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Monday, February 28, 2011

What is Oscar Award ?

The Academy Award (also known as the Oscar) is an accolade bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences(AMPAS)[1] to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers. The formal ceremony at which the awards are presented is one of the most prominent award ceremonies in the world and is televised live in more than 200 countries annually.- Defenition by wikipedia.

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Question Database Powered By www.psctrainer.com



Q? : AUTHOR OF NALACHARITHAM ATTAKKATHA
Ans: UNNAI VARIER


Q? : WHERE IS THE TOMB OF KUMARANASAN BUILT
Ans: PALLANA


Q? : BIRTH PLACE OF SRI NARAYANA GURU
Ans: CHEMPAZHANTHI


Q? : LAST DIVAN OF TRAVANCORE STATE
Ans: SIR CP RAMASWAMY IYER


Q? : CULTURAL CAPITAL OF KERALA
Ans: Trissur


Q? : PROPOSED 4TH AIRPORT IN KERALA IS AT
Ans: KANNUR


Q? : FAMOUS FISHING CENTRE IN KERALA
Ans: NENDAKARA


Q? : WIND ENERGY PRODUCED IN KERALA
Ans: PALAKKAD


Q? : NEW NAVAL ACADEMY IN KERALA
Ans: EZHIMALA


Q? : THERMAL ELECTRICITY PLANT IN KERALA
Ans: KAYAMKULAM

Friday, February 25, 2011

Q? : CHAURI CHAURA INCIDENT IN INDIAN HISTORY
Ans: 1922


Q? : SIGNIFICANCE OF FEBRUARY 28 ( SCIENCE DAY)
Ans: DISCOVERY OF RAMAN EFFECT


Q? : NATIONAL SCIENCE DAY
Ans: FEBRUARY 28


Q? : STUDY OF TWINS
Ans: GEMELLOLOGY


Q? : WHICH BIRD CAN SLEEP WHILE IT FLIES
Ans: ALBATROSS


Q? : FRENCH OPEN 2007 WOMENS TITLE WINNER
Ans: JUSIN HENIN


Q? : WORLD CUP CRICKET 2007 RUNNER UP
Ans: SRI LANKA


Q? : WORLD CUP CRICKET 2007 WINNER
Ans: AUSTRALIA


Q? : FIRST FOREIGNER, WHO GOT BHARATH RATNA
Ans: KHAN ABDUL GAFARKHAN


Q? : WHO GOT SWATHI PURASKAR 2006
Ans: UMAYAL PURAM K. SIVARAMAN

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Civil Service Examination, 2011



The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) will hold the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2011 on 12/06/2011 for recruitment of nearly 880 various posts of Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and certain other Group 'A' and Group 'B' Central Services / Posts.

Administrative Support Staff for IT Mission Kerala

Job Profile : To assist SPARK Project Implementation in Kerala

Qualification : MBA ( Regular Stream ) with Experience in Computer Application

Mode of Appointment : On Contract Basis

Remuneration : Rs 10000 consolidated per month

Application form can be downloaded from www.itmission.kerala.gov.in

Last Date : 17-03-2011 before 5PM

For more info log on to official website of IT Mission Kerala

Monday, February 21, 2011

Vacancies @ Sports Authority of India (SAI)

Sports Authority of India (SAI), an Autonomous Organization under the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, invites applications for the following posts


•Lower Division Clerk (LDC) : 29 posts, Pay Scale : Rs.5200-20200 grade pay Rs.1900/-, Age : 18 - 27 years


•Junior Accountant : 45 posts, Pay Scale : Rs.5200-20200 grade pay Rs.2400/-, Age : 18 - 27 years


Application Fee : Rs.500/- (No fee for SC/ST/PH/Ex-SM) in a form of Bank DD in favour of Secretary, Sports Authority of India payable at New Delhi.






