Current Affairs Quiz (July 1,2,3) 2010

 


Q 1:Dongria Kondhs of Lanjigarh in ............. may have received some respite, with the government setting up yet another committee to reconsider how a proposed Vedanta mine in the area could affect the tribe.It will be headed by National Advisory Council member N.C. Saxena.
Madhya Pradesh
Orissa
Andhra Pradesh

Q 2:Who is the Director General, Mobile, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)?

Kuldeep Goyal
A.K. Mittal
A Raja

Q 3:The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday created a new district, ....................................... Nagar, named after the social reformer from Maharashtra.
To be carved out of Sultanpur and Rae Bareli districts, the new district will include Amethi Lok Sabha constituency, represented by Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi.

Mahatma Phule
Lokhitwadi
Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj

Q 4:Goa's former Tourism Minister, , and his former Officer on Special Duty (OSD), Lyndon Monteiro, on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court seeking anticipatory bail.
Churchill Alemao
Mickky Pacheco
Wilfred D'Souza

Q 5:Who is the present IAEA Director General?
El-Bardei
Yukiya Amano
Ban-ki-moon

Q 6:Despite technical snags in the indigenous cryogenic engine that powered the Geo-stationary Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV, which was flight-tested in April, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is expected to launch Chandrayaan-2 on an indigenous cryogenic engine on schedule by 2013, ISRO chairman............... said here on Tuesday.
Prof U.R. Nair
G.Madhavan Nair
K. Radhakrishnan

Q 7:India is moving towards .................................... where oil firms can choose the blocks they want to explore without waiting for the government to put them on offer.
Human Rights Policy
Open Acreage Licensing Policy (OALP)
Business Ethics and Conduct Policy

Q 8:Kotak Bank Vice-Chairman and Managing Director presently?
Mahesh Kotak
Uday Kotak
Indira Nooyi

Q 9:Anil Ambani group firm Reliance Communications (RCom) on Thursday announced acquisition of ..................., the country's largest cable TV service provider, in an all-stock deal.
Sun TV
DTH
Digicable

Q 10:Present Kashmir Governor , The Governor, who is also the Chairman of the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board,
N.D. Tiwari
N.N. Vora
S.M. Krishna

Q 11:........ is Taiwan's largest trading partner, its largest investment destination, and now also home to a growing number of Taiwanese.
China
Hong Kong
South Korea

Q 12:A French Internet billionaire, a patron of the arts and a flamboyant banker won control of the ............... newspaper on Monday despite President Nicolas Sarkozy's bid to stop them.

La Tribune
Le Monde
France Soir

Q 13:Name the renowned cartoonist who was in ICU and is now out of danger?
Neeraj Gupta
E. P. Unni
R.K. Laxman

Q 14:Nine senior functionaries of the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) were arrested on Friday in connection with the devastating fire that took place at the IOC terminal at ................. Industrial Area in October 2009.
Sitapura
Sankarankoil
Suratkal

Q 15:Future Generali India Life Insurance Company, a joint venture between Future group of India and Generali Group of ............., has come out with a unit linked insurance plan (ULIP), Future Generali NAV Assure.
France
Italy
Netherland

Q 16:New Zealand Prime Minister ............ said Mr. Howard would make a “fantastic” ICC president.
Helen Clark
Kevin Rudd
John Key

Q 17:Haryana has been adjudged fourth in all-India ranking in the Educational Development Index generated by the National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA) for 2008-09. This was stated at the second meeting of the Governing Council of Haryana Prathmik Shiksha Pariyojna Parishad chaired by Chief Minister ........................
Bhupinder Singh Hooda
Arjun Munda
Rao Birender Singh

Q 18:Justice Kapadia released the 1,522-page English translation of Union Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily's Kannada book ......................
Ananda Ramayana
Shree Ramayana Mahanveshanam
The Adhyatma Ramayana

Q 19:...........................,current owner of the Union Carbide, to set up a chemical complex near Haldia
Bayer MaterialScience
Praj Industries
Dow Chemical Company

Q 20:Sri Lanka has secured the support of Russia and China in its opposition to the panel of experts appointed by U.N. Secretary-General .................. to advise him on humanitarian issues related to the war against the LTTE.
Ban ki moon
Shashi Tharoor
Charles de Gaulle

Q 21:ONGC planned an innovative methodology of converting its first drill ship, ..................., of 1973 vintage, into a Mobile Offshore Production Unit (MOPU) and using the same for producing oil and gas from these fields.
Sagar Samrat
Sagar Samriddhi
Sagar Vijay

Q 22:Toshiba recently signed .................. as Brand Ambassador.

Dhoni
Sachin
Raina

Q 23:At least 221 people are killed and 214 others injured in an explosion caused by a fuel truck overturning in .............. recently
Mexico
Cuba
Congo

Q 24:.................is elected president of Germany.
Christian Wulff
Angela Merkell
Kevin Rudd

Q 25:Australian Prime Minister ................... on Friday voiced support for the nomination of John Howard for vice-president of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
John Key
Julia Gillard
Kevin Rudd