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General Awareness Quiz

Ques. : 1 Name the Indian cueist who has won the World 6-Red Snooker Championship in Karachi, his 13th world title.
1) Pankaj Advani 
2) Manan Chandra
3) Aditya Mehta 
4) Geet Sethi
5) None of these

Ques. : 2 Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thani has threaten to resign amid lingering peace talks in the country adding to the political chaos in
1) Iraq 
2) Syria
3) Libya 
4) Yemen
5) Jordan

Ques. : 3 Which of the following social networking majors has given benefits of around $21 million to Indian developers as part of one of its initiatives recently?
1) Twitter 
2) Facebook
3) LinkedIn 
4) Myspace
5) Google+

Ques. : 4 _________ has been accredited by the Green Climate Fund as an implementing entity for undertaking climate change related projects in India.
1) NABARD 
2) RBI
3) SIDBI 
4) SEBI
5) NHB

Ques. : 5 Who among the following has been roped in by the Maharashtra state govt as the state ambassador for the ‘Save the Tiger’ campaign and promote tiger tourism?
1) Dharmendra 
2) Sunny Deol
3) Nana Patekar 
4) Amitabh Bachchan
5) Jackie Shroff

Ques. : 6 India has signed financing agreement with World Bank for NCRMP-II project. It is aimed at reducing vulnerability to cyclone and other similar hazards in
1) West Bengal 
2) Maharashtra
3) Kerala 
4) Karnataka
5) All the above

Ques. : 7 The Rajya Sabha committee on the land acquisition Bill has decided to seek an extension till the coming winter session. The committee is chaired by
1) SS Ahluwalia 
2) Pashupati Nath Singh
3) KV Thomas 
4) Kalyan Banerjee
5) None of these 

Ques. : 8 The govt has approved the setting up of All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) for imparting MD and Ph.D level education. The AIIA will come up in
1) Ajmer 
2) Chennai
3) Haridwar 
4) New Delhi
5) Hyderabad

Ques. : 9 Identify the one who is NOT among the 17 sportspersons picked for this year’s Arjuna awards?
1) PR Sreejesh (hockey) 
2) Dipa Karmakar (gymnastics)
3) Jitu Rai (shooting) 
4) Shikhar Dhawan (cricket)
5) K Srikanth (badminton)

Ques. : 10 As per the market research firm IDC, by 2017 India will overtake US to be the second-largest smartphone market globally. Which is the largest smartphone market in the world?
1) Russia 
2) China
3) Japan 
4) France
5) Brazil

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