Current Affairs & GK December 2010

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CURRENT AFFAIRS & GK DECEMBER 2010

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16. CBSE has decided to start Mandarin inCBSE syllabus, with this total no. Of foreignlanguages in CBSE syllabus has gone up to...(a) 13 (b) 12 (c) 15(d) 9 (e) None of these

17. Who has been crowned as Miss Earth2010?(a) Anna Smith (b) Nicole Faria(c) Deepak Rana (d) Sweta Gopikar(e) None of these

18. Which Indian website was recentlyhacked by so-called Pakistan Cyber Army?(a) CBI (b) RBI (c) SBI(d) IDBI (e) None of these

Answers: 1 .a 2.a 3. b 4.d, 5.b, 6. c, 7 . c, 8. a,9. a 10.c,11 .b 12. a, 13. a, 14.b, 15.c, 16.a,17 .a, 1 8. a.

December 2 week:

1. A food scam worth rupee 2 lakh crorehas been unearthed in which of thefollowing states(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Orissa(c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Delhi(e) None of these

2. Which of the following statement isincorrect regarding INS Vagil?1. It has been taken off from services afterserving Indian Navy for 36 years2. Now India has only 14 sub marines3. It was a special boat to launch torpedoes(a) Only 1 is incorrect

(b) Only 2 is incorrect (c) Only 3 is incorrect (d) a and b is incorrect (e) None of these

3. Scrapped IPL team has been asked to payhow much money to BCCI as security toplay IPL 4 in 2011(a) $30 million (b) $25 million(c) $21 .5 million (d) $ 3 billion(e) None of these

4. With which of the following countrieshas India recently agreed to establishhotline between the two countries'commerce and industries ministries?(A) Poland (B) Germany

(C) England (D) Japan (E) None of these

5. Which of the following provisions is not incorporated in the Judicial AccountabilityBill recently approved by the Cabinet?(A) The Bill will mandate judges to declareassets and liabilities(B) Oversight committee to be headed by aretired Chief Justice of India(C) Public can lodge complaints against judges with a national oversight committee(D) The Bill also requires the judges tohave close association with any member of the bar(E) None of these

6. On January 26, 2011, the foreigndignitary who will be the Chief Guest at Republic Day Parade is-(A) Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono(B) Naoto Kan

(C) Wen Jiabao(D) None of the above(E) None of these

7. India's medium altitude and long-endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)is-(A ) Rustom 1 (B) Lakshya (C) Arjun(D) None of the above (E) None of these

8. As per the draft of LokPal Bill recentlyfinalised by the Union Government, theLokPal would be a-(A) Four Member Body(B) Three Member Body(C) Five Member Body(D) Six Member Body(E) None of these

9. India has recently signed Social SecurityAgreement with-

(A) Japan (B) South Korea (C) Germany(D) Italy (E) None of these




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10. Enemy Property Law recently amendedby the Union Government is related to-(A) Properties of those who Migrated toPakistan after partition(B) Properties captured by India during wars

with Pakistan and China(C) Properties owned by those Indiansindulging in terrorist and disruptiveactivities(D) None of the above (E) None of these

11. India recently signed cultural accordwith-(A) Germany (B) Australia(C) Malaysia (D) Indonesia(E) None of these

12. BA SIC group does not include?(A) Brazil (B) South Africa(C) India (D) Cambodia (E) None of these

13. Which country recently completed its20 years of unity?(A) France (B) Germany(C) Belgium (D) Japan (E) None of these

14. US has announced one of the largest weapons sales in its history worth nearly$60 billion to--(A) Kuwait (B) Saudi Arabia (C) Pakistan(D) Afghanistan (E) None of these

15. CSC which recently was in news standsfor-(A) Convention on SupplementaryCompensation(B) Conference on Supply of Commandos(C) Committee on SupplementaryCompetition(D) None of the above (E) None of these

Answers: 1 .c, 2.c, 3.c,4.b, 5.d, 6. a, 7 .a, 8.b,9. b, 1 0 a, 1 1 .a, 1 2.d, 1 3. b, 1 4.b,1 5. a

December 3 week:

1. Next CoP (Conference of Parties) betterknown as Climate change summit, will takeplace in...

(a) Hong Kong (b) Durban(c) Perth (d) London (e) Beijing2. Recently, the International AtomicEnergy Agency has decided to providecomprehensive technical assistance in

developing its first nuclear power plant project. The name of that country is:(a) Bangladesh (b) Kenya(c) Ghana (d) Denmark (e) None of these

3. Wen Jiabao, who recently visited Indiais?(a) Chinese Prime Minister(b) Chinese President (c) Taiwan President (d) Singapore Premier(e) None of these

4. Saina Nehwal recently won(a) Hong Kong Super Series BadmintonTournament.(b) Singapore Super Six Series(c) Taipai Open(d) Asian Shuttlers Series 2010(e) None of these

5. Recently, CJI has asked courts to put which cases on fast track...(a) Dowary (b) Corruption (c) Rape(d) Child Marriage (e) None of these

6. Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, wasarrested in...(a) USA 1 (b) Japan (c) Sweden(d) UK (e) None of these

7. Recently, Over 470 crore rupees hasbeen sanctioned for implementation of several road projects in the State of (a) Uttarakhand (b) Assam(c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Sikkim(e) None of these

8. C.K. Nayudu Under 22 trophy 2010 wonby...(a) Mumbai (b) UP(c) Delhi (d) Tamil Nadu (e) None of these




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9. During Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visit to India, one of India's key concerns was onstapled visas which China issues to theresidents of which Indian state..(a) Arunchal Pradesh

