Quiz on General Awareness 2010 - 62

1.   Who has been nominated as the India Abroad Person of the Year 2009?

a)Indra Nooyi     b)V Ramakrishnan     c)Fareed Zakaria    d)Bobby Jindal    e)none

2.   Recently to which gulf country Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visited and signed bilateral agreement in February 2010?

a)Kuwait    b)Saudi Arabia   c)Iran   d)Dubai    e)none

3.   What is India’s position in Global Innovation Index, report launched by INSEAD in partnership with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)?

a)36^th     b)44^th     c)56^th     d)88^th    e)none

4.   Laura Chinchilla has been elected as the first woman President of __________?

a)Libya     b)Ukraine    c)Spain    d)Costa Rica   e)none

5.   A/c to the ISRO Chairman K. Radhakrishnan, ISRO’s budget is ____ percent of that of its US counterpart NASA?

a)21%     b)16%    c)12%    d)6%    e)3%

6.   Recently which country dropped a proposal to change the country's national anthem by making it more gender- inclusive?

a)Germany     b)UK     c)France    d)Canada   e)none

7.   A/c to the Livability Index 2010 prepared jointly by CII and Institute for Competitiveness, which is the best Indian city to live?

a)Delhi     b)Mumbai     c)Bangalore    d)Jamshedpur     e)Pune

8.   The 108^th Constitutional Amendment Bill deals with which of the following?

a)Right to Education     b)Right to Vote    c)SC/ST reservation    d)Women Reservation   e)none

9.   India offered a $250 million line of credit to which of the following country?

a)Nepal    b)Srilanka     c)Bangladesh    d)Haiti    e)none

10. Abdullah Gul recently visited India and signed a joint declaration on Terrorism with India. He was the President of ____________?

a)Saudi Arabia     b)Dubai    c)Turkey    d)Kuwait    e)Palestine

11. Mahmoud Abbas has visited India in February 2010. He was the president of ________?

a)Yugoslavia    b)Israel     c)Palestine    d)Libya    e)none

12. Who won the Dubai Open title 2010 by defeating Mikhail Youzhny?

a)Novak Djokovic     b)Rafael Nadal    c)Andy Roddick    d)Andy Murray   e)none

13. Who has been nominated as the ‘Best Actor in a leading role’ in the Filmfare Awards 2010?

a)Amir Khan    b)Sharukh Khan     c)Hrithik Roshan    d)Amitabh Bachchan   e)Ranbir Kapoor

14. Which state government has given Lifetime Achievement for Habib Tanvir and Pandit Bhimsen Joshi?

a)Maharashtra    b)West Bengal     c)New Delhi    d)Rajasthan    e)none

15. The 15^th Conference of India and US Air Forces meeting was held in __________?

a)Delhi     b)Bangalore     c)Goa     d)Mumbai    e)Thiruvananthapuram

16. Which of the following countries is the largest producer of jute in the World?

a)Bangladesh     b)India     c)Malaysia    d)China   e)none

17. Which European Country has introduced a new package of tax increases and spending cuts to save 4.8bn euro’s and ease its budget crisis?

a)Sweden    b)Greece    c)Spain    d)Portugal    e)none

18. India is the _______ most affected country in the world for spam mail attacks, in the annual security report by Cisco?

a)first     b)second     c)third    d)fourth   e)fifth

19. Which Country has launched the poppy eradication programme to wipe out opium poppies across the country?

a)Srilanka     b)India    c)Pakistan    d)Afghanistan    e)China

20. Syed Mushtaque Ali has recently passed away. He belongs to which filed?

a)Painting     b)Sports    c)Politics     d)Social Service    e)none

General Awareness for Bank PO - 2009

1. Which of the following is one of the most successful programmes under Bharat Nirman?

a)Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana(PMGSY)

b)Indira Awas Yojana(IAY)

c)Rajiv Gandhi Vidyutikaran Yojana(RGVY)

