General Knowledge Questions And Answers :: Current Affairs 2009: part3



General Knowledge : Current Affairs 2009 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS :: part3 : 16 to 20

Following General Knowledge Multiple choice objective type questions and answers will help you in TRB, SSC and UPSC 2024 examinations :

16.Which of the following statements regarding the Jnanpith Award is incorrect?

U. R. Ananthamurthy is the winner of the 42nd Jnanpith award given recently
The award carries a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh and a bronze replica of Vagdevi Saraswati
The Jnanpith award is presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith Trust
The award is given by a trust founded by the Sahu Jain family, the publishers of the Times of India newspaper

17.Pingali Venkaiah was honoured with the issue of a postage stamp recently. Which of the following did he design?

The Indian National Flag
The Rashtrapati Bhavan
Gateway of India
Ashoka Emblem

18.Which three public sector lenders have entered into a joint venture agreement for setting up a banking subsidiary, India BIA Bank (Malaysia) Bhd, in Malaysia recently?

Bank of India, Indian Overseas Bank and Andhra Bank
Bank of Baroda, Indian Overseas Bank and Bank of India
Bank of Baroda, Indian Overseas Bank (IOB), and Andhra Bank
Bank of Baroda, Indian Bank, and Andhra Bank

19.India will be able to access which African countrys uranium reserves after an agreement was signed during the visit the President Hifikepunye Pohamba to India recently?

Angola
Namibia
Liberia
Niger

20.The Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has increased the provision of payment to unemployed insured persons under the Rajiv Gandhi Sharmik Kalayan Yojana to which of the following durations recently?

Four months
Six months
Twelve months
Eighteen months

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