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

1. Peggy Annette Whitson , an American biochemistry researcher and a NASA astronaut is known as the first female commander of the International Space Station. In which mission she was commander of the International Space Station ?

a. Expedition 5

b. Expedition 10

c. Expedition 16

d. Expedition 17

e. Expedition 19

2. In context with the wheat grains procured and further released by the FCI (Food Corporation of India) in the market, which among the following had been suggested by the Economic Survey 2009-10?

a. The grain should be released in small batches to a large number of traders at prices significantly below the market price , but sufficiently above the procurement price.

b. The grain should be released in large batches to a small number of traders at prices significantly below the market price, but sufficiently above the procurement price.

c. The grain should be released in small batches to a large number of traders at prices significantly above the market price, but sufficiently below the procurement price.

d. The grain should be released in large batches to a small number of traders at prices significantly above the market price, but sufficiently below the procurement price.

e. The grain should be stocked by the FCI in Open Go downs.

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

a. Badminton

b. Cricket

c. Football

d. Hockey

e. None of them

4. 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

5. Consider the following:
1. Tea Plantation
2. Coffee Plantation
3. Rubber Plantation
In which of the above Foreign Direct Investments are permitted In India?

a. Only 1

b. Only 1 & 2

c. Only 1 & 3

d. All of them

6. Who among the following had pioneered the social-political-economic theory called Scientific Socialism?

a. Bismarck

b. Karl Marx

c. Jean-Jacques Rousseau

d. Edmund Burke

e. Voltaire

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. Which of the following company setting up the controversial cement project in Mahuva in Bhavnagar District of Gujarat which was in controversy during the later half of 2009?

a. Gujarat Ambuja Cements Ltd.

b. ACC Limited

c. Grasim Ltd.

d. Nirma

e. JK Group

9. At which of the following place in India is coming up a National Maritime Complex to showcase various facets of Indian Maritime Industry?

a. Mumbai

b. Kochi

c. Chennai

d. Bhubneshwar

e. Mangalore

10. As per the Corporate Gender Gap report released by WEF (World Economic Forum) on March 8, 2010, what is the percentage of women employees in India ?

a. 15%

b. 23%

c. 34%

d. 36%

e. 27%