CURRENT EVENTS MCQs

1. Recently a person who had accompanied Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara on a 1952 journey of discovery across Latin America that was immortalised in Guevara’s memoir and onscreen in The Motorcycle Diaries, died in Cuba. Identify the person?
(a) Alberto Granado 

(b) Gabriallo Sinato 

(c) Peter domniq 

(d) Herbert recardo


2. According to latest industry ministry’s data during April- December 2010-11, which state attracted maximum foreign inflows?
(a) Maharashtra 

(b) Tamil Nadu 

(c) Karnataka 

(d) Andhra Pradesh


3. Who has been appointed as Chairman of JPC to probe the alleged scam in the grant of 2G spectrum and telecom licences from 1998 to 2009?
(a) Jayanti Natrajan 

(b) Sharad Pawar 

(c) P.C.Chako

(d) Mahavir Tyagi


4. Which country recently has appointed Brigadier General Ravinder Singh as its next Army chief?
(a) Cambodia 

(b) Thailand 

(c) Singapore 

(d) Laos


5. Which Indian recently has been awarded the prestigious “UNESCO - L’Oreal For Women in Science Fellowship” programme, which recognises the achievements of exceptional females across the globe?
(a) Sweta Tripathi 

(b) Archana Bajpai 

(c) Shristi Goswami 

(d) Jyoti Jiban Panda


6. Name the Director of the London School of Economics, who was forced to resign amid an escalating row over the university’s financial links with the Libyan dictator Muammar Qadhafi’s regime?
(a) Sir Howard Davies 

(b) Sir Christopher Gotto 

(c) Sir Andrew Finch 

(d) Sir Fredrick Taylor


7. What is the name of the recently failed rocket of NASA, which was carrying an Earthobservation satellite, Glory satellite ?
(a) Taurus XL 

(b) Cyrus ZX 

(c) Apple DK 

(d) Dentor FG


8. The Supreme Court recently has quashed the appointment of who among the following as Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC)?
(a) J.P.Sharma 

(b) P.J. Thomas

(c) U.K.Sinha 

(d) B.N.Srikrishna


9. Which of the following country has recently joined BRICs?
(a) South Africa 

(b) Singapore 

(c) France 

(d) China


10. Which eminent Indian astrophysicist known for his work on pulsars, passed away recently?
(a) P.C.Reddy 

(b) Srimali Hegde 

(c) Venkatraman Radhakrishnan 

(d) S.Chandrashekhar


11. A bill seeking to prevent sexual abuse of children with provisions for stringent punishment for such offences was approved by the Union Cabinet. Which of the section of the bill provides for “no punishment” if the consent for sexual act has been obtained with a person aged between 16 to 18 years?
(a) Section 7 

(b) Section 12 

(c) Section 15 

(d) Section 21


12. An expert group, to develop a comprehensive job plan for Jammu and Kashmir youths, was constituted by the Prime Minister in August last year at the peak of the summer unrest in the state. Who headed the expert group?
(a) Manmohan Singh 

(b) Ashutosh mukherji 

(c) Purshottam Sinha 

(d) C Rangarajan


13. The Order of St. Andrew, Russia’s top medal was conferred on which of the following given personality recently?
(a) Vladimir Putin 

(b) Dmitry Medvedev 

(c) Mikhail Gorbachev 

(d) Boris Yeltsin


14. To prevent foreign journalists from covering potential protests inspired by Tunisia’s ‘Jasmine Revolution’, the Chinese government has recently established ‘no reporting zones’ in which of the following province(s)?
(a) Shanghai 

(b) Beijing 

(c) Both (a) and (b)

(d) None


15. Which U.S. soldier has been in detention for nine months on charges of supplying whistleblower website Wikileaks, with sensitive government data?
(a) Private Bradley Manning 

(b) Andrew Solace 

(c) Sanders Jicabo 

(d) Diago Stume


ANSWERS

1 a. 2 a .3 c. 4 c. 5 d. 6 a. 7 a. 8 b. 9 a. 10 c. 11 a. 12 d. 13 c. 14 c. 15 a.