Quiz on General Knowledge 2010 - 55

1.      In which state the first ever Railway Line (Rangpo-Sivok) has started?

a)Meghalaya    b)Arunachal Pradesh    c)Tripura   d)Manipur   e)Sikkim

2.      The second International Exhibition and Conference on Civil Aviation, India Aviation 2010 is held at _________?

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

3.      Who has been named for India’s top science award in recognition of his distinguished services to the country?

a)S.N Bose    b)S Ramunujan    c)G.N Ramachandran    d)C R Rao    e)None

4.      Government has approved for setting up of Indian Community welfare fund(ICWF) in 18 Indian Missions. Which of the following is true regarding ICWF?

a)The fund is aimed for helping only Overseas Indians

b)The fund will have budgetary support of 480 lakhs for three years

c)It provide emergency medical care, air passage to stranded workers

d)Both b & c.

e)All of the above

5.      The Panchayati Raj System was first started in which state?

a)Kerala    b)Rajasthan   c)Uttar Pradesh    d)Tamilnadu    e)Gujarat

6.      Raman Magsaysay Award is given in the field __________?

a)Community Leadership   b)Government service     c)Public service    d)Journalism    e)All of these

7.      The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) Inflation for all commodities soared to ____percent in December 2009?

a)1.25    b)5.52    c)7.31   d)8.56    e)none of these

8.      Currently, India's trade with the ASEAN economies stands at _____ billions?

a)$10    b)$20    c)$30   d)$44  e)$50

9.      Which of the following has received the Prime Minister's Trophy for emerging as the best performing steel plant in the country for the years 2006-07 and 2007-08?

a)Bhilai Steel Plant     b)Tata Steel    c)Arcelor mittal    d)Vizag Steel   e)Essar Steel

10. Which Chief Minister conferred the Polio Champion award for his support and encouragement in endorsing polio immunization programme?

a)K Rosiah    b)M Karunanidhi    c)Nitish Kumar   d)Narendra Modi   e)Sheila Dikshit

11. Recently Bharti Airtel has acquired the ________ based Zain telecom for $10.7 billions?

a)UAE     b)South Africa      c)Kuwait    d)Dubai     e)none of these

12. Former National Security Adviser(NSA) MK Narayanan has become the new governor of _______________?

a)Jharkhand    b)West Bengal    c)Chhattisgarh   d)Bihar    e)Andhra Pradesh

13. Who won the 2010 Australian Open Men’s Title?

a)Del Potro     b)Rafael Nadal     c)Roger Federer   d)Novak Djokovic  e)none of these

14. Which Indian State became the first in the country to issue solar tariff order in January 2010?

a)Gujarat   b)Maharashtra    c)Punjab    d)Rajasthan   e)Andhra Pradesh

15. Which film has adjudged the best film in the 56^th National film awards?

a)Fashion     b)Jodha Akbar      c)Rock On    d)Antaheen   e)Kanchivaram

16. Recently India successfully test fired Astra Missile. Astra is a _________?

a)Surface-to-Surface    b)Surface-to-Air    c)Air-to Air   d)Air-to-Surface    e)None

17. Who is the new Disinvestment Secretary?

a)Sunil Mitra    b)P V Bhide    c)R S Pandey   d)Sunderasan    e)Sumit Bose

18. Who among the following is not a winner of 2009 Padma Vibhusan awards?

a)Ebrahim Alkazi     b)Y V Reddy    c)V Ramakrishnan    d)Prathap Chandra Reddy    e)B K Chaturvedhi

19. A/c to a UN report, _____ percent of world’s oral language will disappear within the next 100 years?

a)40     b)55     c)75      d)90    e)95

20. Which country recorded the highest number of polio cases in 2009?

a)India    b)China     c)Sudan    d)Kenya    e)South Africa