Wednesday, November 9, 2011

CURRENT AFFAIRS PRACTICE QUESTIONS

1.  Which former Supreme Court judge has been appointed as the new Lokayukta of Karnataka to succeed Santosh Hegde?
a. Shivraj Patil
b. Shivaraj V Patil
c. H D Ramaswamy
d. Ram Krishna Hegde
 
2.  The Deutsche Bank has confirmed to appoint which of the following Indian investment bankers as its co-CEO?
a. Navin Chandra
b. Rahul Jain
c. Anshu Jain
d. Ravi Mallick
 
3.  India signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreement with which country paving way for the possibility of exporting its atomic power plants recently?
a. North Korea
b. South Korea
c. China
d. Singapore
 
4.  Recently which country won the Copa America and was crowned South American champion for a record 15th time?
a. Brazil
b. Argentina
c. Paraguay
d. Uruguay
 
5.  Which of the following Indian swimmers has qualified for the 2012 London Olympics?
a. Vikas Mishra
b. Aditi Solanki
c. Sandeep Sejwal
d. Rajiv Ratan
 
6. Recently IAF has taken the initiative to take part in the "mother" of all air combat exercises, the Red Flag, which is conducted by ___.
a. Russia
b. France
c. Britain
d. USA
 
7. Government of India has recently notified which of the following chemicals as an explosive?
a. Ammonium chloride
b. Ammonium nitrate
c. Ammonium carbide
d. Calcium carbide
 
8.  Name the world's fourth largest car-maker who has decided to set up a three lakh cars-per-annum manufacturing plant in Sanand.
a. Ford
b. General Motors
c. Toyota Motors
d. Hyundai 
 
9.  The Central Board of Trustees, the apex decision-making body of the Employees Provident Fund Organisation, approved appointment of which bank as the custodian of securities of the EPFO?
a. RBS
b. HSBC
c. Standard Chartered
d. ABN Amro
 
10.  ___ got the top position in the latest FIFA Rankings.
a. Germany
b. Spain
c. Brazil
d. Uruguay
 
11. ‘Jiaolong’ was in news recently because it is ___.
a. A manned mission to  moon by China
b. A rehabilitation and  relief operation by Japan
c. China’s manned  submersible
d. None of the above
 
12. Which of the following personalities unveiled the Olympic countdown clock?
a. Gagan Narang and  Saina Nehwal
b. Abhinav Bindra and  Mary Kom
c. Rajyavardhan Singh  Rathore and Sushil Kumar
d. Abhinav Bindra and  Saina Nehwal
 
13. Gopal Subramaniam resigned from post of Solicitor-General of India. Name the senior advocate who has been appointed to take his place.
a. Rohinton Mistry
b. Fali S Nariman
c. Rohinton Nariman
d. Fiourdasji Sorabji
 
14. Concerned over the increasing pollution-level in Chandrapur, which of the following NGOs started a drive titled 'Green Ganesha' about pollution-free Ganesh Utsav?
a. Green-Hunt
b. Green-Eco
c. Eco-Ganesha
d. Eco-Pro
 
15. A joint venture between ___ has produced the LCV (light commercial vehicle), “Dost”.
a. Ashok Leyland &  Nissan Motors
b. Ashok Leyland & Renault
c. Tata Motors & Nissan  Motors
d. Mahindra & Mahindra &  Nissan Motors
 
16. Which sports person will be conferred with the honour of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awards for the year 2010?
a. Saina Nehwal
b. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
c. Gagan Narang
d. M C Mary Kom
 
17. Recently, a committee has been constituted by the National Statistical Commission to actively consider whether there is a need for any umbrella legislation to make administrative statistics more ef ective and is headed by ___.
a. Meghnad Desai
b. Rakesh Mohan
c. Jean Dreze
d. N R Madhava Menon 
 
18. Which of the following Indian women has found a place in the Time's list of daredevil wives?
a. Razia Sultana
b. Indira Gandhi
c. Rani Lakshmi Bai
d. Sonia Gandhi
 
19. Which among the following is the second woman chess player from India to win the grandmaster title at the Women's Grandmasters tournament in China?
a. Vijayalakshmi  Subbaraman
b. Koneru Hampi
c. Harika Dronavalli
d. Trupti Murugunde
 
20. The central government has sought a partnership in publicising of Bharat Nirman Programme with ___.
a. ONGC
b. Indian Railways
c. India Post
b. Doordarshan
 
