Symbol of Indian Rupee:

The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the design, which includes both the Devnagiri 'Ra' and the Roman capital 'R' and has two parallel lines running at the top. The parallel lines symbolize the equal to sign. With this India will join an elite group of countries (like the US dollar, euro, British pound and Japanese yen) which have a distinct currency symbol. The symbol selected has been designed by an Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay postgraduate D Udaya Kumar

and was selected from among five short listed symbols. Kumar, who will join the Department of Design at IIT Guwahati on Friday, explained that the design is based on the Indian Tricolour. His entry was chosen from 3,000 designs competing for the currency symbol. He will get an award of Rs 2.5 lakh. All new notes will now bear the symbol.

Events in the month of July 2010 1. First Country in Latin America to legalize same sex marriage Argentina. 2. With which country India held the first ever 2+2 dialogue to intensify counter terrorism and anti-piracy cooperation Japan. 3. Which country has agreed to supply Hawk pilot-trainer aircraft to India valued a about 700 million pounds($1.1 billion) Britain. 4. The most popular Asian Destination Taj Mahal. 5. According to the new International Multi Dimensional poverty Index (MPI), about _______ of Indias population are poor 645 million people. 6. Which state has banned the use of plastic carry bags all over the state Rajasthan. 7. Who is the only cricketer to take 800 wickets in the history Test matches Muttiah Muralitharan. 8. The fourth Pakistani to be inducted formally into the ICC Cricket hall of fame Imran Khan. 9. Which team has regained the 63rd Rangaswamy Cup Senior National Mens Hockey Championship Mumbai. 10. In the Q1 Review of Monetary Policy 2010-11, RBI has revised the GDP growth for 2010-11 from 8% to ____ - 8.5%. 11. With which Organization India signed the loan and credit agreement worth of $268.15 million World Bank. 12. The Best Public Sector Bank Award Punjab National Bank.

13. To Whom the Lokmanya Tilak Award 2010 has been given for the contribution of Politics Sheila Dikshit. 14. Who is the new President of Poland Bronislaw Komorowski. 15. Who has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of Slovakia - Iveta Radicova. 16. Roza Otunbayeva has became the first ever woman head of which country in Central Asia Kyrgyzstan. 17. Who has been sworn in as Germanys youngest and the tenth President Christian Wulff. 18. Who is the the New Chief Election Commissioner Qureshi S Y. 19. Which country has became the World Number One in Latest FIFA Rankings Spain. 20. Who is the new President of International Cricket Council Sharad Pawar. 1. Omar al-Bashir, the only world leader facing an international arrest warrant, was sworn in as _______________? a)President of Egypt d)President of Sudan b)Prime Minister of Sudan e)none c)Prime Minister of Egypt

2. From which country India is buying C-17 Globemaster III strategic-lift aircraft to the Indian Air Force (IAF) in a deal worth $5.8 billion? a)US b)Israel c)Russia d)France e)none

3. Which of the following country has played the most number of One-day International (ODI) matches? a)Australia b)India c)England d)West Indies e)none

4. Which of the following ministry has announced a financial assistance of Rs 95 lakh for about 19,000 rubber growers in the country during the current financial year?

a)Ministry of Commerce and Industry b)Ministry of Agriculture c)Ministry of Finance d)Ministry of External Affairs e)none 5. Who won the 2010 Abel Prize(often been described as the "mathematician's Nobel" prize) presented annually by the King of Norway for his vast and lasting impact on the theory of numbers? a)Mikhail Gromov b)Jacques Tits c)John Tate d)Jean-Pierre Serre e)none

6. Which Country is planning to work with Rajasthan in cooperation with the local authorities on issues like water quality and agriculture? a)Israel b)UK c)Russia d)US e)none

7. Who has been appointed as the next head of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)? a)Yvo de boer b)R K Pachauri c)Christiana Figueres d)Kofi Annan e)none

8. Fiscal deficit pegged at ____ percent of GDP during 2009-10? a)6.0% b)6.6% c)6.9% d)6.3% e)none

9. According to the Worldwide Quality of Living survey 2010, which of the following city placed best among Indian cities in the global list at 140th rank? a)Delhi b)Mysore c)Bangalore d)Mumbai e)none

10. Who has been sworn in as President of Germany? a)Angela Merkel b)Horst Kohler c)Johannes Rau d)Christian Wulff e)none

11. Which of the following state has come under Presidents rule recently? a)Uttarakhand b)Chhattisgarh c)Meghalaya d)Jharkhand e)none

12. Who is the Chairman of the committee formed by RBI to review the services rendered to retail and small customers by banks and their Ombudsman scheme for addressing grievances? a)M Damodaran )M V Nair c)M S Sundar Rajan d)O P Bhatt e)none

13. Which state will host the International Literature festival? a)Kerala b)Gujarat c)Rajasthan d)Andhra Pradesh e)none

14. Which Country is the Worlds largest consumer of oil? a)China b)India c)Russia d)Japan e)US

15. Who is the new chairman of the Indian Banks Association (IBA)? a)M V Nair b)C S Reddy c)O P Bhatt d)Y V Reddy e)none

16. Mahinda Rajapaksa visited India and signed seven pacts to boost bilateral cooperation across a range of areas, including security, power, railways and cultural exchange. He was the _________? a)Prime Minister of Srilanka b)President of Maldives c)Prime Minister of Malyasia d)President of Srilanka e)none 17. Who is the author of the book Grandmothers Tale?

a)R K Laxman Narayan

b)Salman Rushdie

c)Arundhati Roy

d)Shashi Tharoor

e)R K

18. Which state will provide free Education and books to students of classes I-VII in government schools? a)Tamilnadu b)Rajasthan c)Andhra Pradesh d)Gujarat e)none

19. Which of the following is the Worlds biggest bank in terms of market capital and brand value, compiled by brand directory? a)Bank of America b)Citi Bank c)HSBC d)J P Morgan e)SBI

20. Which of the following term is not related to banking and finance? a)Private Equity b)broker c)mortgage d)Annuity e)All are related

The Index of Industrial Production(IIP) registered a ______ growth during 2009-10? a)13.5% b)15% c)7.7% d)10.4% e)none

2. Who became the first player to score 1000 T20 international runs? a)Virender Sehwag e)Brendon McCullum 3. The Environment Ministry has set up a 19-member committee to study in detail the implementation of the Forest Rights Act, 2006. Who is the chairman of the committee? a)M. Shankar )S Goplakrishnan c)Devendra Pandey d)N C Saxena e)none b)Chris Gayle c)Yuvraj Singh d)Suresh Raina

4. Mohan Makhijani popularly known as Mac Mohan recently passed away. He was well known person in which of the following? a)Politics b)Sports c)Movies d)Painting e)none

5. With which country India decided to double their trade from $16 billion to $32 billion in next five years? a)Malaysia b)Singapore c)Switzerland d)Nepal e)none

6. Which of the following ministry has bought cotton and cotton waste under the restricted list for exports? a)Ministry of Agriculture b)Ministry of Finance c)Ministry of Commerce and Industry d)Ministry of Consumer Affairs e)none 7. Who won the Khar Gymkhana All-India Men's Open Tennis Tournament? a)Aditya Madkekar b)Saurav Sukul c)Ronak Manuja d)Yannick Nedlord e)none

8. Which city hosted the 15th Asian Squash Championship 2010? a)Delhi b)Chennai c)Hyderabad d)Chandigarh e)none

9. Which Country won the 2010 Uber Cup(World Team Badminton Championships for Women)? a)China b)Indonesia c)India d)South Korea e)none

10. Who is the author of the book Courts and their Judgements? a)Vikas Swarup b)Pratap Sharma c)Arun Shourie d)Mrinal Pande e)none

11. Which of the following organization has won the sponsorship rights of Indian cricket team? a)Bharti Airtel b)Reliance c)Yahoo d)Sahara e)none

12. Who has been honoured with Goodwill Ambassador title for the promotion of handloom-Khadi industry in Kerala? a)Amitabh Bachchan b)Mammootty c)Mohanlal d)Amir Khan e)none

13. Which country has taken over 400,000 hectares of Russian land on lease for agricultural purpose? a)Japan b)India c)Kazakhstan d)Ukraine e)China

14. What is the maximum amount that the customers can draw through ATM in a day at present? a)Rs 25,000 b)Rs 50,000 c)Rs 1,25,000 d)Rs 30,000 e)none

15. In which of the following city Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee unveiled the centralised processing centre (CPC) of the income tax department to enable faster refunds to tax payers? a)Bangalore b)Chennai c)Hyderabad d)Ahmedabad e)none

16. Who is the Chairman of the committee to build Indias first indigenous civilian transport? a)K. Kasturirangan Nair e)none )V.K Saraswat c)K Radhakrishnan d)Madhavan

17. What is the full form of NFS in banking? a)Network Financial System b)National Financial Service c)National Financial Switch d)Network Financial Service e)none

18. Which country has decided to set up a nuclear city that would use atomic energy for peaceful purposes, especially in industry, agriculture, mining, desalination and medical field? a)Saudi Arabia b)Iran c)India d)Japan e)none

19. Which of the following does not come under BASIC countries? a)Brazil b)South Africa c)Russia d)China e)India

20. In India, National Doctors Day is annually celebrated on _______? a)June 30th b)July 2nd c)June 1st d)July 1st e)none

1. The 12th Global Businesswomen & Leaders Summit held at ______? a)Israel b)India c)Kuwait d)UAE e)none

2. Which of the following team has won the 2010 UEFA Champions League? a)A.C. Milan b)Manchester United c)Bayern Munich d)Inter Milan e)none

3. In which state UNICEF launched the project Youth unity for village advancement' to create awareness on woman and child health in rural areas? a)Rajasthan b)Andhra Pradesh c)Orissa d)Madhya Pradesh e)none

4. Abdullah Gul visited India in February 2010. He is the President of _______? a)Nigeria b)Turkey c)Kuwait d)Palestine e)none

5. Which Country won the ICC Women World T20 Cup by defeating New Zealand? a)India b)England c)West Indies d)South Africa e)Australia

6. Which country will host the 16th Asian Games which will be held from November 2010? a)China b)Srilanka c)South Korea d)Malaysia e)none

7. Who is the new Prime Minister of Japan after Yukio Hatoyama has resigned the post amid a row over an unpopular US army base on the southern island of Okinawa? a)Taro Aso b)Naoto Kan c)Yoshihiko Noda d)Akihito e)none

8. The G-20 Summit in June 2010 held at __________? a)Canada b)US c)South Korea d)UK e)none

9. According to Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the research arm of the Economist magazine, India is expected to be the world's fastest growing economy by ______? a)2014 b)2016 c)2018 d)2020 e)none

10. The economy of India is the ________ largest economy in the world by nominal GDP and the _______ largest by purchasing power parity (PPP)? a)twelfth, fourth b)fourth, twelfth c)fourth, eleventh d)eleventh, fourth e)none

11. In India, the rural economy contributes about _____ percent to GDP? a)20% b)30% c)40% d)45% e)none

12. Which of the following is not a member of BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for MultiSectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation)? a)Nepal b)Srilanka c)Pakistan d)Bhutan e)All are members

13. Indian-origin Kamla Prasad Bissessar elected the first woman Prime Minister of _______? a)Australia b)Trinidad and Tobago c)Costa Rica d)Portugal e)none

14. Which of the following is the most eco-friendly nation with the best pollution control measures and natural resource management? a)Sweden b)Switzerland c)Norway d)Iceland e)none

15. Which is the first state in country to launch an online National Permit system for trucks and heavy vehicles? a)Haryana b)Maharashtra c)Punjab d)Gujarat e)none

16. Which country has cancelled the Machine Readable Passport(MRP) printing deal with India? a)Bangladesh b)Nepal c)Srilanka d)Bhutan e)none

17. The Reserve Bank of India is considering a proposal put forward by profit-oriented (MFIs) ________________ to allow them to be business correspondents of banks for financial inclusion? a)Mutual Fund Institutions b)Mutual Finance Institutions c)Micro Finance Institutions d)Mutual Facility Institutions e)none 18. What is the present Reverse repo rate? a)3.25% b)5.25% c)3.75% d)6% e)none

19. Who is the author of the book 'The Red Saree' that has been in news recently? a)Gregory Rabassa b)Javier Moro c)Julio Cortazar d)Peter Hulme

20. Who is the man behind with the Bhopal Gas Tragedy in 1984? a)Patrick E. Gottschalk e)none 1. Which is the first country in Europe to ban full-face veils worn by Muslim women? b)Arjun Singh c)Andrew N. Liveris d)Warren Anderson

a)France

b)Belgium

c)Denmark

d)Italy e)none

2. India's first 3 MW solar power plant is inaugurated in Kolar district. It is in which state? a)Andhra Pradesh b)Karnataka c)Gujarat d)Tamilnadu e)none

3. Who has been re-elected as the Prime Minister of Mauritius? a)Seewoosagur Ramgoolam )Anerood Jugnauth Ramgoolam d)Paul Brenger e)none c)Navinchandra

4. Which Organization has asked mutual fund houses to disclose the details of investor complaints, annual reports on websites, to enable clients to make more informed decisions? a)RBI b)IRDA c)SEBI d)NABARD e)none

5. Which is the first country in the world to mandate plain packaging of cigarettes? a)Australia b)Canada c)India d)US e)Japan

6. Which is the first country to broadcast 3DTV on terrestrial channels? a)Japan b)China c)South Korea d)India e)none

7. The Country's first privately-funded metro project will be started in which of the following cities? a)Pune b)Chennai c)Hyderabad d)Chandigarh e)Gurgaon

8. Who is the author of the book Troubles? a)J G Farell b)Nina Bawden c)Patrick White d)Mary Renault e)none

9. Recently which state affected by the Cyclonic Storm Laila? a)Maharashtra b)Andhra Pradesh c)Tamilnadu d)Gujarat e)none

10. Who is the first Indian to qualify for the men's singles main draw at the French Open in 13 years? a)Sashi Menon b)Syed Asif Quadri c)Somdev Dewarmen d)Leander Paes e)none

11. Jordan Romero has became the youngest ever climber to conquer Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain. He belongs to which country? a)US b)Canada c)UK d)Germany e)none

12. Recently which country has rejected visa applications to the retired employees of Border Security Force? a)US b)China c)Pakistan d)Canada e)none

13. The worlds' first womens' magic festival Maya 2010 held at ___________? a)Chennai b)Uttar Pradesh c)Pune d)Jaipur e)Thiruvananthapuram

14. Who has been named as England cricketer of the year? a)Paul Collingwood Strauss e)none 15. To which country President Prathiba Patil recently visited and signed three bilateral pacts? a)China b)Japan c)Russia d)Spain e)none b)Graeme Swann c)Kevin Petersen d)Andrew

16. John Shepherd-Barron recently passed away. He invented the worlds first _____ in London? a)Bank b)Credit Card c)Debit Card d)ATM e)none

17. Which country topped the list of people who acquired British citizenship in 2009? a)China b)US c)India d)France e)none

18. Jeev Milkha Singh, Gaganjeet Bhullar are associated to which sport? a)Foot ball b)Tennis c)Chess d)Golf e)none

19. Who has been ranked as the best CEO in the country, a/c to FinanceAsia magazine? a)Gopalakrishnan Tata e)none 20. Which of the following is not a sport playing in the Commonwealth Games 2010? a)Kabaddi b)Hockey c)Tennis d)Cricket e)All of these b)Natarajan Chandrasekaran c)Sunil Mittal d)Ratan

1. The Union ministry of information & broadcasting has constituted a committee to review existing television rating point system (TRP) in India. Who is the head of the committee? a)Rajiv Mehrotra b)Neeraja Choudhary c)D S Mathur d)Amit Mitra e)none

2. With which country India has signed an agreement for Rs 10,500 crore official development assistance (ODA)? a)US b)France c)Japan d)UK e)Germany

3. According to the Environmental Performance Index (EPI), India is the ____ most ecofriendly nation with the best pollution control measures and natural resource management? a)88th b)123rd c)134th d)143rd e)none

4. Who won the Saraswati Samman 2009 award? a)Naiyer Masud e)none 5. Girija Prasad Koirala has passed away. He was the former ______________? a)President of Nepal b)Lakshmi Nandan Bora c)Jagannath Prasad Das d)Surjit Paatar

b)President of Bangladesh c)Prime Minister of England d)Prime Minister of Bangladesh e)none(Prime Minister of Nepal) 6. Which state in India is the largest producer of cotton? a)Maharashtra b)Haryana c)Gujarat d)Andhra Pradesh e)none

7. What is the slogan of Census 2011? a)Our Country, Our Future b)Our Census, Our Future c)Our Country, Our Census d)Our Country, Our Population e)none 8. Bhairon Singh Shekhawat has recently passed away. Who is he? a)Former President of India b)Former Vice President of India c)Former Prime Minister of India d)Both a & b e)none 9. The Fourteenth G-15 summit was held in _________? a)Cuba b)Indonesia c)Egypt d)Iran e)Srilanka

10. In which party, popular South Indian actress Khushboo joined politics in may 2010? a)Congress b)DMK c)MDMK d)AIADMK e)none

11. Government is planning to provide education loans at _____ percent interest rate to help students from weaker sections of society to pursue higher studies? a)1% b)2% c)3% d)4% e)none

12. Deandra Dottin scored the first century in a 2010 women's Twenty20 World Cup held in West Indies. He plays for which country? a)West Indies b)England c)South Africa d)New Zealand e)none

13. World Press Freedom day is observed on? a)April 3rd b)May 3rd c)June 3rd d)July 3rd e)none

14. Which state in India to launch countrys first mobile lok adalat to reach specifically rural poor to settle litigations at their doorstep without any cost to them? a)Kerala b)Gujarat c)Tamilnadu d)Maharashtra e)Andhra Pradesh

15. Which Indian state had become the first state in the entire Asian sub-continent to pay for the procurement of plastic waste? a)Andhra Pradesh e)none 16. According to a list compiled by the Forbes magazine, which Indian city has been named among the world's top ten billionaire cities? a)Delhi b)Bangalore c)Pune d)Mumbai e)none b)Uttar Pradesh c)Himachal Pradesh d)Arunachal Pradesh

17. Which of the following has become India's First state to be declared as "Smoke Free State" on World No Tobacco day? a)Uttaranchal b)Kerala c)Gujarat d)Assam e)Sikkim

18. Who among the following is Indias highest individual taxpayer?

a)Asim Ghosh

b)Mukhesh Ambani

c)Analjit Singh

d)Indrani Patnaik

e)none

19. How many teams are participated in the 2010 FIFA World Cup? a)8 b)12 c)16 d)24 e)32

20. India announced a target of constructing _____km of road per day in the country in order to fill in the road infrastructure deficit. a)20km b)30km c)15km d)10km e)none

4. The author of the book The White Tiger? A)Arvind Adigga 5. Who has won the man booker prize? A)Alice Munro 6. Where was the SAARC summit held in 2010? A)Bhutan 7. The Indian tennis player who was a part of a team who won a category in Australian Open 2010? A)Leander Paes 8. Key feature of Union Budget? A)All of the above 9. LIC is going on paperless from 2011, what does it mean? A)All activities will be carried out in electronic form. 10. Which is the only Public sector Life insurance provider in India? A)LIC

11. Who won the Indira Gandi Peace Prize in 2009? A)Prime Minister of Bangladesh 12. Which one of the following is a term related to cricket? A)Silly Point 13. Which one of the following is not related to finance or banking? A)Amnesty 14. The national award given in the field of sports? A)Arjun Award. 15. Who among the following is not a winner of PadmSree Award? A)Lalit Modi 16. Who among the following is not a winner of National Film Awards? A)Shilpa Shetty. 17. What is the meaning if maturity date in policies by LIC? A)The date on which the contract between the company and the person insured is going to expire. 18. What is the meaning of insurance? A)Mutal payment contract to cover a particular risk. 19. Rs.16,500 crores has been provide to banks under Union budget 2010-11 for? A)To strengthen their capital base 20. The term ULIP(recently in news) is associated with? A)Insurance companies 21. The financial body which frames Monetary and Financial policy in India?

A)RBI

1. Which of the following is the Worlds fastest Supercomputer? a)Jaguar b)Roadrunner c)Nebulae d)Kraken XT5 e)none

2. A/c to the latest notifications of Reserve Bank of India, how much amount of cash can Indians carry while travelling abroad? a)$2000 b)$3000 c)$4000 d)$5000 e)none

3. Who is the head of the 18 member high-level expert committee to suggest measures for efficient management of public expenditure? a)C Rangarajan b)Manmohan Singh c)Deepak Parekh d)Sam Pitroda e)none

4. Sunil Chhetri is associated to which of the following sport? a)Cricket b)Chess c)Football d)Badminton e)none

5. With which country India signed an agreement to establish a hotline between prime ministers of the two countries? a)Pakistan b)UK c)Russia d)Nepal e)China

6. Which country is the largest exporter of Cotton in 2009? a)US b)India c)China d)Brazil e)none

7. CryoSat 2, a satellite that will monitor variations in the extent and thickness of polar ice, launched by which country? a)US b)Japan c)Europe d)India e)none

8. With which country India has signed an agreement to boost cooperation in the education sector?

a)Maldives

b)Malaysia

c)Japan

d)Australia

e)none

9. Which Srilankan cricketer has won a seat in parliament general elections? a)Dharmasena b)Sanath Jayasurya c)Chaminda Vaas d)M Jayawardene e)none

10. Which of the following MP resigned in the wake of IPL controversy? a)Sharad Pawar b)Supriya Sule c)Shashi Tharoor d)M S Gill e)none

11. The first of the new class of offshore patrol vessel indigenously designed and commissioned into Indian Coast Guard? a)ICGS Vikram b)ICGS Vishwast c)ICGS Samar d)ICGS Sankalp e)none

12. After United States and Republic of Korea decided to eliminate travel restrictions based on HIV status, recently which of the following country done the same? a)India b)Australia c)Malaysia d)China e)none

13. Reliance Industries has found a fourth oil discovery in the Cambay basin. Cambay basin is in which state? a)Andhra Pradesh b)Gujarat c)Rajasthan d)Maharashtra e)none

14. With which Indian company Renault and Nissan are developing an ultra low cost car to take on Tata Nano? a)Mahindra & Mahindra b)TVS c)Bajaj d)Maruti Suzuki e)none

15. New Moore or Purbasha island near the Bay of Bengal has been completely submerged into the sea. This island was claimed by both India and ___________? a)Bhutan b)Srilanka c)Myanmar d)Bangladesh e)Maldives

16. The Tsunami Early Warning System (TEWS) has won the Platinum Icon award for innovative use of technology in Web Ratna Awards, 2009. It is developed by ___________? a)Infosys b)HP c)Wipro d)TCS e)none

17. The first Non-Latin web address launched in which of the following language? a)Tamil b)Thai c)Mandarin d)Urdu e)Arab

18. What is the maximum limit that foreign investors can hold in state-run banks? a)10% b)15% c)20% d)30% e)49%

19. What is the full form of ECB in banking? a)External Commercial Borrowings b)Electronic Commercial Borrowings c)Export Commercial Borrowings d)Enterprise Commercial Borrowings e)none 20. Veselin Topalov, a famous player associated with which of the following sport? a)Badminton b)Chess c)Tennis d)Football e)none

Bank of Baroda GK Paper - 2010

1. SLR Statutory Liquid Ratio. 2. Project Tiger is launched by GOI. 3. Pronab Sen Chief Statistician of India. 4. Term not associated with Football Love.

5. Movie not related to A R Rehman Fashion. 6. Name of the third base at Antarctica Bharti. 7. Dada Saheb Phalke Award Winner V K Murthy. 8. V K Singh is appointed as Chief of Indian Army. 9. Lin Dan is related to which sport Badminton. 10. World Water Day is observed on - March 22nd. 11. European Footballer of the Year 2009 - Lione Messi. 12. Kawasaki is related to the products of Motor cycles. 13. Which organization put global taxes on all banks IMF. 14. Which of the following is a health care scheme ASHA. 15. Benchmark prime lending rate is changed as - Base Rate. 16. How many crores are allocated for PSBs 16,500 crores. 17. Who is not a winner of Padma Shri Abhishek Bachchan. 18. Who won the Nobel Prize 2010 in Literature Herta Muller. 19. P M Manmohan Singh left Bhutan to attend SAARC Summit. 20. GOI has started 2nd Green revolution in North Eastern States. 21. Which Indian Bank has highest number of foreign branches SBI. 22. Scheme under Ministry of Food and Civil Suppliers Mid Day Meal. 23. What is Per capita income on the current prices in India Rs 33000. 24. Winner of 58th Mens National Volleyball Championship Tamilnadu. 25. Which country won the Under-19 Cricket World Cup Australia. 26. Which of the following is not a chemical fertilizer Sodium Sulphate.

27. Who is the author of the book Many Lives Many Masters - Brian Weiss. 28. Private Banks won higher profits in 4th quarter bcoz banks have No NPAs. 29. Tata Power to produce heat of energy of the earth Geo Thermal Energy. 30. Which of the following is not abbreviated in Water Shed Programmes VHND. 31. Which of the following reasons Uranium is not exported to India from Australia Bcoz did not signed the NPT and CTBT signatories. 32. Type of inflation if middle class persons earn more money in India Demand Pull Inflation. 33. To which of the following programmes 100 crores are granted to meet the specific needs of women farmers - Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana. 34. RBI hiked 0.25% of CRR, what is the next step taken by banks To keep a portion of amount with RBI which does not gain any interest. 35. Rs 1,200 crore are allocated for drought mitigation in which of the following Bundelkhand Region. 36. Which of the following is a fundamental right to every child in India Right to Education. 37. Which of the following award is given by Government - Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding. 38. Banks charge taxes form the services of Issuing DDs, Pay orders and E-transfer of Money. 39. Some banks have reported slightly higher NPAs than in normal, what will reason for this Loans given by banks had become bad loans.

40. Strategy that will focus on involving the civil society in responsible parenthood strategy under Jansankhya Sthirata Kosh Prerna. 41. SEBI has asked all FIIs to divulge the structure of their offshore entities, why did SEBI did that to restrict overseas fund-flows into equity markets. 42. RBI says Rupee Over valued, what it means? - The rupee has lost only against the dollar but appreciated against other currencies. 43. Agriculture and its related activities contributes how much percentage to GDP 17%. 1. The basis of determining dearness allowance to employees in India is ____? (A) National Income (B) Consumer Price Index(Ans) (C) Standard of Living (D) Per Capita Income (E) None 2. NABARD is _____? (A) A bank (B) A board (C) A block (D) A department (E) None 3. Out of one Rupee expenditure, how much paise have been allotted for subsidy in 2010-11 Union budget proposals? (A) 12 paise

(B) 10 paise (C) 9 paise (D) 7 paise (E) None 4. The most densely populated country in South Asia is ___? (A) Bangladesh (B) India (C) Maldives (D) Sri Lanka (E) None 5. Interest Rate Policy is a part of ____? (A) Fiscal Policy (B) Industrial Policy (C) Monetary Policy (D) Credit Policy (E) None of these 6. Indian Green Revolution is the most successful in ____? (A) Wheat and Potato (B) Jowar and Oil Seeds (C) Wheat and Rice (D) Tea and Coffee (E) All of these

7.

Public Sector means ____?

(A) Government ownership on commerce and trade (B) Capitalist ownership on commerce and trade (C) Private ownership on trade (D) Government ownership on banks (E) None of these 8. The largest source of National Income in India is _____? (A) Service Sector (B) Agriculture (C) Industrial Sector (D) Trade Sector (E) None 9. Inside Trading is related to _____? (A) Share Market (B) Horse racing (C) Taxation (D) Public Expenditure (E) None 10. The main objective of TRYSEM was ______? (A) To train rural youth for self employment (B) To train urban youth for self employment

(C) Both of the above (D) To Provide subsidy to Rural People on purchasing goods (E) None 11. Which bank in India performs duties of Central Bank? (A) Central Bank of India (B) State Bank of India (C) Reserve Bank of India (D) Above (A) and (B) (E) None of these 12. . Which of the following is a better measure of economic development? (A) Employment (B) Size of exports (C) Rural consumption (D) National Income (E) None 13. The cause of deflation is ____? (A) Lack of goods and services as compared to money supply (B) Lack of imports as compared to exports (C) Lack of money supply as compared to supply of goods and services (D) All the above (E) None of these

14. The Present Service Tax rate is ___? (A) 8% (B) 15% (C) 10% (D) 12% (E) None 15. The working of SEBI includes ___? (A) To regulate the dealings of share market (B) To check the foul dealings in share market (C) To control the inside trading of shares (D) All of these (E) None of these 16. CAPART is related with ___? (A) Assisting and evaluating rural welfare programmes (B) Computer hardware (C) Consultant service of export promotion (D) Controlling pollution in big industries (E) None of these 17. Kutir Jyoti scheme is associated with ___? (A) Promoting cottage industry in villages (B) Promoting employment among rural unemployed youth

(C) Providing electricity to rural families living below the poverty line (D) All of these (E) None of these 18. VAT is imposed ____? (A) Directly on consumer (B) On final stage of production (C) On first stage of production (D) On all stages between production and final sale (E) All the above 19. What is NIKKEI? (A) Share Price Index of Tokyo Share Market (B) Name of Japanese Central Bank (C) Japanese name of Countrys Planning Commission (D) Foreign Exchange Market of Japan (E) Both A & D 20. Minimum Support Price is decided by _______? (A) ICAR (B) Finance Minister (C) Ministry of Agriculture (D) CACP (E) None of these

1. Which among the following committee was appointed by the Supreme court of India to study PDS reforms? a)E.N Rammohan Committee b)R N Malhohtra Committee c)C Rangarajan Committee d)Wadhwa Committee e)none

2. What is the name of Indias third indigenous destroyer which was launched on April 2010? a)INS Shivalik b)INS Chennai c)INS Kochi d)INS Vikramaditya e)none

3. What is the Indias rank in the Global Hunger Index with a hunger rate of 23.9 out of 88 countries? a)38th b)44th c)56th d)65th e)none

4. The government has started implementing liberal FDI rules under which proposals up to Rs 1,200 crore foreign equity would be cleared by the Finance Minister without seeking approval of the ________________? a)Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs(CCEA) b)Department of Industry Policy and Promotion (DIPP) c)Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) d)Prime Minister e)none 5. Which country tested the13.8-tonne AC313 heavy lift helicopter that can carry 27 passengers? a)US b)France c)Italy d)China e)none

6. Recently which of the following countries unveiled New Economic Model (NEM) that will transform the nation into a high-income economy? a)Malaysia b)India c)China d)Brazil e)none

7. India has signed a $59.1-million agreement with ___________ for the second tranche of the Himachal Pradesh Clean Energy Development Investment Programme? a)IMF b)World Bank c)ADB d)NABARD e)none

8. Census of India is administered under __________? a)Ministry of health and family welfare b)Ministry of social justice and empowerment c)Ministry of Finance d)Ministry of Home Affairs e)none 9. Who is the head of a high-level committee set up by the Planning Commission to suggest measures for effective management of public expenditure? a)Nitin Desai b)M G Rao c)C Rangarajan d)R Malhotra e)none

10. Recently Central Government said that two Indian private sector banks are treated as foreign banks because of the foreign equity of both the banks are around 74 per cent. What are the two banks we are discussing? a)ICICI, HDFC e)none 11. Which of the following state celebrated the Golden Jubilee celebrations recently? a)Kerala b)Uttar Pradesh c)Gujarat d)Rajasthan e)none b)HDFC, Axis Bank c)ICICI, Federal Bank d)Yes Bank, ICICI

12. Which of the following is Indias first indigenously-built stealth warship? a)INS Sahyadri b)INS Shivalik c)INS Satpura d)INS Vikramaditya e)none

13. Who has been declared as the World Statesman Award for the year 2010? a)Manmohan Singh e)Barack Obama 14. The Nuclear Security Summit 2010 held at ____________? a)Paris b)New York c)Moscow d)Brasilia e)Washington b)Angela Merkel c)Mohamed Nasheed d)Gordon Brown

15. As per the Economist Intelligence Unit's e-readiness ranking for the year 2009, India ranked ______ among the countries of the world? a)3rd b)22nd c)36th d)58th e)none

16. For which of the following schemes in India has got an appraisal from Labour and Employment ministers of G-20 countries? a)Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY), Aam Admi Bima Yojna (AABY) b)Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY), Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act(MGNREGA) c) Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY), Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission(JNNUM) d)Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act(MGNREGA), Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) e)none 17. India is planning to invest $1 trillion in ____________ sector during the 12th Five-Year Plan?

a)Infrastructure

b)Education

c)Science & Technology

d)Defense

e)none

18. Which of the following city has bagged the 'Best Metro in Asia Pacific' award, instituted by London-based event management firm Terrapinn? a)Tokyo b)Delhi c)Singapore d)Beijing e)none

19. A/c to the experts, after financial crisis, a __________ crisis is likely to affect the world? a)Liquidity crisis b)Technological crisis c)Energy Crisis d)Currency Crisis e)none

20. In which of the following countries India has opened its 23rd cultural relations centre named Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre? a)Nepal b)Bangladesh c)Srilanka d)Afghanistan e)none

Punjab and Sind Bank GK Paper - 2010

1. ASEAN Summit held at Huan Hin. Thailand. 2. M K Narayanan is governor of which state West Bengal. 3. 2010 Nobel Peace Prize is given to Barack Obama. 4. Largest Producer of the milk in the World India. 5. Najib Tun Razak is the Prime minister of Malaysia. 6. 16,500 crores are allocated for Public sector Banks 7. Central Bank of USA Federal Reserve. 8. Which organization celebrated Platinum Jubilee RBI. 9. NREGA renamed as MGNREGA. 10. The Rate at which banks will borrow money from RBI Repo Rate. 11. Best Film in 56th National Award Antaheen.

12. Which committee recommended the hike of petrol and diesel prices Kirit Parekh Committee. 13. 97th Indian Science Congress held in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. 14. New Chief on Indian Army V K Singh. 15. India and Bangladesh discussed sharing of Teesta River. 16. Winner of Australian Open 2010 mixed doubles Leander Paes and Cara Black 17. Saina Nehwal is related to Badminton. 18. Trophy related to cricket Duleep Trophy. 19. Headquarters of WTO Geneva. 20. Sports related award Arjuna awards. 21. India provided $1 billion loan to which country Bangladesh. 22. International Recognition given to A R Rehman. 23. In what currency you can do Money Transactions in Bangladesh Taka(Bangladesh Currency). 24. Who among the following is not a winner of Padma Vibhusan Shreya Goshal. 25. Which among the following does not come under core industries Paper. 26. Who received Order of Merit of Italian Republic award Ratan Tata. 27. Who among the following is not an English poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan. 28. Person nominated for Rajya Sabha Javed Akthar. 29. Term not associated with hockey Bouncer. 30. India-ASEAN 2012 summit is going to be held in Delhi. 31. Next SAARC summit(2011) will be held at Maldives.

