Current Affairs Quiz 2009 - 31

1. The world’s first Satellite dedicated to monitoring green house gas emissions was launched by which country?

a)India   b)US   c)China   d)Japan   e)Russia

2. Abidine Ben Ali was re-elected as the president of which of the following country?

a)Taiwan   b)Sudan   c)Peru   d)Tunisia   e)Palestine

3. Which of the following is first bank in India to offer Internet Banking service?

a)SBI   b)PNB   c)ICICI Bank  d)Federal Bank   e)Canara Bank

4. The country with highest population density?

a)India   b)Pakistan   c)China   d)US   e)none of these

5. ‘QUARK-2009’ is a ____________?

a)India-Russia joint Naval exercise

b)India’s ambitious project to Mars

c)China-Russia joint Naval exercise

d)exhibition on peaceful uses of Nuclear Energy

e)none

6. Vaclav Klaus was in news recently. He is the President of which of the following countries?

a)Sweden   b)Poland   c)Czech Republic   d)Denmark   e)Ireland

7. The Golden Horse awards are equivalent to Oscars of which country?

a)South Korea   b)Russia   c)China   d)Japan   e)Malaysia

8. Recently which country tested the ‘Hsiungfeng 2E’ missile?

a)Syria  b)North Korea   c)Canada   d)Israel   e)Taiwan

9. Justice Leila Seth was the first woman to become Chief Justice of which high court?

a)Tamilnadu   b)Delhi   c)Uttar Pradesh   d)Karnataka   e)none

10. Who has been nominated for the Lal Bahadur Shastri Award for the year 2009?

a)O P Bhatt   b)Sunil Mittal   c)Ajim Premji   d)Lakshmi Mittal   e)Ratan Tata

11. Samprupa, the world’s first cloned buffalo calf, was cloned by scientist from which of the following countries?

a)China   b)US   c)India   d)UAE   e)Canada

12. In India how many states are in Special Category, in which they get higher share of Union government’s resource allocation?

a)7    b)9    c)10    d)11    e)12

13. Trading in which of the following futures restarted on NCDEX and MCX on 21^st May 2009?

a)Sugar   b)Jute   c)Turmeric   d)Soya   e)Wheat

14. FIFA has suspended which country’s football association?

a)Fiji   b)Iraq   c)Sudan   d)Kenya   e)none

15. Who penned the book ‘A Brief History of Time’?

a)Stephen Hawking   b)Sonia Gandhi   c)Amartya Sen  d)J G Ballard   e)Abdul Kalam

16. The fifth edition of the Indo-Nippon Golf Cup 2010 will be held at _________?

a)Shillong    b)Delhi   c)Ahmedabad   d)Delhi   e)Hyderabad

17. Which of the following is not a foreign bank operating in India?

a)HSBC   b)Standard Chartered   c)Barclays   d)Yes Bank   e)All are foreign Banks

18. Kaiga Atomic Power Plant is located in which of the following states?

a)Karnataka   b)Maharashtra    c)Tamilnadu   d)Rajasthan   e)none of these

19. The Official & Permanent Venue of IFFA?

a)Delhi   b)Chennai   c)Mumbai    d)Goa   e)Kolkatta

20. Arvind Jhadav is related to ____?

a)Jet Airways   b)Air India   c)Paramount Airways    d)Kingfisher Airlines   e)none

Note:
Answer for 5th question:The Annual National Level Technical festival of BITS Pilani.
Answer for 9th question: Himachal Pradesh.

