PT's General Knowledge Question Bank 10 (01!11!2011)

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PT’s General Knowledge Question Bank – 10 (01.11.2011)

This set is useful for competitive exams like CSAT / CLAT / Bank PO etc.

Disclaimer: These questions are based on current awareness, & the data and information are subject to change in comingtimes. While totally relevant and current today, some of these may not be so with the passage of time.

Directions: For the following questions, four options are given. Choose the correct option.

1. Which of the following is one of the findings of CAG report on 2G Spectrum?(1) Advice of Ministry of Law and Justice was ignored.

(2) Views and concerns of Ministry of Finance overruled.(3) Value of additional spectrum allotted to 13 existing operators beyond contracted quantities.

(4) All of these.

2. Regarding Bihar Assembly elections of 2010, which of the following is not correct?Party No. of seat

(1) NDA — 206(2) RJD+ — 25(3) Congress — 5(4) Others — 8

3. Who has been ranked by Time Magazine as the most powerful woman of the past century?(1) Mother Teresa(2) Indira Gandhi(3) Jane Adams

(4) Golda Meir

4. Which is true of the Protection of Women against Sexual Harassment at the Work Place Bill 2010?(1) It recognizes the promise or threat to a woman’s employment prospects or creation of hostile work environment

as “sexual harassment” at workplace and expressly seeks to prohibit such act.

(2) An employer will be liable to a fine of Rs. 50,000 for failure to comply with provisions.(3) The bill proposes a definition of sexual harassment, which is as laid down by the Supreme Court in Visakha vs

State of Rajasthan (1997).(4) All of these.

5. Barack Obama endorsed a permanent seat for India on an expanded United Nations Security Council. Which countryfavoured “democratic and patient consultations” on the question of reforming UNSC?

(1) China(2) Japan(3) France

(4) Pakistan

6. In the Transplantation of Human Organs (Amendment) Bill, 2009, the donation of tissues would include(1) Heart Valves(2) Bone transplantation(3) Cornea, Skins and Vessels

(4) All of these.




7. The tri-lateral meeting of India, China and Russia was held in(1) Seoul(2) Wuhan(3) Beijing

(4) Moscow

8. The Central government set up a high level committee on financing of infrastructure. The committee was headed by

(1) Mr Rakesh Mohan(2) Mr. D. Subbarao

(3) Mr. K. Katju(4) D. Ramanaidu

9. In the Human Development Report, India’s position in the world is(1) 116(2) 119(3) 123

(4) 132

10. A joint working group under the Singh-Obama initiative was set up to work out the modalities of higher educationsummit in 2012. The knowledge initiative was headed by

(1) Deepak Nayar(2) Munis Raza(3) V. K. Shrivastya(4) S. Bhattacharya

11. According to the climate change assessment, which of the following is not true?(1) An overall increase of warming of 1.7-2.2 degrees Celsius, including extreme high and low temperature by 2030.

(2) 5-10 annual days of extreme events in all four regions (the Himalayans, the Western Ghats, coastal areas and theNortheast) by 2030.

(3) Sea level rise in India has been increasing by 1.33 mm/year.(4) All of these.

12. The Manipur government decided to extend the tenure of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) by a year inthe state. AFSPA was introduced in Manipur to contain various insurgent groups in(1) 1980(2) 1985

(3) 1990(4) 1994

13. Justice Soumitra Sen of the Calcutta High Court is the second judge in the country’s history to face removalproceedings in Parliament. Who was the first?(1) Gautam Ghosh(2) B. Sudhakar

(3) V. Ramaswamy(4) Kunal Kishor

14. Punjab signed Memorandum of Understanding to work together in sectors including post-secondary education,

agriculture, agro-based industry and shale gas with Canada’s

(1) Frontier Province(2) Alberta Province(3) Alaska Province(4) None of these.




15. DRDO conducts successful maiden flight test of Kaveri engine. It is being developed for fighter aircraft, at Gas TurbineResearch Establishment in(1) Moscow(2) Bangalore

(3) Hyderabad(4) Pune

16. After becoming the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Prithviraj Chavan resigned from the Union Council of Ministers. Whohold the additional charge of the Ministry of Science and Technology and Earth Science?

