TestFunda Weekly General Awareness Quiz #08

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TestFunda Weekly General Awareness Quiz #08


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Q1.Michael Jackson was all set to revive his career before his untimely death. What was he about to do?

b)Set out on a European Tour



Q2.Which bank topped the list of the world's strongest bank?
a)Royal Bank of Scotland
b)JPMorgan
c)HSBC
d)China Construction Bank


Q3. Which country is currently said to have the most number of terrorist groups?
a)India
b)Pakistan
c)Northern Ireland
d)Sri Lanka


Q4.Which company hit the upper circuit breaker this week because it bagged three deals of Rs.1.1billion each?
a)L&T
b)KEC Intl.
c)Tata Power
d)Gail India


Q5.With yet another player entering the low cost housing market. They aim to raise to $200mn in the next three months and sell around 20,000 houses. Name the

company
a)DLF
b)HUDCO
c)Unitech
d)K Raheja Universal


Q6.The Government is thinking of bringing back 'Saral'. What does it deal with?
a)Fair price trade for farmers
b)Income tax
c)Govenance of Small Towns and Villages
d)Health Care


Q7. Who said the following? "In my business, when you make a trading error, you're expected to make a trading error, it's accepted. My error was much more

serious. I made an error of judgment."
a)John Stumpf
b)Jamie Dimon
c)Bernard Madoff
d)Lloyd Blankfein


Q8.Which one of the following crisis ridden companies has been given full government backing but under certain stringent conditions?
a)Bharat Petroleum
b)Air India
c)ICICI
d)L&T


Q9. Raj Thackeray of the MNS recently surrendered himself, but was let out on bail. What was his arrest in connection with?
a)Possession of a number of unlicensed weapons
b)Disrupting the Railway Recruitment Board entrance examination
c)His party's supporters Burning State Transport
d)Making speeches instigating the public


Q10.The recent Gay Parade organized in Delhi called for the abolition of:

c)Section 377



Q11.Which of the following struck "gold" with three gas discoveries in a row that have been the biggest in decades?
a)ONGC
b)Bharat Petroleum
c)Hindustan Petroleum
d)Indian Oil


Q12.In this fiscal, the largest life insurer has invested about Rs 8,000 crore in the equities. But how much is LIC willing to invest?
a)Rs 50,000 crore



Q13.A recent discovery of large deposits of Iron ore is going likely to hit the India markets. Name the country where the Iron ore was deposits were found.
a)China
b)Thailand
c)Indonesia
d)Myanmar


Q14.After Delhi which city got a National Security Guard hub?
a)Mumbai


Q15.The modern food system is believed to collapse in a few years. The main reason sighted was:
a)Transportation System not good enough
b)Too Oil-Intensive
c)New crop diseases are impossible to fight
d)Soil is nutrient deficient


Q16.Posting over 14 per cent growth in sales May from its value, home and lifestyle retailing segments this company now plans to open 9 malls across India.

Name the company
a)Pantaloons
b)Reliance
c)More
d)Lifestyle


Q17.The Government is going to make energy labelling mandatory for:
a)Automobiles
b)SMEs
c)Foreign Manufacturing plants in India
d)Airplanes


Q18.Which company won a order worth Rs. 220 Crore from Tata Projects?
a)ABB
b)Suzlon Energy
c)NTPC
d)BSES


Q19.A Yemini Plane carrying 153 people crashed in the island nation of Comoros. In which Ocean is the island located?

c)Indian Ocean



Q20.The world's first commercially available bionic hand, announced its market entry into India. Name them.
a)Advanced Bionics Corporation
b)Touch Bionics
c)Bionic International
d)Victhom Human Bionics


Q21.Intelligence agencies have found that in the past five years, close to Rs 2,000 crore in fake currency has been pushed into Indian markets and is used to
fuel terrorism. From which country does the fake currency come.

b)Pakistan



Q22. The Tatas acquired a global brand and had its launch in India this week. Name it.

c)Jaguar and Land Rover



Q23. President Manuel Zelaya was ousted in a military coup. Which country did he belong to?
a)Nicaragua
b)El Salvador
c)Costa Rica
d)Honduras


