General Awareness Quiz 2010 - 50

1. India’s first Commercial Solar Plant was inaugurated in which state?

a)Andhra Pradesh   b)Gujarat    c)Maharashtra    d)Punjab   e)none of these

2. The 12^th Ministerial meet of BIMSTEC held in December 2009 at __________?

a)Bangladesh     b)Thailand    c)Nepal   d)Myanmar    e)Srilanka

3.Which Organization has given a fund of $1 billion to National Ganga River Basin Authority(NGRBA)?

a)ADB    b)world Bank    c)IMF    d)RBS   e)none of these

4.Which country won the Under-19 Cricket World Cup held in New Zealand?

a)India    b)Pakistan    c)Australia    d)New Zealand   e)England

5.Who has been appointed as the new Director General of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)?

a)A.S Gill    b)Raman Srivastava   c)R.L Bhatia   d)Vikram Srivastava    e)none

6. Which country has announced that it is building Worlds Longest Sea Bridge of around 50km?

a)Japan    b)China   c)UAE    d)US   e)UK

7. Which country has put a 50% tax on fat bank bonuses?

a)UK   b)US   c)Japan   d)India   e)none

8. Which state has awarded the ‘2010 Akkineni Nageshwar Rao’ award to Lata Mangeshkar?

a)Andhra Pradesh    b)Karnataka    c)Tamilnadu   d)Kerala   e)Maharashtra

9. Which country has supplied the sophisticated surveillance aircraft, AWACS to Pakistan in December 2009?

a)Russia    b)Israel    c)Sweden    d)US   e)China

10. Which country has decided to Phase out Cheques by 2018?

a)Switzerland    b)France    c)UK    d)Germany   e)US   

11. Which country has become the first to legally recognize same sex marriages?

a)Mexico    b)Sweden    c)US   d)Norway    e)none of these

12. Which Country has overtaken US as the World’s biggest individual Producers of Carbon dioxide?

a)China    b)UK    c)Russia    d)Germany    e)Australia

13. With which country India set to begin new Security dialogue in a “two-plus-two” format?

a)Russia    b)China   c)US   d)Japan   e)Australia

14. Which of the following countries is still a ‘Sick Man of Europe’?

a)Italy    b)Germany    c)Sweden   e)Britain   e)Russia

15. Which Organization has initiated a $7 million, to promote energy efficiency in micro, small and medium enterprises(MSME) clusters across India?

a)World Bank    b)UNIDO    c)UNCTAD   d)ADB   e)IMF

16. Which country hosted the 11^th South Asian Games?

a)Nepal    b)Srilanka     c)Maldives    d)India    e)Bangladesh

17. In which of the following states US will build nuclear power plants in India?

a)Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka

b)Karnataka, Maharashtra

c)Maharashtra, Tamilnadu

d)Tamilnadu, Gujarat

e)Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh

18. With which country India had signed an agreement for transfer of prisoners in January 2010?

a)Nepal   b)Bangladesh    c)Israel   d)Iran   e)Srilanka

19. RBI has increased the limit of banking transactions through mobile phones from Rs 15,000 to Rs __________?

a)20,000    b)30,000   c)40,000   d)45,000   e)50,000

20. Who was sworn in as CM of Jharkhand in December 2009, ending 11months of president’s rule in the state?

a)Madhu Koda    b)Raghvur Das    c)Shibu Soren   d)Dorjee Khandu   e)Ashok Chavan

Note: 11Q answer Denmark.

Quiz on 2009-10 Summits - 33

1. Which Country hosted the 15^th ASEAN Summit in 2009?

a)Singapore   b)Thailand   c)Malaysia   d)Philippines   e)Bali

2. Which of the following Countries will host the G20 Summit in 2010?

a)Canada    b)Pittsburg    c)London   d)Australia   e)South Korea

3. The first ever EU-Pakistan summit held at __________?

a)Islamabad    b)Sharm EL Sheikh   c)Brussels    d)London  e)none of these 

4. In 2009 Italy hosted which of the following summits?

a)G-5    b)G-8    c)G-77   d)G-20   e)none of these

5. The 2009 NAM summit held at ________?

a)Havana    b)Sharm El Sheikh   c)Tehran   d) Rio De Janeiro   e) Delhi

6. Which Country will host the XXXI Olympics in 2016?

a)UK   b)Greece    c)Brazil    d)South Korea   e)none of these

7. The 155^th OPEC meeting is slated to be held in December 2009 at ___________?

a)Venezuela    b)UAE    c)Qatar   d)Angola   e)Nigeria

8. Which Country will host the United Nations Climate Change Conference(UNCCC) in December 2009?

a)India    b)US   c)China   d)Japan   e)Denmark

9. The Indian Economic Summit 2009 held at which of the following cities?

a)Delhi    b)Chennai    c)Hyderabad    d)Bangalore    e)Mumbai

10. The APEC 2009 summit was held in which of the following countries?

a)Singapore    b)Peru    c)Japan   d)US   e)Indonesia

11. The eighth Indo-Gulf Conference held in _________?

a)Hyderabad    b)Delhi   c)Thiruvananthapuram    d)Lucknow    e)Chennai

12. The First ever BRIC Summit in 2009 held at which of the following countries?

a)Egypt   b)Russia   c)China   d)Brazil   e)India

13. Pittsburg have been hosted which of the following summits in 2009?

a)G-5    b)G-8    c)G-77    d)G-20   e)US-Pakistan

14. The 10^th India-EU Summit in 2009 held in________?

a)Brussels   b)Davos   c)Delhi    d)London   e)Bengaluru

15. The UNSC (United Nations Security Council) Summit in 2009 held in which of the following countries?

a)USA   b)Russia   c)China   d)France   e)UK

16. The Second Africa-South America(ASA) summit in 2009 held in ___________?

a)Venezuela    b)Brazil    c)Egypt   d)South Africa   e)Nigeria

17. The 7^th Indo-ASEAN Bilateral Summit held in_______?

a)Japan   b)Singapore   c)Philippines   d)Thailand   e)Malaysia

18. The 2009 EU–USA Summit held at ________?

a)London    b)Brussels   c)Prague   d)Pittsburg   e)Washington

19. The Fourth East-ASEAN Summit in 2009 held in_________?

a)Cha-am Hua Hin    b)Hanoi   c)Kuala Lumpur   d)Singapore   e)none of these

20. Which Country hosted the SCO(Shanghai Cooperation Organization) in 2009?

a)China   b)Tajikistan   c)Russia   d)Kazakhstan   e)Kyrgyzstan

 Note:

1st question   ::  ASEAN Summit in 2010 - Hanoi(Vietnam).

2nd question  :: G-20 Summit in April 2009 - London, September 2009 - Pittsburg

                                                       June 2010  - Canada,  November 2009 - South Korea

4th question   :: G-8 Summit in 2010 - Canada

                                                  in 2011 - France

12th question :: BRIC summit in 2010 - Brazil.