General Awareness Quiz 2010 - 57

1.      Which country won the maximum number of Gold medals in 2010 Winter Olympics?

a)US     b)Germany    c)Canada    d)China    e)Russia

2.      Which of the following states is the largest producer of Coffee in India?

a)Andhra Pradesh    b)Karnataka    c)Kerala    d)Tamilnadu   e)none

3.      Which Country won the Hockey world cup 2010 by defeating Germany?

a)Spain     b)Netherlands    c)England     d)Australia    e)none

4.      Who is the head of the committee appointed by Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation to discuss the draft guidelines of government's ambitious Rajiv Awas Yojana?

a)Rakesh Mohan    b)Rangarajan    c)O P Mathur   d)Sheela Patel   e)Deepakh Parekh

5.      The European Investment Bank agreed to give a £340-million loan to Jaguar and Land Rover. These are the brands of which Auto Major Company?

a)Maruthi Suzuki    b)Hyundai   c)Mahindra & Mahindra   d)Tata Motors   e)none

6.      Recently which Indian Cricketer has been inducted into ICC Hall of Fame?

a)Sunil Gavaskar    b)Kapil  Dev    c)Mohinder Amarnath    d)Ravi Shastri   e)Bishen Singh Bedi

7.      What is the trade between India and EU at present ______?

a)$20 billion    b)$50 billion    c)$69 billion    d)$106 billion   e)$125 billion

8.      Which state launched the schemes ‘Indira Bal Swasthya Yojana’(IBSY) and ‘Nehru Drishti Yojana’ to improve the health of all school going children in the State?

a)Haryana    b)Madhya Pradesh    c)Gujarat    d)Himachal Pradesh   e)none

9.      Which Indian Company has named among the world's 20 best companies for leadership, a/c to Human resources consultancy Hay Group?

a)Infosys     b)SBI     c)Reliance    d)ONGC   e)TCS

10. Which Company introduced the Worlds Cheapest mobile at $15(Rs. 690)?

a)Nokia    b)Vodafone   c)LG   d)Videocon    e)Reliance

11. Bharti Airtel had acquired 70 per cent stake in Warid Telecom of ______ for $300 mn (about Rs 1,363 crore) in January 2010?

a) UAE    b)Srilanka    c)Myanmar   d)Bangladesh   e)none

12. Which among the following is nominated for 2010 Nobel Peace Prize?

a)CRY foundation     b)Bill & Melinda gates foundation    c)Internet    d)UN   e)none of these

13. Which country has announced that its National currency(bolivar) will be devalued by at least 17%?

a)Bolivia    b)Ecuador     c)Venezuela    d)Cuba    e)none

14. Amitabh Bachchan has accepted as a brand ambassador for _________ state?

a)Kerala     b)Maharashtra    c)Delhi     d)Tamilnadu   e)Gujarat

15. Who has been appointed as the brand ambassador for Kerala Tourism?

a)Mohan Lal      b)Amir Khan    c)Sharukh Khan    d)Rasool Pookutty    e)Amitabh Bachchan

16. Which of the following is India’s second highest civilian honour?

a)Padma Bhusan     b)Bharat Ratna    c)Padma Sri   d)Padma Vibhusan    e)none

17. Which European Country is facing severe debt crisis?

a)Spain    b)Portugal    c)Greece    d)UK    e)none of these

18. Recently which state has purchased a 1,300 megawatt of power from Gujarat, West Bengal and Maharashtra?

a)Andhra Pradesh     b)Tamilnadu     c)Uttar Pradesh    d)Rajasthan   e)Karnataka

19. At present in India, 105 Operational Special Economic Zones are there. In which state the maximum SEZ are there?

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

20. Expand the suitable PTA from the following?

a)Partial Trade Agreement

b)Preferential Trade Agreement

c)Primary Trade Agreement

d)Paid Trade Agreement

e)Public Trade Agreement

Quiz on General Knowledge 2010 - 55

1.      In which state the first ever Railway Line (Rangpo-Sivok) has started?

a)Meghalaya    b)Arunachal Pradesh    c)Tripura   d)Manipur   e)Sikkim

2.      The second International Exhibition and Conference on Civil Aviation, India Aviation 2010 is held at _________?

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

3.      Who has been named for India’s top science award in recognition of his distinguished services to the country?

a)S.N Bose    b)S Ramunujan    c)G.N Ramachandran    d)C R Rao    e)None

4.      Government has approved for setting up of Indian Community welfare fund(ICWF) in 18 Indian Missions. Which of the following is true regarding ICWF?

a)The fund is aimed for helping only Overseas Indians

b)The fund will have budgetary support of 480 lakhs for three years

c)It provide emergency medical care, air passage to stranded workers

d)Both b & c.

e)All of the above

5.      The Panchayati Raj System was first started in which state?

a)Kerala    b)Rajasthan   c)Uttar Pradesh    d)Tamilnadu    e)Gujarat

6.      Raman Magsaysay Award is given in the field __________?

a)Community Leadership   b)Government service     c)Public service    d)Journalism    e)All of these

7.      The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) Inflation for all commodities soared to ____percent in December 2009?

