PTs General Knowledge Question Bank 10 (01.11.

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Disclaimer: These questions are based on current awareness, & the data and information are subject to change in coming times. While totally relevant and current today, some of these may not be so with the passage of time. Directions: For the following questions, four options are given. Choose the correct option. 1. Which of the following is one of the findings of CAG report on 2G Spectrum? (1) Advice of Ministry of Law and Justice was ignored. (2) Views and concerns of Ministry of Finance overruled. (3) Value of additional spectrum allotted to 13 existing operators beyond contracted quantities. (4) All of these. Regarding Bihar Assembly elections of 2010, which of the following is not correct? Party No. of seat (1) NDA 206 (2) RJD+ 25 (3) Congress 5 (4) Others 8 Who has been ranked by Time Magazine as the most powerful woman of the past century? (1) Mother Teresa (2) Indira Gandhi (3) Jane Adams (4) Golda Meir Which is true of the Protection of Women against Sexual Harassment at the Work Place Bill 2010? (1) It recognizes the promise or threat to a womans employment prospects or creation of hostile work environment as sexual harassment at workplace and expressly seeks to prohibit such act. (2) An employer will be liable to a fine of Rs. 50,000 for failure to comply with provisions. (3) The bill proposes a definition of sexual harassment, which is as laid down by the Supreme Court in Visakha vs State of Rajasthan (1997). (4) All of these. Barack Obama endorsed a permanent seat for India on an expanded United Nations Security Council. Which country favoured democratic and patient consultations on the question of reforming UNSC? (1) China (2) Japan (3) France (4) Pakistan In the Transplantation of Human Organs (Amendment) Bill, 2009, the donation of tissues would include (1) Heart Valves (2) Bone transplantation (3) Cornea, Skins and Vessels (4) All of these.

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7. The tri-lateral meeting of India, China and Russia was held in (1) Seoul (2) Wuhan (3) Beijing (4) Moscow The Central government set up a high level committee on financing of infrastructure. The committee was headed by (1) Mr Rakesh Mohan (2) Mr. D. Subbarao (3) Mr. K. Katju (4) D. Ramanaidu In the Human Development Report, Indias position in the world is (1) 116 (2) 119 (3) 123 (4) 132

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10. A joint working group under the Singh-Obama initiative was set up to work out the modalities of higher education summit in 2012. The knowledge initiative was headed by (1) Deepak Nayar (2) Munis Raza (3) V. K. Shrivastya (4) S. Bhattacharya 11. According to the climate change assessment, which of the following is not true? (1) An overall increase of warming of 1.7-2.2 degrees Celsius, including extreme high and low temperature by 2030. (2) 5-10 annual days of extreme events in all four regions (the Himalayans, the Western Ghats, coastal areas and the Northeast) by 2030. (3) Sea level rise in India has been increasing by 1.33 mm/year. (4) All of these. 12. The Manipur government decided to extend the tenure of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) by a year in the state. AFSPA was introduced in Manipur to contain various insurgent groups in (1) 1980 (2) 1985 (3) 1990 (4) 1994 13. Justice Soumitra Sen of the Calcutta High Court is the second judge in the countrys history to face removal proceedings in Parliament. Who was the first? (1) Gautam Ghosh (2) B. Sudhakar (3) V. Ramaswamy (4) Kunal Kishor 14. Punjab signed Memorandum of Understanding to work together in sectors including post-secondary education, agriculture, agro-based industry and shale gas with Canadas (1) Frontier Province (2) Alberta Province (3) Alaska Province (4) None of these.

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15. DRDO conducts successful maiden flight test of Kaveri engine. It is being developed for fighter aircraft, at Gas Turbine Research Establishment in (1) Moscow (2) Bangalore (3) Hyderabad (4) Pune 16. After becoming the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Prithviraj Chavan resigned from the Union Council of Ministers. Who hold the additional charge of the Ministry of Science and Technology and Earth Science? (1) Jairam Ramesh (2) Akhilesh Prasad (3) Pranab Mukherjee (4) Kapil Sibal 17. India ushered in Mobile Number Portability that will allow cell phone users to switch operators without changing numbers. Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal launched the Service in (1) Haryana (2) Punjab (3) Delhi (4) Rajasthan 18. Worlds Aids Day is observed on (1) November 26 (2) November 30 (3) December 1 (4) December 7 19. What does CEPA stand for? (1) Common Economic Partnership Agreement. (2) Common Economic Patent Agreement. (3) Central Economic Portability Assessment. (4) Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement. 20. Who was presented with the 2009 National Award for Child Welfare by the Ministry of Woman and Child Development? (1) P.R.S. Oberoi (2) Mahantesh G. K. (3) S. S. Tarapore (4) S. K Das 21. The book Building A World Class Civil Service for 21st Century India is written by (1) Arun de Souza (2) Ian Harris (3) S.K. Das (4) Devesh Kapur 22. Cyclonic storm that moved over Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu was (1) Katrina (2) Jal (3) Shyamby (4) Prahar 23. During his visit to India in 2010, Barack Obama did not visit (1) Taj Hotel (2) Mani Bhawan (3) Humayun Tomb (4) Taj Mahal

