CURRENT AFFAIRS MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. Where will the French Open be held this year?

a. Tennis Club de Paris

b. Île de Puteaux

c. Racing Club de France

d. Stade Roland Garros

2. Who is the CEO of Devas Multimedia that was in news recently regarding its agreement with

Antrix?

a. Ramachandran Vishwanathan

b. M.G. Chandrasekhar

c. Raja Mohan

d. None of these

3. Who among the following is the secretary to the Department of Space and also the chairman of

the Space Commission, ISRO and Antrix?

a. M.G. Chandrasekhar

b. Raja Mohan

c. K Radhakrishnan

d. None of these

4. The President of Egypt recently handed over the power of the country to the state military. Name him.

a. Hoshni Mubarak

b. Blaise Compaoré

c. Ahmed Abdallah

d. Isaias Afewerki

5. Rory McIlroy is associated with which of the following games?

a. Tennis

b. Cricket

c. Volley Ball

d. Golf

6. A Pakistani anti-terrorism court issued an arrest warrant for which former President of the country over the assassination of ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto?

a. Muhammad Rafi q Tarar

b. Wasim Sajjad

c. Muhammad Mian Soomro

d. Pervez Musharraf

7. TecSar is an … satellite.

a. American

b. Israeli

c. Chinese

d. None of these

8. BrahMos supersonic cruise missile is jointly prepared by Russia and …

a. America

b. China

c. India

d. Germany

9. Who was awarded the Jnanpith Award in the year 2007?

a. O. N. V. Kurup

b. Akhlaq Mohammed Khan

c. Ravindra Kelekar

d. Kunwar Narayan

10. Indipex 2011 is an exhibition of …

a. Coins

b. Stamps

c. Vintage Cars

d. Stationary

11. Name the person who is the founding member and former chairman of the Association of Combatant Clerics party of Iran. He is also the Secretrary General of National Trust Party of Iran. Currently, he is under house arrest for his calls to support of anti-government demonstrations in Egypt.

a. Mahdi Karroubi

b. Adel Labib

c. Talaat Sadat

d. Hossam Badrawi

12. According to Wall Street Journal, which of the following blogging websites has discussed

the prospect of acquisition with Google and Facebook?

a. Blogster

b. Fitfi nder

c. Fotolog

d. Twitter

13. Justice Shivraj Patil Committee is associated with …

a. Telangana State

b. 2G Scam

c. Babri Masjid

d. None of these

14. Where was the 17th Commonwealth Law Conference held?

a. India

b. London

c. Nairobi

d. None of these

15. Who among the following was the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2005, who took active part in Egypt protests this year?

a. Yukiya Amano

b. Hans Blix

c. Shirin Ebadi

d. Mohamed Mustafa El

Baradei

16. Julian Assange is associated with …

a. Wikileaks

b. Microsoft

c. Hyundai

d. None of these

17. Name the CEO of Bajaj Hindustan Ltd.

a. Kushagra Bajaj

b. Sanjeev Kumar

c. Shishir Bajaj

d. None of

18. Which day is observed as Kashmir Solidarity Day?

a. 21st December

b. 12th July

c. 18th October

d. 5th February

19. Who is the current President of Burma?

a. Than Shwe

b. Maung Maung Saw Maung

c. Sein Lwin

d. Thein Sein

20. In which year was Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi awarded the Bharat Ratna?

a. 2002

b. 2003

c. 2005

d. 2008

21. Who is the current Finance Secretary of India?

a. Ashok Chawla

b. Sushma Nath

c. Ranjan Roy

d. Amrita Bhargava

22. Who is the current Prime Minister of Nepal?

a. Jhalanath Khanal

b. Pushpa Kamal Dahal

c. Bijay Kumar Gachhedar

d. None of these

23. On which date did the Census 2011 began?

a. January 11

b. February 9

c. March 21

d. April 18

24. Mudumalai Tiger Reserve is situated in …

a. Kerala

b. Tamil Nadu

c. Andra Pradesh

d. None of these

25. Who is the current President of Yemen?

a. Ali Abdullah Saleh

b. Hosni Mubarak

c. Ali Mohammed Mujur

d. Faisal Bin Shamlan

26. The oil giant, Rosneft, is based in which of the following countries?

a. Russia

b. Germany

c. Saudi Arabia

d. None of these

27. Pradeep Vasant Naik, Indian Air Force, Air Chief Marshal recently visited which country to discuss the need to build a peace-time relationship between the armed forces of the two countries?

