Gk Quiz 2010

1.      RBI has approved the merger of ‘Bank of Rajasthan' with ICICI bank.

2.      Who got the 2010 Commonwealth Writers Prize for the book ‘Solo' - Rana Dasgupta.

3.      Which day has been observed as the International Day of Older Persons(IDOP) - Oct 1st.

4.      What is the India’s rank in the new Global Hunger Index by the International Food Policy Research Institute - 67.

5.       ‘Gourde’ is the currency of which country?

a)Bhutan     b)Haiti     c)Norway    d)Chile     e)none

6.      India has won 101 medals in 2010 Commonwealth Games. In which sport India has won maximum no. of gold medals?

a)Wrestling      b)Boxing     c)Shooting     d)Badminton    e)Weightlifting

7.      Which of the following country is not elected to UNSC as a non-permanent member for a two year term on the council starting from Jan 1^st 2011?

a)India     b)Kazakhstan    c)South Africa    d)Germany    e)Portugal

8.      Which of the following ministry has re-launched the PURA(Provision of Urban Amenities in Rural Areas) Scheme?

a)Ministry of Urban Development 

b)Ministry of Rural Development

c)Ministry of Health & Family Welfare

d)Ministry of Finance

e)Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

9.      Who among the following has been chosen for ICC Cricketer of the Year 2010?

a)Sachin Tendulkar     b)A B de Villiers     c)Virender Sehwag      d)M S Dhoni    e)none of these

10. Who won the 2010 Champions League Twenty20?

a)Mumbai Indians     b)Royal Challengers Bangalore     c)Warriors    d)Chennai Super Kings   e)none

Current Affairs June - II 2010

1.      The economy is likely to grow around 8.5 per cent in the current fiscal if the country gets a normal monsoon, Prime Minister's economic advisory council chairman C Rangarajan.

2.      Indians are the most eco-friendly people while Americans the least, according to a 17-nation survey on consumers' progress towards environmentally sustainable consumption patterns. India toped the Consumer Greendex, compiled by National Geographic which studied 17,000 consumers in 17 countries. The rankings are Indians, Brazilians, Chinese, Mexicans, Argentineans, Russians, Hungarians, South Koreans, Swedes, Spanish, Australian, German, Japanese, British, French, Canadians and Americans.(June CA Part-1)

3.      The Agricultural Bank of China (ABC) announced its huge dual listing in Shanghai and Hong Kong, which could be the world's largest-ever initial public offering, says a media report. ABC, the biggest bank in China by customers, plans to sell as many as 22.24 billion A shares in its IPO in Shanghai and another 25.4 billion shares in Hong Kong.

4.      Israel will set up three centres of excellence to enhance productivity of fruits in Maharashtra. The west Asian nation is also mulling setting-up a post-harvest college.

5.      Tamil Nadu Government launched an eco tourism policy which would facilitate conservation and preservation of the state's natural resources.

6.      Justice Rao takes charge as chairperson of National Commission for Backward Classes.

7.      Yogesh Aggarwal Chairman & Managing Director of IDBI Bank has resigned following his appointment as the Chairman of Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA).

8.      Former Infosys co-chair Nandan Nilekani will head a committee that will recommend to the finance ministry on how best to tap information technology for an effective tax administration and financial governance system.

9.      Russia said it will share the enrichment and reprocessing (ENR) technology with India for production of nuclear fuel for atomic power plants in the country.

10. An Indian American science teacher is among the pedagogues nominated by US President Barack Obama as a recipient of the prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. Radhika Plakkot is among 103 Maths and Science teachers who have been selected for this prestigious award from across the country.

11. India's growth is expected to rise to nine percent in 2011 with South Asia poised to become the second-fastest growing region after East Asia & Pacific, says the latest World Bank update.

12. India has slipped to a low of 128 in the Global Peace Index ranking with the country along with Pakistan and Sri Lanka experiencing more incidents of internal conflicts, terrorism and human rights abuses. The only study to quantify global peacefulness, the GPI is produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP).

13. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said that the government is in the process of setting up 8 more income tax overseas units, including in the US and Britain, to facilitate exchange of tax related information. At present, the government has one such unit (ITOUs) each at the Indian mission in Singapore and Mauritius.

