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

1. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) links 37 constituent laboratories with diverse research portfolios as varied as drug discovery to oceanography. Recently (in year 2010) we read in the newspapers that CSIR's latest imitative is launching of an Open Source Drug Discovery (OSDD) Programme . What is the main purpose of Open Source Drug Discovery ( OSDD ) Programme?

a. To make India a hub of drug research and development

b. To bring the scientists of the world under one roof

c. To bring down the costs of the new drugs and make them affordable to all

d. To make India self reliant in Drug production

e. All of above

2. Which of the following country's government is known to impose Policy of Apartheid between 1948 and 1994 which curtailed rights of the black inhabitants and maintained rights of whites?

a. Australia

b. New Zea Land

c. South Africa

d. United States

e. West Indies

3. Which among the following is not correctly matched?

a. Firozabad (UP) - Glass Bangles

b. Bhagalpur (Bihar) - Silk

c. Jalandhra (Punjab ) - Sports Material

d. Sambhar (Rajasthan) - hand block printing

e. Kachh (Gujarat ) - Salt

4. As per a recent Government report, National Inventory of Hazardous Waste Generating Industries, seven states account for 80 per cent of the total hazardous waste in the country. Which among the following states leads other states in this context?

a. Maharastra

b. Gujarat

c. Andhra Pradesh

d. Karnataka

e. Rajasthan

5. Who among the following Buddhist Philosophers persuaded the Indo Greek King Meander to Accept Buddhism?

a. Asanga

b. Nagasena

c. Dharmakirti

d. Jambuka

e. None of them

6. What is the most popular name of Oriental War?

a. Caucasian War

b. Crimean War

c. Great Northern War

d. War of the Sixth Coalition

e. None of them

7. Lok manya Tilak Award is given in which of the following field?

a. Fiction writing

b. Sanskrit Literature

c. Journalism

d. TV Reporting

e. Film Critics

8. Pearl is mainly made up of which among the following?

a. Protein

b. Calcium Carbonate

c. Silica

d. Sodium Carbonate

9. The God of Small Things was the tile of the novel for which Arundhati Roy won a Booker Prize. She was the first Indian to win a booker prize. In which year she won this prize?

a. 1996

b. 1997

c. 1998

d. 1999

e. 2000

10. If an investor is getting Rs. 1000 at the end of 5 years, what is the present value of that Cash Flow? (Assume the interest rate @9.00% per annum)

a. Rs. 649.93

b. Rs. 648.29

c. Rs. 646.82

d. Rs. 645.86

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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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