Recent GK Questions 2010

Latest GK Questions 2010
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1. Which of the following Planets have no moons ?
(A) Pluto and Mercury
(B) Mars and Venus
(C) Mercury and Venus
(D) Pluto and Mars
Ans : (C)

2. Cryogenic engines are used for running which of the following programmes ?
(A) Operation Flood
(B) Atomic Energy Programme
(C) Space Programme
(D) Operation Research Programme
Ans : (C)

3. Who presides over the meetings of the Rajya Sabha ?
(A) Speaker
(B) Prime Minister
(C) President
(D) Vice-President
Ans : (D)

4. The Seventh Ministerial Conference of the WTO (World Trade Organisation) was held in December, 2009 at—
(A) Doha
(B) Kankun
(C) Geneva
(D) Gleneagles
Ans : (C)

5. The 97th Indian Science Congress will be held from January 3–7, 2010 at :
(A) Mumbai
(B) Bangalore
(C) Thiruvananthapuram
(D) Shillong
Ans : (C)


6. Who won the Ranji Trophy in National cricket played in January 2009 at Hyderabad ?
(A) North Zone
(B) Mumbai
(C) The Rest of India
(D) Railway
Ans : (B)

7. Shimla Pact between India and Pakistan was signed in :
(A) 1965
(B) 1971
(C) 1949
(D) 1972
Ans : (D)

8. Lakshmibai National College of Physical Education which has been given the status of a university is located at :
(A) Patiala
(B) Jhansi
(C) Gwalior
(D) Hyderabad
Ans : (C)

9. India enjoys Supremacy in the export of :
(A) Tea
(B) Bauxite
(C) Manganese
(D) Mica
Ans : (D)

10. Saraswati Samman for 2008 was conferred on :
(A) Baba Amte
(B) Ms. Swaminathan
(C) Lakshmi Nandan Bora
(D) Medha Patkar and Arundhati Roy jointly
Ans : (C)

11. Who among the following Delhi Sultans was criticised as a mixture of opposites ?
(A) Balban
(B) Jalaluddin Khilji
(C) Muhammed-bin Tughlaq
(D) Firoz Tughlaq
Ans : (C)

12. Which of the following is not an extremist militant organisation operating in Jammu and Kashmir ?
(A) Lashkar-e-Toiba
(B) Harkat-ul-Ansar
(C) ULFA
(D) Hizbul Mujahideen
Ans : (C)

13. The maximum number of Anglo-Indians who can be nominated to the Lok Sabha by the President is :
(A) 3
(B) 4
(C) 2
(D) 5
Ans : (C)

14. Who is the present Vice-President of India ?
(A) K. C. Pant
(B) Hamid Ansari
(C) Amir Khusro
(D) P. Chidambaram
Ans : (B)

15. Which country was joined at the 14th SAARC of the organisation in April 2007) ?
(A) Iran
(B) Iraq
(C) Afghanistan
(D) Myanmar
Ans : (C)

16. Identify Samresh Jung :
(A) The army officer who earned distinction in Kargil war
(B) The NCC officer who recently succeeded in scaling Mt. Everest
(C) The recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award 2003
(D) India’s shooter bagging five gold medals at 18th Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia in March 2006
Ans : (D)

17. Which capital is wrongly matched ?
(A) Vietnam–Hanoi
(B) Lebanon–Beirut
(C) Greece–Ankara
(D) Namibia–Windhock
Ans : (C)

18. Who is Maasuma al-Mubarak ?
(A) Recipient of Nobel Prize for Literature for 2004
(B) An African campaigner for the rights of African women
(C) Captain of women’s cricket team of Kenya
(D) The first Kuwaiti woman Minister who took oath on June 20, 2005 to become a member of the otherwise all male House
Ans : (D)

19. The dispute over Siachin Glacier area belt is between :
(A) India and China
(B) India and Pakistan
(C) China and Pakistan
(D) Bhutan and Nepal
Ans : (B)

20. Which of the following rivers falls in the Arabian Sea ?
(A) Mahanadi
(B) Godavari
(C) Krishna
(D) Narmada
Ans : (D)