General Knowledge Quiz 2010 - 49

1.     With which African country India signed an agreement for Oil and Gas projects recently?

a)Algeria b)Angola c)Botswana d)Malawi e)Nigeria

2.     The World Economic Summit held in January 2010 at ___________?

a)Geneva b)US c)Oslo d)Davos e)none of these

3.     Who has been elected as the President of Srilanka?

a)Ratnasiri Wickremanayake b)Mahinda Rajapaksa c)Chandrika Kumaratunga d)Ranil Wickremasinghe e)Sarath Fonseka

4.     Which state has emerged as the top state in attracting highest inflows of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) during the financial year 2008-09?

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

5.     Which country invested maximum amount of FDI in India during 2008-09?

a)Mauritius b)US c)China d)UK e)Singapore

6.     Which sector in India has attracted maximum FDI equity in 2008-09?

Telecommunications b)Housing & Real estate c)Power d)Automobile Industry e)Service Sector

7.     Recently for which of the following government has put ban on exports and levying custom duties on imports?

Wheat b)Tea c)Rice d)Sugar e)none of these

8.     How many months have been taken for India’s export to rise 18.2% compared to the same month of previous year 2008?

a)12 months b)13 months c)14 months d)15 months e)16 months

9.     Who is the Chairman of Prasar Bharati?

a)Shyam benegal b)Muzaffar Ali c)Suman Dubelu d)Arun Bhatnagar e) Mrinal pande

10. Who is the winner of Dada saheb Phalke award for the year 2008?

a)V K Murthy b)Manna Dey c)Tapan Sinha d)dilip Kumar e)Shyam Benegal

11. RBI has projected the GDP growth for the financial year 2009-10 at ______ in Third quarter Review of Monetary Policy 2009-10?

a)6.5% b)7.0% c)7.5% d)7.9% e)none of these

12. A/c to IMF, World Economy will grow by ____ in 2010 and Emerging and Developing economies will grow by _____ in 2010?

a)3.9% , 6.0% b)3.0%, 5.5% c)2.3%, 5.0% d)1.6%, 2.1% e)none

13. Recently which of the following country banned the burkas in Public?

a)US b)Israel c)Iraq d)Saudi Arabia e)France

14. Who has been conferred with the ‘Uttam Yudh Seva’ Medal by President on the Republic Day?

a)Rishima Sharma b)Sreeram Kumar c)R.K Swamy d)Havildar Rajesh e)Mohit Sharma

15. The old method (1999-2000 prices) of Per capita income stood at Rs 37,490 for 2008-09.What is the Per capita income during 2008-09 as per the new series (2004-05 prices)?

a)Rs 40,141 b)Rs 39,128 c)Rs 31, 821 d)Rs 30,360 e)none of these

16. Where did India-Korea Science & Technology centre inaugurated in India?

a)Ahmedabad b)Chennai c)Hyderabad d)Bangalore e)Jaipur

17. Jyoti Basu has recently passed away. He belongs to which party?

a)CPI(M) b)JD(U) c)CPI d)RJD e)INC

18. India’s will launch its first manned Space mission in ___________?

a)2012 b)2013 c)2014 d)2015 e)2016

19. Port-au-Prince is in news recently. It was the capital of _______?

a)Mauritius b)Trinidad c)Haiti d)Somali e)none of these

20. Recently India placed at 1st rank in ICC _______ rankings?

a)T20 b)Test c)ODI d)All of the above e)Both a & b.

November Current Affairs 2009 - Part 2

Ø  Chandrayaan-II moon mission, which will help in analysis of mineral composition and undertake terrain mapping of the moon, will be completed by 2012-13.

Ø  India may be the world's second fastest growing economy, but when it comes to man-woman equality the country figures at the bottom of the table ranked 114th among 134 countries complied by the World Economic Forum (WEF).

Ø  The Centre is targetting to add one lakh mega watt power generation capacity under the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17) to meet the growing demand of electricity in India.

Ø  India and the 27-nation European Union (EU) have signed an agreement for cooperation in the field of Fusion Energy Research and agreed over the free trade treaty by next year (2010) to boost trade and investment.

Ø  India has pledged a developmental assistance of USD 1.3 billion to Afghanistan to fight against terror which is not limited to military campaign and also for social, economic and developmental activities.

Ø  Beijing Olympics gold medalist Abhinav Bindra and women's boxing world champion MC Mary Kom, received the Sahara Indian Sports Award 2008-09.

Ø  India has approved further assistance of shelter material worth over USD 2.6 million besides augmenting its demining teams for speedy resettlement of over 2.8 lakh internally displaced Tamil civilians in Wanni in northern Sri Lanka.

