Current Affairs Quiz 2010 - 66

1.      Who is the new Prime Minister of United Kingdom?

a)Gordon Brown     b)Harriet Harman    c)Nick Clegg    d)David Cameroon   e)none

2.      Which Country topped the Global Information Technology Report 2010 released by WEF?

a)Denmark    b)Sweden     c)Singapore    d)Switzerland    e)none

3.      According to the recent data released by Coffee Board of India, India majorly exports coffee to which of the following countries?

a)Italy     b)Russia    c)Germany     d)US    e)UK

4.      Recently which country announced that it has 5,113 nuclear warheads?

a)Russia    b)North Korea    c)US    d)Iran   e)China

5.      In which state, IT major Infosys will open Rural BPO centers in 22 districts of the state?

a)Kerala    b)Karnataka     c)Tamilnadu    d)Andhra Pradesh    e)none

6.      Which country will start the Worlds Largest Carbon Credit Project?

a)China    b)India    c)Japan    d)Germany   e)none

7.      Which is the first state in India where video phone services have been launched on a commercial basis?

a)Andhra Pradesh    b)Haryana    c)Tamilnadu   d)Delhi   e)Gujarat

8.      Who is the new Governor of Rajasthan?

a)S K Singh    b)Prabha Rau    c)Shivraj Patel     d)K. Shankarnarayan   e)none

9.      World Press Freedom Day is celebrated on ________?

a)April 3^rd    b)May 3^rd    c)April 23^rd     d)May 23^rd    e)none

10. India is the ___ largest shareholder in the World Bank?

a)first     b)second     c)third    d)fifth    e)seventh

11. India won the Kabaddi World Cup 2010 by defeating _____________?

a)Canada    b)Malaysia    c)Italy    d)Pakistan   e)none

12. What is the mascot for 2011 Cricket World Cup?

a)Fuwa     b)Zakumi   c)Jumbo    d)Shera    e)none

13. The 2010 Youth Olympics Games to be held in which of the following country?

a)Singapore    b)China    c)India    d)France    e)none

14. Who is the author of the book ‘Decision Points’?

a)Barack Obama     b)Bill Clinton    c)Hillary Clinton    d)George W. Bush  e)none

15. Lech Kaczynski has recently passed away in a plane crash, he was the president of which of the following country?

a)Poland    b)Slovakia    c)Czech Republic    d)Belarus    e)none

16. Recently 17,000 flights cancelled across Europe due to volcanic ash. In which country volcanic eruption has taken place?

a)Greenland    b)Denmark    c)Iceland    d)Greece   e)none

17. Who won the Rome Masters Title for the fifth time in six years?

a)Andy Murray    b)Rafael Nadal     c)David Ferrer    d)Roger federer    e)none

18. Recently which country tested the Shaheen-1 missile?

a)UAE    b)Iran    c)Pakistan    d)India   e)none

19. Which of the following is renamed as ‘Aadhaar’ recently?

a)Aam Aadmi Bima Yojana    b)Unique Identification Authority of India     c)NREGA   d)Saakshar Bharat    e)none

20. Recently which country eliminated two time zones of its eleven time zones?

a)Russia    b)Canada     c)US    d)UK    e)China   

General Knowledge Quiz 2010 - 60

1.      What is the full form ‘Core’ in Core banking solutions?

a)Central Organization for Rural Employees

b)Centralized Online Realtime Electronic

c)Centralized Online Realtime Exchange

d)Connected Organizations for a Responsible Economy

e)none

2.      Which is the first State in the country to announce a ban on Bt brinjal even before the Central government takes a final decision?

a)Gujarat    b)Uttarakhand    c)Madhya Pradesh     d)Karnataka   e)none

3.      Who has been named the 2009 WTA (Women Tennis Association) player of the year?

a)Serena Williams    b)Kim Clijsters    c)Elena Dementieva    d)Venus Williams   e)none

4.      Which country has agreed to pay the United Nations around $10m in compensation for damage caused to UN buildings in Gaza during last year's war?

a)US     b)Israel    c)Iran    d)North Korea   e)none

5.      Which North Eastern state has four Chief Ministers?

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

6.      Who wrote the book ‘No Country for Women’?

a)Aung San Suu Kyi    b)Sonia Gandhi    c)Taslima Nasrin    d)Sushma Swaraj   e)none

7.      Recently which country became second in Latin America to have a cabinet with gender parity(equal number of women and men)?

a)Chile    b)Argentina    c)Brazil     d)Peru   e)Bolivia

8.      Who has been appointed as the new chief of National Investigation Agency(NIA)?

a)Radha Vinod Raju     b)V S Tiwari    c)Ashwin Kumar   d)Sharad Chandra Sinha   e)none

