GA Quiz 2010 - 3

QUIZ ON GENERAL AWARENESS 2010 – 3

1.  Recently RBI has given permission to the Department of Posts to launch its prepaid      debit card having maximum value of Rs.___________.      a) 10,000      b) 20,000      c) 30,000      d) 50,000      e) None of above 2.  Which of following countries has recently been launched world's first climate army,      an exclusive force of nearly half a million “soldiers” trained to fight global warming?      a) USA      b) China      c) India      d) Japan      e) Russia 3.  Government had freed petrol pricing from its administrative control on the       recommendations of which of following Committees?      a) Narasimiham Committee      b) Ahluwalia committee      c) Rangarajan committee      d) Kirit Parikh committee      e) None of above 4.  What is India’s ranking in World Prosperity Index list?      a) 67th      b) 76th      c) 88th      d) 87th      e) None of above 5. Government has decided to limits number of commodity bourses at _____  to foster      sustained growth of the commodity futures market.      a) 7      b) 8      c) 10      d) 12      e) None of the above 6.  World Disabled Day is observed every year on _________.      a) October 20      b) September 15      c) November 26      d) December 3      e) None of above 7. Which of the following is the amount of insurance cover provided to the workers of     the unorganized sector under Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana?      a) Rs. 10,000/-      b) Rs. 15,000/-      c) Rs. 20,000/-      d) Rs. 25,000/-      e) Rs. 30,000/- 8. Which of the following has been appointed new Secretary General of the Lok      Sabha?      a) D.R. Meena      b) P. D.T. Achary      c) T.K. Viswanathan      d) M.S. Viswanathan      e) None of above 9. Who is author of  book “Behenji - A Political Biography Of Mayawati”?       a) Ajay Bose      b) Arjun Singh      c) Natwar Singh      d) Amit Das Gupta      e) None of above 10. Which of following states has recently been launched “Ram Roti Yojana”, a     scheme to provide full food per person at Rs 5 to poor people staying at Ren      Baseras?      a) Bihar      b) Orissa      c) Rajasthan      d) Madhya Pardesh      e) None of above 11. Which of  the following EU member states has not yet adopted the single currency?     a) Greece     b) Iceland     c) Denmark     d) Netherlands     e) None of above 12. Which one among the following is not a commodity exchange in India?     a) MCX     b) ICEX     c) NMCE     d) NCDEX     e) CODEX 13. Inflation occurs when aggregate supply is________.      a) Less than aggregate demand      b) More than aggregate demand      c) Equal to aggregate demand      d) No relation between demand and supply      e) None of these 14. Which of the following state has registered the maximum growth in Gross State       Domestic Product in the year 2009-10 ?         a) Punjab      b) Gujarat      c) Maharashtra      d) Chhattisgarh      e) None of above 15. Which one of the following is not included in a capital budget?      a) Expenditure on asset formation      b) Interest payments      c) Money collected from public borrowings      d) Small savings collection by the Govt.      e) All the above

