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General Knowledge Questions & Answers in English Medium

  •  Asia Cricket Cup 2010 was started on ?
    Answer: June 15, 2010
  • The Asia Cup is an international One Day International cricket tournament. It was originally scheduled to be held every two years. Which Teams has been Participating in Asia Cup 2010 Cricket Matches?
    Answer: India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh
  • On whom Complaint filed in Bhopal gas case.
    Answer: Arjun Singh
    A complaint has been filed in a Bhopal court against ex-MP CM Arjun Singh for allegedly releasing Warren Anderson in a wrong manner after the gas tragedy.
  • Who won in Germany vs Australia fifa world cup 2010 ?
     Answer: Germany won by 4-0 against Australia
  •  Who was the Former Goa tourism minister was booked/ suspected for a womans death recently?
    Answer: Mickky Pacheco
    Former Goa tourism minister Francisco “Mickky” Pacheco was booked by the police on Thursday as the main accused in the ‘unnatural death’ of Nadia Joelle Torrado.
  • When did the Broadband spectrum auction ends and is the total revenue of the government from sale of spectrum for both 3G and BWA stands at ?
    Answer: Broadband spectrum auction ended on June 11, 2010. Govt gets Rs 38,300 crore, The total revenue of the government from sale of spectrum for both 3G and BWA stands at over Rs 1.06 lakh crore, more than thrice the earlier projection of Rs 35,000 crore by the finance minister.
  •  Whose death took place on the opening day of the World Cup (June 11, 2010) ?
    Answer: Zenani Mandela,
    The 13-year-old great grand daughter of South Africa’s iconic leader Nelson Mandela was killed in a car crash
    June 10, 2010:
  • Who has been presented the FIFA 2010 Song Waka Waka ?
    Answer: The Colombian singer Shakira
  • Which country announced new flexible policy on sex change in passports?
    Answer: US (Beginning from June 10, when an applicant presents a certification from an attending medical physician that the applicant has undergone clinical treatment for gender transition, the passport will reflect the new gender.)
  • When will 19th FIFA World Cup, the premier international football tournament is scheduled to take place?
    Answer: from 11 June to 11 July 2010 in South Africa
  • What is the Official Song for FIFA world cup 2010 ?
    Answer: Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) in English and “Waka Waka (Esto es África)” in Spanish
  •  The first Prime minister of Bangladesh was Mujibur Rehman
  •  The longest river in the world is the Nile
  •  The longest highway in the world is the Trans-Canada
  •  The longest highway in the world has a length of About 8000 km
  •  The highest mountain in the world is the Mount Everest
  •  The country that accounts for nearly one third of the total teak production of the world is Myanmar
  •  The biggest desert in the world is the Sahara desert
  •  The largest coffee growing country in the world is Brazil
  •  The country also known as "country of copper" is Zambia
  • The name given to the border which separates Pakistan and Afghanistan is Durand line
  •  The river Volga flows out into the Caspian sea
  • The coldest place on the earth is Verkoyansk in Siberia
  •  The country which ranks second in terms of land area is Canada
  •  The largest Island in the Mediterranean sea is Sicily
  •  The river Jordan flows out into the Dead sea  
  • Who awarded 13-time Grammy and two-times Oscar ?

    Answer: Gustavo Santaolalla
     
  •  Which Government banned a school textbook after growing outcry by Muslims over an “objectionable” illustration depicting about Prophet Mohammed ?

    Answer: Nepal

    The Nepal government banned a school textbook after growing outcry by Muslims over an “objectionable” illustration depicting Prophet Mohammed as a woman-like figure and containing “erroneous interpretations” of Islam. Mohammad Nizamuddin, senior vice-president of the Muslim Association Nepal, said that the books gave wrong information about Prophet Mohammed, erroneously describing him as the “founder of Islam”.
     
  •  Who was the first matriculate from the tribe in forests Orissa ?

    Answer: Baya Mankidia

     Baya Mankidia trekked 13kms daily and fought odds to do Orissa’s Mankidia nomadic tribe.
     
