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November 25, 2013

Quiz-26: (Q-201-Q-238) General Knowledge for Competitive Exams

For Questions 30 to 60 (refer here)

201 Q) "Which country has been chosen to host the 2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM)? 1) Mauritius 2) Cyprus 3) Malta 4) Australia 5) New Zealand "

202 Q) "Who was named the Male World Athlete of the Year for the fifth time by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) in November 2013? 1) Mo Far ah (Great Britain) 2) David RudLsha (Kenya) 3) Usain Bolt (Jamaica) 4) Dwight Phillips (USA) 5) Yohan Blake (Jamaica) "

203 Q) "Who was named the Female World Athlete of the Year for 2013? 1) Valerie Adams (New Zealand) 2) Shelly-Ann Fraser -Pryce (Jamaica) 3) Sandra Perkovic (Croatia) 4) Svetlana Shkolina (Russia) 5) Zuzana Hejnova (Czech Republic) "

204 Q) "Who will be honored with the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2013? 1) Christine Lagarde (France) 2) Sheikh Hasina (Bangladesh) 3) Christina Fernandez (Argentina) 4) Angela Merkel (Germany) 5) Dilma Rousseff (Brazil) "



205 Q) "Buxa Tiger reserve ls in? 1) Rajasthan 2) Odisha 3) Gujarat 4) West Bengal 5) Madhya Pradesh "

206 Q) "Which of the following airlines of IndLa sold 24 per cent stake to Etihad Airways for Rs. 2,069 crore in November 2013? 1) Air India 2) Jet Airways 3) IndiGo 4) Air Dec can 5) Spice Jet "

207 Q) "Which cncketer created history with a record 546 runs in the Mumbai School Sports Association's Harris Shield elite divLSLon match in Mumbai on November 20,2013? 1) Armaan Jaffer 2) Sarfaraz Khan 3) Pnthvi Shaw 4) Prashant Chopra 5) None of these "

208 Q) "Br itish Nob el Pr lze w inn ing author Doris Less in g passed away on November 17, 2013. She ls the oldest recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Which one of the following books ls not written by her? 1) The Grass ls Singing 2) Alfred and Emily 3) The Good Terrorist 4) The Golden Notebook 5) Listening to Grasshoppers "

209 Q) "Abdulla Yameen assumed of fiee as the 6th President of which of the following countries on November 17, 2013? 1) Bahrain 2) Jordan 3) Mali 4) Maldives 5) Morocco "

210 Q) "Which country retained the DavLs Cup tennis championships by beating Serbia 3-2 in the final in Belgrade in November 2013? 1) Czech Republic 2) Argentina 3) Italy 4) Switzerland 5) Spain "

211 Q) "India plans to have a nuclear power generation capacity of 63,000 MW by the year? 1) 2020 2) 2025 3) 2032 4) 2028 5) 2038 "

212 Q) "The Supreme Court recently upheld the constitutional validity of the Government's decision allowing 51 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) in which of the following sectors? 1) Banking 2) Insurance 3) Single brand retail 4) Multi brand retail 5) Defense "

213 Q) "Under the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA) ail rural households in IndLa will have 100% access to sanitation by? 1)2022 2)2017 3) 2020 4)2030 5) 2018 "

214 Q) "Which of the following is not a pulse crop? 1) Cow pea 2) Green gram 3) Pigeon pea 4) Black gram 5) Sesamum "

215 Q) "According to the Telephone Regulatory Authority ofIndia(TRAl) data, which state has a total of 121.60 million mobile phone connections, the highest in IndLa? 1) Uttar Pradesh 2) Tamil Nadu 3) Maharashtra 4) Andhra Pradesh 5) Bihar "

216 Q) "Which of the following statements is not correct? 1) Banking Ombudsman is appointed by the Reserve Bank of India 2) Interest on savings deposits ls fixed by the respective banks 3) A non-performing asset ls an asset that ceases to generate income 4) The tar get market for debLt cards ls ail existing account holders 5) Interest below which a bank ls not expected to lend to customers ls known as Bank rate "

217 Q) "Which of the following ensures that pubhc funds are used ef fi-ciently and for intended purpose? 1) Election Commission 2) Planning Commission 3) Finance Commission 4) Comptroller and Auditor General 5) National Development Council "

218 Q) "The Reserve Bank of IndLa acts as a bankers' bank. This would imply which of the following? 1) RBI lends fluids to the commercial banks in times of need 2) RBI advLses the commercial banks on monetary matters 3) Commercial banks retain their deposits with the RBI 4) Both 1 and 2 5) All 1,2 and 3 "

