Current Affairs 2011, Objective Current Affairs Current Events 2011 Objective Current Affairs

Q. Which among the following statements is/are true with regard to WTO me 1. All WTO members automatically receive the 'most favoured nation 2. Over 75% of WTO members are from developing countries. WTO membership allows th to developed markets at the lower Select the correct answer using the code given below: 1 2 3 4 1 only 2 only Both 1 and 2 neither 1 nor 2

Q. TRIPS (Trade Related aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) agreement is administered 1 2 3 4 United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). United nations Organisation (UNO) World Trade Organisation (WTO) World Bank (WB).

Q. Consider the following st 1. The G20 was established in 2008 in the wake of global financial crisis led by 2. It brings together the major advanced and emerging economies to stabilise the globa market. 3. India's stand on Mutual Assessment Process (MAP) for measuring imbalances betwe and deficit economies in the Seoul Conference of G20 in the year 2010 was firmly endor the Which of the statements given above is/are cor 1 2 3 4 1, 2 and 3 1 and 2 only 2 and 3 only 3 only

Q. India by becoming a full-fledged member of the Financial Action Task Force: 1 will be able to access information on suspect accounts in nations such as Switzerland and UK. 2 will play an important role in law enforcement matters, investigations or prosecutions of terrorist an international level.

3 has become a member of Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. 4 All of the above

Q. Which one among the following led to the Greece economic crisis 2010? 1 Excessive borrowing from IMF

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Sudden depreciation of Euro Unrestricted spending and cheap Outflow of foreign capital due to political unrest

Q. The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), a mechanism to reduce greenhouse gas emiss Kyoto Protocol implies that: 1

industrial countries receive carbon credits by funding carbon saving projects in another relativ nation

2 industrial countries reduce their carbon emission by using environment friendly technology inprod 4 developed nations purchase carbon credit from other nations

3 developed countries invest in carbon reduction in developing countries and receive carbon credit i

Q. Which one among the following is the unit raised to protect the naval assets? 1 2 3 4 Sagar Rakshak Bal Sagar Suraksha Bal Sagar Prahari Bal Sagar Nigrani Bal

Q. India recently has held 6th round of talks on commercial and economic cooperation with 1 2 3 4 Pakistan Sri Lanka Bangladesh Maldives

Q. The first Indian state to pass the Lokayukta Bill-2011 is 1 2 3 4 Uttarakhand Bihar Uttar Pradesh Jharkhand

Q. In order to ensure greater people to people exchanges, India-Russia Visa Pact came into f 1 2 3 4 December 1,2011 December 15,2011 December 20,2011 December 13,2011

Objective Current Affairs Q. With which South Asian Country has India signed an Umbrella Pact to fight terror? 1 Maldives

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Nepal Sri Lanka Pakistan

Q. In the last week of November 2011, India signed Revised Double Taxation Agreement wit 1 2 3 4 Pakistan Myanmar Nepal Afghanistan

Q. With which Arab country has India signed a Pact on transfer of sentenced prisoners? 1 2 3 4 United Arab Emirates Iraq Qatar Yemen

Q. A very historic peace deal was signed in Nepal on1 2 3 4 November 10,2011 November 1,2011 November 25,2011 November 20, 2011

Q. 6th G-20 Summit 2011 was held in1 2 3 4 Cannes New York Kyoto None of the above

Q. As per the recent IAEA report which country is on the threshold of nuclear capability? 1 2 3 4 Iran Libya Egypt North Korea

Q. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) was recently held in 1 2 3 4 Honolulu Mauritius Pretoria Seychelles

Q. United States of America has signed agreement with which country to expand its military in 1 2 3 4 Australia Indonesia Malaysia New Zealand

Q. The 19th ASEAN Summit was recently held in1 2 3 4 Kuala Lumpur Canberra Jakarta Bali

Q. Nabam Tuki is the new Chief Minister of1 2 3 4 Arunachal Pradesh Meghalaya Manipur Tripura

Objective Current Affairs 1 2 3 4 Rajasthan Andhra Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Madhya Pradesh