GA Quiz 2010 - 2

QUIZ ON GENERAL AWARENESS 2010 – 2

1.  Government approves India's fifth ultra mega power plant (UMPP) having a power      generation capacity of 4000MW to be build at which of the following locations?.      a) Balangir (Orissa)      b) Jaitapur(Maharashtra)      c) Sasan(Madhya Pardesh)      d) Sarguja(Chhattisgarh)      e) None of the above 2. Recently Indian Air Force (IAF) gets first of six C-130J Super Hercules airlifters, a     most advanced transport aircraft purchased from________.     a) Britain     b) USA       c) Russia     d) France     e) Germany 3.  Who among the following has been conferred for the prestigious Shanti Swarup      Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology 2010 in chemical sciences.?       a) K K Aggarwal       b) Amitabh Joshi       c) Sandeep Verma       d) Samir K. Brahmachari       e) None of the above 4.   Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will be India's chief Guest at the Republic Day 2011.       He is -       a) President of Indonesia       b) President of Maldives       c) Prime Minister of Malaysia       d) Prime Minister of Vietnam       e) None of above 5.   Parliament passed a Bill allowing the government to reduce its stake in SBI to the       bare minimum of 51 per cent from the current stake ____.       a) 55%           b) 59%         c) 61%        d) 65%       e) None of above 6.   Recently, which among the following day has been declared as “International       Widows Day” by  UN General Assembly?       a) 22nd May           b) 25th April       c) 18th July       d) 23rd June       e) None of these 7.  IBSF World Snooker Championship 2010 was held at ________.      a) India      b) France      c) Syria      d) Malaysia       e) Thailand 8.  Which among the following states has bagged the first prize in the Best States      category for its performance in the Energy Conservation Programmes in 2009-10?       a) Gujarat       b) Punjab       c) Haryana       d) Maharashtra       e) Himanchal Pardesh 9.  Which one of the following pairs of countries is associated with nuclear arms control       treaty START?        a) USA-Iran       b) USA-Russia       c) USA-China       d) USA-India       e) None of above 10. Recently, RBI hikes repo and reverse repo rates by 25 basis points in review of       the monetary policy on 2nd Nov. 2010. In this context, what is basis point?       a) One hundredth of 1%       b) One hundredth of 10%       c) Ten per cent of 1000       d) Ten per cent of one hundredth point       e) None of above 11. Which of the following diseases is not covered under Integrated Disease       Surveillance project?            a) Typhoid       b) Polio       c) Cholera       d) Cancer       e) Malaria 12. Goenka Award is given for excellence in _______.          a) Sports       b) Cinema       c) Social service       d) Literacy work       e) Journalism 13. ‘Miss Earth 2010’ title has been conferred upon?       a) Nicole Faria       b) Larissa Ramos       c) Jessica Barboza       d) Alexandria Mills       e) None of above 14. Inflation:       a) Reduces the cost of living       b) Reduces the standard of living       c) Reduces the price of products       d) Reduces the purchasing power of a pound        e) None of the above 15. Which of the following is/are the measure(s) taken by the Reserve Bank of India       (RBI) to ease the liquidity crunch in the country?      A) Increase the flow of foreign direct investment      B) Cut in Cash Reserve Ratio and Statutory Liquidity Ratio.      C) Supply of additional currency notes in the market.      a) Only (A)      b) Only (B)      c) Only (C)      d) Both (A) & (B)      e) All (A), (B) & (C)

BOM GK - Paper 2010

Bank of Maharashtra General Awareness Paper  held on 19th Dec. 2010(some question's ans. based on memory)

1.  To which party bihar's CM Nitish Kumar belong -  JD(U)

2.  Who was previous CM of Maharashtra before Prithviraj Chavan?  - Ashok Chavan

3.  Irani Trophy is associated with the game -      a) Hockey    b) Football    c) Lawn Tennis    d) Badminton   e)Cricket

4.  Which of following is not financial/banking term :     a) Blue chip companies     b) Premium Amount     c) Investment      d) Repo rate     e)Wobby index

5.  What is current cash reserve ratio (CRR)?      a) 4%    b) 4.75%   c) 5%    d) 5.25%  e) None of these     Correct ans. : 6%

6. How much percent shareholding of RBI in NABARD?     a) 10%   b) 5%    c) 2%     d) 1%    e)None of these

7.  Human Rights Day observed every year on which date?  - 10th December

8.  Recently World Habitat Day was observed on  - 4th October

9.  NKP Salve Challenger Trophy is associated with game -      a) Hockey    b) Football    c) Lawn Tennis    d) Badminton   e)Cricket

10. India has not achieved self-sufficiency in the production of -       a) Sugar   b) Milk    c) Wheat  d) edible oils   e) jute

11. Chewang Norphel gets Jamnalal Bajaj Awards for 2010 for outstanding contributions in       the field of?     Ans :  Rural Development

12. Zhou Yong kang was on visit to India in recent past. Who is  Zhou Yong kang?       a) President of China        b) Member of China's Politburo       c) President of Vietnam         d) Member of Vietnam's Politburo       e) None of these

13. Dale T. Mortensen & Christopher A. Pissarides won Noble Prize 2010 in field of       a) Medicine   b) Economics   c) Peace    d) Literaure    e) Physics

14.  Recently on 2nd November 2010, RBI hikes repo and reverse repo rates by -       a) 25bps   b) 50bps    c) 75bps     d) 100bps  e) None of these

