Current Affairs

1. Who has been chosen as Saudi Arabia’s new crown Prince by King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and has been appointed Deputy Premier and Mininster of interior of the Kingdom ?

Ans : Mr. Naif Bin Abdulaziz.

2. Where was the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting thrown open by Queen Elizabeth II held recently?

Ans : It was held at Perth in Australia.

3. Who has been re-appointed as the secretary-General of the 54 nation Commonwealth grouping for a four – year term beginning April 2012?

Ans : Mr. Kamalesh Sharma.

4. Whose memoir is titled, No Higher Honor that hit the stands recently?

Ans : Ms Condoleezza Rice, a Former US Secretary of State.

5. Where was the world’s first desert geopark opened recently?

Ans : China.

6. Who was recently bestowed upon 2011 Right Livelihood Award for his outstanding success in the development and mass-development of cutting-ede technology for harnessing solar energy?

Ans : Haugh Ming of China.

7. What is the nickname of the new long-haut jet Boeing 787?

Ans : The Dreamliner.

8. What was the world’s population as on October 31,2011?

Ans : The world’s population on 31 October touched another milestone with India welcoming the birth of baby Nargis, born on 31 October to a farmer couple in an UP village, as one of the world’s “seven billionth” babies. Nargis shares the honour of being the world’s symbolic seven billionth baby, with several babies in other countries.

9. Which was the code name of the recently held first-ever India Bangladesh military exercise?

Ans : Operation Sampriti.

10. Which was the first country to declare a seven billionth baby?

Ans : The Philippines. A little girl named Danica May Camacho, delivered just before midnight local time on Sunday (30 October) at Manila’s Jose Fabella memorial Hospital.