General Awareness Quiz 2010 - 70

1.      The Union ministry of information & broadcasting has constituted a committee to review existing television rating point system (TRP) in India. Who is the head of the committee?

a)Rajiv Mehrotra    b)Neeraja Choudhary    c)D S Mathur    d)Amit Mitra    e)none

2.      With which country India has signed an agreement for Rs 10,500 crore official development assistance (ODA)?

a)US     b)France      c)Japan    d)UK     e)Germany

3.      According to the Environmental Performance Index (EPI), India is the ____ most eco-friendly nation with the best pollution control measures and natural resource management?

a)88^th     b)123^rd      c)134^th     d)143^rd     e)none

4.      Who won the Saraswati Samman 2009 award?

a)Naiyer Masud     b)Lakshmi Nandan Bora     c)Jagannath Prasad Das    d)Surjit Paatar    e)none

5.      Girija Prasad Koirala has passed away. He was the former ______________?

a)President of Nepal

b)President of Bangladesh

c)Prime Minister of England

d)Prime Minister of Bangladesh

e)none(Prime Minister of Nepal)

6.      Which state in India is the largest producer of cotton?

a)Maharashtra     b)Haryana      c)Gujarat     d)Andhra Pradesh    e)none

7.      What is the slogan of Census 2011?

a)Our Country, Our Future

b)Our Census, Our Future

c)Our Country, Our Census

d)Our Country, Our Population

e)none

8.      Bhairon Singh Shekhawat has recently passed away. Who is he?

a)Former President of India

b)Former Vice President of India

c)Former Prime Minister of India

d)Both a & b

e)none

9.      The Fourteenth G-15 summit was held in _________?

a)Cuba     b)Indonesia     c)Egypt     d)Iran    e)Srilanka

10. In which party, popular South Indian actress Khushboo joined politics in may 2010?

a)Congress     b)DMK     c)MDMK    d)AIADMK     e)none

11. Government is planning to provide education loans at _____ percent interest rate to help students from weaker sections of society to pursue higher studies?

a)1%     b)2%     c)3%      d)4%    e)none

12. Deandra Dottin scored the first century in a 2010 women's Twenty20 World Cup held in West Indies. He plays for which country?

a)West Indies    b)England     c)South Africa    d)New Zealand    e)none

13. World Press Freedom day is observed on?

a)April 3^rd    b)May 3^rd     c)June 3^rd     d)July 3^rd     e)none

14. Which state in India to launch country’s first mobile lok adalat to reach specifically rural poor to settle litigations at their doorstep without any cost to them?

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

15. Which Indian state had become the first state in the entire Asian sub-continent to pay for the procurement of plastic waste?

a)Andhra Pradesh     b)Uttar Pradesh     c)Himachal Pradesh    d)Arunachal Pradesh    e)none

16. According to a list compiled by the Forbes magazine, which Indian city has been named among the world's top ten billionaire cities?

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

17. Which of the following has become India's First state to be declared as "Smoke Free State" on World No Tobacco day?

a)Uttaranchal      b)Kerala     c)Gujarat     d)Assam    e)Sikkim

18. Who among the following is India’s highest individual taxpayer?

a)Asim Ghosh    b)Mukhesh Ambani     c)Analjit Singh     d)Indrani Patnaik    e)none

19. How many teams are participated in the 2010 FIFA World Cup?

a)8     b)12     c)16     d)24    e)32

20. India announced a target of constructing _____km of road per day in the country in order to fill in the road infrastructure deficit.

a)20km     b)30km     c)15km     d)10km    e)none

General Socio-Economic and Banking Awareness Quiz 2010

1.      The basis of determining dearness allowance to employees in India is ____?
(A) National Income
(B) Consumer Price Index(Ans)
(C) Standard of Living
(D) Per Capita Income

(E) None

2.      NABARD is _____?
(A) A bank
(B) A board
(C) A block
(D) A department

(E) None

3.      Out of one Rupee expenditure, how much paise have been allotted for subsidy in 2010-11 Union budget proposals?
(A) 12 paise
(B) 10 paise
(C) 9 paise
(D) 7 paise

(E) None

4.      The most densely populated country in South Asia is ___?
(A) Bangladesh
(B) India
(C) Maldives
(D) Sri Lanka

(E) None

5.      Interest Rate Policy is a part of ____?
(A) Fiscal Policy
(B) Industrial Policy
(C) Monetary Policy
(D) Credit Policy

(E) None of these

6.      Indian Green Revolution is the most successful in ____?
(A) Wheat and Potato
(B) Jowar and Oil Seeds
(C) Wheat and Rice
(D) Tea and Coffee

