Saturday, September 24, 2011

Quiz 199 | General Awareness Questions

1.Which was the first state in the India to be formed on a purely linguistic basis, in 1953 ?

A. Punjab
B. Gujarat
C. Andhra Pradesh
D. Tamil Nadu



2.Who was the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations on 26th January 2009 in New Delhi ?

A. Vladimir Putin (Russian President)
B. Nicolas Sarkozy (French President)
C. Zigme Singye Wangchuk (Bhutan King)
D. Nursultan Nazarbayev (Kazakhstan President)



3.USA approved the use of drone on forces of Gaddafi in Libya. What is Drone?

A. Unmanned aircraft
B. Missile
C. Aircraft
D. Tank



4.Which telecom service provider paid more than 85 crore to renew its sponsorship contract and signed the most expensive sponsorship deal in the Indian Premier League (IPL) with Chennai Super Kings for IPL season 4?

A. Vodafone
B. Uninor
C. Airtel
D. Aircel



5.India was ranked … in the Global Hunger Index released by IFPRI in October 2010.

A. 67th
B. 69th
C. 71st
D. 74th



6.Which football hero was nicknamed 'The Sundance Kid'?

A. Jim Kiick
B. Troy Aikman
C. Brett Favre
D. Joe Montana



7.Which among the following rivers water Maharastra ?

A. Godavari & Bhima
B. Krishna & Bhima
C. Godavari, Mandovi and Bhima
D. Godavari, Bhima & krishna



8.Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) on May 8, 2009 has extended a $30-mn line of credit (LOC) to finance rural electrification projects in which country?

A. Kenya
B. Mozambique
C. Ghana



9.Who among the following recommends distribution of taxes between the Union and State Govt?

A. Finance Minister
B. Finance Commission
C. Reserve bank of India



10.'Kaviraja' or King of poets was a title of _________?

A. Chandra Gupta Maurya
B. Samudra Gupta
C. Skand Gupta



11.Who is the Chairman and Managing Director of Oriental Bank of Commerce? (September 2011)

A. B. Prasad Rao
B. Nagesh Pydah
C. Nandan Nilekani
D. UK Sinha



12.On June 6, 1966, Indian Rupee faced its highest devaluations ever . By what fraction Rupee was devaluated on this date ?

A. 23.5 %
B. 36.5 %
C. 29.3 %



13.Bastille Day, which is the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille fortress-prison in France is celebrated as a National Holiday on which of the following dates?

A. July 14
B. August 14
C. September 14



14.Who among the following is the only player in the history of cricket to have taken more than 400 wickets and scored more than 5000 runs in test cricket, making him one of the greatest all-rounders to have played the game?

A. Courtney Walsh
B. Glenn Mc Grath
C. Richard Hadlee
D. Kapil Dev



15.Which subdivision of geologic time is the longest?

A. Precambrian
B. Mesozoic Era
C. Teritiary Period
D. Miocene Epoch



16.The First Industry to develop in India was the-

A. Cottage Industry
B. Cement Industry
C. Iron and Steel industry
D. Engineering Industry



17.POSCO, a korean multinatoinal company, intends to invest Rs.52000 crore in-

A. Chhattisgarh
B. Jharkhand
C. West Bengal
D. Orissa



18.Which feature of MS Word helps the user find synonyms and antonyms of a particular word?

A. Thesaurus
B. Spellings and grammar
C. Font
D. Pivot table



19.The weekly Commonweal was founded by

A. Annie Besant
B. Bipan Chandra Pal
C. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D. Sarojini Naidu



20.Congress passed the 'Swaraj' resolution in the year 1905. The purpose of the resolution was

A. right to make a constitution for themselves but it was not done
B. to secure self-rule
C. responsible government
D. self-government



21.Where did Gandhiji launch his first struggle ?

A. Navaghaly
B. Champaran
C. Dandi



22.The State which recorded the minimum population growth rate during 1991-2001 is—

A. Andhra Pradesh
B. Kerala
C. Tamil Nadu
D. West Bengal



23.‘Threat of global warming’ is increasing due to increasing concentration of:

A. Ozone
B. Nitrous oxide
C. Sulphur dioxide
D. Carbon dioxide



24.How many runs did VVS Laxman score in his ODI debut?

A. 100
B. 1
C. 99
D. 0



25.On which of the following rates Reserve Bank of India provides loan to scheduled commercial banks ?

A. Bank Rate
B. London Interbank Offer rate
C. Credit Rate

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