Quiz on General Awareness 22

1. What is India’s Position in ‘Global Gender Gap Index 2009 ‘released by World Economic Forum (WEF)?

a)134    b)98   c)143    d)86   e)114

2. Former Test and ODI Umpire David Shepherd had passed away, he belongs to which country ?

a)Australia   b)New Zealand    c)England   d)West Indies   e)South Africa

3. The Seventh Asia Cup Hockey Championship for women will be held at ___________?

a)India   b)Malaysia   c)South Korea   d)Thailand    e)China


4. Who has been appointed as the Deputy Governor of RBI recently?

a) Rakesh Mohan   b)K C Chakrabarty    c)Subir Gokarn   d)Shyamala Gopinath  e)none

5. National Rural Employment Guarantee Act(NREGA) or MGREGA is a job guarantee Scheme launched in which of the following the years ?

a)2004   b)2005   d)2003  d)2006   e)2002

6. In the Second quarter of Monetary Policy 2009-10, RBI has increased the Statutory Liquid Ratio (SLR) to _______ ?

a)5%   b)4.75%   c)24%   d)6%   e)none

7. Chagan Bhujbal has been appointed as Deputy Chief Minister of which of the following state?

a)Arunachal Pradesh   b)Haryana    c)Maharashtra   d)Punjab   e)Jharkhand

8. Who amongst the following is the author of the book “Development As Freedom” ?

a)C. Rangarajan    b)Y.V.Reddy    c)D.Subbarao    d)Amartya Sen   e)Aung San Suu Kyi

9. Chandrayan-2 is designed in the joint association of India and __________ ?

a)US   b)Russia    c)France    d)UK   e)Japan

10. With Which Country India signs an agreement on sea food export ?

a)Srilanka    b)Japan   c)Russia   d)Bangladesh   e)Pakistan

11.”Stride-2009” is a military Exercise of which of the following countries?

a)China   b)India    c)Russia   d)France   e)US

12. Microsoft and Yahoo signed an agreement of how many years to compete against Search engine giant Google?

a)3 years   b)5 years    c)8 years   d)10 years   e)15 years

13. Who won the SCOPE award?

a)Barack Obama    b)Deep Joshi     c)D N Dwivedi    d)Bindeshwar Pathak   e)S.S.Roongta

14. Kim Jhong-II is associated to which of the following countries?

a)Israel   b)South Korea   c)Japan   d)North Korea   e)Malyasia

15. Where is the first airport located in Asia to achieve a ‘LEED Silver Certification’ award?

a)Hyderabad   b)Delhi   c)Beijing   d)Tokyo   e)Singapore

16. With which country India is planning to build the under-the-sea pipeline?

a)Russia   b)China    c)Iran   d)Oman   e)US

17. Srilanka purchased the development equipment worth Srilanka Rs 2,049 million for the Northern Province ?

a)India    b)Russia    c)China   d)France   e)US

18. Expand FPO?

a)First public offer

b)Final public offer

c)Floating public offer

d)Fixed public offer

e)Follow-on public offer

19. Commonwealth Games will be held with a period of ________ ?

a)1yr   b)2yr    c)3yr   d)4yr   e)5yr

20. Which of the following countries will host Olympic games in 2016, 2014, 2012 respectively?

a)Canada, Brazil, UK  

b)Brazil, Canada, Uk

c)Russia, Brazil, Canada

d)UK,Russia,Canada

e)Brazil,Russia,UK

Is India Facing Recession ? POLL

Most important and basic question to know every indian that "India is facing recession ?"
#:Many of them(Indians) are confusing whether Recession in India is present or not ?? and most of them think that India is facing recession.

When Taking POLL into the account , Around 72% of them voted that India is facing recession. This also proves and strengthen the above statement(#).

But but.......INDIA is not facing "RECESSION".

India is only Experiencing "Economic Slowdown".

There is a difference between Economic Slowdown and Recession.

Recession: A true economic recession can only be confirmed if GDP (Gross Domestic Product) growth is negative for a period of two or more consecutive quarters.

Some of the Countries facing Recession are: US, UK and some parts of Europe, etc.
Some of the countries facing Economic Slowdown are: China, South Africa and some parts of Africa.

Quiz on General Awareness 21

1. Who has been appointed as next Chairman of ISRO ?

a)K. Ramakrishna b)K Radha Krishnan c)K Kasturirangan d)U R Rao e)none

2. Which of the following is a member of ASEAN ?

a)Burma b)India c)China d)Japan e)none of these.

