General Knowledge - General Awareness Quiz - Questions and Answers, GK 2010

1. About which of the following bodies, no constitutional guidelines exist?

a. The Election Commission

b. The Planning Commission

c. The Finance Commission

d. the UPSC

e. None of them

2. Which of the following US Senators founded "Earth Day "?

a. Bob Kasten

b. Alexander Wiley

c. John W. Reynolds

d. Gaylord Nelson

e. William A Barstow

3. Which among the following is known as first electronic amplification device.?

a. Diode

b. Triode Vaccum Tubes

c. Vacuum Tubes

d. bipolar transistors

e. None of them

4. Which of the following unit of weight is equivalent to 6.35029 kilograms?

a. Passeree (Bengal)

b. Stone (Imperial)

c. Candy (South India)

d. Maund (Some parts of British India)

e. None of them

5. Which among the following headstreams meets the Ganges in last ?

a. Alaknanada

b. Pindar

c. Mandakini

d. Nadakini

e. Bhagirathi

6. Which of the following states of India has recently (March 2010) tied up with Border Security Forces to provide manpower and intelligence assistance in protecting one of its world famous National park ?

a. West Bengal

b. Kerala

c. Uttarakhand

d. Assam

e. Rajasthan

7. International Telecommunication Union is an agency of which of the following?

a. World Trade Organization

b. United Nations

c. European Union

d. UNCTAD

8. Who among the following are the beneficiaries of Ways and Means Advances (WMA) facility of Reserve Bank of India?

a. Commercial Banks

b. Regional Rural banks

c. State Governments

d. Authorized Dealers of Foreign Exchanges

e. All of above

9. Dendrochronology is the scientific method of dating based on the analysis of patterns of tree-rings. In a tree from which of the following zones, the analyzing the circles would be most easy?

a. Tropical Rain Forests

b. Temperate Zones

c. Polar Tundra

d. Taiga

e. None of them

10. Which of the following international organizations has established International Network on Financial Education (INFE) in mid of 2008?

a. Reserve Bank of India

b. SAARC

c. OECD

d. World Bank

e. World Trade Organization

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