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Current Affairs MCQs Written by MYOD Wednesday, 04 May 2011 07:14 1 Which of the following is/are correctly matched? I. Chairperson of National Film Development Corporation – Manmohan Shetty II. Chief Executive Officer of Prasar Bharti – Rajiv Takru III. Chairperson of National School of Drama – Amal Allana (a) I only (b) I and II only (c) II and III only (d) I, II and III 2. Which of the following statements about carbon trade and cap scheme launched recently is/are correct? I. Each industry will be issued a permit on how much pollution it can individually emit in the air II. Industries with lower than permissible emissions will be given financial incentives by the government III. Industries with higher emissions can buy permits from those with lower emissions (a) I only (b) I and II only (c) II only (d) III and I only 3. The Constitution (113th Amendment) Bill passed by the Parliament refers to which of the following? (a) Changes in divorce laws under the Hindu Marriage Act (b) Delimitation of constituencies based on 2011 Census (c) Grant of Central University status to Aligarh Muslim University (d) Renaming of Orissa and the Oriya language 4. The government has constituted a committee of noted personalities such as Sunil Khilnani, Ramachandra Guha, Madhav Gadgil and Girish Karnad for preparing a concept note on which of the following? (a) Industry-university collaboration (b) Humanities education (c) Innovation university (d) FDI in higher education 5. Recently ‘Chapter 8’ was in the news. It refers to which of the following? (a) CAG report on 2G scam (b) Safety of Indian nuclear plants (c) Jan Lokpal bill (d) Srikrishna Committee report 6. Which of the following is/are correctly matched? (a) World Meteorological Day – March 23 (b) World Health Day – April 7 (c) World Red Cross Day – May 8 (d) All of the above 7. Which state has become the first in the country to cultivate olives successfully? (a) Punjab (b) Himachal Pradesh (c) Uttarakhand (d) Rajasthan 1 /5Current Affairs MCQs Written by MYOD Wednesday, 04 May 2011 07:14 8. On March 26, 2011, the Earth Hour was observed to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change. Which of the following in association with the WWF started the practice of observing the Earth Hour in 2007? (a) The Guardian (b) The Scotsman (c) Toronto Star (d) Sydney Morning Herald 9. Which of the following correctly describes SIMBEX that was in the news recently? (a) Operating system for low-cost computing devices developed by C-DAC (b) New radar being developed by DRDO in association with an Israeli company (c) Joint Naval exercise conducted by India and Singapore (d) Asia’s largest trade fair organised in Shanghai 10. Which of the following statements about China’s share of world economy in 2010 is/are correct according to the recent figures from China’s National Bureau of Statistics? I. China’s gross domestic product accounted for 4.5 per cent of the global total in 2010 II. China’s per capita GDP was at the level of medium-income countries III. China’s overseas direct investment accounted for 5.1 per cent of the world’s total (a) I only (b) I and II only (c) II and III only (d) III and I only 11. Recently which NASA spacecraft returned after a 12-year journey to asteroid 5535 Annefrank, Comet Wild 2 and Comet Tempel 1? (a) Stardust (b) Hubble (c) Voyager (d) Sojourn 12. Which of the following is imposing the no-fly zone over Libya? (a) Arab League (b) African Union (c) NATO (d) OECD 13. The Arab Socialist Ba’ath Party is the party in power in which Middle East nation? (a) Lebanon (b) Jordan (c) Israel (d) Syria 14. Which of the following pairs of institutions and their locations are not correctly matched? (a) Indian Institute of Chemical Technology – Hyderabad (b) Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology – Bangalore (c) S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences – Kolkata (d) Institute of Chemical Technology – Mumbai 15. Who was appointed Chairperson of the Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission constituted recently? (a) D. Swarup (b) Prof M. Govinda Rao (c) B.N. Srikrishna (d) K.J. Udeshi 16. Who was the Chairperson of the High Powered Expert Committee on Urban Infrastructure which submitted its report to the Urban Development Ministry recently? 2 /5Current Affairs MCQs Written by MYOD Wednesday, 04 May 2011 07:14 (a) Dr Isher Ahluwalia (b) Nasser Munjee (c) Dr Nachiket Mor (d) Dr Rajiv Lall 17. