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Sunday, February 15, 2009

Current Affairs - 2008 (II)

PART – I:

1.Who is the present Governor of Reserve Bank of India ?
(a) Bimal Jalan
(b) Sriprakash Jaiswal
(c) D. Subbarao
(d) Y.V.Reddy
Ans: (c)
2. As per the recent study conducted by the US Census Bureau and Boston Consulting Group, by the year ………., the world will face deficit of around 56 million skilled manpower but India would be the only country with a surplus of manpower.
(a) 2020
(b) 2011
(c) 2019
(d) 2015
Ans: (a)
3. As per the recent study conducted by the US Census Bureau and Boston Consulting Group, by the year 2020, the world will face deficit of around 56 million skilled manpower but India would be the only country with a surplus of ……….. youth.
(a) 47 million
(b) 57 million
(c) 45 million
(d) 37 million
Ans: (a)
4. Which of the following is the Union minister of state for labour and employment
(a) Oscar Fernandes
(b) Antony
(c) George Fernandes
(d) Shivraj Patil
Ans: (a)
5. The new policy is ready and will be placed before the Union Cabinet for approval soon. The new policy aims at empowering all individuals through improved skills, knowledge and internationally recognised qualifications to enable them access to decent employment and to promote inclusive national growth. Name the new policy ?
(a) National Skill Development Policy
(b) National Development Policy
(c) Indian Skill Development Policy
(d) None of these
Ans: (a)
6. Recently, MOSTLY MEN, were crushed to death and several others injured in a stampede caused by a rush of devotees in the …………………. temple in the 15th century Mehrangarh Fort on a hillock on the first day of Navaratri festival.
(a) Chamunda Devi
(b) Naina Devi
(c) Nanda Devi
(d) None of these
Ans: (a)
7. Jagdish Khattar, former Maruti MD, announced his foray into the organised multi-brand car sales and service business with an investment of Rs 1,000 crore over the next five years. The new company, ………………… is backed by Rs 80-crore investment from Wipro chairman Azim Premji’s PremjiInvest and Rs 28 crore from IFCI Venture Capital Funds.
(a) Carnation Auto India Ltd
(b) Carnation Automobile Ltd
(c) Carnation India Ltd
(d) None of these
Ans: (a)
8. What is the full form of “NPPA”
(a) National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority
(b) National Product Pricing Authority
(c) National Pharmaceutical Pricing Agency
(d) National Pharmaceutical Pricing Administration
Ans: (a)
9. DRUG price regulator ………………………. has slashed prices of three bulk drugs, including salbutamol sulphate used for the treatment of bronchial asthma.
(a) National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority
(b) National Product Pricing Authority
(c) National Pharmaceutical Pricing Agency
(d) National Pharmaceutical Pricing Administration
Ans: (a)
10. Which of the following is used for treatment of malaria ?
(a) sulphamethoxazole
(b) salbutamol sulphate
(c) potassium penicillin V
(d) benzathine penicillin G
Ans: (a)
11. Recently, Mr Fernandes released a Blue Book on ITIs ………………………. and Skill Gap Studies in the key sectors of construction, retail, health, automotive and finance at the CII Global Summit on Skills Development.
(a) Getting Started, Unleashing Skilled India: Transforming ITIs together
(b) India: Transforming ITIs together
(c) Unleashing Skilled India: Transforming ITIs together
(d) None of these
Ans: (a)
12. Which of the following is the MD of SBI Life Insurance
(a) Uday Shankar Roy
(b) Sriprakash Jaiswal
(c) Shivshankar Menon
(d) JM Panchal
Ans: (a)
13. According to the recent ET-Brand Finance India’s Top 50 Most Valuable (Company) Brands 2008 study, ……………………….. emerged as the most valuable financial services brand value at Rs 16,595 crore.
(a) State Bank of India
(b) Allahabad Bank
(c) Union Bank of India
(d) United Bank of India
Ans: (a)
14. HOURS after issuing an advisory to which of the following states asking them to contain the anti-Christian violence, the Centre recently dashed off a separate and far sterner advisory describing the communal developments there as a ‘breach of the Constitution and law of the country’ and directing the state to ‘urgently’ take necessary steps to restore peace and normalcy.
(a) Karnataka and Orissa
(b) Jharkhand and Orissa
(c) Karnataka and Jharkhand
(d) West Bengal and Maharashtra
Ans:(a)


