1) Who is the author of the book ” Sahibs Who Loved India” ?

a) Jagdish
b) Khushwant Singh
c) Chetan Bhagat
d) Nadeem Aslam
2) Who received the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace,
Disarmament and Development ?
a) Mohamed ElBradei
b) Wen Jiabo
c) Taro Aso
d) Nicholas Sarkhosay
3) Which country will be setting up a world Biggest Telescope ?
a) Japan
b) France
c) China
d) India
4) At which place was G-20 Summit held?
a) Washington
b) New York
c) Chicago
d) Los Angeles
5) ” Lisbon Treaty ” is the treaty accepted / adopted by the
members of which of the following organizations recently?
a) NATO
b) SAARC
c) European Union
d) NSG
6) Beri-Beri is the deficiency disease caused by the vitamin
a) B1
b) B5
c) A
d) C
7) Who has been appointed as President of Zambia?
a) Dawada Kairaba
b) Isatov Njle
c) Levy
d) Rupia Banda
8) Who is the Pepsico Chief ?
a) Indira Nooyi
b) Indira Mukerjee
c) Kiran Mazumdar
d) Deepa Mirza
9) “Fehmida Mizza” is a woman speaker of National Assembly
of
a) Indonesia
b) Iran
c) Pakistan
d) Afghanistan
10) Who is called the “Grand Old Man Of India”?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Dadabhai Naoroji
c) Gokhale
d) Tilak
11) Cabinet Mission came to India in which year?
a) 1942
b) 1932
c) 1916
d) 1946
12) Which five year plan has the objective ” Garibi Hatao” ?
a) first
b) fifth
c) seventh
d) eigth
13) Which river is declared as ” national river” ?
a) Ganga
b) Yamuna
c) Cauveri
d) Krishna
14) “No country for old men” is a
a) book
b) film
c) Drama
d) Poem
15) Hathigumbha inscription belongs to
a)Ashoka
b)Kharavela
c)Harsha
d)Sasaka
16) He thought that his mother was not happy ……him
a) in
b) since
c) with
d) for
17) Do you really agree
(A) /that he has blamed us
(B)/ for the dispute, especially you and I
(C)/ No error
(D) ?
18) “ ENDEAVOUR” find the synonym
a) fail
b) success
c) attempt
d) try again
19) “ FABULOUS” find the antonym
a) rich
b) luxury
c) prudence
d) poor
20) The soldiers fought courageously …. The enemy troops
a) against
b) with
c) to
d) for
The Baikonur Cosmodrome is the world’s first and largest operational
space launch facility. In which country is it located?
(A) France
(B) Kazakhstan
(C) Uzbekistan
(D) Germany

2. The International Hockey Federation has decided to allot the next

Hockey World Cup in 2010 to India. In which year Hockey World Cup
tournament started?
(A) 1971
(B) 1974
(C) 1976
(D) 1977

3. Which among the following clubs has won the Spanish league title
for the first time in three years on May 17, 2009?
(A) Barcelona
(B) Inter Millan
(C) Real Madrid
(D) Manchester United

4. Recently Suranjoy Singh of India sizzled with a Gold on the

concluding day of the European Grand Prix boxing as India finished
their campaign with four medals. This contest held in ?
(A) Czech Republic.
(B) Hungary
(C) Serbia
(D) Austria

5. Recently 12-member Sikkim Cabinet was sworn in and Pavan Kumar

Chamling becomes CM for the ________?
(A) 2nd time
(B) 3rd time
(C) 4th time
(D) 5th time

6. Who among the following has been nominated to become the U.S.
Attorney for Southern District of New York, by US President Barack
Obama?
(A) Preet Bharara
(B) Suresh Modi
(C) Rajiv Khurana
(D) Suresh Kalmadi

7. The government formed the panel after many ex-servicemen

returned their medals to protest the rejection of their ‘one rank one
pension’ demand. Who is heading this panel ?
(A) K.M. Chandrasekhar
(B) R Balakrishanan
(C) B S Padmanabham
(D) T. Raja Shekhar

8. Recently India’s Jayanta Talukdar, Rahul Banerjee and Mangal Singh

Champia, earned India a gold medal in the recurve team event of the
archery World Cup Stage I. In which country this event held?
(A) Croatia
(B) Russia
(C) Ukraine
(D) Czech Republic.

9. Recently Madhu Kannan has joined as managing director & chief

executive officer (CEO) of which exchange?
(A) Bombay Stock Exchange
(B) National Stock Exchange
(C) Delhi Stock exchange
(D) None of these

10. Who has won his maiden International Tennis Federation (ITF) title
at Delhi Lawn Tennis Association on April 25, 2009?
(A) Yuki Bhambari
(B) Vishnu Vardhan
(C) Leander Paes
(D) Mahesh Bhupti

11. What is the name of the first setellite launched by Iran on Feb 3,
2009 ?
(A) Shahab
(B) Hatf
(C) Zulfiqar
(D) Omid

12. Recently Indian Navy commissioned INS Airavat. Which among the
following terms precisely describes INS Airavat?
(A) Landing Ship Tank
(B) Waterjet Propelled Fast Attack Craft
(C) Guided Missile Frigate
(D) GPS Craft

13. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) recently has
entered the Limca Book of Records as the largest animal rights
organisation. (May 11, 2009). In which year PETA began ?
(A) 1995
(B) 2000
(C) 1999
(D) 1980