How to Apply
Q? : "UNIT OF ELECTRIC CURRENT " Is
Ans: AMPERE


Q? : "UNIT OF LOUDNESS OF SOUND" Is
Ans: DECIBEL


Q? : "JAI JAWAN JAI KISSAN" IS ASSOSIATED WITH
Ans: LAL BAHADUR SASTHRI


Q? : "JUNGLE BOOK" IS WRITTEN BY
Ans: RUDYARD KIPLING


Q? : "INTERNATIONAL SHRINE OF PEACE" Is
Ans: HIROSHIMA


Q? : "I KNOW ONLY ONE CULTURE THAT IS AGRICULTURE" Word By 
Ans: Vallabai Patel


Q? : Who is called "CROCODILE HUNTER"
Ans: STEVE IRWIN


Q? : " MOTHER " IS THE FAMOUS WORK OF
Ans: MAXIM GORKY


Q? : Who is called " LION OF THE PUNJAB "
Ans: LALA LAJPAT RAI


Q? : Who is " INDIAN SHAKESPEARE "
Ans: KALIDASA

Sunday, February 20, 2011

PSC EXAM SOLVED PAPER

11. Which country has longest school year in the world?
(a) Japan (b) Russia
(c) China (d) Germany

12. Puducherry is a former .................. colony.
(a) British (b) Vietnam
(c) French (d) German

13. “The True Democracy is what promotes the welfare of the society”. Who said it ?
(a) Sardar Patel (b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Dadabai Naoroji (d) Gokhale

14. The consumer Rights were first enumerated in the year 1962 in :
(a) UK (b) Germany
(c) Japan (d) U.S.A

15. I.T.C means :

(a) Inter-Transitional Centre (b) Inter-Trade Centre
(c) Inter-Tropical Convergence (d) None of these

16. The coniferous forests in India occur between the height of :
(a) 2700 and 4000 mts (b) 1400 and 2000 mts
(c) 1500 and 3000 mts (d) 1330 and 2700 mts

17. The International Tourism year :
(a) 1957 (b) 1967
(c) 1977 (d) 1987

18. The energy possessed by a body by virtue of its motion is known as :
(a) Kinetic energy (b) Static energy
(c) Potential energy (d) None of these

19. Which is oldest of all Vedas?
(a) Sama Veda (b) Atharva Veda
(c) Yagur Veda (d) Rig Veda

20. When we pluck the wire of a sitar, the waves produced in the wire are :
(a) longitudinal (b) transverse
(c) sometimes longitudinal and sometimes (d) electromagnetic transverse


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GK ABOUT KERALA IN PSC EXAMS

Q? : KUMARAKAM BIRD SANCTUARY
Ans: KOTTAYAM


Q? : "PUNNAMADA KAYAL" IS FAMOUS FOR
Ans: NEHRU TROPHY BOAT RACE


Q? : THE PLACE "MANNADI" IS ASSOCIATED WITH
Ans: VELUTHAMBI DALAVA


Q? : IN WHICH DISTRICT "SHABARIMALA" IS SITUATED
Ans: PATHANAMTHITTA


Q? : PUNALUR PAPER MILLS
Ans: KOLLAM


Q? : "AGASTHYA VANAM" BIOLOGICAL PARK
Ans: THIRUVANANTHAPURAM


Q? : KERALA FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Ans: PEECHI


Q? : KERALA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
Ans: MANNUTHI


Q? : LAST " MAMANGAM"
Ans: 1755


Q? : FIRST PRESIDENTIAL RULE IN KERALA
Ans: 1956

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Friday, February 18, 2011

Panchayath Secretary solved paper 2008

1. The European country which first started trade with India was :
(a) France (b) Holland
(c) Portugal (d) England

2. The science of improving crop varieties is called :
(a) Hybridisation (b) Selection
(c) Introduction (d) Plant-breeding

3. Green revelution refers to :
(a) Maintaining soil fertility (b) Use of green plants for covering
the earth (c) Development of new crop varieties (d) Growing green plants to establish which helped to overcome hunger balance of nature.

4. Inland Fisheries is referred to :
(a) Culturing fish in fresh water (b) Trapping and capturing fish
(c) Deep sea fisheries (d) Extraction of oil from fish

5. High milk yielding varieties of cows are obtained by :
(a) Super ovulation (b) Artificial insemination
(c) Use of surrogate mothers (d) All the above

6. A crocodile had just eaten a lamb when a hawk saw the crocodile, attacked it and consumed it. The hawk is in ecological terms :
(a) a producer (b) a primary consumer
(c) a secondary consumer (d) a tertiary consumer

7. Which of the following is a non-renewable resource?
(a) Water (b) Coal
(c) Fisheries (d) Wild life

8. Pollution is an undesirable change in physical, chemical and biological properties of :
(a) air (b) water
(c) soil (d) All the above