32. Crop that requires water Paddy. 33. To which country India helped to build its first ever Medical College in the country Bhutan. 34. Which of the following is used as a Bio-fuel Sugarcane. 35. Organization deals with Fertilizer industry IFFCO. 36. For preventing frauds and counterfeiting in a bank, RBI has proposed a scheme called Know Your Customer (KYC). 37. Question on Look East Policy - ? 38. Which of the following is not a crop - ? 39. Question on Brahmaputra River - ? 40. Question on Indira Awas Yojana - ? 41. Question on Rajiv Gandhi LPG Vitrak scheme? 1. Who is the new Prime Minister of United Kingdom? a)Gordon Brown b)Harriet Harman c)Nick Clegg d)David Cameroon e)none

2. Which Country topped the Global Information Technology Report 2010 released by WEF? a)Denmark b)Sweden c)Singapore d)Switzerland e)none

3. According to the recent data released by Coffee Board of India, India majorly exports coffee to which of the following countries? a)Italy b)Russia c)Germany d)US e)UK

4. Recently which country announced that it has 5,113 nuclear warheads? a)Russia b)North Korea c)US d)Iran e)China

5. In which state, IT major Infosys will open Rural BPO centers in 22 districts of the state? a)Kerala b)Karnataka c)Tamilnadu d)Andhra Pradesh e)none

6. Which country will start the Worlds Largest Carbon Credit Project? a)China b)India c)Japan d)Germany e)none

7. Which is the first state in India where video phone services have been launched on a commercial basis? a)Andhra Pradesh b)Haryana c)Tamilnadu d)Delhi e)Gujarat

8. Who is the new Governor of Rajasthan? a)S K Singh b)Prabha Rau c)Shivraj Patel d)K. Shankarnarayan e)none

9. World Press Freedom Day is celebrated on ________? a)April 3rd b)May 3rd c)April 23rd d)May 23rd e)none

10. India is the ___ largest shareholder in the World Bank? a)first b)second c)third d)fifth e)seventh

11. India won the Kabaddi World Cup 2010 by defeating _____________? a)Canada b)Malaysia c)Italy d)Pakistan e)none

12. What is the mascot for 2011 Cricket World Cup? a)Fuwa b)Zakumi c)Jumbo d)Shera e)none

13. The 2010 Youth Olympics Games to be held in which of the following country? a)Singapore b)China c)India d)France e)none

14. Who is the author of the book Decision Points? a)Barack Obama b)Bill Clinton c)Hillary Clinton d)George W. Bush e)none

15. Lech Kaczynski has recently passed away in a plane crash, he was the president of which of the following country? a)Poland b)Slovakia c)Czech Republic d)Belarus e)none

16. Recently 17,000 flights cancelled across Europe due to volcanic ash. In which country volcanic eruption has taken place? a)Greenland b)Denmark c)Iceland d)Greece e)none

17. Who won the Rome Masters Title for the fifth time in six years? a)Andy Murray b)Rafael Nadal c)David Ferrer d)Roger federer e)none

18. Recently which country tested the Shaheen-1 missile? a)UAE b)Iran c)Pakistan d)India e)none

19. Which of the following is renamed as Aadhaar recently? a)Aam Aadmi Bima Yojana India b)Unique Identification Authority of e)none

c)NREGA d)Saakshar Bharat

20. Recently which country eliminated two time zones of its eleven time zones? a)Russia b)Canada c)US d)UK e)China

1. Who has been appointed as the new Chief Justice of India? a)Vahanvati b)S H Kapadia c)K G Balakrishnan d)Y. K. Sabharwal e)none

2. Who is the new Prime minister of Srilanka? a)Mahinda Rajapakse e)none 3. Who has taken over as the new Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)? b)M Jayaratne c)R Wickremanayake d)R Wickremesinghe

a)S Rajendra Babu

b)K G Balakrishnan

c)G P Mathur

d)Satyapal Batra e)none

4. Which of the following is the second most visited site in India after Taj mahal in 2009? a)Qutub Minar b)Ajanta Caves c)Red Fort d)Golden Temple e)none

5. A/c to FICCI survey, Indian Economy will grow by ____ in 2010-11? a)8% b)8.6% c)7.8% d)8.4% e)none

6. Who won the Asian badminton men's singles title? a)Wang Zhengming b)Chetan Anand c)Lin Dan d)Pullela Gopichand e)none

7. In order to provide quality healthcare to all citizens, which state government has decided to set up one primary urban health centre for every 50,000 people in the city? a)Orissa b)Kerala c)Delhi d)J & K e)none

8. Which country President signed a landmark constitutional amendment bill that will strip his powers? a)Iran b)North Korea c)Srilanka d)Pakistan e)Ukraine

9. Which of the following telecom operator has got the permission from central government to lay a 12,091 km long undersea optical fibre cable via eight countries from Marseilles in France to Juhu Beach in Mumbai? a)Reliance b)Vodafone c)Bharthi Airtel d)Tata e)none

10. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of NASSCOM? a)R S Pawar b)Pramod Bhasin c)Harsh Manglik d)Som Mittal e)none

11. Juan Antonio Samaranch recently passed away, he is the former president of which of the following organisations? a)World Bank b)IMF c)International Olympic Committee d)NASA e)none

12. Who won the Pantaloons Femina Miss India 2010? a)Manasvi Mamgai b)Neha Hinge c)Nicole Faria d)Pooja Chopra e)none

13. Which is the first financial service entity in India to set up wind mills for captive use? a)LIC b)ICICI Bank c)NABARD d)SBI e)none

14. Who has won the prestigious Dan David Prize for his remarkable reworking of the great tradition of the Western novel in transnational terms? a)Jhumpa Lahiri b)Arvind Adiga c)Amitav Ghosh d)Arundathi Roy e)none

15. Who has been appointed as the Interim Chairman of IPL? a)Shashank Manohar Aman 16. Which is the first country to ban Vulture funds? a)India b)UK c)France d)Denmark e)none b)N Srinivasan c)Ravi Shastri d)Sharad Pawar e)Chirayu

17. A/c to Forbes, who has been named as Indias Bill Gates? a)Azim Premji b)Mukhesh Ambhani c)K P Singh d)Ratan Tata e)none

18. Who has been appointed as the brand ambassador of the school sanitation programme in the country? a)Sachin Tendulkar b)Deepika Padukone c)Amir Khan d)Sania Mirza e)none

19. Who is the winner of IPL 3? a)Mumbai Indians b)Royal Challengers Bangalore c)Chennai Super Kings

d)Deccan Chargers e)Delhi Daredevils 20. Which country announced that it will build more than 14 atomic power plants by 2030 as part of its effort to fight global warming?

a)Japan

b)US

c)Iran

d)India

e)none

Corporation Bank PO GK Paper 2010

1. SAARC Summit held at - Bhutan

2. FCCB stand for - Foreign Currency Convertible Bond.

3. MAT stand for Minimum Alternate Tax..

4. Indira Gandhi Award 2009 for peace given to Sheikh Hasina.

5. Rawatbhata is in Rajasthan.(Go for 2009 Corporation Bank PO GK paper.)

6. Moortidevi Award was given - M Veerappa Moily

7. Asian Development Bank (ADB) to give $850 million loan to India.

8. Term not related to Hockey - Downswing related to Golf.

9. Legion d'Honneur of France given to - Lata Mangeshkar. 10. Sanya Richards belong to USA. 11. Bullet Train from China. 12. Apni Mandi scheme launched in Punjab. 13. In 15th Copenhagen Summit, India is led by - Manmohan Singh.

14. Green Revolution II relate to - Eastern Areas.

15. Indian makes nuclear deal with Britan.

16. Spain will be next Greece/Portugal/Italy - means all 3's are heavily effected during global eco. Crisis.

17. Between The Assassinations written by Aravind Adiga .

18. Invisible book is written by Paul Auster.

19. Monetary Policy include - CRR and SLR.

20. After 5 yrs USA setup embassy in Syria.

21. K-G gas from- Krishna Godavari basin.

22. Fiscal deficit reduce to 5.5% by March 2011/ 2010-11

23. Lufthansa's is not a bank/financial institution.

24. Snow Leopard found in - U.P.-Uttarakhand.

25. Russia Vows to Supply Oil Despite Dispute with Ukraine 26. Zain is telecom - Kuwait

27. Usain Bolt was named Laureus World Sportsman 2009

28. Between the assassination Arvind Adiga. 29. C. Srither, Ratan Singh and Isiah R Sanam relate to the game Archerya

30. Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission aims to generate power - bijali sab ke liye

31. Voting compulsory in elections to all the local bodies in Gujarat.

32. Government is set to provide Rs.16500 Cr to public sector banks to boost capital.

33. European Footballer Award for the year 2009 Lionel Messi.

34. India export jewellry to usa. 35. In Sports - Arjun Award is given. 36. In Literature - Man Booker Prize is given.

37. Goodluck Jonathan has been elected as a president of which country Nigeria. 1. Who is the new Chief Minister of Meghalaya? a)D D Lapang b)Khanduri c)Mukul Sangma d)Donkupar Roy e)none

2. Who has been voted as India Incs Most Powerful CEO for 2009 by Economic Times Corporate Dossier magazine? a)Sunil Mittal Tata b)Anand Mahindra c)Aditya Puri d)Mukhesh Ambhani e)Ratan

3. To which of the following neighbouring country India has decided to supply 50,000 tonnes of wheat, 25,000 tonnes of rice and 10,000 tonnes of yellow peas dal? a)Pakistan b)Afghanistan c)Bangladesh d)Nepal e)none

4. India's 18th Nuclear Power Plant Begins Commercial Operations in which of the following states? a)Andhra Pradesh b)Karnataka c)Rajasthan d)Gujarat e)Tamilnadu

5. Which Country hosted the 16th SAARC summit? a)Nepal b)Srilanka c)Pakistan d)Bhutan e)none

6. India's first International Tourism police station has been opened in which state? a)Kerala b)Delhi c)Maharashtra d)Jammu and Kashmir e)none

7. Which Company has topped the list of Fortunes most admired company in the world? a)Google b)Microsoft c)Yahoo d)P & G e)Apple

8. What is the full form of FCNR, term used in banking? a)Foreign Capital for Nations and Region b)Finance Capital Non Resident c)Foreign Currency Non Resident d)Finance Currency Non Resident e)none 9. Recently Rbi increased Policy rates and Reserve ratios. Why did Rbi increased these measures? a)To Improve the Indian Economy b)To control the Inflation

c)To control the deflation d)Rbi wants more money to give to government e)because banks are gaining huge profits 10. Who has been named Wisden Cricketer of the Year for the second time in a row? a)Ricky Pointing b)T Dilshan c)Andrew Strauss d)Sachin Tendulkar e)V Sehwag

11. Which of the following received the Boeing's Supplier of the Year Award for the year 2009? a)HAL b)DRDO c)ISRO d)BEL e)none

12. Chandrashekhar Rele has recently passed away. He was famous _____? a)Carnatic Musician b)Dancer c)Vocalist d)Hindustan Classical Musician e)none

13. Who has been awarded the Tejaswini award for young women achievers? a)Vidya balan b)Priya Dutt c)Mary Kom d)All the bove e)none

14. Bahraich district has become the first tribal village in the state to be converted into a revenue village under the Forest Rights Act. Bahraich is in which state? a)Sikkim b)Rajasthan c)Maharashtra d)Chhattisgarh e)Uttar Pradesh

15. Who is the author of the book Wide Angle? a)Tiger Woods b)Anil Kumble c)Adam Gilchrist d)Rahul Dravid e)none

16. Which is the first bank in India to get the Chinese approval to carry out business in the local currency yuan? a)ICICI b)SBI c)Punjab National Bank d)Axis Bank e)none

17. Which Organization has sanctioned USD 4.9-billion (over Rs 22,000 crore) loans to India in 2009-10 for 14 schemes and projects undertaken by the government?

a)ADB

b)UN

c)World Bank

d)IMF

e)none

18. Which State has decided to pioneer an e-waste policy to encourage green information technologies? a)Tamilnadu b)Karnataka c)Kerala d)Gujarat e)none

19. Which Country will host the 11th International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA)? a)India b)Srilanka c)UK d)Maldives e)none

20. Recently SEBI banned the 14 life insurance companies in India from circulating ULIPs. what is the full form of ULIP? a) Unit Linked Investment Plan b) Unit Linked Insurance Policy c) Unit Linked Insurance Plan d)Unit Linked Investment Policy e)none 1. A/c to the new report of Global Economic Prospects 2010, World Bank pegged Indias GDP growth at _____ in 2010-11? a)7.2% b)7.5% c)7.75% d)8% e)none

2. Who has been elected as the President of Chile? a)Michelle Bachelet e)none 3. With which country India signed an agreement for exploring oil and gas, as also decided to strengthen co-operation in the information technology sector. Besides, they decided to work for enhancing the trade volume to $1 billion by 2012? b)Eduardo Frei Ruiz c)Ricardo Lagos d)Sebastin Piera

a)Nigeria

b)Finland

c)Saudi Arabia

d)Hungary

e)none

4. Sujit Kumar had recently passed away, he was a famous __________? a)Actor b)Politician c)Painter d)Economist e)none

5. The 2009 AIMA-JRD Tata Corporate Leadership Award was presented to _______? a)Sunil Mittal b)Rahul Bajaj c)Venu Srinivasan d)OP Bhatt e)K M Birla

6. Who has been selected for the prestigious 17th Ekalabya Award for the year 2009? a)K Ravi Kumar 7. Expand WANO? a)Wide Area Network Operator b)World Authority Nuclear Operators c)World Association of Nuclear Organization d)World Association of Nuclear Operators e)none 8. To which state World Bank has agreed to give a $450 million loan to supplement the state government efforts for sustainable environment growth? a)Delhi b)Andhra Pradesh c)Himachal Pradesh d)Jammu and Kashmir e)none b)Monisha Mohanty c)Amiya Kumar d)Baijayant Panda e)none

9. According to U.S. Treasury data released on February 2010, which country has reduced its holdings of U.S. debt by $45 billion in the past five months? a)Japan b)Germany c)UK d) India e)China

10. Which of the following states is called the Tiger State of India? a)Uttar Pradesh b)Madhya Pradesh c)Gujarat d)Rajasthan e)Maharashtra

11. Indian Economy can be described as ___________?

a)Capitalist Economy

b)Socialist Economy

c)Traditional Economy d)Mixed

Economy e)All of these 12. Brett Lee, one of the fastest bowlers in the cricket, announced his retirement from Test Cricket. He belongs to which nationality? a)England b)New Zealand c)Australia d)South Africa e)none

13. Which state has becomes first state in India to introduce a bill guaranteeing the right to health for all citizens? a)Assam b)Gujarat c)Uttarakhand d)Tamilnadu e)none

14. Who among the following has been selected as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)? a)Amitabh Bachhan Tendulkar 15. The second meeting of Ministers of the four BASIC Group countries took place in ____? a)Brasilia b)Beijing c)Mumbai d)Cape Town e)Delhi b)Katrina Kaif c)M S Dhoni d)Akshay Kumar e)Sachin

16. With which country India has decided to jointly develop Solar city? a)China b)Bangladesh c)US d)Nepal e)Japan

17. Which of the following is the first country in the world to build a nuclear-powered spacecraft for interplanetary flights? a)India b)US c)China d)Russia e)Iran

18. Which of the following has become the third country in the world after US and Russia to possess missile interceptor technology designed to shoot down enemy missile in mid-air? a)India b)China c)Japan d)Iran e)UK

19. What is the present Cash Reserve Ratio(CRR)? a)5.0% b)5.25% c)5.75% d)3.5% e)none

20. Which of the following pairs in not correct? a)Deodhar Trophy - Cricket b)Subroto Cup - Football c)Agha Khan Trophy Hockey d)Irani Cup Football e)All are correct 1. Who has been nominated as the India Abroad Person of the Year 2009? a)Indra Nooyi b)V Ramakrishnan c)Fareed Zakaria d)Bobby Jindal e)none

2. Recently to which gulf country Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visited and signed bilateral agreement in February 2010? a)Kuwait b)Saudi Arabia c)Iran d)Dubai e)none

3. What is Indias position in Global Innovation Index, report launched by INSEAD in partnership with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)? a)36th b)44th c)56th d)88th e)none

4. Laura Chinchilla has been elected as the first woman President of __________? a)Libya b)Ukraine c)Spain d)Costa Rica e)none

5. A/c to the ISRO Chairman K. Radhakrishnan, ISROs budget is ____ percent of that of its US counterpart NASA? a)21% b)16% c)12% d)6% e)3%

6. Recently which country dropped a proposal to change the country's national anthem by making it more gender- inclusive? a)Germany b)UK c)France d)Canada e)none

7. A/c to the Livability Index 2010 prepared jointly by CII and Institute for Competitiveness, which is the best Indian city to live? a)Delhi b)Mumbai c)Bangalore d)Jamshedpur e)Pune

8. The 108th Constitutional Amendment Bill deals with which of the following? a)Right to Education e)none 9. India offered a $250 million line of credit to which of the following country? a)Nepal b)Srilanka c)Bangladesh d)Haiti e)none b)Right to Vote c)SC/ST reservation d)Women Reservation

10. Abdullah Gul recently visited India and signed a joint declaration on Terrorism with India. He was the President of ____________? a)Saudi Arabia b)Dubai c)Turkey d)Kuwait e)Palestine

11. Mahmoud Abbas has visited India in February 2010. He was the president of ________? a)Yugoslavia b)Israel c)Palestine d)Libya e)none

12. Who won the Dubai Open title 2010 by defeating Mikhail Youzhny? a)Novak Djokovic b)Rafael Nadal c)Andy Roddick d)Andy Murray e)none

13. Who has been nominated as the Best Actor in a leading role in the Filmfare Awards 2010? a)Amir Khan Kapoor b)Sharukh Khan c)Hrithik Roshan d)Amitabh Bachchan e)Ranbir

14. Which state government has given Lifetime Achievement for Habib Tanvir and Pandit Bhimsen Joshi? a)Maharashtra b)West Bengal c)New Delhi d)Rajasthan e)none

15. The 15th Conference of India and US Air Forces meeting was held in __________? a)Delhi b)Bangalore c)Goa d)Mumbai e)Thiruvananthapuram

16. Which of the following countries is the largest producer of jute in the World? a)Bangladesh b)India c)Malaysia d)China e)none

17. Which European Country has introduced a new package of tax increases and spending cuts to save 4.8bn euros and ease its budget crisis? a)Sweden b)Greece c)Spain d)Portugal e)none

18. India is the _______ most affected country in the world for spam mail attacks, in the

annual security report by Cisco?

a)first b)second c)third d)fourth e)fifth

19. Which Country has launched the poppy eradication programme to wipe out opium poppies across the country? a)Srilanka b)India c)Pakistan d)Afghanistan e)China

20. Syed Mushtaque Ali has recently passed away. He belongs to which filed? a)Painting b)Sports c)Politics d)Social Service e)none

1. Who has been named as the Chairperson of the National Advisory Council(NAC)? a)Manmohan Singh b)C Rangarajan c)Sushma Swaraj d)Sonia Gandhi e)none

2. Recently GOI launched Sakshara Bharat Mission 2012, aimed at educating illiterate girls and women aged above ____ years?

a)8yrs

b)10yrs c)12yrs

d)15yrs e)18yrs

3. Recently India successfully test-fired the BrahMos supersonic anti-ship cruise missile from a warship in the Bay of Bengal off coast of Orissa and became the ______ country in the world to have a maneuverable missile for cruise. a)first b)second c)third d)sixth e)none

4. A/c to UNIDO, India stood at which place in Industrial Production? a)third b)fifth c)eight d)ninth e)none

5. Who is the new Chairman of BSE? a)Jagdish Capoor b)S. Ramadorai c)Madhu Kannan d)Mahesh L. Soneji e)none

6. In which country World Social Forum (WSF) meeting held? a)Brazil b)Switzerland c)US c)Russia e)none

7. Who has been voted the most popular youth leader in the country, a/c to the Centre for Media and Cultural Research? a)Sachin Pilot b)Rahul Gandhi c)Varun Gandhi d)Supriya Sule e)none

8. Which Country has the largest number of illiterate adults in the world? a)China b)South Africa c)UAE d)Iraq e)India

9. Which Indian city has been ranked fourth in the New York Times' '31 Places to Go in 2010' list? a)Tirupathi b)Mumbai c)Mysore d)Agra e)none

10. Who won the O.B.Agarwal Memorial 6 red Snooker National Championship? a)Brijesh Damani b)Kamal Chawla c)Manan Chandra d)Pankaj Advani e)none

11. Who wrote the book Becoming Indian?

a)Vaidyanathan Varma

b)Rajan Gurukkal

c)Shamira Sheikh d)Arvind Virmani e)Pavan

12. The SAARC Lifetime Achievement Award 2010, was given to __________? a)Abhi Subedi b)Mark Tully c)Hamid Mir d)Sarmad Sehbai e)none

13. Which state high court quashed the legislation for four percent reservation to Muslims in education and jobs? a)Delhi b)Andhra Pradesh c)Chennai d)Bihar e)Kerala and lasting impact

14. The 2010 Abel Prize has been awarded to ___________ for his vast on the theory of numbers? a)John G. Thompson b. b)Jacques Tits c)John Tate

d)Mikhail Gromov e)Both a &

15. Recently in which of the following countries India has decided to set up Consulate General Office? a)Bangladesh b)Nepal c)Srilanka d)Afghanistan e)none

16. Which of the following country receiving the largest number of foreign tourists, at 80 million per year? a)US b)India c)China d)Spain e)France

17. Which of the following country has become the first country in South Asia to join the International Criminal Court based in The Hague? a)India b)Bangladesh c)Nepal d)Srilanka e)China

18. Which city will host the International Kabaddi Tournament? a)Delhi b)Chennai c)Chandigarh d)Jaipur e)Hyderabad

19. The 19th Saraswati Samman, country's highest literary honour, for 2009 has been given to ___________? a)Surjit Patar e)none 20. Which country will host the 2014 FIFA world cup? a)South Africa b)Canada c)Spain d)Brazil e)none b)Naiyer Masud c)Lakshmi Nandan Bora d)Jagannath Prasad Das

1. What is the full form Core in Core banking solutions? a)Central Organization for Rural Employees b)Centralized Online Realtime Electronic c)Centralized Online Realtime Exchange d)Connected Organizations for a Responsible Economy e)none 2. Which is the first State in the country to announce a ban on Bt brinjal even before the Central government takes a final decision? a)Gujarat b)Uttarakhand c)Madhya Pradesh d)Karnataka e)none

3. Who has been named the 2009 WTA (Women Tennis Association) player of the year? a)Serena Williams b)Kim Clijsters c)Elena Dementieva d)Venus Williams e)none

4. Which country has agreed to pay the United Nations around $10m in compensation for damage caused to UN buildings in Gaza during last year's war? a)US b)Israel c)Iran d)North Korea e)none

5. Which North Eastern state has four Chief Ministers? a)Sikkim b)Arunachal Pradesh c)Manipur d)Meghalaya e)Assam

6. Who wrote the book No Country for Women? a)Aung San Suu Kyi b)Sonia Gandhi c)Taslima Nasrin d)Sushma Swaraj e)none

7. Recently which country became second in Latin America to have a cabinet with gender parity(equal number of women and men)? a)Chile b)Argentina c)Brazil d)Peru e)Bolivia

8. Who has been appointed as the new chief of National Investigation Agency(NIA)? a)Radha Vinod Raju e)none 9. Expand CASA, term used in banking? a)Capital Account Savings Account b)Current Analysis Savings Account c)Cost Analysis Strategy Assessment d)Current Account Savings Account e)none 10. Which of the following has became the first Indian automobile company to produce one million cars in a year? a)Tata Motors b)Mahindra & Mahindra c)Hyundai d)Maruthi Suzuki e)none b)V S Tiwari c)Ashwin Kumar d)Sharad Chandra Sinha

11. Which country has launched its domestically designed and developed guided missile destroyer Jamaran? a)Iran b)North Korea c)India d)China e)Turkey

12. Reena Kaushal has created history by becoming the first Indian women to ski _________?

a)North Pole

b)South Pole

c)both a & b

d)Mount Everest

e)none

13. According to a report by global consultancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), India could become the worlds third largest economy by purchasing power parity (PPP), overtaking Japan in _____? a)2012 b)2015 c)2020 d)2025 e)none

14. The Road Ahead is a book written by _________? a)Bill Gates b)Warren Buffet c)Carlos Slim d)Bill Clinton e)none

15. Vikram Srivastava ia appointed as the new Director General of ______________? a)Border security Force Tibetan Border Police b)Assam Rifles c)Central Industrial Security Force d)Indo-

e) Central Reserve Police Force

16. Which Country has banned the 2D version of the movie Avatar? a)Iran b)India c)North Korea d)Srilanka e)China

17. Which state having the largest number of people below the poverty line (BPL), a/c to the latest figures? a)Bihar b)Uttar Pradesh c)Orissa d)Jharkhand e)none

18. Which state is the second largest state-economy in India after Maharashtra? a)Tamilnadu b)Gujarat c)Uttar Pradesh d)Karnataka e)Andhra Pradesh

19. Which of the following Country has the largest oil Reserves and largest exporter of Petroleum in the World? a)Canada b)Venezuela c)Russia d)Saudi Arabia e)Iran

20. Presently Kaushik Basu holds which of the following position? a)Prime Ministers Economic Advisory Council

b)Finance Secretary c)Chief Economic Advisor d)Revenue Secretary e)none of these

Quiz On General Awareness 2010 - 59

1. As per the 13th Finance commission report, the share of states in net proceeds of sharable central taxes has been increased to ______ from the level of 30.5%? a)34% b)31.5% c)32% d)35% e)none

2. Who among the following is the Indias most trusted person, published by Readers Digest? a)Ratan Tata b)Narayana Murthy c)Abdul Kalam d)Rahul Gandhi e)none

3. Which of the following state is the most polluted state in India, a/c to the latest report by Central Pollution Control Board(CPCB)? a)Maharashtra b)Tamilnadu c)Andhra Pradesh d)Gujarat e)Karnataka

4. Who has been honored as the Lifetime Achievement Award for her outstanding contribution to Indian cinema, at the London Film Festival? a)Amitabh Bachchan b)Monika Mohta c)Kishwar Desai d)Jaya Bachchan e)none

5. Who has been awarded the Rani Lakshmi Bai Award for the year 2009? a)Sunita Devi b)Maha Jabeen c)sugatha Kumari d)Ved Kumari Ghai e)M Vijaya

6. Recently G P Birla has passed away he was a famous __________? a)Economist b)Actor c)Politician d)Industrialist e)none

7. SEBI has directed stock exchanges to provide details related to shares allotted to institutional investors through QIP. what is the full form of QIP? a)Quality Investment Partner b)Qualified Institutional Placements c)Quality Improvement Programme d) Quality Intellectual Property e)none of these 8. What is the current Repo rate? a)4.75% b)3.5% c)5.0% d)6% e)none

9. Recently RBI has inaugurated its sub-office in which of the following states? a)Sikkim b)Meghalaya c)Assam d)Maharashtra e)Andhra Pradesh

10. A/c to a report released by WTO, the World Trade fell by ____ percent in 2009 due to Global Economic crisis? a)8% b)10% c)12% d)15% e)none of these

11. Indias biggest commodity exchange MCX emerged as the ____ largest commodity exchange in the world in terms of contracts in 2009? a)fourth b)second c)third d)sixth e)none

12. To which of the following centre has approved the proposal for release of equity infusion of Rs. 800 crore, which is facing severe financial losses? a)Bsnl b)Air India c)SAIL d)HAL e)none of these

13. Recently Google has shut down its operations in which of the following country due to set of cyber attacks?

a)Iran

b)North Korea

c)Turkey

c)Indonesia

e)China

14. Which state bagged the National award for the best tourism infrastructure for the year 2008-09? a)Andhra Pradesh b)Goa c)Kerala d)Sikkim e)Rajasthan

15. On which day World Water day is observed? a)April 22nd b)Sep 23rd c)May 22nd d)March 22nd e)none 16. Which is the First State in India to Release Action Plan to Combat Climate Change? a)Gujarat b)Delhi c)Karnataka d)Meghalaya e)none

17. Which state introduced the project e-Shishu, which maintain database of all children between newborn and 14 years of age? a)Orissa b)Madhya Pradesh c)Assam d)Jammu & Kashmir e)none

18. According to the Corporate Gender Gap report brought out by the World Economic Forum, India has the lowest percentage of women employees of ___ percent? a)33% b)39% c)26% d)23% e)none

19. Mukhesh Ambani has placed at ____ place in the richest person in the world, a/c to the latest report released by Forbes? a)second b)third c)fourth d)fifth e)none

20. Which is the first country in the world to have specialized Environment Courts? a)China b)UK c)US d)Japan e)India

Quiz on Union Budget 2010-11 and Economic Survey 2009-10

1.

How many crores are allocated for National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) in the Union Budget 2010-11? a)100 crore b)250 crore c)500 crore d)1000 crore e)2000 crore

2.

Which of the following is true regarding Income tax slabs in the Union Budget 201011? a)No Income tax up to Rs. 1.8 lakh b)10% for income above Rs. 1.8 lakh and up to Rs. 6 lakh c) 20% for income above Rs. 6 lakh and up to Rs. 8 lakh d)30% for income above Rs. 8 lakh. e)All are true

3.

How many crores are allocated for Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in the Union budget 2010-11? a)37,100 cr b)40,100 cr c)48,000 cr d)32,000 cr e)None of these

4.

The Minimum Alternate Tax(MAT) has been changed to ____ from 15% on book profits of Companies? a)16% b)12% c)18% d)14% e)remain unchanged.

5.

In the Union Budget 2010-11, Rs. 16,500 crore are allocated for Public Sector Banks(PSB) in order to attain a minimum of ____ percent Tier-1 capital by March 31st, 2011? a)8% b)6% c) 11% d)5% e)10%

6.

How much amount is allocated for Mahila Kisan Sashatikaran pariyojajana to meet needs of women farmers in the Union Budget 2010-11?

a)50 crores 7.

b)75 crore

c)100 crore d)125 crore

e)200 crore

What is the target set for agriculture credit flow for the year 2010-11? a)3 lakh crore b)3.25 lakh crore c)3.5 lakh crore d)3.75 lakh crore e)none

8.

What is the proposed Fiscal Deficit for the year 2010-11? a)4.8% b)7.8% c)5% d)6.9% e)5.5%

9.

To which of the following schemes there is a 700% increase in the Union Budget 201011 over the previous budget? a)Rajiv Awas Yojana b)Indira Awas Yojana c)Pradhan Mantri Gram Adarsh Gram

Yojana d)National Social Assistance Programme e)National Rural Health Mission 10. What is the Total amount used in the Union Budget 2010-11? a)12akh crore b)9 lakh crore c)10 lakh crore d)11 lakh crore e)none

11. How many crores are allocated to the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) for 2010-11? a)120 crore b)500 crore c)1,600 crore d)1,000 crore e)none of these

12. What is the expected GDP growth in the fiscal year 2009-10? a)7.7% b)6.9% c)7.9% d)7.5% e)7.2%

13. Which of the following is true in the Union Budget 2010-11? a) Government will raise Rs35,000 crore from divestment of its stake in state-owned firms. b) Rs200 crore provided for climate-resilient agriculture initiative. c) Rs1,73,552 crore provided for infrastructure development.

d) Rs500 crore allocated for solar and hydro projects for the Ladakh region in Jammu & Kashmir. e)All are true 14. In the Union Budget 2010-11, Rs. 1,47, 344 crore are allocated for which of the following? a)Rural Development b)Defence c)Infrastructure d)Social Service e)Energy

15. Government to give ______ for each National Pension Scheme account opened by workers in the unorganized sector? a)Rs. 400 b)Rs. 500 c)Rs.800 d)Rs. 1000 e)Rs. 1500

16. Which of the following is not true in the Union Budget 2010-11? a)Rs.2,600 crore allocated for ministry of minorities affair. b) Banking facilities to be provided to all habitations with a population of 2,000 and more. c) Central excise duty on all non-petroleum products raised to 10% from 8%. d) Gross tax receipts pegged at Rs7,46,656 crore for 2010-11, non-tax revenues at Rs1,48,118 crore. e)100% percent hike in allocation for schemes for women and child development. 17. A/c to the Economic Survey 2009-10, India is the ____largest Gold holding nation at 557 tonnes in the World? a)3rd b)8th c)5th d)10th e)11th

18. A/c to the Economic Survey, India is placed at which place in Wireless Network mobile users in the World?

a)first

b)second

c)Third

d)fourth

e)fifth

19. As per the Economic Survey 2009-10, India is ranked fourth in the World in terms of foreign exchange reserves at $283. Billion. Which country having the worlds largest foreign exchange reserves? a)China b)US c)Japan d)Russia e)none of these

20. Which of the following is true regarding Economic Survey 2009-10? a)Gradual roll back of stimulus steps unveiled in the wake of the global financial meltdown. b) 4.34 crore households have been provided employment under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in the fiscal year 2009-10. c) Infant mortality rate (IMR) is expected to fall below 30 in every 1,000 live births by 2012 d) The Indian pharmaceutical industry has become the third largest in world in terms of volume. e)All are true
Note:

2 Q: For correct tax slabs visit this link. 11 Q: 1900 crores 16 Q: Only 50% hike. 1. Which country won the maximum number of Gold medals in 2010 Winter Olympics? a)US b)Germany c)Canada d)China e)Russia

2. Which of the following states is the largest producer of Coffee in India?

a)Andhra Pradesh

b)Karnataka

c)Kerala

d)Tamilnadu e)none

3. Which Country won the Hockey world cup 2010 by defeating Germany? a)Spain b)Netherlands c)England d)Australia e)none

4. Who is the head of the committee appointed by Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation to discuss the draft guidelines of government's ambitious Rajiv Awas Yojana? a)Rakesh Mohan b)Rangarajan c)O P Mathur d)Sheela Patel e)Deepakh Parekh

5. The European Investment Bank agreed to give a 340-million loan to Jaguar and Land Rover. These are the brands of which Auto Major Company? a)Maruthi Suzuki b)Hyundai c)Mahindra & Mahindra d)Tata Motors e)none

6. Recently which Indian Cricketer has been inducted into ICC Hall of Fame? a)Sunil Gavaskar Singh Bedi 7. What is the trade between India and EU at present ______? a)$20 billion b)$50 billion c)$69 billion d)$106 billion e)$125 billion b)Kapil Dev c)Mohinder Amarnath d)Ravi Shastri e)Bishen

8. Which state launched the schemes Indira Bal Swasthya Yojana(IBSY) and Nehru Drishti Yojana to improve the health of all school going children in the State? a)Haryana b)Madhya Pradesh c)Gujarat d)Himachal Pradesh e)none

9. Which Indian Company has named among the world's 20 best companies for leadership, a/c to Human resources consultancy Hay Group? a)Infosys b)SBI c)Reliance d)ONGC e)TCS

10. Which Company introduced the Worlds Cheapest mobile at $15(Rs. 690)?

a)Nokia b)Vodafone c)LG d)Videocon

e)Reliance

11. Bharti Airtel had acquired 70 per cent stake in Warid Telecom of ______ for $300 mn (about Rs 1,363 crore) in January 2010? a) UAE b)Srilanka c)Myanmar d)Bangladesh e)none

12. Which among the following is nominated for 2010 Nobel Peace Prize? a)CRY foundation these 13. Which country has announced that its National currency(bolivar) will be devalued by at least 17%? a)Bolivia b)Ecuador c)Venezuela d)Cuba e)none b)Bill & Melinda gates foundation c)Internet d)UN e)none of

14. Amitabh Bachchan has accepted as a brand ambassador for _________ state? a)Kerala b)Maharashtra c)Delhi d)Tamilnadu e)Gujarat

15. Who has been appointed as the brand ambassador for Kerala Tourism? a)Mohan Lal Bachchan 16. Which of the following is Indias second highest civilian honour? a)Padma Bhusan b)Bharat Ratna c)Padma Sri d)Padma Vibhusan e)none b)Amir Khan c)Sharukh Khan d)Rasool Pookutty e)Amitabh

17. Which European Country is facing severe debt crisis? a)Spain b)Portugal c)Greece d)UK e)none of these

18. Recently which state has purchased a 1,300 megawatt of power from Gujarat, West Bengal and Maharashtra? a)Andhra Pradesh b)Tamilnadu c)Uttar Pradesh d)Rajasthan e)Karnataka

19. At present in India, 105 Operational Special Economic Zones are there. In which state the maximum SEZ are there? a)Maharashtra b)Uttar Pradesh c)Andhra Pradesh d)Karnataka e)Tamilnadu

20. Expand the suitable PTA from the following? a)Partial Trade Agreement b)Preferential Trade Agreement c)Primary Trade Agreement d)Paid Trade Agreement e)Public Trade Agreement Forbes is an American publishing and media company. On 10th March 2010 Forbes released the Richest Persons in the world.

