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Ankur Dubey
2011 Current Affairs & General Knowledge Questions For All Competitive Exams -
1-Name the tiny the energy-rich gulf Arab country that has been picked to host the FIFA 2022 World Cup.
- (a) UAE (b) Oman
- (c) Saudi Arabia (d) Qatar
- (e) None of these
- 2.Name the son of the late Andhra chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy who resigned form the Kadapa Lok Sabha constituency and Congress recently.
- (a) K Rossiah (b) YS Jaganmohan
- (c) Kiran Reddy (d) Gopal Rao
- (e) None of these
- 3. Who among the following has won the Durand Cup held in New Delhi recently?
- (a) JCT (b) Chirag United
- (c) East Bengal (d) Mohun Bagan
- (e) None of these
- 4. Name the Spanish world champion who won the Valencia Grand Prix in the final round of the world championship.
- (a) Jorge Lorenzo (b) Malcolm Campbell
- (c) Enzo Ferrari (d) Louis Chiron
- (e) None of these
- 5. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
- (a) Swiss Indoors – Roger Federer
- (b) ATP Valencia Open – David Ferrer
- (c) WTA tournament of Champion – Ana Ivanovic
- (d) Questnet Open ITF Women’s – Nicha Lertpitak
- (e) US Open 2010 – Roger Federer
- 6. Who is the author of the book World of All Human Rights?
- (a) Harish Salve (b) Santosh Hegde
- (c) Arundhati Roy (d) Soli J Sorabjee
- (e) None of these
- 7. Name the Ethiopian legend who announced his retirement after dropping out of the New york City Marathon with a knee injury.
- (a) Haile Gebreslassie (b) Duncan Kibet
- (c) James Kwambai (d) Patrick Makau
- (e) None of these
- 8. Name the deputy governor of RBI who retired recently after spending nearly 38 years there in various capacities during which she has had a stint in virtually every area of central banking.
- (a) Mohan Rakesh (b) Subir Gokarn
- (c) Usha Thorat (d) Shyamala Gopinath
- (e) None of these
- 9. Name the person who has been honoured with the prestigious 2010 Intel Environment Award for his efforts to solve global safe drinking water and sanitation crises.
- (a) Subir Bhomick (b) Rajesh Shah
- (c) Sundarlal Bahuguna (d) Chandi Prasad
- (e) None of these
- 10. The three-day India Economic Summit, organized by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF), November 14-17 was held in
- (a) New Delhi (b) Geneva
- (c) Washington (d) Brussels
- (e) None of these
- 11. Name Myanmar’s celebrated pro-democracy leader and a political prisoner of global stature who was set free from house arrest in Yangon.
- (a) Ne Win (b) San Yu
- (c) Maung Maung (d) Than Shwe
- (e) None of these
- 12. The 10th Russia-India-China (RIC) meeting was held in
- (a) Guilin (China) (b) Beijing (China)
- (c) Bangalore (India) (d) Wuhan (China)
- (e) None of these
- 13. Which of the following has been removed from the United Nations list of unresolved disputes, in a setback to Pakistan which has been asking the world body to intervene on the issue?
- (a) Siachin (b) Sir Creek
- (c) Baglihar dam (d) Jammu and Kashmir
- (e) None of these
- 14. Which of the following has not been conferred Maharatna status by the Central government?
- (a) ONGC (b) IOC
- (c) NTPC (d) SAIL
- (e) Railways
- 15. Who has been re-appointed as the prime minister of France?
- (a) Dominique de Villepin (b) Jean-Perre Raffarin
- (c) Francois Fillon (d) Lionel Jospin
- (e) None of these
- 16. Who among the following became the first enlisted Sikh soldier in the US Army in more than two decades to complete basis training after getting a rare religious exemption for his turban and beard because the military requires his language skills?
- (a) Kamaljeet Singh Kalsi (b) Tejdeep Singh Rattan
- (c) Bob Singh Dhillon (d) Simran Preet Singh Lamba
- (e) None of these
- 17. Ending weeks of opposition to a European Union bailout, heavily-indebted –has agreed finally with the EU and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a multi-billion euro rescue package to avert bankruptcy. It will be the first country to receive financial support from the euro 750-billion (nearly trillion dollars) financial safety net, spread by the EU and the IMF six months ago, to help euro zone nations facing liquidity crisis.
- (a) Ireland (b) Spain
- (c) Argentina (d) Denmark
- (e) None of these
- 18. Sonal Mansingh is associated with
- (a) Painting (b) Theatre
- (c) Dance (d) Sports
- (e) None of these
- 19. Who has won the Indian Open golf title recently?
- (a) Baek Seuk-Hyun (b) Rikard Karlberg
- (c) Manar Jaini (d) Shiv Kapur
- (e) None of these
- 20. Serbia has won the Davis Cup title by defeating
- (a) France (b) US
- (c) Switzerland (d) Sweden
- (e) None of these
- 21. Who has been crewned Miss Earth Talent 2010 after beating 17 other contestants at a talent competition in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam?
- (a) Jennifer Pazmino (b) Watsaporn Wattanakoon
- (c) Yeidy Bosquez (d) Nicole Faria
- (e) None of these
- 22. Who won the 21st Lal Bahadur Shastri hockey tournament?
- (a) ONGC (b) Indian Oil
- (c) Air India (d) Indian Railways
- (e) None of these
- 23. Which country has recently won the ICC Inter Continental Cup in Dubai?
- (a) Kenya (b) Scotland
- (c) Afghanistan (d) China
- (e) None of these
- 24. World leaders from 193 countries signed a new global climate regime on Dec 11 called
- (a) Cancun Agreement (b) Kyoto Agreement
- (c) Copenhagen Agreement (d) London Agreement
- (e) None of these
- 25. Mobile banking is set to get a boost form IMPS, which stands for
- (a) Inter-Bank Mobile Payment Service
- (b) Inter-Bank Money Payment Service
- (c) Inter-Bank Money Payment System
- (d) Inter-Bank Money Payment System
- (e) None of these
- ANSWER
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| D | B | B | A | E | D | A | C | B | A |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| E | D | D | E | C | D | A | C | B | A |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| D | C | C | A | A |
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