Quiz on General Awareness 30

1. Which State has been awarded as “Best e-governance Award” for the year 2009?

a)Delhi   b)Haryana   c)Kerala   d)Madhya Pradesh   e)Karnataka

2. Which of the following is Oxfords Dictionary’s “Word of the Year 2009”?

a)Friend   b)freemium   c)Unfriend   d)Paywall   e)Sexting

3. The Five Year Plan is approved by ______________?

a)Planning Commission

b)President

c)National Development Council

d)Prime Minister

e)President

4. Who penned the book “Unleashing India”?

a)S M Krishna   b)Veerappa Moily   c)Shashi Tharoor   d)Chidambaram.P   e)A K Antony

5. Which Country won the Federation Tennis cup 2009?

a)Italy   b)Spain   c)Swizerland   d)Russia   e)US

6. Who has been elected as first permanent President of European Council?

a)Fredrik Reinfeldt   b)Jose Manuel Barroso   c)Romani Prodi   d)Tony Blair   e)Herman Van Rompuy

7. Recently the Centre has released 40,000 crore for which of the following purposes?

a)To remove female illiteracy

b)For better development of School & College Educations

c)For Rural Development in India

d)For Developing National Highways in India

e)Credit for the Farmers

8. A/c to the latest FIFA rankings which country topped the first rank?

a)Brazil   b)Spain   c)Italy   d)Argentina   e)none of these

9. Indian-European Summit 2009 was held in _____________?

a)Brussels   b)Italy   c)London   d)Delhi   e)Egypt

10. What would be the ‘C’ in FCCB (Foreign C……….. Convertible Bonds)?

a)Capital   b)Consumer  c)Currency   d)Customer   e)Current

11. Subhas Chander Kalia has been appointed as Executive Director of which of the following banks?

a)Union Bank of India   b)Dena Bank    c)Vijaya Bank    d)Andhra Bank   e)Indian Bank

12. “Siddarth Tiwari” belongs to which field?

a)Politician   b)Industrialist   c)Sports   d)Economist   e)Theater Director

13. Klaus Schwab was the founder of which of the following Organizations?

a)WTO   b)UNESCO   c)ILO   d)WEF   e)UNICEF

14. India test-fired its nuclear capable Agni-II Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM) during night for the first time(24-11-09) from  _________?

a)Balasore   b)Chandipur   c)Dhamara   d)Wheelers Island   e)Bhubaneswar

15. Who was crowned as the World Athlete of the year 2009?

a)Sanya Richards   b)Yelena Isinbayeva   c)Usain Bolt   d)both b & c   e)both a & c

16. The Union government has granted _________ crore for development of road network in Jammu & Kashmir?

a)500   b)1000   c)1500   d)2000   e)none

17. President Pratibha Patil became the first woman head of the state(country) to fly in ___________?

a)MIG-29   b)Sukhoi-47   c)F-16   d)F-18   e)Sukhoi-30

18. Navy Day is recognized on ____________?

a)Jan 4^th   b)Feb 9^th   c)Dec 4^th   d)Jan 19^th   e)none

19. Who among the following is not the recipient award of Arjuna Award?

a)Pullala Gopichand   b)Gautam Gambhir   c)Saina Nehwal   d)Satish Jhoshi   e)All of the above

20. Baichang Bhutia is related to which of the following sport?

a)Hockey   b)Football   c)Badminton   d)Golf   e)Snooker

Quiz On General Awareness - 29

1. Which Country has bought 2 metric tons of gold for nearly 72 million dollars from IMF?

a)China   b)India   c)Mauritius   d)South Africa   e)Singapore

2. Which of the following countries will host the 2011 World Robot Olympiad (WRO)?

a)India    b)South Africa   c)Argentina   d)Kuwait   e)UAE

3. Asok Bose recently passed away. He was a famous __________?

a)Painter    b)Musician   c)Press Photographer    d)Singer    e)writer

4. India has contributed USD ________ to the International Fund for Elimination of Doping in Sports for Commonwealth Games that to be held at Delhi next year?

a)10,000   b)20,000   c)30,000   d)40,000   e)50,000

5. Who won the Formula one World Title this year?

a)Jenson Button    b)Sebastian Vettel   c)Lewis Hamilton   d)Damon Hill    e)none

6. GMR Group of Bangalore has become the first Indian company to operate an airport abroad with the formal opening of the new terminal building in which of the following countries?

a)Nepal   b)Bangladesh   c)Afghanistan   d)Turkey   e)Srilanka

7. Pakistan Cricket Board would receive approximately USD _________ as hosting fees for shifting of 2011 World Cup matches out of the country due to security concern?

