1.      Which state government has renamed the Brookside Bungalow to Rabindranath Art Gallery?

a)Mizoram     b)Assam   c)Meghalaya     d)Uttaranchal    e)none

2.      Who wrote the book “India - Pakistan: Coming To Terms”?

a)Ajit Pawar     b)Ashutosh Misra     c)K R Narayana    d)Shashi Tharoor    e)none

3.      Who has been elected as President of Karnataka State Cricket Association(KSCA)?

a)Rahul Dravid      b)Vijay Mallya    c)Javagal Srinath     d)Venkates Prasad    e)Anil Kumble  

4.      Which animal has been declared as National Heritage Animal by GOI - Elephant.

5.      Which of the following nation is the recent one to join Non Aligned Movement(NAM)?

a)Fiji    b)Cuba     c)Iran    d)Colombia   e)Egypt

6.      DIPP is the nodal agency in the field of foreign investments? what is the full form of DIPP - Department Of Industrial Policy and Promotion.

7.      RBI was considering the proposal to set up satellite banks and ATMs to provide banking facilities to the villagers in which state?

a)Bihar    b)Jharkhand     c)Uttar Pradesh     d)Assam   e)none

8.      National Voters Day is observed on _________?

a)Jan 6th     b)April 1^st     c)May 25^st     d)Jan 25^th     e)Oct 6^th

9.      Which country has opened World’s first nuclear bank - Russia?

10. Minimum Support Prices(MSP) is increased based on the recommendation of ?

a)Ministry of Finance     b)Ministry of Agriculture    c)Agriculture Cost and Price Commission    d)both a & c     e)Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs

Latest General Awareness (Quiz 8- 2011)

1.      Who is the Time’s Magazine Person of the year 2010?

a)Sachin Tendulkar     b)A R Rehman    c)Manmohan Singh    d)Ratan Tata   e)Mark Zuckerberg

2.      What is the mascot of 16^th Asian Games?

a)Shera     b)Le Yangyang    c)Kutumb    d)Orry    e)none

3.      Excise Duty is a tax levied on ____?

a)Sale of goods

b)import of goods

c)export of goods

d)both b & c

e)production of goods

4.      What is the present FDI limit in Telecom sector?

a)26%    b)49%    c)51%    d)74%    e)none

5.      ‘Sacred Games’ is a novel written by ________?

a)Vikram Chandra     b)Arundathi Roy    c)Vikram Seth     d)Manglaya Swinkar    e)none

6.      Who is the new Chairman of SEBI?

a)C.B.Bhave    b)Anand Sinha    c)U K Sinha    d)O P Bhatt    e)none

7.      Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is the chief guest of India’s 62^nd Republic day. He is __________?

a)President of Malaysia

b)Prime Minister of Indonesia

c)President of Yugoslavia

d)President of Indonesia

e)none

8.      At Present, the number of National Political Parties in India?

a)4     b)5    c)6    d)7   e)none

9.      Makhaya Ntini who has announced his retirement from International Cricket, belongs to which country?

a)West Indies     b)England     c)South Africa    d)New Zealand    e)none

10. Which is the most corrupt country according to the ranking of global corruption index, a Transparency International report?

a)India      b)Pakistan    c)Iraq    d)Somalia    e)none

1.      Recently which state has decided to set up a children's right protection commission, which will have judicial powers at par with district court - Uttarakhand.

2.      What is the GDP growth of India in the second quarter of this fiscal - 8.9%.

3.      Which country has became the first country to sign agreements to set up nuclear reactors in India - France.

4.      Who is the new Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh - N Kiran Kumar Reddy.

5.      Which country will host the 2018 FIFA World Cup - Russia.

6.      Which Company has bagged the 'Golden Peacock Environment Management' award for the year 2010 - Nokia.

7.      Which of the following country has offered uranium, oil, gas prospect for India -Zambia.

8.      To which heavily indebted  European country, European Union and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) unveiled a 85 billion euro ($113 billion) bailout package after Greece was rescued from bankruptcy - Ireland.

9.       ‘All Pakistan Muslim League’ is the new Political party launched by Pervez Musharaf.

10. Dilma Rousseff had taken over as first female president of which country- Brazil.

1.      Recently which state has decided to set up a children's right protection commission, which will have judicial powers at par with district court - Uttarakhand.

