SNAP GK QUESTION BANK - 2011

1.

Which of the following disease affects mostly children

below the age of 15 years, and 70 to 75 per cent of the
cases are from Uttar Pradesh in India?
(a) Encephalitis
(b) Meningitis
(c) Malaria
(d) Diarrhea

7.

Who, among the following has been named as CEO of

the Cricket World Cup 2015 Local Organizing
Committee?
(a) James Strong
(b) John Harnden
(c) Dr. Danny Jordaan
(d) Haroon Lorgat

2.

Recently Global ratings firm Moodys has downgraded

the entire Indian banking systems rating outlook from
stable to:
(a) A+
(b) Critical
(c) Fluctuating
(d) Negative

8.

Tech Mahindra along with which other company has

entered into an agreement with Moscow-based IT
security and anti-virus solution firm Kaspersky Lab to
offer managed security services to telecom companies?
(a) BullGuard
(b) Wipro
(c) TCS
(d) Mahindra Satyam

3.

Which one of the following states tops child right index

according to the composite index, brought out by the
HA-Centre for Child Rights?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Goa
(c) Kerala
(d) Karnataka

9.

Which of the following given social activists has been

selected for the prestigious Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace,
Disarmament and Development 2011 for her sustained
work towards empowering women?
(a) Kiran Bedi
(b) Ela Bhatt
(c) Arundhati Rai
(d) Megha Patkar

10.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered

five Preliminary Enquiries (PEs) recently related to
alleged irregularities in the funds allotted to the National
Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in which of the following
states?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Karnataka
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Bihar

11.

Recently, which of the following former Telecom Minister

was awarded five-year imprisonment by a Delhi court in
corruption case?
(a) A.Raja
(b) Dayanidhi Maran
(c) Sukh Ram
(d) Beni Prasad Verma

12.

Recently, Aadhaar-MGNREGA experiment has been

launched in which of the following states?
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Haryana
(d) Jharkhand

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Recently Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) flagged

off a 140 strong formed Police Unit contingent for the
United Nations Stabilization Mission in:
(a) Somalia
(b) Haiti
(c) Libya
(d) Egypt
Union Government has appointed whom as its
interlocutor for peace negotiation with the Ranjan
Daimary faction of the National Democratic Front of
Boroland (NDFB)?
(a) Chiranjib Roy
(b) Joginder Singh
(c) R K Raghavan
(d) P.C. Haldar
Aditi Technologies, a national system integrator for IT
major Microsoft, has announced the acquisition of which
cloud computing company?
(a) Cumulux
(b) HCL Cloud
(c) PointBridge
(d) iLink System

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Who is the current Prime Minister of Australia?

(a) Julia Gillard
(b) Kevin Rudd
(c) John Howard
(d) Paul John Keating

14.

Which of the following personalities is Managing Director

and Chief Executive Officer of BrahMos Aero Space?
(a) K. Kasturirangan
(b) Dr K Radhakrishnan
(c) A. Sivathanu Pillai
(d) K.V. Raghavan

15.

Russia, Kazakhstan and which one of the following

countries has signed a package of agreements to
promote Eurasian Economic Integration at a summit in
Moscow?
(a) Ukraine
(b) Belarus
(c) Georgia
(d) Azerbaijan

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Chinas biggest exporter of light trucks, Anhui Jianghuai

Automobile has signed an agreement with SNS
Company to set up a joint venture to produce passenger
cars in South America. SNS Company is headquartered
in which of the following countries?
(a) Brazil
(b) Venezuela
(c) Peru
(d) Argentina
Girls team of which of the following countries participated
in the 52nd edition of Subroto Cup football tournament
organised by the Indian Air Force (IAF) in New Delhi?
(a) Sri Lanka
(b) Afghanistan
(c) Bangladesh
(d) Myanmar
Who of the following personalities was the winner of
CNN-IBN Indian of the Year Award, 2010?
(a) B C Khanduri
(b) Nitish Kumar
(c) Omar Abdullah
(d) Sheila Dixit
South Korean steel company POSCO has acquired
forest area in which of the following states?
(a) Chhattisgarh
(b) Jharkhand
(c) Odisha
(d) Andhra Pradesh

20.

CNN-IBN Life Time Achievement award-2010 was given

to:
(a) Verghese Kurien
(b) M.S. Swaminathan
(c) C. N. R. Rao
(d) Mahashweta Devi

21.

Which of the following nuclear-capable surface-to-surface

medium range missile was test-fired from Chandipur on
24 September 2011?
(a) Prahar
(b) Prithvi III
(c) Dhanush
(d) Shaurya

22.

