General Knowledge Questions

1. On August 15, 2009, India celebrated its—
(A) 62nd Independence Day
(B) 64th Independence Day
(C) 63rd Independence Day
(D) 65th Independence Day
Ans : (C)

2. AFT stands for—
(A) Air Fitness Training Centre
(B) Armed Forces Tribunal
(C) Army’s Financial Team
(D) None of the above
Ans : (B)

3. India-China recently held on border dispute—
(A) 14th round of representative talks
(B) 13th round of representative talks
(C) 12th round of representative talks
(D) 11th round of representative talks
Ans : (B)


4. In Chief Minister’s Conference on Internal Security recently held Home Minister identified three major challenges to internal security of India. Which one among the following is not a challenge according to him ?
(A) Chinese threat to Arunanchal Pradesh
(B) Terrorism
(C) Insurgency in the North-east
(D) Naxalism
Ans : (A)

5. ASEAN—a regional bloc—with which India has signed Free Trade Agreement—is now India’s—
(A) Third largest trading partner
(B) Second largest trading partner
(C) Fourth largest trading partner
(D) Fifth largest trading partner
Ans : (C)

6. Under the trade pact with ASEAN the number of items India has included from agriculture, textiles and chemicals in negative list (which will be kept out of the duty reduction) is—
(A) 450
(B) 489
(C) 525
(D) 333
Ans : (B)

7. The Central Government has decided to grant land patta and occupancy rights of dwelling units in the name of woman member of the beneficiary household under—
(A) The Indira Awas Yojana
(B) The Rajiv Awas Yojana
(C) Bharat Nirman Project
(D) JNURM
Ans : (B)

8. ICWF is a fund for—
(A) Senior Citizens and disabled persons
(B) To help the women from OBCs and Minorities to run their employment
(C) To help Overseas Indians in times of distress
(D) None of the above
Ans : (C)

9. ISRO and NASA’s joint endeavour ‘Bi-State’ experiment to locate water-ice on Moon involved—
(A) Miniature Synthetic Aperture Radar
(B) Miniature Radio Frequency
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of the above
Ans : (C)

10. India has signed a pact with which of the following countries to help her in developing a National Police Academy at Rs. 320 crore ?
(A) Bhutan
(B) Maldives
(C) Afghanistan
(D) Nepal
Ans : (D)

11. Which of the following Bills were recently approved by Parliament ?
(A) The Constitution (109 Amendment) Bill 2009
(B) Right to Free Education Bill 2009
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) Neither (A) nor (B)
Ans : (C)

12. Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change has approved in principle the National Mission on Enhanced Energy Efficiency which targets—
(A) 10 per cent energy saving by 2012
(B) 5 per cent energy saving by 2015
(C) 9 per cent energy saving by 2012
(D) None of the above
Ans : (B)

13. Union Cabinet has recently approved quota for women in Panchayat upto—
(A) 45 per cent
(B) 33 per cent
(C) 50 per cent
(D) 75 per cent
Ans : (C)

14. Who has topped the Forbe’s magazine most powerful woman list in the world ?
(A) Indira Nooyi
(B) Michell Bachelet
(C) Angela Merkel
(D) Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
Ans : (C)

15. Which of the following states recently set up Evening Courts ?
(A) Gujarat
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Tamil Nadu
(D) Kerala
Ans : (B)

16. NATM stands for—
(A) National Australian Tunneling Method
(B) National Automatic Teller Machine
(C) New Austrian Tunneling Method
(D) None of the above
Ans : (C)

17. The new head of DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organization) is—
(A) V. K. Chopra
(B) V. K. Saraswat
(C) S. L. Raina
(D) M. P. Muralidharan
Ans : (B)

18. Who among the following has been given National Communal Harmony Awards 2007 ?
(A) Dr. Dominic Emmanuel
(B) Anjuman Sair-e-Gul Faroshan
(C) Shri Ram Puniyani
(D) None of the above
Ans : (C)

19. The winner of 17th Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award was—
(A) Gulam Ahmad Bhat
(B) Gautam Bhai of Pawanar
(C) Dr. Dominic Emmanuel
(D) None of the above
Ans : (B)

