Tuesday, February 2, 2010

General Knowledge Quiz 2010 - 49

1.     With which African country India signed an agreement for Oil and Gas projects recently?
a)Algeria b)Angola c)Botswana d)Malawi e)Nigeria
2.     The World Economic Summit held in January 2010 at ___________?
a)Geneva b)US c)Oslo d)Davos e)none of these
3.     Who has been elected as the President of Srilanka?
a)Ratnasiri Wickremanayake b)Mahinda Rajapaksa c)Chandrika Kumaratunga d)Ranil Wickremasinghe e)Sarath Fonseka
4.     Which state has emerged as the top state in attracting highest inflows of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) during the financial year 2008-09?
a)Andhra Pradesh b)Gujarat c)Maharashtra d)Tamilnadu e)Karnataka
5.     Which country invested maximum amount of FDI in India during 2008-09?
a)Mauritius b)US c)China d)UK e)Singapore
6.     Which sector in India has attracted maximum FDI equity in 2008-09?
Telecommunications b)Housing & Real estate c)Power d)Automobile Industry e)Service Sector
7.     Recently for which of the following government has put ban on exports and levying custom duties on imports?
Wheat b)Tea c)Rice d)Sugar e)none of these
8.     How many months have been taken for India’s export to rise 18.2% compared to the same month of previous year 2008?
a)12 months b)13 months c)14 months d)15 months e)16 months
9.     Who is the Chairman of Prasar Bharati?
a)Shyam benegal b)Muzaffar Ali c)Suman Dubelu d)Arun Bhatnagar e) Mrinal pande
10. Who is the winner of Dada saheb Phalke award for the year 2008?
a)V K Murthy b)Manna Dey c)Tapan Sinha d)dilip Kumar e)Shyam Benegal
11. RBI has projected the GDP growth for the financial year 2009-10 at ______ in Third quarter Review of Monetary Policy 2009-10?
a)6.5% b)7.0% c)7.5% d)7.9% e)none of these
12. A/c to IMF, World Economy will grow by ____ in 2010 and Emerging and Developing economies will grow by _____ in 2010?
a)3.9% , 6.0% b)3.0%, 5.5% c)2.3%, 5.0% d)1.6%, 2.1% e)none
13. Recently which of the following country banned the burkas in Public?
a)US b)Israel c)Iraq d)Saudi Arabia e)France
14. Who has been conferred with the ‘Uttam Yudh Seva’ Medal by President on the Republic Day?
a)Rishima Sharma b)Sreeram Kumar c)R.K Swamy d)Havildar Rajesh e)Mohit Sharma
15. The old method (1999-2000 prices) of Per capita income stood at Rs 37,490 for 2008-09.What is the Per capita income during 2008-09 as per the new series (2004-05 prices)?
a)Rs 40,141 b)Rs 39,128 c)Rs 31, 821 d)Rs 30,360 e)none of these
16. Where did India-Korea Science & Technology centre inaugurated in India?
a)Ahmedabad b)Chennai c)Hyderabad d)Bangalore e)Jaipur
17. Jyoti Basu has recently passed away. He belongs to which party?
a)CPI(M) b)JD(U) c)CPI d)RJD e)INC
18. India’s will launch its first manned Space mission in ___________?
a)2012 b)2013 c)2014 d)2015 e)2016
19. Port-au-Prince is in news recently. It was the capital of _______?
a)Mauritius b)Trinidad c)Haiti d)Somali e)none of these
20. Recently India placed at 1st rank in ICC _______ rankings?
a)T20 b)Test c)ODI d)All of the above e)Both a & b.

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

1. Angola
2. Davos
3. Mahinda Rajapakse
5. Mauritius(i think maximum fdi came through Mauritius, due to small tax constraints..please clarify)
7. rice..?
9. Mrinal Pande
10. V.K Murthy
11. 7%
12. 3.9% and 6% (India-7.7; China-10% in 2010)
13. france(italy follows france..!)
16. Hyderabad
17. CPI
19. Haiti
20. Test

dibyajit bordoloi said...

2- d
3- b
4- b
7- d
10- b
11- c
16- b
17- a
18- d
19- c
20- b

dibyajit bordoloi said...

Varun earlier i asked u abt my performance for Clrk xam. I did only 27 Questions each in Quants, Reas, CA and 24 in Eng. practice sets? Now tell me soon as my xam is ahead this sunday. Pls tell me abt my performance as SC candidate...?? Whether i need some improvement ??? but time limit is only 95 mnt's i cant do more than this...

nocturnal_21 said...

1.
2.d
3.b
4.
5.a
6.a
7.
8.b
9.d
10.a
11.c
12.a
13.e
14.
15.
16.d
17.a
18.e
19.c
20.b

Varun Reddy said...

27 enough.. but maintain 100% accuracy...

csecsecse said...

the per capital income shoul be 40141 as per new capita income

dibyajit bordoloi said...

Varun Can u give some important boundary lines which India shares with it's neighboring countries??

Varun Reddy said...

csecsecse:

For better understanding view this link..
http://business.rediff.com/report/2010/jan/29/indias-per-capita-income-rises-to-rs-40141.htm

Varun Reddy said...

Border Between
1)Line of Control(LOC): India & Pakistan

2)Radcliffe Line: India & Pakistan

3)Line of Actual Control(LAC): India & China

4)Mac Mohan Line: India & China

dibyajit bordoloi said...

Varun can u explain the ans of 15? is it 40141 or 31821.

i seen the site http://business.rediff.com/report/2010/jan/29/indias-per-capita-income-rises-to-rs-40141.htm
which tells about 40141.

Varun Reddy said...

plz read the last statement of that article...