14. ‘Open Market Operation ‘ is a part of

(A) Income Policy
(B) Fiscal Policy
(C) Credit Policy
(D) Labour Policy

15. SDR, the curency of the IMF , is in the form of

(A) Paper Currency
(B) Gold
(C) Silver and Gold both
(D) Book keeping entry only

1. In a survey of more than 500 companies and government agencies,

____________ percent detected computer security breaches.
A. 20
B. 75
C. 85
D. 99
Answer: C
2. The survey showed that these businesses lost more than
____________ due to security breaches.
A. $100,000 each
B. $377 million
C. five employees each
D. $1 million
Answer: B
3. The typical computer criminal is a(n):
A. young hacker.
B. trusted employee with no criminal record.
C. trusted employee with a long, but unknown criminal record.
D. overseas young cracker.
Answer: B
4. The majority of computer crimes are committed by:
A. hackers.
B. insiders.
C. overseas criminals.
D. young teenage computer geniuses.
Answer: B
5. The common name for the crime of stealing passwords is:
A. spooling.
B. identity theft.
C. spoofing.
D. hacking.
Answer: C Reference: Theft by Computer
6. Collecting personal information and effectively posing as another
individual is known as the crime of:
A. spooling.
B. identity theft.
C. spoofing.
D. hacking.
Answer: B
7. Malicious software is known as:
A. badware.
B. malware.
C. maliciousware.
D. illegalware.
Answer: B
8. A program that performs a useful task while simultaneously allowing
destructive acts is a:
A. worm.
B. Trojan horse.
C. virus.
D. macro virus.
Answer: B Moderate
9. An intentionally disruptive program that spreads from program to
program or from disk to disk is known as a:
A. Trojan horse.
B. virus.
C. time bomb.
D. time-related bomb sequence.
Answer: B
10. In 1999, the Melissa virus was a widely publicized:
A. e-mail virus.
B. macro virus.
C. Trojan horse.
D. Time bomb.
Answer: A
11. What type of virus uses computer hosts to reproduce itself?
A. Time bomb
B. Worm
C. Melissa virus
D. Macro virus
Answer: B
12. The thing that eventually terminates a worm virus is a lack of:
A. memory or disk space.
B. time.
C. CD drive space.
D. CD-RW.
Answer: A
13. When a logic bomb is activated by a time-related event, it is
known as a:
A. time-related bomb sequence.
B. virus.
C. time bomb.
D. Trojan horse.
Answer: C
14. A logic bomb that was created to erupt on Michelangelo’s birthday
is an example of a:
A. time-related bomb sequence.
B. virus.
C. time bomb.
D. Trojan horse.
Answer: C
15. What is the name of an application program that gathers user
information and sends it to someone through the Internet?
A. A virus
B. Spybot
C. Logic bomb
D. Security patch
Answer: B
16. Standardization of Microsoft programs and the Windows operating
system has made the spread of viruses:
A. more complicated.
B. more difficult.
C. easier.
D. slower.
Answer: C
17. HTML viruses infect:
A. your computer.
B. a Web page in the HTML code.
C. both a Web page and the computer that is viewing it.
D. No
18. Software programs that close potential security breaches in an
operating system are known as:
A. security breach fixes.
B. refresh patches.
C. security repairs.
D. security patches.
Answer: D
19. When customers of a Web site are unable to access it due to a
bombardment of fake traffic, it is known as:
A. a virus.
B. a Trojan horse.
C. cracking.
D. a denial of service attack.
Answer: D
20. ___________ is the measurement of things such as fingerprints
and retinal scans used for security access.
A. Biometrics
B. Biomeasurement
C. Computer security
D. Smart weapon machinery
Answer: A
21. What is the most common tool used to restrict access to a
computer system?
A. User logins
B. Passwords
C. Computer keys
D. Access-control software
Answer: B
22. The most common passwords in the U.S. or Britain include all
EXCEPT:
A. love.
B. Fred.
C. God.
D. 123.
Answer: D
23. Hardware or software designed to guard against unauthorized
access to a computer network is known as a(n):
A. hacker-proof program.
B. firewall.
C. hacker-resistant server.
D. encryption safe wall.
Answer: B
24. The scrambling of code is known as:
A. encryption.
B. a firewall.
C. scrambling.
D. password-proofing.
Answer: A
25. If you want to secure a message, use a(n):
A. cryptology source.
B. encryption key.
C. encryption software package.
D. cryptosystem.
Answer: D Reference: How It Works: 10.2 Cryptography
26. To prevent the loss of data during power failures, use a(n):
A. encryption program.
B. surge protector.
C. firewall.
D. UPS.
Answer: D
27. A(n) ____________ can shield electronic equipment from power
spikes.
A. encryption program
B. surge protector
C. firewall
D. UPS
Answer: B
28. All of these are suggestions for safe computing EXCEPT:
A. don’t borrow disks from other people.
B. open all e-mail messages but open them slowly.
C. download shareware and freeware with caution.
D. disinfect your system.
Answer: B
29. Freeware ___________ encrypts data.
A. encryption
B. firewall software
C. PGP
D. private and public keys
Answer: C
30. ____________ is defined as any crime completed through the use
of computer technology.
A. Computer forensics
B. Computer crime
C. Hacking
D. Cracking
Answer: B
31. Most computer systems rely solely on ___________ for
authentication.
A. logins
B. passwords
C. encryption
D. lock and key
Answer: B
32. Creating strong computer security to prevent computer crime
usually simultaneously helps protect :
A. privacy rights.
B. personal ethics.
C. the number of cookies downloaded to your personal computer.
D. personal space.
Answer: A
33. Over ___________ was spent by businesses and government to
repair problems in regard to Y2K.
A. 20 million dollars
B. 100 million dollars
C. 1 billion dollars
D. 100 billion dollars
Answer: D
34. What is a complex system that takes on nearly complete
responsibility for a task eliminating the need for people, verification, or
decision making?
A. Autonomous system
B. Missile defense auto-system
C. Smart weapon
D. Independent system
Answer: D
35. Security procedures can:
A. will eliminate all computer security risk.
B. reduce but not eliminate risks.
C. are prohibitively expensive.
D. are inaccessible for the average home user.
Answer: B
Fill in the Blank:
36. The field of computer ____________ uses special software to scan
hard drives of potential criminal suspects.
Answer: forensics Reference: Online Outlaws: Computer Crime
Difficulty: Challenging
37. Computer ____________ often goes unreported because
businesses fear negative publicity.
Answer: crime
38. ____________ connections are the most frequent point of attack
for Internet commerce.
Answer: Internet
39. ____________ is the most common form of computer crime.
Answer: Theft
40. A survey by eMarketer.com found that ____________ are the
most often cited online fraud cases.
Answer: online auctions Reference: Identity Theft
41. Theft of computers is most common for PDAs and ____________
computers.
Answer: notebook
42. When you use a disk in several different computers within the
same day, you are taking the chance of contracting a(n)
____________.
Answer: virus Reference: Viruses Difficulty: Easy
43. A(n) ____________ attaches itself to documents that contain
embedded programs that automate tasks.
Answer: macro virus
44. Both viruses and ____________ use computer hosts to replicate.
Answer: worms
45. ____________ programs search for and eliminate viruses.
Answer: Antivirus
46. A security patch is a software program that closes possible security
breaches in the operating system. The cost to the consumer is
____________.
Answer: nothing or free
47. ____________ was once the word used for malicious computer
wizardry.
Answer: Hackers or hacking
48. ____________ refers to electronic trespassing or criminal hacking.
Answer: Cracking
49. DoS stands for ___________.
Answer: denial of service
50. DDoS stands for ___________.
Answer: distributed denial of service
51. ____________ hijack Web pages and redirect users to other sites.
Answer: Webjackers
52. ___________ software monitors and records computer
transactions.
Answer: Audit-control
53. Each individual who uses a public key cryptosystem has
___________ keys.
Answer: two Reference: How It Works: 10.2 Cryptography
54. PGP stands for ___________.
Answer: Pretty Good Privacy
55. Most operating systems, including Windows XP, assign each user a
unique ___________.
Answer: user identifier or user ID
56. It should now be common knowledge that users should not open
___________ from e-mail recipients that the user does not know.
Answer: attachments
Matching:
57. Match the acts and centers with their purposes:
I. Computer Fraud and Abuse Act A. created by Attorney General Janet
Reno in 1998
II. USA Patriot Act B. defines what kinds of communications are legal
online
III. Digital Millennium Copyright Act C. created in 2001 as a response
to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001
IV. Telecommunications Act of 1996 D. provides instant information on
crimes and criminals
V. Communications Decency Act E. declared unconstitutional by the
Supreme Court
VI. National Infrastructure Protection Center F. created as a result of
the first headline-making worm
VII. National Crime Information Center G. used to arrest a student for
writing to crack an Adobe product
Answers: F, C, G, B, E, A, D
58. Match the following rules of thumb about safe computing with the
proper descriptions:
I. share with care A. be aware of e-mail from what appear to be
legitimate companies
II. handle e-mail carefully B. don’t choose a dictionary word
III. disinfect regularly C. keep your disks in your own computer
IV. take your password seriously D. copy, copy, copy
V. if it’s important, back it up E. encrypt
VI. sensitive info over the Internet? F. use antivirus software
Answers: C, A, F, B, D, E