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24. Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi dedicated a health information helpline service to the people of the state, known as (1) The Sarathi 104 (2) Krishna 204 (3) Godavari 106 (4) Kalpana 56 25. Who has been appointed as the new Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal? (1) B.K Gupta (2) Y.S. Dadwal (3) V.K Singh (4) BK. Singh 26. Which of the following places has been removed from UN list of unresolved disputes? (1) Taiwan (2) Tibet (3) J&K (4) Arunachal Pradesh 27. President Pratibha Devisingh Patil inaugurated the .. anniversary of the Comptroller and Auditor General institution. (1) 50 th (2) 75 th (3) 100th (4) 150th 28. Twelve defence personnel, including three officers, were killed when their Mi-17 helicopter crashed near Towang in (1) Manipur (2) Arunachal Pradesh (3) Meghalaya (4) Tripura 29. How much amount of money did the Cabinet clear as a special plan for the 60-Naxal affected districts? (1) Rs 2500 crore (2) Rs 3000 crore (3) Rs 3300 crore (4) Rs 4400 crore 30. Saying that economic relationship between India and the U.S. is still untapped, President Obama, during his visit to India in 2010 said, India can be USs largest trade partner instead of .. (1) 8th (2) 10 th (3) 12 th (4) 14 th 31. Taking a serious view of non-compliance of its directions on police reforms by most of the states, the Supreme Court in the first instance ordered personal appearance of the Chief Secretaries of (1) Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal (2) Maharashtra and Karnataka (3) West Bengal and Maharashtra (4) All of these 32. According to the Union Agriculture Ministrys bogus ration card count, which of the following is correct in terms of card holders (starting from the top)? (1) West Bengal, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh (2) Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh (3) Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, Maharashtra (4) Maharashtra, Bihar, Rajasthan, Orissa.

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33. Indias population was 1.02 billion in 2001 and is expected to be nearly 1.19 billion in (1) 2012 (2) 2013 (3) 2015 (4) 2020 34. An academic, actor of accomplishment and a theatre personality, Prof. N. Vishwanathan died recently. He was better known as (1) Bengal Tiger (2) Calcutta Viswanathan (3) Bengal Viswanathan (4) Bengali Tamil 35. The 700-km-range Agni-1 or A-1, the first in the Agni series of nuclear missiles, was successfully test-fired, 100 km off the Orissa coast on (1) Wheelers island (2) Mud island (3) Green island (4) Indira Point. 36. Malaysian Defence Minister Ahmed Zahid Hamidi launched the new National Defence Policy (NDP) for 2012. Which of the following is not true of it? (1) The NDP must definitely be on achieving the goal to promote the modernization of the Armed Forces. (2) It states that to Malaysia, although China, Japan and the United States are the three major actors in the AsiaPacific region, the US remains the strongest country that can exert influence in the Southeastern region. (3) It believes that Russia is not one of the key nations that can affect the stability in the Southeast Asian region. (4) It also points out that the sovereignty disputes among some countries over the Nansha islands is still unresolved. 37. Fifth G-20 Summit was held in Seoul. Which is not one of the points of Seoul Action Plan? (1) It called for moving towards more market-determined exchange rate. (2) An undervalued Yuan or a weak dollar also has ramifications for India and several other countries in terms of their exports becoming uncompetitive. (3) It has also asked the advanced economies, including those with reserve currencies, to be vigilant against excessive volatility and disorderly movements in exchange rates. (4) The declaration said the steps discussed will not help mitigate the risk of excessive volatility in capital flows that is faced by some emerging countries. 38. The Tiger Summit was a gathering of the heads of state from 13 countries with endangered tiger populations and non-governmental organizations, held at (1) St. Petersburg (2) Moscow (3) Beijing (4) Dehradun 39. The NATO agreed to withdraw its military by 2014 from Afghanistan, a decision taken in the recently wrapped up summit in (1) London (2) France (3) Lisbon (4) Kabul 40. Which is not one of the political parties of Iraq? (1) Iraqiya party (2) Kurdistan Democratic Party (3) Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (4) Iraq Democratic Party.

