Current Affairs: September 2009: 4

1. Name the founder leader of the Jamat-ud-Dawa/Lashkar-e-Taiba who is under confinement in his house in Lahore, Pakistan.
   a. Ustadz Muktar
   b. Hafiz Saeed
   c. Chongthang Zou
   d. Baitullah Mehsud
   
   
2. … was launched on September 23 to help identify the prospective fishing zones and facilitate costal zone study.
   a. Chandrayaan
   b. RISAT
   c. Oceansat-2
   d. Bhaskara-II Satellite
   
   
3. Name this country, which recently witnessed an earthquake of a 6.3 magnitude.
   a. Bhutan
   b. China
   c. Burma
   d. Nepal
   
   
4. This scientist is at the forefront of the ongoing controversy on the failure of the 1998 thermonuclear test. Name him.
   a. MK Narayanan
   b. APJ Abdul Kalam
   c. K Santhanam
   d. T Ramasami
   
   
5. One million Cubans reportedly gathered for a humungous concert that was held with an aim to unite the natives and expatriates from the diaspora. Name the venue.
   a. Santa Clara
   b. Matanzas
   c. Cardenas
   d. Havana
   
   
6. Who is this ex-Prime Minister of France who recently went on trial on charges of plotting against Nicolas Sarkozy?
   a. Dominique de Villepin
   b. Charles Duclerc
   c. Louis Barthou
   d. None of the above
   
   
7. Name the Indian-made stealth warship that the Navy will induct by November.
   a. INS Viraat
   b. INS Shivalik
   c. INS Prabal
   d. INS Brahmaputra
   
   
8. As per a report from the ministry of urban poverty alleviation which state is home to the largest number of urban poor?
   a. Delhi
   b. Kolkata
   c. Chennai
   d. Mumbai
   
   
9. Nalini Sriharan, who is serving life imprisonment for her role in the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gansdhi has gone on an indefinite strike asking for early release. Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in the year…
   a. 1990
   b. 1991
   c. 1992
   d. 1989
   
   
10. Name this Hollywood star whose three-year-old daughter has a wardrobe full of designer clothes worth $3 million.
    a. Hugh Jackman
    b. Hugh Grant
    c. Tom Cruise
    d. Brad Pitt
    
    
11. The PSLV recently put Oceansat-2 in orbit recently, along with six foreign nano satellites. For ISRO, this was a spectacular moment as it successfully sent 15th PSLV in a row, the first one being in …. 
    a. 1990
    b. 1991
    c. 1992
    d. 1993
    
    
12. This personality has appreciated India’s efforts at reducing per capita carbon emission. 
    a. Barack Obama, US President
    b. Bill Clinton, former US President
    c. Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary General
    d. Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State
    
    
13. President Pratibha Patil’s son Rajendra Shekhawat has got Congress ticket from … to contest the assembly elections in Maharashtra.
    a. Nashik
    b. Amravati
    c. Pune
    d. Igatpuri
    
    
14. This person, at the retrospective of his/her films in Johannesburg, said it was unfair to equate Islam with terrorism. Name him/her.
    a. Dilip Kumar
    b. Naseeruddin Shah
    c. Shabana Azmi
    d. Waheeda Rehman
    
    
15. Twenty persons were killed at an under-construction thermal power plant in Chhattisgarh. With which country’s technical help is it being constructed? 
    a. China
    b. Japan
    c. South Korea
    d. Germany
    
    
16. This cricket team’s coach’s suggestion, contained in a dossier, that players should have sex for better performance, has left the team quite abashed. Which cricket team is this?
    a. Pakistan
    b. India
    c. Bangladesh
    d. Sri Lanka
    
    
17. A joint drill that India was to host with this country has been called off. Which country are we talking about?
    a. The US
    b. The UK
    c. Russia
    d. China
    