9.      Expand CASA, term used in banking?

a)Capital Account Savings Account

b)Current Analysis Savings Account

c)Cost Analysis Strategy Assessment

d)Current Account Savings Account

e)none

10. Which of the following has became the first Indian automobile company to produce one million cars in a year?

a)Tata Motors    b)Mahindra & Mahindra    c)Hyundai    d)Maruthi Suzuki    e)none

11. Which country has launched its domestically designed and developed guided missile destroyer “Jamaran”?

a)Iran    b)North Korea    c)India   d)China   e)Turkey

12. Reena Kaushal has created history by becoming the first Indian women to ski _________?

a)North Pole     b)South Pole    c)both a & b    d)Mount Everest    e)none

13. According to a report by global consultancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), India could become the world’s third largest economy by purchasing power parity (PPP), overtaking Japan in _____?

a)2012   b)2015    c)2020   d)2025   e)none

14. ‘The Road Ahead’ is a book written by _________?

a)Bill Gates     b)Warren Buffet     c)Carlos Slim    d)Bill Clinton   e)none

15. Vikram Srivastava ia appointed as the new Director General of ______________?

a)Border security Force    b)Assam Rifles     c)Central Industrial Security Force   d)Indo-Tibetan Border Police    e) Central Reserve Police Force

16. Which Country has banned the 2D version of the movie ‘Avatar’?

a)Iran     b)India     c)North Korea    d)Srilanka    e)China

17. Which state having the largest number of people below the poverty line (BPL), a/c to the latest figures?

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

18. Which state is the second largest state-economy in India after Maharashtra?

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

19. Which of the following Country has the largest oil Reserves and largest exporter of Petroleum in the World?

a)Canada      b)Venezuela    c)Russia    d)Saudi Arabia    e)Iran

20. Presently Kaushik Basu holds which of the following position?

a)Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council

b)Finance Secretary

c)Chief Economic Advisor

d)Revenue Secretary

e)none of these

Latest Current Affairs Quiz 2010 - 48

1.      Who is the Chief Guest in the 61st Republic Day of India?

a)Mohammad Nasheed    b)Vladimar Putin   c)Nursultan Nazarbayev    d)Lee Myung-bak   e)none of these

2.      Who is the new National Security Advisor for India?

a)Meera Shankar    b)K Shankarnarayanan     c)P Chidambaram     d)Shiv Shankar Menon   e)none of these

3.      Which state government has proposed to make voting compulsory in all local bodies elections?

a)Andhra Pradesh    b)Tamilnadu    c)Gujarat    d)Rajasthan    e)Karnataka

4.      A/c to National Crime Records bureau, which state records most number of farm suicides during 2003-08?

a)Andhra Pradesh    b)Maharashtra     c)Karnataka   d)Madhya Pradesh   e)Bihar

5.      According to Central Government, how many educational institutes in India failed to meet the standards and norms set by the University Grants Commission (UGC)?

a)25   b)36    c)44   d)45   e)51

6.      Recently which country tested its biggest and most powerful rocket motor called S-200?

a)India    b)US   c)Russia    d)North Korea   e)Israel

7.      Who has been honoured as ‘Order of Diplomatic Service Merit’ in recognition of his contribution in promoting India-Korea bilateral relations?

a)Narayana Murthy    b)Shashi Tharoor   c)Venu srinivasan   d)Azim Premji   e)S Ramadorai

8.      Who is the President of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)?

a)Shyamala Gopinath    b)Venu Srinivasan    c)Chandrajit Banerjee    d)Y V Reddy   e)R Seshasayee

9.      The six core industries registered a growth of ____ in December 2009 as against a growth of 0.7% in the same month of previous year?

a)3.1%    b)4.0%     c)5.5%   d)6.0%   e)none of these

10. ONGC is planning to set-up a bio-diesel plant at vodalarevu, to meet the energy requirements. Vodalarevu is in which state?

a)Andhra Pradesh    b)Karnataka    c)Tamilnadu   d)Kerala    e)none of these.

