Current Affairs Test - 2

1. 16th SAARC Summit was held at which place
1) New Delhi
2) Mumbai
3) South Africa
4) Bhutan
5) None of these

2. Recently FCCB term was in news that is used by companies to raise funds. What is the full form of
it?
1) Foreign convertible currency bond
2) Foreign committe on currency bond
3) Foreign Currency Convertible Bond
4) None of these

3. Recently in union budget MAT has been increased from 15% to 18%. What does MAT stand for-
1) Medium Alternate Tax
2) Medium Assessment Test
3) Minimum Alternate Tax
4) None of these

4. Prime minister of which country recently got Indira Gandhi peace prize 2009?
1) Austraila
2) USA
3) India
4) Bangladesh
5) None of these

5. Recently 19th nuclear reactor is going to be commissioned in which state of india-
1) Haryana
2) Rajasthan
3) Uttar Predesh
4) Punjab
5) None of these

6. Which of following was given the Moortidevi Award in literature?
1) V. K Murthy
2) Menna Dev
3) Kiran Desai
4) M Veerappa Moily
5) None of these

7. Recently india was approved $850 million loan for funding the country’s infrastructure projects and
development of the khadi industry. Which bank has got approved it?
1) World bank
2) IMF
3) Asian Development Bank (ADB)
4) None of these

8. Which of the terms is not related to Hockey game
1) Hat trick
2) Offside
3) Downswing
4) Penalty
5) None of these

9. Which of the following person got Legion d'Honneur of France?
1) Amitabh Bachchan
2) Sachin Tendulakar
3) Lata Mangeshkar
4) Jaya Bachchan
5) None of these

10. To which of following countries Sanya Richards, a sports person belong to-
1) USA
2) Britain
3) Cannada
4) India
5) None of these

11. Recently india has been Bullet Train technology by which of the following countries-
1) Russia
2) Austraila
3) China
4) USA
5) None of these

12. Which of following state introduced “Apni Mandi” scheme launched?
1) Haryana
2) Delhi
3) kerla
4) Punjab
5) None of these

13. In 15th Copenhagen Summit held in dec 2009 which of the following person was leading India?
1) Manmohan Singh
2) Shyam Saran
3) Pranab Mukerjee
4) Sonia Gandhi
5) None of these

14. In which part of india, Green Revolution II has been introduced?
1) Eastern Areas
2) North East
3) North South
4) None of these

15. India has recently entered into a civil nuclear agreement with which of the following country?
1) Britan
2) USA
3) Austraila
4) Mognolia
5) None of these

16. Recently it is in news that Spain will be next Greece/Portugal/Italy. What does it exactly mean?
1) Greece and Portugal are booming along with Italy and Spain will enjoy the same
2) Portugal and Italy are suffering from financial meltdown but spain has got out of it
3) Spain will have the infrastructure as Greece has
4) all three are severely affected by global financial crisis and Spain is almost on

the verge of joining them

5) none of these

17. Who is author of “Between the Assassinations?”
1) Aravind Adiga
2) Vikas Swarup
3) Kiran Desai
4) Chetan Bhagat
5) None of these

18. Book “Invisible” is written by –
1) Paul Auster
2) Aravind Adiga
3) Vikas Swarup
4) Salman Rashdi
5) None of these

19. USA has put in its ambassador after 5 yrs in which of the following country?
1) Syria
2) China
3) India
4) Pakistan
5) None of these

20. Recently K-G gas basin is in newspapers. What does KG mean?
1) Kaveri Ganga
2) Krishna Ganga
3) Kaveri Godavari
4) Krishna Godavari
5) None of these

21. Union budget 2010-11 has estimated fiscal deficit to be reduced to 5.5% by-
1) 2010 end
2) 2011 end
3) 2012 end
4) 2014 end

22. Which of the following is not a bank/financial institution.
1) Lufthansa
2) NABARD
3) RBI
4) ICICI

23. In which of the following states are Snow Leopard found?
1) Uttarakhand
2) Rajasthan
3) Himalayan region
4) Punjab
5) None of these

24. Zain telecom firm is from which of the following country?
1) Kuwait
2) South Africa
3) Pakistan
4) China
5) None of these

25. which of following sportsperson was named Laureus World Sportsman 2009?
1) Usain Bolt
2) Serena willams
3) Roger Federer
4) Milkha singh
5) None of these

26. Sportspersons C. Srither, Ratan Singh and Isiah R Sanam has won gold in their game and to which
game they are related ?
1) Archery
2) Hockey
3) Swimming
4) Golf
5) None of these

29. Recently launched “Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission” aims to generate 20000 MW power
by –
1) 2022
2) 2020
3) 2015
4) 2010
5) None of these

30. Voting is compulsory in elections of all the local bodies in which of the following states?
1) Gujarat
2) Delhi
3) Punjab
4) Haryana
5) None of these

31. Government is set to infuse liquidity in public sector banks by how much amount in union budget
2010-11?
1) 16,500 Cr
2) 16,000 Cr
3) 15,000 Cr
4) 18,500 Cr
5) None of these

