Friday, July 2, 2010

General Knowledge

1. The Index of Industrial Production(IIP) registered a ______ growth during 2009-10?
a)13.5% b)15% c)7.7% d)10.4% e)none
2. Who became the first player to score 1000 T20 international runs?
a)Virender Sehwag b)Chris Gayle c)Yuvraj Singh d)Suresh Raina
e)Brendon McCullum
3. The Environment Ministry has set up a 19-member committee to study in detail the implementation of the Forest Rights Act, 2006. Who is the chairman of the committee?
a)M. Shankar )S Goplakrishnan c)Devendra Pandey d)N C Saxena e)none
4. Mohan Makhijani popularly known as Mac Mohan recently passed away. He was well known person in which of the following?
a)Politics b)Sports c)Movies d)Painting e)none
5. With which country India decided to double their trade from $16 billion to $32 billion in next five years?
a)Malaysia b)Singapore c)Switzerland d)Nepal e)none
6. Which of the following ministry has bought cotton and cotton waste under the restricted list for exports?
a)Ministry of Agriculture
b)Ministry of Finance
c)Ministry of Commerce and Industry
d)Ministry of Consumer Affairs
e)none
7. Who won the Khar Gymkhana All-India Men's Open Tennis Tournament?
a)Aditya Madkekar b)Saurav Sukul c)Ronak Manuja d)Yannick Nedlord e)none
8. Which city hosted the 15th Asian Squash Championship 2010?
a)Delhi b)Chennai c)Hyderabad d)Chandigarh e)none
9. Which Country won the 2010 Uber Cup(World Team Badminton Championships for Women)?
a)China b)Indonesia c)India d)South Korea e)none
10. Who is the author of the book ‘Courts and their Judgements’?
a)Vikas Swarup b)Pratap Sharma c)Arun Shourie d)Mrinal Pande e)none
11. Which of the following organization has won the sponsorship rights of Indian cricket team?
a)Bharti Airtel b)Reliance c)Yahoo d)Sahara e)none
12. Who has been honoured with “Goodwill Ambassador” title for the promotion of handloom-Khadi industry in Kerala?
a)Amitabh Bachchan b)Mammootty c)Mohanlal d)Amir Khan e)none
13. Which country has taken over 400,000 hectares of Russian land on lease for agricultural purpose?
a)Japan b)India c)Kazakhstan d)Ukraine e)China
14. What is the maximum amount that the customers can draw through ATM in a day at present?
a)Rs 25,000 b)Rs 50,000 c)Rs 1,25,000 d)Rs 30,000 e)none
15. In which of the following city Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee unveiled the centralised processing centre (CPC) of the income tax department to enable faster refunds to tax payers?
a)Bangalore b)Chennai c)Hyderabad d)Ahmedabad e)none
16. Who is the Chairman of the committee to build India’s first indigenous civilian transport?
a)K. Kasturirangan )V.K Saraswat c)K Radhakrishnan d)Madhavan Nair e)none
17. What is the full form of NFS in banking?
a)Network Financial System
b)National Financial Service
c)National Financial Switch
d)Network Financial Service
e)none
18. Which country has decided to set up a nuclear city that would use atomic energy for peaceful purposes, especially in industry, agriculture, mining, desalination and medical field?
a)Saudi Arabia b)Iran c)India d)Japan e)none
19. Which of the following does not come under BASIC countries?
a)Brazil b)South Africa c)Russia d)China e)India
20. In India, National Doctors Day is annually celebrated on _______?
a)June 30th b)July 2nd c)June 1st d)July 1st e)none