IES, IAS Exams Gk Objective Questions

IES, IAS  Exams Gk Objective Questions

GK Model Test Paper

1. Leisel Marie Jon of ___ became the third person to win 10 Gold medals in the Commonwealth Games history, tying the all-time record of compatriots Susie O’Neill and Ian Thorpe.

(1) Canada

(2) Australia

(3) England

(4) Scotland

Ans. (2)

2. Faavac Faaulfull collected Samoa’s first gold medal in Commonwealth games history, in the Men’s weightlifting on 9 October 2010.

(1) 88kg

(2) 94kg

(3) 98g

(4) 102kg

Ans. (2)

3. What was the theme of the 30th International Trade Fair organised from November 14 to 27, 2010 in New Delhi?

(1) Ultra modem technique for efficient use of energy

(2) Clean and energy efficient technology, product and services

(3) Low cost, Energy efficient products and services

(4) Efficient energy and services

Ans. (2)

4. Microsoft Corporation on October 19, 2010 launched a full online version of its popular office suite of applications, known as

(1) Office24x7

(2) Office 365

(3) MS Smart

(4) Smart Power

Ans. (2)

5. Who handed over the Queen’s Baton to Prince Charles’ at the opening ceremony of the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi on October 3, OJ0?. -

(I) Sushil Kumar

(2) Vijender Singh

(3) Mary Kom

(4) Samaresh Jung

Ans. (1)

6. In the Commonwealth Games 2010 held in New Delhi in October 2010, India ended its gold medal drought in athletics since 1958 through woman discus thrower —

(1) Avinash Mohanti

(2) Krishna Poonia

(3) Daniel Mathew

(4) Alok Singla

Ans. (2)

7. Who is the author of a controversial document, Charter 08, In news in October 2010, which calls for the rapid establishment of a free, democratic, and constitutional country” and an end to one-party rule in China?

(1) Liu Xiaobo

(2) Zheng Jie

(3) Li Fang

(4) Yan Zi

Ans. (4)

8. Who sang the theme song of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, ‘Jiyo Jeeto Bado Jeeto, at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi on October 3. 2010?

(1) Shankar Mahadevan

(2) Arm Mullick

(3) A.R. Rahman

(4) Ismail Darbar

Ans. (3)

9. Peter Diamond arid 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)

10. Jailed political activist Lid 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)

11 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. (4)

12. Who among the following grabbed the first gold medal of the 16th Asian Games 2010 in Guangzhou on November 13, 2010?

(1) Wang Mingjuan of China

(2) Yuan Xiaochao of China

(3) Zhu Qianwel of China

(4) Park Tae Hwan of Korea

Ans. (2)

13. Augustina Nkem Nwaokolo of ___ on October 4, won the 2010 Commonwealth Games’ first gold medal in weightlifting.

(1) Nigeria

(2) Kenya

(3) South Africa

(4) Somalia

Ans. (1)

14. Which of the following Public Sector Units was not conferred the coveted Maharatna status on November 16, 2010?

(1) SAIL

(2) ONGC

(3) IOC

(4) NTPC

Ans. (1)

15. The six month long Shanghai Expo, the biggest world’s fair in history, concluded on October 31, 2010 during which it received record __ million visitors.

(1) 69

(2) 63

(3) 73

(4) 65

Ans. (3)

16.___ won the gold medal in the 60 kg category f the Commonwealth Games wrestling cornpetitions at the K.D. Jadhav Stadium on October 6 2010, beating Englishman Terence Bosson.

(1) Sanjay Kumar

(2) Vinay Kumar

(3) Ravinder Singh

(4) Anil Kumar

Ans. (3)

17. Union Communications and Information Broadcasting Minister Andimuthu Raja resigned on November 14, 2010 in the wake of 2G spectrum allocation scam. According to the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General how many licences out of 122, given to such firms which did not fulfil eligibility criteria?

(1) 88

(2) 92

(3) 96

(4) 85

Ans. (4)

18. Russian-born British Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov of __ University were named joint winners of the 2010 Nobel Prize for Physics on October 5, 2010.

(1) Oxford

(2) Leeds

(3) Manchester

(4) Birmingham

Ans. (3)

19. With five Gold medals In Swimming. Alicia Coutts of was the most successful athlete at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.

(1) Australia

(2) New Zealand

(3) England

(4) Canada

Ans. (1)

20. What was the gross medals count of India in the Commonwealth Games 2010 that superseded its performance of 2002?

(1) 98

(2) 100

(3) 101

(4) 105

Ans. (3)

21. Mario Vargas Llosa, celebrated __ author, on October 7, 2010, won the Nobel Prize for Literature “for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual’s resistance, revolt, and defeat”.

(1) Peruvian-Spanish

(2) English-French

(3) German-Russian

(4) Czech-Polish

Ans. (1)

22. Which of the following teams in the Delhi Commonwealth Games 2010, emerged first at the top of the board with 74 gold, 55 silver and 48 bronze medals for a total of 177?

(1) England

(2) Canada

(3) Australia

(4) South Africa

Ans. (3)

23. Which team beat India, on October 14, 2010, to win the Gold Medal of the Men’s Hockey Competition of the 2010 Commonwealth Games the New Delhi?

(1) New Zealand

(2 England

(3) Australia

(4) Canada

Ans. (3)

24. Who among the following was made Chief Minister of Maharashtra on November 11, 2010 after Ashok Chavan resigned from the post?

(1) Sushil Kumar Shinde

(2) Ajit Pawar

(3) Vilasrao Deshmukh

(4) Prithviraj Chavan

Ans. (4)

25. The former Prime Minister of Russia, Victor Chernomyrdin, who steered the Russian economy through its stormy transition in the 1990s, passed away on November 3, 2010.In which year he was appointed Prime Minister of Russia?

(1) 1990

(2) 1991

(3) 1992

(4)1993

Ans. (3)