Quiz on Current Affairs 2009 - 42

1. What is the maximum stake the central government has in any public sector bank(PSB)?

a)51%   b)65%    c)74%    d)90%   e)100%

2. Government is holding a maximum stake in which of the following public sector banks(PSB)?

a)SBI     b)Canara Bank    c)Allahabad Bank    d)Dena Bank    e)none of these

3. Which of the following team in not qualified for 2011 Cricket World Cup?

a)Netherlands     b)Canada     c)Kenya    d)Ireland    e)Scotland

4. Who has been elected as the new president of the Cricket Club of India?

a)Lalit Modi     b)Kapil Malhotra   c)Sharad Pawar    d)S J Parekh   e)Badal Mittal

5. Which Country hosted the SAFF Championship?

a)India    b)Srilanka    c)Maldives    d)Bangladesh   e)Bhutan

6. Justice Syed Rafat Alam sworn-in as Chief Justice of ___________ high court?

a)Andhra Pradesh    b)Uttar Pradesh   c)Madhya Pradesh    d)Arunachal Pradesh   e)Himachal Pradesh

7. Narayana Dutt Tiwari was in news recently against sex scandal by holding a Governor post of which of the following states?

a)Uttar Pradesh    b)Andhra Pradesh    c)Uttarakhand   d)Tamilnadu   e)Chhattisgarh

8. Taylor Award is given in the field of ____________?

a)Social   b)Environment   c)Science    d)Literature    e)none

9. Recently which country has opened its first government backed gay bar in December 2009?

a)China    b)US    c)Singapore   d)Mexico   e)Switzerland

10. Who wrote the book ‘The Exile’?

a)Chetan Bhagat    b)Vinoo Mathur    c)Navtej Sarna   d)C K Meena   e)none

11. Which is the world’s oldest religion?

a)Hinduism   b)Sikhism    b)Islam   d)Christianity   e)Judaism

12. Which Organization to give around USD 700 million to Developing member countries to combat climate change?

a)ADB    b)World Bank    c)IMF   d)UN   e)none of these

13. Five rings of Olympics represent Five Continents. what is the color of Asia?

a)Blue    b)Green   c)Red   d)Black   e)Yellow

14. Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck was in news recently by arriving India. He was the king of which country?

a)Myanmar   b)Nepal   c)Bhutan   d)Malaysia   e)none

15. Who is the head of the Committee that deals with Airport modernization?

a)Eradi    b)Lahiri  c)Chaturvedi   d)Thomas   e)Ashok Ganguly

16. According to 2001 census which state having lowest growth rate?

a)Bihar    b)Kerala    c)Assam    d)Sikkim   e)Andhra Pradesh

17. In India color television programmes were started from the year ____?

a)1975   b)1985   c)1969   )1982   e)1980

18. Which country is the world largest Steel Producer?

a)India   b)US   c)Russia   d)Japan   e)China

19. Rovers cup is associated with which sport?

a)Hockey   b)Cricket   c)Golf   d)Football    e)Badminston

20. Pakistan has buyed F-22p frigates (warships) from which country recently?

a)US    b)Israel   c)France   d)Russia   e)China

Note : 

2 Q : Govt has 73.17 stake in Canara Bank and planning to sell 10% of it.

5 Q : India beat Maldives to beat 5th SAFF Championship.

7 Q : E.S.L Narasimhan(Chattisgarh) acting governor of A.P.

18 : By the end of 2009 : India is the fourth Largest Steel producer.Others are China(1),Japan(2),US(3),Russia(5)