SBI Probationary Officers (PO) Written Exam

General Awareness Sample Questions 2010

General Awareness

1. What is the population of India ?

(A) 98 crores
(B) More than 2 billion
(C) More than 1 billion
(D) Less than 96 crores
(E) 96 crores

2. Thermostat is an instrument used to_________

(A) measure flow of current
(B) measure intensity of voltage
(C) regulate temperature
(D) regulate velocity of sound
(E) None of these

3. Wimbledon Trophy is associated with________

(A) Football (B) Cricket
(C) Hockey (D) Basketball
(E) Lawn Tennis
4. GNP stands for_________
(A) Gross National Product
(B) Group Net Product
(C) Grand Nuclear Process
(D) Group Networking Process
(E) None of these

5. ‘Acoustics’ is the science of the study of_________

(A) Light (B) Sound
(C) Electricity (D) Magnetism
(E) None of these
6. Noise pollution is measured in the unit called_____
(A) micron
(B) nautical miles
(C) ohms
(D) ampere
(E) decibel
7. ‘Heavy Water’ is used in which of the following types of
indus-tries ?
(A) Sugar
(B) Nuclear Power
(C) Textile
(D) Coal
(E) None of these
8. Who amongst the following is the author of the book
‘Indomi-table Spirit’?
(A) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(B) Dr. Manmohan Singh
(C) Justice K. G. Balakrishna
(D) Mr. Natwar Singh
(E) None of these
9. Which of the following is not the name of popular
IT/Software Company ?
(A) Wipro (B) Mastek
(C) Toyota (D) IBM
(E) Infosys

10. ‘Yen’ is the currency of_________

(A) South Korea
(B) China
(C) Indonesia
(D) Malaysia
(E) None of these
11. Baichung Bhutia whose name was in news is a well
known__________
(A) Music Director of Indian films
(B) English author of Indian origin
(C) Journalist
(D) Politician
(E) Sports Personality
12. ‘Richter Scale’ is used to measure which of the following ?
(A) Intensity of Tsunami Waves
(B) Intensity of Earthquake
(C) Density of salt in Sea water
(D) Flow of electric current
(E) None of these

13. Which of the following best explains ‘e-governance’?

(A) Improving the functioning of government
(B) Teaching government emp-loyees the basics of computing
(C) Delivery of public services through internet
(D) Framing of cyber-laws of chatting on internet
(E) Convergence of e-mail and video-conferencing

14. CAS is associated with which of the following ?

(A) Legal System Reforms
(B) Piped gas line
(C) Cable T.V.
(D) Mobile phone regulation
(E) None of these
15. Tata Steel recently acquired the Corus, a steel giant
situated in_____
(A) South Africa
(B) Ukraine
(C) Australia
(D) Italy
(E) Britain

16. Which of the following is the abbreviated name of the

Organi zation/Agency working in the field of Space Research ?
(A) ISBN
(B) ISRO
(C) INTELSET
(D) INTACH
(E) None of these
17. ‘Handshaking’ in Networking parlance means
(A) connecting computers to a hub
(B) distributed Networks
(C) having same operating system on different computers
(D) sending e-mail
(E) None of these

18. VAT stands for

(A) Value And Tax
(B) Value Added Tax
(C) Virtual Action Tasks
(D) Virtual Assessment Tech-nique
(E) None of these

19. Alzheimer’sdiseaseistheailment of which of the following

organs /parts of the human body ?
(A) Kidney
(B) Heart
(C) Liver
(D) Stomach
(E) Brain
20. Global warming is a matter of concern amongst the nations
these days. Which of the follo-wing countries is the largest
emitter of greenhouse gases in the World ?
(A) U.S.A.
(B) China
(C) India
(D) Britain
(E) None of these
21. Which of the following books has been written by Bill Gates
?
(A) Microsoft Secrets
(B) The Road Ahead
(C) The Elephant Paradigm
(D) e-commerce
(E) None of these
22. Which of the following is the name of the social network
service run by the Google on the internet ?
(A) Online Space
(B) Orkut
(C) Net-Space
(D) Wikipedia
(E) None of these
23. Which of the following states is a relatively new addition ?
(A) Goa
(B) Delhi
(C) Uttarakhand
(D) Himachal Pradesh
(E) Bihar

24. DOT stands for___________

(A) Disc Operating Therapy
(B) Department of Telephones
(C) Directorate of Technology
(D) Damage on Time
(E) None of these

