ODAKUZHAL

ODAKUZHAL PRIZE- G. SUBHASH CHANDRAN

THIS PRIZE IS GIVEN BY GURUVAYOORAPPAN TRUST,FORMED BY G.SANKARAKURUP( FIRST WINNER OF NJANAPITH AWARD)

BANK CLERK GK

1.Which of the following company iscoordinating with Government of India in

Passport Seva Project ?

(A)Easrnst & Young

(B)Tata Consultancy Services

(C)Wipro

(D)Patni Computer System

(E)Infosys

Answer B

2.At what rate 25 kg of rice or wheatper month have been proposed to give to below

BPL people in the ambitious programmeenvisaged under the National Food Security

Act (NFSA)?

(A)Re. 1 per kg

(B)Rs. 2 per kg

(C)Rs. 3 Per Kg

(D)Rs. 4 per kg

(E)Rs. 5 per kg

Answer C

3.Which of the following state wasrecently in news for setting up unique English-

medium madrasas ?

(A)Andhra Pradesh

(B)Uttar Pradesh

(C)Kerala

(D)West Bengal

(E)Assam

Answer D

4.Which of the following countries hadbanned the use of all foreign currencies in January 2010?

(A)China

(B)North Korea

(C)Bahrain

(D)Israel

(E)None of the above

Answer B

5.Causing agent of which of thefollowing disease produces Integrase enzyme?

(A)Malaria

(B)Small Pox

(C)Swine flu

(D)AIDS

(E)Chicken Pox

Answer D

6.In which year Akbar’s reign ended?

(A)1600

(B)1605

(C)1601

(D)1610

(E)1615

Answer B

7.Which of the following MughalEmperors shifted his imperial court and residence

from Agra to Sikri, later renamed asFatehpur Sikri?

(A)Akbar

(B)Jahangir

(C)Shahjahan

(D)Aurangzeb

(E)None of the above

Answer B

8.In which of the following the term“cap and trade” is used?

(A)Share Broking

(B)Mutual Fund Investments

(C)Emission Trading

(D)Commodity Futures

(E)Hedging

Answer C

9.Kookaburras is the nickname of HockeyTeam of which of the following country ?

(A)Netherlands

(B)Pakistan

(C)Australia

(D)New Zealand

(E)Germany

Answer C

10.Which of the following WinterOlympics were held in Vancouver, British Columbia,

Canada in February 2010?

(A)XIX

(B)XXI

(C)XX

(D)XXII

(E)XXIII

Answer B

11.Which among the following countryhas highest GDP per capita in the world?

(2009)

(A)US

(B)China

(C)Japan

(D)Qatar

(E)Saudi Arabia

Answer D

12.Which among the following is notcorrectly matched?

(A)Stephen Harper – Prime Minister ofCanada

(B)Hu Jintao – President of China

(C)Angela Merkel – Chancellor ofGermany

(D)Yukio Amano – Prime Minister ofJapan

(E)Najib Tun Razak – Prime Ministerof Malaysia

Answer D

13.Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam is alegendary _________Dancer?

(A)Bharat natyam

(B)Kuchipudi

(C)Odissi

(D)kathak

(E)None of them

Answer A

14.In which country is located HagiaSophia?

(A) Greece

(B)Georgia

(C)Turkey

(D)Armenia

(E)Azerbaijan

Answer C

15.Which among the following mascotsfor the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympics Games was a mythical sea bear?

(A)Miga

(B)Quatchi

(C)Sumi

(D)Mukmuk

(E)None of them

Answer A

16.Sattriya dance, which is one of theeight principal classical Indian dance traditions

is from which of the following states?

(A)West Bengal

(B)Manipur

(C)Mizoram

(D)Assam

(E)Karnataka

Answer D

17.Who among the following currentlyheads Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)?

(A)Ahmad Qurei

(B)Khaled Mashal

(C)Mahmoud Abbas

(D)Aziz Duwaik

(E)None of the above

Answer C

18.What is the current approximatevalue of 1 SDR in Indian Rupees?

(A)51 Rupees

(B)41 Rupees

(C)68 Rupees

(D)86 Rupees

(E)102 Rupees

Answer C

19.Which among the following is not acurrency?

(A)Tenge

(B)Sheqel

(C)Forint

(D)Astana

(E)Zloty

Answer D

20.An estimate of a sum required tomeet the expenditure that it incurs during the first three to four months of anelection financial year until a new government is in place, to keep the machinery running isalso known as ______?

(A)Interim Budget

(B)Vote on Account

(C)Expenditure Budget

(D)Demand Grant

(E)None of the above

Answer B

Largest Producers in the World 2010

Largest Producers in the World 2010

a) The Largest Producer of Cotton in the World : China

b) The Largest producer of groundnut in World :India

c) The Largest Cattle production in World : India

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