Current Affairs Quiz 2009 - 31

1. The world’s first Satellite dedicated to monitoring green house gas emissions was launched by which country?

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

2. Abidine Ben Ali was re-elected as the president of which of the following country?

a)Taiwan   b)Sudan   c)Peru   d)Tunisia   e)Palestine

3. Which of the following is first bank in India to offer Internet Banking service?

a)SBI   b)PNB   c)ICICI Bank  d)Federal Bank   e)Canara Bank

4. The country with highest population density?

a)India   b)Pakistan   c)China   d)US   e)none of these

5. ‘QUARK-2009’ is a ____________?

a)India-Russia joint Naval exercise

b)India’s ambitious project to Mars

c)China-Russia joint Naval exercise

d)exhibition on peaceful uses of Nuclear Energy

e)none

6. Vaclav Klaus was in news recently. He is the President of which of the following countries?

a)Sweden   b)Poland   c)Czech Republic   d)Denmark   e)Ireland

7. The Golden Horse awards are equivalent to Oscars of which country?

a)South Korea   b)Russia   c)China   d)Japan   e)Malaysia

8. Recently which country tested the ‘Hsiungfeng 2E’ missile?

a)Syria  b)North Korea   c)Canada   d)Israel   e)Taiwan

9. Justice Leila Seth was the first woman to become Chief Justice of which high court?

a)Tamilnadu   b)Delhi   c)Uttar Pradesh   d)Karnataka   e)none

10. Who has been nominated for the Lal Bahadur Shastri Award for the year 2009?

a)O P Bhatt   b)Sunil Mittal   c)Ajim Premji   d)Lakshmi Mittal   e)Ratan Tata

11. Samprupa, the world’s first cloned buffalo calf, was cloned by scientist from which of the following countries?

a)China   b)US   c)India   d)UAE   e)Canada

12. In India how many states are in Special Category, in which they get higher share of Union government’s resource allocation?

a)7    b)9    c)10    d)11    e)12

13. Trading in which of the following futures restarted on NCDEX and MCX on 21^st May 2009?

a)Sugar   b)Jute   c)Turmeric   d)Soya   e)Wheat

14. FIFA has suspended which country’s football association?

a)Fiji   b)Iraq   c)Sudan   d)Kenya   e)none

15. Who penned the book ‘A Brief History of Time’?

a)Stephen Hawking   b)Sonia Gandhi   c)Amartya Sen  d)J G Ballard   e)Abdul Kalam

16. The fifth edition of the Indo-Nippon Golf Cup 2010 will be held at _________?

a)Shillong    b)Delhi   c)Ahmedabad   d)Delhi   e)Hyderabad

17. Which of the following is not a foreign bank operating in India?

a)HSBC   b)Standard Chartered   c)Barclays   d)Yes Bank   e)All are foreign Banks

18. Kaiga Atomic Power Plant is located in which of the following states?

a)Karnataka   b)Maharashtra    c)Tamilnadu   d)Rajasthan   e)none of these

19. The Official & Permanent Venue of IFFA?

a)Delhi   b)Chennai   c)Mumbai    d)Goa   e)Kolkatta

20. Arvind Jhadav is related to ____?

a)Jet Airways   b)Air India   c)Paramount Airways    d)Kingfisher Airlines   e)none

Note:
Answer for 5th question:The Annual National Level Technical festival of BITS Pilani.
Answer for 9th question: Himachal Pradesh.

Quiz on General Awareness 23

1. Government is holding 100% stake in which of the following Banks?

a)Vijaya Bank   b)Bank of India   c)Indian Bank   d)United Bank of India   e)Punjab & Sind Bank

2. The XX Commonwealth Games will be held at _________ ?

a)India, 2010   b)France, 2012   c)London, 2012   d)Scotland,2014   e)Vancouver, 2014

3. How many Crores are allocated for Indira Awas Yojana(IAY) in the Union Budget 09-10?

a)2,057   b)8,883   c)2,112   d)3,472   e)6,656

4. Which of the following are the two countries that Barack Obama scrapped the missile-defense shield favored by George W.Bush to protect Europe from Iranian missiles?

a)Poland, Czech Republic

b)Netherlands, Sweden

c)Austria, Spain

d)Czech Republic, Sweden

e)Poland, Spain

5. Who has been selected as ‘Umpire of the Year’ in ICC-Awards 2009?

a)Steve Buckner   b)Rudy Koertzen    c)Aleem Dar   d)Simon Taufel   e)none

6. For Which film ‘Uma Shree’ has been selected as Best Actress in 55^th National Film Awards-2009?

a)Kanchivaram    b)Gulabi Talkies   c)Gandhi My Father   d)Dharm   e)none

7. Which country will introduce a carbon tax to slash its green house gas emission?

a)India   b)Russia    c)China    d)Denmark   e)France

8. Many times we read the term ‘ECB’ in financial newspapers.What is the full form of ECB ?

a)Essential Commercial Borrowings

b)Essential Credit Borrowings

c)Essential Credit Business

d)External Commercial Borrowings

e)External Credit Business

9. Which Organization has sold 403.3 tonnes of gold for $13 billion to boost its lending capacity particularly to poor countries?

a)World Bank   b)Asian Development Bank   c)UNESCO    d)IMF   e)none

10.A/c to new Chairman of ISRO K.Radhakrishna, India would launch a manned moon mission in _______ ?

a)2013   b)2011    c)2012   d)2020   e)2015

11. How many billion US dollars are given to Pakistan as a military aid by US?

a)2.3    b)1.5   b)7.5   d)5.0   e)none

12. Which of the following is not a Himalayan state?

a)Arunachal Pradesh   b)Uttarakhand  c)Sikkim   d)Himachal Pradesh  e)none

13. Which country is hosting the BRIC Summit in 2010?

a)Brazil   b)Russia   c)India   d)China   e)none of these

14. Suez Canal is located in which of the following country ?

a)China   b)South Africa   c)Sudan  d)Egypt   e)Russia

15. POSCO is one of the largest Steel maker belongs to which of the following countries?

a)Russia   b)South Korea   c)Japan   d)China   e)France

16. Recently US has decided to deploy _________ more troops in Afghanistan?

a)21,000   b)8,000   c)13,000   d)11,000   e)5,000

17. Government has decided to increase its stake by 10% in Nationalized banks, which of the following bank does not come under this discussion?

a) Dena Bank   b)Bank of Baroda   c)Andhra Bank   d)Oriental Bank of Commerce  e)none

18. World Health Day is observed on?

a)April 7^th   b)March 15^th   c)March 7^th   d)April  18^th   e)March  3^rd

19. NTPC-BHEL power projects private limited, a 50:50 joint venture would set up the first power equipment manufacturing plant with an outlay of Rs.6,000 crore at Mannavaram, it is situated in which of the following state?

a)Uttar Pradesh   b)Gujarat   c)Andhra Pradesh   d)Karnataka   e)Maharashtra

20. Who is the Chairperson of Children Films Society?

a)Shabana Azmi   b)Nirupama Rao   c)Nandita Das   e)Meena Shankar   e)Shilpa Shetty.