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Current Affairs 2009

More Questions : [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ]

71. The Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas 2009 was held in—


(A) Jaipur
(B) Hyderabad
(C) Chennai
(D) Chandigarh

72. The PSLV-C12 was successfully launched into space from t h e Satish Dhawan Space Centre at
Sriharikota on 28 April, 2009. PSLV stands for—
(A) Polar Space Light Vehicle
(B) Polar Space Launch Vehicle
(C) Polar Satellite Light Vehicle
(D) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle

73. ‘SAFMA’ is associated with—


(A) ASEAN
(B) G–8
(C) SAARC
(D) BIMSTEK

74. Guantanamo is—


(A) An atomic energy centre of North Korea
(B) A military prison of U.S.A.
(C) A satellite of China
(D) A new agency of Brazil

75. Jian-10 is—


(A) Japan’s news agency
(B) China’s home-made fighter aircraft
(C) South Korea’s anti-aircraft gun
(D) Japan’s Tsunami alert system

76. Who is the present Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) ?
(A) Justice Shivraj V. Patil
(B) Justice Y. Bhaskar Rao
(C) Justice S. Rajendra Babu
(D) P. C. Sharma

77. ‘France 24’ is—


(A) France’s Oil Company
(B) Commerce and Trade Union of France
(C) An Atomic Energy Centre of France
(D) France’s International News Channel

78. BrahMos Missile is a joint venture of—


(A) Russia and India
(B) China and India
(C) U.S.A. and India
(D) France and India
79. The APEC Summit 2008 was held in Nov. 2008 at—
(A) Peru
(B) Manila
(C) Seoul
(D) Hanoi

80. Mullaperiyar dam is a disputable issue between—


(A) Kerala and Tamil Nadu States
(B) Kerala and Karnataka States
(C) Karnataka and Tamil Nadu States
(D) None of these

81. CARTOSAT-2A is—


(A) A comet
(B) A tank of Indian army
(C) Earth observing satellite in a sunsynchronous orbit
(D) An army communication network

82. Margaret Chan was appointed as the Director General of—


(A) World Health Organisation (WHO)
(B) World Trade Organisation (WTO)
(C) Asian Development Bank (ADB)
(D) Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)

83. Which among the following countries has joined World Trade Organisation as the 153rd member ?
(A) Nepal
(B) Cape Verde
(C) Singapore
(D) Iran

84. At present what is the percentage of Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) ?


(A) 5·50%
(B) 5·25%
(C) 5·0%
(D) 5·75%

85. For attaining 9% growth rate during 11th plan, investment level has been estimated to be—
(A) 20% of GDP
(B) 25% of GDP
(C) 30% of GDP
(D) 35% of GDP

86. How many companies from India found place in ‘Global-500’ list ?
(A) 4
(B) 5
(C) 8
(D) 10

87. For 2009, World Bank has projected India’s GDP growth at—
(A) below 7%
(B) 4%
(C) 8·5%
(D) 9·6%
88. Which of the following Indian company has been listed at the top in Global-500 list ?
(A) ONGC
(B) Reliance Industries
(C) TCS
(D) Infosys Tech

89. “Beyond Scarcity : Power, Poverty and Global Water Crisis” is the theme of—
(A) Human Development Report 2005
(B) Human Development Report 2006
(C) World Development Report 2005
(D) World Development Report 2006

90. Koneru Humpy is related with which among the following games ?
(A) Chess
(B) Badminton
(C) Tennis
(D) Table Tennis

91. The film that won the Best Film Award at 39th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) is—
(A) Tulpan
(B) A Short Life
(C) Nirontor (Forever Flows)
(D) Sonam

92. Report of the Sachar Committee is related with—


(A) Social, economic and educational status of the Muslim community
(B) Status of the Scheduled Castes in India
(C) Economic status of Backward Classes in India
(D) None of these

93. Who among the following has been named as Impact Person of the year for 2007 by Impact
Magazine ?
(A) Vijay Malya
(B) Anil Ambani
(C) Azim Premji
(D) Mukesh Ambani

94. Who among the following has been won the title of Miss India Universe 2009 ?
(A) Amruta Patki
(B) Ekta Chaudhury
(C) Catherine Untalan
(D) Marianne Puglia

95. The present Chief Election Commissioner is—


(A) B. B. Tandon
(B) Navin B. Chawala
(C) S. Y. Quraishi
(D) N. Gopalaswami

96. Who among the following won gold medal in shooting at 15th Asian Games ?
(A) Jaspal Rana
(B) Liu Guohui
(C) Jakkrit Panichpatikum
(D) None of these
97. Delhi University has conferred an honorary doctorate degree for the first time on a film personality.
Who is that film personality ?
(A) Dileep Kumar
(B) Amitabh Bachchan
(C) Shabana Azmi
(D) Dev Anand

98. World Golf Championship, 2007 has been won by—


(A) Henrik Stenson
(B) Tigerwoods
(C) Geoff Ogilvy
(D) David Toms

99. The ICC World Cup Cricket-2007 has been won by—
(A) Australia
(B) West Indies
(C) South Africa
(D) New Zealand

100. ‘Deep Fritz’ is—


(A) A technique of refrigeration
(B) A commercially available ches computer program
(C) A laptop computer
(D) A car launched by Hyundai

101. Sanskriti Award 2006 for Literature has been awarded to—
(A) Mitul Dutta
(B) Chandrakanta
(C) Vinda Karandikar
(D) Mridula Garg

102. The recipient of Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2008 is—
(A) Hamid Karzai
(B) Maha Chakri Sirindhorn
(C) Kofi Annan
(D) Mohamed El Baradei

103. Life imprisonment has been awarded to the former Union Minister and Chief of the Jharkhand Mukti
Morcha, Shibu Soren for kidnapping and murder of his secretary—
(A) Madhumita
(B) Shashinath Jha
(C) Nitish Katara
(D) None of these

104. International Children’s Peace Prize for 2008 has been awarded to—
(A) Mayra Avellar
(B) Nkosi Johnson
(C) Vaclav Jirsa
(D) None of these

105. The newly formed 21st district of Haryana is—


(A) Mohali
(B) Palwal
(C) Mewat
(D) None of these
Answers :
71. (C) 72. (D) 73. (C) 74. (B) 75. (B) 76. (C) 77. (D) 78. (A) 79. (A) 80. (A)
81. (C) 82. (A) 83. (B) 84. (C) 85. (D) 86. (C) 87. (B) 88. (A) 89. (B) 90. (A)
91. (A) 92. (A) 93. (A) 94. (B) 95. (B) 96. (A) 97. (B) 98. (B) 99. (A) 100. (B)
101. (A) 102. (D) 103. (B) 104. (A) 105. (B)

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