First in Indian Law - Study material for IPO and Postal/Sorting Assistant Examination

1.First empire to define and demarcate civil and criminal law  Gupta Empire

2. First Court ( of judicature) was established in Calcutta on August , 1672

3. The First Law Commission was constituted in ----------------  under ------------------ 1834 under the Charter Act

4. First I.P.C  and CRPC was introduced in Bengal  In 1862 by John Beames.

5. The First Federal Court established in  1937

6. Supreme Court was established on March 26, 1774 in Calcutta as a Result of Regulating Act of 1773.

7. Oldest High Court Calcutta High Court (1862)

8. First Indian High Court Judge – Shambhunath Pandit.

.9  Youngest Judge –  Prasanta Behari Mukherjee at the age of 38.

10. High Court with most judges –  Allahabad High Court (60 Judges)

11. First Woman Chief Justice (High Court) – Justice Leila Seth (Delhi)

12. First Indian President of International Court of Justice-  Dr. NagendraSingh (First Indian recipient of World Justice Award)

13. First Chief Justice of Independent India – Justice Harilal J. Kania.

14. First Woman judge of Supreme Court- Meera Sahib Fatima Beevi.

15. First woman judicial officer  -Anna Chandy

16  first Federal Court chief justice. Sir. Maurice Gwyer

17. First woman advocate – Cornelia Sorabji .

18. “Green Bench” decides on environmental issues. (set up by the Calcutta Court)

19. Largest prison  Tihar Jail

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IPO Examination postponed to 15th and 16th September 2012

Vide Directorate order no : A-34012/07/2012-DE dt 22nd August 2012, the IPO examinations to be held on 8th and 9th September stands postponed and will be conducted on 15th and 16th September 2012.

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Model questions from GK for IPO and Postal /Sorting Assistant Examination

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Q1   The  First Indian  to receive  Magsayasay  Award Vinoba Bhave

Q2  Where was India’s  first steel plant set up? Jamshedpur

Q3 Second Largest Human Organ Liver

Q4 A  Person one hundred years old or older Centenarian

Q5  The lady  who quit  IAS and later won the Magsayasay Award Aruna Roy

Q6  The 13th century Italian explorer who came to India Marco Polo

Q7   “ Speed Post   “ by Shobha De discusses (Philately/P&T Department/Speed Post /None  of  these) None of these

Q8  The number of articles in Indian  Constitution 395

Q9 The first Asian woman to swim the English Channel Arati  Saha

Q10  Human face  has ----------- bones 14

Q11 The first Indian  state  to come  under President’s Rule Punjab

Q12  India  has issued  a postage stamp of Rs 45 in honour of  ------------------ Mother Terasa

Q13   Gandhiji  was born in 1869 at Porbandar In 1869 at Porbandar

Q14  The oldest football  club in India  Mohan  Began

Q15 Which country  built the first nuclear power station Russia

Q16   The first woman Chief  Election  Commissioner  of India V S Ramadevi

Q17  TTOEFL,TWE and TSEL are examinations  to  test  proficiency  in  English

Q18  An Indian won  the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1998  Name him Amartya sen

Q19  The highest denomination of the Indian Postage stamp Rs 50

Q20   India’s first deputy  Prime  Minister Vallabhabhai  Patel

Q21   What does millennium mean A Thousand years

Q22  Who painted  “ The last supper “  Leonardo da  Vinci

Q23  Name the National Flower of India Lotus

Q24 What is  the average heart beat in  a human body  per minute 72

Q25 What is  the  study  of  drugs  called Pharmacology

Q26  What is a calorie  A calorie is  the amount of  energy  needed to  raise the  temperature of one gram ofg water  by  one degree  Celsius

Q27   What is ECG ? Electro Cardio Graph

Q28  Which  atom has  only  one electron  Hydrogen

Q29  ISDN stands for  Integrated  Services Digital Networks

Q30   ASCII  stands for American standard Code for information   Interchange

Q31  what do  “a.m” and  p.m stand for  a.m   means ante meridiem  or before noon p.m means Post  meridiem  or afternoon

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REVISION OF POSTAGE RATES OF FOREIGN PARCELS (AIR/SAL) W.E.F. FROM SEPTEMBER 2012.

