NLU Orissa – GK Section (Based on Memory)

{Here is the GK section along with the answers. We’ll be out with the analysis of the paper soon. – Asad}

1. World ranking of India in the Happiness Index published by US based agency Gallup – 71^st
2. Buddhist Stupa built in brick by Ashoka – Sanchi
3. India’s world ranking in wheat production – ^3rd
4. Planning Commission estimate of Percentage of poor people in India in 2009-10 – 32%
5. Satellite put into Orbit by PSLV C16 – Resourcesat 2
6. IPL Players – Amit Mishra – Deccan Chargers; Srikkant Anirudha – Chennai Super Kings; Vinay Kumar – Kochi Tuskers; D. S Nadeem – Delhi Daredevils;
7. Jasmine Revolution – Call for western style of democracy in gulf countries
8. 2011 Pulitzer Prize for the book on cancer – Siddhartha Mukherjee
9. Kind of Unemployment which is not problematic for the Government – Frictional
10. India sent its Election Commission delegates and EVMs to? – Egypt
11. Coal India Limited (CIL) bagged the ‘Century International Quality Era Award’ in what category? – Gold
12. Island of Precipitation? – Dome Mountains
13. Padmini Episode related to? – Alauddin Khilji
14. Number of sectors to be covered by Bharat Nirman – Six
15. State which banned “Bartar” system – Orissa
16. Separate High Courts were set up in? – Tripura, Meghalaya and Manipur
17. Single policy rate to unambiguously signal the stance of monetary policy as recently recommended by RBI? Repo Rate
18. Term related with Cricket – Ashes
19. “Aadhar” is the brand name of? – UIDAI
20. Sport not included in Commonwealth Games 2010 – Golf
21. Match the following: Alipore – Aurobindo; Lahore – Raj Guru; Kanpur – Nalini Gupta; Kakori – Asfaqullah;
22. Forensic Laboratory which examined the conversation between Shanti Bhushan, Mulayam Singh and Amar Singh – Central Forensic Science Laboratory
23. Ships sent to get Indians from Libya – INS Mysore and INS Jalashwa
24. Trains launched to celebrate 150^th Birthday of Rabindranath Tagore – Kavi Guru
25. Area not associated with Vijayanagar-Bahmani rulers clash – Kaveri Delta
26. SIMBEX happens between – India and Singapore
27. Which of the following three statements are correct – The correct statements are “Dorjee Khandu dies in a chopper crash and it was Pawan Hans – 5 people died”. The wrong statement is “Governor General JJ Singh administering oath to Tako Dabi”.
28. When items of jewellery made of metals such as copper or nickel are placed in a solution having a salt of gold, a thin film of gold is deposited by – Electroplating (passing an electric current)
29. Half the world population lives in – China, India, United States, Indonesia, Brazil and Pakistan
30. Contact lenses are made from – (The correct answer is PolyMacon – Was not given in the options) – Closest option was Polyvinyl Chloride.
31. Brent Index is associated with – Crude Oil Prices Index
32. 33% to 50% Women Reservation in Local Body poll was done by which state? – Maharashtra
33. Sequence of the Evolution of Living Organisms –
34. Foreign Ministers meet from the G8 to talk about Libya was at? – Paris
35. Highest Energy – Red Light
36. China’s plan to link Tibet with which city? – Xinjiang
37. Match the following: Great Victoria Desert – Australia; Grand Canyon – USA; Lake Winnipeg – Canada; Southern Apes – New Zealand
38. Tropic of Capricorn passes through? – Australia, Namibia, Chile and Brazil
39. Prithivi-II missiles were fired from? – Suvarna
40. Strait nearest to the International Date Line – Bering Strait
41. Chairman of JPC for 2G Scam – P C Chacko
42. Yellow River – Hwang Ho
43. A geostationary satellite has to be directly above – the Equator
44. Highest Child Sex Ratio according to the Census 2011 – Mizoram
45. Fukushima Nuclear plant operated by – Tokyo Electric Power Company
46. Direct Tax – Income Tax
47. V S Achuthanandan’s fast was to ban the sale and use of? – Endosulphan
48. Osama Bin Laden was killed by SEAL at Abbottabad and President Obama said “Justice is done” standing at Ground Zero
49. Match the following: Luxemburg – EU; India – SAARC; Mexico – NAFTA; Iceland – EFTA
50. Smelling agent added to LPG cylinders to detect gas leakage – Thioethanol