115. A leased line can transmit:
(1) Only Data (2) Only Voice
(3) Only Video (4) Only Text
(5) All the above
116. The word ‘FTP’ stands for:
(1) File Translate Protocol (2) File Transit Protocol
(3) File Typing Protocol (4) File Transfer Protocol
(5) None of these
117. What characteristic of read-only memory (ROM)
makes it useful?
(1) ROM information can be easily updated
(2) Data in ROM is nonvolatile, that is, it remains there
even without electrical power
(3) ROM provides very large amounts of inexpensive
data storage
(4) ROM chips are easily swapped between different
brands of computers
(5) None of these
118. A computer cannot “boot” if it does not have the:
(1) Compiler (2) Loader
(3) Operating System (4) Assembler
(5) None of these
119. Example of non-numeric data is:
(1) Employee address (2) Examination score
(3) Bank balance (4) All of the above
(5) None of these
ANSWERS
1. (5) 2. (1) 3. (4) 4 (4) 5. (3)
6. (5) 7. (4) 8. (3) 9. (4) 10. (3)
11. (3) 12. (3) 13. (2) 14. (4) 15. (5)
16. (2) 17. (5) 18. (1) 19. (2) 20. (4)
21. (4) 22. (1) 23. (1) 24. (2) 25. (1)
26. (1) 27. (5) 28. (1) 29. (2) 30. (2)
31. (2) 32. (3) 33. (3) 34. (1) 35. (4)
36. (3) 37. (3) 38. (5) 39. (5) 40. (1)
41. (3) 42. (4) 43. (1) 44. (4) 45. (4)
46. (1) 47. (1) 48. (2) 49. (3) 50. (2)
51. (4) 52. (2) 53. (2) 54. (1) 55. (1)
56. (2) 57. (2) 58. (2) 59. (2) 60. (3)
61. (4) 62 (2) 63. (4) 64. (3) & (4)
65. (3) 66. (2) 67. (1) 68. (1) 69. (2)
70. (3) 71. (2) 72. (1) 73. (3) 74. (1)
75. (3) 76. (1) 77. (3) 78. (5) 79. (2)
80. (3) 81. (1) 82. (3) 83. (4) 84. (3)
85. (4) 86. (1) 87. (4) 88. (1) 89. (2)
90. (4) 91. (2) 92. (5) 93. (4) 94. (4)
95. (5) 96. (2) 97. (5) 98. (2) 99. (3)
100. (1) 101. (2) 102. (3) 103. (4) 104. (3)
105. (2) 106. (5) 107. (2) 108. (5) 109. (4)
110. (2) 111. (2) 112. (3) 113. (5) 114. (1)
115. (5) 116. (4) 117. (2) 118. (3) 119. (1)
356 NOVEMBER 2006 THE COMPETITION MASTER
OBJECTIVE-TYPE QUESTIONS
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