3. .Which of the following Countries is the Worlds Largest Producer of Gold ?

a)India b)China c)Russia d)UAE e)South Africa

  

4. The NABARD has sanctioned Rs.351.55 crore assistance for Rural Infrastructure Development Fund(RFID) to which of the following state governments ?

a)Haryana b)Gujarat c)Andhra Pradesh d)Punjab e)Uttar Pradesh

5. H5N1 is a ________ ?

a)Dog flu b)Bird flu c)Horse flu d)Humans flu e)none

6. Who is the Chairman of Textiles Committee ?

a)Dayanidhi Maran b)M. Ramaswamy c)T. Kannan d)Senthil Kumar e)Britto Joseph

7. Pulitzer Prizes are not given in which of the following fields ?

a)Drama b)Music c)Sports d)both b & c e)All of these

8 .Who among the following was the first Indian to win an Oscar ?

a)A R Rehman b)Satyajit Ray c)Shekar Kapoor d)Bhanu Athaiya e)Ritwik Ghatak

9 ”Kerry Lugar Bill” is related to which of the following countries?

a)India-US b)US-Iraq c)Afghanistan-US d)US-Pakistan e)US-Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iraq

10.A/c to World Watch Institute, India will be the most populous country by _____ ?

a)2020 b)2030 d)2040 d)2050 e)2015

11. Who is the newly elected Tunisia’s President ?

a)Abidine Ben Ali b)Habib Bourguiba c)Hamed Karoui d)Mohamed Ghannouchi e)none

12. To Which Country ADB has sanctioned USD 744 millions to help the impoverished country fight off the effects of the global economic crisis.

a)India b)Nepal c)Srilanka d)Bangladesh e)Pakistan

13. RBI has projected the Indian Economy will grow during 2009-10 is _____ ?

a)6.5% b)6.0% c)6.2% d)6.8% e)7%

14. Gopal Padhke, a recipient of Dronacharya award has recently passed away, he belongs to which sport/game ?

a)Chess b)Hockey c)Kho-Kho d)Bandminton e)none

15.”Two Lives” is a book penned by ________ ?

a)V S Naipaul b)M S Swaminathan c)Arundati Roy d)Vikram Seth e)Shashi Tharoor

16. Who Clinched the Airtel Champions League T20 held in India ?

a)Trinidad & Tobago b)Cape Cobras c)Delhi Daredevils d)Victoria Bushranges e)New South Wales

17Who is the New CMD of Punjab and National Bank ?

a)K R Kamath b)K C Cakrabarthy c)Ashok jha d)K V Kamath e)G S Vedi

18. Recently India banned exports and imports of all items from which of the following countries?

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

19.Which of the following is a not true ?

1)Nepal can export imported Indian goods to third countries

2)Infantry day is celebrated by Army on October 27

3)C B Muthamma is India’s first woman Ambassador.

4)During the second quarter of Monetary Policy, RBI increased CRR to 1%.

5)Planning Commission was constituted under Article 280 by president

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

20.According to Prime Minister Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC), Indian Economy has projected at _____ ?

a)6% b)6.5% c)6.8 d)7% e)none

Quiz on General Awareness 20

1. Who has taken over the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh ?

a)Prem Khandu    b)Dorjee Khandu   c)Mukut Mithi   d)Gegong Apang   e)none

2. Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) in India went down by two percentages from 57 to 55 per 1000 live births between 2006 and 2007, a report released by?

a)World Bank    b)Ministry of Health    c)WHO    d)PMO   e)Registrar General of India

3. Recently Government has cleared 26 FDI proposals of worth Rs ________ ?

a)900   b)1130   c)1360   d)750   e)848

4. The Centre decided to launch a Rs ____ crore plan to strengthen fire and emergency services in the country?

a)100   b)125   c)150   d)200  e)250

5. In Railway budget 2009-10, how many Duronto Trains are introduced ?

a)10  b)12   c)14   d)8   e)none of these

6. In Union Budget 2009-10, how many crores are allocated for Higher Education ?

a)500   b)750   c)1000  d)1500   e)2000

7.’Smart Money’ is a term used for __________ ?

a)Internet Banking   b)Credit Card    c)Cash with Bank/Public  d)Debit Card  e)none

8.’Balika Diwas’ day (Girl Day) is observed on ?

a)Jan 29^th  b)March 8^th   c)July 9^th  d)Dec 9^th  e)Oct 5^th

9. With Which of the following Countries India has inked an MoU on co-operation in the area of climate change and implementation of the clean development mechanism (CDM) projects of the Kyoto Protocol ?

