Quiz 560: GK Questions for Various Competitions August 30, 2011 1. The Bicameral legislature is an essential features in which among the following types of Governments?Parliamentary SystemPresidential systemFederal SystemUnitary System2. Consider the following statements: At present, there are 18 notified Biosphere Reserves in India All the Biosphere Reserves of India are included in UNESCO’s MAB World Network Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve was the First Biosphere Reserve of India to be listed in UNESCO’s MAB (Man & Biosphere) Framework Which of the above is / are correct statements?Only 1 & 2Only 2 & 3 Only 1 & 3 1, 2 & 3 3. In issuing one of the writs, the Supreme Court orders: ” the respondent was not entitled to an office he was holding or a privilege he was exercising”. The above declaration can be identified as which among the following writs?ProhibitionQuo-warrantoCertiorariHabeas Corpus4. Consider the following statements: Jnanpith Awards are India’s highest literary awards The First Jnanpith Award winner was a Malyalee A trust founded by Hindustan Times publishers had established the Jnanpith Awards Which among the above statements is / are correct?Only 1 is correctOnly 1 & 2 are correctAll 1, 2 & 3 are correctNone of them is correct5. From which among the following states, 1st ever post independence Socio-Economic and Caste Census 2011 began on 29 June 2011?NagalandTripuraAssamManipur6. The P/E is one of the most talked about ratios in the stock market. What does P/E refer to____?Profit to ExpenditurePrice to EarningProfit to EarningProvisional to Estimates7. There are some stocks in the stock market which by nature are low-priced, speculative and risky because of their limited liquidity, following and disclosure. What do we call these stocks?Green StockPenny StockConcentrated StockMicrocap stock8. Which among the following is the correct full form of the export promotion scheme DEPB?Duty-free Entitlement PassbookDuty Elimination PassbookDuty Entitlement programmeDuty Entitlement Passbook9. Which among the following is played on a synthetic hard court?French OpenWimbledonUS openAustralia open10. Madhav Gadgil Panel or The Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) had, in May 2011 had suggested listing of which among the following regions in the State as Ecologically Significant Area (ESA)?Eastern GhatsWestern GhatsBoth 1 & 2Eastern HimalayasSubmit Test « Previous Next »