10.What is the full form of PTC ? (A) Public Transport Certificate (B) Pubic Telecommunications Council (C) Products Through Consumer (D) Pass Through Certificate Answer: Pass Through Certificate 3.Who is the Author of the book “My China Diary” (A)Kanwal Sibal (B)Salman Haider (C)J.N. Dixit (D)Natwar Singh Answer: Natwar Singh 4.Umrao Singh has passed away recently .Which of the following field was he associated with ? (A) Film (B) Journalism (C) Sports (D) Politics Answer: Sports 5.Vidya Pillai is related to which sport ? (A) Snooker (B) Golf (C) Archery (D) Billiards Answer: Snooker 6.Who has become the first Indian to win two medal in a Shooting World Cup? (A) Gagan Narang (B) Sanjeev Bindra (C) Abhinav Bindra (D) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
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10.What is the full form of PTC ?(A) Public Transport Certificate(B) Pubic Telecommunications Council(C) Products Through Consumer(D) Pass Through Certificate
Answer: Pass Through Certificate
3.Who is the Author of the book “My China Diary”(A)Kanwal Sibal(B)Salman Haider(C)J.N. Dixit(D)Natwar Singh
Answer: Natwar Singh
4.Umrao Singh has passed away recently .Which of the following field was he associated with ?(A) Film(B) Journalism(C) Sports(D) Politics
Answer: Sports
5.Vidya Pillai is related to which sport ?(A) Snooker(B) Golf(C) Archery(D) Billiards
Answer: Snooker
6.Who has become the first Indian to win two medal in a Shooting World Cup?(A) Gagan Narang(B) Sanjeev Bindra(C) Abhinav Bindra(D) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
Answer: Gagan Narang
7.Which country has launched a navigational Satellite?(A) South Korea(B) North Korea
(C) India(D) China
Answer: China
8.Where will be held the Final of the Cricket World Cup 2011?(A)Colombo(B)Mumbai(C)New Delhi(D)Dhaka
Answer: Mumbai
9.When is the Commonwealth Day celebrated?(A) May 1(B) May 3(C) May 15(D) May 24
Answer: May 15
1.Who is the new Prime Minister of Hungry ?(A) Victor Orban(B) Gorden Bajnai(C) Jeno Fock(D) Ference Gyurcsany
Answer: Gorden Bajnai
2.Who is the new prime minister of Denmark ?(A) Anders Fogh Rasmussen(B) Lars Looke Rasmussen(C) Poul Nyrup Rasmussen(D) Poul Hartling
Answer: Lars Looke Rasmussen
1. The Baikonur Cosmodrome is the world’s first and largest operational
space launch facility. In which country is it located?
(A) France
(B) Kazakhstan
(C) Uzbekistan
(D) Germany
2. The International Hockey Federation has decided to allot the next Hockey
World Cup in 2010 to India. In which year Hockey World Cup tournament
started?
(A) 1971
(B) 1974
(C) 1976
(D) 1977
3. Which among the following clubs has won the Spanish league title for the
first time in three years on May 17, 2009?
(A) Barcelona
(B) Inter Millan
(C) Real Madrid
(D) Manchester United
4. Recently Suranjoy Singh of India sizzled with a Gold on the concluding day
of the European Grand Prix boxing as India finished their campaign with four
medals. This contest held in ?
(A) Czech Republic.
(B) Hungary
(C) Serbia
(D) Austria
5. Recently 12-member Sikkim Cabinet was sworn in and Pavan Kumar
Chamling becomes CM for the ________?
(A) 2nd time
(B) 3rd time
(C) 4th time
(D) 5th time
6. Who among the following has been nominated to become the U.S.
Attorney for Southern District of New York, by US President Barack Obama?
(A) Preet Bharara
(B) Suresh Modi
(C) Rajiv Khurana
(D) Suresh Kalmadi
7. The government formed the panel after many ex-servicemen returned
their medals to protest the rejection of their ‘one rank one pension’ demand.
Who is heading this panel ?
(A) K.M. Chandrasekhar
(B) R Balakrishanan
(C) B S Padmanabham
(D) T. Raja Shekhar
8. Recently India’s Jayanta Talukdar, Rahul Banerjee and Mangal Singh
Champia, earned India a gold medal in the recurve team event of the
archery World Cup Stage I. In which country this event held?
(A) Croatia
(B) Russia
(C) Ukraine
(D) Czech Republic.