15. Who is the foreign secretary of India.
(a) Uday Shankar Roy
(b) Sriprakash Jaiswal
(c) Shivshankar Menon
(d) JM Panchal
Ans: (c)
16. Who is the US secretary of state
(a) Condoleezza Rice
(b) Sriprakash Jaiswal
(c) Shivshankar Menon
(d) JM Panchal
Ans: (a)
17. What is the full form of “NHRC”
(a) National Human Rights Commission
(b) National Human Role Commission
(c) National Home Rule Commission
(d) National Human Rights Consideration
Ans: (a)
18. EXPRESSING concern over the National Human Rights Commission’s (NHRC) report over the atrocities committed by the counter-Naxalite Salwa Judum movement in ………………, the Supreme Court recently asked the state government to come up with its stand on the remedial measures.
(a) Chhattisgarh
(b) West Bengal
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Andhra Pradesh
Ans: (a)
19. …………. will start mobile operations in the North East recently. It will initiate its Rs 200-crore rollout in a phased manner, starting with Assam.
(a) Tata Teleservices
(b) Reliance Communication
(c) BSNL
(d) MTNL
Ans: (a)
20. Which of the following telecom operator has around 3 million subscribers in the East and enjoys around 10% market share ?
(a) Tata Teleservices
(b) Reliance Communication
(c) BSNL
(d) MTNL
Ans: (a)
21. In the Kolkata circle, Tata Teleservices enjoys ……… market share of subscribers.
(a) 15.5%
(b) 16%
(c) 10%
(d) 10.5%
Ans; (a)
22. Name the America’s fourth-largest i-bank which filed for bankruptcy recently.
(a) Lehman Brothers
(b) World Bank
(c) Bank of America
(d) None of these
Ans: (a)
23. Who is the CHIEF minister of West Bengal ?
(a) Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
(b) Jyoti Basu
(c) Mamata Banerjee
(d) Somen Mitra
Ans: (a)
24. Recently, the CHIEF minister of West Bengal exercised the provisions of “Rule 25(4)(b) in Para III of Rules of Business of the Government” to direct that the licence of ……………….. under the West Bengal Agricultural Produce Marketing (Regulation) Act, 1972 be renewed immediately.
(a) Metro Cash & Carry India Pvt Ltd
(b) Cash & Carry India Pvt Ltd
(c) Big Bazaar
(d) Kolkata Bazaar
Ans: (a)
25. Who is the principal issuing authority of licence under Rule 6 (1) of the West Bengal Agricultural Produce Marketing (Regulation) Rules, 1982 to Metro Cash & Carry India Pvt Ltd?
(a) the secretary, South 24-Parganas Regulated Market Committee
(b) the president, South 24-Parganas Regulated Market Committee
(c) the chairman, South 24-Parganas Regulated Market Committee
(d) None of these
Ans: (a)
26. As per the recent study conducted by the US Census Bureau and Boston Consulting Group, which of the following country will be the only country to have surplus skill power?
(a) India
(b) China
(c) USA
(d) Germany
Ans: (a)
PART – II :
1. Who is the present Governor of the Maharashtra ? ______
(A) S.K.Singh
(B) S.S.Sidhu
(C) R.L.Bhatia
(D) S.C.jamir
Ans (D)
2. Who is selected for Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership for the year 2008?
(A) Kiran Desai
(B) Akio Ishii
(C) Gawad Kalinga Community Development Foundation
(D) Dr. Prakash Amte and Dr. Mandakini Amte
Ans (D)
3. The global summit of women 2008 concluded in June 2008 at -
(A) Cairo
(B) Vienna
(C) Tokyo
(D) Hanoi
Ans (D)
4. Who among the following has been selected for The Best Parliamentarian Award for 2007?
(A) Shri Man Mohan Singh
(B) Shri Mani Sankar Ayer
(C) P. Chidambaram
(D) Priyaranjan Das Munshi
Ans (D)
5. Who among the following will host 5th CISM World Military games 2011?
(A) Russia
(B) China
(C) Italy
(D) Brazil
Ans (D)
6. Who among the following was honored with "Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Reconciliation?
(A) Nelson Mandela
(B) Desmond Titu
(C) Olafur Ragnar
(D) Javed Akhtar
Ans (A)
