General Studies & Current Affairs for Bank, SSC, CLAT, Civil Services and other Competitive Exams

1. What is India's rank in 2010 Environment Protection act?  117 121 134 ANS: 121 2. As per the Macroeconomic and Monetary Devel...

Current Affairs: April 2010

Stole My Heart
1. What is India's rank in 2010 Environment Protection act? 
117
121
134
ANS: 121

2. As per the Macroeconomic and Monetary Development Report by RBI - what is the latest growth rate for Agriculture in 2010-11? 
3.7%
3.5%
-1.2%
ANS: 3.5%

3. Which among the following is world's second largest economy as this country retains this title after the latest data's were released recently? 
Japan
Russia
China
ANS: Japan


4. Out of 27 members of the European Union, which country is India's biggest trade partner? 
UK
France
Germany
ANS:Germany

5. Which city of India will host the 12th edition of South Asian Games (SAF Games) in 2012? 
Delhi
Chennai
Mumbai
ANS: Delhi 
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6. How many Indian women corporate leaders have made it to the Forbes' list of Asia Pacific's 48 "Heroes Of Philanthropy" released recently
1
4
3
ANS: 4

7. How much assistance was declared by the central Government to provide 16 public sector banks in India to shore up their capital base? 
Rs. 12500 Crore
Rs. 16500 Crore
Rs. 20000 Crore
ANS:Rs. 16500 Crore

8. Which of the following countries have won a maximum of Gold medals in recently held 2010 Winter Olympics? 
Canada
US
Germany
ANS:Canada

9. Which Day National Maritime Week of every year is celebrated in India.? 
April 5
April 20
March 26
ANS: April 5 


10. Which of the following team was defeated by Australia recently to win the 2010 Hockey World Cup? 
India
Germany
England
ANS: Germany

1. Indian commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma has recently said that India is committed to take the Doha round to a successful co...

