Coal India Limited (CIL) Latest 2011-2012 Sample Placement paper Questions|CIL General Awareness questions with answers CIL Previous years Placement papers|CIL All Technical Aptitude and General Awarness questions 1. The Planetesimal Theory is related with ------------------ Planet Formation Q2 Who was the first person to cross the Antarctic Circle? Captain James Cook Q3 First News Paper in India Bombay Samachar Q4 --------------is widely known for realising that there was a lower limit to temperature. Lord Kelvin Q5 A system of reading and writing used by people who are blind or visually impaired is called as Braille system Q6 Who invented the Mailbox? First mailbox was invented in 1653 by Renouard De Valayer Q7 The smallest bird in the world Bee Hummingbird Q8 The Boston Tea Party took place on ------- December 16, 1773 Q9 The first documented use of the term "carbonated paper" was in 1806 . Who invented Carbon Paper ? Ralph Wedgwood Q10 ----------- is the coldest place on earth Antarctica Q11 The secretions of endocrine glands are known as Hormones Q12 The Din –i-Illahi the religion formulated by ---------------- Mughal emperor Akbar Q13 The smallest country on the Earth is Vatican City Q14 What is meant by Igloo ? Type of shelter built of snow by the people who inhabiting the Arctic Q15 When was the great wall of china finished? 221 BC – 206 BC Q16 From where is the longest town name in the world and mention the name of the Town In the United Kingdom Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch Q17 Who invented first automobile fuel Pump in the world? Sylvanus bowser Q18 The Death Valley National Monument is situated at --------- California Q19 Where was the world's first telephone exchange installed? The first commercial telephone exchange in the world is opened at New Haven in England Q20 What is meant by BC and AD ? Anno Domini (abbreviated as AD or A.D.) and Before Christ(abbreviated as BC or B.C.) Anno Domini means year of our lord Q21 What is meant by DNA? Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid (Nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions specifying the biological development of all cellular life) Q22 What is the Weight of the Earth? The Earth's mass is 6,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kilograms Q23 What are primary colors? Red, yellow, and blue Q24 Who invented the Computer Mouse Douglas Engelbart Q25 “ I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds” Who said it ? J. Robert Oppenheimer ( The father of Atom Bomb) Q26 What does PBX stand for ? Private Branch Exchange Q27World’s First credit Card Diners Club Card Q28 What is C-DOT Centre for Development of Telematics Q29 The first woman to reach the top of the Everest Junko Tabei Q30 India’s Largest mineral Resource Coal Q31 The Indian state with the longest coast line Gujarat Q32 India’s Largest commercial Bank State Bank of India Q33 Which bird migrates the longest distance ? The arctic tern Q34 Who is considered to be founder of the modern Quantity Theory of Money ? Milton Friedman Q35 The reduction or elimination of inflation is known as ? Disinflation Q36 What is meant by Goodwill of a firm Intangible Assets Q37 Crossing a cheque not Negotiable affords security against ? Theft of Cheques Q38 Which cost increases continuously with the increase in production ? Variable Cost Q39 Which country is the leading producer of silver in the world ? USA Q15 When was the essential Commodities act enacted in the country ? 1955 Q40Name the state where Panchayat Raj was first introduced Rajasthan Q41 In which year was the companies act enacted ? 1956 Q42 What is meant by BGML ? Bharat Gold Mines LTD Q43 When did the industries development and regulation act come into effect? 1951 Q44 The first Five year plan was launched on 1st April 1951 Q45 Which is the highest body that approves Five Year Plans in the country ? National Development Council Q46Which state is the leading producer of cotton in country? Punjab Q47 What is meant by UHF ? Ultra High Frequencies Q48 Who was the first film star to be featured on postage stamp? Grace Kelly Q49 In which year was M K Gandhi born on October 2? 1869 Q50 The story of ‘My Experiments with truth ‘ was originally written in -------- language Gujarati Q51 What is another name for Vitamin B1 ? Thiamine Q52 Who introduced Vaccination Edward Jenner Q53Who is responsible for keeping the Voter’s list up to date at all times ? The Election Commission Q54 A dockyard has been found at Lothal Q55Who introduced postage stamp in India? Lord Dalhousie Q56 Who founded the Ramakrishna Mission in 1896? Swamy Vivekananda Q57The first modern trade union founded in India Madras Labour Union Q58 Who gave the slogan “ Jai Hind “? Subash Chandra Bose Q59 what is meant by ‘ WWW’? World Wide Web Q60 Someone who browses the internet with no definite destination is called ? Net Surfer Q61 -------- is the unit of measurement for data transmission speed over a telecommunication line ? BPS (Bites Per Second) Q62 Who invented television ? John Baird Q63 Who is the first Indian statistician to be elected a fellow of he Royal Society London ? P C Mahalanobis