Quiz on General Awareness 15

1.Which of the following is the percentage upto which FDI in Defence Sector is allowed ?

a)26%   b)33%   c)41%  d)49%  e)51%

2.Who has been appointed as the Advisor to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on infrastructure, innovation and information ?

a)Rangarajan  b)Sam Pitroda  c)Alok Prasad   d)Harish Kare  e)Raghuram Rajan

3.Which Cricketer has turned into a politician recently, who is contesting the Maharashtra assembly elections from Vikhroli in Mumbai ?

a)Mohammad Azharuddin   b)Navjod Sidhu   c)Vinod Kambli   d)Sourav Ganguly  e)none of these.

4.Agriculture census is done at which of the following intervals in India ?

a)once in a year   b)once in three years  c)once in five years  d)once in ten years  e)There is no fixed term

5.Which committee has recommended the "Financial Inclusion" ?

a)Rakesh Mohan Committe  b)Sinha Committee  c)Rangarajan Committee  d)Ram Pradan Committee  e)none of these.

6.Which cricketer has signed up by leading Asian sports marketing firm World Sport Group for three years ?

a)Peter Siddle  b)Mitchell Johnson  c)Dilshan  d)Gautam Gambir  e)M S Dhoni

7.Which State has won the awards in the basic infrastructure, environment and healthcare categories at the IBN Diamond States Awards 2009 announced in Delhi ?

a)Delhi  b)Karnataka  c)Kerala  d)Gujarat  e)Tamilnadu.

8.Recently which state government has decided to set up separate women police stations to deal exclusively with crimes against women ?

a)Abdhra Pradesh   b)Meghalaya   c)Tamilnadu   d)Gujarat   e)West Bengal

9.The 11th Five Year Plan is termed  as plan for _________ ?

a)Development of Rural India   b)India's Education   c)Eradication of Poverty   d)India's Health  e)Astronomy.

10.What is Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) at present ?

a)3.25%   b)4.75%   c)5.00%  d)24%   e)none

11.Muslim population across the globe stands at ____ billion, which means nearly one in four people in the world practice Islam, according to a recent study. ?

a)1.5 billion   b)1.8 billion    c)1.6 billion   d)1.57billion   e)1.68 billion

12.With which of the following country, India has agreed to set up a joint expert working group on the environment, which would explore how the countries can combat global warming through reforestation ?

a)Brazil   b)US   c)Canada   d)UK   e)China

13.Which country has signed an investment pact with Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) recently ?

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

14.Alok Prasad  has been appointed as Deputy National Security Advisor (NSA).He was the Indian high Commissioner to ________ ?

a)Srilanka    b)Afghanistan   c)Malayasia   d)UK   e)Germany

15.BSNL and ___________ have planned to launch the 3G GSM mobile service in Port Blair(Andaman & Nicobar Islands) by the end of December this year.

a)TaTa Indicom   b)A & N Telecom Circle   c)Reliance   d)Samsung   e)Nokia

16.The state with the largest number of registered newspapers ?

a)Delhi   b)Karnataka   c)Uttar Pradesh   d)Madhya pradesh   e)West Bengal

17.Recently TTD(Tirumala Tirupati devastanam) has crossed the mile stone in the commercialization drive by securing GI tag for the famous and delicious ‘Tirumala laddoo’.what is the fill form GI ?

a)Gesture Indication

b)Gigantic index

c)Geographic Indigence

d)Gesture Incorporate

e)Geographic Indication

18.Which countrys Prime Minister is facing over sex scandal allegations ?

a)Sudan   b)Afghanistan   c)New Zealand   d)Italy   e)Japan

19.Which of the following countries has decided to extend the State of Emergengy in the country for a month recently ?

a)Afghanistan  b)Fiji   c)Iraq   d)Nepal   e)Srilanka

20.The (IPI)International Press Institute-India award for excellence in journalism for 2009 has been given to _______________ ?

a)Indian express   b)The Week   c)Bidisha Goshal   d)both a & c  e)both b & c.