शुक्रवार, 10 मई 2013

Important Current Affairs Question for Civil Services Exam (pre) 2013- Part 9


Q.151    Which of the following has made the largest inbound foreign direct investment in India till date?
                a              Vodafone
                b             BP Plc
                c              Vedanta Resource
                d             Dailchi Sankyo
                             
   Ans: a

Q.152    SEBI, on August 16, 2012 has made it mandatory that all listed companies must have minimum ________ public shareholdings by June 2013.
                a              10%
                b             20%
                c              30%
                d             25%

    Ans: d

Q.153    Which leading Indian business house sold its group company Centum Learning to Everonn Education?
                a              Reliance
                b             Bharti Group
                c              Toyota
                d             LIC

                             
       Ans: b

Q.154    Which among the following countries has given a grant of US $ 1 billion for the reconstruction of the Nalanda University?
                a              Japan
                b             UK
                c              USA
                d             China
                              
       Ans: d

Q.155    Which one among the following is the fastest Indian Super-computer recently developed by ISRO?
                a              Saga-220
                b             Aakash-A1
                c              Tianhe-1A
                d             Jaguar-Cray
                               
         Ans: a

Q.156    In the year 2011, a missile named 'PRAHAR', developed by DRDO was test fired. This is a -
                a              short-range surface to air missile
                b             long-range surface to air missile
                c              short-range surface to surface missile
                d             long-range surface to surface missile
                               
            Ans: c

Q.157    Which one of the following countries had recently joined World Trade Organisation?
                a              Myanmar
                b             Austria
                c              Russia
                d             Taiwan
                               
             Ans: c

Q.158    The Thar Express goes to
                a              Bangladesh
                b             Pakistan
                c              Afghanistan
                d             Myanmar
                                
              Ans: b

Q.159    Census data related on July 15, 2011 reflects that 13.48 percent urban population lives in
                a              Bihar
                b             Uttar Pradesh
                c              Rajasthan
                d             Maharashtra
                                
                 Ans: d

Q.160    National Social Assistance Programme is aimed at providing
                a              financial support to Scheduled Castes and scheduled Tribes
                b             old age pension to very poor
                c              insurance for the poor
                d             all of the above
                               
                   Ans: d

Q.161    As per studies, the Tummalapalle mine in Andhra Pradesh could have Uranium reserve of
                a              1 lakh tonnes
                b             2 lakh tonnes
                c              1.5 lakh tonnes
                d             2.5 lakh tonnes
                                
                     Ans: c

Q.162    Who amongst the following is the author of the book Unaccustomed Earth?
                a              Jhumpa Lahiri
                b             Meera Nair
                c              Salman Rushdie
                d             Dalai Lama
                                
                   Ans: a

Q.163    Which is not a feature of the American Constitution?
                a              Written Constitution
                b             Federation
                c              Cabinet System
                d             Republic
                               
                     Ans: c

Q.164    China recently objected the participation of an Indian company in its joint venture with another country for offshore oil exploration. which one among the following is that country?
                a              Myanmar
                b             South Korea
                c              Vietnam
                d             Taiwan

                               
                     Ans: c

Q.165    An African country, Sudan has been broken into two recently with formation of a new country named South Sudan. Economy of South Sudan will depend on its -
                a              minerals
                b             agricultural product
                c              fishery product
                d             forest product
                               
                     Ans: a

Q.166    Who has been appointed the new Controller General of Accounts on July 1,2012?
                a              Jawahar Thakur
                b             Neeraj Kumar
                c              A.K. Aggarwal
                d             Arun Mishra
                                
                        Ans: a

Q.167    Who is the author of the book 'Beyond the lines : An Auto-biography'?
                a              Sharad Pawar
                b             Khushwant Singh
                c              Kuldip Nayar
                d             General J.J. Singh
                               
                          Ans: c

Q.168    Who has been appointed the new German ambassador to India?
                a              Marissa Mayer
                b             Michael Steiner
                c              Ross Csatary
                d             None of the above
                                
                         Ans: b

Q.169    'NGRBA' which was recently in news stands for-
                a              National Gangotri River Basin Authority
                b             National Godavari River Basin Authority
                c              National Ganga River Basin Authority
                d             None of the above

                                Ans: c

Q.170    Who is the author of the book 'Turning Point - A Journey Through Challenges'?
                a              A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
                b             Hamid Ansari
                c              Jaswant Singh
                d             None of the above
                                
                              Ans: a

Q.171    Who has been awarded the world Food Prize 2012?
                a              Kofi Annan
                b             Daniel Hillel
                c              Ban Ki-Moon
                d             None of the above
                               
                             Ans: b

Q.172    P.N. Dhar passed away on July 12,2012 in New Delhi. He was a great -
                a              Poet
                b             Scientist
                c              Musician
                d             Economist

                                Ans: d

Q.173    Who has been appointed the Prime Minister of Egypt on July 24, 2012?
                a              Mohammed Morsi
                b             Kamal Ganzouri
                c              Hesham Qandil
                d             None of them

                              
                                 Ans: c

Q.174    Which part of India was included in World Heritage List by UNESCO on July 1,2012?
                a              Eastern Ghats
                b             Western Ghats
                c              Kaziranga National Park
                d             Konkan Railway

                                Ans: b

Q.175    India's first Mega Food Park became functional on July 9, 2012 in -
                a              Jaipur
                b             Kanpur
                c              Chittoor
                d             Pune

