Quiz on General Awareness 10

1.According to ARC(Administrative Reforms Commission) reports, government servants should be sacked after ____ years of service if found unfit to continue ?

a)14  b)15  c)16  d)18  e)20

2.Who is the secretary general of NATO ?

a)Giampaolo di Paola   b)Anders Fogh Rasmussen  c)Poul Nyrup Rasmussen  d)Lars Løkke Rasmussen  e)Ray Henault

3.Which country tested the long-range Shahab-3 missile recently ?

a)North Korea  b)India  c)Iraq  d)Iran  e)Pakistan

4.Which of the following is not in the list of UNESCO world heritage sites in India ?

1)Kalka-Shimla Railway  2)Humayun's Tomb  3)Keoladeo national Park 4)Tirumala Tirupathi Devastanam(TTD)

a)only 1 & 2

b)only 3

c)only 4

d)only 3 & 4.

e)All are listed in Heritage sites.

5.According to the survey conducted by the Transparency International India, which two states are the most corrupt states ?

a)J & K,Bihar  b)Bihar,Jharkhand  c)Jharkhand,Chattisgarh  d)Bihar Chattisgarh  e)Jharkhand,Madhya pradesh

6.Which of the following is true regarding 11th Five year plan ?

a)Accelerate GDP growth from 8% to 10% and then maintain at 10% in the 12th Plan in order to double per capita income by 2016-17

b)Create 70 million new work opportunities.

c)Reduce infant mortality rate to 28 and maternal mortality ratio to 1 per 1000 live births

d)Reduce educated unemployment to below 5%.

e)All are true

7.According to Economic Survey 2008-09, the per capita income was Rs_______ ?

a)29,901  b)30,674  c)31,278  d)33,010  e)34,563

8.With which of the following countries India has signed an agreement to facilitate employment of workers between two countries and promote orderly recruitment and deployment of workers ?

a)Srilanka  b)Malaysia  c)China  d)Mayanmar  e)Australia.

9.The rate at which banks lend money to the RBI is known as ?

a)Repo rate  b)Reverse repo rate  c)Call rate  d)Bank rate  e)CRR.

10.Which is the first company to launch Wi-Max services in India ?

a)VSNL  b)Tata Telecommunications  c)Airtel  d)Reliance  e)MTNL

11.US has signed a deal with which of the following countries to supply Uranium to the US nuclear industry ?

a)India  b)Australia  c)Canada  d)Russia  e)France

12.The United Nations has declared 2009 as the International Year of __________ ?

a)Education  b)Planet Earth  c)Astronomy  d)Terrorism  e)Poverty

13.India usually launches it satellites from Satish Dawan Space Centre, in which state it is located ?

a)Tamilnadu  b)karnataka  c)Gujarat  d)Andhra Pradesh  e)Rajasthan

14.Which state introduced a scheme called 'Pratibha Kira Yojana' to promote higher education among girls ?

a)Gujarat  b)Haryana  c)Bihar  d)Uttar pradesh  e)Madhya pradesh

15.Which committee recommended the abolition of tax rebates ?

a)Kelkar Committe  b)Chelliah Committee  c)Shome Committe  d)Abhijit Sen Committee  e)Shome Committee.

16.The World’s First ‘Self-Watering’ plants have been discovered in which of the following countries ?

a)US  b)France  c)Israel  d)India  e)Japan

17.After Kapil dev,which person has  joined the  Territorial Army(TA),the part time citizen’s force which functions as a ‘vital adjunct’ to the regular army .

a)Vinod Kambli  b)Rajini kanth  c)Sourav Ganguly  d)Kamal hasan  e)Mohan lal

18.D.C.M Trophy is associated to which of the following sports ?

a)Cricket  b)Football  c)Hockey  d)Chess  e)Volley ball

19.Indian Govt. took how many stimulus packages to fight economic slowdown ?

a)3  b)1   c)2  d)4  e)none.

20.World Water day is celebrated on ?

a)Feb 2nd  b)March 21st  c)April  22nd   d)May 22nd  e)march  22nd.

Quiz on General Awareness 9

1.Which of the following is not a welfare scheme launched by  Govt. of India ?

a)Annapurna Scheme  b)Bharat Nirman Yojana  c)Midday Meal Scheme  d)Village Grain Bank Scheme  e)none

2.Recently which insurance company has decided to cover its policy holders for hospitalization expenses of Swine flu patients in India & abroad ?

a)LIC  b)New India Assurance  c)Aviva Life Insurance  d)ICICI Lombard  e)Reliance Life Insurance.

3.The European Commission(EC) has provided _______ million for emergency rehabilitation activities for nearly 3 lakh war displaced in Srilanka ?

a)€60  b)€65  c)€62  d)€68  e)none.

4.Which Country has overtaken China as a car exporter for the year 2008-09 ?

a)Korea  b)India  c)Japan  d)US  e)Germany

5.In which year Service Tax was introduced in India ?

a)1990-91  b)1991-92  c)1992-93  d)1993-94  e)1994-95

6.Which Country will host the World Tiger Summit 2010 ?

a)India  b)South Africa  c)Brazil  d)Russia e)Indonesia

7.Recently which country has decide to issue citizenship certificates to over 400 children who were born in India when they returned to their country?

a)Pakistan  b)Bangladesh  c)Srilanka  d)Nepal  e)none.

