Current Affairs Question Paper

CIVIL SERVICES CLUB MEET
28/FEB/2010
CURRENT AFFAIRS
Q.1 choose the correct statement:
1. The union cabinet approved the Womens Reservation Bill,2008 that seeks to reserve 33% seats for
women in only lok sabha.
2. The parliamentary Standing committee has approved the 108th Constitutional Amendment Bill in its
original form.
3. The bill be taken up for consideration in parliament on march 8, to mark the 150 year of the
international Women's day.
a) 1,2,3 b) 1,3
c) c)2,3 d) 1,2
Q.2 Social worker Ela Bhatt chosen for Niwano Peace Prize , Her set up was
a) CARE b)CRY
c)IFUW d)SEWA
Q.3 Select the correct option about M.F Hussein
1. He is one of the best known artist who have recently awarded the Qatar nationality.
2. The citizenship is offered by the sheikha the wife of sheikh.
3. M.F.Hussain is given the title of ”The Indian Vinci” by the Forbes magazine
a)All Correct b)1,2
c)2,3 d)3,1
Q.4 According to the survey tabled in parliament by the finance minister, the GDP could grow to double digit
by
a)2011 b)2014
c)2012 d)2015
Q.5 Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie plans to pen down,hiding since 1989 after Irans spiritual leader
Ayatollah Khomeini ordered Muslims to kill him for his work -
a)The Satanic Verses b)Midnight's Children
c)The Moor's Last Sigh d)The Ground Beneath Her Feat
Q.6 It is proposed during the budget session that two more centralized tax processing centers to be set up in
addition one is ata)
Delhi b)Bangalore
c)Hyderabad d)Mumbai
Q.7 Identify the wrong statement related to the railway budget -
1. No increase made in fare and freight.
2. Railways to run a commonwealth exhibition train.
3. Sanskriti Express to mark Tagore's 150th birth anniversary, it is proposed to be taken to Bangladesh.
4. 75% Concession granted in fare for cancer patients.
Q.8 What is the amount of the budget proposed for unique Identification Authority of India.
a)Rs.1,900 crores b)Rs.2,000 crores
c)Rs.1,800 crores d)Rs.1,500 crores.
Q.9 Under the Indian Council of Forest Research and Education a “National a Bureau of Forest Genetics is to be
establishment in ”
a)Mussorie b)Darjeeling
c)Dehradoon d)Simla
Q.10 GIANT Mont Blanc, whose limited edition Mahatma Gandhi pens ran into controversy agreed not to sell
'Gandhi Pen' it is a …...................... originated company.
a)Britain b)French
c)Germany d)Italy
Q.11 Identify the correct statement in relation with “Civil Nuclear Pact ” -
1. The agreement was signed between Minister of State for Commerce Anand Sharma and British High
commission Richard Stagg.
2. The declaration was described as “general umbrella agreement .
3. U.K is the eight country to sign this pact.
a)2,3 b)1,2,3
c)1,3 d)1,2
Q.12 The world Bank has agreed to give a $450million loan to Himachal Pradesh to supplementa)
Women Empowerment b)Child Labour Abolition
c)AIDS Prevention d)Sustainable Environment Growth
Q.13 Dr. Jean Mayer award for journalist have been awarded toa)
Amartya sen b) Barkha Dutt
c)Desmond Toto d)Sanjoy Hazarika
Q.14 Recently dead Alexander Haig was-
1. The former U.S Secretary of state.
2. A four – star General who served as top advisor to three preaidents.
a)only 1 b)only 2
c)both 1 and 2 d) none of 1 and 2
Q.15which author of Indian origin has been appoinetd a member of U.S. President's Committee on the Arts and
Humanitiesa)
Salman Rushdie b)Vikram Seth
c)Kiran Desai d)Jhumpa Lahiri.
Q.16 Select the incorrect option-
1. India and Bangladesh have decided to set up a joint venture 1,320-megawatt power plant.
2. The joint-venture power plant to be constructed in 'malda' district in India.
3. The decision's were taken at the second meeting of the Bangladesh-India Joint Steering Committee on
power station.
4. India's National Power Cooperation (NTPC) and The Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB)
sighed the Mo U.
Q.17 Find out the incorrect statement about the Berlin film festival1.
It is the 60th Film Festival.
2. Roman Polanski was awarded best director.
3. Polanski won the plaudit for his political thriller, The Ghost Writer.
4. He is under house in arrest in Switzerland.
a)All b) 1
c.4 c) 4 d) None
Q.18 What is 'Eliminating Justice'?
a) A new book by Amartya sen.
b) A step taken forward by HRD ministry.
c) Theme of Kolkata group Workshop.
d) New NGO by Ela Bhatt.
Q.19 Recently where's the world's largest number of wild cats species found?
a)Sunder Bans b)Kaziranga
c)Dehing patkai d)Jim Corbett
Q.20 Which bank offered the technical prize by the Indian Banks Association ?
1. State Bank Of India
2. Canara Bank
3. Punjab National Bank
4. Central Bank OF India

Prepared By- Ms Dhruva Mukharjee (M A English)