9. Recently Madhu Kannan has joined as managing director & chief executive
officer (CEO) of which exchange?
(A) Bombay Stock Exchange
(B) National Stock Exchange
(C) Delhi Stock exchange
(D) None of these
10. Who has won his maiden International Tennis Federation (ITF) title at
Delhi Lawn Tennis Association on April 25, 2009?
(A) Yuki Bhambari
(B) Vishnu Vardhan
(C) Leander Paes
(D) Mahesh Bhupti
11. What is the name of the first setellite launched by Iran on Feb 3, 2009 ?
(A) Shahab
(B) Hatf
(C) Zulfiqar
(D) Omid
12. Recently Indian Navy commissioned INS Airavat. Which among the
following terms precisely describes INS Airavat?
(A) Landing Ship Tank
(B) Waterjet Propelled Fast Attack Craft
(C) Guided Missile Frigate
(D) GPS Craft
13. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) recently has entered
the Limca Book of Records as the largest animal rights organisation. (May
11, 2009). In which year PETA began ?
(A) 1995
(B) 2000
(C) 1999
(D) 1980
14. ‘Open Market Operation ‘ is a part of
(A) Income Policy
(B) Fiscal Policy
(C) Credit Policy
(D) Labour Policy
15. SDR, the curency of the IMF , is in the form of
(A) Paper Currency
(B) Gold
(C) Silver and Gold both
(D) Book keeping entry only
1- The RBI Governor reviews the Annual Monetary and credit policy every time
after a gap of ———months?
three
2- Reserve Bank of India keeps changing the ratio which regulates the minimum
reserve each bank must hold to customer’s deposits. What this ratio called?
Cash Reserve Ratio
3- Which bank has the punchline”Much more to do with YOU in focus”?
Andhra Bank
4- A new field of banking system made up of large-scale banks that operate
extensive networks of branches and provide different services. This new termed
emerged in the banking field is —————?
Universal Banking
5- Providing credit and other financial services and products of very small
amount to the poors in rural / semi-urban area is callled as …………..?
Micro Finance
6- What are Basel Norms?
Norms specially designed to control various risk factors in bank operations
1. India has signed an agreement to procure Advanced Jet
Trainer (Hawk) from which of the following countries ?
(a) USA
(b) UK
(c) France
(d) Russia
Ans: ( b ) UK
2. The United States has granted the status of ?major
non-NATO ally? to which of the following countries recently ?
(a) Pakistan
(b) India
(c) Afghanistan
(d) Myanmar
Ans: ( a ) Pakistan
3. Who among the following persons bought the sword of Tipu
Sultan in London and brought it back to India ?
(a) Ratan Tata
(b) Mukesh Ambani
(c) Vijay Mallya
(d) Aditya Birla
Ans: ( c ) Vijay Mallya
4. Which of the following companies became India?s first
listed IT firm to have crossed $1 billion turnover ?
(a) Satyam
(b) HCL
(c) Wipro
(d) Infosys Technologies
Ans: ( d ) Infosys Technologies
5. Who among the following women has become the highest
individual scorer in an innings in Tests ?
(a) Mithali Raj
(b) Kiran Baloch
(c) Diana Eduljee
(d) None of these
Ans: ( b ) Kiran Baloch
6. Who is the new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka ?
(a) Chandrika Kumaratunga
(b) Ranil Wickremesinghe
(c) Mahinda Rajapakse
(d) None of these
Ans: ( c ) Mahinda Rajapakse
7. Hamas is a militant organization fighting against which
of the following countries ?
(a) Sudan
(b) Israel
(c) Brazil
(d) Syria
Ans: ( b ) Israel
8. Who among the following has become the first Indian to
score a triple century in Tests ?
(a) Rahul Dravid
(b) Sachin Tendulkar
(c) V.V.S. Laxman
(d) Virender Sehwag
Ans: ( d ) Virender Sehwag
9. Who among the following has won the Femina Miss India
Universe 2004 title ?
(a) Lakshmi Pandit
(b) Sayali Bhagat
(c) Tanushree Dutta
(d) Jyoti Brahmin
Ans: ( c ) Tanushree Dutta
10. The 9th South Asian Federation Games were held recently
in which of the following cities ?
(a) Islamabad
(b) Hyderabad
(c) Kathmandu
(d) Colombo
Ans: ( a ) Islamabad
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GK Questions Series Part 2December 1st, 2009
1)Who has recently assumed charge as the new Secretary of the Ministry of
Information and Broadcasting?
