LATEST GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS

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)

21. Where is the National Environment Engineering Institute?
(A) Jamshedpur
(B) Cuttack
(C) Nagpur
(D) Ranchi
Ans : (C)

22. Who was declared as Miss Universe 2010 ?
(A) Claudia Julissa Guz Rodriguez (Dominican Republic)
(B) Nancy Randall (USA)
(C) Jimena Navarrete (Mexico)
(D) Rosanna Davison (Ireland)
Ans : (C)

23. Who has been appointed the new Chief of the Army Staff ?
(A) Arun Prakash
(B) S. P. Tyagi
(C) Ajit Bhavnani
(D) B. K. Singh
Ans : (D)


24. What is the exemption limit for Income Tax in the Budget for 2010-11 for general category ?
(A) 1 lakh 50 thousand
(B) 1 lakh 60 thousand
(C) 2 lakh 25 thousand
(D) 2 lakh 90 thousand
Ans : (B)

25. Australian Open Lawn Tennis (2010) women’s single title was won by—
(A) Jennifer Capriati (USA)
(B) Venus Williams
(C) Serena Williams (USA)
(D) Amelie Mauresmo (France)
Ans : (C)

26. The French Open Lawn Tennis (June 2010) women’s singles title was won by—
(A) Maria Sharapova (Russia)
(B) Anastasia Myskina (Russia)
(C) Francesca Schiavone (Italy)
(D) Elena Dementieva (Russia)
Ans : (C)

27. What was the annual growth rate of GDP at factor cost achieved during the financial year 2008-09 as announced by Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) ?
(A) 6•5%
(B) 6•7%
(C) 6%
(D) 7%
Ans : (B)

28. The Government of India has formed a new command of the army known as South-Western Command with its headquarters at Jaipur. With this the number of commands of the Indian land army will be raised to—
(A) 6
(B) 8
(C) 7
(D) 5
Ans : (C)

29. The Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is—
(A) K. Radhakrishnan
(B) S. K. Joshi
(C) M. S. Swaminathan
(D) K. Kasturirangan
Ans : (A)

30. Who won the Best Actress Award in the 82nd Annual Academy Awards (Oscar Awards) 2009, conferred in March 2010 ?
(A) Renee Zellweger
(B) Sandra Bullock
(C) Charlize Theron
(D) Cate Blanchett
Ans : (B)

31. M. K. Narayanan is the new Governor of—
(A) Assam
(B) West Bengal
(C) Madhya Pradesh
(D) Jharkhand
Ans : (B)

32. Where is the Headquarter of the World Health Organisation?
(A) Paris
(B) Geneva
(C) Rome
(D) New York
Ans : (B)

33. Which state registered a win over Bengal lifting the Santosh Trophy in the 64th edition of the National Football Championship held at Kolkata in August 2010 ?
(A) Rajasthan
(B) West Bengal
(C) Chhattisgarh
(D) Punjab
Ans : (B)

34. Who was conferred the Maharashtra Govt.’s Lata Mangeshkar Award for 2009 ?
(A) Suman Kalyanpur
(B) Nirmal Verma
(C) Mahashweta Devi
(D) None of these
Ans : (A)

35. The 10th SCO conference in June 2010 was held in—
(A) Singapore
(B) Uzbekistan
(C) Malaysia
(D) Doha
Ans : (B)

36. Hygrometer is used for the measurement of—
(A) Relative humidity
(B) Density
(C) Vapour Pressure
(D) Voltage
Ans : (A)

37. The 29th Olympic Games were held in 2008 in Beijing. Where will the 30th Olympic Games be held in 2012 ?
(A) Kualalumpur (Malaysia)
(B) London (UK)
(C) Cairo (Egypt)
(D) Toronto (Canada)
Ans : (B)

38. Who is the recipient of Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Development and Disarmament 2009 ?
(A) Sheikh Hasina
(B) Prince Norodom Sihanouk, ex-King (Combodia)
(C) Dr. Karan Singh, former Union Minister of India
(D) Late Yasser Arafat of Palestine
Ans : (A)

39. What is the name of India’s projected Moon Mission ?
(A) Chandrayan
(B) Edusat
(C) Pioneer
(D) Chandrika
Ans : (A)

40. Who is the Chief Justice of India ?
(A) Justice A. S. Anand
(B) Justice J. S. Verma
(C) Justice Jayant Reddy
(D) Justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia
Ans : (D)