(E) All of these

7.       ‘Public Sector’ means ____?
(A) Government ownership on commerce and trade
(B) Capitalist ownership on commerce and trade
(C) Private ownership on trade
(D) Government ownership on banks

(E) None of these

8.      The largest source of National Income in India is _____?
(A) Service Sector
(B) Agriculture
(C) Industrial Sector
(D) Trade Sector

(E) None

9.      Inside Trading is related to _____?
(A) Share Market
(B) Horse racing
(C) Taxation
(D) Public Expenditure

(E) None

10. The main objective of TRYSEM was ______?
(A) To train rural youth for self employment
(B) To train urban youth for self employment
(C) Both of the above
(D) To Provide subsidy to Rural People on purchasing goods

 (E) None

11. Which bank in India performs duties of Central Bank?
(A) Central Bank of India
(B) State Bank of India
(C) Reserve Bank of India
(D) Above (A) and (B)

(E) None of these

12. . Which of the following is a better measure of economic development?
(A) Employment
(B) Size of exports
(C) Rural consumption
(D) National Income

(E) None

13. The cause of deflation is ____?
(A) Lack of goods and services as compared to money supply
(B) Lack of imports as compared to exports
(C) Lack of money supply as compared to supply of goods and services
(D) All the above

(E) None of these

14. The Present Service Tax rate is ___?
(A) 8%
(B) 15%
(C) 10%
(D) 12%

(E) None

15. The working of SEBI includes ___?
(A) To regulate the dealings of share market
(B) To check the foul dealings in share market
(C) To control the inside trading of shares
(D) All of these

(E) None of these

16. CAPART is related with ___?
(A) Assisting and evaluating rural welfare programmes
(B) Computer hardware
(C) Consultant service of export promotion
(D) Controlling pollution in big industries

(E) None of these

17. Kutir Jyoti scheme is associated with ___?
(A) Promoting cottage industry in villages
(B) Promoting employment among rural unemployed youth
(C) Providing electricity to rural families living below the poverty line
(D) All of these

(E) None of these

18. VAT is imposed ____?
(A) Directly on consumer
(B) On final stage of production
(C) On first stage of production
(D) On all stages between production and final sale

(E) All the above

19. What is ‘NIKKEI’?
(A) Share Price Index of Tokyo Share Market
(B) Name of Japanese Central Bank
(C) Japanese name of Country’s Planning Commission
(D) Foreign Exchange Market of Japan

(E) Both A & D

20. Minimum Support Price is decided by _______?
(A) ICAR
(B) Finance Minister

(C) Ministry of Agriculture
(D) CACP

(E) None of these

Current Affairs March-III 2010

·        India already has 27 of its famous sites, including Taj Mahal and Qutub Minar, inscribed as World Heritage Sites. The Jantar Mantar complexes in Jaipur and Santiniketan in West Bengal have been recommended by India to be included in the World Heritage List.(Go for Part II & I).

·        The State Bank of India has received the permission from the Chinese government to lend in the local currency—Yuan. SBI is the first Indian bank to receive this permission from the Chinese authorities, who are traditionally conservative in allowing foreign banks to do business in the local currency.

·        Bhutan government will produce 10,000 MW of hydro-power for India by 2020 under a joint venture. India will provide Rs 35,000 crore for the venture.

·        India has the lowest percentage of female population in the Asia-Pacific region ranking lower than Pakistan, Maldives and Bangladesh despite having the highest sex ratio at birth compared to these countries, a new study shows. According to the report 'Power, Voice and Rights' by the UNDP, while India had 48.2 per cent female population at birth, Pakistan had 48.5, Bangladesh had 48.8 and Japan 51.1 per cent.

·        Three Indians--Congress President Sonia Gandhi, ICICI Bank Head Chanda Kochhar and PepsiCo Chief Executive Indra Nooyi--have been named among Asia's eight top power women by American broadcaster CNN. The list is topped by China-based Nine Dragons Paper Holdings' Zhang Yin, followed by Nooyi at the second spot. Gandhi is ranked third, while Kochhar is at the fifth slot.

·        Shoma Chaudhury of Tehelka and Monalisa Changkija of Nagaland Page have been selected for the prestigious Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Woman Mediapersons.

·        AICC general secretary Mohsina Kidwai was elected Chairperson of the Haj Committee of India. Kidwai would be the first woman Chairperson of the minority body.

·        Greece has been added to the US Visa Waiver Programme, allowing its citizens to travel to the United States for 90 days at a time without a visa.

·        Indian-American computer scientist Subhash Khot, well known for his 'Unique Games Conjecture' has been selected for a prestigious USD 500,000 national science award.

·        Jharkhand started a new Atal Jyoti Electrification Scheme in the 2010/11 budget to provide electricity for villages.

·        Actress Preity Zinta was appointed UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador and plans to combine Cricket and Bollywood to raise awareness about the deadly disease.

