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Current Affairs- ModelTest -Series-4


1. Find out the correct statement:
1. Kraft is a U.S Company.
2. It is global leader in food and confectionary.
3. Recently it takes over Britan Company Cadbury.

a) 1, 2, 3 b) 1, 2 c) 1, 3 d) 2, 3

Ans : a

2. Find out the correct statement:

1. C.N.R. Rao is a chemist.
2. He received August-Wil Lelm-Von-Hofmann Medal
3. He received this award for his contribution to the chemistry.

a) 1, 2, 3 b) 1, 2 c) 1, 3 d) 2, 3

Ans : a

3. Find out the correct statement:

1. Mota Singh was knighted by British queen.
2. He is the UK 1st Sikh and Asian Judge to receive the honour.

a) 1, 2 b) none c) 1 d) 2

Ans : a

4. Find out the India who received legion de honour recently:

a) Sharukh Khan
b) Kajal
c) Asha Pande
d) Satyajit Ray

Ans : c


5. Which of the following Indian Commander Successes Storey is there in the UN population Fund Calender?

a) Mota Singh
b) Parvinder Singh
c) Asma Parveen
d) Navjotit Singh

Ans : c

6. The Chairman of Investment Commission

a) Adidya Birla b) Ratan Tata c) Nandan Nilekani d) Narayana Moorthy

Ans : b

7. Find out the correct statement:

1. Ivo Josipovic won the Crotian Presidential election.
2. He is a social democrat.

a) 1, 2 b) none c) 1 d) 2

Ans : a


8. Find out the correct statement:

1. Chile is a landlocked country.

2. Sebastian Pinera defeated Micheal Bachelette in the recent presidential election.

a) 1, 2 b) none c) 1 d) 2


Ans : d


9. Which of the following Indian received the honorary rank of general of the Nepal army by Nepal President Ram BaranYadav?

a) Suresh Mehta b) Joginder Singh c) Deepak Kapoor d) F.H. Major

Ans : c


10. Chairman of Parliament Accounts Committee

a) L.K. Advani b) Jarwant Singh c) Sushma Swaraj d) Gobinath Munde

Ans : d

11. Eric Segal is a

a) Director b) Actor c) Painter d) Writer

Ans : d

12. Marshall Nirenberg is a

a) Actor b) Painter c) Writer d) Scientist

Ans : d

13.Find out the correct statement:

1. Bengali film Antaheen won the best film Award is the 56th National film Award.
2. It was directed by Aniruddha Roy Chawdhury.

a) Both b) none c) 1 d) 2

Ans : a

14. Which of the following countries India enter into a pact to ensure mutual flow of Information pertaining to money laundering and terror funding?

1. Russia 2. Malaysia 3. Brazil

a) 1, 2, 3 b) 2, 3 c) 1, 2 d) 1, 3

Ans : a

15. Which of the following bank is the official banker for the commonwealth bank?

a) SBI
b) Indian Bank
c) Central Bank of India
d) Oriented Bank

Ans : c


16. Find out the correct statement:

1. S.200 is the solid rocket motor.
2. It is the world 3rd biggest solid rocket motor.
3. It was tested recently by ISRO.

a) 1, 2, 3 b) 1, 2 c) 2, 3 d) 1, 3

Ans : a

17. Which of the following person likely to replace Army Chief of General Deepak Kapoor?

a) Vikram Kanth b) V.K. Singh c) F.H. Major d) Suresh Mehta

Ans : b

18. Find out the correct statement:

1. Shiv Shankar Menon is the National Security Advisor.
2. He is a former Foreign Secretary.
a) 1, 2 b) 1 c) 2 d) none

Ans : a

19. Which of the following Indian American was appointed a sthe administrator of US Aid for International Development?

a) Magnus Carlsen b) Rajiv Shah c) Boby Jindal d) Vikram Singh

Ans : b

20. Which of the following country is the number one Automaker in the world?

a) North Korea b) Japan c) Germany d) China

Ans : d

21. Find out the correct statement:

1. Lee Myung Bak is the President of South Korea.
2. He was the chief guest at the Republic day Parade in 2010.
3. Indian and South Korea signed Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement.

a) 1, 2, 3 b) 2, 3 c) 1, 2 d) 1, 3

Ans : c


22. Find out the correct statement:

1. Kerala High Court is in Ernakulam
2. Lakshadeep is under the Jurisdiction of Kerala High Court.
3. Kerala High Court recently upheld the state government decision to provide a quota for poor students among the forward.