25. Which of the following States/ parts of India is completely

land locked having no contact with sea ?
(A) Karnataka
(B) Orissa
(C) Maharashtra
(D) North-East
(E) None of these
26. TRAI regulates the functioning of which of the following
servi-ces ?
(A) Telecom (B) Trade
(C) Port (D) Transport
(E) None of these

27. At present for the ATMs in India, the most commonly used
net-work communication mode is__________
(A) Very Small Aperture Termi-nal (VSAT)
(B) General Packet Radio Ser-vice (GPRS)
(C) Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)
(D) Dial-in Connection
(E) None of these
28. Which of the following is not a foreign bank operating in
India ?
(A) DBS Bank Ltd.
(B) Sonali Bank
(C) J. P. Morgan Chase Bank
(D) Shinhan Bank
(E) All are Foreign Banks
29. Who is the author of the book ‘Future Shock’ ?
(A) Alvin Toffler
(B) Tom Peters
(C) Napoleon Hill
(D) Kenneth Blanchard
(E) None of these
30. Apex fares are________
(A) more than the normal fare
(B) less than the normal fare
(C) offered only to corporate clients
(D) applicable to late night flights only
(E) applicable to international flights only
31. Who amongst the following is the Director of the film
‘Water’ which was in news ?
(A) Vidhu Vinod Chopra
(B) Mrinal Sen
(C) Gulzar
(D) Mahesh Bhatt
(E) None of these

32. The 10th plan period is upto_______

(A) 2007 (B) 2008
(C) 2009 (D) 2010
(E) None of these
33. OPEC is a group of countries which are_______
(A) exporting oil
(B) producting cotton
(C) rich and developed
(D) developing and poor
(E) nuclear powers
34. Intel Company mainly pro-duces______
(A) Hard disks
(B) VCDs
(C) Monitors
(D) Software
(E) None of these

34. Intel Company mainly pro-duces_____

(A) Hard disks
(B) VCDs
(C) Monitors
(D) Software
(E) None of these

35. Who amongst the following is the M.D./Chairman of one of

the major Steel Companies ?
(A) Shri L. N. Mittal
(B) Shri K. K. Birla
(C) Shri Vijaypat Singhania
(D) Shri Mukesh Ambani
(E) Shri Anil Agarwal
36. Who is the President of Nass-com?
(A) Kiran Karnik
(B) Narayana Murthy
(C) Pramod Desai
(D) Devang Mehta
(E) None of these
37. Which of the following awards is not given for excellence in
the field of literature ?
(A) Booker Prize
(B) Nobel Prize
(C) Pulitzer Price
(D) Arjun Award
(E) Bharatiya Gnanpith Award

38. ‘Singur’ which was in news is a place in_____________

(A) Orissa
(B) West Bengal
(C) Jharkhand
(D) Bihar
(E) Maharashtra
39. Who amongst the following is the author of the book series
named as ‘Harry Potter’ ?
(A) J. K. Rowling
(B) Lindsay Lohan
(C) Julia Roberts
(D) Sandra Bullock
(E) None of these
40. Which of the following Satellites recentlydedicatedtonation
helps Direct to Home Television Ser-vice in India ?
(A) Matsat
(B) Edusat
(C) Insat–4b
(D) Insat–IB
(E) None of these

41. Many a times we read some news items about the ‘West
Bank’. ‘West Bank’ is situated at the western side of the
river__________
(A) Mississippi
(B) Amazon
(C) Nile
(D) Jordan
(E) None of these
42. Which of the following pheno-menon is considered
responsible for ‘Global Warming’ ?
(A) Greenhouse Gas Effect
(B) Fox Fire
(C) Dry Farming
(D) Radioactivity
(E) None of these
43. Which of the following instru-ments is not issued by a
bank ?
(A) Demand Draft
(B) Pay Order
(C) Debit Card
(D) Credit Card
(E) National Saving Certificate
44. Name of Jyoti Randhawa is asso-ciated with which of
thecfollo-wing games ?
(A) Golf
(B) Badminton
(C) Hockey
(D) Chess
(E) None of these
45. Which of the following Software Companies recently
launched its education portal ‘Unlimited Potential’ in India ?
(A) Microsoft (B) Infosys
(C) Wipro (D) TCS
(E) None of these
46. Polly Umrigar who died was a well known___________
(A) Cricketer
(B) Tennis Player
(C) Golfer
(D) Chess Player
(E) Hockey Player
47. In India Census is done after a gap of every____________
(A) Five years
(B) Seven years
(C) Eight years
(D) Ten years
(E) Fifteen years
48. Prof. Muhammad Yunus the recipient of the Nobel Peace
Prize 2006 is the exponent of which of the following concepts
in the field of banking ?
(A) Core Banking
(B) Micro Credit
(C) Retail Banking
(D) Real Time Gross Settlement
(E) Internet Banking
49. Who amongst the following was India’s official candidate
for the post of UNO’s Secretary Gene- ral ?
(A) Mr. Shyam Saran
(B) Dr. C. Rangarajan
(C) Mr. Shashi Tharoor
(D) Mr. Vijay Nambiar
(E) None of these
50. Mr. Gordon Brown has taken over as the Prime Minister
of_______
(A) Italy
(B) Canada
(C) France
(D) South Africa
(E) Britain
Answers with Explanation:-
1. (C) 2. (C) 3. (E) 4. (A) 5. (B) 6. (E) 7. (B) 8. (A) 9. (C) 10.
(E) 11. (E) 12. (B) 13. (C) 14. (C) 15. (E) 16. (B) 17. (A) 18.
(B) 19. (E) 20. (B) 21. (B) 22. (B) 23. (C) 24. (E) 25. (D) 26.
(A) 27. (A) 28. (E) 29. (A) . 30. (B) 31. (E) 32. (A) 33. (A) 34.
(E) 35. (A) 36. (A) 37. (D) 38. (b) 39. (a) 40. (c) 41. (d) 42. (a)
43. (e) 44. (a) 45. (a) 46. (a) 47. (D) 48. (b) 49. (C) 50. (E)

LIC AAO 2008 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE PAPER

1. In which of the following years the Government of India

nationalised the general insurance business under the General
Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Act?
(1) 1970
(2) 1972
(3) 1976
(4) 1973
(5) 1981

