GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUIZ
Ryan Cochrane
Gergo Kis
Sun Yang
None of the above
Which phone giant overtook Nokia in 2011 to become the world’s highest Smartphone manufacturer?
Apple
Dell
LG
RIM
Which swimmer recently set a world record in 200-m individual medley at the World Aquatics Championships, 2011?
Ryan Lochte
Beth Barr
Michael Phelps
Nicholas Biondi
According to the social networking website Twitter, which of the following events created the world record of 7,196 tweets per second?
Copa America quarterfinal match between Brazil and Paraguay
Women’s World Cup final between Japan and United States
Osama Bin Laden’s death
Super Bowl
Who was recently elected as Thailand’s first woman Pr ime Minister?
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
Dilma Rousseff
Julia Gillard
Yingluck Shinawatra
M.O.H. Farook, who passed away on January 26th, 2012, was the incumbent Governor of
Jharkhand
Kerala
Puducherry
Bihar
Runako Morton, former member of the national cricket team of …………… recently succumbed to injuries following a car crash.
New Zealand
West Indies
England
Pakistan
Harish Sharma, former Chief Executive of …………… breathed his last in February, 2012.
Sports Authority of India
Hockey India
Indian Olympic Association
None of the above
Arfa Karim, a Pakistani teenager who breathed his last in January, 2012, was
The youngest Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) in the World
The youngest Lawyer in Asia-Pacific
The youngest person to hold dual degrees
All of the above
Eva Ekvall, who died of breast cancer in December 2011, was the former
Miss Canada
Miss India
Miss Netherlands
Miss Venezuela
Norman Foster Ramsey, Jr., who breathed his last in November 2011 was awarded the Nobel Prize in …………… in 1989.
Physics
Medicine or Physiology
Chemistry
Literature
Padma Shri awardee Mathoor Krishnamurthy, who breathed his last in October, 2011, was the former Director of
Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan
IIT Madras
IIT Mumbai
Gurukula Kangri Vishwavidyalaya
Joe Frazier, a legendary heavyweight boxing champion, succumbed to
Diabetes
Pancreatic Cancer
Liver Cancer
None of the above
Dennis Ritchie, who expired on October 12th, 2011 was instrumental in the development of which programming language?
ALGOL 68
Fortran
C
Eiffel
Adam Gondvi, a well known …………… recently passed away.
Hindi Poet
Lyricist
Painter
None of the above
Marie Colvin, an award winning American journalist whose death in Syria has caused international outrage, was the correspondent of
The Sunday Times
The New York Times
The Washington Post
None of the above
Muammar Gaddafi, the erstwhile autocratic Libyan ruler, was killed in
Sirte
Tripoli
Butnan
Jafara
Peter Roebuck was recently found dead in his hotel room. He was a noted
Cricket coach
All-rounder
Newspaper columnist
Physician
Evelyn Lauder, who passed away in November 2011, was known for popularizing the pink ribbon as a symbol for awareness of
Lung Cancer
AIDS
Breast Cancer
None of the above
Marco Simoncelli, a (an) ............... motorcycle racer recently died after an accident during the 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix.
British
German
Italian
Chinese
Steve Jobs, who expired in October, 2011 had not been in the Board of Directors of which of the following companies?
Gap
Pixar
Walt Disney
Open
Bhajan Lal, who breathed his last in June, 2011 was the erstwhile Chief Minister of
Chhattisgarh
Orissa
Himachal Pradesh
Haryana
M.F. Hussain, who breathed his last in June, 2011 had recently acquired the citizenship of
Canada
England
Nepal
Qatar
C. Bhaskaran, first all-India President of ………… breathed his last in April, 2011
Students’ Federation of India
Youth for Equality
All India Revolutionary Students’ Federation
Democratic Students Union
Sailendra Nath Manna, who passed away in February, 2012 held the record for playing for which club continuously for the period of 19 years?
Churchill Brothers
Mohun Bagan
Air India
East Bengal
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General Knowledge questions for SSC CGL, UPSC, IBPS, MAT, CAT and other competitive exams.
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