Q24.Who has spent a tune of Rs. 2000 Crore of the State's fund, installing statutes of himself/herself?
a)Mayawati



Q25.The opium money got from poppy gives Taliban its resources. What is the Unites States new policy to tackle the problem?
a)Burn poppy fields
b)Spray chemicals that kill the poppy plant
c)Spend money encouraging farmers to grow different crops
d)Imprison farmers that grow poppy and capture the land


Q26.The Union Human Resource Development Minister wishes to reform school education by scrapping the 10th Board Exam. Name him.
a)Kapil Sibal


Q27.One of the original cast of The Charlie's Angels Show succumbed to cancer. Name her.
a)Kate Jackson
b)Farrah Fawcett
c)Jaclyn Smith
d)Beate Klarsfeld


Q28.Who has been inducted into Honorary Senate of the prestigious Lindau Foundation in Germany?
a)Kapil Sibal
b)Virbhadra Singh
c)Ajay Maken
d)A.P.J. Abdul Kalam


Q29.Which Indian actress was presented with the prestigious Jin Jue Award in Singapore for her contribution to cinema?
Priyanka Chopra


Q30.Bertrand Piccard said that a new frontier in aviation awaits us with his ?66 million (£56 million) project. What does his project aim to achieve?
a) Fly Faster than twice the speed of sound.
b)Bring back the Concord Airplane
c)Create a affordable Space Tourism
d)Fly around the Earth in a solar aircraft


Q31.Who won the 2009 Golf U.S. Open?
a)Lucas Glover
b)Jim Furyk
c)Phil Mickelson
d)David Duval


Q32.International oil companies are back in this country to bid for crude reserves after a span of 3 decades. Name the country.
a)Iran
b)Venezuela
c)Iraq
d)Libya


Q33.Which country has agreed to give a loan of $950m to Zimbabwe?
a)Japan
b)Germany
c)China
d)United States


Q34.With her win in Indonesia 09 she is now the current World Junior Badminton Champion. Name her.

b)Saina Nehwal



Q35.Which country won the 2009 Confederation Cup Finals?

b)Brazil

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Answers of quiz 8.

1. b
2.b
3.a
4.a
5.b
6.c
7.c
8.b
9.d
10.c
11.a
12.a
13.c
14.a
15.c
16.a
17.a
18.b
19.c
20.b
21.b
22.b
23.c
24.a
25.b
26.a
27.c
28.a
29.a
30.c
31.a
32.c
33.c
34.b
35.b
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I find it fabulous collection of questions.pls keet it up for the students.

Best wishes

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1 b)Set out on a European Tour
2 b)JPMorgan
3 a)India
4 b)KEC Intl.
5 c)Unitech
6 b)Income tax
7 c)Bernard Madoff
8 b)Air India
9 b)Disrupting the Railway Recruitment Board entrance examination
10 c)Section 377
11 a)ONGC
12 a)Rs 50,000 crore
13 a)China
14 d)Hyderabad
15 b)Too Oil-Intensive
16 a)Pantaloons
17 a)Automobiles
18 a)ABB
19 a)Atlantic Ocean
20 b)Touch Bionics
21 c)Bangladesh
22 c)Jaguar and Land Rover
23 d)Honduras
24a)Mayawati
25 c)Spend money encouraging farmers to grow different crops
26a)Kapil Sibal
27 c)Jaclyn Smith
29 Priyanka Chopra
28 a)Kapil Sibal
30 c)Create a affordable Space Tourism
31 a)Lucas Glover
32 a)Iran
33 c)Iraq
34 b)Saina Nehwal
35 b)Brazil
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Answers to General Awareness Quiz #08

Q1.Michael Jackson was all set to revive his career before his untimely death. What was he about to do?

Set out on a European Tour

Michael’s Jackson’s This Is It tour, scheduled to begin July 13, was expected to relaunch his career and take him out of millions of dollars of debt. Reports said the pop star planned to start a fund for his three children with the $50- $100-million he was to receive for his 50-date residency at London’s 02 arena. 800,000 tickets sold within five hours of their going on sale in March.