a) 1, 2, 3 b) 1, 2 c) 1, 3 d) 2, 3

Ans : a

23. Which of the following city was the venue of 8th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas?

a) Chennai b) Mumbai c) New Delhi d) Hyderabad

Ans : c

24. The world future Energy summit 2010 was recently held in

a) Qatar b) Riydh c) Abu Dhabi d) Shaja

Ans : c

25. Find out the Indian rank in the annual Index of Economic federation:

a) 121 b) 122 c) 123 d) 124

Ans : c


26. Which of the following film received Golden Globe award in the Best foreign language film category?
a) the White Ribbon b) Autaheen c) Love Storey d) Slumdog Millionare

Ans : a

27. Moyaz Gulam HussainVassanji is a famous

a) Painter b) Writer c) Actor d) Soldier

Ans : b

28. Which of the following three European cities are named as European capital of culture for 2010?

1. London 2. Pars 3. Istanbul 4. Pecs 5. Essen

Ans : 3,4,5 are correct

29. Find out the correct statement:

1. Bharati Airtel had recently acquired 70% state in Warid Telecom.
2. Warid Telecom is a Bangladesh Company.

a) Both b) 1 c) 2 d) none

Ans : a

30. Badrah oil field is in

a) Iran b) Iraq c) South Arabia d) U.A.E.

Ans : b

31. Name of the Venezuela’s currency is

a) Dollar b) Lira c) Bolivar d) Dinar

Ans : c

32. Find out the correct statement:

1. Burj Khalifa is the tallest structure in the world.
2. It is in Dubai CUAE.

a) Both b) none c) 1 d) 2

Ans : a


33. Find out the correct statement:

1. Patanjali Food and Herbal Park is at Haridwar.
2. It is the biggest Food Unit in the world.

a) Both b) 1 c) 2 d) none

Ans : a

34. Which of the following country is the world largest Exporter?

a) U.S.A b) U.K. c) China d) Germany

Ans : c

35. Find out the correct statement:

1. The country’s largest car maker is Maruti Suzuki. 2. Recently it launcher a multi purpose vehicle Eeco.

a) Both b) 1 c) 2 d) none

Ans : a

36. Find out the correct statement:

1. The world largest makes of alloy is Arcelor Mittal.
2. Arcelor Mittal new steel plant will come at Bellary.

a) Both b) 1 c) 2 d) none

Ans : a


37. Find out the correct statement:

1. Astra is a air to air missile.
2. It is a part of Integrated guided missile defence system.
3. It is a beyond visual range missile system.

a) 1, 2, 3 b) 1, 2 c) 2, 3 d) 1, 3

Ans : a

38. Find out the correct statement:

1. India and Sri lanka signed commercial Agreement for the construction of the railway line between Omanthai and Pallai.

2. IRCON International a government of Indian undertaking will construct the railwayline.

a) Both b) 1 c) 2 d) none

Ans : a

39. The union cabinet recently approved setting up of a National knowledge network that will connect all the

a) State capital
b) Educational institution
c) Panjayat
d) Talukh

Ans : b

40. South Asian 1st Medical Park is at

a) Bangalore b) Hyderabad c) Sriperumbudur d) Chennai

Ans : c

41. Find out the correct statement:

1. Venus and Serena Williams win the women’s doubles at the Australian Open.
2. It is the forth time they won the open

a) Both b) none c) 1 d) 2

Ans : c


42. Fnd out the correct statement:

1. Wangari Mathai is a Kenyan Environmentalist.
2. She earlier received Nobel Prize.
3. She is names as an UN messenger of peace.

a) 1, 2, 3 b) 1, 2 c) 2, 3 d) 1, 3

Ans : a


43. Find out the correct statement:

1. The companies with Maharatna status should have an average annual turn over of more than Rs.250 Billion.
2. These companies should have an annual net profit of more than Rs.50 Billion after tax reduction the last three years.

a) Both b) 1 c) 2 d) none

Ans : a

44. Find out the correct statement:

1. Steve Jobs is the CEO of the Apple Incorporation.
2. As per Harvard Business review he is the world best performing CEO.

a) Both b) 1 c) 2 d) none

Ans : c

45. Which of the following Indian business personality has been best owned the grand officer of the order of Merit honour by the Italian government?

