Quiz 263 : Latest Current Affairs For All Examinations

1.Jenson Button is related to which of the following sports?
(A)Horse Racing
(B)Formula One Racing
(C)Chess
(D)Golf
(E)Cricket

2."South Talpatti Island" has been a disputed territory between which of the following neighbors?
(A)India Myanmar
(B)India Bangladesh
(C)India Pakistan
(D)Bangladesh Myanmar
(E)India Sri Lanka

3.Which among the following is the regulator of Commodity markets in India?
(A)Reserve Bank of India
(B)Multi Commodity Exchange
(C)Securities and Exchange Bureau of India
(D)Forward Markets Commission
(E)National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange

4.At which of the following posts is Mr. Chandrasekhar Bhaskar Bhave at the current time?
(A)Chairman SEBI
(B)Chairman & MD Punjab National Bank
(C)Chairman National Securities Depository Limited
(D)Joint Secretary Finance, Government of India
(E)None of the above

5.Who among the following has been named the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year for 2009?
(A)Sachin Tendulkar
(B)Usain Bolt
(C)Nino Farina
(D)Jenson Button
(E)None of them

6.Recently HD 209458b was in news. What is this HD 209458b exactly ?
(A)A Virus recently attacked the networks worldwide
(B)A drug which has been synthesized recently for treatment of Swine Flu
(C)A planet
(D)A code name given to a mission of NASA
(E)None of them

7.On which of the following dates the country observed Police Commemoration Day ? (and observes every year)
(A)September 26
(B)October 5
(C)October 21
(D)October 24
(E)October 31

8.What is the rank of Union Cabinet Secretary (KM Chandrasekhar at the moment) in the table of Precedence in India?
(A)8th
(B)9th
(C)10th
(D)11th
(E)12th

9.Which of the following organization publishes and continually updates the model tax convention which serves as a template for bilateral negotiations regarding tax coordination and cooperation?
(A)Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development OECD
(B)Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation APEC
(C)G20
(D)World Bank
(E)United Nations Industrial Development Organization UNIDO

10.By which of the following years the recently signed India ASEAN FTA will bring tariffs down to zero for over 4,000 products?
(A)2012
(B)2016
(C)2018
(D)2019
(E)2020

11.Which of the following cities is elected to host the 2016 Olympics?
(A)Amsterdam
(B)Mexico City
(C)Rio de Janeiro
(D)Los Angeles
(E)Buenos Aires

12.Who among the following is the President of Indonesia who has been re-elected in 2009 ?
(A)Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
(B)Akbar Tanjung
(C)Yusril Ihza Mahendra
(D)Megawati Sukarnoputri
(E)Wiranto

13.On which of the following dates the Treaty of Lisbon will come into force?
(A)1 December 2009
(B)1 December 2010
(C)1 December 2011
(D)1 January 2010
(E)None of them

14.Recently at the first meeting of the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) chaired by Prime Minister Man Mohan Singh to streamline steps to rejuvenate the river Ganga, which of the following decision was taken?
(A)National River Status to Ganga
(B)National Aquatic Animal Status to River Dolphin
(C)National Aquatic Animal status to Ghariyal
(D)A & B
(E)A & C

15.Which of the following leaders was the Prime Minister of India when Ganga Action Plan was conceptualized?
(A)Man Mohan Singh
(B)Rajiv Gandhi
(C)Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(D)Jawhar Lal Nehru
(E)Indira Gandhi

16.Who among the following is the author of "Wolf Hall"?
(A)Hilary Mantel
(B)Margaret Atwood
(C)Thomas Keneally
(D)Stanley Middleton
(E)None of them

17. Recently conforming to UN Security Council's resolutions and the International Atomic Energy Agency's sanctions, India has banned exports and imports of all items from/to which of the following countries that can be used in nuclear or missile plans of this country?
(A)China
(B)North Korea
(C)Iran
(D)Pakistan
(E)None of them

18.The Gandhi memorabilia which includes signed letters and a signed khadi cloth spun by Mahatma Gandhi returned to the country from which of the following nations recently?
(A)South Africa
(B)United States
(C)England
(D)Germany
(E)France

19.What is India's rank in the 134 countries index of World Economic Forum known as 'The Global Gender Gap Index 2009 rankings' which is topped by Iceland?
(A)97
(B)101
(C)86
(D)114
(E)117

20.In the recently released Monetary Policy , the RBI has restored the Export credit refinance from 50 per cent to the earlier ______of outstanding export credit?
(A)35%
(B)30%
(C)25%
(D)20%
(E)15%