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.

SBI Clerical General Questions 8 - 2009

Source:Sakshi

Allahabad Bank PO Paper-2009

 

New President,Prime Ministers of Countries

·        South Africa new President is Jacob Zuma (African National Congress).

·        Ivan Gasparovic became the first Slovak President to be reelected overcoming opposition candidate IvetaRadicova in second round.

·        Najib razak was recently sworn as Malaysia Prime Minister.

·        Nancy Pelosi is the first woman to serve as speaker of the house in President Obama’s team.

·        New Prime Minister Of Israel was Benjamin Netanyahu.

·        Veerappa moily removed from AICC media head(chief spokesman) and AICC general Secretary janardhandwivedi has been asked to look after the work.

·        Abdul-Aziz Bouteflika is reelected as President of Algeria.

·        Prachanda (Pushpakamal damahal) (Maoist party)Resigned his Prime Minister post due to the reasons of sacking the Nepalese army chief General Rukmangud Katawal.Opposition leader (CPM-UML)party

·        President Ram Bharan Yadav.

·        BJP’s karia Munda to be Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker

·        Manea Mănescu Romanian Prime Minister (b. 1916)

·        Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir is appointed as the new Prime Minister of Iceland, becoming the world's first openlygay head of government.

·        Anna Bligh of the Labor Party is reelected Premier of Queensland, Australia

Former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak is inaugurated as Prime Minister.

·        Senior Congress leader DD Lapang was sworn in as Chief Minister of Meghalaya. 

·        2009 Assembly elections held in 3 states.

a)Andhra Pradesh-new CM::Y.S.Rajeshekar Reddy->party:INC.

b)Orissa-new CM::Naveen Patnaik->party:bjd(biju janata dal).

c)Sikkim-new CM::Pawan Kumar Chamling->party:SDF(Sikkim Democratic Front).

·        Dalia Grybauskaite is elected as the first female president of Lithuania.

·        In 15th Lok Sabha elections: i)Oldest MP=Ram Sundar Das(88) from JD(U)(bihar) and ii)Youngest MP=Muhammed Hamdulla Sayeed(26) from Congress(Lakshadweep).

·        New Nepal Prime Minister is Madhav Kumar.

·        South Koreans were in shock on Saturday over the apparent suicide of former president Roh Moo-Hyun, with his successor describing the case as a national tragedy.

·        Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj of the Democratic Party is elected as President of Mongolia.

·        Meera Kumar will make history as the first woman speaker of the Lok Sabha

·        German President Horst Koehler was elected for a second five-year term

·        Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is re-elected as President of Iran for Second Term.

·        Ramesh Pokhriyal is the new Uttarakhand CM.

·        H R Bhardwaj is the new Governor of Karnataka.

·        Rameshwar Thakur is the new Governor of Madhya Pradesh.

·        Devanand konwar is the new Governor of Bihar.

·        New Prime minister of Czech Republic: Jab Fischer.

·        Interim Prime Minister of Fiji: Frank Bainimarama.

·        New Prime Minister of Hungary: Gordon bajnai.

·        New Prime Minister of Denmark: Lars Looke Rasmussen.

·        New President of Indonesia: Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

·        New President of Iran is Mohmoud Ahmedinejad.

·        Japan's new Prime minister is Yukio Hatoyama.