Who among the following has recently been elected as

the sixth Prime Minister of Japan?
(a) Taro Aso
(b) Yukio Hatoyama
(c) Yoshihiko Noda
(d) Naoto Kan

23.

First Indian woman to ski to the South Pole is:

(a) Reena Kaushal Dharmashaktu
(b) Shanti Tigga
(c) Preeja Sreedharan
(d) Tejaswini Bai

24.

China on 29th September 2011, launched its first

unmanned space laboratory from a site in the Gobi
Desert. What was its name?
(a) Shenzhou 8
(b) Tiangong-1
(c) Tiangong 2
(d) Long March 2F

25.

Who is the only batsman in the cricket to score 7000

ODI runs with a strike rate of over 100?
(a) Adam Gilchrist
(b) Shahid Afridi
(c) Virender Sehwag
(d) Ricardo Powell

26.

International Billiards & Snooker Federation (IBSF) has,

recently, announced its decision to shift the venue
for IBSF World Mens Snooker Championship from
Bahrain to:
(a) Beijing, China
(b) Abu Dhabi, UAE
(c) Reims, France
(d) Bengaluru, India

27.

Recently, which one of the following singers was

honoured with the first Hridaynath award for her
contribution to Indian music?
(a) Asha Bhosle
(b) Lata Mangeshkar
(c) Abida Parveen
(d) Hemlata
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Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a 2,000-yearold temple dedicated to a cat goddess. At which place
is it located?
(a) Alexandria
(b) Giza
(c) Aswan
(d) Port Said

35.

Recently, an Indian company has withdrawn from an

offshore oil block in the sea of Oman. Name of that
company is:
(a) Reliance Industries Limited (RIL)
(b) Cairn India
(c) Gas Authority of India limited (GAIL)
(d) BP India

29.

According to Environmental Performance Index (EPI)2010, which one of the following countries lead the world
in addressing pollution control and natural resource
management challenges?
(a) Switzerland
(b) Iceland
(c) New Zealand
(d) Australia

36.

The Union ministry of Rural Development has launched

a programme for giving training and placement to over
one lakh youth from poor families in Jammu and Kashmir
under the name of:
(a) Inayat
(b) Barakkat
(c) Himayat
(d) Khushhali

30.

Which one of the following countries has the largest

number of illiterate adults in the world, according to
UNESCOs Education for All-Global Monitoring Report2011?
(a) Brazil
(b) Indonesia
(c) India
(d) China

37.

Name of the first 100% spy satellite of India which would

be operational by 2014 to keep an eye on neighbouring
regions is:
(a) CCI-Sat
(b) SPY-Sat
(c) Eagle
(d) AWACS

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Name the first public sector undertaking (PSU) of India

and the second Indian firm after Mukesh Ambanis RIL
to acquire shale gas assets abroad.
(a) ONGC
(b) OVL
(c) GAIL
(d) HPCL

Recently, Leander Paes & Mahesh Bhupathi won the

doubles title at Cincinnati Masters by defeating:
(a) Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan
(b) Michael Llodra and Nenad Zimonjic
(c) Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor
(d) Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-Ul-Haq Kureshi

39.

Which one of the following personalities was recently

appointed as the chairperson of Press council of India
(PCI)?
(a) Altamas Kabir
(b) Raju Ramachandran
(c) Markandey Katju
(d) Mrs Vibha Bhargava

Which of the following Indian photographer was declared

the Grand Prix winner among 60,000 entries in Nikon
Photo Contest International?
(a) Raghu Rai
(b) Homai Vyarawalla
(c) S Paul
(d) Debarshi Duttagupta

40.

What is the name of the natural preservative that was

discovered by the scientists recently that can spell the
end of rotting food by destroying the bacteria that make
meat, fish, eggs and dairy products decompose?
(a) Bisin
(b) Disodium ETA
(c) BHA
(d) BHT

41.

The union government of India has set up a mechanism

to access all intelligence data. Name of this mechanism
is:
(a) Indian Intelligence Grid (INTEL GRID)
(b) National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID)
(c) Indian Spy
(d) Third Eye

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33.

According to recent Global Livability Survey, which city

of the world has been judged as the worlds most livable
city?
(a) Mexico City
(b) Melbourne
(c) London
(d) New Delhi

34.

An ethnic enclave has been named as Mahatma Gandhi

District in which of the following cities of USA?
(a) New York
(b) Los angles
(c) Chicago
(d) Houston

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42.

First woman director to win Best Director award in

`BAFTA` awards is:
(a) Nancy Meyers
(b) Nora Ephron
(c) Mira Nair
(d) Kathryn Bigelow

43.

