Current Affairs : January 2010: 2

An Indian student was recently stabbed to death in this country, which has lately been in news for a series of alleged racial attacks on Indian students. Name the country. a. UK b. USA c. Australia d. Canada Al-Qaeda threats have recently forced Britain and the US to close their embassies in this country. a. Pakistan b. Afghanistan c. Iraq d. Yemen. Name the world’s tallest building 160-story, 2,717-foot, that officially opened in Dubai recently. a. Emirates Tower b. Burj Khalifa c. Bruj Dubai d. Jumeirah Lake Towers Name the former police chief of Haryana who, after being convicted of molesting a 14-year-old girl, would be stripped of his police medal. a. AS Anand b. SP Singh c. SPS Rathore d. DV Sharma Recently, in which city in India 18 medical students, including some interns, were arrested on charges of ragging and were expelled from the hostel? a. Bangalore b. Delhi c. Mumbai d. Chennai The Supreme Court recently declined to quash an attempt to murder case registered against this spiritual. a. Baba Ramdev b. Asaram Bapu c. Sai Baba d. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar In which state five police personnel, including an IPS officer were suspended recently, for allegedly attending a Christmas-eve party thrown by gangsters? a. Karnataka b. Maharasthra c. Kerela d. Andhra Pradesh Neetu Singh, a final-year editing student at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune, was picked up by the city police on charges of anti-national activity, taken to Mumbai and deported to Nepal. She is a citizen of which neighboring country? a. Bhutan b. Nepal c. Pakistan d. Sri Lanka Which chief minister in India has introduced a Bill making voting compulsory in all local body elections in his state? a. Narendra Modi b. Sheila Dixit c. Omar Abdullah d. Maywati Which popular football club of the English Premier league suffered a humiliating defeat against Leeds United at the Football Association (FA) Cup soccer match at Stamford Bridge in London? a. Arsenal b. Liverpool c. Chelsea d. Manchester United A partially charred body of an Indian youth was found in …, Australia days after another youth was stabbed to death.  a. New South Wales b. Victoria c. Northern Territory d. Western Australia Recently a meeting of eight recognised political parties was called by the Home Minister P Chidambaram to discuss the Telangana issue. What was the conclusion at the meeting? a. Unanimous decision that Telangana can not be made a separate state b. Majority decision that Telangana can not be made a separate state c. No consensus, and hence no conclusion, was reached d. Decision that Telangana be separated from the existing Andhra Pradesh Who has been named as the national president of the new political outfit, Jan Kranti Party, floated by former BJP leader, Kalyan Singh? The national president is also the son of Kalyan Singh. a. Sameer singh b. Bhola Singh c. Rajveer Singh d. Hemant Singh With which neighbouring country has India decided to settle outstanding issues relating to water sharing and protection of banks of the common rivers? a. Nepal b. Bhutan c. China d. Bangladesh Britain is facing extremely cold weather conditions; it is supposed to be its worst winters in 30 years. What has the phenomenon come to be popularly called? a. Snowy Winters b. Snow and Frost c. Total Stop d. Big Freeze Which place in Sri Nagar came in limelight recently as terrorists engaged in gun battle for a whole day with the police? a. Chasm-e-Shahi b. Lal Chowk c. Charar-E- Sharif d. None of the above For which programme has the Union ministry of environment and forests has rejected an aid from the World Bank? a. Saving mahogany trees b. Saving natural habitat of rhinoceros c. Tiger conservation d. Gangatic dolphin conservation Who has been taken up the task to revive relations with the Southern African nation Zambia? a. Vice-President Hamid Ansari b. Union external affairs minister SM Krishna c. Home minister P Chidambaram d. President Pratibha Patil Which country has decided to introduce controversial ethnicity and gender-based profiling at its airports, apparently for security reasons? a. Germany b. United Kingdom c. Australia d. Egypt A prominent leader of a known party resigned from all party posts recently citing health reasons. Name him and the party. a. Kalyan Singh, Bhartiya Janta Party b. Amar Singh, Samajwadi Party c. PA Sangma, Nationalist Congress Party d. Jyotiraditya Scindia, Indian National Congress ‘Indian students should not be leaving the country for courses like hairstyling; there are many good institutes for such courses in India’. Who made this comment recently in the wake of murder of Indian student Nitin Garg? a. Union minister for external affairs SM Krishna b. Minister of state for external affairs Shashi Tharoor c. Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal d. Australia’s high commissioner to India Peter Verghese Who has written the book ‘Return to Almora’? a. Ruskin Bond b. Mark Tully c. RK Pachauri d. Sunita Narain Who is the author of the book ‘Managed Chaos’? a. Arun Jaitley b. Arun Shourie c. Kpil Sibal d. Premshankar Jha Former hockey captain Zafar Iqbal has expressed regret that at a time when the country is about to host the Hockey World Cup, the nation’s attention is hooked on to the forthcoming hockey elections. Which city will host the World Cup, starting February 28? a. New Delhi b. Bangalore c. Hyderabad d. Kolkata This star expressed his eagerness to be depicted as the face of Gujarat tourism, following which Chief Minister Narendra Modi has waived off tax on his latest movie. Name the star and the film. a. Aamir Khan, ‘3 Idiots’ b. Salman Khan, ‘Veer’ c. Ranbir Kapoor, ‘Rocket Singh’ d. Amitabh Bachchan, ‘Paa’ Shibu Soren has won the confidence motion in Jharkhand Assembly with … votes. a. 44 b. 45 c. 46 d. 47 IPL has listed 51 players from outside India for its January 19 auction. How many players from Australia have been listed? a. 9 b. 10 c. 11 d. 12 This player, the bowling consultant of Kolkata Knight Riders, will be shortly taking a week-long training camp for the team. Name him. a. Javagal Sreenath b. Wasim Akram c. Shane Warne d. None of the above This city now has the world’s tallest hotel. Name it. a. Milan b. Dubai c. Jakarta d. Brisbane This state government has approved a Rs 30,000 crore steel plant project of ArcelorMittal. Name it. a. Tamil Nadu b. Andhra Pradesh c. Karnataka d. Maharashtra

Answers 1. c. Australia 2. d. Yemen 3. b. Burj Khalifa 4. c. SPS Rathore 5. c. Mumbai 6. b. Asaram Bapu 7. b. Maharashtra 8. b. Nepal 9. a. Narendra Modi 10. d. Manchester United 11. a. New South Wales 12. c. No consensus, and hence no conclusion, was reached 13. c. Rajveer Singh 14. d. Bangladesh 15. d. Big freeze 16. b. Lal Chowk 17. c. Tiger conservation 18. a. Vice-President Hamid Ansari 19. b. United Kingdom 20. b. Amar Singh, Samajwadi Party 21. a. Union minister for external affairs SM Krishna 22. c. RK Pachauri 23. d. Premshankar Jha 24. a. New Delhi 25. d. Amitabh Bachchan, Paa 26. b. 45 27. c. 11 28. b. Wasim Akram 29.b. Dubai 30.c. Karnataka