GK MCQ PO Questions and Answers 1

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1. The Income Tax Department recently decided to scan the Tax Breaks enjoyed by which of the following types of banks in India?
(1) Foreign Banks
(2) Private Banks
(3) Co-operative Banks
(4) Regional Rural Banks

(5) None of these

2. Which of the following is named as Giove-A?
(1) It is the name of the first satellite of Galileo Navigation
Programme launched by the European Union.
(2) It is the name of the third permanent station at
Antarctica established by India.
(3) It is the name of the new telescope placed in the
space by the NASA and ISRO jointly.
(4) It is the name of the new battle tanks supplied by
Switzerland to Indian Army.

(5) None of these

3. Lech Kaczynski whose name was in the news recently
is new:
(1) President of Singapore
(2) President of Croatia
(3) Prime Minister of Portugal
(4) President of Poland
(5) None of these

4. India will host which of the following World
Badminton Championship, the venue of which is fixed at New
Delhi?
(1) 2007 (2) 2009 (3) 2010
(4) 2011 (5) None of these

5. Which of the following organizations offered Weather
Insurance Cover to the wheat crop in Punjab and Haryana
from January 2006 to March 2006?
(1) Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC)
(2) Aviva Life Insurance
(3) ICICI Lombard General Insurance
(4) New India Assurance
(5) None of these

6. Who amongst the following has been adjudged as
one of the 40 Asian Global Leaders-2005 by the ‘Forum of Young
Global Leaders’?
(1) Tina Ambani (2) Sania Mirza
(3) Aishwarya Rai (4) Rani Mukherjee
(5) Ekta Kapoor

7. The Football Superstar Ronaldinho who was named

FIFA World Player of the year 2005 for the second time
successively, belongs to which of the following countries?
(1) Italy (2) Argentina
(3) England (4) France
(5) Brazil

8. Who amongst the following is the author of the classic
book ‘Life Divine’?
(1) Ravi Shankar (2) Swami Vivekananda
(3) Radha Krishnan (4) V.V. Giri
(5) Aurobindo Ghosh

9. Over which river is Hirakud dam project built?
(1) Gorge (2) Mahanadi
(3) Godavari (4) Yamuna
(5) None of these

10. The Commonwealth Games 2010 will be organized in
which of the following places?
(1) Pretoria (2) Dhaka
(3) Canberra (4) New Delhi
(5) None of these

11. Which of the following organizations has established
the “Indian Institute of Insurance Surveyors and Loss
Assessors”?
(1) ICICI Lombard General Insurance Co.
(2) Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority
(IRDA)
(3) Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
(4) Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC)
(5) None of these

12. As per the new guidelines issued by the Securities
and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) now the listed firms are
required to have minimum public holding upto the level of:
(1) 10% (2) 15% (3) 20%
(4) 25% (5) 33%

13. Which of the following awards is NOT associated
with the field of sports?
(1) Arjun Award
(2) Dronacharya Award
(3) Dhyan Chand Award
(4) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy
(5) Norman Borlaug Award

14. The base year for computing WPI has been changed
to:
(1) 1993-94 (2) 1994-95
(3) 1999-2000 (4) 2000-2001
(5) None of these

15. Raj Kumar who died recently, was a famous:
(1) Politician (2) Sportsman
(3) Journalist (4) Film Actor
(5) Classical Singer

16. Which of the following SAARC countries is passing
through the stage of political turmoil with widespread public
protests since long as the democratic rights of the public are
curtailed by the rulers of the country?
(1) Pakistan (2) Nepal (3) Bhutan
(4) Myanmar (5) Bangladesh

17. The Nuclear Policy of which of the following countries
has invited a lot of attention at international level as it is assumed
that the country has a good stock of enriched Uranium?
(1) Pakistan (2) Russia (3) Iran
(4) France (5) None of these

18. Maruti Suzuki Automobile India is setting up another
(second) car manufacturing facility in which of the following
States?
(1) Haryana (2) West Bengal
(3) Gujarat (4) Maharashtra
(5) Tamil Nadu

19. Most of the countries are worried and are under
pressure from rising prices of oil in the international markets.
What is/are the possible consequences which countries like
India will have to face if the steep rise in oil price continues like
this?
(A) It will slow down the growth of economy.
(B) Most of the Corporates will have little profits as their
energy bills will be huge.
(C) Cost price of the four wheelers will shoot up like
anything.
(1) Only (A) (2) Only (B)
(3) Only (A) and (B) (4) Only (C)
(5) (A), (B) and (C) all

20. Which of the following is NOT the name of a popular
Information Technology company functioning in India?
(1) Wipro (2) Kotak Mahindra
(3) Infosys (4) TCS
(5) Satyam

21. Which of the following is the correct description of
what ‘Wall Street’ is?
(1) It is the name of the street where the White House,
the residence of the US President is situated.
(2) It is the street where the residence of the Prime
Minister of Britain is situated.
(3) It is a street in London where London Stock Exchange
is located.
(4) It is the place where New York Stock Exchange is
located.
(5) None of these

22. Which of the following airports (i.e. Airport Ltd.
Company) has received an invitation from the Sri Lankan
Government to build an airport in Sri Lanka?
(1) Mumbai (2) New Delhi (3) Cochin
(4) Chennai (5) Port Blair

23. Which of the following Cups/Trophies is related with
the game of hockey?

(1) Agha Khan Cup

(2) Mumbai Gold Cup
(3) Rangaswamy Cup
(4) Indira Gandhi International Gold Cup
(5) Topolino Trophy

24. The World Cup Matches of which of the following
games were played in Germany recently?
(1) Lawn Tennis (2) Hockey
(3) Badminton (4) Golf
(5) Football