21. Recently Indian President Pratibha Patil released a commemorative postage stamp on Rashtrapati Bhavan which marks the 80th Anniversary of the commissioning of the building. Which of the following Governor Generals of India was its first occupant?
a. Lord Amherst
b. Lord Irvin
c. Lord Reading
d. Lord Linlithgow
 
22. A 12-month ban on synthetic cannabis products has come into effect in New Zealand as they may harm health, including causing heart problems. Cannabis is used since ancient times for as ___.
a. An antibiotic drug
b. A catalyst drug
c. A mineral supplement
d. A recreational drug
 
23. Rebecca Rickwood won a global competition to find the best use of Microsoft's spreadsheet software, Excel 2007. She belongs to ___.
a. Canada
b. New Zealand
c. India
d. United Kingdom
 
24. Russian cosmonauts carried out a fraught six-and-a-half-hour space walk recently, releasing a student satellite which will send greetings to radio enthusiasts in 15 languages, as well as photos and pressure data, to commemorate which of the following cosmonauts?
a. Vyacheslov Zudov
b. Valetina Tereshkova
c. Yuri Gagarin
d. Boris Yegorov
 
25. The food giant Cargill in ___recalled 18,000 tons (16,330 tonnes) of turkey after a salmonella outbreak that killed one person and made dozens ill.
a. Mexico
b. United States of America
c. Denmark
d. United Kingdom
 
26. Which one of the following Indian companies has entered into collaboration with the Singapore Management University (SMU) for a new R&D facility for cloud-based IT solutions for cities worldwide?
a. Tata Consultancy Services
b. Wipro Technologies
c. Infosys
d. Mahindra Satyam
 
27. Actress Annette Charles, who played Cha Cha DiGregorio, in the hit movie Grease, died at the age of 63. She belonged to which country?
a. United Kingdom
b. United States of America
c. France
d. Greece
 
28. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs gave a major fillip to Maharatna SAIL by approving its proposal for revival of the Sindri fertiliser-manufacturing unit that belongs to ___.
a. Krishak Bharti  Cooperative Limited  (KRIBHCO)
b. Indian Farmers Fertiliser  Cooperative Limited  (IFFCO)
c. Tata Chemicals Limited  (TCL)
d. Fertiliser Cooperation of  India (FCIL)
 
29. Top Indian runner, Tintu Luka won the gold medal at Karlstad Grand Prix in Sweden in her first of the series of events planned as preparation for this month’s World Championships in South Korea. She was the runner-up in ___.
a. 200 m race
b. 400 m race
c. 800 m race
d. 1500 m race
 
30. Aaranyak, a wildlife research and bio-diversity conservation organisation based in ___ will assist authorities to undertake non-invasive genetics research on two critically endangered species — the Javan and the Sumatran rhinos.
a. Guwahati
b. Itanagar
c. Dispur
d. Tezpur

Ansewrs:

1.  b. Shivaraj V Patil
2. c. Anshu Jain
3. b. South Korea
4. d. Uruguay
5. c. Sandeep Sejwal
6. d. USA
7. b. Ammonium nitrate
8. a. Ford
9. c. Standard Chartered
10. b. Spain
11. c. China’s manned submersible
12. b. Abhinav Bindra and Mary Kom
13. c. Rohinton Nariman
14. d. Eco-Pro
15. a. Ashok Leyland & Nissan Motors
16. c. Gagan Narang
17. d. N R Madhava Menon
18. c. Rani Lakshmi Bai
19. c. Harika Dronavalli
20. b. Indian Railways
21. b. Lord Irvin
22. d. A recreational drug
23. d. United Kingdom
24. c. Yuri Gagarin
25. b. United States of America
26. a. Tata Consultancy Services
27. b. United States of America
28. d. Fertiliser Cooperation on of India (FCIL)
29. c. 800 m race
30. a. Guwahati
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CURRENT AFFAIRS PREPARATION PLAN

“Current Affairs” and “General Knowledge” cover many topics like from economy to sports or education to politics, or even technology to automobiles. In every second some issues are happening around the world in these sectors, and to accumulate the excerpt of some highlighted news, and memorize it is a good plan to prepare current affairs and GK.