a. Sri Lanka

b. Nepal

c. USA

d. None of these

28. India recently renewed Inland Water Transit & Trade Protocol with which of the following companies?

a. Nepal

b. Pakistan

c. Srilanka

d. Bangladesh

29. Where are the 34th National Games being held?

a. Uttar Pradesh

b. Jharkhand

c. Bihar

d. Madhya Pradesh

30. Russia began construction of new space centre at …

a. Vostochny

b. Arsk

c. Asha

d. None of these

31. Agenda 21 is associated with which of the following?

a. IMF

b. World Bank

c. UN

d. Red Cross

32. Where is National Biodiversity Authority located?

a. Chennai

b. Delhi

c. Bangalore

d. Pune

33. Nagoya Protocol is associated with which of the following?

a. Health Ministry

b. Finance Ministry

c. Biodiversity

d. None of these

34. "Nomadic Elephant", a two-week long joint counterinsurgency exercise, was organised jointly by India and …

a. Malaysia

b. Sri Lanka

c. Mongolia

d. Myanmar

35. Jasmine Revolution took place in which of the following places?

a. Tunisia

b. France

c. Egypt

d. None of these

36. Panchasiddhantika, an ancient book, is written by …

a. Valmiki

b. Kabir

c. Surdas

d. Varāhamihira

37. Who heads the committee created for examination of the Food Security Bill?

a. C. Rangrajan

b. Bimal Jalan

c. Sonia Gandhi

d. Jean Dreze

38. Jean- Claude Trichet is associated with …

a. Red Cross

b. World Bank

c. European Central Bank

d. IMF

39. The slogan for Census 2011 is …

a. Everyone counts

b. You count, so we count

c. Count on me, everyone counts

d. Include me

40. Rail Bandhu is a …

a. Railway volunteer

b. Magazine

c. Hotel

d. Credit Card

41. The Naive and The Sentimental Novelist is the work of …

a. Günter Grass

b. J. M. Coetzee

c. Orhan Pamuk

d. V. S. Naipaul

42. Who has been appointed to succeed Rajiv Mathur, IB Chief?

a. Nehchal Sandhu

b. Ajay Garg

c. Sanjeev Uppal

d. None of these

43. Jal Hans is India’s first …

a. Floating hospital

b. Sea-cargo service

c. Water boat

d. Seaplane service

44. Name the political party in West Bengal that celebrated its 85th foundation day recently.

a. Forward Bloc

b. Revolutionary Socialist Party

c. Communist Party of India

d. None of these

45. Google has recently decided to give a $5 million grant to which of the following organisations?

a. WHO

b. Bharati Foundation

c. CRY

d. None of these

46. Who is the COO of World Trade Centre Association?

a. Kofi A. Boateng

b. Mad Catz

c. Ian Watmore

d. None of these

47. Birla Carbon will acquire … for $875 million dollars.

a. Columbian Chemicals

b. Europian Chemicals

c. Hinduja Chemicals

d. None of these

48. India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) project is located near …

a. Anamalai Hills

b. Nilgiri Hills

c. Khasi Hills

d. Patkai Hills

49. Mullaperiyar Dam is constructed on river …

a. Periyar

b. Kaveri

c. Ganga

d. Yamuna

50. Naoto Kan, the Prime Minister of Japan was preceded by …

a. Yukio Hatoyama

b. Yon Ki

c. Chiang Zell

d. Yukoto Ziang

ANSWERS:

1. d. Stade Roland Garros

2. a. Ramachandran Vishwanathan

3. c. K Radhakrishnan

4. a. Hoshni Mubarak

5. d. Golf

6. d. Pervez Musharraf

7. b. Israeli

8. c. India

9. a. O. N. V. Kurup

10. b. Stamps

11. a. Mahdi Karroubi

12. d. Twitter

13. b. 2G Scam

14. a. India

15. d. Mohamed Mustafa El Baradei

16. a. Wikileaks

17. a. Kushagra Bajaj

18. d. 5th February

19. d. Thein Sein

20. d. 2008

21. b. Sushma Nath

22. a. Jhalanath Khanal

23. b. February 9

24. b. Tamil Nadu

25. a. Ali Abdullah Saleh

26. a. Russia

27. a. Sri Lanka

28. d. Bangladesh

29. b. Jharkhand

30. a. Vostochny

31. c. UN

32. a. Chennai

33. c. Biodiversity

34. c. Mongolia

35. a. Tunisia

36. d. Varāhamihira

37. a. C. Rangrajan

38. c. European Central Bank

39. b. You count, so we count

40. b. Magazine

41. c. Orhan Pamuk

42. a. Nehchal Sandhu

43. d. Seaplane service

44. c. Communist Party of India

45. b. Bharati Foundation

46. a. Kofi A. Boateng

47. a. Columbian Chemicals

48. b. Nilgiri Hills

49. a. Periyar

50. a. Yukio Hatoyama