CURRENT AFFAIRS MCQs

CURRENT AFFAIRS

 

 1. The Haryana government declared two days’ state mourning on 5 May and 6 May 2011 following the death of Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu. Dorjee Khandu was the Chief Minister of -

a) Assam
b) Arunachal Pradesh
c) Manipur
d) Meghalaya
Answer: (b)

2. The Supreme Court of India on 5 May 2011 reserved verdict on the petition seeking a direction to disband and disarm Special Police Officers recruited under Salwa Judum movement. Salwa judum movement is associated with which one of the following states?

a) Chhattisgarh
b) Bihar
c) Jharkhand
d) Madhya Pradesh
Answer: (a)

3. Which one of the following launched social security scheme for Gramin Dak Sevaks?
a) Ministry of Home Affairs
b) Ministry of Communications and IT
c) Ministry of Personnel and Grievance
d) Ministry of Rural Development
Answer: (b) Ministry of Communications and IT

4.  Identify the person with the given clues -

1.    He was declared the winner of Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2010 by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry.
2.    He entered the film industry in 1965 and shot into fame with his very first film ‘Neerkumizhi’ starring Nagesh.
3.    He received the prestigious Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award in 1987
4.    Rudraveena(Telugu) directed by him won the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration.

a.    Director K. Balachander
b.    Dr. Daggubati Ramanaidu
c.    A. R. Murugadoss
d.    K. S. Ravikumar
Answer: (a)

5. S.C. Chetal took over as Director of which of the following bodies in India on 29 April 2011?
a. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
b. Fast Breeder Test Reactor (FBTR) Center
c. Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research
d. BARC Training School
Answer: (c)

6. The Indian government on 2 May 2011 appointed Girish Chandra Chaturvedi as petroleum secretary. Who did he replace?
a.    Murli Manohar Joshi
b.    BL Meena
c.    S Sundareshan
d.    Ajay Maken
Answer: (c)

7.    Ashok Motwani was appointed Managing Director and CEO on 2 May 2011 of which of the following bodies?
a.    Stock Holding Corporation of India
b.    IDBI Trusteeship Services
c.    Asset Reconstruction Company of India
d.    Small Industries Development Bank of India
Answer: (a)

8.    The Pawan Hans helicopter carrying among others Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister, Dorjee Khandu had gone missing on 30 April 2011. The search operation that followed came to an on 4 May 2011 when Dorjee's body was found among the wreckage of the Pawan Hans. To which of the following tribes of Arunachal Pradesh did Dorjee belong to?
a.    Monpa
b.    Sherdukpen
c.    Memba
d.    Wancho
Answer: (a)

9.    The Chief Minister of which Indian state approved an outlay of Rs.1,255 crore for upgradation of water supply and sewerage works in the State on 4 May 2011?
a.    Rajasthan
b.    Uttarakhand
c.    Gujarat
d.    Haryana
Answer: (d)

10.    The Postal Department on 3 May 2011 launched the new social security scheme for Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS). Which of the following is not true with regard to the scheme launched?
1.    Union Minister of State for Communications and IT Sachin Pilot launched the Service Discharge Benefit Scheme (SDBS) for GDS.
2.    The scheme will be operationalised utilising IRDA's New Pension Scheme product, NPS-Lite.
3.    The cost of the management of the scheme is likely to be over Rs.70 crore annually and will be borne by the Union Government.
4.    The Postal Department decided to deposit Rs.200 per GDS per month.
a.    2 & 4
b.    Only 2
c.    Only 4
d.    3 & 4
Answer: (b)

11.    Who was sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh on 5 May 2011 following the death of Dorjee Khandu in the Pawan Hans chopper crash?
a.    Jarbom Gamlin
b.    Chowna Mein
c.    C C Singpho
d.    Newlai Tingkhatra
Answer: (a)

