19/08/2014 CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ.................... Q.1 A person eligible to become the President of India should not be less than 1 60 years of age 2 35 years of age 3 40 years of age 4 50 years of age Ans:2 Q.2 Who amongst the following has written the book The City of Joy? 1 Ingram Smith 2 V. Harrison 3 Dominique Lapierre 4 Guentar Grass Ans: 3 Q.3 Indias first Defence University is set up in 1 Haryana 2 Uttar Pradesh 3 Punjab 4 Delhi Ans: 1 Q.4 The Supreme Court of India has upheld the Governments decision to provide reservation to Other Backward Class candidates in central educational institutes. How much reservation they get? 1 27% 2 13% 3 15% 4 20% Ans:1 Q.5 Who amongst the following Indians has featured in the list of Worlds 100 most influential Women, selected by the Time Magazine? 1 Mamata Banerjee 2 Sania Mirza 3 Jaya Bachchan 4 Pratibha Patil Ans: 1 Q.6 Vachaspati Puraskars are given by the 1 Madhya Pradesh Government 2 Uttar Pradesh Hindi Akademy 3 Birla Foundation 4 None of these Ans: 3 Q.7 Which of the following films was given the award of the Best Motion Picture of the Year by Oscar Foundation? 1 There will be Blood 2 No country for Old Men 3 Peter & the Wolf 4 None of these Ans: 2 Q.8 Who amongst the following was the Chairman of the Second Administrative Reforms Commission who submitted its report to the Government a few months back? 1 Veerappa Moily 2 Natwar Singh 3 M.S. Gill 4 None of these Ans: 1 Q.9 Which of the following companies/commissions of Indians Origin signed a pact for obtaining oil blocks in Libya? 1 Reliance Petroleum 2 Oil India Ltd. 3 Oil & Natural Gas Corporation 4 None of these Ans: 2 Q.10 Which of the following has the highest share in power generation in India? 1 Thermal power 2 Nuclear power 3 Hydro power 4 All the above have equal share Ans: 1 Q.11 Volkswagen launched the new IPL edition of Vento and Polo. Volkswagen is a car maker head quartered in 1 Itali 2 Japan 3 South Korea 4 Germany Ans: 4 Q.12 The White House on February 10,2012 named Indias renowned economist as the recipient of the 2011 US National Humanities Medal, Identify him - 1 Usha Thorat 2 C. Rangarajan 3 Amartya Sen 4 Montek SIngh Ahluwalia Ans: 3 Q.13 Pakistani archaeologists discovered a rare Indus Valley civilization era seal in steatite dating back to 2500-2000 BC from the Cholistan area of which of the following province in Pakistan? 1 FATA 2 Balochistan 3 Punjab Province 4 Sindh Province Ans: 3 Q.14 The new President of the World Bank to take charge w.e.f July 2012 is - 1 Jim Young Kim 2 Robert Zoellick 3 Christine Lagarde 4 Obiageli Katryn Ezekwesili Ans: 1 Q.15 In Meritorious Awards of SCOPE for the year 2010 - 11, which of the following Public Sector company has been awarded the Gold Trophy for the best corporate governance? 1 ONGC 2 HAL 3 GAIL 4 SAIL Ans: 4 Q.16 As per the latest estimates of Planning Commission, what was the total population percentage was below poverty line in the year 2009-10? 1 42% 2 25.5% 3 29.8% 4 37.2% Ans: 3 Q.17 Environment Excellency award under SCOPE Meritorious Awards 2010-11 has been given to - 1 SAIL 2 ONGC 3 EIL 4 IOC Ans: 2 Q.18 Finance Minister in his rollback announcements in budget proposals 2012-13 deferred GAAR for - 1 Three year 2 One year 3 Two year 4 Till end of 12th plan Ans: 2 Q.19 South Sudan has become a member of International Monetary Fund (IMF). It became IMFs - 1 189th Member 2 187th Member 3 186th Member 4 188th Member Ans: 4 Q.20 How many Indian Companies have been included in Forbes 2000 list of the year 2012? 1 71 2 61 3 57 4 65 Ans: 2 Q.21 National Dairy Plan (Phase - I) has been launched to give a boost to milk production in the country. In the first phase this plan will cover - 1 All states except North Eastern region 2 Only Gujarat 3 Only 14 states 4 Only 5 states Ans: 3 Q.22 20th Summit of ASEAN was held on April3-4,2012 in - 1 Phnom Penh(Cambodia) 2 Bankok (Thailand) 3 Singapore 4 Jakarta (Indonesia) Ans: 1 Q.23 6 MMTPA pellet making plant in Odisha has been commissioned by - 1 Tata Steels 2 Essar Steels 3 Jindal Steels 4 Steel Authority of India Ltd. Ans: 2 Q.24 Which of the following telecom authority has recently given the power to act like a civil court? 1 Depart of Telecommunication(DoT) 2 Telecom Regulatory Authority of India(TRAI) 3 Wireless Planning & Coordination (WPC) Wing 4 Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) Ans: 2 Q.25 Recently the Union Government of India has set up NATGRID. It is related to which one of the following? 1 Health 2 Intelligence 3 Education 4 Space Ans: 2 Q.26 The Government of India has recently set up Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC). It will be headed by which of the followings - 1 Finance Minister 2 Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister 3 Governor of RBI 4 Prime Minister Ans: 3 Q.27 Which of the following national organization has completed 150th year of its existence in 2011? 