Postal Assistants General Knowledge Model paper

1. The Five Year Plan that gave priority to heavy industry was
A) Second B) First C) Seventh D) Fourth

2. Present Chairman of National Human Rights Commission is .....
A) K.G.Balakrishnan B) P.L.Punia C) Rameshwar Oran D) Ramadorai. S

3. Who acts as the Chairman of the State Planning Board?
A) Governor B) Chief Minister C) Leader of the opposition D) Speaker

4. Air bladder in fish acts as
A) Accessory respiratory organ B) Hydrostatic organ C) Both accessory respiratory organ and hydrostatic organ D) Primary respiratory organ

5. Which of the following is called 'Blue Planet'?
A) Saturn B) Earth C) Jupiter D) Mars

6. Which one of the following glands is responsible for secretion of sex hormones?
A) Adrenal gland B) Thyroid gland C) Pituitary gland D) Sebaceous gland

7. In cauliflower plant the useful part is
A) Underground stem B) Root C) Young inflorescence D) Leaves

8. Aurobindo was arrested in connection with
A) Alipore bomb case B) Kolhapur bomb case C) Lahore conspiracy case D) Kakori case

9. For a ray of light to suffer total internal reflection it has to pass from
A) glass to water B) water to glass C) air to water D) air to glass

10. Which of the following is an example of a database manager?
A) Organizer B) Paradox C) Quattro Pro D) Corel Draw

11. If lime water is kept in the air, it turns milky due to presence of
A) Carbondioxide B) Nitrogen
C) Oxygen D) Sulphurdioxide

12. What are the signals that inform the operating system that some activity has taken
place, called?
A) Informers B) Interrupts C) Events D) Handlers

13. Name the Prime Minister who brought about a thaw in India-China relations by
signing the ''Line of Actual Control''.
A) Lal Bahadur Shastri B) P.V. Narasimha Rao 
C) Chandrasekhar D) V.P. Singh

14. ''Manchester of South India" is
A) Coimbatore B) Madurai C) Bangalore D) Chennai

15. The acid stored in batteries is
A) Sulphuric acid B) Nitric acid C) Hydrochloric acid D) Acetic acid

16. Heavy metal pollution of water is caused by
A) Paints B) Wood burning C) Acid plants D) Domestic sewage

17. A stone is dropped from the roof of a house towards the ground. The kinetic
energy of the stone will be maximum
A) just after it is dropped B) when it is just on the halfway
C) just before it touches the ground D) when it touches the ground

18. Which state's name was changed recently?
A) Jharkhand B) Kerala C) West Bengal D) Andhra Pradesh

19. Nirbheek is ......
A) Indian Navy ship B) Missile C) Government of India new program to protect women.
D) Lightweight revolver designed by Indian Ordnance Factory to protect the women.

20. Income and consumption are
A) inversely related B) directly related C) partially related D) unrelated

21. Which of the following Public Under takings' has not been conferred with
'Maharatna' status?
A) SAIL B) HAL C) ONGC D) Coal India Limited

22. Who is known as the 'Indian Bismarck'?
A) Vallabhai Patel B) Subhash Chandra Bose C) Bhagat Singh D) Bal Gangadhara Tilak

23. Which one of the four regions above the earth has smallest height (km.)?
A) Stratosphere B) Mesosphere C) Thermosphere D) Troposphere

24. Which state of India shows the lowest population as per Census 2011?
A) Manipur B) Tripura C) Puducherry D) Sikkim

25. ' Rail Bandhu ' is
A) Web-site of each railway division
B) the onboard medical officer in every train to attend to medical emergencies.
C) security guard in every A.C. coach of Rajdhani / Shatabdi and A.C, Duronto
Express.
D) an onboard magazine of Indian Railways to be available in Rajdhani / Shatabdi / A.C. Duronto Express.


Answers:
1-A; 2-A; 3-B; 4-A; 5-B; 6-A; 7-C; 8-A; 9-A; 10-A; 11-A; 12-B; 13-B; 14-A; 15-A;
16-A; 17-C; 18-C; 19-D; 20-B; 21-B; 22-A; 23-D; 24-D; 25-D;