General Knowledge

General Knowledge Questions for Banking and SSC 

1. Which 3 eminent persons nominated by the government for as members of Rajya Sabha on 
April 26, 2012 ? 
Ans:- Sachin Tendulkar, actress Rekha and industrialist Anu Aga 

2. Which indian Bollywood actress passed away recently ? 
Ans:- Achla Sachdev 

3. Who won India Open badminton 2012 Mens singles title ? 
Ans:- Shon Wan Ho (South Korea) 

4. Who won India Open badminton 20 12 Womens singles title ? 
Ans:- Li Xuerui(China) 



5. Who won 6 NTR National Literary Award ? 
Ans:- Ashokamitran (Tamil writer)

6. Name of new web-enabled mobile Phone launched by Nokia ? 
Ans:- Asha 202

7. Who win 28th Asian snooker title ? 
Ans:- Aditya Mehta (defeated Pankaj Advani)

8. Who has been elected as New President of France ? 
Ans:- Francois Hollande (defeating the incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy)

9. Who became the first batsman to hit five consecutive Twenty20 half-centuries ? 
Ans:- Virender Sehwag (In IPL-5)

10. Who were awarded with Kalpana Chawla excellence award on 6 May 2012 ? 
Ans:- Miss India World Vinya Mishra and actress Sushma Seth

11. Which indian discus thrower created a new national record bywinning the silver medal at the 
Altius Track Crew Throwdown meet in Maui Island, Hawaii ? 
Ans:- Krishna Poonia (64.76 meters)

12. Who became the first-ever batsman to cross 2000 runs in the Indian Premier League ? 
Ans:- Suresh Raina

13. Who has re-appointed as Attorney General of india ? 
Ans:- Goolam E.Vahanvati

14. Which missile was successfully test-fired by pakistan on May 012 ? 
Ans:- Hatf III Ghaznavi missile (Range  290 km)

15. What is HSRP ? 
Ans:- High Security Registration number Plates

16. when was Indias first Parliament session held ? 
Ans:- 13th May, 1952 ( On 13 may, 2012 Indian Parliament celebrate 60th anniversary)

17. When was the World red cross day celebrated? 
Ans:- May 8th (every year)

18. Who won Junior Hockey World Cup 2012 ? 
Ans:- Malaysia (defeated Pakistan)

19. Which mobile manufacturer became Number One Mobile Company in the World ? 
Ans:- Samsung (Korean mobile company)

20. Who is elected as new chairman of Atomic Energy Commission of India ? 
Ans:- Dr.Ratan Kumar Sinha

21. Who has been elected New Chairman of the Standing Committee of Parliament on Personnel 
Public Grievances, Law and Justice ? 
Ans:- Shantaram Naik

22. Which 2 Indian women Squash Players won the 16th Asian Team Squash Championship in 
Kuwait? 
Ans:- Dipika Pallikal (ranked 14th) and Joshna Chinnappa (ranked 71st)

23. Name of The joint exercise carried out by the Army and the Indian Air Force in the desert of 
Rajasthan ? 
Ans:- Operation Shoorveer

24. Who has been elected as Chair of the ADBs( Asian Development Bank) Board of 
Governors, India ? 
Ans:- Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee

25. Who was sworn in as Russian president for 3rd time? 
Ans:- Vladimir Putin

26. who has been selected as the brand ambassador of Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (a programme of 
the rural development ministry to spread awareness about sanitation and cleanliness in india) ? 
Ans:- Vidya Balan

27. Who became the 1st player to win Barcelona title for 7 times? 

Ans:- Rafael Nadal 

28. Which English tean won 2012 FA Cup Final ? 

Ans:- Chelsea (defeat Liverpool by 2-1) 

29. Who has been conferred with his first American Honorary Doctorate by the Miami 

University ? 

Ans:- A.R.Rahman 

30. Which 3 northeastern Indian states will have its own high courts? 

Ans:- Tripura, Manipur and Meghalaya 

31. Who won the Madrid Masters woman singles title 20 12 ? 

Ans:- Serena Williams 

32. Who won the men singles Madrid Masters title 2012? 

Ans:- Roger Federer 

33. Who became Worlds Oldest Women to climb the Mount Everest the worlds highest 

mountain peak ? 

