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

Quiz on General Awareness 30

1. Which State has been awarded as “Best e-governance Award” for the year 2009?

a)Delhi   b)Haryana   c)Kerala   d)Madhya Pradesh   e)Karnataka

2. Which of the following is Oxfords Dictionary’s “Word of the Year 2009”?

a)Friend   b)freemium   c)Unfriend   d)Paywall   e)Sexting

3. The Five Year Plan is approved by ______________?

a)Planning Commission

b)President

c)National Development Council

d)Prime Minister

e)President

4. Who penned the book “Unleashing India”?

a)S M Krishna   b)Veerappa Moily   c)Shashi Tharoor   d)Chidambaram.P   e)A K Antony

5. Which Country won the Federation Tennis cup 2009?

a)Italy   b)Spain   c)Swizerland   d)Russia   e)US

6. Who has been elected as first permanent President of European Council?

a)Fredrik Reinfeldt   b)Jose Manuel Barroso   c)Romani Prodi   d)Tony Blair   e)Herman Van Rompuy

7. Recently the Centre has released 40,000 crore for which of the following purposes?

a)To remove female illiteracy

b)For better development of School & College Educations

c)For Rural Development in India

d)For Developing National Highways in India

e)Credit for the Farmers

8. A/c to the latest FIFA rankings which country topped the first rank?

a)Brazil   b)Spain   c)Italy   d)Argentina   e)none of these

9. Indian-European Summit 2009 was held in _____________?

a)Brussels   b)Italy   c)London   d)Delhi   e)Egypt

10. What would be the ‘C’ in FCCB (Foreign C……….. Convertible Bonds)?

a)Capital   b)Consumer  c)Currency   d)Customer   e)Current

11. Subhas Chander Kalia has been appointed as Executive Director of which of the following banks?

a)Union Bank of India   b)Dena Bank    c)Vijaya Bank    d)Andhra Bank   e)Indian Bank

12. “Siddarth Tiwari” belongs to which field?

a)Politician   b)Industrialist   c)Sports   d)Economist   e)Theater Director

13. Klaus Schwab was the founder of which of the following Organizations?

a)WTO   b)UNESCO   c)ILO   d)WEF   e)UNICEF

14. India test-fired its nuclear capable Agni-II Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM) during night for the first time(24-11-09) from  _________?

a)Balasore   b)Chandipur   c)Dhamara   d)Wheelers Island   e)Bhubaneswar

15. Who was crowned as the World Athlete of the year 2009?

a)Sanya Richards   b)Yelena Isinbayeva   c)Usain Bolt   d)both b & c   e)both a & c

16. The Union government has granted _________ crore for development of road network in Jammu & Kashmir?

a)500   b)1000   c)1500   d)2000   e)none

17. President Pratibha Patil became the first woman head of the state(country) to fly in ___________?

a)MIG-29   b)Sukhoi-47   c)F-16   d)F-18   e)Sukhoi-30

18. Navy Day is recognized on ____________?

a)Jan 4^th   b)Feb 9^th   c)Dec 4^th   d)Jan 19^th   e)none

19. Who among the following is not the recipient award of Arjuna Award?

a)Pullala Gopichand   b)Gautam Gambhir   c)Saina Nehwal   d)Satish Jhoshi   e)All of the above

20. Baichang Bhutia is related to which of the following sport?

a)Hockey   b)Football   c)Badminton   d)Golf   e)Snooker