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