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

1. In which state is located Chhilchhila Wildlife Sanctuary?

a. Uttar Pradesh

b. Punjab

c. Haryana

d. Uttarakhand

e. Himachal Pradesh

2. Pravarasena-I is said to have performed all the seven sacrifices, viz. Agnistoma , Aptoryama, Vajapeya, Jyotishtoma, Brihaspatisava, Sadyaska and Ashvamedha. From which of the following dynasties, Pravarsena-I belonged to?

a. Abhira

b. Kalachuri

c. Vaktaka

d. Maitraka

3. Till what year Calcutta was capital of India ?

a. 1900

b. 1902

c. 1910

d. 1912

e. 1923

4. How many countries of Southern Africa make Southern African Customs Union (SACU)?

a. 3

b. 4

c. 5

d. 6

e. 7

5. Who among the following wrote the book, "The Indian War of Independence" in response to celebrations in Britain of the 50th anniversary of the 1857 Indian uprising ?

a. Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi

b. S. Srinivasa Iyengar

c. Madan Lal Dhingra

d. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

e. None of them

6. In context with the banking business, which among the following is a correct definition of liquidity risk?

a. Risk arising from funding of long term assets by short term liabilities or funding of short term assets by long term liabilities

b. Risk arising from adverse movement of interest rates during a liquidity crunch in the markets

c. Risk arising from the adverse movement of the value of the assets /investments etc.

d. Risk arising from a party becoming defaulter

e. None of them

7. In context with the next generation communication technology, India forayed into the 3G Mobile arena with the launch of 3G enabled Mobile services in 2008. Which among the following company was the first to launch this service in India?

a. BSNL

b. MTNL

c. Reliance Communication

d. Bharti Airtel

e. Tata Teleservices

8. Who among the following is the Brand ambassador of Wipro Safe Wash?

a. Kareena Kapoor

b. Juhi Chawla

c. Rani Mukherjee

d. Kajol

e. None of them

9. Which among the following international Pen brand had released the controversial "Mahatma Gandhi Limited Edition" of Pens?

a. Meisterst�ck

b. Montblanc

c. Parker Pen Company

d. Luxor

e. Zebra

10. Under which of the following Jurisdiction comes the Greenland?

a. Dutch

b. Norwegian

c. US

d. Danish

e. Canadian

General Knowledge

1. World Geography -Test-01

2. World Geography -Test-02

3. World Geography -Test-03

4. Geography of India -Test-01

5. Geography of India -Test-02

6. Geography of India -Test-03

7. Geography of India -Test-04

8. Geography of India -Test-05

9. History of India - Test - 01

10. History of India - Test - 02

11. History of India - Test - 03

12. History of India - Test - 04

13. History of India - Test - 05

14. History of India - Test - 06

15. History of India - Test - 07

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