1 Zoological Survey of India 2 Archaeological Survey of India 3 Anthropological Survey of India 4 Geological Survey of India Ans: 2 Q.28 Mutual Acceptance of Data (MAD) in the Assessment of Chemicals, a multilateral agreement supported by which one of the followings - 1 WEF 2 WTO 3 OECD 4 IMF Ans: 3 Q.29 Which one of the state assembly has recently passed a Bill seeking a seven year jail term for the cow slaughter or even transporting the animal for that purpose? 1 Maharashtra 2 Gujarat 3 Uttarakhand 4 Chhattisgarh Ans: 2 Q.30 The estimates of National Income are prepared by- 1 National Development Council 2 National Productivity Council 3 National Income Council 4 Central Statistical Organization Ans: 4 Q.31 The State who launched Atal Khadyanna Yojna is - 1 Bihar 2 Gujarat 3 Uttarakhand 4 Jharkhand Ans: 3 Q.32 The first Lokpal Bill was presented in the Parliament in - 1 1968 2 1967 3 1971 4 1972 Ans: 1 Q.33 Which of the following is the latest country to reach an agreement on civil nuclear cooperation with India? 1 Australia 2 South Korea 3 China 4 Israel Ans: 1 Q.34 Montreal Protocol is related with the protection of - 1 Green house gases 2 Acid rain 3 Ozone layer 4 Endangered species Ans: 3 Q.35 Which one of the following is the most fragile eco-system that will be first affected by global warming? 1 Arctic and Greenland Ice sheet 2 Amazon rain forest 3 Taiga 4 Indian Monsoon Ans: 1 Q.36 Who amongst the following is the author of the book To A Hunger Free World? 1 Amartya Sen 2 C. Rangarajan 3 Manmohan Singh 4 M.S. Swaminathan Ans: 4 Q.37 The Government of India has launched an Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP) to monitor certain disease. Which of the following is not covered under the project? 1 Malaria 2 Polio 3 Plague 4 Tuberculosis Ans: 3 Q.38 Swayamsidha is a scheme launched by the Government of India to help. 1 Women only 2 School children only 3 Health workers only 4 None of these Ans: 1 Q.39 In the financial newspapers we read about International Growth. What are the activities involved in Industrial Sector for the purposes of economic planning? 1 Mining 2 Manufacturing 3 Construction 4 All of the above Ans: 4 Q.40 Tata Motors has signed a long term partnership agreement with which of the following auto companies? 1 Ford Motor Company 2 Maruti Suzuki 3 Toyota Motor Corporation 4 None of these Ans: 1 Q.41 Many times we read in financial newspapers/magazines about Share Swap done by big corporates. What is Share Swap? (A) A business takeover in which acquiring company uses its own stock to pay for the acquired company (B) When a company uses its own shares to get some short term loan for working capital requirement, it is known as Share Swap (C) When companies are required to float a new issue to earn capital for their expansion programmes, each shareholder gets some additional preferential shares. The process of the allotment of preferential share is known as Share Swap. 1 Only A 2 Only B 3 Only C 4 None of these Ans: 1 Q.42 On the basis of the study done by the Government of India, various states were divided into two groups Low Poverty States, High Poverty States. Which of the following is not a low poverty state? 1 Kerala 2 Orissa 3 Karnataka 4 Gujarat Ans: 2 Q.43 As reported in the major financial newspapers the Federal Reserve has made certain changes/corrections in its base federal funds rates. This act of the Federal Reserve will bring an effect directly and immediately on the banks located in 1 USA 2 China 3 Japan 4 Russia Ans: 1 Q.44 Which of the following countries has the largest cheques truncation facility in Asia? 1 China 2 India 3 Myanmar 4 None of these Ans: 2 Q.45 Which of the following is the name of the asset reconstruction company created by various banks in India? 1 ARCIL 2 HCR 3 SEBI 4 None of these Ans: 1 Q.46 India does not have a single branch/office of any one of its banks in which of the following countries? 1 USA 2 Russia 3 Nepal 4 Switzerland Ans: 4 Q.47 Navajivan Express runs between 1 Jammu Tawi-Thiruvananthapuram 2 Howrah-Chennai 3 Bhopal-New Delhi 4 Chennai-Ahmedabad Ans: 4 Q.48 RISAT-1, which was put in orbit in April 2012 by PSLV-C19, is the heaviest satellite launched by India so far with a weight of 1 1,658 kg 2 1,768 kg 3 1,858 kg 4 1,968 kg Ans: 3 Q.49 The two-day 20th ASEAN Summit was held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia in 2012 in the month of 1 February 2 March 3 April 4 May Ans: 3 Q.50 The man who knew infinity is a biography written by Robert Kanigel. This biography belongs to which one of the following? 1 Srinivasa Ramanujan 2 Jagdish Bhagvati 3 Dr. C. V. Raman 4 V. Ramakrishanan Ans: 1
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