·        Mumbai has been named among the world's top ten billionaire cities as it is home to as many as 20 richest Indians, according to a list compiled by the Forbes magazine.

·        India opened its 23rd Cultural Relations centre in Dhaka naming it after former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and acknowledging her contribution to Bangladesh's 1971 Liberation War.

·        In an indication of sustained economic growth, the per capita income in the national capital(Delhi)  has increased to Rs 78,690 in the financial year 2007-08 as against the national figure of Rs 33,283. Delhi per capita income, which indicates an average earning of a person, is the third highest in the country with Chandigarh having per capita income of Rs 1,10676 topping the list and closely followed by Goa at Rs 1,05,582.

·        Pravinchandra V Gandhi, former Chairman of Dena Bank and a leading figure in the print media industry, passed away.

·        Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar has been named as the most influential person in Indian sports in the annual Sports Illustrated Power list. The top 50 rates Tendulkar as the number one influencer in India, followed closely by IPL Chairman Lalit Modi at second spot and liquor baron Dr Vijay Mallya in third. Union Agriculture Minister and President elect, ICC Sharad Pawar, Indian cricket team skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and BCCI president Shashank Manohar are fourth, fifth and sixth on the list respectively.

·        The Bombay Stock Exchange has emerged as one of the top ten bourses globally in terms of valuation of shares traded, with its market valuation nearly doubling to Rs 60,79,892 crore ($1.31 trillion) last year. Among the top ten bourses with the largest domestic equity market capitalizations at the end of 2009, the BSE is placed at the tenth spot, according to the WFE. The league is topped by the NYSE Euronext of the US with a market capitalisation of $11.84 trillion and the Tokyo Stock Exchange Group ($ 3.31 trillion) at the second place.

·        Delhi gets India’s first remote controlled street lights that can be switched on and off using an internet-enabled main server located in the heart of the city.

·        Pakistan cricket was thrown into turmoil with the country's Board putting an end to the international careers of former captains Mohd Yousuf and Younis Khan besides imposing a one-year ban on Shoaib Malik in the wake of the team's disastrous tour of Australia. As recommended by the committee headed by Wasim Bari, former captain Shoaib Malik and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan were handed one-year bans. The Akmal brothers Kamran and Umar and Afridi have been put on probation for six months besides being fined between Rs 2-3 million for indiscipline on the tour.

Current Affairs Quiz 2010 - 56

1.      Recently which country offered their nationality to the India’s most celebrated artist M.F. Hussain?

a)Saudi Arabia    b)Kuwait     c)South Africa    d)Qatar    e)UK

2.      To which Country India has given a $1 billion line of credit, the biggest it has given to any country?

a)Nepal     b)Srilanka     c)Bangladesh    d)Haiti    e)none of these

3.      Viktor Yanukovych is newly elected President of _____________?

a)Libya   b)Uruguay   c)Bulgaria    d)Ukraine    e)none of these

4.      The index of six core industries registered a growth of ____ percent in January 2010?

a)4.2%    b)5.5%     c)6.9%   d)8.0%    e)9.4%

5.      Which country honored the Niwano Peace Prize 2010 to social worker Ela Bhatt for her contribution to uplift of poor women in India?

a)China    b)Japan    c)Singapore    d)Sweden   e)Maldives

6.      Recently Sachin Tendulkar created world record by scoring 200 runs in ODI’s. He scored against ______?

a)Srilanka    b)New Zealand    c) Bangladesh    d)South Africa   e)Australia

7.      The Indus Waters Treaty is a water-sharing treaty between the India and _______?

a)China    b)Bangladesh    c)Pakistan    d)Nepal    e)Bhutan

8.      Which State Government has decided to give up to Rs.1 crore to SC/ST Entrepreneurs without collateral security to encourage them as Industrialist?

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

9.      Recently which country approved the genetically modified Potatoes?

a)Europe    b)Srilanka    c)South Africa    d)US  e)Brazil

10. Which state launched the scheme ‘Kalaignar Housing Scheme’ aimed at providing concrete houses to poor?

a)Kerala    b)Karnataka     c)Chhattisgarh  d)Uttarakhand     e)Tamilnadu

11. Which team lifted the 2010 Vijay Hazare Trophy?

a)Bengal    b)Karnataka    c)Tamilnadu   d)Maharashtra    e)none

12. Which of the following is the largest selling car in India in 2009?

a)Maruti Alto     b)Hyundai i10    c)Tata Indica    d)Maruti Swift   e)Hyundai Santro

13. Recently which State Government has declared Sanskrit as the second official language of the State?

a)Kerala     b)Tamilnadu     c)Uttarakhand    d)Andhra Pradesh    e)Karnataka

14. In which country Ministry of Tourism held an Incredible India Road show to promote Commonwealth Games 2010 in January 2010?

