List of top General Awareness Questions

The government, in February 2011, set up a task force to create a way to provide direct subsidies to the ultimate beneficiaries on petroleum working gas and fertilizers. The task force will be headed by
Which of the following countries was the host of First Asian Yoga Championship held recently?
Who among the following has been defeated by Saina Nehwal, who has won the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold title recently, becoming the First Indian to do so?
Which country has appointed Brigadier General Ravinder Singh as its next Army chief, the first Sikh in nearly 30 years to be given the force’s batton
Anant Pai, better known as ‘Uncle Pai’, who recently died was the creator of which among the following comic series?
What is ‘Share swap’?
A. A business takeover in which acquiring company uses its own stock to pay for the acquired
company.
B. When a company uses its own share to get some short term loan for working capital requirement
C. When companies are require to float a new issue to earn capital for their expansion programmes,
each shareholder gets some additional preferential share. The process is known as Share Swap.
Why is the offering of “teaser loans” by commercial banks a cause of economic concern?
1. The teaser loans are considered to be an aspect of sub - prime lending and banks may be exposed to the risk of defaulters in future.
2. The teaser loans are given to inexperienced entrepreneurs to set up manufacturing or export units.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
“Swayamsidha” is a scheme launched by the Government of India to help
Who among the following is often referred to as father of India’s “Green Revolution”?
Both Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Foreign Institutional Investor (FII) are related to investment in a country. Which one of the following statements best represents an important difference between the two?
In context of global oil prices, “Brent crude oil” is frequently referred to in the news. What does this term imply?
1) It is a major classification of crude oil
2) It is sourced from North sea
3) It does not contain sulphur
Which of the statement given above is /are correct?
Besides USA, India has signed, with which of the following countries the agreement being named as “Cooperation Agreement on the development of Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy”?
The limit beyond which the stars suffer internal collapse is called the
Which of the following places is popularly known as the IT city
India's nuclear power generation capacity is
The adline 'inspire the next' is associated with
Dudhwa National Park is located in
Jaffna is situated in the.... part of Sri Lanka.
Audi is a luxury car originally manufactured in
The well-known book "The Rediscovery of India' has been written by
Famous film 'Slumdog Millionaire', which won eight Oscars, was based on the book written by
High Court of Uttarakhand is located at
Which Indian-American was recently appointed as administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) by the American government?
Kyoto protocol requires industrialized countries to bring down their emissions to ... less than the 1990 levels and assist the developing countries in avoiding the negative effects of climate change.
After its recent merger with Samruddhi Cement, Ultra Tech has become the ... largest cement company in the world.