Current Affairs Questions and Answers

1. Which of the following team has won the men’s World Cup Hockey 2010 ?
(A) Germany
(B) Australia
(C) Pakistan
(D) India
Ans : (B)

2. The 2010 Man Booker Prize was conferred upon—
(A) T. N. Sheshan
(B) Kiran Bedi
(C) Howard Jacobson
(D) K.P.S. Gill
Ans : (C)

3. Which one of the following got one Gold medal for India in the 29th Olympic Games held in Beijing in August 2008 ?
(A) Anju B. George
(B) Abhinav Bindra
(C) Karnam Malleshwari
(D) K. M. Beenamole
Ans : (B)


4. The 2008 Jnanpith Award was conferred upon—
(A) Nirmal Verma
(B) Gurdayal Singh
(C) Khuswant Singh
(D) Akhlaq Khan Shahryar
Ans : (D)

5. Who is the Chairman of the recently constituted National Knowledge Commission ?
(A) Sam Pitroda
(B) Surinder Nath
(C) N. Raja
(D) A. R. Gandhi
Ans : (A)

6. The 2009 Dada Sahib Phalke Award was conferred upon—
(A) Dr. Raj Kumar
(B) B. R. Chopra
(C) Shivaji Ganeshan
(D) Dr. D. Ramanaidu
Ans : (D)

7. Who among the following has won the Nobel Prize for Medicine for the year 2010 ?
(A) Robert G. Edwards
(B) Andre Geim
(C) Konstantin Novoselov
(D) None of these
Ans : (A)

8. Who is the author of the book ‘The White Tiger’ ?
(A) Mark Tully
(B) Shyam Bhatia
(C) Arvind Adiga
(D) Michael Cunningham
Ans : (C)

9. Who is the recipient of Nobel Prize for Literature for the year 2010 ?
(A) P. C. Alexzander
(B) Mario Vergas Llosa
(C) Wangari Mathai
(D) Mohamed El Baradei
Ans : (B)

10. The French Open Tennis Men’s Singles Title 2010 was won by—
(A) Rafael Nadal (Spain)
(B) Xavier Malisse (Belgium)
(C) Guillermo Coria (Argentina)
(D) Andy Roddick (USA)
Ans : (A)

11. The Wimbledon Tennis Women’s Singles Title (July 2010) was won by—
(A) Anastasia Myskina (Russia)
(B) Maria Sharapova (Russia)
(C) Serena Williams (USA)
(D) Venus Williams (USA)
Ans : (C)

12. Who was awarded Sarswati Samman for 2009 ?
(A) Ashok Bajpai
(B) Indrani Goswami
(C) Surjit Patar
(D) R. Ramaswamy
Ans : (C)

13. Which country won the ICC Twenty-20 World Cup 2010 ?
(A) Australia
(B) England
(C) West Indies
(D) South Africa
Ans : (B)

14. Who has won the Jamnalal Bajaj International Award 2009 for promoting Gandhian values outside India ?
(A) Vinayak Patel
(B) Madhur Bajaj
(C) Peter Dougherty
(D) Ms. Alice Garg
Ans : (C)

15. The book ‘The Lost Symbol’ is authored by—
(A) Jhumpa Lahiri
(B) Don Brown
(C) Amit Chaudhary
(D) Vikram A. Chandra
Ans : (B)

16. How many countries participated in the 29th Olympic Games held in Beijing in August 2008 ?
(A) 195
(B) 185
(C) 199
(D) 204
Ans : (D)

17. The Nobel Prize for Peace for 2010 goes to—
(A) Wangari Mathai
(B) Herta Mueller
(C) H. Mantel
(D) Liu Xiaobo
Ans : (D)

18. What new name has been given to the newly acquired aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov from Russia ?
(A) INS Samudragupta
(B) INS Vikramaditya
(C) INS Prabal
(D) INS Chandragupta
Ans : (B)

19. What is the lowest commissioned rank in the Indian Air Force?
(A) Wing Commander
(B) Flying Officer
(C) Flt. Lieutenant
(D) None of these
Ans : (B)

20. Where is the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration?
(A) New Delhi
(B) Hyderabad
(C) Mussoorie
(D) Ahmedabad
Ans : (C)