Promoter of Jackson's final tour may lose $38-million - The Ampersand

Q2.Which bank topped the list of the world’s strongest bank?

JPMorgan

JPMorgan tops a list of the world's strongest banks, while Royal Bank of Scotland suffered the biggest loss of any lender last year, according to new industry rankings

JPMorgan tops world's strong bank list - The Financial Express

Q3. Which country is currently said to have the most number of terrorist groups?

India

India has the largest number of indigenous terror organisations in the world

Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan

Q4.Which company hit the upper circuit breaker this week because it bagged three deals of Rs.1.1billion each?

KEC Intl.

KEC International bags orders worth Rs 111 cr


Q5.With yet another player entering the low cost housing market. They aim to raise to $200mn in the next three months and sell around 20,000 houses. Name the company

Unitech

Unitech had last month announced its plans to construct 20,000 affordable houses at a cost of Rs 1,700 crore to become India's numero-uno realty company within a year. It is aiming to sell 15,000 flats in the current fiscal.

Unitech to raise $200 mn for low-cost houses - The Financial Express

Q6.The Government is thinking of bringing back ‘Saral’. What does it deal with?

Income tax

The government is considering to re-introduce one-pager ‘‘Saral'' form for filing income tax return. The form was discontinued in 2007-08 and instead of that ITR-1, ITR-2, ITR-3 and ITR-4 were introduced for individual taxpayers.

One-page Saral to come back?- Tax News-Tax Savers-Personal Finance-The Economic Times

Q7. Who said the following? “In my business, when you make a trading error, you're expected to make a trading error, it's accepted. My error was much more serious. I made an error of judgment."

Bernard Madoff

Bernard Madoff was sentenced on Monday to 150 years in prison -- the maximum penalty the judge could give him for "extraordinarily evil" crimes in Wall Street's biggest and most brazen investment fraud.

Madoff sentenced to 150 yrs imprisonment - The Financial Express

Q8.Which one of the following crisis ridden companies has been given full government backing but under certain stringent conditions?

Air India

The Prime Minister on Wednesday committed himself to throwing the “entire weight” of the government behind crisis-hit Air India, but set tough conditions for its help: asking the national carrier to undertake massive organisational, financial and manpower restructuring in return.

Air India gets PM’s promise of help but told to tone up - The Financial Express

Q9. Raj Thackeray of the MNS recently surrendered himself, but was let out on bail. What was his arrest in connection with?

Disrupting the Railway Recruitment Board entrance examination

He surrendered before a railway court here as per the directions of the Bombay High Court, which set aside his interim bail in a case pertaining to the attack on north Indian applicants appearing for the Railway Recruitment Board entrance examination.

The Hindu : National : Raj Thackeray held, gets bail

Q10.The recent Gay Parade organized in Delhi called for the abolition of:

Section 377

Shouting slogans like 'Down with 377' and 'Proud to be homos,' and dancing to the tunes of drummers, the marchers demanded scrapping of the controversial Section 377 of Indian Penal Code that declares as a criminal offence ‘sex against the order of nature’.

Gay parade in Delhi for decriminalisation of homosexuality

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Q11.Which of the following struck “gold” with three gas discoveries in a row that have been the biggest in decades?

ONGC
India’s biggest oil explorer ONGC has struck oil and gas in three new blocks, one of these finds its most significant in decades and holding the promise of significantly narrowing the energy-starved country’s demand-supply gap in the natural gas sector.

ONGC scores hat-trick on gas discoveries

Q12.In this fiscal, the largest life insurer has invested about Rs 8,000 crore in the equities. But how much is LIC willing to invest?

Rs 50,000 crore

Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) said it will invest nearly Rs 50,000 crore in the equity market this fiscal.

LIC to invest Rs 50,000 cr in FY'10 - The Financial Express

Q13.A recent discovery of large deposits of Iron ore is going likely to hit the India markets. Name the country where the Iron ore deposits were found.

