GENERAL KNOWLEDGE TEST

Quiz

1. India’s Deep Joshi has recently been honoured with—

(A) Magsaysay Award
(B) Whitley Prize
(C) Right to Livelihood Award
(D) None of the above

2. ‘The Idea of Justice’ is the book authored by—

(A) Murtaza Rizvi
(B) Amartya Sen
(C) Dharmendra Bhandari
(D) A.R. Laxman

3. AFT stands for—

(A) Anti-Foreign Trade Practice
(B) Armed Forces Training
(C) Armed Forces Tribunal
(D) None of the above

4. The dreaded terrorist who was recently killed in the U.S. led drone attack in Afghanistan is—

(A) Osama Bin Laden
(B) Baitullah Mehsud
(C) Fazlullah
(D) None of the above

5. The new chairperson of Children Film Society of India is—

(A) Nafisa Ali
(B) Shabana Azmi
(C) Nandita Das
(D) None of the above

6. The third Twenty-20 Cricket World will be organized in—

(A) West Indies
(B) Kenya
(C) South Africa
(D) Australia

7. The 2010 Hero Honda World Cup of Hockey will be held in—

(A) Bangkok
(B) New Delhi
(C) Tokyo
(D) Kuala-Lumpur

8. The number one tennis player of the world, according to latest ranking, is—

(A) Roger Federer
(B) Rafael Nadal
(C) Andy Murray
(D) Andy Roddick

9. The number of districts which have been declared drought hit by State governments in the country is—

(A) 200
(B) 281
(C) 246
(D) 150

10. The top three countries in winning medals in World Swimming Championship held in Rome (in descending order) are—

(A) China, U.S.A. and India
(B) U.S.A., Japan and Germany
(C) U.S.A., Germany and Canada
(D) U.S.A., Australia and China