The List of Richest Persons in the World at present: 1. Carlos Slim Citizenship Mexican Net Worth - $53.5 billion Source - Telecom Age 70.

2. Bill Gates Citizenship American Net Worth $53 billion Source Microsoft Age- 54 3. Warren Buffet Citizenship - American

Net Worth - $47 billion Source Berkshire Hathaway Age 79 4. Muhkhesh Ambani Citizenship Indian

Net Worth $29 billion Source Petrochemical, oil & Gas Age 52 5. Lakshmi Mittal Citizenship Indian Net Worth - $28.7 billion Source Steel Age 59. 1. Recently which country offered their nationality to the Indias most celebrated artist M.F. Hussain? a)Saudi Arabia b)Kuwait c)South Africa d)Qatar e)UK

2. To which Country India has given a $1 billion line of credit, the biggest it has given to any country? a)Nepal b)Srilanka c)Bangladesh d)Haiti e)none of these

3. Viktor Yanukovych is newly elected President of _____________? a)Libya b)Uruguay c)Bulgaria d)Ukraine e)none of these

4. The index of six core industries registered a growth of ____ percent in January 2010? a)4.2% b)5.5% c)6.9% d)8.0% e)9.4%

5. Which country honored the Niwano Peace Prize 2010 to social worker Ela Bhatt for her contribution to uplift of poor women in India? a)China b)Japan c)Singapore d)Sweden e)Maldives

6. Recently Sachin Tendulkar created world record by scoring 200 runs in ODIs. He scored against ______? a)Srilanka b)New Zealand c) Bangladesh d)South Africa e)Australia

7. The Indus Waters Treaty is a water-sharing treaty between the India and _______? a)China b)Bangladesh c)Pakistan d)Nepal e)Bhutan

8. Which State Government has decided to give up to Rs.1 crore to SC/ST Entrepreneurs without collateral security to encourage them as Industrialist? a)Andhra Pradesh b)Gujarat c)Kerala d)Uttar Pradesh e)Tamilnadu

9. Recently which country approved the genetically modified Potatoes? a)Europe b)Srilanka c)South Africa d)US e)Brazil

10. Which state launched the scheme Kalaignar Housing Scheme aimed at providing concrete houses to poor? a)Kerala b)Karnataka c)Chhattisgarh d)Uttarakhand e)Tamilnadu

11. Which team lifted the 2010 Vijay Hazare Trophy? a)Bengal b)Karnataka c)Tamilnadu d)Maharashtra e)none

12. Which of the following is the largest selling car in India in 2009? a)Maruti Alto b)Hyundai i10 c)Tata Indica d)Maruti Swift e)Hyundai Santro

13. Recently which State Government has declared Sanskrit as the second official language of the State? a)Kerala b)Tamilnadu c)Uttarakhand d)Andhra Pradesh e)Karnataka

14. In which country Ministry of Tourism held an Incredible India Road show to promote Commonwealth Games 2010 in January 2010?

a)US b)UK

c)Trinidad

d)South Africa e)France

15. According to the 2010 Quality of Life Index, published by travel magazine International Living, India is ____ best country to live? a)34th b)49th c)54th d)73rd e)88th

16. Who is the Chairman of the Committee on Comprehensive Regulation for Credit Rating Agencies (CRAs), set up by the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance? a)Kaushik Basu b)K.P Krishnan c)A. Vasudevan d)Rakesh Mohan e)None

17. The world's first On-Line Electric Vehicle (OLEV) was introduced in ________? a)Japan b)China c)South Korea d)Singapore e)Malaysia

18. A high-level committee headed by Sam Pitroda has submitted its report on state-run telecom operator BSNL to the Department of Telecom (DoT). Which of the following is true regarding the report? a)Disinvestment of 30% government equity b)Recommended that four independent business units for fixedline, mobility, enterprise and new business should be created. c)To reduce the Staff by one-third from the present 3 lakhs employees. d)Both A & B e)All the above 19. Nisar Ahmed Kukru is appointed as the Chief Justice of ______________? a)Andhra Pradesh b)Rajasthan c)Jammu and Kashmir d)Delhi e)None

20. Which Country has agreed to sell four Mishral warships to Russia? a)Israel b)France c)US d)UK e)China

1. In which state the first ever Railway Line (Rangpo-Sivok) has started? a)Meghalaya b)Arunachal Pradesh c)Tripura d)Manipur e)Sikkim

2. The second International Exhibition and Conference on Civil Aviation, India Aviation 2010 is held at _________? a)Bangalore b)Hyderabad c)Chennai d)Delhi e)Mumbai

3. Who has been named for Indias top science award in recognition of his distinguished services to the country? a)S.N Bose b)S Ramunujan c)G.N Ramachandran d)C R Rao e)None

4. Government has approved for setting up of Indian Community welfare fund(ICWF) in 18 Indian Missions. Which of the following is true regarding ICWF? a)The fund is aimed for helping only Overseas Indians b)The fund will have budgetary support of 480 lakhs for three years c)It provide emergency medical care, air passage to stranded workers d)Both b & c. e)All of the above 5. The Panchayati Raj System was first started in which state? a)Kerala b)Rajasthan c)Uttar Pradesh d)Tamilnadu e)Gujarat

6. Raman Magsaysay Award is given in the field __________? a)Community Leadership b)Government service e)All of these 7. The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) Inflation for all commodities soared to ____percent in December 2009? c)Public service d)Journalism

a)1.25 b)5.52

c)7.31 d)8.56

e)none of these

8. Currently, India's trade with the ASEAN economies stands at _____ billions? a)$10 b)$20 c)$30 d)$44 e)$50

9. Which of the following has received the Prime Minister's Trophy for emerging as the best performing steel plant in the country for the years 2006-07 and 2007-08? a)Bhilai Steel Plant b)Tata Steel c)Arcelor mittal d)Vizag Steel e)Essar Steel

10. Which Chief Minister conferred the Polio Champion award for his support and encouragement in endorsing polio immunization programme? a)K Rosiah b)M Karunanidhi c)Nitish Kumar d)Narendra Modi e)Sheila Dikshit

11. Recently Bharti Airtel has acquired the ________ based Zain telecom for $10.7 billions? a)UAE b)South Africa c)Kuwait d)Dubai e)none of these

12. Former National Security Adviser(NSA) MK Narayanan has become the new governor of _______________? a)Jharkhand b)West Bengal c)Chhattisgarh d)Bihar e)Andhra Pradesh

13. Who won the 2010 Australian Open Mens Title? a)Del Potro b)Rafael Nadal c)Roger Federer d)Novak Djokovic e)none of these

14. Which Indian State became the first in the country to issue solar tariff order in January 2010? a)Gujarat b)Maharashtra c)Punjab d)Rajasthan e)Andhra Pradesh

15. Which film has adjudged the best film in the 56th National film awards? a)Fashion b)Jodha Akbar c)Rock On d)Antaheen e)Kanchivaram

16. Recently India successfully test fired Astra Missile. Astra is a _________?

a)Surface-to-Surface

b)Surface-to-Air

c)Air-to Air d)Air-to-Surface

e)None

17. Who is the new Disinvestment Secretary? a)Sunil Mitra b)P V Bhide c)R S Pandey d)Sunderasan e)Sumit Bose

18. Who among the following is not a winner of 2009 Padma Vibhusan awards? a)Ebrahim Alkazi e)B K Chaturvedhi 19. A/c to a UN report, _____ percent of worlds oral language will disappear within the next 100 years? a)40 b)55 c)75 d)90 e)95 b)Y V Reddy c)V Ramakrishnan d)Prathap Chandra Reddy

20. Which country recorded the highest number of polio cases in 2009? a)India b)China c)Sudan d)Kenya e)South Africa

List Winners of Oscar Awards 2010: 1. Best Picture: The Hurt Locker. 2. Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow The Hurt Locker. 3. Best Original Screenplay: The Hurt Locker Mark Boal. 4. Best Sound Editing: The Hurt Locker Paul N.J. Ottosson. 5. Best Sound Mixing: The Hurt Locker Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett. 6. Best Film Editing: The Hurt Locker Chris Innis and Bob Murawski. 7. Best Actor: Jeff Bridges Crazy Heart. 8. Best Actress: Sandra Bullock The Blind Side. 9. Best Foreign Language Film: El Secreto de Sus Ojos (Argentina) in English The Secret in Their Eyes.

10. Best Art Direction: Avatar Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair. 11. Best Cinematography: Avatar Mauro Fiore. 12. Best Visual Effects: Avatar Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones. 13. Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz Inglourious Basterds as Col. Hans Landa. 14. Best Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire as Mary Lee Johnston. 15. Best Adapted Screenplay: Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire Geoffrey Fletcher from Push by Sapphire. 16. Best Animated Feature: Up Pete Docter. 17. Best Original Score: Up Michael Giacchino. 18. Best Original Song: "The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)" from Crazy Heart Ryan Bingham and T-Bone Burnett. 19. Best Makeup: Star Trek Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow. 20. Best Costume Design: The Young Victoria Sandy Powell. Points to be known between the Movie Avatar and The Hurt Locker: The Hurt Locker bags six awards out of nine nominees and Avatar bags three awards out of nine awards. Kathryn Ann Bigelow, first woman to win Oscar Award for Best Director. Kathryn Ann Bigelow(America), ex-wife of James Cameroon (Canada).

The Budget for the Movie Avatar is $237 million(Approximately 1200 crores). The Budget for the Movie The Hurt Locker is $11 million(Approximately 50 crores).

SBI Associates PO Gk Paper 2010

1. FCRA Foreign Contribution Regulation Act 2. APEC Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation 3. NPA Non Performing assets 4. Which country will ban cheque from 2018 UK. 5. Cryogenic engines are used in Space Shuttle 6. Which Country supplied JF-17 fighter jets to Pakistan - China 7. Womens Hockey Asia cup won by China. 8. India signed a nuclear deal with ______ in Trinidad Canada 9. A/c to Suresh Tendulkar Committee __ percent of Indians live in BPL 37. 10. NREGA was renamed as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. 11. Herman Van Rompuys is the first President of EU, he was the former PM of Belgium. 12. Term not used in Banking & Finance Double Fault. 13. Which country to build ten more nuclear reactors Iran 14. Author of the book The Rediscovery of India - Meghnath Desai 15. Book written by V S Naipaul A House for Mr Biswas 16. Aim to achieve financial Inclusion by the year 2012. 17. Aim not in the 11th Five year Plan - Global warming. List of the Filmfare Awards 2009 winners:

Best Actor In A Leading Role (Male): Amitabh Bachchan Paa Best Actor In A Leading Role (Female): Vidya Balan Paa Best Film: 3 Idiots Best Director: Rajkumar Hirani 3 Idiots

1. Recently Central Government has approved the ____ percent of Reservation in Panchayats and _____percent of reservation in Parliament and State legislatures for women? a)33%, 50% b)50%, 50% c)33%, 33% d)50%, 33% e)none of these

2. A High level Meeting of Trade Ministers of World Trade Organization(WTO) in September 2009 held in ________? a)Doha b)Geneva c)Delhi d)Davos e)Brussels

3. RBI has decided to introduce polymer notes on trial basis of 1 billion pieces of RS. _____ denomination notes? a)10 b)20 c)50 d)100 e)5

4. The Union Cabinet approved for setting up of ________ new IIMs in different states in India, so that the total number of prestigious B-schools to 13? a)3 b)5 c)7 d)9 e)none of these

5. A/c to a report released by government committee in August 2009, _____ percent of Indias total population are poor? a)41% b)29% c)51% d)55% e)38%

6. A/c to a repot released by National Climate Data Centre in 2009, which of the following month is the hottest month for the worlds oceans in almost 130 years of record keeping? a)April b)May c)June d)July e)August

7. Which of the following organizations released the report Towards Universal Access 2009? a) WHO b)UNESCO c)UN d)UNICEF e)ILO

8. What is the target for the India & Russia bilateral trade by 2010? a)$7 billion b)$10 billion c)$15 billion d)$20 billion e)none of these

9. The Trilateral Russia India China (RIC) summit held in _________? a)Delhi b)Bangalore c)Chennai d)Mumbai e)Hyderabad

10. A/c to survey, which has been topped the list with 54.4% of rural households belonging to backward category? a)Uttar Pradesh b)Bihar c)Tamilnadu d)Chhattisgarh e)none of these

11. Which State contributes maximum foodgrains productions in India? a)Maharashtra b)Punjab c)Haryana d)Gujarat e)Uttar Pradesh

12. Jens Stoltenberg re-elected the prime minister of _____________? a)Norway b)Sweden c)Hungary d)Finland e)None of these

13. As per the World Investment Report released by UNCTAD, India has crossed the __________ milestone in FDI through equity since 2000 upto 2009(july)? a)$50 billion b)$100 billion c)$150 billion d)$200 billion e)none

14. The 2006 Jnanpith Award was conferred to ___________? a)Kunwar Narayan b)Ravindra Kelkar c)Satya Vrat Shastri d)both b & c e)none

15. The 2009 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in October 2009 held in _________? a)Russia b)Egypt c)Tajikistan d)Kazakhstan e)China

16. The 8th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas was celebrated in _______? a)Chennai b)Mumbai c)Bangalore d)Delhi e)none of these

17. Who won the 76th National Billiards Championship? a)Pankaj Advani b)Geeth Sethi c)Devendra Joshi d)Dhruv Sitwala e)None of these

18. Indias first Unmanned Air Vehicle(UAV) is __________? a)Tejas b)Rustom b)Lakshya d)Gagan e)Nishant

19. CAPART is an autonomous organization under ministry of _____________? a)Agriculture b)Rural Development c)Urban Development d)Finance Industry 20. Who received the Golden Pen of Freedom Award 2009? a)Prannoy Roy b)Barkha dutt c)John Berger d)Nijam Sethi e)Karan Thapar e)Trade and

Allahabad Bank PO GK Paper 2010

1. India signed a climate pact with China. 2. Sudhir Gokhran has been appointed as Deputy Governor of RBI. 3. K Radhakrsihna has taken over chairman as ISRO 4. Winner of man booker prize 2009 Hillary Mantel 5. Sachin created history by completing ____ runs in ODI 17,000. 6. Largest Steel Producer in the world China

7. Zine El Abidine Ben Ali sworn as president of Tunisia 8. East Asia Summit held in Thailand 9. Maximum Sugar mills are in which state Uttar Pradesh 10. Indias GDP in 2008-09 6.7%. 11. H5N1 is a Bird Flu 12. Mohammad Nasheed visited india, he was the president of Maldives 13. Which country opposed Manmohan singh to visit Arunachal Pradesh China 14. Ramakrihna venkatraman got nobel prize in Chemistry 15. Genetically modified crop Brinjal 16. ____ buyed 200 tones of gold from IMF RBI 17. Who won the Champions trophy Australia 18. Basel II norms Maintaining Capital Adequate ratio 19. After the financial crisis, which affected the World crisis Dubai crisis. 20. Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan 21. POS Point of sale 22. ECS Electronic Clearing system 23. The exchange of goods between the two or more countries is known as - FTA(Free Trade Agreement). 24. Present EU President Herman Van Rompuy 25. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar awards are given in the field Science & Technology 26. Dada sahib phalke awards are give in the field films 27. Which of the following is not a government undertaking ICICI bank

28. Balraj puri is associated with Journalist 29. Nobel Prize awardees will give 10 million Swedish ________ - Krones 30. Player not Associated with Lawn Tennis Anand Pawar 31. Government is disinvesting PSUs upto _______ percentage 10% 32. Which of the following is not a river Ural(Russia) 33. Atta Dal scheme launched in which state Rajasthan 34. Book by V.S Naipaul Half a Life 35. Orissa government want to change the name of state as Odisha 36. Government has celebrated ____ birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi 140th. 37. Which of the following is not a grandslam title in Tennis Grandmaster. 38. India Generation Gap review is discussed in India - European Summit 39. Term not related to Economics Handedness 40. Term not related to banking and finance Jacksonian seizure 41. Mullaperiyar dam is constructed on the river Periyar 42. What percentage of education used in Indias GDP 1%. 43. India buyed Barak anti missile defence from Israel. 44. Food and Agriculture Organisation comes under the wing UNO 45. National Skill development is launched by Ministry of finance 46. Derby is a term used in the sport Football. 47. Term related to hockey Centre Forward. 48. Dadaab camp is in news recently, it is in which country Kenya 49. E-shakti yojana a scheme started in which state Bihar

50. Social Audit NREGA 51. Which of the following is not a plant crop All are plant corps(Vanilla,kiwi,camphor,etc) 52. A/c to world report what % of water is used for agriculture purpose - 69% 53. Only Credit Rating agency in India CRISIL 54. State Level Afforestation formed by Government CAMPA(Compensatory Afforestation Management and Planning Authority) 55. Indo-US TPF held in Delhi. What is the fullform of TPF Trade policy Forum. 56. India discouraged free movements of unskilled labourers from EU. 57. Scheme launched for pregnant and Lacting women Indira Gandhi Matritava Sahayog Yojana. 58. UNIFEM launched a project in which state Delhi. 59. India European trade value - $60 billion. 60. What amount is required for PSU 25,000 crore. 61. RBI has kept Emergency Fund facility for which of the following banks Urban Cooperative banks. 62. One Carbon Credit is equal to one ton of CO2. 63. Which of the following terms not related to climate change Basel norms 64. Tax which the employer will pay to employee has been abolished in Union budget Fridge Benefit Tax. 65. India and china concerned over Payment Imbalance China is paying in their own currency rather than dollar.

66. India is concerned about instability in which of the following countries Afghansitan & Pakistan. 1. Palakkad is the countrys first fully electrified district in India. Palakkad is in which state? a)Uttar Pradesh b)Delhi c)Tamilnadu d)Kerala e)Gujarat

2. Recently RBI approved the currency futures in ___________? a)Euro b)Pound c)Yen d)All the above e)none

3. Which country unveiled the $81 billion stimulus package to prevent the countrys economy slipping back into recession? a)UK b)France c)US d)Germany e)Japan

4. Matti Vanhanen recently visited India. He was the Prime minister of _________? a)Netherlands b)Sweden c)Hungary d)Finland e)Spain 5. Which Country has agreed to supply coal to Worlds largest consumer of Coal(China), of a record $60 billion deal for the next 20 years? a)India b)US c)Australia d)South Africa e)Mongolia 6. Recently which domestic cricket team created a world record chase of 541runs in First class cricket? a)South Zone b)Rest of India c)Central zone d)North zone e)West Zone 7. Which Year has been declared as the Warmest Year since 1901, by Indian Meteorological Department(IMD)? a)2009 b)2008 c)2002 d)2000 e)none of these

8. Which Indian has been appointed as the member of U.S President Barack Obamas committee on Arts and Humanities? a)Jhumpa Lahiri b)Arvind Adiga c)Arundathi Roy d)Kiran Desai e)none of these

9. J.D Salinger has recently passed away. He was a famous ________? a)Journalist b)Economist c)Writer d)Painter e)none of these

10. Which Country has offered to help the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change(IPCC) to strengthen its quality control system? a)US b)European Union c)Japan d)Maldives e)none 11. Paramananda Jha is the first vice president of which country? a)India b)Pakistan c)Bhutan d)Srilanka e)Nepal

12. In which Country the first state funded Hindu school started its operations in Jan 2010? a)US b)UK c)Bangladesh d)South Africa e)Pakistan

13. Who among the following visited the three nation tour of Zambia, Malawai and Botswana in January 2010? a)Prathibha Patel Chidambaram 14. Letika Saran has become the second woman to head a state police force in the country after Kanchan Chaudry Bhattacharya in Uttarakhand. She was the DGP of ___________? a)Andhra Pradesh b)Tamilnadu c)Delhi d)Madhya Pradesh e)none of these b)Manmohan Singh c)S M Krishna d)Hamid Ansari e)P

15. Who won the Ranji Trophy? a)Karnataka b)Tamilnadu c)Mumbai d)Hyderabad e)Uttar Pradesh

16. Who won the Chennai Open Tennis Tournament? a)Maric Cilic b)Stansila Wawrinka c)Marcel Granollers d)Santigao Ventura e)none

17. Indias first Aero Sports Centre was inaugurated in which state? a)Karnataka b)Bihar c)Chattisgarh d)delhi e)Haryana

18. Which Organization decided to ban the sale of Enrichment and Reprocessing Technology(ENR) to countries that had not signed Non-proliferation Treaty(NPT)? a)G-5 b)G-8 c)G-77 d)G-20 e)none of these

19. Who is the author of the book A Passage to India? a)Bankin Chandra b)Sarojini Naidu c)E.M Foster d)Abdul Fazal e)Louis Fischer

20. Vineet Nayyar is associated with ______________? a)Mahindra Satyam b)RBI c)RCom d)TRAI e)Infosys

1. The 2009 World Food Summit held in __________? a)Jakarta b)Moscow c)Istanbul d)Rome e)India

2. The Central Government has decided to spend 15,000 crores to make the river Ganga pollution free in the next ________ years? a)5 b)8 c)10 d)12 e)15 3. Recently government approved to give Maharatna status to the CPSEs. Which among the following does not come under this status? a)ONGC b)SAIL c)NTPC d)Indian Oil e)All of these come under this status 4. Where is the headquarters of Insurance Regulatory Development Authority(IRDA)? a)Hyderabad b)Mumbai c)Delhi d)Kolkata e)Chennai

5. Global Zero is an international initiative launched in 2008 to promote the elimination of ______________? a)Heart Diseases b)Nuclear Weapons c)Terrorism d)Greenhouse gases e)none

6. A/c to the new Investment Index released by World Bank, India is among the _____ best nation to invest in among 21 developing nations? a)1st b)2nd c)3rd d)4th e)5th 7. Which among the following cities is the largest e-commerce hub in India? a)Mumbai b)Ahmedabad c)Hyderabad d)Delhi e)Pune

8. India has overtaken ________ as the fastest growing telecom market in the World? a)US b)Germany c)China d)Canada e)Japan 9. A/c to a report released on Dec 18, 2009, Indias mergers and acquisition (M & As) crossed over _________ with a total of 267 deals for the period of Jan-Dec(13th Dec) 2009? a)$8 billion b)$15 billion c)$10 billion d)$15 billion e)$ 20 billion

10. With which country NTPC has signed an agreement for setting up the Amochhu Reservoir? a)Bhutan b)Nepal c)Bangladesh d)Myanmar e)Srilanka

11. Which bank has first introduced ATMs in India? a)SBI b)ICICI Bank c)Canara Bank d)HSBC e)HDFC 12. How many Stock Exchanges are there in India? a)2 b)3 c)21 d)23 e)none of these

13. Who is head for the Committee formed by Central Government on Telangana issue?

a)R K Tyagi

b)Sri Krishna c)V.K Duggal d)Ravinder Kaur e)none of these

14. The 7th edition of BioAsia-2010 held in __________? a)New Delhi b)Chennai c)Hyderabad d)Mumbai e)Bangalore

15. Which country hosted the Worlds leaders Conference held in January 2010? a)UK b)India c)US d)France e)Afghanistan

16. Which Committee recommended a hike of Rs.6 a litre for Kerosene and Rs.100 for LPG cylinder? a)Sunderashan committee b)Parekh committee c)Sunderdevan committee d)R K Tyagi Committee e)Kirit Parikh committee 17. Recently which country launched a satellite Kavoshgar 3 into space? a)Russia b)China c)Iran d)India e)none of these 18. Who is the President of NASSCOM? a)Pramod Bhasin b)Som Mittal c)Narayana Murthy d)Ramadorai e)none]

19. Where is the headquarters of IAEA(International Atomic Energy Agency)? a)Belgium b)Switzerland c)US d)Austria e)France

20. Which country is the largest producer of sugar in the world?

a)India b)China c)Thailand d)Mexico e)Brazil

1. Horst Koehler is on a week-long visit to India, he was the president of _______? a)Canada b)Russia c)Italy d)Argentina e)Germany

2. A/c to the Latest State of Forest Report (SFR), Indias forest cover rises to over ____? a)19% b)21% c)24% d)26% e)28%

3. A/c to the data published by the WAN-IFRA, which among the following Country is the Biggest Newspaper Market in the World? a)China b)US c)India d)Russia e)UAE

4. A/c to a Report, how many Crores needed for MSME(micro, small and medium enterprises) to help it recover from the aftermath of the Global economic Slowdown? a)1,000 b)2,000 c)3,500 d)5,500 e)8,000 5. With which country India has signed an agreement for oil and gas exploration and decided to
strengthen cooperation in Information Technology in February 2010?

a)Hungary

b)Norway c)Algeria d)South Africa e)UAE

6. Which Life Insurance Company has launched the Child Plan I-Genius? a)SBI Life Insurance b)Max New York Life Insurance Insurance e)ICICI Prudential Life Insurance 7. Which City hosted the 11th International Communists and Workers meet? a)Kolkata b) Thiruvananthapuram c)Chennai d)Delhi e)Shimla c)LIC d)Tata AIG Life

8. India stands at which place in the Latest Corruption Index, released by Transparency International? a)34th b)123rd c)134th d)49th e)84th 9. Which of the following is a Light Combat Aircraft(LCA)? a)Astra b)Akash c)Tejas d)Pruthvi e)Brahmos

10. Which Country had announced that it had decided to construct 10 more Uranium enrichment plants in the country? a)North Korea b)India c)Iran d)South Korea e)China

11. Which country tested the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile(Dongfeng 31-A)? a)China b)North Korea c)Taiwan d)Sweden e)Australia

12. The European Commission granted a $1 billion loan to which trouble-torn African nation? a)Lebanon b)Nigeria c)Sudan d)Botswana e)Zimbabwe

13. Recently Union government has banned the prepaid mobile phones in which of the following state? a)Arunachal Pradesh b)Sikkim c)Jammu & Kashmir d)Assam e)Meghalaya

14. What is the amount fixed by the TRAI for availing Mobile Number Portability(MNP) facility? a)Rs. 11 b)Rs. 19 c)Rs. 21 d)Rs. 25 e)none of these. 15. The Total number(approximately) of mobile subscribes in India at end of the December
2009 is ________?

a)49 crores

b)52 crores

c)56 crores

d)61 crores e)none

16. India has signed an Extradition Treaty in January 2010 with _________? a)Nepal b)Malaysia c)Bangladesh d)Singapore e)none of these

17. Which state government adopted the Public Property Bill in November 2009? a)Gujarat b)Rajasthan c)Tamilnadu d)Andhra Pradesh e)none of these

18. Lafarge is the Worlds largest cement manufacturer. It belongs to which country? a)France b)Switzerland c)Germany d)Mexico e)Italy 19. Who is the author of the book The Grasshoppers Run? a)Sujan Kaur b)Nitasha Kaul c)Sarah Palin d)Vinita Kamte e)Siddhartha Sarma

20. Recently which cricketer completed 11,000 runs in Test cricket? a)Jacques Kallis these. b)Rahul Dravid c)Ricky Pointing d)M Jayawardene e)none of

General Awareness Quiz 2010 - 50

1. Indias first Commercial Solar Plant was inaugurated in which state? a)Andhra Pradesh b)Gujarat c)Maharashtra d)Punjab e)none of these

2. The 12th Ministerial meet of BIMSTEC held in December 2009 at __________? a)Bangladesh b)Thailand c)Nepal d)Myanmar e)Srilanka

3.Which Organization has given a fund of $1 billion to National Ganga River Basin Authority(NGRBA)? a)ADB b)world Bank c)IMF d)RBS e)none of these

4.Which country won the Under-19 Cricket World Cup held in New Zealand? a)India b)Pakistan c)Australia d)New Zealand e)England

5.Who has been appointed as the new Director General of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)? a)A.S Gill b)Raman Srivastava c)R.L Bhatia d)Vikram Srivastava e)none

6. Which country has announced that it is building Worlds Longest Sea Bridge of around 50km? a)Japan b)China c)UAE d)US e)UK

7. Which country has put a 50% tax on fat bank bonuses? a)UK b)US c)Japan d)India e)none

8. Which state has awarded the 2010 Akkineni Nageshwar Rao award to Lata Mangeshkar? a)Andhra Pradesh b)Karnataka c)Tamilnadu d)Kerala e)Maharashtra

9. Which country has supplied the sophisticated surveillance aircraft, AWACS to Pakistan in December 2009? a)Russia b)Israel c)Sweden d)US e)China

10. Which country has decided to Phase out Cheques by 2018? a)Switzerland b)France c)UK d)Germany e)US

11. Which country has become the first to legally recognize same sex marriages? a)Mexico b)Sweden c)US d)Norway e)none of these

12. Which Country has overtaken US as the Worlds biggest individual Producers of Carbon dioxide? a)China b)UK c)Russia d)Germany e)Australia

13. With which country India set to begin new Security dialogue in a two-plus-two format? a)Russia b)China c)US d)Japan e)Australia

14. Which of the following countries is still a Sick Man of Europe? a)Italy b)Germany c)Sweden e)Britain e)Russia

15. Which Organization has initiated a $7 million, to promote energy efficiency in micro, small and medium enterprises(MSME) clusters across India? a)World Bank b)UNIDO c)UNCTAD d)ADB e)IMF

16. Which country hosted the 11th South Asian Games?

a)Nepal b)Srilanka

c)Maldives

d)India

e)Bangladesh

17. In which of the following states US will build nuclear power plants in India? a)Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka b)Karnataka, Maharashtra c)Maharashtra, Tamilnadu d)Tamilnadu, Gujarat e)Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh 18. With which country India had signed an agreement for transfer of prisoners in January 2010? a)Nepal b)Bangladesh c)Israel d)Iran e)Srilanka

19. RBI has increased the limit of banking transactions through mobile phones from Rs 15,000 to Rs __________? a)20,000 b)30,000 c)40,000 d)45,000 e)50,000 20. Who was sworn in as CM of Jharkhand in December 2009, ending 11months of presidents rule in the state? a)Madhu Koda b)Raghvur Das c)Shibu Soren d)Dorjee Khandu e)Ashok Chavan

1. With which African country India signed an agreement for Oil and Gas projects recently?
a)Algeria b)Angola c)Botswana d)Malawi e)Nigeria

2. The World Economic Summit held in January 2010 at ___________?

a)Geneva b)US c)Oslo d)Davos e)none of these

3. Who has been elected as the President of Srilanka?

a)Ratnasiri Wickremanayake b)Mahinda Rajapaksa c)Chandrika Kumaratunga d)Ranil Wickremasinghe e)Sarath Fonseka

4. Which state has emerged as the top state in attracting highest inflows of Foreign Direct
Investment (FDI) during the financial year 2008-09? a)Andhra Pradesh b)Gujarat c)Maharashtra d)Tamilnadu e)Karnataka

5. Which country invested maximum amount of FDI in India during 2008-09?

a)Mauritius b)US c)China d)UK e)Singapore

6. Which sector in India has attracted maximum FDI equity in 2008-09?

Telecommunications b)Housing & Real estate c)Power d)Automobile Industry e)Service Sector

7. Recently for which of the following government has put ban on exports and levying
custom duties on imports? Wheat b)Tea c)Rice d)Sugar e)none of these

8. How many months have been taken for Indias export to rise 18.2% compared to the
same month of previous year 2008? a)12 months b)13 months c)14 months d)15 months e)16 months

9. Who is the Chairman of Prasar Bharati?

a)Shyam benegal b)Muzaffar Ali c)Suman Dubelu d)Arun Bhatnagar e) Mrinal pande

10. Who is the winner of Dada saheb Phalke award for the year 2008?
a)V K Murthy b)Manna Dey c)Tapan Sinha d)dilip Kumar e)Shyam Benegal

11. RBI has projected the GDP growth for the financial year 2009-10 at ______ in Third
quarter Review of Monetary Policy 2009-10? a)6.5% b)7.0% c)7.5% d)7.9% e)none of these

12. A/c to IMF, World Economy will grow by ____ in 2010 and Emerging and Developing
economies will grow by _____ in 2010? a)3.9% , 6.0% b)3.0%, 5.5% c)2.3%, 5.0% d)1.6%, 2.1% e)none

13. Recently which of the following country banned the burkas in Public?
a)US b)Israel c)Iraq d)Saudi Arabia e)France

14. Who has been conferred with the Uttam Yudh Seva Medal by President on the Republic
Day? a)Rishima Sharma b)Sreeram Kumar c)R.K Swamy d)Havildar Rajesh e)Mohit Sharma

15. The old method (1999-2000 prices) of Per capita income stood at Rs 37,490 for 200809.What is the Per capita income during 2008-09 as per the new series (2004-05 prices)? a)Rs 40,141 b)Rs 39,128 c)Rs 31, 821 d)Rs 30,360 e)none of these

16. Where did India-Korea Science & Technology centre inaugurated in India?
a)Ahmedabad b)Chennai c)Hyderabad d)Bangalore e)Jaipur

17. Jyoti Basu has recently passed away. He belongs to which party?
a)CPI(M) b)JD(U) c)CPI d)RJD e)INC

18. Indias will launch its first manned Space mission in ___________?
a)2012 b)2013 c)2014 d)2015 e)2016

19. Port-au-Prince is in news recently. It was the capital of _______?

a)Mauritius b)Trinidad c)Haiti d)Somali e)none of these

20. Recently India placed at 1st rank in ICC _______ rankings?

a)T20 b)Test c)ODI d)All of the above e)Both a & b.