Recently, in August, 2011 German auto major

Volkswagen launched its upgraded version named:
(a) Beetle
(b) Jetta
(c) Polo
(d) Vento

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Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs has set up a relief

fund to help emigrant Indian nationals in distress, which
was operationalised in the Indian Missions in all the
countries with effect from 24 March 2011. Name of the
fund is:
(a) Indian Community Welfare Fund (ICWF)
(b) Indian International Community Fund (IICF)
(c) NRI Fund (NRIF)
(d) PIO Fund (PIOF)
What is the name of the book written by Taslima Nasrin
which is a compilation of power-packed articles on
feminism and suppression of women across the world?
(a) Lazza
(b) No Country for Women
(c) Amar Meyebela (My Girlhood)
(d) Utal Hawa (Wild Wind)
Recently, Jindal Steel and Power signed a Memorandum
of Understanding (MoU) with global mining giant Rio
Tinto to jointly work for global commercialisation of the:
(a) Bayer Process
(b) Smelting Technology
(c) HIsmelt technology
(d) Brine Solution Technology
Who was awarded the prestigious G. D. Birla Award for
Scientific Research-2011?
(a) Professor S. G. Dhande (IIT-Kanpur)
(b) Professor Subhasis Chaudhuri (IIT-Mumbai)
(c) Professor P. Balram (IISC-Bangalore)
(d) Dr K S Dasgupta (IIST- Thiruvananthapuram)
A vast settlement surrounded by a fortified structure
believed to be about 4,500 years old and belonging to
the Harappan civilisation has been excavated at a village
in Kutch district of Gujarat recently. Identify the village.
(a) Shikarpur
(b) Ratanganj
(c) Bhagwanpur
(d) Banej

49.

Considering the 83rd Academy Awards or Oscar awards

conferred in 2011, which one of the following options
given below is wrong?
(a) The Kings Speech was declared the Best film,
while Best Director was Tom Hooper
(b) Best actor award was won by Colin Firth and best
actress was Natalie Portman
(c) Colin Firth and Natalie Portman won their
respective awards for The Kings Speech
(d) Black Swan was directed by Kathryn Bigelow

50.

Recently, India has opened its 23rd Cultural Relations

center named The Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC)
in which of the following countries?
(a) Pakistan
(b) Bangladesh
(c) Sri Lanka
(d) Afghanistan

51.

Who among the following personalities was declared as

World Statesman of the year 2011 by the Appeal of
Conscience Foundation?
(a) Lee Myung Bak
(b) Ban Ki-Moon
(c) Manmohan Singh
(d) Barrack Obama

52.

What is the name of an island in Bay of Bengal, which

was disputed between India and Bangladesh and
disappeared recently beneath the rising seas?
(a) Coral Island
(b) New Moore Island
(c) Barren Island
(d) Minicoy Island

53.

Which Public Sector Undertaking has received the

prestigious Golden Peacock Environment Management
Award for the year 2011?
(a) BHEL
(b) BEL
(c) BEML
(d) SAIL

54.

Ranjana Sonawane has been given the first unique

identification number. She belongs to of which of the
following villages?
(a) Pullavalli, Tamil Nadu
(b) Kurruppi, Kerala
(c) Temhali, Maharashtra
(d) Gopalpur, Uttar Pradesh

55.

UNESCO World Heritage Committee (WHC), in its 35th

Session held in Paris from 19-29th June 2011, has
decided to remove which one of the following national
parks from the List of World Heritage Sites in Danger?
(a) Kaziranga National Park
(b) Manas National Park
(c) Jim Corbet National Park
(d) Bandipur National Park
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56.

To study the outermost region of the Sun, which satellite

would be launched in 2012 by ISRO?
(a) Arun
(b) Surya
(c) Bhanu
(d) Aditya

57.

Match the following and choose the correct answer:

(a) Santosh Trophy - Football Bengal was winner in
2011
(b) Santosh Trophy - Football Manipur was winner in
2011
(c) Santosh Trophy - Hockey Services was winner in
2011
(d) Santosh Trophy Badminton Chetan Anand was
winner in 2011

58.

Who has been crowned as Miss Universe - 2011 in the

international beauty pageant contest?
(a) Ximena Navarrete
(b) Stefana Fernndez
(c) Dayana Mendoza
(d) Leila Lopes

59.

