Tuesday, October 30, 2012

GK Quiz

Ques. : 1   Name the Indian-American astronaut, who is to spend six months in space from July 14 along with the team NASA of the United States?

1) Rakesh Sharma 2) Anousheh Ansari  3) Kalpana Chawla 4) Sunita Williams 5) Muhammad Faris
Ques. : 2   With which country India had entered into the $275 million armoured recovery vehicle (ARV) deal in October 2011, which was later shelved by the ministry of defence?
1) Israel 2) US 3) France 4) Russia 5) Poland
Ques. : 3   The Centre has granted permission to the Punjab government to export wheat to which country in the wake of the state facing a wheat glut and warehouses overflowing?
1) Bangladesh 2) China 3) Pakistan 4) Sri Lanka 5) Indonesia

Ques. : 4   Which of the following Scheduled Urban Cooperative Banks has recently launched an exclusive 660 days deposit scheme (Diamond Deposit Scheme) to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the bank?
1) Madhavpura Mercantile Cooperative Bank 2) Abhyudaya Cooperative Bank
3) The Greater Bombay Cooperative Bank 4) Citizen Credit Cooperative Bank
5) Mahanagar Cooperative Bank

Ques. : 5   Which public sector bank of India has opened 171 ultra small branches in a single day recently?
1) UCO Bank 2) Vijaya Bank 3) Indian Bank 4) Bank of India 5) Bank of Baroda

Ques. : 6   Which European country has achieved an emphatic 4-0 win in the final of the Euro Cup 2012 recently?
1) Italy 2) Spain 3) England 4) Germany  5) France

Ques. : 7   On which of the following days The Doctors’ Day is observed every year?
1) July 1 2) July 29 3) March 8 4) July 18 5) December 1

Ques. : 8   Name the Britain-based bank which has been fined $ 450 million by US and British authorities for manipulating the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (LIBOR), the interest rate on loans that banks make to each other?
1) HDFC Bank 2) Barclays Bank 3) ABN Amro 4) Citibank 5) HSBC Bank

Ques. : 9   Name the country where hardliner Islamist fundamentalist group Ansar Dine has recently destroyed ancient tombs of Muslim saints and threatened to wipe out every religious shrine?
1) Mali 2) Afghanistan 3) Iran 4) Kenya 5) Somalia

Ques. : 10   Joan Dunlop, who passed away recently, was a/an:
1) human rights activist 2) women’s rights activist 3) diplomat 4) environmentalist 5) physicist

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