Current Affairs & GK October 2010

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CURRENT AFFAIRS & GK OCTOBER 2010

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October 1-15:

1. Which of the following FMCG hasdecided to delist itself from stockexchange?1. Nirma 2. Opto 3. Pears 4. Rin 5. None

2. What is the name of joint IAF and RAFmilitary exercise that was carried out atWB recently?1. Indra Global 2. Indra Dhanush3. Pals 4. Indo-British Combo 5. Saptrang

3. In which of the following states a debateis on to implement president rule1. Bihar 2. AP 3. Karnataka4. Sikkim 5. None of these

4. Who amongst the following is not of theinterlocutors that have been selected tohold talks with all shades of opinionincluding the separatists in J&K as part ofefforts to bring peace in valley?1. M.M. Ansari 2. Radha Kumar3. Dileep Padgaonkar 4. S.K. Dixit 5. None

5. ICC has decided to start Test and ODI

cricket league from?1. 2012 2. 2011 3.2013 4. 2015 5. None

6. Which of the following nations has askedIIM to conduct CAT similar exam for itsmanagement institutes?1. Sri Lanka 2. Bangladesh3. Zambia 4. Australia 5. None of these

7. In which is the following countries morethan a dozen miners have been rescued

after 70 days.1. Chile 2. Peru 3. Brazil4. Austria 5. None of these

8. Indra Dhanush is the joint air forceexercise between India and?1. UK 2. America 3. Japan4. Russia 5. None of these

9. What is the name of UID project?

1. Vistaar 2. Platform 3. Aadhaar4. Adhikar 5. None of these

10. what is India's rank hunger accordingto recently Global Hunger Index list.1) 67 2) 77 3) 37 4) 57 5) None of these

11. In which of the following states Indianand Russian mountaineers troops wouldconduct a joint military exercise fromOct15-24 2010.1. Sikkim 2. Gujarat 3. Uttarakhand4. HP 5. None of these

Answers: 1.1, 2.2, 3. 3, 4.4, 5. 3, 6. 1, 7. 1, 8.1, 9. 3 10.1 11. 3

October 15-21:

1. Who amongst the following formerComptroller and Auditor General (CAG) isheading the committee which would probeinto corruption allegations duringCommonwealth Games 2010.(a) V K Shunglu (b) V .K Bandhu(c) S.K. A huja (d) V .N. Rao (e) None

2. Which of the following car manufactureshas decided to recall its Impala car model

due to seat belt issue?(a) GM (b) Tata Motors(c) Ford (D) Nissan (e) None of these

3. Indian Navy has inducted a fast attackcraft in its command What is the name ofthis FAC(a) INS Kira (b) INS Kalpeni(c) INS V irat (d) INS Samrat (e) None

4. Recently, Russia has agreed to build

nuclear plant for..(a) Peru (b) Norway (c) Venezuela(d) UAE (e) None of these

5. Pitondela Fournaise volcano whichrecently erupted is located in(a) Pacific Ocean (b) Atlantic Ocean(c) Hawaii (d) Indian Ocean (e) None


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6. Which of the following organisation hasdecided to hire transgender as its salesagent?(a) GIC (b) Wipro(c) LIC(d) SBI (e) None of these

7. What is 'Antila'? Which was in the newsrecently .(a) A new jet trainer of Indian Air Force(b) NATO operation in eastern Afganistan(c) A code for Russian mafia, which wasunearthed by joint operation of KGBand CIA(d) New house of Billionaire MukeshAmbani.(e) None of these

8. Who is the founder of global socialnetworking giant Facebook? Who recentlyreceived a death threat from Pakistan.(a) Mark Zuckerberg (b) Jack Deuce(c) Mark Spates (d) Shaun Patric (e) None

9. India's first air conditioned doubleDecker train which has been rolled out atRail Coach Factory (RCF) Kapurthala would

be running on which of the followingsections to begin with?(a) Between Howrah and Dhanbad(b) Between New Delhi and Dehradun(c) Between Mumbai and Sholapur(d) Between Chennai and Kanyakumai(e) None of these

