Quiz on General Awareness 12

1.Which of the following countries has signed the Kyoto Protocol, but neither Ratified nor withdrawn from the protocol ?

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

2.European Union Consisits of 27 member states, in that how many member states have adopted the common currency 'Euro' know as Eurozone ?

a)14  b)15  c)16  d)17  d)18

3.National Rural Employment Guarantee Act renamed as ____________________ ?

a)Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act

b)Mahatma Gandhi National Employment Guarantee Act

c)Mahatma Gandhi Rural Guarantee Act

d)Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act

e)none.

4.Recently which government launched a programme to provide health service to about 58 lakh school students in the state?

a)Tamilnadu  b)Orissa  c)Andhra Pradesh   d)Karnataka  e)West Bengal

5.Who is the first Indian Woman to hold a cabinet post ?

a)Indira Gandhi   b)Sarojini Naidu  c)Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit  d)Moraji Desai  e)none

6.According to IMF, Indian economic growth in 2009 is ?

a)5.4%  b)5.6%  c)5.8%  d)6.0%  e)6.2%

7.Rao Birender Singh recently died, He was a former Chief minister of Which State ?

a)Punjab  b)Delhi  c)Andhra pradesh   d)Uttarakhand  e)Haryana.

8.Who is the new vice-chief of Army ?

a)P.K.Barbora  b)P.C.Bhardwaj  c)Deepak Kapoor  d)P C Chacko   e)M.L. Naidu

9.According to a joint study done by industry body Ficci and consultancy firm Ernst & Young, India needs an investment of Rs ______ crore in the healthcare sector by 2025, to increase its bed density to at least two per thousand population.

a)50,000   b)60,000  c)65,000  d)70,000  e)none.

10.India stood at ____ 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 ?

a)36  b)44  c)28  d)42  e)50

11.Who has taken over as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh after YSR Reddy dies in a chopper crash ?

a)Jagan Mohan Reddy   b)Konijeti Rosaiah   c)Chandra babu Naidu   d)Sabita Indra Reddy  e)Post is vacant

12.Who has been appointed as the brand ambassadors of the 34th National Games 2009, starting Nov 21 in Jharkhand ?

a)Akshay Kumar,Kareena Kapoor

b)Hrithik Roshan,Priyanka Chopra

c)Abhishek bachan,Priyanka chopra

d)Akshay kumar,Katrina kaif

e)Abhishek bachan,katrina kaif

13.Maria Sharapova won the Pan Pacific Open by defeating ______________ ?

a)Jelina Jankovic  b)Ana Ivanovic   c)Kim Clijsters  d)Dinara safina   e)none

14.Which country is hosting the World Tiger Summit in 2010 ?

a)Russia  b)India  c)Brazil  d)Srilanka  e)Israel

15.Which GSM Service provider signed an agreement with BSNL to access around 45,000 towers of BSNL?

a)Vodafone  b)R-com  c)Tata-DOCOMO  d)Idea  e)none.

16.Who won the Moin-ud-Dowla cricket tournament held in Hyderabad ?

a)Hyderabad  b)West Bengal  c)Uttar pradesh  d)Maharashtra  e)Goa

17.Sabita Indra Reddy is the first woman Home Minister for the state of  ___________ , in India ?

a)Karnataka  b)Tamilnadu  c)Kerala  d)Andhra pradesh  e)Arunachal Pradesh

18.The 16th Asian Games 2010 will be held in ________ ?

a)India  b)China  c)Japan  d)Srilanka  e)Malaysia

19.World Teachers Day is celebrated on ?

a)Oct 5th  b)Sep 15th   c)Sep 5th  d)Oct 15th  e)Nov 1st

20.The government issued bonds worth over Rs ________ crore to three oil marketing PSUs to compensate them for the losses incurred on account of selling petroleum products below market price ?

a)8,000  b)9,000   c)9,800  d)8,500  e)10,000

Note:For 15th Question answer is 'Aircel'.