Competition Corner: August 2018

A. Current Affairs

1. Name the Kashmiri journalist who was recently shot dead by terrorists in Srinagar.

2. Name the Indian-American who has been named Chief Finance Officer of General Motors.

3. Name the Russian stadium where the 2018 FIFA World Cup opening match and final match were played.

4. Who is the author of the book Why I Am A Hindu?

5. Name the Indian participant in the Golden Globe Race.

6. Name the new Government body set to replace UGC.

7. Who is the new Chairman of ICICI Bank?

B. General Knowledge & General Awareness

1. Raja Rammohan Roy raised his voice and agitated against which evil custom and practice?
a. Caste custom
b. Kulinism
c. Sati Pratha
d. Widow remarriage

2. Who was not associated with the Aligarh Movement?
a. Altaf Hussain Hali
b. Nazir Ahmed
c. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
d. Chirag Ali

3. The journal ‘Bahishkrit Bharat’ was started by _______.
a. Jyotiba Phule
b. Dr B. R. Ambedkar
c. M. K. Gandhi
d. Karsandas Mulji

4. Who took over the leadership of the Brahmo Samaj after the death of Raja Ram Mohan Roy?
a. Dwarka Nath Tagore
b. Keshav Chandra Sen
c. Devendra Nath Tagore
d. Ram Chandra Vidya Vagish

5. Who made the greatest contribution in organizing the Kisan Sabha Movement?
a. N. G. Ranga
b. Vallabh Bhai Patel
c. Jawaharlal Nehru
d. Swami Sahajanand Saraswati

6. Who was the Indian revolutionary who was a professor of Sanskrit and philosophy in the Universities of Berkeley and Stanford and died in Philadelphia?
a. Shyamji Krishna Verma
b. Lala Hardayal
c. Tarak Nath Das
d. Bhai Parmanand

7. Which was the most important commodity exported from India in the 17th century?
a. Spices
b. Cotton textile
c. Indigo
d. Saltpetre

C. Logic & Reasoning

In each of the two questions below, a related pair of words in capital letters is followed by five pairs of words (a-e). Select that pair which expresses the relationship most similar to that of the capitalized pair of words.

1. FURY:IRE :: _ : __
a. Convulsion : Spasm
b. Amusement : Happiness
c. Joke : Laugh
d. Dispassion : Emotion
e. Cry : Whisper

2. Incandescent : Glowing :: _ : __
a. Indefatigable : Untiring
b. Boor : Oafish
c. Tedious : Bore
d. Flash : Flame
e. Candle : light

3. Elevated : Exalted :: _ : __
a. Promoted : Excellence
b. Raise : Commensurate
c. Disorderly : Unfaithful
d. Dirty : Filthy
e. Purified : Hygienic

4. Commander : Commands :: _ : __
a. Surgeon : Diagnosis
b. Checks : Teacher
c. Senator : Legislates
d. Aerates : Aviator
e. Specific : Responses

5. Primeval : Medieval :: :: _ : __
a. Dinosaur : Dragon
b. Gorilla : Soldier
c. Evolution : Revelation
d. Thorn : Rose
e. Snow : Ice

D. One word substitutions

Delicate difference in the meaning of words — Nuance
Abnormally fat — Obese
State of forgetting — Oblivion
Public shame — Obloquy
A stingy person — Niggard
Time being — Nonce
Person of no consequence — Non-entity