Current Affairs :Quiz 2

1. As per a recent survey by the Business India, this bank has been adjudged as the Best Bank of 2009.
a. HDFC Bank 
b. State Bank of India
c. Axis Bank
d. ICICI Bank

2. In a recent development, Wockhardt Laboratories sold its nutritional business and a few other facilities to US based Abbott Laboratories in a deal worth ….
a. $100 million
b. $110 million
c. $120 million
d. $130 million

3. Which of the following is the largest trading partner of India in the duration of April to February 2008-2009?
a. The UK
b. The US
c. South Africa
d. China

4. In a recent deal Sanofi Pasteur bought the stake of Merieux Alliance in ..., an Indian pharma company. 
a. Biocon International
b. Shantha Biotechnics
c. Torrent Pharmaceuticals
d. Dr Reddy's Laboratories

5. India recently signed a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with ….
a. EU
b. ASEAN
c. South Africa
d. Malaysia

6. Name the steel manufacturer which entered into a definitive business transfer agreement with Shree Precoated Steels Ltd, in an undisclosed sum deal.
a. Essar Steel Ltd
b. Jindal Steel Ltd
c. SAIL
d. Tata Iron & Steel Company

7. The government has recently allowed the duty free import of this commodity by private traders. 
a. Wheat
b. Rice
c. Sugar
d. Edible oil

8. V Shridhar has been appointed as the new chairperson of ….
a. CBEC
b. CBDT
c. Board of Trade
d. Competition Commission of India

9. As per the finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, the dual Goods and Service Tax (GST) will be implemented by ….
a. April 2010
b. September 2010
c. December 2010
d. January 2011

10. 'Lighting a billion lives' campaign was launched by .... 
a. TERI
b. CSE
c. RIL
d. AV Birla Group

Current Affairs

1. A recent test shows that a moon rock, one of those brought to earth by Apollo 11 (in 1969) and Apollo 17 (in 1972), kept in a museum in the Netherlands, is fake. Who was the President of the US at that time?
a. Richard M Nixon
b. Gerald R Ford
c. John F Kennedy
d. Woodrow Wilson

2. Norman Borlaug, who received the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize, died recently. He was a US ….
a. senator
b. agricultural scientist
c. social activist
d. economist

3. Which film has won the Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival?
a. Lebanon
b. Zanan Bedoone Mardan
c. A Single Man
d. Head On

4. Who has won the tennis women’s singles final at the US Open?
a. Kim Clijsters
b. Venus Williams
c. Serena Williams
d. Evonne Goolagong Cawley

5. Where did the World Championship, in which boxer Vijender won a bronze, take place? 
a. Manila
b. Beijing
c. Milan
d. None of the above

6. Launch vehicle PSLV-C14 will lift-off from the spaceport at Sriharikota. How many satellites will it put in orbit?
a. Eight
b. Eleven
c. Nine
d. Seven

7. With whom did Leander Paes pair to win the US Open men's doubles final?
a. Mark Knowles
b. Mahesh Bhupathi
c. Lukas Dlouhy
d. Max Mirnyi

8. The National Mission for Female Literacy has been launched to make around 60 million women literate by the year ....
a. 2010
b. 2012
c. 2020
d. 2025

9. Which southern state recently announced that it would release water from Krishna from Kandaleru reservoir in Nellore district for Chennai?
a. Karnataka
b. Kerala
c. Andhra Pradesh
d. Puducherry

10. The apex court rapped the ... government for constructing memorials and statues, spending huge amount of public money. 
a. Madhya Pradesh
b. Chhattisgarh
c. Bihar
d. Uttar Pradesh

Answers Business Affairs 1. b. State Bank of India 2. d. $130 million 3. d. China 4. b. Shantha Biotechnics 5. b. ASEAN 6. a. Essar Steel Ltd. 7. c. Sugar 8. a. CBEC 9. a. April 2010 10. a. TERI Current Affairs 1. a. Richard M Nixon 2. b. Agricultural scientist 3. a. ‘Lebanon’ 4. a. Kim Clijsters 5. c. Milan 6. d. Seven 7. c. Lukas Dlouhy 8. b. 2012 9. c. Andhra Pradesh 10. d. Uttar Pradesh