Quiz on General Awareness 16

1.Who is the new prime minister of south korea ?
a)Han Seung-soo   b)Han Myung Sook   c)Chung Un-chan  d)Lee Myung-bak   e)Roh Moo-hyun

2.Recently India successfully tested 'Prithvi-II' missiles, prithvi-2 is a _______________ ?
a)surface-to-surface missile    b)short range ballistic missile    c)Nuclear capable missile    d)All of the above   e)none

3.Who has been selected for the prestigious 'Akshaya Samman' this year for his outstanding contribution to the field of instrumental music ?

a)Ravi Shankar   b)Amir Khusro   c)Hari Prasad Chaurasia   d)Shiv Kumar Sharma   e)Allauddin Khan

4.About 10 public sector banks are expected to get over Rs 15,000 crore from the government after Parliament's winter session as part of the recapitalisation exercises for raising capital adequacy ratio to over ____ per cent ?
a)10.25  b)12.25  c)11  d)13.85  e)12

5.Which Government has decided to recruit 12,000 teachers for Government Schools ?

a)Central Government    b)Punjab    c)Gujarat  d)Tamilnadu    e)Uttar Pradesh

6.In Which of the following , Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has not worked in his career ?
a)Chairman of Finance Commission
b)Ministry of Finance

c)RBI Governor

d)Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission
e)Ministry of External Affairs

7.Which of the following  is the largest non-life Insurance Company in India ?
a)LIC   b)New India Assurance   c)National Insurance   d)Tata AIG Life Insurance   e)United India Insurance

8.Which two countries has signed an accord to establish diplomatic relations after a century of enmity ?

a)North Korea & South Korea   b)US & Cuba   c)India & Pakistan  d)Turkey & Armenia  e)Israel & Palestine

9.Who has been adjudged as the Wisden Cricketer World Test Player of the Year 2008-09 ?
a)Virendar Sehwag   b)Gautam Gambhir  c)Shakib Al Hasan   d)M S Dhoni   e)Ricky Pointing

10.The Asian Development Bank and the Japanese government will provide a grant of USD ___ million to support the improvement in road network in Karnataka ?

a)1.5  b)1.8  c)2.5  d)3  e)2.8

11.On Oct 13th 2009, Assembly Elections are held in Three States.which of the following states is not among the three ?

a)Arunachal Pradesh   b)Meghalaya   c)Maharashtra    d)Haryana   e)none

12.Who is the first lady to won the nobel prize for Economics ?

a)Carol W Greider    b)Elizabeth Blackburn    c)Elinor Ostrom    d)Herta Muller   e)none.

13.Who has been elected as new President of International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) ?
a)Edward C. Stone   b)Theodore von Karman   c)G. Madhavan Nair   d)Abdul Kalam   e)none

14.Who won the 2009 China Tennis Open Tournament in womens single ?
a)Agnieszka Radwanska    b)Maria Sharapova   c)Svetlana Kutznetsova   d)Serena williams  e)Dinara Safina

15.Which country has suspended from 2010 Commonwealth Games, following its failure to meet the deadline to come out with a time schedule to hold credible elections in the country ?
a)North Korea   b)Fiji    c)Iran   d)Pakistan   e)Afghanistan

16.Which bank has signed an agreement with European development finance institution DEG to borrow a 5-year loan of Euro 20-million ?
a)Yes Bank   b)ICICI Bank    c)PNB    d)Axis  Bank   e)SBI

17.Under which article of the constitution Finance Commission is constituted by president ?
a)Article 277  b)Article 280  c)Article 286  d)Article 390  e)Article 255

18.Dronacharya award for 2009 is presented to ?

a)Pullela Gopichand    b)Jaydev Bisht   c)S. Baldev Singh    d)Satpal   e)All of the above

19.Which is the most popular e-mail service in India, A/c to ViziSense, an online audience measurement and anaytics platform ?

a)Yahoo    b)Hotmail   c)Gmail   d)Zapak   e)Rediff

20.Which of the following is the multi-commodity exchange in India ?

a)MCX   b)NSE   c)NCDEX   d)both a & c  e)both a & b.