10. Which of the following countries asmade it legal that a man can beat his wifeand young children, as long as he leaves no

marks on the body?(a) Pakistan (b) Oman (c) Ukrain(d) Iran (e) None of these

11. Who is the Australian discus worldchamp, who has demanded a duel withKrishna Poonia?(a) Dani Samuels (b) Rubekka JOhnson(c) Denis Knowles (d) Seemee A ntil(e) None of these

12. What is the capital of Chechnya whichwas in the news when militants storm itsParliament and killed three policemen?(a) Kieve (b) Grozny (c) Kadyrove(d) Shali (e) None of these

13. The National Park which has decided todouble its total existing area is..(a) Corbett National Park(b) Rajajee National Park(c) Kanha Reserve (d) Kaziranga NationalPark (e) None of these14. Name of the typhoon which hitPhilippines recently is..(a) Kali (b) Megi (c) Pagasa(d) Lee Phang (e) None of these

15. Who is the author of book 'Such a LongJourney [, which has been banned recentlyby Mumbai University from its course?(a) Rohinton Mistry (b) C.K Tistry(c) Sohal Bejan (d) Jeffry Brown (e) None

16. Authorities have been mulling to shiftwhich animal from Kanha Tiger Reserve toBandhavgarh National Park in January

2011(a) Deer (b) Gaur (c) One horn bison(d) cheetal (e) Spotted Leopard

17. In which of the following nation parkstate government has decided to grant 40new mining leases(a) Corbett National Park (b) Periyar(c) Sariska (d) V alley of lowers (e) None

18. Number of total legislative seats in

Bihar 2010 electioneers?(a) 243 (b) 207 (c) 231(d) 21 3 (e) None of these

19. Bob Guccione who died recently wasthe famous publisher of..(a) Sarita (b) Jane's (c) Penthouse(d) Sports illustrated (e) None of these


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20. Fiat, car manufacture, has decided tosnap its partnership with whom anddecided to launch its own showrooms?(a) Maruthi Suzuki (b) GM(c) Tata Motors (d) Hyundi (e) None

21. For the first time India has decided toset up a fund with any country in the worldto intensify economic ties. That country is(a) Oman (b) Brazil (c) USA(d) Japan (e) Russia

22. Name of Omanese Foreign Ministerwho recently visited India(a) Umayma Hussain (b) Yusuf Bin AlawiBin A bdullah (C) Eshan Akhtar Abdullah(d) Umar Asim Alawi (e) None

23. Which country has unveiled its biggestspending cuts since the end of the SecondWorld War, when its The governmentannounced that it would cut half a millionpublic sector jobs, raise the retirement ageand slash the welfare state(a) America (b) Germany

(c) Poland (d) France (e) Britain

24. Indian businessman Ratan Tata hasmade a how much donation to HarvardBusiness School recently.(a) $50 million (b) Rupee 50 crore(c) $5 million (d) $25 million (e) None

25. Sudhir Vashdeva would be the newchairman of..(a) ONGC (b) NTPC (C) SA IL

(d) RIL (e) None of these

26. Name of recently visited US UnderSecretary of State(a) Robert Blake (b) Robert Brown(c) Luke Wright (d) Tim Robbin (e) None

27. Which domain has been sold for $13million recently?(a) www.sex .com (b) www.aarzoo

(c) www.9/11 .com(c) www.hotchicksamerica.com

28. What is MacBook Air?(a) New notebook my Dell(b) World's largest online book sale(c) An airport in France which wasattacked by angry protesters

(d) Recently launched Apple's lightestlaptop (e) None of these

29. Which European nation has been facingunrest by unions because government'spension reforms(a) Germany (b) Holland(c) France (d) Belgium (e) Italy

30. 2016 Olympics would be hosted by(a) Rio De Janeiro (b) Greece(c) Montreal (d) Austin (e) Huston

Answers: 1 . a, 2.a 3.b, 4. c, 5.d, 6.c, 7 .d 8. a,9.a 10. e (UA E) 11 .a, 12. b 13. d,14. b 15. a 16.b, 17 . c, 18. a, 19. c, 20. c, 21 .a, 22. b, 23. e 24. a, 25.a 26.a, 27 . a, 28.d,29. c, 30. a

October 21-31:

1. Enemy properly act which was in the

news recently came in to force in(a) 1988 (b) 1987 (c) 2005(d) 1968 (e) None of these

