Monday, September 14, 2009

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.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

with reference to your question number 18 "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
you have given the answer as datri, which is not correct, and i also got the same question wrong in OBC po, please dont post wrong answer as it really makes things worse for the people like me who just depend on your posts for their current affairs prep. i appreciate your hard work and please take it in a sportingly, and continue this great work.

Anonymous said...

varun thanks for understanding my problem, but still maitri is not the corrct answer it is bharti...i request you to please uploaad all questions that you feel are wrong, so that we can rectify them also in our record. once again thanks for your great hard work...the link i m posting belongs to the article which says that the answer is Bharti...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/3rd-base-at-Antarctica-India-to-join-elite-club/articleshow/4861636.cms