General Awareness Questions 2009

1. In the World’s Green Index Indians have been judged as—
(A) The Second Greenest people
(B) The Third Greenest people
(C) The Greenest people
(D) None of the above
Ans : (C)

2. Nikkei Asia Prize has been won by—
(A) Shabana Azmi
(B) Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
(C) Aung San Suu Kyi
(D) None of the above
Ans : (B)

3. The 2009 SEED Awards have been recognised in the field of—
(A) Communication
(B) Entrepreneurship
(C) Energy
(D) None of these
Ans : (B)


4. Who is the winner of the 2009 Commonwealth Writer’s Prize?
(A) Mohammad Hanif
(B) Christos Tsiolkas
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of these
Ans : (C)

5. Alice Munro who has won the Man Booker International Prize this year belongs to—
(A) Canada
(B) Hungary
(C) Argentina
(D) Austria
Ans : (A)

6. In reference to the 62nd Cannes Festival Awards/Prizes which of the following statements is incorrect ?
(A) The Best Actor award was won by Christoph Waltz for Inglorious Bastard
(B) Best Actress went to Angelina Jolie
(C) Grand Prize was bagged by ‘A Prophet’ by Jaques Andiard
(D) The White Ribbon won the Palm d’Or
Ans : (B)

7. Dune Kossatze who has been declared Bollywood South Africa in Johannesburg in May 2009 belongs to—
(A) South Africa
(B) England
(C) Ireland
(D) The Netherlands
Ans : (B)

8. M.D. Madhusudan—the well-known biologist has recently won—
(A) Leontief Award
(B) Mahatma Gandhi Peace Award
(C) Booker International Prize
(D) Whitley Award
Ans : (D)

9. According to IUCN (The International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species, the Kerala bird which is facing survival threat is—
(A) The Nilgiri Laughing Thrush
(B) Peacock
(C) Black bird
(D) None of the above
Ans : (A)

10. The number of critically endangered birds of India as listed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red list is—
(A) 20
(B) 14
(C) 25
(D) 10
Ans : (B)

11. Which of the following matches is incorrect—
Chief Minister — State
(A) Navin Patnaik — Orissa
(B) P.K. Chamling — Sikkim
(C) P.A. Sangma — Meghalaya
(D) Y.S. Rajshekhar Reddy — Andhra Pradesh
Ans : (C)

12. Roman Amphora sherds have been found in excavations from—
(A) Nellore
(B) Hyderabad
(C) Kanyakumari
(D) Pattanam
Ans : (D)

13. In reference to the IPL II Awards and Prizes, which of the following is incorrect ?
Winner Award/Prize
(A) Adam Gilchrist —Golden Player of the League
(B) Rohit Sharma —Success of the Tournament
(C) Matthew Hayden —Orange Cup
(D) M.S. Dhoni —Man of the Final
Ans : (D)

14. In the context of the recently held various football championships which of the following is not correct—
Winner Team — Championship
(A) Inter Milan — Italian Series title
(B) Manchester United — English League Title
(C) Barcelona — UEFA Cup
(D) Punjab Team — Dutta Ray Trophy
Ans : (C)

15. Who among the following has won the French Grand Prix recently ?
(A) Valentino Rossi
(B) Jorge Lorenzo
(C) Tenson Button
(D) None of these
Ans : (B)

16. Surya Shekhar Ganguly has recently won the—
(A) Indian Chess Championship
(B) Asian Chess Championship
(C) Commonwealth Chess Championship
(D) None of the above
Ans : (B)

17. Yelena Isinbayeva who has recently won her second Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year award is from—
(A) Germany
(B) Russia
(C) England
(D) Japan
Ans : (B)

18. Which among the following is the winner of Asia Cup Hockey Title this year ?
(A) South Korea
(B) North Korea
(C) Pakistan
(D) Malaysia
Ans : (A)

19. The country which recently came into news for attacks on Indian students is—
(A) Canada
(B) England
(C) Australia
(D) Germany
Ans : (C)

20. The new Indian Navy Chief is—
(A) Nirmal Kumar Verma
(B) Pradeep Vasant Naik
(C) P.K. Barbora
(D) None of the above
Ans : (A)