a)US    b)UK    c)Trinidad    d)South Africa   e)France

15. According to the 2010 Quality of Life Index, published by travel magazine International Living, India is ____ best country to live?

a)34^th    b)49^th    c)54^th    d)73^rd   e)88^th

16. Who is the Chairman of the Committee on Comprehensive Regulation for Credit Rating Agencies (CRAs), set up by the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance?

a)Kaushik Basu    b)K.P Krishnan    c)A. Vasudevan    d)Rakesh Mohan  e)None

17. The world's first On-Line Electric Vehicle (OLEV) was introduced in ________?

a)Japan    b)China    c)South Korea    d)Singapore   e)Malaysia

18. A high-level committee headed by Sam Pitroda has submitted its report on state-run telecom operator BSNL to the Department of Telecom (DoT). Which of the following is true regarding the report?

a)Disinvestment of 30% government equity

b)Recommended that four independent business units for fixedline, mobility, enterprise and new business should be created.

c)To reduce the Staff by one-third from the present 3 lakhs employees.

d)Both A & B

e)All the above

19. Nisar Ahmed Kukru is appointed as the Chief Justice of ______________?

a)Andhra Pradesh    b)Rajasthan     c)Jammu and Kashmir    d)Delhi   e)None

20. Which Country has agreed to sell four Mishral warships to Russia?

a)Israel    b)France    c)US    d)UK   e)China

General Awareness Quiz 2010 - 50

1. India’s first Commercial Solar Plant was inaugurated in which state?

a)Andhra Pradesh   b)Gujarat    c)Maharashtra    d)Punjab   e)none of these

2. The 12^th Ministerial meet of BIMSTEC held in December 2009 at __________?

a)Bangladesh     b)Thailand    c)Nepal   d)Myanmar    e)Srilanka

3.Which Organization has given a fund of $1 billion to National Ganga River Basin Authority(NGRBA)?

a)ADB    b)world Bank    c)IMF    d)RBS   e)none of these

4.Which country won the Under-19 Cricket World Cup held in New Zealand?

a)India    b)Pakistan    c)Australia    d)New Zealand   e)England

5.Who has been appointed as the new Director General of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)?

a)A.S Gill    b)Raman Srivastava   c)R.L Bhatia   d)Vikram Srivastava    e)none

6. Which country has announced that it is building Worlds Longest Sea Bridge of around 50km?

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

7. Which country has put a 50% tax on fat bank bonuses?

a)UK   b)US   c)Japan   d)India   e)none

8. Which state has awarded the ‘2010 Akkineni Nageshwar Rao’ award to Lata Mangeshkar?

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

9. Which country has supplied the sophisticated surveillance aircraft, AWACS to Pakistan in December 2009?

a)Russia    b)Israel    c)Sweden    d)US   e)China

10. Which country has decided to Phase out Cheques by 2018?

a)Switzerland    b)France    c)UK    d)Germany   e)US   

11. Which country has become the first to legally recognize same sex marriages?

a)Mexico    b)Sweden    c)US   d)Norway    e)none of these

12. Which Country has overtaken US as the World’s biggest individual Producers of Carbon dioxide?

a)China    b)UK    c)Russia    d)Germany    e)Australia

13. With which country India set to begin new Security dialogue in a “two-plus-two” format?

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

14. Which of the following countries is still a ‘Sick Man of Europe’?

a)Italy    b)Germany    c)Sweden   e)Britain   e)Russia

15. Which Organization has initiated a $7 million, to promote energy efficiency in micro, small and medium enterprises(MSME) clusters across India?

a)World Bank    b)UNIDO    c)UNCTAD   d)ADB   e)IMF

16. Which country hosted the 11^th South Asian Games?

a)Nepal    b)Srilanka     c)Maldives    d)India    e)Bangladesh

17. In which of the following states US will build nuclear power plants in India?

a)Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka

b)Karnataka, Maharashtra

c)Maharashtra, Tamilnadu

d)Tamilnadu, Gujarat

e)Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh

18. With which country India had signed an agreement for transfer of prisoners in January 2010?

a)Nepal   b)Bangladesh    c)Israel   d)Iran   e)Srilanka

19. RBI has increased the limit of banking transactions through mobile phones from Rs 15,000 to Rs __________?

a)20,000    b)30,000   c)40,000   d)45,000   e)50,000

20. Who was sworn in as CM of Jharkhand in December 2009, ending 11months of president’s rule in the state?

a)Madhu Koda    b)Raghvur Das    c)Shibu Soren   d)Dorjee Khandu   e)Ashok Chavan

Note: 11Q answer Denmark.