14. The French government says it's selling off 1,700 properties including chateaux, barracks and Parisian mansions, in part to cut the country's heavy debt.

15. The government has a cash balance of around Rs 48,000 crore with the Reserve Bank currently and will spend it gradually rather than at one go, three sources with direct knowledge of the issue told Reuters.

16. Surging prices notwithstanding, the government has hiked the minimum support price of pulses by up to Rs 700 to a maximum of Rs 3,170 a quintal but support for paddy has been increased by a meager Rs 50 a quintal. 

17. India win gold medal in World Cup archery. The Indian trio of Rahul Banerjee, Mangal Singh Champia and Jayanta Talukdar clinched the men's team recurve gold medal with a 218-214 win over the US in the final of the World Cup archery (Stage II) in Antalya, Turkey.

18. Russian Grandmaster Dmitry Kokarev drew his final match to emerge as the winner in the Mumbai Mayor's Cup International Open Chess tournament.

19. A British environmentalist (Roz Savage) has become the first woman to row alone across the Pacific Ocean, receiving a rock star welcome in Papua New Guinea after finishing a nearly 13,000-kilometre journey.

20. The US is home to about 1.6 million Indian origin people, making them the third-largest immigrant group in the country after Mexicans and Filipino, a Washington-based think tank has said.

21. The Cabinet approved the mid-term appraisal (MTA) of the Eleventh Five-Year Plan (2007-12), which scaled down the average growth target of the economy to 8.1 per cent from 9 per cent. The MTA will now be placed before the National Development Council (NDC), the highest policy making body in the country headed by the Prime Minister.

22. A global effort to ban cluster bombs has gained the signatures of 106 countries, but 70 more have yet to sign on with only weeks to go before the ban goes into effect on Aug 1. The United States is among those refusing to sign. The Pentagon considers cluster bombs to be a key part of its defence strategy.

23. China is to impose new age limits on mountaineers seeking to climb in Tibet, authorities said, after an American 13-year-old became the youngest person ever to scale Mount Everest.

24. Justice Rekha Manharlal Doshit and Justice M Yusuf Eqbal were appointed as Chief Justices of the Patna High Court and the Madras High Court respectively.

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.

April Current Affairs 2010

·        The World Bank has agreed to give USD 1 billion loan to India for various developmental projects in urban areas. "World Bank has agreed in principle to give us USD 1 billion (Rs 5000 crore) for implementing various schemes under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM),".

·        India and Bangladesh decided to set up a joint Sundarbans Eco-System Forum to protect and preserve the world heritage site from the impact of climate change.

·        In a significant step in taking their bilateral relations to a new level, India and China have signed an agreement to establish a hotline between Prime Ministers of the two countries. 

·        President Barack Obama has appointed Chandigarh-born Srinija Srinivasan, 40, one of the three co-founders of Yahoo! Inc, as a member of the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars.

·        Government appointed former BSF Director General E N Rammohan to inquire into the circumstances leading to the ambush by Naxalites in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh in which 75 CRPF men were killed.

·        With the wealth gap widening between the rich and poor following opening up of its economy, China is considering to levy social security tax in an effort to narrow the gap in income distribution.

·        Assam government launched an ambitious scheme aimed at uplifting the economic condition of elderly women living below poverty line. The two schemes -- 'Baideu' (elder sister) and 'Nabou' (sister-in-law) -- under the social welfare department were formally launched by Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi.

·        Targeting to provide electricity to about 3,000 villages in remote areas by using solar power, Orissa government said it would spend Rs 200 crore for the project.

·        Taking its anti-smoking drive forward, the government on Thursday banned foreign direct investment (FDI) in cigarette manufacturing in the country.

·        Analjit Singh, the founder and chairman of Max India, a diversified business group with interests in healthcare, IT services, and financial services, is India's highest individual taxpayer. He paid advance tax of Rs 99.7 crore (Rs 997 million). Asim Ghosh, the former CEO of Vodafone Essar, is the second-highest taxpayer in India in 2009-10. He paid an advance tax of Rs 75.4 crore (Rs 754 million) this year, as compared to Rs 7.2 crore (Rs 72 million) in 2008-09. Indrani Patnaik who paid advance tax of Rs 75 crore (Rs 750 million) is the nation's third highest taxpayer.

