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GENERAL STUDIES – Quiz Questions and Answers part -1 What sign of the zodiac is representing by a goat? Capricorn A house height is measured from ground to which part of its body? The highest part of the it’s withers-base of the crest line of its neck What is the name of the common fire proof martial used for thatching house roofs? Asbestos How did ‘passport ’get its name? Permission to pass from port to port What is Japanese word for ‘Goodbye ‘? Sayonara Nationality of Christopher Columbus: Genoese (Italian) Which European prince was known as ‘The Navigator’? Prince Henry of Portugal What is the Tamil name of God Vishnu? Tirumal In a share market what do the ‘Bull’ and ‘Bear ‘represent? Upward trend and Downward trend in prices respectively What was the trade mark of the first umbrellas manufactured in India Stag mark (1860) The first navigator to go around the earth was a Spanish name Magellan. What was the name of his ship? Victoria Timbuktu was discovered b...

• COBOL is acronym for: Common Business Oriented Language • BASIC is acronym for: Beginners All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code • KB, MB, GB, is respectively: Kilo Bites Mega Bites Giga Bites • A set of 8 bits is called: Bite • A set of 4 bit is called: Nibble • HDD and FDD are respectively: Hard Disk Drive, Floppy Disk Drive • Winchester drive is also called: Hard disk Drive • The center processing unit of a computer consist 3 units namely: Arithmetic Logic Unit, Control Unit, Memory Unit • A program written using binary codes is called: Machine language • The computer which has incorporated the characters of analog and digital computers is: Hybrid computers • The medium is used by input dives light pen for graphical input is: CRT screen • SMPS stands for: Switch Mode Power Supply • UPS stands for: Uninterrupted Power Supply • The translator program that translates each line of the source program as it run is called: Interpreter • The pictorial representa...

• Name of the civilization that become most advanced in the middle age: Arab • When did the barbarian conquer Rome? A.D 455 • Where did the feudalism first originate? Europe • The language of learning the middle ages: Latin • The Frist University is started at: Paris • Which subject is called the queen of science in the middle ages? Theology • What was the source of power in feudal society? Land • In the mid-level times there were three different kinds of guilds-craftsmen and religious were two what was third? Merchants • The Dark Age is supposed to have ended in: AD 1453 • What marked end of ancient age and beginning of modern age? The destruction of Roman Empire • The city remained a Christian center of civilization: Constantinople • Constantinople was captured by the: Turks • In feudalism, the persons who held the land was called: Vassal • Who formed the base of feudal society? The serfs • The growth of christen organization was one of the most si...