Current Affairs Quiz 75 - 2010

1.      Which of the following Indian city has been named among the top four Livable cities in the world?

a)Mumbai     b)New Delhi     c)Ahmedabad     d)Bangalore    e)Hyderabad

2.      Recntly which country has become full fledge member of Financial Action Task Force(FATF)?

a)Bangladesh     b)Pakistan    c)China    d)India     e)none

3.      Which country is building the World’s largest telescope in Antarctica?

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

4.      Who won the Next Step Foundation 2010 Award?

a)Veerappa Moily     b)Sharad Pawar      c)Manmohan Singh    d)Sonia Gandhi   e)none

5.      Who has been sworn in as 59^th President of Colombia?

a)Michael Bloomberg     b)Julia Gillard    c)Christian Wulff     d)Juan Manuel Santos   e)none

6.      Who has been appointed as the new vice president of ICC?

a)John Howard      b)Sharad Pawar     c)Alan Isaac    d)Malcom Speed    e)none

7.      Who has been chosen for the Lal Bahadur Shastri Award for Excellence in public administration, academics and management for 2010?

a)Aditi Lahiri     b)Aruna Roy     c)Bharat Bhasker    d)Girish Tewari   e)none

8.      Ravindra Kelekar has been presented the coveted 2006 Jnanpith Award for his contribution to the world in Literature. He was a famous write in which language?

a)Konkani     b)Hindi     c)Bengali    d)Sanskrit     e)none

9.      Who among the following received the 2010 National Amity Award?

a)Yash Chopra     b)Amir Khan    c)Amitabh Bachchan    d)Kareena Kapoor    e)Sunil Dutt

10. Who has been conferred as Businessman of the Decade Award?

a)Narayana Murthy     b)Mukhesh Ambani    c)Ratan Tata    d)Lakshmi Mittal    e)Azim Premji

11. Which is the first state in the country to launch the Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana(PMAGY)?

a)Gujarat     b)Rajasthan     c)Uttar Pradesh     d)Bihar    e)Assam

12. With which country India has inked a deal for purchase of 57 Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer Aircraft?

a)US     b)Britain     c)Israel     d)Russia    e)none

13. What is the present Retirement age of High court judges?

a)58    b)60     c)62      d)65    e)none

14. Who is the head of National Innovation Council to prepare road map for the decade of Innovation 2010-2020?

a)Kapil Sibal     b)A S Murthy    c)Manmohan Singh     d)Sam Pitroda    e)none

15. How many crores has been allocated for the Leh Cloudburst Victims?

a)50    b)75      c)100   d)125     e)150

16. ‘2010Stand Up, Take Action’ is a campaign against ______?

a)Commonwealth Games      b)Poverty    c)Inflation    d)Per capita Income    e)Illiteracy

17. The Winner of 2010 Man Booker Prize?

a)Kiran Desai     b)Anne Enright    c)Hillary Mantel     d)Aravind Adiga     e)Howard Jacobson

18. The 2010 Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit was held in ______?

a)Beijing    b)Bangkok    c)Seoul    d)Brussels     e)London

19. Which Country has won highest gold  medals in XIX Common wealth Games 2010?

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

20. XX Commonwealth Games 2014 will be held at _____?

a)Rome     b)London      c)Beijing     d)Glasgow       e)Melbourne

Latest Current Affairs Quiz 2010 - 61

1.      Who has been named as the Chairperson of the National Advisory Council(NAC)?

a)Manmohan Singh     b)C Rangarajan     c)Sushma Swaraj    d)Sonia Gandhi   e)none

2.      Recently GOI launched ‘Sakshara Bharat’ Mission 2012, aimed at educating illiterate girls and women aged above ____ years?

a)8yrs     b)10yrs    c)12yrs    d)15yrs   e)18yrs

3.      Recently India successfully test-fired the BrahMos supersonic anti-ship cruise missile from a warship in the Bay of Bengal off coast of Orissa and became the ______ country in the world to have a ‘maneuverable’ missile for cruise.

a)first    b)second    c)third    d)sixth    e)none

4.      A/c to UNIDO, India stood at which place in Industrial Production?

a)third     b)fifth    c)eight    d)ninth    e)none

5.      Who is the new Chairman of BSE?

a)Jagdish Capoor    b)S. Ramadorai    c)Madhu Kannan   d)Mahesh L. Soneji   e)none

