Quiz On General Awareness 2010 - 59

1.      As per the 13^th Finance commission report, the share of states in net proceeds of sharable central taxes has been increased to ______ from the level of 30.5%?

a)34%     b)31.5%    c)32%    d)35%   e)none

2.      Who among the following is the India’s most trusted person, published by Reader’s Digest?

a)Ratan Tata    b)Narayana Murthy    c)Abdul Kalam   d)Rahul Gandhi   e)none

3.      Which of the following state is the most polluted state in India, a/c to the latest report by Central Pollution Control Board(CPCB)?

a)Maharashtra     b)Tamilnadu     c)Andhra Pradesh    d)Gujarat   e)Karnataka

4.      Who has been honored as the Lifetime Achievement Award for her outstanding contribution to Indian cinema, at the London Film Festival?

a)Amitabh Bachchan     b)Monika Mohta    c)Kishwar Desai    d)Jaya Bachchan   e)none

5.      Who has been awarded the Rani Lakshmi Bai Award for the year 2009?

a)Sunita Devi    b)Maha Jabeen    c)sugatha Kumari    d)Ved Kumari Ghai   e)M Vijaya

6.      Recently G P Birla has passed away he was a famous __________?

a)Economist     b)Actor    c)Politician   d)Industrialist    e)none

7.      SEBI has directed stock exchanges to provide details related to shares allotted to institutional investors through QIP. what is the full form of QIP?

a)Quality Investment Partner

b)Qualified Institutional Placements

c)Quality Improvement Programme

d) Quality Intellectual Property

e)none of these

8.      What is the current Repo rate?

a)4.75%    b)3.5%    c)5.0%    d)6%   e)none

9.      Recently RBI has inaugurated its sub-office in which of the following states?

a)Sikkim    b)Meghalaya    c)Assam   d)Maharashtra    e)Andhra Pradesh

10. A/c to a report released by WTO, the World Trade fell by ____ percent in 2009 due to Global Economic crisis?

a)8%     b)10%     c)12%    d)15%    e)none of these

11. India’s biggest commodity exchange MCX emerged as the ____ largest commodity exchange in the world in terms of contracts in 2009?

a)fourth     b)second     c)third    d)sixth    e)none

12. To which of the following centre has approved the proposal for release of equity infusion of Rs. 800 crore, which is facing severe financial losses?

a)Bsnl     b)Air India    c)SAIL     d)HAL   e)none of these

13. Recently Google has shut down its operations in which of the following country due to set of cyber attacks?

a)Iran     b)North Korea     c)Turkey    c)Indonesia    e)China

14. Which state bagged the National award for the best tourism infrastructure for the year 2008-09?

a)Andhra Pradesh    b)Goa    c)Kerala   d)Sikkim   e)Rajasthan

15. On which day World Water day is observed?

a)April 22^nd    b)Sep 23^rd    c)May 22^nd    d)March 22^nd    e)none

16. Which is the First State in India to Release Action Plan to Combat Climate Change?

a)Gujarat    b)Delhi   c)Karnataka     d)Meghalaya    e)none

17. Which state introduced the project ‘e-Shishu’, which maintain database of all children between newborn and 14 years of age?

a)Orissa     b)Madhya Pradesh   c)Assam     d)Jammu & Kashmir   e)none

18. According to the Corporate Gender Gap report brought out by the World Economic Forum, India has the lowest percentage of women employees of ___ percent?

a)33%     b)39%    c)26%   d)23%   e)none

19. Mukhesh Ambani has placed at ____ place in the richest person in the world, a/c to the latest report released by Forbes?

a)second     b)third    c)fourth     d)fifth    e)none

20. Which is the first country in the world to have specialized Environment Courts?

a)China    b)UK     c)US   d)Japan    e)India