Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Current Affairs Quiz 2010-11

1.      Who is the head of the committee constituted by Prime Minister to probe corruption in 2010 Commonwealth Games?
a)Sam Pitroda     b)Shantanu Consul    c)Pargat Singh    d)V K Shunglu  e)none
2.      2010 United Nations Climate Conference was held in ______?
a)Washington     b)Geneva     c)Cancun     d)New York    e)none
3.      Which Country has launched the World’s first Synthetic jet fuel?
a)US    b)France    c)South Africa     d)Japan   e)India
4.      Who won the 2010 ATP World Tour Title?
a)Rafael Nadal      b)Andy Murray    c)Andy Roddick    d)Roger Federer   e)none
5.      Tertiary sector contributes maximum to Indian GDP. Tertiary sector is also known as _________ sector?
a)Banking Sector     b)Primary Sector    c)Secondary Sector    d)Agriculture Sector    e)Service Sector
6.      Armando Emilio Guebuza recently visited India. He is the _______?
a)Prime Minister of Mozambique  
b)President of Madagascar
c)President of Mozambique
d)Prime Minister of Madagascar
e)none
7.      Who won the 2010 Mahatma Gandhi Peace Award?
a)John Brumby    b)Aund San Suu Kyi     c)Sheikh Hasina    d)Barack Obama   e)none
8.      Who is the author of the book ‘The Masque of Africa’?
a)V S Naipaul     b)Salman Rushdie     c)K R Narayanan     d)Nelson Mandela    e)none
9.      Which two countries have agreed to resume direct flights between their capitals for the first time in three decades?
a)India and Iran    b)Egypt and Iran     c)Cuba and US     d)US and Iran    e)none
10. Recently Shimla has been declared the fourth ‘smoking free’ city in India after Chandigarh, Kottayam and Sikkim?

9 comments:

noori said...

well according 2 me the following could be the answers
1)vk shungulu
2)cancun(mexico)
3)south africa
4)roger fedrer
5)service sector
6)president of mozambique
7)john brumby
8)v.s. naipual
9)egypt and iran
10)bhubneswar

ansh said...

1.d
2.c
3.c
4.d
5-e
6-c
7-a
8.a
9.b
10-shimla

Anonymous said...

Where r d Ans.??????

Sudarshan said...

1- d)V K Shunglu
2 - c)Cancun(Mexico)
3 - e)None ... Correct Ans: Cancun, Mexico
4 - a)Rafael Nadal
5 - e)Service Sector
6 - c)President of Mozambique
7 - a)John Brumby
8 - a)V S Naipaul
9 - b)Egypt and Iran
10 - Simla

Sudarshan said...

1- d)V K Shunglu
2 - c)Cancun(Mexico)
3 - e)None ... Correct Ans: Cancún, Mexico
4 - a)Rafael Nadal
5 - e)Service Sector
6 - c)President of Mozambique
7 - a)John Brumby
8 - a)V S Naipaul
9 - b)Egypt and Iran
10 - Simla

Sudarshan said...

1- d)V K Shunglu
2 - c)Cancun(Mexico)
3 - e)None ... Correct Ans: Cancún, Mexico
4 - a)Rafael Nadal
5 - e)Service Sector
6 - c)President of Mozambique
7 - a)John Brumby
8 - a)V S Naipaul
9 - b)Egypt and Iran
10 - Simla

Anonymous said...

Thanks for this quiz varun..

My answers are:
1)V.K Shunglu

2) Cancun (Mexico)

3) South Africa...Company's name SASOL

4)Roger Federer( Switzerland )

5)Service Sector ( Accounts for around 57% to indian's GDP )

6)President of Mozambique

7)Victorian Premier " John Brumby"

8)V.S Naipaul

9)Egypt & Iran

10)Hill station " SHIMLA"


Thanks
Abhinav

Unknown said...

SANKARAM

1). V.K. Shunglu
2.)Cancun
3).South Africa
4).Roger Federer
5).Service Sector
6).President of Mozambique
7).Aung San Suu Kyi
8).V.S. Naipul
9).Egypt And Iran
10)Bhuvaneshwar

anuj said...

1-d
2-c
3-c
4-d
5-e
6-c
7-a
8-d
9-c
10-shimla