Quiz on General Awareness 25

1. The Reserve Bank of India purchased 200 tonnes of gold worth _____ from IMF?

a)$3.5 billion   b)$5.7 billion   c)$6.8 billion   d)$7.5 billion   e)$9 billion

2. Rangarajan Committee has recommended __________ disinvestment in PSUs?

a)10%   b)26%   c)49%   d)51%  e)none

3. Which of the following associates of SBI, State bank of India acquired and merged in 2008?

a)State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur

b)State Bank of Saurashtra

c)State Bank of Travancore

d)State Bank of Hyderabad

e)State Bank of Indore

4. Who is the present Comptroller and Auditor General of India?

a)Vinod Rai   b)T.N. Chaturvedi   c)Gopal Subramanyam   d)V.N. Kaul   e)Harish Salve

5. Recently India has tightened up of enforcement visas rules to which of the following countries for unskilled and semi-skilled workers to work in India?

a)Bangladesh   b)Nepal   c)China   d)US   e)Malaysia

6. Sethusamudram Ship Channel Project links which of the following countries through sea?

a)Indian, Pakistan  b)India, Nepal   c)India, Myanmar   d)India, Srilanka   e)India, China

7. Which is the first and only hospital to receive Special Postage Stamp recognition from the government towards the Indian health-care?

a)Wockhdardt  Hospital

b)Apollo Hospital

c)NIMHANS

d)AIIMS

e)St George Hospital

8. Kaziranga National Park (KNP) is located in which of the following states?

a)Rajasthan   b)Uttarakhand   c)Gujarat   d)Uttar Pradesh   e)Assam

9. The government has approached the Finance Commission and the Planning Commission for arrangement of Rs 1.74 lakh crore as estimated for implementation of the ________________ ?

a)MGREGA

 b)Nuclear Power Plants through the India  

c)Right To Education Act 

d)All the Schemes launched for the Rural people

e)All the above

10. Who has become the first Indian to receive Yale University's top honour 'Legend in Leadership Award' ?

a)APJ Abdul Kalam   b)Ratan Tata   c)D.Subbarao   d)Nandan Nilakeni   e)O P Bhatt

11. Which of the following provides insurance cover for bank deposits?

a)RBI

b)IRDA

c)DICGCI

d)GIC

e)Finance Commission

12. Which of the following countries has the Worlds Largest Reserves of Gold?

a)US   b)China   c)China   d)Germany   e)IMF

13. The Term Fourth Estate Refers to the __________?

a)Executive   b)Legislature   c)Judiciary   d)Press   e)citizens

14. Budget is presented under which of the following the articles of the Constitution of India?

a)Article 103  b)Article 112   c)Article 110   d)Article 256   e)none of these

15. A/c to Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Indian Power sector needs a total investment of __________ billion in the next eight years to achieve planned growth?

a)$150   b)$200   c)$250   d)$300   e)none

 16. Who wrote the novel ‘The Insider’?

a)I.K Gujaral   b)L.K Advani   c)V. P Singh  d)A B Vajpayee   e)P.V. Narasimha Rao

17. Inflations occurs when the ____________________________?

a)price of essential commodities outstrips income

b)money supply grows at a higher rate than the GDP in real terms

c)exchange rate of currency falls

d)fiscal deficit exceeds the balance of payment

e)both a & b

18. Ashes Series is the Test Match Series between which of the following teams/countries?

a)Australia & New Zealand  b)England & South Africa   c)New Zealand & England  d)Australia & England  e)India & England

19. Ben Bernake has been appointed for the second term as the Chairman of ________?

a)RBS   b)IMF   c)WTO   d)World Bank  e)Federal Reserve

20. Who won the Nehru cup title held in Delhi?

a)Malaysia   b)Syria   c)India   d)Pakistan   e)Sourh Korea