Q. The state which has launched Guaranteed Delivery of Public Service Act 2011 in Novembe

Q. DCI which recently was in news stands for 1 Directorate of Correct Innovation 2 Directorate of Criminal Investigation 3 Director Criminal Investigation 4 Director's Council of Investigation

Q. Who among the following is known as 'Bard of Brahmaputra'? 1 2 3 4 Bhupen Hazarika Mehandi Hasan Jagjit Singh Dev Anand

Q. Silvio Berlusconi, resigned recently after serving three stints as Prime Minister of1 2 3 4 Italy Poland Australia Hungary

Q. As per the Forbes' list 2011 the most powerful person of the world is 1 2 3 4 Barack Obama Bill Gates Hu Jintao Mukesh Ambani

Q. IAAF male athlete of the year 2011 is 1 2 3 4 Didier Darogba Usain Bolt Lionel Messi None of the above

Q. The UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-violence conferred on 1 2 3 4 Anarkali Honaryar Abu Awwad Both of the above None of the above

Q. The bollywood actor has been appointed as the United Nations Children's Emergen (UNICEFs') National Ambassador in India is-1 2 3 4 Amir Khan Shahrukh Khan Salman Khan Saif Ali Khan

Q. Who is the winner of the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace Disarmament and Development 20 1 2 3 4 Ela Bhatt Vandna Shiva Shabana Azmi Kuldip Nayyar

Q. The Territorial Army of India has conferred Honorary Lieutenant Colonel rank on 1 Abhinav Bindra

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M.S.Dhoni Both of the above None of the above

Objective Current Affairs Q. National Youth Day is observed on 1 2 3 4 January 15 January 12 January 25 January 30

Q. 'Back to Work; Why we Need Smart Government for a Strong Economy' is a book by1 2 3 4 Bill Clinton Christine Lagarde Dr.Manmohan Singh Amartya Sen

Q. India slipped down from 119th rank of 2010 in Human Development Index to1 2 3 4 134th rank 130th rank 140th rank 145th rank

Q. The Approach Paper of 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17) targets GDP growth at 1 2 3 4 9% 8% 18% 11%

Q. The Nilekani panel set up in February 2011 recently submitted its report on1 2 3 4 Inflation-control Public Distribution System Lokpal Institution Price-mechanism

Q. India's rank in Global Hunger Index is1 2 3 67th 60th 50th

55th

Q. 'India's longest train service is-1 2 3 4 Vivek Express Himsagar Express Garib Rath None of the above

Q. 19th summit of ASEAN was organised between 17-19th November, 2011 in1 2 3 4 Bali, Indonesia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia New Delhi, India Cebu, Philippines

Q. To which of the following sector, Khandelwal committed is association with? 1 2 3 4 Banking Insurance Aviation Telecommunication

Q. Which of the following saving scheme has been terminated by the government w.e.f. 30,2011? 1 2 3 4 Kisan Vikas Patra Indira Vikas Patra 5 years National Savings Certificate 10 years National Savings Certificate

Objective Current Affairs Q. Loans provided by banks to farmers small traders come under the category of 1 2 3 4 Priority Sector Lending Commercial Loans Non-profitable loan Zero interest loan

Q. RBI has modified the validity period of issue cheques and bank drafts w.e.f. April 1, revised validity period is 1 2 3 4 3 months 4 months No time limit Retained at 6 months

Q. Which of the following company has been awarded as 'Company of the year' in the Excellence Awards of Economic times for the year 2011? 1 2 3 4 Bajaj Auto Tata Motors Reliance Industries Ltd. Maruti Suzuki Ltd.

Q. Which of the following company has been awarded as 'Company of the year' in the Excellence Awards of Economic times for the year 2011? 1 2 3 4 Bajaj Auto Tata Motors Reliance Industries Ltd. Maruti Suzuki Ltd.