a)10 million   b)25 million   c)40 million   d)65 million   e)1 billion

8. Which two teams to play final in Davis Cup which is scheduled to be held from Dec  4^{th  in Spain?}

a)Poland & Spain

b)Spain & Czech Republic

c)India & Spain

d)Serbia & Czech Republic

e)US & Poland

9. D R Meena has appointed as the new ________________?

a)Adviser to the Law Minister

b)Adviser to the Defence Minister

c)Chief of Indian Legal Service

d)Law Secretary

e)none of these

10. The Union Government has decided to give _________ crores to West Bengal for conservation of tigers in Sunderban and Buxa sanctuaries of the state.

a)100 crores   b)300 crores   c)420 crores   d)525 crores   e)650 crores

11. With which country/organization India have signed an agreement for cooperation in the field of Fusion Energy Research and agreed over the free trade treaty by next year to boost trade and investment?

a)Australia   b)US   c)South Korea   d)SAARC    e)European Union

12. Who among the following topped in World most powerful people compiled by Forbes List?

a)Osama Bin Laden   b)Sonia Gandhi   c)Vladimir Putin   d)Barack Obama   e)none of these

13. With which country India has agreed to work together on quality assurance and developing a framework in higher education as well as vocational education and training.

a)US   b)France   c)UK   d)Malaysia   e)Australia

14. How many medals won by India in the 18^th Asian Athletics Championship held in China?

a)none   b)three    c)one    d)two   e)five

15. Who has been chosen for the brand ambassador of the Special Olympics for physically and mentally challenged children?

a)Dalip Singh Rana(The Great Khali(WWE)   b)Katrina kaif   c)Amir Khan   d)Sachin Tendulkar   e)none

16. Liberhan Commission is related to which of the following?

a)Disinvestment in PSU’s

b)Students Studying in Abroad

c)Demolition of Babri Masjid

d)Tax Rebates

e)none

17. Who is the present External Affairs Minister in India?

a)Nirupama Rao   b)Meera Shankar   c)Manmohan Singh   d)S M Krishna   e)Shiv Shankar Menon

18. Which country will open the worlds first Arabic Language internet Domain?

a)Pakistan   b)Egypt   c)Kuwait   d)UAE    e)Iran

19. What would be the ‘E’ in GEAC(Genetic E……….. Approval Committee)?

a)Experimental   b)Export    c)Employed    d)Engineering    e)none

20. New Direct Tax Codes (DTC) will be introduced in which of the following years?

a)2009   b)2010   c)2011   d)2012   e)2015

Quiz on General Awareness 28

1. Who was crowned as Miss Earth 2009?

a)Sandra Seifert  b)Jessica Barboza   c)Larissa Ramos   d) Izabela Wilczek   e) Shriya Kishore

2. Saina Nehwal won the Indonesia Open 2009 by defeating __________ ?

a)Wang Lin   b)Lee Yong Dae   c)Wang Chen   d)Zhu Lin   e)none

3. Sheikh Hasina has been Chosen for the prestigious Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development 2009.She belongs to which country?

a)Myanmar   b)India   c)Pakistan   d)Bangladesh   e)Iran

4. Which company has won the prestigious Government of India Patent Award 2009?

a)Infosys    b)Bill Gates Foundation   c)Wockhardt Limited   d)Tata Motors   e)SBI

5. Which bank has won the National Award for its role in supporting the Khadi & Village Industries in Southern Zone?

a)Corporation Bank   b)Canara Bank   c)SBI   d)Andhra Bank   e)none

6. V.K.Saraswat has been appointed as Director-General of ________?

a)Vikram Sarabhai Space Center   b)BSF  c)CISF  d)DRDO  e)RAW

7. How many model schools are set up by central government for putting primary education programme on a fast track?

A)2500   b)3000   c)4000   d)4500   e)6000

8. To keep monitor interaction between the doctors and patients which state/UT has decided to install CCTV cameras in government hospitals?

