General knowledge 11
1. India has signed an agreement to procure Advanced Jet Trainer (Hawk) from which of the following countries?
(a) USA
(b) UK
(c) France
(d) Russia
2. The United States has granted the status of major non-NATO ally? to which of the following countries in 2004 ?
(a) Pakistan
(b) India
(c) Afghanistan
(d) Myanmar
3. Who among the following persons bought the sword of Tipu Sultan in London and brought it back to India ?
(a) Ratan Tata
(b) Mukesh Ambani
(c) Vijay Mallya
(d) Aditya Birla
4. Which of the following companies became India’s first listed IT firm to have crossed $1 billion turnover ?
(a) Satyam
(b) HCL
(c) Wipro
(d) Infosys Technologies
5. Who among the following women is the highest individual scorer in an innings in Test Cricket ?
(a) Mithali Raj
(b) Kiran Baloch
(c) Diana Eduljee
(d) None of these
6. Who is the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka ?
(a) Chandrika Kumaratunga
(b) Ranil Wickremesinghe
(c) Mahinda Rajapakse
(d) DM Jayaratne
7. Hamas is a militant organization fighting against which of the following countries ?
(a) Sudan
(b) Israel
(c) Brazil
(d) Syria
8. Who among the following has become the first Indian to score a triple century in Tests ?
(a) Rahul Dravid
(b) Sachin Tendulkar
(c) V.V.S. Laxman
(d) Virender Sehwag
9. Who among the following has won the Femina Miss India Universe 2010 title ?
(a) Lakshmi Pandit
(b) Sayali Bhagat
(c) Manasvi Mamgai
(d) Jyoti Brahmin
10. The 11th South Asian Federation Games were held recently in which of the following cities ?
(a) Dhaka
(b) Hyderabad
(c) Kathmandu
(d) Colombo
11. Which of the following parts of the poppy plant is used for the extraction of opium ?
(a) Capsules
(b) Flowers
(c) Leaves
(d) Roots
12. Who is the Chairman of the Thirteenth Finance Commission ?
(a) C. Rangarajan
(b) N. N. Vohra
(c) Bimal Jalan
(d) Dr. Vijay L. Kelkar
13. The first feature film (talkie) produced in India was
(a) Hatimtai
(b) Alamm Ara
(c) Pundalik
(d) Raja Harishchandra
14. The ‘All India Muslim League’ was founded in the year
(a) 1886
(b) 1901
(c) 1913
(d) 1906
15. Who was the first Indian to be honored with the Param Vir Chakra?
(a) Major Som Nath Sharma
(b) Lt Manoj Kumar Pandey
(c) Captain Vikram Batra
(d) None of these
16. Which are the BRIC countries?
(a) Brazil, Russia, India, and China
(b) Botswana, Rwanda, Ivory Coast, and Croatia
(c) Bangladesh, Romania, Indonesia, and Cambodia
(a) Brazil, Russia, India, and China
(b) Botswana, Rwanda, Ivory Coast, and Croatia
(c) Bangladesh, Romania, Indonesia, and Cambodia
(d) None of these
17. Name the Cyclone that hit Bay of Bengal in May 2010 affecting coastal areas of Tamilnadu, AP and Orissa.
(a) Katrina
(b) Laila
(c) Celia
(d) Barbara
18. Name the volcano whose dense cloud of drifting volcanic ash is causing many European airports to shut down for days and affecting air traffic worldwide.
(a) Eyjafjallajokul
(b) Llullaillaco
(c) Fuji
(d) Mauna Loa
20 Who is the new IPL Commissionaire?
(a) Jyotiraditya Scindia
(b) Chirayu Amin
(c) Lalit Modi
(d) Ravi Shashtri
21. Name the first Indian who got an Oscar.
(a) Bhanu Athaiya
(b) Satyajit Ray
(c) A.R Rahman
(d) Rasul Pokutty
22. Where is Proctor and Gamble headquartered?
a) London
b) Frankfurt
c) New York
d) Cincinnati
23. With which company would you associate Thomas Edison?
a) GE
b) Exxon
c) BP
d) Shell
24. Which is regarded as the oldest Capital City in the World?
a) Rome
b) Athens
c) Damascus
d) Baghdad
25. Who was the first cricketer to take all 10 wickets in a Test-match innings?
a. Jim Laker
b. Paul Hopkins
c. Keith Miller
d. Anil Kumble
26 Which of the following was one of the founders of PNB ?
a) Sunil Bhatia
b) Lala Lajpat Rai
c) M S Ahluwalia
d) Lala HarKishen Lal
27 Who is called Periyar?
a) Jyoti Basu
b) Potti Sriramulu
c) A K Antony
d) E V Ramasamy
28. Which is regarded as the driest desert in the World?
a) Sahara
b) Gobi
c) Thar
d) Atacama
29. Which Indian IT company provided software Solutions for FIFA World Cup 2010.
a)Infosys
b) Mahindra Satyam
c)Wipro
d) Tata Consultancy Services
30. Which Company was involved with the oil-spill off the US Coast in April 2010 ?
a) Exxon
b) Shell
c) BP
d) HP.
