NICL General Awareness

Hi I would like to have the general awareness /current affairs questions with answers for practice for the National Insurance Company Ltd recruitment examination?

[shikha]

National Insurance Company Ltd general awareness /current affairs questions with answers for practice for recruitment examination is as follows:

1 Labour force of a country is
a) Its total population
b) Its adult population
c) The total employed persons
d) The portion of population available for employment

d) The portion of population available for employment

2. The commonest cancer in Indian population is that of
a) Mouth
b) Breast
c) Lungs
d) Uterus

b) Breast

3. The chemical name of 'Caustic Soda' is
a) Potassium Hydroxide
b) Aluminium Oxide
c) Sodium Hydroxide
d) None of these

c) Sodium Hydroxide

4. Ammonia is a compound of hydrogen with
a) Oxygen
b) Nitrogen
c) Helium
d) None of these

b) Nitrogen

5. The dress made out of which material is safe to wear while cooking
a) cotton
b) silk
c) nylon
d) overcoat made out of Terylene

a) cotton

6. When water freezes, its volume
a) increases
b) decreases
c) remains same
d) None of these

a) increases

7. When iron rusts, its weight
a) decreases
b) remain name
c) increases
d) None of these

c) increases

8. Paleontology is a branch of science that deals with the
a) behaviour of animals
b) origin and growth of plants
c) the forms of life as revealed by fossils of animals or plants
d) formation of new stars

c) the forms of life as revealed by fossils of animals or plants

9. 'Malaria' is caused by
a) rats
b) anopheles mosquitos
c) flies
d) None of thses

b) anopheles mosquitos

10. 'Dyphtheria' affects
a) throat
b) lungs
c) ears
d) None of these

a) throat

11. The parliament of Russia is known as
a) Duma and Council of the Federation
b) Folketing
c) Bundestag
d) Cartes

a) Duma and Council of the Federation

12. "Khyber Pass" is situated in
a) India
b) Pakistan
c) Afganistahn
d) Indi

c) Afganistahn

13. The Central Government on 13th November asked the National Therminal Power Corporation (NTPC) to increase its installed capacity from 20,000 MV to 30,000 MV by
a) 2005
b) 2003
c) 2010
d) 2007

d) 2007

14. The Reserve Bank of India on 14th November, 2002 has notified the draft scheme of amalgamation of Nedungadi Bank Ltd. with
a) Punjab National Bank
b) State Bank of India
c) Canara Bank
d) Corporation Bank

a) Punjab National Bank

15. As per a recently released report. 93 per cent of the total work force in the country work in
a) organised sector
b) agriculture and allied sector
c) unorganised sector
d) rural sector

c) unorganised sector

16. The Bank which tops the world with respect to micro-finance is
a) NABARD
b) State Bank of India
c) Shanghai Bank Ltd
d) Bangladesh Grameen Bank

b) State Bank of India

17. A huge gas reserve has been found in the Krishna-Godavari basin off the Vishakhapatnam coast by a consortium of Reliance Industries and
a) IOC
b) ONGC
c) Tata Petrochemicals
d)Niko Resources

a) IOC

18. The aim of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) is to universalise elementary education by the year
a) 2007
b) 2010
c) 2009
d) 2005

d) 2005

19. The aim of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) is to universalise elementary education by the year
a) 2007
b) 2010
c) 2009
d) 2005