Ø  Spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama inaugurated Kahndo-Dowa Songma Tawang district hospital  and donated Rs 20 lakh for its building when he visited Arunachal Pradesh recently.

Ø  India will open their 2011 cricket World Cup campaign against Bangladesh in Dhaka on February 19 and the country (Bangladesh) will host its first match.

Ø  India's 1983 World Cup hero, former all-rounder Mohinder Amaranth honoured with the C K Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award for the year 2008-09 by the BCCI.

Ø  Indian Olympic Association chief Suresh Kalmadi was today re-elected unopposed as the president of Asian Athletic Association (AAA) in Guangzhou, China, to serve his third consecutive term at the office.

Ø  Nepal and India have decided to boost their cooperation in the energy sector as they agreed to complete a key cross-border transmission line by May 2012.

Ø  The Centre has assured Rs 60 crore to set up a Software Technology Park on the premises of a Special Economic Zone in puducherry.

Ø  President Barack Obama has nominated Indian-American Rajiv Shah to head US Agency for International Development (USAID).

Ø  In a major move to boost its air warfare capability, Pakistan is to purchase 36 J-10 fighter aircraft from China in a deal worth more than USD 1.4 billion.

Note : Go for November Current Affairs Part -1.

SBI Clerical General Awareness 9 - 2009

                                                                          Source:Sakshi

Quiz on General Awareness 22

1. What is India’s Position in ‘Global Gender Gap Index 2009 ‘released by World Economic Forum (WEF)?

a)134    b)98   c)143    d)86   e)114

2. Former Test and ODI Umpire David Shepherd had passed away, he belongs to which country ?

a)Australia   b)New Zealand    c)England   d)West Indies   e)South Africa

3. The Seventh Asia Cup Hockey Championship for women will be held at ___________?

a)India   b)Malaysia   c)South Korea   d)Thailand    e)China


4. Who has been appointed as the Deputy Governor of RBI recently?

a) Rakesh Mohan   b)K C Chakrabarty    c)Subir Gokarn   d)Shyamala Gopinath  e)none

5. National Rural Employment Guarantee Act(NREGA) or MGREGA is a job guarantee Scheme launched in which of the following the years ?

a)2004   b)2005   d)2003  d)2006   e)2002

6. In the Second quarter of Monetary Policy 2009-10, RBI has increased the Statutory Liquid Ratio (SLR) to _______ ?

a)5%   b)4.75%   c)24%   d)6%   e)none

7. Chagan Bhujbal has been appointed as Deputy Chief Minister of which of the following state?

a)Arunachal Pradesh   b)Haryana    c)Maharashtra   d)Punjab   e)Jharkhand

8. Who amongst the following is the author of the book “Development As Freedom” ?

a)C. Rangarajan    b)Y.V.Reddy    c)D.Subbarao    d)Amartya Sen   e)Aung San Suu Kyi

9. Chandrayan-2 is designed in the joint association of India and __________ ?

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

10. With Which Country India signs an agreement on sea food export ?

a)Srilanka    b)Japan   c)Russia   d)Bangladesh   e)Pakistan

11.”Stride-2009” is a military Exercise of which of the following countries?

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

12. Microsoft and Yahoo signed an agreement of how many years to compete against Search engine giant Google?

a)3 years   b)5 years    c)8 years   d)10 years   e)15 years

13. Who won the SCOPE award?

a)Barack Obama    b)Deep Joshi     c)D N Dwivedi    d)Bindeshwar Pathak   e)S.S.Roongta

14. Kim Jhong-II is associated to which of the following countries?

a)Israel   b)South Korea   c)Japan   d)North Korea   e)Malyasia

15. Where is the first airport located in Asia to achieve a ‘LEED Silver Certification’ award?

a)Hyderabad   b)Delhi   c)Beijing   d)Tokyo   e)Singapore

16. With which country India is planning to build the under-the-sea pipeline?

a)Russia   b)China    c)Iran   d)Oman   e)US

17. Srilanka purchased the development equipment worth Srilanka Rs 2,049 million for the Northern Province ?

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

18. Expand FPO?

a)First public offer

b)Final public offer

c)Floating public offer

d)Fixed public offer

e)Follow-on public offer

19. Commonwealth Games will be held with a period of ________ ?

a)1yr   b)2yr    c)3yr   d)4yr   e)5yr

20. Which of the following countries will host Olympic games in 2016, 2014, 2012 respectively?

a)Canada, Brazil, UK  

b)Brazil, Canada, Uk

c)Russia, Brazil, Canada

d)UK,Russia,Canada

e)Brazil,Russia,UK