Which of the following cities would host Summer Youth

Olympic-2014?
(a) Vancouver, Canada
(b) Nanjing, China
(c) Glasgow, Scotland
(d) Poznan, Poland

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A scheme launched by Union Finance Minister, Pranab

Mukherjee in year 2010 under the name of Swavlamban
is:
(a) a medical insurance for unorganized sector
(b) opening of bank accounts in rural India
(c) a new pension scheme for workers in the unorganized
sector who do not have access to the social security
net
(d) a new measure of financial inclusion which covers
all marginal and migratory laborers
Which of the following Indian shooters won four gold
medals in Commonwealth Games 2010?
(a) Samaresh Jung
(b) Abhinav Bindra
(c) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
(d) Gagan Narang
Canada has honored an Indian scientist with an honorary
doctorate to recognize his contribution to food security
in the world. Name the Indian Scientist.
(a) Dr. Verghese Kurien
(b) M.S. Swaminathan
(c) Dr C. N. R. Rao
(d) Dr. Bhaskar Reddy

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63.

Name the cricket players of Pakistan who have been

found guilty by a court of England for deliberately bowling
no balls in Lords Test match against England.
(a) Shahid Afridi, Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif
(b) Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir
(c) Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir
(d) Shahid Afridi, Shoiab Akhtar and Salman Butt

64.

Recently, an apex body was constituted by the Indian

Government for the welfare of tribals in the country. Name
the body.
(a) National Commission for Tribes (NCT)
(b) National Council for Tribal Welfare (NCTW)
(c) Tribe Welfare Board (TWB)
(d) Tribal Welfare Commission (TWC)

65.

Who has been appointed as Indias 15th Central

Vigilance Commissioner?
(a) Pradeep Kumar
(b) Prateep Chowdhary
(c) Vinod Rai
(d) Y K Alagh

66.

The Secretary General of the United Nations, who was

appointed for the second consecutive term, is:
(a) Susan Elizabeth Rice
(b) Kofi Annan
(c) Ban Ki Moon
(d) Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser

67.

State-run NMDC in June 2011 agreed to team up with

Australias Minemakers Ltd to develop a phosphate
mine. This mine is to be developed at
(a) Perth in western Australia
(b) Wonarah in northern Australia
(c) Brisbane in eastern Australia
(d) Adelaide in southern Australia

68.

Which of the following books Barack Obama has written?

(a) Of Thee I Sing: A letter to my Daughters
(b) Dreams from My Father
(c) The Audacity of Hope
(d) All of the above

69.

The Chairman of Hotel Leela Venture Ltd, an Indian hotel

company based in Mumbai is:
(a) C.P Krishnan Nair
(b) K P Singh
(c) Ajit Gulabchand
(d) A M Naik

70.

Which of the following South Asian countrys parliament

has recently approved constitutional reforms which would
enable its President to seek a third term?
(a) Pakistan
(b) Afghanistan
(c) Bangladesh
(d) Sri Lanka
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71.

Rafael Nadal has won which of the following event(s) in

the year 2011?
(a) French Open and Wimbledon
(b) Australian Open and French Open
(c) Only French Open
(d) Australian Open and US Open

72.

Which of the following countries was the runner up in

World Cup Cricket 2011?
(a) Pakistan
(b) Australia
(c) South Africa
(d) Sri Lanka

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Which of the following Indian cricket players won the

Polly Umrigar Award 2011 for his performance during
2009-2010?
(a) Rahul Dravid
(b) Sachin Tendulkar
(c) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
(d) Virender Sehwag

79.

For the first time, the Comptroller and Auditor General

of India (CAG) has been appointed as external auditor
of two major UN organisations. Identify the organizations.
(a) World Health Organisation (WHO) and International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
(b) UNESCO and World Intellectual Property
Organisation (WIPO)
(c) Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and World Intellectual
Property Organisation (WIPO)
(d) UNICEF and UNESCO

80.

Who has been declared as the Best Indian Footballer of

the Year-2011, by the Football Players Association of
India (FPAI)?
(a) Mohammad Rafi
(b) Jaoquim Abranches
(c) Subrata Paul
(d) Anthony Pereira

Name the richest country in the world with per capita

income of U.S. $ 90,149 in 2010, according to Global
Finance, a leading US business magazine, which has
released the list recently.
(a) atar
(b) Luxembourg
(c) Norway
(d) Singapore

81.

Recently, Indian President Pratibha Patil has laid the

foundation stone for the Asian Textiles Museum in which
of the following Southeast Asian countries?
(a) Thailand
(b) Indonesia
(c) Vietnam
(d) Cambodia

Name the virus which was responsible for attacking

Googles social networking site, Orkut on September
25, 2010.
(a) FIRE Worm
(b) Bom Sabado Worm
(c) BOBBIT Virus
(d) GALLUP Virus

82.

