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?

Latest Current Affairs Quiz - 2010

1.      Which of the following is the World’s fastest Supercomputer?

a)Jaguar     b)Roadrunner     c)Nebulae    d)Kraken XT5   e)none

2.      A/c to the latest notifications of Reserve Bank of India, how much amount of cash can Indians carry while travelling abroad?

a)$2000      b)$3000     c)$4000     d)$5000     e)none

3.      Who is the head of the 18 member high-level expert committee to suggest measures for efficient management of public expenditure?

a)C Rangarajan       b)Manmohan Singh     c)Deepak Parekh     d)Sam Pitroda    e)none

4.      Sunil Chhetri is associated to which of the following sport?

a)Cricket    b)Chess     c)Football    d)Badminton    e)none

5.      With which country India signed an agreement to establish a hotline between prime ministers of the two countries?

a)Pakistan    b)UK    c)Russia    d)Nepal    e)China

6.      Which country is the largest exporter of Cotton in 2009?

a)US    b)India     c)China    d)Brazil    e)none

7.      CryoSat 2, a satellite that will monitor variations in the extent and thickness of polar ice, launched by which country?

a)US     b)Japan    c)Europe    d)India    e)none

8.      With which country India has signed an agreement to boost cooperation in the education sector?

a)Maldives    b)Malaysia     c)Japan    d)Australia    e)none

9.      Which Srilankan cricketer has won a seat in parliament general elections?

a)Dharmasena      b)Sanath Jayasurya     c)Chaminda Vaas     d)M Jayawardene   e)none

10. Which of the following MP resigned in the wake of IPL controversy?

a)Sharad Pawar     b)Supriya Sule     c)Shashi Tharoor     d)M S Gill    e)none

11. The first of the new class of offshore patrol vessel indigenously designed and commissioned into Indian Coast Guard?

a)ICGS Vikram    b)ICGS Vishwast     c)ICGS Samar   d)ICGS Sankalp   e)none

12. After United States and Republic of Korea decided to eliminate travel restrictions based on HIV status, recently which of the following country done the same?

a)India      b)Australia      c)Malaysia     d)China    e)none

13. Reliance Industries has found a fourth oil discovery in the Cambay basin. Cambay basin is in which state?

a)Andhra Pradesh     b)Gujarat      c)Rajasthan     d)Maharashtra    e)none

14. With which Indian company Renault and Nissan are developing an ultra low cost car to take on Tata Nano?

a)Mahindra & Mahindra     b)TVS      c)Bajaj      d)Maruti Suzuki    e)none

15. New Moore or Purbasha island near the Bay of Bengal has been completely submerged into the sea. This island was claimed by both India and ___________?

a)Bhutan   b)Srilanka     c)Myanmar     d)Bangladesh   e)Maldives

16. The Tsunami Early Warning System (TEWS) has won the Platinum Icon award for innovative use of technology in Web Ratna Awards, 2009. It is developed by ___________?

a)Infosys     b)HP     c)Wipro     d)TCS    e)none

17. The first Non-Latin web address launched in which of the following language?

a)Tamil    b)Thai    c)Mandarin     d)Urdu    e)Arab

18. What is the maximum limit that foreign investors can hold in state-run banks?

a)10%    b)15%     c)20%    d)30%    e)49%

19. What is the full form of ECB in banking?

a)External Commercial Borrowings

b)Electronic Commercial Borrowings

c)Export Commercial Borrowings

d)Enterprise Commercial Borrowings

e)none

20. Veselin Topalov, a famous player associated with which of the following sport?

a)Badminton    b)Chess     c)Tennis     d)Football    e)none