CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ FEBRUARY 2011 THIRD EDITION | AIR INDIA | ARAB UNREST | INTERNET | INDIA |

1. What is the name of the first humanoid robot to be taken off to
    the International Space Station(ISS) along with the Discovery space shuttle
    which is poised for final launch? 

2. 'Matters of Discretion' is the autobiography of which former prime minister of India?

3. Which day is celebrated as the international 'Mother tongue day'?

4. Which microblogging website, equivalent to twitter, in China became the focus of 
    China's vast censorship apparatus in order to prevent even the minute 
    probability of anti-governmantal discussions?

5. What is the name of the president of Uganda who won another term
    despite the allegations from opposition that the elections were fraudulent? 

6. Which party of West Bengal is strongly demanding a separate state of Gorkhaland?
    Their demand was turned down by the Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee.

7. What is the name of the president of Libya who threatened retribution 
    against Libyans involved in the revolt through his furious address on state TV? 

8. Which country developes cold feet owing to the likelihood of unrest 
    after calls for a "Jasmine Revolution" circulated on the Internet saying that the people has 
    "a common aspiration for stability and development"?

9. Give the name of the Malkangiri district collector who was abducted by Maoists
   and was freed after 8 days?

10. We know that Indian Airlines was merged with Air India 4 years ago.
     Now, India's flag carrier is all set to have a single code for its domestic 
     international flights from February 27. What is that single code? 

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ FEBRUARY 2011 SECOND EDITION | PROTESTS IN ARAB WORLD| HOTTEST CHILLI | GRAMMY AWARDS | WIKILEAKS

1. World is witnessing a sequnce of revolutionary clampdowns in the
    Arab world. The pearl square of Bahrain has been renamed as
    'Tahrir square' by the protesters since this place was the cradle of
   unrest against monopoly in the Arab world. What does the word 'Tahrir'
   mean?

2. NASA said that a powerful solar eruption that triggered a huge geomagnetic storm has disturbed radio communication and could disrupt electric power grids, radio and satellite communiction in the next days. It has already disrupted radio communication in Southern China. Under which category of solar flares does this disastrous solar effect fall?

3. Protests have begun in Yemen to oust the US allied president Ali Abdullah
   Saleh. Which is the capital city of Yemen?

4. What is the name of the hottest chilli in the world?
   This one is marked 11.7 lakh points in the Scoville scale ( Measure of hotness of chilli) and was invented recently at Grantham in England. It overtook the Indian chilli 'Bhut Jolokia' found in Assam, Nagaland and Manipur in terms of hotness. 

5. What is the name of the German minister in power who has been accused   of copying a thesis in order to achieve his doctorate? 

6. Where is the oldest edible cake in the world located?

7. Who is the new nuclear department head of Iran?

8. Which album won 5 Grammy awards (best country album, best record, best song, best country performance, best country song)?

9. Which Hindu festival of Kerala (South India) achieved a guiness world record as the
   'Largest annual gathering of women' where more than 2.5 million women gather in a single place
   on a particular day? Which temple organises this sacred ceremony? 

10. Who wrote the book ' Inside Wikileaks' which talks about Julian Assange's hobbies and other unrevealed facts in building and developing Wikileaks?
 

 
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IAS 2011 (INDIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE) EXAMINATION IMPORTANT DATES | EXAM DETAILS | TIPS | REFERENCES

IAS 2011 exam important dates

2011 February 19: Date of notification
2011 February 21: Applications invited
2011 March 21: Last date for the receipt of applications
2011 June 12: Preliminary examination
2011 October 29: Final Examination

FORMAT OF PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION

1. It is not based on an optional subject
2. Two papers for 200 marks each, 2 hours each
3. All round performance is counted
4. General Knowledge and Current Affairs are must and important

FIRST PAPER [PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 2011]
CONSISTS OF QUESTIONS FROM

1. Current affairs of National and International importance
2. History of India and India's struggle for independence
3. Geography
4. Civics
    * Constituition of India, Panchayathi Raj
    * Important laws, bills and amendments [eg: Women's reservation bill]
    * Fundamental rights and duties
    * Politics and foreign policies
5. Economics
6. Society and development
   * What are the measures adopted by the goverment for poverty reduction, rural development
     and human welfare
7. Environmental issues
8. Biodiversity
9. Climate, ecosystem and forests
10. General science

SECOND PAPER [PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 2011]
CONSISTS OF QUESTIONS FROM
MENTAL/REASONING ABILITY where the following areas are important.