a)1.25    b)5.52    c)7.31   d)8.56    e)none of these

8.      Currently, India's trade with the ASEAN economies stands at _____ billions?

a)$10    b)$20    c)$30   d)$44  e)$50

9.      Which of the following has received the Prime Minister's Trophy for emerging as the best performing steel plant in the country for the years 2006-07 and 2007-08?

a)Bhilai Steel Plant     b)Tata Steel    c)Arcelor mittal    d)Vizag Steel   e)Essar Steel

10. Which Chief Minister conferred the Polio Champion award for his support and encouragement in endorsing polio immunization programme?

a)K Rosiah    b)M Karunanidhi    c)Nitish Kumar   d)Narendra Modi   e)Sheila Dikshit

11. Recently Bharti Airtel has acquired the ________ based Zain telecom for $10.7 billions?

a)UAE     b)South Africa      c)Kuwait    d)Dubai     e)none of these

12. Former National Security Adviser(NSA) MK Narayanan has become the new governor of _______________?

a)Jharkhand    b)West Bengal    c)Chhattisgarh   d)Bihar    e)Andhra Pradesh

13. Who won the 2010 Australian Open Men’s Title?

a)Del Potro     b)Rafael Nadal     c)Roger Federer   d)Novak Djokovic  e)none of these

14. Which Indian State became the first in the country to issue solar tariff order in January 2010?

a)Gujarat   b)Maharashtra    c)Punjab    d)Rajasthan   e)Andhra Pradesh

15. Which film has adjudged the best film in the 56^th National film awards?

a)Fashion     b)Jodha Akbar      c)Rock On    d)Antaheen   e)Kanchivaram

16. Recently India successfully test fired Astra Missile. Astra is a _________?

a)Surface-to-Surface    b)Surface-to-Air    c)Air-to Air   d)Air-to-Surface    e)None

17. Who is the new Disinvestment Secretary?

a)Sunil Mitra    b)P V Bhide    c)R S Pandey   d)Sunderasan    e)Sumit Bose

18. Who among the following is not a winner of 2009 Padma Vibhusan awards?

a)Ebrahim Alkazi     b)Y V Reddy    c)V Ramakrishnan    d)Prathap Chandra Reddy    e)B K Chaturvedhi

19. A/c to a UN report, _____ percent of world’s oral language will disappear within the next 100 years?

a)40     b)55     c)75      d)90    e)95

20. Which country recorded the highest number of polio cases in 2009?

a)India    b)China     c)Sudan    d)Kenya    e)South Africa

Allahabad Bank PO GK Paper 2010

1.      India signed a climate pact with – China.

2.      Sudhir Gokhran has been appointed as – Deputy Governor of RBI.

3.      K Radhakrsihna has taken over chairman as – ISRO

4.      Winner of man booker prize 2009 – Hillary Mantel

5.      Sachin created history by completing ____ runs in ODI – 17,000.

6.      Largest Steel Producer in the world – China

7.      Zine El Abidine Ben Ali sworn as president of – Tunisia

8.      East Asia Summit held in – Thailand

9.      Maximum Sugar mills are in which state – Uttar Pradesh

10. India’s GDP in 2008-09 – 6.7%.

11. H5N1 is a – Bird Flu

12. Mohammad Nasheed visited india, he was the president of – Maldives

13. Which country opposed Manmohan singh to visit Arunachal Pradesh – China

14. Ramakrihna venkatraman got nobel prize in – Chemistry

15. Genetically modified crop – Brinjal

16. ____ buyed 200 tones of gold from IMF – RBI

17. Who won the Champions trophy – Australia

18. Basel II norms – Maintaining Capital Adequate ratio

19. After the financial crisis, which affected the World crisis – Dubai crisis.

20. Chief Justice of India – K.G. Balakrishnan

21. POS – Point of sale

22. ECS – Electronic Clearing system

23. The exchange of goods between the two or more countries is known as - FTA(Free Trade Agreement).

24. Present EU President – Herman Van Rompuy

25. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar awards are given in the field – Science & Technology

