Punjab and Sind Bank GK Paper - 2010

1.      ASEAN Summit held at – Huan Hin. Thailand.

2.      M K Narayanan is governor of which state – West Bengal.

3.      2009 Nobel Peace Prize is given to – Barack Obama.

4.      Largest Producer of the milk in the World – India.

5.      Najib Tun Razak is the Prime minister of – Malaysia.

6.      16,500 crores are allocated for – Public sector Banks

7.      Central Bank of USA – Federal Reserve.

8.      Which organization celebrated Platinum Jubilee – RBI.

9.      NREGA renamed as – MGNREGA.

10. The Rate at which banks will borrow money from RBI – Repo Rate.

11. Best Film in 56^th National Award – Antaheen.

12. Which committee recommended the hike of petrol and diesel prices – Kirit Parekh Committee.

13. 97th Indian Science Congress held in – Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

14. New Chief on Indian Army – V K Singh.

15. India and Bangladesh discussed sharing of – Teesta River.

16. Winner of Australian Open 2010 mixed doubles – Leander Paes and Cara Black

17. Saina Nehwal is related to – Badminton.

18. Trophy related to cricket – Duleep Trophy.

19. Headquarters of WTO – Geneva.

20. Sports related award – Arjuna awards.

21. India provided $1 billion loan to which country – Bangladesh.

22. International Recognition given to – A R Rehman.

23. In what currency you can do Money Transactions in Bangladesh – Taka(Bangladesh Currency).

24. Who among the following is not a winner of Padma Vibhusan – Shreya Goshal.

25. Which among the following does not come under core industries – Paper.

26. Who received ‘Order of Merit of Italian Republic’ award – Ratan Tata.

27. Who among the following is not an English poet – Harivansh Rai Bachchan.

28. Person nominated for Rajya Sabha – Javed Akthar.

29. Term not associated with hockey – Bouncer.

30. India-ASEAN 2012 summit is going to be held in – Delhi.

31. Next SAARC summit(2011) will be held at – Maldives.

32. Crop that requires water – Paddy.

33. To which country India helped to build its first ever Medical College in the country – Bhutan.

34. Which of the following is used as a Bio-fuel – Sugarcane.

35. Organization deals with Fertilizer industry – IFFCO.

36. For preventing frauds and counterfeiting in a bank, RBI has proposed a scheme called – Know Your Customer (KYC).

37. Question on Look East Policy - ?

38. Which of the following is not a crop - ?

39. Question on Brahmaputra River - ?

40. Question on Indira Awas Yojana - ?

41. Question on Rajiv Gandhi LPG Vitrak scheme?

Note: 25 questions came directly from this blog mostly the first 20 questions mentioned above. If you have followed this blog then you could have easily cleared GK section. Some Question/Answers may not be accurate.

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.

General Awareness Quiz 2010 - 57

1.      Which country won the maximum number of Gold medals in 2010 Winter Olympics?

a)US     b)Germany    c)Canada    d)China    e)Russia

2.      Which of the following states is the largest producer of Coffee in India?

a)Andhra Pradesh    b)Karnataka    c)Kerala    d)Tamilnadu   e)none

3.      Which Country won the Hockey world cup 2010 by defeating Germany?

a)Spain     b)Netherlands    c)England     d)Australia    e)none

4.      Who is the head of the committee appointed by Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation to discuss the draft guidelines of government's ambitious Rajiv Awas Yojana?

a)Rakesh Mohan    b)Rangarajan    c)O P Mathur   d)Sheela Patel   e)Deepakh Parekh

5.      The European Investment Bank agreed to give a £340-million loan to Jaguar and Land Rover. These are the brands of which Auto Major Company?

a)Maruthi Suzuki    b)Hyundai   c)Mahindra & Mahindra   d)Tata Motors   e)none

6.      Recently which Indian Cricketer has been inducted into ICC Hall of Fame?

a)Sunil Gavaskar    b)Kapil  Dev    c)Mohinder Amarnath    d)Ravi Shastri   e)Bishen Singh Bedi

7.      What is the trade between India and EU at present ______?

a)$20 billion    b)$50 billion    c)$69 billion    d)$106 billion   e)$125 billion

8.      Which state launched the schemes ‘Indira Bal Swasthya Yojana’(IBSY) and ‘Nehru Drishti Yojana’ to improve the health of all school going children in the State?

a)Haryana    b)Madhya Pradesh    c)Gujarat    d)Himachal Pradesh   e)none

9.      Which Indian Company has named among the world's 20 best companies for leadership, a/c to Human resources consultancy Hay Group?

