Current Affairs and GK for IPO exam ( Q 41 - 87 )

Current Affairs and GK for IPO exam

41. Pravasi Bhartiya Divas in 2011 was held at:

(a) Jaipur (b) New Delhi (c) Ujjain (d) Varanasi

Answer : b

42. 98th Indian Science Congress in January 2011 was held at:

(a) Chennai (b) Kharagpur (c) Kanpur (d) Delhi

Ans - a

43. Who of the following is the present Lokayukta of Karnataka:

(a) N Vittal (b) Santosh Hegde (c) Yashwant Sonawane(d) None of these

Answer:b

44. Georgia’s capital is to be shifted from Tbilisi to:

(a) Akhan (b) Yeren (c) Kutaisi (d) Chisinau

Ans-c

45. Which country topped the Terrorism Risk Index in 2010:

(a) Somalia b) Samoa (c) Jamaica (d) Iraq

Ans-a

46. Which district is going to be named after Indira Gandhi? Ans: a

(a) Medak (b) Rai Bareli (c) Chikmaglur (d) Bellary

47. Who received the Elis Island Medal of Honour in 2010?

(a) Dalai Lama (b) Zinedine Zidene

(c) Rao Anumlu (d) B K Varghese

Answer: c

48. Enam Securities is to be purchased by:

(a) Union Bank of India (b) BNP Paribas

(c) ANZ Grindlays (d) Axis Bank

Answer: d

49. Which famous personality bagged the Man of Peace Award in 2010?

(a) Roberto Baggio (b) Diegs Maradona

(c) Pope John Paul II (d) None of these

Answer: a

50. Who is the new National Security Advisor of United States?

(c) W Singham (b) Thomas Donilon

(a) Colin Powell (b) Larry Page

Ans-b

51. Who is the new president of UN General Assembly?

(a) Joseph Deiss (b) Hans Rasmus Sen

(c) Leon Panetta (d) None of these

Ans-a

52. Luka and Fire of Life is the latest book by:

(a) Arun Som (b) Salman Rushdie

(c) Vikram Seth (d) None of these

Ans-b

53. What is the name of India’s latest and Seventh Super Computer?

(a) Annapurna (b) Param

(c) Pinak (d) None of these

Ans-a

54. Tembli became the first village in India to get UID. In which state it is located?

(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Chattisgarh

(c) Maharashtra (d) None of these

Ans-c

55.Who has been declared the ‘Business Leader of the year’ in Economic Times Corporate Excellence Awards 2010?

(a) Aditya Puri (b) N Nrayanmurthy

(c) Azim Premji (d) Mukesh Ambani

Ans-a

56. What is the mascot of 2011 cricket world cup?

(a) Hoho (b) Cobe

(c) Stumpy (d) None of these

Ans-c

57. SAF (South Asian Federation) games in 2012 will be held at

(a) Kathmandu (b) Delhi

(c) Bangalore (d) None of these

Ans-b

58. Agni III was launched from which of the following places: Ans : a

(a) Wheeler Island (b) Sriharikota (c) Bikaner (d) None of these

59. Who of the following is the Chairperson of National Green Tribunal?

(a) Lokeshwar Singh Parata (b) Anil Pandey

(c) K Vijay Kumar (d) None of these

Answer-a;