8.Suppose Mr.X has borrowed a loan from a bank and failed to make interest or principal payment for 90 days,then the loan is considered as ________________ ?

a)Bank debt  b)Credit loan  c)Sub-prime lending  d)Non-perfoming assets  e)none

9.According to the Sixth Central Pay Commission report, Dearness allowance(DA) for central govt. employees has been increased to ___ % ?

a)16  b)22  c)18  d)20  e)none

10.The Special Drawing Right(SDR) is an international Reserve Asset, created by _______?

a)World Bank  b)IMF  c)ADB  d)WTO  e)RBI

11.Who among the following is the highest tax payer politician in India ?

a)Mayawati  b)Rahul Gandhi  c)Sonia Gandhi  d)Y S Rajeshekar Reddy  e)none.

12.Recently 'Mogadishu' is in news, is the capital of ___________ ?

a)Sudan  b)Somalia  c)Fiji  d)Ethiopia  e)none.

13.Which country has told the UN that it does not want any more Indian Troops ?

a)Tajikistan  b)Afghanistan  c)Bangladesh  d)Lebanon  e)Congo

14.Who is the new media adviser to prime minister ?

a)Deepak Sandhu  b)Sanjay Baru  c)Uma Kant Mishra  d)Harish Kare  e)none.

15.SEBI is a ___________ ?

a)Statutory body  b)Advisory body  c)Constituional body  d)Non-Statutory body  e)none.

16.All BPL families will come under _______________ ?

a)Rashtriya Arogya Yojana

b)Aam Admi Swasthya Bima Yojana

c)Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana

d)Jan Swasthya Bima Yojana

e)Pradam Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana

17. Who is the winner of Men's Single in French open 2009?

a)Rafael Nadal  b)Del potro  c)Roger Federer  d)Andy Murray  e)Soderling

18.NABARD is established on the recommendations of ?

a)Public account Committee

b)Narashimhan Committee

c)Chelliah Committe

d)Shome Committee

e)Shivaraman Committee

19)According to a report by parliamentary panel, how many _____ sq km area are under Naxals in different state where govt. has no control on it ?

a)38,000  b)40,000  c)36,000  d)44,0000  e)33,000

20)Who penned the book "India's Export Trends and Prospects for Self-Sustained Growth"  ?

a)Pranab Mukherji  b)Narasimha Rao  c)R K Narayanan  d)Jaswant Singh  e)none.

Note:For 20 Q, answers is Manmohan Singh.

Quiz on General Awareness 8

1)Who is the chief of Indain Air Force(IAF) ?
a)Suresh Mehta  b)Nirmal Verma  c)P V Naik  d)Deepak Kapoor  e)PK Barbora

2)Which of the following is India's biggest & leading Non-Banking Finance Company(NBFC) ?
a)HDFC  b)Reliance Capital  c)Power Finance Corporation  d)LIC Housing Finance  e)Religare Enterprises

3)What is the fullform of AMC?
a)Accredited management Corporation
b)Association of management Corporation
c)Asian Market Capital
d)Assets management Companies
e)Asian Market Currency

4)The first International T20 cricket match was played between _________ and __________ ?
a)England,Australia  b)Australia,New Zealand  c)India,Srilanka  d)England,New zealand  e)Australia,West Indies.

5)Which of the following countries appointed the first ever Hindu Chief Justice ?
a)Pakistan  b)Bangladesh  c)Nepal  d)Bhutan  e)Maldives

6)Which of the following countries will host the Women's World Cup cricket 2013 ?
a)South Africa  b)Australia  c)West Indies  d)England  e)India

7)Chandrayan-1 spacecraft has detected the presence of water on lunar surface which was confirmed by M3 instrument of NASA, what does the M3 stands for ?
a)Mineralogy moon mapper
b)Making moon mapper
c)Moon Mineralogy mapper
d)Montreal moon mapper
e)none.

8)Recently which country told to IAEA that it has a second uranium enrichment plant under construction ?
a)North Korea  b)Iran  c)India  c)Pakistan  e)Israel

9)India has agreed to build a coal power project with an total investment of $500 million to which of the following countries ?
a)Srilanka  b)Nepal  c)Bangladesh  e)Myanmar  e)none.

10)___________ has signed contract with Hindustan Oil Exploration Company (HOEC) for sourcing of natural gas from the PY-1 fields in the Cauvery basin ?
a)ONGC  b)Reliance Gas  c)Gujarat Gas Company lmtd  d)GAIL  e)none

11)Who has been elected as President of the Indian Newspaper Society (INS) for 2009-10 ?
a)T. Venkattram Reddy  b) Sanjay Hazari  c) V.K.Chopra  d)Hormusji N. Cama  e)Paresh Nath

12)Recently which of the following countries has launched the satellite Naro-1,but failed to reach a orbit ?
a)Iran  b)Sweden  b)Russia  d)Japan  e)South Korea

13)Who is the CEO of  Google ?
a)Sergey Brin  b)Larry Page  c)Eric Schmidt  d)both a & b  e)none.