China

More than half of India's exports to China are iron ore. Beijing is also heavily dependent on supplies from Australia, Japan and South Korea to feed its high speed industrial growth. But the situation may change dramatically in future with Chinese geologists discovering Asia's largest iron ore deposit in northwest China.

China's iron ore discovery may hit India's exports - India Business - Business - The Times of India

Q14.After Delhi which city got a National Security Guard hub?

Mumbai

Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday inaugurated the Mumbai regional hub of the National Security Guard (NSG) at the Police Training Academy here. It will cater to the whole of country’s western region.

The Hindu : National : Chidambaram opens NSG’s Mumbai hub

Q15.The modern food system is believed to collapse in a few years. The main reason sighted was:

Too Oil-Intensive

Today we are an oil-based civilisation, one that is totally dependent on a resource whose production will soon be falling. Since 1981, the quantity of oil extracted has exceeded new discoveries by an ever-widening margin. In 2008, the world pumped 31 billion barrels of oil but discovered fewer than 9 billion barrels of new oil.

Modern food system is too oil-intensive to maintain - The Financial Express

Q16.Posting over 14 per cent growth in sales May from its value, home and lifestyle retailing segments this company now plans to open 9 malls across India. Name the company

Pantaloons

Kishore Biyani-led Pantaloon Retail India has posted over 14 per cent growth in sales last month from its value, home and lifestyle retailing segments.

Pantaloon to open nine malls by Dec-end - The Financial Express

Q17.The Government is going to make energy labelling mandatory for:

Automobiles

India's power secretary said on Tuesday the government would make energy efficiency labelling mandatory for automobiles by August, a move aimed to help energy conservation.

Govt to make energy label mandatory for cars - The Financial Express

Q18.Which company won a order worth Rs. 220 Crore from Tata Projects?

ABB

Power and automation technology group ABB has won orders worth Rs 220 crore from Tata Projects Limited to provide power products and solutions for a super-critical coal-fired power plant under construction in Andhra Pradesh.

ABB wins Rs 220 cr order from Tata Projects - The Financial Express

Q19.A Yemini Plane carrying 153 people crashed in the island nation of Comoros. In which Ocean is the island located?

Indian Ocean

A Yemeni jetliner carrying 153 people crashed in the Indian Ocean as it came in for a landing during howling winds on the island nation of Comoros. Yemeni officials said a teenage girl survived.

Yemeni plane with 153 crashes off Comoros Islands - Yahoo! News

Q20.The world’s first commercially available bionic hand, announced its market entry into India. Name them.

Touch Bionics

Touch Bionics, Scottish developer of the world’s first commercially available bionic hand, announced its market entry into India.

Touch Bionics launches i-LIMB hand in India - The Financial Express

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Q21.Intelligence agencies have found that in the past five years, close to Rs 2,000 crore in fake currency has been pushed into Indian markets and is used to fuel terrorism. From which country does the fake currency come.

Pakistan

The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad has asked all its units to focus on fake currency rackets as a recent investigation by the Reserve Bank of India and intelligence agencies have found that in the past five years, close to Rs 2,000 crore in fake currency has been pushed into Indian markets by Pakistan.

Fake currency under ATS scanner, News - City - Mumbai Mirror,Mumbai Mirror

Q22.The Tatas acquired a global brand and had its launch in India this week. Name it.

Jaguar and Land Rover

Tata Motors Ltd, India's largest vehicles maker, on Sunday announced the launch in India of Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles, the marquee brands it bought from Ford Motors last year.

Tata Motors launches Jaguar, Land Rover in India | Reuters

Q23. President Manuel Zelaya was ousted in a military coup. Which country did he belong to?

Honduras

President Manuel Zelaya of Honduras was ousted by the army on Sunday, capping months of tensions over his efforts to lift presidential term limits.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/wo...dd1&ei=5087%0A

Q24.Who has spent a tune of Rs. 2000 Crore of the State’s fund, installing statutes of himself/herself?

Mayawati

Supreme Court advocate Ravi Kant alleged that the total money used by Mayawati from the state budget for 2008-09 and 2009-10 for such projects was to the tune of Rs 2,000 crore and that the aim of the expenditure of public money was only to “falsely glorify” the chief minister.

