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

1. With which of the following sports is related Viva Kerala ?

a. Horse Racing

b. Boat Racing

c. Scuba Diving

d. Football

e. Volley Ball

2. Which among the following nations was recently (in year 2010) India's competitor in the voting for non-permanent seat in United Nations Security Council?

a. China

b. Uzbekistan

c. Kazakhstan

d. Afghanistan

e. Pakistan

3. From the following bring out the one which is not a liability of a commercial bank?

a. Time Deposits

b. Borrowing from saving banks

c. Security Holdings

d. Demand deposits

e. Saving accounts

4. Which among the following is not a correct statement regarding Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)?

a. UIDAI will provide unique identification numbers linked to a person�s demographic and biometric information.

b. The UID, apart from being a proof of identity and also envisages to confer citizenship.

c. Unique Identification Authority of India�s role is limited to issuing the number, it will not issue a card

d. The authority plans to cover 600 million people within four years from the start of the project.

e. All the above statements are correct

5. REDD Plus Programme is concerned with which of the following?

a. Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT)

b. Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

c. Millennium Development Goals (MDG)

d. Earth Summit

6. What is the correct meaning of Liveware in computer terminology?

a. Live streaming media software

b. Software which is safe from virus

c. Human working on computers

d. Files and software that are essentially required to run a computer

e. None of the above

7. Who among the following was the first writer to use Urdu as a medium of poetic Expression ?

a. Amir Khusaru

b. Mirza Ghalib

c. Bahadur Shah Zafar

d. Faiz

8. Which among the following represents the per capita income (per capita net national income at factor cost) in real terms, i.e. at 2004-05 prices, as per latest estimates of CSO (Central Statistical Organization ) for 2008-09 ? `

a. Rs. 35,430

b. Rs. 40,141

c. Rs. 28171

d. Rs. 31,821

e. None of them

9. Approximately what fraction of total global carbon dioxide emissions are emitted by India?

a. 2%

b. 5%

c. 8%

d. 13%

e. 20%

10. Consider the following statements:
1. All kinds of Color Blindness are result of Genetic disorders
2. All kinds of Night Blindness are result of malnutrition
Which among the above statements is / are correct?

a. Only 1 is correct

b. Only 2 is correct

c. Both 1 & 2 are correct

d. Neither 1 nor 2 are correct

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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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