14)India has signed a FTA(Free Trade Agreement) with which of the Countrys/Organisations ?
a)ASEAN   b)European Union  c)South Korea   d)both a & c  e)none

15)NTPC has signed an agreements with Reliance Industries to buy natural gas at govt. approved rates of  _____ per mmbtu ?
a)$3.6  b)$4.2  c)$3.8  d)$4.4  e)$4

16)Tata Power, which is implementing the 4000 mw Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project(UMPP) in which of the following states ?
a)Madhya pradesh   b)Haryana  c)Gujarat  d)Himachal Pradesh  e)Karnataka

17)Which of the following countries in the world is largest producer of sugar cane ?
a)India  b)US  c)Indonesia  d)China  e)Brazil

18)Justice Tarun Agarwal recently appionted as a judge of which of the following High Court ?
a)Uttar Oradesh  b)Karnataka  c)Uttarakhand  d)Meghalaya  e)none.

19)G S Bhargava was recently passed away,he belongs to which field ?
a)Journalism  b)Politician  c)Actor  d)Sports  e)Singer

20)State-run telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) and software solutions provider __________ signed an agreement to work together on the National Broadband Penetration Programme (NBPP).
a)TCS  b)HCL  c)Infosys  d)Tech Mahindra  e)Wipro.

Quiz on General Awareness 7

1)According to ADB(Asian Development Bank) report, India will achieve __% economic growth this year.
a)5   b)5.7  c)6  d)6.1  e)6.7%

2)Which is the Country's second largest mobile telephone company?
a)Tata Indicom  b)Vodafone  c)Reliance  d)Airtel  e)Idea.

3)Which of the following is the first Indian traditional Bank to achieve all branch/office inter-connectivity and register 100% CBS.
a)SBI  b)Karur Vysya Bank  c)ICICI  d)South Indian Bank  e)United Bank of India.

4)Which Govt. launches a website for homoeopathy ?
a)Kerala  b)Delhi  c)Tamilnadu  d)Andhra Pradesh  e)none.

5)'Abhaya Hastam' a scheme launched by _________?
a)Central Govt.  b)Tamilnadu Govt.  c)Kerala Govt.  d)Karnataka Govt.  e)none.

6)Which Country won Asian Women Basketball Championship held in Chennai  recently?
a)Korea  b)China  c)India  d)US e)Czech Republic.

7)Which is the only state that has been opted out SWAN(State-Wide Area N/W) ,a national e-governance project ?
a)J & K  b)Sikkim  c)Arunachal pradesh  d)Goa  e)Meghalaya

8)Which state will become the first state in the country to have sports and physical education integrated as part of the educational curriculum ?
a)Andhra Pradesh  b)Tamilnadu  c)Kerala  d)Gujarat  e)Punjab

9)Which of the following countries is not a member of NPT(Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty) which has a membership of 189 countries ?
1)Iran  2)North Korea  3)Palestine  4)India  5)Israel

a)only 1 & 2
b)only 2,3 & 4
c)only 3 & 4
d)only only 1,2 & 4
e)only 2,4 & 5.

10)Line of Actual Control(LAC) is border between ________________?
a)India & Pakistan  b)Pakistan &China  c)India & Nepal  d)India & China  e)Nepal & China.

11)Recently government launched the _______________ Mission with the objective to reduce illeteracy especially among the women ?
a)Akshara Bharat  b)Akshar Aanchal  c)Sakshar Bharat  d)Akshara Kairali  e)none.

12)By using which satellite launch vehicle(SLV) Oceansat-2 has been launched?
a)GSLV-14   b)PSLV-14  c)SLV-14  d)PSLV-15  e)PSLV-13

13)US-based Ford Motor Company launched a small car named ______ in New Delhi ?
a)Jaguar  b)Fiot  c)Figo  d)marque  e)Ford small

14)The Central Government has cleared ___FDI proposals entailing a total inflow of 393.63 crores based on the recommendations of FIPB?
a)13  b)9  c)10  d)11  e)15

15)Samsung mobile has launched a Android smart-phone by tying up with _________ ?
a)Bharti Airtel  b)Vodafone  c)Reliance  d)Tata DOCOMO  e)Idea.

16)Very Recently World Bank has provided a $4.3 billions loan to India,in which ___ billions are used for recapitalisation of state owned banks ?
a)$1.6  b)$1.8  c)$3  d)$2.5  e)$2

17)American Independence day is celebrated on ?
a)june 4  b)july 4  c)june 11  d)june 13  e)july 11

18)In the Union Budget 2009-10,how many crores are allocated to Indira Awas Yojana by increasing 63% from previous year?
a)8888  b)8123  c)8883  d)8956  e)none.

19)'Sea of Poppies' is a book written by ?
a)Anita desai  b)Chetan Bhagat  c)Arvind adiga  d)Jhumpa Lahiri  e)none.