2.      What is the GDP growth of India in the second quarter of this fiscal - 8.9%.

3.      Which country has became the first country to sign agreements to set up nuclear reactors in India - Russia.

4.      Who is the new Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh - N Kiran Kumar Reddy.

5.      Which country will host the 2018 FIFA World Cup - Russia.

6.      Which Company has bagged the 'Golden Peacock Environment Management' award for the year 2010 - Nokia.

7.      Which of the following country has offered uranium, oil, gas prospect for India -Zambia.

8.      To which heavily indebted  European country, European Union and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) unveiled a 85 billion euro ($113 billion) bailout package after Greece was rescued from bankruptcy - Ireland.

9.       ‘All Pakistan Muslim League’ is the new Political party launched by Pervez Musharaf.

10. Dilma Rousseff had taken over as first female president of which country- Brazil.

1.      Who is the head of the committee constituted by Prime Minister to probe corruption in 2010 Commonwealth Games?

a)Sam Pitroda     b)Shantanu Consul    c)Pargat Singh    d)V K Shunglu  e)none

2.      2010 United Nations Climate Conference was held in ______?

a)Washington     b)Geneva     c)Cancun     d)New York    e)none

3.      Which Country has launched the World’s first Synthetic jet fuel?

a)US    b)France    c)South Africa     d)Japan   e)India

4.      Who won the 2010 ATP World Tour Title?

a)Rafael Nadal      b)Andy Murray    c)Andy Roddick    d)Roger Federer   e)none

5.      Tertiary sector contributes maximum to Indian GDP. Tertiary sector is also known as _________ sector?

a)Banking Sector     b)Primary Sector    c)Secondary Sector    d)Agriculture Sector    e)Service Sector

6.      Armando Emilio Guebuza recently visited India. He is the _______?

a)Prime Minister of Mozambique  

b)President of Madagascar

c)President of Mozambique

d)Prime Minister of Madagascar

e)none

7.      Who won the 2010 Mahatma Gandhi Peace Award?

a)John Brumby    b)Aund San Suu Kyi     c)Sheikh Hasina    d)Barack Obama   e)none

8.      Who is the author of the book ‘The Masque of Africa’?

a)V S Naipaul     b)Salman Rushdie     c)K R Narayanan     d)Nelson Mandela    e)none

9.      Which two countries have agreed to resume direct flights between their capitals for the first time in three decades?

a)India and Iran    b)Egypt and Iran     c)Cuba and US     d)US and Iran    e)none

10. Recently Shimla has been declared the fourth ‘smoking free’ city in India after Chandigarh, Kottayam and Sikkim?

1.      Who has been elected as the President of Indian Newspaper Society for the year 2010-11?

a)K.N Tilak Ram     b)Rakesh Sharma     c)Kundan R.Vyas     d)V.Shankaran      e)none

2.      Recently who among the following conferred with ‘Taj Enlighten Tareef Award’?

a)Leela Naidu     b)Shabana Azmi      c)Javed Akthar    d)Both a& b    e)none

3.      Base Rate of banks is fixed by ______?

a)RBI     b)Finance Minister     c)Both a & b     d)Banks    e)none

4.      India is the ___ Largest Producer of Vehicles in the World?

a)third       b)fifth     c)seventh     d)second     e)none of these

5.      ______ is a Insurance Regulator in India?

a) TRAI    b)SEBI     c)BSE      d)RBI     e)IRDA

6.      Micro Credit in India comes under ________?

a)Private Banking      b)NBFC    c)Rural Banking     d)Cooperative Banking    e)none

7.      What is the present limit for money transfer in RTGS?

a)`1,00,000     b)`1,50,000      c)`2,00,000    d)`2,50,000    e)`5,00,000

8.      Which is the only Asian country represented in the G-8 group?

a)India      b)South Korea     c)China    d)Japan   e)none

9.      Bad Loans can be described as NPA (Non Performing Assets) in banking terminology?

10. A/c to the recent report of ADB, what is India’s urbanization rank in Asia(% of population living in urban areas)? 34th.

1.      RBI has approved the merger of ‘Bank of Rajasthan' with ICICI bank.

2.      Who got the 2010 Commonwealth Writers Prize for the book ‘Solo' - Rana Dasgupta.

3.      Which day has been observed as the International Day of Older Persons(IDOP) - Oct 1st.

4.      What is the India’s rank in the new Global Hunger Index by the International Food Policy Research Institute - 67.