12. Who among the following Popes of the Vatican City is the Slavic or Polish Pope to date?
a.    Pope Adrian VI
b.    Pope Pius IX
c.    Pope John Paul II
d.    Pope Benedict XVI
Answer: (c)

13. Conference of Parties to the Stockholm Convention in Geneva on 29 April 2011 approved the recommendation for elimination of production and use of which of the following?
a.    Endosulfan
b.    Neonicotinoids
c.    Organophosphates
d.    Metarhizium anisopliae
Answer: (a)

14. Anatoly Perminov, head of the Russian space agency, Roscomos resigned from his post in April 2011. Whom did Russian PM, Putin appoint on 29 April 2011 to replace Anatoly Perminov?
a.    Vladimir Popovkin
b.    Sergei Kiriyenko
c.    Sergei Lavrov
d.    Yevgeny Primakov
Answer: (a)

15. Identify the boxer with the clues given below:
1.    Former British boxing legend who was one of the sport's biggest personalities and was a cult figure both in and out of the ring died on 1 May 2011
2.    The heavyweight was best known for knocking down a young Cassius Clay now known as Muhammad Ali in 1963
3.    He went on to enjoy a hugely successful professional career though he never won a world title
4.    He was the first to win the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award twice (in 1967 and 1970) and one of the only three two-time winners in the award's history
a.    Sir Henry Cooper
b.    Frank Bruno
c.    Tommy Farr
d.    Lennox Lewis
Answer: (a)

16. Portugal reached a deal with the European Union and the IMF on 3 May 2011 on a €78-billion 3-year bailout. Which are the other two European nations that had attained a similar relief package in the past?
a.    Greece and Ireland
b.    Ireland and Denmark
c.    Hungary and Latvia
d.    Poland and Montenegro
Answer: (a)

17. Bin Laden was killed after a gunbattle with Navy SEALs and CIA paramilitary forces at a compound in which city of Pakistan?
a.    Abbottabad
b.    Swabi
c.    Nowshera
d.    Faisalabad
Answer: (a)

18. At the first Ministerial Conference on Healthy Lifestyles and Non-communicable Disease Control was organised by World Health Organisation on 28 and 29 April 2011on mental disorders was included in the non-communicable diseases (NCDs) list. Where was the conference held?
a.    New Delhi
b.    Beijing
c.    Colombo
d.    Moscow
Answer: (d)

19. Mohamad Nasheed, faced protests from his people demanding his resignation. Nasheed is the President of which one of the following countries?
a) Maldives
b) Indonesia
c) Bahrain
d) Yemen
Answer: (a)

20. NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Association) carried out a strike on Muammar Gaddafi’s home in Tripoli, the capital of Libya, on 30 April 2011 which killed the youngest son of Mummar Gaddafi, Saif al-Arab Gaddafi. What is the name of Gaddafi’s residential area in Tripoli?
a) Bab al-Azizya
b) Green Square
c) Pearl Square
d) Tahrir Square
Answer: (a)

21.  Which one of the following neighbouring countries of India made a cabinet reshuffle?
a) Nepal
b) Sri Lanka
c) Pakistan
d) Bhutan
Answer: (a)

22. The two Palestinian factions, Fatah and Hamas signed a reconciliation agreement at__
a) Cairo, the Capital of Egypt
b) London, the Capital of England
c) New Delhi, Capital of India
d) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Answer: (a)

23.  Which one of the following countries became the third European nation after Greece and Ireland to strike a deal with European Union for a bailout package to come out of the debt crisis?
a) Portugal
b) Spain
c) Belgium 
d) Netherland
Answer: (a)

24. Who did Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia defeat to become the first winner of the $200000 India Open Super Series badminton championship at the Siri Fort Sports Complex, New Delhi on 1 May 2011?
a.    Peter Gade
b.    Tantowi Ahmad
c.    Fran Kurniawan
d.    Lin Dan
Answer: (a)

