General Knowledge Bank PO, Railways GK MCQ

General Knowledge Bank PO, Railways GK MCQ

GK Test for All Pre. Exams

1. The centre, on October 15 2010, appointed a committee headed by the former CAG, __, to look into “all aspects of organising and conducting” the Commonwealth Games.

(1) Mohan Bainsla

(2) V.K. Shungloo

(3) D.K. Chaturvedi

(4) A. Ahnihotri

Ans. (2)

2. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, on September 1, 2010, laid the foundation for Rs.6, 000-crore NTPC- BHEL’s power equipment manufacturing plant at Manavaram near

(1) Dindigul

(2) Mangalore

(3) Panaji

(4) Tirupati

Ans. (4)

3 Which country, in September 2010, moved to curb influence of Muslim conservatives by asking Imams for recordings of their Friday sermons?

(1) Malaysia

(2) Indonesia

(3) Syria

(4) Saudi Arabia

Ans. (3)

4. The U.S Federal Reserve, on September 2, 2010, approved the application by China Investment Corporation. To acquire up to — percent of the voting shares of Morgan Stanley.

(1) 5

(2) 8

(3) 10

(4) 1

Ans. (3)

5. ___, on September 4, 2010, shattered Shiny Wilson’s National record in the 800 meters in the IAAF-VTB Bank Continental Cup in Split, Croatia.

(1) Smita Sinha

(2) Tintu Luka

(3) Kaveri Chand

(4) Anju Dahiya

Ans. (2)

6. According to the Wakf Board, the Muslims offered prayers at the Babri Mosque in Ayodhya from 1528 upto 1949. Who was the first to file a suit on January 16, 1950 for allowing to offering prayers there?

(1) Gopal Singh Visharad

(2) Mahant P Ramachandra

(3) Mahant Raghunath Das

(4) Mahant Dharmadas

Ans. (1)

7. H6w much acres of land all around the disputed area In Ayodhya was acquired by the Government of India on January 7, 1993?

(1) 65

(2) 67

(3) 69

(4) 72

Ans. (2)

8. In which year ,the four Suits regarding Ayodhya land dispute pending in the Faizabad civil courts were transferred to the Allahabad High court on an application moved by the Advocate General of Uttar Pradesh?

(1) 1987

(2) 1989

(3) 1985

(4) 1983

Ans. (2)

9. Vidya Pillai, on October 11, 2010 claimed the title in the __ Open Women’s Snooker Championship, beating Ramona Belmont.

(1) Czech

(2) Australian

(3) Italian

(4) British

Ans. (2)

10. On which of the following dates the final hearing of the Ayodhya title suits did begin

(1) July 26, 1998

(2) July 23. 1996

(3) September 12, 2000

(4) August 31, 2003

Ans. (2)

11. Which of the following statements regarding the verdict of the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High court on the Ayodhya title suits, delivered on September 30, 2010 is not correct?

(1) The Bench ruled by a majority verdict that the disputed 120 feet by 90 feet area should be divided into three equal parts among three petitioners.

(2) The three petitioners are the Sunni Central Wakf Board, the Nirmohi Akahara and the party representing the deity, Rain Lalla.

(3) Justice SU Khan rejected the claims of Muslims on the ground that Babri Masjid has been built against the tenets of Islam and therefore could not be treated as mosque.

(4) The Nirmohi Akahara was allotted parts of the outer court-yard covered earlier by Ram Chabutra, Sita Rasoi and Bhandar.

Ans. (3)

12. Who among the ‘following filed a petition on January 2 1885 that he be allowed to build a temple over’ Chabutra Janmasthan in Ayodhya?

(1) Gopal Singh Visharad

(2) Mahant Ramchandra

(3) Mahant Raghunath

(4) Mahant Raghubar Das

Ans. (4)

13. On which of the following dates the Ayodhya title suits case was transferred to the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court after the Supreme Court declined to resolve the matter on the request of the Central Government?

(1) January 7, 1993

(2) October 24, 1994

(3) December 3. 1995

(4) August 28, 1996

Ans. (2)

14. Who among the following visited several times Ayodhya to hold talks with the leaders of both Hindu and Muslim in 2010 for a peaceful settlement, of the Ayodhya land dispute?

(1) Justice Palak Basu

(2) Justice A K Nayyer

(3) Justice DV Sharma

(4) Justice Sudhir Agarwal

Ans. (1)

15. Which country, in September 2010, won the Ningbo Cup, the first Asian cup bridge championship at Ningbo, China?

(1) Malaysia

(2) Taiwan

(3) Japan

(4) Indonesia

Ans. (4)

16. India’s —, in September 2010, successfully crossed the English Channel, taking 13 hours and 42 minutes to swim from Dover in England to the French coast.

(1) Amrita Das

(2) Manisha Mathur

(3) Sonali Bose

(4) Amita Gupta

Ans. (1)

17. Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, on August 29, 2010, formally opened the Russian section of an oil pipeline to __ in the Amur Region.

(1) Japan

(2) China

(3) South Korea

(4) Germany

Ans. (2)

18. The Centre, in August 2010 cleared for implementation the Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls, named ‘__’.

(1) Sabla

(2) Abla

(3) Nari
(4) Mahila

Ans. (1)

19. Peter Diamond and Dale Mortensen of the United States and British-Cypriot __ won the 2010 Nobel Economics Prize on October 11, 2010.

(1) Alexander Hawkins

(2) Daniel Montfort

(3) Christopher Pissarides

(4) Richard Bell

Ans. (3)

20. Air Chief Marshal P.V. Naik awarded the honorary, rank of Group Captain to — in New Delhi on September 3, 2010—the first sportsperson to be conferred a rank by the IAF.

(1) Viswanathan Anand

(2) Mahendra Singh Dhoni

(3) Abhinabh Bindra

(4) SachinTendulkar

Ans. (4)

21. Which country, on September 4, 2010, experienced its most destructive earthquake in nearly 80 years causes $2 billion worth damage?

(1) Japan

(2) Indonesia

(3) Laos

(4) New Zealand

(5) None of these

Ans. (4)

22. The RBI, on August 13, 2010, directed core investment companies (CICs) to register them with the central bank in ca their asset size is at least Rs. __ crore.

(1) 50

(2) 100

(3) 200

(4) 500

Ans. (2)

23. Australia, on, August 8, 2010, defeated 4-0 to win the Champions Trophy hockey tournament in Moenchengladbach.

(1) Germany

(2) Pakistan

(3) India

(4) England

Ans. (4)

24. __, charged with the Times Square bomb plot, was sentenced, to life in prison without the possibility of parole by U.S. District Judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum on October 5, 2010.

(1) Malik Ibrahim

(2) Faisal Shahzad

(3) Salim Sulaiman

(4) Ajij Akhtar Noor

Ans. (2)

25. The International Mathematical Union, on August 17, 2010, elected — of the U.S. as its president for 2011-14, making her the first woman to lead the organisation.

(1) Lara Parker

(2) Ingrid Daubechies

(3) Catherine Hepburn

(4) Luisa Bogart

Ans. (2)