Current Affairs Test-29 for Bank exams and other public service exams

1) World Human Rights day is observed on-
a) 10th of December every year
b) 10th of October every year
c) 10th of September every year
d) 10th of November every year

2) Nagoya Protocol is related to the what?
a) Protection of Ecosystem
b) Nuclear damage control
c) Human Rights
d) Globalisation

3) Jean Drèze is related with  formulation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. Who is he?
a) Politician
b) Economist
c) Statistician
d) Financial Advisor

4) Which of the following is not the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) developed domestically?
a) Rustom 1
b) Lakshya
c)  Nishant
d) Tejas

5) World Food day is observed on-
a) 16 October
b) 17 October
c) 20 October
d) 17 December

6) Recently concluded "Indra 2010" wargame was excercised between which two nations -
a) Russia and South Korea
b) India and Russia
c) Russia and Singapore
d) India and USA

7) The high-level committee set up by the Centre to look into the conduct of the Commonwealth Games headed by-
a) V.K. Shunglu
b) Sudhir Aggarwal
c) D V Sharma
d) None of these

8) TAPI gas pipelines involves -
a) Four countries
b) Five countries
c) Six countries
d) Two countries

9) Recently IGMSY scheme has been launched on pilot basis. IGMSY stands for -
a) Indira Gandhi Mahajan Sahyog Yojana
b) Indira Gandhi Maternity Sahyog Yojana
c) Indira Gandhi Maternity SubhLakshmi Yojana
d) Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana

10) Who will head the  the Court of Arbitration being constituted to resolve the Kishanganga hydro-electric project dispute between India and Pakistan?
a) Sudhir Aggarwal
b) Stephen Schwebel
c) Joan Donoghue
d) Christopher Greenwood

11) Who won the TED prize for 2010?
a) Jamie Oliver
b) Sylvia Earle
c) Jill Tarter
d) José Abreu

12) Who became the first Indian to win a Commonwealth Games singles gold in tennis?
a) Somdev Devvarman
b) Leander Adrian Paes
c) Rafeal Nadal
d) Sania Mirza

13) Who is the first Indian woman to win the badminton singles gold at the Commonwealth Games?
a) Pullela Gopichand
b) Chetan Anand
c) Saina Nehwal
d) Prakash Padukone

14) Which country was the most successful country and stood at first in medal table?
a) India
b) Newzeeland
c) Australia
d) England

15) India signed which of the following recently with regard to nuclear damage which seeks to
establish a uniform global legal regime for the compensation of victims in the event of a nuclear accident.
a) Convention on Victim's Compensation
b) Convention on Supplementary Compensation
c) Convention on Appropriate Compensation
d) None of these