31. Who is the Director of the recent hindi movie “ Peepli Live”?
a) Anusha Rizvi
b) Mohammed Rasool
c) Mahendra Prasad
d) Aamir Khan
32. Who among the following won the National Award for best actress in 2010?
a) Mita Vashisht
b) Aishwarya Rai
c) Priyanka Chopra
d) Nandita Das
33 Which of the following Universities topped the Forbes’ list of ‘ Billionaire Universities’
a) Oxford
b) Cambridge
c) Harvard
d) West Virginia University
34 The ‘Pennines’ Mountain range belongs to which continent
a) Asia
b) Europe
c) Africa
d) Australia
35. Who was the CEO of ‘Union Carbide factory’ when the gas leak tragedy took place in the year 1984 leading to the loss of thousands of lifes in Bhopal
a) Warren Anderson
b) Arjun Singh
c) Keshub Mahendra
d) Vijay Gokhale
36. Who among the following is associated with the ‘Chipko Movement’?
a) Mahesh Tripathi
b) Kamlesh Pande
c) Parag Gupta
d) Sunderlal Bahuguna
37. Which political party is Prakash Karat associated with?
a) CPI-M
b) Congress
c) BSP
d) BJP
38. Who is/was the host of the World’s longest running live talk show ?
a) Mikhael Brown
b) Tony Millers
c) Geoff Amiss
d) Larry King.
39. Which of the following is associated with India’s Green Revolution?
a) Rajesh Jaiwwal
b) Rajan Jain
c) M S Swaminathan
d) Satish Garg.
40. The Hindi News Channel belongs to which of the following groups?
a) Future Group
b) Shri Balaji
c) The India Today Group
d) Reckitt & Benckiser
41. The ‘Bermuda Triangle’ also known as the Devils Triangle’ where a number of aircraft and surface vessels allegedly disappeared mysteriously is located in which of the following oceans
a) Pacific
b) Atlantic
c) Arctic
d) Indian
42. Who is the only sitting leader in the World to be wanted by the International Criminal Court?
a. Hamid Karzai
b. Mahmud Ahmadinejad
c. Lee Myung Bak
d. Omar Hassan Al Bashir
43. Sir Ronald Ross, the person behind the discovery of Malaria parasite was born in ?
a) London
b) Goa
c) Calcutta
d) Almora
44. The ‘Commonwealth’ is composed of how many countries?
a) 98
b) 61
c) 54
d) 38
45. Kishore Biyani is associated with :
a) Future Group
b) India’s Science and Technology Mission
c) Space Science
d) India’s Foreign Service
46. ‘The Common Man ‘ is the creation of
(a) R. K. Laxman
(b) Jug Suraya
(c) Stephen Kinzer
(d) None of these
47. The ‘Cripps Mission (1942)’ was sent to India with the following objective
(a) To draft a plan for India’s Independence
(c) To persuade Congress and Muslim league to unite
(d) To suppress the demands of Indians for freedom
48. Who was the Governer General of India at the time of its independence in 1947?
(a) Lord Mount Batten
(b) Lord Warren Hastings
(c) Lord Dalhousie
(d) C. Rajagopalachari
49. Nokia is headquartered in which of the following Countries?
a) USA
b) Brazil
c) Finland
d) Japan
50. ‘Das Auto’ is the punchline of
(a) Volkswagen
(b) General Motors
(c) Audi
(d) Hindustan Motors
Answers to GK (11)
1 (b) , 2 (a), 3 (c), 4 (d), 5 (a), 6(d), 7(b), 8(d), 9(c), 10(a), 11(b), 12(d), 13(b), 14(d), 15(a), 16(a), 17(b), 18(a), 20(b), 21(a), 22(d), 23(a), 24(c), 25(a), 26(d), 27(d), 28(d), 29(b), 30(c), 31(a), 32(c), 33(c), 34(b), 35(a), 36(d), 37(a), 38(d), 39(c), 40(c), 41(b), 42(d), 43(d), 44(c), 45(a), 46(a), 47(b), 48(a), 49(c), 50(a)
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General knowledge -12
- Justice Pathak Enquiry Authority was entrusted with the task of probing into the scandal relating to :
(A) Telgi Stamp Scam
(B) Fodder case in Bihar
(C) Oil for Food Programme
(D) None of these
- The year 2010 has been declared by UNESCO as:
(A) International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures.