1. Who is the Chief Guest in the 61st Republic Day of India? a)Mohammad Nasheed bak e)none of these 2. Who is the new National Security Advisor for India? a)Meera Shankar b)K Shankarnarayanan c)P Chidambaram d)Shiv Shankar b)Vladimar Putin c)Nursultan Nazarbayev d)Lee Myung-

Menon e)none of these 3. Which state government has proposed to make voting compulsory in all local bodies elections? a)Andhra Pradesh b)Tamilnadu c)Gujarat d)Rajasthan e)Karnataka

4. A/c to National Crime Records bureau, which state records most number of farm suicides during 2003-08? a)Andhra Pradesh b)Maharashtra c)Karnataka d)Madhya Pradesh e)Bihar

5. 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

6. 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

7. Who has been honoured as Order of Diplomatic Service Merit in recognition of his contribution in promoting India-Korea bilateral relations? a)Narayana Murthy Ramadorai 8. Who is the President of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)? a)Shyamala Gopinath Seshasayee 9. The six core industries registered a growth of ____ in December 2009 as against a growth of 0.7% in the same month of previous year? a)3.1% b)4.0% c)5.5% d)6.0% e)none of these b)Venu Srinivasan c)Chandrajit Banerjee d)Y V Reddy e)R b)Shashi Tharoor c)Venu srinivasan d)Azim Premji e)S

10. ONGC is planning to set-up a bio-diesel plant at vodalarevu, to meet the energy requirements. Vodalarevu is in which state? a)Andhra Pradesh b)Karnataka c)Tamilnadu d)Kerala e)none of these.

11. Recently Election Commission of India celebrated ___________? a)Silver Jubilee b)Golden Jubilee c)Diamond Jubilee d)Platinum jubilee e)none 12. Who is the author of the book The Rediscovering of India? a)Jawaharlal Nehru b)Meghnath Desai Gandhi 13. How many crores the Union government is expecting from the 3G auction? a)10,000 b)20,000 c)28,000 d)35,000 e)40,000 c)Mithi Mukherjee d)V.S.Naipaul e)Indira

14. The Under-19 Cricket world Cup 2010 is held at _______________? a)India b)Australia c)New Zealand d)South Africa e)West Indies

15. How many persons were awarded for the first Tagore Literature Awards 2009? a)one b)two c)three d)five e)eight

16. Recently government has decided to come up with the Whole Price Index (WPI) on the monthly basis. What is the base year for computing this data? a)1993-94 b)2000-01 c)2004-05 d)2008-09 e)none of these

17. Which country unveiled a record of $1 trillion budget for the fiscal year 2010-11? a)US b)China c)Japan d)South Korea e)UK

18. Who is the winner of CNN-IBN Indian of the Year 2009? a)A R Rehman b)Venkataraman Ramakrishnan c)Jyothi Basu d)Manmohan

Singh e)none of these 19. Lionel Messi is the FIFA World Player of year 2009. He belongs to which country? a)Brazil b)Germany c)Spain d)Argentina e)Italy

20. Recently which Countrys Airlines has filed for bankruptcy? a)US b)UK c)Germany d)Germany e)Japan

Bank of India GK Paper 2010

1. WTO summit held in- Geneva. 2. Not related to Food items Jute. 3. Miss Earth 2009 Larissa Ramos. 4. Book by Chetan Bhagat 2 states. 5. Term related to Football Cutback. 6. Israel & Palestine war place Gaza.

7. Indias top export destination UAE. 8. RBI basis point is equal to 1/100th or 1%. 9. Irina Bokova is associated with UNESCO. 10. India buyed 200 tonnes of Gold from IMF. 11. Stocks and bonds are trade Capital Market. 12. Dorjee Khandu is CM of - Arunachal Pradesh. 13. Largest Producing Gas Company in India RIL. 14. India is the 3rd largest producer country in Steel. 15. Service Tax is Shared by Central Government. 16. First E-court in which state Gujarat (Ahmedabad). 17. Dada Saheb Phalke award is given in the field Films. 18. FTA released by Ministry of Commerce & Industry. 19. Organization related to South Asia Nations SAARC. 20. What is the target for fiscal deficit for 2010-11 5.5%. 21. What is the age group of New Pension Scheme 18 to 60. 22. NTPC has explored projects in which country Indonesia. 23. Reverse Mortgage scheme is related to For Senior Citizens. 24. Which country has raised $7 billion loan to India World Bank 25. Expand NREGA National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. 26. In which place Commonwealth(CHOGM) Summit held Trinidad. 27. For what Govt., is disinvesting PSE Used against social Schemes. 28. Which cricketer completed 17,000 runs in ODIs Sachin Tendulkar.

29. Legend of Honor given to Lata Mangeshkar by which country France. 30. Who is the PM of Nepal prior to Madhav Kumar Pushpa kamal dahal. 31. Recently which of the following celebrated 20 years Fall of Berlin Wall. 32. Which sector has recorded Highest growth in 2008-09 Manufacturing Sector. 33. Rashtriya Swasti Bima Yojana is Health insurance scheme for BPL families. 34. Organisation set up Committee under the Chairman of Narayana Murthy SEBI 35. Who is represented for india in India EU summit held in Delhi Manmohan singh 36. World bank has given $4.3 Crores to India for Recapitalization of bank s is a Soft loan. 37. Which country central bank has given $115 billion to its country to fight against crisis Japan. 38. China has objected road construction in domchek, is in which state Jammu &Kashmir. 39. World bank has given 500 Crores for Rural Poverty Reduction programme to which state Andhra Pradesh. New Governors: Recently Central government has made huge changes in governors of Sates. The New Governors are: 1. Andhra Pradesh : E.S.L Narismhan 2. Chhattisgarh : Shekar Duth 3. Himachal Pradesh : Urmila Singh 4. Maharashtra : K.Shankaranarayan 5. Punjab : Shivraj Patel 6. West Bengal : M.K Narayanan

7. Rajasthan : Prabha Rao 8. Jharkhand : Mohsina Kidwai. 1. Which among the following constitutes maximum share in power generation in India? a)Nuclear power b)Solar power c)Hydro Power 2. The 2009 APEC Summit held in ________? a)Thailand b)Hong Kong c)Malaysia d)Singapore e)Vietnam 3. Fiscal policy means ______________? a)Credit policy b)Planning policy c)taxation policy d)Subsidy Policy e)Foreign Policy 4. Which of the following is the largest exporter of Tea? a)India b)Brazil c)China d)Srilanka e)none of these 5. Majlis is the parliament of which of the following countries? a)Iran b)Pakistan c)Afghanistan d)Turkey e)Iraq d)Wind Power e)Thermal Power

6. Which of the following is Indias first indigenously built multi-barrel rocket launcher? a)Akash b)Pinaka c)Trishul d)Nishant e)Arjun

7. 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

8. Who is the first Indian to win the Worlds Billiards Championship? a)Subhash Agarwal Thakur 9. 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 10. Who is the newly elected President of Croatia? a)Zlatko Tomcic b)Ivo Josipovic c)Stjepan Mesic d)Vlatko Pavletic e)none of these b)Geeth Sethi c)Pankaj Advani d)Manan Chandra e)Anuja

11. A/c to UNESCO, which of the following is the Largest University in the World? a)IGNOU b)California State University c)Islamic Azad University d)B R Ambedkar

Open University e)Osmania University 12. Which of the following won the Gold in Mens category in the World Team Chess Championship held in Turkey? a)US b)India c)Russia d)Ukraine e)China

13. Open is the Autobiography of __________? a)Michael Jackson b)Cristiano Ronaldo these 14. Who won the Doha WTA Championship? a)Venus Williams b)Kim Clijsters c)Justin Henin d)Ana Ivanovic e)Serena Williams 15. Which of the following countries having Worlds Largest Uranium Reserves? a)Australia b)Canada c)Russia d)Kazakhstan e)France c)Barack Obama d)Andre Agassi e)none of

16. The Union Government approved the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) that aims at adding 20,000MW of power in India by _______? a)2012 b)2015 c)2020 d)2025 e)2022 17. Stephen Harper has visited India in November 2009. He was the Prime minister of _______? a)Mongolia b)Russia c)New Zealand d)Canada e)Argentina 18. Global Fund has approved USD 2.4 billion Grant for India to fight ________? a)Climate Change b)AIDS c)Malaria d)Tuberculosis e)b, c & d. 19. The government has reconstituted the Scientific Advisory Committee to the Prime Minister, who is the Chairman of the Committee? a)Venu Srinivasan b)C.N.R. Rao c)A.K.Sood d)R.A.Mashelkar e)Madhavan

20. Ashok K.Kantha has been appointed Indias High Commissioner to _______? a)Australia b)Maldives c)Srilanka d)Thailand e)Malaysia

1.The Largest Producer of Rubber in the world __________? a)China b)Indonesia(2) c)India(4) d)Thailand(1) e)Malaysia(3)

2.Which of the following states signed an MoU with NALCO to establish an Aluminum Park? a)Karnataka b)West Bengal c)Gujarat d)Maharashtra e)Orissa

3.Kim Clijsters won the US Open Womens Single Title for the year 2009. She belongs to which country? a)Belgium b)Serbia c)Russia d)Italy e)Spain

4.Who amongst the following is the winner of Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration 2009? a)Ram Puniyani b)Javed Akhtar c)Balraj Puri d)Shyam Benegal e)Both b & d

5.The Countrys 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

6.With which country India shares a maximum boundary line of around 4,000 km? a)Myanmar b)Bangladesh c)China d)Pakistan e)Nepal

7.Canada became the _____ country to sign Civil Nuclear agreement with India? a)5 b)6 c)7 d)8 e)9

8.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 9.How many times the President of India can seek re-election to his post? a)Only once b)two times c)three times d)Any number of times e)none

10. Which of the following has written the book Between the Lines? a)V. S Naipaul b)Prem Bhatia c)Kuldeep Nayyar d)C.Rangarajan e)Saul Bellow

11. As per UNCTADs report 2009 which place India got in attracting FDI among Asian nations? a)First b)Second c)Third d)Fourth e)Fifth 12. Which of the following will the release the report on Foreign Exchange Reserves in India? a)SEBI b)Ministry of Finance c)ASSOCHAM d)RBI e)both b & d.

13. Irani Cup is associated to which sport? a)Cricket b)Football c)Hockey d)Golf e)none

14. Who has been re-elected as President of International Olympics Committee (IOC)? a)Suresh Kalmadi b)Jagues Rogge c)Jean Todt d)Jaun Antonio Samaranch e)none

15. Which of the following is not a member of SAARC? a)Maldives b)Nepal c)Bhutan d)Myanmar e)Srilanka

16. Who won the Hero Honda Cup Series? a)India b)Srilanka c)Australia d)South Africa e)none of these

17. Ayyappa Masagi is a well known figure in which of the following? a)Economy b)Climate Change c)Gandhian Thoughts d)Construction work e)Water Literacy 18. Who has been nominated as Administrator of United States Agency for International Development (USAID)? a)Timothy Roemer b)Rajiv Shah c)Meera Shankar d)Anil Kumar e)Kalpenn Shah 19. How many countries border with India? a)3 b)4 c)5 d)6 e)7 20. Which country has surpassed US to become worlds largest Automaker? a)Japan b)China Note: c)Germany d)India e)none of these

3Q: Kim Clijsters beat Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) in the US Open 2009 in Womens Single. 16Q: Australia beat India to Clinch Hero Honda Cup Series.

Indian Bank General Awareness Paper 2010

1. Winner of ICC Champions Trophy Australia. 2. Winner of Mens US Open 2009 - J M Del Potro. 3. Foreign Trade Policy - 2009 to 2014. 4. Mumbai Gold Cup is related to Hockey. 5. Largest Exporter of Cotton US. 6. 2016 Olympics Rio De Janeiro. 7. FTA Free Trade Agreement. 8. India won the Compaq Series 2009 by defeating Srilanka 9. First to start Mutual Fund trading on BSE UTI Mutual Fund. 10. IIP (Index of Industrial Production) was released by Central Statistical Organization (CSO). 11. UNEP United Nation Environment Programme. 12. World Investment Report released by UNCTAD. 13. Write off in banking terminology Bad debt that is declared uncollectable such as loans, removing it from balance sheet. 14. RBI Bench mark Prime Lending rate 8.55%. 15. Oceansat-2 launched by India.

16. Worlds Billiards Championship 2009 Pankaj Advani 17. Angela Merkel elected as chancellor for the second time Germany 18. Recently India signed nuclear agreement with Argentina 19. US Dollar fell to its lowest in 14 years against Yen 20. Percentage to priority sector by domestics banks 40%. 21. Which country critised India for a road network connecting some states including Arunachal Pradesh China. 22. Author of the book Listening to Grasshoppers Arundathi Roy. 23. Which Organization asked all non-member countries to join NPT UNSC. 24. Which country has asked its investors that there will be delay in debt repayment as a result of global crisis Dubai. 25. Which state has approved 50% reservation in Municipalities and Panchayat election for Women Gujarat (not sure) 26. CRY foundation is working for Disadvantaged of Children Welfare. 27. Author of Two Woman/ Good Woman Martina Cole/Danielle Steel. 28. Reliance bid to acquire LyondellBasell belongs to which country Netherlands. 29. Question on Committee formed by RBI Usha Thorat(not sure) 30. Author of Maximum City Suketu Mehta. 31. Who is Retail Investor Individual Investor. 32. Why RBI is supposed to raise SLR ration - ? 33. Question related to Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) - ? 34. Question about RBI policy change - ?

35. Question regarding 3G spectrum - ? 36. Question on L&T and NPCIL project in which city - ? 37. Question on Interest Rate Futures - ? 38. Question regarding G-20 summit declaration - ? 39. Question whose answer is - IAEA. 40. Question regarding Rules for ATM use - ?

1. Which Country has unveiled the Worlds fastest train @ 350 km/hr? a)China b)Japan c)US d)France e)Singapore 2. What percentage of Rural Population in India holds Bank account, A/c to the report Financial Inclusion by C. Rangarajan? a)12% b)24% c)31% d)18% e)39%

3. The United Nations has designated 2010 as the International Year of _______? a)Poverty b)Youth c)Education d)Agriculture e)Environment 4. Which of the following will not come under BASIC nations? a)India b)Brazil c)China d)Russia e)South Africa 5. Which city hosted the 10th Auto Expo 2010 event? a)Chennai b)Bangalore c)Delhi d)Mumbai e)Kolkatta 6. 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 7. 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 8. Kumbh Mela is done for every ________? a)2 years b)5 years c)7 years d)10 years e)12 years

9. 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 10. Which of the following has become the first South Asian city to get the Sustainable Transport Award (STA) 2010? a)Delhi b)Colombo c)Bangalore d)Hyderabad e)Ahmedabad 11. More than 40% of the 197 Private sugar mills in India are located in which of the following state? a)Uttar Pradesh b)Tamilnadu c)Andhra Pradesh d)Gujarat e)Madhya Pradesh

12. Injaz is worlds first Cloned _________? a)Goat b)Camel c)Elephant d)Dog e)none 13. Which state is honoured with IBN-7 Diamond State Award for 2009 as Indias Best Big State? a)Kerala b)Karnataka c)Tamilnadu d)Gujarat e)none of these 14. Which Country has launched the worlds tallest Rocket Ares 1 X? a)China b)Russia c)Japan d)US e)Germany

15. Which city in India to get 24 x 7 NSG Security? a)Mumbai b)Bangalore c)Delhi d)Chennai e)none

16. Which player has been adjudged as the Wisden Cricketers Test Player of the Year 2009? a)Jaques Kallis b)Ricky Pointing c)Gautam Gambhir d)Shakib Al Hasan e)Virender Sehwag 17. Jamnalal Bajaj Awards are given in category? a)Welfare for Women b)For Promoting Gandhian values c)Science & Technology for Rural Development d)Construction work e)All the above. 18. Kolahai Glaciers are melting faster than Himalayas Glaciers. Kolahai Glaciers are which of the following states? a)Uttarakhand Pradesh 19. UNESCOs Kalinga Prize has been awarded to __________? a)Yashpal b)Biju Patnaik c)Trinh Xuan Than d)both a & c e)none 20. The South Asian Foundation Peace Festival 2009 was held in _________? a)Goa b)Amritsar c)Mumbai d)Ahmedabad e)Pune b)Himachal Pradesh c)Jammu & Kashmir d)Sikkim e)Arunachal

1) 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

2) Which among the following is the winner of Indian Car of the Year 2010?

a)Maruti Suzuki Ritz Superb

b)Honda Jazz

c)Fiat Grande Punto d)Tata Nano e)Skoda

3) Who has been appointed as Chairman of Public Accounts Committee (PAC)? a)Karia Munde b)Meira Kumari c)Jaswanth Singh d)Pranab Mukherjee

e)Gopinath Munde 4) Who is the present Opposition leader of Lok Sabha? a)Karia Munda b)Nitin Gadkari c)L K Advani d)Sushma Swaraj e)Rajnath Singh 5) China will overtake _________ as Worlds biggest Gold Consumer for the first time in History? a)US b)IMF c)Russia d)Saudi Arabia e)none of these

6) Vimal Kaushik has been appointed as the MD & CEO of __________? a)Indian Bank b)Nalco c)HDFC d)Maytas Infra e)none of these

7) Recently which city has imposed speed limits for Vehicles plying on the roads? a)Bangalore b)Chennai c)Hyderabad d)Jaipur e)Kolkatta 8) S.P.S Rathore has been arrested in the case of molestation of a budding tennis player. He was the former DGP of which state? a)Andhra Pradesh b)Punjab c)Haryana d)Uttar Pradesh e)Gujarat

9) The Centre is planning to introduce an amendment to the Employees Gratuity Act to enhance the maximum gratuity amount paid to employees from Rs. 3.5lakh to ________? a)5 lakh b)6 kakh c)7 lakh d)10 lakh e)15 lakh 10)Brinda Karat is associated with ____________? a)Films b)Sports c)Journalism d)Author e)Politics

11)Rukhsana Kosser, the brave lady who killed L-e-T terrorist in J & K, has been chosen for the award __________? a)Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak b)Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak Padak d)National Women Bravery award e)Both d & e. 12)Pravasi Bhartiya Divas is celebrated on which of the following day? a)Dec 9th b)Jan 9th c)Jan 21st d)Oct 11th e)none c)Jeevan Raksha

13)Who is the Chairman of NDA (National Democratic Alliance)? a)Atal Bihari Vajpayee b)L K Advani c)Rajnath Singh d)Goerge Fernandes e)none of these 14)Which Country is going to use Mirrors to capture sunlight, produce steam and generate electricity? a)India b)Japan c)US d)Saudi Arabia e)China

15)V M Balachandran had recently passed away. He was a ________? a)Journalist b)Author & Writer c)Singer d)both a & b e)none

16)Ajit Lal, S.P Mishra, Ramanathan Krishnan & Jaideep Mukherjea, these names are famous in which of the following sport? a)Badminton b)Cricket c)Lawn Tennis d)Football e)Hockey 17)K Chandrasekhar Rao is the president of Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS)(it is a political party) demanding separate state called as Telangana. TRS is a political party of which state? a)Uttar Pradesh b)Tamilnadu c)Karnataka d)Andhra Pradesh e)none of these

18)How many Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) are under the administrative/Government control of various Departments? a)112 b)242 c)90 d)101 e)none of these

19)Who among the following entered in the Guinness Book of World Records for completing 26 hour long-aerobics marathon recently? a)Dinaz Vervatwala these 20)Which City will host the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Summit in 2010? a)Hyderabad Points: 5 Q India. To know more visit this link. 10 Q Brinda Karat belongs to the Political Party CPI(M). 11 Q - The Other Person who has been nominated for the award Narendra Kaushi. Jeevan Raksha Padak series of awards are given to a person for saving the life of a person. The award is given in three categories, namely Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak, Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak and Jeevan Raksha Padak.7 persons were nominated for Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak and 44 for Jeevan Raksha Padak. Besides a medal, the award carries lump sum monetary allowance which is given at the rate of Rs 75,000, Rs 45,000 and Rs 30,000 to the Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak, Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak and Jeevan Raksha Padak awardee respectively. 16 Q They are the first finalists from India in Davis Cup in 1966. b)Ahmedabad c)Chennai d)Bangalore e)Mumbai b)Amit Sharma c)Vasanth Datla d)Pradeep Darooka e)none of

Union Bank of India Clerical GK Paper 2010

1. Mahindra Satyam got projects from MENA countries full form of MENA Middle

East and North Africa. 2. How much amount is increased in Union Budget 2009-10 for the exemption of tax

limits for the general people 10,000 3. First state to implement Unique Identification Authority of India on pilot basis

Karnataka. 4. Omar Abdullah belongs to which party none option(Jammu & Kashmir National

Conference) 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. India, Japan, China..are invited for which summit held in Thailand - ASEAN. Tax abolished in Union Budget 2009-10 Commodity Transaction Tax. India has taken help from _______ to built nuclear power plants USA Y S Rajashekar reddy recently died he is the CM of Andhra Pradesh. How many crores are allocated from Higher Education 2000 crores.

10. Which of the following does not belongs to banking/finance - ISRO 11. Deep joshi got Ramon Magsaysay award 2009 for Social service. 12. Scheme for giving food to school children Mid Day Meal Scheme. 13. Yukio Hatoyama defeated ______ to become Japan PM Taro Aso. 14. Who presented Railway Budget 2009-10 - Mamata Banerjee. 15. Article 243 Panchayati Raj System/Reservation for women 16. Ganga will be clean and free flowing by the year 2020. 17. Agriculture Scheme Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana

18. Which country having the largest gold reserves USA. 19. Right to education bill for upto 14 years children 20. India Rank in Human Development Index 134th. 21. Copenhagen is in which country Denmark. 22. Who visited Bhutan recently S M Krishna 23. Solar Power/energy required Sea water. 24. Yasphal Committee - Higher Education. 25. Wealthiest country in Asia Japan 26. GM Genetically modified. 27. Dubai Currency Dirham 28. Subroto cup Football. 29. Pittsburg summit G-20. 30. Present SLR 25%. 31. EVM Electronic Voting Machine. 32. Wholesale Price Index after second quarter 33. National film award Kanchivaram is directed in which language Tamil. 34. Question regarding which is not a term related to Climate change. 35. India recently made agreement with Nepal. 37. Question on NH of 83km invaded by Akbar is in which state J & K. 38. FDI limit in Retail Sector 51% 39. 40. Book by Vikram Seth The Golden Gate 40. In the Union Budget 90-10, 3,474 crores are allocated for Commonwealth Games.

41. Recently RBI has ordered to banks To open ATMs without RBI permission. 42. Type of Irrigation system used in India Sprinkler System.

1. Which of the following is one of the most successful programmes under Bharat Nirman? a)Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana(PMGSY) b)Indira Awas Yojana(IAY) c)Rajiv Gandhi Vidyutikaran Yojana(RGVY) d)Watershed Development Scheme e)none of these 2. Which of the following is not included in the core sectors of Indian Economy? a)Coal b)Steel c)Cement d)Transport e)Electricity

3. What is the FDI limit in Education __________? a)49% b)51% c)74% d)90% e)100%

4. Who won the Spanish Open Badminton 2009 in womens single? a)Saina Nehwal b) Wang Lin c)Lianne Tan d) Sayali Gokhale e)none

5. What is the present Statutory liquid ratio(SLR)? a)24% b)5% c)25% d)6% e)12%

6. Mixed Economy means _________________? a) Co-existence of small and large industries b) Promoting both Agriculture and Industries in the economy c) Co-existence of public and private sectors d)Co-existence of rich and poor e)None of these

7. Oil and Natural Gas Commission Videsh Ltd(OVL) is planning to invest US $ 5 billion in production of gas from Farsi Blocks of Gas Deposits. It is located in which of the following countries? a)Pakistan b)Iran c)Iraq d)UAE e)Kuwait

8. Who among the following won the V Shantaram awards for best actress? a)Kareena Kapoor b)Rani Mukherjee c)Priyanka Chopra d)Katrina Kaif e)none

9. When a bank is financing an International Business, it in fact is involved in which of the following? a)Micro finance b)Retail Banking c)Core Banking d)Trade finance e)both a & d

10. When did Regional Rural Banks start functioning in India? a)1949 b)1956 c)1969 d)1975 e)1982

11. Who was the chairman of Sixth Central Pay Commission? a)B.N. Shrkrishna b)J S Mathur c)Sushma Nath d)Ravindra Dholakia e)none

12. The Bank of Calcutta, Bank of Bombay and Bank of Madras were merged in 1921 to form __________? a)State Bank of India Bank of India e)none 13. Which of the following awards is not given by the Government of India? a)Padma Bhushan given by GOI 14. The number of people living Below Poverty Line (BPL) is maximum in which of the following state? a)Bihar b)Jharkhand c)Sikkim d)Chhattisgarh e)Orissa b)Ashok Chakra c)Kalinga Prize d)Bharat Ratna e)All are b)Reserve Bank of India c)Imperial Bank of India d)Central

15. Who amongst the following is the chairman of the National Land Reforms Council? a)Arjun Singh b)Sam Pitroda c)Manmohan Singh d)Kamal Nath e)none

16. According to figures from the Australian government, the number of Indian students wanting to study in Australia has slumped by almost _____?

a)25% b)35%

c)40%

d)50%

e)none

17. India will provide ______ as assistance to Sri Lanka to undertake railway projects in its war ravaged Northern region? a)$ 100 millions b)$ 425 million c)$ 250 million d)$ 300 million e)$ 500 million

18. Recently which state government said that 'Economic Offences Wing' would be set up in each district to tackle the rising menace of fraud and cheating by bogus investment firms? a)Maharashtra b)Uttar Pradesh c)Tamilnadu d)Andhra Pradesh e)none

19. In the first quarter (Q1), what is the contribution of agriculture sector to GDP (6.1%) was ______? a)0.9% b)1.5% c)2.5% d)2.8% e)4%

20. The Head Office of NABARD is located in _________? a)Delhi b)Mumbai c)Kolkatta d)Lucknow Note : 2 Q : The Six core sectors of Indian Economy are : Coal, Cement, Electricity, Steel, Petroleum refinery products, Crude Oil. 4 Q : Sayali Ghokale beat Lianne Tan 8Q: Rani Mukherjee for best actress ( Dil bole hadippa) Prakash Raj for best actor (Kanchivaram). 12 Q : In 1955 it subsequently transformed into State Bank of India (SBI). The Government of India nationalized the Imperial Bank of India in 1955, with the Reserve Bank of India taking a 60% stake, and renamed it the State Bank of India. In 2008, the Government took over the stake held by the Reserve Bank of India. 13 Q : Kalinga Prize given in the field of science by UNESCO. e)Hyderabad

1. What is the maximum stake the central government has in any public sector bank(PSB)? a)51% b)65% c)74% d)90% e)100%

2. Government is holding a maximum stake in which of the following public sector banks(PSB)? a)SBI b)Canara Bank c)Allahabad Bank d)Dena Bank e)none of these

3. Which of the following team in not qualified for 2011 Cricket World Cup? a)Netherlands b)Canada c)Kenya d)Ireland e)Scotland

4. Who has been elected as the new president of the Cricket Club of India? a)Lalit Modi b)Kapil Malhotra c)Sharad Pawar d)S J Parekh e)Badal Mittal

5. Which Country hosted the SAFF Championship? a)India b)Srilanka c)Maldives d)Bangladesh e)Bhutan

6. Justice Syed Rafat Alam sworn-in as Chief Justice of ___________ high court? a)Andhra Pradesh b)Uttar Pradesh c)Madhya Pradesh d)Arunachal Pradesh e)Himachal Pradesh 7. Narayana Dutt Tiwari was in news recently against sex scandal by holding a Governor post of which of the following states? a)Uttar Pradesh b)Andhra Pradesh c)Uttarakhand d)Tamilnadu e)Chhattisgarh

8. Taylor Award is given in the field of ____________? a)Social b)Environment c)Science d)Literature e)none

9. Recently which country has opened its first government backed gay bar in December 2009? a)China b)US c)Singapore d)Mexico e)Switzerland

10. Who wrote the book The Exile? a)Chetan Bhagat b)Vinoo Mathur c)Navtej Sarna d)C K Meena e)none

11. Which is the worlds oldest religion? a)Hinduism b)Sikhism b)Islam d)Christianity e)Judaism

12. Which Organization to give around USD 700 million to Developing member countries to combat climate change? a)ADB b)World Bank c)IMF d)UN e)none of these

13. Five rings of Olympics represent Five Continents. what is the color of Asia? a)Blue b)Green c)Red d)Black e)Yellow 14. Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck was in news recently by arriving India. He was the king of which country? a)Myanmar b)Nepal c)Bhutan d)Malaysia e)none 15. Who is the head of the Committee that deals with Airport modernization? a)Eradi b)Lahiri c)Chaturvedi d)Thomas e)Ashok Ganguly 16. According to 2001 census which state having lowest growth rate? a)Bihar b)Kerala c)Assam d)Sikkim e)Andhra Pradesh

17. In India color television programmes were started from the year ____? a)1975 b)1985 c)1969 )1982 e)1980 18. Which country is the world largest Steel Producer? a)India b)US c)Russia d)Japan e)China 19. Rovers cup is associated with which sport? a)Hockey b)Cricket c)Golf d)Football e)Badminston 20. Pakistan has buyed F-22p frigates (warships) from which country recently? a)US b)Israel c)France d)Russia e)China Note : 2 Q : Govt has 73.17 stake in Canara Bank and planning to sell 10% of it. 5 Q : India beat Maldives to beat 5th SAFF Championship. 7 Q : E.S.L Narasimhan(Chattisgarh) acting governor of A.P. 18 : By the end of 2009 : India is the fourth Largest Steel producer.Others are China(1),Japan(2),US(3),Russia(5)

1. With which country India has signed a Social Security Agreement on Sep 03, 2009? a)Malaysia b)Singapore c)Switzerland d)Hongkong e)US

2. Which state is planning to start 64 model schools in backward districts under Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA)? a)Gujarat b)Uttar Pradesh c)Madhya Pradesh d)Haryana e)Karnataka

3. Who has been awarded male Golfer of the Year in the annual Golf Writers of America Awards? a)Steve Sticker b)Jack Nicklaus c)Ben Hogan d)Tiger Woods e)Bobby Jones

4. Who has been conferred the prestigious Indira Gandhi Gold Plaque 2009 for significant contribution towards human progress? a)Kofi Annan San Suu Kyi 5. How many Indian films were nominees for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language film (Oscar awards) till now? a)one b)two c)three d)four e)five b)Sheikh Hasina c)Sujitha Koirala d)Mahmood Nasheed e)Aung

6. Where is the headquarters of International Cricket Council (ICC)? a)Australia b)England c)West Indies d)South Africa e)none of these

7. Which is the first Indian bank to open its branches outside India? a)SBI b)ICICI c)Bank of India d)PNB e)none of these

8. The 35th National Games will be held at which of the following states? a)Kerala b)Bihar c)Jharkhand d)Gujarat e)Rajasthan

9. Which bank has been awarded Golden Peacock National Training Award 2009?

a)Indian Bank

b)Canara Bank

c)PNB

d)Corporation Bank e)Bank of Baroda

10)Which Islamic Country to setup its first ever co-educational university? a)Pakistan b)Iran c)Afghanistan d)Saudi Arabia e)Turkey

11. Recently which country has taken steps to take finger prints from all adult foreign visitors by 2012 to lighten immigration controls and prevent criminals? a)US b)UK c)South Korea d)Australia e)India

12. Recently President Prathiba Patil visited which of the following countries in September 2009? a)Russia b)Spain c)Tajikistan d)Kyrgyzstan e)both a & c

13. Meenakshi Mukherjee recently passed away. She was a famous _____________? a)Literature b)Sports person c)Journalist d)Economist e)none of these

14. Which bank has been adjudged the Best Bank for the year 2009 on Quality of Assets by Business Today-KPMG Study? a)Canara Bank b)Andhra Bank c)HDFC d)PNB e)SBI

15. The Codename Western Bridge is a joint Air exercise between India and ________? a)Maldives b)Japan c)Oman d)US e)Russia

16. What is the proposed percent of reservation for women in urban local bodies? a)31% b)51% c)33% d)50% e)49%

17. With which country India signed a memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the area of Climate Change on October 22, 2009? a)US b)Japan c)Canada d)Maldives e)Norway 18. Human Rights Day is observed on _________?

a)Sep 10th

b)Dec 10th

c)Dec 4th

d)Sep 18th e)Nov 7th

19. Dorjee Khandu was in news recently.He was the chief minister of _________? a)Himachal Pradesh b)Madhya Pradesh c)Sikkim d)Arunachal Pradesh e)Assam

20. Which country won the Fed Cup? a)Italy b)Argentina Note: 5 Q : 1)Mother India(1957) 2)Salaam Bombay(1988) 3)Lagaan(2001) 6 Q : Dubai c)Russia d)US e)none of these

1. Astrosat is Indias first astronomy satellite which is scheduled to launch in which of the following years? a)2010 b)2011 c)2012 d)2013 e)2014

2. Which of the following country is a member of United Nation(UN)? a)Palestine b)Kosovo c)Vatican City d)Taiwan e)All are non UN-members

3. Sputnik -1 the Worlds first artificial satellite (in 1957) successfully launched by which country? a)USSR b)Japan c)US d)UK e)Germany

4. How many countries became independent with the dissolution of USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) in 1991? a)5 b)9 c)11 d)13 e)15

5. Kosovo declared Independence from which of the following countries in 2008? a)Croatia b)Serbia c)Macedonia d)Yugoslavia e)none of these

6. Srilanka has declared victory over the LTTE(Liberation of Tamil Tigers) on May 16th 2009 after ____ years old civil war? a)21 b)23 c)25 d)26 e)27

7. Which of the following Politician gets has been arrested for insulting National Anthem in April 2009? a)Lalu Prasad Krishna 8. United States of America(USA) got Independence from ___________ in 1776, july 4th? a)USSR b)Great Britain c)Germany d)Canada e)none of these b)Mamata Banerjee c)Shashi Tharoor d)Varun Gandhi e)S M

9. 90% of Ozone in earth atmosphere is present in which layer? a)Troposphere b)Stratosphere c)Mesosphere d)Thermosphere e)none of these

