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?

Sports Update - 2010

FIFA World Cup 2010:

The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup that took lace in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010. The 2010 finals marked the first time a European nation had won the tournament outside of its home continent, as well as the first time that two different European teams had become world champions in succession.

Spain got their first ever FIFA world cup.

 The 19 tournaments that have been contested have been won by eight different national teams. Brazil have won the World Cup a record five times, and they are the only team to have played in every tournament.

Titles by team so far:

Brazil – 5(1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)

Italy – 4(1934, 1938, 1982, 2006)

Germany – 3(1954, 1974, 1990)

Argentina – 2(1978, 1986)

Uruguay – 2(1930, 1950)

France – 1(1998)

England – 1(1966)

Spain – 1(2010)

Final Positions of 2010 FIFA World Cup:

Champions: Spain

Runner-up: Netherlands

Third place: Germany

Fourth place: Uruguay

Awards:

Golden Ball Winner(best player): Diego Forlan (Uruguay)

Golden Boot Winner(top goal scorer) & Best Young Player(best player under 21 years): Thomas Mueller(Germany)

Golden Glove Winner(best goalkeeper): Iker Casillas(Spain)

FIFA Fair Play Award: Spain

Wimbledon Championship 2010:

The 2010 Wimbledon Championships took place in Wimbledon, London, UK.

Rafael Nadal won his second Wimbledon title against Tomas Berdych and his 8th Grand Slam title.

 Serena Williams won the ladies tennis Wimbledon 2010 final against the Russian Vera Zvonareva and notched up her fourth Wimbledon win together with her 13th Grand Slam title.

India's Leander Paes and Cara Black of Zimbabwe beat South African Wesley Moodie and Lisa Raymond of the US to win the Wimbledon mixed doubles title. With this victory, Paes surpassed his one-time doubles partner Mahesh Bhupathi in winning the most Grand Slam titles for India. Paes now has six doubles and six mixed-doubles titles. Bhupathi has 11 Grand Slam titles -- four doubles and seven mixed doubles titles.

List of 2010 winners:

S.no		Winners	Runners
1.	Men’s Single	Rafael Nadal(ESP)	Tomas Berdych(CZE)
2.	Women’s Single	Serena Williams(USA)	Vera Zvonareva(RUS)
3.	Mixed Doubles	Leander Paes (IND) / Cara Black (ZIM)	Wesley Moodie(RSA) / Lisa Raymond(USA)
4.	Men’s Doubles	Jurgen Melzer(AUT) / Philipp Petzschner(GER)	Robert Lindstedt(SWE)/ Horia Tecau(ROU)
5.	Women’s Doubles	Vania King(USA) / Yaroslava Shvedova(KAZ)	Elena Vesnina(RUS)/ Vera Zvonareva(RUS)

Current Affairs Quiz 2009 - 32

1. Who has been conferred the France highest civilian award (‘Legion d’Honneur) recently?

a)Satyajit Ray   b)Lata Mangeshkar   c)Amitabh Bachchan    d)Ratan Tata   e)Pratibha Patel

2. All Public Sector Banks in India must have a government shareholding of at least _____?

a)33%    b)49%    c)26%   d)51%   e)90%

3.  The Basel Committee recommendations which have been in news during the present financial crisis come under the aegis of _________?

a)IMF   b)ADB   c)World Bank   d)Federal Reserve   e)none 

4. Digambar Kamat was the chief minister of which of the following state?

a)Himachal Pradesh   b)Goa c)Kerala   d)Assam  e) Arunachal Pradesh 

5. Who won the ATP World Tour Finals held in London?

a)Robin Soderling    b)J M Del Potro    c)Nikolay Davydenko   d)Roger Federer   e)Rafael Nadal

6. Which of the following Organizations has propagated Self-Help Group (SHG)?

a)World Bank   b)NABARD   c)UNICEF    d)IRDA   e)UN

7. Which country won the 2009 World Cup of Golf?

a)Ireland   b)Sweden   c)Italy   d)Netherlands   e)US

8. On which of the following day ‘Hindi Day’ is observed?

a)Jan 26^th   b)May 14^th   c)Sep14^th   d)Aug  24^th   e)Aug 29^th

9. Ajit Singh was in news recently. He belongs to which party?

a)BJP   b)INC   c)BSP   d)SP   e)RLD

10. RBI has directed the banks to pay customers at the rate of Rs. 100 each day if they(banks) fail to reimburse the amount wrongfully debited due to failed ATM transactions within a max. Period of ____ days from the date of customer complaint?