15. Recently Government disinvesting 10 per cent of its stake through the IPO of which      company?      a) Hindustan Organic Chemicals Limited      b) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited       c) Steel Authority of India        d) Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited       e) Coal India (CIL)

16. US Exim bank approves $917 mn loan for Reliance Power project going to build at       which place?       Ans : Sasan(Madhya Pardesh)

17. Which one among the following is a famous Pharmaceutical company?       a) HCL    b) BPCL   c)IDPL    d) Infosys   e)Grasim Industries             here, IDPL = Indian Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

18.  What is government's shareholding in public sector banks(PSBs)?         a) 49%    b) 50%     c) 51%    d) 100%     e) None of these

19.  Roger Federer win the Stockholm Open 2010 tournaments by defeating -        a) Tomas Berdych        b) Florian Mayer         c) Mikhail Youzhny        d) Rafal nadal        e) None of these

20. Who among the following wins maximum gold (4 no.) in Commenwealth Games 2010       a) Saina Nehwal       b) Abhinav       c) Deepika Kumari       d) Gagan Narang         e)None of these

21. Who among the following is author of book The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack       Obama       a) David Remnick       b) Sarah Palin       c) Michelle Obama       d) Laura Ingraham         e) None of these

22. Winner of Jnanpith Award O.N.V.Kurup is a famous poet of which language ?       a) Tamil   b) Kannada   c) Malayalam    d) English    e) Hindi

23. Trecia-Kaye Smith was in news. She is a famous -       a) Actress    b) Athlete     c) Jounalist   d) Writer     e) None of these

24.  Recently World's largest diamond bourse was launched at -        a) Delhi    b) Kolkata    c) Hydrabad    d) Mumbai    e) Chennai

25.   Forbes' 'Businessman of the Year'  is         a) Anil Agarwal         b) J D Birla         c) Mukesh Amabani         d) Ratan Tata          e) None of these

26.  Miss World 2010 ceremony was held in which country?        a) China    b) India    c) France   d) Italy    e) None of these

27. Howard Jacobson was in news. He is a famous -  Writer ( man booker prize 2010 )

28. Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant is in the country -      a) Iraq     b) Russia     c) Iran      d) USA     e) None of these

29. Which one among the following awards is not given in field of literature?      a) Moortidevi Award      b) Arujan Award       c) Pulitzer Prize        d) Vyas Smman      e) Man Booker Prize

30. Which of following is not a core sector?       a) Coal    b) Service sector/industries   c) Petrolium    d) Crude Oil    e) Steel

31. Recenlty 17th summit of which organization was held in Hanoi in October 2010       a) SAARC     b) G-20     c) G-8     d) ASEM   e) ASEAN

32. The 8th Asia-Europe (ASEM) Meeting was held at  -  Brussels

33. Dilma Vana Rousseff has been elected as first female president of _______?       a) Croatia   b) Brazil    c) Cameroon    d) Portugal     e) Tunisia

34. Which of following is true about China's economy?       A). China has the fastest-growing major economy for the past 30 years with an average            annual GDP growth rate above 10%.       B). China is second largest economy in the world when measured on a purchasing            power parity (PPP) basis       C)  China's economic growth rate slightly higher than Japan       a) Only (A)    b) Only (B)   c) Both (B) & (C)    d) All (A), (B) & (C)   e) None of these

35. Which of following is true about agreement on commerce between India and Japan?      A) Development of mega infra-structure project      B) Implementation of a comprehensive economic cooperation agreement with Japan      C) Help in resolving the crisis issue in  Sudan            a) Only (A)    b) Only (B)    c) Both (A) & (B)   d) Both (B) & (C)   e) All A, B, C

36. Federal Bank related Issue was in news. To which country Federal Bank related : USA

37.  Microfinance companies are seeking Rs 1,000 crore from banks for an emergency        liquidity fund

38. Serbia was a part of _________before becoming an independent democratic country       a) Russia  b) Slovenia     c)Croatia    d) Yugoslavia     e) Albania

39. Rohan Bopanna is associated with -      a) Cricket    b) Hockey    c) Badminton    d) Lawn Tennis  e) Football

40. Which of following scheme is not launched by Government of India?       a) Mid-Day Meal Scheme       b) National Programme for Control of Blindness       c) ASHA                  (ans. is in other remaining two options)

Note : May be some of the ans./options are wrong  as all ques's answers are on  memory based. If anybody know about other questions of the that exam. Plz.. write in comment section..