10. Which of the following country having the worlds largest Internet base users? a)India(3) b)US(2) c)Russia d)China(1) e)Canada

11. Which of the following is not a Search Engine? a)Bing b)Wolframalpha c)Kosmix d)Cuil e)All are search engines

12. India stands at which place in the world when considering area wise? a)1st b)3rd c)5th d)6th d)7th

13. Besides India, August 15th is the Independence Day of which of the following country? a)North Korea b)South Vietnam c)South Korea d)North Vietnam e)France

14. Which of the following is worlds most widely spoken language?

a)Mandarin(China)

b)Spanish

c)English

d)Urdu e)Hindi

15. Indias first nuclear test explosion (Pokhran-1) conducted in the year _______? a)1967 b)1974 c)1987 d)1998 e)none of these

16. Shakti is the code name for which of the following? a)Indias first supersonic cruise missile b)Indias first nuclear test (Pokhran-1) c)Indias first nuclear submarine d)Prithvi III e)Indias second nuclear test (Pokhran-2) 17. Which of the following State Assembly in India has no Opposition members? a)Arunachal Pradesh b)Kerala c)Orissa d)Sikkim e)none of these

18. Brahmos -1 is a _______________________? a)short range ballistic missile b)Air to Air missile c)Supersonic cruise missile d)Hypersonic cruise missile e)none of these 19. 000 is national emergency number in which of the following countries? a)US b)Japan c)Australia d)Russia e)France

20. ____________ is the only continent without deserts (Areas that gets less than 25 cm. of rain in a year are classified as deserts)? a)Oceania b)North America c)South America d)Europe e)none of these

Note: 2 Q : Other Non-UN members - Turkish Cyprus, Sahrawi Arab Demo.Rep.(S.A.D.R) 4 Q : the 15 countries are : Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. 18 Q : Brahmos -2 is a Hypersonic Cruise Missile. 1. Who has been named as the 'Person of the Year 2009' by the American magazine Time? a)Barack Obama b)Hillary Clinton c)Ben Bernake d)Dalai Lama e)none of these

2. In which of the following Stock Exchanges currency Future trading was firstly started? A)NSE b)MCX-SX c)BSE d)NCDEX e)none of these

3. Which Country is planning to build Worlds Largest Mosque? a)Saudi Arabia b)Iran c)Tajikistan d)Indonesia e)none of these

4. Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) is a scheme related to which of the following sectors? a)Rural Development b)Women Development c)Personnel Insurance d)Agriculture e)none of these 5. The Five Year Plan is approved by _______________? a)Planning Commission b)National Development Council Organization d)RBI & Finance Ministry e)none of these 6. Recently which country launched their countrys fastest Supercomputer named Tianhe? a)Japan b)Malaysia c)Hongkong d)China e)Singapore c)Central Statistical

7. Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was in news recently. He was the president of _________?

a)Algeria

b)Taiwan

c)Fiji d)Sudan e)Tunisia

8. Who among the following honoured as Asian Filmmaker of the year in the 14th Pusan International Film Festival(PIFF)? a)Bobby Bedi these 9. With which country India have finalized a new 10-year military co-operation pact that will take bilateral defence partnership to new heights? a)Russia b)US c)Israel d)France e)none of these b)Yash Chopra c)Rakesh Roshan d)Manmoham Shetty e)none of

10. EKUVERIN-09 is a joint troop exercise between which of the following countries? a)India & Russia e)India & US 11. Which state is facing Political Crisis due to the process of separating a state? a)Jharkhand b)West Bengal c)Andhra Pradesh d)Uttar Pradesh e)Bihar b)Srilanka & China c)India & Maldives d)Maldives & Srilanka

12. Dr Kamla is the new governor of _________? a)Nagaland b)Tripura c)Manipur d)Uttarakhand e)Gujarat

13. Which channel has won the Asian vision Annual awards 2009 for most news flashes? a)Times of India b)Aajtak c)Doordharshan d)NDTV e)none of these

14. How much is approved by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as grant for Indian farmers? a)$2.5 million b)$4 million c)$6.5 million d)$9.7 million e)none of these

15. Which country has presented the 2009 Defender of Democracy Award to Kailash Satyarthi? a)US b)India c)Denmark d)France e)Germany

16. Which film has been awarded the prestigious Golden Peacock for best film at the 40th International Film Festival of India (IFFI)? a)A Brand New Life b)The Other Bank c)Gabricha Paus d) Angshumaner Chhobi

e)I cant Live without you

17. Recently which Bank (PSU) installed its first disabled-friendly ATM in the country? a)Vijaya Bank b)PNB c)Bank of Baroda d)Union Bank of India e)none

18. Mahila Coir Yojana, is a scheme to provide self-employment opportunity to rural women workers. This scheme firstly started by which State government? a)Kerala b)Uttar Pradesh c)Gujarat d)West Bengal e)Tamilnadu

19. Farook Haider was in news recently. He was a _______________? a)New Interior Minister of Pakistan b)Deputy Prime Minister of Afghanistan c)Master mind behind 26/11 Mumbai attacks d)Prime Minister of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir e)Former Pakistan Prime minister 20. The Worlds Local Bank is the tag line of which of the following banks? a)Yes Bank Note: 1Q : For 2008 : Barack Obama 3Q : Present Worlds Largest Mosque is in Mecca(Saudi Arabia) 5Q : Five Year Plan is Developed & Executed by Planning Commission. 1. Who has been awarded the Koya National Journalism Award 2009? a)A.G Noornani b) Arvind Goswami c)Barkha Dutt d)both a & b e)both a & c 2. Who is the Richest Person in India? a)Anil Ambani(3) e)Azim Premji(4) 3. Which of the following Newspapers have largest circulation (daily) in India ? b)Lakshmi Mittal(2) c)Mukhesh Ambani d)K P Singh(5) b)HSBC c)ING Vysya d)Standard Chartered e)Bank of America

a)Dainik Jagran(2) e)none

b)The Hindu(4)

c)Malayala Manorama(3) of

d)Times of India these.

4. Bilal Nazki is the new Chief Justice of which High Court? a)Orissa b)Madhya Pradesh c)Gujarat d)Uttaranchal e)none of these

5. Which Indian Bank(PSB) has decided to open branch in Belgium and Offices in Uk & Canda? a)SBI b)Union Bank of India c)PNB d)Canara Bank e)Bank of Baroda

6. Who has been declared the winner of the prestigious Moortidevi award 2007? a)Krishna Mishra e)Ravindra Kalia 7. Human Development Index is published annually by _________? a)WHO b)UNDP c)UNCTAD d)UNESCO e)none of these b)Satyavarat Shastri c)Prathiba Ray d)Veerappa Moily

8. Recently which country tested the Shahab 3 missile? a)North Korea b)Pakistan c)Iran d)Kuwait e)UAE

9. What is the full form of BMD which is news recently? a)Business Management Development b)Ballistic Manufacturing Defence c)Bombay Missile Defence d)Ballistic Missile Defence e)Body Mass Development 10. Irani Cup is associated with? a)Hockey b)Football c)Chess d)Badminton e)Cricket

11. Swati Piramal is associated with? a)ASSOCHAM b)NASSCOM c)RBI d)DRDO e)ISRO

12. Which Country is planning to build worlds third largest mosque? a)Kuwait b)Algeria c)Dubai d)Iran e)none of these

13. Which Organization has released a stamp on Mahatma Gandhi? a)World Bank b)IMF c)UN d)UNESCO e)ADB

14. Which Country has recently launched Defence Satellites? a)Germany b)Canda c)US d)Russia e)none of these

15. National Income in India is estimated by _________? a)Planning Commission b)Finance Commission c)Survey of India d)Central

Statistical Organization e)Indian Statistical Organization 16. How much is allocated by government for strengthening basic science research in institutions in higher learnings? a)800 crore b)500 crore c)1200 crore d)1000 crore e)none of these

17. Who has been elected as the Chairman of ABC(Audit Bureau of Circulations)? a)Vijay Drada e)Shailesh Seth 18. Pradeep Shinde has recently passed away. He was the famous ________? a)Journalist b)writer c)Singer d)Photographer e)Actor b)Subroto Chattopadhyay c)Shobana Bhartiya d)Kurush Grant

19. Which of the following countries is not a member of G-5 a group of emerging countries? a)India b)China c)Brazil d)Mexico e)All are members(South Africa -5th member)

20. Late YS Rajasekhar Reddy the former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh belongs to which national party? a)INC b)TDP c)PRP d)BJP e)TRS

1. On which Day, UN General Assembly declared Nelson Mandela International Day? a)June 21st b)July 18th c)May 8th d)Aug 5th e)none

2. India won the fifth SAFF(South Asian Football Federation) title by defeating __________ that held in Bangladesh? a)Nepal b)Bangladesh c)Srilanka d)Pakistan e)Maldives

3. Which State will become the first to implement the Right to Education Act 2009? a)Tamilnadu b)UP c)Andhra Pradesh d)Karnataka e)Kerala

4. Who is the first Indian boxer to clinch Gold Medal in inter-Continental Presidents Cup? a)Vijendar Singh b)Mary Kom c)Hawa Singh d)Suranjoy Singh e)none

5. Who has been elected as the President of Rajasthan Cricket Association? a)Praful Patel b)C P Joshi c)Lalit Modi d)Narendra Modi e)Anand Sharma

6. Gen Fonseka is the ex-army Chief Contesting as a Presidential Candidate that to be held in Jan 2010, He belongs to which of the following countries? a)Norway b)Maldives c)Srilanka d)Myanmar e)Bhutan

7. Which Country hosted the EU Summit held in December 2009? a)UK b)France c)Switzerland d)Davos e)Brussels

8. Anerood Jugnauth was in news recently by arriving India for a two day visit in December 2009. He is the President of ________? a)Mauritus b)Myanmar c)Namibia d)Uruguay e)none of these

9. The first batch of the MiG-29K fighters jets have landed in India. These fighters jets are purchased from which Country? a)US b)France c)Ukraine d)Russia e)UK

10. Which Country won the Davis Cup 2009? a)Czech Republic b)Argentina c)Spain d)Sweden e)Serbia

11. Bina Rai has recently passed away. He was a famous ________? a)Actress b)Writer c)Journalist d)Politician e)none of these

12. Which Country won the Champions Trophy 2009 Hockey? a)India b)Australia c)Germany d)South Korea e)Netherlands

13. Which Country has offered eco-friendly technologies to clean and conserve holy Yamuna river in Delhi, that provides drinking water to about 57 million people in the country? a)US b)Japan c)France d)China e)Canada

14. How many agreements were signed during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visited Russia recently? a)2 b)3 c)5 d)6 e)none

15. V S Dhanasekar Memorial Cup is related to which sport? a)Chess b)Racing c)Golf d)Snooker e)Football

16. Who has been crowned as the Miss India American 2009?

a)Shivali Vyas

b)Disha Patel

c)Priyanka Singha

d)Shriya Kishore e)none

17. Which Country announced that it will host the International AIDS Society Conference in 2012? a)India b)South Africa c)Germany d)China e)US

18. Who has conferred the Best Indian Player in Football Players Association(FPAI) Awards? a)Sunil Chhetri e)Baldeep Singh 19. What is the period of the Financial Year in Banks? a)March to Feb b)Feb to Jan c)Jan to Dec d)April to March e)May to April b)Baljith Singh Sahni c)Jibbon Singh d)Baichung Bhutia

20. Recently IT major Infosys launches a Development Centre in which of the following countries? a)Argentina Note: 5th Q - C P Joshi(Union Minister of Panchayati Raj) against Lalit Modi. 10th Q - Spain against Czech Republic. 12th Q - Australia against Germany. b)Egypt c)Brazil d)South Africa e)Spain

1. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development(OECD) projected Indias growth rate of ____ in 2010 in its latest report? a)6.5% b)6.7% c)7% d)7.2% e)none of these

2. Which Country has overtaken US in the most competitive economies in the world compiled by World Economic Forum? a)Switzerland b)China c)Australia d)Finland e)Germany

3. Which Bank(PSU) has been awarded in NDTV Profit Business Leadership award 2009 in Banking Category? a)SBI India 4. Which of the following does not come under Indias six core sectors? a)Petroleum Refinery Products b)Agriculture c)Crude Oil d)Steel e)Cement b)Canara Bank c)Bank of Maharashtra d)Corporation Bank e)Bank of

5. With which auto company SBI has signed a memorandum of understanding for providing retail financing to customers? a)Hyundai b)Tata motors c)Ford d)Honda Seil e)Maruthi Suzuki

6. India targets $50-billion Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) by ________? a)2012 b)2013 c)2014 d)2015 e)2017

7. Recently Government has cleared the 17 FDI proposals worth Rs __________? a)990 crores b)1015 crores c)1323 crores d)1158 crores e)4551 crore

8. With which Country India had signed a memorandum of understanding for establishing a joint study group (JSG) to examine the feasibility of a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) between the two countries? a)Italy b)Argentina c)Bahrain d)Canada e)Russia

9. How many Special Economic Zones(SEZ) are Operating in India? a)89 b)56 c)101 d)121 e)none of these

10. According to Planning Commission, India Economy will grow by ___ in next Fiscal Year? a)7.1% b)8% c)6.9% d)7.9% e)7.5%

11. India signed a five year agreement to jointly fight Climate Change and negotiate International Climate Deals? a)China b)Maldives c)Japan d)US e)Denmark

12. Which Country will Chair the Inter-governmental Group of 24 (G-24) nations in 2009-2010? a)Syria b)South Africa c)India d)Brazil e)none

13. Recently which Bank has celebrated its 104th foundation Day? a)Indian Bank b)Canara Bank c)Corporation Bank d)Bank of India e)SBI

14. What is the share of Sponsored bank for Regional Rural Banks(RRBs) in India? a)15% b)35% c)49% d)50% e)51%

15. How many Regional Rural Banks are there in India at present? a)145 b)196 c)206 d)96 e)133

16. Which of the following Banks in India Maintaining the highest Capital Adequacy Ratio(CAR)? a)ICICI b)Kotak Mahindra c)SBI d)Central Bank of India e)Federal Bank 17. Abu Dhabi provided _______ billion to state owned Dubai World that recently faced Debt Crisis? a)$1.5 b)$5 c)$8 d)$10 e)$7.5

18. India Post entered into a tie-up with ___________ Life Insurance Company to expand its services portfolio to the customers? a)ICICI Prudential b)SBI c)New India Assurance d)LIC e)none of these

19. What would be the S in Damascus S a)Stock b)Saving

Exchange(DSE)?

c)Special d)Securities e)none of these

20. Which of the following banks have issued the worlds first 150-Dollar banknote? a)HSBC b)Deutsche Bank Note: 3rd Q: Axis Bank in Private Sector. 7th Q: In Nov. Govt cleared 17 FDI proposals worth 1558 crore. In Dec. Govt cleared 17 FDI proposals worth 4551 crore. 14th Q: Share for RRB - 1)Central Government : 50% 2)Sponsored Bank - 35% 3)State Govt 15% Answer for 20th Q is : Standard Chartered. c)Citi Bank d)Bank of America e)none of these

General Knowledge 2009 - 35

1. Which Country has honoured the International Freedom Award to Dalai Lama? a)US b)India c)Russia d)UK e)none of these 2. The Minimum Support Price(MSP) for Common variety Paddy is ____? a)850 b)900 c)950 d)1050 e)1080

3. Who has been presented the 2009 Golden Pen of Freedom Prize? a)Najam Sethi b)Xavier Vidal-Folch c)Rajdeep Sardesai d)Vikram Chandra e)none 4. US has decided to quit Afghanistan by the Year ________? a)2011 b)2012 c)2014 d)2015 e)2017 5. Who has been awarded the Golden Ball Awardfor the year 2009? a)Cristiano Ronaldo b)Lionel Messi c)Kaka d)Ronaldinho e)Fabio Cannavaro 6. The First International Cruise Ship launched in which of the following places in India? a)Vishakhapatnam b)Mumbai c)Kochi d)Goa e)none of these 7. The amalgamation of RRBs is recommended by ______________ Committee? a)Rangarajan Committee b)Rakesh Mohan c)Pranab Mukherjee d)Vyas e)none of these 8. Sonia Gandhi Placed at which place in the Worlds 100 most powerful women compiled by Forbes Magazine? a)3rd b)7th c)9th d)11th e)13th 9. The Nobel Peace Prize winner Kim Dae-jung died on August 2009. He was the former president of which Country? a)Japan b)South Korea c)North Korea d)China e)Myanmar 10. Who has been appointed an honorary member of the Order of Australia? a)Adam Gilchrist b)Sourav Ganguly c)Ricky Pointing d)Brain Lara e)SteveWaugh 11. Who wrote the book India : From Midnight to the Millennium and Beyond? a)V S Naipaul b)Chetan Bhagat c)Shashi Tharoor d)Amartya Sen e)Abdul Kalam 12. Who won the Montreal Masters Final 2009? a)Andy Murray b)Andy Roddick c)Rafael Nadal d)J M Del Potro e)Novak Djokovic 13. Which of the following statement is not true? a)England defeated Australia to win the Ashes Series b)Sonia Sotomayor was the first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice of U.S.A c)Barcelona won the the UEFA Super Cup d)Sunita Narain has been chosen for 2009 Raja Lakshmi Award e)All are Correct. 14. A/c to 2001 Census, which state had the largest percentage of Hindus? a)Andhra Pradesh b)Uttar Pradesh c)Himachal Pradesh d)Madhya Pradesh e)none

15. Recently Brad Hodge has announced his retirement from International Cricket. He belongs to which country? a)England b)New Zealand c)Australia d)South Africa e)none 16. At Which of the following Places is the Indian Standard Time(IST) is determined? a)New Delhi b)Allahabad c)Mumbai d)Hyderabad e)Kolkata 17. Which Country won the Hockey Series against India in August 2009? a)South Korea b)Pakistan c)Germany d)England e)Syria 18. Which of the following countries had handed over Macau to China? a)Russia b)Japan c)South Korea d)Portugal e)Germany 19. Which of the following cities is considered as the easiest city to do Business a report by International Finance Corporation? a)Ludhiana b)Hyderabad c)Bhubaneswar d)Jaipur e)Guwahati 20. Who is the only Finance Minister to become the President of India? a)Zakir Hussain b)R Venkataraman c)Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed d)Shankar Dayal Sharma e)Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 1. Which Country has surpassed the US to become Japans largest Trading partner? a)China b)India c)Germany d)Russia e)South Korea 2. The GDP growth of India in the second quarter of 2009-10 is _______? a)6.1% b)6.6% c)7.1% d)7.7% e)7.9% 3. Who is the Chairman of AEC(Atomic Energy Commission)? a)Srikumar Banerjee b)G Madhavan Nair c)Anil Kakodkar d)K Radhakrishna e)J Mitra 4. The Central Government has sanctioned Rs ________ to National Knowledge Commission for the education sector under the 11th Five year plan ? a)3 lakh crore b)1 lakh crore c)2 lakh crore d)0.75 lakh crore e)5 lakh crore 5. Recently which country lifted the 22-year-old ban on the entry of people with HIV+? a)Mexico b)UK c)France d)US e)Canada 6. Around ____ of Dubais Population is made up of Indians? a)26% b)33% c)40% d)46% e)52%

7. Which State government has sought an assistance of about Rs 1,162 crore from the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) for development of agriculture to increase food production and improve food security during the next three years? a)Karnataka b)UP c)Andhra Pradesh d)Gujarat e)none of these 8. Arogyasi the most successful health insurance scheme launched by which of the following state? a)Tamilnadu b)Andhra Pradesh c)Maharashtra d)Kerala e)Karnataka 9. Madhu Koda has been arrested in a disproportionate assets case. He was the former Chief Minister of which state? a)Haryana b)Chhattisgarh c)Jharkhand d)Bihar e)none 10. Which Committee has suggested the minimum shareholding of Government equity of nationalized bank should be brought down to 33%? a)T R Andhyarujina b)Narasimhan Committee c)Rangarajan Committee d)Mukherjee Committee e)Tarapore Committee 11. Who is newly elected President of Honduras? a)Rafael Pinada Ponce b)Porfirio Lobo c)Roberto Mitcheletti d)Maria Antonieta e)none 12. Which Mutual fund is the first to provide facility to investors to trade in NSE after SEBI allowed mutual funds to be traded through stock exchanges? a)Reliance Mutual fund b)SBI Mutual fund c)LIC Mutual fund d)UTI Mutual fund e)Prudential Mutual fund 13. Which country is not a member of G-33? a)India b)Cuba c)Pakistan d)China e)All are members of G-33 14. L&T signed a joint venture agreement with NPCIL to set up a company in _________ state for the production of special steel and ultra-heavy forgings with an investment of 1,725 crore? a)UP b)Punjab c)Gujarat d)Maharashtra e)none of these 15. Which Country held a Cabinet meet in Everest Region to highlight the impact on Climate Change recently? a)China b)France c)Maldives d)UK e)Nepal

16. Who has been selected for the first PCRF-NDTV National RTI Award? a)Karan Thapar b)Bharkha Dutt c)Prannoy Roy d)Shyamlal Yadav e)Shireen Bann 17. Currently Praful Patel holds which of the following posts? a)Indian Overseas Minister b)Water Resources c)IT & Broadcasting d)Civil Aviation Minister e)none of these 18. Roger Federer won the Wimbeldon Mens Single Title 2009 by defeating? a)Rafael Nadal b)Robin Soderling c)Andy Roddick d)Andy Murray e)Noval Djokovic 19. How many Emirates form a United Arab Emirates? a)Five b)Six c)Seven d)Eight e)Four 20. Real is the currency of which of the following countries? a)South Africa b)Mexico c)Cuba d)South Korea e)Brazil 1. Which Country hosted the 15th ASEAN Summit in 2009? a)Singapore b)Thailand c)Malaysia d)Philippines e)Bali 2. Which of the following Countries will host the G20 Summit in 2010? a)Canada b)Pittsburg c)London d)Australia e)South Korea 3. The first ever EU-Pakistan summit held at __________? a)Islamabad b)Sharm EL Sheikh c)Brussels d)London e)none of these 4. In 2009 Italy hosted which of the following summits? a)G-5 b)G-8 c)G-77 d)G-20 e)none of these 5. The 2009 NAM summit held at ________? a)Havana b)Sharm El Sheikh c)Tehran d) Rio De Janeiro e) Delhi 6. Which Country will host the XXXI Olympics in 2016? a)UK b)Greece c)Brazil d)South Korea e)none of these 7. The 155th OPEC meeting is slated to be held in December 2009 at ___________? a)Venezuela b)UAE c)Qatar d)Angola e)Nigeria 8. Which Country will host the United Nations Climate Change Conference(UNCCC) in December 2009?

a)India

b)US c)China d)Japan e)Denmark

9. The Indian Economic Summit 2009 held at which of the following cities? a)Delhi b)Chennai c)Hyderabad d)Bangalore e)Mumbai 10. The APEC 2009 summit was held in which of the following countries? a)Singapore b)Peru c)Japan d)US e)Indonesia 11. The eighth Indo-Gulf Conference held in _________? a)Hyderabad b)Delhi c)Thiruvananthapuram d)Lucknow e)Chennai

12. The First ever BRIC Summit in 2009 held at which of the following countries? a)Egypt b)Russia c)China d)Brazil e)India 13. Pittsburg have been hosted which of the following summits in 2009? a)G-5 b)G-8 c)G-77 d)G-20 e)US-Pakistan 14. The 10th India-EU Summit in 2009 held in________? a)Brussels b)Davos c)Delhi d)London e)Bengaluru 15. The UNSC (United Nations Security Council) Summit in 2009 held in which of the following countries? a)USA b)Russia c)China d)France e)UK 16. The Second Africa-South America(ASA) summit in 2009 held in ___________? a)Venezuela b)Brazil c)Egypt d)South Africa e)Nigeria 17. The 7th Indo-ASEAN Bilateral Summit held in_______? a)Japan b)Singapore c)Philippines d)Thailand e)Malaysia 18. The 2009 EUUSA Summit held at ________? a)London b)Brussels c)Prague d)Pittsburg e)Washington 19. The Fourth East-ASEAN Summit in 2009 held in_________? a)Cha-am Hua Hin b)Hanoi c)Kuala Lumpur d)Singapore e)none of these 20. Which Country hosted the SCO(Shanghai Cooperation Organization) in 2009? a)China b)Tajikistan c)Russia d)Kazakhstan e)Kyrgyzstan Note: 1st question :: ASEAN Summit in 2010 - Hanoi(Vietnam). 2nd question :: G-20 Summit in April 2009 - London, September 2009 - Pittsburg June 2010 - Canada, November 2009 - South Korea

4th question :: G-8 Summit in 2010 - Canada in 2011 - France 12th question :: BRIC summit in 2010 - Brazil. 1. Who has been conferred the France highest civilian award (Legion dHonneur) recently? a)Satyajit Ray b)Lata Mangeshkar c)Amitabh Bachchan d)Ratan Tata e)Pratibha Patel 2. All Public Sector Banks in India must have a government shareholding of at least _____? a)33% b)49% c)26% d)51% e)90% 3. The Basel Committee recommendations which have been in news during the present financial crisis come under the aegis of _________? a)IMF b)ADB c)World Bank d)Federal Reserve e)none 4. Digambar Kamat was the chief minister of which of the following state? a)Himachal Pradesh b)Goa c)Kerala d)Assam e) Arunachal Pradesh 5. Who won the ATP World Tour Finals held in London? a)Robin Soderling b)J M Del Potro c)Nikolay Davydenko d)Roger Federer e)Rafael Nadal 6. Which of the following Organizations has propagated Self-Help Group (SHG)? a)World Bank b)NABARD c)UNICEF d)IRDA e)UN 7. Which country won the 2009 World Cup of Golf? a)Ireland b)Sweden c)Italy d)Netherlands e)US 8. On which of the following day Hindi Day is observed? a)Jan 26th b)May 14th c)Sep14th d)Aug 24th e)Aug 29th 9. Ajit Singh was in news recently. He belongs to which party? a)BJP b)INC c)BSP d)SP e)RLD 10. RBI has directed the banks to pay customers at the rate of Rs. 100 each day if they(banks) fail to reimburse the amount wrongfully debited due to failed ATM transactions within a max. Period of ____ days from the date of customer complaint? a)1 b)2 c)5 d)7 e)12 11. Which city will host the 62nd World Newspaper Congress meeting? a)Mumbai b)Kolkata c)Chennai d)Hyderabad e)Lucknow

12. One of the Largest Automaker Hyundai belongs to which country? a)South Korea b)Japan c)China d)Germany e)Italy 13. A/c to the Economic Survey 2008-09, what percentage of people spending below Rs.20 per day in rural areas? a)44% b)50% c)59% d)65% e)71% 14. The Longest Solar Eclipse of the 21st century came on which of the following day in 2009? a)June 21st b)July 21st c)July 22nd d)June 22nd e)July 11th 15. Which of the following is not true regarding Union Budget 2009-10? a)Minimum Alternate Tax(MAT) is increased to 15% of book profits from 10%. b)5% custom duty on Set Top Box c)FBT, CTT and Corporate tax are abolished d)An increase of 144% to NREGA e)All are true 16. Which of the two following two countries agreed to reduce their nuclear arsenals? a)Italy-Switzerland b)US-China c)China-Russia d)US-UK e)Russia-US 17. Section 377 of the IPC deals with _________? a)Business Fraud b)Homosexuality c)Child Labour c)Lockup death e)Ragging in Colleges 18. Which team has been adjudged as the Ceat International Team of the Year 2008-09? a)Australia b)India c)South Africa d)Srilanka e)none of these 19. Government is planning to implement Brain gain policy. What is the idea behind it? a)To bring back Indian Scholars and Teachers from foreign Universities b)To Educate the people in rural areas c)To improve the standards of Education d)To improve the education in North-Eastern states e)Both a & c 20. ANUSAT is a ____________? a)Polar Satellite b)Communication Satellite c)Surveillance Satellite d)Radar Satellite e)All the above Note:

Answer for 3rd question : Bank of International Settlements. 5th question : Nikolay Davydenko beat J M Del Potro in ATP World Tour Finals. 15th question : Only FBT & CTT are abolished.Corporate tax remains Unchanged in the Budget. 18th question : Ceat International Cricketer of the Year & Test Batsmen of the Year : Gautam Gambhir Ceat ODI Batsmen of the Year : Virendar Sehwag Ceat ODI Bowler of the Year : Ajanta Mendis(Srilanka) Ceat ODI Bowler of the Year : Mitchel Johnson(Australia) Ceat Lifetime Achievement Award : EAS Prasanna(India). Ceat Spirit of the Cricket Award : Thilan Samaraweera(Srilanka) Ceat 300 wickets Felicitation Award : Harbhajan Singh. 1. The worlds first Satellite dedicated to monitoring green house gas emissions was launched by which country? a)India b)US c)China d)Japan e)Russia 2. Abidine Ben Ali was re-elected as the president of which of the following country? a)Taiwan b)Sudan c)Peru d)Tunisia e)Palestine 3. Which of the following is first bank in India to offer Internet Banking service? a)SBI b)PNB c)ICICI Bank d)Federal Bank e)Canara Bank 4. The country with highest population density? a)India b)Pakistan c)China d)US e)none of these 5. QUARK-2009 is a ____________? a)India-Russia joint Naval exercise b)Indias ambitious project to Mars c)China-Russia joint Naval exercise d)exhibition on peaceful uses of Nuclear Energy e)none 6. Vaclav Klaus was in news recently. He is the President of which of the following countries? a)Sweden b)Poland c)Czech Republic d)Denmark e)Ireland 7. The Golden Horse awards are equivalent to Oscars of which country? a)South Korea b)Russia c)China d)Japan e)Malaysia 8. Recently which country tested the Hsiungfeng 2E missile? a)Syria b)North Korea c)Canada d)Israel e)Taiwan

9. Justice Leila Seth was the first woman to become Chief Justice of which high court? a)Tamilnadu b)Delhi c)Uttar Pradesh d)Karnataka e)none 10. Who has been nominated for the Lal Bahadur Shastri Award for the year 2009? a)O P Bhatt b)Sunil Mittal c)Ajim Premji d)Lakshmi Mittal e)Ratan Tata 11. Samprupa, the worlds first cloned buffalo calf, was cloned by scientist from which of the following countries? a)China b)US c)India d)UAE e)Canada 12. In India how many states are in Special Category, in which they get higher share of Union governments resource allocation? a)7 b)9 c)10 d)11 e)12 13. Trading in which of the following futures restarted on NCDEX and MCX on 21st May 2009? a)Sugar b)Jute c)Turmeric d)Soya e)Wheat 14. FIFA has suspended which countrys football association? a)Fiji b)Iraq c)Sudan d)Kenya e)none 15. Who penned the book A Brief History of Time? a)Stephen Hawking b)Sonia Gandhi c)Amartya Sen d)J G Ballard e)Abdul Kalam 16. The fifth edition of the Indo-Nippon Golf Cup 2010 will be held at _________? a)Shillong b)Delhi c)Ahmedabad d)Delhi e)Hyderabad 17. Which of the following is not a foreign bank operating in India? a)HSBC b)Standard Chartered c)Barclays d)Yes Bank e)All are foreign Banks 18. Kaiga Atomic Power Plant is located in which of the following states? a)Karnataka b)Maharashtra c)Tamilnadu d)Rajasthan e)none of these 19. The Official & Permanent Venue of IFFA? a)Delhi b)Chennai c)Mumbai d)Goa e)Kolkatta 20. Arvind Jhadav is related to ____? a)Jet Airways b)Air India c)Paramount Airways d)Kingfisher Airlines e)none

Note: Answer for 5th question:The Annual National Level Technical festival of BITS Pilani. Answer for 9th question: Himachal Pradesh.

