1. Which Indian is the world’s top earning cricketer according to magazine ‘Forbes’?
a. Sachin Tendulkar
b. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
c. Rahul Dravid
d. Yuvraj Singh
2. Which championship did Pankaj Advani win recently which has made him only the second Indian after Geet Sethi to have achieved this?
a. World Professional Billiards Championship
b. IBSF World Billiards Championship
c. US Open Billiard Championship
d. None of the above
3. Which Indian has received the Nelson Mandela Award in recognition of the person’s efforts for promoting minority rights?
a. Salman Khurshid
b. Salman Rushdie
c. Oscar Fernandes
d. George Fernandes
4. Chennai Corporation is planning to use Effective Micro-organisms in dump yards of Kodungaiyur and Perungudi. In which category does this solution fall?
a. Bio
b. Chemical
c. Bio-chemical
d. Physical
5. In which neighbouring country were Indian priests attacked?
a. Sri Lanka
b. Bangladesh
c. Pakistan
d. Nepal
6. Engineering colleges of which state have come under CBI scanner for inadequate infrastructure and manpower?
a. Karnataka
b. Tamil Nadu
c. Rajasthan
d. Orissa
7. Which country has issued amendments to ease travel to Cuba?
a. The UK
b. China
c. Australia
d. The US
8. An Air India flight’s left engine caught fire at the Mumbai airport. The passengers and crew members had a narrow escape. Where was the flight going?
a. London
b. Hamburg
c. Riyadh
d. Muscat
9. The Uttar Pradesh government was constructing a park which has raised eye brows of environmentalists. Where is the park located?
a. Ghaziabad
b. Noida
c. Lucknow
d. Allahabad
10. An important meeting was held in Delhi recently where ministers of developing countries gathered where they asked for more representation in international bodies like the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. What was this meeting?
a. World Trade Organisation
b. World Economic Forum
c. G 5
d. BRIC
11. Name the new navy chief of India who took over as the head in the beginning of September.
a. Nirmal Kumar Verma
b. Sureesh Mehta
c. Ram Dass Katari
d. Sushil Kumar
12. Which of these states will go for assembly polls on October 13 along with Maharashtra and Haryana?
a. Sikkim
b. Assam
c. Arunachal Pradesh
d. Tripura
13. The ruling ... in West Bengal recently organised a huge rally on the 50th anniversary of a mass movement that battled food shortages in 1959 in the state. The rally was to raise voice against the increasing food prices.
a. Bhartiya Janata Party
b. Congress
c. Samajwadi Party
d. Left Front
14. In the theft of eight rare monkeys from the Alipore zoological garden, the Brazilian Common Mormosets were recovered from Chhattisgarh. Where is Alipore Zoological garden situated?
a. Ranchi
b. Kolkata
c. Bhopal
d. Delhi
15. JS Tissainayagam, a journalist from ... was sentenced to 20 years of prison for his alleged involved in terrorist activities.
a. Nepal
b. Sri Lanka
c. Japan
d. Pakistan
16. Name this fashion designer who has been sentenced to 59 years of life imprisonment for sexually assaulting aspiring models in Los Angeles.
a. Marc Jacobs
b. Anand Jon
c. Jason Crawford
d. None of the above
17. Ratan Tata has said that the Tata group will not sit on the Singur land provided the company is paid the compensation for the investment made. Name West Bengal's industry minister.
a. Nirupam Sen
b. Jyoti Basu
c. Mamta Banerjee
d. Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
18. Name the new vice-chief of army staff who has been recently appointed.
a. BS Jaiswal
b. Arvinder Singh
c. VK Singh
d. PK Bhardwaj
19. ... has been appointed as the new scientific advisor to the defence minister and director general of defence organisation.
a. VK Saraswat
b. M Natrajan
c. G Elangovan
d. W Selvamurthy
20. Name this nation which has been suspended from the Commonwealth after it failed to bring along any progress in establishing democracy.
a. Myanmar
b. Fiji
c. Bangladesh
d. Pakistan
21. Who has claimed that Pakistan has gone beyond deterrence in expanding its nuclear arsenal very considerably?
a. Defence minister AK Antony
b. Foreign affairs minister SM Krishna
c. Home minister P Chidambaram
d. Army chief Deepak Kapoor
22. Andhra Pradesh chief minister YSR Reddy died in a helicopter crash on September 2. Which of the other eminent personalities earlier perished in a crash in Andhra Pradesh?
a. Scientist Homi Bhabha, 1966
b. Industrialist Ashok Birla, 1990
c. Madhavrao Scindia, 2001
d. Lok Sabha speaker GMC Balayogi, 2002
23. A 10-day-old baby, with its heart protruding out, was operated upon recently in ... in a rare medical procedure.
a. New Delhi
b. Bangalore
c. Mumbai
d. Chennai
24. According to The UN World Economic and Social Survey Report 2009, develop world consumes ... per cent of global carbon budget.
a. 44 per cent
b. 46 per cent
c. 48 per cent
d. 50 per cent
25. This European country's judiciary has permitted a couple to name its child Djehad, a variant of Jihad. Name the country.
a. France
b. Germany
c. Poland
d. Denmark
26. YSR Reddy, who died in helicopter crash, was by profession a ...
a. Doctor
b. Lawyer
c. Civil servant
d. Scientist
27. This comic is in the dock on charges of racism. Name it.
a. Archies
b. Tintin
c. Superman
d. Garfield
28. This politician from Bihar has been summoned by a court to appear before it for his/her alleged involvement in a murder case.
a. Nitish Kumar
b. Ram Vilas Paswan
c. Rabri Devi
d. Lalu Yadav
29. About a thousand people have been stabbed with syringes in this country.
a. Iran
b. Iraq
c. China
d. North Korea
30. In which region has hand-holding been banned?
a. Daarjeeling Hills
b Jammu & Kashmir
c. Kangra Valley
d. None of the above
Answers
1. b. Mahendra Singh Dhoni2. a. World Professional Billiards Championship3. c. Oscar Fernandes4. a. Bio5. d. Nepal6. b. Tamil Nadu7. d. The US8. c. Riyadh9. b. Noida10. a. World Trade Organisation11. a. Nirmal Kumar Verma12. c. Arunachal Pradesh13. d. Left Front14. b. Kolkata15. b. Sri Lanka.16. b. Anand Jon17. a. Nirupam Sen18. d. PK Bhardwaj19. a. VK Saraswat20. b. Fiji21. d. Army chief Deepak Kapoor22. d. Lok Sabha speaker GMC Balayogi, 200223. a. New Delhi24. c. 48 per cent25. b. Germany26. a. Doctor27. b. Tintin28. a. Lalu Yadav29. c. China30. a. Daarjeeling Hills
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