Quiz on General Awareness 20

1. Who has taken over the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh ?

a)Prem Khandu    b)Dorjee Khandu   c)Mukut Mithi   d)Gegong Apang   e)none

2. Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) in India went down by two percentages from 57 to 55 per 1000 live births between 2006 and 2007, a report released by?

a)World Bank    b)Ministry of Health    c)WHO    d)PMO   e)Registrar General of India

3. Recently Government has cleared 26 FDI proposals of worth Rs ________ ?

a)900   b)1130   c)1360   d)750   e)848

4. The Centre decided to launch a Rs ____ crore plan to strengthen fire and emergency services in the country?

a)100   b)125   c)150   d)200  e)250

5. In Railway budget 2009-10, how many Duronto Trains are introduced ?

a)10  b)12   c)14   d)8   e)none of these

6. In Union Budget 2009-10, how many crores are allocated for Higher Education ?

a)500   b)750   c)1000  d)1500   e)2000

7.’Smart Money’ is a term used for __________ ?

a)Internet Banking   b)Credit Card    c)Cash with Bank/Public  d)Debit Card  e)none

8.’Balika Diwas’ day (Girl Day) is observed on ?

a)Jan 29^th  b)March 8^th   c)July 9^th  d)Dec 9^th  e)Oct 5^th

9. With Which of the following Countries India has inked an MoU on co-operation in the area of climate change and implementation of the clean development mechanism (CDM) projects of the Kyoto Protocol ?

a)Norway    b)Japan   c)Thailand   c)Britain    e)US

10. The Orbit of Chandrayan-1 has been rised form 100 km to _____ ?

a)500   b)200   c)150   d)300  e)none

 11)’Fujitsu’ has developed the Worlds fastest CPU, it belongs which Country?

a)South Korea   b)US    c)Japan   d)China   e)none

12.Who has been elected for Ministry of Water Resource after Meira Kumari has taken over the Speaker of Lok Sabha ?

a)Manmohan Singh   b)Rahul Bandari   c)Jagdeep Goyal    d)Manish Kumar   e)Pawan Kumar Bansal

13.Pakistan has won the ICC T20 Championship after beating _________ ?

a)India    b)Australia    c)New Zealand   d)Srilanka    e)West Indies

14. India decided to drop the $1 billion defense deal for mid-air refuellers with which country?

a)Russia    b)France   c)Israel     d)Britain    e)US

15.Who is the first Indian woman Foreign Secretary ?

a)Chokila Iyer   b)Nirupama Rao   c)Meera Shankar   d)Vijalakshmi Pandit   e)Indira Gandhi

16.Which Film has won the Best Film in IIFA 2009 Awards ?

a)Ghajini   b)Wednesday   c)Jodhaa Akbar   d)Fashion   e)Singh is King

17.Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy has won the Mens Double in French Open 2009, Lukas Dlouhy belongs to which of the following Country ?

a)Peru   b)Spain   c)US   d)UK   e)Czech Republic

18.For how many months President rule is imposed on Jharkhand after Union Cabinet has decided to end President's rule in Jharkhand and dissolve the state assembly(polling will be held on November-December 2009)?

a)3 months  b)6 months   c)9 months   d)12 months  e)none

19.’Chiku the Champ’ is mascot for _____________ ?

a)FIFA World Cup

b)Common Wealth Games

c)National Games

d)Asian Table Tennis Championship

e)Olympics 2010

20.Which IT Company it has entered into a 10-year IT outsourcing agreement with Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) for providing  IT Infrastructure and services for IGI Airport.

a)Wipro  b)TCS   c)Infosys   d)Tech Mahindra   e)CTS