Current General Knowledge 2010 : Objective Questions

Current General Knowledge 2010
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1. Which among the following match of the book and its year of receiving the Man Booker Prize is incorrect ?
(A) The Sea-2005
(B) The Gathering-Anne Enright
(C) Vernon God Little-2002
(D) The Inheritance of Loss-2006
Ans : (C)

2. Which among the following is the largest Power Station in India ?
(A) NTPC’s Vindhyachal Power Station
(B) NTPC’s Talcher Power Station
(C) BHEL, Haridwar
(D) None of these
Ans : (A)

3. The International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-08 is which among the following IPY ?
(A) 2nd
(B) 3rd
(C) 4th
(D) 1st
Ans : (C)

4. The Governor of Jharkhand is—
(A) Ibobi Singh
(B) Moh. Farook
(C) Prakash Singh Badal
(D) D. D. Lapang
Ans : (B)

5. Which among the following satellite has been successfully launched in October 2008 by ISRO ?
(A) CHANDRAYAAN-1
(B) INSAT-4A
(C) INSAT-3E
(D) INSAT-4C
Ans : (A)

6. Who among the following has been conferred for the Jnanpith Award for 2006 ?
(A) Ravindra Kelekar
(B) Satyavrat Shastri
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) Rajendra Keshavlal Shah
Ans : (C)

7. Who among the following won gold medal in shooting at 15th Asian Games ?
(A) Jaspal Rana
(B) Liu Guohui
(C) Jakkrit Panichpatikum
(D) None of these
Ans : (A)

8. Delhi University has conferred an honorary doctorate degree for the first time on a film personality. Who is that film personality ?
(A) Dileep Kumar
(B) Amitabh Bachchan
(C) Shabana Azmi
(D) Dev Anand
Ans : (B)

9. FIFA World Cup Football, 2010 has been won by—
(A) Germany
(B) Spain
(C) Netherlands
(D) Brazil
Ans : (B)

10. The ICC Twenty-20 World Cup Cricket-2010 has been won by—
(A) England
(B) West Indies
(C) South Africa
(D) New Zealand
Ans : (A)

11. ‘Deep Fritz’ is—
(A) A technique of refrigeration
(B) A commercially available ches computer program
(C) A laptop computer
(D) A car launched by Hyundai
Ans : (B)

12. Which among the following has become the Third Tiger Reserve of Assam ?
(A) Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
(B) Kaziranga National Park
(C) Nameri National Park
(D) None of these
Ans : (B)

13. Who among the following is the most powerful women in the world according to the Forbes magazine’s list of 100 most powerful women ?
(A) Indra Nooyi
(B) Sonia Gandhi
(C) Angela Merkel
(D) Condoleeza Rice
Ans : (C)

14. The statue of which among the following literary luminaries has been unveiled at
Shanghai ?
(A) Kalidasa
(B) Kalhana
(C) Bharavi
(D) Vishakha Dutta
Ans : (A)

15. Shijian–8 is—
(A) India’s newly created artificial satellite
(B) China’s seed-breeding satellite
(C) Japan’s seed-breeding satellite
(D) Russia’s remote sensing satellite
Ans : (B)

16. Who among the following has awarded UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Award 2010 ?
(A) Maj Chidiac
(B) Raul Rivero
(C) Monica Gonzalez Mujica
(D) Amira Hass
Ans : (C)

17. Which among the following tennis players has recently bid his retirement ?
(A) Andre Agassi
(B) Roger Federer
(C) Carlos Moya
(D) Andy Raddick
Ans : (A)

18. The UN Deputy Secretary- General is—
(A) Dr. Asha Rose Mtengeti Migiro
(B) Mark Malloch Brown
(C) Shashi Tharoor
(D) Louise Frechette
Ans : (A)

19. According to the latest Supreme Court decision, Priests and Nuns have been allowed to practise as—
(A) Doctors
(B) Advocates
(C) Scientists
(D) None of these
Ans : (B)

20. The novel ‘The Second Wife’ is the English translated version of which among the
following novels of Premchand ?
(A) Godan
(B) Karma Bhumi
(C) Nirmala
(D) Gaban
Ans : (C)