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GK Question Bank I
Directions: For the following questions, five options are given. Choose the correct option.
1. Which of the following is associated with economy? (1) Hindu Growth Rate (HGR) (2) Islamic Saving Rate (ISR) (3) Sikh Deposit Rate (SDR) (4) Christian Investment Ratio (CIR) (5) None of these
2. Many a time we read about Fertility Rate in economic literature. What is Fertility Rate? (1) The total number of children, born in a country in a given year divided by the number of children
dead. (2) The number of children born to an average woman during her reproductive years. (3) The number of births in a country divided by total population in a given year. (4) The number of women in the age group of 1545 years in a country divided by total number of
women dying during child birth. (5) None of these
3. A new scheme for the health improvement of expectant mothers and ensuring proper nutrition for the newborns has been named as (1) Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana (2) Rajiv Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yoj ana (3) Mahatma Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana (4) Kasturba Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana (5) None pf these
4. The Union Cabinet has decided that street vendors will now enjoy the benefits of cashlessbased health insurance scheme. They will be covered by (1) Janshree B ima Yojana (2) Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (3) Aam Aadmi Bima Yojana (4) Sampoorn Bima Yojana (5) None of these
5. Name the film which is an IndoBangladesh joint production and has bagged the coveted Golden Peacock Award for the Best Film at the 41st International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2010. (1) Moner Manush (2) Bilet Pherat (3) Andhare Lao (4) Neel Akasher Neechey (5) None of these
6. The Union Cabinet on Oct 5,2010 approved a bill for providing a mechanism to deal with complaints against J udges of the High Courts and the Supreme Court. Which ofthe following statements are true about this bill? A. The Bill will mandate judges to declare assets and liabilities. B. The oversightcommittee will be headed by a retired Chief Justice of India. C. The public can lodge complaints against judges with the national oversight committee. D. The Bill will also require the judges not to have close association with any member of the bar.
(1) Only A and B (2) Only B and C (3) Only A, B and C (4) All the above (5) None of these
7. Beighton Cup is associated with (1) Football (2) Cricket (3) Badminton (4) Hockey (5) None of these
8. Name the latest fastattack craft (FAC) which was inducted by the Indian Navy on Oct 14, 2010 at the Southern Naval Command in Kochi? (1) INS Chakra (2) INS Khukri (3) INS Akash (4) INS Kalpeni (5) None of these
9. Name the tiny and energyrich gulf Arab country that has been picked to host the FIFA 2022 World Cup. (1) UAE (2) Oman (3) Saudi Arabia (4) Qatar (5) None of these
10. Which of the following has been raised by the Indian Navy after 26/11 Mumbai terror attack? (1) Sagar Suraksha Bal (2) Sagar Prahari Bal (3) Coast Security Guard (4) Coastal Protection Force (5) None of these
11. World Disabled Day is observed on (1) Dec 1 (2) Dec 2 (3) Dec 3 (4) Dec 4 (5) None of these
12. Lok Pal Bill is associated with (1) AntiCorruption (2) Security (3) Biodiversity (4) Global warm ing (5) None of these
13. Name the concept introduced by the UPA govt through an Act in 2008 for imparting speedyj ustice to rural population. (1) Gram Nyayalayas (2) Gram Panchayat (3) Gram Nyaya Sabha (4) Gram Sabha (5) None of these
14. According to the Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi, the National Voters' Day will be observed on (1) Jan5 (2) Jan 15 (3) Jan 20 (4) Jan 25 (5) None of these
15. Ending weeks of opposition to a European Union bailout, heavilyindebted …… has agreed finally with the EU and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a multibillion euro rescue package to avert bankruptcy. It will be the first country to receive financial support from the euro 750billion (nearly trillion dollars) financial safety net, spread by the EU and the IMF six months ago, to help euro zone nations facing liquidity crisis. (1) Ireland (2) Spain (3) Argentina (4) Denmark (5) None of these
