General Knowledge Quiz - 48

1. The Pravasi Bhartiya Divas took place in January 2009 at…
[A]New Delhi
[B]Mumbai
[C]Chennai
[D]Kolkata



2. Can you identify the state in which the Indian Naval Academy that was inaugurated by the Prime minister in January 2009, is located?
[A]Tamil Nadu
[B]Kerala
[C]Andhra Pradesh
[D]Karnataka



3. MCX and NCDEX are ……
[A]Commodity exchanges
[B]International Stock exchanges
[C]Computer Programmes
[D]None of the above



4. As per the FORBES latest edition which of the following persons is the richest Indian ?
[A]Azim Premji
[B]Sunil Bharti Mittal
[C]K.P. Singh
[D]Mukesh Ambani



5. Which of the following represents the venue of the 2010 Asian games?
[A]Seoul
[B]Tokyo
[C]Guangzhou
[D]Kuala Lumpur



6. These news organization was founded in 1851 and hails from U.K. We are talking about…
[A]Reuters
[B]BBC
[C]CNN
[D]AP



7. This was the de facto capital of the terrorist organization Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Identify it from the given options.
[A]Batticaloa
[B]Trincomalee
[C]Jaffna
[D]Kilinochchi



8. The present chairperson of the National Commission of Women is ...
[A]Vandana Shiva
[B]Mohini Giri
[C]Vrinda Karat
[D]Girija Vyas



9. Riva, Nippon and JFE are the famous name of the companies that belongs to the field of ...
[A]oil exploration
[B]steel production
[C]building construction
[D]electronic equipment manufacturing



10. Appa Sherpa created a new world record by climbing Mt. Everest for the record ____time in May 2009.
[A]16th
[B]17th
[C]18th
[D]19th



11. The First Indian BPO firm to be listed on NASDAQ was...
[A]IBM Daksh
[B]HCL
[C]Convergys
[D]EXL Services



12. Can you identify the first telecom operator of India that launched 3G mobile services in India recently?
[A]BSNL
[B]MTNL
[C]Reliance Infocomm
[D]Airtel



13. Which of the following countries is the present president of the G-8 Group of nations for the year 2009?
[A]Russia
[B]Italy
[C]U.S.A.
[D]Germany



14. Mr. Barack Obama was appointed as the ____President of United States of America in January 2009.
[A]41st
[B]42nd
[C]43rd
[D]44th



15. Identify the name of this Japanese satellite that was launched in the beginning of 2009 meant specifically to monitor Greenhouse emissions.
[A]TIBUKI
[B]IBUKI
[C]SHIBUKI
[D]RIBUKI