32. To which of the following has been given European Footballer Award for the year 2009?
1) Usain Bolt
2) Lionel Messi
3) Ronaldo
4) None of these

33. Which of the following awards are given to Sportspersons?
1) Arjuna Award
2) Dronacharya Awards
3) Moortidevi award
4) Dadasaheb Phalke award
5) None of these

37. Recently “Goodluck Jonathan” was in news. He is related to which country?
1) Nigeria
2) Sudan
3) Mongolia
4) Turkey
5) None of these

38. Which of the following exchange is popularly called ‘Footsie’?
a) LSE
b) FTSE
c) BSE
d) NSE
e) None of these

39. Recently it is in news that PIIGS nations are mostly exposed to European debt crisis and are in
danger of default. Which of the following is not the country forming PIIGS?
a) Portugal
b) Italy
c) Spain
d) Sweden
e) Greece

40. Recently Eurozone leaders along with IMF have passed a bailout package to the debt ridden
countries of EU. Which of the following is that package?
a) €450
b) €550
c) €650
d) €750
e) None of these

51. Recently new chief justice of India was sworn in by President Pratibha Patil. Who is the new chief
justice of India?
a) K.G Balakrishan
b) S H Kapadia
c) Shiv Raj Patil
d) V R Krishna Iyer
e) None of these

52. S H Kapadia has sworn in as the
a) 38th chief justice of india
b) 39th chief justice of india
c) 40th chief justice of india
d) 41th chief justice of india

53. Who is newly elected as new prime minister of Sri Lanka?
a) Mahinda Rajapaksa
b) D.M. Jayaratne
c) General Sarath Fonseka
d) Ratnasiri Wickremanayake

54. Book "The Promise: President Obama, Year One" is written by which author
a) Jonathan Alter
b) Vikas Swrup
c) Chetan Bhagat
d) Salman Rashdi

55. On which president of USA the above book is being written?
a) George W Bush
b) Barack Obama
c) Joe Biden
d) Gordon Brown

56. Who is new prime minister of Britain?
a) Gorfon Browm
b) David Cameron
c) Joe Biden
d) Nick Clegg

57. In which country there is power sharing deal between Labour party and conservative party and has
formed a coalition?
a) Britain
b) USA
c) Ukarine
d) Turkey

58. Which of the following special judge pronounced death sentence to Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Amir
Kasab?
a) M L Tahaliyani
b) K G Balakrishan
c) S H Kapadia
d) V R Krishna Iyer

59. Recently it is in news that something has been lost from the Indian navy history. What is that?
a) Destruction of Pakistani submarine Ghazi by Indian navy in the 1971 Indo-Pak

war

b) Destruction of INS Vikrant by Pakistani navy in the 1971 Indo-Pak war
c) Destruction of INS Rajput by Pakistani navy in the 1971 Indo-Pak war
d) Destruction of INS Chakra by Indian navy in the 1971 Indo-Pak war

60. With which nation, India has marked the 60th anniversary celebrations of diplomatic ties?
a) China
b) Iran
c) USA
d) Singapore
e) None of these

61. Recently government has kicked off 15th national census 2011. What cost will incur to it?
a) 2200 Cr
b) 2201 Cr
c) 2300 Cr
d) 2209 Cr

62. As per the national census 2011, NPR term is in news. What is it?
a) National Poverty Register
b) National Population Register
c) National population Region
d) National Poverty Region

63. Year 2009-2010 has been celebrated by RBI for what?
a) This year is Platinum Jubilee year
b) This year RBI showed significant improvement in its operations
c) This year RBI has completed 100 years
d) This year RBI has made India out of recession

64. A person, who was considered as the “bhishma pitamah’’ of Tatas, has got retired. Who is that?
a) Noshir A Soonawala
b) Ratan Tata
c) Joginder Tata
d) Jamsedji Tata

65. Bank’s profit is related with the term CASA. What is it?
a) Current Account Saving account
b) Current Acidity Saving Acidity
c) Current Accounting Saving Accounting
d) None of these

66. Currently Where was Nuclear Energy summit?
a) Washington
b) France
c) Paris
d) Davos

67. Who is the author of book “ Six Suspects”?
a) Vikas Swrup
b) Salman Rashdi
c) Chetan Bhagat
d) Nonw of these

68. Which Public sector undertaking (PSU) is the first to get emission reduction certificate from
UNFCC?
a) SAIL
b) GAIL
c) IOC
d) ONGC

69. Which has been chosen as the mascot of ICC world cup 2011?
a) Puma
b) Elephant
c) Tiger
d) Fuma

70. Recently Singapore navy and India navy has conducted 17th edition of annual bilateral exercise.
What is the name of it?
a) SIMBEX
b) SIMIND
c) SIMIDA
d) SIMTEX

71. Syed Ali, a sportsperson, who has died was from which game?
a) Cricket
b) Hockey
c) Volleyball
d) Table Tennis