Current Affairs 5

1. Who have been bestowed upon 'Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year award respectively at the Sahara Sports Awards 2010 recently?

Ans: Sushil Kumar and M.C. Mary Kom.

2. Which country will stage the FIFA World Cup in 2018 for the first  time?

Ans: Russia who dashed the hopes of rival bids put forth by England, Spain/Portugal and Belgium/ The Netherlands. The decision was announced in Zurich by Mr. Joshph Blatter, the president of the football's world governing body following a secret ballot by 22 members of its executive committee.

3. Which west Asian country would paly host the 2022 FIFA world cup for the first time?

Ans: Qatar which will be the first Middle Eastern country to host the biggest football tournam\ent in the world defeating competition form the USA, Australia, Japan, South Korea. The world Cup will return to Asia after 20 years as in 2002 South Korea and Japan jointly held the tournament.

4. Who has been voted the woman tennis player of the year for the second time in her career Recently?

Ans: Kim Clijsters of Belgium, Who had first earned the accolade in 2005 and came out of retirement last year, won five trophies in 2010, highlighted by a third US Open title.

5. Who won the 2010 Brazilian Grand Prix in Sao Paolo recently?

Ans: Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel

Current Affairs 4

1. Which one of our neighboring countries has recently transferred power to the new government from almost 50 years of direct military rule (The state peace and development council)?

Ans:  Myanmar.

2. Name the Myanmar strongman who has retired as head of the military after handling power to a normally civilian government.

Ans:  General Than Shwe. The postman turned director earlier disbanded the junta, the state peace and development council following November polls marred by the absence of democracy icon Miss Aung San Suu Kyi and complaints of cheating and intimidation.

3. Which Indian Canadian author is among 13 authors who have been short listed for the man booker international Prize 2011 awarded biennially for an author’s body of works?

Ans: Rohinton Mistry, the Indian Canadian author of three acclaimed books, such a long journey, a fire balance and family matters.

4. Which Indian journalist recently won Agence France press prize for her work in Kashmir?

Ans: Dinaz Boga, an Indian reported and photographer who received the third Kate Webb Prize form AFP for her courageous investigative work in Jammu and Kashmir.

5. Britain’s national postal service Royal Mail is issuing a first class postal stamp to commemorate the achievements of which Indian business tycoon?

Ans: Sahara Group chief Mr.Subrata Roy.

6. Where was the Global conference on citizen centric police station reforms held recently?

Ans: At Amritsar in Punjab

7. Name the Thai Prime minister who recently visited India

Ans: Mr. Abhisit Vejjajiva

8. Vedanta resources have acquired a majority (51 per cent) stake in cairn energy plc india for a total consideration of $9.6 billion. Where is Vedanta resources based?

Ans: Vedanta is London- based

9. Why was social activist Anna Hazare in the news recently? Elaborate.

Ans: He was on hunger strike at the protest venue near Jantar Mantar in New Delhi – the nervcentre of the agitation for a strong legislation to combat political and administrative graft. The government capitulated on 8 April and the following day. Anna Hazare called off his 98 hour hunger strike after the government issued a gazette notification for constitution of a 10 member joint committee of ministers and civil society activists, including the Gandhian, to draft an effective Jan Lokpal (Ombudsman) bill.

The notification issued by the ministry of law and justice said the joint committee to prepare a draft of the lokpal Bill would have five ministers from the government and five nominees of Mr. Hazare, including himself. Union finance minister Mr. Pranab Mukhaerjee will chair the panel while former law minister Mr. Shanti Bhushan will co-chair. The panel will have law minister Mr. Veerappa Moily as convener and home minister Mr. P. Chidambaram, HRD minister Mr. Kapil Sibal and water resources minister Mr. Salman Khurshid as member. The civil society will be represented by Anna Hazare, former Supreme court judge, Mr. N. Santosh Hegde, Mr. Prashant Bhushan and RTI activist Mr. Arvind Kejriwal.

General Knowledge 15

1. what is the approximate percentage increase in population per annum during the last census decade?


