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Thursday, February 5, 2009

Expected GK Questionsn - (I)

PART - I : 

1. Who amongst the following is NOT the winner of Padma Vibhushan given away in 2008?


(a) N.R.Narayan Murthy
(b) Asha Bhosle
(c) Shahrukh Khan
(d) Sachin Tendulkar Ans: (c)

2. The First Five Year Plan in India was launched in the year __
(a) 1947
(b) 1948
(c) 1950
(d) 1951
Ans: (d)

3. ………….. received the National Award for the Best Performing Bank in North East Region under REGP Scheme of KVIC for the year 2007-08.
(a) State Bank of India
(b) United Bank of India
(c) Allahabad Bank
(d) Corporation Bank
Ans: (b)

4. Who is the Chairman and Managing Director of United Bank of India ?
(a) P. K. Gupta
(b) K R Periya Karuppan
(c) KC Chakrabarty
(d) J.M. Garg
Ans: (a)

5. The National Award for the Best Performing Bank in North East Region under REGP Scheme of KVIC for the year 2007-08 is organized by which of the following ministries ?
(a) Ministry of Micro Small & Medium Enterprises
(b) Ministry of Commerce
(c) Ministry of Finance
(d) Central Government
Ans : (a)

6. P.Chidambaram Hon`ble Minister of Finance, Govt. of India recently launched the ……………………… for BPL population with reduced premium and enhanced benefits at Karaikudi. The families of Shankarapuram Village were issued the new policy, in the function held at Alagappa University.
(a) Revised Universal Health Insurance Scheme
(b) Central Health Insurance Scheme
(c) National Health Insurance Scheme
(d) Indira Gandhi Health Insurance Scheme
Ans: (a)

7. Who is the Chairman and Managing Director of Punjab National Bank?
(a) P. K. Gupta
(b) K R Periya Karuppan
(c) KC Chakrabarty
(d) J.M. Garg
Ans: (c)

8. Who is the Chairman and Managing Director of BSNL?
(a) Kuldeep Goyal
(b) K R Periya Karuppan
(c) KC Chakrabarty
(d) J.M. Garg
Ans: (a)

9. Punjab National Bank and BSNL jointly launched BSNL bill payment facility recently through ……….. at Corporate Office of BSNL, New Delhi.
(a) PNB ATMs
(b) SBI ATMs
(c) ICICI ATMs
(d) e-banking
Ans: (a)

10. Who is the Chairman and Managing Director of Allahabad Bank?
(a) Kuldeep Goyal
(b) K.R. Kamath
(c) KC Chakrabarty
(d) J.M. Garg
Ans: (b)

11. Which of the following bank recently unveiled the book on “Banking Principles & Operations “?
(a) ICICI Bank
(b) HDFC Bank
(c) HSBC Bank
(d) Axis Bank
Ans: (a)

12. Who is the Managing Director & CEO of ICICI Bank?
(a) Kuldeep Goyal
(b) K.R. Kamath
(c) K.V.Kamath
(d) J.M. Garg
Ans: (c)

13. Who has authored the book “Banking Principles & Operations “
(a) Kuldeep Goyal
(b) K.R. Kamath
(c) K.V.Kamath
(d) M. N. Gopinath
Ans: (d)

14. The book “Banking Principles & Operations “focuses on which of the following ?
(a) the various aspects of banking and prepares the student for a career in banking
(b) the various aspects of marketing of banking industries.
(c) the deposit rates of various banks in recent times.
(d) None of these.
Ans: (a)

15. Which of the following bank recently has sanctioned credit limits of Rs.14.35 Crores to the city based nonprofit NGO Annapurna Pariwar for lending to urban poor from slums of Pune & Mumbai.
(a) Indian Overseas Bank
(b) United Bank of India
(c) Allahabad Bank
(d) Corporation Bank
Ans: (a)

16. Who is the Chairman and Managing Director of IOB?
(a) Kuldeep Goyal
(b) Suhas Bhat
(c) KC Chakrabarty
(d) J.M. Garg
Ans: (b)