6.      In which country World Social Forum (WSF) meeting held?

a)Brazil    b)Switzerland     c)US    c)Russia    e)none

7.      Who has been voted the most popular youth leader in the country, a/c to the Centre for Media and Cultural Research?

a)Sachin Pilot    b)Rahul Gandhi    c)Varun Gandhi   d)Supriya Sule   e)none

8.      Which Country has the largest number of illiterate adults in the world?

a)China    b)South Africa    c)UAE    d)Iraq   e)India

9.      Which Indian city has been ranked fourth in the New York Times' '31 Places to Go in 2010' list?

a)Tirupathi    b)Mumbai     c)Mysore    d)Agra     e)none

10. Who won the O.B.Agarwal Memorial 6 red Snooker National Championship?

a)Brijesh Damani    b)Kamal Chawla    c)Manan Chandra    d)Pankaj Advani   e)none

11. Who wrote the book ‘Becoming Indian’?

a)Vaidyanathan     b)Rajan Gurukkal     c)Shamira Sheikh    d)Arvind Virmani    e)Pavan Varma

12. The SAARC Lifetime Achievement Award 2010, was given to __________?

a)Abhi Subedi   b)Mark Tully      c)Hamid Mir     d)Sarmad Sehbai    e)none

13. Which state high court quashed the legislation for four percent reservation to Muslims in education and jobs?

a)Delhi     b)Andhra Pradesh      c)Chennai    d)Bihar    e)Kerala

14. The 2010 Abel Prize has been awarded to ___________ for his vast      and lasting impact on the theory of numbers?

a)John G. Thompson     b)Jacques Tits     c)John Tate    d)Mikhail Gromov   e)Both a & b.

15. Recently in which of the following countries India has decided to set up Consulate General Office?

a)Bangladesh     b)Nepal   c)Srilanka    d)Afghanistan   e)none

16. Which of the following country receiving the largest number of foreign tourists, at 80 million per year?

a)US     b)India     c)China    d)Spain   e)France

17. Which of the following country has become the first country in South Asia to join the International Criminal Court based in The Hague?

a)India    b)Bangladesh      c)Nepal    d)Srilanka    e)China

18. Which city will host the International Kabaddi Tournament?

a)Delhi    b)Chennai    c)Chandigarh    d)Jaipur    e)Hyderabad

19. The 19th Saraswati Samman, country's highest literary honour, for 2009 has been given to ___________?

a)Surjit Patar     b)Naiyer Masud    c)Lakshmi Nandan Bora    d)Jagannath Prasad Das    e)none

20. Which country will host the 2014 FIFA world cup?

a)South Africa     b)Canada    c)Spain    d)Brazil    e)none

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.

List Of Governors

S.No	State	Governor
1.	Andhra Pradesh	Shri E.S Lakshmi Narasimhan
2.	Arunachal Pradesh	General (Rtd.) J.J. Singh
3.	Assam	Shri Janaki Ballav Pattanaik
4.	Bihar	Shri Devanand Konwar
5.	Chhattisgarh	Shri Shekhar Dutt
6.	Goa	Dr. Shivinder Singh Sidhu
7.	Gujarat	Dr. Kamla Beniwal
8.	Haryana	Shri Jagannath Pahadia
9.	Himachal Pradesh	Smt. Urmila Singh
10.	Jammu and Kashmir	Shri N. N. Vohra
11.	Jharkhand	Shri M.O.H Farook
12.	Karnataka	Shri H.R. Bhardwaj
13.	Kerala	Shri R.S. Gavai
14.	Madhya Pradesh	Shri Rameshwar Thakur
15.	Maharashtra	Shri K. Shankarnarayan
16.	Manipur	Shri Gurbachan Jagat
17.	Meghalaya	Shri Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary
18.	Mizoram	Lt. Gen. (Retd.) M.M. Lakhera
19.	Nagaland	Shri. Nikhil Kumar
20.	Orissa	Shri Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare
21.	Punjab	Shri Shivraj Patil
22.	Rajasthan	Shri Shivraj Patil(Additional charge)
23.	Sikkim	Shri Balmiki Prasad Singh
24.	Tamilnadu	Shri Surjit Singh Barnala
25.	Tripura	Shri Dnyandeo Yashwantrao Patil
26.	Uttar Pradesh	Shri B.L. Joshi
27.	Uttarakhand	Smt. Margaret Alva
28.	West Bengal	Shri M.K. Narayanan