(1) Jairam Ramesh(2) Akhilesh Prasad(3) Pranab Mukherjee(4) Kapil Sibal

17. India ushered in Mobile Number Portability that will allow cell phone users to switch operators without changingnumbers. Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal launched the Service in

(1) Haryana(2) Punjab(3) Delhi(4) Rajasthan

18. World’s Aids Day is observed on(1) November 26(2) November 30(3) December 1

(4) December 7

19. What does CEPA stand for?(1) Common Economic Partnership Agreement.(2) Common Economic Patent Agreement.(3) Central Economic Portability Assessment.(4) Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement.

20. Who was presented with the 2009 National Award for Child Welfare by the Ministry of Woman and Child Development?(1) P.R.S. Oberoi(2) Mahantesh G. K.

(3) S. S. Tarapore(4) S. K Das

21. The book ‘Building A World Class Civil Service for 21st Century India’ is written by(1) Arun de Souza(2) Ian Harris(3) S.K. Das

(4) Devesh Kapur

22. Cyclonic storm that moved over Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu was(1) Katrina

(2) Jal

(3) Shyamby(4) Prahar

23. During his visit to India in 2010, Barack Obama did not visit

(1) Taj Hotel(2) Mani Bhawan(3) Humayun Tomb(4) Taj Mahal




24. Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi dedicated a health information helpline service to the people of the state, known as(1) The Sarathi 104(2) Krishna 204(3) Godavari 106

(4) Kalpana 56

25. Who has been appointed as the new Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal?

(1) B.K Gupta(2) Y.S. Dadwal

(3) V.K Singh(4) BK. Singh

26. Which of the following places has been removed from UN list of unresolved disputes?(1) Taiwan(2) Tibet(3) J&K

(4) Arunachal Pradesh

27. President Pratibha Devisingh Patil inaugurated the ….. anniversary of the Comptroller and Auditor General institution.(1) 50th

(2) 75th (3) 100th (4) 150

th

28. Twelve defence personnel, including three officers, were killed when their Mi-17 helicopter crashed near Towang in

(1) Manipur(2) Arunachal Pradesh

(3) Meghalaya(4) Tripura

29. How much amount of money did the Cabinet clear as a special plan for the 60-Naxal affected districts?(1) Rs 2500 crore

(2) Rs 3000 crore(3) Rs 3300 crore(4) Rs 4400 crore

30. Saying that economic relationship between India and the U.S. is still untapped, President Obama, during his visit toIndia in 2010 said, India can be US’s largest trade partner instead of …..(1) 8

th

(2) 10th

(3) 12th (4) 14th

31. Taking a serious view of non-compliance of its directions on police reforms by most of the states, the Supreme Court inthe first instance ordered personal appearance of the Chief Secretaries of

(1) Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal(2) Maharashtra and Karnataka

(3) West Bengal and Maharashtra

(4) All of these

32. According to the Union Agriculture Ministry’s bogus ration card count, which of the following is correct in terms of cardholders (starting from the top)?

(1) West Bengal, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh(2) Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh(3) Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, Maharashtra(4) Maharashtra, Bihar, Rajasthan, Orissa.






41. In which year was Aung San Suu Kyi awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?(1) 1985(2) 1995(3) 1993

(4) 1995

42. The caretaker government of which country announced a USD 4.5 billion annual budget through a presidential

ordinance after the key session of parliament was adjourned, following violent protests by the main Opposition?(1) Nepal

(2) Sri Lanka(3) Bangladesh(4) Bhutan

43. After India to which country did President Barack Obama visit?(1) France(2) Japan

(3) Indonesia(4) Malaysia

44. Which country tethering on the brink of an economic collapse, plunged into a political crisis after the government’s

decision to accept a European Union financial bailout package?(1) Greece(2) Denmark(3) Ireland(4) UK

45. Which of the following is not a member of Shanghai Cooperation Organization?

(1) Russia(2) Kazakhstan(3) Uzbekistan(4) South Korea

46. Entrepreneur visas will mean that if you have a great business idea and you receive serious investment from a leadinginvestor, you are welcome to set up your business to that country. Which country is going to start this type of visa?(1) UK(2) USA

(3) Germany(4) France

47. The headquarters of NATO is situated at(1) Vienna, Norway(2) New York, USA(3) Brussels, Belgium

(4) Seoul, South Korea

48. Which state of USA approved a bailout measure, restricting judges from considering Islami ‘Sharia Law’ while making a judgment?

