Saturday, February 13, 2010

General Knowledge Quiz 2010 - 52

1.      The 2009 World Food Summit held in __________?
a)Jakarta    b)Moscow   c)Istanbul   d)Rome   e)India
2.      The Central Government has decided to spend 15,000 crores to make the river Ganga pollution free in the next ________ years?
a)5    b)8   c)10   d)12   e)15
3.      Recently government approved to give ‘Maharatna’ status to the CPSE’s. Which among the following does not come under this status?
a)ONGC   b)SAIL   c)NTPC   d)Indian Oil   e)All of these come under this status
4.      Where is the headquarters of Insurance Regulatory Development  Authority(IRDA)?
a)Hyderabad    b)Mumbai   c)Delhi    d)Kolkata   e)Chennai
5.      Global Zero is an international initiative launched in 2008 to promote the elimination of ______________?
a)Heart Diseases     b)Nuclear Weapons    c)Terrorism    d)Greenhouse gases   e)none
6.      A/c to the new Investment Index released by World Bank, India is among the _____ best nation to invest in among 21 developing nations?
a)1st   b)2nd   c)3rd   d)4th   e)5th
7.      Which among the following cities is the largest e-commerce hub in India?
a)Mumbai    b)Ahmedabad   c)Hyderabad   d)Delhi   e)Pune
8.      India has overtaken ________ as the fastest growing telecom market in the World?
a)US    b)Germany    c)China   d)Canada   e)Japan
9.      A/c to a report released on Dec 18, 2009, India’s mergers and acquisition (M & As) crossed over _________ with a total of 267 deals for the period of Jan-Dec(13th Dec) 2009?
a)$8 billion    b)$15 billion    c)$10 billion   d)$15 billion   e)$ 20 billion
10. With which country NTPC has signed an agreement for setting up the Amochhu Reservoir?
a)Bhutan    b)Nepal   c)Bangladesh    d)Myanmar   e)Srilanka
11. Which bank has first introduced ATM’s in India?
a)SBI   b)ICICI Bank   c)Canara Bank   d)HSBC   e)HDFC
12. How many Stock Exchanges are there in India?
a)2   b)3   c)21    d)23   e)none of these
13. Who is head for the Committee formed by Central Government on Telangana issue?
a)R K Tyagi    b)Sri Krishna    c)V.K Duggal   d)Ravinder Kaur   e)none of these
14. The 7th edition of ‘BioAsia-2010’ held in __________?
a)New Delhi    b)Chennai    c)Hyderabad   d)Mumbai   e)Bangalore
15. Which country hosted the World’s leaders Conference held in January 2010?
a)UK   b)India    c)US   d)France   e)Afghanistan
16. Which Committee recommended a hike of Rs.6 a litre for Kerosene and Rs.100 for LPG cylinder?
a)Sunderashan committee   b)Parekh committee  c)Sunderdevan committee  d)R K Tyagi Committee   e)Kirit Parikh committee
17. Recently which country launched a satellite ‘Kavoshgar 3’ into space?
a)Russia   b)China   c)Iran   d)India   e)none of these
18. Who is the President of NASSCOM?
a)Pramod Bhasin    b)Som Mittal    c)Narayana Murthy   d)Ramadorai   e)none]
19. Where is the headquarters of IAEA(International Atomic Energy Agency)?
a)Belgium   b)Switzerland    c)US   d)Austria   e)France
20. Which country is the largest producer of sugar in the world?
a)India   b)China    c)Thailand   d)Mexico   e)Brazil

8 comments:

chitrangi said...

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

dibyajit bordoloi said...

2- 10 yrs
3- sail
4- Hyderabad
7- hyderabad
8- china
11- hsbc
13- Sri Krishna
16- Kirit Parikh
17- Iran
18- som mittal
19- Austria vienna
20- Brazil

tushar katre said...

Answers
1. Rome
2. 10
3. All of these
4. Hyderabad
5. nuclear weapons
6.
7. Delhi
8. China
9.
10. Bhutan
11. HSBC
12. 23
13. Shri Krishna
14. Hyderabad
15.
16. Kirthi Parikh Commeetee
17. Iran
18. Som Mittal
19. Austria
20. Brazil

chitrangi said...

gk quiz 2010 answer
1-d ,2-c ,3-e ,4-a ,5-b ,7-d ,8-c ,10-a ,11-d,12-d ,13-b ,14-c ,16-e ,17-c ,18-a ,19-d ,20-e ,

Revathy said...

1) Rome
2)10
3)all of these come under Maharatna status
4) Hyderabad
5)Nuclear Weapons
6)
7)Delhi
8)
9)$10 billion
10)Bhutan
11)ICICI
12)23
13)Sri Krishna
14)Hyderabad
15)US
16)Kirit Parikh
17)Iran
18)Som Mittal
19)Austria
20)Brazil

Unknown said...

out of 18 navratan companies only 3 has got the "maharatan " status . these 3 cmpanies are :
GAIL
NTPC AND
ONGC

Varun Reddy said...

Balvinder...
Govt has given Maharatna status to four PSUs:
1)SAIL not GAIL
2)IOC(Indian Oil Corporation)
3)NTPC
4)ONGC

Anonymous said...

Largest e commerce hub is in delhi.