GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUIZ
Madhya Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Tamil Nadu
Karnataka
B.G. Deshmukh, who passed away recently, was the former ............... of India.
Union Cabinet Secretary
Finance Minister
Foreign Minister
None of the above
P.C. Alexander, who died on August 10th, 2011 served as the Governor of
Madhya Pradesh
Haryana
Tamil Nadu
West Bengal
Prof. K. Krishnamurty, an eminent …………… passed away in Hyderabad in November, 2011.
Economist
Politician
Scientist
Doctor
Which Dhrupad maestro passed away on July 27th, 2011?
Abul Fazl
Ustad Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar
Ustad Bismillah Khan
None of the above
Cesaria Evora, a popular singer from an island country …………… recently passed away. (She was also nicknamed ‘Barefoot Diva’ for performing without shoes).
Cape Verde
Cyprus
Fiji
Nauru
Which of the following was not amongst the works of George Varghese Kakkanadan, an iconic Malayalam writer who passed away in October, 2011?
Sakshi
Jaappaana Pukayila
Barsaathi
Chemmeen
Which of the following British singers died in July, 2011?
Jeff Conaway
Amy Winehouse
Dan Peek
None of the above
Abdel-Fattah Younis
Mohd. Isbah Ul-Haq
Mohd. Ishfaq Qureshi
None of the above
Jacob E. Goldman, who breathed his last in December, 2011 is credited with the formation of
Palo Alto Research Center (PARC)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
U.S. National Agricultural Library
Satyadev Dubey, a legendary theatre actor, director and writer, who passed away recently had earlier been conferred
Padma Vibhushan
Padma Bhushan
Bharat Ratna
All of the above
Hargobind Khorana, an Indian-born American biochemist who passed away recently, won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in
1992
1969
1968
None of the above
Bhupen Hazarika, a legendary singer, lyricist and music director who passed away recently was not a recipient of which of the following awards?
Padma Vibhushan
Padma Shri
Padma Bhushan
Asom Ratna
Daniel Clive Wheldon recently succumbed to injuries following a fatal car accident at the 2011 IZOD IndyCar World Championship. He was a/an
British racing driver
Spanish racing driver
Italian racing driver
American racing driver
Which of the following films was not directed by Jagmohan Mundhra, the iconic filmmaker who breathed his last on September 4th, 2011?
Bawandar
Provoked
Monsoon
Apartment
This well known Bengali singer passed away recently.
Kanika Benerjee
Dhananjay Bhattacharya
Pannalal Bhattacharya
Mrinal Chakraborty
Steve Jobs, who passed away in October, 2011 was suffering from
Lung Cancer
Pancreatic Cancer
Diabetes
None of the above
Burhanuddin Rabbani, who was assassinated on September 20th, 2011 was the erstwhile President of
Afghanistan
Syria
Turkey
Tunisia
Which former Supreme Court judge has been appointed as the head of monitoring authority to supervise the investigation into the fake encounter cases in Gujarat?
Justice Aftab Alam
Justice (retd.) K.G. Balakrishnan
Justice (retd.) H.S. Bedi
Justice (retd.) R.C. Lahoti
Justice F.M. Ibrahim Kalifulla, Chief Justice of …………… High Court was elevated to Supreme Court in March, 2012.
Madhya Pradesh
West Bengal
Jammu & Kashmir
Kerala
When is ‘National Law Day’ celebrated in India?
November 29th
November 26th
December 10th
None of the above
Who has recently been appointed as the President of International Court of Justice (ICJ)?
Hisashi Owada
Bernardo Amor
Peter Tomka
None of the above
Section 30 of the Advocates Act, 1961, which has recently been notified, gives all the advocates the right to
Appear before a Court even without clearing the Bar Exam
Practise before any court or tribunal to which the Act extends
Give free legal aid to deserving clients
None of the above
Justice B. Sudershan Reddy committee, which has recently submitted its report in the Parliament, was appointed to
Unearth the 2G scam
Probe misappropriatio n charges against former Calcutta High Court Judge Soumitra Sen
Probe the Antrix - Devas deal
Unearth the NRHM scam
Name the salient feature of the India Post Technology Project, 2011-12 undertaken by the Government of India.
Under IPTP, all senior executives working in post offices will get a Smartphone with internet connectivity
Under IPTP, the government will provide internet connectivity to all the post offices by 2012-13
Both of the above
None of the above
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General Knowledge questions for SSC CGL, UPSC, IBPS, MAT, CAT and other competitive exams.
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