17. WITH credit growth of 71% (estimates for FY09), the Union Territory of Dadra & Nagar Haveli’s Silvassa town is top in market size growth at …………
(a) 23%.
(b) 24%
(c) 25%
(d) 26%
Ans: (a)

18. Recently OVER a dozen churches and prayer halls of different Christian sects were simultaneously attacks allegedly by Bajrang Dal activists in ………… injuring at least half a dozen people.
(a) districts of Mangalore, Udupi and Chikmagalur
(b) districts of Mangalore, Udupi and Mysore
(c) districts of Mangalore, Udupi and Gulbarga
(d) districts of Gulbarga, Mysore and Chikmagalur
Ans: (a)

19. Who is the MD & CEO of Hero Honda Motors?
(a) Kuldeep Goyal
(b) PAWAN MUNJAL
(c) VENU SRINIVASAN
(d) J.M. Garg
Ans: (b)

20. Who is the CEO of Genpact?
(a) Kuldeep Goyal
(b) PRAMOD BHASIN
(c) VENU SRINIVASAN
(d) J.M. Garg
Ans: (b)

21. Who is the chairman of Dabur India?
(a) ANAND BURMAN
(b) PRAMOD BHASIN
(c) VENU SRINIVASAN
(d) J.M. Garg
Ans: (a)

22. Who is the chairman of Maruti?
(a) ANAND BURMAN
(b) PRAMOD BHASIN
(c) VENU SRINIVASAN
(d) R C BHARGAVA
Ans: (d)

23. Who is the MD of Bharti Enterprises?
(a) ANAND BURMAN
(b) PRAMOD BHASIN
(c) MD RAJAN MITTAL
(d) R C BHARGAVA
Ans: (c)

24. Who is the MD of JSW Steel?
(a) ANAND BURMAN
(b) PRAMOD BHASIN
(c) SAJJAN JINDAL
(d) R C BHARGAVA
Ans: (c)

25. Who is the MD of TVS Motor?
(a) ANAND BURMAN
(b) VENU SRINIVASAN
(c) SAJJAN JINDAL
(d) R C BHARGAVA
Ans: (b)

26. Who has been appointed as the new Indian Hockey Coach (Men's) in the month of September 2008 ?
(a) Pargat Singh
(b) Dhanraj Pillai
(c) Maharaj Kishan Kaushik
(d) Ashok Kumar
Ans: (b)

27. Who has authored the book “To A Hunger Free World “ ?


(a) Amartya Sen
(b) C.Rangrajan
(c) M.S. Swaminathan
(d) Manmohan Singh
Ans: (c)


PART - II : 

1. Who amongst the following is a recipient of V.V.Giri Memorial Award for the year 2008? 
(a) K.P.Kannan 
(b) Megha Patekar 
(c) Depak Chawla 
(d) B.B.Tondon 
Ans (a) 

2. Which of the following city is very recently renamed? 
(a) Puducherry 
(b) Kolkata 
(c) Gaya 
(d) Bangaluru 
Ans (d) 

3. Which of the following is not recognized by UNO as an International Year of 2008? 
(a) Planet Earth 
(b) Aids 
(c) Potato 
(d) Sanitation 
Ans (b) 

4. Who is the winner of Slaka Samman for the year 2008? 
(a) Prabhash Joshi 
(b) Nazma Hepthullah 
(c) Ashok Chakradhar 
(d) Rehman Rahi 
Ans (a)

5. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards are given for the person who shown exemplary performance in the field of __________ 
(a) Sports 
(b) Politics 
(c) Science & Technology 
(d) Literature 
Ans (c) 

6. What was the controversial issue for getting the confidence of Lok Sabha by the U.P.A. Government on 22nd July, 2008? 
(a) Increase of prices 
(b) Fall of Share Market 
(c) Increase of inflation 
(d) Nuclear Treaty with US 
Ans (d)