Q. As per the latest directions of IRDA, what is the maximum number of SMS to be one mobile phone per day? 1 2 3 4 200 100 300 500

Q. Govt. has raised the interest rate on small savings schemes w.e.f. December 1, therecommendations of 1 2 3 4 Rangrajan Committee Shyamla Gopinath Committee Y.B.Reddy Committee Khandelwal Committee

Q. New interest rate on Public Provident Fund (PPF) has been raised from 8% p.a. to1 2 3 4 8.6% 8.25% 8.5% 9.0%

Q. In Human Development Report 2011 India's ranking on HDI stood at 134th place with HD 1 2 3 4 0.547 0.682 0.644 0.619

Q. Which of the following train at present covers the maximum distance on its route? 1 2 3 4 Vivek Express Himsagar Express Himgiri Express Hawarah-Jammu Tawi Exp.

Q. Who got the 'Business Leader of the Year' award of Economic Times Corporate Excellen 2011? 1 2 3 4 Chanda Kochar (ICICI Bank) Rahul Bhatia (Indigo Airways) Mukesh Ambani (RIL) Ratan Tata (Tata Group)

Objective Current Affairs Q. The 17th Summit of SAARC was held on 10-11 Nov., 2011 in1 2 3 4 Adu City (Maldives) New Delhi (India) Dhaka (Bangladesh) Thimpu (Bhutan)

Q. Who was the head of the panel on direct transfer of subsidies on kerosene, LPG andfertilis 1 2 3 4 Nandan Nilekani Y.B.Reddy Shyamla Gopinath C.Rangrajan

Q. 12th plan (2012-17) approach paper targets annual growth rate in agriculture, forestry a at 1 2 3 4 4.0% 3.5% 3.8% 4.2%

Q. The Union Cabinet has given approval in pension sector for 1 2 3 4 26% FDI 49% FDI 51% FDI 100% FDI

Q. In October 2010, eight crore industries had registered 7.2% growth which in Octo became1 2 3 4 0.1% 7.6% 5.2% 2.1%

Q. Indian Financial Sector is made up of both the organised as well as the the unorganised Which of the following belongs to the unorganised segments? 1 2 3 4 Money lenders Chit Fund Micro Finance Companies Cooperative Credit Societies

Q. Banks are supposed to pay penalty to customers whose complaints against failed transactions are not settled within 12 days from date of complaint. This period for set further reduced. What is the revised time limit now? 1 2 3 4 5 days 8 days 10 days 7 days

Q. During the second quarter of 2011-12, which sector of the following registered the lowe rate? 1 2 3 4 Industry Service Agriculture All the above have equal

Q. Which of the following crore industry did not register negative growth in October 2011? 1 2 3 4 Crude Oil Coal Natural Gas All above registered negative growth

Q. Eminent Author Amar Kant writes of the following languages? 1 2 3 4 Hindi Tamil Urdu Oriya

Objective Current Affairs

Q. Eminent Author, Chandrashekhar Kambar has been chosen for Jnanpith Award for the yea which one of the following languages does he write? 1 2 3 4 Kannada Hindi Urdu Tamil

Q. Which one of the following honorary ranks has been conferred on M. S. Dhoni by the Pres Pratibha Patil? 1 2 3 4 Major Colonel Lt.Colonel Lt.General

Q. Salman Khurshid is Minister incharge of which of the following Ministries in Union Cabinet 1 2 3 4 Law Coal Corporate Affairs Environment

Q. With which one of the following fields is Somdev Devvarman associated? 1 2 3 4 Sports Literature Cinema Medical

Q. With the assistance of which one of the following countries Kundankulum Atomic Power being set up? 1 2 3 4 France Germany Russia U.K.

Q. Govt. of India has made a special agreement with USA to develop which of the following power generation in India? 1 2 3 4 Nuclear Power Tidal Power Hydro Power Thermal Power

Q. Who amongst the following is the author of the book 'A Bend in the River'? 1 2 3 4 V. S. Naipaul Amrita Pritam Nirmal Verma Anita Das

Q. Which of the following is the abbreviated name of the organization working for the welf women? 1 2 3 4 SEWA CIC CII CRY

Q. Which of the following is not a programme to develop infrastructure in India? 1 Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2 National Highway Development Programme 3 Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission 4 Rajiv Awas Yojana

Q. Who is the Prime Minister of Bangladesh at present? 1 2 3 4 Hamid Karzai Abdul Hamid Zillur Rahman Sheikh Haseena Wajed