a)Norway    b)Japan   c)Thailand   c)Britain    e)US

10. The Orbit of Chandrayan-1 has been rised form 100 km to _____ ?

a)500   b)200   c)150   d)300  e)none

 11)’Fujitsu’ has developed the Worlds fastest CPU, it belongs which Country?

a)South Korea   b)US    c)Japan   d)China   e)none

12.Who has been elected for Ministry of Water Resource after Meira Kumari has taken over the Speaker of Lok Sabha ?

a)Manmohan Singh   b)Rahul Bandari   c)Jagdeep Goyal    d)Manish Kumar   e)Pawan Kumar Bansal

13.Pakistan has won the ICC T20 Championship after beating _________ ?

a)India    b)Australia    c)New Zealand   d)Srilanka    e)West Indies

14. India decided to drop the $1 billion defense deal for mid-air refuellers with which country?

a)Russia    b)France   c)Israel     d)Britain    e)US

15.Who is the first Indian woman Foreign Secretary ?

a)Chokila Iyer   b)Nirupama Rao   c)Meera Shankar   d)Vijalakshmi Pandit   e)Indira Gandhi

16.Which Film has won the Best Film in IIFA 2009 Awards ?

a)Ghajini   b)Wednesday   c)Jodhaa Akbar   d)Fashion   e)Singh is King

17.Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy has won the Mens Double in French Open 2009, Lukas Dlouhy belongs to which of the following Country ?

a)Peru   b)Spain   c)US   d)UK   e)Czech Republic

18.For how many months President rule is imposed on Jharkhand after Union Cabinet has decided to end President's rule in Jharkhand and dissolve the state assembly(polling will be held on November-December 2009)?

a)3 months  b)6 months   c)9 months   d)12 months  e)none

19.’Chiku the Champ’ is mascot for _____________ ?

a)FIFA World Cup

b)Common Wealth Games

c)National Games

d)Asian Table Tennis Championship

e)Olympics 2010

20.Which IT Company it has entered into a 10-year IT outsourcing agreement with Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) for providing  IT Infrastructure and services for IGI Airport.

a)Wipro  b)TCS   c)Infosys   d)Tech Mahindra   e)CTS

SBI Clerical General Awareness 5- 2009

Source:Sakshi.

Quiz on General Awareness 19

1.Which of the following is India’s first approved Genetically Modified (GM) food crop ?

a)Bt Cotton   b)Bt Tomato   c)Bt Sugar   d) Bt Brinjal    e) Bt Potato   

2. Which of the following countries is not a member of G77 ?

a)India   b)South Africa   c)Japan   d)China   e)Pakistan

3. Under Which Article President rule can be imposed in a State?

a)Article 365   b)Article 355   c)Article 352   d)Article 356   e)Article 360

4.Justice PD Dinakaran facing the charges of disproportionate assets against him, He was the Chief justice of which of the following State ?

a)Tamilnadu   b)Karnataka     c)Madhya Pradesh     d)Orissa   e)none

5. Shiv Charan Mathur recently passed away, he belongs to which field ?

a)Politics   b)Carnatic Vocalist    c)Writer    d)Musician   e)both b & c

6.The 155^th OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) meeting held at ?

a)Austria   b)UAE   c)Venezuela   d)Qatar    e)Angola

7. India and has contributed USD ________ to the International Fund for the Elimination of Doping in Sports in eve of Commonwealth Games next year.

a)10,000   b)15,000   c)20,000   d)25,000   e)50,000

8.Which is the only Indian company in the 25 A T Kearney Global Champions for 2009 list ?

a)Infosys   b)SBI   c)Airtel   d)RIL   e)TCS

9.Who has been elected as the president of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) ?

a)Priyan Ranjan Dasmunsi  b)Praful patel   c)Narendra Modi   d) SN Banerjee  e)none

10.With Which Country India will renegotiate the taxation treaty under the OECD  (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ) Model Tax Convention ?

a)Singapore   b)South Korea    c)UAE    d)Egypt   e)Chile

11.Justin Henin belongs to which sport ?

a)Badminton   b)Cricket    c)Lawn Tennis    d)Hockey    e)Gymnastics

12.Mushtaq Ali Trophy is related to which Sport ?

a)Hockey   b)Chess    c)Football    d)Golf   e)Cricket

13.Who is the Chairperson of 18^th Law Commission ?

a)Veerappa Moily   b) A R Lakshmanan   c) M. Jagannadha Rao   d)B. P. Jeevan Reddy   e)Yahir Mahmood

