Current Affairs Quiz Part 1 (June,July 2010)

Q 1:‘Give subsidy to schools, hospitals, not oil firms' says Planning Commission Deputy Chairman ......................
Abhishek Singhvi
Montek Singh Ahluwalia
Manoj Tiwari

Q 2:With the Supreme Court lifting the ban on James Laine's controversial book on Maratha king ..........., Maharashtra government on Sunday set up a three-member committee to explore options to stop its printing and circulation in the State.

Sambhaji
Shivaji
Bajirao Peshwa

Q 3:The former Governor of Maharashtra, S.C. Jamir, who had also been the Chief Minister of ................, left Imphal on Sunday after a two-day visit without gaining much ground in his mission to improve the relations between Nagaland and Manipur.
Arunchal Pradesh
Manipur
Nagaland

Q 4:The American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) in India has announced its 2010 objective of enhancing economic and social partnership with India.Responsible business leadership is about pursuing business interests while making a difference to India,” AMCHAM chairman ................. said in a statement here on Sunday.
Archana Patchirajan
Dinesh Keskar
Puneet Mehta

Q 5:“Football can create chances where there is no hope, and this will remain our mission into the future,” said FIFA President ................ at the meeting.
IRVIN KHOZA
Sepp Blatter
LORD TRIESMAN

Q 6:The ............ spacecraft Rosetta performed a fly-by of a massive asteroid on Saturday, taking images that could one day help Earth defend itself from destruction.
Chinese
Japanese
European

Q 7:.................is a campaign seizing the power of football to ensure that education for all is a lasting impact of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Raising our voices all over the world we believe that, together, we can make education a reality for the millions of boys and girls who remain out of school.Name it
Action for Children
GOAL1
Save the Children Alliance

Q 8:World record holder Ronjan Sodhi won the double trap gold in the shotgun World Cup in Lonato, ............ recently.
France
Italy
Cuba

Q 9:Saina Nehwal won the $1, 20,000 Yonex Sunrise-India Open Grand Prix gold badminton championships in Chennai defeating Choo Wong Mew of .......... last month.
China
Indonesia
Malaysia

Q 10:Saina Nehwal won the.......................... defeating Tzu Ying Tai of Chinese Taipei in the final last month.
Indonesia Open Super Series
Singapore Open badminton Super Series
Yonex Sunrise-India Open Grand Prix gold badminton championships

Q 11:Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal won the Indonesia Open Super Series defeating ............'s Sayaka Sato. This was Saina's third successive title, having won the Indian Open Grand Prix and the Singapore Open Super Series tournament last month.
Japan
Singapore
Chinese Taipei

Q 12:India defeated .............. in the final of the Asia Cup cricket championship 2010 by 81 runs.


Pakistan
Srilanka
Bangladesh

Q 13:Last month,Taiwan and China signed a historic trade pact “........”, hailed by both sides as a milestone and the culmination of a Beijing-friendly policy introduced by Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou after assuming power in 2008.
HELP
EurMex
ECFA

Q 14:The two-day G-20 summit or the meeting of the heads of the world's major industrialised powers was held in ............. recently
Toronto, Canada
Washington,US
London,UK

Q 15:India has joined the Thirty Metre Telescope (TMT) project,the next generation astronomical observatory that will be located on Mauna Kea, ......... recently
Haiti
Hawaii
Honduras

Q 16:Vice President M. Hamid Ansari presented the Lifetime Achievement Award to ................, former Governor of Bihar, West Bengal,Haryana and former Chairman of UPSC, organised by the Institute of Objective Studies in New Delhi.

M.K. Narayanan
Devanand Konwar
Dr A.R, Kidwai

Q 17:.................., founder of pharmaceutical major Vitabiotics in Britain, has been awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in London recently.
Kartar Singh Lalvani
Sardar Beer Singh Johal
Harinder Takhar

Q 18:The first World Classical Tamil Conference was held in ................. President Pratibha Devisingh Patil presented the Kalaignar M. Karunanidhi Classical Tamil Award to Asko Parpola for his work on the Dravidian hypothesis in the interpretation of the Indus script.

Chennai
Coimbatore
Thanjavur

Q 19:The Group of Ministers (GoM) submitted their report to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh addressing the legal, medical, humanitarian,environmental and other aspects of the Bhopal gas leak disaster. The GoM recommended Rs. ......... package for the victims.
20,000-crore
5,000-crore
1,500-crore

Q 20:The 75th conference of presiding officers of legislatives bodies
from different parts of the country was held in .......recently in June.
Srinagar
Coimbatore
Mumbai

Q 21:The Planning Commission estimated ...... percent growth in the agriculture sector during the XII Plan (2012-17).
4
1
9

Q 22:Jharkhand came under Central rule with President Pratibha Patil accepting a recommendation of the Union Cabinet after the Congress and the BJP gave up efforts to form an alternative government following the resignation of Chief Minister .................

Arjun Munda
Shibu Soren
Madhu Koda

Q 23:The Representation of the People's (Amendment) Bill aimed at NRIs for voting rights in India was cleared by a GoM headed by Defence Minister ..........and is likely to be presented soon before the Cabinet.

P Chidambaram
Pranab Mukherjee
A.K. Antony

Q 24:India and Pakistan have resolved at the meeting of the Permanent Indus Water Commission in Delhi, the issue of water flows in the Chenab River being affected during the initial filling of the ............. dam. Pakistan has decided not to raise the matter further.
Baglihar
Rabwah
Tarbela

Q 25:The joint exercises are conducted by the air forces of India, France
and Singapore by the name The Garuda 2010 at Istres air base in ..........
Singapore
France
India