CURRENT AFFAIRS MCQs

1. Which among the following constitutional amendment bill contains the provision of increase in women reservation in panchayats? a. 110th b. 111th c. 112th d. 113th 2. Who among the following Lokayukta has asked President to censure Chief Minister of Delhi? a. Santosh Hegde b. Manmohan Sarin c. Alok Vadhwa d. Purshottam Jaiswal 3. Which state has announced the decision to demerge its National Institute of Sports (NIS), from the Sports Authority of India (SAI)? a. Punjab b. Himachal Pradesh c. Gujarat d. Maharashtra 4. What is the name of the New Intelligence Chief, who handed over command of US and NATOled troops in Afghanistan? a. General David Petraeus b. General Rodrigue c. General Basil Peterson d. General Farimon Luasa 5. Who among the following has recently taken over as the director of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII)? a. J P Sinha b. Sharmila Tagore c. Shabana Azmi d. Dharmendra Jai Narain 6. The GSAT-12 communication satellite has been launched successfully on July 15, 2011 by which of the following launch vehicle? a. GSLV G-6 b. GSLV-F7 c. PSLV C-16 d. PSLV C-17 7. Recently the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) successfully ighttested its latest missile Prahaar from the Launch Complex III of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) off the Chandipur coast in Balasore district. Prahaar is a a. Surface to surface missile b. Surface to air missile c. Air to surface missile d. Sea to air missile 8. Chinese and Southeast Asian ofcials have agreed on a draft of guidelines to avert tension in the South China Sea at a meeting held with senior ofcials of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN at: a. Manila (Philippines) b. Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei) c. Ho Chi Minh city (Vietnam) d. Bali (Indonesia) 9. Who is the current Prime Minister of Egypt? a. Essam Sharaf b. Gouda Abdel Khalek c. Mahmoud Eissa d. Hazem El-Beblawi 10 Hurricane Dora was active recently over the region of a. Australia b. Europe c. South America d. North America 11. The Cabinet approved the proposal for enhancing reservation for women in Panchayats from the present 33 per cent to 50 per cent with the provision being applicable to all seats lled through a. Direct election b. Indirect election c. Nomination d. Both direct election and nomination 12. India signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreement with which of the following country paving the way for the possibility of exporting its atomic power plants recently? a. North Korea b. South Kora c. China d. Singapore

13. Recently English has been dropped as nal year subject in which of the following state university? a. Mumbai b. Saurashtra c. Odisha d. Himachal Pradesh 14. Which IIM has announced extension of the reach of its publisher training programme to countries in South East Asia from next year? a. IIM Lucknow b. IIM Ahmedabad c. IIM Kozhikode d. IIM Bangalore 15. What is the name of the Metropolitan Police Commissioner who resigned following criticism for hiring former News of the World executive Neil Wallis - who was questioned by police investigating hacking - as an adviser in UK? a. Sir Vinfery simpson b. Sir Maddley Thomson c. Sir Anerdson Majle d. Sir Paul Stephenson 16. Who among the following was of cially named as the next envoy of India to the United States of America ? a. Nirupama Roy b. A N Ahuja c. R K Sharma d. J P S hukla 17. Which of the following personality has been appointed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerji as an advisor to Resurgent Bengal scheme? a. Amartya sen b. Sam Pitroda c. Arjun Sengupta d. Usha Thorat 18. The worlds largest Indian ag weighing 250 kg was unfurled at the Vibrant India Festival which began recently in a. France b. China c. Russia d. USA 19. Minister for Defense A K Antony recently presented the rst Mercy Ravi Award for Woman of Substance to a. Kiran Bedi b. Vandana Shiva c. Sheila Dikshit d. Arundhati Roy 20. Which among the following state has announced that 90 per cent seats in sports academies will be lled by players from the state? a. Uttar Pradesh b. Madhya Pradesh c. Haryana d. Punjab 21. Who among the following was elected president of the Mumbai Cricket Association at its 77th annual general body meeting recently? a. Manohar Joshi b. Vilasrao Deshmukh c. Gajanan karve d. Sharad Pawar 22. Which among the following is the oldest commissioned ship of the Indian Navy, a landing ship tanker, which was given a fond farewell after 35 years of service recently? a. INS Jaladh b. INS Sharabh c. INS Shankul d. INS Padmesh 23. Which state has the highest rural teledensity of 70.23 ? a. Karnataka b. Himachal Pradesh c. Rajasthan d. Gujarat 24. Who among the following has become the worlds No. 1 double trap shooter as per the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) rankings released? a. Gagan Narang b. Sanjeev Rathore c. Vijay Kumar d. Ronjan Sodhi

25. Which Indian wildlife research and bio-diversity conservation organization will assist Indonesian authorities to undertake noninvasive genetics research on two critically endangered species the Javan and the Sumatran rhinos in Indonesia? a. Aaranyak b. Parivesh c. Paryavaran d. Sanrakshak 26. Which country is stepping into the Indian Ocean for the rst time for mineral exploration? a. Japan b. Canada c. China d. India 27. Which among the following is the latest European country to act against the burqa after France and Belgium have banned the wearing of burqa in public? a. Germany b. Spain c. Italy d. Denmark 28. Which Indian-American who is an expert in international nance law, has been appointed as Senior Advisor in the US State Department's South and Central Asia Bureau to cement ties with the Diaspora groups? a. Mitul Desai b. Sanjeev Upadhyay c. Upendra Bansal d. Manendra Singh 29. Which airline has become the rst airline to use biofuels on regular commercial ights in a six-month trial that it estimates will reduce CO2 emissions by up to 1,500 tones during the period? a. Lufthansa b. Air India c. King sher d. Airbus 30. Which among the following Governor Generals of India was the rst occupant of Rashtrapati Bhawan of India? a. Warren Hastings b. Lord Irwin c. Lord Willington d. Lord Rippon 31. Typhoon Muifa has devastated which among the following countries eastern coast? a. Indonesia b. Japan c. China d. Hongkong ANSWERS: 1. d Manchester united 1. a 10th 2. b Manmohan Sarin 3. a Punjab 4. a General David Petraeus 5. d Dharmendra Jai Narain 6. d PSLV C-17 7. a Surface to surface missile 8. d Bali (Indonesia) 9. a Essam Sharaf 10. d North America 11. a Direct election 12. b South Korea 13. b Saurashtra 14. b IIM, Ahmedabad 15. d Sir Paul Stephenson 16. a Nirupama Roy 17. b Sam Pitroda 18. c USA 19. c Sheela Diskshit 20. b Madhya Pradesh 21. b Vialsrao Deshmukh 22. b INS Sharabh 23. b Himachal Pradesh 24. d Ronjan Sodhi 25. a Aranyak 26. c China 27. c Italy 28. a Mitul Desai 29. a Lufthansa 30. b Lord Irwin 31. c China