20)'Ramunujan Trophy' is associated to which sport ?
a)Hockey  b)Tennis  c)Badminton  d)Chess  e)Football

Note:For 5th Q,answer is Andhra pradesh,for 19th Q,answer is Amitav Ghosh.

Quiz on General Awareness 6

1.___________ has the world’s largest mobile network and the world’s largest mobile subscriber base ?
a.Bharti-MTN   b)Vodafone  c)China Mobile  d)Reliance  e)none.

2.Which is the general body that monitors M&As(Mergers and Acquisition) across industries and sectors?
a)RBI  b)Competition Commission  c)Ministry of Finance  d)both a & c  e)none.

3.The World Bank has agreed to provide a ___  loan for developing national highways in India?
a)$20 billion  c)$10 billion  c)$5 billion  d)$3 billion  e)$1 billion.

Current Affairs 7 - 2009

1. The Renault Formula One team given two-year suspended ban from the sport by the International Automobile Federation (FIA) for ordering Nelson Piquet junior to crash in the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix.
2. The Meghalaya government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Microsoft Corporation for imparting digital literacy and capacity building across the educational community involving students, teachers and institutions.
3. Sahabaz Khan of Kolkata won the national junior billiards championship by defeating Mundir Shiraji of Karnataka, in Agra.
4. Roger Federer clinched Switzerland's return to the Davis Cup World Group with a comfortable 6-3 6-0 6-4 victory over Italy's Potito Starace in Genoa.
5. Dell Inc said it has agreed to buy the information technology services company Perot Systems Corp for about $3.9 billion.
6. BJP MLA Dushyant Patel has been elected as the president of Bharuch District Cricket Association (BDCA).
7.  According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in November 2006,India ranked 9th in World Tree Planting.
8. Noted journalist and columnist Yasin Dalal has entered Limca Book of Records for writing 65 books on subjects related to journalism.
9. Uttar Pradesh defeated hosts Hyderabad by 59 runs to win the Moin-ud-Dowla cricket tournament at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.
10. Veteran journalist G S Bhargava has passed away,who held the post of Resident Editor of Indian Express in Hyderabad. 

Quiz on General Awareness 5

1.Which Stock Exchange in the world ranks first in terms of the number of listed companies?
a)NewYork SE   b)Tokyo SE  c)NASDAQ  d)BSE  e)NSE

2.Which bank has opened the country's highest ATM in Sikkim in 2007?
a)Union Bank of India  b)United Bank of India  c)SBI  d)ICICI  e)HDFC

3.Which film has won the beast feature film award in International Film Festival in Ireland?
a)Kanchipuram  b)Tare zameen par  c)Mukhaputa  d)Chak de India  e)none

4.Who is captain for Delhi Daredevils in IPL 3?
a)Sehwag  b)Dilshan  c)Gambhir  d)A B Devilliers  e)both a & c.

5.Which city will host the National sub-junior Badminton?
a)Goa  b)Chennai  c)Hyderabad  d)Ranchi  e)Jaipur

6.Which telecom operator has decided to start the numbers starting with '8'?
a)Bharti Airel  b)Virgin Mobile  c)Reliance  d)Tata  e)Idea.

7.Norah al-Fayez is the first women ever named to a ministerial post in which of the following countries?
a)Saudi Arabia  b)Kuwait  c)Iran  d)UAE  e)Iraq.

8.What was the total length of Rajiv Gandhi Bandra-Worli Sealink?
a)5.3km  b)5.7km  c)5.4km  d)5.5km  e)none

9.Which of the following countries has stopped supplying uranium to India?
a)Russia  b)Kazakshtan  c)Italy  d)Australia  e)China

10.Who is the newly elected President of Indonesia?
a)Nouri Al-Maliki  b)Susilo Yudhonoyo C)Nursultan Nazarbayev  d)Sultan Said al Said  e)Bashar al-Assad

11.Kamala Das (also known as Kamala Surayya) recently passed away,she is a ________?
a)Writer  b)Singer  c)Director  d)Poet  e)both a & d.

12.Bernard d’Espagnat is the recipient of Templeton Prize 2009,he belongs to which country?
a)USA  b)Finland  c)France  d)Russia  e)Swizerland

13.India has offered a help in Writing a Consitition to which of the following countries?
a)Bhutan  b)Nepal  c)Maldives  d)Nigeria  e)none

14.Which of the following Countries dropped the safe guard duty on Indian Cotton Yarn?
a)Australia  b)Peru  c)South Africa  d)Egypt  e)both b & d.

15.What is first 'A' in ASHA, a scheme launched by Govt. of India?
a)Association  b)Activist  c)Assistance  d)Accredited  e)none.

16.Which of the following is true abot SEZ(Special Economic Zones)?
1)95% FDI allowed for township with residential,educational and recreation facilities in the area.
2)Exemption from Service tax,central sales tax.
3)Income tax benefits
4)1000 acres is allocated for free
a)only 1 b)only  3  c)only 2 & 3  d)All 1,2,3,4  e)none.