(B) International Year of Astronomy
(C) International Year for Disabled People
(D) International year of Space
- FIFA World Cup 2010 held in South Africa was won by Spain. Which country was placed third?
(A) Australia
(B) Germany
(C) Netherland
(D) S. Korea
- ‘Onge’ a tribal community which is at the verge of extinction is the inhabitant of :
(A) Samthal Pargana
(B) Arunachal Pradesh
(C) Champaran
(D) Andaman Island
- The term ‘fourth estate’ refers to :
(A) Intelligence service
(B) Judiciary
(C) Press
(D) Central Cabinet
- Who amongst the following is the Chairman of the National Investment Commission?
(A) Mukesh Ambani
(B) Ratan Tata
(C) Azim Prem Ji
(D) Montek Singh Ahluwalia
- The world day against Child Labour is celebrated on
(A) 26th August
(B) 7th September
(C) 10th October
(D) 12th June
8. The longest national highway in the country is
(A) NH-7
(B) NH-24
(C) NH-8
(D) NH-1
9. The difference between the Indian Standard Time [IST] and the Greenwich
Time [GMT] is
(A) +9.30 hrs
(B) +5.30 hrs
(C) +24.00 hrs
(D) +12.00 hrs
10. Speaker of lok sabha was, Meera Kumari is the daughter of which famous
Politician
(A) Jagjivan Ram
(B) Pranab Mukherjee
(C) Mujibur Rehman
(D) Jivandas kumar
11. Who gave the slogan ‘yes we can see’
(A) George Bush
(B) Bill Clinton
(C) Barack Obama
(D) John Adams
12. Lowest point of the earth is
(A) Coastal area of Dead Sea
(B) Oak Hill
(C) Ben Nevis
(D) kanyakumari
13. ‘India’s family store’ is the tagline of which brand?
(A) Westside
(B) Reliance
(C) 6 to 10
(D) Pantaloon
14. The first African-American to be awarded the Nobel peace prize
(A) Ralph Johnson Bunche
(B) Lee Harry Oswald
(C) Martin Luther King
(D) San Yat Sen
15. The country known as the ‘Land of Thunderbolts’ is
(A) Bhutan
(B) Korea
(C) Thailand
(D) United States
16. Who gave the quotation ‘You are educated when you have the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or self-confidence.’
(A) Albert Einstein
(B) Robert Frost
(C) Gail Godwin
(D) Shecky Greene
17. The author of “The Train to Pakistan” is
(A) O. Chandu Menon
(B) Rohinton Mistry
(C) Khushwant Singh
(D) R. K. Narayan
18. Madison Square Garden (USA) ia a place associated to which sport
(A) Boxing
(B) Tennis
(C) Greyhound Race
(D) Snooker
19. The first woman in space is
(A) Sally K. Ride
(B) Valentina Tereshkova
(C) Kalpana Chawla
(D) Sunita Williams
20. The largest and heaviest reptile found in asia and Australia are
(A) Estuarine Crocodile
(B) Blue Whale
(C) Chinese gaintsalamander
(D) Whale Shark
21. The amount allocated to the bharat nirman according to the budget presented by the finance minister in the economic year 2010 – 2011 is
