English Grammar and Vocabulary Quiz/Exercise for GRE/IELTS/TOEFL/IAS

1. I ________ my homework an hour ago.

 (a) finished
 (b) have finished
 (c) can finish
 (d) will finish

2. I ________ her this week.

 (a) did not see
 (b) had not seen
 (c) have not seen
 (d) have been seeing

3. She _________________ for her friend when it started to rain.

 (a) waited
 (b) has been waiting
 (c) had been waiting
 (d) will wait

4. If they ______________ to search my room, that would have ended everything.

 (a) demand
 (b) have demanded
 (c) will demand
 (d) had demanded

5. Synonym of pejorative

 (a) disapproving
 (b) cumbersome
 (c) pleasant
 (d) irrational

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

1. The third generation mobile phones satisfy which specifications 
    of the International Telecommunication union?

2. What does the circle around a transistor indicate?

3. Which BJT transistor configuration is also known as 'Emitter Follower'?


4. To which category does the single side band modulation(SSB) technique fall? 
  Digital or analog?


5. What sort of an interfacing is provided by Intel 8259 to Intel 8085 microprocessor?

6. In network theory, what are the branches of a co-TREE 
     made out of the graph of a circuit called?


7. What is the laplace transform of an impulse signal?


8. What is the fundamental difference between Laplace transform and Z-transform?


9. What is the knee voltage of Schottky diodes?


10. What does IMEI number of a mobile phone stand for?


ANSWERS



1. International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 (IMT-2000) 
2. Indicates that the transistor is a discrete component. 
3. Common Collector
4. Analog
5. Programmable Interrupt Controller
6. Links
7. 1
8. Laplace transform is for continuous signals and Z-transform is for digital signals.
9. 0.2 V
10. International Mobile Equipment Identity number

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS QUIZ JULY 2011

Dustin Moskovitz

1. To which private held company would you relate Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes?

Chris Hughes

2. Which Indian businessman was dubbed ‘Indian Bill Gates’ by BBC for becoming India’s richest man from 1999 to 2005?

3. Which country holds the top position in the exports sector from African continent?

Africa

4. Name the world’s largest business federation representing more than three million businesses and organizations?

5. Which product had the name ‘Brad’s drink’ during its introduction?

6. The slogan "Go Beyond Borders" belongs to which Cable news channel in the world?

7. Which global banking and financial services company purchased the investment-banking and trading divisions of Lehman Brothers, a United States financial conglomerate that had filed for bankruptcy in times of the global financial crisis of 2008-2009?

Lehman Brothers

8. Which multinational corporation is founded by Fredrik Idestam
   Leo Mechelin?

Leo Mechelin

Fredrik Idestam

       9. Identify the stock exchange from the emblem

BSX

 10. Warren E. Buffett who visited India with an eye to invest in the subcontinent is the CEO of which company?

Warren E. Buffett

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1. South Sudan
2. Aishwarya Rai
3. Brazil
4. Anna Hazare
5. The phone hacking incident in U.K that led to the closure 
of 'News of the World'


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1. Which African capital city on the Atlantic coast gets its name from the Arabic for 'fort of victory'?
2. The rate of diffusion of a gas is inversely proportional to the square root of its molar mass is called?
3. Which element gets its name from the tan ancient name for Nordic countries?
4. What does the critically acclaimed documentary 'Fire in Babylon' deal with?
5. Which musical term comes from the Italian for walking to suggest the speed of a piece of music? 


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1. Which Greek Goddess's name means 'risen from foam'?
2. In children books, what type of animals were 'Thama or Heffaulump'?
3. What is 'Aritmophobia'?
4. On which Shakespearean play is the musical 'Kiss Me Kate' based?
5. The Egyptians call it the Abou el Hol. How do we better know it?



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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ 2010

Q.1 ‘X’ was started by John Lenen in 1957. In 1958 Paul McCartney joined him. George Harrison was 14 when he became a part of the team. They coined the name ‘Quarrymen Silver X’ which in 1960 renamed into ‘X’. In 1962 Rinkostar joined the group. Identify world famous ‘X’

Q.2 Which famous footballer holds the record of lifting the FIFA world cup both as a captain and as a coach for the first and only time?

Q.3 Intel has released its new processor which 43nm sized with 3D graphics, video encode and decode features. It is also characterized by less power consumption. What is its name and specification?

Answers are:

1. Beetles
2. Franz Beckenbauer
3. Atom,Z6xx

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ DECEMBER 2009

1.Chairman of the United Liberation Front of Asom was brought to the Chief Judicial Magistrate court in Guwahati on Saturday. Name him?

Ans: Asom Arabinda Rajkhowa

2. An assassination attempt occurred against the Hurriyath conference leader on Friday. Name him.

Ans: Fazal Haq Qureshi

3. A 48-hour shutdown called by the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) demanding a separate state of Telangana in Andhra Pradesh crippled normal life. Who is the president of this party?

Ans: K Chandrasekhar Rao

4. In a nod to efficiency, youtube on Thursday began testing a more lightweight version of its video player pages called what?

Ans: Feather

5. Mount Everest recently hosted a cabinet meeting. To which country does this cabinet belong?

Ans: Nepal

VISITORS' QUESTION

6*. Who was the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh when the Babri Masjid incident took place?

