GK Qbjective Questions 2009

1. The 2009 Laureus Team of the Year Award has been given to—
(A) S. Korean Team
(B) Australian Team
(C) Chinese Team
(D) American Team
Ans : (C)

2. After whom among the following has a recently launched New Global Award for Mathematics been named ?
(A) Albert Einstein
(B) Chen-Chern
(C) Newton
(D) Mikhail Gromov
Ans : (B)

3. According to a recent Food and Agriculture Organization Report the number of people whom hunger crisis in the world is affecting is—
(A) One-fourth of the world’s population
(B) One third of the world’s population
(C) One Sixth of the world’s population
(D) One fifth of the world’s population
Ans : (C)


4. The 230 year old India’s Botanical Gardens are situated in—
(A) Dehradun
(B) Kolkata
(C) Hubli
(D) Thiruvananthpuram
Ans : (B)

5. From which among the following cities have 5th Century Artefacts recently been discovered ?
(A) Muradabad
(B) Nellore
(C) Murshidabad
(D) Guwahati
Ans : (C)

6. Which of the following states has recently signed MoU with Red Cross to set up Blood Blanks in seventeen district hospitals ?
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) West Bengal
(C) Madhya Pradesh
(D) Bihar
Ans : (D)

7. The winner of the Santosh Trophy in the 63rd edition of the National Football Championship is—
(A) Madhya Pradesh
(B) Goa
(C) Karnataka
(D) Tamil Nadu
Ans : (B)

8. Confederations Cup has been bagged by—
(A) Argentina
(B) Chile
(C) Brazil
(D) Paraguay
Ans : (C)

9. The runners-up in the ICC Women’s World Cup Twenty-20 and Men’s World Cup Twenty-20 tournaments were respectively—
(A) Australia and Sri Lanka
(B) New Zealand and Sri Lanka
(C) New Zealand and Zimbabwe
(D) Kenya and Australia
Ans : (B)

10. The runner up in Men’s Single French Open Tennis Championship 2009 was—
(A) Rafael of Spain
(B) Lucas Dlouhy of Czech Republic
(C) Roger Federer of Switzerland
(D) Robin Soderling of Sweden
Ans : (D)

11. Who has recently been ranked as Asia’s top golfer ?
(A) Shiv Kapoor
(B) Jyoti Randhawa
(C) Jeev Milkha Singh
(D) None of these
Ans : (C)

12. NCHER stands for—
(A) National Capital for Higher Education and Research
(B) National Committee for Higher Education and Research
(C) Non-Capitalisation of Higher Education and Research
(D) National Commission for Higher Education and Research
Ans : (D)

13. The second Commission on Centre-State Relations is headed by—
(A) Vijay Kelkar
(B) B. P. Singh
(C) M. M. Punchi
(D) None of these
Ans : (C)

14. The Indian city where this year, the International Festival of Films on Tribal Art and Culture was organised, is—
(A) Hyderabad
(B) Bhopal
(C) Bengaluru
(D) Chennai
Ans : (B)

15. ‘Varuna’ is—
(A) India-France joint naval exercise
(B) India-Russia joint naval exercise
(C) India-Germany joint naval exercise
(D) India-Myanmar joint naval exercise
Ans : (A)

16. The new Madhya Pradesh and Bihar Governors respectively are—
(A) Hans Raj Bhardwaj and R. Thakur
(B) Rameshwar Thakur and Naval Kishore Sharma
(C) Rameshwar Thakur and Devanand Konwar
(D) None of the above
Ans : (C)

17. The Economic Survey for 2008-09 has projected this fiscal year—
(A) 8•5% growth
(B) 7•75% growth
(C) 9% growth
(D) 7% growth
Ans : (B)

18. Which of the following places came into news for the eruption of ethnic riots ?
(A) Paris
(B) Vienna
(C) Sydney
(D) Urumqi
Ans : (D)

19. According to the Union Budget 2009-10, the total increase in expenditure in 2009-10 over 2008-09 is—
(A) 40%
(B) 36%
(C) 30%
(D) 25%
Ans : (B)

20. According to the Union Budget 2009-10, growth rate of GDP dipped from an average of 9% in the previous three fiscal years to—
(A) 6•7% during 2008-09
(B) 7% during 2008-09
(C) 8•5% during 2008-09
(D) 5% during 2008-09
Ans : (A)