·        The Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) hosted first-ever carbon-neutral match between Kings XI Punjab and Mumbai Indians clashed in the Indian Premier League tournament.

·        Uttar Pradesh government has banned display of elephants and other wild animals at public places, including in rallies and religious gatherings, and violators would attract a maximum sentence of a three-year imprisonment and fine.

·        Iran's atomic chief said that Tehran has successfully tested a third generation of centrifuges capable of enriching uranium six times faster than those presently installed at its Natanz plant.

·        Arjun Bajpayee, who at 16 hopes to become the youngest climber in the world to scale the world's tallest summit, 8,848 metre high Mount Everest, has left for the region to start his ascent.

·        Making a breakthrough in the US, Reliance Industries said it will invest USD 1.7 billion in a joint venture with Atlas Energy Inc to produce gas from shale, sedimentary rocks, in Marcellus region.

Quiz on General Knowledge 2009 - 39

1. Who has been named as the 'Person of the Year 2009' by the American magazine Time?

a)Barack Obama    b)Hillary Clinton    c)Ben Bernake    d)Dalai Lama   e)none of these

2. In which of the following Stock Exchanges “currency Future trading” was firstly started?

A)NSE    b)MCX-SX  c)BSE   d)NCDEX   e)none of these

3. Which Country is planning to build World’s Largest Mosque?

a)Saudi Arabia   b)Iran    c)Tajikistan   d)Indonesia   e)none of these

4. Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) is a scheme related to which of the following sectors?

a)Rural Development   b)Women Development    c)Personnel Insurance   d)Agriculture   e)none of these

5. The Five Year Plan is approved by _______________?

a)Planning Commission   b)National Development Council    c)Central Statistical Organization   d)RBI & Finance Ministry   e)none of these

6. Recently which country launched their country’s fastest Supercomputer named ‘Tianhe’?

a)Japan    b)Malaysia    c)Hongkong    d)China   e)Singapore

7. Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was in news recently. He was the president of _________?

a)Algeria    b)Taiwan    c)Fiji    d)Sudan   e)Tunisia

8. Who among the following honoured as Asian Filmmaker of the year in the 14^th Pusan International Film Festival(PIFF)?

a)Bobby Bedi    b)Yash Chopra   c)Rakesh Roshan   d)Manmoham Shetty   e)none of these

9. With which country India have finalized a new 10-year military co-operation pact that will take bilateral defence partnership to new heights?

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

10. ‘EKUVERIN-09’ is a joint troop exercise between which of the following countries?

a)India & Russia     b)Srilanka & China    c)India & Maldives    d)Maldives & Srilanka   e)India & US

11. Which state is facing Political Crisis due to the process of separating a state?

a)Jharkhand    b)West Bengal   c)Andhra Pradesh    d)Uttar Pradesh   e)Bihar

12. Dr Kamla is the new governor of _________?

a)Nagaland    b)Tripura    c)Manipur    d)Uttarakhand    e)Gujarat

13. Which channel has won the Asian vision Annual awards 2009 for most news flashes?

a)Times of India   b)Aajtak    c)Doordharshan    d)NDTV   e)none of these

14. How much is approved by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as grant for Indian farmers?

a)$2.5 million    b)$4 million   c)$6.5 million    d)$9.7 million   e)none of these

15. Which country has presented the 2009 Defender of Democracy Award to Kailash Satyarthi?

a)US    b)India    c)Denmark   d)France   e)Germany

16. Which film has been awarded the prestigious Golden Peacock for best film at the 40th International Film Festival of India (IFFI)?

a)A Brand New Life    b)The Other Bank    c)Gabricha Paus   d) Angshumaner Chhobi   e)I can’t Live without you

17. Recently which Bank (PSU) installed its first disabled-friendly ATM in the country?

a)Vijaya Bank   b)PNB    c)Bank of Baroda   d)Union Bank of India   e)none

18. Mahila Coir Yojana, is a scheme to provide self-employment opportunity to rural women workers. This scheme firstly started by which State government?

a)Kerala    b)Uttar Pradesh    c)Gujarat    d)West Bengal  e)Tamilnadu

19. Farook Haider was in news recently. He was a _______________?

a)New Interior Minister of Pakistan

b)Deputy Prime Minister of Afghanistan

c)Master mind behind 26/11 Mumbai attacks

d)Prime Minister of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir

e)Former Pakistan Prime minister

20. ‘The Worlds Local Bank’ is the tag line of which of the following banks?

a)Yes Bank    b)HSBC   c)ING Vysya   d)Standard Chartered   e)Bank of America

Note:

1Q : For 2008 : Barack Obama

3Q : Present Worlds Largest Mosque is in Mecca(Saudi Arabia)

5Q : Five Year Plan is Developed & Executed by Planning Commission.

