General Knowledge Questions Answers

1. High Level Committee on Coastal Security is headed by—
(A) Anil Chopra
(B) Chandrashekhar
(C) Vijay Singh
(D) R. P. Suthan
Ans : (A)

2. In order to upgrade AN-32 India has recently signed an agreement with—
(A) Russia
(B) Kazakhasthan
(C) Uzbekistan
(D) Ukraine
Ans : (D)

3. India, very soon, will get New Nuclear Submarine from—
(A) U.S.A.
(B) Japan
(C) France
(D) Russia
Ans : (D)


4. Tipaimukh Dam is being constructed in—
(A) Nagaland
(B) Manipur
(C) Mizoram
(D) Tripura
Ans : (B)

5. Which of the following was recently appointed Privy Councillor in Britain ?
(A) Vikram Seth
(B) Salman Rushdie
(C) Lord Swaraj Paul
(D) None of these
Ans : (C)

6. At BRIC recently held at Yekaterinburg (Russia) the leaders issued—
(A) 20 point joint statement
(B) 15 point joint statement
(C) 16 point joint statement
(D) 10 point joint statement
Ans : (C)

7. Which of the following countries have decided to trade in their respective National Currencies ?
(A) India and China
(B) Russia and China
(C) China and South Korea
(D) Japan and U.S.A.
Ans : (B)

8. European Parliament is based in—
(A) Strasbourg
(B) Paris
(C) Geneva
(D) London
Ans : (A)

9. The Inter-governmental Agreement on the Trans-Asian Railway (TAR) network came into force on—
(A) July 11, 2009
(B) July 20, 2009
(C) June 20, 2009
(D) June 11, 2009
Ans : (D)

10. Which of the following countries is not the member/members of Shanghai Cooperation Organization ?
(A) Turkemenistan
(B) Uzbekistan
(C) Kazakhastan
(D) Tajikistan
Ans : (A)

11. NASA Successfully launched two Moon Probes on—
(A) June 18, 2009
(B) June 19, 2009
(C) June 22, 2009
(D) June 25, 2009
Ans : (A)

12. Which of the Central American countries recently experienced military coup ?
(A) Mexico
(B) Cuba
(C) Honduras
(D) None of these
Ans : (C)

13. The new Solicitor General of India is—
(A) Goolan E. Vahanavati
(B) Gopal Subramaniam
(C) Harish Khare
(D) Nirmal Kumar Verma
Ans : (B)

14. Anil Kumar Verma is the new—
(A) Naval Chief
(B) Army Chief
(C) Air Force Chief
(D) None of these
Ans : (A)

15. The new Home Secretary of India is—
(A) Rahul Khullar
(B) G. K. Pillai
(C) Nirupama Rao
(D) Indira Jai Singh
Ans : (B)

16. The new Additional Solicitor General of India is—
(A) Ahmed Kasim
(B) Harish Khare
(C) Indira Jai Singh
(D) Rahul Khullar
Ans : (C)

17. Recently Ethiopian scientist Gebisa Ejeta got—
(A) The 2009 Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar
(B) The 2009 World Food Prize
(C) Global Award for Mathematics
(D) Golden Peacock Environment Award
Ans : (B)

18. Laxmipat Singhania Award has been given to—
(A) B. K. Das
(B) Shabana Azmi
(C) Nestle India
(D) None of these
Ans : (A)

19. UN Public Service Award 2009 has recently been conferred on—
(A) Rajasthan’s Sanitation Body
(B) Karnataka’s Sanitation Body
(C) Gujarat’s Sanitation Body
(D) Punjab’s Sanitation Body
Ans : (C)

20. Who among the following has not been inducted in the ICC Hall of Fame ?
(A) Bishen Singh Bedi
(B) Navjot Singh Siddhu
(C) Sunil Gavaskar
(D) Kapil Dev
Ans : (B)