9. In a free market economy, prices are determined by the :
(a) Capitalists (b) Government
(c) Market forces (a) Producers

10. India’s National Newspaper “ The Hindu” started since :
(a) 1898 (b) 1888
(c) 1878 (d) 1868

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Thursday, February 17, 2011

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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

GK : BOOKS & AUTHORS

Q? : FASTING , FEASTING
Ans: ANITA DESAI


Q? : ZORBA THE GREEK
Ans: NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS


Q? : YESTERDAY AND TODAY
Ans: KPS MENON


Q? : VANITY FAIR
Ans: WILLIAM THACKERAY


Q? : THE MOORS LAST SAY
Ans: SALMAN RUSHDIE


Q? : THE GOLDEN GATE
Ans: VIKRAM SETH


Q? : THE FIFTH HORSEMAN
Ans: LARRY COLLINS AND DOMNIQUE LAPIERRE


Q? : THE ADVENTURES OF SHELOCK HOLMES
Ans: CONAN DOYLE

Monday, February 14, 2011

Q? : IN PHARMACY "OVER THE COUNTER" MEANS
Ans: SOLD LEGALLY WITHOUT PRESCRIPTION


Q? : WHO WAS THE FIRST INDIAN TO WIN NOBEL PRIZE?
Ans: Rabindranath Tagore


Q? : WHO WAS THE FOUNDER OF ARYA SAMAJ ?
Ans: Dayanand Saraswathi


Q? : QUIT LNDIA MOVEMENT WAS ORGANIZEDIN WHICH YEAR?
Ans: 1942


Q? : WHO COMPLETED 15000 RUNS IN ODI RECENTLY
Ans: SACHIN TENDULKAR


Q? : WORLDS BIGGEST WATER PLANT
Ans: AMAZON WATER LILLY


Q? : CONTROVERSIAL ARAB TV NETWORK IN DOHA
Ans: AL JAZEERA


Q? : DIRECTOR OF THE FILM " GANDHI"
Ans: RICHARD ATTEN BOROUGH


Q? : FIRST HUMAN TO WALK IN SPACE
Ans: ALEXEI LEONOV

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Careers @ Greenpeace India

Here is a great opportunity for those who wants follow careers at Greenpeace. 

Jobs at Greenpeace

We ACT to change attitudes and behaviours to save the environment. We challenge, we confront, and we inspire people!
At Greenpeace India no one day is the same. Step inside our world and you’ll find a bunch of passionate and creative people working together to push the boundaries of environmental activism.

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Friday, February 11, 2011

164TH BIRTH DAY OF THOMAS ALVA EDISON

COURTESY : WIKIPEDIA

1) Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor, scientist, and businessman 

2) His inventions include the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. 

3)Edison is considered one of the most prolific inventors in history, holding 1,093 US patents in his name, as well as many patents in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. 

Thursday, February 10, 2011

GK SERIES FOR DEPUTY COLLECTOR EXAM

Q? : THE COUNTRY WITH THE WORLDS LARGEST DIAMOND MINE
Ans: South Africa


Q? : LEADER ASSOCIATED WITH BARDOLI SATYAGRAHA
Ans: Vallabh Bhai Patel


Q? : DUDHWA NATIONAL PARK IS SITUATED IN
Ans: U.P


Q? : WHEN GOA BECAME INDIAN UNION IT THREW OUT
Ans: Portuguese Rule


Q? : SADBHAVANA RELATED WITH
Ans: RAJIV GANDHI


Q? : FIRST METAL DISCOVERED BY MAN
Ans: COPPER


Q? : MYOPIA IS
Ans: A VISION DEFECT


Q? : RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF ATMOSPHERE MEASURE WITH
Ans: HYGROMETER


Q? : THE FIRST SPACE CRAFT LANDED ON MOON
Ans: LUNA 9


Q? : AGRA IS ON THE BANKS OF
Ans: YAMUNA

Sunday, February 6, 2011

syllabi for Deputy Collector preliminary Examination

An objective examination consisting of 100 questions for 100 marks. The duration of the exam is 75 minute. The questions from the following areas can be expected for the forth coming examination in 2011.