a)1   b)2   c)5   d)7   e)12

11. Which city will host the 62^nd World Newspaper Congress meeting?

a)Mumbai   b)Kolkata   c)Chennai   d)Hyderabad   e)Lucknow

12. One of the Largest Automaker ‘Hyundai’ belongs to which country?

a)South Korea   b)Japan   c)China   d)Germany   e)Italy

13. A/c to the Economic Survey 2008-09, what percentage of people spending below Rs.20 per day in rural areas?

a)44%    b)50%   c)59%   d)65%   e)71%

14. The Longest Solar Eclipse of the 21^st century came on which of the following day in 2009?

a)June 21^st   b)July 21^st   c)July 22^nd   d)June 22^nd   e)July 11^th

15. Which of the following is not true regarding Union Budget 2009-10?

a)Minimum Alternate Tax(MAT) is increased to 15% of book profits from 10%.

b)5% custom duty on Set Top Box

c)FBT, CTT and Corporate tax are abolished

d)An increase of 144% to NREGA

e)All are true

16. Which of the two following two countries agreed to reduce their nuclear arsenals?

a)Italy-Switzerland    b)US-China    c)China-Russia   d)US-UK   e)Russia-US

17. Section 377 of the IPC deals with _________?

a)Business Fraud

b)Homosexuality

c)Child Labour

c)Lockup death

e)Ragging in Colleges

18. Which team has been adjudged as the Ceat International Team of the Year 2008-09?

a)Australia   b)India   c)South Africa   d)Srilanka   e)none of these

19. Government is planning to implement ‘Brain gain’ policy. What is the idea behind it?

a)To bring back Indian Scholars and Teachers from foreign Universities

b)To Educate the people in rural areas

c)To improve the standards of Education

d)To improve the education in North-Eastern states

e)Both a & c

20. ANUSAT is a ____________?

a)Polar Satellite   b)Communication Satellite   c)Surveillance Satellite   d)Radar Satellite   e)All the above

Note:

Answer for 3rd question : Bank of International Settlements.

5th question : Nikolay Davydenko beat J M Del Potro in ATP World Tour Finals.

15th question : Only FBT & CTT are abolished.Corporate tax remains Unchanged in the Budget.

18th question : 

Ceat International Cricketer of the Year & Test Batsmen of the Year : Gautam Gambhir

Ceat ODI Batsmen of the Year : Virendar Sehwag

Ceat ODI Bowler of the Year : Ajanta Mendis(Srilanka)

Ceat ODI Bowler of the Year : Mitchel Johnson(Australia)

Ceat Lifetime Achievement Award : EAS Prasanna(India).

Ceat Spirit of the Cricket Award : Thilan Samaraweera(Srilanka)

Ceat 300 wickets Felicitation Award : Harbhajan Singh.

SBI Clerical General Awreness 10 - 2009

                                                                        Source:Sakshi

Quiz on General Awareness 9

1.Which of the following is not a welfare scheme launched by  Govt. of India ?

a)Annapurna Scheme  b)Bharat Nirman Yojana  c)Midday Meal Scheme  d)Village Grain Bank Scheme  e)none

2.Recently which insurance company has decided to cover its policy holders for hospitalization expenses of Swine flu patients in India & abroad ?

a)LIC  b)New India Assurance  c)Aviva Life Insurance  d)ICICI Lombard  e)Reliance Life Insurance.

3.The European Commission(EC) has provided _______ million for emergency rehabilitation activities for nearly 3 lakh war displaced in Srilanka ?

a)€60  b)€65  c)€62  d)€68  e)none.

4.Which Country has overtaken China as a car exporter for the year 2008-09 ?

a)Korea  b)India  c)Japan  d)US  e)Germany

5.In which year Service Tax was introduced in India ?

a)1990-91  b)1991-92  c)1992-93  d)1993-94  e)1994-95

6.Which Country will host the World Tiger Summit 2010 ?

a)India  b)South Africa  c)Brazil  d)Russia e)Indonesia

7.Recently which country has decide to issue citizenship certificates to over 400 children who were born in India when they returned to their country?

a)Pakistan  b)Bangladesh  c)Srilanka  d)Nepal  e)none.

