Friday, February 4, 2011

Current Affairs for SBI Examination

1.The General Assembly of U. N. proclaimed 2008 as a year of—
(A) International Year of Language
(B) International Year of Dolphin
(C) International Year of Culture
(D) International Press Freedom Year
Ans : A

2.The book ‘A View from the Outside (Why good economics works for everyone) has been written by—
(A) Prof. Amartya Sen
(B) K. G. Joglekar
(C) P. Chidambaram
(D) Edmund S. Phelps
Ans : C

3.According to the latest Supreme Court decision, Priests and Nuns have been allowed to practise as—
(A) Doctors
(B) Advocates
(C) Scientists
(D) None of these
Ans : B

4.Which among the following tennis players won the 2008 U.S. Open men’s title ?
(A) Juan Carlos Ferrero
(B) Lars Burgsmuller
(C) Roger Federer
(D) Feliciano Lopez
Ans : C

5.It was decided to observe Mahatma Gandhi’s birth day October 2 as the International Nonviolence Day at—
(A) International Indology Conference
(B) Satyagraha Centenary Conference
(C) Congress Foundation Day Celebrations
(D) None of these
Ans : B

6.Who among the following won the UK reality T.V. show ‘Big Brother’ ?
(A) Shilpa Shetty
(B) Ken Russell
(C) Jade Goody
(D) Dirk Benedict
Ans : A

7.‘THEMIS’ is an acronym for—
(A) Time History of Events and Meteors in Space
(B) Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms
(C) Thermal Interactions in Space
(D) None of these
Ans : B

8.Which of the following satellites has been successfully launched on 22nd October, 2008 ?
(A) CHANDRAYAAN-1
(B) LAPAN-TUBSAT
(C) Space Capsule Recovery Experiment (SRE-1)
(D) HAMSAT
Ans : A

9.‘Aam Admi Bima Yojana’ is an insurance scheme for rural landless households introduced by—
(A) National Insurance Co.
(B) Life Insurance Co.
(C) UTI
(D) ICICI Life Prudential Co.
Ans : B

10.The UN Deputy Secretary- General is—
(A) Dr. Asha Rose Mtengeti Migiro
(B) Mark Malloch Brown
(C) Shashi Tharoor
(D) Louise Frechette
Ans : A

11.Where are the headquarters of National Fisheries Development Board situated ?
(A) New Delhi
(B) Hyderabad
(C) Chennai
(D) Bangalore
Ans: B

12.The UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for 2006 for the promotion of tolerance and nonviolence has been awarded to—
(A) V. Anandasagree
(B) Taslima Nasreen
(C) Narayan Desai
(D) Pope Shenouda-III
Ans: A

13.Who among the following won the UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship 2008 ?
(A) Belgium
(B) France
(C) England
(D) Spain
Ans: D

14.‘Garib Rath’ is—
(A) A portal
(B) The first AC train for the poor
(C) A project launched by Ministry of HRD
(D) A low price car
Ans : B

15.The 2008 C. K. Nayadu Life Time Achievement Award of the year has been won by—
(A) Gundappa Vishwanath
(B) Kapil Dev
(C) Mohinder Amarnath
(D) Madan Lal
Ans : A

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