General Knowledge - General Awareness - 2010

1. On February 18, 2010, Indo Tibetan Border Police has become the second para-military force in India to have set up a 'mahila battalion' as the 209 women constables joined the force's 43rd battalion. Which of the following was India's first paramilitary force to have such batallion?

a. CRPF

b. CISF

c. BSF

d. SSB

e. None of them

2. Recently we read in the newspapers that UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was on a tour of Cyprus to inject new momentum into waning peace talks to reunify the divided the island country which is under two powers divided by a UN maintained buffer zone. Which are the two powers ?

a. Greece & Syria

b. Turkey & Syria

c. Greece & Turkey

d. Greece & Lebanon

e. Turkey & Lebanon

3. Recently South North Water Diversion Project (SNWD) was in news which was related to diverting the water of rivers from south China to North China where there is a low annual rainfall. This project has now been delayed for 5 years. The main thrust of this project was to move the direction of the water of which of the following rivers of China ?

a. Yellow River

b. Yangtze River

c. Hai River,

d. Fen River

e. Zhang River

4. Which of the following party emerged as winner in the Sri Lankan parliamentary election held on 8th April 2010 for its 14th Parliament?

a. United People's Freedom Alliance

b. United National Front

c. Democratic National Alliance

d. Tamil National Alliance

e. None of them

5. Who among the following is the author of novel "Tokyo Cancelled"?

a. Anna Haycraft

b. Romesh Gunesekera

c. G. A. Henty

d. Anita Brookner

e. Rana Dasgupta

6. As per the macroeconomic and Monetary Development Report by RBI what is the latest growth rate for 2010-11 in Agriculture?

a. 3.7%

b. 3.5%

c. -1.2%

d. -0.9%

e. 2%

7. With which of the following the NATGRID is related to which was recently in News?

a. Internet Penetration

b. Commercial Transactions

c. Power transmission

d. Internal Security & Intelligence

e. Telecommunication

8. Where is located the Sir Creek,a boundary dispute over the 100-km area, between India and Pakistan?

a. Kashmir

b. Thar Desert

c. Punjab

d. Rann of Kachchh

e. Himachal Pradesh

9. Which among the following is the ruling party of North Korea which is widely viewed by the world as Stalinist?

a. Chongu Party

b. Korean Workers' Party

c. Korean Social Democratic Party

d. Korean Democratic Front

e. None of them

10. Recently at which of the following places a summit of G 7 countries was held where it was decided to write off the debts that Haiti owes them, following a devastating earthquake in January 2010?

a. Nancy, France

b. Iqaluit, Canada

c. Charlton Island, Canada

d. Nagano, Japan

e. None of them

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