Current Affairs: April 2010:GK for Symbiosis , CLAT, MAT May 2010

Emotion & Commotion
1. Indian commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma has recently said that India is committed to take the Doha round to a successful conclusion.What is Doha round about?
a. Trade negotiations
b. Nuclear treaty
c. Oil accord
d. Peace negotiations
2. What is the name of the cyclone that has hit Fiji recently?
a. Katrina
b. Tomas
c. Puppet
d. Swath
3. India is planning to hold highlevel talks with many stake holders to solve the Afghan problem. Identify latest country it is holding talks with?
a. Pakistan
b. The US
c. Germany
d. Iran
4. Cardinal Sean Brady, head of a Catholic Church, has been accused for his role in the child abuse scandal. Which country does he belong to?
a. Ireland
b. Switzerland
c. Italy
d. Lebanon
5. Varun Gandhi has been made an offi ce-bearer in BJP's new team of leaders. What is his post?
a. Vice resident
b. General secretary
c. Secretary
d. None of the above
6. A shoot-out recently took place at a famous science research centre in India. Which organisation is it?
a. BARC
b. ISRO
c. TIFR
d. IISc
7. Whose court martial has been initiated in Sri Lanka?
a. Rienzi Arsakularathne
b. Mahinda Rajapaksa
c. Sarath Fonseka
d. Jagath Jayasurya
8. Which Bill was deferred at the last moment from being placed in the Lok Sabha by the government due to stiff opposition by all opposition parties?
a. Women's Reservation Bill
b. Civil Liability for Nuclear
Damage Bill
c. Finance Bill
d. SC/ST Reservation
(Amendment) Bill
9. Which Bill has been cleared by the cabinet to be introduced in the Parliament?
a. Women's Reservation Bill
b. Civil Liability for Nuclear
Damage Bill
c. Foreign Educational
Institutions Bill
d. Finance Bill
10. India's Prithvi missile missed to reach its target height in what is seen as a big setback to putting in place a credible ballistic missile defence (BMD) shield. What height was Prithvi supposed touch?
a. 120 km
b. 110 km
c. 125 km
d. 93 km
11. Violent protests are going on in Thailand with the call for an immediate dissolution of the House of  Representatives and fresh elections. Who is the prime minister of Thailand?
a. Thaksin Shinawatra
b. Abhisit Vejjajiva
c. Prem Tinsulanonda
d. Bhumibol Adulyadej
12. Which state inaugurated its world's fi rst green legislature building?
a. Manipur
b. Kerala
c. Uttar Pradesh
d. Tamil Nadu
13. Which political leader has apprehended that the male presence in Parliament and State Assemblies would become negligible in the next 10 years?
a. Lalu Prasad yadav
b. Myawati
c. Mulayam Singh Yadav
d. Varun Gandhi
14. Country to build two reactors at Kudankulam, Tamil Nadu is?
a. Russia
b. France
c. Japan
d. Kazakhastan
15. Which country has shown its desire to build high-speed rail links with India?
a. Bhutan
b. China
c. Pakistan
d. Nepal
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16. David Coleman Headley has pleaded guilty in the US court for all 12 charges against him. Which country, other than India, fi gures in these 12 counts of terror charges?
a. Pakistan
b. Afghanistan
c. Denmark
d. The US
17. Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray came under attack for calling Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus by its old English name Victoria Terminus. When was VT changed to CST?
a. 1950
b. 1965
c. 1992
d. 1996
18. Which international body is providing India US$ 1.05 billion for expanding the reach of primary schools and improving the quality of engineering education?
a. International Monetary
Fund
b. World Bank
c. United Nations
Development Fund
d. Ford Foundation
19. Cheraw, the Bamboo Dance, of which Indian state has made it to the Guinness Book of Records on account of the largest dance ensemble in the world?
a. Assam
b. Himachal Pradesh
c. Chhatisgarh
d. Mizoram
20. Which international music band has turned fi fty this year?
a. The Beatles
b. Backstreet Boys
c. Pink Floyd
d. Dire Straights
21. Saina Nehwal recently touched her all time high by gaining a good position in World Rankings.What is her rank?
a. 3rd
b. 5th
c. 1st
d. 7th
22. The indian team showed dismal performance in 2010 Hero Honda Hockey World Cup. Who coached India?
a. Pablo Lombi
b. Shahid Ali Khan
c. Markus Weise
d. Jose Brasa
23. Left parties have announced a 'jail bharo' campaign against rising prices. Which date is set for the launch?
a. April 7
b. April 8
c. April 9
d. April 10
24. With relation to whcih case has the Gujarat CM Narendra Modi be summoned by the Special Ivestigation Team investigating Gujarat riots of 2002?
a. Murder of Ehsan Jaffrey
b. Best Bakery
c. Naroda Patia massacre
d. Media's role during and
after the riots
25. Australia won the fi nal of Hero Honda Hockey World Cup. Which country did it play against?
