Quiz 7- General Studies Questions useful for APPSC & Bank PO Exams

1.Who was appointed as the new Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation of India in June 2013?

1)            VK.Sharma

2)            Sushobhan Sarkar

3)            T.S.Vijayan 4) S.K.Roy 5) None of these

2.Who became the new Railways Minister on June 17, 2013?

1)            Oscar Fernandes

2)            Mallikarjim Kliarge

3)            Veerappa Moily

4)            K.H.Muniyappa

5)            K. Rahman Khan

3.Who was elected as the new President of Iran on June 15, 2013? (He will take of flee on August 3, 2013)

1)            Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf

2)            Mohammad Khatami

3)            Hass an Rouhani

4)            Ali Akbar Velayati

5)            None of these

4.Apollo Tyres would acquire Cooper Tire & Rubber Company in a cash transaction valued at Rs. 14,500 crore. Cooper Tire is based in?

1)            UK 2) France 3) Italy

4)            USA       5)            Spain

5.The Garden o f Evening Mists' by the Malaysian author Tan Twan Eng won which of the fol¬lowing prizes in June 2013?

1)            Man Booker Prize

2)            Man Booker International Prize

3)            Ondaatje Prize

4)            Commonwealth Prize

5)            Walter Scott Prize

6.The World Population Prospects report released by the UNO on June 13, 2013 forecasted that India will be the most populous country by?

1)2020   2)2028   3)2025

4)            2030       5) 2037

7.Abbreviations and their full forms are given. Identify the incorrect one?

1)            CCEA—Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs

2)            MNP - - -M ob i le Numb er Protectability

3)            LAP—Liquidity Adjustment Facility

4)            AABY---Aam Aadmi Bima Yojana

5)            AAP—Aam Aadmi Party

8.The Vishnugad Pipalkoti hydro¬electric project is being devel¬oped on which of the following rivers in Uttarakhand state?

1)            Ganga   2) Alaknanda

3)            Yamuna                4) Sabarmati

5) Bramhaputra

9.Teen Bigha corridor links India and?

1)            Pakistan 2) China

3)            Bangladesh 4) Bhutan 5) Nepal

10. Namdapha National Park is located in?

1) Manipur          2) Mizoram

3) Tripura             4) Assam

5) Arunachal Pradesh

11.CTBT stands for?

1)            Continued Test Ban Treaty

2)            Continued Test Based Treaty

3)            Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

4)            Commercial Test Based Tariff

5)            None of these

12.Who among the following held the office of the Vice President of India for two consecutive terms?

1)            R.Venkatraman

2)            Shankar Day at Sharma

3)            S.Radhakrishnan

4)            VVGiri 5) Krishna Kanth

13.The National School of Drama is situated in?

1)            New Delhi 2) Bhopal

3)            Pune 4) Nagpur

5)            Hyderabad

14.How many spokes are there in the Ashoka Chakra of the National Flag?

1)            22           2)24       3)26       4)            18

5)            14

15.'National Science Day' is cele¬brated on?

1)            January 12           2) February 28

3)            August 29            4) January 9

5)            January 25

16.Which of the following pairs of Books and Authors is mis¬matched?

1)            Discovery of India —- Jawaharlal Nehru

2)            My Experiments with Truth— -Mahatma Gandhi

3)            My Country , My Life—- L.K.Advani

4)            Matgudi Days—R.K.Narayan

5)            Satyartha Prakash—Swami Vivekananda

17.Epicenter is concerned with?

1)            Volcano 2) Cyclone

3)            Earthquake 4) Land-sliding

5)            Hurricane

18.The name of S. Chandrasekhar is associated with which of the fol¬lowing subjects?

1)            Chemistry

2)            Fluid Mechanics

3)            Astrophysics

4)            Welfare Economics

5)            Physiology

19.Bolometer is an instrument for measuring?

1) Frequency 2) Radiation

3)            Velocity 4) Wavelength

5)            Pressure

20.Garb a is a dance form of?

1) Assam 2) Punjab

3)            Rajasthan 4) Gujarat

5)            Karnataka

21.The present Indian monetary sys¬tem is based on?

1)            Gold Reserve System

2)            Proportional Reserve System

3)            Minimum Reserve System

4)            Convertible Currency System

5)            None of these

22.Vyas Samman is given for excel¬lence in the field of?

1)            Films 2) Literature 3) Music

4)            Dance 5) Science

23.Which of the following issues a license to launch a bank in India?

1)            SEBI 2) HBF 3) IBA

4)            Registrar of Companies

5)            None of these

24.Which of the following terms is not related to banking?

1)            BPLR      2) Creditor

3)            Explicit Guarantee

4)            Percolation

5)            Outstanding amount

25.Insurance service provided by banks is commonly known as?

1)            Micro finance

2)            Investment Banking

3)            Portfolio Management

4)            Merchant Banking

5)            Bancassurance

26.Which of the following prizes/awards is not given for excellence in the field of litera¬ture?

1)            Nobel Prize

2)            Man Booker Prize

3)            Kalinga Prize

4)            Pulitzer Prize

5)            Moortidevi Award

27.Which of the following terms is not associated with the game of Hockey?

1)            Bully      2) Goal

3)            Short comer 4) Penalty comer

5)            Ashes

28.Which of the following is not a foodgrain?

1)            Paddy  2) Sorghum

3)            Wheat  4) Jatropha

5)            Pearl millet

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Answers

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

6)   2;            7)2;        8)2;        9)3;        10)5;

11)    3;            12)3;         13)1;           14)2;          15)2;         16) 5;

17)3;            18)3;             19)2;             20)4;

 21) 3;            22) 2           23)5;

24)4;                25)5;           26) 3;

27) 5;                   28)4