1. 1%


2. 1.5%


3. 2%


4. 2.5%
2. which one of the following has not been correctly matched


1. chunchus – Andhra Pradesh


2. angamal - Nagaland


3. khonds – orisa


4. nundas – Madhya Pradesh
3. official language of the high courts of India is / are


1. English only


2. Both English and hindi


3. All the regional languages


4. English, hindi and some others
4. who was the first governor general of India in east India company rule?


1. Robert clive


2. Warrebn hastings


3. Lord Cornwallis


4. None of these
5. who introduced ‘Subsidiary System of alliance’ in British India


1. lord Wellesley


2. lord Dalhousie


3. lord curzon


4. none of these
6. who is considered as the actual founder of muslim rule in India –


1. Mohammed bin Kassim


2. Mohammed ghori


3. Qutub uddin aibek


4. Zahiruddin mohammed babur
7. who is considered as the ‘iron man of india’


1. Dadabhai Nauroji


2. Sarder ballave Bhai Patel


3. General Manekshaw


4. None
8. in which year first general election for the Lok Sabha was held (in India)


1. 1948


2. 1950


3. 1952


4. none of these
9. in which year mount Everest was conquered by Tenzing Norgay  and Edmond Hillary


1. 1952


2. 1953


3. 1954


4. 1955
10. which one of the following has not been correctly matched


1. kanha national park – Madhya Pradesh


2. sultanpur lake bird sanctuary – haryana


3. ranathambor tiger sanctuary – gujrat


4. bandipur national park – Karnataka
11. which one of the following has not been correctly matched


1. national institute – new delhi


2. C.M.R.I – dhanbad


3. National diary research institute – haryana


4. Indian institute of horticulture research - karnataka
12. what approximate percentage of the total land area of India is considered with in ‘Urban Areas’


1. 5%


2. 10%


3. 15%


4. none of these
13. who said “Man in born free and everywhere he is in chains”-


1. Aristotal


2. Shakespeare


3. Rosseau


4. None of these
14. in which on of the follwong countries first asian games were held


1. japan


2. inida


3. Indonesia


4. None of these
15. in which year Indian cricket team become champion in world cup cricket


1. 1982


2. 1983


3. 1985


4. none of these

Answer

1.c

2.d

3.a

4.b

5.a

6.c

7.b

8.c

9.b

10.c

11.b

12.a

13.c

14.b

15.b

General Knowledge 14

1. Which company manufactures the A-380 aircraft – Air Bus Industries


2. which famous computer company developed the QuickTime Multimedia Technology – Apple Computer


3. who is the author of the best seller ‘My life’ – Bill Clinton


4. where is the oldest continuously functioning country office of world bank located in India – New Delhi


5. which is the longest river in the world – Amazon


6. which metal is used for manufacturing heating elements provided in an electric iron – Nichrome


7. the hydraulic brakes used in automobiles is a direct application of which thereon – Bemoulli’s Theorem


8. which reducing agent can also act as on oxidizing agent – H₂


9. Enzymes are a group of – Proteins


10. what are the metallic constituents of hard water – Calcium, Magnesium, Iron


11. which animal has the longest life span – Tortoise


12. which animal produces the biggest baby – Elephant


13. why heart attack occurs – Due to lack of blood supply to the heart itself


14. what is the PH of human blood – between 7.4 and 8


15. which planet has its orbit closest to sun – Mercury


16. unto where did chandragupta Maurya’s empire extend in the north west of India – Hindukush range


17. who built the first modern motorcar – Karl Benz


18. which dynasty succeeded the chalukyas in the western India – Rashtrakutas


19. the brown eye, blue eyes or black eyes of a person depends on the colour of the particular pigments present in which part of the eye – Iris


20. Which part of the world does not receive rainfall in any time of the year – Polar Regions

General Knowledge 13

1. How many spoked are there in the Chakra of our National Flag?
Ans:  There are 24 spokes in the charka of our national falg

2. what is the ratio of the width of the national flag to its length?
Ans: The ratio of he wieth of the flag to tis length is 2:3.

3. What is the chemical name of washigh soda?
Ans:  Sodium Carbonate

4. Which article of the Indian constitution provides for the appointment of a finance commission at five years intervals?
Ans: Article 280

5. Who is the chairman of the thirteenth finance commission, constituted in 2007 for a period of five years?
Ans:  Dr. Vijay L. Kelkar

6. Which film, directed by Tom Hooper, won the best Oscars award this year?(2011)
Ans:  The King’s Speech

7. Who was the founder the Mauryan Empire in India?
Ans:  The Empire was founded by chandragupta maurya with the help of his mentor Chanakya (Vishnugupta) after replacing Nandas

8. Who wrote Mudrarakshas, one of the important books of ancient India?
Ans:  Vishakha Dutta

9. Who founded Brahmo Samaj and when?
Ans: Brahmo Samaj was founded by Raja Ram Mohan Roy in 1828 A.D

10. Who was the viceroy of India when the Indian Naional Congress (INC) was founded in 1885 (A.D)
Ans:  Lord Dufferin (1884-1888)