Current Affairs : February 2010: 1

1. Name the popular Bollywood actor who was recently awarded the Padma Bhushan award. 
   a. Saif Ali Khan
   b. Shah Rukh Khan
   c. Aamir Khan
   d. Salman Khan
   
2. Which neighboring country recently conducted their sixth presidential election?
   a. Nepal
   b. Bhutan
   c. Bangladesh
   d. Sri Lanka
   
3. India recently celebrated its … Republic Day this year.a. 50th
   b. 60th
   c. 55th
   d. 65th
   
4. Which former Lok Sabha member has replaced Amar Singh as the national general secretary of the Samajwadi party? 
   a. Mohan Singh
   b. Jai Prakash
   c. Shailendra Kumar
   d. Mahabir Prasad
   
5. Which famous snack food chain owner was recently convicted in an attempt-to-murder case along with four others by a Sessions court?
   a. Nathus
   b. Haldirams
   c. Bikanerwala
   d. Nirulas
   
6. Which company recently launched the recently launched the iPad, a tablet-style computer?a. Sony
   b. Samsung
   c. Apple
   d. Compaq
   
7. Name the US novelist remembered for his 1951 bestseller The Catcher in the Rye who recently died at the age of 91. 
   a. Herman Melville
   b. JD Salinger
   c. Vladimir Nabokov
   d. Richard Bach
   
8. The conferment of the prestigious Padma Shri award to this popular Bollywood actor courted many controversies recently . Name him. 
   a. Shah Rukh Khan
   b. Salman Khan
   c. Saif Ali Khan
   d. Aamir Khan
   
9. Who won her fifth Australian Open title recently at Melbourne? 
   a. Venus Williams
   b. Serena Williams
   c. Jelena Jankovic
   d. Justine Henin
   
10. Which famous Indian leader ashes were recently immersed sixty-two years after his assassination? 
    a. Indira Gandhi
    b. Rajiv Gandhi
    c. Mahatma Gandhi
    d. Feroze Gandhi
    
11. Which Indian tennis player recently won his 11th Grand Slam in the Australian open?a. Mahesh Bhupathi
    b. Prakash Amritraj
    c. Leander Paes
    d. Yuki Bhambri
    
12. Roger Federer won his … Australian Open crown beating Great Britain’s Andy Murray in Melbourne recently. 
    a. 3rd
    b. 5th
    c. 4th
    d. 6th
    
13. AR Rahman recently bagged two … awards for his foot-tapping number ‘Jai Ho’ and outstanding soundtrack for the film Slumdog Millionaire. 
    a. Filmfare
    b. Grammy
    c. Mtv Music awards
    d. Star Screen awards
    
14. Name the England and Chelsea football skipper who has recently found himself in similar controversies as golfer Tiger Woods. 
    a. David Beckham
    b. Wayne Rooney
    c. John Terry
    d. Michael Owen
    
15. Charged with anti-party activity this Lok Sabha member along with Amar Singh has been expelled by the Samajwadi Party. Name the expelled member. 
    a. Azam Khan
    b. Ram Gopal Yadav
    c. Jaya Prada
    d. Akhilesh Yadav
    
16. The Shiv Sena has recently threatened that it would not allow the screening of this actor’s movie till he apologized for his remarks regretting the absence of Pakistani cricketers in the forthcoming Indian Premier League tournament. Name the actor. 
    a. Preity Zinta
    b. Shilpa Shett
    c. Akshay Kumar
    d. Shah Rukh Khan
    
17. Name the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, a violent Islamist group with close links to Al Qaeeda who has recently been declared dead. 
    a. Hakimullah Mehsud
    b. Mohammed Omar
    c. Abdul Jalil
    d. Abdul Razaq
    
18. Name the Formula One driver who recently got back on track six months after suffering life-threatening head injuries.
    a. Michael Schumacher
    b. Felipe Massa
    c. Rubens Barrichello
    d. Jenson Button
    
19. Which country has recently decided to suspend accepting student visa applications claiming to have detected education agents misusing the system for sending wrong candidates?
    a. USA
    b. Australia
    c. Canada
    d. UK
    
20. Which Indian state has recently been in news for its bizarre political situation of having appointed 4 heads of the state? 
    a. Nagaland
    b. Meghalaya
    c. Assam
    d. Mizoram

Answers 1. c. Aamir Khan 2. d. Sri Lanka 3. b. 60th 4. a. Mohan Singh 5. c. Haldirams 6. c. Apple 7. b. JD Salinger 8. c. Saif Ali Khan 9. b. Serena Williams 10. c. Mahatma Gandhi 11. c. Leander Pae 12. c. 4th 13. b. Grammy 14. c. John Terry 15. c. Jaya Prada 16. d. Shah Rukh Khan 17. a. Hakimullah Mehsud 18. b. Felipe Massa 19. d. Uk 20. b. Meghalaya