(1) Ohio

(2) Oklahoma(3) Washington D.C.(4) Philadelphia

49. A devastating volcanic eruption killed more than 200 people in(1) Japan(2) Malaysia(3) Haiti

(4) Indonesia




50. Who was caught in the water-boarding controversy?(1) George W Bush(2) Aung San Suu Kyi(3) Hamid Karzaj

(4) Prince William

51. International Day for Tolerance is observed on

(1) November 10(2) November 16

(3) November 24(4) November 28

52. French President Nicolas Sarkozy reappointed ….. as his Prime Minister in a long awaited cabinet reshuffle that provedto be a damp squib.(1) Francois Fillon(2) Nicol Gamon

(3) Robert Mulley(4) None of these.

53. The book ‘Of Thee I Sing’ is written by

(1) George W Bush(2) Prince William(3) Barack Obama(4) Nicolas Sarkozy

54. Which of the following countries planned South-East Asia rail links?(1) China

(2) Japan(3) South-Korea(4) India

55. Canada’s top literary award for fiction, the Scotia Bank Giller Prize went to Johanna Skibrrud for her debut novel

(1) The Sentimentalist(2) The Farmer(3) The Gentleman(4) Godmother

56. Who has been given the Irving G Thalberg Award for visionary film producing?(1) Jan Harris(2) Francis Ford Coppola(3) Elton John(4) Richard Etenborough

57. The former Prime Minister of Russia, who steered the Russian economy through its stormy transition from communismto capitalism in the I990s died in Moscow. Who was he?

(1) Peter Dostovosky(2) Dmtrit Medved

(3) Victor Chernonydrin

(4) None of these.

58. Who has topped the 2010 Forbes list of the “World’s Most Powerful People”?(1) Barack Obama

(2) Hu Jintao(3) Julia Gillard(4) Bill Gates

59. The Indian American, who won the election for California and also the first woman to hold the office, is(1) Usha Thorn(2) Isha Samson(3) Ela Bhatt(4) Kaniala Harris




60. At least 380 people were crushed in a stampede on a bridge on the last day of water festival in(1) Moscow, Russia(2) Beijing, China

(3) Phnom Penh, Cambodia(4) Tala, Bhutan

61. Which country unveiled new points-based migration criteria that will lay higher focus on English proficiency and high-level qualifications rather than vocational skills and experience?

(1) Germany(2) UK(3) Canada(4) Australia

62. Which of the following is not a member of G-20?(1) 27-nation European Union

(2) Mexico(3) Canada(4) Pakistan

63. Who became the first woman President of Brazil?(1) Dilma Rousseff(2) Julia Gillard(3) Alexandria Mills(4) Jemina Rossett

64. The unemployment graph moved up last year in the world and touched an all-time high of

(1) 150 million(2) 175 million(3) 200 million(4) 210 million

65. What percent do the foreign investors hold in Bombay stock Exchange?(1) 20%(2) 25%(3) 30%

(4) 35%

66. Continuing its upward march, merchandise exports shot up by 21.3 per cent year-on-year to $18 bi llion in October2010, outpacing imports for the first time which rose by ….. per cent.(1) 6.8 percent(2) 7.6 per cent(3) 8.8 per cent

(4) 9.5 per cent

67. National carrier Air India cut down its net loss by 23% to Rs 5551 crore in 2009-10 from Rs ….. crore in the previousyear.

