Quiz on General Knowledge 74 - 2010

1.      Omar al-Bashir, the only world leader facing an international arrest warrant, was sworn in as _______________?

a)President of Egypt      b)Prime Minister of Sudan      c)Prime Minister of Egypt    d)President of Sudan    e)none

2.      From which country India is buying C-17 Globemaster III strategic-lift aircraft to the Indian Air Force (IAF) in a deal worth $5.8 billion?

a)US      b)Israel     c)Russia     d)France     e)none

3.      Which of the following country has played the most number of One-day International (ODI) matches?

a)Australia      b)India     c)England     d)West Indies     e)none

4.      Which of the following ministry has announced a financial assistance of Rs 95 lakh for about 19,000 rubber growers in the country during the current financial year?

a)Ministry of Commerce and Industry

b)Ministry of Agriculture

c)Ministry of Finance

d)Ministry of External Affairs

e)none

5.      Who won the 2010 Abel Prize(often been described as the "mathematician's Nobel" prize) presented annually by the King of Norway for his vast and lasting impact on the theory of numbers?

a)Mikhail Gromov     b)Jacques Tits     c)John Tate     d)Jean-Pierre Serre     e)none

6.      Which Country is planning to work with Rajasthan in cooperation with the local authorities on issues like water quality and agriculture?

a)Israel      b)UK     c)Russia     d)US    e)none

7.      Who has been appointed as the next head of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)?

a)Yvo de boer     b)R K Pachauri       c)Christiana Figueres     d)Kofi Annan    e)none

8.      Fiscal deficit pegged at ____ percent of GDP during 2009-10?

a)6.0%      b)6.6%      c)6.9%      d)6.3%     e)none

9.      According to the Worldwide Quality of Living survey 2010, which of the following city placed best among Indian cities in the global list at 140th rank?

a)Delhi      b)Mysore      c)Bangalore      d)Mumbai    e)none

10. Who has been sworn in as President of Germany?

a)Angela Merkel     b)Horst Kohler     c)Johannes Rau    d)Christian Wulff    e)none

11. Which of the following state has come under President’s rule recently?

a)Uttarakhand     b)Chhattisgarh     c)Meghalaya    d)Jharkhand     e)none

12. Who is the Chairman of the committee formed by RBI to review the services rendered to retail and small customers by banks and their Ombudsman scheme for addressing grievances?

a)M Damodaran        )M V Nair      c)M S Sundar Rajan     d)O P Bhatt    e)none

13. Which state will host the International Literature festival?

a)Kerala      b)Gujarat     c)Rajasthan     d)Andhra Pradesh     e)none

14. Which Country is the World’s largest consumer of oil?

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

15. Who is the new chairman of the Indian Banks Association (IBA)?

a)M V Nair     b)C S Reddy      c)O P Bhatt     d)Y V Reddy     e)none

16. Mahinda Rajapaksa visited India and signed seven pacts to boost bilateral cooperation across a range of areas, including security, power, railways and cultural exchange. He was the _________?

a)Prime Minister of Srilanka

b)President of Maldives

c)Prime Minister of Malyasia

d)President of Srilanka

e)none

17. Who is the author of the book ‘Grandmother’s Tale’?

a)R K Laxman     b)Salman Rushdie      c)Arundhati Roy     d)Shashi Tharoor     e)R K Narayan

18. Which state will provide free Education and books to students of classes I-VII in government schools?

a)Tamilnadu     b)Rajasthan     c)Andhra Pradesh    d)Gujarat    e)none

19. Which of the following is the World’s biggest bank in terms of market capital and brand value, compiled by brand directory?

a)Bank of America      b)Citi Bank     c)HSBC     d)J P Morgan    e)SBI

20. Which of the following term is not related to banking and finance?

a)Private Equity    b)broker     c)mortgage     d)Annuity     e)All are related