25. Which of the following is NOT one of the highlights
of the Union Budget 2006-07?
(A) Marginal increase in the rate of personal income tax
and substantial increase in corporate tax rates.
(B) ATM operations are now under the service tax net.
(C) Peak Custom Duty has been reduced from 15 per
cent to 12.5 per cent.
(1) Only (A) (2) Only (B)
(3) Only (C) (4) (A) and (C) both
(5) (A), (B) and (C) all

26. If Indian Economy has to meet the target of 10%
growth then Agriculture should grow at which of the following
rates?
(1) 2% (2) 6% (3) 8%
(4) 9% (5) 4%

27. India has signed an agreement with which of the
following countries to enable it to obtain two Smerch Multiple
Rocket Launchers (MRLs)?
(1) USA (2) France (3) Russia
(4) Germany (5) Japan

28. Rajiv Gandhi Akshey Urja Diwas is observed on:
(1) July 10 (2) August 20
(3) October 2 (4) November 14
(5) None of these

29. Who amongst the following actresses won the ‘Best
Actress Award’; for her role in ‘Black’? (51st Filmfare Award)
(1) Bipasha Basu (2) Katrina Kaif
(3) Aishwarya Rai (4) Rani Mukherjee
(5) None of these

30. Which of the following is the name of India’s first
Advanced Light Helicopter which was in the news recently?
(1) Dhruv (2) Akash (3) Patang
(4) Basant (5) None of these

31. President Bush was on a visit to India recently. To
have a first hand knowledge of rural India he made a visit to
which of the following places in India?
(1) Lucknow (2) Chandigarh (3) Jaipur
(4) Midnapore (5) Hyderabad

32. Jet Airways recently purchased a major stake in which
of the following airlines?
(1) Kingfisher (2) Sahara
(3) Royal Nepal (4) Indian Airlines
(5) None of these

33. By what percentage has financial liability of
households in India risen in 2004-05?
(1) 25% (2) 35% (3) 55%
(4) 65% (5) None of these

34. Government of India recently allowed Post and
Telegraph Department to invest about Rs 10000 crores from its
Life Insurance Scheme in:
(1) Capital Gain Bonds
(2) Bharat Nirman
(3) Stock Markets
(4) Various Employment Generating Schemes of the
Government
(5) None of these

35. Loans to which of the following sectors are said to
have put adverse effect on the market and have given birth to
the present Liquidity Crunch there? (As per the market reports
published in the newspapers).
(1) Home Loans
(2) Priority Sector Lendings
(3) Corporate Loans
(4) Agriculture Credits
(5) None of these

36. Who amongst the following is the winner of Kalpana
Chawla Excellence Award 2006 given away recently?
(1) Sania Mirza (2) V. Shanta
(3) Shahnaz Hussain (4) Devaki Jain
(5) None of these

37. The 12th Annual CII (Confederation of Indian
Industries) Partnership Summit was organized recently in:
(1) New Delhi (2) Kolkata
(3) Mumbai (4) Bangalore
(5) Pune

38. Akari Space Telescope has been placed in space by:
(1) USA (2) China
(3) India (4) Japan
(5) None of these

39. Which of the following terms is NOT related with
the game of Lawn Tennis?
(1) Love (2) Mid on
(3) Smash (4) Slice
5) Ace

40. Which of the following diseases is caused by a virus?
(1) Plague (2) Tetanus
(3) Leprosy (4) Polio
(5) All of them

41. Which of the following rates is NOT decided by the
Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?
(1) Repo Rate (2) CRR
(3) SLR (4) Bank Rate
(5) Savings Bank Rate

42. Ismail Haniyeh’s name was in the news recently as
he has become the new Prime Minister of:
(1) Jamaica (2) Palestine
(3) Iraq (4) Haiti
(5) None of these

43. Which country launched its second manned space
mission recently?
(1) China (2) India
(3) Korea (4) Singapore
(5) None of these

44. Which of the following countries has agreed to provide

Nuclear Power Plants to India?
(1) Russia (2) Germany
(3) Canada (4) Italy
(5) France

45. The African Nations Cup Football Final was played
in February 2006 in Cairo. Match was played between:
(1) Egypt—Ivory Coast
(2) Cameroon—South Africa
(3) Ivory Coast—Kenya
(4) Egypt—South Africa
(5) None of these

46. ‘Firefly : A Fairytale’ is the book which is known for
its price Rs 1 lakh per copy. Who amongst the following is the
author of the same?
(1) Ritu Beri (2) Kareena Kapoor
(3) Aishwarya Rai (4) Sania Mirza
(5) None of these

47. Who amongst the following is the author of the
famous book ‘Lolita’?
(1) V. Nabakov
(2) Boris Pasternak
(3) Albert Speer
(4) Saul Bellow
(5) None of these

48. Simultaneous buying and selling of securities is
known as:
(1) Outsourcing (2) Cross Selling
(3) Demutualization (4) Arbitrage
(5) None of these

49. India won One-Day International Cricket Series
against Pakistan played during February 2006. India won:
(1) all the five matches
(2) four out of five matches
(3) three out of five matches
(4) six out of seven matches played
(5) all the seven matches

50. Assembly Elections were conducted for which of the
following States recently?
(A) Assam (B) West Bengal (C) Maharashtra
(1) Only (A)
(2) Only (B)
(3) (A) and (B)
(4) Only (C)
(5) (A), (B) and (C) all

Answers:

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21. (4) 22. (3) 23. (3) 24. (5) 25. (1)
26. (2) 27. (3) 28. (2) 29. (4) 30. (1)
31. (5) 32. (2) 33. (4) 34. (3) 35. (1)
36. (3) 37. (2) 38. (4) 39. (2) 40. (4)
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