Ans:- Tamae Watanabe (73-year-old) 

34. who became the youngest Indian to win Asian Chess Championship 2012 ? 

Ans:- Primarjan Negi (Negi is also the third Indian afer Krishnan Sasikaran (2003), Surya Sekhar 

Ganguly (2009) and Pendyala Harikishna (2011) to win the Asian title.) 

35. Who has been appointed as TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) chairman for a 3 

year term? 

Ans:- Rahul Khullar 

36. Who is sworn in as the 24th President of France? 

Ans:- Francois Hollande 

37. Who is sworn in as the Prime Minister of France? 

Ans:- Jean-Marc Ayrault 

38. Which football club won the 2012 English Premier League Championship after 44 years? 

Ans:- Manchester city 

39. Who won the Football Champions League 2012 ? 

Ans:- Chelesa 

40. where was held 38th G-8 summit recently(May -2012) ? 

Ans:- Camp David, Maryland (USA) 

41. Who sworn in as the 19th Governor of Rajasthan ? 

Ans:- Margaret Alva 

42. Who won the mens Rome Masters (Italian Open ) 2012 for a record 6th time? 

Ans:- Rafael Nadal (Spain) 

43. Who won the womens Rome Masters 2012 (Italian Open) for 2nd time? 

Ans:- Maria Sharapova (russia) 

44. Who won the Mens doubles Rome Masters 2012 title? 

Ans:- Marcel Garnollers and Marc Lopez 

45. Who won the Womens doubles Rome Masters 2012 title? 

Ans:- Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci 

46. Name of the bollywood movie, which has figured in the TIME magazines 10 greatest 

movies of the millenium ? 

Ans:- Devdas (directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali) 

47. Who is set to be Indias next football coach ? 

Ans:- Wim Koevermans (former Dutch central defender) 

48. Which indigenously built Missile was test- fired by india, at Chandipur, Odisha on 24 May 

2012 ? 

Ans:- Akash missile 

49. Who won Indian Premier League Season 5 (IPL 2012) ? 

Ans:- Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) defeated the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) 

50. Who won won the Man of the Tournament award in IPL 2012 ? 

Ans:- Sunil Naraine (KKR) 

51. Who won Orange Cap(highest run getter) of IPL-2012 ? 

Ans:- Chris Gayle (Royal Challengers Banglore)  733 runs 

52. Who Won Purple Cap (highest wicket- taker) of IPL 2012 ? 

Ans:- Morne Morkel (Delhi Daredevils)  25 wickets ( for IPL-2012 Awards List  Click Here) 

53. Who won the Chennai Open 2012 Squash title ? 

Ans:- Joshna Chinappa 

54. Who won FIDE World Chess Championship 2012 title for the record fifth time ? 

Ans:- Vishwanathan Anand (defeated Boris Gelfand-isreal) 

55. Who became the first Indian Prime Minister to visit Myanmar after 25 years ? 

Ans:- Dr.Manmohan Singh 

56. Who won the 66th Santosh Trophy? 

Ans:- Services team against Tamil Nadu 

57. What is current economic growth rate of india in the January-March quarter of 2011-12 ? 

Ans:- 5.3 percent (The figure is lowest in the past 9 years.) 

58. Who assumed the charge as the 25th Chief of the Indian Army ? 

Ans:- General Bikram Singh (He succeeded General V K Singh.) 

59. As per Latest India state of forest Report 2011, Which indian state has the maximum forest 

cover area in Country ? 

Ans:- Madhya Pradesh 

60. 2012 summer olympic games is of which Olympiad ? 

Ans:- 30th (XXX) Olympiad 

61. India conducted its first underground nuclear test 

Ans. Rajasthan 

62. Which of the following states in India is the largest in area? 

Ans. Madhya Pradesh 

63. A large sized nitrogenous plant based on the gas supplied through Hazira-Bijapur-Jagdishpur 

pipeline is being set up at 

Ans. Hazira 

64. Fazilka-Abohar region is noted for 

Ans.prosperous cotton textile industry 

65. In which industry is sal wood used mostly? 

Ans. Railway sleepers 

66. Which of the following is the principal reason for the concentration of heavy industries in the 

South Bihar region? 