Court asks Maya to explain statue spree - The Financial Express

Q25.The opium money got from poppy gives Taliban its resources. What is the Unites States new policy to tackle the problem?

Spend money encouraging farmers to grow different crops

The United States is to change the way it deals with the massive poppy growing industry in Afghanistan.
Instead of destroying the crops it will spend money encouraging Afghan farmers to grow different ones

BBC NEWS | South Asia | US changes tack on Afghan poppies

Q26.The Union Human Resource Development Minister wishes to reform school education by scrapping the 10th Board Exam. Name him.

Kapil Sibal

Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal has come up with a innovative idea to reform school education system and is planning to scrap the Class 10 board examination.

Scrap 10th Boards: Sibal

Q27.One of the original cast of The Charlie’s Angels Show succumbed to cancer. Name her.

Farrah Fawcett

Farrah Fawcett, the "Charlie's Angels" star whose feathered blond hair and dazzling smile made her one of the biggest stars of the 1970s, died Thursday after battling cancer. She was 62.

The Associated Press: 'Charlie's Angel' Farrah Fawcett dies at 62

Q28.Who has been inducted into Honorary Senate of the prestigious Lindau Foundation in Germany?

Kapil Sibal

Indian Minister for Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal, who is on a visit to Germany—the first country he visits in his new capacity—has been inducted as a new member of the Honorary Senate of the Lindau Foundation.

News : Kapil Sibal inducted into Honorary Senate of the prestigious Lindau Foundation in Germany: India focus at Nobel Laureates meet

Q29.Which Indian actress was presented with the prestigious Jin Jue Award in Singapore for her contribution to cinema?

Priyanka Chopra

Priyanka Chopra | Shanghai International Film Festival | Jin Jue Award - Oneindia Entertainment

Q30.Bertrand Piccard said that a new frontier in aviation awaits us with his €66 million (£56 million) project. What does his project aim to achieve?

Fly around the Earth in a solar aircraft

A solar-power aircraft theoretically capable of flying at night was unveiled by a Swiss adventurer yesterday as he announced plans to circumnavigate the globe using alternative energy.

Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard to fly around Earth in solar aircraft - Times Online

Q31.Who won the 2009 Golf U.S. Open?

Lucas Glover

http://msn.foxsports.com/golf/story/....-Open-winner-

Q32. International oil companies are back in this country to bid for crude reserves after a span of 3 decades. Name the country.

Iraq

More than three decades after they were booted from the country by Saddam Hussein, international oil companies are poised for a return to Iraq where next week they will bid for a slice of the country's vast crude reserves.

Up for bid at Iraq oil auction: Uncertainty - Oil & energy- msnbc.com

Q33.Which country has agreed to give a loan of $950m to Zimbabwe?

China

China has agreed to give Zimbabwe a loan of $950m (£573m) to help it revive its battered economy, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has said.

BBC NEWS | Africa | China 'agrees huge Zimbabwe loan'

Q34.With her win in Indonesia 09 she is now the current World Junior Badminton Champion. Name her.

Saina Nehwal

Ranked number eight in the world, Nehwal won her first super series event in Indonesia on June 21, raising India’s hopes of a strong performance at the World Championships to be staged here in August.

Saina Nehwal makes a triumphant return home

Q35.Which country won the 2009 Confederation Cup Finals?

Brazil

Luis Fabiano scored twice for Brazil, and Lucio added the third in the 84th minute to give Brazil its second straight Confederations Cup title and third overall.

Brazil rallies to beat US in Confed Cup final - World Soccer - Yahoo! Sports

Q36.Identify the structure below.

Worli Sea Link

After 10 years of expectations , delays and, of course, hardcore planning and labour, the spectacular Bandra-Worli Sea Link is set to open at midnight on Tuesday. Come Wednesday morning and a new day will dawn for Mumbai's rush-hour motorists, with the Rs 750-crore link offering a new route between the island city and the western suburbs.

Bandra-Worli sealink opens midnight - Mumbai - Cities - The Times of India

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