Selection test for Higher National Diploma in Management
ATI Dehiwala at 11.00 -12.30 on 18thApril 2018
- Type of questions – MCQ and short answers
- NO. of questions – 60 questions
- Subject area – Quantitative Techniques, English language Proficiency, Information Technology, General Knowledge ( 15 questions from each areas)
- Duration – 1 1⁄2 hour ( 1 1⁄2 minutes per question)
1) The father of the internet is,
Vint Cerf
2) The inventor of the WWW- World Wide Web
Tim Berners Lee
3) In internet terminology IP means...
Internet Protocol
4) A website address is a unique name that identifies a specific ................ On the web.
Link
5) Which software application is used of accessing site or information on a network?
Web Browser
6) The standard protocol of the internet is,
TCP/ IP
7) The first web bases e-mail service
Hot Mail
8) ALU - Arithmetic Logic Unit
API - Application Program Interfaced
ASCII - American Standard Code of Information Technology
NIC – Network Interface Card
VHS – Video Home System
9) Servers are computers that provide resources to other computers connect to a,
Network
10) Word processing, spreadsheets and photo edgings are examples of ,
Application Software
11) Computers use the .................. language to process data
Binary
12) ....................... Is data that has been organizes or presented in a meaningful way.
Information
13) The set of instruction that tells the computer what to do is,
Software
14) ........................ is the heart of the computer and this is where all the computing is done.
Central Processing Unit
15) One byte is equal to
8 bit
16) Personal computers can be connect together to from a,
Network
17) The operating system is the most common type of ...................... Software
System
18) LAN - Local Area Network
HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
RAM - Random Access Memory
ROM – Read only Memory
19) Input Devices output device
Keyboard monitor
Image scanner printer
Microphone plotter
Joystick projector
Light pen speaker
Mouse headphones
Webcam
20) Which is the largest city in Sri Lanka?
Colombo, western 640 034
21) Sri Lankan largest cities
Colombo, Dehiwala, Mount Lavinia, Moratuwa, Jaffna, Negombo, Pita Kotte, Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte, Kandy
22) Population by religion
Buddhists-70%, Hindus -15%, Islam -8%, Christians – 7 %, others – Negligible
23) What is the national game?
Volleyball
24) What is the national food in Sri Lanka?
Rice
25) Calling code of Sri Lanka?
94
26) National Tree in Sri Lanka?
Naa
27) What is the national flower in Sri Lanka?
On 26 February 1986 Blue Water Lily was declared the national flower of Sri Lanka
28) What is the national bird in Sri Lanka?
Ceylon jungle fowl
29) Highest peak of Sri Lanka?
Pidurutalagala
30) Biggest river in Sri Lanka?
Mahaweli length 335km
31) What is the independent day of the Sri Lanka?
February 4, 1948.
32) National anthem of Sri Lanka?
“Sri Lanka Matha” composed by late Mr. Ananda Samarakoon.
33) What is the total area of Sri Lanka?
Total area of Sri Lanka is 65,61km2
in which land area is 64,630 km2 and water area is 980km2
34) What is the total population of Sri Lanka?
21.2 million (2016)
35) What is the currency used in Sri Lanka?
Sri Lankan rupee (LKR)
36) Which sea is Sri Lanka in?
Sri Lanka Is a South Asian island in the Indian Ocean
37) Where is Sri Lanka?
In East Asia
38) What is the capital of Sri Lanka?
Colombo
39) How many provinces in Sri Lanka?
9 provinces
40) Which is the most populist city in the world?
Tokyo
41) Who decides the number of Judges in a High Court?
President
42) Who said “I therefore want freedom immediately, this very night, before dawn if it can be had”?
Mahatma Gandhi
43) A temperature at which both the Fahrenheit and the centigrade scales have the same value?
-40°
44) What percentage of water is lost during transpiration?
99%
45) What is the mean of Invisible Export?
Export Services
46) Which is the country with the highest density of population in Europe?
Netherlands
47) What is the minimum permissible age for employment in any factory or mine?
14 years
48) Where is the headquarter of International atomic Energy Agency is located?
Vienna
49) Which is the highest and final judicial tribunal in respect of the Constitution of India?
Supreme Court
50) Which energy do not have the problem of pollution?
Sun
51) Leukaemia or blood cancer is characterised by abnormal increase of which cells?
White blood cells
52) Which is a land-locked country?
Zimbabwe
53) Who is authorised to decide over a dispute regarding disqualification of a member of Parliament?
President
54) If the cash-reserve ratio is lowered by the Central bank, what will be its effect on credit creation?
Increase
55) Conversion of chemical energy into electrical energy occurs in which thing?
Battery
56) What can be the maximum length of a cricket bat?
32”
57) Sound travels faster in which thing?
Iron than in air
58) How many votes are entitled for members of the UN Economic and Social Council?
One vote
59) In which city of India, the diurnal range of temperature is maximum?
New Delhi
60) Which vitamin is generally excreted by humans in urine?
Vitamin C
