Current Affairs for Bank PO and Clerical Exams February 2011 Part 2

1. Dilma Rousseff is the President of ...

a. Brazil
b. Philippines
c. Singapore
d. None of these

2. Ram Sewak Sharma is associated with which of the following?

a. Army

b. Arts

c. Unique Identifi cation

Authority of India

d. None of these

3. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act provides legal guarantee for ..................days of employment, every fi -nancial year to members of any rural household willing to do public work-related unskilled manual work at the statutory minimum wage of

a. 365 days

b. 200 days

c. 100 days

d. 30 days

4. In which Indian state was the AADHAAR program launched?

a. Jammu and Kashmir

b. Karnataka

c. Bihar

d. Maharashtra

5. Manu Joseph is associated with which magazine?

a. The Week

b. Outline

c. Outlook

d. Open

6. Identify the woman has recently been appointed as the governor of South Carolina.

a. Nikki Randhawa Haley

b. Shashi Jindal

c. Sheehan

d. None of these

7. Rajarajeswara temple is located in which state?

a. Kerala

b. Tamil Nadu

c. Karnataka

d. None of these

8. Anand Sharma is associated with …

a. RBI

b. SBI

c. IMF

d. None of these

9. Anil Agarwal is associated with which company?

a. Future Group

b. Maruti

c. Vedanta

d. None of these

10. Which of the following institutions grant the Nobel Prize in Literature?

a. Nobel Foundation

b. Swedish Academy

c. Norwegian Nobel

Committee

d. Government of Sweden

11. Richard Fred Heck won a Nobel Prize in 2010 in which of the following subjects?

a. Physics

b. Chemistry

c. Biology

d. None of these

12. The Green House has been written by ...

a. Jitendra Lahiri

b. Khushwant Singh

c. John Miller

d. Mario Vargas Llosa

13. Who won the Stirling Prize for 2010?

a. Zaha Hadid

b. Allen John

c. Zubin

d. None of these

14. Who is the new Governor General of Canada?

a. David Lloyd Johnston

b. John Washington

c. Eric Milton

d. None of these

15. Brookside Bungalow is in which of the following Indian states?

a. Assam

b. West Bengal

c. Meghalaya

d. Bihar

16. The government organised first Pravasi Bhartiya Divas outside India in

a. New York

b. Durban

c. Hague

d. Singapore

17. How many countries have so far ratified the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage?

a. 3

b. 4

c. 6

d. 8

18. Year 2011 has been offi cially designated by the United Nations as ...

a. International Year of Biotechnology

b. International Year of Space Science

c. International Year of Chemistry

d. International Year of Physics

19. Marange Diamond fields are located in the country of … and it was recently allowed by the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme to sell the diamonds in the international markets agreeing that Marange is Conflict Free.

a. Angola

b. Liberia

c. Zimbabwe

d. Sierra Leone

20. Assam Rifles is headquartered in …

a. Delhi

b. Bangalore

c. Shillong

d. None of these

21. Who will be India's chief Guest at the Republic Day 2011?

a. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

b. Rafiq Tarar

c. Dmitriy Medvedev

d. None of these

22. As on december 2009, what is India's Rank in World Uranium Production as per the latest data of World Nuclear Association?