8.Suppose Mr.X has borrowed a loan from a bank and failed to make interest or principal payment for 90 days,then the loan is considered as ________________ ?

a)Bank debt  b)Credit loan  c)Sub-prime lending  d)Non-perfoming assets  e)none

9.According to the Sixth Central Pay Commission report, Dearness allowance(DA) for central govt. employees has been increased to ___ % ?

a)16  b)22  c)18  d)20  e)none

10.The Special Drawing Right(SDR) is an international Reserve Asset, created by _______?

a)World Bank  b)IMF  c)ADB  d)WTO  e)RBI

11.Who among the following is the highest tax payer politician in India ?

a)Mayawati  b)Rahul Gandhi  c)Sonia Gandhi  d)Y S Rajeshekar Reddy  e)none.

12.Recently 'Mogadishu' is in news, is the capital of ___________ ?

a)Sudan  b)Somalia  c)Fiji  d)Ethiopia  e)none.

13.Which country has told the UN that it does not want any more Indian Troops ?

a)Tajikistan  b)Afghanistan  c)Bangladesh  d)Lebanon  e)Congo

14.Who is the new media adviser to prime minister ?

a)Deepak Sandhu  b)Sanjay Baru  c)Uma Kant Mishra  d)Harish Kare  e)none.

15.SEBI is a ___________ ?

a)Statutory body  b)Advisory body  c)Constituional body  d)Non-Statutory body  e)none.

16.All BPL families will come under _______________ ?

a)Rashtriya Arogya Yojana

b)Aam Admi Swasthya Bima Yojana

c)Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana

d)Jan Swasthya Bima Yojana

e)Pradam Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana

17. Who is the winner of Men's Single in French open 2009?

a)Rafael Nadal  b)Del potro  c)Roger Federer  d)Andy Murray  e)Soderling

18.NABARD is established on the recommendations of ?

a)Public account Committee

b)Narashimhan Committee

c)Chelliah Committe

d)Shome Committee

e)Shivaraman Committee

19)According to a report by parliamentary panel, how many _____ sq km area are under Naxals in different state where govt. has no control on it ?

a)38,000  b)40,000  c)36,000  d)44,0000  e)33,000

20)Who penned the book "India's Export Trends and Prospects for Self-Sustained Growth"  ?

a)Pranab Mukherji  b)Narasimha Rao  c)R K Narayanan  d)Jaswant Singh  e)none.

Note:For 20 Q, answers is Manmohan Singh.

Sports & Awards - 2009

1) Bernard d’Espagnat (France) is the recipient of Templeton Prize 2009.

2) Surjit Singh Barnala is the recipient of the Mother Theresa Life Acheivment award 2009.

3) Air India got ‘Cargo Airline Of The Year’.

4) Abdul Kalam got Hooper Model awarded By America in the service of social service and he also the first person to get the award y an asian.

5) British government awarded the award ‘Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire’ to Ramdorai(TCS CEO).

6) The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper journalism, literature and musical composition.

7) DRDO Officer Jayaprakash Rao has been awarded the ‘Best Active Member’ award amongst Public Relations Professional and also he Translated “Wings of Fire’ into Kannada.

8) 13th Annual Satyajit Ray Award was won by an Italian film ‘Mid-August Lunch" which is directed by Gianni di Gregorio.

9) Ekta Choudhary was crowned Pantaloons Femina Miss India Universe 2009.

10) Pooja Chopra was crowned Miss India World.

11) Shriya Kishore is Miss India Earth 2009.

12) Sir Jehangir Ghandy Medal to Ratan Tata.

13) Britain's Plain English Campaign International Media Award 2008 was given to TOI for "demonstrating a positive attitude in raising the awareness of plain English within its press coverage throughout India."

14) Cristiano Ronaldo of Manchester United received the FIFA World Player Award for 2008 by Brazilian soccer legend Pele, which held in Zurich, on Monday night. Ronaldo had won this Award for the first time in his career.

15) Rafael Nadal clinched Rome Masters title defeating Djokovic in the finals

16) Svetlana Kuznestsnova defeated Dinara Safina to clinch Stuttgart Open 2009.

17) Yuki Bamri clinched the title ITF mens Futures Singles defeating Southafrica ravlan clases.

18) Women Tennis Association 2008 player of the year? Serena Williams.

19) Javed Miandad was appointed as an adviser to the Chinese Cricket.

20) British Man Ben Southal has won the Best Job in the world.

21) In ice hockey, Russia wins the 2009 IIHF World Championship and Ilya Kovalchuk is named Most Valuable Player of the tournament.

22) Recently an 8 year old from Mumbai participated and successfully completed the 19th International Swim across the Gulf Of Mesiniakos from Koroni-Kalamata, a distance of 30km, in 11 hours 10 minutes and made a record. What is her name?Swapnali Yadav.

