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

1. Which among the following is not a pillar of BASEL II CRAR?

a. Minimum Capital Requirement

b. Risk Management

c. Supervisory review of capital adequacy

d. Market discipline

e. All of above are pillars of BASEL II CRAR

2. Consider the following statements:
1. It takes approx. 11 seconds for the light to reach the earth from moon
2. It takes approx. 8 minutes for the light to reach from the sun.
3. It takes 4.22 years for the light to reach from the nearest star Alpha Centauri
Which among the above statements is/ are correct ?

a. 1 & 2 only

b. 2 & 3 only

c. 1 & 3 only

d. 1 only

e. 2 only

3. As per the WHO data, which among the following comes at top in the top 10 causes of death all over world?

a. Trachea, bronchus, lung cancers

b. Coronary heart disease

c. Lower respiratory infections

d. Tuberculosis

e. None of them

4. What is the current number of Regional Headquarters of Indian Coast Guard?

a. 2

b. 3

c. 4

d. 5

e. 6

5. Golden Peace Dove was recently (in year 2010) distributed individually to 30 organization around the world. This is an international symbol of peace and related to which of the following?

a. Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women

b. United Nations Millennium Declaration

c. UN Declaration of Human Rights.

d. Nuclear Disarmament

e. Nuclear non proliferation Treaty

6. With which of the following sports is related Rovers Cup?

a. Badminton

b. Cricket

c. Football

d. Hockey

e. None of them

7. Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav was India's first Individual Olympic Medalist winning a Bronze Medal in 1952 Helsinki Games in which of the following?

a. Shooting

b. Boxing

c. Wrestling

d. Athletics

8. The Constitution 61st Amendment act 1988 substituted the words "Eighteen years" for " Twenty One years" so that a person who attains the age of 18 years is eligible to vote. In which article this amendment was made?

a. Article 321

b. Article 322

c. Article 324

d. Article 326

e. Article 327

9. Who among the following is the author of award winning Hindi Book Bharatiya Sansad Aur Media?

a. Navneet Mishra

b. Devendra Upadhyay

c. Prakash Purohit

d. Vashishtha Narayan Singh

e. None of them

10. Apart from English , in which language Kamala Suraiyya used to write who died in 2009?

a. Tamil

b. Telugu

c. Bengali

d. Malayalam

e. Kannada

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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