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 19

1.Which of the following is India’s first approved Genetically Modified (GM) food crop ?

a)Bt Cotton   b)Bt Tomato   c)Bt Sugar   d) Bt Brinjal    e) Bt Potato   

2. Which of the following countries is not a member of G77 ?

a)India   b)South Africa   c)Japan   d)China   e)Pakistan

3. Under Which Article President rule can be imposed in a State?

a)Article 365   b)Article 355   c)Article 352   d)Article 356   e)Article 360

4.Justice PD Dinakaran facing the charges of disproportionate assets against him, He was the Chief justice of which of the following State ?

a)Tamilnadu   b)Karnataka     c)Madhya Pradesh     d)Orissa   e)none

5. Shiv Charan Mathur recently passed away, he belongs to which field ?

a)Politics   b)Carnatic Vocalist    c)Writer    d)Musician   e)both b & c

6.The 155^th OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) meeting held at ?

a)Austria   b)UAE   c)Venezuela   d)Qatar    e)Angola

7. India and has contributed USD ________ to the International Fund for the Elimination of Doping in Sports in eve of Commonwealth Games next year.

a)10,000   b)15,000   c)20,000   d)25,000   e)50,000

8.Which is the only Indian company in the 25 A T Kearney Global Champions for 2009 list ?

a)Infosys   b)SBI   c)Airtel   d)RIL   e)TCS

9.Who has been elected as the president of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) ?

a)Priyan Ranjan Dasmunsi  b)Praful patel   c)Narendra Modi   d) SN Banerjee  e)none

10.With Which Country India will renegotiate the taxation treaty under the OECD  (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ) Model Tax Convention ?

a)Singapore   b)South Korea    c)UAE    d)Egypt   e)Chile

11.Justin Henin belongs to which sport ?

a)Badminton   b)Cricket    c)Lawn Tennis    d)Hockey    e)Gymnastics

12.Mushtaq Ali Trophy is related to which Sport ?

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

13.Who is the Chairperson of 18^th Law Commission ?

a)Veerappa Moily   b) A R Lakshmanan   c) M. Jagannadha Rao   d)B. P. Jeevan Reddy   e)Yahir Mahmood

14.Which of the following is not a Special Forces of India ?

a)National Security Guards(NSG)

b)Special Protection Group(SPG)

c)Border Security Force(BSF)

d)Special Frontier Force(SFF)

e)Para Commandos

15. Besides the US, UK, Russia, France & China, How many non-permanent members are there in UN Security Council ?

a)1   b)2   c)3   d)5   e)10

16.The 55^th National School Games will be held in __________ ?

a)Hyderabad    b)Kolkatta    c)Chandigarh    d)Jaipur    e)none

17.International Human Rights Day is observed on ?

a)Oct 23^rd   b)Sep 10^th  c)Dec 10^th   d)Dec 23^rd   e)Dec 7^th

18.Who has been awarded the UNESCO annual peace prize for the year 2009?

a)Barack Obama   b)Marti Ahtisaari   c)Bill Gates    d)Jimmy Carter  e) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

19.The Bihar government sanctioned approximately Rs ______ crore for extension, renovation and modernisation of eastern Kosi canal system ?

a)750    b)1000    c)800   d)500    e)none

20.Aung San Suu Kyi whose name was in News recently, She belongs to which country ?

a)India   b)Nepal    c)Bangladesh   d)Myanmar   e)South Korea