2. When was the Kalka-Shimla Railway Line added to the

UNESCO's World Heritage List?
(1) April 18.2008
(2) July 8. 2008
(3) August 15, 2007
(4) January 26,2008
(5) March 23, 2008

3. The famous Kailasanath Temple at Kanchiwasbuiltby was

built by:
(1) Mahendravarman I
(2) Narasimhavarman II
(3) Nandivarman II
(4) Dantivarman
(5) None of these

4. Shivaji ceded the forts to the Mughals by which treaty?

(1) Chittor
(2) Pune
(31 Purandar
(4) Toma
(5) None of these

5. The Life Insurance Corporation of India was established in

September 1956 under an Act of the Indian Parliament. The
Government of India invested a capital of ------ in this
corporation.
(1) Rs.5 •crore
(2) Rs. 4 crore
(3) Rs. 7 crore
(4) Rs. (3 crore.
(5) None otthese

6. Bindusara sent Asoka to quell the rebellion in..

(1) Swamagiri
(2) Taxila
(3) Uijain
(4) Tosali
(5) None of these

7. 'Royal Asiatic Society' was founded by

(1) Sir William Jones
(2) Sir John Marshall
(3) R. D. BaneIjee
(4) Sir William Bentick
(5) None of these

8. The first Sultan of Delhi. who attempted the conquest of

South India was
(1) gutb-ud-din Mubarak
(2) Nasir-ud-din Khusrav Shah I
(3) Ala-ud-din Khilji
(4) Jala-ud-din Firoz
(5) None of these

9. Which of the following countries in February 2008 lifted a

ban on Islamic headscarves at varsities?
(1) Turkey
(2) Germany
(3) Kuwait
(4) Afghanistan
(5) indonesia

10. Mahaballpuramis an important city that reveals the interest

in arts of...
(1) Pallavas
(2) Cheras
(3) Pandyas
(4) Chalukyas
(5) None of these

11. The renowned musician duo: Tansen and Baiju Bawra,

flourishec during the reign of
(1) Jehangir
(2) Bahadur Shah zafar
(3) Akbar
(4) ShahJahan
(5) None of these

12. Lord Mahavira died at

(1) Saravana Belagola
(2) Lumbini Garden
(3) KaIugumaIai
(4) Pavapuri
(5) None of these

13. The Indus people knew the use of Weights and Measures,
which is proved by the discoveiy of the seal at
(1) KaIibangan
(2) Harappa
(3) Chanhudaro
(4) Lothal
(5) None of these

14. Which language was mostly used for• the propagation of

Buddhism?
(I) Sanskrit
(2) Prakrit
(3) Pall
(4) Sauraseni
(5) None of these

15. The 11 th National Conference on e-Governance was held in

February 2008 at -
1) Chennai
(2) Guwahati
(3) Jaipur
(4) Chandigarh
(5) None of these

16. Which of the following statements about Kharif and Rabi is

not-correct?
(1) Kharif season begins with the onset of monsoon season and
harvested in late Spring
(2) Kharif season begins with the onset of monsoon season and
harvested in Autumn
(3) Rabi season begins in Autumn after the rains and harvested in late
Spring.
(4) Important Kharif crops are rice, millets. jute, maize and cotton;
important Rabi crops are wheat, gram. barley and linseed
(5) None of these

17. Raniganj Coal Mine is situated in

(1) Bihar
(2) Madhya Pradesh
(3) West Bengal
(4) Maharashtra
(5) None ofthes~

18. Bosnia-Herzegovina formed the parts of

(1) Czechoslovakia
(2) Yugoslavia
(3) Bulgaria
(4) Azerbaijan
(5) None of these

19. Major producer of sugar is

(1) Australia
(2) Cuba
(3) India
(4) Mauritius
(5) None of these

20. In the north-east of the Deccan plateau is?

(1) Chhola Nagpur plateau
(2) Malawa plateau
(3) Deccan plateau
(4) Vindhyan Range
(5) None of these

Answers:
1. 1
2. 2
3.2
4.3
5.1
6.3
7.1
8. 3
9. 1
10. 1
11. 3
12. 4
13. 2
14. 3
15. 4
16. 1
17. 3
18. 2
19. 2
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1. vishu Says:

June 11, 2009 at 11:33 am

LIC Officer’s Exam - June 2009 GK

1. Which sport is the Vijay Hazare trophy related to :
•Cricket
2. Who is the author of the book - Speaking for myself :
•Cherie Blair
3. Whose pen name was Birbal : Mahesh Das
•Birbal was a courtier in the Mughal court during Akbar`s reign. He was a
confidant of Akbar and was one of the navaratnas who constituted Akbar`s inner
committee of nine advisors. Birbal`s unique qualities,which made him a close
friend of the king, are his wit and wisdom. Birbal, born in 1528 in the village of
Ghoghara of Sihawal tehsil in the Sidhi district of Madhya Pradesh, was named
Mahesh Das.
4.Women’s day celebrated on :
 •8th March.
5.Full form of BMD is :
•Ballistic Missile defence
6.What is the nationality of the architect of Chandigarh :
•French
7. Who won the Indian open Badminton championship :
•Thailand
8. Who is Berlusconi, who has been in the news recently :
•Prime Minister of Italy.
9. Where is Talchar :
•Orissa.
10. Question based on Laissez Faire :
•Industrial Economy
11. Rate at which banks lend to RBI :
•Reverse repo rate.
12. Indian constitution is divided into : 22 parts.
•Indian Constitution is the largest and the most detailed of the written
constitutions of the world. It originally consisted of 395 articles, divided into 22
parts and 9 schedules. After the 92nd amendment Act 2003, the Indian
Constitution comprises 447 articles divided into 26 parts and 12 schedules
13. States to benefit most from the green revolution :
•Punjab, Haryana & Uttar Pradesh.
14. Inventor of laptop :
•Osborne - USA
15. Who started the Green revoluton :
•The term “Green Revolution” was first used in 1968 by former USAID director
William Gaud
Note : The father of Indian Green revolution is M.S. Swaminathan
16. Country that first started judicial review:
•USA
17. Who headed the commission of first 5 year plans ? :
•P.C Mahalanobis
18. A question based on Himalayan Range from east to west :
19.Which one is incorrect?
a)Warsaw-Poland b)Rotterdam-Austerlia c) Dublin-Ireland : Ans: Rotterdam-
Austerlia

1. In a division sum, the divisor is 10 times the quotient and 5 times the remainder. If the
remainder is 46, the dividend is:

(1) 4236

(2) 4306

(3) 4336
(4) 5336

2. If 1.5 x= 0.04 y, then the value of (y-x) (y+x) is:

(1) 730/77

(2) 73/77

(3) 7.3/77

(4) 703/77

3. An employee may claim Rs. 7.00 for each km when he travels by taxi and Rs. 6.00 for
each km if he drives his own car. If in one week he claimed Rs. 595 for traveling km.
How many kms did he travel by taxi?