Objective Current Affairs Q. Hillary Clinton who was on a visit to India few months back is the US Secretary of 1 2 3 4 State Defence Political None of these

Q. Which of the following is the largest stock exchange of India? 1 2 3 4 Delhi Mumbai Kolkata Ahmedabad

Q. Who amongst the following is not a member of SAARC?

1 2 3 4

Brazil Nepal Pakistan India

Q. Who is Dr. M.S. Ahluwalia ? 1 Deputy Chairman Planing Commission 2 India's permanent representative in UN 3 Executive Director RBI 4 None of these

Q. Who among the following is a famous politician? 1 2 3 4 Rahul Gandhi Prabhu Chawla Deepika Padukone Chetan Bhagat

Q. Which of the following funds was created from the proceeds of the disinvestment of Govt Public Sector Units? 1 2 3 4 National Disinvestment Fund National Investment Fund National Infrastructure Development Fund None of these

Q. 'Taka' is the monetary unit of1 2 3 4 Bangladesh Iraq Iran Pakistan

Q. Kalinga Award is given for contribution in the field of1 2 3 4 Science Literature Politics Cinema

Q. Which of following is the name of a T.V. Channel? 1 2 CNN GRM

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NPPA CAG

Q. which term is not used in the field of economics? 1 2 3 4 Atomic Number Balance Sheet Net Income Flow of Fund

Objective Current Affairs Q. 'White House' is the Official Residence of the president of1 2 3 4 USA France Italy Russia

Q. Expand the term FRBM 1 Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management 2 Foreign Responsibility and Business Management 3 Fiscal Review and Business Management 4 None of these

Q. Which scheme is launched by the Govt. of India to provide good health care services in rur 1 2 3 4 ASHA Bharat Nirman Kutir Jyoti MGNREGA

Q. What is the target of the Millennium Development Goal of the United Nations with Universal Primary Education? 1 2 3 4 All children both boys and girls would complete a full course primary schooling by 2015 All children both boys and girls are to be literate by 2050 All boys should go to school to complete a full course of primary schooling by 2025 All girls should be enrolled in primary school by 2015

Q. Endosulfon, which has been in news these days, is1 2 3 a pesticide a fertilizer a sulfa drug

an antibiotic

Q. According to the Census 2011, which one among the following Union Territories has population? 1 2 3 4 Lakshadeep Daman and Diu Puducherry Dadra and Nagar Haveli

Q. The term used to describe the process by which an outsider, immigrant or subordin becomes indistinguishably integrated into the dominant host society, is known as 1 2 3 4 Acculturation Accommodation Cultural imperialism Adaptation

Q. Which among the following is/are example /examples of youth 1. Naxalite 2. Anti-foreigners movement in 3. Anti-Mandal Commission Select the correct answer using the code given below1 2 3 4 1, 2 and 3 2 and 3 only 2 only 3 only

unrest

Q. Which of the following statements are 1. The global economy relied on oil for much of the 20th century as a portable and ind fuel. 2. The immense wealth associated with oil generates political struggles to c 3. History of petroleum is also the history of war and 4. Now where is this more obviously the case of war and struggle than in West Asia a America. Select the correct answer using the code given below1 2 3 4 1, 2, 3 and 4 2 and 4 only 1 and 3 only 1, 2 and 3 only

Q. A recent survey (by Bloomberg) shows that the USA has fallen behind emerging markets China and India as the preferred to invest. Why is 1. Unstable economic situation of the USA which the global investors feel not likely to i the near 2. Global investors are finding Brazil, China and India to be actually more amendable

investment Select the correct answer using the code given below1 2 3 4 1 only 2 only Both 1 and 2 Neither 1 nor 2

Objective Current Affairs

Q. According to National Sample Survey Organisation's survey for 2009-10 presented by Un Ministry in December 2011, the number of working children is India is about 1 2 3 4 50 lakh 1 crore 80 lakh 60 lakh

Q. When did the formal ceremony "casing of colours" take place marking the withdrawal forces from Iraq? 1 2 3 4 December 2011 October 2011 November 2011 January 2012

