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

1. By which amendment act 10th schedule was added in the Indian Constitution, giving special status to Sikkim?

a. 35th Amendment Act

b. 36th Amendment Act

c. 52nd Amendment Act

d. 56th Amendment Act

2. Consider the following statements:
1. In Narrow Banking, Banks just accept deposits and provide loans.
2. In Narrow Banking, there is rarely Asset Liability Mismatch.
Which among the above statements is / are correct?

a. Only 1 is correct

b. Only 2 is correct

c. Both 1 and 2 are correct

d. None of them is correct

3. Where is located International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre ?

a. Manila

b. Mexico City

c. Oslo

d. Washington

e. Canberra

4. Year 1921 is known as a year of "Great Divide" in the demographic history of India . After that in which decade there was a slight dip in the rate of decadal population growth in India?

a. 1921-31

b. 1931-41

c. 1941-51

d. 1951-61

5. As per the Macroeconomic & Monetary Developments report released on January 29, 2010, Indian Economy will grow by following rates?

a. 6%

b. 6.50%

c. 6.90%

d. 7.50%

e. 7.90%

6. Which among the following justifies the reason that Directive Principles were made explicitly unjustifiable?

a. The state may not have political will to implement the Directive Principles

b. The state may not need to implement the Directive principles as Fundamental rights were made justifiable

c. The implementation of directive principles needs resources which the states may not have

d. The Constitution does not provide any clear guidelines to implement the directive principles

e. all of above

7. Which among the following is not correctly matched?

a. My Truth : Indira Gandhi

b. My Days: Sunil Gavaskar

c. My India: Nihal Singh

d. My Presidential years - R Venkatraman

e. My Life My Times: V V Giri

8. Where are the headquarters of ICAO ?

a. Brussels

b. Rome

c. Geneva

d. Paris

e. Montreal

9. Which of the following places are main centers of silicosis and silico-tuberculosis diseases affecting the workers in India?

a. Glass Factories

b. Stone quarries and stone crushing factories.

c. Fireworks Factories

d. Brick Kilns

e. None of them

10. Which among the following statement is incorrect?

a. Bharat Nirman is a six pronged programme and was launched in 2005

b. NREGA, which is now MGNREGA has been expanded to cover all 604 districts of the country in April 2008

c. 13 existing medical institutions are being upgraded on lines of AIIMS for which Budgetary allocation made in last few years

d. Budgetary allocation for education stands at Rs. 34,400 crore this year

e. National Maritime Development Programme was launched in 2008

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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