25. Who among the following Indian woman pugilists did not win gold at the AIBA Women’s Youth and Junior World Championship held in Antalya, Turkey?
a.    Nikhat Zareen
b.    Lalenkawli
c.    Sarjubala Devi
d.    Minu Basumatary
e.    Parveen Sultana
Answer: (e)

26. Name the Russian tennis pro who won his first ATP title of 2011 with his victory at the BMW Open in Munich?
a.    Nikolay Davydenko
b.    Mikhail Youzhny
c.    Andrei Stoliarov
d.    Michail Elgin
Answer: (a)

27. Which tennis player won the third edition of the Serbian Open on 1 May 2011 by defeating Spaniard Feliciano Lopez?
a.    Novak Djokovic
b.    Nikolay Davydenko
c.    Roger Federer
d.    Rafael Nadal
Answer: (a)

28. Which of the following European Football Club reached the finals of Champions League  and thereby avenged the death of its 2009 Champions League defeat?
a.    Real Madrid
b.    Barcelona
c.    Manchester United
d.    Liverpool
Answer: (c)
29. L&T Infotech was chosen to be an Implementation Agency to implement the Business Analytics Project in order to provide for data and information for analysing insurance companies and regulatory decision making by which body?
a.    IRDA
b.    SEBI
c.    RBI
d.    PFO
Answer: (a)

30. Propelled by higher crude petroleum and steel production, the index of the six ‘core' infrastructure industries registered 6.8 per cent higher growth in March 2011 compared to March 2011. What percentage growth did the index record?
a.    7.4%
b.    7.1%
c.    7.5%
d.    7.34%
Answer: (a)

31. The Annual Monetary Policy for 2011-12 was presented by RBI Governor D.Subbarao on 3 May 2011. With regard to the monetary policies mention which of the following is/are not correct?
1.    RBI increased the repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) by 50 basis points from 6.75 per cent to 7.25 per cent with immediate effect.
2.    The Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) rate, determined with a spread of 100 basis points above the repo rate, stands calibrated at 8.75 per cent.
3.    The Bank Rate has been retained at 5.0 per cent.
4.    Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in May 2011 decided to accept the broad framework of regulations recommended by the Malegam Committee report on micro finance institutions (MFIs)
a.    3 & 4
b.    1 & 4
c.    2 & 3
d.    1 & 3
Answer: (c)

32. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) capped bank investments into liquid schemes to what per cent of the bank’s net worth?
a.    15%
b.    10%
c.    12%
d.    13.2%
Answer: (b)

33. Which Industry Body proposed setting up of National Knowledge Functional Hub (NKFH) to engage higher educational institutions with the industry in order to produce quality engineering graduates and meet increasing requirement of skilled hands in the market?
a.    Food Corporation of India
b.    Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
c.    Biotechnology Council of India
d.    Confederation of Indian Industries
e.    ASSOCHAM
Answer: (b)

34. National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) towards the end of April 2011signed a memorandum of understanding with which of the following banks thereby adding another bank under its Bank Credit Facilitation Scheme?
a.    IndusInd Bank
b.    Vijaya Bank
c.    Canara Bank
d.    RBS
Answer: (a)

35. Which of the following automakers appointed advertising agency McCann Erickson to handle creative and digital accounts of one of its brands in India?
a.    General Motors India
b.    Maruti Suzuki
c.    Das Auto
d.    Hyundai
Answer: (a)

36. Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd (SSNNL) awarded a Rs 298.63-crore contract to leading engineering and construction company Hindustan Construction Company Ltd for construction of which canal in India?
a.    Limbdi Branch Canal
b.    Agra Canal
c.    Lower Bhavani Project Canal
d.    Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project
Answer: (a)

37. The Bombay High Court directed which of the following Airlines to pay Sahara India Rs 478 crore within two weeks?
a.    Emirates
b.    Jet Airways
c.    Kingfisher Airlines
d.    Air India
Answer: (b)