(1) 55

(2) 65

(3) 62

(4) 70

4. The square root of 3 + √5 is :

(1) √3 /2 + 1/√2

(2) √3 /2 - 1/√2

(3) √5 /2 - 1/√2

(4) √(5/2) + √(1/2)

5. The mean temperature of Monday to Wednesday was 370C and of Tuesday to

Thursday was 340C, if the temperature on Thursday was 4/5th that of Monday, then what
was the temperature on Thursday?

(1) 36.50C

(2) 360C

(3) 35.50C

(4) 340C
6. A certain number of two digits is three times the sum of its digits. If 45 be added to it,
the digits are reversed. The number is:

(1) 72

(2) 32

(3) 27

(4) 23

7. Three years ago the average age of A and B was 18 years. While C joining them now,
the average becomes 22 years. How old (in years) is C now?

(1) 24

(2) 27

(3) 28

(4) 30

8. If 2^(2x-1) = 8^(3-x), then the value of x is:

(1) -1

(2) -2

(3) 2

(4) 3

9. A man's basic pay for a 40 hours' week is Rs. 200. Overtimes is paid at 25% above the
basic rate. In a certain week, he worked overtime and his total was Rs. 300. He therefore,
worked for a total of (in hours):

(1) 52

(2) 56

(3) 58

(4) 62
10. On a Rs. 10, 000 payment order, a person has choice between 3 successive
discounts of 10%, 10% and 30% and 3 successive discounts of 40%, 5% and 5%. By
choosing the better one he can save (in Rupees):

(1) 200

(2) 255

(3) 400

(4) 433

11. Rs. 600 are divided among A, B, C so that Rs. 40 more than 2/5 th of A's share, Rs.
20 more that 2/7 th of B's share and Rs. 10 more than 9/17 th of C's may all be equal.
What is A's share (in Rupees)?

(1) 150

(2) 170

(3) 200

(4) 280

12. A, B, C started a business with their investment in the ratio 1 : 3 : 5. After 4

months, A invested the same amount as before and B as well as C withdrew half of their
investments. The ratio of their profits at the end of the year was:

(1) 5 : 6 : 10

(2) 6 : 5 :10

(3) 10 : 5 : 6

(4) 4 : 3 : 5

13. If 9 men working 71/2 hours a day can finish a piece of work in 20 days, then how
many days will be taken by 12 men, working 6 hours a day to finish the work? It is being
given that 2 men of latter type work as much as 3 men of the former type?

(1) 91/2

(2) 11

(3) 121/2
(4) 13

14. Three pipes A, B and C can fill a cistern in 6 hours. After working at it together for 2
hours, C is closed and A and B can fill the remaining part in 7 hours. The number of
hours taken by C alone to fill the cistern is:

(1) 12

(2) 14

(3) 16

(4) 18

15. A train B speeding with 120 kmph crosses another train C running in the same
direction, in 2 minutes. If the lengths of the trains B and C be 100 m and 200 m
respectively, what is the speed (in kmph) of the train C?

(1) 111

(2) 123

(3) 127

(4) 129

16. River is running at 2 kmph. It took a man twice as long to row up as to row down the
river. The rate (in km/hr) of the man in still water is:

(1) 8

(2) 10

(3) 4

(4) 6

17. A merchant has 1000 kg of sugar, part of which he sells at 8% profit and the rest at
18% profit. He gains 14% on the whole. The quantity (in kg.) sold at 18% profit is:

(1) 560

(2) 600

(3) 400
(4) 640

18. A sum of money becomes Rs. 13, 380 after 3 years and Rs. 20, 070 after 6 years on
compound interest. The sum (in Rupees) is:

(1) 8800

(2) 8890

(3) 8920

(4) 9040

19. A well with 14 m inside diameter is dug 10 m deep. Earth taken out of it, has been
evenly spread all around it to a width of 21m to form an embankment. The height (in
metres) of the embankment is:

(1) 1/2

(2) 2/3

(3) 3/4

(4) 3/5

20. A rectangular carpet has an area of 120 sq metres and a perimeter of 46 metres. The
length of its diagonal (in metres) is:

(1) 11

(2) 13

(3) 15

(4) 17

ANSWERS

1. (4), 2. (2), 3. (1), 4. (4), 5. (2)

6. (3), 7. (1), 8. (3), 9. (2), 10. (2)

11. (1), 12. (1), 13. (3), 14. (2), 15. (1)

16. (4), 17. (2), 18. (3), 19. (2), 20. (4)
1. In the last few years India has advanced by leaps and bounds in the industrial
sector.