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41. In which year was Aung San Suu Kyi awarded the Nobel Peace Prize? (1) 1985 (2) 1995 (3) 1993 (4) 1995 42. The caretaker government of which country announced a USD 4.5 billion annual budget through a presidential ordinance after the key session of parliament was adjourned, following violent protests by the main Opposition? (1) Nepal (2) Sri Lanka (3) Bangladesh (4) Bhutan 43. After India to which country did President Barack Obama visit? (1) France (2) Japan (3) Indonesia (4) Malaysia 44. Which country tethering on the brink of an economic collapse, plunged into a political crisis after the governments decision to accept a European Union financial bailout package? (1) Greece (2) Denmark (3) Ireland (4) UK 45. Which of the following is not a member of Shanghai Cooperation Organization? (1) Russia (2) Kazakhstan (3) Uzbekistan (4) South Korea 46. Entrepreneur visas will mean that if you have a great business idea and you receive serious investment from a leading investor, you are welcome to set up your business to that country. Which country is going to start this type of visa? (1) UK (2) USA (3) Germany (4) France 47. The headquarters of NATO is situated at (1) Vienna, Norway (2) New York, USA (3) Brussels, Belgium (4) Seoul, South Korea 48. Which state of USA approved a bailout measure, restricting judges from considering Islami Sharia Law while making a judgment? (1) Ohio (2) Oklahoma (3) Washington D.C. (4) Philadelphia 49. A devastating volcanic eruption killed more than 200 people in (1) Japan (2) Malaysia (3) Haiti (4) Indonesia

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50. Who was caught in the water-boarding controversy? (1) George W Bush (2) Aung San Suu Kyi (3) Hamid Karzaj (4) Prince William 51. International Day for Tolerance is observed on (1) November 10 (2) November 16 (3) November 24 (4) November 28 52. French President Nicolas Sarkozy reappointed .. as his Prime Minister in a long awaited cabinet reshuffle that proved to be a damp squib. (1) Francois Fillon (2) Nicol Gamon (3) Robert Mulley (4) None of these. 53. The book Of Thee I Sing is written by (1) George W Bush (2) Prince William (3) Barack Obama (4) Nicolas Sarkozy 54. Which of the following countries planned South-East Asia rail links? (1) China (2) Japan (3) South-Korea (4) India 55. Canadas top literary award for fiction, the Scotia Bank Giller Prize went to Johanna Skibrrud for her debut novel (1) The Sentimentalist (2) The Farmer (3) The Gentleman (4) Godmother 56. Who has been given the Irving G Thalberg Award for visionary film producing? (1) Jan Harris (2) Francis Ford Coppola (3) Elton John (4) Richard Etenborough 57. The former Prime Minister of Russia, who steered the Russian economy through its stormy transition from communism to capitalism in the I990s died in Moscow. Who was he? (1) Peter Dostovosky (2) Dmtrit Medved (3) Victor Chernonydrin (4) None of these. 58. Who has topped the 2010 Forbes list of the Worlds Most Powerful People? (1) Barack Obama (2) Hu Jintao (3) Julia Gillard (4) Bill Gates 59. The Indian American, who won the election for California and also the first woman to hold the office, is (1) Usha Thorn (2) Isha Samson (3) Ela Bhatt (4) Kaniala Harris
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60. At least 380 people were crushed in a stampede on a bridge on the last day of water festival in (1) Moscow, Russia (2) Beijing, China (3) Phnom Penh, Cambodia (4) Tala, Bhutan 61. Which country unveiled new points-based migration criteria that will lay higher focus on English proficiency and highlevel qualifications rather than vocational skills and experience? (1) Germany (2) UK (3) Canada (4) Australia 62. Which of the following is not a member of G-20? (1) 27-nation European Union (2) Mexico (3) Canada (4) Pakistan 63. Who became the first woman President of Brazil? (1) Dilma Rousseff (2) Julia Gillard (3) Alexandria Mills (4) Jemina Rossett 64. The unemployment graph moved up last year in the world and touched an all-time high of (1) 150 million (2) 175 million (3) 200 million (4) 210 million 65. What percent do the foreign investors hold in Bombay stock Exchange? (1) 20% (2) 25% (3) 30% (4) 35% 66. Continuing its upward march, merchandise exports shot up by 21.3 per cent year-on-year to $18 billion in October 2010, outpacing imports for the first time which rose by .. per cent. (1) 6.8 percent (2) 7.6 per cent (3) 8.8 per cent (4) 9.5 per cent 67. National carrier Air India cut down its net loss by 23% to Rs 5551 crore in 2009-10 from Rs .. crore in the previous year. (1) Rs 6254 crore (2) Rs 5934 crore (3) Rs 7862 crore (4) Rs 7189 crore 68. The Environment Ministry Committee has confirmed that the Forest Rights Act was violated during acquisition of land for Poscos project in Orissa. The steel maker company is from (1) Japan (2) China (3) North Korea (4) South Korea