1. Which State has been awarded as Best e-governance Award for the year 2009? a)Delhi b)Haryana c)Kerala d)Madhya Pradesh e)Karnataka 2. Which of the following is Oxfords Dictionarys Word of the Year 2009? a)Friend b)freemium c)Unfriend d)Paywall e)Sexting 3. The Five Year Plan is approved by ______________? a)Planning Commission b)President c)National Development Council d)Prime Minister e)President 4. Who penned the book Unleashing India? a)S M Krishna b)Veerappa Moily c)Shashi Tharoor d)Chidambaram.P e)A K Antony 5. Which Country won the Federation Tennis cup 2009? a)Italy b)Spain c)Swizerland d)Russia e)US 6. Who has been elected as first permanent President of European Council? a)Fredrik Reinfeldt b)Jose Manuel Barroso c)Romani Prodi d)Tony Blair e)Herman Van Rompuy 7. Recently the Centre has released 40,000 crore for which of the following purposes? a)To remove female illiteracy b)For better development of School & College Educations

c)For Rural Development in India d)For Developing National Highways in India e)Credit for the Farmers 8. A/c to the latest FIFA rankings which country topped the first rank? a)Brazil b)Spain c)Italy d)Argentina e)none of these 9. Indian-European Summit 2009 was held in _____________? a)Brussels b)Italy c)London d)Delhi e)Egypt 10. What would be the C in FCCB (Foreign C.. Convertible Bonds)? a)Capital b)Consumer c)Currency d)Customer e)Current 11. Subhas Chander Kalia has been appointed as Executive Director of which of the following banks? a)Union Bank of India b)Dena Bank c)Vijaya Bank d)Andhra Bank e)Indian Bank

12. Siddarth Tiwari belongs to which field? a)Politician b)Industrialist c)Sports d)Economist e)Theater Director 13. Klaus Schwab was the founder of which of the following Organizations? a)WTO b)UNESCO c)ILO d)WEF e)UNICEF 14. India test-fired its nuclear capable Agni-II Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM) during night for the first time(24-11-09) from _________? a)Balasore b)Chandipur c)Dhamara d)Wheelers Island e)Bhubaneswar 15. Who was crowned as the World Athlete of the year 2009? a)Sanya Richards b)Yelena Isinbayeva c)Usain Bolt d)both b & c e)both a & c

16. The Union government has granted _________ crore for development of road network in Jammu & Kashmir? a)500 b)1000 c)1500 d)2000 e)none 17. President Pratibha Patil became the first woman head of the state(country) to fly in ___________? a)MIG-29 b)Sukhoi-47 c)F-16 d)F-18 e)Sukhoi-30 18. Navy Day is recognized on ____________? a)Jan 4th b)Feb 9th c)Dec 4th d)Jan 19th e)none 19. Who among the following is not the recipient award of Arjuna Award? a)Pullala Gopichand b)Gautam Gambhir c)Saina Nehwal d)Satish Jhoshi e)All of the above 20. Baichang Bhutia is related to which of the following sport? a)Hockey b)Football c)Badminton d)Golf e)Snooker 1. Which Country has bought 2 metric tons of gold for nearly 72 million dollars from IMF?

a)China b)India c)Mauritius d)South Africa e)Singapore

2. Which of the following countries will host the 2011 World Robot Olympiad (WRO)? a)India b)South Africa c)Argentina d)Kuwait e)UAE

3. Asok Bose recently passed away. He was a famous __________? a)Painter e)writer b)Musician c)Press Photographer d)Singer

4. India has

contributed USD ________ to the International Fund

for Elimination of Doping in Sports for Commonwealth Games that to be held at Delhi next year? a)10,000 b)20,000 c)30,000 d)40,000 e)50,000

5. Who won the Formula one World Title this year? a)Jenson Button b)Sebastian Vettel c)Lewis Hamilton

d)Damon Hill e)none

6. GMR Group of Bangalore has become the first Indian company to operate an airport abroad with the formal opening of the new terminal building in which of the following countries? a)Nepal b)Bangladesh c)Afghanistan d)Turkey e)Srilanka

7. Pakistan Cricket Board would receive approximately USD _________ as hosting fees for shifting of 2011 World Cup matches out of the country due to security concern? a)10 million b)25 million c)40 million d)65 million e)1 billion

8. Which two teams to play final in Davis Cup which is scheduled to be held from Dec 4th a)Poland & Spain b)Spain & Czech Republic c)India & Spain
in Spain?

d)Serbia & Czech Republic e)US & Poland

9. D R Meena has appointed as the new ________________? a)Adviser to the Law Minister b)Adviser to the Defence Minister c)Chief of Indian Legal Service d)Law Secretary e)none of these 10. The Union Government has decided to give _________ crores to West Bengal for conservation of tigers in Sunderban and Buxa sanctuaries of the state. a)100 crores b)300 crores c)420 crores d)525 crores e)650 crores 11. With which country/organization India have signed an agreement for cooperation in the field of Fusion Energy

Research and agreed over the free trade treaty by next year to boost trade and investment? a)Australia Union 12. Who among the following topped in World most powerful people compiled by Forbes List? a)Osama Bin Laden b)Sonia Gandhi c)Vladimir Putin b)US c)South Korea d)SAARC e)European

d)Barack Obama e)none of these 13. With which country India has agreed to work together on quality assurance and developing a framework in higher education as well as vocational education and training. a)US b)France c)UK d)Malaysia e)Australia 14. How many medals won by India in the 18th Asian Athletics Championship held in China? a)none b)three c)one d)two e)five

15. Who has been chosen for the brand ambassador of the Special Olympics for physically and mentally challenged children? a)Dalip Singh Rana(The Great Khali(WWE) b)Katrina kaif c)Amir Khan d)Sachin Tendulkar e)none 16. Liberhan Commission is related to which of the following? a)Disinvestment in PSUs b)Students Studying in Abroad c)Demolition of Babri Masjid d)Tax Rebates e)none 17. Who is the present External Affairs Minister in India? a)Nirupama Rao b)Meera Shankar c)Manmohan Singh d)S M Krishna e)Shiv Shankar Menon 18. Which country will open the worlds first Arabic Language internet Domain?

a)Pakistan b)Egypt c)Kuwait d)UAE e)Iran 19. What would be the E in GEAC(Genetic E.. Approval Committee)? a)Experimental b)Export c)Employed e)none 20. New Direct Tax Codes (DTC) will be introduced in which of the following years? a)2009 b)2010 c)2011 d)2012 e)2015
1. Who was crowned as Miss Earth 2009? a)Sandra Seifert b)Jessica Barboza c)Larissa Ramos d) Izabela Wilczek e) Shriya Kishore 2. Saina Nehwal won the Indonesia Open 2009 by defeating __________ ? a)Wang Lin b)Lee Yong Dae c)Wang Chen d)Zhu Lin e)none 3. Sheikh Hasina has been Chosen for the prestigious Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development 2009.She belongs to which country? a)Myanmar b)India c)Pakistan d)Bangladesh e)Iran 4. Which company has won the prestigious Government of India Patent Award 2009? a)Infosys b)Bill Gates Foundation c)Wockhardt Limited d)Tata Motors e)SBI

d)Engineering

5. Which bank has won the National Award for its role in supporting the Khadi & Village Industries in Southern Zone? a)Corporation Bank b)Canara Bank c)SBI d)Andhra Bank e)none 6. V.K.Saraswat has been appointed as Director-General of ________? a)Vikram Sarabhai Space Center b)BSF c)CISF d)DRDO e)RAW 7. How many model schools are set up by central government for putting primary education programme on a fast track? A)2500 b)3000 c)4000 d)4500 e)6000 8. To keep monitor interaction between the doctors and patients which state/UT has decided to install CCTV cameras in government hospitals? a) Haryana b)Tamilnadu c)Delhi d)Andhra Pradesh e)UP 9. What is Stagflation? a)Inflation with growth b)Deflation with growth c)Inflation after Deflation d)Deflation after inflation e)Inflation with depression 10. Who has been appointed as Media Adviser to Prime Minister? a)Y. S Bhave b)Harish Khare c)Pradeep Kumar d)Sunil Mitra e)A P Chaudary 11. Who among the following are not a Deputy Governor of RBI at present? a)S. Gopinath b)K.C Chakrabarty c)Rakesh Mohan d)Usha Thorat e)none of these 12. Which Country will host the ICC T-20 World Cup in 2010?

a)India b)England c)South Africa d)Australia & New Zealand e)none 13. Which of the following associates of State Bank of India planning to merge in SBI? a)State Bank of Saurashtra b)State Bank of Travancore c)State Bank of Hyderabad d)State Bank of Indore e)State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur 14. Justice Bilal Nazki has been appointed as Chief Justice of which of the following states? a)Karnataka b)Gujarat c)Orissa d)Assam e)Madhya Pradesh 15. Which Country is the biggest Supplier of Uranium in the World? A)Australia b)Canada c)France d)Kazhakastan e)Russia 16. Two States is a book written by? A)Shashi Tharoor b)Vikram Seth c)Hillary Clinton d)Nandita Das e)Chetan Bhagat

17. Among which of the following persons recently President Pratibha Patel nominated to Rajya Sabha? a)H K Dua b)Geet Sethi c)A K Ganguly d)Both a & b e)Both a & c 18. Gulshan Kumar Mehta recently died, he was a famous __________ ? a)Poet b)Lyricist c)Painter d)Actor e)none 19. Lars Lokke Rasmussen is the new prime minister of which of the following countries? a)Denmark b)Hungary c)Sweden d)Austria e)Poland 20. How many crores are sanctioned by NABARD to Uttar Pradesh for irrigation, rural and bridge projects? a)157 crores b)270 crores c)320 crores d)525 crore d)none

Corporation Bank PO General Awareness Paper 2009

1) Which of the following is not a core sector? ANS:Road Transport

2) Late YS Reddy belongs to which party? Ans:Congress(not given in options)

3) Mahila Court in Every district in which state? Ans:Andhra Pradesh

4) Nepal Republic day Ans:May 29th

5) Pankaj Advani belongs to which sport? Ans:Snooker(not given in Options)

6)Bank rate-6%

7)SLR-25%( not given in options)

8)World Green index Top position-India

9) Awacs from - Israel

10) UEFA Champions Leauge won -Barcelona

11) RBI Technical Committee-Usha Thorat

12) PM did not contested from any of the given Constituenties Ans:is none(not given in options)(He is Rajya Sabha Member from Assam)

13) FIFA World Cup 2010-South Africa

14) Mardika cup related to - FootBall

15) Deep Joshi awarded - Ramon Magsaysay Award

16) Nirupama Rao - Foreign Secretary

17) Four cabinet Women ministers elected in - Kuwait

18) Sajjil-2 missile tested by - Iran

19) Gas pipeline between - Iran & Pakistan

20) Tiger Summit-Rajasthan

21) Nepal Republic Day- May 29th 2009

22) Who won the Spanish International Badminton Tournament champions - Sayali Gokhale

23) CEO of the Year by Global Supply Chain Leaders Group Indra Nooyi

24) PPP-Purchasing Power Parity

25) How many crores are allocated for Rural water -50,000 crore

26) 100 crores are assested for - Tata Institute of Social Sciene

27)Which scheme is success under Bharat Nirman ?

28) Which country is planning to probe a mars in Space?

29) One Question on Economic Survey

30) One Railway Budget question

31) Two questions on books and authors?

32) One Union Budget question

1. Who is Chairman of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)? a)Sam Pitroda b)M S Swaminathan c)R K Pachauri d)Alok Mishra e)none 2. Who is the first player in the Test Cricket to cross 10,000 runs? a)Allan Border b)Sunil Gavaskar c)Sachin Tendulkar d)Brain Lara e)Steve Waugh

3. Which Bank has been awarded the Financial Express Best Banks: Best Banker of the Year Award 2008? a)ICICI b)Axis Bank c)HDFC d)PNB e)SBI 4. Ben Bernake is associated with? a)ADB b) World Bank c)IMF d)Federal Reserve e)FBI 5. Name the Supreme Commander of India at present? a)Manmohan Singh Patil 6.Manmohan Singh has been at what position in the list of Most Powerful People in the World compiled by Forbes Magazine? a)4th b)19th c)31st d)36th e)50th 7. Sachin Tendulkar has become the ____ player in the Test history of the game to have an international career spanning more than 20 years . a)1st b)2nd c)3rd d)9th e)16th 8.India and ASEAN have set the ______________ as the deadline for reaching an agreement for opening services trade. a)April 2010 b)December 2009 c)August 2010 d)December 2010 e)May 2010 b)Deepak Kapoor c)P V Naik d)P Chidambaram e)Pratibha

9. Expand IDP? a)Indian Displaced Persons b)Internal Discussion Panel c)Initial Developed programme d)Internally Displaced Persons e)none 10. Roger Federer has won the two Grand Slam Titles this year 2009.what are those? a)Australian Open,French Open b)Wimbeldon,French Open c)US Open,Wimbeldon d)Australian Open,Wimbeldon e)French Open,US Open 11.Who has been conferred with Satyajit Ray Award for his contribution to Indian Cinemas? A)Amitabh Bachchan b)Rajesh Khanna c)Kamala Hasan d)Basu Chatterjee e)none

12.Which IIM(Indian Institute of Management) has been recognized as the No.1 business school in India, A/c to the 2009 worldwide business school ranking carried out by Eduniversal. a)IIM-Bangalore b)IIM Ahmedabad c)IIM Kolkatta d)IIM Indore e)none 13.Which of the following is not a member of UN Security Council? a)China b)France c)UK d)Russia e)Germany 14.Hamid Karzai has been re-elected as the President of which of the following countries? a)Iran b)Saudi Arabia c)Afghanistan d)Kuwait e)Iraq

15.Which of the following sector is the biggest tax evader in 2008-09? a)Financial b)Real Estate c)Manufacturing d)Arts & Films e)none

16.What is the limit of the upper circuit that halts the Trading for a Day? a)5% b)10% c)15% d)20% e)30% 17. What is LCROSS? a)It is border between India and Pakistan b)It is a border between India and China c)It was a Robetic Space craft(launched by NASA.) d)Missile tested by North Korea e)Missile tested by Iran. 18.Many times we see the word F & O in the financial Newspapers. what is the full form of it? a)Fixed Operation b)Futures Opinion c) Financial Operation d)Fiscal Operation e)Futures Options 19.Who is the author of the book India: From Midnight to the Millenium? a)Amartya Sen b)R K Narayanan c)Shashi Tharoor d)Abdul Kalam e)V S Naipaul 20.Rovers Cup is associated with sport? A)Football b)Hockey c)Cricket d)Badminton e)Tennis

SBI Clerical General Awareness Paper 15-11-09 @ 2pm

1)NCDEX commodity stock exchange is headquartered at which of the following cities? a)Mumbai b)Delhi c)hyderabad d)Chennai e)Lucknow. 2)Serene williams won which grandslam by defeating Venus Williams? a)Australian open b)French Open c)Wimbeldon Open d)US Open 3)Brazil won the Confederation cup by beating ____________? a)Pakistan b)US c)South Africa d)South Korea e)Germany 4)Who state won the Santhosh trophy? a)Uttar pradesh b)Madhya Pradesh c)Tamilnadu d)Mumbai e)Goa 5)Oscar awards are given in the field of _________? a)Literature b)sports c)films d)Economics e)Politics 6)what is the current repo rate? a)5% b)6% c)3.25% d)4.75% e)24% 7)which director got the Best Director Award in IIFA 2009 awards? a)Amir Khan b)Ashutosh Gowarikar c)Karan Johar d)Bhansali e)none 8)who is the chairman of 13th finance commission? a)Rangarajan b)Rakesh Mohan c)Vijay Kelkar d)Sam pitroda e)none 9)Recently India freed the import/export duties of nearly 2200 items with which country? a)ASEAN b)Sinagapore c)south korea d)china e)malayasia 10)Mahmoud Ahmadinejad re-elected as the president of _________? a)Iran b)Iraq c)Afghanistan d)Kuwait e)none 11)H R Bhardwaj was appointed the governor of which state? a)Karnataka b)Andhra Pradesh c)Tamilnadu d)Maharashtra e)none 12)National Sports day is celebrated on? a)Sep 29th b)july 19th c)Aug 29th d)Sep 19th e)Aug 19th 13)The Union government has given a agriculture credit to farmers of rupees ___________? a)1,00,000 crore b)2,00,000 crore c)3,00,000 crore d)3,25,000 crore e)4,00,000 crore 14)India has upgraded the AN-32 aircrafts from which of the following countries?

a)Ukraine b)Russia c)Israel d)US e)France 15) How many crore are allocated for Pradan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana in Union budget 2009-10? a)100 b)200 c)500 d)1000 e)none 16)With which Organisation RBI will discuss about the Indian Forex Reserves? a)SBI b)SIDBI c)NABARD d)SEBI e)none 17)Expand POS? Answer:Point of Scale 18)First BRIC summit held in? a)India b)Brazil c)China d)Russia e)none 19)First EU-Pakistam summit held in __________? a)Pakistan b)Brussels c)Germany d)Italy e)Russia 20)India is in 3rd position in the world in which of the following ? a)Coal b)Gold c)Steel d)auto maker e)none 21)Yen is the currency of which country? a)china b)Malaysia c)South Korea d)cuba e)none(Japan) 22)Who is the chairman of Unique Identification (UID) cards? a)Narayana murthy b)Gopalakrishna c)Ramalinga raju d)Azim premji e)none(Nilekeni) 23)Which of the following does not come under Core Sector? a)Coal b)Cement c)Steel d)Auto Maker e)petroleum 24)Which of the following awards are given in Literature? a)Saraswati Samman b)Dronacharya c)padma shri d)..e) 25)How many crores(approaximately) are allocated for National Rural Health Mission? a)5000 b)7000 c)9000 d)12000 e)14000 26)Miracle of Democracy is a book written by? a)Amartya sen b)Swaminathan c)Krishnamurthy .T.S d)Nandan Nilekeni e)none 27) Doing Business report is released by which Organisation? a)IMF b)ADB c)World Bank d)WTO e)none

28)Sixth Indo-Gulf Conference held in which city? a)Mumbai b)Hyderabad c)Chennai d)Delhi e)none 29)Indias Gross Fiscal Deficit in 2008-09? a)5% b)6% c)7% d)8% e)9% 30) Bad Loans in banking terminology is refered as ________ a)Bad Debt b)NPAs c)d)e). 31)which of the following is not a social welfare scheme? a)Mid day meal b)Sarva siksha abhayan c)look east policy d). 32)Which term is not related to banking? a)Deposits b)Demand c)cash withdrawal d)Equinox e). 33)Britains second biggest trading partner? a)India b)China c)US d)Russia e). 34)One railway budget question with three options..dont remember exactly? 35) Micro Credit means.? 36)Which bank has given aid to Defence sectorSBI. 37)question in International author and book.dont remember exactly? 38)which of the following term is not related to Hockey? a)Goal b)Slice c)Hook d).......... 39)which scheme to provide rural amenities and infrastructure to rural people?? a)Bharat Nirman b)NREGA c)Sarva Siksha Abhayan d)PMGAY e)none
1. How many Public Sector Banks are there in India excluding the associates of SBI? a)18 b)19 c)20 d)21 e)27 2. Recently which bank has announced a special home loan scheme with interest rate of 8%? a)ICICI Bank b)Canara Bank c)Yes Bank d)Andhra Bank e)Axis Bank 3. Mutual Funds are regulated by __________ in India?

a)RBI b)SEBI c)Mutual Funds Authority d)AMFI e)Finance Commission

4. Which of the following pairs is not true? a)HDFC - Aditya puri b)TVS - Venu Srinivasan c)Bharti Airtel Lakshmi Mittal d)Apple Steve Jobs e)Microsoft Steve Balmer 5. China has offered a ____ billion (100 Crores) of preferential loans to Africa? a)$1 b)$5 c)$8 d)$10 e)$15 6. Recently which country decided to impose a 2% tax on all foreign exchange inflows? a)India b)Brazil c)China d)US e)none 7. Who penned the book Straight from the Heart ? a)Kapil Dev b)Ravi Shastri c)Sunil Gavaskar d)Sachin Tendulkar e)Mohinder Amarnath 8. Double Fault is the term used in which of the following sport? a)Football b)Badminton c)Golf d)Hockey e)Tennis 9. Ram Pradhan Committee is associated to which of the following? a)Menace of Ragging b)Mumbai Attacks c)FDI d)Women Reservation e)School system in India 10. India has been ranked at what position in Man-Women equality released by WEF? a)2nd b)134th c)1st d)34th e)114th 11. Who among the following received the Sahara Indian Sports Award 2008-09 ? a)M S Dhoni b)Gautam Gambhir c)Abhinav Bhindra d)Pankaj Advani e)Saina Nehwal 12. C K Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award for the year 2008-09 has been awarded to________? a)Mohinder Amarnath b)Kapil Dev c)Sunil Gavaskar d)Gundappa Vishwanath e)Ravi Shastri

13. Indias export for the year 2008-09 _________? a)$115 billion b)$120 billion c)$185 billion d)$200 billion e)$225 billion 14. Sachin Tendulkar created history by making __________ runs in ODI cricket match? a)15000 b)16000 c)17000 d)18000 e)12000 15. Which of the following rates are not fixed by RBI? a)SLR b)PLR c)CRR d)Repo rate e)Bank rate 16. Which of the following pairing is not true? a)Kapil Sibal D Purandeshwari b)S M Krishna Shashi Tharoor c)Chidambaram Ajay Maken d)Pranab Mukherjee Pratik Patel e)A K Antony Pallam Raju 17. Who won the Asia Cup womens Hockey Tournament held in Bangkok? a)China b)India c)South Korea d)Pakistan e)Thailand 18. With which country India have decided to boost their cooperation in the energy sector as they agreed to complete a key cross-border transmission line by May 2012 ? a)Bangladesh b)Pakistan c)Nepal d)China e)Myanmar 19. Who is Mr. India 2009? a)Pravesh Rana b)Malkaj Singh c)Shankhar Rana d)Sandeep Kumar e)Nitin Kumar 20. Who is the author of the book Universe in a Single Atom? a)Pervez Musharaff b)Aung San Suu Kyi c)Barack Obama d)Mohamed ElBaradei e)Dalai Lama

Note:
1) With associates of SBI total no. of PSB's in India is 26(19+SBI+SBI associates(6)). 3)AMFI(Association of mutual funds in India) 4)Sunil Mittal CEO of Bharti Airtel. 11)Mary Kom & Abhinav Bhindra are the receipents of Sahara Indian Sports Award 2008-09. 16)Ministry of State for Finance : Namo Narain Meena. 17)China won by defeating India.

1. The Reserve Bank of India purchased 200 tonnes of gold worth _____ from IMF? a)$3.5 billion b)$5.7 billion c)$6.8 billion d)$7.5 billion e)$9 billion 2. Rangarajan Committee has recommended __________ disinvestment in PSUs? a)10% b)26% c)49% d)51% e)none 3. Which of the following associates of SBI, State bank of India acquired and merged in 2008? a)State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur b)State Bank of Saurashtra c)State Bank of Travancore d)State Bank of Hyderabad e)State Bank of Indore 4. Who is the present Comptroller and Auditor General of India? a)Vinod Rai b)T.N. Chaturvedi c)Gopal Subramanyam d)V.N. Kaul e)Harish Salve 5. Recently India has tightened up of enforcement visas rules to which of the following countries for unskilled and semi-skilled workers to work in India? a)Bangladesh b)Nepal c)China d)US e)Malaysia 6. Sethusamudram Ship Channel Project links which of the following countries through sea? a)Indian, Pakistan b)India, Nepal c)India, Myanmar d)India, Srilanka e)India, China 7. Which is the first and only hospital to receive Special Postage Stamp recognition from the government towards the Indian health-care? a)Wockhdardt Hospital b)Apollo Hospital c)NIMHANS d)AIIMS e)St George Hospital 8. Kaziranga National Park (KNP) is located in which of the following states? a)Rajasthan b)Uttarakhand c)Gujarat d)Uttar Pradesh e)Assam 9. The government has approached the Finance Commission and the Planning Commission for arrangement of Rs 1.74 lakh crore as estimated for implementation of the ________________ ?

a)MGREGA b)Nuclear Power Plants through the India c)Right To Education Act d)All the Schemes launched for the Rural people e)All the above 10. Who has become the first Indian to receive Yale University's top honour 'Legend in Leadership Award' ? a)APJ Abdul Kalam b)Ratan Tata c)D.Subbarao d)Nandan Nilakeni e)O P Bhatt 11. Which of the following provides insurance cover for bank deposits? a)RBI b)IRDA c)DICGCI d)GIC e)Finance Commission 12. Which of the following countries has the Worlds Largest Reserves of Gold? a)US b)China c)China d)Germany e)IMF 13. The Term Fourth Estate Refers to the __________? a)Executive b)Legislature c)Judiciary d)Press e)citizens 14. Budget is presented under which of the following the articles of the Constitution of India? a)Article 103 b)Article 112 c)Article 110 d)Article 256 e)none of these 15. A/c to Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Indian Power sector needs a total investment of __________ billion in the next eight years to achieve planned growth? a)$150 b)$200 c)$250 d)$300 e)none 16. Who wrote the novel The Insider? a)I.K Gujaral b)L.K Advani c)V. P Singh d)A B Vajpayee e)P.V. Narasimha Rao 17. Inflations occurs when the ____________________________? a)price of essential commodities outstrips income b)money supply grows at a higher rate than the GDP in real terms c)exchange rate of currency falls d)fiscal deficit exceeds the balance of payment

e)both a & b 18. Ashes Series is the Test Match Series between which of the following teams/countries? a)Australia & New Zealand b)England & South Africa c)New Zealand & England d)Australia & England e)India & England 19. Ben Bernake has been appointed for the second term as the Chairman of ________? a)RBS b)IMF c)WTO d)World Bank e)Federal Reserve 20. Who won the Nehru cup title held in Delhi? a)Malaysia b)Syria c)India d)Pakistan e)Sourh Korea 1. Which Bank has received the Outlook Money NDTV Profit Award 2009 in the category of Best Education Loan Provider ? a)Central Bank of India b)SBI c)Corporation Bank d)Union Bank of India e)PNB 2. In which of the following associates banks SBI holds 100% stake? a)State Bank of Hyderabad b)State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur c)State Bank of Travancore d)State Bank of Indore e)State Bank of Mysore 3. Which state is opposing the FTA (Free Trade Agreement) with ASEAN? a)Andhra Pradesh b)Goa c)Karnataka d)Tamilnadu e)Kerala 4. Who has been taken over as Director of Vikran Sarabahi Space Centre (VSSC) after K,Radhakrsihnan took over as Chairman of ISRO? a)G. Madhavan Nair b)P.S. Veeraraghavan c)A.C Basu d)Kamlesh Sharma e)B.N Sharma 5. Who is considered as the "founding father" of Indian Space Programme? a)Abdul Kalam b) Satish Dawan c) Vikram Sarabhai d)Rakesh Sharma e)Madhavan Nair

6. Which city will host the 16th International Children Film Festival in November 2009? a)Chandigarh b)Chennai c)Goa d)Hyderabad e)Jaipur 7. Which state has celebrated its formation day on November 1st? a)Andhra Pradesh b)Kerala c)Maharashtra d)Tamilnadu e)Karnataka 8. Real is the currency of which of the following countries? a)Israel b)South Africa c)Cuba d)Greenland e)Brazil 9. Government is deciding to give another Stimulus Package, so that which among the following sectors will be benefited? a)Textiles b)Engineering c)Leather d)Pharmaceuticals e)All the above 10. Hosni Mubarak the President of Egypt has been in the post for the past _____years? a)15 b)20 c)28 d)35 e)41 11. Who won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the first race to start in daylight and end at night? a)Jenson Button b)Sebastian Vessel c)Mark Webber d)Lewis Hamilton e)Narain Karthikeyan 12. Which Country has emerged as the most optimistic globally, with better improving conditions, better growth and job prospects a/c to the report by Global Consultancy firm? a)India b)China c)Hongkong d)Indonesia e)Norway 13. Who among the following is the recipient of Indira Gandhi Peace Prize? 1)Rajiv Gandhi 2)Jimmy Carter 3)Hamid Karzai 4)M S Swaminathan 5)Bill Gates a)only 2,5 b)only 4 & 5 c)only 1 & 3 d)only 2,4 & 5 e)All the above

14. Mohamed ElBaradei, the 4th Director-General of IAEA and Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2005 and Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2008 Winner hails from which of the following country? a)Brazil b)US c)South Africa d)Egypt e)none 15. Who has been elected as the first goodwill ambassador for the cleft Charity Organization Smile Train ? a)Nandita Das b)Shabana Azmi c)Aishwarya Rai d)Shilpa Shetty e)D.Purendeshwari 16. Lakshmi Mittal retained the richest Business Tycoon in which of the following countries recently? a)China b)UK c)Germany d)South Africa e)Argentina 17. Who won the WTA Championship? a)Dinara Safina b)Serena Williams c)Venus Williams d)Maria Sharapova e)Ana Ivanovic 18. In which of the following days World Diabetes day is observed? a)November 14th b)July 29th c)August 29th d)November 27th e)September 29th 19. Who wrote the book Power Politics? a)Salman Rushdie b)V S Naipaul c)Arundathi Roy d)Anita Desai e)Vikram Seth 20. Which of the following two states are affected by recent heavy floods, where many of them lost there houses, wealth and life, PM has given an assistance 1000 crores for each state? a)Karnataka, Tamilnadu b)Karnataka, Kerala c)Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka d)Karnataka, Maharashtra e)none 1. Government is holding 100% stake in which of the following Banks? a)Vijaya Bank b)Bank of India c)Indian Bank d)United Bank of India e)Punjab & Sind Bank 2. The XX Commonwealth Games will be held at _________ ?

a)India, 2010 b)France, 2012 c)London, 2012 d)Scotland,2014 e)Vancouver, 2014 3. How many Crores are allocated for Indira Awas Yojana(IAY) in the Union Budget 0910? a)2,057 b)8,883 c)2,112 d)3,472 e)6,656 4. Which of the following are the two countries that Barack Obama scrapped the missiledefense shield favored by George W.Bush to protect Europe from Iranian missiles? a)Poland, Czech Republic b)Netherlands, Sweden c)Austria, Spain d)Czech Republic, Sweden e)Poland, Spain 5. Who has been selected as Umpire of the Year in ICC-Awards 2009? a)Steve Buckner b)Rudy Koertzen c)Aleem Dar d)Simon Taufel e)none 6. For Which film Uma Shree has been selected as Best Actress in 55th National Film Awards-2009? a)Kanchivaram b)Gulabi Talkies c)Gandhi My Father d)Dharm e)none 7. Which country will introduce a carbon tax to slash its green house gas emission? a)India b)Russia c)China d)Denmark e)France 8. Many times we read the term ECB in financial newspapers.What is the full form of ECB ? a)Essential Commercial Borrowings b)Essential Credit Borrowings c)Essential Credit Business d)External Commercial Borrowings e)External Credit Business 9. Which Organization has sold 403.3 tonnes of gold for $13 billion to boost its lending capacity particularly to poor countries? a)World Bank b)Asian Development Bank c)UNESCO d)IMF e)none 10.A/c to new Chairman of ISRO K.Radhakrishna, India would launch a manned moon mission in _______ ? a)2013 b)2011 c)2012 d)2020 e)2015

11. How many billion US dollars are given to Pakistan as a military aid by US? a)2.3 b)1.5 b)7.5 d)5.0 e)none 12. Which of the following is not a Himalayan state? a)Arunachal Pradesh b)Uttarakhand c)Sikkim d)Himachal Pradesh e)none 13. Which country is hosting the BRIC Summit in 2010? a)Brazil b)Russia c)India d)China e)none of these 14. Suez Canal is located in which of the following country ? a)China b)South Africa c)Sudan d)Egypt e)Russia 15. POSCO is one of the largest Steel maker belongs to which of the following countries? a)Russia b)South Korea c)Japan d)China e)France 16. Recently US has decided to deploy _________ more troops in Afghanistan? a)21,000 b)8,000 c)13,000 d)11,000 e)5,000 17. Government has decided to increase its stake by 10% in Nationalized banks, which of the following bank does not come under this discussion? a) Dena Bank b)Bank of Baroda c)Andhra Bank d)Oriental Bank of Commerce e)none 18. World Health Day is observed on? a)April 7th b)March 15th c)March 7th d)April 18th e)March 3rd 19. NTPC-BHEL power projects private limited, a 50:50 joint venture would set up the first power equipment manufacturing plant with an outlay of Rs.6,000 crore at Mannavaram, it is situated in which of the following state? a)Uttar Pradesh b)Gujarat c)Andhra Pradesh d)Karnataka e)Maharashtra 20. Who is the Chairperson of Children Films Society? a)Shabana Azmi b)Nirupama Rao c)Nandita Das e)Meena Shankar e)Shilpa Shetty.

