Thursday, September 13, 2012

General Studies Quiz

1. Jamie Dwyer, recently crowned hockey’s World Player of the Year for a third time, belongs to—
(A) Germany (B) England (C) Netherlands (D) Australia

2. Which among the following countries is the World Bank’s single largest borrower ?
(A) Pakistan (B) India (C) China (D) Russia

3. Kaiane Aldorino who won the 2009 Miss World pageant recently held in Johannesburg, is from—
(A) South Africa (B) Venezuela (C) Columbia (D) Gibraltar

4. The group of nations presently known as G-8 first started as G-7. Which country from among the following was not one of the them ?
(A) Canada (B) Italy (C) Japan (D) Russia

5. CERN, the organisation that conducted the Large Hadren Collider Experiment in Geneva recently, is the—
(A) European Space Agency (B) European Organisation for Nuclear Research
(C) International Atomic Energy Agency (D) National Aeronautics and Space Administration

6. Reliance Communication has signed an agreement with ……offering Windows Mobile Solutions on its wireless network.
(A) Rediffmail.com (B) Microsoft (C) Google (D) Gmail.com

7. Which of the following teams was defeated by India to mark its 100th Test match victory in cricket ?
(A) New Zealand (B) Australia (C) Bangladesh (D) Sri Lanka

8. Who is the first Indian to head Amnesty International in its 50-year history ?
(A) Pramod Bhasin (B) Salil Shetty (C) G.R. Madhavan (D) C.K. Roy

9. Lionel Messi, the footballer who plays for Barcelona club, and won the FIFA World Player of the Year Award for 2009, belongs to which country ?
(A) Brazil (B) Italy (C) Argentina (D) Germany

10. Recently, which of the following was included in the UNESCO’s World Heritage list ?
(A) Dilwara Temple (B) Kalka-Shimla Railway
(C) Bhiterkanika Mangrove Area (D) Visakhapatnam to Araku Valley railway line



ANSWER
Q
A
Q
A
1
D
6
B
2
B
7
D
3
D
8
B
4
D
9
C
5
B
10
D

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