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ LATEST WHO'S WHO

1. Reserve Bank Governor
ά:Dr.D.Subbarao

2.Bhupindar Singh Hooda
ά:CM Arunachal Pradesh

3.Lee Hsien Loong is currently the Prime Minister of Singapore

4.Lee Myung-Bak-
ά:South Africa president

5.Australian prime minister
ά:Kevin Rudd

6. Prime Minister of Thailand
ά:Abhisit Vejjajiva

7. Japan's Prime Minister
ά:Yukio Hatoyama

8. Zimbabwean Prime Minister
ά:Morgan Tsvangirai

9. Argentine President
ά:Ms Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner

10. Palestinian Prime Minister
ά:Salam Fayyad

11. Brazilian President
ά:Lula da Silva

12. Prime Minister Trinidad and Tobago
ά: Patrick Manning

*STARRED QUESTION OF PREVIOUS QUIZ (IDENTIFY THE PERSON)*

Dorji Khandu
=CM Arunachal Pradesh

RANDOM QUIZ

You might have read the novel of Jonathen Swift describing the journey of Gulliver. In a country , a museum has been opened for Gulliver. A big statue depicting his body arrested by the small people of the island has been built.Though the museum is focusing on entertaining children, about 20,000 people excluding children visit that museum everyday.Find out its location.

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QUESTION

WHO WON THE 'JAWAHAR LAL NEHRU' AWARD FOR INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING FOR THE YEAR 2007?

MAIL YOUR ANSWER TO crimethriller@gmail.com in the format
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comments and opinions are whole heartedly welcome.

quiz 2:MAGSASAY AWARD

1. NAME THE FUNERAL GROUND OF HARKISHAN SINGH SURJITH?
ANS:NIGAMBODH GHAT

2.WHICH COUPLE WON THE MAGSAYSAY AWARD 2008?
ANS: PRAKASH AMTE AND MANDAKINI AMTE
*THEY COMMITED THEIR LIVES FOR THE ABORIGINS IN "VIDARBHA" IN INDIA
*PRAKASH AMTE IS THE SON OF BABA AMTE
*THEY WERE CATEGORISED UNDER THE SECTION "COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP"

3.IN WHICH YEAR BABA AMTE WAS ADORNED WITH MAGSAYSAY AWARD ?
ANS:1985

4.AFTER WHOM IS MAGSAYSAY AWARD NAMED?
ANS:PHILIPINES FORMER PRESIDENT RAMON MAGSAYSAY

5.WHO ARE THE FIRST INDIAN COUPLE TO BE AWARDED WITH MAGSASAY AWARD?
ANS:RAJNIKANTH AROL AND MABAL AROL

6.WHICH ARE THE CATEGORIES FOR WHICH MAGSAYSAY AWARD IS GIVEN?
ANS:1.Government Service
2.Public Service
3.Community Leadership
4.Journalism, Literature, and the Creative Communication Arts
5.Peace and International Understanding

QUIZ 1: dedicated to HARKISHAN SINGH SURJITH

1.second sightഎന്ന സംഘടന തുടങ്ങിയ മലയാളി ആര്?
ans:ഡോക്ടര്‍ ലൂസി മാത്തന്‍
*ഇന്ത്യയിലെ ആദ്യ ജമ്പോ ജെറ്റ് പൈലെറ്റ് ആയ എം.കെ മാത്തന്റെ മകള്‍

2.മലയാള മനോരമ മോഹന്‍ ലാലിന്റെ വാരാന്ത്യ പതിപ്പുകള്‍ ക്രോഡീകരിച്ച് പുറത്തിറക്കിയ പുസ്തകത്തിന്റെ പേര്‍ ?
ans:സമ്മോഹനം

3.ഏതു പദ്ധതിയെ ചൊല്ലിയുള്ള പരാമര്‍ശത്തില്‍ ഖേദിച്ചാണ്‌ രജനികാന്ത്‌ കര്‍ണാടകക്കാരോട്‌ മാപ്പ്‌ പറഞ്ഞത്‌?
ans:ഹൊഗനെക്കല്‍

4.ഊര്‍ജ ഉപഭോഗം കുറയ്ക്കുന്നതിനൊരു മാതൃകയായി united nations നടത്തി വരുന്ന പദ്ധതി?
ans:cool UN programme

5.നേപ്പാളിലെ പ്രഥമ പ്രസിഡന്റ്‌?
ans:രാം ബരണ്‍ യാദവ്‌
*ജന്മദേശം ടെറായി മേഖലയില്‍[തെക്കന്‍ നേപ്പാള്‍]

6.പൗലൊ കൊയ്‌ലൊയുടെ ജീവചരിത്രം എഴുതിയതാര്‌?
ans:ഫെര്‍ണാണ്ടോ മൊറൈസ്‌
*ബുക്ക്‌:oMago
*എന്നു വച്ചാല്‍ 'ഇന്ദ്രജാലക്കാരന്‍'

7.പൗലൊ കൊയ്‌ലൊ ഏതു ഭാഷയിലാണ്‌ എഴുതിയിരുന്നത്‌?
ans:പോര്‍ച്ചുഗീസ്‌