26. Dada sahib phalke awards are give in the field – films

27. Which of the following is not a government undertaking – ICICI bank

28. Balraj puri is associated with – Journalist

29. Nobel Prize awardees will give 10 million Swedish ________ - Krones

30. Player not Associated with Lawn Tennis – Anand Pawar

31. Government is disinvesting PSU’s upto _______ percentage – 10%

32. Which of the following is not a river – Ural(Russia)

33. Atta Dal scheme launched in which state – Rajasthan

34. Book by V.S Naipaul – Half a Life

35. Orissa government want to change the name of state as – Odisha

36. Government has celebrated ____ birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi – 140^th.

37. Which of the following is not a grandslam title in Tennis – Grandmaster.

38. India Generation Gap review is discussed in – India - European Summit

39. Term not related to Economics – Handedness

40. Term not related to banking and finance – Jacksonian seizure

41. Mullaperiyar dam is constructed on the river – Periyar

42. What percentage of education used in India’s GDP – 1%.

43. India buyed Barak anti missile defence from – Israel.

44. Food and Agriculture Organisation comes under the wing – UNO

45. National Skill development is launched by – Ministry of finance

46. Derby is a term used in the sport – Football.

47. Term related to hockey – Centre Forward.

48. Dadaab camp is in news recently, it is in which country – Kenya

49. E-shakti yojana a scheme started in which state – Bihar

50. Social Audit – NREGA

51. Which of the following is not a plant crop –All are plant corps(Vanilla,kiwi,camphor,etc)

52. A/c to world report what % of water is used for agriculture purpose - 69%

53. Only Credit Rating agency in India – CRISIL

54. State Level Afforestation formed by Government – CAMPA(Compensatory Afforestation Management and Planning Authority)

55. Indo-US TPF held in Delhi. What is the fullform of TPF– Trade policy Forum.

56. India discouraged free movements of unskilled labourers from – EU.

57. Scheme launched for pregnant and Lacting women – Indira Gandhi Matritava Sahayog Yojana.

58. UNIFEM launched a project in which state – Delhi.

59. India – European trade value - $60 billion.

60. What amount is required for PSU – 25,000 crore.

61. RBI has kept Emergency Fund facility for which of the following banks –Urban Co-operative banks.

62. One Carbon Credit is equal to – one ton of CO2.

63. Which of the following terms not related to climate change – Basel norms

64. Tax which the employer will pay to employee has been abolished in Union budget – Fridge Benefit Tax.

65. India and china concerned over Payment Imbalance – China is paying in their own currency rather than dollar.

66. India is concerned about instability in which of the following countries – Afghansitan & Pakistan.

Note: Almost 35+ questions are from this blog(directly & indirectly). If you know more questions/answers post in a comment box.

General Knowledge Quiz 2010 - 53

1. Palakkad is the country’s first fully electrified district in India. Palakkad is in which state?

a)Uttar Pradesh    b)Delhi    c)Tamilnadu    d)Kerala   e)Gujarat

2. Recently RBI approved the currency futures in ___________?

a)Euro    b)Pound    c)Yen    d)All the above    e)none

3. Which country unveiled the $81 billion stimulus package to prevent the country’s economy slipping back into recession?

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

4.  Matti Vanhanen recently visited India. He was the Prime minister of _________?

a)Netherlands   b)Sweden   c)Hungary   d)Finland   e)Spain

5. Which Country has agreed to supply coal to Worlds largest consumer of Coal(China), of a record $60 billion deal for the next 20 years?

a)India   b)US   c)Australia   d)South Africa   e)Mongolia

6. Recently which domestic cricket team created a world record chase of 541runs in First class cricket?

a)South Zone   b)Rest of India  c)Central zone   d)North zone   e)West Zone

7. Which Year has been declared as the Warmest Year since 1901, by Indian Meteorological Department(IMD)?

a)2009   b)2008   c)2002   d)2000  e)none of these

8. Which Indian has been appointed as the member of U.S President Barack Obama’s committee on Arts and Humanities?

a)Jhumpa Lahiri    b)Arvind Adiga    c)Arundathi Roy   d)Kiran Desai   e)none of these

9.  J.D Salinger has recently passed away. He was a famous ________?

a)Journalist    b)Economist    c)Writer   d)Painter    e)none of these

10. Which Country has offered to help the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change(IPCC) to strengthen its quality control system?

a)US    b)European Union    c)Japan   d)Maldives   e)none

11. Paramananda Jha is the first vice president of which country?

a)India    b)Pakistan   c)Bhutan   d)Srilanka   e)Nepal

12. In which Country the first state funded Hindu school started its operations in Jan 2010?

a)US    b)UK    c)Bangladesh     d)South Africa    e)Pakistan

13. Who among the following visited the three nation tour of Zambia, Malawai and Botswana in January 2010?

a)Prathibha Patel    b)Manmohan Singh    c)S M Krishna    d)Hamid Ansari   e)P Chidambaram

14. Letika Saran has become the second woman to head a state police force in the country after Kanchan Chaudry Bhattacharya in Uttarakhand. She was the DGP of ___________?

a)Andhra Pradesh    b)Tamilnadu    c)Delhi    d)Madhya Pradesh    e)none of these

15. Who won the Ranji Trophy?

a)Karnataka    b)Tamilnadu    c)Mumbai    d)Hyderabad   e)Uttar Pradesh

16. Who won the Chennai Open Tennis Tournament?

a)Maric Cilic     b)Stansila Wawrinka   c)Marcel Granollers   d)Santigao Ventura  e)none

17. India’s first Aero Sports Centre was inaugurated in which state?

a)Karnataka    b)Bihar    c)Chattisgarh    d)delhi   e)Haryana

18. Which Organization decided to ban the sale of Enrichment and Reprocessing Technology(ENR) to countries that had not signed Non-proliferation Treaty(NPT)?

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

19. Who is the author of the book ‘A Passage to India’?

a)Bankin Chandra    b)Sarojini Naidu     c)E.M Foster    d)Abdul Fazal   e)Louis Fischer

20. Vineet Nayyar is associated with ______________?

a)Mahindra Satyam     b)RBI    c)RCom     d)TRAI   e)Infosys