1. What is Indias Position in Global Gender Gap Index 2009 released by World Economic Forum (WEF)?
a)134 b)98 c)143 d)86 e)114

2. Former Test and ODI Umpire David Shepherd had passed away, he belongs to which country ? a)Australia b)New Zealand c)England d)West Indies e)South Africa 3. The Seventh Asia Cup Hockey Championship for women will be held at ___________? a)India b)Malaysia c)South Korea d)Thailand e)China

4. Who has been appointed as the Deputy Governor of RBI recently?

a) Rakesh Mohan b)K C Chakrabarty c)Subir Gokarn d)Shyamala Gopinath e)none 5. National Rural Employment Guarantee Act(NREGA) or MGREGA is a job guarantee Scheme launched in which of the following the years ? a)2004 b)2005 d)2003 d)2006 e)2002 6. In the Second quarter of Monetary Policy 2009-10, RBI has increased the Statutory Liquid Ratio (SLR) to _______ ? a)5% b)4.75% c)24% d)6% e)none 7. Chagan Bhujbal has been appointed as Deputy Chief Minister of which of the following state? a)Arunachal Pradesh b)Haryana c)Maharashtra d)Punjab e)Jharkhand 8. Who amongst the following is the author of the book Development As Freedom ? a)C. Rangarajan b)Y.V.Reddy c)D.Subbarao d)Amartya Sen e)Aung San Suu Kyi 9. Chandrayan-2 is designed in the joint association of India and __________ ? a)US b)Russia c)France d)UK e)Japan 10. With Which Country India signs an agreement on sea food export ? a)Srilanka b)Japan c)Russia d)Bangladesh e)Pakistan 11.Stride-2009 is a military Exercise of which of the following countries? a)China b)India c)Russia d)France e)US 12. Microsoft and Yahoo signed an agreement of how many years to compete against Search engine giant Google?

a)3 years b)5 years

c)8 years d)10 years e)15 years

13. Who won the SCOPE award? a)Barack Obama b)Deep Joshi c)D N Dwivedi e)S.S.Roongta

d)Bindeshwar Pathak

14. Kim Jhong-II is associated to which of the following countries? a)Israel b)South Korea c)Japan d)North Korea e)Malyasia 15. Where is the first airport located in Asia to achieve a LEED Silver Certification award? a)Hyderabad b)Delhi c)Beijing d)Tokyo e)Singapore 16. With which country India is planning to build the under-the-sea pipeline? a)Russia b)China c)Iran d)Oman e)US 17. Srilanka purchased the development equipment worth Srilanka Rs 2,049 million for the Northern Province ? a)India b)Russia c)China d)France e)US 18. Expand FPO? a)First public offer b)Final public offer c)Floating public offer d)Fixed public offer e)Follow-on public offer 19. Commonwealth Games will be held with a period of ________ ? a)1yr b)2yr c)3yr d)4yr e)5yr 20. Which of the following countries will host Olympic games in 2016, 2014, 2012 respectively? a)Canada, Brazil, UK b)Brazil, Canada, Uk c)Russia, Brazil, Canada d)UK,Russia,Canada e)Brazil,Russia,UK

1. Who has been appointed as next Chairman of ISRO ? a)K. Ramakrishna b)K Radha Krishnan c)K Kasturirangan d)U R Rao e)none 2. Which of the following is a member of ASEAN ? a)Burma b)India c)China d)Japan e)none of these. 3. .Which of the following Countries is the Worlds Largest Producer of Gold ? a)India b)China c)Russia d)UAE e)South Africa 4. The NABARD has sanctioned Rs.351.55 crore assistance for Rural Infrastructure Development Fund(RFID) to which of the following state governments ? a)Haryana b)Gujarat c)Andhra Pradesh d)Punjab e)Uttar Pradesh 5. H5N1 is a ________ ? a)Dog flu b)Bird flu c)Horse flu d)Humans flu e)none 6. Who is the Chairman of Textiles Committee ? a)Dayanidhi Maran b)M. Ramaswamy c)T. Kannan d)Senthil Kumar e)Britto Joseph 7. Pulitzer Prizes are not given in which of the following fields ? a)Drama b)Music c)Sports d)both b & c e)All of these 8 .Who among the following was the first Indian to win an Oscar ? a)A R Rehman b)Satyajit Ray c)Shekar Kapoor d)Bhanu Athaiya e)Ritwik Ghatak 9 Kerry Lugar Bill is related to which of the following countries? a)India-US b)US-Iraq c)Afghanistan-US d)US-Pakistan e)US-Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iraq 10.A/c to World Watch Institute, India will be the most populous country by _____ ? a)2020 b)2030 d)2040 d)2050 e)2015 11. Who is the newly elected Tunisias President ? a)Abidine Ben Ali b)Habib Bourguiba c)Hamed Karoui d)Mohamed Ghannouchi e)none

12. To Which Country ADB has sanctioned USD 744 millions to help the impoverished country fight off the effects of the global economic crisis. a)India b)Nepal c)Srilanka d)Bangladesh e)Pakistan 13. RBI has projected the Indian Economy will grow during 2009-10 is _____ ? a)6.5% b)6.0% c)6.2% d)6.8% e)7% 14. Gopal Padhke, a recipient of Dronacharya award has recently passed away, he belongs to which sport/game ? a)Chess b)Hockey c)Kho-Kho d)Bandminton e)none 15.Two Lives is a book penned by ________ ? a)V S Naipaul b)M S Swaminathan c)Arundati Roy d)Vikram Seth e)Shashi Tharoor 16. Who Clinched the Airtel Champions League T20 held in India ? a)Trinidad & Tobago b)Cape Cobras c)Delhi Daredevils d)Victoria Bushranges e)New South Wales 17Who is the New CMD of Punjab and National Bank ? a)K R Kamath b)K C Cakrabarthy c)Ashok jha d)K V Kamath e)G S Vedi 18. Recently India banned exports and imports of all items from which of the following countries? a)Pakistan b)Iran c)Afghanistan d)North Korea e)Iraq 19.Which of the following is a not true ? 1)Nepal can export imported Indian goods to third countries 2)Infantry day is celebrated by Army on October 27 3)C B Muthamma is Indias first woman Ambassador. 4)During the second quarter of Monetary Policy, RBI increased CRR to 1%. 5)Planning Commission was constituted under Article 280 by president a)only 1 b)only 2 & 3 c)only 4 d)only 5 e)only 4 & 5

20.According to Prime Minister Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC), Indian Economy has projected at _____ ? a)6% b)6.5% c)6.8 d)7% e)none 1. Who has taken over the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh ? a)Prem Khandu b)Dorjee Khandu c)Mukut Mithi d)Gegong Apang e)none 2. Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) in India went down by two percentages from 57 to 55 per 1000 live births between 2006 and 2007, a report released by? a)World Bank b)Ministry of Health c)WHO d)PMO e)Registrar General of India 3. Recently Government has cleared 26 FDI proposals of worth Rs ________ ? a)900 b)1130 c)1360 d)750 e)848 4. The Centre decided to launch a Rs ____ crore plan to strengthen fire and emergency services in the country? a)100 b)125 c)150 d)200 e)250 5. In Railway budget 2009-10, how many Duronto Trains are introduced ? a)10 b)12 c)14 d)8 e)none of these 6. In Union Budget 2009-10, how many crores are allocated for Higher Education ? a)500 b)750 c)1000 d)1500 e)2000 7.Smart Money is a term used for __________ ? a)Internet Banking b)Credit Card c)Cash with Bank/Public d)Debit Card e)none 8.Balika Diwas day (Girl Day) is observed on ? a)Jan 29th b)March 8th c)July 9th d)Dec 9th e)Oct 5th 9. With Which of the following Countries India has inked an MoU on co-operation in the area of climate change and implementation of the clean development mechanism (CDM) projects of the Kyoto Protocol ? a)Norway b)Japan c)Thailand c)Britain e)US

10. The Orbit of Chandrayan-1 has been rised form 100 km to _____ ? a)500 b)200 c)150 d)300 e)none 11)Fujitsu has developed the Worlds fastest CPU, it belongs which Country? a)South Korea b)US c)Japan d)China e)none 12.Who has been elected for Ministry of Water Resource after Meira Kumari has taken over the Speaker of Lok Sabha ? a)Manmohan Singh b)Rahul Bandari c)Jagdeep Goyal d)Manish Kumar e)Pawan Kumar Bansal 13.Pakistan has won the ICC T20 Championship after beating _________ ? a)India b)Australia c)New Zealand d)Srilanka e)West Indies 14. India decided to drop the $1 billion defense deal for mid-air refuellers with which country? a)Russia b)France c)Israel d)Britain e)US 15.Who is the first Indian woman Foreign Secretary ? a)Chokila Iyer b)Nirupama Rao c)Meera Shankar d)Vijalakshmi Pandit e)Indira Gandhi 16.Which Film has won the Best Film in IIFA 2009 Awards ? a)Ghajini b)Wednesday c)Jodhaa Akbar d)Fashion e)Singh is King 17.Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy has won the Mens Double in French Open 2009, Lukas Dlouhy belongs to which of the following Country ? a)Peru b)Spain c)US d)UK e)Czech Republic 18.For how many months President rule is imposed on Jharkhand after Union Cabinet has decided to end President's rule in Jharkhand and dissolve the state assembly(polling will be held on November-December 2009)? a)3 months b)6 months c)9 months d)12 months e)none 19.Chiku the Champ is mascot for _____________ ?

a)FIFA World Cup b)Common Wealth Games c)National Games d)Asian Table Tennis Championship e)Olympics 2010 20.Which IT Company it has entered into a 10-year IT outsourcing agreement with Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) for providing IT Infrastructure and services for IGI Airport. a)Wipro b)TCS c)Infosys d)Tech Mahindra e)CTS 1.Which of the following is Indias first approved Genetically Modified (GM) food crop ? a)Bt Cotton b)Bt Tomato c)Bt Sugar d) Bt Brinjal e) Bt Potato 2. Which of the following countries is not a member of G77 ? a)India b)South Africa c)Japan d)China e)Pakistan 3. Under Which Article President rule can be imposed in a State? a)Article 365 b)Article 355 c)Article 352 d)Article 356 e)Article 360 4.Justice PD Dinakaran facing the charges of disproportionate assets against him, He was the Chief justice of which of the following State ? a)Tamilnadu b)Karnataka c)Madhya Pradesh d)Orissa e)none 5. Shiv Charan Mathur recently passed away, he belongs to which field ? a)Politics b)Carnatic Vocalist c)Writer d)Musician e)both b & c 6.The 155th OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) meeting held at ? a)Austria b)UAE c)Venezuela d)Qatar e)Angola 7. India and has contributed USD ________ to the International Fund for the Elimination of Doping in Sports in eve of Commonwealth Games next year. a)10,000 b)15,000 c)20,000 d)25,000 e)50,000

8.Which is the only Indian company in the 25 A T Kearney Global Champions for 2009 list ? a)Infosys b)SBI c)Airtel d)RIL e)TCS 9.Who has been elected as the president of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) ? a)Priyan Ranjan Dasmunsi b)Praful patel c)Narendra Modi d) SN Banerjee e)none 10.With Which Country India will renegotiate the taxation treaty under the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ) Model Tax Convention ? a)Singapore b)South Korea c)UAE d)Egypt e)Chile 11.Justin Henin belongs to which sport ? a)Badminton b)Cricket c)Lawn Tennis

d)Hockey e)Gymnastics

12.Mushtaq Ali Trophy is related to which Sport ? a)Hockey b)Chess c)Football d)Golf e)Cricket 13.Who is the Chairperson of 18th Law Commission ? a)Veerappa Moily b) A R Lakshmanan c) M. Jagannadha Rao d)B. P. Jeevan Reddy e)Yahir Mahmood 14.Which of the following is not a Special Forces of India ? a)National Security Guards(NSG) b)Special Protection Group(SPG) c)Border Security Force(BSF) d)Special Frontier Force(SFF) e)Para Commandos 15. Besides the US, UK, Russia, France & China, How many non-permanent members are there in UN Security Council ? a)1 b)2 c)3 d)5 e)10 16.The 55th National School Games will be held in __________ ? a)Hyderabad b)Kolkatta c)Chandigarh d)Jaipur e)none

17.International Human Rights Day is observed on ? a)Oct 23rd b)Sep 10th c)Dec 10th d)Dec 23rd e)Dec 7th 18.Who has been awarded the UNESCO annual peace prize for the year 2009? a)Barack Obama b)Marti Ahtisaari c)Bill Gates d)Jimmy Carter e) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva 19.The Bihar government sanctioned approximately Rs ______ crore for extension, renovation and modernisation of eastern Kosi canal system ? a)750 b)1000 c)800 d)500 e)none 20.Aung San Suu Kyi whose name was in News recently, She belongs to which country ? a)India b)Nepal c)Bangladesh d)Myanmar e)South Korea 1.Who Crowned the Femina Miss India 2009 ? a)Ekta Chowdary b)Shriya Kishore c)Pooja Chopra e)none.

d) Parvathy Omanakuttan

2. Computerization of Banks was suggested by which of the following committee ? a)Rangarajan Committee b)Tandaon Committee c)Janikiraman Committee d)Manmohan Singh Committee e)Shetty Committee 3.India signed a civil nuclear agreements with seven countries, In which of the following countries did India has not signed a civil nuclear agreement ? a)Kazakhstan b)Mongolia c)Namibia d)UK e)Argentina 4.Which of the following countries is the worlds biggest emitter of carbon dioxide(CO2) ? a)US(2) b)China(1) c)India(3) d)Russia(4) e)Pakistan 5.Who has been elected as the president of the Indian Languages Newspapers Association (ILNA) ?

a)Uttam Chand Sharma b)V K Chopra Reddy e)none 6.Expand NELP ? a)Nominal Equal Liquidity policy b)New Exploration Land Programme c)New Education Lightning Programme d)New Exploration Licensing policy e)Newly Equated Lending Policy

c)Dinesh Shakti Trikha d)VenkataRam

7.The Fourth East Asian Summit is slated to be held in _____________ ? a)Thailand b)Malaysia c)Singapore d)Philippines e)Vietnam 8.Which of the following cities in India will have a world class research institute on climate change ? a)Mumbai b)Hyderabad c)Pune d)Delhi e)Bangalore 9.Yukhio Hatoyama, the new Prime Minister of Japan belongs to the which of the following political parties ? a)Liberal Democratic party b)Japenese Communist Party c)Peoples new party d)Democratic party of Japan e)Social Democratic party 10.Latin American Countries decided to launch a new regional currency __________ in 2010 , replacing US Dollar ? a)Boliviano b)Sucre c)Peso d)Lempiras e)cordoba 11.Which of the following has become the first African country to win the FIFA U-20 World Cup-2009 that was held in Egypt ? a)South Africa b)Egypt c)Ghana d)Botswana e)Algeria 12.Rajiv Swagruha Scheme, a scheme for middle-class housing launched by ___________ government ? a)Andhra Pradesh b)Maharashtra c)Rajasthan d)Haryana e)Punjab

13.COPE India 2009 is a joint Air Force exercise between India and _________ recently held in Agra ? a)Russia b)China c)US d)France e)Japan 14.Which is the first country in the World to keep the Cabinet Meeting Under water ? a)US b)Srilanka c)Australia c)New Zealand e)Maldives 15. P V Narasimha Rao Elevated Expressway, country's longest fly-over which covers 11.6 km, is located in which of the following states ? a)Karnataka b)Tamilnadu c)Gujarat d)Maharashtra e)Andhra Pradesh 16.Which of the following Company/Organisation is not a Public Sector Unit (PSU) ? a)MTNL b)CMC c)VSNL d)NALCO e)none 17.Indirect Tax is a tax on ___________ ? a)Income b)Wealth c)Labour d)Commodities e)Housing 18.Which of the following is the first state to implement VAT (Value Added Tax) in India ? a)Kerala b)Punjab c)Haryana d)Andhra Pradesh e)Gujarat 19. Recently Indian government decided to give an extra amount of Rs.______ crore to the Sri Lankan government towards rehabilitating Tamils displaced by the civil war. a)500 c)600 b)750 d)1000 e)1500 20.Dreams from my Father is book written by _________ ? a)A P J Abdul Kalam b)George W.Bush c)Sachin Tendulkar e)none

d)Barack Obama

Imp Points: ->3rd Q:India signed civil nuclear agreements with US,France,Russia,Kazakhstan,Mongolia,Namibia,Argentina. ->9th Q:First non-Liberal Democratic Party to win in Japan. ->10th Q:Single Regional Payment Compensation System(Sucre). ->19th Q:India had already given 500 crores for Rehabil........ !!!

->20th Q:"Audacity of Hope","Dreams from my Father" are the two books written by Barack Obama. 1.The Union Govt. on 22nd June 2009, abolished the import duty on _______ items as part of its tariff elimination commitments under the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) with Singapore? a)2022 b)2202 c)2002 d)2220 e)2020 2.Who is the Banker of the Year-2009 presented by Business Standard ? a)O P Bhatt b)K V Kamath c)K C Chakrabarty d)Aditya Puri e)A C Mahajan 3. Who is the new President of ASSOCHAM ? a)Sajjan Jindal b)Dilip Modi c)Rahkumar Dhoot d)Swati Piramala e)D S Rawat 4. India is proposed to launch a South Asian regional train service between India and _______________ ? a)Bangladesh b)Pakistan c)China d)both a & c e)both a & b. 5.Which Country has won the maximum no. of medals in Beijing Olympics 2008 ? a)China b)Russia c)Germany d)US e)UK 6.According to World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), which country has taken No.1 position in the maximum number of patents in 2007 ? a)Japan b)China c)US d)Germany e)India 7. British government has sanctioned a ________ pounds loan for Tata motors for its new electric car project? a)1 billion b)10 billion c)10 million d)50 million e)75 million 8.World Food Day is celebrated on ______ ? a)Oct 18th b)Sep 18th c)Oct 16th d)Sep 16th e)Oct 24th 9.Who is the author of the book Two Lives ? a)V S Naipaul b)Vikram Seth c)Arundati Roy d)Jhumpa Lahiri

e)Shashi Tharoor

10.Government has declared as ___________ a national aquatic animal in order to save the rare freshwater species from disappearing from the country's aqua map ? a)Fish b)Blue Whale c)Shark d)Dolphin e)none. 11.Andhra Pradesh government has renamed the Kadapa District as ________________ ? a)Kadapa-Y S Rajeshekara Reddy b)Y S Rajeshekar Reddy c)Y S Reddy d)YSRkadapa e)none 12.The 2010 FIFA world cup will be held in _____________ ? a)India b)Italy c)Germany d)South Africa e)Czech Republic 13.Which is the only country yet to ratify the Lisbon treaty ? a)India b)Poland c)Czech Republic d)Ireland e)Austria 14.Which team has won the IPL-2 Edition ? a)Deccan Chargers b)Royal Challengers Bangalore c)Delhi Daredevils d)Chennai Super Kings e)none 15. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards are given in the field ________ ? a)Literature b)Politics c)Science d)Writer e)Education 16. India has rejected a demand by the __________ government for the return of the remains of Nobel laureate Mother Teresa, buried in the city of Calcutta. a)Israel b)Rome c)US d)Italy e)Albanian 17.Which country has been topped in Anti-hunger scorecard ? a)India b)Brazil c)China d)Ghana e)Malawi 18.Recently V. K Saraswat was in news.He was the ____________ ? a)Chief of DRDO b)Next chief of ISRO c)Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister d)both a & c e)none 19.The XXI Winter Olympics will be held in 2010 at ? a)London b) Rio de Janeiro c)Vancouver d)Russia e)South Africa

20.Who won the Shangai Masters 2009 ? a)Nikolay Davydenko b)Rafael Nadal c)Djokovic d)Andy Murray e)Roger Federer
2.Recently India successfully tested 'Prithvi-II' missiles, prithvi-2 is a _______________ ? a)surface-to-surface missile b)short range ballistic missile c)Nuclear capable missile d)All of the above e)none 3.Who has been selected for the prestigious 'Akshaya Samman' this year for his outstanding contribution to the field of instrumental music ? a)Ravi Shankar b)Amir Khusro c)Hari Prasad Chaurasia d)Shiv Kumar Sharma e)Allauddin Khan 4.About 10 public sector banks are expected to get over Rs 15,000 crore from the government after Parliament's winter session as part of the recapitalisation exercises for raising capital adequacy ratio to over ____ per cent ? a)10.25 b)12.25 c)11 d)13.85 e)12 5.Which Government has decided to recruit 12,000 teachers for Government Schools ? a)Central Government b)Punjab c)Gujarat d)Tamilnadu e)Uttar Pradesh 6.In Which of the following , Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has not worked in his career ? a)Chairman of Finance Commission b)Ministry of Finance c)RBI Governor d)Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission e)Ministry of External Affairs 7.Which of the following is the largest non-life Insurance Company in India ? a)LIC b)New India Assurance c)National Insurance d)Tata AIG Life Insurance e)United India Insurance 8.Which two countries has signed an accord to establish diplomatic relations after a century of enmity ? a)North Korea & South Korea b)US & Cuba c)India & Pakistan d)Turkey & Armenia e)Israel & Palestine 9.Who has been adjudged as the Wisden Cricketer World Test Player of the Year 2008-09 ? a)Virendar Sehwag b)Gautam Gambhir c)Shakib Al Hasan d)M S Dhoni e)Ricky Pointing

10.The Asian Development Bank and the Japanese government will provide a grant of USD ___ million to support the improvement in road network in Karnataka ? a)1.5 b)1.8 c)2.5 d)3 e)2.8 11.On Oct 13th 2009, Assembly Elections are held in Three States.which of the following states is not among the three ? a)Arunachal Pradesh b)Meghalaya c)Maharashtra d)Haryana e)none 12.Who is the first lady to won the nobel prize for Economics ? a)Carol W Greider b)Elizabeth Blackburn c)Elinor Ostrom d)Herta Muller e)none. 13.Who has been elected as new President of International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) ? a)Edward C. Stone b)Theodore von Karman c)G. Madhavan Nair d)Abdul Kalam e)none 14.Who won the 2009 China Tennis Open Tournament in womens single ? a)Agnieszka Radwanska b)Maria Sharapova c)Svetlana Kutznetsova d)Serena williams e)Dinara Safina 15.Which country has suspended from 2010 Commonwealth Games, following its failure to meet the deadline to come out with a time schedule to hold credible elections in the country ? a)North Korea b)Fiji c)Iran d)Pakistan e)Afghanistan 16.Which bank has signed an agreement with European development finance institution DEG to borrow a 5-year loan of Euro 20-million ? a)Yes Bank b)ICICI Bank c)PNB d)Axis Bank e)SBI 17.Under which article of the constitution Finance Commission is constituted by president ? a)Article 277 b)Article 280 c)Article 286 d)Article 390 e)Article 255 18.Dronacharya award for 2009 is presented to ? a)Pullela Gopichand b)Jaydev Bisht c)S. Baldev Singh

d)Satpal e)All of the above

19.Which is the most popular e-mail service in India, A/c to ViziSense, an online audience measurement and anaytics platform ? a)Yahoo b)Hotmail c)Gmail d)Zapak e)Rediff 20.Which of the following is the multi-commodity exchange in India ? a)MCX b)NSE c)NCDEX d)both a & c e)both a & b.

1.Which of the following is the percentage upto which FDI in Defence Sector is allowed ? a)26% b)33% c)41% d)49% e)51% 2.Who has been appointed as the Advisor to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on infrastructure, innovation and information ? a)Rangarajan b)Sam Pitroda c)Alok Prasad d)Harish Kare e)Raghuram Rajan 3.Which Cricketer has turned into a politician recently, who is contesting the Maharashtra assembly elections from Vikhroli in Mumbai ? a)Mohammad Azharuddin b)Navjod Sidhu c)Vinod Kambli d)Sourav Ganguly e)none of these. 4.Agriculture census is done at which of the following intervals in India ? a)once in a year b)once in three years c)once in five years d)once in ten years e)There is no fixed term 5.Which committee has recommended the "Financial Inclusion" ? a)Rakesh Mohan Committe b)Sinha Committee c)Rangarajan Committee d)Ram Pradan Committee e)none of these. 6.Which cricketer has signed up by leading Asian sports marketing firm World Sport Group for three years ? a)Peter Siddle b)Mitchell Johnson c)Dilshan d)Gautam Gambir e)M S Dhoni 7.Which State has won the awards in the basic infrastructure, environment and healthcare categories at the IBN Diamond States Awards 2009 announced in Delhi ? a)Delhi b)Karnataka c)Kerala d)Gujarat e)Tamilnadu. 8.Recently which state government has decided to set up separate women police stations to deal exclusively with crimes against women ? a)Abdhra Pradesh b)Meghalaya c)Tamilnadu d)Gujarat e)West Bengal 9.The 11th Five Year Plan is termed as plan for _________ ?

a)Development of Rural India b)India's Education c)Eradication of Poverty d)India's Health e)Astronomy. 10.What is Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) at present ? a)3.25% b)4.75% c)5.00% d)24% e)none 11.Muslim population across the globe stands at ____ billion, which means nearly one in four people in the world practice Islam, according to a recent study. ? a)1.5 billion b)1.8 billion c)1.6 billion d)1.57billion e)1.68 billion 12.With which of the following country, India has agreed to set up a joint expert working group on the environment, which would explore how the countries can combat global warming through reforestation ? a)Brazil b)US c)Canada d)UK e)China 13.Which country has signed an investment pact with Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) recently ? a)India b)China c)Japan d)Russia e)Germany 14.Alok Prasad has been appointed as Deputy National Security Advisor (NSA).He was the Indian high Commissioner to ________ ? a)Srilanka b)Afghanistan c)Malayasia d)UK e)Germany 15.BSNL and ___________ have planned to launch the 3G GSM mobile service in Port Blair(Andaman & Nicobar Islands) by the end of December this year. a)TaTa Indicom b)A & N Telecom Circle c)Reliance d)Samsung e)Nokia 16.The state with the largest number of registered newspapers ? a)Delhi b)Karnataka c)Uttar Pradesh d)Madhya pradesh e)West Bengal 17.Recently TTD(Tirumala Tirupati devastanam) has crossed the mile stone in the commercialization drive by securing GI tag for the famous and delicious Tirumala laddoo.what is the fill form GI ? a)Gesture Indication b)Gigantic index

c)Geographic Indigence d)Gesture Incorporate e)Geographic Indication 18.Which countrys Prime Minister is facing over sex scandal allegations ? a)Sudan b)Afghanistan c)New Zealand d)Italy e)Japan 19.Which of the following countries has decided to extend the State of Emergengy in the country for a month recently ? a)Afghanistan b)Fiji c)Iraq d)Nepal e)Srilanka 20.The (IPI)International Press Institute-India award for excellence in journalism for 2009 has been given to _______________ ? a)Indian express b)The Week c)Bidisha Goshal d)both a & c e)both b & c.
2.How much loan has provided by the World Bank to newly-launched Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) scheme for improvement of the quality of secondary education in the country and check drop-out rate ? a)$1000 million b)$800 million c)$750 million d)$680 million e)$500 million 3.Whch country pledged to buy 10 billion dollars worth of International Monetary Fund(IMF) bonds to increase the fund's lending capacity to respond to the global financial crisis ? a)India b)Brazil c)South Africa d)US e)Germany 4.'World Sight Day' is celebrated on ? a)Every Year on Oct 8th b)Every Year on 2nd Thursday of Oct c)Every Year on Sep 8th d)For every 2 years on Oct 8th. e)There is no such day. 5.Which of the following city will hosts the finals of Champions League T20 ? a)Hyderabad b)Bangalore c)Delhi d)Kolkatta e)Chennai. 6.Which country has emerged as India's top trading partner, when trade in goods & merchandise was

taken into account ? a)China b)Singapore c)UAE d)Japan e)US 7. Who is the new DGP of Andhra Pradesh ? a)S S P Yadav b)Dinesh Reddy c)Gautam Kumar d)R R Grirsh Kumar e)K Aravind Rao 8.Who is the highest paid CEO in India ? a)Anil Ambhani b)Gopalakrishna c)Ajim premji d)Mukhesh Ambani e)Anand Mahindra 9.George Papandreou sworn in as new prime minister of ______ ? a)Peru b)Greenland c)Greece d)Hungary e)Gambia 10.General K J Gillespie, the army chief of _____________ is in India for a five day visit, in a bid to strengthen the defence co-operation between two countries ? a) US b)Australia c)UK d)Germany e)Russia 11.Who is the new Governor of Nagaland ? a)Nikhil Kumar b)Gurbachan Jagat c)Syed Sibtey Razi d)K Sankaranarayanan e)none 12.Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system was first implemented in which of the following cities in India ? a)Kolkatta b)Hyderabad c)Delhi d)Ahmedabad e)Pune 13.The 24th Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration for the year 2008 has been awarded to ________ ? a)Javed Akhta b)J S Bandukwala c)Balraj Puri d) Ram Puniyani e)Ram Sinh Solanki 14.Which Frontier of Border Security Force(BSF) has deployed women constables at the highly sensitive Indo-Pak Border ? a)Sikkim b)J & K c)Rajasthan d)Punjab e)Haryana 15. India would launch a mission to Mars by the year ________ ? a)2015 b)2013 c)2014 d)2020 e)2012 16.Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award for 2009 has been awarded to __________ ? 1)M S Dhoni 2)Vijender 3)Sushil Kumar 4)Marykom 5)Saina Nehwal

a)only 1 b)only 5 c)only 2 & 3 d)only 4 & 5 e)only 2,3 & 4. 17.Which of the following is the most commonly misspelt words in English Language, a/c to the study by www.OnePoll.com ? a)Bureaucracy b)Consensus c)Definitely d)Unnecessary e)Prejudice 18.National Food Security Act to ensure entitlement of 25 kilo of rice or wheat per month at Rs.__ /kg to every BPL families in rural or urban areas. a)3 b)5 c)8 d)10 e)none. 19.Who is the author of the book 'Three Chinese Poets' ? a)V S Naipaul b)Vikram Seth c)Salman Rushdie d)Shashi Tharoor e)Amitav Ghosh 20.Who is the Indian Ambassador to US ? a)Ronen sen b)Nirupama Rao c)Timothy J. Roemer d)Lalit Mansingh e)Meera Shankar.

1.Recently which country has decided to import 5,000 tonnes of sugar from India ? a)Bangladesh b)Srilanka c)Myanmar d)Pakistan e)Nepal 2.The 'Treaty of Lisbon' is also known as ________ a)Constitutive treaty b)Treaty of Accession c)Patent law treaty d)Reform Treaty e)none 3.World Snooker Championship 2009 will be held in ? a)Goa b)Hyderabad c)Bangalore d)Indore e)Chandigarh 4.Who is the winner of Malyasian Open ? a)Nikolay Davydenko b)Fernando Verdasco c)David Ferrer d)Andy Roddick e)none

5.Which of the following is the eight state to become a member of North Eastern Council ? a)Arunachal Pradesh b)Meghalaya c)Sikkim d)Nagaland e)Assam 6.Who is the 'emerging player of the year' in ICC Awards-2009 ? a)Tillekratne Dishan b)Mitchell Johnson c)Peter Siddle d)Sehwag e)none. 7.'Jean-Claude Trichet' is leading central banker of ________________ topped in the annual Central Banker Report Card carried by the Global Finance magazine recently ? a)Australia b)Swizerland c)USA d)European e)New Zealand 8.Which Postal Agency has released the one-dollar stamp with the father of nation(Gandhi) in red,blue & gold ? a)World Postal Agency b)UN Postal Administration c)Indian Postal Administration d)NewYork Postal Agency e)none 9.Who has become the first athlete to surpass $1 billion in career earnings ? a)Roger Federer b)Alex Rodriguez c)Jenson Button d)Cristiano Ronaldo e)Tiger woods 10.Which of the following has the final authority regarding Money Bill ? a)Lok Sabha b)Rajya Sabha c)President d)Finance minister e)Speaker 11.Which of the following is not a Financial Institution ? a)ICICI b)IDBI c)FICCI d)IFCI e)SIDBI 12.Who is the first Indian Bowler take a Hat trick in a test match ? a)Kapil Dev b)Harbajan Singh c)Anil Kumble d)Irfan Pathan e)Sachin Tendulkar 13.Which is the No.1 publisher for online media Compaigns in India ? a)Google b)Bharat Matrimony c)Times Internet Limited d)Online Publishers Assosiation e)none. 14. Which of the two following two countries signed a bilateral trade in National Currencies ?

a)India,Bangladesh b)US,Canda c)Britain,Germany d)Russia,China e)Swizerland,Italy 15.A/c to a report released by United Nations in 2009, approaximately how many people in the World are hungry ? a)50 crores b)65 crores c)80 crores d)90 crores e)100 crores 16.The first ever European Union(EU)-Pakistan summit was held in ____________ ? a)Brussels b)Islamabad c)Italy d)Czech Republic e)Russia 17.Which Article of the Indian Constitution of India deals with the appointment of judges to the supreme court ? a)Article 121 b)Article 165 c)Article 132 d)Article 136 e)Article 124 18.'Rajiv Gandhi International Airport' is located in which of the following cities ? a)Delhi b)Lucknow c)Hyderabad d)Chennai e)Sriperumbudur 19.According to the latest Human Development Index report released by the United Nations Development Programme, India ranks at ____ position ? a)56th b)134th c)91st d)146th e)113th 20.What do the five Olympic rings represents ? a)Five Oceans b)Five Countries c)Five Continents d)Five Flags e)Five Colors 1.Which of the following countries has signed the Kyoto Protocol, but neither Ratified nor withdrawn from the protocol ? a)India b)Iraq c)Iran d)North Korea e)US 2.European Union Consisits of 27 member states, in that how many member states have adopted the common currency 'Euro' know as Eurozone ? a)14 b)15 c)16 d)17 d)18 3.National Rural Employment Guarantee Act renamed as ____________________ ? a)Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act b)Mahatma Gandhi National Employment Guarantee Act c)Mahatma Gandhi Rural Guarantee Act

d)Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act e)none. 4.Recently which government launched a programme to provide health service to about 58 lakh school students in the state? a)Tamilnadu b)Orissa c)Andhra Pradesh d)Karnataka e)West Bengal 5.Who is the first Indian Woman to hold a cabinet post ? a)Indira Gandhi b)Sarojini Naidu c)Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit d)Moraji Desai e)none 6.According to IMF, Indian economic growth in 2009 is ? a)5.4% b)5.6% c)5.8% d)6.0% e)6.2% 7.Rao Birender Singh recently died, He was a former Chief minister of Which State ? a)Punjab b)Delhi c)Andhra pradesh d)Uttarakhand e)Haryana. 8.Who is the new vice-chief of Army ? a)P.K.Barbora b)P.C.Bhardwaj c)Deepak Kapoor d)P C Chacko e)M.L. Naidu 9.According to a joint study done by industry body Ficci and consultancy firm Ernst & Young, India needs an investment of Rs ______ crore in the healthcare sector by 2025, to increase its bed density to at least two per thousand population. a)50,000 b)60,000 c)65,000 d)70,000 e)none. 10.India stood at ____ position in IT competitiveness Index, while US continued to lead the Global IT Industry followed by Finland and Sweden respectively,a survey by Economist Intelligence Unit ? a)36 b)44 c)28 d)42 e)50 11.Who has taken over as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh after YSR Reddy dies in a chopper crash ? a)Jagan Mohan Reddy b)Konijeti Rosaiah c)Chandra babu Naidu d)Sabita Indra Reddy e)Post is vacant

12.Who has been appointed as the brand ambassadors of the 34th National Games 2009, starting Nov 21 in Jharkhand ? a)Akshay Kumar,Kareena Kapoor b)Hrithik Roshan,Priyanka Chopra c)Abhishek bachan,Priyanka chopra d)Akshay kumar,Katrina kaif e)Abhishek bachan,katrina kaif 13.Maria Sharapova won the Pan Pacific Open by defeating ______________ ? a)Jelina Jankovic b)Ana Ivanovic c)Kim Clijsters d)Dinara safina e)none 14.Which country is hosting the World Tiger Summit in 2010 ? a)Russia b)India c)Brazil d)Srilanka e)Israel 15.Which GSM Service provider signed an agreement with BSNL to access around 45,000 towers of BSNL? a)Vodafone b)R-com c)Tata-DOCOMO d)Idea e)none. 16.Who won the Moin-ud-Dowla cricket tournament held in Hyderabad ? a)Hyderabad b)West Bengal c)Uttar pradesh d)Maharashtra e)Goa 17.Sabita Indra Reddy is the first woman Home Minister for the state of ___________ , in India ? a)Karnataka b)Tamilnadu c)Kerala d)Andhra pradesh e)Arunachal Pradesh 18.The 16th Asian Games 2010 will be held in ________ ? a)India b)China c)Japan d)Srilanka e)Malaysia 19.World Teachers Day is celebrated on ? a)Oct 5th b)Sep 15th c)Sep 5th d)Oct 15th e)Nov 1st 20.The government issued bonds worth over Rs ________ crore to three oil marketing PSUs to compensate them for the losses incurred on account of selling petroleum products below market price ? a)8,000 b)9,000 c)9,800 d)8,500 e)10,000

Note:For 15th Question answer is 'Aircel'.

1.The 9th World Tamil Conference, slated to be held at ? a)Chennai b)Hyderabad c)Coimbatore d)Chidambaram e)Colombo 2.According to World Bank estimates, adjusting to the effects of climate change will cost developing nations ________ billion per year till 2050 ? a)$40-$50 b)$75-$100 c)$50-75$ d)$45-$55 e)none. 3.Which of the following banks is the third largest public sector bank in terms of net profit and total business? a)Canara Bank b)PNB c)Bank of Maharashtra d)Bank of Baroda e)Corporation Bank 4.Who has been conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke award for the year 2007 ? a)Manna Dey b)Tapan Sinha c)Shyam Benegal d)B.R Chopra e)Mrinal Sen 5.Which Countrys International Airport was voted the best Airport in the world for 2009 ? a)US b)Singapore c)Hongkong d)Netherlands e)South Korea 6.'Sundardevan Committee' deals with ? a)Voluntary Retirement b)Police Action on Madras High Court c)Disinvestment d)Foreign Direct Investment e)none 7.The Sugen power project is located in which of the following states which is scheduled to be completed this year? a)Uttar pradesh b)Gujarat c)Bihar d)Tamilnadu e)none. 8.Which of the following countries will celebrate their 60th anniversary on Oct 1st, 2009 ? a)Japan b)South Korea c)North Korea d)China e)Srilanka 9.During the Kargil war who were the prime ministers of India & Pakistan ? a)Atal Bihari Vajpayee & Musharraf b)Atal Bihari Vajpayee & Malik Meraj Khalid c)I K Gujaral & Nawaz Sharif d)Atal Bihari Vajpayee & Benazir Bhutto e)none of these.

10.India signed a bilateral Labour Mobility Partnership Agreement (LMPA) with ______ which will ensure smooth and safe migration of Indian workers recently. a)Malaysia b)Australia c)Denmark d)UK e)Germany 11.Which of the following cities is considered the easiest city to do business, according to the International Finance Corporation ? a)Ludhiana b)Hyderabad c)Bangalore d)Guwahati e)none 12.In the Union Budget 2009-10, how much is targeted for farm credit in 2009-10? a)2.65 lakh crore b)3.25 lakh crore c)3 .5 lakh crore d)3.3 lakh crore e)2.8 lakh crore 13.India has signed a $400 million agreement with which of the following countries to upgrade its fleet of transport aircraft AN-32 ? a)Russia b)France c)US d)Ukraine e)Ecuador 14.The US Senate has passed a bill(named "Enhanced Parternship with pakistan Act of 2009") tripling Pakistan's civilian aid to ___ billion for the next five years ? a)$5 b)$6.5 c)$7 d)$7.5 e)$3 15.A/c to International report, which of the following cities is the most livable city in the world ? a)Copenhagen b)Tokyo c)Zurich d)Munich e)Paris 16.Goa has lifted the Santhosh Trophy by beating ___________ ,which held in Chennai. a)West Zone b)Hyderabad c)Chennai d)Bengal e)none 17.Who is the author of the book "Too much Happiness" ? a)Alice Munro b)Aung san suu kyi c)V S Naipaul d)Vikram Seth e)none 18. Who won the women's singles title in the Yonex Czech International at Brno in Czech Republic ? a)Sharad Mirani b)Trupti Murgunde c)Arshiya d)Mundir Sherazi e)none 19.Which of the following Act has been passed by the Govt. of India to control ragging ? a)Anti-Ragging Act b)Anti-Ragging Control Act c)Ragging Control Act d)Ragging Reforms e)none. 20.With which of the following countries India has agreed to coordinate global counter terrorism ? a)US b)Russia c)France d)both a & b e)both a & c.

