Objective General Knowledge 2010

1. SAARC car rally began from which among the following countries ?
(A) India
(B) Bangladesh
(C) Nepal
(D) Pakistan
Ans : (B)

2. Which of the following is the pesent Prime Minister of Pakistan ?
(A) Yusuf Raza Gillani
(B) Justice Rana Bhagwandas
(C) Justice Nazim Siddiqui
(D) Justice Javaid Iqbal
Ans : (A)

3. Which of the following team has won the Champions Trophy Cricket 2009 ?
(A) Sri Lanka
(B) Australia
(C) India
(D) Bangladesh
Ans : (B)

4. ‘GLONASS’ is—
(A) Global Navigational Satellite System
(B) Global Navigational Space System
(C) Geostationary Launch of Artificial Space System
(D) Global New Astronomical Space System
Ans : (A)

5. India has signed first bilateral agreement on social security with which among the following countries ?
(A) Belgium
(B) Holland
(C) France
(D) Germany
Ans : (A)


6. Nishan-e-Pakistan, the highest civilian award of Pakistan has been recently awarded to—
(A) Hu Jintao
(B) Dilip Kumar
(C) King Abdullah
(D) Khuswant Singh
Ans : (A)

7. 2009 Nobel Prize for Chemistry has been awarded to—
(A) Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
(B) Thomas A. Steitz
(C) Ada E. Yonath
(D) All of these
Ans : (D)

8. ‘Miss Universe 2009’ is—
(A) Ioana Valentina Boitor
(B) Stefania Fernandez
(C) Sabrina Houssami
(D) Natasha Suri
Ans : (B)

9. CARTOSAT-2A is—
(A) A comet
(B) A tank of Indian army
(C) Earth observing satellite in a sunsynchronous orbit
(D) An army communication network
Ans : (C)

10. Margaret Chan was appointed as the Director General of—
(A) World Health Organisation (WHO)
(B) World Trade Organisation (WTO)
(C) Asian Development Bank (ADB)
(D) Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)
Ans : (A)

11. Which among the following countries has joined World Trade Organisation as the 153rd member ?
(A) Nepal
(B) Cape Verde
(C) Singapore
(D) Iran
Ans : (B)

12. At present what is the percentage of Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) ?
(A) 5•50%
(B) 5•25%
(C) 6•00%
(D) 5•75%
Ans : (C)

13. For attaining 9% growth rate during 11th plan, investment level has been estimated to be—
(A) 20% of GDP
(B) 25% of GDP
(C) 30% of GDP
(D) 35% of GDP
Ans : (D)

14. The controversial movie ‘Black Friday’ is based on the—
(A) 1993 Mumbai Bomb Blasts
(B) Best Bakery Case
(C) Godhra Train Fire Conspiracy
(D) Fire at Meerut’s Victoria Park
Ans : (A)

15. ‘THEMIS’ is an acronym for—
(A) Time History of Events and Meteors in Space
(B) Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms
(C) Thermal Interactions in Space
(D) None of these
Ans : (B)

16. The telecommunication network group Hutchison Essar has been taken over by—
(A) Reliance Communications
(B) Verizon
(C) Vodafone
(D) Hinduja
Ans : (C)

17. Which among the following tennis players has been recently named as a goodwill
ambassador for the UN development agency, UNDP ?
(A) Sania Mirza
(B) Kim Clijsters
(C) Maxim Mirnyi
(D) Maria Sharapova
Ans : (D)

18. Which among the following tennis players won the 2010 French Open men’s title ?
(A) Juan Carlos Ferrero
(B) Lars Burgsmuller
(C) Rafael Nadal
(D) Feliciano Lopez
Ans : (C)

19. Who was the Chairman of the Sixth Central Pay Commission ?
(A) Justice B. N. Srikrishna
(B) Prof. Ravindra Dholakia
(C) J. S. Mathur
(D) Sushma Nath
Ans : (A)

20. Swasraya Bharat-2006 week was organised—
(A) In honour of President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(B) In honour of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
(C) In honour of Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
(D) For the promotion of religious and cultural unity of India
Ans : (A)