5.       ‘Gourde’ is the currency of which country?

a)Bhutan     b)Haiti     c)Norway    d)Chile     e)none

6.      India has won 101 medals in 2010 Commonwealth Games. In which sport India has won maximum no. of gold medals?

a)Wrestling      b)Boxing     c)Shooting     d)Badminton    e)Weightlifting

7.      Which of the following country is not elected to UNSC as a non-permanent member for a two year term on the council starting from Jan 1^st 2011?

a)India     b)Kazakhstan    c)South Africa    d)Germany    e)Portugal

8.      Which of the following ministry has re-launched the PURA(Provision of Urban Amenities in Rural Areas) Scheme?

a)Ministry of Urban Development 

b)Ministry of Rural Development

c)Ministry of Health & Family Welfare

d)Ministry of Finance

e)Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

9.      Who among the following has been chosen for ICC Cricketer of the Year 2010?

a)Sachin Tendulkar     b)A B de Villiers     c)Virender Sehwag      d)M S Dhoni    e)none of these

10. Who won the 2010 Champions League Twenty20?

a)Mumbai Indians     b)Royal Challengers Bangalore     c)Warriors    d)Chennai Super Kings   e)none

1.      Based on monthly wholesale price index (WPI), the annual rate of inflation stood at ___ percent for the month of September 2010?

a)8.51     b)5.44    c)8.6      d)11.6    e)none

2.      Who is the winner of 64^th edition of Santhosh Trophy?

a)Goa     b)Punjab     c)Tamil Nadu     d)Goa    e)West Bengal

3.      Who is the present Chief Minister of Jharkhand?

a)Shibu Soren     b)Madhu Koda     c)Arjun Munda     d)Sudesh Mahto    e)none of these

4.      Which of the following is the first team to play 900 Test matches in cricket history?

a)Australia     b)England     c)India    d)West Indies    e)none

5.      Who is the most powerful women in the world in 2010, compiled by Forbes?

a)Angela Merkel   b)Indra Nooyi    c)Sonia Gandhi    d)Michelle Obama   e)Irene Rosenfeld

6.      What is the present Repo rate?

a)5.75     b)6.00   c)6.25    d)5.25    e)none

7.      Howard Jacobson won the 2010 Man Booker Prize for his novel _____?

a)The Finkler Question     b)The Act of Love    c)Wolf Hall    d)Kalooki Nights   e)none

8.      Recently Pranab Mukherjee has won which of the following award?

a)World’s Best Finance Minister of the year 2010

b)Asia’s Best Finance Minister of the year 2010 

c)India’s Best Finance Minister of the year 2010

d)Both b & c

e)none

9.      Who among the following is the world’s highest paid female athlete by Forbes magazine?

a)Maria Sharapova     b)Serena Williams    c)Danika Patrick     d)Kim Yu-Na    e)none

10. Who has become the first Indian to qualify for 2012 London Olympics?

a)Abhinav Bhindra     b)Saina Nehwal    c)Mary Kom     d)Pankaj Advani    e)Gagan Narang

11. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has released a commemorative stamp on _________?

a) J S Mohammed Ali Shihab Thangal   b)Maulana Mohammad Ali    c)S Ubaidur Rahman    d)Syed Ahmad Khan    e)none

12. Which country has won the 2010 Women's Hockey World Cup?

a)Netherlands     b)England    c)Germany    d)Argentina     e)Australia   

13. What is present interest rate on Savings bank account?

a)3%    b)3.25%     c)3.5%    d)3.75%    e)4.0%

14. Who has been bagged the prestigious Akshaya Samman award for the year 2010?

a)Manna De      b)Ilaiyaraja     c)A R Rehman     d)Hari Prasad Chaurasia   e)none

15. Which of the following films has been nominated for 2011 Oscar awards in Best fim in Foreign Category?

a)Paa     b)Rajneeti     c)Kites    d)Peepli Live   e)none of these

16. Who among the following has been awarded with ‘The World Statesman Award’?

a)Manmohan Singh     b)Sonia Gandhi    c)Pratibha Patil     d)A P J Abdul Kalam    e)none

17. Who has been awarded 'Rabindranath Tagore Peace Prize' 2010?

a)Nafisa Ali     b)Irom Chanu Sharmila     c)Jyotirmoyee Devi     d)Anasuyaben Sarabhai    e)none

18. Who among the following has chosen for Jnanpith Award for the year 2008?

a)O.N.V.Kurup      b)Satya Vrat Shastri     c)Ravindra Kelekar      d)Akhlaq Khan Shahryar    e)none of these

19. Who among the following has chosen for 2009 Indira Gandhi National Integration Award?

a)A R Rehman       b)Balraj Puri      c)Ramakrishna Mission Ashram     d)Javed Akhtar     e)Both a & c

20. Recently Puttaraj Gawai has been passed away. He was a famous ______?

a)Social Activist      b)Hindustani Classical musician     c)Journalist    d)Politician   e)none