Which of the following Indian actors has been appointed

as Brand Ambassador of Kansai Nerolac Paints Ltd,
Indias leading paint manufacturer?
(a) Abhishek Bachchyan
(b) Amir Khan
(c) Shahrukh Khan
(d) Akshay Kumar

Which software company has designed worldwide

telescope a computer programme, which enables you
to study even the universe and zoom the outer space?
(a) IBM
(b) Oracle
(c) Google
(d) Microsoft

83.

Your Place In The Sky is the slogan of:

(a) Air India
(b) atar Airways
(c) Lufthansa Airlines
(d) Air France

84.

Which animal has been declared as national heritage

animal of India in order to set up measures for its
protection?
(a) Dolphin
(b) Rhinoceros
(c) Elephant
(d) Lion

Considering the 58th National Award-2011, choose the

incorrect answer:
(a) Best Film - Adaminte Makan Abu Malayalam
(b) Best Director Vetrimaran - Tamil
(c) Best Actor Salman Khan Hindi
(d) Best film on National Integration Moner Manush Bengali

Who among the following personalities has been

appointed as the new chairman of Central Board of Direct
Taxes?
(a) Pratyush Sinha
(b) C P Jain
(c) K Vasudev
(d) M C Joshi

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Who among the following personalities is the DirectorGeneral of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)?
(a) Yukiya Amano
(b) Yui Kei
(c) Ali Asgar Soltaniyeh
(d) Anders Fogh Rasmussen

86.

A New York judge slapped a record $92.8 million fine on

Raj Rajaratnam, the hedge fund manager convicted in
May, 2011 on 14 counts of insider trading charges. He
is from:
(a) India
(b) Pakistan
(c) Sri Lanka
(d) Singapore

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The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority

(IRDA), relaxed its earlier decision asking insurance
companies to guarantee a minimum return of what
percent on unit-linked pension policies?
(a) 3 percent
(b) 4 percent
(c) 4.5 percent
(d) 5 percent
Which of the following Indian cricketers has recently
pledged to donate his organs?
(a) Virender Sehwag
(b) Sachin Tendulkar
(c) Gautam Gambhir
(d) Yuvraj Singh
An endeavour to ensure that no person in India dies for
want of an organ, supported by the Apollo Transplant
Institutes has been launched under the name of:
(a) Hand in Hand
(b) Gift a Life
(c) Donate a life
(d) Gift to Nation
National Human Right Commission has issued notice
for non-payment of adequate compensation in Kasaragod
district to the victims of which of the following chemical
poisoning?
(a) MIC
(b) Endosulfan
(c) BHC
(d) Malathion
Sree Padmanabhswami temple, a Hindu shrine situated
at Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala is dedicated to which
of the following Hindu deity?
(a) Lord Shiva
(b) Lord Vishnu
(c) Lord Brahma
(d) Lord Murugan Swamy

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92. AH 4 Apache and CH-47 Chinook are combat and heavy

lift helicopters respectively which have been developed
by:
(a) Bell
(b) Lockeed Martin
(c) Avicopter
(d) Boeing
93.

Name the recently elected Prime Minister of Greece.

(a) Kostas Karamanlis
(b) Andreas Papandreou
(c) Konstantinos Mitsotakis
(d) Lucas Papademos

94.

Recently a former President was convicted to sevenyear jail term for rape and other sexual offences. Identify
the country to which he belonged?
(a) Italy
(b) Israel
(c) Spain
(d) Portugal

95.

BICRA Group 5 includes:

(a) China
(b) Portugal
(c) Thailand and Turkey
(d) All of the above

96.

Which one of the following Indian cities would host the

World Economic Forums (WEFs) India Economic
Summit for the first time in 26 years of the summits
history?
(a) New Delhi
(b) Chennai
(c) Mumbai
(d) Bengaluru

97.

Hondas human-shaped robot (Humanoid robot) has

been named as:
(a) Sapiens
(b) I
(c) Asimo
(d) AI

98.

Which of the following companies is a subsidiary of Tata

Consultancy Services (TCS) and a leading business
process outsourcing (BPO) provider in the U.K.?
(a) Genpact
(b) Diligenta
(c) Aegis
(d) Total Solutions

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99.

Who among the following has been found guilty of

involuntary manslaughter of the King of Pop, Michael
Jackson?
(a) Johansson Murphy
(b) Conrad Murray
(c) John Pitt
(d) Dr. J Koetji

100. Mary Ann Gomes is related with which of the following

sports?
(a) Kabaddi
(b) Chess
(c) Swimming
(d) Athletics

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