d)Watershed Development Scheme

e)none of these

2. Which of the following is not included in the core sectors of Indian Economy?

a)Coal    b)Steel    c)Cement    d)Transport    e)Electricity

3. What is the FDI limit in Education __________?

a)49%   b)51%    c)74%   d)90%    e)100%

4. Who won the Spanish Open Badminton – 2009 in women’s single?

a)Saina Nehwal    b) Wang Lin  c)Lianne Tan    d) Sayali Gokhale    e)none

5. What is the present Statutory liquid ratio(SLR)?

a)24%    b)5%   c)25%   d)6%   e)12%

6. Mixed Economy means _________________?
a) Co-existence of small and large industries
b) Promoting both Agriculture and Industries in the economy
c) Co-existence of public and private sectors
d)Co-existence of rich and poor

e)None of these

7. Oil and Natural Gas Commission Videsh Ltd(OVL)  is planning to invest US $ 5 billion in production of gas from “Farsi Blocks of Gas Deposits”. It is located in which of the following countries?

a)Pakistan    b)Iran    c)Iraq  d)UAE    e)Kuwait

8. Who among the following won the V Shantaram awards for best actress?

a)Kareena Kapoor    b)Rani Mukherjee    c)Priyanka Chopra    d)Katrina Kaif   e)none

9. When a bank is financing an “International Business”, it in fact is involved in which of the following?

a)Micro finance    b)Retail Banking    c)Core Banking    d)Trade finance   e)both a & d

10. When did Regional Rural Banks start functioning in India?

a)1949   b)1956    c)1969   d)1975  e)1982

11. Who was the chairman of Sixth Central Pay Commission?

a)B.N. Shrkrishna    b)J S Mathur    c)Sushma Nath    d)Ravindra Dholakia   e)none

12. The Bank of Calcutta, Bank of Bombay and Bank of Madras were merged in 1921 to form __________?

a)State Bank of India    b)Reserve Bank of India    c)Imperial Bank of India   d)Central Bank of India   e)none

13. Which of the following awards is not given by the Government of India?

a)Padma Bhushan     b)Ashok Chakra    c)Kalinga Prize    d)Bharat Ratna   e)All are given by GOI

14. The number of people living Below Poverty Line (BPL) is maximum in which of the following state?

a)Bihar    b)Jharkhand    c)Sikkim    d)Chhattisgarh    e)Orissa

15. Who amongst the following is the chairman of the National Land Reforms Council?

a)Arjun Singh    b)Sam Pitroda    c)Manmohan Singh    d)Kamal Nath   e)none

16. According to figures from the Australian government, the number of Indian students wanting to study in Australia has slumped by almost _____?

a)25%    b)35%    c)40%    d)50%    e)none

17. India will provide ______ as assistance to Sri Lanka to undertake railway projects in its war ravaged Northern region?

a)$ 100 millions    b)$ 425 million    c)$ 250 million    d)$ 300 million    e)$ 500 million

18. Recently which state government said that 'Economic Offences Wing' would be set up in each district to tackle the rising menace of fraud and cheating by bogus investment firms?

a)Maharashtra   b)Uttar Pradesh    c)Tamilnadu    d)Andhra Pradesh    e)none

19. In the first quarter (Q1), what is the contribution of agriculture sector to GDP (6.1%) was ______?

a)0.9%    b)1.5%    c)2.5%   d)2.8%   e)4%

20. The Head Office of NABARD is located in _________?

a)Delhi   b)Mumbai   c)Kolkatta   d)Lucknow    e)Hyderabad

Note : 

2 Q : The Six core sectors of Indian Economy are : Coal, Cement, Electricity, Steel, Petroleum refinery products, Crude Oil.

4 Q : Sayali Ghokale beat Lianne Tan

8 Q :

Rani Mukherjee for best actress ( Dil bole hadippa)

Prakash Raj for best actor (Kanchivaram).

12 Q :

 In 1955 it subsequently transformed into State Bank of India (SBI). The Government of India nationalized the Imperial Bank of India in 1955, with the Reserve Bank of India taking a 60% stake, and renamed it the State Bank of India. In 2008, the Government took over the stake held by the Reserve Bank of India.

13 Q : Kalinga Prize given in the field of science by UNESCO.

19 Q :

In Q1 (Apr – June) GDP is 6.1%, agriculture sector contribution is 2.5%.

In Q2 (Jul – Sep) GDP is 7.9%, agriculture sector contribution is 0.9%.