Ans. Availability of raw materials in the region 

67. Out of the following, India earns the maximum foreign exchange from the export of 

Ans. handicrafts 

68. Kandla, situated on the Gulf of Kachchh, is well known for which of the following? 

Ans. Export processing zone 

69. The main centre of diamond cutting industry in India is 

Ans.Jaipur 

70 The Himalayan region inspite of having raw material for paper and pulp industry could not 

develop so far. Which of the following is the most important factor for this? 

Ans. Poor means of transport in the region 

71. As per the latest figures available, out of the total sugar production in India, Maharashtra 

contributes about 

Ans. 23% 

72. Where is the Hindustan Shipyard located? 

Ans. Vishakhapatnam 

73. The satellite freight city is being developed near which of the following cities? 

Ans. Gurgaon 

74. Which of the following states accounts for the largest share of industrial production and 

capital investment? 

Ans.Maharashtra 

75. Consider the following statements: 

The Rourkela steel plant obtains 

1. hydel power from the Hirakud dam 

2. coking coal from Jharia coalfields 

3. iron ore from Baba Budon hills 

Of these statements, the correct ones are: 

(a) 1 and 2 

(b) 1 and3 

(c) 2 and 3 

(d) 1, 2 and 3 

76. A group of tourists is interested in visiting some beaches in India. Which of the following 

groups of cities would you suggest? 

A. Calcutta, Bangalore, Baroda 

B. Ahmedabad, Ranchi, Hyderabad 

C. Bombay, Goa, Madras 

(a) Only A 

(b) Only B 

(c) Only C 

(d) Both A and B 

(e) Both A and C 

77. Which of the following cities is situated on the bank of river Saryu? 

Ans.Ayodhya 

78. Railway rolling stock is not manufactured at 

Ans.Ahmedabad 

79. Of the following cities, which one is situated along the banks of river Sabarmati? 

Ans. Ahmedabad 

80 .Which industry in India was worst affected be cause of the partition? 

Ans.Jute and Cotton 

81. Which of the following cities is known as Pink City? 

Ans.Jaipur 

82. Indian Standard Time is the time at which of the following longitudes East of Greenwich? 

Ans. 82 .5 ° 

83. Which of the following places is not associated with Indias space programme? 

Ans. Trombay 

84. Garo and Khasi tribes are mainly found in 

Ans.Meghalaya 

85. In terms of the area of the countries, India ranks in the world. 

Ans.7th 

86. Which is the most urbanized state in India? 

Maharashtra 

87. In addition to the entire Union Territory of Delhi, the National Capital Region covers parts of 

the states of 

Ans. Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh 

88. Ghotul, a tribal youth dormitory is found among the 

Ans. M of Madhya Pradesh 

89 Which one of the following organizations is responsible for production of topographical 

sheets? 

Ans.Survey of India (501) 

90. In terms of area, which of the following is the smallest state in India? 

Ans.Sikkim 

91. Indias oldest planetarium is located at 

Ans. Calcutta 

92. Consider the following satellites put into orbit by India 

1. Bhaskara 

2. INSAT-1 B 

3. Rohini 

4. APPLE 

93. What is SLV-3? 

Ans. Indias space launching vehicle 

94. Which one of the following is the most important reason for the establishment of the Vikram 

Sarabhai Space Centre at Thumba? 

Ans.The sea is near to the place in the East, West and South directions. 

95. The first submarine built by India is 

Ans. INS Shalki 

96. The satellite Aryabhatta was built at 

Ans.Bangalore 

97. In which of the following regions is Dandakaranya located? 

Ans.Orissa, MR and Andhra Pradesh 

98. Onge tribe is mainly settled in which of the following States / Union Territories? 

Ans.Meghalaya 

99. Which of the following places is not associated with the launching of the space satellites? 

Ans.Hassan 

100. INSAT  2B was launched from 

Ans. Kourou