Some Important Tips to Follow:

Read Newspapers regularly

We all know that “Old is Gold”, same thing applies here too. We need to make a habit of reading newspapers regularly. I’ll suggest you to read more than one newspaper. It will be better if you read one newspaper of your mother language, and other of English. Some useful newspapers are “The Times of India”, “The Hindu”, “The Telegraph” etc. You need to start this habit at least 6 months before the actual exam that will help you to get access to all the important events of that period of time.

You need to keep an eye on what’s happening around you in your country and world as well. Trust me guys, you will surely find it interesting after several days. We all know that staying updated is always a good idea, as it will stand you apart from the rest.

Read Magazines thoroughly

This is another great option to prepare the subject we are talking about. There are many leading magazines that focus on current affairs and General Knowledge. You need to buy it from your local magazine seller, and start reading it thoroughly. These magazines beautifully categorize the articles with its genres to make it interesting to read on. Some of the useful magazines are Pratiyogita Darpan andManorma.

Try to read some business magazines and sports magazines too along with a general magazine. This will increase your chances of cracking the competitive exams with ease. Some useful business magazines areBusiness Today, Business Line etc.

Follow News Channels

You will need to follow news channels at least once a day. Now most of the leading news channels are active for 24*7. You need to pick up a suitable time for yourself to watch any favorite news channel of yours. You can watch ABP News, NDTV, Times Now, ET Now, Zee News etc. Try to go through all the breaking and highlighted news, and make it a habit.

I know that watching news channels for long will bore you, so I’ll suggest you to allocate only 30 minutes for it in a whole day. All the leading ones shows the glimpses of all important events of the day quite frequently, so 30 minutes will be enough for you to boost up your current affairs and GK knowledge.

Maintain a Diary

My teacher used to tell me that whenever you learn something try to write it down in your diary, as it will help you to memorize it in a better manner. He is so right, as this method helped me a lot to score good marks in every exam that I appeared for. As I already mentioned before that a lot of events are occurring in the country and around the world, so it is easily understandable that it is not easy to remember everything. It’s always a superb idea to maintain a diary of current events.

You need to update this diary on a daily basis with all the events that you consider as important ones. This diary will become quite useful for the revision part, as it will provide you information about all the important events at a place. You should keep revising the diary frequently, as it will help you to memorize important names, dates, awards etc.

Channelize your Preparation Accordingly

All the competitive exams are not same, as all of them have different pattern, even when it comes to the same topic as ‘Current Affairs’ or ‘GK’. For example for civil services exam, you need to give importance on events of National value. On the other scenario, in matter of bank job exam, the focus should be on the news on banking sectors, and economic and business news.

Thus I’ll suggest you to prepare as per the exams you are appearing for, as channelizing your preparation according to the pattern of the exam will accelerate your chance of getting selected.

Use Internet Resources

“Google, YouTube and Wikipedia are my favorite teachers’; one of my friends told me this once. This is quite true indeed, so you should use all the available online resources to study current affairs and GK for exams. For example this blog is all about “Current Affairs”, so you can check this blog regularly by subscribing to us (check the sidebar for subscription options). You can actively take part some forums that are focusing on current events. The good part is you can follow the websites of all leadingnewspapers online if you don’t have enough time to read newspapers.

Use Social Networking Sites for Good

Believe me or not you can surely use social networking sites to your benefits. Especially to prepare current affairs and General knowledge Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and StumbleUpon may help you a lot. You can join some Facebook pages, or follow some twitter accounts that are related to current affairs. You can join our Facebook Page too for this matter, or connect with me at LinkedIn or circle me in Google Plus for all the information on recent happenings to boost up your General Knowledgeability.

Give Priority to your Strength

We usually find difficulties when we try to learn everything at once. In that process basically we study a lot, but remember a little. We need to first select our strength areas for our preparation. Try to givepriority to your strength areas. It may be Sports, economy, Government Affairs or technology. Suppose you are applying for Bank exams, then you should prepare industry related news. Along with that you may pick any 2-3 areas of your strength like sports or technology. You need to prepare these sections to the utmost level. I can assure you that these strategies will help you to score much better in Current Affairs section.

Participate in Online Quizzes

You should participate in some free quizzes that are available online to evaluate yourself. For this matter you can easily access our “Quiz Section”. This will give you proper idea whether you are ready for the big exam day or not. As an added factor it will also provide you confidence i.e. very much essential. You can download Monthly-wise current affairs questions from Here.