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Model Questions for IPO Examination - Consumer Protection Act

Q1  The State Consumer Protection Councils shall meet as and when necessary but not less than two meetings shall be held every year. The  above said  statement  is   true or false True

Q2  Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum to be known as the "District Forum" established by --------------- The State Government

Q3  Who is the chairman of  the Central Consumer Protection Council Minister in charge of consumer affairs  in the Central Government

Q4 What is the condition  related with  tenure of members in district consumer protection councils The term of five years or up to the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier,

Q5 Every proceeding before the District Forum shall be deemed to be a judicial proceeding within the meaning of sections----------- and --------------   of the Indian Penal Code 193  and 228

Q6  What is the time limit  for  submitting  an appeal  against  the  order made by  the  district  forum  to  the state commission Thirty days from the date of the order

Q7 Consumer Protection Act, 1986  extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir The  above said  statements is true or  fale True

Q8 The  below mentioned  activity  is coming  under the  definition  of  -------------------------- “Falsely represents any re-built, second-hand, renovated, reconditioned or old goods as new goods” Unfair trade practice

Q9   Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum to be known as the ---------------------- "District Forum

Q10  State   the  time  limit  for admit  a  complaint  before  the District Forum, the State Commission or  the National  Commission Two years from the date on which the cause of action has arisen

Q11  The National Commission shall have administrative control over all the State Commissions   calling for periodical returns regarding the institution, disposal, pendency of cases The  above  said  statement is  true or false True

Q12  Where a complaint instituted before the District Forum, the State Commission or, as the case may be, the National Commission, is found to be frivolous or vexatious. Then make an order that the complainant shall pay to the opposite party such cost, not exceeding -------- Ten thousand rupees

Q13  How  the consumer is defined  in consumer protection act  For the purpose of the Consumer Protection Act, the word "consumer" has been defined separately for "goods" and "services

Q14  The  consumer protection act applies to all goods and services unless otherwise expressly notified by the Central Government. The  above said  statement is  true or False True .

Q15  What are the Three-Tier Grievance Redressal Machinery for enforcement of the rights of the consumers At the base, the Slate Commission at the middle level and the National Commission at the apex level.

Q 16 If  the consumer would  like  to  file  complaint  against  the verdict  issued  by  National  consumer  Protection  Council   then where  it  can be challenged In the Supreme Court.

Q17  Growing crops is under the category  of -------------------- in  consumer protection act Goods

Q18 The Indian Parliament enacted Consumer Protection Act  in December, 1986. It came into force on ------------- April  15, 1987

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Common terms related with legislature- Study material for IPO Examination

By  election	Special election to  a seat rendered vacant during the term of an elected person
Coalition	Temporary union of political parties for a special purpose
Federation	A political unit on which a number of smaller political units  political units devolve certain power over themselves and their citizens
Impeachment	Prosecution of a very high public  official by the legislature for alleged offences otherwise beyond the normal reach of law
Mid  -term election	An election to the legislature before completion pf its full term usually because of dissolution
Plebiscite	Direct vote of electors on  a political issue of importance
Proportional representation	A system under which a legislature reflects the strength of the various political parties among the electorate at large
Question Hour	Session of the legislature usually begins  with question hour in which members can ask question on any aspect of administration
Ratification	The formal adoption by   a state of a treaty signed by its representatives It is effected by  an exchange of documents , embodying their formal adoption of the treaty , between the states concerned
Referendum	A reference of a particular Political  question  to  the electorate  for  a direct  decision by  a popular vote
Republic	Form  of government  without a monarch
Snap Vote	A  vote taken  unexpectedly  without voters having been  briefed in advance
Supplementary  question	The question asked  in  parliament based on  the answer to  the main  question
Zero  Hour	Time allotted in the house  every day  for  miscellaneous business  ie  call  attention  notice  , questions on official  statements and adjournment  motions
Adult franchise	The voting right conferred on  every adult  without  distinction   to  elect  any  candidates
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