General Knowledge Questions with Answers

1. Which Indian city has been awarded Sustainable Transport Award (STA) 2010 ?
(A) New Delhi
(B) Ahmedabad
(C) Bengaluru
(D) Mumbai
Ans : (B)

2. The target set for ensuring FDI inflow into India by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry stands at—
(A) $ 95 billion
(B) $ 100 billion
(C) $ 110 billion
(D) $ 115 billion
Ans : (B)

3. Agni-III missile successfully test- fired on—
(A) January 5, 2010
(B) December 31, 2009
(C) February 7, 2010
(D) February 12, 2010
Ans : (C)


4. The G7 Finance Ministers Summit was held on February 5-6, 2010 at—
(A) Iqaluit (Canada)
(B) New Delhi (India)
(C) Beijing (China)
(D) London (England)
Ans : (A)

5. Direct Tax Collections of the Union Government during April-December 2009 show a growth of—
(A) Negative 8•5%
(B) Positive 8•5%
(C) Almost no growth
(D) None of these
Ans : (B)

6. The Reserve Bank of India on January 29, 2010 increased mandatory cash reserve of banks by—
(A) 25 basis points
(B) 50 basis points
(C) 75 basis points
(D) 85 basis points
Ans : (C)

7. Recently India signed an agreement for collaboration on road sector with—
(A) Indonesia
(B) Myanmar
(C) Sri Lanka
(D) Malaysia
Ans : (D)

8. The 74th Conference of the Presiding Officers of Legislative bodies was held in—
(A) Kolkata
(B) Patna
(C) Hyderabad
(D) Bhopal
Ans : (D)

9. The fifth ASEAN Education Minister Meeting was held on January 28, 2010 at—
(A) Cebu
(B) Sierra Leone
(C) Singapore
(D) Beijing
Ans : (A)

10. Viktor Yanukovych has won the Presidential Election in/of—
(A) Russia
(B) Ukraine
(C) France
(D) Kazakhstan
Ans : (B)

11. Who has been elected as the first women President of Costa Rica ?
(A) Laura Chinchilla
(B) Cristina Kirchner
(C) Violeta Chamorrow
(D) None of these
Ans : (A)

12. Which of the following states of India has been given the Sanskrit language as status of second official language ?
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Uttarakhand
(C) Chhattisgarh
(D) Bihar
Ans : (B)

13. Which of the following films has won the ‘Golden Conch’ award for the best documentary in the 11th Mumbai International Film Festival ?
(A) 17 August
(B) My Name is Khan
(C) The Spell
(D) The Sun Behind the Clouds
Ans : (A)

14. Who has been appointed as Director General of National Investigation Agency (NIA) ?
(A) S. C. Sinha
(B) R.V. Raju
(C) S. Balaji
(D) Loknath Behera
Ans : (A)

15. The newly elected President of Bharatiya Janata Party is—
(A) Rajnath Singh
(B) Sushama Swaraj
(C) Nitin Gadkari
(D) Arun Jaitley
Ans : (C)

16. India’s 18th Nuclear Power Plant has begun its commercial operations at—
(A) Rawatbhata (Rajasthan)
(B) Kalpakkam (Tamil Nadu)
(C) Tarapur (Maharashtra)
(D) Kaiga (Karnataka)
Ans : (A)

17. Recently, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Partners Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and Oil India Ltd. (OIL) have bagged a bid to develop a major crude oil block in—
(A) Spain
(B) Venezuela
(C) Ethiopia
(D) Bahrain
Ans : (B)

98. The head of newly constituted National Innovation Council is—
(A) Sam Pitroda
(B) K. Kasturirangan
(C) Samir Brahmachari
(D) None of the above
Ans : (A)

19. Union Cabinet recently cleared the Bill to protect—
(A) Minorities
(B) Scheduled Castes
(C) Whistle Blowers
(D) None of the above
Ans : (C)

20. Recently Asian Development Bank approved loan for National Capital Region worth—
(A) $ 150 million
(B) $ 200 million
(C) $ 100 million
(D) $ 300 million
Ans : (A)