SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER FOR POSTMAN AND MAIL GUARD EXAM

	EXAM STUDY MATERIALS GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
Q1.	Which Indian state is the largest producer in the world of the golden coloured 'Muga' silk ? (A) Assam (B) Orissa (C) West Bengal (D) Karnataka Answer : Assam
Q2.	Which Indian freedom fighter was popularly called 'Mahamana' ? (A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (B) Jai Prakash Narain (C) Gopal Hari Deshmukh (D) Madan Mohan Malaviya Answer : Madan Mohan Malaviya
Q3.	Which Indian state would you be in if you were watching birds at Ranganathittu Birds Sanctuary, situated on an island in the Kaveri river ? (A) Karnataka (B) Maharashtra (C) Tamil Nadu (D) Andhra Pradesh Answer : Karnataka
Q4.	'Anandmath', 'Durgeshnondini' and 'Kapalkundala' novels were authored by which Bengali writer ? (A) Rabindranath Tagore (B) Sharat Chandra Chatterjee (C) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (D) Bibhuti Bhushan Bandopadhyay Answer : Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Q5.	Baglihar Dam, also known as Baglihar Hydroelectric Power Project, in Jammu & Kashmir is built across which river ? (A) Beas (B) Chenab (C) Jhelum (D) Sutlej Answer : Chenab
Q6.	Where was the first Indian Institute of Management (IIM) established in 1961 ? (A) Kolkata (B) Bengaluru (C) Ahmedabad (D) Lucknow Answer : Kolkata
Q7.	What line connects the points on a map that receive equal amounts of rainfall ? (A) Isobar (B) Isohel (C) Isotherm (D) Isohyet Answer : Isohyet
Q8.	On 28 May 2008, the Indian Air Force attained the Airborne Warning And Control System (AWACS) capability by procuring the Phalcon radar (mounted on Russian plane IL-76) from which country ? (A) France (B) Israel (C) Russia (D) Germany Answer : Israel
Q9.	Which India born physicist invented the 'Optical Fibre' ? (A) C.V. Raman (B) Satyendra Nath Bose (C) Homi J. Bhabha (D) Narinder Singh Kapany Answer : Narinder Singh Kapany
Q10.	Which Australian state was formerly known as "Van Diemen's Land" ? (A) Victoria (B) Queensland (C) Tasmania (D) New South Wales Answer : Tasmania
Q11.	'Ao', 'Sema' and 'Konyak' are the principal languages of which north-eastern Indian state ? (A) Manipur (B) Meghalaya (C) Mizoram (D) Nagaland Answer : Nagaland
Q12.	In Solar System, which planet is the hottest ? (A) Venus (B) Mercury (C) Jupiter (D) Saturn Answer : Venus
Q13.	Which former Indian Prime Minister's birthday on 23 December is celebrated as 'Kisan Divas' (Farmer's Day) in India ? (A) L.B.Shastri (B) Charan Singh (C) Morarji Desai (D) Chandrasekhar Answer : Charan Singh
Q14.	In 1885, who developed the vaccine for rabies ? (A) Louis Pasteur (B) Edward Jenner (C) Alexander Fleming (D) Robert Koch Answer : Louis Pasteur
Q15.	Which revolutionary was the first to describe the 'Revolt of 1857' as 'India's First War of Independence' in his famous book titled 'The Indian War of Independence' ? (A) Bhagat Singh (B) Veer Savarkar (C) Lala Har Dayal (D) Chandrasekhar Azad Answer : Veer Savarkar
Q16.	Who among the following was also known as the 'Little Corporal' ? (A) Adolf Hitler (B) Joseph Stalin (C) Napoleon Bonaparte (D) Mao Zedong Answer : Napoleon Bonaparte
Q17.	On 26 November 1960, between which cities was the first Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) service started in India ? (A) Kanpur - Lucknow (B) Mumbai - Pune (C) Chandigarh - New Delhi (D) Bengaluru - Chennai Answer : Kanpur - Lucknow
Q18.	Diego Garcia island, being used as a strategic American military base since 1966 when USA received it on lease for 50 years from UK, is located in which ocean ? (A) Arctic Ocean (B) Indian Ocean (C) Pacific Ocean (D) Atlantic Ocean Answer :  Indian Ocean
Q19.	Which athlete won 100 m race Gold Medal at Beijing Olympic 2008, and also created new world record of 9.69 seconds ? (A) Tyson Gay (B) Asafa Powell (C) Maurice Greene (D) Usain Bolt Answer : Usain Bolt
Q20.	Which city houses the headquarters of the INTERPOL (International Criminal Police Organisation), the world's largest international police organisation ? (A) Vienna (Austria) (B) Brussels (Belgium) (C) Lyon (France) (D) The Hague (Netherlands) Answer : Lyon (France)