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General Awareness is an important component of most of the competitive exams for employment in the government sector in India. The article SSC MTS General Awareness Day 17 presents questions related to IBPS PO, SSC CGL, SSC MTS, SSC CHSL, SEBI Grade A, Indian Bank PGDBF PO, LIC HFL, NIACL Assistant, RRB Assistant, RRB PO, SBI Clerk, SBI PO, RBI Grade B, and BOB PGDBF PO. The article SSC MTS General Awareness Day 17 Questions have been designed keeping in view the significant role of General Awareness sections in the scoring of competitive exams.
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11. UPA Government's which flagship programme was allotted maximum?
Answer: NREGS, Rs. 30100 crore
12. Haryana & Punjab have a common high court at Chandigarh. Which article gives the power to parliament to establish such common high courts?
Answer: Article 231
13." Butterfly Stroke" is a term related to which sports?
Answer: Swimming
14. Which country will host the 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup?
Answer: India
15. Which city shall host the 2012 Olympic games?
Answer: London
16." Sheru" is the official mascot of which Games?
Answer: Commonwealth Games to be held at Delhi in 2010
17. With which game " Radha Mohan Cup " is related to?
Answer: Polo
18. Which organization celebrated its Platinum Jubilee in January 2009?
Answer: Indian National Science Academy
19. Which are the three Indian cricketers recently inducted in ICC Hall of Fame?
Answer: Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, and Bishan Singh Bedi
20. Who is the new chief of RAW, appointed in January 2009?
Answer: KC Verma
1. Who recently won the Parshvanath International Open Chess Tournament?
Answer: Surya Shekhar Ganguly
2. Which award has been given to " Pankaj Advani" this year?
Answer: Padam Shri
3. Shyam Manohar was given National Sahitya Award 2008. He writes in which language?
Answer: Marathi
4. Saroja Vaidyanathan is a dancer recently given Sangeet Natak Academy Award 2009. What type of dance does she perform?
Answer: Bharatnatyam
5. Who was the runner-up in Australian Open 2009 Men's Singles?
Answer: Roger Federer
6. A convergence program to be operated jointly by the Rajasthan Government and the United Nations agencies for the achievement of the U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) has been launched in how many districts of the state?
Answer: five
7. Which country has recently emerged as India's largest defense supplier?
Answer: Israel
8. Recently, the Maharastra government challenged the constitutional validity of certain provisions which of the acts?
Answer: States Reorganization Act 1956, & Bombay
9. What was India's rank in UNESCO's latest list of countries having the maximum number of dialects on verge of extinction?
Answer: First (UNESCO listed 196 languages on the verge of
10. The central board of Trustees of Employees Provident Fund has recommended what rate of interest for 2008-09?
Answer: 8.5%
11. Recently BSNL launched which plan which has a less than Re. 1 tariff between two destinations of the country?
Answer: Indian Golden 50 Plan
12. Recently, the Union Cabinet's Committee on Economic Affairs gave its approval to which company to subscribe to and acquire 27% equity in Tata Teleservices?
Answer: NTT Docomo Inc
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13. How much Dearness Allowance (DA) was recently approved by CCEA for Central Government Employees?
Answer: 6%
14. In which plan BSNL announced Rs. 1 a minute for a video call while launching 3G mobile services in 11 cities?
Answer: Rs. 2500 plan
15. In March 2009, director of FBI met home minister P Chidambaram in New Delhi and discuss security and terrorism-related issues. What is his name?
Answer: Mr. Robert Mueller
16. First time in the History, Coal India Ltd won two coal blocks for exploration in which country?
Answer: Mozambique
17. Where was the 14th World Conference on Tobacco or Health was held recently (March 8, 2009)
Answer: Mumbai
18. Which committee has recently submitted its report on " Renovation and Rejuvenation of Universities"?
Answer: Yashpal Committee
19. Recently archaeologists unearthed a stone anchor with a design similar to Chinese and Japanese Ships of 12th century AD, giving an indication of India's Trade Relation with Asian Countries. Where?
Answer: Gulf of Khambat
20. Which sportsman in branded as " Fastest Man on Earth"?
Answer: Usain Bolt
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