7. G8 is a group of _____________
(A) Nuclear Supplying Countries.
(B) countries to look security of Globe.
(C) countries to have nuclear weapons.
(D) Un official forum of richest industrialized countries.
Ans (D)
8. From which book written by controversial writer Taslima Nasrin, few sentences were withdrawn?
(A) Dwikhanditha
(B) The Crescent and the Pen
(C) My Girlhood
(D) K.A
Ans (A)
9. Who among was selected for B.C.Roy National Award for the year 2006?
(A) Dr. Y.Nayudamma
(B) Dr. Ramesh Babu
(C) Dr. Avinash Chander
(D) Dr. Ghose
Ans (B)
10. Who is the first President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal?
(A) Girija Prasad Koirala
(B) Ram Baran Yadav
(C) Prachanda
(D) Kul Bahadur Gurung
Ans (B)
11. Who is present Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission?
(A) Y.V.Reddy
(B) Man Mohan Sing
(C) Montek S. Ahluwalia
(D) V. Narayana Swamy
Ans (C)
12. Which of the following country changed as Democratic Federal Republic from Monarchy?
(A) Bhutan
(B) HongkOng
(C) Philippines
(D) Nepal
Ans (C)
13. Which of the following is being constructed to be the largest port in India?
(A) Krishna Patnam
(B) Visakha Patnam
(C) Cochi
(D) Chennai
Ans (A)
14. Who is present secretary for foreign affairs?
(A) Pranab Mukherji
(B) Anand Sharma
(C) Suresh Kalmadi
(D) Shiv Shankar Menon
Ans (D)
15. Who is the captain for Indian Team for Test Series in Sri Lanka?
(A) Mahendra Dhoni
(B) Yuvaraj Singh
(C) Anil Kumble
(D) Rahul Dravid
Ans (C)
16.The Best of Booker prize for 2008 has been won by -
(A) J.M.Kotzee
(B) J.G.Ferrari
(C) Salman Rushdie
(D) Pat Baskers
Ans (C)
17. Who is the winner of Dada Saheb Phalke Award for the year 2006 which was announced in July 2008 ?
(A). Shyam Benegal
(B). B.R.Chopra
(C). Saumitra Chatterjee
(D). Tapan Sinha
Ans (D)
18. Who among the following is the author of the book "Unaccustomed Earth"?
(A). Shobha De
(B). Arundhati Roy
(C). A. P. J. Kalam
(D). Jhumpa Lahiri
Ans (D)
19. Who among the following is the Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)?
(A) . Narendra Bahadur Singh
(B). R.S.Mathoda
(C). Anand Mahindra
(D). P.K.Mishra
Ans (A)
20. The International Film Festival of India in November 2008 will be held in -
(A). Goa
(B). Maharashtra
(C). Karnataka
(D). Kerala
Ans (A)
21. Who among the following won the men’s Wimbledon single title in July 2008 ?
(A). Roger Federer
(B). Andy Roddick
(C). Novak Djokovic
(D). Rafael Nadal
Ans (D)
22. Who among the following is the Miss Universe 2008 is—
(A) Riyo Mori
(B) Dayana Mendoza
(C) Lisa Lazarus
(D) Simaran Kaur MundI
Ans (B)
23. Who among the following is the winner of the Wimbledon open Tennis Tournament 2008 of the Women's Single Title ?
(A)Serena Williams
(B)Venus Wlliams
(C)Maria Sharapova
(D)Ana Ivanovic
Ans (B)
24.Who among the following is the present President of International Cricket of council ?
(A). David Morgan
(B). Haroon Lorgat
(C). Sharad Pawar
(D). Kapil Dev
Ans (A)
25. Who among the following was the selected for Nepal Peace Award for 2008?
(A) Nepal Former King Gyanendra
(B) Nepal Mavoist Chairman Prachanda
(C) Nepal Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala
(D) None of these
ANS (B)
26. Who has been named as NASSCOM,s Global Indian Award for 2008 ?
A). Anil Ambani
(B). Mukesh Ambani
(C). Ratan Tata
(D). Laxmi N.Mittal
Ans (C)
27. Which commercial bank among the following has made a record of opening 101 new branches in a single day ?
A) . Punjab National Bank
(B). State Bank Of India
(C). Bank of India
(D). Union Bank Of India
Ans (B)
28. As per data released by RBI on May 23, 2008 , foreign exchange reserves stood at -
A) . $ 302.52 billion
(B). $ 306.52 billion
(C). $ 316.17 billion
(D). $ 345.65 billion
Ans (C)

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