14.Which of the following is not a Special Forces of India ?

a)National Security Guards(NSG)

b)Special Protection Group(SPG)

c)Border Security Force(BSF)

d)Special Frontier Force(SFF)

e)Para Commandos

15. Besides the US, UK, Russia, France & China, How many non-permanent members are there in UN Security Council ?

a)1   b)2   c)3   d)5   e)10

16.The 55^th National School Games will be held in __________ ?

a)Hyderabad    b)Kolkatta    c)Chandigarh    d)Jaipur    e)none

17.International Human Rights Day is observed on ?

a)Oct 23^rd   b)Sep 10^th  c)Dec 10^th   d)Dec 23^rd   e)Dec 7^th

18.Who has been awarded the UNESCO annual peace prize for the year 2009?

a)Barack Obama   b)Marti Ahtisaari   c)Bill Gates    d)Jimmy Carter  e) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

19.The Bihar government sanctioned approximately Rs ______ crore for extension, renovation and modernisation of eastern Kosi canal system ?

a)750    b)1000    c)800   d)500    e)none

20.Aung San Suu Kyi whose name was in News recently, She belongs to which country ?

a)India   b)Nepal    c)Bangladesh   d)Myanmar   e)South Korea

Quiz on General Awareness 18

1.Who Crowned the Femina Miss India 2009 ?

a)Ekta Chowdary    b)Shriya Kishore    c)Pooja Chopra    d) Parvathy Omanakuttan   e)none.

2. Computerization of Banks was suggested by which of the following committee ?

a)Rangarajan Committee  

b)Tandaon Committee   

c)Janikiraman   Committee   

d)Manmohan Singh Committee   

e)Shetty Committee

3.India signed a civil nuclear agreements with seven countries, In which of the following countries did India has not signed a civil nuclear agreement ?

a)Kazakhstan    b)Mongolia    c)Namibia    d)UK   e)Argentina

4.Which of the following countries is the world’s biggest emitter of carbon dioxide(CO2) ?

a)US(2)   b)China(1)    c)India(3)    d)Russia(4)    e)Pakistan

5.Who has been elected as the president of the Indian Languages Newspapers Association (ILNA) ?

a)Uttam Chand Sharma   b)V K Chopra    c)Dinesh Shakti Trikha   d)VenkataRam Reddy  e)none

6.Expand NELP ?

a)Nominal Equal Liquidity policy

b)New Exploration Land Programme

c)New Education Lightning Programme

d)New Exploration Licensing policy

e)Newly Equated Lending Policy

7.The Fourth East Asian Summit is slated to be held in _____________ ?

a)Thailand    b)Malaysia    c)Singapore   d)Philippines     e)Vietnam

8.Which of the following cities in India will have a world class research institute on climate change ?

a)Mumbai    b)Hyderabad    c)Pune   d)Delhi    e)Bangalore

9.Yukhio Hatoyama, the new Prime Minister of Japan belongs to the which of the following  political parties ?

a)Liberal Democratic party    b)Japenese Communist Party    c)People’s new party  d)Democratic party of Japan   e)Social Democratic party

10.Latin American Countries decided to launch a new regional currency __________  in 2010 , replacing US Dollar ?

a)Boliviano    b)Sucre   c)Peso   d)Lempiras    e)cordoba

11.Which of the following has become the first African country to win the FIFA U-20 World Cup-2009 that was held in Egypt ?

a)South Africa   b)Egypt   c)Ghana    d)Botswana   e)Algeria

12.Rajiv Swagruha Scheme, a scheme for middle-class housing launched by ___________ government ?

a)Andhra Pradesh   b)Maharashtra    c)Rajasthan    d)Haryana   e)Punjab

13.’COPE India 2009’ is a joint Air Force exercise between India and _________ recently held in Agra ?

a)Russia   b)China   c)US    d)France    e)Japan

14.Which is the first country in the World to keep the Cabinet Meeting Under water ?

a)US    b)Srilanka     c)Australia    c)New Zealand    e)Maldives

15. P V Narasimha Rao Elevated Expressway, country's longest fly-over which covers 11.6 km, is located in which of the following states ?

a)Karnataka    b)Tamilnadu    c)Gujarat    d)Maharashtra   e)Andhra Pradesh

16.Which of the following Company/Organisation is not a Public Sector Unit (PSU) ?

a)MTNL   b)CMC    c)VSNL    d)NALCO   e)none

17.Indirect Tax is a tax on ___________ ?