17.'World Post Office day' is celebrated on________?
a)Oct 9th  b)Nov 10th  c)Sep 9th  d)Aug 10th  e)Oct 10th.

18.'My Life' a book written by_____________?
a)Hillary Clinton  b)R K Narayan  c)Anita Desai  d)Bill Clinton  e)Chetan Bhagat

19.In which of the following the countries the Indian military base is situated?
a)kyrgyzstan  b)Bangladesh  c)Tajikistan  d)Bhutan  e)Bahrain.

20.Which of the following is a Indirect Tax?
a)Corporate Tax  b)Income Tax  c)Service Tax  d)Property Tax  e)none.

Note:For 8th question answers is 5.6km

Current Affairs 6 - 2009

NIT's in India(Wikipidea)

1. Samsung SDI, a rechargeable battery maker by partnering with Bosch, a supplier of automobile components, plans to start commercial production of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles by 2011. The joint venture between the two companies is called SB LiMotive.
2. The government approved establishment of nine National Institutes of Technology (NITs) which will start functioning from next year.These national level institutes will be set up at a cost of Rs 2,350 crore in Manipur, Mizoram, Goa, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Pudducherry, Uttarakhand and Delhi.At present, there are 20 NITs in the country.
3. Bishop Cotton School to celebrate 150th foundation year next month(October).
4. The Navy has launched a stealth destroyer capable of carrying nuclear warheads,the 6,500-tonne warship INS Kochi was indigenously built by Mumbai-based Mazagon Dock Ltd and designed by the Directorate of Naval Design. It will add to the existing Delhi class fleet comprising INS Delhi, INS Mysore and INS Mumbai.
5. The International Congress of Mathematicians will be held in Hyderabad from August 19-27, 2010.
6. The Kerala Assembly passed the 'Pampa River Basin Authority Bill', with the aim of conservation of water resources and river basin of Pampa, the river where thousands of Sabarimala pilgrims take a dip before proceeding to the famous hill shrine.
7. Gambhir Gambhir wins Castrol best cricketer of 2008 award.
8. India and Belarus signed three agreements i)including a USD 50 million commercial contract for a power plant in the former Soviet republic(Belarus). ii) India will set up a Digital Learning Centre at the High Technology Park in Belarus. iii)Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) signed a contract worth USD 50 million for supply of equipment and provision of technical supervision for installation of 120 MW Grodno-II Combined Heat and Power Plant.
9. Inflation back in positive zone,rises to 0.12% after remaining in negative zone for 13 consecutive weeks for the week ended Sep 5th 2009 and RBI said it may rise to 6% by march 2010.
10. India stood at 44th position in IT competitiveness Index, while US continued to lead the Global IT Industry followed by Finland and Sweden respectively,a survey by Economist Intelligence Unit.
11. The 2010 Shooting World Cup that is going to be held in Delhi,as been Cancelled.
12. The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) said, Japan overtakes United States of America to be No.1 in the maximum number of patents in 2007.
13.  India's Tata Motors has been sanctioned a 10 million pounds loan for its new electric car project in the UK by the British government. 
14.  US President Barack Obama has appointed Indian American Arun Majumdar as in-charge of advanced research in the field of energy, one of the key posts in his administration.
15. The Centre's ambitious Rs 2,000-crore project to bring all 16,000 police stations in the country under a single network to counter terror challenges will become operational by 2011-12.
16. Gaganjeet Bhullar pipped Randhawa to win DLF Masters golf tournament in Gurgaon.
17.  A 105-year-old woman(Saraswati jhadav) of Suburban Andheri has become the oldest person to apply online for voter identity card.
18. India to become $8bn drugs market for MNCs by 2015,a study by FICCI-Ernst & Young.
19. RIM and Aircel join hands for BlackBerry services in India.
20. A Ficci-Ernst & Young report today said the Indian pharmaceutical market is expected to triple to 20 billion dollars by 2015 with a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 12.3%.

Quiz on General Awareness 4

1.Tata DoCoMo is the GSM brand of Tata teleservice ltd,in which Japan's NTT DoCoMo holds ____ stake?
a)21%  b)26%  c)33%  d)42%  e)none

2.Mumbai-based Wockhardt Hospitals Pvt. Ltd said it has agreed to sell 10 of its 17 hospitals to Fortis Healthcare Ltd for _____crore?
a)909  b)1000  c)675  d)858  e)none.

