Current Affairs :November 2009:3

1. This is the world’s biggest Buddhist monastery outside Lhasa in Tibet, which saw the visit of the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama recently creating news. Name this monastery.
   a. Namgyal monastery
   b. Tawang monastery
   c. Namdroling monastery
   d. Mindrolling monastery
   
   
2. Name this chief minister of an eastern state who has stepped into his 10th year of office
   a. Navin Pattnaik
   b. Nitish Kumar
   c. Madhu Koda
   d. Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
   
   
3. ‘Indian Summer’ a film on … and Edwina based on a novel by French author and philosopher Catherine Clement is seeing censorship attempts by the Indian government.
   a. Rajiv Gandhi
   b. Feroze Gandhi
   c. Jawaharlal Nehru
   d. Mahatma Gandhi
   
   
4. Which country won the sixth One-Day International at the Nehru stadium in New Delhi recently against India?
   a. Australia
   b. South Africa
   c. Bangladesh
   d. New Zealand
   
   
5. The Home Secretary … recently said that the Chinese could be supplying arms to the Maoists when asked if there was a link between Naxalism and China.
   a. P Chidambaram
   b. Pranab Mukherjee
   c. GK Pillai
   d. MK Narayanan
   
   
6. Furore inside state assemblies is nothing new in our country. Which state assembly recently saw assault by some MLAs on others during the oath taking ceremony?
   a. Haryana
   b. Maharashtra
   c. Arunachal Pradesh
   d. Uttar Pradesh
   
   
7. As per the World Economic Forum rankings on gender equality where does India rank among 134 countries?
   a. 100
   b. 110
   c. 114
   d. 116
   
   
8. On Monday November 9, Berlin celebrated … anniversary of the fall of the wall, which united East and West Germany once again.
   a. 20th
   b. 21st
   c. 22nd
   d. 19th
   
   
9. Five railway employees were mowed down by the Dehradun-Delhi Jan Shatabdi Express recently while they were working on the tracks running between Sahibabad and …
   a. Faridabad
   b. Ghaziabad
   c. Noida
   d. None of the above
   
   
10. Name the author of ‘Open’ that has been released by a popular tennis player.
    a. Andre Agassi
    b. Roger Federer
    c. Serena Williams
    d. Steffi Graf
    
    
11. Recently a foot camp was organised in Delhi to provide artificial limbs to the needy. Which Indian city is famous for making artificial limbs?
    a. Jaipur
    b. Ranchi
    c. Agra
    d. Meerut
    
    
12. Newly elected MLA of Maharashtra, Abu Asim Azmi, was attacked by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and Shiv Sena for three consecutive days. What did Shiv Sena charge him for?
    a. Taking oath in Hindi
    b. Showing solidarity with Shiv Sena’s opponents
    c. Making remarks against Bal Thackeray
    d. Fraud during the elections
    
    
13. Karnataka chief justice PD Dinakaran is accused of illegally possessing a huge amount of government land. What is the measure of this possession?
    a. 273.82 acres
    b. 199.53 acres
    c. 212 acres
    d. 120.78 acres
    
    
14. What is the name of the cyclone that passed along the Mumbai and Konkan coasts, and claimed four lives in Maharashtra?
    a. Nargis
    b. Sidr
    c. Phyan
    d. Helen
    
    
15. Who is the American terror suspect on the basis of whose visits to India the government has warned certain states of attacks on their military academies?
    a. Abu Salem
    b. Salah Osman Ahmed
    c. Robert Gibbs
    d. David Headley
    
    
16. Who has been nominated as the head of US Agency for International Development (USAID) by US President Barak Obama?
    a. Rajiv Shah
    b. Sonal Shah
    c. Sabeer Bhatia
    d. Bobby Jindal
    
    
17. Who won the Firozabad Lok Sabha seat in the recently held by-elections?
    a. Dimple Yadav
    b. Raj Babbar
    c. Jayaprada
    d. Varun Gandhi
    
