CURRENT AFFAIRS MCQs FOR IPO EXAM

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· 1. United Nations Climate Change Conference 2010 is officially referred to as the … session of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

· a. 18^th b. 17^th c. 16^th d. 15^th

· 2. Neutrino Observatory (INO) project is located near which of the following hills?

· a. Anamalai Hills b. Nilgiri Hills c. Khasi Hills d. Patkai Hills

· 3. Where was fi rst the Asia–Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit held?

· a. Thailand b. Malaysia c. India d. Pakistan

· 4. Who has been awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine 2010?

· a. Richard Heck b. Ei-ichi Negishi c. Akira Suzuki d. Robert Edwards

· 5. Ajay Jayaram is a well known … player.

· a. Badminton b. Golf c. Tennis d. Hockey

· 6. Toxic red sludge, a waste product from making which metal, burst out of a Hungarian factory’s reservoir reached Danube River of Europe?

· a. Copper b. Aluminum c. Lithium d. Rubidium

· 7. Who authored Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter?

· a. Ruskin Bond b. Mario Vargas c. Jonathan d. None of these

· 8. Suresh Tendulkar is associated with …

· a. Prime Minister’s Relief Fund b. Telecom Regulatory Au- thority of India

· c. UN d. None of these

· 9. Omkar Singh and Anisa Sayyed are associated with which of the following games?

· a. Hockey b. Basketball c. Shooting d. Cricket

· 10. With which company would you associate Partha S. Bhattacharyya?

· a. Coal India Limited b. NTPC c. IOC d. Bharat Electronics Limited

· 11. Robert Edwards shares an association with?

· a. Physics b. Chemistry c. Biology d. Mathematics

· 12. The total number of medals that India has won in Common Wealth Games 2010 is …

· a. 101 b. 102 c. 103 d. 105

· · 13. Which of the following is a Tennis Player?

· a. Dan Carter b. Greg Jones c. Johnny Weissmuller d. None of these

· 14. H. R. Bhardwaj is the governor of …

· a. Karnataka b. Kerala c. Tamil Nadu d. Andra Pradesh

· 15. Who has been awarded the Nobel Economics Prize2010?

· a. Peter Granger b. Jilly Cooper c. Dale Mortensen d. None of these

· 16. Jaitapur nuclear power plant is in which city?

· a. Ratnagiri b. Nagpur c. Pune d. Mumbai

· 17. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin fl agged off the construction of which space centre?

· a. Vostochny Space Center b. Vladimir Space Center

· c. Hioto Space Center d. None of these

· 18. Who is the State Chief Information Commissioner of Chennai?

· a. Hiren Singh b. R. K. Narayan c. Vinod Joshi d. K. S. Sripathi

· 19. Who is known as the “Father of the Green Revolution in India”?

· a. Norman Ernest Borlaug b. M. S. Swaminathan

· c. J. S. Thomson d. None of these

· 20. Burning Bright: Irom Sharmila and the Struggle for Peace in Manipur has been written by

· a. Arundhati Ray b. Deepti Priya Mehrotra c. Shivani Jain d. None of these

· 21. South Korean Pohang-class cor-vette sank because of which of the following torpedoes?

· a. Wang Geon b. Ulchi Mundok c. Cheonan d. None of these

· 22. Naoto Kan, the Prime Minister of Japan was preceded by …

· a. Yukio Hatoyama b. Yon Ki c. Chiang Zell d. Yukoto Ziang

· 23. Srikumar Banerjee is associated with which of the following?

· a. Atomic Energy Commission b. Bhaba Atomic Research Centre

· c. Defence Research And Development Organisation d. None of these

· 24. Who built the Brihadishwara Temple?

· a. Rajaraja b. Vengi c. Rajendra Chola d. None of these

· 25. Sutlej River originates from?

· a. India b. China c. Pakistan d. None of these

· 26. Pallavan Double Plus and Pallavan Muthusaram RD are deposit schemes that belong to

· a. Indian Bank b. Bank of Baroda c. State Bank of India d. Allahabad Bank

· 27. Indian Constituent Assembly adopted the design of Indian National flag on?

· a. August 23, 1947 b. September 13, 1947 c. August 15, 1947 d. July 22, 1947

· 28. The Indian National Anthem was sung for the fi rst time in …

· a. 1910 b. 1911 c. 1947 d. 1945

· 29. National fruit of India is?