3.Who wrote the book "True Colours"?
a)Kapil Dev  b)Ravi Shastri  c)Hayden  d)Gilchrist  e)Brain Lara

4.Very Recently AAI has approved an International airport in?
a)Chandigarh  b)Mysore   c)Mohali  d)Vishakapatnam  e)Kharagpur

5.How many Recruitment Boards are there for Indian Railways?
a)7  b)5  c)11  d)13  e)19

6.'Shakti Sthal' is the samadhi of _____?
a)Indira Gandhi  b)Mahatma Gandhi   c)Rajiv Gandhi   d)Sanjay Gandhi  e)Jawaharlal Nehru

7.Who is the new Director-General of International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA)____________?
a)Mohamed Elbaradei  b)Yukhio Hatoyama  c)Yukio Persobo  d)Hans Blix  e)none

8.Recently Government has decided to give a ___ increase in DA(Dearness Allowance) for all Central govt. employess and pensioners.
a)4%  b)4.5%  c)5%  d)10%  e)11%

9.Who is India's envoy to Pakistan?
a)Meera Shankar  b)Sharat Sabharwal  c)Nirupama Rao  d)M K Narayanan  e)Satyabrata Pal

10.Chandrayan-2,the second Indian lunar mission, is slated to take off in which of the following years?
a)2010-2011  b)2011-2012  c)2012-2013  d)2013-2014  e)2014-2015.

11.The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana(PMGSY) seeks to connect habitations with a population of more than_____?
a)2000  b)1500  c)1000 d)500 e)none.

12.'In the Line of Fire' book is written by __________?
a)Abdul Kalam   b)Kuldeep Singh  c)Pervez Musharaff  d)Jagdish Bhagwati  e)none.

13.Which was the first airport in India to have a thermal camera for screening Influenza A H1N1?
a)IGIA,New Delhi  b)SVPIA,Ahmedabad  c)RGIA,Hyderabad  d)CSIA,Mumbai  e)BIA,Bangalore.

14.Roger Federer defeated _____________to win Cincinnati Masters?
a)Rafael Nadal  b)Andy Murray  c)Novak Djokovic  d)Andy Roddick  e)Robin Soderling

15.Government  has sanctioned a financial assistance of ______ crore to two Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s memorial in Gujarat.
a)20  b)30  c)50  d)100  e)none.

16.The Karur Vysya bank(KVB) has become the first private sector bank to cross Rs_________crore mark in net-owned funds.
a)500  b)1000 c)1500 d)2000 e)3000

17)Which Cricket board has scrapped the 50-over format from its domestic cricket calendar ?
a)West Indies  b)Srilanka  c)India  d)Kenya  e)England

18)Oil India Lmtd is ____________?
1)Navaratna status PSE   2)Mini ratna(catg-01) status   3)Mini ratna(catg-02) status  4)PSU by GOI
a)only 1
b)only 4
c)only 1 & 4
d)only 2 & 3
e)only 2 & 4.

19)India won the Azlan Shah Hockey Cup tournament 2009 by defeating ____________ ?
a)Germany   b)Pakistan  c)Spain  d)China  e)Malayasia.

20)Where the 17th International Agriculture Exhibition 2009 held in ____?
a)Israel  b)India  c)Turkey  d)US  e)China

Note:For 7th Question answers is: Yukia Amano.

Current Affairs 5 - 2009

1. IT giant Infosys Opens 2nd Global Education Centre(GEC) in Mysore inaugarated by Sonia Gandhi,also it is the largest corporate education centre in the world.
2. Doordarshan celebrates 50 years in Public Broadcasting.
3. The government issued bonds worth over Rs 10,000 crore to three oil marketing PSUs to compensate them for the losses incurred on account of selling petroleum products below market price.While bonds worth Rs 6,207.06 were issued to Indian Oil Corporation, Rs 2,033.99 crore worth bonds were given to Hindustan Petroleum Corp and Rs 2,065.28 crore bonds were given to Bharat Petroleum Corp.
   
4. Mundir Sherazi won the sub-junior boys billiards title at the ongoing National Billiards and Snooker Championships.
5. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) would launch Oceansat-2 satellite, which would help identify potential fishing zones and in coastal zone studies, on September 23.
6. Kerala Government launched "Email to All Employees" project,where all kerala government employees will get e-mail IDs.
7. Hughes Communications, a provider of broadband satellite and managed network services, received a five-year contract worth Rs.22.5 crore from the State Bank of India (SBI) for deploying satellite broadband network to connect its off-site ATMs across the country.
8. Wipro has won a three year outsourcing contract from All Nippon Airways (ANA), the first airline in the world to procure the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
9. HCL Security, a subsidiary of HCL Infosystems has announced the appointment of Rothin Bhattacharyya as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
10. Vijay Keshav Gokhale named as the next High Commissioner to Malaysia by succeeding Ashok Kantha.
11. All-India Gurmit Memorial hockey tournament will be held at Chandigarh.
12. Rajasthan Government banned foreign tours by ministers and officers to cut the expenditure.
13. 40,000 sq km area are under Naxals in different states where govt. has no control on it,says Parliamentary panel.
14. An agreement betweenNational Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) and Germany's Development Bank KfW,India will recieve Rs 130 crore as aid from Germany.
15. According to UN World Food Program(WFP),one billion people will go hungry this year for the first time.
16. The first phase of Solar Photovoltaic manufacturing facility of Solar Semiconductor Pvt. Ltd.inaugurated by Farooq abdulla in Hyderabad.
17. State-run telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) and software solutions provider HCL Infosystems signed an agreement to work together on the National Broadband Penetration Programme (NBPP).
18. Reliance will be the first telecom operator to launch the mobile numbers starting with '8' in delhi.
19. Venezuela signed a $20 billion and $16 billion investment deal with Russia and China (respectively) for oil exploration in the Orinoco river.
20. Goldman Sachs has estimated that India will require $1.7 trillion in financing its infrastructure needs over the next decade.The Indian government's projection for the 11th Five-Year Plan for 2007-2012 envisages $500 billion in infrastructure spending.

