General Awareness- Part IV

1) The first bridge to be built over the sea has been set in the city
of....
a. Mumbai
b. Chennai
c. Kolkata
d. Guwahati

2) Yukiya Amano, the new chief of the International Atomic

Energy Agency, is a … diplomat.
a. Chinese
b. Japanese
c. Russian
d. British

3) The United Nations secretary general … has demanded the

release of the democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
a. Ban Ki Moon
b. Trygve Halvdan Lie
c. Hubert Miles
d. Dag Hjalmar

4) Which of the following personalities is the inventor of email?

a. Jeff Bezos
b.Ray Tomlinson
c. Ray Ozzie
d.Paul Allen

5) New release Kambhakkt Ishq features which Hollywood actor?

a. Hugh Grant
b. Sylvester Stalone
c. Michael Douglas
d. Antonio Banderas
6) Under which act has the naxal group Communist Party of India
(Maoist) been banned by the Central government?
a. Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act
b. Prevention of Terrorism Act
c. Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act
d. None of the above

7) Where will the extension centre of IIT-Kanpur be opened?

a. Noida
b. Ghaziabad
c. Gurgaon
d. Faridabad

8) The Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the

Year prize 2008 was awarded to the book titled When Markets
Collide. Identify the author of this book.
a.Mohamed El-Erian
b. James Kynge
c.Thomas Friedman
d.William D Cohan
9) A Better India, A Better World is a book authored by...
a.Nandan Nilekani
b.APJ Abdul Kalam
c.NR Narayana Murthy
d.Gurucharan Das

10) Who won the US Open for Golf recently?

a. Jeev Milkha Singh
b. Lucas Glover
c. Jyoti Randhawa
d. Tiger Woods
11) Who has become the new CM of Uttrakhand as the outgoing
CM stepped down
Owning moral responsibility for the BJP losing all fi ve Lok Sabha
seats from the
State in the recent general elections?
a. Prakash Pant
b. Bachi Singh Rawat
c. BC Khanduri
d. Ramesh Pokhriyal

12) Margaret Alva has been made the Governor of....

a. Punjab
b. Haryana
c. Himachal Pradesh
d. Uttarakhand

13) Who among the following was the first to win the Booker
Prize?
a.William Golding
b. PH Newby
c. JM Coetzee
d. Peter Carey
14)Which one of the following awards instituted by KK Birla
Foundation is given to an individual for outstanding work on
Indian philosophy, culture and art?
a.Saraswathy Samman
b.Vyas Samman
c.Shankar Puraskar
d.Kalidas Samman
15)When was the Nobel Prize for literature instituted?
a.1956
b.1969
c. 1972
d.1975
16) Contribution to which field is honoured by Dhanvantari
award?
a.Physics
b.space research
c. literature
d. medicine

17) Which of the following is India’s highest honour in the field of

literature?
a.Vyas Samman
b.Kalidas Samman
c.Jnanpith Award
d. Saraswathi Samman
18)Which one of the following is India’s highest civilian honour?
a.Bharat Ratna
b.Padma Bhushan
c.Padama Vibhushan
d.Padma Sri
19)Who was the first to win the Nobel Prize for literature?
a. Albert Camus
b.Ernest Hemingway
c. Knut Hamson
d.Rene Sully Prudhome
20)Men from which nation has won the highest number of Nobel
Prizes?
a. England
b. France
c.America
d. Italy
21) Which of the following awards is given to the Best
Parliamentarian?
a.Gujar Mal Modi Award
b. JB Pant Award
c. Nehru Award
d. none of those
22) When did Amnesty International win the Nobel Prize?
a.1917
b.1949
c. 1977
d.1982
23) Who was the first woman to win the Jnanpith award?
a. Ashapurna Devi
b.Mahasweta Devi
c.Amrita Pritam
d.Sarojini Naidu
24) In terms of Prize money which of the following is the highest
literary prize in India?
a.Vyas Samman
b.Saraswathy Samman
c.Jnanpith Award
d.Kalidas Samman
25). Which of the following awards was instituted by the Indian
National Congress in its Centenary Year?
a. Gandhi Peace Prize
b.Nehru Award
c. Indira Gandhi award for National Integration
d. Mahatma Gandhi Peace Award.
26).Which one of the following awards was instituted by the KK
Birla Foundation?
a.Saraswati Samman
b. Kabir Award
c. Kalidas Samman
d. Jnanpith Award
27). When did Red Cross win the Nobel Peace Prize for the first
time?
a 1917
b1977
c.1949
d.1956
28). The Annual Academy awards are better known as
a.Nobel Prize
b. Magsasay Award
c. Oscar Award
d. None of these
29). Contribution to which field is honoured by the Kalinga award?
a.Science and Technology
b. Literature
c. Peace
d .environmental protection
30) Who among the following has won the Polar Music Award
instituted by the Royal Music Academy, Sweden?
a.Sakir Hussein
b. Pundit Ravi Shankar
c. Bismillah Khan
d.Allah Rakha Khan

31). Who was the first foreigner to win the Bharat Ratna?
a.Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
b.Winston Churchill
c. Nelson Madela
d.Benazir Bhutto
32) Which one of the following awards is given for contribution to
poetry?
a. Kabir award
b.Kalidas Samman
c.Saraswathy Samman
d. Vyas Samman

Answers:
1.a 2.b 3.a 4.b 5.b 6.c 7.a 8.a 9.c 10.b 11.d 12.d 13.b 14.c15.b 16.
d 17.c 18.a 19.d 20.c 21.b 22.b 23.a 24.b 25.c 26.b 27.a 28.c 29.a
30.b 31.a 32.a