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 

Current Affairs Quiz 2010 - 46

1.The Largest Producer of Rubber in the world __________?

a)China   b)Indonesia(2)  c)India(4)    d)Thailand(1)   e)Malaysia(3)

2.Which of the following states signed an MoU with NALCO to establish an Aluminum Park?

a)Karnataka    b)West Bengal    c)Gujarat   d)Maharashtra   e)Orissa

3.Kim Clijsters won the US Open Women’s Single Title for the year 2009. She belongs to which country?

a)Belgium   b)Serbia    c)Russia   d)Italy   e)Spain

4.Who amongst the following is the winner of Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration 2009?

a)Ram Puniyani    b)Javed Akhtar    c)Balraj Puri    d)Shyam Benegal   e)Both b & d

5.The Country’s first Special Economic Zone (SEZ) dedicated to Aerospace Industry has been inaugurated in Belgaum district. It is located in which state?

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

6.With which country India shares a maximum boundary line of around 4,000 km?

a)Myanmar    b)Bangladesh    c)China    d)Pakistan   e)Nepal

7.Canada became the _____ country to sign Civil Nuclear agreement with India?

a)5   b)6    c)7    d)8   e)9

8.Many times we have seen the Acronym ‘FEMA’ in the Financial newspapers. What is the full form of FEMA?

a)Forex Exchange Mangement Act

b)Financial Export Management Act

c)Foreign Exchange Management Act

d)Financial Exchange Management Act

e)none of these

9.How many times the President of India can seek re-election to his post?

a)Only once   b)two times   c)three times   d)Any number of times   e)none

10. Which of the following has written the book “Between the Lines”?

a)V. S Naipaul   b)Prem Bhatia    c)Kuldeep Nayyar   d)C.Rangarajan  e)Saul Bellow

11. As per UNCTAD’s report 2009 which place India got in attracting FDI among Asian nations?

a)First    b)Second   c)Third   d)Fourth   e)Fifth

12. Which of the following will the release the report on Foreign Exchange Reserves in India?

      a)SEBI    b)Ministry of Finance    c)ASSOCHAM   d)RBI   e)both  b & d.

13. Irani Cup is associated to which sport?

a)Cricket   b)Football   c)Hockey    d)Golf   e)none

14. Who has been re-elected as President of International Olympics Committee (IOC)?

a)Suresh Kalmadi    b)Jagues Rogge    c)Jean Todt   d)Jaun Antonio Samaranch  e)none

15. Which of the following is not a member of SAARC?

a)Maldives    b)Nepal    c)Bhutan   d)Myanmar    e)Srilanka

16. Who won the Hero Honda Cup Series?

a)India    b)Srilanka   c)Australia   d)South Africa   e)none of these

17. Ayyappa Masagi is a well known figure in which of the following?

a)Economy   b)Climate Change   c)Gandhian Thoughts   d)Construction work   e)Water Literacy

18. Who has been nominated as Administrator of United States Agency for International Development (USAID)?

a)Timothy Roemer   b)Rajiv Shah   c)Meera Shankar   d)Anil Kumar   e)Kalpenn Shah

19. How many countries border with India?

a)3   b)4   c)5   d)6   e)7

20. Which country has surpassed US to become worlds largest Automaker?

a)Japan   b)China    c)Germany   d)India   e)none of these

Note:

3Q: Kim Clijsters beat Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) in the US Open 2009 in Women’s Single.

16Q: Australia beat India to Clinch Hero Honda Cup Series.

Film and Business Awards 2010

67^th Golden Globe Awards 2010:

The Golden Globe Awards are presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) to recognize outstanding achievements in the entertainment industry, both domestic and foreign, and to focus wide public attention upon the best in motion pictures and television. 

1. Best Film (drama): Avatar.

2. Best Film (musical or comedy): The Hangover.

3. Best Foreign Language film: The White Ribbon (Germany).

4. Best Director: James Cameroon (Avatar).

5. Best Actor (drama): Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart).

6. Best Actress (drama): Sandra Bullock (The Blind side).

7. Best Actor (musical or comedy): Robert Downey (Sherlock Homes)

8. Best Actress (musical or comedy): Meryl Streep (Julie & Julia).

The ET Awards 2009:

The Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence (also referred as ET Awards) are the awards conferred by The Economic Times in the field of business, corporate and government policies, economies in India. It is an annual awards, conferred in various categories.

1.      Keshub Mahindra (M & M) - Lifetime Achievement of the year.

2.      GV Krishna Reddy (GVK Industries Ltd) - Entrepreneur of the year.

3.      Anand Mahindra (M & M) - Business Leader of the year.

4.      Vinita Bali (Britannia) - Businesswoman of the Year.

5.      Ram Charan (Honeywell) - Global Indian of the year.

6.      Nitish Kumar (Bihar CM) - Business Reformer of the year.

7.      Hero Honda - Company of the year.

8.      Idea Cellular - Emerging Company of the year.

9.      Jean Dreze (NREGA) - Policy Change Agent.

10. TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute) - Corporate Citizen of the year.