General Knowledge 32 General Knowledge – Current Affairs, General Awareness Quiz – Questions and Answers, GK for UPSC, Bank PO & All Exams Please enter your email: 1. Though the Mahatma Gandhi NREGA provides a legal guarantee for at least 100 days of wage employment to every rural household in every financial year, yet the average number of days of employment provided per household was 42 days during 2007-08; 48 days during 2008-09 and 54 days during 2009-10. What could be the most probable reason for this ? Because, in some states MGNREGA provided 100 days employment while in other states, the state Governments did not implement the programme, so average comes near half of the 100 day period. Because, the employment in MGNREGA is demand based & the employment is provided on demand. Because, the wages provided in MGNREGA is lower the prevalent wages in almost all parts of the country and workers themselves don’t need 100 days employment The legal guarantee under the act is still not effective in the country 2. To enable the mobile trading, which among the following stock exchanges has developed its own computer application called “NOW”? None of them Bombay Stock Exchange Delhi Stock Exchange National Stock Exchange 3. Which among the following Governments confers National Kishore Kumar award? Chhattisgarh Gujarat Maharastra Madhya Pradesh 4. Which among the following state has highest number of Export Oriented Units in India? Andhra Pradesh Karnataka Maharastra Tamil Nadu 5. Consider the following statements in context with Treasury Bills? 1. They are issued by Government of India on behalf of Reserve Bank of India 2. They are mostly for Short term borrowings 3. Treasury Bills can not be purchased by any person resident of India Which among the above is / are correct ? 2 & 3 are correct All are correct Only 2 is correct Only 3 is correct 6. “The British Empire is rotten to the core, corrupt in every direction, and tyrannical and mean”Which among the following Europeans is known to have made this statement? Annie Besant William Wedderburn Sister Nivedita Nellie Sengupta 7. Consider the following statement about the Ug99, the stem rust of wheat epidemic, which was making news recently: 1. Ug99 is caused by the races of a fungus known as Puccinia graminis2. Ug99 affects cereal crops most predominantly Wheat 3. It is named so because it was discovered in Uganda in 1999Which among the above statements is / are correct? Only 1 & 2 are correct All are correct Only 1 is correct Only 2 & 3 are correct 8. Gypsum is added to Cement so that, _________? setting of cement can be slowed Cement strength can be improved setting of cement can be fastened Cement strength can be controlled 9. Every kilogram of seawater has approximately how much dissolved salts? 3.5 gms 35 gms 1 gm 0.35 gms 10. Consider the following statements: 1. Wheat is the Gift of the Old world to the New World 2. Maize is the Gift of the New World to the Old World Which among the above statements is / are correct ? 1 only Both 1 & 2 2 only Neither 1 nor 2 Loading … Previous PostGeneral Awareness Questions 51 Next PostESL EFL Test 277
