Quiz on Current Affairs 2010 - 72

1.      The 12th Global Businesswomen & Leaders Summit held at ______?

a)Israel     b)India      c)Kuwait     d)UAE    e)none

2.      Which of the following team has won the 2010 UEFA Champions League?

a)A.C. Milan     b)Manchester United     c)Bayern Munich     d)Inter Milan    e)none

3.      In which state UNICEF launched the project ‘Youth unity for village advancement' to create awareness on woman and child health in rural areas?

a)Rajasthan       b)Andhra Pradesh      c)Orissa      d)Madhya Pradesh     e)none

4.      Abdullah Gul visited India in February 2010. He is the President of _______?

a)Nigeria    b)Turkey     c)Kuwait     d)Palestine    e)none

5.      Which Country won the ICC Women World T20 Cup by defeating New Zealand?

a)India     b)England     c)West Indies    d)South Africa      e)Australia 

6.      Which country will host the 16th Asian Games which will be held from November 2010?

a)China    b)Srilanka    c)South Korea    d)Malaysia   e)none

7.      Who is the new Prime Minister of Japan after Yukio Hatoyama has resigned the post amid a row over an unpopular US army base on the southern island of Okinawa?

a)Taro Aso     b)Naoto Kan    c)Yoshihiko Noda    d)Akihito     e)none

8.      The G-20 Summit in June 2010 held at __________?

a)Canada     b)US    c)South Korea    d)UK      e)none

9.      According to Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the research arm of the Economist magazine, India is expected to be the world's fastest growing economy by ______?

a)2014      b)2016     c)2018     d)2020    e)none

10. The economy of India is the ________ largest economy in the world by nominal GDP and the _______ largest by purchasing power parity (PPP)?

a)twelfth, fourth     b)fourth, twelfth     c)fourth, eleventh    d)eleventh, fourth    e)none

11. In India, the rural economy contributes about _____ percent to GDP?

a)20%     b)30%    c)40%      d)45%    e)none

12. Which of the following is not a member of BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for MultiSectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation)?

a)Nepal      b)Srilanka      c)Pakistan    d)Bhutan    e)All are members

13. Indian-origin Kamla Prasad Bissessar elected the first woman Prime Minister of _______?

a)Australia      b)Trinidad and Tobago       c)Costa Rica     d)Portugal     e)none

14. Which of the following is the most eco-friendly nation with the best pollution control measures and natural resource management?

a)Sweden       b)Switzerland      c)Norway     d)Iceland    e)none

15. Which is the first state in country to launch an online National Permit system for trucks and heavy vehicles?

a)Haryana      b)Maharashtra      c)Punjab     d)Gujarat     e)none

16. Which country has cancelled the Machine Readable Passport(MRP) printing deal with India?

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

17. The Reserve Bank of India is considering a proposal put forward by profit-oriented (MFIs) ________________ to allow them to be business correspondents of banks for financial inclusion?

a)Mutual Fund Institutions

b)Mutual Finance Institutions

c)Micro Finance Institutions

d)Mutual Facility Institutions

e)none

18. What is the present Reverse repo rate?

a)3.25%      b)5.25%     c)3.75%     d)6%    e)none

19. Who is the author of the book 'The Red Saree' that has been in news recently?

a)Gregory Rabassa     b)Javier Moro     c)Julio Cortazar    d)Peter Hulme

20. Who is the man behind with the Bhopal Gas Tragedy in 1984?

a)Patrick E. Gottschalk      b)Arjun Singh    c)Andrew N. Liveris    d)Warren Anderson    e)none