Current Awareness Questions
1. Which of the following places is not situated on the eastern coast of India ?
(A) Visakhapatnam
(B) Puducherry
(C) Cochin
(D) Mahabalipuram
2. Grammy Awards are given in the field of :
(A) Literature
(B) Music
(C) Film
(D) Sports
3. The headquarters of International Bank for Reconstruction and Development is in :
(A) Washington
(B) New York
(C) Paris
(D) Geneva
4. Won is the currency of :
(A) North Korea
(B) South Korea
(C) North Korea and South Korea both
(D) None of the above
5. The highest mountain peak in India is :
(A) Mount Everest
(B) Naga Parbat
(C) K2 (Godwin Austen)
(D) Kanchen Junga
6. What percentage of central taxes has the 13th Finance Commission which was headed by Vijai Kelkar recommended to be transferred to States ?
(A) 29 per cent
(B) 28 per cent
(C) 32 per cent
(D) 35.3 per cent
7. Which of the following states has decided to grant 4% reservation to Backward Muslims ?
(A) Karnataka
(B) Kerala
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Uttar Pradesh
8. Who has written the book ‘Blood Brothers’ ?
(A) Sidney Sheldon
(B) Lalit Shastri
(C) M. J. Abbar
(D) A. K. Damodaran
9. India’s first artificial satellite ‘Arya-Bhatta’ was designed and built at :
(A) Sriharikota
(B) Peenya near Bangalore
(C) Arvi near Pune
(D) Hyderabad
10. Who invented Crescograph ?
(A) Rutherford
(B) Edison
(C) Faraday
(D) J.C. Bose
11. RADAR was invented by :
(A) George Eastman
(B) Robert Watson Watt
(C) J.L. Baird
(D) Graham Bell
12. Who is the Chairman of India’s Atomic Energy Commission ?
(A) H.N. Sethna
(B) M.G.K. Menon
(C) Srikumar Banerjee
(D) Satish Dhawan
13. The Law of Survival of the fittest is associated with :
(A) Mendel
(B) Mendeleef
(C) Kepler
(D) Darwin
14. The purity of milk is measured by :
(A) Hydrometer
(B) Manometer
(C) Lactometer
(D) Fathomometer
15. Acupuncture is widely practised in :
(A) China
(B) America
(C) England
(D) Mangolia
16. Which train in India has the longest route length ?
(A) Himgiri Express
(B) Himsagar Express
(C) G.T. Express
(D) Guwahati–Trivendrum Express
17. Where is the Railway Staff College located ?
(A) Pune
(B) Delhi
(C) Vadodara
(D) Allahabad
18. Electrical Current is measured by :
(A) Voltameter
(B) Anemometer
(C) Wattmeter
(D) Ammeter
19. Who is the Chief Election Commissioner of India ?
(A) Suresh Modi
(B) Navin Chawla
(C) Abbas Kazmi
(D) Nirupam Sen
20. 82nd Oscar Awards were distributed on 7th March, 2010 in Los Angels. The name of person who bagged the award for the Best Director is :
(A) Jamie Foxx
(B) Morgan Freeman
(C) John Mayer
(D) Kathryn Bigelow
