General Studies Quiz

1.  Which of the following Indonesian region wad a victim of massive earthquake in 2004 ?

(1) Irian Jaya            (2) Sumatra      (3) Kalibangan         (4) Java

2.  The first non-stop air conditioned ‘DURANTO’ TRAIN flaged off  between

(1) Sealdah-New Delhi (2) Mukbai-Howrah    (3) Bangalore-Howrah (4) Chennai- New Delhi

3.  Which of the following agencies released the report Economic outlook for 2009-10?

(1) Planning Commissioner               (2) PM’s Economic Advisor Council

(3) Finance Commission                   (4) Reserve Bank of India

4.  India and U.S. have decided to finalize agreements related to which of the following ?

(1) Trade and Investment             (2) intellectual property        (3) tradition knowledge

(4) All of the above

5.  Which one of the following states does not form part of Narmada River basin?

(1) Madhya Pradesh              (2) Rajasthan          (3) Gujarat           (4) Maharashtra

6.  Which of the following countries has recently become the third largest market for ‘Twitter’ 

(1) China     (2) India      (3) Brazil    (4) Indonesia

7.  The exchange of commodities between two countries is referred as

(1) Balance of trade               (2) Bilateral         (3) Volume of trade      (4) Multilateral

8. Soil erosion on hill slopes can be checked by

(1) Afforestation     (2) terrace cultivation             (3) Strip corporating        (4) Contour             

9.   Who coined the word Geography ?

(1) Ptolemy              (2) Eratosthenes           (3) Hacataus             (4) Herodatus

10.Which of the following is called the ‘ecological’ hot spot of India ?

(1) Western Ghats   (2) Eastern Ghats        (3) Western Himalaya        (4) Eastern Himalaya

Answer

1-2, 2-1, 3-2, 4-4, 5-2, 6-2, 7-3, 8-2, 9-2, 10-1