Q. The reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, who died recently, ruled his country for 1 2 3 4 17 years 10 years 12 years 15 years

Q. Amongst the following countries, which is the first to withdraw from Kyoto Protocol? 1 2 3 4 Canada Cuba Mexico Australia

Q. A new organisation or body formed by Latin American and Caribbean states called CELAC h 1 2 3 4 33 members 25 members 28 members 31 members

Q. The concept of carbon credit originated from which one of the following? 1 2 3 4 Kyoto Protocol Earth Summit, Rio de Janerio Montreal Protocol G-8 Summit, Heiligendamm

Q. Consider the following statements 1. In India the minimum denomination coin acceptable for transaction is 2. Coins below 50 paise is not a legal tender for Which of the statements given above is/are correct? 1 2 3 4 1 only 2 only Both 1 and 2 Neither 1 nor 2

Q. At present the BRAHMOS missiles are assembled at 1 2 3 4 Hyderabad Chandipur Sriharikota Bangalore

Q. Queen Elizabeth has recently conferred Knighthood on 1 2 3 4 L.N.Mittal Salman Rushdie Chetan Bhagat None of the above

Q. Who is the Minister for Environment and Forests of India? 1 2 3 4 Jairam Ramesh Anand Sharma Dayanidhi Maran Jayanti Natarajan

Objective Current Affairs Q. 'Navajivan Express' runs between 1 Howrah-Chennai 2 Chennai-Ahmedabad 3 Bhopal-New Delhi 4 Jammu Tawi-Thiruvananthapuram

Q. Which day of the year is observed as 'World Standard Day'? 1 2 3 4 September 14 November 25 October 14 August 14

Q. Sheikh Hasina belongs to which political party of Bangladesh? 1 2 3 4 Jamat-i-Islami Bangladesh National Party Awami League Workers Party

Q. Which day is celebrated as United Nations Day every year? 1 2 3 4 14th November 27th December 24th October 7th April

Q. The name of the first Indian aircraft developed by a government laboratory with priva 1 2 3 4 Tejas Akash CNM5 Hansa

Q. An international movement withenvironmental problems is 1 2 3 4 Clean En Greenpiece Greenfield Ecofriend

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Q. The National heritage animal in India is 1 2 3 4 Tiger Elephant Deer Lion

Q. Brazils first female President is -

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Laura Chinchilla Dilma Rousseff Julia Gillard Angela Markel

Q. 2009 Dadasaheb Phalke award was received by 1 2 3 4 Amitabh Bachan Nasiruddin Shah Rajnikant D.Ramanaidu

Q. Benajir Bhutto Shahid Award has been instituted by 1 2 3 4 Pakistan Peoples Party Amnesty International Pakistan Government Afghanistan Government

Objective Current Affairs Q. Aung San Sun Kyi is a prodemocracy leader of 1 2 3 4 Myanmar North Korea Nepal Bhutan

Q. A proposed train linking West Bengal and Tripura via Bangladesh is named 1 2 3 4 Friendship Express Sonar Tori Indo-Bangla Express Chaturanga

Q. India has been elected to the Security Council 1 2 3 4 As a permanent member As an associated member As a non-permanent member None of the above

Q. The founder of WikiLeaks is

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Julian Assange Richard Heck Robert Edwards Rick Perry

Q. INS Shivalik is a 1 Rocket launcher 2 Missile 3 Warship 4 Tank

Q. The book Do and Die inspired a film called 1 2 3 4 Khele Hum Ji Jaan Se Pipli Live Lagaan Rang De Basanti

Q. North Korea-South Korea conflict in 2010 took place near 1 2 3 4 Yeonpyeong Seoul Pyong yong Yangon

Q. ..... is the largest milk producing organization in India. 1 2 3 4 Amul Sumul Haringhata Metro

Q. The winner of Federation Cup of football this year is 1 2 3 4 Mahendra United East Bengal Mohun Bagan Salagaocar SC

Q. 'Pakistan--Beyond the Crisis State' is the book by 1 2 Sarmile Bose Nawaj Sharif

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Parvez Musharraf Dr.Maliha Lodhi