    
18. Ramesh Chandra Tripathi created a world record along with two Britons, when he jumped off a helicopter at a height of 6000 meter and landed at Gorak Shep, at the height of 5, 167 m. Which organization does he represent?
    a. Indian Army
    b. Indian Navy
    c. Indian Air Force
    d. Border Security Force
    
    
19. The municipal corporation of this Indian city has earned Rs 26 crore in carbon credits for closing a dumping ground in a scientific manner. Which city are we talking about? 
    b. Mumbai
    c. Delhi
    d. Surat
    e. Bangalore
    
    
20. Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar has urged that the Parliament House needs conservation efforts. In which year did the parliament House open?
    a. 1919
    b. 1921
    c. 1925
    d. 1927
    
    
21. Following the example of Jet airways pilot’s agitation, which airline pilots recently went on a mass strike? 
    a. Kingfisher airline
    b. Indigo airline
    c. Indian Airline
    d. Air India
    
    
22. Which city in the USA is the G20 summit, 2009 being held in? 
    a. Washington
    b. Pittsburgh
    c. Los Angeles
    c. Boston
    
    
23. Name the US Ambassador, nominated by President Barack Obama as the 21st US Ambassador to India who recently visited India.
    a. Henry F Grady
    b. Chester Bowles
    c. Timothy J Roemer
    d. George V Allen
    
    
24. Name the first Israeli Prime Minister ever to on a trial on charges of corruption.
    a. Ehud Olmert
    b. Ehud Barak
    c. Shimon Peres
    d. Ariel Sharon
    
    
25. Name the elusive tribal leader arrested recently by policemen posing as journalists. He has been spearheading an agitation since November last year against alleged police excesses in West Midnapore’s troubled Lalgarh area.
    a. Himadri Sen Roy
    b. Chhatradhar Mahato
    c. Mallojula Koteswara Rao
    d. Ranjit Pal
    
    
26. Name the NRI businessman, an alleged Dawood Ibrahim aide, accused by the US of funding terrorist activities. He has recently been booked by the Enforcement Directorate for running an alleged hawala operation, running into over Rs 5,000 crore.
    a. Naresh Chandra Jain
    b. Mahesh Patel
    c. Kirti Joshi
    d. Salim Golawala
    
    
27. Which is the first country from south-asia to declare support for the draft principles and guidelines published by UNHRC for “effective elimination of discrimination based on work and descent” – the UN terminology for caste inequities?
    a. India
    b. Sri Lanka
    c. Bangaladesh
    d. Nepal
    
    
28. Name the congress minister recently booked in connection with the murder of BJP activist Sidramappa Patil at an election rally at Shegaon in Akklkot assembly constituency of Solapur district. 
    a. Patangrao Kadam
    b. Siddharam Mhetre
    c. Prithviraj Deshmukh
    d. Sada Sarvankar
    
    
29. Who won the recently held second annual formula one night race, the Singapore Grand prix? 
    a. Timo Glock
    b. Fernando Alonso
    c. Lewis Hamilton
    d. Nelson Piquet Jr
    
    
30. Which organisation has taken the credit for detecting water on the lunar surface as early as June, 2009?
    a. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    b. National Aerospace Laboratories
    c. International Research Organisation
    d. Indian Space and Research Organisation

Answers 1. b. Hafiz Saeed 2. c. Oceansat-2 3. a. Bhutan 4. c. K Santhanam 5. d. Havana 6. a. Dominique de Villepin 7. b. INS Shivalik 8. d. Mumbai 9. b. 1991 10. c. Tom Cruise 11. d. 1993 12. c. Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary General 13. b. Amravati 14. c. Shabana Azmi 15. a. China 16. b. India 17. d. China 18. c. Indian Air Force 19. a. Mumbai 20. d. 1927 21. d. Air India 22. b. Pittsburgh 23. c. Timothy J Roemer 24. a. Ehud Olmert 25. b. Chhatradhar Mahato 26. a. Naresh Chandra Jain 27. d. Nepal 28. b. Siddharam Mhetre 29. c. Lewis Hamilton 30. d. Indian Space and Research Organisation