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