Current Affairs Questions

1. The largest sufferer in the Satyam Computer scandal committed by Ramalingam Raju is—
(A) Allahabad Bank
(B) Life Insurance Corporation
(C) Union Bank of India
(D) Punjab National Bank
Ans : (B)

2. RISAT-2 and ANUSAT satellites were successfully launched by—
(A) PSLVC-12
(B) PSLV-C9
(C) PSLVC-11
(D) PSLV-C-8
Ans : (A)

3. Joint Coastal Security Awareness Drive was held at—
(A) Thiruvananthpuram
(B) Bhubaneshwar
(C) Hyderabad
(D) Mumbai
Ans : (B)


4. Which of the following countries did Pratibha Patil India’s President visit in April 2, 2009 ?
(A) Spain
(B) Poland
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of these
Ans : (C)

5. Integrated Test Range is situated at—
(A) Chandipur
(B) Sriharikota
(C) Chandigarh
(D) None of these
Ans : (A)

6. UN Anti-Racism Conference was held in—
(A) Geneva
(B) Paris
(C) London
(D) Moscow
Ans : (A)

7. Johanna Sigurdardottir is the Prime Minister of—
(A) Iceland
(B) Ireland
(C) Uzbekistan
(D) Malaysia
Ans : (A)

8. In which of the following Pakistan’s regions did Taliban impose Jizia on the Sikh community ?
(A) North West Frontier Province
(B) Swat Valley
(C) Aurakzai Tribal Region
(D) Baluchistan
Ans : (C)

9. In April 2009, ……… Summit of Americas was held in Port of Spain. Fill in the blanks with.
(A) Fifth
(B) Sixth
(C) Seventh
(D) Eighth
Ans : (A)

10. Which of the following is not a member of G-20 ?
(A) Indonesia
(B) Malaysia
(C) Germany
(D) Italy
Ans : (B)

11. The new President of South Africa is—
(A) Thabo Mbeki
(B) Nelson Mandela
(C) Jacob Zuma
(D) None of these
Ans : (C)

12. IDP stands for—
(A) International Democratic People
(B) Internal Democratic Persons
(C) Internally Displaced Persons
(D) None of the above
Ans : (C)

13. Who among the following is not the winner of Miss India Beauty Pageant 2009 ?
(A) Ekta Chaudhary
(B) Pooja Chopra
(C) Shriya Kishore
(D) Parvathy Omnakuttan
Ans : (D)

14. This year the winner of the Pulitzer Prize in the category of Public Service is—
(A) The New York Times
(B) The Washington Post
(C) Las Vegas Sun
(D) The Los Angeles Times
Ans : (C)

15. The 2009 UNESCO World Press Freedom Prize has been won by—
(A) Ranil Vikramsinghe
(B) Rajiv Gandhi
(C) Kuldeep Nayyar
(D) Lasantha Wickrematunge
Ans : (D)

16. Which of the following has been chosen for Prem Bhatia Memorial Award ?
(A) Neerja Chowdhury
(B) Gargi Parsai
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of these
Ans : (C)

17. The Indian cricketer whom the ‘Wisden’ has named as the Leading Cricketer in the World 2008 is—
(A) Sachin Tendulkar
(B) Zaheer Khan
(C) Saurabh Ganguly
(D) Virender Sehwag
Ans : (D)

18. Rahul Dravid has become the world record holder for most catches in Test Cricket after beating—
(A) Mark Waugh
(B) Brian Lara
(C) Mark Taylor
(D) Allan Border
Ans : (A)

19. Augusta Masters Golf Title winner is—
(A) Jeev Milkha Singh
(B) Angel Cabrera
(C) Ashok Kumar
(D) Kenny Perry
Ans : (B)

20. The runner-up in 2009 Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament is—
(A) India
(B) Malaysia
(C) Argentina
(D) Indonesia
Ans : (B)