20. Which of the following has been conferred on the prestigious UNESCO’s King Sejong Literacy Prize 2009 ?
(A) Rajasthan Patrika
(B) The Hindu
(C) Khabar Lahariya
(D) None of the above
Ans : (C)

21. According to Global Status Report on Road Safety the country which leads in road deaths is—
(A) China
(B) Bangladesh
(C) U.S.A.
(D) India
Ans : (D)

22. International Day for Eradication of Poverty is observed on—
(A) October 16
(B) October 17
(C) October 18
(D) October 20
Ans : (B)

23. ‘India : From Midnight to the Millennium and Beyond’ is the book by—
(A) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(B) Prakash Karat
(C) Shashi Tharoor
(D) Monika Chousoria
Ans : (C)

24. England clinched the Ashes Series after defeating—
(A) Kenya
(B) Pakistan
(C) Australia
(D) None of the above
Ans : (C)

25. India bagged ONGC Nehru Cup title (Football) after beating—
(A) Saudi Arabia
(B) Syria
(C) Argentina
(D) Uganda
Ans : (B)

26. Which of the following is not correctly matched ?
Winner — Competition
(A) Ruben’s Barrichello — European Grand Prix
(B) Valentino Rossi — Hungarian Grand Prix
(C) Kimi Raikkonen — Belgian Grand Prix
(D) Mark Webber — German Grand Prix
Ans : (B)

27. The Foreign Trade Policy for the period 2009-14 aims at achieving an annual growth of—
(A) 10 per cent
(B) 15 per cent
(C) 20 per cent
(D) 8 per cent
Ans : (B)

28. C. Rangarajan has been made Chairman of—
(A) National Advisory Council
(B) Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council
(C) Asian Society of Agricultural Economists
(D) None of the above
Ans : (B)

29. The percentage upto which FDI in defence sector is allowed is—
(A) 27 per cent
(B) 26 per cent
(C) 30 per cent
(D) 35 per cent
Ans : (B)

30. As per the directives issued by the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (EAC) the percentage of the current account deficit (of the total GDP) during 2008-09 should not be more than—
(A) 5•5 per cent
(B) 4 per cent
(C) 3•2 per cent
(D) None of the above
Ans : (C)

31. The agricultural census is done at which of the following intervals ?
(A) Every year
(B) Once in five year
(C) Once in three year
(D) Once in ten year
Ans : (B)

32. The 11th Five Year Plan is termed as a plan for—
(A) India’s health
(B) India’s education
(C) Development of rural India
(D) Eradication of poverty from India
Ans : (B)

33. India recently signed six nuclear pacts with—
(A) Vietnam
(B) Japan
(C) Mongolia
(D) N. Korea
Ans : (C)

34. Bharat Nirman Project covers and focusses on—
(A) Five Areas
(B) Six Areas
(C) Seven Areas
(D) Ten Areas
Ans : (B)

35. Nextzone—an information technology SEZ has been established at—
(A) Panki in Uttar Pradesh
(B) Panvel in Maharashtra
(C) Bangalore in Karnataka
(D) Secunderabad in Andhra Pradesh
Ans : (B)

36. To his credit, Leander Paes of India presently has—
(A) Twelve Grand Slam Titles
(B) Ten Grand Slam Titles
(C) Six Grand Slam Titles
(D) Five Grand Slam Titles
Ans : (B)

37. The winner in 5000 and 10,000 metre race in 12th World Championship in Athletics is—
(A) Usain Bolt
(B) Abel Kirni
(C) Kenenisa Bekele
(D) None of the above
Ans : (C)

38. The Commando Battallion for Resolution Action (COBRA) is the counter insurgency unit of—
(A) CRPF
(B) BSF
(C) Indian Army
(D) Indian Air Force
Ans : (A)

39. Currently in India OBCs account for—
(A) 40 per cent rural populace
(B) 45 per cent rural populace
(C) 60 per cent rural populace
(D) 39 per cent rural populace
Ans : (D)

40. The Indian Cricketer who recently made his 44th ODI century is—
(A) Virender Sehwag
(B) Rahul Dravid
(C) Sachin Tendulkar
(D) None of the above
Ans : (C)