a) Anil Aurbani b) Adidya Birla c) Ratan Tata d) Mukesh Ambani

Ans : a

46. Find out the correct statement:

1. India is the fourth largest crude oil consumer in the world.
2. It consumes over2.8 million barrels per day.

a)Both b)1 c) 2 d) none

Ans : a


47. Find out the correct statement:

1. Salil Shetty is the head of Amnesty International.
2. He is the 1st Indian to head Amnesty International.

a) Both b) 1 c) 2 d) none

Ans : a

48. Find out the correct statement:

1. Dhanush is a surface to surface missile.
2. It is capable of carrying nuclear warhead.
3. It is a developed by DRDO.

a) 1, 2, 3 b) 1, 2 c) 1, 3 d) 2, 3

Ans : a



49. G20 Summit 2010 will be in

a) Tokyo
b) Toronto
c) Sidney
d) Singapore

Ans : b

50. Which of the following state is the 1st in the country to provide electricity connection to all the BPL family?

a) Karnataka b) Andhra Pradesh c) Tamil Nadu d) Kerala

Ans : c

51. Find out the correct statement:

1. General Motors is a U.S. Auto giant.
2. It’s CEO is Eywhitacre

a) Both b) 1 c) 2 d) none

Ans : a

52. 1st e-courtroom is in the following High Court

a) Chennai b) Ernakulam c) Delhi d) Kolkata

Ans : c

53. Which of the following company is the 1st one to start Wireless Broadband Service.

a) MTNC b) Reliance c) Bharat Aircel d) BSNL

Ans : d

54. Find out the correct statement:

1. Fiat – Italy
2. Tata Motors – India
3. Mitsubishi – Japan
4. Volkswagen – Germany
a) 1, 2, 3, 4 b) 1, 2, 3 c) 2, 3, 4 d) 1, 2

Ans : a

55. Which of the following bank recently get Qualifying Full Bank licence from the Monetary Authority of Singapore to operate a full commercial Bank?

a) SBI b) ICICI c) Bank of Baroda d) Indian Bank

Ans : b

56. Find out the correct statement:
1. Telenor is a Norway Company.
2. It recently created a Joint venture mobile company named Uninor with Unitech of India.

a) Both b) none c) 1 d) 2

Ans : a


57. Find out the correct statement:

1. Sistema is a Russian company.
2. UVL has entered into an agreement with this company for co-operation in exploration and studying oil and gas assets in Russia and Third country.

a) Both b) 1 c) 2 d) none

Ans : a

58. Find out the correct statement:

1. Telia Sonera AB is the telecom service provider of Sweden.
2. It is the world 1st telecom operator to launch to with generation mobile service commercially.

a) 1, 2, 3 b) 1, 2 c) 2, 3 d) 1, 3

Ans : b

59. Find out the correct statement:

1. Evo morals become the president of Bolivia.
2. This is his 2nd term.

a) Both b) 1 c) 2 d) none

Ans : a


60. Find out the correct statement:

1. Kaushik Basu is the Chief Economic advisor to the finance Ministry.
2. His rank is equal to that of the secretary to the government of India.

a) Both b) none c) 1 d) 2

Ans : a



61. Porfirio Lobo become the President of

a) Nicaragua b) Honduras c) Albania d) Moroco

Ans : b



62. Vishnuvardhan is a famous

a) Actor b) Director c) Painter d) Writer

Ans : a

63. Find out the correct statement:

1. Kailash Vajpeyi is a famous Hindi poet.
2. His famous work is Hawa main Hastakshar.
3. He received Shakitya Akademy Award

a) 1, 2, 3 b) 1, 2 c) 1, 3 d) 2, 3

Ans : a


64. Find out the correct statement:

1. Mount Mayon is an active Stratovolcano in Luzon Islands.
2. It is the largest Island of Philippines.
3. The Philippines is an the ring of fires.

a) 1, 2, 3 b) 1, 2 c) 2, 3 D) 1, 3

Ans : a



65. The world biggest diamond cutting and polishing centre is at

a) Johensberg b) Surat c) Sidney d) Canberra

Ans : b


66. Cata Conia recently put a ban on bell fighting it is

a) Sweden b) Spain c) U.K. d) Norway

Ans : b


67. Which of the following Shipyard has transferred from shipping to defence ministry?

a) Gardernreach b) Hindustan c) Cochin d) Kolkata

Ans : b


68. Hammantoda is in

a) Myanmar b) Sri Lanka c) U.S.A. d) Pakistan

Ans : b


69. The country’s largest desalination plant is at

a) Kuduvancheri b) Karaikal c) Kulachal d) Nenmeli

Ans : d


70. Find out the correct statement:

1. Agni is a surface to surface missile.
2. Agni III is range 3500 km.
3. DRDO Developed Agni.

a) 1, 2, 3 b) 1, 2 c) 1, 3 d) 2, 3

Ans : a

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