Note:for 9th Q answer is A B Vajpayee & Nawaz shariff.

1.According to ARC(Administrative Reforms Commission) reports, government servants should be sacked after ____ years of service if found unfit to continue ? a)14 b)15 c)16 d)18 e)20 2.Who is the secretary general of NATO ? a)Giampaolo di Paola b)Anders Fogh Rasmussen c)Poul Nyrup Rasmussen d)Lars Lkke Rasmussen e)Ray Henault 3.Which country tested the long-range Shahab-3 missile recently ? a)North Korea b)India c)Iraq d)Iran e)Pakistan 4.Which of the following is not in the list of UNESCO world heritage sites in India ? 1)Kalka-Shimla Railway 2)Humayun's Tomb 3)Keoladeo national Park 4)Tirumala Tirupathi Devastanam(TTD) a)only 1 & 2 b)only 3 c)only 4 d)only 3 & 4. e)All are listed in Heritage sites. 5.According to the survey conducted by the Transparency International India, which two states are the most corrupt states ? a)J & K,Bihar b)Bihar,Jharkhand c)Jharkhand,Chattisgarh d)Bihar Chattisgarh e)Jharkhand,Madhya pradesh 6.Which of the following is true regarding 11th Five year plan ? a)Accelerate GDP growth from 8% to 10% and then maintain at 10% in the 12th Plan in order to double per capita income by 2016-17 b)Create 70 million new work opportunities. c)Reduce infant mortality rate to 28 and maternal mortality ratio to 1 per 1000 live births

d)Reduce educated unemployment to below 5%. e)All are true 7.According to Economic Survey 2008-09, the per capita income was Rs_______ ? a)29,901 b)30,674 c)31,278 d)33,010 e)34,563 8.With which of the following countries India has signed an agreement to facilitate employment of workers between two countries and promote orderly recruitment and deployment of workers ? a)Srilanka b)Malaysia c)China d)Mayanmar e)Australia. 9.The rate at which banks lend money to the RBI is known as ? a)Repo rate b)Reverse repo rate c)Call rate d)Bank rate e)CRR. 10.Which is the first company to launch Wi-Max services in India ? a)VSNL b)Tata Telecommunications c)Airtel d)Reliance e)MTNL 11.US has signed a deal with which of the following countries to supply Uranium to the US nuclear industry ? a)India b)Australia c)Canada d)Russia e)France 12.The United Nations has declared 2009 as the International Year of __________ ? a)Education b)Planet Earth c)Astronomy d)Terrorism e)Poverty 13.India usually launches it satellites from Satish Dawan Space Centre, in which state it is located ? a)Tamilnadu b)karnataka c)Gujarat d)Andhra Pradesh e)Rajasthan 14.Which state introduced a scheme called 'Pratibha Kira Yojana' to promote higher education among girls ? a)Gujarat b)Haryana c)Bihar d)Uttar pradesh e)Madhya pradesh 15.Which committee recommended the abolition of tax rebates ? a)Kelkar Committe b)Chelliah Committee c)Shome Committe d)Abhijit Sen Committee e)Shome Committee.

16.The Worlds First Self-Watering plants have been discovered in which of the following countries ? a)US b)France c)Israel d)India e)Japan 17.After Kapil dev,which person has joined the Territorial Army(TA),the part time citizens force which functions as a vital adjunct to the regular army . a)Vinod Kambli b)Rajini kanth c)Sourav Ganguly d)Kamal hasan e)Mohan lal 18.D.C.M Trophy is associated to which of the following sports ? a)Cricket b)Football c)Hockey d)Chess e)Volley ball 19.Indian Govt. took how many stimulus packages to fight economic slowdown ? a)3 b)1 c)2 d)4 e)none. 20.World Water day is celebrated on ? a)Feb 2nd b)March 21st c)April 22nd d)May 22nd e)march 22nd. 1.Which of the following is not a welfare scheme launched by Govt. of India ? a)Annapurna Scheme b)Bharat Nirman Yojana c)Midday Meal Scheme d)Village Grain Bank Scheme e)none 2.Recently which insurance company has decided to cover its policy holders for hospitalization expenses of Swine flu patients in India & abroad ? a)LIC b)New India Assurance c)Aviva Life Insurance d)ICICI Lombard e)Reliance Life Insurance. 3.The European Commission(EC) has provided _______ million for emergency rehabilitation activities for nearly 3 lakh war displaced in Srilanka ? a)60 b)65 c)62 d)68 e)none. 4.Which Country has overtaken China as a car exporter for the year 2008-09 ? a)Korea b)India c)Japan d)US e)Germany 5.In which year Service Tax was introduced in India ?

a)1990-91 b)1991-92 c)1992-93 d)1993-94 e)1994-95 6.Which Country will host the World Tiger Summit 2010 ? a)India b)South Africa c)Brazil d)Russia e)Indonesia 7.Recently which country has decide to issue citizenship certificates to over 400 children who were born in India when they returned to their country? a)Pakistan b)Bangladesh c)Srilanka d)Nepal e)none. 8.Suppose Mr.X has borrowed a loan from a bank and failed to make interest or principal payment for 90 days,then the loan is considered as ________________ ? a)Bank debt b)Credit loan c)Sub-prime lending d)Non-perfoming assets e)none 9.According to the Sixth Central Pay Commission report, Dearness allowance(DA) for central govt. employees has been increased to ___ % ? a)16 b)22 c)18 d)20 e)none 10.The Special Drawing Right(SDR) is an international Reserve Asset, created by _______? a)World Bank b)IMF c)ADB d)WTO e)RBI 11.Who among the following is the highest tax payer politician in India ? a)Mayawati b)Rahul Gandhi c)Sonia Gandhi d)Y S Rajeshekar Reddy e)none. 12.Recently 'Mogadishu' is in news, is the capital of ___________ ? a)Sudan b)Somalia c)Fiji d)Ethiopia e)none. 13.Which country has told the UN that it does not want any more Indian Troops ? a)Tajikistan b)Afghanistan c)Bangladesh d)Lebanon e)Congo 14.Who is the new media adviser to prime minister ? a)Deepak Sandhu b)Sanjay Baru c)Uma Kant Mishra d)Harish Kare e)none. 15.SEBI is a ___________ ? a)Statutory body b)Advisory body c)Constituional body d)Non-Statutory body e)none.

16.All BPL families will come under _______________ ? a)Rashtriya Arogya Yojana b)Aam Admi Swasthya Bima Yojana c)Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana d)Jan Swasthya Bima Yojana e)Pradam Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana 17. Who is the winner of Men's Single in French open 2009? a)Rafael Nadal b)Del potro c)Roger Federer d)Andy Murray e)Soderling 18.NABARD is established on the recommendations of ? a)Public account Committee b)Narashimhan Committee c)Chelliah Committe d)Shome Committee e)Shivaraman Committee 19)According to a report by parliamentary panel, how many _____ sq km area are under Naxals in different state where govt. has no control on it ? a)38,000 b)40,000 c)36,000 d)44,0000 e)33,000 20)Who penned the book "India's Export Trends and Prospects for Self-Sustained Growth" ? a)Pranab Mukherji b)Narasimha Rao c)R K Narayanan d)Jaswant Singh e)none. Note:For 20 Q, answers is Manmohan Singh.
1)Who is the chief of Indain Air Force(IAF) ? a)Suresh Mehta b)Nirmal Verma c)P V Naik d)Deepak Kapoor e)PK Barbora 2)Which of the following is India's biggest & leading Non-Banking Finance Company(NBFC) ? a)HDFC b)Reliance Capital c)Power Finance Corporation d)LIC Housing Finance e)Religare Enterprises 3)What is the fullform of AMC? a)Accredited management Corporation

b)Association of management Corporation c)Asian Market Capital d)Assets management Companies e)Asian Market Currency 4)The first International T20 cricket match was played between _________ and __________ ? a)England,Australia b)Australia,New Zealand c)India,Srilanka d)England,New zealand e)Australia,West Indies. 5)Which of the following countries appointed the first ever Hindu Chief Justice ? a)Pakistan b)Bangladesh c)Nepal d)Bhutan e)Maldives 6)Which of the following countries will host the Women's World Cup cricket 2013 ? a)South Africa b)Australia c)West Indies d)England e)India 7)Chandrayan-1 spacecraft has detected the presence of water on lunar surface which was confirmed by M3 instrument of NASA, what does the M3 stands for ? a)Mineralogy moon mapper b)Making moon mapper c)Moon Mineralogy mapper d)Montreal moon mapper e)none. 8)Recently which country told to IAEA that it has a second uranium enrichment plant under construction ? a)North Korea b)Iran c)India c)Pakistan e)Israel 9)India has agreed to build a coal power project with an total investment of $500 million to which of the following countries ? a)Srilanka b)Nepal c)Bangladesh e)Myanmar e)none. 10)___________ has signed contract with Hindustan Oil Exploration Company (HOEC) for sourcing of natural gas from the PY-1 fields in the Cauvery basin ? a)ONGC b)Reliance Gas c)Gujarat Gas Company lmtd d)GAIL e)none 11)Who has been elected as President of the Indian Newspaper Society (INS) for 2009-10 ? a)T. Venkattram Reddy b) Sanjay Hazari c) V.K.Chopra d)Hormusji N. Cama e)Paresh Nath 12)Recently which of the following countries has launched the satellite Naro-1,but failed to reach a orbit ? a)Iran b)Sweden b)Russia d)Japan e)South Korea

13)Who is the CEO of Google ? a)Sergey Brin b)Larry Page c)Eric Schmidt d)both a & b e)none. 14)India has signed a FTA(Free Trade Agreement) with which of the Countrys/Organisations ? a)ASEAN b)European Union c)South Korea d)both a & c e)none 15)NTPC has signed an agreements with Reliance Industries to buy natural gas at govt. approved rates of _____ per mmbtu ? a)$3.6 b)$4.2 c)$3.8 d)$4.4 e)$4 16)Tata Power, which is implementing the 4000 mw Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project(UMPP) in which of the following states ? a)Madhya pradesh b)Haryana c)Gujarat d)Himachal Pradesh e)Karnataka 17)Which of the following countries in the world is largest producer of sugar cane ? a)India b)US c)Indonesia d)China e)Brazil 18)Justice Tarun Agarwal recently appionted as a judge of which of the following High Court ? a)Uttar Oradesh b)Karnataka c)Uttarakhand d)Meghalaya e)none. 19)G S Bhargava was recently passed away,he belongs to which field ? a)Journalism b)Politician c)Actor d)Sports e)Singer 20)State-run telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) and software solutions provider __________ signed an agreement to work together on the National Broadband Penetration Programme (NBPP). a)TCS b)HCL c)Infosys d)Tech Mahindra e)Wipro.

1)According to ADB(Asian Development Bank) report, India will achieve __% economic growth this year. a)5 b)5.7 c)6 d)6.1 e)6.7% 2)Which is the Country's second largest mobile telephone company? a)Tata Indicom b)Vodafone c)Reliance d)Airtel e)Idea. 3)Which of the following is the first Indian traditional Bank to achieve all branch/office inter-connectivity and register 100% CBS. a)SBI b)Karur Vysya Bank c)ICICI d)South Indian Bank e)United Bank of India. 4)Which Govt. launches a website for homoeopathy ? a)Kerala b)Delhi c)Tamilnadu d)Andhra Pradesh e)none.

5)'Abhaya Hastam' a scheme launched by _________? a)Central Govt. b)Tamilnadu Govt. c)Kerala Govt. d)Karnataka Govt. e)none. 6)Which Country won Asian Women Basketball Championship held in Chennai recently? a)Korea b)China c)India d)US e)Czech Republic. 7)Which is the only state that has been opted out SWAN(State-Wide Area N/W) ,a national egovernance project ? a)J & K b)Sikkim c)Arunachal pradesh d)Goa e)Meghalaya 8)Which state will become the first state in the country to have sports and physical education integrated as part of the educational curriculum ? a)Andhra Pradesh b)Tamilnadu c)Kerala d)Gujarat e)Punjab 9)Which of the following countries is not a member of NPT(Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty) which has a membership of 189 countries ? 1)Iran 2)North Korea 3)Palestine 4)India 5)Israel a)only 1 & 2 b)only 2,3 & 4 c)only 3 & 4 d)only only 1,2 & 4 e)only 2,4 & 5. 10)Line of Actual Control(LAC) is border between ________________? a)India & Pakistan b)Pakistan &China c)India & Nepal d)India & China e)Nepal & China. 11)Recently government launched the _______________ Mission with the objective to reduce illeteracy especially among the women ? a)Akshara Bharat b)Akshar Aanchal c)Sakshar Bharat d)Akshara Kairali e)none. 12)By using which satellite launch vehicle(SLV) Oceansat-2 has been launched? a)GSLV-14 b)PSLV-14 c)SLV-14 d)PSLV-15 e)PSLV-13 13)US-based Ford Motor Company launched a small car named ______ in New Delhi ? a)Jaguar b)Fiot c)Figo d)marque e)Ford small 14)The Central Government has cleared ___FDI proposals entailing a total inflow of 393.63 crores based on the recommendations of FIPB? a)13 b)9 c)10 d)11 e)15

15)Samsung mobile has launched a Android smart-phone by tying up with _________ ? a)Bharti Airtel b)Vodafone c)Reliance d)Tata DOCOMO e)Idea. 16)Very Recently World Bank has provided a $4.3 billions loan to India,in which ___ billions are used for recapitalisation of state owned banks ? a)$1.6 b)$1.8 c)$3 d)$2.5 e)$2 17)American Independence day is celebrated on ? a)june 4 b)july 4 c)june 11 d)june 13 e)july 11 18)In the Union Budget 2009-10,how many crores are allocated to Indira Awas Yojana by increasing 63% from previous year? a)8888 b)8123 c)8883 d)8956 e)none. 19)'Sea of Poppies' is a book written by ? a)Anita desai b)Chetan Bhagat c)Arvind adiga d)Jhumpa Lahiri e)none. 20)'Ramunujan Trophy' is associated to which sport ? a)Hockey b)Tennis c)Badminton d)Chess e)Football Note:For 5th Q,answer is Andhra pradesh,for 19th Q,answer is Amitav Ghosh. 1.___________ has the worlds largest mobile network and the worlds largest mobile subscriber base ? a.Bharti-MTN b)Vodafone c)China Mobile d)Reliance e)none. 2.Which is the general body that monitors M&As(Mergers and Acquisition) across industries and sectors? a)RBI b)Competition Commission c)Ministry of Finance d)both a & c e)none. 3.The World Bank has agreed to provide a ___ loan for developing national highways in India? a)$20 billion c)$10 billion c)$5 billion d)$3 billion e)$1 billion. 4.Which company has been appointed financial consultant and transaction adviser for the Hyderabad Metro Rail Project of worth Rs 12,132 crore? a)Maytas b)Infosys c)Genpact d)Deloitte e)none. 5.According to the financial newspapers,FII(Foreign Institutional Investment) in the Indian Stock Markets may cross ___ billion mark by October of this year ? a)$10 b)$15 c)$20 d)$8 e)$30 6.Indian Navy has ordered six 'Tejas' a Light Combat Aircraft(LCA) with an approximate cost of Rs_____crore for the infusion into the Naval LCA programme.

a)300 b)600 c)900 d)1000 e)150 7.Which of the following is the largest power generation company in Asia and the 7th largest in the world in terms of market capitalization? a)NTPC b)BHEL c)Reliance Infrastructure d)Damodar Valley Corporation e)Jindal Steel & Power 8.Recently Mahindra & Mahindra(M&M) signed a MOU(Memorandam of Understanding) with __________ for financing their vehicles in India ? a)SBI b)PNB c)Corporation Bank d)ICICI e)none. 9.The 6th National Summit on 'E-Governance' will be held at _______? a)Goa b)Hyderabad c)Delhi d)Bangalore e)Chennai. 10.Nokia, the world's largest manufacturer of mobile telephones belongs to which country? a)US b)Germany c)UK d)France e)Finland 11.Capital Adequacy Ratio(CAR) of banks increases to _____ from 13.01% a year ago. a)13.98% b)14.01% c)13.68 d)14.26% e)none. 12.The Global Financial Stability Report(GFSR) is released by ___________? a)World Bank b)UN c)IMF d)ADB e)none. 13.Which of the following companies has emerged the highest tax payer in India? a)Infosys b)SBI c)Bharti Airtel d)TCS e)ONGC 14.Which bank is planning to take over Catholic Syrian Bank(CSB),which is holding a 5% share in CSB? a)ICICI b)Axis Bank c)Federal Bank d)Standard Charted e)HSBC 15.Who is appointed as Indian High Commissioner to the UK? a)Vivek Katju b)Nalin Surie c)Nirupama Rao d)Rajendra Shekawat e)none. 16)Which Stock Exchange partners with FTSE Group to create new index opportunities for Indian financial market? a)NASDAQ b)NY-SX c)MCX-SX c)BSE e)NSE 17)Country's first Duronto express was between Sealdah and ________? a)Chennai b)Bangalore c)Kolkatta d)Pune e)New Delhi 18)Which of the following countries is not a member of Association of Southeast Asian Nations(ASEAN)? 1)India 2)Laos 3)Myanmar 4)China 5)Brunei a)Only 1.

b)Only 2 & 4. c)Only 1,3 & 4. d)Only 1 & 4. e)only 1,4 & 5.

19)Which film has been selected as India's official entry to this year's Oscars in the Foreign Film Category? a)New York b)Harishchandrachi Factory c)Delhi-6 d)Raja Harishchandra e)none.

20)Who wrote the book 'The Audacity of Hope' ? a)George W.Bush b)Barack Obama c)John Kennedy d)Hillary Clinton e)none.

1.Which Stock Exchange in the world ranks first in terms of the number of listed companies? a)NewYork SE b)Tokyo SE c)NASDAQ d)BSE e)NSE 2.Which bank has opened the country's highest ATM in Sikkim in 2007? a)Union Bank of India b)United Bank of India c)SBI d)ICICI e)HDFC 3.Which film has won the beast feature film award in International Film Festival in Ireland? a)Kanchipuram b)Tare zameen par c)Mukhaputa d)Chak de India e)none 4.Who is captain for Delhi Daredevils in IPL 3? a)Sehwag b)Dilshan c)Gambhir d)A B Devilliers e)both a & c. 5.Which city will host the National sub-junior Badminton? a)Goa b)Chennai c)Hyderabad d)Ranchi e)Jaipur 6.Which telecom operator has decided to start the numbers starting with '8'? a)Bharti Airel b)Virgin Mobile c)Reliance d)Tata e)Idea. 7.Norah al-Fayez is the first women ever named to a ministerial post in which of the following countries?

a)Saudi Arabia b)Kuwait c)Iran d)UAE e)Iraq. 8.What was the total length of Rajiv Gandhi Bandra-Worli Sealink? a)5.3km b)5.7km c)5.4km d)5.5km e)none 9.Which of the following countries has stopped supplying uranium to India? a)Russia b)Kazakshtan c)Italy d)Australia e)China 10.Who is the newly elected President of Indonesia? a)Nouri Al-Maliki b)Susilo Yudhonoyo C)Nursultan Nazarbayev d)Sultan Said al Said e)Bashar al-Assad 11.Kamala Das (also known as Kamala Surayya) recently passed away,she is a ________? a)Writer b)Singer c)Director d)Poet e)both a & d. 12.Bernard dEspagnat is the recipient of Templeton Prize 2009,he belongs to which country? a)USA b)Finland c)France d)Russia e)Swizerland 13.India has offered a help in Writing a Consitition to which of the following countries? a)Bhutan b)Nepal c)Maldives d)Nigeria e)none 14.Which of the following Countries dropped the safe guard duty on Indian Cotton Yarn? a)Australia b)Peru c)South Africa d)Egypt e)both b & d. 15.What is first 'A' in ASHA, a scheme launched by Govt. of India? a)Association b)Activist c)Assistance d)Accredited e)none. 16.Which of the following is true abot SEZ(Special Economic Zones)? 1)95% FDI allowed for township with residential,educational and recreation facilities in the area. 2)Exemption from Service tax,central sales tax. 3)Income tax benefits 4)1000 acres is allocated for free

a)only 1 b)only 3 c)only 2 & 3 d)All 1,2,3,4 e)none. 17.'World Post Office day' is celebrated on________? a)Oct 9th b)Nov 10th c)Sep 9th d)Aug 10th e)Oct 10th. 18.'My Life' a book written by_____________? a)Hillary Clinton b)R K Narayan c)Anita Desai d)Bill Clinton e)Chetan Bhagat 19.In which of the following the countries the Indian military base is situated? a)kyrgyzstan b)Bangladesh c)Tajikistan d)Bhutan e)Bahrain. 20.Which of the following is a Indirect Tax? a)Corporate Tax b)Income Tax c)Service Tax d)Property Tax e)none.
1.Tata DoCoMo is the GSM brand of Tata teleservice ltd,in which Japan's NTT DoCoMo holds ____ stake? a)21% b)26% c)33% d)42% e)none 2.Mumbai-based Wockhardt Hospitals Pvt. Ltd said it has agreed to sell 10 of its 17 hospitals to Fortis Healthcare Ltd for _____crore? a)909 b)1000 c)675 d)858 e)none. 3.Who wrote the book "True Colours"? a)Kapil Dev b)Ravi Shastri c)Hayden d)Gilchrist e)Brain Lara 4.Very Recently AAI has approved an International airport in? a)Chandigarh b)Mysore c)Mohali d)Vishakapatnam e)Kharagpur 5.How many Recruitment Boards are there for Indian Railways? a)7 b)5 c)11 d)13 e)19 6.'Shakti Sthal' is the samadhi of _____? a)Indira Gandhi b)Mahatma Gandhi c)Rajiv Gandhi d)Sanjay Gandhi e)Jawaharlal Nehru 7.Who is the new Director-General of International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA)____________? a)Mohamed Elbaradei b)Yukhio Hatoyama c)Yukio Persobo d)Hans Blix e)none 8.Recently Government has decided to give a ___ increase in DA(Dearness Allowance) for all Central govt. employess and pensioners.

a)4% b)4.5% c)5% d)10% e)11% 9.Who is India's envoy to Pakistan? a)Meera Shankar b)Sharat Sabharwal c)Nirupama Rao d)M K Narayanan e)Satyabrata Pal 10.Chandrayan-2,the second Indian lunar mission, is slated to take off in which of the following years? a)2010-2011 b)2011-2012 c)2012-2013 d)2013-2014 e)2014-2015. 11.The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana(PMGSY) seeks to connect habitations with a population of more than_____? a)2000 b)1500 c)1000 d)500 e)none. 12.'In the Line of Fire' book is written by __________? a)Abdul Kalam b)Kuldeep Singh c)Pervez Musharaff d)Jagdish Bhagwati e)none. 13.Which was the first airport in India to have a thermal camera for screening Influenza A H1N1? a)IGIA,New Delhi b)SVPIA,Ahmedabad c)RGIA,Hyderabad d)CSIA,Mumbai e)BIA,Bangalore. 14.Roger Federer defeated _____________to win Cincinnati Masters? a)Rafael Nadal b)Andy Murray c)Novak Djokovic d)Andy Roddick e)Robin Soderling 15.Government has sanctioned a financial assistance of ______ crore to two Sardar Vallabhbhai Patels memorial in Gujarat. a)20 b)30 c)50 d)100 e)none. 16.The Karur Vysya bank(KVB) has become the first private sector bank to cross Rs_________crore mark in net-owned funds. a)500 b)1000 c)1500 d)2000 e)3000 17)Which Cricket board has scrapped the 50-over format from its domestic cricket calendar ? a)West Indies b)Srilanka c)India d)Kenya e)England 18)Oil India Lmtd is ____________? 1)Navaratna status PSE 2)Mini ratna(catg-01) status 3)Mini ratna(catg-02) status 4)PSU by GOI a)only 1 b)only 4 c)only 1 & 4 d)only 2 & 3 e)only 2 & 4. 19)India won the Azlan Shah Hockey Cup tournament 2009 by defeating ____________ ? a)Germany b)Pakistan c)Spain d)China e)Malayasia.

20)Where the 17th International Agriculture Exhibition 2009 held in ____? a)Israel b)India c)Turkey d)US e)China

1.Who is the Miss Universe 2009? a)Dayana Mendoza b)Ksenia Sukhinova c)Parvathy Omnakuttam d)Stefania Fernandez e)none. 2.Who is the newly appointed head of PM's Economic Advisory Control? a)Suresh Tendulkar b)Rangarajan c)Suresh Kalmadi d)Pranab Mukherjee e)none. 3.Recently Govt. approved 10 FDI Proposals of worth Rs_____crores? a)1123 b)950 c)838 d)1118 e)1325 4.Panchayat Raj was introduced in which year? a)1952 b)1956 c)1958 d)1959 e)1960 5.Which island is known as the 'Pearl of the East' ? a)Srilanka b)Greenland c)Maldives d)Andaman Islands e)none. 6.Who is the author of the book "Two Lives" ? a)V.S Naipaul b)Chetan Bhagat c)Vikram Seth d)Amitav Ghosh e)Anita Desai. 7.On which day 'World Tourism Day' is observed ? a)Sep 26 b)Aug 26 c)Oct 5 d)Sep 27 e)Oct 26. 8.'Leela Naidu' a famous personality was a________? a)Actor b)Journalist c)Director d)Model e)both a & d. 9.Who was appointed as adviser to Chinese Cricket? a)Javed Miandad b)Wasim Akram c)Kapil Dev d)Arjuna Ranatunga e)none. 10.Many times we see in the financial papers they use the term DI,what is the 'D' in that? a)Deposit b)Discharge c)Directorate d)Deficit e)Direct.

11.Where will be the G-20 Summit takes place in September 2009? a)London b)Pittsburg c)Stuttgart d)Washington e)New york. 12.Very often we read about financial inclusion in newspapers these days. Financial Inclusion mean ___ ? a) Providing loans to all eligible persons who are in BPL category. b)Creating a mechanism of providing financial help to business people of society whenever they are in need of the same. c) Providing banking services to all those who are staying in remote and interior areas of the country. d) To ensure that each and every person pays tax on his/her income regularly and honestly. e) None of these. 13.Dyanchand Trophy is associated with the game of_____? a) Golf b) Cricket c) Football d) Tennis e) Hockey. 14.Who is the new Chairman of Indian Bank's Association? a)T.s.Narayanasami b)M.V.Nair c)D.Subbarao d)K.C CHakrabarty e)none. 15.Who is the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World for 2008? a)Virendar Sehwag b)M.S.Dhoni c)Ricky Pointing d)K.Peterson e)Sachin Tendulkar. 16.The World Investment Report is published every year by _____? a)World Bank b)WTO c)UNCTAD d)IMF e)WEF 17.In the Union Budget 2009-10 how much is allocated for Commonwealth Games 2010? a)2,112cr b)2,790cr c)3,102cr d)3,472cr e)none. 18.In Union Budget 2009-10 which tax is abolished? 1)Goods and Service Tax 2)Commodities Transaction Tax 3)Fringe Benefit Tax a)only 3 b)only 2 c)only 1& 2

d)Only 1 & 3 e)none. 19.Who is the best actress given in Rajiv Gandhi awards 2009? a)Priyanka Chopra b)Karena Kapoor c)Katrina Kaif d)Aishwarya Rai e)Shilpa Shetty. 20.Which State has Lowest Literacy rate? a)Orissa b)Bihar c)Chattisgarh d)Jharkhand e)Sikkim Note:For 18th Q's answer is only 2& 3.

1.The Indian National Congress(INC) was founded in the year? a)1885 b)1857 c)1895 d)1886 e)1865 2.Who is the first woman to become Chief Minister of an Indian State? a)Vijayalakshmi Pandit b)Sarojini Naidu c)Sucheta Kripalani d)Razia Sultana e)Moraji Desai 3.Usian Bolt belongs to which sport? a) Boxing b)Formula One c)Swimming d)Sprinter e)none 4.Who is the winner of 42nd Jnanpith award? a)Satya Vrat Shastri b)Ravindra Kelekar c)Kunwar Narayan d)Rahman Rahi e)both a & b. 5.Recently we celebrated ____ Independence Day? a)60th b)61st c)62nd d)63rd d)none

6.The Minimum Support Price(msp) for the common variety of Paddy is? a)950 b)850 c)800 d)750 e)930. 7.Who is the author of the book "East,West"? a)V.S Naipaul b)Vikram Seth c)Shashi Tharoor d)Salman Rushdie e)Hillary Clinton 8.What is second 'I' in IIP(related to economy)? a)Index b)Industrial c)India d)Investment e)none 9.Which is the most Populous city in the world? a)New York b)Tokyo c)Mumbai d)Beijing e)Delhi 10.Who is the new Director-General of Border Security Force? a)BC Tripathi b)ML Kumawat c)Raman Srivastava d)Subhas Pani e)none 11.'Bhuvan' is a name of? a)It is a satellite launched by ISRO b)It is a virtual earth locator in 3-D launched by ISRO. c)It is a missile used by Indian Army. d)It is a main battle tank. e)It is a Submarine

12.Which of the following chiefs of Army Staff has been conferred with Mahavir Chakra twice? a)Field Marshall J.Manekshaw b)Filed Marshall M.Cariappa c)General K.S Thimmayya d)General K.Sunderji e)General A.S.Vaidya 13.Which of the following banks has offered a loan of up to $ 1 billion to Bharti Airtel for buying a stake in South Africa's MTN? a)ICICI Bank b)SBI c)Bank Of India d)PNB e)Canara Bank 14.What amount of exports has been set target for the next fiscal year in the new Foreign Trade Policy 2009-14? a)$200-billion b)$250-billion c)$100-billion d)$300-billion e)$350-billion 15.Subhas Chakraborty was a famous personality recently passes away belongs to which filed? a)Sports b)Politics c)Painting d)Music e)Actor 16.According to Forbes,who is the world's most powerful women? a)Shella Blair b)Indra Nooyi c)Angela Merkel d)Cynthia Carrol

e)none. 17.Who is the Chairperson of Administrative Reforms Commission? a)V.Ramachandran b)A.P.Mukherjee c)JayaPrakash Narayanan d)Vineeta Rai e)none. 18.What is the Tentavie name of India's third Base at Antarctica which is scheduled to be operational by 2012? a)Dakshin Gangrothi b)Maitri c)Datri d)Bharti e)none 19.Normally the hottest hour of the Day is? a)11am b)12pm c)1pm d)2pm e)3pm 20.Which Country is the Leading Producer of rice? a)India b)China c)US d)Russia e)Indonesia. Note:For 17th question answer is Veerappa Moily.
1.Which of the following is India's first indegenously built submarine? a)INS Arihant b)INS Chakra c)INS Shalki d)INSVibhuti e)INS Virat 2.Recently Which Country Celebrated 187 years of Independence? a)US b)Uk c)France d)Brazil e)Cuba 3.In 8th Schedule,four languages are added to become 22 official languages in India.Name which of the following is not in the four languages added? a)Santhali b)Sindhi c)Bodo d)Dogri e)Maithili 4.Where is Bandipur National Park situated?

a)Orissa b)Bihar c)Karnataka d)Rajasthan e)Madhya Pradesh 5.China has become the world's largest exporter suprassing _________? a)America b)Japan c)Great Britain d)Germany e)Russia 6.Recently with which country India have signed crucial agrrements for strengthening cooperation in trade,investment and economy? a)Namibia b)Poland c)Spain d)Tajikistan e)Russia 7. Large amount Tobacco is produced in which state? a)Karnataka b)Bihar c)Orissa d)Haryana e)Andhra Pradesh 8.Total how many boundary lines are there b/w India and Pakistan? a)1 b)2 c)3 d)4 e)none 9.Which is second largest state in India considering area wise? a)Maharashtra(3) b)Madhya Pradesh(2) c)Uttar Pradesh(5) d)Rajasthan(1) e)Andhra Pradesh(4) 10.What is the Original Name of Sonia Gandhi? a)Eugene Maino b)Paola Maino c)Antonia Maino d)Paul Maino e)No real Name 11.Who is the Second Foreign women to take over as President of Indian National Congress(INC)? a)Nelli Sengupta b)Sonia Gandhi c)Annie Beasant d)Sarojini Naidu e)none. 12.In how many states in India Tropic of Cancer passes through? a)5 b)6 c)7 d)8 e)9 13.India's first Islamic bank to start in which state? a)Gujarat b)Delhi c)Andhra Pradesh d)Maharasthra e)Kerala 14.Which Country having the most number of Orkut users? a)US b)Uk c)Brazil d)India e)Canada 15.What is 'S' in SDR? a)Special b)State c)Statutory d)Subsidiary e)System 16.Who is the author of 'A Tale of Two Cities'? a)Chetan Bhagat b)Charles Dickens c)Amitav Ghosh d)V S Naipal e)none. 17.Vizzy Trophy is associatted to which sport? a)Hockey b)Football c)Tennis d)Cricket e)Boxing

18.Which two states banned AC's in Government Office? a)Punjab & Haryana b)Karnataka & Gujarat c)Gujarat & Madhya Pradesh d)Uttaranchal & Haryana e)Haryana & Gujarat. 19.Mamata Banerjee inaugurated the first ever only Ladies Train between Delhi and _______? a)Kolkatta b)Balda c)Haldia d)Palwal d)Bangalore. 20.Ali Akbar Khan recently died belongs to which field? a)Artist b)Musician c)Theater Director d)Politician e)Painting 21.First BRIC summit held in? a)Brazil b)Russia c)India d)China e)Egypt. 22.Who is the winner of Womens Singles in French Open 2009? a)Serena Williams b)Venus Williams c)Dinara Safina d)Ivanovic e)none. 23.which country has a currency 'Won'? a)Jordan b)N.Korea c)S.Korea d)Lebanon e)both b & c. 24.Revenue Deficit in 2009-10 is proposed at ____% of GDP? a)3.8 b)4.2 c)4.6 d)4.8% )none 25.How many crores are allocated for rebuilding the damaged infrastructure caused due to cyclone Aila in West Bengal? a.113 b)1,000 c)500 d)827 e)887.