Current GK General Knowledge for IES 2009

1. What is the budget of Manned Space mission of ISRO?

a 8500 Crore Rs

b 12400 Crore Rs

c 15000 Crore Rs

d 17350 Crore Rs

ANS B




2. Who is the Deputy Chairman of planning Commission?

a Montek Singh Ahluwalia

b Manmohan Singh

c P Chidambram

d Rajshekhra Reddy

ANS A





3.Who is the Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre?

a A K Antony

b P C Ghadai

c G S Gupta

d K Radhakrishna

ANS D




What is the name of British Foreign Secretary who toured India in Jan 2009?

a O Sullevan

b David Miliband

c Warren Buffet

d Joseph Hewes


ANS B





4. Recently a motion was Submitted to Chairman Rajya Sabha Hamid Ansari .The motion was Filed under Article 217(1-b) and article 124 (4).These two articles have provision regarding



a Removal of high Court Judge

b Delimitation of constituencies

c More power for Rajya Sabha

d Allocation of Assets to states

ANS A





5.On 3rd Feb 2009 India Signed a Pact for Co-operation in production and marketing of Biofuels in a sustainable and environmental Friendly manner with



a Italy

b Singapore

c US

d Britain


ANS C


6.India’s Biggest Solar Energy Plant is Coming up in

a Asansol West Bengal

b Ujjain MP

c Vapi Gujrat

d Jaislmer Rajasthan


ANS A


7.According to UNICEF Report State of World’s Children 2009, India’s Maternal Mortality Rate MMR Stands at (per 1, 00,000 Live Births)

a 540

b 450

c 730

d 1019


ANS B

8.According to Forest Survey of India Report 2007 what percentage of India’s territory is covered under Forests?

a 23

b 33

c 36

d 39.5

ANS A


9.Environment ministry has recently proposed a Central Scheme of Rs 890 Core to Have ‘rich forest ‘ in each panchayat by 2012 .The scheme is known as

a Gram van Yojna

b Panchayat Jungle Yojna

c Vriksh lagao Yojna

d Van panchayat Yojna


ANS D
10. 12th India international Security Expo was held in Feb 2009 at

a Kolkata

b Mumbai

c Delhi

d Chennai

ANS C


11.Admiral Gorshkov an Aircraft carrier from Russia is being acquired by Indian Navy

What is the new name of The carrier

a INS Virat

b INS Sanhar

c INS Jal Shakti

d INS Vikramaditya

ANS D



12. In Feb 2009 parliament of which nation Voted to Shut a US airbase?

a Kyrgyzstan

b Uganda

c Saudi Arabia

d Iran


ANS A

13 Who is The President of Sri Lanka ?

a Ranil Wickremesinghe

b SB Dissanayke

c Rajapaksha

d None of the above


ANS C

14 Who is the New Prime Minister of Zimbabwe?

a Morgan Tsvangirai

b Robert Mugabe

c Thokozani khupe

d Tendai Biti

ANS A


15 Hugo Chavez is President of which Country?

a Nigeria

b Ausrtia

c Finland

d Venezuela


ANS D
16 Swat Valley which was recently in News is Situated in?

a Pakistan

b Iran

c Afganistan

d Russia

ANS A


17 Recently Which neighboring Country of India Witnessed mutiny in an Armed force?

a Sri lanka

b Bangla Desh

c Pakistan

d Nepal

ANS B


18 In Feb 2009 which Indian State signed a Memorandum of Understanding MOU with International Co-operative Alliance ICA



a Haryana

b Punjab

c Tamil nadu

d Gujrat

ANS B


19 Who will be the Indian Ambassador to US from April 2009

a Ronen Sen

b Sudhir Vyas

c Meera Shankar

d Sharat Sabharwal

ANS C


20 Who will be the Next Indian Ambassador In Germany

a Ronen Sen

b Sudhir Vyas

c Meera Shankar

d Sharat Sabharwal

ANS B