Quiz on General Awareness 3

1.Who is the Miss Universe 2009?

a)Dayana Mendoza  b)Ksenia Sukhinova c)Parvathy Omnakuttam d)Stefania Fernandez e)none.

2.Who is the newly appointed head of PM's Economic Advisory Control?

a)Suresh Tendulkar b)Rangarajan c)Suresh Kalmadi d)Pranab Mukherjee e)none.

3.Recently Govt. approved 10 FDI Proposals of worth Rs_____crores?

a)1123 b)950 c)838 d)1118 e)1325

4.Panchayat Raj was introduced in which year?

a)1952 b)1956 c)1958 d)1959 e)1960

5.Which island is known as the 'Pearl of the East' ?

a)Srilanka b)Greenland c)Maldives d)Andaman Islands e)none.

6.Who is the author of the book "Two Lives" ?

a)V.S Naipaul b)Chetan Bhagat c)Vikram Seth d)Amitav Ghosh e)Anita Desai.

7.On which day 'World Tourism Day' is observed ?

a)Sep 26 b)Aug 26 c)Oct 5 d)Sep 27 e)Oct 26.

8.'Leela Naidu' a famous personality was a________?

a)Actor b)Journalist c)Director d)Model e)both a & d.

9.Who was appointed as adviser to Chinese Cricket?

a)Javed Miandad b)Wasim Akram c)Kapil Dev d)Arjuna Ranatunga   e)none.

10.Many times we see in the financial papers they use the term DI,what is the 'D' in that?

a)Deposit b)Discharge c)Directorate d)Deficit e)Direct.

11.Where will be the G-20 Summit takes place in September 2009?

a)London b)Pittsburg c)Stuttgart d)Washington e)New york.

12.Very often we read about financial inclusion in newspapers these days. Financial Inclusion mean ___ ?

a) Providing loans to all eligible persons who are in BPL category.

b)Creating a mechanism of providing financial help to business people of society whenever they are in need of the same.

c) Providing banking services to all those who are staying in remote and interior areas of the country.

d) To ensure that each and every person pays tax on his/her income regularly and honestly.

e) None of these.

13.‘Dyanchand Trophy’ is associated with the game of_____?

a) Golf b) Cricket c) Football d) Tennis e) Hockey.

14.Who is the new Chairman of Indian Bank's Association?

a)T.s.Narayanasami b)M.V.Nair c)D.Subbarao d)K.C CHakrabarty e)none.

15.Who is the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World for 2008?

a)Virendar Sehwag b)M.S.Dhoni c)Ricky Pointing d)K.Peterson e)Sachin Tendulkar.

16.The World Investment Report is published every year by _____?

a)World Bank b)WTO c)UNCTAD d)IMF e)WEF

17.In the Union Budget 2009-10 how much is allocated for Commonwealth Games 2010?

a)2,112cr b)2,790cr c)3,102cr d)3,472cr e)none.

18.In Union Budget 2009-10 which tax is abolished?

1)Goods and Service Tax 2)Commodities Transaction Tax 3)Fringe Benefit Tax

a)only 3

b)only 2

c)only 1& 2

d)Only 1 & 3

e)none.

19.Who is the best actress given in Rajiv Gandhi awards 2009?

a)Priyanka Chopra b)Karena Kapoor c)Katrina Kaif d)Aishwarya Rai e)Shilpa Shetty.

20.Which State has Lowest Literacy rate?

a)Orissa b)Bihar c)Chattisgarh d)Jharkhand e)Sikkim

Note:For 18th Q's answer is only 2& 3.

