GENERAL AWARENESS MCQs

1. Goa's highest civilian award, the Gomant Vibhushan 2011 has been awarded to:
a) Anil Kakodkar                 

b) Charles Correa
c) K Shankaranarayanan  

d) Sam Pitroda

2. The UNESCO Kalinga Prize, an international award, was created following a donation from the former Chief Minister of India to UNESCO in 1951. To which State the chief minister belonged?
a) Kerala  

b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Orissa  

d) Karnataka

3. The Electronic Nose, a biomarker used to diagnose which disease?
a) Tuberculosis  

b) Influenza
c) Malaria         

d) Allergy

4. A new category has been added to the Infosys Prize. The name of the new category is:
a) Public Administration        

b) Botany
c) Humanities  

d) Environment

5. Martin Schulz, elected as the president of the European Parliament belongs to:
a) France  

b) Italy
c) Spain  

d) Germany 

6. Hindu Marriage Act applied to regulate personal life among Hindus, especially their institution of marriage, its validity, conditions for in-validity, and applicability. The act is not applicable to which of the following:

a) Sikhs  

b) Parsi

c) Jains 

 d) Buddhists

7. Which of the following states does not have a full fledged Buddhist Centre?

a) UP         

b) Bihar

c) J&K 

 d) Himachal Pradesh

8. World Food Prize 2012 has been won by the person belonging to which nationality?

a) Brazil  

b) Ghana

c) Israel  

d) USA

9. China's first woman in space is

a) Lin Dan  

b) Lin Ying

c) Lu Lan  

d) Liu Yang

10. Indian judge Dalveer Bhandari has been selected in International Criminal Court. What is the tenure of the judges in ICC?

a) 5 years  

b) 6 years

c) 7 years  

d) 9 years

 

11. Fitch has downgraded the rating of India. What does BBB- implies?

a) economic situation can affect finance

b) currently vulnerable and dependent on favorable economic conditions 

c) Highly vulnerable

d) medium- to long-term growth potential will gradually deteriorate if further structural reforms are not hastened

12. The fertilizer management system has been recommended by:

a) Sam Pitroda  

b) Nandan Nilekani

c) Kaushik Basu  

d) C.Rangarajan

13. GOI has proposed establishment of India Opportunities Venture Fund in collaboration of

a) NABARD         

b) RRB

c) IDBI 

 d) SIDBI

14. Wang Shu has won the Pritzker prize 2012. In which field Pritzker prize is given?

a) Arts 

 b) Music

c) Architecture  

d) Journalism 

15. Hunar se Rojgar Scheme has been launched by

a) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

b) Ministry of Tourism

c) Ministry of Rural Development

d) Ministry of Commerce

 

 

16. Indian has recently signed a Border Pact with which of the SAARC countries?
a) Myanmar  

b) Nepal
c) China       

d) Bangladesh

17. Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2011 was given to
a) V.K Murthy             

 b) Shyam Benegal
c) Soumitra Chatterjee  

d) Saeed Akhtar Mirza

18. Name the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Chief Justice who was sworn in as Supreme Court judge?
a) Justice F.M.Ibrahim Kalifulla  

b) Justice Dalveer Bhandari
c) Justice Aftab Alam              

d) Justice Madan Bhimarao Lokur

19. Sir creek area is a bone of contention between
a) Pakistan and Afghanistan  

b) India and Pakistan
c) India and Bangladesh       

d) India and Sri Lanka

20. Mahadayi Water Disputes is among the States of
a) Kerala and Karnataka            

b) Karnataka and Goa
c) Karnataka and Tamil Nadu     

d) Kerala and Tamil Nadu

21. India has declared the year 2012 as

a) Year of Intensification of Routine Immunization
b) Year for conservation of Biodiversity

c) Year as conservation of Mineral resources
d) Year of reducing Gender Disparity

22. The first Indian State to pass the Lokayukta bill in 2011 is

a) Uttar Pradesh         

b) Bihar

c) Uttarakhand 

 d) Jharkhand

23. At the 59th National Film Awards, who was declared the best actor?

a) Girish Kulkarni  

b) Upendra Limaye

c) Dhanush  

d) Salim Kumar

24. Who among the following has not been conferred Padma Vibhusan in the year 2012?

a) Bhupen Hazarike  

b) Mario de Miranda

c) Jose Pereira  

d) K.G. Subramanyan

25. German Order of Merit conferred to

a) Ummu Salma Bava  

b) Karl Kehrle

c) Armin Maiwald         

d) Ulrich Adam

 

26. Kabir Puraskar is awarded for:

a) Hindi literature 

 b) Promotion of Communal harmony

c) For contribution in culture development  

d) None of the above

27. India’s first food bank has been established at:

a) Mumbai         

b) Chennai

c) New Delhi  

d) Kolkata

28. Which among these islands in a bone of contention between U.K. & Argentina?

a) Spratly Island  

b) Shetland Island

c) Falkland Island  

d) Turks & Caicos Island

29. In which State the newly inaugurated Dhamra Port is situated?

a) Andhra Pradesh  

b) Maharashtra

c) Orissa         

d) Goa

30. Kerala has the highest sex ratio according to the latest figures released by Census for 2001-2011. What is the sex ratio for that State?

a) 1099  

b) 1091

c) 1084  

d) None of the above