Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Quiz on General Awareness 21

1. Who has been appointed as next Chairman of ISRO ?
a)K. Ramakrishna b)K Radha Krishnan c)K Kasturirangan d)U R Rao e)none

2. Which of the following is a member of ASEAN ?
a)Burma b)India c)China d)Japan e)none of these.

3. .Which of the following Countries is the Worlds Largest Producer of Gold ?
a)India b)China c)Russia d)UAE e)South Africa
  
4. The NABARD has sanctioned Rs.351.55 crore assistance for Rural Infrastructure Development Fund(RFID) to which of the following state governments ?
a)Haryana b)Gujarat c)Andhra Pradesh d)Punjab e)Uttar Pradesh

5. H5N1 is a ________ ?
a)Dog flu b)Bird flu c)Horse flu d)Humans flu e)none

6. Who is the Chairman of Textiles Committee ?
a)Dayanidhi Maran b)M. Ramaswamy c)T. Kannan d)Senthil Kumar e)Britto Joseph

7. Pulitzer Prizes are not given in which of the following fields ?
a)Drama b)Music c)Sports d)both b & c e)All of these

8 .Who among the following was the first Indian to win an Oscar ?
a)A R Rehman b)Satyajit Ray c)Shekar Kapoor d)Bhanu Athaiya e)Ritwik Ghatak

9 ”Kerry Lugar Bill” is related to which of the following countries?
a)India-US b)US-Iraq c)Afghanistan-US d)US-Pakistan e)US-Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iraq

10.A/c to World Watch Institute, India will be the most populous country by _____ ?
a)2020 b)2030 d)2040 d)2050 e)2015

11. Who is the newly elected Tunisia’s President ?
a)Abidine Ben Ali b)Habib Bourguiba c)Hamed Karoui d)Mohamed Ghannouchi e)none

12. To Which Country ADB has sanctioned USD 744 millions to help the impoverished country fight off the effects of the global economic crisis.
a)India b)Nepal c)Srilanka d)Bangladesh e)Pakistan

13. RBI has projected the Indian Economy will grow during 2009-10 is _____ ?
a)6.5% b)6.0% c)6.2% d)6.8% e)7%

14. Gopal Padhke, a recipient of Dronacharya award has recently passed away, he belongs to which sport/game ?
a)Chess b)Hockey c)Kho-Kho d)Bandminton e)none

15.”Two Lives” is a book penned by ________ ?
a)V S Naipaul b)M S Swaminathan c)Arundati Roy d)Vikram Seth e)Shashi Tharoor

16. Who Clinched the Airtel Champions League T20 held in India ?
a)Trinidad & Tobago b)Cape Cobras c)Delhi Daredevils d)Victoria Bushranges e)New South Wales

17Who is the New CMD of Punjab and National Bank ?
a)K R Kamath b)K C Cakrabarthy c)Ashok jha d)K V Kamath e)G S Vedi

18. Recently India banned exports and imports of all items from which of the following countries?
a)Pakistan b)Iran c)Afghanistan d)North Korea  e)Iraq

19.Which of the following is a not true ?
1)Nepal can export imported Indian goods to third countries
2)Infantry day is celebrated by Army on October 27
3)C B Muthamma is India’s first woman Ambassador.
4)During the second quarter of Monetary Policy, RBI increased CRR to 1%.
5)Planning Commission was constituted under Article 280 by president

a)only 1 b)only 2 & 3 c)only 4 d)only 5 e)only 4 & 5

20.According to Prime Minister Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC), Indian Economy has projected at _____ ?
a)6% b)6.5% c)6.8 d)7% e)none

2 comments:

prasannan said...

varun sir,its fabulous.one request sir would u prepare more questions ....+20 more.it will be useful 4 us. i have two doubts ASEAN COUNTRIESare as per my knowledge..recently 15th summit held at thailand on 24th then countries r laos,malaysia,philippines,singapore,thailand,veitnam,myanmar,bruei,combodia and indonasia total 10.wot about BURMA...IS IT A MEMBER? PLS clarify my doubt sir,,,,, 2nd, who got oscar first?its not A.R.RAHMAN....EVEN I DONT KNOW..thanq very much sir 4 dis information.dats why i need more que.....coz im preparing 4 p.o.....

Varun Reddy said...

1)Anji....Burma is the old name of Myanmar.
2)Bhanu Athaiya is the first indian to win an oscar award in 1982 for the film "Gandhi" in the category "Costume designer".