(1) Rs 6254 crore

(2) Rs 5934 crore(3) Rs 7862 crore(4) Rs 7189 crore

68. The Environment Ministry Committee has confirmed that the Forest Rights Act was violated during acquisition of landfor Posco’s project in Orissa. The steel maker company is from(1) Japan(2) China

(3) North Korea(4) South Korea




69. Presently, the food subsidy in India is to the tune of(1) Rs 56,400 crore(2) Rs 62,300 crore(3) Rs 64,800 crore

(4) Rs 68,600 ctore

70. According to the World Bank’s latest Migration and Remittances Fact-book 2011, remittance flow to developing

countries is expected to reach(1) $ 280 billion

(2) $ 340 billion(3) $ 370 billion(4) $ 420 billion

71. According to the Labour Ministry report, chronic employment-being jobless for more than six months- in India for 2009-10 stood at(1) 9.4 per cent

(2) 10.2percent(3) 10.8 per cent(4) 11.2 percent

72. Indians bought record number of cars in October, 2010. It was(1) 1 million units(2) 1.2 million units(3) 1.4 million units(4) 2 million units

73. Chinese trade surplus rose to ….. billion in October just as global leaders aimed at tackling the sensitive topics of global

trade imbalances and currency valuations.(1) $ 26.3 billion(2) $ 27.1 billion(3) $ 28.2 billion(4) $ 29.2 billion

74. Which company became the first private player to launch 30 services in the country?(1) Airtel(2) Tata DOCOMO

(3) Idea(4) Vodafone

75. In the second week of November, the foreign, exchange reserves of India touched(1) $ 250 billion mark(2) $ billion mark(3) $ 300 billion mark

(4) $ 350 billion mark

76. In a major setback to telecommunications, the Supreme Court asked a UK-based company to deposit Rs 2500 crore forbuying Hutchison Essar in 2007-08. Which of the following is that company?

(1) Vodafone

(2) Vedanta(3) Idea(4) Airtel

77. The government set up a high-level panel to evolve an enabling policy framework for $ I billion investment ininfrastructure during the 12th five-year plan. The panel is chaired by(1) Rakesh Mohan(2) D. Subbarao

(3) Usha Thorat(4) Anil Sardana




78. Indian Oil Corporation would invest about Rs 900 crore to pick-up ….. per cent stake in Nuclear Power Corporation’s1400-MW atomic power project at Kota in Rajasthan.(1) 20 per cent(2) 22 per cent

(3) 24 per cent(4) 26 per cent

79. Which Civil Aviation company announced a new code share and frequent flyer agreement with American Airlines, whichwould come into effect from 2011?

(1) Spice Jet(2) Jet Airways(3) Kingfisher(4) Air India

80. India has approximately ….. mobile subscribers and ….. bank account holders.(1) 600 and 300 million

(2) 500 and 200 million(3) 600 and 500 million(4) 800 and 250 million

81. JSW Energy Ltd has agreed to acquire Canada’s CIC Energy Corp for(1) Rs $422 million(2) Rs $414.5 million(3) Rs $526.5 million(4) Rs $360.5 million

82. The government decided to sell ….. stake held through Telecommunications Consultants of India Ltd in Bharti Hexacom

Ltd.(1) 20 per cent(2) 25 percent(3) 30 per cent(4) 35 per cent

83. ‘Which of the following is the body/agency set up by Govt. of India to increase the flow of foreign investment in thecountry?(1) FEMA

(2) FCCB(3) NSDL(4) FIPB

84. Under the Annapurna Scheme, how much food grain is provided to an eligible person energy month?(1) 5kg(2) 10kg

(3) 15kg(4) 20kg

85. Carmaker BMW Group has launched BMW Financial Services in India. To which country is BMW related?

(1) France

(2) Germany(3) South Korea(4) USA

86. Which country launched world’s first synthetic jet fuel?(1) South Africa(2) USA(3) UK

(4) France




87. Global trade forecast by International Monetary Fund is ….. in 2012 and ….. in 2013.(1) 4.8% and 4.2%(2) 5.6% and 5.2%(3) 4.6% and 4.4%

(4) None of these.

