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.

Current Affairs PTR II - 2010

Australia Open 2010:

§  Men’s Single: Roger Federer(Swiz) bt Andy Murray(Britian).

§  Women’s Single: Serena Williams(US) bt Justin Henin(Bel).

§  Men’s Doubles: B. Bryan, M.Bryan(US) bt D Nestor(Can), N zemonjic(Serb).

§  Women’s Doubles: Serena, Venus(US) bt C Black(Zim) bt L Huber(US).

§  Mixed Doubles: L.Paes(Ind), Cara Black(Zim) bt E Makarova(Rus), J Levinsky(Czech).

US Open 2009:

§  Men’s Single: J M Del Potro(Arg) bt Roger Federer(Swiz).

§  Women’s Single: Kim Clijsters(Bel) bt Caroline Wozniacki(Den).

§  Men’s Doubles: L Paes(Ind), L Dlouhy(Czech) bt M Bhupathi(Ind), M Knowles(Bah).

§  Women’s Doubles: Serena, Venus(US) bt C Black(Zim) bt L Huber(US).

§  Mixed Doubles: C Gullikson(US), T Parrott(US) bt  L.Paes(Ind), Cara Black(Zim).

Grammy Awards 2010:

§  The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards took place on January 31, 2010, at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

§  A R Rahman won two Grammy Awards, for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album (Slumdog Millionare) and Best Song (Jai Ho) Written for a Visual Media.

§  He shares the first award with Lyricist Gulzar and Tanvi Shah.

§  "Jai Ho" has been sung by Sukhvinder Singh, Mahalaxmi Iyer, Tanvi Shah, Vijay Prakash and Rahman himself.

General Knowledge Quiz 2010 - 49

1.     With which African country India signed an agreement for Oil and Gas projects recently?

a)Algeria b)Angola c)Botswana d)Malawi e)Nigeria

2.     The World Economic Summit held in January 2010 at ___________?

a)Geneva b)US c)Oslo d)Davos e)none of these

3.     Who has been elected as the President of Srilanka?

a)Ratnasiri Wickremanayake b)Mahinda Rajapaksa c)Chandrika Kumaratunga d)Ranil Wickremasinghe e)Sarath Fonseka

4.     Which state has emerged as the top state in attracting highest inflows of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) during the financial year 2008-09?

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

5.     Which country invested maximum amount of FDI in India during 2008-09?

a)Mauritius b)US c)China d)UK e)Singapore

6.     Which sector in India has attracted maximum FDI equity in 2008-09?

Telecommunications b)Housing & Real estate c)Power d)Automobile Industry e)Service Sector

7.     Recently for which of the following government has put ban on exports and levying custom duties on imports?

Wheat b)Tea c)Rice d)Sugar e)none of these

8.     How many months have been taken for India’s export to rise 18.2% compared to the same month of previous year 2008?

a)12 months b)13 months c)14 months d)15 months e)16 months

9.     Who is the Chairman of Prasar Bharati?

a)Shyam benegal b)Muzaffar Ali c)Suman Dubelu d)Arun Bhatnagar e) Mrinal pande

10. Who is the winner of Dada saheb Phalke award for the year 2008?

a)V K Murthy b)Manna Dey c)Tapan Sinha d)dilip Kumar e)Shyam Benegal

11. RBI has projected the GDP growth for the financial year 2009-10 at ______ in Third quarter Review of Monetary Policy 2009-10?

a)6.5% b)7.0% c)7.5% d)7.9% e)none of these

12. A/c to IMF, World Economy will grow by ____ in 2010 and Emerging and Developing economies will grow by _____ in 2010?

a)3.9% , 6.0% b)3.0%, 5.5% c)2.3%, 5.0% d)1.6%, 2.1% e)none

13. Recently which of the following country banned the burkas in Public?

a)US b)Israel c)Iraq d)Saudi Arabia e)France

14. Who has been conferred with the ‘Uttam Yudh Seva’ Medal by President on the Republic Day?

a)Rishima Sharma b)Sreeram Kumar c)R.K Swamy d)Havildar Rajesh e)Mohit Sharma

15. The old method (1999-2000 prices) of Per capita income stood at Rs 37,490 for 2008-09.What is the Per capita income during 2008-09 as per the new series (2004-05 prices)?

a)Rs 40,141 b)Rs 39,128 c)Rs 31, 821 d)Rs 30,360 e)none of these

16. Where did India-Korea Science & Technology centre inaugurated in India?

a)Ahmedabad b)Chennai c)Hyderabad d)Bangalore e)Jaipur

17. Jyoti Basu has recently passed away. He belongs to which party?

a)CPI(M) b)JD(U) c)CPI d)RJD e)INC

18. India’s will launch its first manned Space mission in ___________?

a)2012 b)2013 c)2014 d)2015 e)2016

19. Port-au-Prince is in news recently. It was the capital of _______?

a)Mauritius b)Trinidad c)Haiti d)Somali e)none of these

20. Recently India placed at 1st rank in ICC _______ rankings?

a)T20 b)Test c)ODI d)All of the above e)Both a & b.