a. Argentina
b. India
c. Pakistan
d. Germany
26. A new Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre has been opened in ....
a. Dhaka
b. Jaffna
c. Karachi
d. Kathmandu
27. After becoming brand ambassador of Gujarat, Amitabh Bachchan has agreed to promote ....
a. Tamil Nadu
b. MP tourism
c. Kerala tourism
d. Incredible India campaign
28. On what ground did Trinamool Congress chief Mamta Banerjee abstained from the vote on Women's Reservation Bill?
a. Demanding sub-quota for the OBCs
b. Demanding sub-quota for the women employees of the railways
c. Demanding quota in Rajya Sabha as well
d. Demanding quota in jobs too
29. After a bad show in Australia by the Pakistan Cricket team,two of the players, Younus Khan and ..., have been banned from the national cricket team.
a. Mohammad Yousuf
b. Rana Naved-ul-Hasan
c. Shoaib Malik
d. Shahid Afridi
30. Who has been named as the most infl uential person in Indian sports in the annual Sports Illustrated (SI) Power List?
a. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
b. Sachin Tendulkar
c. Abhinav Bindra
d. Sania Mirza
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31. Identify the fi rst technician who ... has been awarded the Dada Saheb Phalke award at the 56th National Film Awards (2008)?
a. Anirudh Roy Choudhary
b. VK Murthy
c. Neeraj Pandey
d. Ronnie Screwwala
32. The Women's Reservation Bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha with 191 member in favour and one in opposition. Who was the lone naysayer?
a. Mulayam Singh Yadav
b. Sharad Joshi
c. Krishna Tirath
d. Akhtar Shri Kamal
33. For which movie did Kathryn Bigelow get the Oscar for best director becoming the fi rst woman to receive this award?
a. Avatar
b. Inglorious Basterds
c. Precious
d. The Hurt Locker
34. At which place in Sri Lanka is India planning to open an additional Consulate?
a. Kandy
b. Kilinochi
c. Jaffna
d. Columbo
35. The fi rst all-women crew fl ight of Air India fl ew from Mumbai to ... on March 8, 2010, the 100th International Women's Day.
a. New York
b. London
c. Tokyo
d. Brasilia
36. Which famous Hollywood actress won the worst-actress prize by the Razzies this year for her performance in 'All about Steve'
a. Sandra Bullock
b. Penelope Cruz
c. Julia Roberts
d. Kate Winslet
37. Which country's citizenship has been offered to MF Hussain?
a. Qatar
b. Iran
c. Bangladesh
d. Saudi Arabia
38. Which US offi cial had to apologise for any misunderstanding arising from the remarks he made, suggesting that Indians were not targeted in the February 26 suicide attacks in Kabul?
a. Timothy Roemer
b. Hillary Clinton
c. Richard Holbrooke
d. David Mulford
39. How much quota has Ram Vilas Paswan, president, Lok Janshakti Party, has demanded for the Muslims in government jobs?
a. 20 per cent
b. 10 per cent
c. According to proportion in population at national level
d. According to population in each state
40. Which country has launched a year-long "Festival of India"?
a. Thailand
b. Canada
c. Australia
d. China
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41. Which Latin American country has said that it differs with the US on its position on Iran?
a. Argentina
b. Venezuala
c. Brazil
d. Chile
42. An Indian Navy aircraft participating in an aerobatic display as part of the India Aviation 2010 exhibition at the ... airport crashed into a building in the densely populated Bowenpally locality in Andhra Pradesh.
a. Shamsbad
b. Secundrabad
c. Vizag
d. Begumpet
43. Who has Sir Garfi eld Sobers, the former West Indies Cricket team captain, rated as the best batsman of all times?
a. Imran Khan
b. Sunil Gavaskar
c. Allan Border
d. Brian Lara
44. Which city of Karnataka was recently closed for the outsiders following rioting and violence?
a. Shimoga
b. Aihole
c. Chicmagalur
d. Chitradurga
45. Which US offi cial is on a tour of Latin America to boost US' image there?
a. Barak Obama
b. Hillary Clinton
c. Joe Biden
d. Sarah Palin
46. Which Afghan city became a hotbed of news after a bomb blast in which many Indians were targetted?
a. Kandhar
b. Kabul
c. Jalalabad
d. Herat
47. Which British-Asian fi lmmaker has been honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the South Asian Cinema Foundation (SACF) for making fi lms like 'India! My India!'?
a. Meera Nair
b. Deepa Mehta
c. Lavleen Tondon
d. Yavar Abbas
48. To which country has India sent members of Assam Rifl es under the aegis of United Nations?
a. Bosnia
b. Chile
c. Fiji
d. Haiti
49. The World Expo 2010 where Indian pavalion's design will be inspired by the Sanchi stupa will be held at?
a. Dubai
b. Shanghai
c. Rome
d. Muscat
50. Which party has Minister V Sathiyamoorthy, formr AIADMK minister, has joined?
a. DMK
b. Congress
c. BJP
d. RJD