1. Comprehension
2. Communication skills
3. Intelligent thinking
4. Decision making skils

TIPS | THINGS TO BE REMEMBERED

1. According to the new pattern, specialisation of a particular subject would not help.
   Deep knowledge of every subject is must.
2. Since general knowledge and current affairs is a must,
books like COMPETITION SUCCESS REVIEW [CSR]
   and Current Affairs and G.K Quiz blogs
like http://quizchampion.blogspot.com would be of great aid. 
3. English grammar is very important.
4. Mathematical skills are important for the second paper of preliminary examination.

FINAL EXAMINATION AND INTERVIEW

1. You can choose any approved language for the interview provided
   the same language should be chosen as the medium for final examination.

RECOMMENDED SITES YOU CAN FOLLOW
www.upsc.gov.in
http://quizchampion.blogspot.com

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY QUIZ | BIOLOGY | IT | PHYSICS | MEDICINE

1. When somebody says that Adolf Hitler and Woody Allen were claustrophobic you should believe them.
   Dan Brown's Robert Langdon is also a claustrophobiac. But what the hell is this claustrophobia?

2. You might have heard of s-spectrum controversy. s-band refers to a range of frequencies in the microwave region. Which range of frequencies is denoted by s-band?

3. Eduardo Saverin is the co-founder of which web-based network?

4. The family name Spheniscidae includes which beautiful species?

5. What is the name of the new book written by the famous metaphysicist Stephen Hawking?

6. Which German geophysicist proposed the theory of continental drift that
     explains how the disintegration of land mass occured from the initial pangea?

7. In 1971 which famous invention was made by James Fergason?

8. Which two scientists are credited with the invention of ethernet?

9. Which disease is medically known as Lateral epicondylitis?
     [clue: He is the only man to score double ton in ODI's]

10. What is the meaning of the congenital defect named DEXTROCARDIA?
     [You won't hear heart beats of a dextrocardiac person if you don't understand its meaning]

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ FEBRUARY 2011 | SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | INTERNET | IT | GOOGLE | FACEBOOK

1. Google has accused Microsoft of cheating after discovering that the search engine of Microsoft named Bing is just displaying the copied results from Google search results. They conducted an investigation named _________________ and detected that for senseless searches like 'hggdfdr' Bing delivers the same results as that of Google. Fill in the blank which is nothing but the name of the operation.

2. The declaration to observe the year 2011 as  The International Year of ________ will launch on 2 February, 2011, at the General Assembly Hall in New York City.


3.What is the latest version of Google's Android OS which has been specifically optimised for tablets? They aim at ramping up the competition with Apple's iPad.


4. Who is the Sydney-based co-founder of Google Maps who quit his job and joined  Facebook recently?

5. Scientists of which university are a step closer to creating a cloaking device after   making an object visible to the naked eye disappear for the first time?
  They have successfully conducted experiments to make paper clips invisible.

6. Facebook is all set to launch their full-fledged email platform along with @facebook.com addresses for users. How is this revolutionary web email product known within Facebook?

Mark Zukerberg

7. Google recently settled a trademark dispute with Australian business Groggle and got their name changed to Drinkle. Again a new issue has risen. For which TM name Google is involved in dispute?

8.The IPV4 address collection (IP address: 121.66.xx.yy) had 4294967296 IP addresses. All of them were completely distributed recently. Which organisation is responsible for the distribution of IP address and domain names worldwide?

ELECTRONICS & TELECOMMUNICATION FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS FOR TECHNICAL INTERVIEW | APTITUDE TESTS | COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS | VIVA VOCE | QUIZ

1. What is the frequency at which bluetooth operates?
2. Give an example for a 1 port microwave network.

3. What is the basic difference between an active and passive device?

4. What is the multiple access and duplexing scheme used in GSM?


5.Is diode an active device or passive device?

6. If we tie up J and K ports of the JK flip flop, it will act like a______ flip flop.

7.In microprocessor terminology what does SIM stand for?


8. What all factors the resistance depends on?

9.Where is the energy stored in a capacitor?

10. What is the significance of 8 in 8-bit processor?

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