38. Praveen Kumar Goyal replaced S V Narasimhan as Director (Finance) of which Public Sector Enterprise?
a.    IOC
b.    ONGC
c.    BHEL
d.    NTPC
Answer: (a)

39. Which pharmaceutical companie’s shares tanked 6 per cent on the Bombay Stock Exchange on 5 May 2011 following a report by Fortune Magazine that the company may have to pay a penalty of over a billion dollars for allegedly violating manufacturing norms laid down by the US drug regulator
a.    Ranbaxy Laboratories
b.    Dr.Reddy’s
c.    Pfizer
d.    Novartis
Answer: (a)

40. Which steel company announced on 5 May 2011 that it has won an order from Mazagaon Dock to supply 13,000 tonnes of heavy plates?
a.    Kobe Steel
b.    Essar Steel
c.    Jindal Steel
d.    JSW Steel
Answer: (b)

41. ISRO on 2 May 2011 unveiled India’s fastest supercomputer named as__?
a) Param
b) SAGA-220
c) SAGA-200
d) Tianhe-1 A
Answer: (b) SAGA-220

42. At present, who is the Chairman of ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation)?
a) Dr K Radhakrishnan
b) G Madhvan Nair
c) Vinod Rai
d) Murli Manohar Joshi
Answer: (a) Dr. K Radhakrishnan

43. Pig-nosed Turtles Face Extinction Threat because of Poaching. Consider the following statements on Pig-nosed Turtles.
i) The scientific name of pig-nosed turtle is Carettochelys insculpta.
ii) The pig-nosed turtle is fully aquatic.  
Choose the right option.
a)    Both i and ii are correct.
b)    Only i is correct.
c)    Only ii is correct.
d)    Neither i nor ii is correct.
Answer: (a) Both i and ii are correct.

44. According to the NASA experts, a giant asteroid is heading close the earth.  What is the name of that asteroid?
a)YU55
b)UY55
c) YU45
d) UY 45
Answer: (a) YU55

45.  A recent survey done in Pune showed that 20 out of 3172 patients were carrying the superbug, NDM-1 gene.  What is the full form of NDM-1?
a) New Delhi metallo-beta lactamase-1
b) New Delhi Metro-1
c) New Delhi M-1
d) New Delhi Metallo-1
Answer: (a) New Delhi metallo-beta lactamese-1

46. Scientists recently developed a new vaccine named Bapineuzumab jab. The vaccine is meant to cure__.
a) Cancer
b) Alzheimer
c) AIDS
d) Diabetes
Answer: (b)

47. USA approved the use of drone on forces of Gaddafi in Libya. What is Drone?
a) Unmanned aircraft
b) Missile
c) Aircraft
d) Tank
Answer: (a)

48. Union Minister for Environment and forests Jairam Ramesh launched on 23 April 2011 a Bio-remediation technology project in the Buddah Nallah of Ludhiana in Punjab. Consider the following statements regarding the project.
i) This is the first and the largest project of environment ministry across India under which bacteria are used for cleaning water bodies.
ii) There are five places across India where such Bio-remediation projects have been launched.
iii) The project is aimed at curbing pollution caused by sewerage and industrial effluents.
Choose the right option:
a) All i, ii and iii are correct.
b) Only ii and iii are correct.
c) Only i and iii are correct.
d) Only i and ii are correct.
Answer: (a)

49. According to a new study done at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, a controlled diet named Ketogenic diet.
i) Ketogenic diet is high in carbohydrate and low in fat.
ii) It can help repair kidney damage in diabetics.
Please choose the right option:
a) Both i and ii are correct.
b) Only i is correct.
c) Only ii is correct.
d) Neither i nor ii is correct.
Answer: (c)