Quiz on General Awareness 23

1. Government is holding 100% stake in which of the following Banks?

a)Vijaya Bank   b)Bank of India   c)Indian Bank   d)United Bank of India   e)Punjab & Sind Bank

2. The XX Commonwealth Games will be held at _________ ?

a)India, 2010   b)France, 2012   c)London, 2012   d)Scotland,2014   e)Vancouver, 2014

3. How many Crores are allocated for Indira Awas Yojana(IAY) in the Union Budget 09-10?

a)2,057   b)8,883   c)2,112   d)3,472   e)6,656

4. Which of the following are the two countries that Barack Obama scrapped the missile-defense shield favored by George W.Bush to protect Europe from Iranian missiles?

a)Poland, Czech Republic

b)Netherlands, Sweden

c)Austria, Spain

d)Czech Republic, Sweden

e)Poland, Spain

5. Who has been selected as ‘Umpire of the Year’ in ICC-Awards 2009?

a)Steve Buckner   b)Rudy Koertzen    c)Aleem Dar   d)Simon Taufel   e)none

6. For Which film ‘Uma Shree’ has been selected as Best Actress in 55^th National Film Awards-2009?

a)Kanchivaram    b)Gulabi Talkies   c)Gandhi My Father   d)Dharm   e)none

7. Which country will introduce a carbon tax to slash its green house gas emission?

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

8. Many times we read the term ‘ECB’ in financial newspapers.What is the full form of ECB ?

a)Essential Commercial Borrowings

b)Essential Credit Borrowings

c)Essential Credit Business

d)External Commercial Borrowings

e)External Credit Business

9. Which Organization has sold 403.3 tonnes of gold for $13 billion to boost its lending capacity particularly to poor countries?

a)World Bank   b)Asian Development Bank   c)UNESCO    d)IMF   e)none

10.A/c to new Chairman of ISRO K.Radhakrishna, India would launch a manned moon mission in _______ ?

a)2013   b)2011    c)2012   d)2020   e)2015

11. How many billion US dollars are given to Pakistan as a military aid by US?

a)2.3    b)1.5   b)7.5   d)5.0   e)none

12. Which of the following is not a Himalayan state?

a)Arunachal Pradesh   b)Uttarakhand  c)Sikkim   d)Himachal Pradesh  e)none

13. Which country is hosting the BRIC Summit in 2010?

a)Brazil   b)Russia   c)India   d)China   e)none of these

14. Suez Canal is located in which of the following country ?

a)China   b)South Africa   c)Sudan  d)Egypt   e)Russia

15. POSCO is one of the largest Steel maker belongs to which of the following countries?

a)Russia   b)South Korea   c)Japan   d)China   e)France

16. Recently US has decided to deploy _________ more troops in Afghanistan?

a)21,000   b)8,000   c)13,000   d)11,000   e)5,000

17. Government has decided to increase its stake by 10% in Nationalized banks, which of the following bank does not come under this discussion?

a) Dena Bank   b)Bank of Baroda   c)Andhra Bank   d)Oriental Bank of Commerce  e)none

18. World Health Day is observed on?

a)April 7^th   b)March 15^th   c)March 7^th   d)April  18^th   e)March  3^rd

19. NTPC-BHEL power projects private limited, a 50:50 joint venture would set up the first power equipment manufacturing plant with an outlay of Rs.6,000 crore at Mannavaram, it is situated in which of the following state?

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

20. Who is the Chairperson of Children Films Society?

a)Shabana Azmi   b)Nirupama Rao   c)Nandita Das   e)Meena Shankar   e)Shilpa Shetty.