General Awareness Solved UPSC, IAS Entrance Paper

General Awareness Solved UPSC, IAS Entrance Paper

GK Questions with Solved Answers

1. Major __, was on August 14, 2010, awarded the Ashok Chakra, for the first time awarded to an officer for an act of bravery while on a foreign land.

(1) Karan Kapoor

(2) Laishrarn Jyotin Singh

(3) Mrinal Sharma

(4) Abhijit Rastogi

Ans. (2)

2. Renowned Indian sand artist_, in August 2010, won the first prize at the 8th International Sand Sculpture Championship in Berlin.

(1) Manohar Lakhia

(2) Sameer Singh

(3) Sudarsan Pattnaik

(4) Rohit Bansal

Ans. (3)

3. Jailed political activist Liu Xiaobo was awarded the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize on October 8, 2010, “for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in_.”

(1) North Korea

(2) Myanmar

(3) China

(4) Malaysia

Ans. (3)

4. India’s woman boxer MC Mary Kom on September 18, 2010 claimed a historic fifth successive World Championship title in Bridgetown Barbados. She beat ___ 16-6 in the final to achieve the distinction.

(1) Natalie Lungo of Sweden

(2) Jenny Smith of Australia

(3) Lynsey Holdaway of Wales

(4) Steluta Duta of Romania

Ans. (4)

5. Yoav Galant, a former Special Forces commander and once linked to allegations of war crimes, was named as the next military chief of_ on September 6, 2010.

(1) Nigeria

(2) Israel

(3) Cambodia

(4) Chile

Ans. (2)

6. The Union Cabinet, on August 9, .2010, approved implementation of the scheme to cover workers in the unorganised sector and provide old age security to all.

(1) Swavalamban

(2) Swasudhar

(3) Swasuraksha

(4) Swadharma

Ans. (1)

7. Information Commissioner__, on September 30, 2010, took over as the new Chief Information Commissioner, succeeding the Incumbent, Wajahat Habibullah.

(1) S.N. Singh

(2) A. N. Tiwari

(3) D.R. Roongta

(4) Anjani Pandey

Ans. (2)

8. Mizanur Rahman, Chairman of the NHRC, __, was conferred the N.R. Madhava Menon Best Law Teacher Awardt2OlO in New Delhi on September 4, 2010.

(1) Pakistan

(2) Oman

(3) Qatar

(4) Bangladesh

Ans. (4)

9. Who was sworn in as Associate Supreme Court Justice on August 6, 2010 becoming fourth woman justice in U. S. history?

(1) Angela Robes

(2) Camellia Schindler

(3) Elena Kagan

(4) Sandra Mio

Ans. (3)

10. The __based University of Alberta, in September 2010, announced to bestow eminent agriculture scientist M.S. Swaminathan with an honorary doctor of science degree.

(1) Montreal

(2) Calgary

(3) Edmonton

(4) Seattle

Ans. (3)

11. India and __ on September 27, 2010, finalised a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement as an “ASEAN Plus pact.

(1) Laos

(2) Indonesia

(3) Malaysia

(4) Cambodia

Ans. (3)

12. on October 10, 2010, announced that it would carry out a landmark field trial by releasing genetie11’thodlfled mosquitoes designed to combat dengue fever by the1lfd of 2010.

(1) Singapore

(2) India

(3) Pakistan

(4) Malaysia

(5) Noh these

Ans. (4)

13. As per the gover1rnent’s statement in Parliament on August 6, 2010, FDI inflows during the first quarter of 2010-11 was $__ billion against $7.01 billion in 2009-10.

(1) 3.36

(2) 4.48

(3) 5.80

(4) 6.75

Ans. (3)

14. In August 2010, became the first Indian woman shooter to be crowned a World champion, winning the 50m rifle prone event In the World shooting championship in Munich.

(1) Malini Sharma

(2) Shipra Singh

(3) Tejaswini Sawant

(4) Ankita Banerjee

Ans. (3)

15. Which of the following statements is not correct about the United States director Sofia Coppola who won the Golden Lion Prize for best film on September 11, 2010 at the 67th Venice Film Festival?

(1) She won the award for her fourth film Somewhere

(2) She is the daughter of legendary film director Francis Ford Coppola

(3) She has won the Academy Award in 2003

(4) She was the first American woman to be nominated for Best Director

Ans. (3)

16. Bollywood actor — was, on August ‘10, 2010, appointed UNICEF National Ambassador for promoting child rights and adolescence.

(1) Katrina Kaif

(2) Priyanka Chopra

(3) Sonam Kapoor

(4) Deepika Padukone

Ans. (2)

17. The 34th session of the, World Heritage Committee in Brasilia in August2010, inscribed the Jantar Mantar in __ in the UNESCO’s World Heritage List.

(1) New Delhi

(2) Mathura

(3) Surat

(4) Jaipur

Ans. (4)

18. Simon Lehna Singh was, on August 5, 2010, selected by the International Mathematical Union for the __ Award.

(1) Leelavathi

(2) Raman

(3) Chandrashekhar

(4) Einstein

Ans. (1)

19. __, the horn instrument which became the sound of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, won an entry in the latest edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in August 2010.

(1) Vuvuzela

(2) Buzkashi

(3) Vega

(4) Vulula

Ans. (1)

20. Indian Rupee joined elite club of US dollar, the euro, pound sterling and the — on July 15, 2010, when its symbol was approved by the Union Cabinet.

(1) Yuan

(2) Lira

(3) Rouble

(4) Yen

Ans. (4)

21. The United States, on October2, 2010, apologised to __ for a series of experiments U.S. researchers conducted on prison inmates and mental hospital patients between 1946 and 1948.

(1) Chile

(2) Cuba

(3) Guatemala

(4) Venezuela

Ans. (3)

22._, on July 15, 2010, became the first country in Latin America to 1egalise, same-sex marriage.

(1) Brazil

(2) Argentina

(3) Chile

(4) Peru

Ans. (2)

23. The lntemationaflu4onetary Fund, on July 8, 20 10, raised its world economic growth forecast from 4per cent to __ per cent.

(1) 4.25

(2) 4.50

(3) 4.75

(4) 5.0

Ans. (2)

24. Which of the following statements is, are true about the Annual Report 2009-10 of the Reserve Bank of India released in August __September 2010?

(A) The large part of the report deals with the Central bank’s working

(B) The economy decelerated in the second half of 2008-09

(C) The average growth rate of food production at 10 per cent during 1990-2010 lagged behind the average population growth of l.9.per cent

(1) Only (A)

(2) Only (B) and (C)

(3) Only (A) and (C)

(4) All (A), (B) and (C)

Ans. (4)

25. Muttiah Muralitharan, on July 22, 2010, became the first bowler In ‘Test cricket to scalp 800 wickets when he got India’s — as his victim in Galle.

(1) Pragyan Ojha

(2) M.S. Dhoni

(3) Suresh Raina

(4) SachinTendulkar

Ans. (1)