GA Quiz 2010 - 1

QUIZ ON GENERAL AWARENESS 2010 – 1

1.  Which one of following states becomes first state to launch Aadhaar       (UIDAI) in  northeast region of country?       a) Assam       b) Tripura       c) Manipur       d) Mizoram       e) None of above 2.  Government is planning to set up seven ultra-mega-power-projects      (UMPPs) to achive the power generation target of _____by year 2017.      a) 22,000 MW      b) 25,000 MW      c) 27,000 MW      d) 28,000 MW      e) None of the above 3.  Who among the following has been honoured the United Nation’s       Millennium Development Goals Award for 2010 for their work in       using innovative approaches for poverty and hunger alleviation?       a) BRIC       b) WHO       c) IBSA       d) G-20       e) IMF 4. Who has been appointed new chief of Central Bureau of Investigation?       a) Vinod Roy       b) A K Singh       c) Ashwani Kumar       d) Amar Pratap Singh       e) None of above 5. The Government of India is planning to provide unique identification (UID)      to all schoolchildren above_________ years age to track their progress at      every stage.      a) five      b) six      c) seven      d) eight      e) None of the above 6. Where is the head office of Transparency International, a global civil     society organization leading  the fight against corruption?           a) Paris(France)      b) Berlin (Germany)      c) New York (USA)      d) Geneva (Switzerland)      e) None of the above 7. Recently, which among the following airport becomes an international     airport in central India?           a) Nagpur      b) Bhopal      c) Jaipur      d) Indore      e) None of the above 8. What was the name given to the joint aerial exercise between Indian Air      Force (IAF) and British Royal Air Force (RAF) , recently held in West      Bangal?      a) Lakshy      b) Veerta      c) Kurukshetra      d) Peace Mission      e) Indra Dhanush 9. Who is the winner of  Federation Cup Football 2010?      a) Mohun Bagan      b) East Bengal      c) Dempo Sports Club      d) Chirag United      e) None of above 10. Which among the following credit rating agencies is not operated in      India?           a) CARE      b) ICRA      c) CRISIL      d) ONICRA      e) DOW JONES 11. As per the central bank RBI’s financial inclusion plan, banks have been       directed to provide basic services in all villages with a population of       2,000 and above by ________?          a) 2012      b) 2013      c) 2014      d) 2015      e) None of the above 12. Who has been elected as new Chief Minister of Andhra Pardesh?      a) K. Rosaiah      b) Ashok Chavan      c) Prithviraj Chavan      d) N Kiran Kumar Reddy      e) None of above 13. According to new international regulatory framework Basel III, banks are       required to hold top-quality capital of at least ______ per cent of their       risk-wearing assets?          a) 2      b) 5      c) 7      d) 9      e) None of above 14. Which among the following countries has been launched Union        Information Service Centre (UISC) to connect villages via the Internet        to give ordinary people the benefits of Information Technology?        a) India       b) China       c) Nepal       d) Bangladesh      e) None of above 15. In the world, India is one of the major producers of which one of       following minerals?      a) Copper       b) Lead       c) Chromium         d) Zinc       e) None of above 16. Which one of the following organizations releases “The Doing Business        Report” every year?       a) WTO       b) IMF       c) UNCTAD       d) World Bank       e) None of above 17. Rate of Interest on Savings deposits is decided by -      a) RBI      b) IBA      c) ALCO committee of the bank      d) RBI on the recommendations of IBA      e) Govt. of India on the recommendations of RBI 18. Which of the following is the computer network run by RBI-      a) SWIFT      b) INFINET      c) i-NET      d) INTERNET      e)None of above 19. Which of the following is the system that makes image processing for        inter-bank  payment purpose?       a) Electronic clearing system       b) Electronic funds transfer       c) Cheque truncation       d) Real time gross settlement       e) None of above 20. Recently, SEBI has increased the maximum amount applicable for retail       investors in IPO from Rs.1 Lakh to Rs.________?       a) 2 Lakh       b) 3 Lakh       c) 4 Lakh       d) 5 Lakh       e) None of above