(A) 5800 crore
(B) 6400 crore
(C) 48000 crore
(D) 9800 crore
22. The author of the famous book ‘the golden gate’ is
(A) Vikram Seth
(B) Vaikom Mohammed Basheer
(C) Indira Goswami
(D) Faustina Barna
23. What is the legal term given to any publication or statement calculated to injure one's
reputation or character
(A) Affidavit
(B) Decree
(C) Legacy
(D) Libel
24. Which of the following companies owns the Royal Enfield Brand in India?
(A) Yamaha Motors
(B) Essar Motors
(C) Eicher Motors
(D) Kinetic Motors
25. Light year is related to
(A) enery
(B) speed
(C) distance
(D) intensity
26. What is the term for the fear of thunderstorms
(A) ametophobia
(B) brontophobia
(C) acrophobia
(D) claustrophobia
27. ‘Sergy Brin’ and ‘Larry Page’ are the founders of which search engine
(A) google
(B) yahoo
(C) wikipedia
(D) msn
28. Which of the following cartoon characters observed its 50th anniversary in 2009?
(A) Bido
(B) Asterix
(C) Tintin
(D) Phantom
29. The Meditterranean Sea is connected to the Atlantic Ocean by the
(A) Red Sea
(B) Strait of Gibraltar
(C) Strait of Zyes
(D) None of these
30. The Project Director of Chandra Yaan-2 is?
(A) C. Rangrajan
(B) A. P. J. Kalam
(C) P. Chidambaram
(D) Dr. M. Annadurai
31. Etihad Airways is based in
(A) Dubai
(B) Abu Dhabi
(C) Muscat
(D) Kuwait City
32. Which one of the following is correctly matched
(A) Campos —Northern Brazil
(B) Llanos—Venezuela
(C) Pampas-Chile
(D) Selva—Southern Brazil
33. The Government of India Act, 1935 was based on the report of
(A) Cabinet Mission
(B) Cripps Mission
(C) Rowlatt Commission
(D) Simon Commission
34. During the Uprising of 1857 who was the Governer General of India ?
(A) Lord Rippon
(B) Lord Dalhousie
(C) Lord Warren Hastings
(D) None of these
35. Which Indian hotel has been the recipient of the british ‘Sword of Honour’ award for 3 years
(A) The Taj Mahal
(B) Hotel Maurya Sheraton
(C) Taj Lake Palace
(D) Leela Palace
36. Which was the first private ‘mutual fund’ company in India
(A) Kothari pioneer
(B) SBI mutual fund
(C) Zurich India mutual fund
(D) Alliance capital
37. Which country was on the top in medal tally in South Asian Games 2010?
(A) Pakistan
(B) India
(C) Sri Lanka
(D) Afghanistan
38. What is correcting errors in a program called?
(A) Debugging
(B) Compiling
(C) Interpreting
(D) None of these
39. Which of the following companies owns the ‘Roundup Ready’ brand of genetically modified seeds?
(A) Du Pont
(B) Cargill
(C) Monsanto
(D) Bayer
40. Which of the following is the largest Committee of the Parliament?
(A) The Public Accounts Committee
(B) The Estimates Committee
(C) The Committee on Public Undertakings
(D) The Committee on Petitions
41. "James Bond" is a character created by
(A) Ian Fleming
(B) Perry Masion
(C) Agatha Christie
(D) Wode House
42. "The Vedas contain all the truth", was interpreted by
(A) Swami Vivekananda
(B) Swami Dayanand
(C) Swami Shraddhanand
(D) S. Radhakrishnan
43. Who among the following is the author of ‘An inconvenient Truth’
(A) Colin Powell
(B) Al Gore
(C) Madeline Albright
(D) Wisent Eisenhower
44. After the Chauri-Chaura incident, Gandhiji suspended the
(A) Civil Disobedience Movement
(B) Khilafat Movement
(C) Non-Cooperation Movement
(D) Quit India Movement
45. The Cartagena Protocol is associated with
(A) GM Foods
(B) Chemical Weapons
(C) Bio-Safety
(D) Green House gases
46. The tip of the match-stick contains
(A) phosphorus pentoxide
(B) white phosphorus
(C) red phosphorus
(D) Phosphorus trichloride
47. The 16th Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations was held in
(A) Colombo
(B) Dhaka
(C) New Delhi
(D) Ha Noi
48. Which of the following is a coral island
(A) Tasmania
(B) Lakshadweep
(C) Maldives
(D) Rameswaram
49. The temperature which has the same reading on both Fahrenheit and Celsius scales is
(A) 40°
(B) -40°
(C) -34°
(D) -140°
50. The confluence of the river Alkananda and Bhagirathi is known as
(A) Rudraprayag
(B) Devaprayag
(C) Haridwar
(D) Kedarnath
Answers to GK no 12
1-c, 2- a, 3-b, 4-d, 5- c, 6-b, 7-d, 8-a, 9-b, 10-a, 11-c, 12-a, 13-d, 14-a, 15-a, 16-b, 17-c, 18-b, 19-b, 20-a, 21-c, 22-a, 23-d, 24-c, 25-c, 26-b, 27-a, 28-b, 29-b, 30-d, 31-b, 32-a, 33-d, 34-d, 35-b, 36-a, 37-b, 38-a, 39-c, 40-b, 41-a, 42-b, 43-b, 44-a, 45-c, 46-c, 47-d, 48-b, 49-b, 50b
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