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