7. Who amongst following is not named for one time Life Time Achievement Awards on the occasion of 60th Anniversary of India’s Independence? 
(a) Dilip Kumar 
(b) Dev Anand 
(c) Saroja Devi 
(d) Tapan Sinha 
Ans (b) 

8. What is the estimated G.D.P. rate in 11th Five Year Plan? 
(a) 8.8% 
(b) 8.9% 
(c) 9.0% 
(d) 9.5% 
Ans (c) 

9. What is the range of Agni-3 Ballistic Missile which was launched by DRDA on 7th May, 2008? 
(a) 1500 
(b) 2000 
(c) 3000 
(d) 4500 
Ans (c) 

10. The agricultural growth rate in 2006-07 was - 
(a) 1.75% 
(b) 2.00% 
(c) 2.6% 
(d) 3.6% 
Ans (c) 

11. Who is the present Chief Minister of Bihar? 
(a) R.L.Bhatia 
(b) Rabri Devi 
(c) Nitish Kumar 
(d) Ram Vilash Paswan 
Ans (c) 

12. Who won the First Gold Medal in Beijing 2008 Olympic games For India in the individual category 10 metre rifle shooting ? 
(a) Vijyendra Kumar 
(b) Sushil Kumar 
(c) Abhinav Bindra 
(d) Anju Bobby George 
Ans (c) 

13. What was the major issue for the Left Parties (CPI and CPM) to withdraw support to UPA Government? 
(a) To protect the secularism 
(b) To protect the interest of the left parties 
(c) Against the Nuclear Treaty with USA 
(d)All the above 
Ans (c)

14. Where was held the WTO (World Trade Organization) Ministerial Conference in July 2008 ?
(a) New Delhi
(b) Jakarta 
(c) Beijing 
(d) Jeneva
Ans (d)

15. Who is the chairman of U.P.A..? 
(a) Sonia Gandhi 
(b) Manmohan Singh 
(c) Pranav Mukherjee 
(d) Shivraj Patil 
Ans (a) 

16. What is the objective of eleventh Five Year plan (2007-12) ?
(a) Removal of Unemployment
(b) Inclusive growth
(c) Growth with social- justice
(d) Development of minorities
ANS (b)

17. Where will be held the first Youth Olympic Games in 2010 ?
(a) Beijing
(b) New Delhi
(c) Singapore
(d) London
Ans (c)

18. Where will be held the 30th Olympic Games in 2012 ?
(a) Beijing
(b) Kualalumpur
(c) Singapore
(d) London
Ans (d)

19. The name of Thaksin Shinawatra's is associated with which of the follwing countries ?
(a) USSR
(b) Kazakistan
(c) Thailand
(d) Soth Korea
Ans (c)

20. Who amongst the following is the author of the book ‘The Enchantress of Florence’ ?
(a) Benajir Bhutto
(b) Salman Rushdie
(c) Laxmi Sehgal
(d) L.K.Advani
Ans (b)

21. Who amongst the following is the recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award given away in August 2008 ?
(a) Sanjeev Singh
(b) Prabhjot Singh
(c) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
(d) Rahul Dravid
Ans (c)

22. Rafael Nadal who won Wimbledon Open 2008 Tennis Championship is a citizen of—
(a) Spain 
(b) France
(c) Russia 
(d) USA
Ans (a)

23. The Hiroshima Day was observed on which of the following days ?
(a) 6th August
(b) 14th November
(c) 19th September
(d) 2nd October
Ans (a)

24. Who amongst the following is NOT a recipient of the Dhyan Chand Award given away in August 2008 ?
(a) Sanjeeva Kumar Singh
(b) Mukh Bain Singh
(c) Hokam Singh 
(d) Gyan Singh
Ans (a)

25. Who amongst the following is NOT a recipient of the Dronacharya Awards for the year 2007 given away in August 2008 ?
(a) Sanjeeva Kumar Singh
(b) GE Sridharan
(c) Jagdish Singh 
(d) Prabhjot Singh
Ans (d)

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