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Current Affairs for Bank PO & Clerical Exams: February 2011, Part 2 1. Dilma Rousseff is the President of ... a. Brazil b. Philip...

Current Affairs for Bank PO & Clerical Exams: February 2011, Part 2


Current Affairs for Bank PO & Clerical Exams: February 2011, Part 2

1. Dilma Rousseff is the President of ...
a. Brazil
b. Philippines
c. Singapore
d. None of these
2. Ram Sewak Sharma is associated with which of the following?
a. Army
b. Arts
c. Unique Identifi cation
 Authority of India
d. None of these
3. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act provides legal guarantee for ..................days of employment, every fi  -nancial year to members of any rural household willing to do public work-related unskilled manual work at the statutory minimum wage of 
a. 365 days
b. 200 days
c. 100 days
d. 30 days
4. In which Indian state was the AADHAAR program launched?
a. Jammu and Kashmir
b. Karnataka
c. Bihar
d. Maharashtra
5. Manu Joseph is associated with which magazine?
a. The Week
b. Outline
c. Outlook
d. Open
6. Identify the woman has recently been appointed as the governor of South Carolina.
a. Nikki Randhawa Haley
b. Shashi Jindal
c. Sheehan
d. None of these
7. Rajarajeswara temple is located in which state?
a. Kerala
b. Tamil Nadu
c. Karnataka
d. None of these
8. Anand Sharma is associated with …
a. RBI
b. SBI
c. IMF
d. None of these
9. Anil Agarwal is associated with which company?
a. Future Group
b. Maruti
c. Vedanta
d. None of these
10. Which of the following institutions grant the Nobel Prize in Literature?
a. Nobel Foundation
b. Swedish Academy
c. Norwegian Nobel
 Committee
d. Government of Sweden
11. Richard Fred Heck won a Nobel Prize in 2010 in which of the following subjects?
a. Physics
b. Chemistry
c. Biology
d. None of these
12. The Green House has been written by ...
a. Jitendra Lahiri
b. Khushwant Singh
c. John Miller
d. Mario Vargas Llosa
13. Who won the Stirling Prize for  2010?
a. Zaha Hadid
b. Allen John
c. Zubin
d. None of these
14. Who is the new Governor General of Canada?
a. David Lloyd Johnston
b. John Washington
c. Eric Milton
d. None of these
15. Brookside Bungalow is in which of the following Indian states?
a. Assam
b. West Bengal
c. Meghalaya
d. Bihar
16. The government organised first Pravasi Bhartiya Divas outside India in
a. New York
b. Durban
c. Hague
d. Singapore
17. How many countries have so far ratified the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage?
a. 3
b. 4
c. 6
d. 8
18. Year 2011 has been offi cially designated by the United Nations as ...
a. International Year of Biotechnology
b. International Year of Space Science
c. International Year of Chemistry
d. International Year of Physics
19. Marange Diamond fields are located in the country of … and it was recently allowed by the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme to sell the diamonds in the international markets agreeing that Marange is Conflict Free.
a. Angola
b. Liberia
c. Zimbabwe
d. Sierra Leone
20. Assam Rifles is headquartered in …
a. Delhi
b. Bangalore
c. Shillong
d. None of these
21. Who will be India's chief Guest at the Republic Day 2011?
a. Susilo Bambang  Yudhoyono
b. Rafiq Tarar
c. Dmitriy Medvedev
d. None of these
22. As on december 2009, what is India's Rank in World Uranium Production as per the latest data of World Nuclear Association?
a. 10th
b. 12th
c. 13th
d. 18th
23. Who is the Prime Minister of Poland?
a. Ian Roberts
b. Donald Tusk
c. John Huggs
d. None of these
24. Who is the Union Minister for Ministry of Earth Sciences and Ministry of Science and Technology?
a. Raj Babbar
b. Manmohan Singh
c. Kapil Sibal
d. Sripati Mishra
25. Which of the following is not a Maharatna company?
a. Indian Oil Corporation
b. NTPC Limited
c. Steel Authority of India  Limited
d. Bharat Electronics Limited
26. He Yaozu is associated with which of the companies?
a. Sony
b. LG Electronics
c. Samsung
d. Suzlon Energy
27. Damurey is a name of cyclone that stormed ...
a. South Korea
b. China
c. Japan
d. Indonesia
28. In the “March ceremony of 18th Commonwealth Games”, the Indian squad was led by …
a. Maj Rajyawardhan Singh  Rathore
b. P. T. Usha
c. Jaspal Rana
d. Kunjarani
29. Identify the cricketer who has bagged 1000 wickets in international cricket.
a. Dennis Lillie
b. Bishan Singh Bedi
c. Chaminda Vass
d. Muthaiya Murlitharan
30. Ranthambhore Wild Life Sanctuary is famous for which of the following animals?
a. Deer
b. Rhino
c. Elephant
d. Tiger
31. What do you mean by “Illegal Tender”?
a. Black money
b. Mutilated cheque
c. Dishonoured cheque
d. None of these
32. In which of the following years was ICICI Bank established?
a. 1991
b. 1992
c. 1993
d. 1994
33. What does Blue Revolution mean?
a. Fisheries
b. Space program
c. Agriculture program
d. None of these
34. Su-30 MK is a combat aircraft from …
a. USA
b. China
c. Germany
d. Russia
35. Which of the personalities said “All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others”?
a. Asimov
b. Grahm greene
c. George Orwell
d. Karl Marx
36. Who wrote “An Area of Darkness”?
a. Vinita Ketaki
b.  Piloo Modi
c. Kiran Desai
d. V.S. Naipual
37. Name the game that started from Manipur and later became popular internationally.
a. Volleyball
b.  Archery
c. Polo
d. Chess
38. Karim Masimov is the Prime Minister of which country?
a. Iran
b. Libya
c. Kazakhastan
d. Iraq
39. Who wrote “Future Shock”?
a. Bejan Daruwala
b.  Linda Goodman
c.  Maa Prem Usha
d.  None of these
40. “Saptashava”, a name in Hindu mythology is related to which of the following Gods?
a. Indra
b. Surya
c. Yama
d. Vishnu
41. Winner of the Noble Prize 2006 for literature, Orhan Pamak, is a native of …
a. USA
b. Russia
c. Turkey
d. Egypt
42. Which of the following is not a Raga?
a. Jai Jaiwanti
b. Megh Malhar
c. Bhairavi
d. All are Ragas
43. The name “Valentina Tereshkova” is associated ...
a. Astrology
b. Astronomy
c. Woodcraft
d. Witchcraft
44.  “Ramayan” is the work of …
a. Valmiki
b. Sant Tulsidas
c. Vedvyas
d. None of these
45. Which of the following is another name for Lie Detector?
a. Polydetect
b. Polygraph
c. Polyclue
d. Polybus
46. Benigno S. Aquino III is the President of ...
a. South Korea
b. Myanmar
c. Phillipines
d. None of these
47. Identify the person who is a former tennis champion and an actor too.
a. Anand Amritraj
b. Viay Amritraj
c. Roger Federer
d. Andre Aggasi
48. With which game would you associate Ronjan Sodhi?
a. Billiards
b. Swimming
c. Shooting
d. None of these
49. The CBI arrested …, the sacked treasurer of the CWG Organising Committee recently.
a. Ranjan Mullick
b. M. Jayachandran
c. Sushil Kumar
d. None of them
50. Who is the current central vigilance commissioner of India?
a. G.E. Vahanvati
b. P. J. Thomas
c. Ajay Mathur
d.  None of these