219 Q) "Which of the following ls the chief characteristic of mixed farming? 1) Cultivation of both cash crops and food crops 2) Cultivation of two or more crops in the same field 3) Rearing of animals and cultivation of crops together 4) Cultivation of both cereals and pulses 5) None of these "

220 Q) "The Cottage and Village Industry Department of which of the following states bagged the United Nations Public Service Award for the year 2013 for its initiative named 'Graamin Haat'? (Graamin Haat was started with the aim of strengthening and empowering the women's self-help groups) 1) ChhattLsgarh 2) Jharkhand 3) Bihar 4) Odisha 5) Madhya Pradesh "

221 Q) "Raha Moharrak is the youngest Arab woman to conquer Mount Everest. She ls also the first woman from which of Hie following countries to climb Mount Everest? 1) Kuwait 2) Saudi Arabia 3) Libya 4) Yemen 5) Syria "

222 Q) "The fifth India, Brazil, South Africa (IBSA) Women's Forum meet was held in which of the following citLes in May 2013? 1) Mumbai 2) Durban 3) New Delhi 4) Brasilia 5) Rio de Janeiro "

223 Q) "India got observer status in which of the following in May 2013? 1) Shanghai Cooperation Organization 2) Association of South East Asian Nations 3) Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation 4) Arctic Council 5) North Atlantic Treaty Organization "

224 Q) "Who chaired the committee that was set up to evolve a composite index to measure backwardness of states? 1) Suresh Tendulkar 2) D. Subbarao 3) Raghuram Raj an 4) Montek Singh Ahluwalia 5) Bharat Ramaswami "

225 Q) "The government constituted the National Skill Development Age-ncy(NSDA) as an autonomous body in June 2013. NSDA includes? 1) The Prime Minister's National Council on Skill Development (PMNCSD) 2) The National Skill Development Coordination Board (NSDCB) 3) The Office of the Adviser to the PM on Skill Development 4) Both land2 5) All 1,2 and 3 "

226 Q) "Which of the following countries ls the biggest borrower of Asian Development Bank (ADB)? 1) China 2) Japan 3) Vietnam 4) South Korea 5) India "

227 Q) "Etihad Airways, one of the largest airlines, is based in? 1) Kuwait 2) Oman 3) Malaysia 4) Qatar 5) Unites Arab Emirates "

228 Q) "Which of the following companies became the biggest profit maker in 2012 by replacing Exxon Mobil, according to the Fortune magazine's Fortune 500 list? 1) Wal-Mart 2) Berkshire Hathaway 3) Apple 4) General Motors 5) General Electric "

229 Q) "Who won the Malaysia Open Badminton Grand Prix Gold title in May 2013? 1) Saina Nehwal 2) P.V. Sindhu 3) Gutta Jwala 4) Ashwini Ponnappa 5) None of these "

230 Q) "Which of the following stock exchanges launched an Islamic Equity Index in April 2013? 1) NSE 2) BSE 3) CSE 4) DSE 5) None of these "

231 Q) "New guidelines for Indira Awas Yojana (IA Y) were issued on May 13, 2013. Under this the allocation for each dwelling unit was increased from Rs 45,000 to? 1) Rs 50,000 2) Rs 60,000 3) Rs 75,000 4) Rs 1, 00,000 5) Rs 90,000 "

232 Q) "ICDS Systems Strengthening and Nutrition Improvement Project (ISSNIP) was launched recently . It is assisted by the? 1) ADB 2) IMF 3) WEF 4) World Bank 5) None of these "

233 Q) "David Beckham retired from professional football recently . He played for? 1) Argentina 2) Spain 3) England 4) Italy 5) Ireland "

234 Q) "Curtis Cup is associated with? 1) Polo 2) Chess 3) Billiards 4) Golf 5) Motor Racing "

235 Q) "Which of the following cups ls also called the World Team Champ LonshLps for Women in Badminton? 1) Thomas Cup 2) Uber Cup 3) Fed Cup 4) Corbillion Cup 5) Confederations Cup "

236 Q) "LalgudL Jayaraman passed away recently. He ls a renowned? 1) S Ltar p layer 2) Tab la p layer 3) Violinist 4) Western classical musLCLan 5) FlautLst "

237 Q) "Who ls the ChLef Executive Officer of Guggenheim DLgLtal Media? 1) Mans s a Mayer 2) Sheryl Sandburg 3) Ross Leinsohn 4)JeffBezos 5) Larry P age "

238 Q) "Catherine Day ls the current Secretary-General of? 1) Commonwealth 2) European Commission 3) SAARC 4) ASEAN 5) APEC "

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