GK Insurance Officers Model Solved Paper

GK Insurance Officers Model Solved Paper
 AO General Awareness Objective Exams
 1. Which of the following stars lies nearest to our solar system?

(1) Barnard’s Star

(2) Sirius A

(3) Alpha Centauri A

(4) Proxima Centauri

Ans. (4)

2. Who is the author of the book ‘Speaking for Myself’?

(1) Cherie Blair

(2) Salman Rushdie

(3) Mohammad Hanif

(4) Hillary Clinton

Ans. (1)

3. Of the total water on the earth, fresh water reserves constitute approximately

(1) 5.8%

(2) 4.5%

(3) 2.7%

(4) 1.2%

Ans. (3)

4. Silvio Berlusconi, whose name was in news recently, is the

(1) President of Italy

(2) President of Germany

(3) Prime Minister of Italy

(4) Prime Minister of France

Ans. (3)

5. The term ‘Bishop’ in sports is related to

(1) Chess

(2) Hockey

(3) Badminton

(4) Bridge

Ans. (1)

6. Into how many parts is the Indian constitution divided?

(1)18

(2) 21

(3) 22

(4) 24

Ans. (3)

7. Yakshagan is the famous dance form of the State of

(1) Orissa

(2) Andhra Pradesh

(3) Tamil Nadu

(4) Karnataka

Ans. (4)

8. The rate at which banks lend to RBI is known as

(1) Repo rate

(2) Reverse repo rate

(3) Interest rate

(4) Bank rate

Ans. (1)

9. valance of Payments means

(1) difference between export and imports

(2) balance is to be paid to the exporters

(3) balance to be paid to the industrialists

(4) balance coming in allocation of funds for States

Ans. (1)

10. Pen name ‘Beerbal’ belongs to

(1) Pramatha Choudhary

(2) Ashpurva Dev

(3) Samaresh Majumdar

(4) Samaresh Basu

Ans. (1)

11. A light year is equivalent to about.

(1) 365 days

(2) six million miles

(3) six billion miles

(4) six trillion miles

Ans. (4)

12. Which states of India have derived maximum benefits from green revolution?

(1) Punjab, Haryana and U.P.

(2) Bihar, West Bengal and Assam

(3) Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra

(4) Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala

Ans. (1)

13. Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Finland are together called

(1) Slovakia

(2) Scandinavia

(3) Netherland

(4) Australia

Ans. (2)

14. The term “Green Revolution” was given by

(1) Dr. Norman Borlaug

(2) Dr. M.S. Swaminathan

(3) Dr. William Gande

(4) Sada Shiv Rao

Ans. (3)

15. The device used for locating submerged objects under sea is

(1) sonar

(2) radar

(3) laser

(4) maser

Ans. (1)

16. Who invented ‘computer laptop’?

(l) Alain Kay

(2) Charles Babbage

(3) Q. Daimler

(4) Lacques Nicolas Conte

Ans. (1)

17. Which article of the Constitution provides the Parliament the power of amend Constitution?

(l) 376

(2) 370

(3) 368

(4) 390

Ans. (3)

17. Le Corbusier, the architect of Chandigarh was a national of

(1) France

(2) Switzerland

(3) Portugal

(4) Netherlands

Ans. (1)

18. What is the name of the first successfully cloned deer?

(1) Dawn

(2) Deluxe

(3) Demor

(4) Dewey

Ans. (4)

19. The philosophy of Laissez faire is identified with

(1) Welfare state

(2) Socialist state

(3) Gandhian state

(4) Industrial state

Ans. (4)

20. The idea of motion pictures was propounded by

(1) N.R Finsen

(2) T.A. Edison

(3) J.L. Baird

(4) Berliner

Ans. (2)

21. ‘NASA’s new space telescope is

(1) Wise

(2) Rise

(3) Barack

(4) Telle

Ans. (1)

22. In a rare recognition, the Government of Mauritius decides to introduce a book written by Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank in the School Syllabus of the island nation, what is the name of the book?

(1) Sound of Hills 

(2) Sparsh Ganga

(3) Heaven 

(4) Amrit

Ans. (2)

23. On which of the following dates in 2010 India and the United Kingdom signed a joint declaration for Civil Nuclear Cooperation?

(1) February 28

(2) February 21

(3) February 11

(4) February 4

Ans. (3)

24. The cells which are responsible for the production of antibodies are

(1) red blood cells

(2) neutrophuls

(3) lymphocytes

(4) platelets

Ans. (3)

25. Who among the following won the ‘India Open Grand Prix Badminton Championship held in April 2008?

(1) Thailand

(2) India

(3) England

(4) China

Ans. (1)