· a. Apple b. Sugarcane c. Orange d. Mango

· 30. When was the 42nd Amendment of the Constitution adopted?

· a. 1970 b. 1972 c. 1974 d. 1976

· 31. Who elects the Vice President of India?

· a. Members of Parliament b. Members of Lok Sabha

· c. Only b d. Both a and b

· 32. Department of Agricultural Research and Education comes under the Ministry of …

· a. Commerce and Industry b. Agriculture

· c. Commerce and Industry d. Food Processing Industries

· 33. An insurance plan, ‘JiyoFit’, has been launched by …

· a. HDFC standard life b. Bharti AXA c. LIC d. Bajaj Allianz

· 34. Where is the National Institute of Smart Government located?

· a. Hyderabad b. Mumbai c. Pune d. Chennai

· 35. Defender Z+ is a …

· a. Locker b. Fighter plane c. Car d. Motorbike

· 36. Asia’s 1st EPZ was set up at …

· a. Kandla b. Delhi c. Falta d. Noida

· 37. In which year was the Integrated Defence Staff formed?

· a. 1959 b. 1961 c. 1981 d. 2001

· 38. How many Integrated Test Ranges does DRDO have?

· a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4

· 39. The Integrated Education for Disabled Children scheme was launched in …

· a. 1954 b. 1965 c. 1974 d. 1991

· 40. When was the Rural Electrifi -cation Corporation Limited incorporated as a Company under Companies Act, 1956?

· a. 1969 b. 1971 c. 1989 d. 1991

· 41. Fort William is located in …

· a. Chennai b. Goa c. Kolkata d. Mysore

· 42. The Indian Tennis player who turned to Hollywood filmmaking is …

· a. Leander Paes b. N. Night Shyamlan c. Vijay Amritraj d. Ashok Amritraj

· 43. Tritum is an isotope of …

· a. Nitrogen b. Oxygen c. Hydrogen d. Phosphorous

· 44. In which country would you buy things using Lira?

· a. Germany b. Italy c. USA d. Myanmar

· 45. What does the acronym cc in an email mean?

· a. Character conversion b. Column code c. Carbon Copy d. Computer control

· 46. “Love” is associated with which of the following games?

· a. Tennis b. Horse riding c. Lawn ball d. Billiards

· 47. Which country will host the Commonwealth Games 2014?

· a. Australia b. Srilanka c. Scotland d. Canada

· 48. The Vrindavan Gardens are located in…

· a. Mathura b. Manali c. Mysore d. Mohali

· 49. For measuring the diameter of a thin wire, you would use …

· a. Screw driver b. Screw gauge c. Screw metre d. Measuring tape

· 50. El sueno del celta has been written by …

· a. Pablo Neruda b. Shakespeare c. Mario Llosa d. None of thes

· ANSWERS : CURRENT AFFAIRS :

· 1. c. 16^th, 2. b. Nilgiri Hills , 3. a. Thailand, 4. d. Robert Edwards, 5. a. Badminton, 6. b. Aluminum, 7. b. Mario Vargas, 8. a. Prime Minister’s Relief Fund, 9. c. Shooting· 10. a. Coal India Limited, 11. c. Biology, 12. a. 101, 13. b. Greg Jones, 14. a. Karnataka· 15. d. None of these, 16. a. Ratnagiri, 17. a. Vostochny Space Center,18. d. K.S. Sripathi· 19. a. Norman Ernest Borlaug, 20. b. Deepti Priya Mehrotra, 21. c. Cheonan, 22. a. Yukio Hatoyama, 23. b. Bhaba Atomic Research Centre, 24. a. Rajaraja, 25. b. China, 26. a. India Bank · 27. d. 22nd July 1947, 28. b. 1911, 29. d. Mango, 30. d. 1976, 31. d. Both a and b, 32. b. Agriculture · 33. d. Bajaj Allianz, 34. a. Hyderabad, 35. a. Locker, 36. a. Kandla, 37. d. 2001, 38. b. 2,39. c. 1974 · 40. a. 1969, 41. c. Kolkata, 42. c. Vijay Amritraj, 43. c. Hydrogen, 44. b. Italy, 45. c. Carbon copy · 46. a. Tennis, 47. c. Scotland, 48. c. Mysore, 49. b. Screw guage, 50. c. Mario Llosa