a)Infosys     b)SBI     c)Reliance    d)ONGC   e)TCS

10. Which Company introduced the Worlds Cheapest mobile at $15(Rs. 690)?

a)Nokia    b)Vodafone   c)LG   d)Videocon    e)Reliance

11. Bharti Airtel had acquired 70 per cent stake in Warid Telecom of ______ for $300 mn (about Rs 1,363 crore) in January 2010?

a) UAE    b)Srilanka    c)Myanmar   d)Bangladesh   e)none

12. Which among the following is nominated for 2010 Nobel Peace Prize?

a)CRY foundation     b)Bill & Melinda gates foundation    c)Internet    d)UN   e)none of these

13. Which country has announced that its National currency(bolivar) will be devalued by at least 17%?

a)Bolivia    b)Ecuador     c)Venezuela    d)Cuba    e)none

14. Amitabh Bachchan has accepted as a brand ambassador for _________ state?

a)Kerala     b)Maharashtra    c)Delhi     d)Tamilnadu   e)Gujarat

15. Who has been appointed as the brand ambassador for Kerala Tourism?

a)Mohan Lal      b)Amir Khan    c)Sharukh Khan    d)Rasool Pookutty    e)Amitabh Bachchan

16. Which of the following is India’s second highest civilian honour?

a)Padma Bhusan     b)Bharat Ratna    c)Padma Sri   d)Padma Vibhusan    e)none

17. Which European Country is facing severe debt crisis?

a)Spain    b)Portugal    c)Greece    d)UK    e)none of these

18. Recently which state has purchased a 1,300 megawatt of power from Gujarat, West Bengal and Maharashtra?

a)Andhra Pradesh     b)Tamilnadu     c)Uttar Pradesh    d)Rajasthan   e)Karnataka

19. At present in India, 105 Operational Special Economic Zones are there. In which state the maximum SEZ are there?

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

20. Expand the suitable PTA from the following?

a)Partial Trade Agreement

b)Preferential Trade Agreement

c)Primary Trade Agreement

d)Paid Trade Agreement

e)Public Trade Agreement

November Current Affairs 2009 - Part 1

Ø  Jamait-e-Ulema Hind or the JEU on November 3rd issued a fatwa against singing national song 'Vande Mataram'. According to a resolution, Muslims should not sing 'Vande Mataram' as its reciting is against the Islam. 

Ø  The 2009 Asian Indoor Games were held in Vietnam. India has won 40 medals (6-Gold, 9-Silver, and 25-Bronze) and stood at 7^th Place. While China stood at first place with 92 medals (48-Gold, 25-Silver, and 19- Bronze).

Ø  China plans to operationalise its fourth civilian airport in Tibet in Ngari Prefecture, close to India, next year(2010) as part of the efforts to boost infrastructure facilities in the strategic Himalayan region.The Gunsa Airport in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region is expected to start operation on July 1, 2010, to become the fourth civil airport on the "Roof of the World”.

Ø  The West Bengal government finalized a deal for acquiring 6000 acre land from farmers for reconstruction of embankments in the Sundarbans in South 24 and North 24 Parganas districts breached by Cyclone 'Aila'.

Ø  The Centre has released over Rs 300 crore to West Bengal for conservation of tigers in Sunderban and Buxa sanctuaries of the state.

Ø  Jamshedpur had the highest per capita carbon emission while Thiruvananthapuram and Asansol had the lowest in 2007-08, according to an energy status report of 40 Indian cities.

Ø  The MSP of wheat has been fixed at Rs 1,100 per quintal, marking an increase of Rs 20 per quintal over the last year's MSP (1080).

Ø  India, which is home to highest number of diabetics in the world, will have around 51 million patients of the disease by 2010 and that figure may go up to 80 million by 2030.

Ø  D R Meena, an Indian Legal Service officer, was appointed as the new Law Secretary. He replaces T K Viswanathan who retired on October 31. Viswanathan, meanwhile, has taken over as adviser to Law Minister M Veerappa Moily. The post of adviser was recently approved by the union cabinet to help the government push legal and judicial reforms.

Ø  Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily(for his book Shri Ramayan Mahaniveshanam, which is considered as the best Ramayana in Kannada after Kuvempu’s.) and Krishna Bihari Mishra(for Kalpataru ke Utsav Leela) will be conferred with the coveted Moortidevi Award constituted by the Bharatiya Jnanpith Committee. Moily gets the 21^st edition(2007), while Mishra gets the 20^th edition(2006).