a. 10th

b. 12th

c. 13th

d. 18th

23. Who is the Prime Minister of Poland?

a. Ian Roberts

b. Donald Tusk

c. John Huggs

d. None of these

24. Who is the Union Minister for Ministry of Earth Sciences and Ministry of Science and Technology?

a. Raj Babbar

b. Manmohan Singh

c. Kapil Sibal

d. Sripati Mishra

25. Which of the following is not a Maharatna company?

a. Indian Oil Corporation

b. NTPC Limited

c. Steel Authority of India Limited

d. Bharat Electronics Limited

26. He Yaozu is associated with which of the companies?

a. Sony

b. LG Electronics

c. Samsung

d. Suzlon Energy

27. Damurey is a name of cyclone that stormed ...

a. South Korea

b. China

c. Japan

d. Indonesia

28. In the “March ceremony of 18th Commonwealth Games”, the Indian squad was led by …

a. Maj Rajyawardhan Singh Rathore

b. P. T. Usha

c. Jaspal Rana

d. Kunjarani

29. Identify the cricketer who has bagged 1000 wickets in international cricket.

a. Dennis Lillie

b. Bishan Singh Bedi

c. Chaminda Vass

d. Muthaiya Murlitharan

30. Ranthambhore Wild Life Sanctuary is famous for which of the following animals?

a. Deer

b. Rhino

c. Elephant

d. Tiger

31. What do you mean by “Illegal Tender”?

a. Black money

b. Mutilated cheque

c. Dishonoured cheque

d. None of these

32. In which of the following years was ICICI Bank established?

a. 1991

b. 1992

c. 1993

d. 1994

33. What does Blue Revolution mean?

a. Fisheries

b. Space program

c. Agriculture program

d. None of these

34. Su-30 MK is a combat aircraft from …

a. USA

b. China

c. Germany

d. Russia

35. Which of the personalities said “All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others”?

a. Asimov

b. Grahm greene

c. George Orwell

d. Karl Marx

36. Who wrote “An Area of Darkness”?

a. Vinita Ketaki

b. Piloo Modi

c. Kiran Desai

d. V.S. Naipual

37. Name the game that started from Manipur and later became popular internationally.

a. Volleyball

b. Archery

c. Polo

d. Chess

38. Karim Masimov is the Prime Minister of which country?

a. Iran

b. Libya

c. Kazakhastan

d. Iraq

39. Who wrote “Future Shock”?

a. Bejan Daruwala

b. Linda Goodman

c. Maa Prem Usha

d. None of these

40. “Saptashava”, a name in Hindu mythology is related to which of the following Gods?

a. Indra

b. Surya

c. Yama

d. Vishnu

41. Winner of the Noble Prize 2006 for literature, Orhan Pamak, is a native of …

a. USA

b. Russia

c. Turkey

d. Egypt

42. Which of the following is not a Raga?

a. Jai Jaiwanti

b. Megh Malhar

c. Bhairavi

d. All are Ragas

43. The name “Valentina Tereshkova” is associated ...

a. Astrology

b. Astronomy

c. Woodcraft

d. Witchcraft

44. “Ramayan” is the work of …

a. Valmiki

b. Sant Tulsidas

c. Vedvyas

d. None of these

45. Which of the following is another name for Lie Detector?

a. Polydetect

b. Polygraph

c. Polyclue

d. Polybus

46. Benigno S. Aquino III is the President of ...

a. South Korea

b. Myanmar

c. Phillipines

d. None of these

47. Identify the person who is a former tennis champion and an actor too.

a. Anand Amritraj

b. Viay Amritraj

c. Roger Federer

d. Andre Aggasi

48. With which game would you associate Ronjan Sodhi?

a. Billiards

b. Swimming

c. Shooting

d. None of these

49. The CBI arrested …, the sacked treasurer of the CWG Organising Committee recently.

a. Ranjan Mullick

b. M. Jayachandran

c. Sushil Kumar

d. None of them

50. Who is the current central vigilance commissioner of India?

a. G.E. Vahanvati

b. P. J. Thomas

c. Ajay Mathur

d. None of these

ANSWERS

1. a. Brazil

2. c. Unique Identifi cation Authority of India

3. c. 100 days

4. d. Maharashtra

5. d. Open

6. a. Nikki Randhawa Haley

7. a. Kerala

8. a. RBI

9. c. Vedanta

10. b. Swedish Academy

11. b. Chemistry

12. d. Mario Vargas Llosa

13. a. Zaha Hadid

14. a. David Lloyd Johnston

15. c. Meghalaya

16. a. New York

17. b. 4

18. c. International Year of Chemistry

19. c. Zimbabwe

20. c. Shillong

21. a. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

22. c. 13th

23. b. Donald Tusk

24. c. Kapil Sibal

25. d. Bharat Electronics Limited

26. d. Suzlon Energy

27. a. South Korea

28. a. Maj Rajyawardhan Singh Rathore

29. d. Muthaiya Murlitharan

30. d. Tiger

31. d. None of these

32. d. 1994

33. a. Fisheries

34. d. Russia

35. c. George Orwell

36. d. V.S. Naipual

37. c. Polo

38. c. Kazakhastan

39. d. None of these

40. b. Surya

41. c. Turkey

42. d. All are Ragas

43. b. Astronomy

44. a. Valmiki

45. b. Polygraph

46. c. Phillipines

47. b. Viay Amritraj

48. c. Shooting

49. b. M. Jayachandran

50. b. P.J. Thoma