General Knowledge Quiz 2010 - 73

1.      The Index of Industrial Production(IIP) registered a ______ growth during 2009-10?

a)13.5%      b)15%     c)7.7%    d)10.4%    e)none

2.      Who became the first player to score 1000 T20 international runs?

a)Virender Sehwag     b)Chris Gayle    c)Yuvraj Singh     d)Suresh Raina

e)Brendon McCullum

3.      The Environment Ministry has set up a 19-member committee to study in detail the implementation of the Forest Rights Act, 2006. Who is the chairman of the committee?

a)M. Shankar      )S Goplakrishnan     c)Devendra Pandey     d)N C Saxena    e)none

4.      Mohan Makhijani popularly known as Mac Mohan recently passed away. He was well known person in which of the following?

a)Politics      b)Sports      c)Movies    d)Painting    e)none

5.      With which country India decided to double their trade from $16 billion to $32 billion in next five years?

a)Malaysia     b)Singapore     c)Switzerland    d)Nepal    e)none

6.      Which of the following ministry has bought cotton and cotton waste under the restricted list for exports?

a)Ministry of Agriculture    

 b)Ministry of Finance

 c)Ministry of Commerce and Industry

d)Ministry of Consumer Affairs

e)none

7.      Who won the Khar Gymkhana All-India Men's Open Tennis Tournament?

a)Aditya Madkekar      b)Saurav Sukul     c)Ronak Manuja    d)Yannick Nedlord   e)none

8.      Which city hosted the 15^th Asian Squash Championship 2010?

a)Delhi     b)Chennai     c)Hyderabad     d)Chandigarh    e)none

9.      Which Country won the 2010 Uber Cup(World Team Badminton Championships for Women)?

a)China     b)Indonesia     c)India    d)South Korea    e)none

10. Who is the author of the book ‘Courts and their Judgements’?

a)Vikas Swarup     b)Pratap Sharma    c)Arun Shourie     d)Mrinal Pande    e)none

11. Which of the following organization has won the sponsorship rights of Indian cricket team?

a)Bharti Airtel       b)Reliance     c)Yahoo     d)Sahara     e)none

12. Who has been honoured with “Goodwill Ambassador” title for the promotion of handloom-Khadi industry in Kerala?

a)Amitabh Bachchan       b)Mammootty     c)Mohanlal    d)Amir Khan    e)none

13. Which country has taken over 400,000 hectares of Russian land on lease for agricultural purpose?

a)Japan      b)India     c)Kazakhstan     d)Ukraine    e)China

14. What is the maximum amount that the customers can draw through ATM in a day at present?

a)Rs 25,000       b)Rs 50,000     c)Rs 1,25,000     d)Rs 30,000    e)none

15. In which of the following city Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee unveiled the centralised processing centre (CPC) of the income tax department to enable faster refunds to tax payers?

a)Bangalore       b)Chennai     c)Hyderabad      d)Ahmedabad       e)none

16. Who is the Chairman of the committee to build India’s first indigenous civilian transport?

a)K. Kasturirangan      )V.K Saraswat      c)K Radhakrishnan      d)Madhavan Nair    e)none

17. What is the full form of NFS in banking?

a)Network Financial System

b)National Financial Service

c)National Financial Switch

d)Network Financial Service

e)none

18. Which country has decided to set up a nuclear city that would use atomic energy for peaceful purposes, especially in industry, agriculture, mining, desalination and medical field?

a)Saudi Arabia       b)Iran     c)India     d)Japan    e)none

19. Which of the following does not come under BASIC countries?

a)Brazil       b)South Africa      c)Russia    d)China    e)India

20. In India, National Doctors Day is annually celebrated on _______?

a)June 30th      b)July 2^nd      c)June 1^st     d)July 1^st     e)none

General Knowledge 2010 quiz - 47

1.      Which among the following constitutes maximum share in power generation in India?

a)Nuclear power   b)Solar power   c)Hydro Power    d)Wind Power   e)Thermal Power

2.      The 2009 APEC Summit held in ________?

a)Thailand   b)Hong Kong   c)Malaysia   d)Singapore   e)Vietnam

3.      Fiscal policy means ______________?

a)Credit policy   b)Planning policy    c)taxation policy   d)Subsidy Policy   e)Foreign Policy

4.      Which of the following is the largest exporter of Tea?

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

5.      ‘Majlis’ is the parliament of which of the following countries?

a)Iran   b)Pakistan    c)Afghanistan    d)Turkey   e)Iraq

6.      Which of the following is India’s first indigenously built multi-barrel rocket launcher?

a)Akash   b)Pinaka   c)Trishul    d)Nishant    e)Arjun

7.      Who became the third batsmen to reach 12,000 ODI runs?

a)Sanath Jayasuriya    b)Sachin Tendulkar   c)Ricky Pointing   d)Rahul Dravid   e)none

8.      Who is the first Indian to win the World’s Billiards Championship?

a)Subhash Agarwal    b)Geeth Sethi   c)Pankaj Advani   d)Manan Chandra   e)Anuja Thakur

9.      Recently Barack Obama completed one year term as the President of US. He belongs to which party?

a)Republican Party   b)Labour Party    c)African American Party   d)Peoples Party   e)Democratic Party

10. Who is the newly elected President of Croatia?

a)Zlatko Tomcic   b)Ivo Josipovic    c)Stjepan Mesic    d)Vlatko Pavletic   e)none of these

11. A/c to UNESCO, which of the following is the Largest University in the World?

a)IGNOU    b)California State University    c)Islamic Azad University   d)B R Ambedkar Open University    e)Osmania University

12. Which of the following won the Gold in Men’s category in the World Team Chess Championship held in Turkey?

a)US    b)India    c)Russia   d)Ukraine   e)China

13. ‘Open’ is the Autobiography of __________?

a)Michael Jackson   b)Cristiano Ronaldo    c)Barack Obama   d)Andre Agassi   e)none of these

14. Who won the Doha WTA Championship?

a)Venus Williams   b)Kim Clijsters   c)Justin Henin   d)Ana Ivanovic   e)Serena Williams

15. Which of the following countries having World’s Largest Uranium Reserves?

a)Australia   b)Canada    c)Russia   d)Kazakhstan   e)France

16. The Union Government approved the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) that aims at adding 20,000MW of power in India by _______?

a)2012    b)2015   c)2020   d)2025   e)2022

17. Stephen Harper has visited India in November 2009. He was the Prime minister of _______?

a)Mongolia   b)Russia   c)New Zealand   d)Canada   e)Argentina

18. Global Fund has approved USD 2.4 billion Grant for India to fight ________?

a)Climate Change   b)AIDS   c)Malaria   d)Tuberculosis   e)b, c & d.

19. The government has reconstituted the Scientific Advisory Committee to the Prime Minister, who is the Chairman of the Committee?

a)Venu Srinivasan    b)C.N.R. Rao   c)A.K.Sood   d)R.A.Mashelkar   e)Madhavan

20. Ashok K.Kantha has been appointed India’s High Commissioner to _______?

a)Australia    b)Maldives   c)Srilanka   d)Thailand   e)Malaysia