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69. Presently, the food subsidy in India is to the tune of (1) Rs 56,400 crore (2) Rs 62,300 crore (3) Rs 64,800 crore (4) Rs 68,600 ctore 70. According to the World Banks latest Migration and Remittances Fact-book 2011, remittance flow to developing countries is expected to reach (1) $ 280 billion (2) $ 340 billion (3) $ 370 billion (4) $ 420 billion 71. According to the Labour Ministry report, chronic employment-being jobless for more than six months- in India for 200910 stood at (1) 9.4 per cent (2) 10.2percent (3) 10.8 per cent (4) 11.2 percent 72. Indians bought record number of cars in October, 2010. It was (1) 1 million units (2) 1.2 million units (3) 1.4 million units (4) 2 million units 73. Chinese trade surplus rose to .. billion in October just as global leaders aimed at tackling the sensitive topics of global trade imbalances and currency valuations. (1) $ 26.3 billion (2) $ 27.1 billion (3) $ 28.2 billion (4) $ 29.2 billion 74. Which company became the first private player to launch 30 services in the country? (1) Airtel (2) Tata DOCOMO (3) Idea (4) Vodafone 75. In the (1) $ (2) $ (3) $ (4) $ second week of November, the foreign, exchange reserves of India touched 250 billion mark billion mark 300 billion mark 350 billion mark

76. In a major setback to telecommunications, the Supreme Court asked a UK-based company to deposit Rs 2500 crore for buying Hutchison Essar in 2007-08. Which of the following is that company? (1) Vodafone (2) Vedanta (3) Idea (4) Airtel 77. The government set up a high-level panel to evolve an enabling policy framework for $ I billion investment in infrastructure during the 12th five-year plan. The panel is chaired by (1) Rakesh Mohan (2) D. Subbarao (3) Usha Thorat (4) Anil Sardana

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78. Indian Oil Corporation would invest about Rs 900 crore to pick-up .. per cent stake in Nuclear Power Corporations 1400-MW atomic power project at Kota in Rajasthan. (1) 20 per cent (2) 22 per cent (3) 24 per cent (4) 26 per cent 79. Which Civil Aviation company announced a new code share and frequent flyer agreement with American Airlines, which would come into effect from 2011? (1) Spice Jet (2) Jet Airways (3) Kingfisher (4) Air India 80. India has approximately .. mobile subscribers and .. bank account holders. (1) 600 and 300 million (2) 500 and 200 million (3) 600 and 500 million (4) 800 and 250 million 81. JSW Energy Ltd has agreed to acquire Canadas CIC Energy Corp for (1) Rs $422 million (2) Rs $414.5 million (3) Rs $526.5 million (4) Rs $360.5 million 82. The government decided to sell .. stake held through Telecommunications Consultants of India Ltd in Bharti Hexacom Ltd. (1) 20 per cent (2) 25 percent (3) 30 per cent (4) 35 per cent 83. Which of the following is the body/agency set up by Govt. of India to increase the flow of foreign investment in the country? (1) FEMA (2) FCCB (3) NSDL (4) FIPB 84. Under the Annapurna Scheme, how much food grain is provided to an eligible person energy month? (1) 5kg (2) 10kg (3) 15kg (4) 20kg 85. Carmaker BMW Group has launched BMW Financial Services in India. To which country is BMW related? (1) France (2) Germany (3) South Korea (4) USA 86. Which country launched worlds first synthetic jet fuel? (1) South Africa (2) USA (3) UK (4) France