16. The 17th Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Oct 2010 was held in (1) Singapore (2) Jakarta (3) Hanoi (4) Brunei (5) None of these
17. Sonal Mansingh is associated with (1) Painting (2) Theatre (3) Dance (4) Sports (5) None of these
18. The fifth East As ia Summit (EAS) in Oct 2010 was held in (1) Hanoi (2) Kualalumpur (3) Laos (4) Yangon (5) None of these
19. Who has won the Indian Open golf title recently? (1) Baek SeukHyun (2) Rikard Karlberg (3) Manar Jaini (4) Shiv Kapur (5) None of these
20. Which of the following is the firstever pollutioncontrol warship? (1) Sagar Manthan (2) Sagar Rattan (3) Sagar Prahari (4) Samudra Prahari (5) None of these
21. Serbia has won the Davis Cup title by defeating (1) France (2) US (3) Switzerland (4) Sweden (5) None of these
22. Name the country whose president has appointed Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed as his prime minister. (1) Ethiopia (2) Somalia (3) Sudan (4) Kenya (5) None of these
23. Who has been crowned Miss Earth Talent 2010 after beating 17 other contestants at a talent competition in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam? (1) Jennifer Pazmino (2) Watsaporn Wattanakoon (3) YeidyBosquez (4) Nicole Faria (5) None of these
24. Who is the author of the book Conversation with Myself! (1) Nelson Mandela (2) Aung Saan Suu Kyi (3) LiuXiaobo (4) Fidel Castro (5) None of these
25. Who won the 21 st Lai Bahadur Shastri hockey tournament? (1) ONGC (2) Indian Oil (3) Air India (4) Indian Railways (5) None of these
26. Which of the following has won the Best Film Award at 57th National Film Awards? (1) Kutty Shrank (2) Lahore (3) Paa (4) Abohoman (5) Putaani Party
27. The controversial UDRS system used in cricket is (1) Universal Decision Review System (2) Unified Decision Review System (3) Umpire Dec ision Review System (4) Unmanned Decis ion Re view System (5) None of these
28. The central bank in India is (1) Central Bank of India (2) State Bank of India (3) Bank of India (4) Indian Bank (5) Reserve Bank of India
29. Which country has recently won the ICC Intercontinental Cup in Dubai? (1) Kenya (2) Scotland (3) Afghanistan (4) China (5) None of these
30. Money supply could be increased when (1) RBI purchases govt securities (2) RBI sells govt securities (3) CRR of banks is increased (4) CAR is increased (5) None of these
31. Name the country's only government award for an environmental film. (1) Vasudha Award (2) Vasundhara Award (3) VaishaliAward (4) Vriksha Mitra Award (5) None of these
32. Corporation tax in India is (1) Tax on production by companies (2) Tax on the sales income of the companies (3) Tax on net income of the companies (4) Tax on net savings of the companies (5) None of these
33. World leaders from 193 countries signed a new global climate regime on Dec 11 called (1) Cancun Agreement (2) Kyoto Agreement (3) Copenhagen Agreement (4) London Agreement (5) None of these
34. The function of money is/are (1) Medium of exchange (2) Measure of value (3) Store of value (4) All of these (5) None of these
35. Mobile banking is set to get aboost from IMPS, which stands for (1) InterBank Mobile Payment Service (2) InterBank Money Payment Service (3) InterBank Money Payment System (4) InterBank Money Payment System (5) None of these
36. With the aim of giving a fillip to development schemes in tribal and backward regions, mostly affected by Naxal violence, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the commencement of an Intergrated Action Plan (IAP) in (1) 20 districts (2) 40 districts (3) 60 districts (4) 100 district (5) None of these
37. Which among the following is not a type of inflation? (1) Creeping inflation (2) Walking inflation (3) Running inflation (4) Flying inflation (5) All the above
38. Who among the following is not an economist? (1) Bhagwati Prasad (2) Suresh Tendulkar (3) Kaushik Basu (4) Vandana Shiva (5) All the above
39. In India, the bankers, bank is (1) IMF (2) World Bank (3) IDBI (4) BIS (5) None of these
40. Name the animal rights crusader who was presented the Shining World Compassion Award along with a cheque for 20,000 dollars from Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association. (1) Vandana Shiva (2) SunitaNarain (3) ManekaGandhi (4) Sunder Lai B ahuguna (5) None of these
41. An appropriate measure of economic development is (1) rate of increase in income (2) improvement in Human Development Index (3) decrease in poverty rate (4) increase in poverty rate (5) increase in life expectancy rate
