General Awareness Quiz 2009 - 37

1. On which Day, UN General Assembly declared “Nelson Mandela International Day’?

a)June 21^st     b)July 18^th    c)May 8^th    d)Aug 5^th   e)none

2. India won the fifth SAFF(South Asian Football Federation) title by defeating __________ that held in Bangladesh?

a)Nepal    b)Bangladesh    c)Srilanka    d)Pakistan    e)Maldives

3. Which State will become the first to implement the Right to Education Act 2009?

a)Tamilnadu    b)UP    c)Andhra Pradesh    d)Karnataka    e)Kerala

4. Who is the first Indian boxer to clinch Gold Medal in inter-Continental President’s Cup?

a)Vijendar Singh    b)Mary Kom    c)Hawa Singh    d)Suranjoy Singh  e)none

5. Who has been elected as the President of Rajasthan Cricket Association?

a)Praful Patel    b)C P Joshi    c)Lalit Modi    d)Narendra Modi    e)Anand Sharma

6. Gen Fonseka is the ex-army Chief Contesting as a Presidential Candidate that to be held in Jan 2010, He belongs to which of the following countries?

a)Norway    b)Maldives     c)Srilanka    d)Myanmar    e)Bhutan

7. Which Country hosted the EU Summit held in December 2009?

a)UK    b)France    c)Switzerland    d)Davos   e)Brussels

8. Anerood Jugnauth was in news recently by arriving India for a two day visit in December 2009. He is the President of ________?

a)Mauritus     b)Myanmar    c)Namibia     d)Uruguay    e)none of these

9. The first batch of the MiG-29K fighters jets have landed in India. These fighters’ jets are purchased from which Country?

a)US    b)France    c)Ukraine    d)Russia    e)UK

10. Which Country won the Davis Cup 2009?

a)Czech Republic    b)Argentina    c)Spain    d)Sweden    e)Serbia

11. Bina Rai has recently passed away. He was a famous ________?

a)Actress   b)Writer    c)Journalist    d)Politician   e)none of these

12. Which Country won the Champions Trophy 2009 Hockey?

a)India   b)Australia    c)Germany    d)South Korea   e)Netherlands

13. Which Country has offered eco-friendly technologies to clean and conserve holy Yamuna river in Delhi, that provides drinking water to about 57 million people in the country?

a)US    b)Japan    c)France   d)China   e)Canada

14. How many agreements were signed during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visited Russia recently?

a)2   b)3   c)5   d)6    e)none

15. V S Dhanasekar Memorial Cup is related to which sport?

a)Chess   b)Racing   c)Golf    d)Snooker    e)Football

16. Who has been crowned as the Miss India American 2009?

a)Shivali Vyas    b)Disha Patel    c)Priyanka Singha    d)Shriya Kishore  e)none

17. Which Country announced that it will host the International AIDS Society Conference in 2012?

a)India    b)South Africa    c)Germany    d)China    e)US

18. Who has conferred the Best Indian Player in Football Players Association(FPAI) Awards?

a)Sunil Chhetri     b)Baljith Singh Sahni    c)Jibbon Singh   d)Baichung Bhutia    e)Baldeep Singh

19. What is the period of the Financial Year in Banks?

a)March to Feb    b)Feb to Jan    c)Jan to Dec    d)April to March    e)May to April

20. Recently IT major Infosys launches a Development Centre in which of the following countries?

a)Argentina    b)Egypt    c)Brazil    d)South Africa    e)Spain

Note: 

5th Q - C P Joshi(Union Minister of Panchayati Raj) against Lalit Modi.

10th Q - Spain against Czech Republic.

12th Q - Australia against Germany.