23) Conservationist from Mysore, M D Madhusudan, is among three from India who won the Whitley Award, considered the ‘Green Oscar’.

24) Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, will be awarded with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) annual peace prize.

25) Peter Zumthor (Switzerland) is the recipient of Pritzker prize (architecture) for 2009.

26) Tony Horwitz won a Pulitzer Prize as an investigative journalist while working for The Wall Street Journal.

27) Apa Sherpa broke his own record by reaching the top of Everest for the nineteenth time on May 21 2009.

28) Manchester United Football club win 2008-09 season of Premier Leauge.

29) Canadian short story writer Alice Munro has won this year's Man Booker International Prize worth 60,000 pounds (106,900 Canadian dollars).

30) In association football, FC Barcelona defeat Manchester United to win the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final.

31) The Austrian film The White Ribbon wins the Golden Palm at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.

32) Kavya Shivshankar an Indian origin girl won the US National Spelling Bee Champiomship for 2009.

33) 18th CommonWealth Table Tennis Championship held at Glasgow(Scotland).Singapore won the Championship beating India.

34) Who has won his maiden International Tennis Federation (ITF) title at Delhi Lawn Tennis Association on

April 25, 2009? Yuki Bhambari.

35) Grand Master Surya Sekhar Ganguly won the Asian Chess Championship held at Philippines.

36) 34th National games in 2009 to be held at Jharkhand.

37) 16th Asian Games will be held in Guangzhou, China, 2010.

38) Miss Universe 2008 is Dayana Mendoza from Venezuela.

39) Miss World 2008 is Ksenia Sukhinova from Russia.

40) Miss Earth 2008 is karla Henry from Philippines.

41) Miss International 2008 is Jayana Altman.

42) Albel Prize, 2009 was given to Mikhail Gromov(Russian-French Mathematician) for his revolutionary contributions to geometry.

43) Ramon Magsaysay Award for 2008 :in Government Service for Grace Padaca (Philippines),in Public Service for CARD MRI(Philippines), Therdchai Jivacate (Thailand),in Journalism, Literature & Creative Communication Arts for Akio Ishii(Japan),in Peace & International Understanding for Ahmad Syafii Maarif(Indonesia),in Emergent leadership for Ananda Galapatti(srilanka).

44) Stockholm water Prize, 2009 was given to Dr.Bindeshwar pathak (India).

45) 2009 Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace? Myanmar's pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi.

46) Ramanujan Prize, 2008 was given to Enrique R Pujals.

47) Indira Gandhi Peace Prize was given to Mohamed Elbaradei.

48) Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2007 is Manoj Kumar (director).

49) Jnanpith award for 2008 is given To Rahi (Kashmiri Poet).

50) Shanti Swarup bhatnagar Prize for Science & Technology 2008 given to Dr.Srikanth Sastry.

51) Dronacharya Award 2008 was given to Jagminder Singh (Wrestling).

52) Rajiv Gandhi khel ratna award for 2008 M S Dhoni.

53) Nobel Prize for 2008 for Peace=Marti Ahtisaari (Finland),Literature=Jean-Marie Gustave (France),Economics=Paul Krugman (USA),Physics=Kobayashi,masukawa,nabu (Japan),Chemistry= Chalfe,Tsien,Shimomura, Medicine=monatagnier, Sinoussi (germany).

54) A M Naik (chairman of L&T) has been given the Economic Times Business leader of the year Award for 2008.

55) Hindu Media Research Center has been given Jawaharlal Nehru Prize for 2008.

56) Himachal Pradesh state govt. has been given National Award for e-governance 2008-09.

57) Usain Bolt has been chosen the sportswoman of the year 2008 by the International Media.

58) Yelena Isnbayeva has been chosen the sportswoman of the year 2008 by the international Media

59) Christianao Ronaldo is the FIFA world footballer of the year 2008.

60) Romila Thapar and Peter Brown has received 2008 Kluge Prize.

61) CNN IBN Best Indian Award for 2008 was given to Madhavan Nair.

62) Taufique Hidayat of Indonesia won the Men’s single title in Indian Open Championship 2009.

63) Pi Hongyan of France won the Women’s single title in Indian Open Championship 2009.

64) Tamilnadu beat Bengal to won 2009 Vijay Hazare Trophy.

65) WestZone beat EastZone to win Deodhar Trophy 2009.

66) Goa beat Bengal to Win Santhosh Trophy held at Chennai in June 09.

67) Well Armed won Dubai World Cup 2009.

68) Saina Nehwal wins Indonesian Open Title with a stunning victory over higher ranked Chinese Lin Wang in Jakarta.

