Latest Current Affairs Quiz 2010 - 61

1.      Who has been named as the Chairperson of the National Advisory Council(NAC)?

a)Manmohan Singh     b)C Rangarajan     c)Sushma Swaraj    d)Sonia Gandhi   e)none

2.      Recently GOI launched ‘Sakshara Bharat’ Mission 2012, aimed at educating illiterate girls and women aged above ____ years?

a)8yrs     b)10yrs    c)12yrs    d)15yrs   e)18yrs

3.      Recently India successfully test-fired the BrahMos supersonic anti-ship cruise missile from a warship in the Bay of Bengal off coast of Orissa and became the ______ country in the world to have a ‘maneuverable’ missile for cruise.

a)first    b)second    c)third    d)sixth    e)none

4.      A/c to UNIDO, India stood at which place in Industrial Production?

a)third     b)fifth    c)eight    d)ninth    e)none

5.      Who is the new Chairman of BSE?

a)Jagdish Capoor    b)S. Ramadorai    c)Madhu Kannan   d)Mahesh L. Soneji   e)none

6.      In which country World Social Forum (WSF) meeting held?

a)Brazil    b)Switzerland     c)US    c)Russia    e)none

7.      Who has been voted the most popular youth leader in the country, a/c to the Centre for Media and Cultural Research?

a)Sachin Pilot    b)Rahul Gandhi    c)Varun Gandhi   d)Supriya Sule   e)none

8.      Which Country has the largest number of illiterate adults in the world?

a)China    b)South Africa    c)UAE    d)Iraq   e)India

9.      Which Indian city has been ranked fourth in the New York Times' '31 Places to Go in 2010' list?

a)Tirupathi    b)Mumbai     c)Mysore    d)Agra     e)none

10. Who won the O.B.Agarwal Memorial 6 red Snooker National Championship?

a)Brijesh Damani    b)Kamal Chawla    c)Manan Chandra    d)Pankaj Advani   e)none

11. Who wrote the book ‘Becoming Indian’?

a)Vaidyanathan     b)Rajan Gurukkal     c)Shamira Sheikh    d)Arvind Virmani    e)Pavan Varma

12. The SAARC Lifetime Achievement Award 2010, was given to __________?

a)Abhi Subedi   b)Mark Tully      c)Hamid Mir     d)Sarmad Sehbai    e)none

13. Which state high court quashed the legislation for four percent reservation to Muslims in education and jobs?

a)Delhi     b)Andhra Pradesh      c)Chennai    d)Bihar    e)Kerala

14. The 2010 Abel Prize has been awarded to ___________ for his vast      and lasting impact on the theory of numbers?

a)John G. Thompson     b)Jacques Tits     c)John Tate    d)Mikhail Gromov   e)Both a & b.

15. Recently in which of the following countries India has decided to set up Consulate General Office?

a)Bangladesh     b)Nepal   c)Srilanka    d)Afghanistan   e)none

16. Which of the following country receiving the largest number of foreign tourists, at 80 million per year?

a)US     b)India     c)China    d)Spain   e)France

17. Which of the following country has become the first country in South Asia to join the International Criminal Court based in The Hague?

a)India    b)Bangladesh      c)Nepal    d)Srilanka    e)China

18. Which city will host the International Kabaddi Tournament?

a)Delhi    b)Chennai    c)Chandigarh    d)Jaipur    e)Hyderabad

19. The 19th Saraswati Samman, country's highest literary honour, for 2009 has been given to ___________?

a)Surjit Patar     b)Naiyer Masud    c)Lakshmi Nandan Bora    d)Jagannath Prasad Das    e)none

20. Which country will host the 2014 FIFA world cup?

a)South Africa     b)Canada    c)Spain    d)Brazil    e)none