ANSWERS

1. a. Brazil
2. c. Unique Identifi cation Authority of India
3. c. 100 days
4. d. Maharashtra
5. d. Open
6. a. Nikki Randhawa Haley
7. a. Kerala
8. a. RBI
9. c. Vedanta
10. b. Swedish Academy
11. b. Chemistry
12. d. Mario Vargas Llosa
13. a. Zaha Hadid
14. a. David Lloyd Johnston
15. c. Meghalaya
16. a. New York
17. b. 4
18. c. International Year of Chemistry
19. c. Zimbabwe
20. c. Shillong
21. a. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
22. c. 13th
23. b. Donald Tusk
24. c. Kapil Sibal
25. d. Bharat Electronics Limited
26. d. Suzlon Energy
27. a. South Korea
28. a. Maj Rajyawardhan Singh Rathore
29. d. Muthaiya Murlitharan
30. d. Tiger
31. d. None of these
32. d. 1994
33. a. Fisheries
34. d. Russia
35. c. George Orwell
36. d. V.S. Naipual
37. c. Polo
38. c. Kazakhastan
39. d. None of these
40. b. Surya
41. c. Turkey
42. d. All are Ragas
43. b. Astronomy
44. a. Valmiki
45. b. Polygraph
46. c. Phillipines
47. b. Viay Amritraj
48. c. Shooting
49. b. M. Jayachandran
50. b. P.J. Thoma