General Knowledge
History- India, World and Kerala
Geography- astronomy, Social Science
Everyday Science- Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Environment, Computer
Indian Constitution
Economics
Sociology
Facts about India
Facts about Kerala
International Organisations
Basic General Knowledge
Personalities
Awards and Honours
Sports
Current Affairs
General English
Grammar and Usage
Vocabulary- Idioms, Phrases
Power of comprehension
Communications skills
Arithmetic
Analytical Reasoning
Verbal reasoning
Logical Reasoning

Saturday, February 5, 2011

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  • Constable (General Duty - GD) - Male 
    : 42537 posts in various states (BSF-13477, CISF-12120, CRPF-9508, SSB-7432), Pay Scale : Rs. 5200-20200 grade pay Rs.2000, Age : 18-23 years as on 01/08/2011, Qualification : 10th pass or Matriculation or High School
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Thursday, February 3, 2011

Q? : "THE ONLY THING WE HAVE TO FEAR IS FEAR ITSELF"
Ans: F.D ROOSEVELT


Q? : THE STATE BIRD OF UTTAR PRADESH
Ans: SARUS


Q? : IN "G-SUIT" , G STANDS FOR
Ans: GRAVITY


Q? : POSTAGE STAMP WITH THE NAME HRVATSKA
Ans: CROATIA


Q? : THE WORLDS BIGGEST CRUISE SHIP
Ans: FREEDOM OF THE SEAS


Q? : CHINESE CURRENCY YUAN IS ALSO KNOWN AS
Ans: RENMINBI


Q? : THE JUDICIAL CAPITAL OF SOUTH AFRICA
Ans: BLOEMFONTEIN


Q? : "CROCODILE HUNTER"
Ans: STEVE IRWIN


Q? : WHO IS CALLED "COLONEL" IN INDIAN CRICKET
Ans: DILIP VEGSARKAR


Q? : WORLD CRICKET CUP ( 2003 ) RUNNER-UP
Ans: INDIA

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Wednesday, February 2, 2011

? : THE COUNTRY WITH THE WORLDS LARGEST DIAMOND MINE
Ans: South Africa


Q? : LEADER ASSOCIATED WITH BARDOLI SATYAGRAHA
Ans: Vallabh Bhai Patel


Q? : DUDHWA NATIONAL PARK IS SITUATED IN
Ans: U.P


Q? : WHEN GOA BECAME INDIAN UNION IT THREW OUT
Ans: Portuguese Rule


Q? : SADBHAVANA RELATED WITH
Ans: RAJIV GANDHI


Q? : FIRST METAL DISCOVERED BY MAN
Ans: COPPER


Q? : MYOPIA IS
Ans: A VISION DEFECT


Q? : RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF ATMOSPHERE MEASURE WITH
Ans: HYGROMETER


Q? : THE FIRST SPACE CRAFT LANDED ON MOON
Ans: LUNA 9


Q? : AGRA IS ON THE BANKS OF
Ans: YAMUNA

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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Gulf Opportunities @ UAE , QATAR , OMAN ,KUWAIT & Bahrain


Careers @ Parsons Intl Ltd

Parsons International Ltd. in the Middle East operates in the UAE, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain and Kuwait.
We employ 2,300 professionals in the region and provide engineering and construction supervision services to 
clients in the aviation, buildings, rail, roads & highways, water, wastewater, infrastructure and development 
sectors.

Parsons has been established in the region for over 30 years and is continuing to grow and develop in new markets.

General Knowledge Questions

Q? : THE JAMA MASJID OF DELHI WAS BUILT BY:
Ans: Shah Jahan


Q? : THE RELIGIOUS TEXT OF THE JEWS IS NAMED AS:
Ans: Torah


Q? : FOUNDER OF SIKH RELIGION
Ans: Guru Nanak


Q? : THE SCIENTIST KNOWN AS THE FATHER OF GREEN REVOLUTION?
Ans: M.S. Swarniitathan


Q? : THE CRICKET BAT IS MADE OF
Ans: WILLOW


Q? : A CRICKET BALL CANNOT WEIGH LESS THAN
Ans: 156g


Q? : THE FIRST INDIAN MISS UNIVERSE
Ans: SUSMITHA ZEN


Q? : Which Country has plain national flag in the world ?
Ans: Libya


Q? : Which state has the longest seashore in india
Ans: Gujarat


Q? : FIRST PRESIDENT IN INDIA?
Ans: Dr. RAJENDRAPRASAD

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