General Awareness (28 Mar- 4 April)
1. According to Central Government, how many educational institutes in India failed to meet the standards and norms set by the University Grants Commission (UGC)?
a)25
b)36
c)44
d)45
e)51
2. Recently which country tested its biggest and most powerful rocket motor called S-200?
a)India
b)US
c)Russia
d)North Korea
e)Israel
3. Who has been honoured as ‘Order of Diplomatic Service Merit’ in recognition of his contribution in promoting India-Korea bilateral relations?
a)Narayana Murthy
b)Shashi Tharoor
c)Venu srinivasan
d)Azim Premji
e)S Ramadorai
4. Who is the President of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)?
a)Shyamala Gopinath
b)Venu Srinivasan
c)Chandrajit Banerjee
d)Y V Reddy
e)R Seshasayee
5. Which of the following is India’s first indigenously built multi-barrel rocket launcher?
a)Akash
b)Pinaka
c)Trishul
d)Nishant
e)Arjun
6. Who became the third batsmen to reach 12,000 ODI runs?
a)Sanath Jayasuriya
b)Sachin Tendulkar
c)Ricky Pointing
d)Rahul Dravid
e)none
7. Who is the first Indian to win the World’s Billiards Championship?
a)Subhash Agarwal
b)Geeth Sethi
c)Pankaj Advani
d)Manan Chandra
e)Anuja Thakur
8. Recently Barack Obama completed one year term as the President of US. He belongs to which party?
a)Republican Party
b)Labour Party
c)African American Party
d)Peoples Party
e)Democratic Party
9.The Country’s first Special Economic Zone (SEZ) dedicated to Aerospace Industry has been inaugurated in Belgaum district. It is located in which state?
a)Tamilnadu
b)Kerala
c)Andhra Pradesh
d)Karnataka
e)Maharashtra
10.With which country India shares a maximum boundary line of around 4,000 km?
a)Myanmar
b)Bangladesh
c)China
d)Pakistan
e)Nepal
11.Canada became the _____ country to sign Civil Nuclear agreement with India?
a)5
b)6
c)7
d)8
e)9
12.Many times we have seen the Acronym ‘FEMA’ in the Financial newspapers. What is the full form of FEMA?
a)Forex Exchange Mangement Act
b)Financial Export Management Act
c)Foreign Exchange Management Act
d)Financial Exchange Management Act
e)none of these
13. The book ‘Five Point Someone’ is in news recently. Who is the author of that book?
a)Shashi Tharoor
b)Chetan Bhagat
c)Aamir Khan
d)S C Chattopadhyay
e)none of these
14. Sheikh Hasina has recently visited India. She was the _____________?
a)President of Bangladesh
b)Prime Minister of Nepal
c)Prime Minister of Bangladesh
d)Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal
e)Pro Democracy Leader of Nepal
15. Kumbh Mela is done for every ________?
a)2 years
b)5 years
c)7 years
d)10 years
e)12 years
16. Which bank (PSB) is planning to set up wind power projects in the country?
a)Union Bank of India
b)PNB
c)SBI
d)Allahabad Bank
e)none of these
17. 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
18. 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
19. Vimal Kaushik has been appointed as the MD & CEO of __________?
a)Indian Bank
b)Nalco
c)HDFC
d)Maytas Infra
e)none of these
20. Recently which city has imposed speed limits for Vehicles plying on the roads?
a)Bangalore
b)Chennai
c)Hyderabad
d)Jaipur
e)Kolkatta
1 (c) 2 (a) 3 (c) 4 (b) 5 (b)
6 (c) 7 (b) 8 (e) 9 (d) 10 (b)
11 (d) 12 ( c) 13 (b) 14 (c) 15 (e)
16 (c) 17 (a) 18 (e) 19 (d) 20 (c)