Weekly Quiz - General Awarenesss

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Weekly Quiz

General Awarenesss

1)     Which Organization had sanctioned $150 million aid for the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC)?

a)ADB   

b)NABARD    

c)World Bank   

d)IMF   

e)SIDBI

Ans a

2)     Which among the following is the winner of ‘Indian Car of the Year 2010’?

a)Maruti Suzuki Ritz    

b)Honda Jazz    

c)Fiat Grande Punto    

d)Tata Nano   

e)Skoda Superb

Ans d

3)     Who has been appointed as Chairman of Public Accounts Committee (PAC)?

a)Karia Munde    

b)Meira Kumari    

c)Jaswanth Singh    

d)Pranab Mukherjee   

e)Gopinath Munde

Ans e

4)     Who is the present Opposition leader of Lok Sabha?

a)Karia Munda   

b)Nitin Gadkari   

c)L K Advani   

d)Sushma Swaraj   

e)Rajnath Singh

Ans d

5)     China will overtake _________ as World’s biggest Gold Consumer for the first time in History?

a)US   

b)IMF    

c)Russia   

d)Saudi Arabia   

e)none of these

Ans e

6)     Vimal Kaushik has been appointed as the MD & CEO of __________?

a)Indian Bank   

b)Nalco    

c)HDFC   

d)Maytas Infra   

e)none of these

Ans d

7)     Recently which city has imposed speed limits for Vehicles plying on the roads?

a)Bangalore   

b)Chennai   

c)Hyderabad   

d)Jaipur   

e)Kolkatta

Ans c

8)     S.P.S Rathore has been arrested in the case of molestation of a budding tennis player. He was the former DGP of which state?

a)Andhra Pradesh    

b)Punjab   

c)Haryana    

d)Uttar Pradesh   

e)Gujarat

Ans c

9)     The Centre is planning to introduce an amendment to the Employees Gratuity Act to enhance the maximum gratuity amount paid to employees from Rs. 3.5lakh to ________?

a)5 lakh   

b)6 kakh   

c)7 lakh   

d)10 lakh   

e)15 lakh

Ans d

10)Brinda Karat is associated with ____________?

a)Films    

b)Sports    

c)Journalism   

d)Author   

e)Politics

Ans e

11)Rukhsana Kosser, the brave lady who killed L-e-T terrorist in J & K, has been chosen for the award __________?

a)Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak  

b)Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak    

c)Jeevan Raksha Padak   

d)National Women Bravery award   

e)Both d & e.

Ans b

12)Pravasi Bhartiya Divas is celebrated on which of the following day?

a)Dec 9th   

b)Jan 9th    

c)Jan 21st    

d)Oct  11th   

e)none

Ans b

13)Who is the Chairman of NDA (National Democratic Alliance)?

a)Atal Bihari Vajpayee   

b)L K Advani   

c)Rajnath Singh   

d)Goerge Fernandes   

e)none of these 

Ans a

14)Which Country is going to use Mirrors to capture sunlight, produce steam and generate electricity?

a)India    

b)Japan    

c)US   

d)Saudi Arabia   

e)China

Ans e

15)V M Balachandran had recently passed away. He was a ________?

a)Journalist    

b)Author & Writer    

c)Singer   

d)both a & b   

e)none

Ans a

16)Ajit Lal, S.P Mishra, Ramanathan Krishnan & Jaideep Mukherjea, these names are famous in which of the following sport?

a)Badminton   

b)Cricket   

c)Lawn Tennis   

d)Football   

e)Hockey

Ans c

17)K Chandrasekhar Rao is the president of Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS)(it is a political party) demanding separate state called as ‘Telangana’. TRS is a political party of which state?

a)Uttar Pradesh    

b)Tamilnadu    

c)Karnataka   

d)Andhra Pradesh   

e)none of these

Ans d

18)How many Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) are under the administrative/Government control of various Departments?

a)112    

b)242    

c)90    

d)101    

e)none of these

Ans b

19)Who among the following entered in the Guinness Book of World Records for completing 26 hour long-aerobics marathon recently?

a)Dinaz Vervatwala    

b)Amit Sharma    

c)Vasanth Datla   

d)Pradeep Darooka  

e)none of these

Ans a

20)Which City will host the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Summit in 2010?

a)Hyderabad    

b)Ahmedabad   

c)Chennai    

d)Bangalore   

e)Mumbai

Ans c