GK Civil Service Exams Sample Quiz

GK Civil Service Exams Sample Quiz

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1. India was ranked_, in the 2010 Global Hunger Index Report released on October 11, 2010 the International Food Policy research Institute, a United States based policy think tank.

(1) 55

(2) 67

(3) 72

(4) 42

Ans. (2)

2. On which date in 2010 did Shahabuddin Yaqoob Quraishi took aver as the next Chief Election Commissioner, replacing Navin Chawla?

(1) July 30

(2) July 21

(3) July 15

(4) July 31

Ans. (1)

3. Russia, Kazakhstan and ___, in July 2010, launched a customs union as a first step towards forming a broader EU-type economic alliance of former Soviet states.

(1) Latvia

(2) Croatia

(3) Belarus

(4) Uzbekistan

Ans. (3)

4. The Asian Development Bank, on September 28, 2010, upgraded India’s growth forecast for tile current fiscal to 8.5 per cent from ____ per cent in April20 10.

(1) 8.2

(2) 8.1

(3) 8.3

(4) 8.4

Ans. (1)

5. Which of the following countries on September 9, 2010 declared the drug __resistant superbug NDM1 a category four communicable disease?

(1) Britain

(2) Taiwan

(3) China

(4) France

Ans. (2)

6. Indian shuttler, a trainee of Tata Padukone Badminton Academy in Bangalore, won the Yonex Czech Open International championship in Brno on October 3, 2010.

(1) Ajay Jayaram

(2) Manish Munjal

(31 Brajesh Mathur

(4) Nripendra Singh

Ans. (1)

7. The InternatibnalQimina1 Court, on July 12, 2010charged President Omar-al-Bashir of__ with three counts of genocide in Darfur.

(1) Rwanda

(2) Angola

(3) Sudan

(4) Congo

Ans. (3)

8. Roza Otunbayeva, the fist woman President in Central Asia, was sworn in __, on July 3, 2010, three weeks after bloody ethnic violence in the country’s southern regions. ,

(1) Uzbekistan

(2) Kyrgyzstan

(3) Ukraine

(4) Turkmenistan

Ans. (2)

9. Who, in October 2010, won the 2010 Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing a chemical method that has allowed scientists to test cancer drugs and make thinner computer screens?

(1) Richard Heck

(2) Ei-ichi Negishi

(3) Akira Suzuki

(4) All of the above

Ans. (5)

10. Indian Badminton Star Saina Nehwal was, on August 29, 2010, given the __ Award for the year 2009-10.

(1) Indira Gandhi Sports

(2) Dronacharya

(3) Arjuna

(4) Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

Ans. (4)

11. According survey conducted by Boston Consulting Group and released on September 9, 010 Public Sector Banks would need how ninny Snore staff over 10 years?

(1) Five lakhs

(2) Six lakhs

(3) Four lakhs

(4) Three lakhs

Ans. (1)

12. Which country, in October 2010, began treating the ‘world’s first patient to receive human embryonic stem cells?

(1) USA

(2) Japan

(3) Canada

(4) France

Ans. (1)

13. The European spacecraft Roseta, on July 11, 2010, performed a fly-by of a massive asteroid, Lutete, between Mars and ___ at 47,800 kph.

(1) Venus

(2) Saturn

(3) Jupiter

(4) Mercury

Ans. (3)

14. ISRO’s Pollar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV C15) in its 16th consecutive successful fight on July 12, 2010 but satellites, including ISRO’s __in their precise orbit

(1) Cartosat-2A

(2) Cartosat-2B

(3) Cartosat-2C

(4) Cartosat-2D

Ans. (2)

15. Where is the Korba Super Thermal Power Station, the largest in the county located?

(1) Madhya Pradesh

(2) Orissa

(3) Bihar

(4) Goa

(5) None of these

Ans. (1)

16. Ombudsman’s monetary limit is

(1) Rs. 10 lakhs

(2) Rs. 15 lakhs

(3) Rs. 20 lakhs

(4) Rs. 25 lakhs

(5) None of these

Ans. (3)

17. The office of the Salary Savings Schemes Division of Life ‘Insurance Corporation of India is located in

(1) Lucknow

(2) Bhopal

(3) Bangalore

(4) Jaipur

(5) Mumbai

Ans. (5)

18. Which of the following vitamins helps in the coagulation of blood?

(1) Vitamin A

(2) Vitamin C

(3) Vitamin D

(4) Vitamin K

(5) None of these

Ans. (4)

19. The normal rate of the human heart beat is between — contractions per minute.

(1) 40-60

(2) 60-80

(3) 50-70

(4) 70-90

(5) None of these

Ans. (2)

20. Two basic principles specially governing life Insurance contract are

(1) Offer and acceptance

(2) Insurable interest and utmost good faith

(3) Proposal and agent’s report

(4) Personal history and medical report

(5) None of these

Ans. (2)

21. What facility is provided by ‘Edusat’ launched by ISRO in September 2004?

(1) Satellite based multimedia link

(2) Remote sensing

(3) Intelligence data

(4) Educational connectivity

(5) None of these

Ans. (4)

22. The first woman Chief Minister of a State in free India was—

(1) Sarojini Naidu

(2) Sucheta Krilpalani

(3) Indira Gandhi

(4) Vijaylakshmi Pandit

(5) None of these

Ans. (2)

23. Which of the following is also known as the ‘Land of Thousand Lakes?

(1) Sweden

(2) Norway

(3) Russia

(4) Finland

(5) None of these

Ans. (4)

24. The book “In the Shadow of the Pines — A Story of the Raj” has been written by—

(1) Mandeep Rai

(2) Annu Lulla

(3) Sanjay Dharwadkar

(4) Sundeep Waslekar

(5) None of these

Ans. (1)

25. In which of the following cities Aero India 2005 show was organised? 0

(1) Mumbai

(2) Chennai

(3) Bangalore

(4) Chandigarh

(5) Hyderabad

Ans. (3)