42. Name the founder ofthe whistleblower website Wikileaks. (1) Julin Assange (2) NaviPillay (3) Phillip Adams (4) Ben Laurie (5) None of these
43. Name the public sector undertaking which has topped the list of top 500 Indian companies compiled by the business magazine Fortune. (1) SAIL (2) ONGC (3) NTPC (4) IOC (5) None of these
44. Dis inflation means (1) increase in prices in the long run (2) the prices increase due to export (3) the increase in prices is more than average (4) increased prices decrease (5) level of unemployment increases
45. Name the player who was named as the Most Valuable Player at Guangzhou Asian Games. (1) Lin Dan (2) Liu Xiang (3) Sun Yang (4) TangYi (5) None of these
46. When rate of inflation increases (1) purchasing power of money increases (2) purchasing power of money decreases (3) purchasing power of money remains unaffected (4) All (1), (2) and (3) (5) Foreign exchange rate increases
47. Who has been appointed as the new chief of Intelligence Bureau (IB)? (1) Neschal Sandhu (2) Kiran Bedi (3) KPS Gill (4) Y. V. Dadwal (5) None of these
48. Under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme guarantee is provided for (1) One person in the family for 100 days in a year (2) Every person in the family for 100 days in a year (3) One person in the family for the whole year (4) Every person for the whole year (5) None of these
49. In how many districts Sabla or Raj iv Gandhi Scheme for Adolescent Girls has been launched as a pilot project? (1) 50 (2) 100 (3) 200 (4) 250 (5) None of these
50. Devaluation of money means (1) decrease in purchasing power of money (2) icrease in purchasing power of money (3) decrease in external value of money (4) decrease in external reserves of the country (5) None of these
51. 1953 Armistice Agreement is associated with (1) North and South Vietnam (2) Afghanistan and Pakistan (3) North Korea and South Korea (4) Bangladesh and Pakistan (5) None of these
52. Who has been appointed as the new Chief Information Commissioner (CIC)? (1) A. N. Tiwari (2) Satyanand Mishra (3) Wajahat Habibullah (4) Meera Shankar (5) None of these
53. Name the place in Maharashtra in which a nuclear power proj ect is to be set up in collaboration with a French firm. (1) Pune (2) Jaitpur (3) Ulhasnagar (4) Narayanpur (5) None of these
54. What was the rank of India in the medal tally at Guangzhou Asiad? (1) Second (2) Fourth (3) Sixth (4) Eighth (5) None of these
55. NATO and Afghanistan agreed to the goal of a phased transfer of security responsibility to the Afghanistan government by the end of (1) 2012 (2) 2014 (3) 2020 (4) 2025 (5) None of these
56. Who is Niira Radia? (1) A business woman (2) A social activist (3) A corporate lobbyist (4) A politician (5) None of these
57. The total number of medals won by India in Guagzhou Asian Games was (1) 54 (2) 64 (3) 75 (4) 85 (5) None of these
58. Name the son of the late Andhra chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy who resigned form the Kadapa Lok Sabha constituency and Congress recently. (1) K. Rossiah (2) Y. S. Jaganmohan (3) Kiran Reddy (4) Gopal Rao (5) None of these
59. Which country will host the FIFA World Cup in 2018? (1) England (2) Spain (3) Portugal (4) Belgium (5) None of these
60. What is Wikileaks? (1) A spy agency (2) A terrorist organization (3) A whistleblowing website (4) A hackers, group (5) None of these
61. Who is the author of the book A Rainbow in the Nighf? (1) Jim Corbett (2) George Orwell (3) Rudyard Kipling (4) Dominique Lapierre (5) None of these
62. Which of the following is not correctly matched? (1) IDBI Bank – RBI (2) ULIP – SEBI (3) Pension – PFRDA (4) Insurance IRDA (5) Mutual Fund – SEBI
63. Who is the author of the book Yes, We Can!? (1) M Karunanidhi (2) Dr Ramadoss (3) Vaiko (4) MK Azhagiri (5) None of these
64. Which of the following is not an instrument of capital market? (1) Share (2) Bond (3) Debenture (4) Repo (5) All the above
65. Who has won the Ashes Humanitarian Award recently? (1) Rohan Bopanna and AisamulHaq Qureshi (2) Leander Paes and AisamulHaq Qureshi (3) Leander Paes and Sania Mirza (4) Sania Mirzaand AisamulHaq Qureshi (5) None of these
66. Who among the following has been appointed as the new director of the Central Bureau of investigation (CBI)? (1) Ashwani Kumar (2) Amar Pratap Singh (3) DP Kohli (4) V. S. Tiwari (5) None of these