    
18. The Special Investigation Team (SIT), appointed by the Supreme Court to look into Gujarat riots of 2002, recorded statement of Rupa Modi whose son was missing since a Hindu right-wing mob attacked Gulberg Society and then declared dead by the police on expiry of seven years. Name the movie that has been made on the plight of Ms Modi’s family.
    a. ‘Parzania’
    b. ‘Firaaq’
    c. ‘Wednesday’
    d. ‘Black Friday’
    
    
19. Which state of India has been badly affected by torrential rains which have claimed many lives and displaced far more?
    a. Andhra Pradesh
    b. Nagaland
    c. Manipur
    d. Tamil Nadu
    
    
20. Which neighbouring country is going to seek duty-free access for some of its products to Indian markets?
    a. Pakistan
    b. Bhutan
    c. Bangladesh
    d. Nepal
    
    
21. Which state chief minister has recently come under the scanner for having spent a staggering Rs 1.7 crore of taxpayer money to renovate his official bungalow?
    a. Jharkhand
    b. Bihar
    c. Karnataka
    d. Andhra Pradesh
    
    
22. Which world-renowned cricketer recently completed twenty years in international cricket?
    a. Ricky Ponting
    b. Shane Warne
    c. Sachin Tendulkar
    d. Rahul Dravid
    
    
23. Name the Chief of Defence Staff of Sri Lanka who as Army Chief led the war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam who recently resigned from his post.
    a. Sarath Fonseka
    b. S Padmanabhan SS
    c. PP Kumaramangalam
    d. OS Dawson
    
    
24. Name the leader of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) party whom Maoist rebels had recently abducted in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand.
    a. Prem Chandra Gupta
    b. Subhash Prasad Yadav
    c. Ram Deo Bhandari
    d. Ramchandra Singh
    
    
25. David Coleman Headley arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the United States recently along with his accomplice for his alleged links with terrorist attack in which part of India?
    a. Jaipur
    b. Mumbai
    c. Assam
    d. Kashmir
    
    
26. One of India’s largest private sector steelmaker have recently courted controversy with their plan to invest Rs 19,500 crore in a steel plant across 5,000 acres for in Bedanji, in a remote rural expanse in Bastar in Chhatisgarh,for which ten villages have to be emptied. Name this famous steelmaker.
    a. Steel Authority of India
    b. Tata Steel
    c. Hindustan Lever
    d. Reliance Industries
    
    
27. Rahul Bhatt, who was recently in the news for his association with David Coleman Headley, is the son of which prominent film producer and director?
    a. Mukesh Bhatt
    b. Vikram Bhatt
    c. Mahesh Bhatt
    d. Rajesh Bhatt
    
    
28. The main accused in the fake judicial stamp paper case was recently sentenced to seven-year imprisonment each in two separate cases. Name the key accused.
    a. Abdul Karim Telgi
    b. Sunil kumar
    c. Mohammad Moulali
    d. Sajid Khan
    
    
29. The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) was recently a target of suicide-bomber attack in which country?
    a. Iraq
    b. Afghanistan
    c. Iran
    d. Pakistan
    
    
30. Which latest Bollywood film posters have recently come under attack from the Shiv Sena on accounts of portrayal of semi-nudity?
    a. ‘Tum Mile’
    b. ‘Ajab Prem ki Ghazab Kahani’
    c. ‘Kurbaan’
    d. ‘Blue’
    

Answers b. Tawang monastery d. Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee c. Jawaharlal Nehru a. Australia c. GK Pillai b. Maharashtra c. 114 a. 20th b. Ghaziabad a. Andre Agassi a. Jaipur c. Making remarks against Bal Thackera b. 199.53 acres c. Phyan d. David Headley 16. a. Rajiv Shah 17. b. Raj Babbar 18. a. ‘Parzania’ 19. d. Tamil Nadu 20. c. Bangladesh 21.  c. Karnataka 22. c. Sachin Tendulkar 23. a. Sarath Fonsenka 24. d. Ramachandra Singh 25. b. Mumbai 26. b. Tata Steel 27. c. Mahesh Bhatt 28. a. Abdul Karim Telgi 29. d. Pakistan 30. c. 'Kurbaan'