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CURRENT AFFAIR
1. a. Trade negotiations
2. b. Tomas
3. d. Iran
4. a. Ireland
5. c. Secretary
6. b. ISRO
7. c. Sarath Fonseka
8. b. Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill
9. c. Foreign Educational Institutions Bill
10. b. 110 km
11. b. Abhisit Vejjajiva
12. d. Tamil Nadu
13. c. Mulayam Singh Yadav
14. a. Russia
15. b. China
16. c. Denmark
17. d. 1996
18 b. World Bank
19. d. Mizoram
20. a. The Beatles
21. b. 5th
22. d. Jose Brasa
23. b. April 8
24. a. Murder of Ehsan Jaffrey
25. d. Germany
26. a. Dhaka
27. c. Kerala tourism
28. c. Demanding quota in Rajya Sabha
as well
29. a. Mohammad Yousuf
30. b. Sachin Tendulkar
31. b. VK Murthy
32. b. Sharad Joshi
33. d. 'The Hurt Locker'
34. c. Jaffna
35. a. New York
36. a. Sandra Bullock
37. a. Qatar
38. c. Richard Holbrooke
39. b. 10 per cent
40. d. China
41. c. Brazil
42. d. Begumpet
43. b. Sunil Gavaskar
44. a. Shimoga
45. b. Hillary Clinton
46. b. Kabul
47. d. Yavar Abbas
48. d. Haiti
49. b. Shanghai
50. a. DMK

