Quiz General Awareness - 2010 44

1) Which Organization had sanctioned $150 million aid for the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC)?

a)ADB    b)NABARD    c)World Bank   d)IMF   e)SIDBI

2) Which among the following is the winner of ‘Indian Car of the Year 2010’?

a)Maruti Suzuki Ritz    b)Honda Jazz    c)Fiat Grande Punto    d)Tata Nano   e)Skoda Superb

3) Who has been appointed as Chairman of Public Accounts Committee (PAC)?

a)Karia Munde    b)Meira Kumari    c)Jaswanth Singh    d)Pranab Mukherjee   e)Gopinath Munde

4) Who is the present Opposition leader of Lok Sabha?

a)Karia Munda   b)Nitin Gadkari   c)L K Advani   d)Sushma Swaraj   e)Rajnath Singh

5) China will overtake _________ as World’s biggest Gold Consumer for the first time in History?

a)US   b)IMF    c)Russia   d)Saudi Arabia   e)none of these

6) Vimal Kaushik has been appointed as the MD & CEO of __________?

a)Indian Bank   b)Nalco    c)HDFC   d)Maytas Infra   e)none of these

7) Recently which city has imposed speed limits for Vehicles plying on the roads?

a)Bangalore   b)Chennai   c)Hyderabad   d)Jaipur   e)Kolkatta

8) S.P.S Rathore has been arrested in the case of molestation of a budding tennis player. He was the former DGP of which state?

a)Andhra Pradesh    b)Punjab   c)Haryana    d)Uttar Pradesh   e)Gujarat

9) The Centre is planning to introduce an amendment to the Employees Gratuity Act to enhance the maximum gratuity amount paid to employees from Rs. 3.5lakh to ________?

a)5 lakh   b)6 kakh   c)7 lakh   d)10 lakh   e)15 lakh

10)Brinda Karat is associated with ____________?

a)Films    b)Sports    c)Journalism   d)Author   e)Politics

11)Rukhsana Kosser, the brave lady who killed L-e-T terrorist in J & K, has been chosen for the award __________?

a)Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak  b)Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak    c)Jeevan Raksha Padak   d)National Women Bravery award   e)Both d & e.

12)Pravasi Bhartiya Divas is celebrated on which of the following day?

a)Dec 9^th   b)Jan 9^th    c)Jan 21st    d)Oct  11^th   e)none

13)Who is the Chairman of NDA (National Democratic Alliance)?

a)Atal Bihari Vajpayee   b)L K Advani   c)Rajnath Singh   d)Goerge Fernandes   e)none of these

14)Which Country is going to use Mirrors to capture sunlight, produce steam and generate electricity?

a)India    b)Japan    c)US   d)Saudi Arabia   e)China

15)V M Balachandran had recently passed away. He was a ________?

a)Journalist    b)Author & Writer    c)Singer   d)both a & b   e)none

16)Ajit Lal, S.P Mishra, Ramanathan Krishnan & Jaideep Mukherjea, these names are famous in which of the following sport?

a)Badminton   b)Cricket   c)Lawn Tennis   d)Football   e)Hockey

17)K Chandrasekhar Rao is the president of Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS)(it is a political party) demanding separate state called as ‘Telangana’. TRS is a political party of which state?

a)Uttar Pradesh    b)Tamilnadu    c)Karnataka   d)Andhra Pradesh   e)none of these

18)How many Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) are under the administrative/Government control of various Departments?

a)112    b)242    c)90    d)101    e)none of these

19)Who among the following entered in the Guinness Book of World Records for completing 26 hour long-aerobics marathon recently?

a)Dinaz Vervatwala    b)Amit Sharma    c)Vasanth Datla   d)Pradeep Darooka  e)none of these

20)Which City will host the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Summit in 2010?

a)Hyderabad    b)Ahmedabad   c)Chennai    d)Bangalore   e)Mumbai

Points:

5 Q – India. To know more visit this link.

10 Q – Brinda Karat belongs to the Political Party CPI(M).

11 Q - The Other Person who has been nominated for the award – Narendra Kaushi. Jeevan Raksha Padak series of awards are given to a person for  saving the life of a person. The award is given in three categories, namely Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak, Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak and Jeevan Raksha Padak.7 persons were nominated for Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak and 44 for Jeevan Raksha Padak. Besides a medal, the award carries lump sum monetary allowance which is given at the rate of Rs 75,000, Rs 45,000 and Rs 30,000 to the Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak, Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak and Jeevan Raksha Padak awardee respectively.

16 Q – They are the first finalists from India in Davis Cup in 1966.