(b) Jammu and Kashmir(c) Uttarakhad(d) Gujarat (e) None of these

10. Which Indian state has declared 2011as the 'Y ear for Water Conservation'(a) Delhi (b) Maharastra(c) Haryana (d) Uttar Pradesh(e) None of these

11. Who was known as 'Washington'sfavourite last-ditch diplomat'? who diedrecently?(a) Richard Nix en(b) Richard Holbrooke(c) Chris Demon(d) Richard Ford Senior(e) None of these

12. India Posts has issued a set of two

commemorative postage stamps tocommemorate the completion of 60 yearsof Diplomatic relations between India and...(a) China (b) Mexico(c) USA (d) Japan (e) South Africa

13. Sino-Indian trade target set at 100billion US dollars by...(a) 2015 (b) 2020 (c) 2014 (d) 2025(e) None of these

14. On December 16 which countrycelebrated 40th Anniversary of Victory Day(a) Bangladesh (b) Sri Lanka(c) Afganistan (d) UA E(e) None of these

15. The Parliamentary Standing Committeeon Information Technology has decided toex amine various aspects related to 'Paid

News. The Committee is headed by ...(a) Vikram Chauhan (b) P.S. Sethi

(c) Rao Inderjit Singh (d) V aruna Banarjee(e) None of these16. Mark Zuckerberg, the Time Magazine'sperson of the y ear, is the founder of...(a) Twitter (b) Wikileaks

(c) Facebook (d) E-papers (e) None

17. Which country recently dubbedhomeopathy as a form of witchcraft...(a) China (b) UK (c) Ireland (d) Germany(e) Taiwan

18. Arjun Dev Majboor, who died recently,was a(a) Poet (b) Writer (c) Director(d) Socail Worker (e) None of these

19. India and China have declared the year2011 as the(a) Year of India-China Ex change(b) Year of India-China Co-operation(c) Year of Tiger and Dragon(d) Year of Sino-Indo Trade(e) Year of Mutual Growth

20. Jalcyclone recently created havoc in

which Indian state(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Andhra Pradesh(c) Kerela (d) Himachal Pradesh(e) None of these

Answers: 1 .b, 2.a, 3.a, 4.a, 5.b, 6.d, 7 .b, 8.a,9.b, 10.a, 11 .b, 12. b, 13. a, 14.a, 15.c, 1 6.c,17 .b, 18. a, 19. a, 20.b

December 4 week:

1. The government has decided to suspendexports of which commodity, in the wake of its sky rocketing prices domestic market (a) Wheat (b) Jute (c) Onion(d) Sugar (e) None of these

2. Which country has won inauguraledition of SA FF Women’s Football Championship in Dec 2010(a) India (b) China(c) Banglades (d) Singapore (e) None




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3. Indian railway s has introduced a newsafety system which has replaced theearlier four digit numbering of trains willhelp monitoring movement of passengertrains more effectively and facilitate

management of train informationscientifically for public convenience Thename of this system is(a) Five digit numbering system(b) Track my train commission(c) Subh Yatra(d) Safety First (e) None of these

4. What is PAC? Which was in newsrecently?(a) Public Awareness Commission(b) Public Accounts Committee(c) Persecution Accountability Committee(d) Pre Active Channel(e) None of these

5. K. Karunakaran, who died recently was afamous(a) Politician (b) Writer (c) Poet (d) sportperson (e) None of these

6. Recently Gujjars decided to intensifytheir agitation demanding how muchreservation in OBC quota in Rajasthan(a) 5 % (b) 6 % (c) 10 %(d) 33 % (e) None of these

7. Recently, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani rejected a US court's demandasking the ISI chief to appear before it inconnection with a lawsuit filed by relativesof victims of the Mumbai attacks. The nameof that chief is..(a) Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha(b) Lt Gen Mirza Ahmed(c) Col. Rustam(d) Hafiz Saeed(e) None of these

8. Bharti Airtel, in association with__ willprovide the direct underground link

between India and China(a) New Horozon China Co.

(b) Chian Network Ltd(c) China Telecom Corporation(d) Globally Speaking(e) None of these

9. Dmitry Medvedev, who recently visitedIndia, is...(a) President of Russia(b) P.M. of Russia(c) Foreign Minister of Ukarin(d) Premier of Kazakistan(e) None of these

10. Which of the following countriesdignitary has not visited India, recently...(a) USA (b) China (c) France(d) Russia (e) Japan

11. Boxing Day falls on...(a) December 31 (b) December 1(c) December 15 (d) December 26(e) None of these

12. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange hassigned contracts worth how much millionfor penning his autobiography?

(a) $3 (b) $1 .5 (c) $5 (d) $4.5(e) None of these

13.Aiming to improve the abysmal doctor-patient ratio in India, the Medical Councilof India (MCI) has permitted an increase of approx . how many MBBS seats in medicalcolleges from this y ear.(a) 100,000 (b) 10,000(c) 2 lakh (d) 75,000(e) None of these

14. ISRO intended to make a series of launches in 2011 -2012 including a "YouthSatellite" made by students of...(a) Delhi University(b) Singapore University(c) IIT Delhi(d) MT University(e) None of these

Answers: 1 .c, 2.a, 3.a, 4.b, 5.a, 6.a, 7 .a, 8. c,9.a, 1 0.e 11 .d, 12. b, 13. b, 14.b

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