Current Affairs 4 - 2009

1. Father of 'Green Revolution' and Nobel Peace Prize winner Norman Borlaug dies at 95.
2. Former BCCI President Raj Singh Dungarpur passed away.
3. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) formally appointed Yukiya Amano of Japan as its new director general from 1st December, succeeding Mohamed ElBaradei.
4. India and Mongolia signed the Civil Nuclear Energy Cooperation pact.
5. Nokia to offer telecom services.
6. India beat Srilanka to clinch the Triangular Compaq Seried held in Srilanka.Champions Trophy'09 Schedule.
7. Argentina's sixth seed Del potro beat Roger Federer to Win Mens Single US Open 2009.
8. Belgian Kim Clijsters beat Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark to win Womens Single US Open 2009.more..!! Wimbledon'09,French'09,Australian Open'09.
9. Air India has signed a bilateral agreement with the Singapore Airlines ( SIA), which will enable the frequent flyer programme ( FFP) members of both airlines to earn and redeem mileage points on flights operated by each other.
10. Smt. Shyamala Gopinath, Deputy Governor is reappointed Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India up to June 20, 2011. Smt. Gopinath was earlier appointed as Deputy Governor on September 21, 2004 for a period of five years.
11. Chief Minister Narendra Modi took over the reins of the Gujarat Cricket Asssociation (GCA) from Congress after he was elected as its President in the Annual General Meeting of the body.
12. India is proposing to launch a South Asian regional train service between Pakistan, India and Bangladesh.
13. Renowned author Dr Karanjit Singh and sufi singer Pushpa Hans have bagged the literary awards of the Punjabi Academy of Delhi government for 2007-08.
14. Three electricity companies of Rajasthan "Jaipur Vidhut Vitran Nigam, Ajmer Vidhut Vitran Nigam and Jodhpur Vidhut Vitran Nigam" would provide domestic electricity connection to over 2.5 lakh BPL customers in the state during current fiscal year.
15. The National Billiards & Snooker ChampionShip will be held in Agra.
16. Indian off spinner Harbhajan Singh has been signed up as brand ambassador by Neo Sports network for one year starting this October.
17. Subroto Chattopadhyay, Chairman of The Peninsula Foundation, has been unanimously elected as Chairman of Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) for 2009-10.
18. 'Tirupati laddoo' offered to devotees at the Lord Venkateswara Temple in Andhra Pradesh has been awarded geographical copyright.
19. Hollywood actor Patrick Swayze passes away.
20. According to a joint study done by industry body Ficci and consultancy firm Ernst & Young, India needs an investment of Rs 70,000 crore in the healthcare sector by 2025, to increase its bed density to at least two per thousand population.
21. Sachin records the Most No. of runs in Tests(12,773) & ODI's(16,875),most no of Centuries in Test(42) & ODI's(44),most no of Man of the Matches(59) and most no of Man of the Series(14) in One Day International.

Quiz on General Awareness 2

1.The Indian National Congress(INC) was founded in the year?
a)1885 b)1857 c)1895 d)1886 e)1865

2.Who is the first woman to become Chief Minister of an Indian State?
a)Vijayalakshmi Pandit b)Sarojini Naidu c)Sucheta Kripalani d)Razia Sultana e)Moraji Desai

3.Usian Bolt belongs to which sport?
a) Boxing b)Formula One c)Swimming d)Sprinter e)none

4.Who is the winner of 42nd Jnanpith award?
a)Satya Vrat Shastri b)Ravindra Kelekar c)Kunwar Narayan d)Rahman Rahi e)both a & b.

5.Recently we celebrated ____ Independence Day?
a)60th b)61st c)62nd d)63rd d)none

6.The Minimum Support Price(msp) for the common variety of Paddy is?
a)950 b)850 c)800 d)750 e)930.

7.Who is the author of the book "East,West"?
a)V.S Naipaul b)Vikram Seth c)Shashi Tharoor d)Salman Rushdie e)Hillary Clinton

8.What is second 'I' in IIP(related to economy)?
a)Index b)Industrial c)India d)Investment e)none

9.Which is the most Populous city in the world?
a)New York b)Tokyo c)Mumbai d)Beijing e)Delhi

10.Who is the new Director-General of Border Security Force?
a)BC Tripathi b)ML Kumawat c)Raman Srivastava d)Subhas Pani e)none

11.'Bhuvan' is a name of?
a)It is a satellite launched by ISRO
b)It is a virtual earth locator in 3-D launched by ISRO.
c)It is a missile used by Indian Army.
d)It is a main battle tank.
e)It is a Submarine

12.Which of the following chiefs of Army Staff has been conferred with Mahavir Chakra twice?
a)Field Marshall J.Manekshaw
b)Filed Marshall M.Cariappa
c)General K.S Thimmayya
d)General K.Sunderji
e)General A.S.Vaidya

13.Which of the following banks has offered a loan of up to $ 1 billion to Bharti Airtel for buying a stake in South Africa's MTN?
a)ICICI Bank b)SBI c)Bank Of India d)PNB e)Canara Bank

14.What amount of exports has been set target for the next fiscal year in the new Foreign Trade Policy 2009-14?
a)$200-billion b)$250-billion c)$100-billion d)$300-billion e)$350-billion

15.Subhas Chakraborty was a famous personality recently passes away belongs to which filed?
a)Sports b)Politics c)Painting d)Music e)Actor

16.According to Forbes,who is the world's most powerful women?
a)Shella Blair b)Indra Nooyi c)Angela Merkel d)Cynthia Carrol e)none.

17.Who is the Chairperson of Administrative Reforms Commission?
a)V.Ramachandran b)A.P.Mukherjee c)JayaPrakash Narayanan d)Vineeta Rai e)none.

18.What is the Tentavie name of India's third Base at Antarctica which is scheduled to be operational by 2012?
a)Dakshin Gangrothi b)Maitri c)Datri d)Bharti e)none

19.Normally the hottest hour of the Day is?
a)11am b)12pm c)1pm d)2pm e)3pm

20.Which Country is the Leading Producer of rice?
a)India b)China c)US d)Russia e)Indonesia.

Note:For 17th question answer is Veerappa Moily.