CURRENT AFFAIRS & ANALYSIS

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

CURRENT AFFAIRS 01/11/2012

Ques. : 1   Name the person who is all set to become party head of the Chinese Communist Party and will replace Hu Jintao as the president next year.
1) Zhang Dejiang 2) Xi Jinping (ans)
3) Yu Zhengsheng 4) Li Keqiang
5) None of these

Ques. : 2   Name the late presenter of BBC who has been alleged to sexually abuse several people during his career which has shaken the broadcaster.
1) Jimmy Savile  (ans) 2) George Entwistle
3) Peter Rippon 4) Mark Thompson
5) None of these

Ques. : 3   Who recently won the French Open Super Series women’s singles in Paris defeating Saina Nehwal of India?
1) Ratchanok Inthanon 2) Li Han
3) Sapsiree Taerattanachai 4) Minatsu Mitani  (ans)
5) None of these

Ques. : 4   Name the hurricane which hit the US East Coast recently causing extensive destruction overnight in which several people have been reported dead and millions left without electricity.
1) Camille 2) Sandy  (ans)
3) Alma 4) Donna
5) None of these

Ques. : 5   Recently DMRC has been awarded with which of the following awards?
1) Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Governance 2) Golden Peacock Award for Climate Security
3) Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) President Award  (ans) 4) Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Social Responsibility
5) Japanese award for Most Innovative Development Project

Ques. : 6   The Union government has asked all mobile operators offering smartphone services of which of the following companies to implement the interception solution by December 31 to enable security agencies to check misuse of the encrypted service?
1) Apple 2) Google
3) Microsoft 4) BlackBerry  (ans)
5) None of these

Ques. : 7   Reliance Industries owned Infotel Broadband Services Ltd is all set to launch its fourth generation technology based broadband services in which of the following cities?
1) Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata 2) Delhi, Mumbai and Jamnagar  (ans)
3) Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai 4) Delhi, Mumbai and Ahmedabad
5) None of these

Ques. : 8   The line asserted by the US as the international border between Pakistan and Afghanistan has triggered a fresh war of words between the two neighbours. Which of the following lines separates these two nations?
1) Redcliff Line 2) McMohan Line
3) Durand Line  (ans) 4) Maginot Line
5) None of these

Ques. : 9   Name the former Premier of Italy whom a court of the country has convicted of tax fraud and sentenced him to four years in prison.
1) Lamberto Dini 2) Massimo D'Alema
3) Romano Prodi 4) Silvio Berlusconi  (ans)
5) None of these

Ques. : 10   ICC recently gave its seal of approval to which of the following new format of test matches announcing new playing conditions for Tests, ODIs and T20 Internationals?
1) Day-night Test matches  (ans) 2) Three day Test matches
3) Limited over Test matches 4) Four day Test matches
5) None of these

CURRENT AFFAIRS 31/10/2012

Ques. : 1   Name the new 5500 horse power state-of-the-art freight train engine, designed by Research Designs and Standards Organisation (RDSO), Lucknow, and manufactured by Diesel Locomotive Works, Varanasi, which is the most powerful engine till date and will be inducted in Indian Rail soon.
1) Arjun 2) Bhim (ans)
3) Angad 4) Virat
5) None of these

Ques. : 2   Which of the following films won the best film award in recently concluded Mumbai Film Festival in newly introduced ‘India Gold’ category for Indian feature films?
1) Shahid 2) Chariots of Fire’
3) Aqui Y Alla 4) Miss Lowly (ans)
5) None of these

Ques. : 3   Name the leading gold financing company of the country which has been given Golden Peacock Award for ‘Excellence in Corporate Governance’ for the year 2012 in London.
1) Muthoot Fincorp 2) Muthoot Finance Ltd (ans)
3) Manappuram Finance 4) HDFC Gold Loan
5) None of these

Ques. : 4   Name the ace driver of Red Bull team of Formula One race who recently won second edition of Indian Grand Prix.
1) Sebastian Vettel (ans) 2) Michael Schumacher
3) Mark Webber 4) Fernando Alonso
5) None of these

Ques. : 5   Which of the following Formula One team had decided to continue sporting the Italian navy’s flag on their cars in support of their two marines charged with homicide in Kerala?
1) Scuderia Ferrari (ans) 2) Red Bull Racing
3) McLaren 4) Lotus
5) None of these

Ques. : 6   Name the Magsaysay Award winner and member of National Advisory Council who has been appointed as the chairman of Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA).
1) Deep Joshi (ans) 2) Dr Yogendra K Alagh
3) Prof. G S Gupta 4) I C Srivastava
5) None of these

Ques. : 7   India and Spain inked five pacts during the visit of Spanish king who was on a four-day visit to India accompanied by a business delegation. Name the king.
1) Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck 2) Akihito
3) Juan Carlos I (ans) 4) Lee Myung-bak
5) None of these

Ques. : 8   Norway’s telecom company Telenor which ended its partnership with Unitech, has now partnered with which of the following companies to form a new joint venture?
1) Sun Pharma 2) Lakshdeep Investment and Finance (ans)
3) Sun TV Network 4) Weizmann Forex
5) None of these

Ques. : 9   Which of the following Indian actresses launched her latest international single In My City?
1) Kareena Kapoor 2) Priyanka Chopra (ans)
3) Ishita Arun 4) Sridevi
5) None of these

Ques. : 10   Jaspal Bhatti passed away recently in a road accident. He was a famous
1) singer 2) movie critic
3) composer 4) satirist (ans)
5) None of these


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