11. Recently Election Commission of India celebrated ___________?

a)Silver Jubilee   b)Golden Jubilee   c)Diamond Jubilee   d)Platinum jubilee  e)none

12. Who is the author of the book ‘The Rediscovering of India’?

a)Jawaharlal Nehru   b)Meghnath Desai    c)Mithi Mukherjee   d)V.S.Naipaul   e)Indira Gandhi

13. How many crores the Union government is expecting from the 3G auction?

a)10,000    b)20,000    c)28,000    d)35,000    e)40,000

14. The Under-19 Cricket world Cup 2010 is held at _______________?

a)India    b)Australia    c)New Zealand    d)South Africa   e)West Indies

15. How many persons were awarded for the first “Tagore Literature Awards 2009’?

a)one    b)two    c)three   d)five   e)eight

16. Recently government has decided to come up with the Whole Price Index (WPI) on the monthly basis. What is the base year for computing this data?

a)1993-94    b)2000-01    c)2004-05   d)2008-09   e)none of these

17. Which country unveiled a record of $1 trillion budget for the fiscal year 2010-11?

a)US   b)China    c)Japan    d)South Korea   e)UK

18. Who is the winner of CNN-IBN Indian of the Year 2009?

a)A R Rehman    b)Venkataraman Ramakrishnan    c)Jyothi Basu    d)Manmohan Singh   e)none of these

19. Lionel Messi is the FIFA World Player of year 2009. He belongs to which country?

a)Brazil    b)Germany    c)Spain    d)Argentina    e)Italy

20. Recently which Country’s Airlines has filed for bankruptcy?

a)US   b)UK   c)Germany   d)Germany   e)Japan

General Knowledge Quiz 2009 - 38

1. Who has been awarded the Koya National Journalism Award 2009?

a)A.G Noornani   b) Arvind Goswami    c)Barkha Dutt   d)both a & b   e)both a & c

2. Who is the Richest Person in India?

a)Anil Ambani(3)     b)Lakshmi Mittal(2)    c)Mukhesh Ambani    d)K P Singh(5)   e)Azim Premji(4)

3. Which of the following Newspapers have largest circulation (daily) in India ?

a)Dainik Jagran(2)    b)The Hindu(4)    c)Malayala Manorama(3)    d)Times of India    e)none of these.
4. Bilal Nazki is the new Chief Justice of which High Court?

a)Orissa    b)Madhya Pradesh   c)Gujarat    d)Uttaranchal   e)none of these

5. Which Indian Bank(PSB) has decided to open branch in Belgium and Offices in Uk & Canda?

a)SBI   b)Union Bank of India    c)PNB    d)Canara Bank   e)Bank of Baroda

6. Who has been declared the winner of the prestigious Moortidevi award 2007?

a)Krishna Mishra    b)Satyavarat  Shastri    c)Prathiba Ray     d)Veerappa Moily   e)Ravindra Kalia

7. Human Development Index is published annually by _________?

a)WHO    b)UNDP    c)UNCTAD    d)UNESCO   e)none of these

8. Recently which country tested the Shahab 3 missile?

a)North Korea    b)Pakistan    c)Iran    d)Kuwait   e)UAE

9. What is the full form of BMD which is news recently?

a)Business Management Development

b)Ballistic Manufacturing Defence

c)Bombay Missile Defence

d)Ballistic Missile Defence

e)Body Mass Development

10. Irani Cup is associated with?

a)Hockey   b)Football   c)Chess    d)Badminton    e)Cricket

11. Swati Piramal is associated with?

a)ASSOCHAM   b)NASSCOM    c)RBI    d)DRDO   e)ISRO

12. Which Country is planning to build world’s third largest mosque?

a)Kuwait    b)Algeria     c)Dubai    d)Iran   e)none of these

13. Which Organization has released a stamp on Mahatma Gandhi?

a)World Bank    b)IMF   c)UN   d)UNESCO    e)ADB

14. Which Country has recently launched Defence Satellites?

a)Germany    b)Canda    c)US    d)Russia    e)none of these

15. National Income in India is estimated by _________?

a)Planning Commission    b)Finance Commission    c)Survey of India   d)Central Statistical Organization   e)Indian Statistical Organization

16. How much is allocated by government for strengthening basic science research in institutions in higher learning’s?

a)800 crore   b)500 crore    c)1200 crore   d)1000 crore   e)none of these

17. Who has been elected as the Chairman of ABC(Audit Bureau of Circulations)?

a)Vijay Drada    b)Subroto Chattopadhyay   c)Shobana Bhartiya    d)Kurush Grant   e)Shailesh Seth

18. Pradeep Shinde has recently passed away. He was the famous ________?

a)Journalist     b)writer    c)Singer     d)Photographer    e)Actor

19. Which of the following countries is not a member of G-5 a group of emerging countries?

a)India   b)China    c)Brazil   d)Mexico   e)All are members(South Africa -5th member)

20. Late YS Rajasekhar Reddy the former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh belongs to which national party?

a)INC    b)TDP    c)PRP    d)BJP   e)TRS