88. According to FICCI study on Indian Automobile Exports in 2009-10, Indian automobile Exports was

(1) $2.6 billion(2) $3.6 billion

(3) $4.5 billion(4) $5.2 billion

89. For developing tourism infrastructure and services, Himachal Pradesh got ….. loan from Asian Development Bank.(1) Rs 430 crore(2) Rs 454 crore(3) Rs 476 crore

(4) Rs 525 crore

90. The Union Cabinet approved amendments to Mission Mode Project in computerization of which tax administration ofStates and Union Territories?

(1) Commercial tax(2) Income tax(3) Goods and Services tax(4) None of these.

91. Which country recently achieved its first-ever victory in a ODI cricket series on Australian Soil?(1) Bangladesh

(2) New Zealand(3) Sri Lanka

(4) Zimbabwe

92. Which country made history in crushing Bangladesh by 10 wickets to win the first ever Asian Games women’s cricket

tournament?(1) Nepal(2) India(3) Pakistan

(4) Sri Lanka

93. In the Asian Games 2010, which player won the men’s singles gold medal, defeating top seed Denis Istomin ofUzbekistan?(1) Somdev Devvarman(2) Mahesh Bhupathy(3) Laender Paes

(4) None of these.

94. Who won the gold medal in 10,000 m in Guangzhou Asian Games?(1) Kavita Rout

(2) Pooja Sreedharan

(3) Padraig Harrington(4) Sunita Rani

95. Which Pakiitani player fled the team hotel in Dubai claiming that he had received death threats?

(1) Zulqarnain Haider(2) Salman Butt(3) Kamran Akmal(4) None of these.




96. Defeating JCT at Ambedkar Stadium, which team won the Durand Cup football tournament?(1) Mohan Bagan(2) East Bengal(3) Chirag United

(4) Salgaocar

97. Sebastian Vettel became Formula One’s youngest world champion. From which country is he?

(1) Germany(2) USA

(3) France(4) Denmark

98. Defeating Novak Djokovic, who won the Swiss Indoor tennis title?(1) Rafael Nadal(2) Roger Federer(3) Flavi Pennetta

(4) Somdev Dewdrman

99. Who won the gold medal in shooting (double trap) in 2010 Asian Games?(1) Gagan Narang

(2) Abhinav Bindra(3) Ronjan Sodhi(4) Rajya Varsdhan Rathore

100. Out of the 199 gold which China won in the 2010 Asian Games, women accounted for

(1) 96 gold(2) 106 gold

(3) 110 gold(4) 112 gold




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Answer Key

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1.(4) 2.(3) 3.(3) 4.(4) 5.(1) 6.(4) 7.(2) 8.(1) 9.(2) 10.(1)

11.(4) 12.(1) 13.(3) 14.(2) 15.(2) 16.(4) 17.(1) 18.(3) 19.(4) 20.(2)21.(3) 22.(2) 23.(4) 24.(1) 25.(2) 26.(3) 27.(4) 28.(2) 29.(3) 30.(3)31.(4) 32.(1) 33.(1) 34.(2) 35.(1) 36.(3) 37.(4) 38.(1) 39.(3) 40.(4)41.(2) 42.(1) 43.(3) 44.(3) 45.(4) 46.(1) 47.(3) 48.(2) 49.(4) 50.(1)51.(2) 52.(1) 53.(3) 54.(1) 55.(1) 56.(2) 57.(3) 58.(2) 59.(4) 60.(3)61.(4) 62.(4) 63.(1) 64.(4) 65.(3) 66.(1) 67.(4) 68.(4) 69.(1) 70.(3)71.(1) 72.(3) 73.(2) 74.(2) 75.(3) 76.(1) 77.(1) 78.(4) 79.(3) 80.(1)81.(2) 82.(3) 83.(4) 84.(2) 85.(2) 86.(1) 87.(1) 88.(3) 89.(2) 90.(1)91.(3) 92.(3) 93.(1) 94.(2) 95.(1) 96.(3) 97.(1) 98.(2) 99.(3) 100.(4)

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