Quiz 6 - General Studies Questions useful for APPSC & Bank PO Exams

1. The Union Government has approved a proposal to declare 2013 as?

1)            Education Year

2)            Water Conservation Year

3)            Tourism Year

4)            Human Rights Year

5)            Year of Forests

2. Ben Bemanke is in the news recently. He is US?

1)            Secretary of State

2)            Federal Reserve Chairman

3)            Defense Secretary

4)            Treasury secretary

5)            None of these

3.External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid became the first Indian Minister to visit which of the following countries in 23 years in June 2013?

1)            Iran 2) Syria 3) Iraq

4)            Yemen 5) Myanmar

4.Who was elected the ninth Pres ident o f the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in April 2013?

1)            Yukia Amano 2) Shinzo Abe

3)            Akihito 4) Takehiko Nakao

5)            None of these

5. Which country will host the 40 G-8 Summit in June 2014?

1)            Canada 2) UTC 3) France

4)            Japan 5) Russia

6.Norman E. Borlaug is the founder of the World Food Prize. Who won this prize in June 2013?

1)            Marc      Van Montague (Belgium)

2)            Mary-Dell Chilton (USA)

3)            Robert Fraley (USA)

4)            Both 2 and 3

5)            All 1,2 and 3

7. Which one of the following Countries is not a Newly Industrialized Country (NIC)?

1) Brazil 2) Mexico

3)            South Africa

4)            Turkey

5)            France

8. Which of the following terms is not used in the world of Economics/ Finance?

1)            Sinking Fund      2)            Third World Countries

3)            Devaluation        4)            Open Door Policy

5)            Privilege Motion

9.The National Food for Work program has been merged with?

1) PMGSY            2)            MGNREGP

3)            LAY         4)            JNNURM

5) Bharat Nirman

10.The 5 th Summit of which of the following or ganizations took place in South Africa recently?

1)            G-8         2)            G20

3)            SAARC  4)            BRICS

5)            NAM

11.Sacred Games is written by?

1)            Vikram Chandra    2)        Namitha Gokhale

3)            Chetan Bhagat      4)        Hilary Mantel

5)            Herta Muller

12.Which of the following is not a cash crop?

1)            Tobacco               2) Cotton 3) Coffee

4)            Bajra      5) Tea

13.Which of the following terms is not associated with the game of Football?

1)            Lineman 2) Comer kick

3)            Wide out 4) Full back

5)            Follow on

14.One rupee currency notes bear the signature of the?

1)            Finance Minister              2)            RBI Governor

3)            President of India            4)            Finance Secretary

5)            Chief Economic Adviser

15.Fiscal Policy is concerned with?

1)            Export and Import

2)            Public revenue and expenditure

3)            Issue of currency

4)            Population control

5)            None of these

16.Which of the following is a regulator?

1)            LIC          2) CII   3) FICCI

4)            NASS COM 5) SEBI

17.Which of the following is a form of'Small Savings Bankr, popular among the children?

1)            Core Banking     2)            Merchant Banking

3)            Credit Banking   4)            Piggy Banking

5)            None of these

18. Aros Junior Cup is associated with?

1)            Badminton 2) Football

3)            Cricket 4) Lawn Tennis

5)            Table Tennis

19.Who among the following is not a famous author?

1)            V.S.Naipaul 2) Anita Desai

3)            Kiran Desai 4) Amitav Ghosh

5)            Naina Lai Kidwai

20.Which of the following temis is not used in Cricket?

1)            Ashes    2) Crease

3)            LBW       4) Smash

5)            Back foot Shot

21.Banks borrow money from the RBI on which of the following rates?

1)            CRR                        2) SLR

3)            Repo Rate           4)            Reverse Repo Rate

5)            BPLR

22.Identify the mismatched pair?

1)            Mo ortidevi Award- - -Literature

2)            Arjuna Award —Sports

3)            Saraswati Samman— Literature

4)            Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award—Science and Technology

5)            Kalinga Prize—Music

23.B.C. Roy award is given in the field of?

1)            Journalism          2) Medicine

3)            Music    4) Environment

5)            Literature

24.Which of the following grand slam events in Tennis is played on a grass court?

1)            Australian open

2)            French Open      3) Wimbledon

4)            US Open              5) None of these

25.Which of the following is/are the major roles of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests?

1)            Prevention and control of pollution

2)            Welfare of animals

3)            Afforestation     4) Both 1 and 2

5)            All 1,2 and 3

26.When the Union Government takes the approval of the Parliament regarding expected expenditure for a short period, instead of presenting full budget, it is known as?

1)            Partial Budget

2)            Interim Budget

3)            Vote on Account

4)            Consolidated Fund Budget

5)            Annual Financial Statement

27.Which of the following schemes was launched by the Government of India to give focused attention to integrated development of infrastructure in urban areas?

1)            PURA   2)            JNNURM

3)            Bharat Nirman

4)            Both land 2 5) All 1,2 and 3

28.Which of the following is a food crop?

1)            Castor   2) Cotton

3)            Sunflower 4) Sim hemp

5)            Maize

29.Who is the author of the book A Better India: A Better World'?

1)            YVReddy

2)            C.Rangarajan

3)            N.R.Narayana Murthy

4)            Nandan Nilekani

5)            Gurucharan Das

30.The policy of the RBI that influences the monetary and other financial conditions in the country with the objective of price stability and sustainable growth is known as?

1)            Budget Policy

2)            Fiscal Policy

3)            Growth Policy

4)            Monetary Policy

5)            Control Policy

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Answers

1)2;        2)2;        3)3;        4)4;        5)5;

6)5;        7)5;       8)5;        9)2;        10)4

11)1;      12)4;      13)5;      14)4;      15)2       16) 5;

17)4;      18) 1;     19)5;      20)4       21) 3;

22) 5;     23)2;      24)3;      25)5

26) 3;     27) 2; 28)5; 29) 3; 30)4.