60. Which Indian Company is slated to buy the English football club Blackburn?

(a) U B groups (b) RPG

(c) Videocon (d) Vicky

Answer : d

61. Who is the Union Minister of Corporate Affairs?

(a) Murali Deora (b) Jaipal Reddy

(c) C P Joshi (d) M S Gill

Answer: a

62. Who is the new President Elect of BCCI?

(a) Chirayu Amin (b) Jyotiraditya Schindia

(c) Shashank manohar (d) Jagmohan Dalmia

Answer: c

63. Karrar is the unmaned bomber aircraft of which country?

(a) Iran (b) Syria

(c) Israel (d) None of these

Answer:a

64. Who is the CMD of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited?

(a) S K Jain (b) Harsh Marital

(c) Oskar Singh (d) None of these

Answer: a

65. Who is the Director of Intelligence Bureau?

(a) Rajeev Mathur (b) Nehchal Sandhu

(c) Saikat Dutta (d) None of these

Answer: b

66. Ramagundanar thermal power project is in which state?

a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Tamil Nadu

(c) Kerala (d) Karnataka

Ans- a

67. Project Big Green has been initiated by which company?

(a) Microsoft (b) Apple

(c) Infosys (d) IBM

Answer:d

68. Vansadhara River dispute is between which states?

(a) Orissa and Andhra Pradesh (b) Karnataka and Tamil Nadu

(c) Kerala and Tamil Nadu (d) None of these

Answer: a

69. Who is the Chairperson of National Housing Board?

(a) B N Kapoor (b) Mata Prasad

(c) R B Verma (d) None of these

Ans- c

70. Who is India’s permanent representative to United Nations? Ans; a

(a) Hardeep Singh Puri (b) M.K. Agnihotri

(c) Vijay Pasricha (d) None of these

71. Who is the principal scientific advisor to Government of India?

(a) R. Chidambaram (b) V.K. Saraswat

(c) T.K. Thomas (d) None of these

Ans - a

72. Who is the Chairman of Central Water Commission?

(a) Balraj Madhok (b) A.K. Bajaj

(c) Shivran Puri (d) None of these

Ans - b

73. Who is the Deputy National Security Advisor?

(a) Shiv Shankar Menon (b) M.K. Narayanan

(c) Shekhar Dutt (d) None of these

Answer: c

74. Aligarh Muslim University is going to set its new campus at:

(a) Saharanpur (b) Meerut

(c) Murshidabad (d) Azamgarh

Ans-c

75. Who is the new Chairperson of National Commission for Backward classes?

(a) M.N. Rao (b) T.K. Maken

(c) Ram Singh Senbar (d) None of these

Ans- a

76. Who is the Chairperson of 19th Law Commission?

(a) P.V. Reddy (b) A.K. Lakshmanan

(c) K.R. Kurup (d) None of these

Ans- a

77. Who is the Chairman of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights?

(a) Buta Singh (b) M.K. Kurup

(c) Shanta Sinha (d) Dheeraj Rohatgi

Answer: c

78. Mini Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas in October 2010 was held at:

(a) Cape Town (b) Durban

(c) Johannesburg (d) None of these

Answer: b

79. G-8 summit in June 2010 was held at:

(a) Ontario (b) Vancouver

(c) Huntsville (d) Quebec

Answer:-c

80. Who is the CEO of Twitter?

(a) Dick Costello (b) Jorma Olila (c) Allan Bolt (d) None of these

Ans-a

81. Which country topped the Global Peace Index Report in 2010? Ans : a

(a) New Zealand (b) Iceland (c) Denmark (d) Sweden

82. Who of the following is the recipient of Turner Prize 2010?

(a) Alex Rodriques (b) Sergie Bryan

(c) Susan Philipsz (d) None of these

Ans-c

83. Who is the Chairperson of Railway Board?

(a) Vivek Sahay (b) J P Batra

(c) D P Aggarwal (d) None of these

Ans-a

84. Who of the following is the recipient of Cervantes Prize 2010?

(a) John Stocker (b) Ana Maria

(c) C Andrew Stephen (d) None of these

Ans-b

85. Who founded the Telangana Praja Front in October 2010?

(a) G V Rao (b) K Chandrashekhar Rao

(c) N Srinivas (d) None of these

Ans-a

86. M. B. Shah Commission is related to:

(a) Illegal mining (b) Agricultural Statistics

(c) Microfinance Institutions (d) None of these

Ans-a

87. Who is the secretary General of Rajya Sabha?

(a) T.K. Vishwanathan (b) Vivek Agnihotri

(c) V.K. Gupta (d) None of these

Ans-b

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