a)Income   b)Wealth   c)Labour    d)Commodities   e)Housing

18.Which of the following is the first state to implement VAT (Value Added Tax) in India ?

a)Kerala    b)Punjab    c)Haryana    d)Andhra Pradesh    e)Gujarat

19. Recently Indian government decided to give an extra amount of Rs.______  crore to the Sri Lankan government towards rehabilitating Tamils displaced by the civil war.

a)500   c)600   b)750   d)1000   e)1500

20.”Dreams from my Father” is book written by _________ ?

a)A P J Abdul Kalam   b)George W.Bush   c)Sachin Tendulkar    d)Barack Obama  e)none

Imp Points:

->3rd Q:India signed civil nuclear agreements with US,France,Russia,Kazakhstan,Mongolia,Namibia,Argentina.

->9th Q:First non-Liberal Democratic Party to win in Japan.

->10th Q:Single Regional Payment Compensation System(Sucre).

->19th Q:India had already given 500 crores for Rehabil........ !!!

->20th Q:"Audacity of Hope","Dreams from my Father" are the two books written by Barack Obama.

Allahabad Bank PO Paper-2009

 

Quiz on General Awareness 17

1.The Union Govt. on 22^nd June 2009, abolished the import duty on _______ items as part of its tariff elimination commitments under the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) with Singapore?

a)2022   b)2202   c)2002   d)2220   e)2020

2.Who is the ‘Banker of the Year-2009’ presented  by Business Standard ?

a)O P Bhatt    b)K V Kamath    c)K C Chakrabarty     d)Aditya Puri    e)A C Mahajan

3. Who is the new President of ASSOCHAM ?

a)Sajjan Jindal   b)Dilip Modi   c)Rahkumar Dhoot   d)Swati Piramala   e)D S Rawat

4. India is proposed to launch a South Asian regional train service between India and _______________ ?

a)Bangladesh   b)Pakistan    c)China    d)both a & c    e)both  a & b.

5.Which Country has won the maximum no. of medals in Beijing Olympics 2008 ?

a)China   b)Russia   c)Germany   d)US   e)UK

6.According to World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), which country has taken No.1 position in the maximum number of patents in 2007 ?

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

7. British government has sanctioned a ________ pounds loan for Tata motors for its new electric car project?

a)1 billion   b)10 billion    c)10 million   d)50 million   e)75 million

8.World Food Day is celebrated on ______ ?

a)Oct 18^th   b)Sep 18^th   c)Oct 16^th   d)Sep 16^th   e)Oct 24^th

9.Who is the author of the book “Two Lives” ?

a)V S Naipaul   b)Vikram Seth   c)Arundati Roy    d)Jhumpa Lahiri    e)Shashi Tharoor

10.Government has declared as ___________ a national aquatic animal in order to save the rare freshwater species from disappearing from the country's aqua map ?

a)Fish   b)Blue Whale  c)Shark   d)Dolphin   e)none.

11.Andhra Pradesh government has renamed the Kadapa District as ________________ ?

a)Kadapa-Y S Rajeshekara Reddy   b)Y S Rajeshekar Reddy   c)Y S Reddy  d)YSR-kadapa   e)none

12.The 2010 FIFA world cup will be held in _____________ ?

a)India   b)Italy   c)Germany    d)South Africa   e)Czech Republic

13.Which is the only country yet to ratify the Lisbon treaty ?

a)India   b)Poland    c)Czech Republic   d)Ireland   e)Austria

14.Which team has won the IPL-2 Edition ?

a)Deccan Chargers   b)Royal Challengers Bangalore   c)Delhi Daredevils   d)Chennai Super Kings  e)none

15. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards are given in the field ________ ?

a)Literature   b)Politics   c)Science    d)Writer   e)Education

16. India has rejected a demand by the __________ government for the return of the remains of Nobel laureate Mother Teresa, buried in the city of Calcutta.

a)Israel   b)Rome   c)US   d)Italy  e)Albanian

17.Which country has been topped in Anti-hunger scorecard ?

a)India   b)Brazil    c)China   d)Ghana  e)Malawi

18.Recently V. K Saraswat was in news.He was the ____________ ?

a)Chief of DRDO   b)Next chief of ISRO   c)Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister  d)both a & c  e)none

19.The XXI Winter Olympics will be held in 2010 at ?

a)London   b) Rio de Janeiro   c)Vancouver    d)Russia   e)South Africa

20.Who won the Shangai Masters 2009 ?

a)Nikolay Davydenko   b)Rafael Nadal    c)Djokovic   d)Andy Murray   e)Roger Federer