1. Which of the following is the slogancan be associated with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)? a. Earth and nature b. Nature is life c. For a...

CURRENT AFFAIRS:MARCH 2010 : BUSINESS & ECONOMY

God of War III
1. Which of the following is the slogancan be associated with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)?
a. Earth and nature
b. Nature is life
c. For a living planet
d. Life and planet
2. Pulsar, Discover and Ninja , are names of bike models that you would associate with …
a. TVS Motors Ltd
b. Bajaj Auto Ltd
c. Hero Honda Motors Ltd
d. Honda Motors Ltd
3. Servo brand of industrial oil belongs to the stable of …
a. HPCL
b. Indian Oil Corporation
c. BPCL
d. ONGC
4. Which company is a joint venture between Norway’s leading Telecom operator Telenorand India’s leading reality major,
Unitech, and has recently launched the mobile phone services in India?
a. Peninor
b. Uninor
c. Teletech
d. None of these
5. Real GDP growth rate in the second quarter of 2009-10 was?
a. 6.1 per cent
b. 6.7 per cent
c. 7.1 per cent
d. 7.9 per cent
6. The Union Minister for Corporate Affairs is ...
a. SK Shinde
b. Salman Khursheed
c. Veerappa Moily
d. None of these
7. What is the percentage stake acquired by Arcelor Mittal in Uttam Galva Steel in a deal worth 422 crores recently?
a. 21 per cent
b. 23 per cent
c. 25 per cent
d. 29 per cent
8. The amount invested by the Venture Capital fi rms in around 92 deals in India by the end of 2009 is?
a. $345 million
b. $475 million
c. $550 million
d. $640 million
9. Subir Raha who passed away recently, was an outstanding public service executive and headed one of the major oil companies of India. Identify the name of the organisation that he headed
a. IOC
b. ONGC
c. BPCL
d. HPCL
10. The name of the recently appointed disinvestment secretary of India is …
a. Ashok Chawla
b. Sumit Bose
c. Sunil Mitra
d. Krishna Kumar Goyal
11. Which veteran journalist has been appointed as the chairman of the Prasar Bharti recently.
a. Vir Sanghvi
b. N. Ram
c. Mrinal Pandey
d. Pravin Swami
12. Name the famous businessperson from India who was awarded the ‘Order of Diplomatic Service Merit’ by South Korea recently.
a. Rahul Bajaj
b. Venu Srinivasan
c. Vijay Mallaya
d. Kumaramangalam Birla
13. Identify the name of the bank whose punch line is ‘where every individual is committed’.
a. Indian Bank
b. Bank of India
c. Oriental Bank of
Commerce
d. Bank of Baroda
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14. The fi rst city in the world where metro started is?
a. New York
b. London
c. Tokyo
d. Hong Kong
15. The deal in which Edelweiss Capital bought domestic retail brokering fi rm Angram Capital recently was worth?
a. Rs. 64 crore
b. Rs. 164 crore
c. Rs. 264 crore
d. Rs. 364 crore
16. Identify the name of the automobile major which recently recalled millions of its sold vehicles that were potentially
prone to uncontrolled acceleration ...
a. General Motors
b. Toyota Motors
c. Ford Motors
d. Honda Motors
17. Identify is the new group CEO of Tata Motors?
a. Allan Mullalay
b. Carl Peter Forster
c. Rick Wagoner Jr
d. PM Telang
18. Recently Bharti Airtel bided for the Kuwait based Zain Telecom’s Affrican assets. What was the amount of the bid?
a. $ 9.8 billion
b. $10.7 billion
c. $12.2 billion
d. $ 14.9 billion
19. The present chief economic advisor to the Finance minister of India...
a. Deepak C Jain
b. Bimal Jalan
c. Bibek Debroy
d. Kaushik Basu
20. Boxster S - the car model can be associate with …
a. Volkswagen AG
b. Porsche
c. Ford Motors
d. General Motors
21. Identify the main author of The Maruti Story ...
a. Jagadish Khattar
b. RC Bhargava
c. Ravi Kant
d. None of these
22. D. Shiva Kumar is the managing director of ….
a. LG India
b. Nokia India
c. Sony India
d. IBM India
23. Pranab Mukharjee represented maximum budgets in the history of India. How many budgets has
he represented so far …
a. 4 times
b. 5 times
c. 6 times
d. 7 times
24. As per the Union Budget 2010-2011, the percentage increase in the allocation for the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan is?
a. 10 per cent
b. 15 per cent
c. 20 per cent
d. 25 per cent
25. As per the Union Budget 2010-2011, which of the following represents the percentage of the planned expenditure that is allocated for the infrastructure development?
a. 35 per cent
b. 46 per cent
c. 52 per cent
d. 56 per cent
26. Author of "INDIA 2039 An Affl uent Society in One Generation" is …
a. VJ Taraporevala
b. Bibek Debroy
c. Onkar Goswami
d. Ashok V Desai
27. ‘Obsessed with quality since 1895’, is the punch line of …
a. Volkswagen AG
b. TAG Heuer
c. Skoda Automobiles
d. Swarovski
28. Rodeo, Duro and Flyte are the names of the two wheelers that originally belonged to …
a. Hero Honda Motors
b. Kinetic Engineering Ltd
c. Bajaj Auto Ltd
d. TVS Motors Ltd
29. Prius is the name of the car brand that was launched by …
a. Hyundai Motors Ltd
b. Honda Motors Ltd
c. General Motors
d. Toyota Motors
30. Who amongst the following is the present Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT)?
a. KT Chacko
b. RS Gujral
c. Saarthak Behuria
d. None of these
31. The Double Life of Ramalinga Raju The Story of India’s Corporate Fraud, is authored by …
a. Raghav Bahl
b. Udayan Bose
c. Kingshuk Nag
d. Gita Piramal
32. The fi rst Fortune 200 Chief Executive Offi cer to tweet his resignation recently was
a. Eric Schmidt
b. Jonathan Schwartz
c. John T Chambers
d. Samuel J Palmasino
33. The India businessman to win the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur award for the Year 2009 is?
a. PC Reddy
b. Anand Mahindra
c. KP Singh
d. Tulsi Tanti
34. KN Raj, a famous economist of India who passed away recently was famous for his …
a. Karnataka Model of
development
b. Kerala Model of
development
c. Tamil Nadu Model of
development
d. Maharashtra Model of
development
35. As per the domestic passenger vehicles sales in January 2010 , which of the following was the market leader?
a. Tata Motors
b. Hyundai Motors India Ltd
c. Maruti Suzuki Ltd
d. Honda Motors India Ltd
36. Recently SEBI constituted a committee for the review of the ownership and governance structure of the stock exchanges
of India. Identify the chairperson of this committee?
a. Deena Mehta
b. CB Bhave
c. Bimal Jalan
d. Usha Thorat
37. As per a recent development, in order to overhaul the existing Public Distribution System that is considered as one of the
factors for the increasing food prices in India, a 11 member committee has been constituted. It will be chaired by …
a. Pranab Mukharjee
b. Sharad Pawar
c. Montek Singh Ahluwalia
d. Dr. Manmohan Singh
38. As per a recent development Fortis Healthcare will buy 23.9 per cent stake in a Singapore Healthcare provider Parkway
holdings. Identify the worth of the deal from the given options?
a. $ 485 million
b. $ 585 million
c. $ 685 million
d. $ 785 million
39. The richest person of the world according to the recent Forbes annual list of world’s top billionaires is?
a. Bill Gates
b. Warren Buffet
c. Carlos Slim Helu
d. Ingwar Kemprad
40. The richest person of India according to the recent Forbes annual list of world’s top billionaires is?
a. LN Mittal
b. Mukesh Ambani
c. Sunil Bharti Mittal
d. Anil Ambani
41. Which of the following represents India’s Industrial growth for the month of January 2010?
a. 15.6 per cent
b. 16.2 per cent
c. 16.7 per cent
d. 17.3 per cent
42. You might have heard of IPO that is Initial Public Offer but which of the following represents the expansion of ‘F’ in ‘FPO’?
a. Finance
b. Follow-on
c. Fringe
d. Foreign
43. Which of the following represents the expansion of DTC, linked with Financial sector?
a. Dealers Technological
Corporation
b. Direct Tax Code
c. Digital Taxation Codifi ed
d. Digitised Technical Code
44. As per the Union Budget 2010-2011, the amount allocated to extend the green revolution to the eastern region of the
country is?
a. 400 crores
b. 500 crores
c. 600 crores
d. 700 crores
45. As per the Union Budget 2010-2011, BE, which of the following represents the fi scal defi cit as a percentage of GDP?
a. 4.5 per cent
b. 5.2 per cent
c. 5.5 per cent
d. 6.2 per cent
46. As per the new taxation slabs under the Union Budget 2010-2011, which of the following represents the amount up to
which there is no tax?
a. 1.3 lakhs
b. 1.6 lakhs
c. 1.8 lakhs
d. 2 lakhs
47. The new service tax rate as per the Union Budget of 2010-2011 is...
a. 10 per cent
b. 10.5 per cent
c. 10.8 per cent
d. 11.2 per cent
48. Find the odd one out.
a. Civic
b. CRV
c. City
d. Getz
49. The Generali group in the Future Generali insurance venture, hails from …
a. Germany
b. Italy
c. France
d. Australia
50. The percentage stake of ICICI Bank in the ICICI Lombard General Insurance is ...
a. 66 per cent
b. 74 per cent
c. 80 per cent
d. 85 per cent