Ø  Cambodia has appointed the ousted prime minister of neighbouring Thailand, Thaksin Shinawatra, as a government adviser on the economy.

Ø  Former US vice president Al Gore, who has campaigned relentlessly on green issues, is on track to become the world's first "carbon billionaire" amid claims of profiting from the climate change agenda.

Ø  Indian batting icon Sachin Tendulkar became the first player in the history of the cricket to cross the 17,000 run mark in ODI’s.

Ø  The government has appointed senior Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Durgesh Shankar as a member of the Central Board of Direct Taxes replacing Saroj Bala.

Ø  Fiji's acting president Ratu Epeli Nailatikau was sworn in as head of state of the military-ruled Pacific nation. Nailatikau, a former army commander credited with guiding self-appointed Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama through his military career, was appointed as acting president after Ratu Josefa Iloilo retired at the end of July 2009.

Quiz on General Awareness 15

1.Which of the following is the percentage upto which FDI in Defence Sector is allowed ?

a)26%   b)33%   c)41%  d)49%  e)51%

2.Who has been appointed as the Advisor to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on infrastructure, innovation and information ?

a)Rangarajan  b)Sam Pitroda  c)Alok Prasad   d)Harish Kare  e)Raghuram Rajan

3.Which Cricketer has turned into a politician recently, who is contesting the Maharashtra assembly elections from Vikhroli in Mumbai ?

a)Mohammad Azharuddin   b)Navjod Sidhu   c)Vinod Kambli   d)Sourav Ganguly  e)none of these.

4.Agriculture census is done at which of the following intervals in India ?

a)once in a year   b)once in three years  c)once in five years  d)once in ten years  e)There is no fixed term

5.Which committee has recommended the "Financial Inclusion" ?

a)Rakesh Mohan Committe  b)Sinha Committee  c)Rangarajan Committee  d)Ram Pradan Committee  e)none of these.

6.Which cricketer has signed up by leading Asian sports marketing firm World Sport Group for three years ?

a)Peter Siddle  b)Mitchell Johnson  c)Dilshan  d)Gautam Gambir  e)M S Dhoni

7.Which State has won the awards in the basic infrastructure, environment and healthcare categories at the IBN Diamond States Awards 2009 announced in Delhi ?

a)Delhi  b)Karnataka  c)Kerala  d)Gujarat  e)Tamilnadu.

8.Recently which state government has decided to set up separate women police stations to deal exclusively with crimes against women ?

a)Abdhra Pradesh   b)Meghalaya   c)Tamilnadu   d)Gujarat   e)West Bengal

9.The 11th Five Year Plan is termed  as plan for _________ ?

a)Development of Rural India   b)India's Education   c)Eradication of Poverty   d)India's Health  e)Astronomy.

10.What is Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) at present ?

a)3.25%   b)4.75%   c)5.00%  d)24%   e)none

11.Muslim population across the globe stands at ____ billion, which means nearly one in four people in the world practice Islam, according to a recent study. ?

a)1.5 billion   b)1.8 billion    c)1.6 billion   d)1.57billion   e)1.68 billion

12.With which of the following country, India has agreed to set up a joint expert working group on the environment, which would explore how the countries can combat global warming through reforestation ?

a)Brazil   b)US   c)Canada   d)UK   e)China

13.Which country has signed an investment pact with Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) recently ?

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

14.Alok Prasad  has been appointed as Deputy National Security Advisor (NSA).He was the Indian high Commissioner to ________ ?

a)Srilanka    b)Afghanistan   c)Malayasia   d)UK   e)Germany

15.BSNL and ___________ have planned to launch the 3G GSM mobile service in Port Blair(Andaman & Nicobar Islands) by the end of December this year.

a)TaTa Indicom   b)A & N Telecom Circle   c)Reliance   d)Samsung   e)Nokia

16.The state with the largest number of registered newspapers ?

a)Delhi   b)Karnataka   c)Uttar Pradesh   d)Madhya pradesh   e)West Bengal

17.Recently TTD(Tirumala Tirupati devastanam) has crossed the mile stone in the commercialization drive by securing GI tag for the famous and delicious ‘Tirumala laddoo’.what is the fill form GI ?

a)Gesture Indication

b)Gigantic index

c)Geographic Indigence

d)Gesture Incorporate

e)Geographic Indication

18.Which countrys Prime Minister is facing over sex scandal allegations ?

a)Sudan   b)Afghanistan   c)New Zealand   d)Italy   e)Japan

19.Which of the following countries has decided to extend the State of Emergengy in the country for a month recently ?

a)Afghanistan  b)Fiji   c)Iraq   d)Nepal   e)Srilanka

20.The (IPI)International Press Institute-India award for excellence in journalism for 2009 has been given to _______________ ?

a)Indian express   b)The Week   c)Bidisha Goshal   d)both a & c  e)both b & c.

