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

1. Many a times we read in the newspapers about REER which is weighted average of a India's currency relative to an index or basket of other major currencies adjusted for the effects of inflation. What is the correct expansion of REER?

a. Real Effective Exchange Rate

b. Rational Effective Exchange Rate

c. Regional Elastic Exchange rate

d. Real Elastic Exchange rate

e. None of the above

2. For which of the following ores Baba Budan Hills in South India are famous?

a. Iron

b. Aluminum

c. Silver

d. Zinc

e. Cadmium

3. The Rate at which the Reserve Bank of India discounts the Bills of Exchange of the commercial Banks is known as the following?

a. Base Rate

b. Repo Rate

c. Reverse Repo Rate

d. Bank Rate

4. Which among the following is the " official national anthem of Australia"?

a. God save the Queen

b. Advance Australia Fair

c. Waltzing Matilda

d. Song of Australia

e. O Australia

5. Rajarajesvaram temple, which was built exactly 1,000 years ago by emperor Rajaraja Chola I, the greatest monarch of the Chola dynasty in 1010 is devoted to which of the following deities?

a. Indra

b. Vishnu

c. Shiva

d. Rama

6. From which of the following countries India is due to receive Nerpa submarine ?

a. Israel

b. South Korea

c. France

d. Russia

e. None of them

7. In a progressive tax , the following statements holds true:

a. Yield from Income tax increases as the national income increases.

b. Yield from income tax decreases as the national income increases

c. Yield from income tax does not alter as the national income increases

d. Yield from income tax may increase or decrease as the national income increases

e. No relations exist between yield of income tax and national income

8. Which among the following two countries have formally inaugurated the biggest wind farm in Antarctica in January 2010?

a. Australia & US

b. Australia & New Zealand

c. New Zealand & US

d. US & UK

e. Australia & Canada

9. Arrange BRIC, SAARC, European Union and Shanghai Cooperation Organization in decreasing order of their population:

a. SAARC, BRIC, SCO, EU

b. BRIC, SAARC, SCO, EU

c. BRIC, SCO, SAARC, EU

d. SAARC, BRIC, EU, SCO

e. BRIC, SCO,SAARC, EU

10. Which of the following city was known as Avanti in ancient India?

a. Varanasi

b. Ujjain

c. Patna

d. Rohtak

e. Alwar

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