50. According to a study done by the Scientists at Columbia University, the Antarctic ozone hole caused the series of droughts in Australia. The Ozone hole is caused by Cholorofluorocarbons(CFCs) found in air conditioning, aerosol and refrigeration.
a) Air Conditioning, aerosol and refrigeration
b) Aerosol and Refrigeration
c) Air conditioning and refrigeration
d) Air Conditioning only.
Choose the right option:
Answer:  (a)

51. Sathya Sai Baba, one of India's most influential spiritual leaders expired on 24 April 2011 in his home town in Andhra Pradesh. Name his hometown.
a. Warangal
b. Puttaparthi
c. Mahabubnagar
d. Vepagunta
Answer: (b)

52. Nawang Gombu, the first man to scale Mt. Everest twice died in Darjeeling early on 24 April 2011 at the age of 79. Nawang was the first person in the world to summit Mt Everest twice, the first in India to conquer Nanda Devi (24,645ft) and the youngest to climb to a height of 26000 feet. Which of the following awards did he not win?
a. Padma Bhusan
b. Padma Shree
c. Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal
d. Bharat Ratna
Answer: (d)

53. According to reports of Freedom House published on 23 April 2011 what was India’s ranking among 37 countries that were assessed on the basis of free and unrestricted access to the web?
a. 10th
b. 14th
c. 25th
d. 28th
Answer: (b)

54. Identify the person with the help of the following clues:
1. He was arrested by the CBI in relation to the scam that revolved around a Rs 141-crore contract for the in-stadia results and scoring system.
2. A three-time Lok Sabha MP from Pune, he held the position of the President of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) since 1996.
3. He is an alumnus of two prominent educational institutions in Pune — St Vincent’s high school and Fergusson College.
4. He had joined the National Defence Academy in 1960 and was later commissioned in the IAF as a pilot
a. Suresh Kalmadi
b. Vinod Goenka
c. Sharad Kumar
d. Karim Morani
Answer: (a)

55. Which group won 12 awards, including four Golds at the third edition of the WOW awards in April 2011 for events and experiential marketing?
a. Mudra Group
b. Wizcraft
c. GroupM Media
d. Candid Marketing
Answer: (a)

56.  Which one of the following became the first Indian state to set up Agriculture Cabinet?
a. Bihar
b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Haryana
d. Punjab
Answer: (a)

57.  Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) has identified twenty-five ecologically sensitive areas in which one of the following states?
a. Kerala
b. Goa
c. Maharashtra
d. Karnataka
Answer: (a)

58.  The National Advisory Council (NAC) finalised a draft bill named the draft prevention of communal and targeted violence (Access to Justice and Reparations) Bill to tackle communal violence including attacks SC and ST members and religious and linguistic minorities. Who is the Chairperson of NAC?
a. Sonia Gandhi
b. Manmohan Singh
c. Suresh Kalmadi
d. Rahul Gandhi
Answer: (a)

59. Which body in India demanded on 24 April 2011 introduction of financial support through legislation for preventing corrosion of machines, pipelines and industrial structures?
a. Confederation of Indian Industry
b. Indian Ministry of Commerce
c. Competition Commission of India
d. Indian Chamber of Commerce
Answer: (a)

60. Which of the following bodies in April 2011modified the norms for appointment of its internal auditor?
a. SEBI
b. PFRDA
c. IRDA
d. India Inc
Answer: (a)

61. According to the data released by Central Electricity Authority, India generated 811 billion units of electricity in 2010-11 fiscal marginally lower than the set target. What was the target set for electricity generation for 2010-11?
a. 830 billion units
b. 830.8 billion units
c. 815 billion units
d. 818 billion units
Answer: (b)

62. Market regulator SEBI on 25 April 2011 sought more time from the Supreme Court to give its views on the report of a high-powered committee that probed case that dates back to 2006. Name the scam being referred to.
a. IPO scam
b. Telgi Stamp Paper Scam
c. UTI Scam
d. Madhu Coda Scam
Answer: (a)