Quiz on General Awareness 12

1.Which of the following countries has signed the Kyoto Protocol, but neither Ratified nor withdrawn from the protocol ?

a)India   b)Iraq   c)Iran  d)North Korea  e)US

2.European Union Consisits of 27 member states, in that how many member states have adopted the common currency 'Euro' know as Eurozone ?

a)14  b)15  c)16  d)17  d)18

3.National Rural Employment Guarantee Act renamed as ____________________ ?

a)Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act

b)Mahatma Gandhi National Employment Guarantee Act

c)Mahatma Gandhi Rural Guarantee Act

d)Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act

e)none.

4.Recently which government launched a programme to provide health service to about 58 lakh school students in the state?

a)Tamilnadu  b)Orissa  c)Andhra Pradesh   d)Karnataka  e)West Bengal

5.Who is the first Indian Woman to hold a cabinet post ?

a)Indira Gandhi   b)Sarojini Naidu  c)Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit  d)Moraji Desai  e)none

6.According to IMF, Indian economic growth in 2009 is ?

a)5.4%  b)5.6%  c)5.8%  d)6.0%  e)6.2%

7.Rao Birender Singh recently died, He was a former Chief minister of Which State ?

a)Punjab  b)Delhi  c)Andhra pradesh   d)Uttarakhand  e)Haryana.

8.Who is the new vice-chief of Army ?

a)P.K.Barbora  b)P.C.Bhardwaj  c)Deepak Kapoor  d)P C Chacko   e)M.L. Naidu

9.According to a joint study done by industry body Ficci and consultancy firm Ernst & Young, India needs an investment of Rs ______ crore in the healthcare sector by 2025, to increase its bed density to at least two per thousand population.

a)50,000   b)60,000  c)65,000  d)70,000  e)none.

10.India stood at ____ position in IT competitiveness Index, while US continued to lead the Global IT Industry followed by Finland and Sweden respectively,a survey by Economist Intelligence Unit ?

a)36  b)44  c)28  d)42  e)50

11.Who has taken over as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh after YSR Reddy dies in a chopper crash ?

a)Jagan Mohan Reddy   b)Konijeti Rosaiah   c)Chandra babu Naidu   d)Sabita Indra Reddy  e)Post is vacant

12.Who has been appointed as the brand ambassadors of the 34th National Games 2009, starting Nov 21 in Jharkhand ?

a)Akshay Kumar,Kareena Kapoor

b)Hrithik Roshan,Priyanka Chopra

c)Abhishek bachan,Priyanka chopra

d)Akshay kumar,Katrina kaif

e)Abhishek bachan,katrina kaif

13.Maria Sharapova won the Pan Pacific Open by defeating ______________ ?

a)Jelina Jankovic  b)Ana Ivanovic   c)Kim Clijsters  d)Dinara safina   e)none

14.Which country is hosting the World Tiger Summit in 2010 ?

a)Russia  b)India  c)Brazil  d)Srilanka  e)Israel

15.Which GSM Service provider signed an agreement with BSNL to access around 45,000 towers of BSNL?

a)Vodafone  b)R-com  c)Tata-DOCOMO  d)Idea  e)none.

16.Who won the Moin-ud-Dowla cricket tournament held in Hyderabad ?

a)Hyderabad  b)West Bengal  c)Uttar pradesh  d)Maharashtra  e)Goa

17.Sabita Indra Reddy is the first woman Home Minister for the state of  ___________ , in India ?

a)Karnataka  b)Tamilnadu  c)Kerala  d)Andhra pradesh  e)Arunachal Pradesh

18.The 16th Asian Games 2010 will be held in ________ ?

a)India  b)China  c)Japan  d)Srilanka  e)Malaysia

19.World Teachers Day is celebrated on ?

a)Oct 5th  b)Sep 15th   c)Sep 5th  d)Oct 15th  e)Nov 1st

20.The government issued bonds worth over Rs ________ crore to three oil marketing PSUs to compensate them for the losses incurred on account of selling petroleum products below market price ?

a)8,000  b)9,000   c)9,800  d)8,500  e)10,000

Note:For 15th Question answer is 'Aircel'.