1. Very rapidly

2. Very competently

3. Very slowly

4. Very pathetically

5. None of these

2. The authorities turned a deaf ear to the demands of the employees.

1. Immediately implemented

2. Agreed to listen to

3. Misrepresented

4. Whole-heartedly agreed to

5. None of these

3. He was in doldrums after the quarrel he had with his brother.

1. He was jubilant

2. He was in low spirits

3. He was in a financial difficulty

4. He left the house

5. None of these

4. If you pass this difficult examination it will be a feather in you cap

1. Your parents will be very happy

2. You will get a scholarship for higher studies

3. You will feel proud of it

4. You will get a very good job

5. None of these

5. Tell me plainly who broke the mirror, do not beat about the bush.

1. Pretend to be unaware of the matter

2. Try to impress me with your arguments

3. Put any blame on others

4. Approach the matter in a round about way

5. None of these

6. Some people have a habit of wearing their heart on their sleeve.

1. saying something which is not to be taken seriously

2. exposing their innermost feelings to others

3. avoiding being friendly with others

4. always trying to gain advantage over others

5. wasting their time on unnecessary details

7. I raked my brains to solve this difficult problem.

1. I read number of books

2. I consulted several people

3. I used my commonsense

4. I subjected my mind to hard thinking

5. I brainwashed several experts

8. He was a king who ruled his subjects with a high hand.

1. sympathetically

2. kindly

3. democratically
4. conveniently

5. oppressively

9. It is a matter of gratification for me that he has turned a new leaf.

1. begun a different mode of life

2. proved to be a worthy person on his job

3. decided to use a different strategy to solve the problem

4. accepted the new job that was offered to him

5. started using his intelligence

10. He is a plain, simple and sincere man, he will always call a spade a spade.

1. be outspoken

2. help needy person

3. stand by his friends and relatives

4. sacrifice his life for others

5. put up a simple dress

11. It was such a strange affair that I could not make head or tail of it.

1. tolerate it

2. face it

3. remember it

4. believe it

5. understand it

12. He is temporarily in charge of the company and is trying to feather his nest.

1. bring order and discipline in the company

2. raise the image of the company

3. act for his own future benefits

4. diversify the product of the company

5. practice his own brand of management philosophy

13. Those who make no bones about such actions face a tough oppostion.

1. do without hesitation

2. make no plan

3. waste no time

4. invite no comments

5. None of these

14. Mrs B is known as a shoplifter in a Mumbai commercial center.

1. smuggler

2. a thief in the guise of a customer

3. buyer of all new things

4. daily visitor

5. None of these

15. The people in north India are known for keeping open house.

1. never locking it

2. not worrying about its security

3. offering hospitality to everyone

4. keeping it well ventilated

5. None of these

Directions (Q 16-20): In each of the following questions an idiomatic expression and its
four possible meaning are given. Find out the correct meaning of the idiomatic expression
and mark the number of that meanings as your answer on the answer sheet. If you do not
find any correct answer, mark ‘5', i.e. none of these as your answer.
16. To make clean breast of

1. to gain prominence

2. to praise oneself

3. to confess without reserve

4. to destroy before it blooms

5. None of these

17. To end in smoke

1. to make completely understand

2. to ruin oneself

3. to excite great applause

4. to overcome some one

5. None of these

18. To leave someone in the lurch.

1. to come to compromise with someone

2. constant source of annoyance to someone

3. to put someone at ease

4. to desert someone in his difficulties

5. None of these

19. To cry wolf

1. to listen eagerly

2. to give false alarm

3. to turn pale

4. to keep off starvation

5. None of these

20. A man of straw

1. a man of no substance

2. a very active person

3. a worthy fellow

4. an unreasonable person

5. None of these

CLASSIC PHRASE: 01

1-5: 15234

6-10: 24511

11-15: 53323

16-20: 32421

1. ANODYNE

1. annihilated 2. soothing 3. eidolon 4. not necessary

2. AMBROSIA

1. poison 2. plentiful 3. scarcity 4. elixir

3. AMULET

1. symbol 2. charm 3. hole 4. none of these

4. ASSUAGE

1. scare 2. allay 3. enhance 4. surrender

5. ACCLIVITY

1. declivity 2. proclivity 3. upwards 4. slanting

6. APHASIA
1. garrulity 2. loquacity 3. reticence 4. remembrance

7. ANNUL

1. encourage 2. commiserate 3. mummify 4. rescind

8. APOTHECARY

1. doctor 2. hunter 3. vagabond 4. pharmacist

9. AU REVOIR

1. welcome 2. appellation 3. good-bye 4. superb

10. APLOMB

1. poise 2. diffidence 3. circuitous 4. tumult

Directions (Q 11-20):Pick out the antonym of the lead word in each case.

11. AMELIORATE

1. enervate 2. deteriorate 3. stultify 4. none of these

12. ASININE

1. brilliant 2. vulpine 3. feline 4. leonine

13. APPARITION

1. real 2. unreal 3. joint 4. enhancement

14. SANGUINE

1. red 2. morose 3. suffering 4. approaching

15. SAGGY

1. taut 2. sagacious 3. delinquent 4. developing

16. SURLY

1. curly 2. amazon 3. bilious 4. pugilist

17. SOPHISTRY
1. polemics 2. urbanity 3. pertinence 4. didactics

18. SOBRIQUET

1. snout 2. cognomen 3. genuine 4. bouquet

19. SUFFRAGE

1. suffering 2. celibacy 3. forestry 4. franchise

20. SATED

1. suave 2. inadept 3. contented 4. ruffled up

Directions (Q 21-25): Pick out the best analogy in each case.

21. ASSORTED: SEBACEOUS

1. firm: supple 2. sultry: azure 3. subaltern: hoi polloi 4. stratified: layered

22. ANACONDA: SERPENTINE

1. ape: simian 2. cat: asinine 3. milk: cutaneous 4. amen: amenine

23. SALACIOUS: SCANDALOUS

1. piquant: bland 2. sylvan: urban 3. sham: veracious 4. sultry: humid

24. SENTENTIOUS: SUMMARY

1. senile: dotage 2. abrasive: praise 3. ablutions: dirt 4. avaricious: truthful

25. AVUNCULAR: UNCLE

1. salubrious: climate 2. annotation: anthology 3. screech: scrub 4. stately: king

Directions (Q 26-30): Pick out the word with incorrect spellings in each case.

26. 1. apotheosize 2. abjure 3. appelate 4. apiary

27. 1. sanctimionious 2. sepulchral 3. spectre 4. Samaritan

28. 1. alveolar 2. apnea 3. autoarchy 4. anarchy

29. 1. silviculture 2. Socratic 3. somnambulism 4. sinuous

30. 1. suffused 2. sandwitched 3. sayonara 4. surmise

Directions (Q 31-40): Mentally unjumble the following words so as to arrange them in

the right order and tell which letter comes at the last of the word so formed

31. N I M A N R E S V O I N A D

32. T S I E Y A B R

33. E I M Y T S

34. E C I P S S U O

35. S U O I M S B A E T

36. O A T R I D

37. G A I N R R A

38. S H I U Q U A E M

39. B A R L A E

40. D A M U D E N D

Directions (Q 41-50): Fill in the blanks with suitable choices out of those given after
each word.

41. The article written by the philosopher was so ______ that I could not get a thing out
of it.

1. avuncular 2. adroit 3. apposite 4. abstruse

42. The language used by you must be easily understandable by all if you wish to reach
out to the common man, it must not be ______ .