67. Who has been sworn in as the 32nd chief minister of Bihar for the second consecutive term? (1) Laloo Prasad Yadav (2) Ram Vilas Paswan (3) Nitish Kumar (4) Sushil Kumar Modi (5) None of these
68. Which of the following is rated the poorest region of the world? (1) The Middle East (2) Asia (3) SubSaharan Africa (4) Latin America (5) None of these
69. Members of the Rajya Sabha are elected for a period of (1) 4 years (2) 2 years (3) 6 years (4) 5 years (5) None of these
70. Which of the following terms is NOT used in the world of economics/finance? (1) Sinking Fund (2) Third World (3) Open Door Policy (4) Devaluation (5) Privilege Motion
71. The Govt of India has established a strategic reserve of about 5 million tonnes of which of the following commodities? (1) Steel (2) Sugar (3) Oil (4) Foodgrains (5) None of these
72. Out of the total population of the world, about 80% lives in (1) Developed countries (2) BRIC countries (3) Latin America (4) Developing countries (5) None of these
73. Who amongst the following is a famous author? (1) Chetan Bhagat (2) S. C. Jamir (3) Anjali Bhagwat (4) O. P. Mehra (5) None of these
74. Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) is a scheme launched by the Ministry of (1) Finance (2) Rural Development (3) Commerce (4) Industry (5) Labour
75. Sacred Games is a novel written by (1) Anita Desai (2) Arundhati Roy (3) Kiran Desai (4) Khushwant Singh (5) None of these
76. What is the full form of the abbreviation ASEAN? (1) Association of South East Agro Nations. (2) Association of South East Asian Nations (3) Alliance of South East Asian Nations (4) Alliance of South East Asian Neighbors (5) None of these
77. Which of the following organizations has recently launched "Farmers Information Service via SMS" to help farmers in Gujarat state? (1) State Bank of India (2) SIDBI (3) Reliance Group of industries (4) NABARD (5) None of these
78. Which of the following is the scheme for providing electricity connections to all the rural households in the country? (1) ASHA (2) S. Wadhar (3) Kutir Jyoti (4) Deep Mala (5) None of these
79. Which of the following organisations maintains the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF)? (1) RBI (2) NABARD (3) SIDBI (4) LIC (5) None of these
80. Name the chief minister ofAndhra Pradesh who resigned recently. (1) Y. S. Jaganmohan (2) Y. V. Reddy (3) Janardhan Reddy (4) K. Rosa tah (5) None of these
81. Many times we read about 'PPP' in economic literature. What is PPP? It is a concept which (1) tells us that exchange rates between currencies are in equilibrium when their purchasing power is
the same in both the countries (2) tells us that exchange rates between currencies are in equilibrium when their purchasing power is
different in both the countries. (3) PPP means the current exchange rate of a currency against US $ (4) a measure of income inequality in developing countries (5) None of these
82. Which of the following cups is associated with the game of Hockey? (1) Agha Khan Cup (2) DCM Trophy (3) Davis Cup (4) Derby Tropby (5) Rovers Cup
83. As we all know, the Human Development Index (HDI) is an index of social performance in a single composite index. It is an indication of (1) disparity reduction rate, human resource development rate and the composite index (2) longevity, education and living standard (3) the facilities for minimum schooling, adult literacy and educational attainment (4) GDP of a nation and the status of its Balance of Trade (5) None of these
84. Which of the following organisation/agencies has specifically been set up to boost overall rural development in India? (1) RBI (2) SIDBI (3) NABARD (4) SEBI (5) None of these
85. Which one of the following countries is not considered a Newly Industrialized Country (NIC)? (1) South Africa (2) Mexico (3) Brazil (4) Turkey (5) France
86. Which of the following countries will host the next SAARC Summit? (1) India (2) Bhutan (3) Nepal (4) Fiji (5) None of these
87. Which of the following statements is/are correct about National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREG A)? A. NREGA is applicable to all rural areas of the country. B. Only construction work shall be given to the workers employed under this Act. C. Every worker is given an amount of 250 per day for an eighthour shift.