63. National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) on 26 April 2011 announced which of the following individual’s appointment as its Chairman?
a. Rajendra S. Pawar
b. Harsh Manglik
c. N. Chandrasekaran
d. Ganesh Natarajan
Answer: (a)

64. The Reserve Bank of India on 26 April 2011 fined 19 banks, including the country's top private and foreign banks for violating its guidelines on derivatives. Which is the only public sector bank on the list of banks to be fined?
a. State bank of India
b. Punjab National Bank
c. Bank of India
d. Indian Bank
Answer: (a)

65. Sathya Sai Baba, one of India's most influential spiritual leaders expired on 24 April 2011 in his home town of Puttaparthi in Andhra Pradesh. Hindu devotees believed him to be an incarnation of which of the following Gods?
a. Kapila
b. Dattatreya
c. Narasimha
d. Dhanvantari
Answer: (b)

66. Read the following clues:
1. The flower bloomed for the first time in 17 years in the Swiss city of Basel on 22 April 2011.
2. The 6.6-ft tall flower is native to the Indonesian island of Sumatra and emits the stench of rotting flesh to attract insects for pollination.
3. World-wide, there have only been 134 recorded instances of cultivated plants blooming.
4. The plant is on the verge of extinction as illegal logging and farmland expansion have destroyed nearly 70 percent of its rainforest habitat in western Sumatra.
Identify the flower.
a. Acalypha hispida
b. Celosia argentea var. cristata
c. Amorphophallus titanum
d. Evolvulus glomeratus
Answer: (c)

67. A panel probing charges of corruption, land grab and abuse of judicial office against which of the following Justices rejected the Justice in question’s plea for reclusion of senior advocate P.P. Rao from the panel formed to probe?
a. Justice P.D. Dinakaran
b. Justice Aftab Alam
c. Justice J.S. Khehar
d. Justice N. K. Patil
Answer: (a)

68. Which of the following dates in the month of April is annually celebrated as World Book Day?
a. 23 April
b. 24 April
c. 25 April
d. 28 April
Answer: (a)

69. DSP Durgapur Steel Plant Day is celebrated at Durgapur in which of following dates in April?
a. 24 April
b. 27 April
c. 30 April
d. 25 April
Answer: (a)

70. Chilean poet Gonzalo Rojas, who was forced into exile after the 1973 military coup died on 25 April 2011 at the age of 93. Which of the following is his first poetry anthology published in 1948?
a. The Misery of Man
b. From Water
c. On Lightning
d. Transtierro
Answer: (a)

71. With an objective to promote the famous Indian Ayurvedic products, India Trade and Exhibition Centre (ITEC) decided to host an Indo-Ayur Fest in which of the following cities from 27 to 30 April 2011?
a. Abu Dhabi
b. Sharjah
c. Tehran
d. Islamabad
Answer: (b)

72. U.K Sinha succeeded C B Bhabe to be elected Chairman of which of the following bodies?
a. Asia-Pacific Regional Committee (APRC) of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO)
b. SAARC Executive Committee Chairman
c. Asian Development Bank Chairperson
d. ASEAN Chairman
Answer: (a)

73. In Yemen, protests continued despite the government’s acceptance of the plan of the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC). The council had proposed a 30-day exit plan for its President Ali Abdullah Saleh. The GCC was formed on 25 May 1981, in __.
a. Riyadh
b. Tehran
c. Cairo
d. Sana’a
Answer: (a)

74. Which one of the following countries proposed a plan to strengthen safety standards in Nuclear Power plants?
a. Russia
b. UK
c. Japan
d. China
Answer: (a)

75. Russia proposed a plan to strengthen safety standards in Nuclear Power plants. Consider the main features of the plan:
i) To make nations using nuclear energy more responsible.
ii) Additional safety measures for nuclear reactors and a ban on the construction of reactors in quake-prone zones.
iii) To give more powers to international watchdogs to enforce the safety rules to avoid any nuclear catastrophe in future.
Which of the above statements regarding the plan is/are correct?
a. All i, ii and iii are correct.
b.  Only i and ii are correct.
c. Only i is correct.
d. Only ii is correct.
Choose the right option:
Answer: (a)