  •  In 2010 which was declared as the fourth best among the top 10 luxury trains of the world by the travel magazine Conde Nast.

    Answer: Palace on Wheels

    Palace on Wheels has been declared the fourth best among the top 10 luxury trains of the world by the travel magazine Conde Nast.

     
  •  CEO of Deutsche Bank

    Answer: Anshu Jain
     
  •  Which country is planning to build the world’s largest seawater desalination plant ?

    Answer: Israel
     
  • Recently Archaeologists have found a 3,500-year-old town buried under the earth in the country’s northeastern region

    Answer: Egyptian town

    Archaeologists have found a 3,500-year-old Egyptian town buried under the earth in the country’s northeastern region of the Nile delta.

     
  •  Which Two Countries had started talks on N-Ties ?

    Answer: India, S Korea
     
  •  Housing scheme Sahbhagita Awas Yojna was officially launched by ?

    Answer: CM Ashok Gehlot

    The public-private partnership module for affordable housing scheme Sahbhagita Awas Yojna’, was officially launched on June 19, 2010.
     
  •  AICC president Sonia Gandhi’ s Birthday is on ?

    Answer: June 19
     
  •  Who was the PM want to hold bilateral talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after the end of the G20 summit

    Answer: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced on Friday he will hold bilateral talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after the end of the G20 summit.
     
  •  Who are the persons have hands in Railway Recruitment Board 2010 Paper Leakage ?

    Answer: The son of S M Sharma, chairman of the Railway Recruitment Board, Mumbai, who allegedly used the funds acquired by leaking exam papers to buy a Mitsubishi Pajero. The other accused are A K Jagannathan, former assistant divisional rail manager, and his son Srujan.

     
  •  Who was the Tollywood director recently married on June 18, 2010 ?

    Answer: Tollywood director Surender Reddy

    Recently Tollywood director Surender Reddy tied the knot with Deepa.
     
  •  Who was the Bollywood Actress married at the age of 41 years on June 18, 2010 ?

    Answer: Manisha

    The 41-year-old actress Manisha is set to tie the knot with businessman Samrat Dahal, 33.
     
  •  What was the World Cup song in 2010 ? and by whom it was sanged ?

    Answer: World Cup song “Waka Waka,”

    World Cup song “Waka Waka,” was sang by Columbian pop queen Shakira and is to sing for a Bollywood film in future.
     
  •  Which government has restricted access to the social networking site, Facebook, in Mantralaya.

    Answer: The Maharashtra government has restricted access to the social networking site, Facebook, in Mantralaya.
     
  •  India on June 18, 2010 successfully test-fired its indigenously developed, nuclear-capable, ballistic missile Prithvi-II from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, about 15 km from here off the Orissa coast.

     
  •  Which are the countries supported Chinese for IPO

    Answer: Singapore, Kuwait and Qatar

    Three countries-Singapore, Kuwait and Qatar-have come forward with offers to buy huge quantities of shares in the Agriculture Bank of China to help it become the world’s biggest IPO. They have made it possible for the Chinese bank to send out a reassuring signal to investors by booking about 20% of the $23 billion offer in advance.
     
  •  Recent studies revealed that Neurological disorders and stunted growth in kids were improved or cured by Using Camel milk.
     
  •  Which country is against Pak-China nuclear deal ?

    Answer: India
     
  •  Which was the Mobile Company who took more than 600,000 orders ?

    Answer: iPhone 4

    Apple Inc said that it and its phone company partners took orders for more than 600,000 iPhone 4s in one day, the highest number it’s ever seen. The companies stopped taking orders for shipment by the June 24 launch day in the US.
     
  • What was the campaign launched by CM Narendra Modi recently ?

    Answer: Kanya Kelavni campaign from N Guj villages

    The three-day long Swarnim Shala Pravesh Utsav began in the state on June 17, 2010 with chief minister Narendra Modi launching the Kanya Kelavni Abhiyan (campaign for educating girls) in the remote villages in Rupanivas Koreti and Mamana in Vav taluka in Banaskantha district.