Online General Knowledge Quiz

1. The APEC Summit 2008 will be held in Nov. 2010 at—
(A) Yokahama
(B) Manila
(C) Seoul
(D) Hanoi
Ans : (A)

2. Mullaperiyar dam is a disputable issue between—
(A) Kerala and Tamil Nadu States
(B) Kerala and Karnataka States
(C) Karnataka and Tamil Nadu States
(D) None of these
Ans : (A)

3. The Sangeet Ratna Award has been instituted in memory of—
(A) Ustad Rashid Ahmed
(B) Ustad Nissar Hussain Khan
(C) Ustad Bismillah Khan
(D) Pt. Ravishankar
Ans : (C)

4. IBSA is—
(A) India Brazil—South Africa Trilateral Co-operation Forum
(B) India Brazil South Africa Agreement
(C) India Britain South America Agreement
(D) None of these
Ans : (A)

5. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, 2009 has been won by—
(A) M. C. Marykom
(B) Vijendra Kumar
(C) Sushil Kumar
(D) All of the above
Ans : (D)


6. The 16th NAM summit will be held at—
(A) Durban
(B) Tehran
(C) Cuba
(D) Cartagena
Ans : (B)

7. Who among the following has been awarded the highest Mexican civilian award, the Aztec Eagle ?
(A) Lord Swaraj Paul
(B) Bill Gates
(C) Amitabh Bachchan
(D) Ratan Tata
Ans : (B)

8. Most powerful woman in the world according to the, 2010 published Forbes Magazine list ?
(A) Angela Markel
(B) Condoleeza Rice
(C) Sonia Gandhi
(D) Wu Yi
Ans : (A)

9. ‘Agile’ is—
(A) A mission to Mars
(B) India’s first foreign satellite to be launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre,
Sriharikota
(C) A mission to Saturn
(D) None of these
Ans : (B)

10. The present Chairman of Bombay Stock Exchange—
(A) Jagdish Kapoor
(B) Justice S. D. Agarwala
(C) S. Ramadorai
(D) Mr. Sudhir Narain
Ans : (A)

11. Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar is given by—
(A) Pt. Ravishankar University of Music
(B) Bhatkhande Music University
(C) Indira Kala Sangeet University
(D) Sangeet Natak Akademi
Ans : (D)

12. The film that won the Best Film Award at 11th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) is—
(A) 3-Idiots
(B) A Short Life
(C) Nirontor (Forever Flows)
(D) Sonam
Ans : (A)

13. Report of the Sachar Committee is related with—
(A) Social, economic and educational status of the Muslim community
(B) Status of the Scheduled Castes in India
(C) Economic status of Backward Classes in India
(D) None of these
Ans : (A)

14. Who among the following has been named as UN person of the year in Kenya 2009 ?
(A) Henry Kiprono Kirwa
(B) Anil Ambani
(C) Azim Premji
(D) Mukesh Ambani
Ans : (A)

15. Who among the following has been won the title of Miss Universe 2009 ?
(A) Amruta Patki
(B) Stefania Fernandez
(C) Catherine Untalan
(D) Marianne Puglia
Ans : (B)

16. The present Chief Election Commissioner is—
(A) B. B. Tandon
(B) Navin B. Chawala
(C) S. Y. Quraishi
(D) N. Gopalaswami
Ans : (B)