ANSWERS:

1. c. For a living planet
2. b. Bajaj Auto Limited
3. b. Indian Oil Corporation
4. b. Uninor
5. d. 7.9 per cent
6. b. Salman Khursheed
7. d. 29 per cent
8. b. $ 475 million
9. b. ONGC
10. b. Sumit Bose
11. c. Mrinal Pandey
12. b. Venu Srinivasan
13. c. Oriental Bank of Commerce
14. b. London
15. b. Rs 164 cr
16. b. Toyota Motors
17. b. Carl Peter Forster
18. b. $ 10.7 billion
19. d. Kaushik Basu
20. b. Porsche
21. b. R.C. Bhargava
22. b. Nokia India
23. c. 6 times
24. b. 15 per cent
25. b. 46 per cent
26. b. Bibek Debroy
27. c. Skoda Automobiles
28. b. Kinetic Engineering Ltd
29. d. Toyota Motors
30. b. RS Gujral
31. c. Kingshuk Nag
32. b. Jonathan Schwartz
33. b. Anand Mahindra
34. b. Kerala Model of Development
35. c. Maruti Suzuki Ltd.
36. c. Bimal Jalan
37. d. Dr Manmohan Singh
38. c. $685 million
39. c. Carlos Slim Helu
40. b. Mukesh Ambani
41. c. 16.7 per cent
42. b. Follow-on
43. b. Direct Tax Code
44. a. 400 cr
45. c. 5.5 per cent
46. b. 1.6 lakhs
47. a. 10 per cent
48. d. Getz
49. b. Italy
50. b. 74 per cent