General Studies Quiz

1. Which Indian film stars was recently conferred Honorary Doctorate by Bedfordshire University, (U.K.) ?
(A) AmitabhBachhan     (B) Shah Rukh Khan
(C) Om Puri                        (D) Amir Khan

2. Williams Sisters won the U.S. Open Women’s Doubles Title 2009 after defeating in the final-
(A) Leizal Herber and Cara Blank
(B) Kim Clijsters and Anna Kournikova
(C) Coroline Wozniacki and Dinara Safina
(D) Nathalie Deshy and Sania Mirza
3, Which one of the following is a military alliance ?
(A) ASEAN   (B) SAARC   (C) NATO   (D) NAFTA
4. The recipient of the 42nd Jnan Peeth Award is-
(A) Manohar Shastri       (B) Harish Pandya
(C) Satya Vrat Shastri     (D) K. Kamal Kumar
5.World Development Report is an annual publication of-
(A) UNICEF         (B) UNDP             (C) WTO (D) World Bank

6. Which one of the following is correct ?
      Player                          Sport
(A)jeev Milkha Singh —Tennis
(B) jhulan Goswami —Cricket
(C) Baichung Bhutia —Hockey
(D) Pankaj Advani-Badmi.nton

7. Which one of the following industrialists was declared ‘The Business Person of the year 2008’ by the Times of India Survey ?
(A) Anil Ambani               (B) Rahul Bajaj

(C) Ratan Tata                   (D) Gautam Adani

S. Naina Devi peak forms a part of-
(A) Himalayan range located in Sikkim
(B) Himalayan range located in Kumaon region
(C) Himalayan range located in Nepal
(D) Himalayan range located in jammu & Kashmir

9. The aim of the ISRO’s OCEAN- SAT•2 satellite is—
(A) T0 provide ocean scientists knowledge – about mineral resources under the sea
(B) To aid fishermen in identifying fishing zones
(C) To aid weathermen to fore- cast cyclones and weather conditions
(D) All the above

10. Who amongst the following is not the recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Rama Award ?
(A) Vijendra Singh           (B) Sushil Kumar
(C) M, C. Marykom            (D) Abhinav Bindra

Answer

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