1. stultified 2. stilted 3. supplicate 4. surly

43. Nobody expected him to win, yet he scraped through, it must have been some ______
on his part.

1. artifice 2. arroyo 3. attenuation 4. avarice

44. Her ______ manners in the face of difficulty impressed me most of all.

1. sacrilegious 2. sangfroid 3. supernumerary 4. surrogate

45. Such legal ______ is pretty common, in when the truth is shown as the utmost wrong
and vice-versa.

1. skepticism 2. surreptitiousness 3. skullduggery 4. acme

46. He was a teetotaller and strictly believed in observing _____

1. sanguinary 2. sentry 3. sobriety 4. succulence

47. The child looked very ______ and its innocent pranks endeared it to everyone in the
house.

1. seraphic 2. sedulous 3. specious 4. staunch

48. Indira Gandhi was the most ______ speaker I had ever heard until I came to know
Atal Behari Vajpayee.

1. artless 2. arcane 3. articulate 4. accoutred

49. Such an ______ meeting I never expected to take place.

1. adventitious 2. audacious 3. serene 4. supernal

50. It does not look ______ if you do not go there on such a solemn occasion.

1. sabbatical 2. salubrious 3. senile 4. seemly

Directions (Q 51-60): Pick out the synonym of the lead word in each case.

51. ARTLESS

1. lacking art 2. boring 3. dexterous 4. innocent

52. SUPERNAL

1. superb 2. eternal 3. chimerical 4. trash

53. SUBTERFUGE

1. underground 2. legerdemain 3. joining 4. separation

54. SABBATICAL

1. clergy-related 2. study leave 3. ecumenical 4. narrow

55. ADMONISH
1. admire 2. take back 3. reprimand 4. encourage

56. ADVERT

1. insinuate 2. eulogize 3. scold 4. lucky

57. SUPERCILIOUS

1. haughty 2. modest 3. truthful 4. voracious

58. ACRID

1. aromatic 2. pungent 3. sonorous 4. pulchritudinous

59. SCOURGE

1. nemesis 2. secure 3. suffering 4. suffrage

60. ANNIHILATE

1. destroy 2. wither 3. tolerate 4. exterminate

Directions (Q 61-70): Pick out the antonym of the lead word in each case.

61. SYBARITE

1. ascetic 2. conceited 3. chilling 4. sultry

62. SURMOUNT

1. overcome 2. surrender 3. get off 4. remonstrate

63. ACCENTUATE

1. extenuate 2. attenuate 3. supplicate 4. slanting

64. SQUEAMISH

1. cordial 2. juxtaposed 3. quixotic 4. queasy

65. ABSTEMIOUS

1. parsimonious 2. abstinent 3. Epicurean 4. Samaritan

66. SMUG
1. contented 2. discontented 3. cool 4. hot

67. AGNOSTIC

1. atheist 2. touching 3. unsure 4. sure

68. ARRAIGN

1. answer 2. exonerate 3. covet 4. demit

69. SALUBRIOUS

1. salutary 2. negative 3. stratified 4. wayward

70. SPORADIC

1. intermittent 2. weekly 3. continuous 4. contumacious

Directions (Q 71-75): Pick out the best analogy in each case.

71. SOPHOMORE: ADEPT

1. sophisticated: clumsy 2. intern: veteran 3. apiary: aviary 4. inane: pertinent

72. SUBLIMINAL: ABSTRUSE

1. encomium: eclectic 2. recondite: reconnaissance 3. subconscious: arcane 4. none of

these

73. SERENDIPITY: DESCRY

1. meticulous: plan 2. surrogate: suborn 3. deviancy: delinquency 4. veracity: plenty

74. SANGFROID: SURLY

1. abrogate: renounce 2. rescind: repeal 3. aromatic: acrid 4. adventitious s: lucky

75. SIMILE: SULLIED

1. halcyon: veracious 2. appellation: title 3. sensual: sensuous 4. subjugate: vanquish

Directions (Q 76-90): Pick out the word with incorrect spellings in each case.

76. 1. adumberate 2. adduce 3. adulterate 4. adjudicator

77. 1. ancillary 2. anecedote 3. anguine 4. annuity

78. 1. annotate 2. annul 3. anneel 4. anoint

79. 1. squall 2. sputter 3. squailid 4. stallion

80. 1. suasion 2. subrogation 3. sucide 4. suite

81. 1. somersault 2. superfluous 3. supererogation 4. sovereignity

82. 1. syanagogue 2. synergism 3. strut 4. stubble

83. 1. stodgy 2. statueseque 3. stentorian 4. stereochiometry

84. 1. splurge 2. spitoon 3. spondylitis 4. spontaneity

85. 1. splutter 2. sepulchral 3. sphygmomanometre 4. spermatozoa

86. 1. adversary 2. aetiology 3. aeronautics 4. affronted

87. 1. assiduous 2. agnomen 3. anaemia 4. aservate

88. 1. animadevrt 2. anomaly 3. animous 4. antediluvian

89. 1. antithetical 2. anthropomorphism 3. antilope 4. antenatal

90. 1. aperception 2. apostasy 3. apprentice 4. apposition

Directions (Q 91-95): Mentally unjumble the following words so as to arrange them in

the right order and tell which letter comes at the last of the word so formed

91. P O R O S A P

92. P A P S R I E

93. C I D A S M P S O

94. X I H P S N

95. T E I P S

Directions (Q 96-100): Fill in the blanks with suitable choices out of those given after
each word.

96. His ______ tastes often led to his being dubbed as a maverick.

1. sovereign 2. sartorial 3. sobriquet 4. soporific

97. However sacred a person, may be, but he must not be ________

1. sanctimonious 2. slithering 3. sickly 4. skittish

98. He was very scared of his father and therefore tried to ________ himself.

1. sire 2. soliloquize 3. shrug 4. skulk

99. The achievements made in the field of science during the last century were
________ indeed, not a fraction of this progress had been made in the 19 centuries
preceding it.

1. Seminal 2. Semitic 3. Simian 4. seething

100. Most of the stories regarding the miracles performed by various religious prophets
are ________ , there is no historical evidence to support them.

1. apocalyptic 2. antediluvian 3. apocryphal 4. aphasic

ANSWERS REVISING VOCAB -01

1. 24423

6. 34431

11. 21121

16. 31243

21. 21414

26. 3131

31. NEESS

36. TNHEM

41. 42123

46. 31314

51. 41223

56. 11234

61.12243
66. 24123

71. 23131

76. 12333

81. 41223

86. 14331

91. APROPOS, APPRISE, SPASMODIC, SPHINX, SPITE

96. 21313