76. Iran and Iraq signed agreements on 24 April 2011 in Tehran on the extradition of each other’s detainees including provisions for the repatriation of convicts to their country of origin. Tehran is the capital of__.
a. Iran
b. Iraq
c. Both Iran and Iraq
d. Saudi Arabia
Answer: (a)

77. Which one of the following countries signed a Memorandum of Understanding with DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation) for the use of an explosive detection technology.
a. USA
b. Russia
c. Japan
d. Philippines
Answer: (a)

78. Norio Ohga, who transformed the music industry with the development of the compact disc format died on 23 April 2011. He was the president of which of these companies from 1982 to 1995 during which he helped to purchase Columbia Pictures for $3.4 billion in 1989?
a. Sony
b. Phillips
c. Star
d. Live Nation Entertainment
e. The Walt Disney Company
Answer: (a)

79. Which company launched a customer relationship management (CRM) application via the private cloud to provide Microsoft's CRM software suite as a cloud service?
a. DELL
b. HP
c. HCL
d. Infosys
Answer: (b)

80. Which of the following vehicles from the Mahindra & Mahindra stable was renamed Verito?
a. Logan
b. Bolero
c. Xylo
d. Reva
Answer: (a)

81. Kalpataru Power Transmission secured orders to construct a 750 kV, 353-km transmission line from Rivnenska nuclear power station to Kyiv worth about Rs 825 crore. From which of the following companies did Kalpataru secure the order from?
a. Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company
b. Ukraine's state company NEC Ukrenergo
c. Millenium Challenge Account – Tanzania
d. Indian Oil Corporation
Answer: (b)

82. Which of the following steel plants in India bagged the prestigious Srishti Good Green Governance Award for 2010?
a. Bhilai Steel Plant
b. Rourkela Steel Plant
c. Bokaro Steel Plant
d. Salem Steel Plant
Answer: (b)

83. Redington India was appointed as the national distributor for which of the following global information technology major?
a. DELL
b. HP
c. Accenture
d. IBM
Answer: (a)

84. India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) on 20 April 2011 launched India's remote sensing satellite Resourcesat-2 from the spaceport of Sriharikota. In which one of the following states Sri Harikota is located?
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Kerala
c) Karnataka
d) Rajasthan
Answer: (a) Andhra Pradesh

85. British Scientists in the third week of April 2011, at the University of Leicester produced an injectible antibody that reduces the damaging effect of heart and the brain attack on human body by more than___.
a) 45 percent
b) 50 percent
c) 55 percent
d) 60 percent
Answer: (d)

86. The US military successfully conducted its most challenging test of a ballistic missile defense system. Consider the following statements regarding that.
i) It will deploy in Europe to counter an Iran missile threat.
ii) It was the ballistic missile target launched from an atoll in the Marshall Islands approximately 3,700 kilometers southwest of Hawaii.
iii) The ground- and sea-based defense system is meant to shield the United States and its European allies from a potential ballistic missile attack, possibly from North Korea or Iran.
Choose the right option:
a) All i, ii and iii are correct.
b) Only i and ii are correct.
c) Only ii and iii are correct.
d) Only i and iii are correct.
Answer: (a)

87. India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) on 20 April 2011 launched India's remote sensing satellite Resourcesat-2 from the spaceport of Sriharikota.
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
i) India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle- C16 placed 3 satellites
ii) It placed on a 822-km sunsynchronous orbit three satellites – ResourceSat – 2, an Indo Russian YouthSat and mini satellite X Sat from Nangyang Technological University of Singapore.
a) Both i and ii are correct.
b) Neither i nor ii is correct.
c) Only i is correct.
d) Only ii is correct.
Answer: (a)

