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

1. After the State Bank of Indore merges with SBI by March this year, SBI will be left with five associate banks namely State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur, State Bank of Travancore, State Bank of Patiala, State Bank of Mysore and State Bank of Hyderabad. How many of this associate banks are listed in bourses?

a. 1

b. 2

c. 3

d. 4

e. all

2. 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

3. By which name the United Principalities of Moldavia and Walachia are known as today?

a. Bulgaria

b. Hungary

c. Serbia

d. Romania

e. None of them

4. 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

5. Poverty and Un-British Rule in India by Dadabhai Naoroji , was the original classic work on poverty in India. In which year this work was published?

a. 1897

b. 1901

c. 1905

d. 1908

e. 1910

6. Which among the following is location of the first Hydro-electric Power station in India (and in Asia indeed)?

a. Shivanasamudra Falls

b. Banasura Sagar

c. Krishna Raja Sagara

d. Stanley Reservoir

e. Hogenakal Falls

7. In context with the share markets in India, which among the following denotes the current practice of Rolling Settlements as mandated by SEBI?

a. T+1

b. T+2

c. T+3

d. T+4

e. T+5

8. Which among the following accord is known to led the formation of Palestinian Authority?

a. Oslo Accords

b. Camp David Accords

c. Sharm el-Sheikh Memorandum

d. London Agreement

e. None of them

9. Who among the following erected Gangaikonda Cholapuram ?

a. Rajraja Chola

b. Rajendra Chola I

c. Mahendravarman I

d. Gonka I

e. Kulothunga Chola I

10. Which among the following was chosen as a unit of developing banking infrastructure in the Lead Bank Scheme?

a. Town

b. Village

c. District

d. State

e. Panchayat

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Tabla is basically a set of two drums known as Dayan (right Tabla) and the Bayan (left) or the Dugga. Dayan or tabla is a cylindrical, wooden drum made of black wood and played with the right hand and Bayan or duggi- the left hand drum is made of metal, wood, or ceramic has slightly conical and bowl shape. A black spot on both the drums occupies the centre of the head. Known as siyahi, this black raised area is usually made of rice, glue, graphite, and iron fillings. The siyahi is essential to the sound of the tabla. The sound is generated by beating the membrane of drums with hands.