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.

Highlights of Union Budget 09-10

1. Total budget expenditure for 2009-10 will be Rs 10, 28,032 cr.

2. For Non-plan expenditure Rs.6, 95,689 cr and for Plan expenditure Rs.3, 25,149 cr registering an increase of 37% in non-plan and 34% in Plan expenditure over 2008-09.
3. Total expenditure increased by 36% in 2009-10 over 2008-09.
4. Fiscal deficit in 2009-10 is proposed at 6.8% of GDP.
5. Revenue deficit in 2009-10 is proposed at 4.8% of GDP.
6. Personal income tax exemption limit for senior citizens raised by Rs 15,000, from Rs 2, 25,000 to Rs 2, 40,000.
7. The exemption limit for income tax for women raised by Rs 10,000, from 1, 80,000 to Rs 190,000.
8. For all others, exemption limit for income tax raised by Rs 10,000 from Rs 150,000 to 1, 60,000.
9. No change in corporate tax.
10. Fringe Benefit Tax abolished.
11. Commodities Transaction Tax abolished.
12. Goods and Services Tax to be introduced from April 1, 2010.
13. To lead economy to high GDP growth rate of 9% per annum at the earliest, which is dipped from an average of over 9% in the previous three fiscal years to 6.7% during 2008-09.
14. Aim to create 12 million jobs.
15. Govt took 3 stimulus packages to fight slowdown.
16.Defence gets Rs 1,41,703 cr for 2009-10,a 34% hike from 200-09 budgetary allocation.

17. Allocation to National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for the National
Highway Development Programme (NHDP) increased by 23 per cent.
18. Allocation under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) stepped up by 87% to Rs.12, 887 cr.
19. Allocation under Rashtriya Krishi Yojana (RKVY) stepped up by 30%.
20. Allocation under NREGS increased by 144% to 39,100 cr.
21. National Food Security Act to be brought in to ensure entitlement of 25 kilo of rice or wheat per month at Rs.3/kg to every BPL families in rural or urban areas.
22. Allocation for Bharat Nirman increased by 45%.
23. Allocation under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak yojana (PMGSY) increased by 59% amounting to 12,000 crore.
24. Allocation under Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) increased by 27% to Rs.7000cr.
25. Allocation under Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) increased by 63% to 8,800 cr.
26. Allocation under National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) increased by Rs.2,057 cr amounting 14,064 crore in 2009-10.
27. New Scheme Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAGY) with an allocation of Rs.100 cr for integrated development of 1000 villages having population of Scheduled castes above 50%.
28. Overall plan budget for higher education is to be increased by Rs.2,000 cr.
29. Rs.2, 113 cr allocated for IITs and NITs which includes a provision of Rs.450 cr for new IITs and NITs.
30. Rs.827 cr allocated for opening one Central University in each uncovered state.
31. National unique identification numbers to start rolling out in 12-18 months with a provision of Rs.120 cr.
32. Allocation for Commonwealth Games, 2010 raised to Rs.3, 472 cr from Rs.2, 112cr.
33. Rs.500 cr allocated for rehabilitation of internally displaced persons and reconstruction of the Northern and eastern areas of Srilanka.
34. Rs.1, 000 cr allocated for rebuilding the damaged infrastructure caused due to cyclone Aila in West Bengal.