a) Haryana   b)Tamilnadu   c)Delhi   d)Andhra Pradesh   e)UP

9. What is Stagflation?

a)Inflation with growth

b)Deflation with growth

c)Inflation after Deflation

d)Deflation after inflation

e)Inflation with depression

10. Who has been appointed as Media Adviser to Prime Minister?

a)Y. S Bhave   b)Harish Khare   c)Pradeep Kumar   d)Sunil Mitra   e)A P Chaudary

11. Who among the following are not a Deputy Governor of RBI at present?

a)S. Gopinath   b)K.C Chakrabarty   c)Rakesh Mohan   d)Usha Thorat   e)none of these

12. Which Country will host the ICC T-20 World Cup in 2010?

a)India   b)England   c)South Africa   d)Australia & New Zealand   e)none

13. Which of the following associates of State Bank of India planning to merge in SBI?

a)State Bank of Saurashtra   b)State Bank of Travancore   c)State Bank of Hyderabad   d)State Bank of Indore   e)State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur

14. Justice Bilal Nazki has been appointed as Chief Justice of which of the following states?

a)Karnataka   b)Gujarat   c)Orissa   d)Assam   e)Madhya Pradesh

15. Which Country is the biggest Supplier of Uranium in the World?

A)Australia   b)Canada   c)France   d)Kazhakastan   e)Russia

16. ‘Two States’ is a book written by?

A)Shashi Tharoor    b)Vikram Seth   c)Hillary Clinton   d)Nandita Das   e)Chetan Bhagat

17. Among which of the following persons recently President Pratibha Patel nominated to Rajya Sabha?

a)H K Dua   b)Geet Sethi   c)A K Ganguly   d)Both a & b   e)Both a & c

18. Gulshan Kumar Mehta recently died, he was a famous __________ ?

a)Poet   b)Lyricist   c)Painter   d)Actor   e)none

19. Lars Lokke Rasmussen is the new prime minister of which of the following countries?

a)Denmark   b)Hungary   c)Sweden   d)Austria   e)Poland

20. How many crores are sanctioned by NABARD to Uttar Pradesh for irrigation, rural and bridge projects?

a)157 crores   b)270  crores   c)320 crores   d)525 crore   d)none

Corporation Bank PO General Awareness Paper 2009

1) Which of the following is not a core sector?

ANS:Road Transport

2) Late YS Reddy belongs to which party?

Ans:Congress(not given in options)

3) Mahila Court in Every district in which state?

Ans:Andhra Pradesh

4) Nepal Republic day

Ans:May 29th

5) Pankaj Advani belongs to which sport?

Ans:Snooker(not given in Options)

6)Bank rate-6%

7)SLR-25%( not given in options)

8)World Green index Top position-India

9) Awacs from - Israel

10) UEFA Champions Leauge won -Barcelona

11) RBI Technical Committee-Usha Thorat

12) PM did not contested from any of the given Constituenties

Ans:is none(not given in options)(He is Rajya Sabha Member from Assam)

13) FIFA World Cup 2010-South Africa

14) Mardika cup related to - FootBall

15) Deep Joshi awarded - Ramon Magsaysay Award

16) Nirupama Rao - Foreign Secretary

17) Four cabinet Women ministers elected in  - Kuwait

18) Sajjil-2 missile tested by - Iran

19) Gas pipeline between - Iran & Pakistan

20) Tiger Summit-Rajasthan

21) Nepal Republic Day- May 29th 2009

22) Who won the Spanish International Badminton Tournament champions - Sayali Gokhale

23) CEO of the Year by Global Supply Chain Leaders Group – Indra Nooyi

24) PPP-Purchasing Power Parity

25) How many crores are allocated for Rural water -50,000 crore

26) 100 crores are assested for - Tata Institute of Social Sciene

27)Which scheme is success under  Bharat Nirman ?

28) Which country is planning to probe a mars in Space?

29) One Question on Economic Survey

30) One Railway Budget question

31) Two questions on books and authors?