Answer:Raghu Menon
2)Admiral Gorshkov which was recently in news has been renamed as?
Answer:INS Vikramaditya
3)India’s cabinet recently approved the proposal to sign a comprehensive
economic partnership agreement CEPA comprising six pacts viz. trade in
goods, trade facilitation and custom cooperation, trade in services and
investment with which country ?
Answer:South Korea
4)The finance ministry of India recently said in its annual economic survey
that India needs to end controls on prices of petrol and diesel to curb fuel
demand. What is India’s India’s rank in Asia in the oil consumption?
Answer:Third
5)In the economic survey presented ahead of Budget , what fraction of
foreign equity share in Insurance Business was recommended?
Answer:49 %
6. As per 1991 Census, which one of the following groups of
Union Territories had the highest literacy rate ?
(a) Chandigarh and Dadra & Nagar Haveli
(b) Delhi and Andaman & Nicobar Islands
(c) Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Pondicherry
(d) Pondicherry and Delhi
Ans: ( b ) Delhi and Andaman & Nicobar Islands
7. In order to win the Grand Slam in Tennis, a player must
win which one of the following groups of tournaments ?
(a) Australian Open, Wimbeldon, French Open, U.S. Open
(b) Wimbledon, French Open, U.S. Open, Swedish Open
(c) Wimbledon, French Open, Paegas Czec Open, U.S. Open
(d) Davis Cup, Wimbledon, French Open, Australian Open
Ans: ( a ) Australian Open, Wimbeldon, French Open, U.S. Open
8. ?Abhinava Bharat?, a secret society of revolutionaries,
was organized by
(a) Khudiram Bose
(b) V.D. Savarkar
(c) Prafulla Chaki
(d) Bhagat Singh
Ans: ( b ) V.D. Savarkar
9. Endoscopy, a technique used to explore the stomach or
other inner parts of the body, is based on the phenomenon of
(a) Total internal reflection
(b) Interference
(c) Diffraction
(d) Polarisation
Ans: ( a ) Total internal reflection
10. Which one of the following lakes forms and international
boundary between Tanzania and Uganda ?
(a) Chad
(b) Malawi
(c) Victoria
(d) Zambezi
Ans: ( c ) Victoria
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General Knowledge Question Series 2
February 2nd, 2009
WHICH DISTRICT IS CALLED ” THE LAND OF GODS” KASARGOD
THE PLACE “ILLIKUNNU” IN KANNUR IS ASSOCIATED WITH” HERMAN
GUNDERT
AZHIMALA NAVI ACADEMY KANNUR
ACADEMY FOR FOLK LORE IS SITUATED IN KANNUR
LARGEST TALUK IN KERALA ERANAD
CALICUT UNIVERSITY IS SITUATED AT MALAPPURAM
BIRTH PLACE OF T.N SHESHAN PALAKKAD
“”"MUNNAR EVICTION”" SPECIAL OFFICER” SURESH KUMAR
DATE OF FORMATION OF KERALA 1 NOV 1956
NUMBER OF EAST FLOWING RIVERS IN KERALA THREE
NUMBER OF RIVERS IN KERALA 44
MOPLAH REBELLION IN MALABAR 1921
THE FIRST TALKIE MALAYALAM FILM BALAN
FIRST FLOATING ATM IN INDIA IS AT KOCHI
KPSC CHAIRMAN K.V SALAHUDHEEN
KUNJALI MARAKAR WAS THE NAVAL CHIEF OF ZAMORIN OF KOZHIKODE
WHO WAS KNOWN AS KERALA GANDHI K.KELAPPAN
“DIRECTION OF “”VASTHUHARA”"” ARAVINDAN
NUMBER OF LOK SABHA SEATS IN KERALA 20
“MUTHIRA PUZHA” IS THE TRIBUTARY OF” PERIYAR
HINDUSTAN PAPER CORPORATION IS AT KOTTAYAM
KERALA WOOD INDUSTRIES IS AT NILAMBUR
THE SMALLEST DISTRICT IN KERALA ALAPPUZHA
SILENT VALLEY IS IN PALAKKAD
THE HIGHEST PEAK IN KERALA ANAMUDI
THE QUEEN OF ARABIAN SEA KOCHI
THE PLACE WHERE VSSC IS LOCATED THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
INDIAS FIRST PRIVATE AIRPORT COCHIN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT