Quiz on Current Affairs - 2011

1.      Which state government has renamed the Brookside Bungalow to Rabindranath Art Gallery?

a)Mizoram     b)Assam   c)Meghalaya     d)Uttaranchal    e)none

2.      Who wrote the book “India - Pakistan: Coming To Terms”?

a)Ajit Pawar     b)Ashutosh Misra     c)K R Narayana    d)Shashi Tharoor    e)none

3.      Who has been elected as President of Karnataka State Cricket Association(KSCA)?

a)Rahul Dravid      b)Vijay Mallya    c)Javagal Srinath     d)Venkates Prasad    e)Anil Kumble  

4.      Which animal has been declared as National Heritage Animal by GOI - Elephant.

5.      Which of the following nation is the recent one to join Non Aligned Movement(NAM)?

a)Fiji    b)Cuba     c)Iran    d)Colombia   e)Egypt

6.      DIPP is the nodal agency in the field of foreign investments? what is the full form of DIPP - Department Of Industrial Policy and Promotion.

7.      RBI was considering the proposal to set up satellite banks and ATMs to provide banking facilities to the villagers in which state?

a)Bihar    b)Jharkhand     c)Uttar Pradesh     d)Assam   e)none

8.      National Voters Day is observed on _________?

a)Jan 6th     b)April 1^st     c)May 25^st     d)Jan 25^th     e)Oct 6^th

9.      Which country has opened World’s first nuclear bank - Russia?

10. Minimum Support Prices(MSP) is increased based on the recommendation of ?

a)Ministry of Finance     b)Ministry of Agriculture    c)Agriculture Cost and Price Commission    d)both a & c     e)Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs

Current Events - November 2010

1.      The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has emerged as the country's largest trading partner in term of total trade exchange in the first half of 2010.

2.      The Government has launched a special scheme for the health and well-being of adolescent girls as a pilot project in 200 most backward districts of the country. 'Sabla' or the 'Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Adolescent Girls' would be launched in 22 districts of Uttar Pradesh, 15 districts of Madhya Pradesh, 12 of Bihar, 12 of Sikkim, 11 districts of Maharashtra and 10 districts of Rajasthan.

3.      Former Test captain Anil Kumble elected as the President of the Karnataka State Cricket Association while former pace duo of Javagal Srinath and Venkatesh Prasad were elected as Secretary and Vice President respectively.

4.      Actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan honoured with Teacher's People Achiever Award.

5.      India and Norway joined hands to set up a centre in Chennai to protect the bio-diversity to help tackle threats of climate change.

6.      India has pledged to provide a grant assistance of Rs 16.19 million to Nepal for construction of 350 tube-wells in the southern region of the country.

7.      State-run Coal India has become the third most powerful Indian company with a total market capitalisation (m-cap) of Rs 2,09,671.57 crore and is only lagging behind RIL and ONGC.

8.      Punjab Government has brought Sain Samaj under Shagun scheme to provide financial assistance of Rs 15000 to the daughters of Sain Samaj at the time of their marriage.

9.      Noted Malayalam film and stage actress Shanta Devi died.

10. Malaysia has emerged as one of the the most favourite destinations in the Asia Pacific for Indian travellers, according to a new survey.

Quiz on General Awareness 13

1.Recently which country has decided to import 5,000 tonnes of sugar from India ?

a)Bangladesh  b)Srilanka  c)Myanmar  d)Pakistan  e)Nepal

2.The 'Treaty of Lisbon' is also known as ________

a)Constitutive treaty  b)Treaty of Accession  c)Patent law treaty  d)Reform Treaty  e)none

3.World Snooker Championship 2009 will be held in ?

a)Goa  b)Hyderabad  c)Bangalore  d)Indore  e)Chandigarh

4.Who is the winner of Malyasian Open ?

a)Nikolay Davydenko  b)Fernando Verdasco  c)David Ferrer  d)Andy Roddick  e)none

5.Which of the following is the eight state to become a member of North Eastern Council ?

a)Arunachal Pradesh  b)Meghalaya  c)Sikkim  d)Nagaland  e)Assam

6.Who is the 'emerging player of the year' in ICC Awards-2009 ?

a)Tillekratne Dishan  b)Mitchell Johnson  c)Peter Siddle  d)Sehwag  e)none.

7.'Jean-Claude Trichet' is leading central banker of ________________ topped in the annual Central Banker Report Card carried by the Global Finance magazine recently ?

a)Australia  b)Swizerland  c)USA  d)European  e)New Zealand

8.Which Postal Agency has released the one-dollar stamp with the father of nation(Gandhi) in red,blue & gold ?

a)World Postal Agency  b)UN Postal Administration  c)Indian Postal Administration  d)NewYork Postal Agency  e)none

9.Who has become the first athlete to surpass $1 billion in career earnings ?

a)Roger Federer  b)Alex Rodriguez  c)Jenson Button  d)Cristiano Ronaldo  e)Tiger woods

10.Which of the following has the final authority regarding Money Bill ?

a)Lok Sabha  b)Rajya Sabha  c)President  d)Finance minister  e)Speaker

11.Which of the following is not a Financial Institution ?

a)ICICI   b)IDBI   c)FICCI   d)IFCI   e)SIDBI

12.Who is the first Indian Bowler take a Hat trick in a test match ?

a)Kapil Dev  b)Harbajan Singh  c)Anil Kumble  d)Irfan Pathan  e)Sachin Tendulkar

13.Which is the No.1 publisher for online media Compaigns in India ?

a)Google  b)Bharat Matrimony c)Times Internet Limited  d)Online Publishers Assosiation  e)none.

14. Which of the two following two countries signed a bilateral trade in National Currencies ?

a)India,Bangladesh  b)US,Canda   c)Britain,Germany  d)Russia,China  e)Swizerland,Italy

15.A/c to a report released by United Nations in 2009, approaximately how many people in the World are hungry ?

a)50 crores  b)65 crores  c)80 crores  d)90 crores  e)100 crores

16.The first ever European Union(EU)-Pakistan summit was held in ____________ ?

a)Brussels  b)Islamabad  c)Italy  d)Czech Republic  e)Russia

17.Which Article of the Indian Constitution of India deals with the appointment of judges to the supreme court ?

a)Article 121  b)Article 165  c)Article 132  d)Article 136  e)Article 124

18.'Rajiv Gandhi International Airport' is located in which of the following cities ?

a)Delhi  b)Lucknow  c)Hyderabad  d)Chennai  e)Sriperumbudur

19.According to the latest Human Development Index report released by the United Nations Development Programme, India ranks at ____ position ?

a)56th  b)134th  c)91st  d)146th  e)113th

20.What do the five Olympic rings represents ?

a)Five Oceans  b)Five Countries  c)Five Continents  d)Five Flags  e)Five Colors