32) One Union Budget question

Note:Questions are not as same as in the Paper, but the content is write.If you know the exact questions/answers plz post in a comment box, i will post it.So that it will helpful to New/old PO aspirants for referring.Some Answers are estimated may not be sure.

SBI Clerical General Awareness questions 12 - 2009

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SBI Clerical General Awareness 11 - 2009

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SBI Clerical General Awreness 10 - 2009

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Quiz on General Awareness 27

1. Who is Chairman of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)?

a)Sam Pitroda  b)M S Swaminathan  c)R K Pachauri  d)Alok Mishra  e)none

2. Who is the first player in the Test Cricket to cross 10,000 runs?

a)Allan Border   b)Sunil Gavaskar    c)Sachin Tendulkar   d)Brain Lara   e)Steve Waugh

3. Which Bank has been awarded the Financial Express Best Banks: Best Banker of the Year Award 2008?

a)ICICI   b)Axis Bank   c)HDFC   d)PNB   e)SBI

4. Ben Bernake is associated with?

a)ADB   b) World Bank   c)IMF   d)Federal Reserve   e)FBI

5. Name the Supreme Commander of India at present?

a)Manmohan Singh    b)Deepak Kapoor    c)P V Naik   d)P Chidambaram   e)Pratibha Patil

6.Manmohan Singh has been at what position in the list of Most Powerful People in the World compiled by Forbes Magazine?

a)4^th    b)19^th   c)31^st   d)36^th   e)50^th

7. Sachin Tendulkar has become the ____  player in the Test history of the game to have an international career spanning more than 20 years .

a)1^st   b)2^nd   c)3^rd   d)9^th   e)16^th

8.India and ASEAN have set the ______________ as the deadline for reaching an agreement for opening services trade.

a)April  2010   b)December 2009   c)August 2010   d)December 2010   e)May 2010

9. Expand IDP?

a)Indian Displaced Persons

b)Internal Discussion Panel

c)Initial Developed programme

d)Internally Displaced Persons

e)none

10. Roger Federer has won the two Grand Slam Titles this year 2009.what are those?

a)Australian Open,French Open

b)Wimbeldon,French Open

c)US Open,Wimbeldon

d)Australian Open,Wimbeldon

e)French Open,US Open

11.Who has been conferred with Satyajit Ray Award for his contribution to Indian Cinemas?

A)Amitabh Bachchan    b)Rajesh Khanna   c)Kamala Hasan   d)Basu Chatterjee   e)none

12.Which IIM(Indian Institute of Management) has been recognized as the No.1 business school in India, A/c to the 2009 worldwide business school ranking carried out by Eduniversal.

a)IIM-Bangalore   b)IIM Ahmedabad   c)IIM Kolkatta   d)IIM Indore   e)none

13.Which of the following is not a member of UN Security Council?

a)China   b)France   c)UK   d)Russia  e)Germany

14.Hamid Karzai has been re-elected as the President of which of the following countries?

a)Iran   b)Saudi Arabia   c)Afghanistan   d)Kuwait   e)Iraq

15.Which of the following sector is the biggest tax evader in 2008-09?

a)Financial    b)Real Estate   c)Manufacturing   d)Arts & Films    e)none

16.What is the limit of the upper circuit that halts the Trading for a Day?

a)5%   b)10%   c)15%   d)20%   e)30%

17. What is LCROSS?

a)It is border between India and Pakistan

b)It is a border between India and China

c)It was a Robetic Space craft(launched by NASA.)

d)Missile tested by North Korea

e)Missile tested by Iran.

18.Many times we see the word F & O in the financial Newspapers. what is the full form of  it?

a)Fixed Operation

b)Futures Opinion

c) Financial Operation

d)Fiscal Operation

e)Futures Options

19.Who is the author of the book ‘India: From Midnight to the Millenium’?

a)Amartya Sen  b)R K Narayanan   c)Shashi Tharoor   d)Abdul Kalam    e)V S Naipaul

20.Rovers Cup is associated with sport?

A)Football   b)Hockey   c)Cricket   d)Badminton   e)Tennis