Current Affairs August 2010: Quiz 5

1.Recently India’s Aditya Patel won a race in the Scirocco R-Cup. The 3-door sporty small family car Scirocco has been manufactured by which of the following companies?
(A)Chevrolet
(B)Volkswagen
(C)BMW
(D)Renault

2.How many states of India share border with Myanmar?
(A)3
(B)4
(C)5
(D)2

3.Who among the following has won the 18th Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award ?
(A)Lata Mangeshkar
(B)Bhupen Hazarika
(C)Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
(D)Dilip Kumar

4.In which of the following cities, “E-rick” was recently launched by Vodafone?
(A)Kolkata
(B)Bangalore
(C)Mumbai
(D)Delhi

5.Which of the following countries recently launched Global Position System Aided Geo Augmented Navigation ?
(A)China
(B)US
(C)Canada
(D)India

6.Which among the following is considered the highest award in the field of Carnatic Music?
(A)Sanatan Sangeet Samman
(B)Sangeet Samrat
(C)Sangeet Kalanidhi
(D)Sangeet Atman

7. In which of the following districts, maximum HIV positive persons were detected during last 5 years (2005-2010)?
(A)Mumbai
(B)East Godavari
(C)Guntur
(D)Krishna

8.Minimum Support Price of Millets are announced by the Government of India at which of the following time?
(A)Starting of Kharif Season
(B)End of Kharif Season
(C)Starting of Rabi Season
(D)End of Rabi Seaon

9.As of March 31, 2010, the banking System in India has issued approximately how many Kisan Credit Cards?
(A)746 Lakh
(B)895 Lakh
(C)925 Lakh
(D)1045 Lakh

10.Name of “Sufyan Sheikh ” is related to which of the following ?
(A)Land Adventure
(B)Air Adventure
(C)Water Adventure
(D)None of the above

11.Consider the following components of India’s textile exports:
1. fiber,
2. yarn
3. fabrics
Which among the following shows the correct decreasing order of their export from India?
(A)1 2 3
(B)2 1 3
(C)3 2 1
(D)3 1 2

12.As per Census 2001, which among the following state of India leads the number of persons with disabilities?
(A)West Bengal
(B)Uttar Pradesh
(C)Maharastra
(D)Gujarat

13.Which among the following states in India leads in Swine Flu Deaths as of 2010?
(A)Gujarat
(B)Karnataka
(C)Maharashtra
(D)Kerala

14.Which of the following countries scrapped Visa on Arrival for Indians, the facility which was introduced in 2006?
(A)Singapore
(B)Malaysia
(C)Sri Lanka
(D)Thailand

15.Scientists of which of the following countries have recently drawn first oyster genome map of the world?
(A)South Korea
(B)Japan
(C)China
(D)North Korea

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4 Comments

  1. Swathi

    August 13, 2010 at 8:28 pm

    sir,
    can u explain in brief about "Global Position System".

  2. Anonymous

    August 13, 2010 at 10:44 pm

    Good work sir ji !!!

  3. shivam

    August 14, 2010 at 9:50 pm

    good sir

  4. Anonymous

    August 16, 2010 at 3:57 am

    can u tell me will are population will effect our youngsters carrer and their future

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