General Knowledge: Static GK: Suppliment 4

1.Who is the new chairman of Gujarat Milk Marketing Federation ?

Parthi Bhatol

2.Magsaysay award winner for the year 2006 was…

Arvind Kejariwal  (The Father of RTI Act)

3. Winner of the FIFA World Cup 2006?

Italy

4.Which Day is celebrated as the Farmers day ?

December 23 , birthday of Ch. Charan Singh

5.Which Day is celebrated as the World Earth day ?

April 22

6.Agriculture contributes what percentage to the GDP of India?

At present 17.8% as per the latest economic survey of India.

8.Tehri dam is in which state? 

Uttarakhand

9.Which day is celebrated as Environment day? 

June 5

10.The father of White Revolution in India is

Verghese Kurien

11.What percent of India is dependent on Agriculture? 

13.52% employment provided by agriculture as per latest economic survey of India

12.Which country is the largest producer of Barley? 

Russia as per available 2007 data

13.Which country has the highest stocks of foreign exchanges?  

China

14.The name of the scheme that deals with the woman empowerment? 

Swa Shakti

15.The topmost milk producing country of the world? 

India

16.The full form of SEZ was asked

Special Economic Zone

17.The duration of the present National Population Policy? 

2000-2010

18.What is the basic concept of PURA? 

Providing Urban amenities in Rural Areas (PURA)”. PURA(Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas) is intended to bring economic strength  to a group  of villages by providing physical, Knowledge and electronic connectivity.

19.Which disease is targeted by the GOI through the immunization programmes on Sundays? 

Polio

20.The outcomes of ‘Pratham Study’? 

The major outcome of this study was that majority of ( 50% of) India’s school children cannot read

21.Which Indian state is running ‘Nari Adalats’?

Vadodara,Gujarat

22.What is BRIC?

BRIC : It is a grouping of Brazil , Russia, India and China

23.Focus Africa is the part of which policy of India? 

It was a part of Export Import Policy /Foreign Trade Policy of India.

24.Mohammed Yunus is associated with which bank?

Grameen Bank

25.What is the profession of Wangari Mathai ? 

Environmentalist.

In 2004 she became the first African woman, and the first environmentalist, to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for “her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace.”

26.Maximum nurses migrate from which Indian state to Middle East and gulf countries?

Kerala.