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below: Code: A B C D a 2 4 3 1 b 2 3 4 1 c 3 1 2 4 d 3 2 1 4 18. Jaguar at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US, was the world’s fastest supercomputer in 2010. Among the following, which pairs of world’s top 4 supercomputers and their vendors/companies are not matched correctly? (a) Roadrunner – IBM (b) Jaguar – Cray (c) Nebulae – IBM (d) Kraken – Cray 19. Recently launched Legal Information Institute (LII) of India is a joint project developed by legal education institutions of India and_______? (a) Britain (b) USA (c) Canada (d) Australia 20. India Post was in news for launching which of the following recently? (a) Stationery products (b) Microfinance services (c) e-commerce portal (d) Railway reservation facilities 21. ‘Kashmir and Beyond: 1966-84’, released recently, is a compilation of letters written by ____ and Indira Gandhi to each other. (a) B. G. Verghese (b) Sheikh Abdullah (c) Pranab Mukherjee (d) Dr Karan Singh 22. K. S. Chalapati Rao and Biswajit Dhar are 3 /5Current Affairs MCQs Written by MYOD Wednesday, 04 May 2011 07:14 (a) Painters (b) Architects (c) Archaeologists (d) Economists 23. Which among the following permanent members of the UN Security Council became the first to officially recognise the opposition National Transition Council as the legitimate representative of the Libyan people? (a) France (b) Britain (c) China (d) Russia 24. Which of the following statements about Tibetan government-in-exile is/are correct? I. The Prime Minister is called Tempa Tsering II. The Dalai Lama is not the Prime Minister III. The Kashag is the Cabinet of Tibetan government in exile (a) I only (b) I and II only (c) II and III only (d) III and I only 25. Who has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of Ireland? (a) Charlie McCreevy (b) Jim McDaid (c) Enda Kenny (d) James Reilly 26. Who is the monarch of Morocco who was in news for announcing ‘comprehensive constitutional reform’ in his country? (a) Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan (b) Abdullah II (c) Hassanal Bolkiah (d) Mohammed VI 27. Which state has the highest number of operational Special Economic Zones (SEZs) as per recent information from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry? (a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Karnataka (d) Kerala 28. Which among the following is not a part of the six infrastructure industries that comprise the ‘core sector’? (a) Crude Oil (b) Chemicals & Fertilisers (c) Cement (d) Coal 29. Chameli Devi Jain Award, recently given to Shahina K.K., is awarded for achievements in which of the following? (a) Poetry (b) Education (c) Agriculture (d) Media 30. Which of the following establishment celebrated its silver jubilee recently? (a) Indian Coast Guard (b) Narcotics Control Bureau (c) Bureau of Police Research and Development (d) Rapid Action Force 31. How much was India’s per capita income during 2009-10 according to Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation? (a) Rs 32,784 (b) Rs 38,462 (c) Rs 42,866 (d) Rs 46,492 4 /5Current Affairs MCQs Written by MYOD Wednesday, 04 May 2011 07:14 32. The Union Health Ministry has decided to screen the entire population above a certain age for non-communicable illnesses such as diabetes and hypertension in the next five years. What will be the minimum age of those screened under the project? (a) 25 (b) 30 (c) 35 (d) 40 33. Which is the first state to open a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) centre exclusively to facilitate tele-filing of petitions under the Right to Information Act? (a) Karnataka (b) Rajasthan (c) Goa (d) Maharashtra 34. Article 72 of the Indian Constitution, which was in news recently, refers to which of the following? (a) Readjustment of the allocation of seats for states in Lok Sabha upon the completion of each census (b) Authority of the Centre to fix royalty on ores mined in states (c) Powers of the President in appointing a Prime Minister when no party gets a clear majority in Lok Sabha (d) Consideration of mercy petition of convicts facing capital punishment by the President Answers : 1. (d) 2. (d) 3. (d) 4. (c) 5. (d) 6. (d) 7. (d) 8. (d) 9. (c) 10. (d) 11. (a) 12. (c) 13. (d) 14. (b) 15. (c) 16. (a) 17. (d) 18. (c) 19. (d) 20. (c) 21. (d) 22. (d) 23. (a) 24. (c) 25. (c) 26. (d) 27. (a) 28. (b) 29. (d) 30. (b) 31. (d) 32. (b) 33. (a) 34. (d) 5 /5