2. As a part of India's 'Look East Policy ' inOctober 2010 Indian Prime Ministervisited.(a) Japan, Vietnam, Malasiya(b) China, Japan, Hong Kong,(c) China, Vietnam, Malasiya(d) Laos, China, Japan

(e) None of these

3. Cherukuri Lenin, who recently died in aroad accident was related with..(a) Cinema (b) Sports (c) Politics(d) Literature (e) None of these

4. Which of the following famous UK soccerclub just managed to avoid bankruptcy byselling off itself?

(a) Arsenal (b) M.U. (c) Portsmouth(d) A C Milan (e) None of these


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5. What deadline has been set for DelhiBlueline buses after which they will notplay in Delhi(a) Dec 14 2010 (b) Jan 1 2011(c) March 1 2011 (d) Dec 31 2012 (e) None

6. Which business house has decided to setup a family council to ensure smoothfunctioning of its various divisions ofbusinesses amongst different branches ofits ex tended family(a) Tata Motors (b) RIL (c) Hero Honda(d) Bajaj Ltd (e) Bharti Pvt. Ltd

7. What is the name of the author whomade a controversial statement saying thatthat Kashmir is not an "integral part" ofIndia?(a) Chetan Bhagat (b) Arundhati Roy(c) Mike Bivkerson (d) Mark Anthony(e) Robinson Mistry

8. Nestor Kirchner, who died recently, wasthe former president of..(a) Malaysia (b) Uganda(c) Argentina (d) Peru (e) None of these

9. Mentawi Island was in news recentlybecause.(a) RIL has found gas on it.(b) A quake-triggered tsunami struck it.(c) PM took a brief halt here enrooted toJapan(d) Russia and China are claiming theirsupremacy on this mineral rick island(e) None of these

10. Controversial Adarsh Housing Society ,is located in which city(a) Delhi (b) Mumbai(c) Nagpur (d) Gurgaon (e) None of these

11. Which nation hosted 17th ASEANSummit Recently?(a) India (b) Sri Lanka (c) Bangladesh(d) Vietnam (e) None of these

12. Recently, Union government hasdeclared which animal as national heritageanimal(a) Leopard (b) Peacock (c) Elephant(d) Asiatic lion (e) None of these

13. In which state media houses wereforced to suspend their publications aftermilitants threat(a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) Manipur(c) Chhattisgarh (d) Assam (e) None

14. Petroleum ministry has asked CabinetCommittee on economic affairs to fundsubsidized LPG scheme for poor. Thescheme would cost...(a) Rs.490 crore (b) Rs. 1000 crore(c) Rs. 550 crore (d) Rs. 150 crore (E) None

15. Name of Miss United States who wonthe Miss World crown for 2010.(a) Alexandria Mills (b) Colllin Mills(c) Brew Barry more(d) Alexandria Johnson (e) Brown Mills16. Which Asia Games will be held inGuangzhou, China, from 1 2th to 28th in

November 201 0(a) 17th (b) 18th (c) 16th(d) 20th (e) None of these

17. For the first time India has decided toenter into oil and gas sectors business withthis name What is the name of this country(a) Japan (b) Bhutan (c) Sudan(d) Indonesia (e) Italy

18. Police arrested a woman in Yemen in

connection with detection of explosivepackages in US bound planes at Dubai andLondon. That parcel was shipped to(a) Austin (b) Chicago(c) New York (d) Newark (e) Alaska

19. Which Airline has launched a feederservice "India Hopper" with about 40 smallaircraft covering 115 destinations in thecountry?

(a) Air India (b) Jet airways (c) Kingfisher(d) Indigo (e) None of these


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20. Bugatti Veyron most expensive car inIndia is manufactured by(a) GM (b) Volkswagen (c) Beetal(d) Honda (e) Rolls Royce

21. Till date who got out Sachin Tendulkarfor the maximum no. In test matches?(a) Glenn Macgrath (b) C Vaas(c) Hansie Cronje (d) Shane Warne(e) None of these

Answers: 1 .d, 2.a, 3. b 4.a, 5. c, 6. c, 7 . b, 8.c, 9. b, 10. b, 11 . d 12. c, 13.b, 14.a, 15. a, 16.c, 17 .c, 18. b, 19. a, 20. b 21 . c

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