69) The Pakistan Cricket Team wins the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 world cup after a hard match against Sri Lanka at Lord's Cricket Ground in London, England.

70) England defeats New Zealand in the 2009 ICC Women's World Twenty20 held in London,England..

71) England defeated New Zealand in 2009 ICC Womens World ODI held in Australia.

72) Sebastian Vettel wins 2009 British Grand Prix.

73) Jorge Lorenzo won the French Grand Prix on May 17, 2009.

74) IIFA(International Indian Film Academy) awards 2009 ceremony held in Macau,China.

75) Azim Premji wins Global Vision Award at USIBC.

76) Bindeshwar Pathak of Sulabh International gets UN award.

77) Amrita & Joseph win Research awards in America.

78) Bina Agarwal, Professor of Economics at the Institute of Economic Growth gets Leontif Award 2009.

79) John Higgins is the World Championship Snooker 2009 winner.

80) Dinara safina winner of Italian Open Tennis Tournament in May 2009.

81) Legendary British actor Christopher Lee will receive a knighthood award.

82) Manchester United accepts a record $130 million dollars for Cristiano Ronaldo's transfer to Madrid Real in Spain.

83) Jose Brasa of Spain has been selected as the new Chief Coach for the Indian Men's Hockey team.

84) ShahRukh Khan to Receive UK doctorate in the field of arts & culture.

85) Roger Federer defeats Andy Roddick to win the men's singles of the 2009 Wimbledon Championships.

86) Serena Williams wins the women's singles at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships after defeating her sister, Venus Williams.

87) Canvera. Com, India’s fastest growing online digital photography company, was given the Best Photobook prize for the second year in a row at the recently concluded Asia-Pacific & Japan HP Digital Print Award 2009 in Beijing, China.

88) 35th National Games are scheduled to held in May 2010 in Kerala.

89) “Sheru" is official mascot of Commonwealth Games 2010.

90) 4th Indian Idol Winner and 1st women winner: Sourabhee Debbarma.

91)SriLankan journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge has been posthumously awarded the World Press Freedom Prize in may 2009. Which among the following gives this award?UNESCO.

92)Franco-Russian mathematician Mikhail Gromov receives the 2009 Abel Prize.

93) Indra Nooyi has been named as 2009 CEO of the Year by Global Supply Chain Leaders Group (GSCLG).

94)The World Games 2009 takes place in Kaohsiung, Taiwan from July 16, 2009 to July 26, 2009.The Game Feature Sports that are not contested in Olympic Games.

95)Kathak exponent Sitara Devi, stage designer Khaled Chowdhury, performing arts scholar R C Mehta and noted singer and musician Bhupen Hazarika were conferred with the coveted Sangeet Akademi Ratna by Prez Pratibha Patil.

96)Former Indian Skipper Sourav Ganguly has been awarded an honorary fellowship by the University of Central Lancashire.

97)Bharti Airtel was named the Service Provider of the Year and wireless Service provider of the year in the Asia Pacific region for its exemplary performance.

98)Azim Premji conferred of Humane Letters by Wesleyan University.

99) J.C Daniel Award for 2008 instituted by Kerala Government is won by K.Ravindranath Nair.

100) Bill Gates received the 2007 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace , Disarmament and Development on behalf of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation that has been actively working in India in the field of health and Development, especially HIV/AIDS.

101)2010 Hockey world cup will takes place in Delhi, India.

102) Myanmar's long-detained democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, is receiving Amnesty International's highest honor.

103)Noted theatre Director Mr Ibrahim Alkaji was conferred Hindi Ratna Samman.

104) Prominent Indian Social activist Deep Joshi has been named for the Ramon Magsaysay Award for 2009.

105) Bollywood actors Dharmendra and Asha Parekh were honoured with lifetime achievement awards during the second Nashik International Film Festival (NIFF) held in Nasik.

106)Indore will host the first "Global Film Festival" to be organized in the city on the lines of Goa Film Festival from 8th to 15th of October 2009.

107)The 17th Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award will be given to Gautam Bhai of Pawanar Ashram, Wardha in Maharashtra for his contribution towards promotion of communal harmony, peace and goodwill.

108)BWSSB (Bangalore Water Supply & Sewerage Board) was awarded the National Urban Water Awards 2009.

109)Sanskrit poet Satya Vrat Shastri and Konkani author Ravindar Kelekar conferred the 42nd Jnanpith award for the year 2006.

110) Abhinav Bindra to receive Comonwealth Games from Baton Queen Elizabeth II.