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87. Global trade forecast by International Monetary Fund is .. in 2012 and .. in 2013. (1) 4.8% and 4.2% (2) 5.6% and 5.2% (3) 4.6% and 4.4% (4) None of these. 88. According to FICCI study on Indian Automobile Exports in 2009-10, Indian automobile Exports was (1) $2.6 billion (2) $3.6 billion (3) $4.5 billion (4) $5.2 billion 89. For (1) (2) (3) (4) developing tourism infrastructure and services, Himachal Pradesh got .. loan from Asian Development Bank. Rs 430 crore Rs 454 crore Rs 476 crore Rs 525 crore

90. The Union Cabinet approved amendments to Mission Mode Project in computerization of which tax administration of States and Union Territories? (1) Commercial tax (2) Income tax (3) Goods and Services tax (4) None of these. 91. Which country recently achieved its first-ever victory in a ODI cricket series on Australian Soil? (1) Bangladesh (2) New Zealand (3) Sri Lanka (4) Zimbabwe 92. Which country made history in crushing Bangladesh by 10 wickets to win the first ever Asian Games womens cricket tournament? (1) Nepal (2) India (3) Pakistan (4) Sri Lanka 93. In the Asian Games 2010, which player won the mens singles gold medal, defeating top seed Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan? (1) Somdev Devvarman (2) Mahesh Bhupathy (3) Laender Paes (4) None of these. 94. Who won the gold medal in 10,000 m in Guangzhou Asian Games? (1) Kavita Rout (2) Pooja Sreedharan (3) Padraig Harrington (4) Sunita Rani 95. Which Pakiitani player fled the team hotel in Dubai claiming that he had received death threats? (1) Zulqarnain Haider (2) Salman Butt (3) Kamran Akmal (4) None of these.

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96. Defeating JCT at Ambedkar Stadium, which team won the Durand Cup football tournament? (1) Mohan Bagan (2) East Bengal (3) Chirag United (4) Salgaocar 97. Sebastian Vettel became Formula Ones youngest world champion. From which country is he? (1) Germany (2) USA (3) France (4) Denmark 98. Defeating Novak Djokovic, who won the Swiss Indoor tennis title? (1) Rafael Nadal (2) Roger Federer (3) Flavi Pennetta (4) Somdev Dewdrman 99. Who won the gold medal in shooting (double trap) in 2010 Asian Games? (1) Gagan Narang (2) Abhinav Bindra (3) Ronjan Sodhi (4) Rajya Varsdhan Rathore 100. Out (1) (2) (3) (4) of the 199 gold which China won in the 2010 Asian Games, women accounted for 96 gold 106 gold 110 gold 112 gold

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PTs General Knowledge Question Bank # 10 (1.11.2011)

Answer Key
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1.(4) 11.(4) 21.(3) 31.(4) 41.(2) 51.(2) 61.(4) 71.(1) 81.(2) 91.(3)

2.(3) 12.(1) 22.(2) 32.(1) 42.(1) 52.(1) 62.(4) 72.(3) 82.(3) 92.(3)

3.(3) 13.(3) 23.(4) 33.(1) 43.(3) 53.(3) 63.(1) 73.(2) 83.(4) 93.(1)

4.(4) 14.(2) 24.(1) 34.(2) 44.(3) 54.(1) 64.(4) 74.(2) 84.(2) 94.(2)

5.(1) 15.(2) 25.(2) 35.(1) 45.(4) 55.(1) 65.(3) 75.(3) 85.(2) 95.(1)

6.(4) 16.(4) 26.(3) 36.(3) 46.(1) 56.(2) 66.(1) 76.(1) 86.(1) 96.(3)

7.(2) 17.(1) 27.(4) 37.(4) 47.(3) 57.(3) 67.(4) 77.(1) 87.(1) 97.(1)

8.(1) 18.(3) 28.(2) 38.(1) 48.(2) 58.(2) 68.(4) 78.(4) 88.(3) 98.(2)

9.(2) 19.(4) 29.(3) 39.(3) 49.(4) 59.(4) 69.(1) 79.(3) 89.(2) 99.(3)

10.(1) 20.(2) 30.(3) 40.(4) 50.(1) 60.(3) 70.(3) 80.(1) 90.(1) 100.(4)

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