Friday, July 9, 2010

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 

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

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

Uncertain of two answers.. However think all should be right.. good questions though..

Anonymous said...

1)president of sudan
2.US
3.india
4.ministry of commerce and industry
5.john tate
6.russia(doubt)
7.christiana figueres
8.6.9%
9.banalore
10.chrisian wulff
11.meghalaya
12.m.damodaran
13.kerala
14.us
15.o.p.bhatt
16.presidant of srilanka
17.r.k.narayan
18.Andra pradesh
19.HSBC
20.broker

Shobhit said...

1.d
5.c
7.c
8.e
10.d
12.a
13.a
14.e
15.c
16.d
17.e
20.e

sankar said...

very useful to very one

sumit bajpai said...

1. President of Sudan
2. US
3. INDIA
4. a)Ministry of Commerce and Industry
5. c)John Tate
6. a)Israel
7. c)Christiana Figueres..
8. c)6.9%
9. c)Bangalore
10. Christian Wulff
11. Jharkhand
12. M Damodaran
13. a)Kerala
14. e)US
15. c)O P Bhatt
16. d)President of Srilanka
17. e)R K Narayan
18. Rajasthan (NOT SURE)
19. NO IDEA...
20. e)All are related

sumit bajpai said...

LAWN TENNIS is the national sport of which country?

sahil said...

1. Omar al-Bashir is President of Sudan.

2. From US India is buying C-17 Globemaster III strategic-lift aircraft.

3. India has played the most number of One-day International (ODI) matches.


4. Ministry of Commerce and Industry has announced a financial assistance of Rs 95 lakh for about 19,000 rubber growers in the country .

5. John Tate won the 2010 Abel Prize.

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

7. Christiana Figueres has been appointed as the next head of the UNFCCC.

8.Fiscal deficit pegged at 6.9% of GDP during 2009-10.

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

10. Christian Wulff has been sworn in as President of Germany.

11. Jharkhand has come under President’s rule recently.

12. M Damodaran is the Chairman of the committee formed by RBI to review the services rendered to retail and small customers by banks.

13. Kerala will host the International Literature festival.

14. US is the World’s largest consumer of oil.

15. O P Bhatt is the new chairman of the IBA.

16. Mahinda Rajapaksa is the President of Srilanka

17. R K Narayan is the author of the book ‘Grandmother’s Tale’.

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

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

20. Private Equity, broker, mortgage, Annuity all are related related to banking and finance.

nitisha said...

95 lakh for rubber industry-by CII
president of germany-horst kohler
rbi committee f small customers-m damodaran.
new chairman of indian bank association is YV reddy.

Sudhir said...

1. d)President of Sudan
2. a)US
3. b)India
4. a)Ministry of Commerce and Industry
5. c)John Tate
6. a)Israel
7. c)Christiana Figueres
8. e)none
9. c)Bangalore
10. a)Angela Merkel
11. d)Jharkhand
12. a)M Damodaran
13. a)Kerala
14. e)US
15. c)O P Bhatt
16. d)President of Srilanka
17. e)R K Narayan
18. b)Rajasthan
19. c)HSBC
20. e)All are related

Anonymous said...

Hey Varun,

Fiscal Deficit for 2009-2010 is 5.5% of GDP.Please verify.

Thanks
Neha

Anonymous said...

Hi Varuna!
I got selected for GD & interview in SBI Associate banks.
For interview we should bring application form also.
But i did not save my application form when i applied for the post. I have userid and password. Is there any way so that i can print my application form.
Please suggest something. I am very much worried.

sumit said...

hi varun ..

how many countries have signed nuclear civic deal with india ..8 or 9 ?