Quiz on General Awareness 14

1.Hilary Mary Mantel has won the 2009 Man Booker Prize for her novel 'Wolf Hall'.she hails from _____?
a)Israel  b)US  c)Britain  d)France  e)Germany

2.How much loan has provided by the World Bank  to newly-launched Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) scheme for improvement of the quality of secondary education in the country and check drop-out rate ?
a)$1000 million  b)$800 million  c)$750 million  d)$680 million  e)$500 million

3.Whch country pledged to buy 10 billion dollars  worth of International Monetary Fund(IMF) bonds to increase the fund's lending capacity to respond to the global financial crisis ?
a)India  b)Brazil  c)South Africa  d)US  e)Germany

4.'World Sight Day' is celebrated on ?
a)Every Year on Oct 8th
b)Every Year on 2nd Thursday of Oct
c)Every Year on Sep 8th
d)For every 2 years on Oct 8th.
e)There is no such day.

5.Which of the following city will hosts the finals of Champions League T20 ?
a)Hyderabad  b)Bangalore  c)Delhi  d)Kolkatta  e)Chennai.

6.Which country has emerged as India's top trading partner, when trade in goods & merchandise was taken into account ?
a)China   b)Singapore  c)UAE  d)Japan  e)US

7. Who is the new DGP of Andhra Pradesh ?
a)S S P Yadav  b)Dinesh Reddy  c)Gautam Kumar  d)R R Grirsh Kumar  e)K Aravind Rao

8.Who is the highest paid CEO in India ?
a)Anil Ambhani  b)Gopalakrishna  c)Ajim premji  d)Mukhesh Ambani  e)Anand Mahindra

9.George Papandreou sworn in as new prime minister of ______ ?
a)Peru  b)Greenland  c)Greece  d)Hungary  e)Gambia

10.General K J Gillespie, the army chief of _____________ is in India for a five day visit, in a bid to strengthen the defence co-operation between two countries ?
a) US  b)Australia  c)UK  d)Germany  e)Russia

11.Who is the new Governor of Nagaland ?
a)Nikhil Kumar  b)Gurbachan Jagat  c)Syed Sibtey Razi  d)K Sankaranarayanan  e)none

12.Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system was first implemented in which of the following cities in India ?
a)Kolkatta  b)Hyderabad  c)Delhi  d)Ahmedabad  e)Pune

13.The 24th Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration for the year 2008 has been awarded to ________ ?
a)Javed Akhta   b)J S Bandukwala   c)Balraj Puri  d) Ram Puniyani  e)Ram Sinh Solanki

14.Which Frontier of Border Security Force(BSF) has deployed women constables at the highly sensitive Indo-Pak Border ?
a)Sikkim  b)J & K  c)Rajasthan  d)Punjab  e)Haryana

15. India would launch a mission to Mars by the year ________ ?
a)2015   b)2013   c)2014  d)2020  e)2012

16.Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award for 2009 has been awarded to __________ ?
1)M S Dhoni  2)Vijender  3)Sushil Kumar  4)Marykom  5)Saina Nehwal

a)only 1
b)only 5
c)only 2 & 3
d)only 4 & 5
e)only 2,3 & 4.

17.Which of the following is the most commonly misspelt words in English Language, a/c to the study by www.OnePoll.com ?
a)Bureaucracy   b)Consensus  c)Definitely   d)Unnecessary  e)Prejudice

18.National Food Security Act to ensure entitlement of 25 kilo of rice or wheat per month at Rs.__ /kg to every BPL families in rural or urban areas.
a)3   b)5   c)8  d)10  e)none.

19.Who is the author of the book  'Three Chinese Poets' ?
a)V S Naipaul  b)Vikram Seth  c)Salman Rushdie  d)Shashi Tharoor  e)Amitav Ghosh

20.Who is the Indian Ambassador to US ?
a)Ronen sen   b)Nirupama Rao  c)Timothy J. Roemer   d)Lalit Mansingh  e)Meera Shankar.