Current Affairs Mega Quiz February 2011(First)

Current Affairs for Bank PO & Clerical Exams: February 2011, Part 1

1. Dilma Rousseff is the President of ...

a. Brazil
b. Philippines
c. Singapore
d. None of these

2. Ram Sewak Sharma is associated with which of the following?

a. Army

b. Arts

c. Unique Identifi cation

 Authority of India

d. None of these

3. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act provides legal guarantee for ..................days of employment, every fi  -nancial year to members of any rural household willing to do public work-related unskilled manual work at the statutory minimum wage of 

a. 365 days

b. 200 days

c. 100 days

d. 30 days

4. In which Indian state was the AADHAAR program launched?

a. Jammu and Kashmir

b. Karnataka

c. Bihar

d. Maharashtra

5. Manu Joseph is associated with which magazine?

a. The Week

b. Outline

c. Outlook

d. Open

6. Identify the woman has recently been appointed as the governor of South Carolina.

a. Nikki Randhawa Haley

b. Shashi Jindal

c. Sheehan

d. None of these

7. Rajarajeswara temple is located in which state?

a. Kerala

b. Tamil Nadu

c. Karnataka

d. None of these

8. Anand Sharma is associated with …

a. RBI

b. SBI

c. IMF

d. None of these

9. Anil Agarwal is associated with which company?

a. Future Group

b. Maruti

c. Vedanta

d. None of these

10. Which of the following institutions grant the Nobel Prize in Literature?

a. Nobel Foundation

b. Swedish Academy

c. Norwegian Nobel

 Committee

d. Government of Sweden

11. Richard Fred Heck won a Nobel Prize in 2010 in which of the following subjects?

a. Physics

b. Chemistry

c. Biology

d. None of these

12. The Green House has been written by ...

a. Jitendra Lahiri

b. Khushwant Singh

c. John Miller

d. Mario Vargas Llosa

13. Who won the Stirling Prize for  2010?

a. Zaha Hadid

b. Allen John

c. Zubin

d. None of these

14. Who is the new Governor General of Canada?

a. David Lloyd Johnston

b. John Washington

c. Eric Milton

d. None of these

15. Brookside Bungalow is in which of the following Indian states?

a. Assam

b. West Bengal

c. Meghalaya

d. Bihar

16. The government organised first Pravasi Bhartiya Divas outside India in

a. New York

b. Durban

c. Hague

d. Singapore

17. How many countries have so far ratified the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage?

a. 3

b. 4

c. 6

d. 8

18. Year 2011 has been offi cially designated by the United Nations as ...

a. International Year of Biotechnology

b. International Year of Space Science

c. International Year of Chemistry

d. International Year of Physics

19. Marange Diamond fields are located in the country of … and it was recently allowed by the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme to sell the diamonds in the international markets agreeing that Marange is Conflict Free.

a. Angola

b. Liberia

c. Zimbabwe

d. Sierra Leone

20. Assam Rifles is headquartered in …

a. Delhi

b. Bangalore

c. Shillong

d. None of these

21. Who will be India's chief Guest at the Republic Day 2011?

a. Susilo Bambang  Yudhoyono

b. Rafiq Tarar

c. Dmitriy Medvedev

d. None of these

22. As on december 2009, what is India's Rank in World Uranium Production as per the latest data of World Nuclear Association?

a. 10th

b. 12th

c. 13th

d. 18th

23. Who is the Prime Minister of Poland?

a. Ian Roberts

b. Donald Tusk

c. John Huggs

d. None of these

24. Who is the Union Minister for Ministry of Earth Sciences and Ministry of Science and Technology?

a. Raj Babbar

b. Manmohan Singh

c. Kapil Sibal

d. Sripati Mishra

25. Which of the following is not a Maharatna company?

a. Indian Oil Corporation

b. NTPC Limited

c. Steel Authority of India  Limited

d. Bharat Electronics Limited

26. He Yaozu is associated with which of the companies?

a. Sony

b. LG Electronics

c. Samsung

d. Suzlon Energy

27. Damurey is a name of cyclone that stormed ...

a. South Korea

b. China

c. Japan

d. Indonesia

28. In the “March ceremony of 18th Commonwealth Games”, the Indian squad was led by …

a. Maj Rajyawardhan Singh  Rathore

b. P. T. Usha

c. Jaspal Rana

d. Kunjarani

29. Identify the cricketer who has bagged 1000 wickets in international cricket.

a. Dennis Lillie

b. Bishan Singh Bedi

c. Chaminda Vass

d. Muthaiya Murlitharan

30. Ranthambhore Wild Life Sanctuary is famous for which of the following animals?

a. Deer

b. Rhino

c. Elephant

d. Tiger