                                Ans: c

Q.176    Who is China's first woman astronaut?
                a              Li Xei
                b             Liu Yang
                c              Yang Xei
                d             None of them

                                Ans: b

Q.177    Who is the author of the book 'A Soldier's General'?
                a              General V.K. Singh
                b             Admiral Nirmal Kumar Verma
                c              General J.J. Singh
                d             None of them

                                Ans: c

Q.178    ISRO recently gave clearance for using which frequency band from satellite for internet on trains?
                a              S Band
                b             C Band
                c              KU Band
                d             3G Spectrum

                                Ans: c

Q.179    Veteran actor of Bengali Cinema Soumitra Chatterjee was honoured with one of the following award -
                a              Dadasaheb Phalke Award
                b             Dadasaheb Phalke Ratna Award
                c              Lifetime Achievement Award
                d             Sahitya Academy Award
                               
                                    Ans: a

Q.180    Which of the following Indian actresses has been chosen as the brand ambassador for sanitation programme?
                a              Kareena Kapoor
                b             Aishwarya Rai
                c              Vidya Balan
                d             Hema Malini

                                Ans: c

Q.181    A centre dedicated to the life and works of Rabindranath Tagore is being proposed to be established at -
                a              Edinburgh
                b             London
                c              Tokyo
                d             Washington

                                Ans: a

Q.182    One of the Asia-Pacific nations has agreed to hold its first ever maritime exercise with India. The nation is -
                a              Australia
                b             USA
                c              Japan
                d             Vietnam

                                Ans: b

Q.183    Muktinath Temple, a pilgrimage destination for Hindus is situated at which of the following nation?
                a              Nepal
                b             Malaysia
                c              Trinidad & Tobago
                d             India

                                Ans: a

Q.184    Francois Hollande has been elected at the President of which of the following nation?
                a              Poland
                b             Portugal
                c              France
                d             Greece
                               
                               Ans: c

Q.185    The Teesta treaty has becomes a bone of contention between India and ...?
                a              China
                b             Pakistan
                c              Bangladesh
                d             Nepal
                               
                               Ans: c

Q.186    Kumbum is a monastery found in which of the country?
                a              China
                b             India
                c              Japan
                d             Thailand
                               
                              Ans: a

Q.187    A 600 MW solar power park, touted as Asia's first and largest, was dedicated to the person of which one of the following places?
                a              Anand, Gujarat
                b             Badmer, Rajasthan
                c              Jaisalmer, Rajasthan
                d             Patan, Gujarat

                                Ans: d

Q.188    Which one of the following will be the longest tunnel of India being constructed in J&K?
                a              Banihal tunnel
                b             Chennai-Nashri tunnel
                c              Rohtang tunnel
                d             None of them

                                Ans: b

Q.189    Government has fixed the Minimum Support Price (MSP) of tur (Arhar) for 2012-13 at
                a              Rs 3740 per quintal
                b             Rs 3640 per quintal
                c              Rs 3940 per quintal
                d             Rs 3840 per quintal

                                Ans: d

Q.190    A committee had been constituted to review taxation in IT sector under the Chairmanship of -
                a              Y.B. Reddy
                b             N. Rangachary
                c              Anita Kapur
                d             Rashmi Sahani Saxena

                                Ans: b

Q.191    During April 2011-February-2012, which of the following state stood first in creating largest employment in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)?
                a              Uttar Pradesh
                b             Karnataka
                c              West Bengal
                d             Andhra Pradesh

                                Ans: c

Q.192    Which of the following bank has been awarded Finance Asia Award 2012?
                a              AXIS Bank
                b             HDFC Bank
                c              ICICI Bank
                d             Kotak Bank
                             
                                 Ans: d

Q.193    4th Advance Estimates of Ministry of Agriculture, puts oilseeds production for 2011-12 at -
                a              30.01 MT
                b             28.89 MT
                c              32.32 MT
                d             31.01 MT

                                Ans: a

Q.194    Govt. approves an ordinance to completely digitise TV Broad-casting. The entire nation has been targeted to be covered by -
                a              2013
                b             2014
                c              2016
                d             2015

                                Ans: b

Q.195    First Nuclear Power Plant in Bushehr. The country reffred here is:
                a              Kazakhstan
                b             Argentina
                c              North Korea
                d             Iran
                                
                             Ans: d

Q.196    She started her career as an IFS officer and was unanimously elected the 15th Lok Sabha Speaker. She was elected to Lok Sabha and representing a constituency in the state of:
                a              Jharkhand
                b             Madhya Pradesh
                c              Bihar
                d             West Bengal

                                Ans: c

Q.197    Who among the following is the author of the book "My Country, My Life?
                a              A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
                b             Atal Bihari Vajpayee
                c              L.K. Advani
                d             Shashi Tharoor
                                Ans: c

Q.198    In the year 2012, which actor bagged the Best Actor Award at the 59th National Film Awards?
                a              Ranbir Kapoor
                b             Appu Kutty
                c              Girish KulKarni
                d             Hrithik Roshan

                                Ans: c

Q.199    Emomali Rahmon recently visited India is the president of
                a              Turkmenistan
                b             Russia
                c              Republic of Tajikistan
                d             Turkey
                                Ans: c

Q.200    Who is the UN Messengers of Peace
                a              Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
                b             Michael Douglas
                c              Monique Coleman
                d             Elie Wiesel

                                Ans: b

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