88. An ICAR arm, Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA), is coordinating with 21 institutes under ICAR umbrella to implement the NICRA (National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture) project. What is the full form of NICRA project?
a) National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture
b) National Initiative on Cultural Reform Association
c) National integration Council on Research
d) National Initiative on Core Reform Areas
Answer: (a)

89. Rafael Nadal won his seventh Monte Carlo Masters & his 44th career title by defeating which of the following tennis players 6-4, 7-5 on 17 April 2011?
a. Roger Federer
b. Novak Djokovic
c. David Ferrer
d. Andy Murray
Answer: (c)

90. Who emerged victorious in the Chinese Grand Prix on 17 April 2011?
a. Lewis Hamilton
b. Sebastian Vettel
c. Mark Webber
d. Fernando Alonso
Answer: (a)

91. Consider the following clues:
1. She is a legendary Norwegian runner who went to become the face of New York City marathon.
2. She won the New York City marathon for nine times.
3. She won the gold medal in the inaugural world championship women's marathon in 1983, the silver medal in the inaugural Olympic women's marathon at the 1984 Los Angeles Games .She also set four marathon world record.
4. The legendary runner who won five world titles in cross-country died on 19 April 2011.
Identify the runner.
a. Grete Waitz
b. Joan Benoit Samuelson
c. Deena Kastor
d. Amby Burfoot
Answer: (a)

92. Which Indian former World junior champion and Grandmaster defeated his BPCL teammate Parimarjan to win the Dubai International Open chess title on 19 April 2011?
a. Abhijeet Gupta
b. K. Sasikiran
c. B. Adhiban
d. Ramnath Bhuvanesh
Answer: (a)

93. The organisers of Wimbledon tournaments on 19 April 2011 raised the prize money for the winners of 2011 Wimbledon champions. The winners of 2011 Wimbledon tournaments will earn £1.1m in prize money. By what percentage was the prize money raised?
a. 5.5%
b. 6.4%
c. 4.6%
d. 2.5%
Answer: (b)

94. The Reserve Bank of India on 18 April 2011 formed a conglomerate cell within its supervisory set-up to keep a constant vigil on 12 large domestic and foreign banks. Which one of these banks will not come under the prescribed supervisory vigil?
a.State Bank of India
b. Bank of India
c. Bank of Baroda
d. Canara Bank
e. Punjab National Bank
Answer: (d)

95. Power equipment maker Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) on 19 April 2011 announced that its consortium with Alstom won Rs 1,600 crore contract for steam turbine generators for which nuclear power station in India?
a. Kakrapur Nuclear Power Station
b. Kalpakkam Nuclear Power Station
c. Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant
d. Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project
Answer: (a)

96. Oil regulator Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) refused to which companies’ spending on KG-D6 gas fields?
a. Reliance Industries
b. ONGC Videsh
c. Essar Oil
d. Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited
Answer: (a)

97. Which of the following PSUs was honoured with the Outstanding PSU of the Year award by All India Management Association on 21 April 2011?
a. GAIL India
b. ONGC
c. Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd.
d. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.
Answer: (a)

98. Which public sector bank decided to do away with the teaser home loan scheme beginning 30 April 2011?
a. State Bank of India
b. Bank of India
c. Union Bank
d. Punjab National Bank
Answer: (a)

99. Which Broadcasting major in India on 15 April 2011 launched high definition versions of its channels in the country and unveiled its new corporate logo?
a. Star India
b. Sony
c. IBN 18
d. ESPN
Answer: (a)

100. Which of the following telecom majors partnered with photo service firm Zoomin.com to allow its broadband customers to store unlimited number of photos and also enable its users to import photo albums from Facebook or upload unlimited number of photos directly from their computer to their account?
a. MTNL
b. Bharti Airtel
c. Uninor
d. Blackberry
Answer: (b)