(1) Only A (2) Only B (3) Only C (4) Only A and B (5) All A, B and C
88. Who amongst the following is the author of the book A Himalayan Love Storyl? (1) Namitha Gokhale (2) V. S. Naipaul (3) Anita Desai (4) Laxmi Sehgal (5) None of these
89. Which of the following is NOT true about farmers in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)? (1) The staple crop is the chief source of food. (2) Labour is underutilised except for planting and harvesting seasons. (3) On the traditional farm, output is always greater than consumption. (4) Cultivators utilise only a small portion of land. (5) None of these
90. Kenyan runner David Rudisha and Croatian high jump star Blanka Vlasic were named male and female athletes of the year respectively by the (1) IAAF (2) World Athletic Organisation (3) European Athletic Organisation (4) World Athletic Federation (5) None of these
91. We have noticed on several occasions that cost of petroleum products fluctuates frequently. The action of OPEC members at times to limit output and fix prices may be understood as an action arising out of (1) instructions from WTO (2) fluctuation in output (3) practices of the oil industry (4) group dynamics (5) cartel
92. Which of the following organizations/agencies controls the monetary policy of our country? (1) SBI (2) Central Bank of India (3) Indian Bank (4) Bank of India (5) None of these
93. Which of the following terms is NOT associated with the game of Football? (1) Comer kick (2) Wide out (3) Line men (4) Follow on (5) Full back
94. Amartya K Sen emphasises that having enough to eat depends on one very crucial factor. Which of the following is that factor? (1) Society's system of entitlement (2) Distribution of agricultural income (3) Low poverty rates (4) Structure of the family (5) None of these
95. Watershed Development Schemes are a part of A. Development of Rural Economy B. Development of Skilled Workers C. Development of Irrigation facilities in India
(1) Only A (2) Only B (3) Only A and C (4) Only C (5) All A, B and C
96. Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy has been appointed as the Chief Minister of (1) Karnataka (2) Andhra Pradesh (3) Kerala (4) Tamil Nadu (5) None of these
97. Which of the following is anticorruption watchdog? (1) WTO (2) Transparency International (3) UN Security Council (4) Wikileaks (5) None of these
98. Which of the following is the last book of VS Naipaul? (1) A House for Mr Biswas (2) The Masque of Africa (3) India: A Wounded Civilization (4) India: A Million Mutinies Now (5) None of these
99. The annual IndiaEuropean Union (EU) Summit was held in December 2010 in (1) London (2) Paris (3) Berlin (4) Brussels (5) None of these
100.Who has been conferred Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2010? (1) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (2) Aung San Suu Kyi (3) Nelson Mandela (4) Bingu Wa Mutharika (5) None of these
Answer Key
1.(1) 2.(2) 3.(1) 4.(2) 5.(1) 6.(5) 7.(4) 8.(4) 9.(4) 10.(2) 11.(3) 12.(1) 13.(1) 14.(4) 15.(1) 16.(3) 17.(3) 18.(1) 19.(2) 20.(4) 21.(1) 22.(2) 23.(4) 24.(1) 25.(3) 26.(1) 27.(3) 28.(5) 29.(3) 30.(1) 31.(1) 32.(3) 33.(1) 34.(4) 35.(1) 36.(3) 37.(4) 38.(4) 39.(5) 40.(3) 41.(2) 42.(1) 43.(4) 44.(4) 45.(1) 46.(2) 47.(2) 48.(1) 49.(3) 50.(3) 51.(3) 52.(2) 53.(2) 54.(3) 55.(2) 56.(3) 57.(2) 58.(2) 59.(5) 60.(3) 61.(4) 62.(2) 63.(3) 64.(4) 65.(1) 66.(2) 67.(3) 68.(3) 69.(3) 70.(5) 71.(4) 72.(4) 73.(1) 74.(5) 75.(5) 76.(2) 77.(4) 78.(3) 79.(2) 80.(4) 81.(2) 82.(1) 83.(2) 84.(3) 85.(5) 86.(5) 87.(1) 88.(2) 89.(3) 90.(1) 91.(5) 92.(5) 93.(4) 94.(1) 95.(3) 96.(2) 97.(2) 98.(2) 99.(4) 100.(1)