current affairs & gk february 2011

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CURRENT AFFAIRS & GK FEBRUARY 2011

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February 1 week:

1. National Girl Child Day is celebrated on...(a) January 24 (b) January 30(c) January 28 (d) January 29(e) None of these

2. Rachabanda, massive programme todeliver the benefits of various welfareprogrammes to the left out beneficiaries attheir door steps has been launched in...(a) Kerela (b) Andhra Pradesh(c) Gujarat (d) Delhi (e) Haryana

3. Income tax department recently raidedthe houses of...(a) Priyanka Chopra and Katrina Kaif(b) Priyanka Chopra and Kareena Kapoor(c) Katrina Kaif(d) Rani mukharjee and Diya Mirza(e) None of these

4. India- England ICC World Cup 2011Venue match has been shifted from Kolkatato....(a) Bangalore (b) Guhwati(c) Chennai (d) Hyderabad (e) Ahmedabad

5. Name of Indian warship which recentlysunk at Mumbai harbour(a) INS Vindhyagiri (b) INS Kiran(c) INS Virat (d) INS Shakti(e) INS Vidhya Sagar

6. Recently NEREGA has completed howmany years...(a) 10 years (b) 5 years (c) 6 years(d) 8 years (e) None of these

7. A massive Cyclone 'Yasi' recently hit(a) New Zealand (b) Australia(c) Japan (d) Belarus (e) Singapore

8. Who is new Prime Minister of Nepal?(a) Vikram Koirala (b) Vikram Singh(c) Jhalanath Khanal (d) Kuwar Gayendra(e) None of these

9. As per Food and AgriculturalOrganisation, India's target is to cover 33

per cent of its land area with forests andtree cover by the y ear...(a) 2015 (b) 2012 (c) 2011 by December(d) 2020 (e) none of these

10. Who is the new chairperson of theNational Commission for Minorities...(a) Wajahat Habibullah (b) Gaurav Khatri(c) Ranjan Kishor (d) Jitendra Saini(e) Rahul Meena

11. How much funds have been granted tothe States of Bihar, Assam, Kerela and UttarPradesh under the Swarna Jayanti GramSwarozgar Yojana SJGY .(a) over 125 crore rupees (b) 2000 crore(c) 1000 crore (d) 650 crore(e) none of these

12. World food prices were at record highin January. World food price was startedin...(a) 1977 (b) 1990 (c) 151 (d) 200(e) none of these

13. Chiranjeevi led Praja Rajyam party has

merged with(a) BJP (b) AIDMK (c) Congrees(d) Telangana freedom party (e) Congress

14. In February 2011 Foreign Secretaries ofIndia and Pakistan had a crucial meetingat...(a) Thimpu (b) Davos (c) Kremlin(d) Austin (e) None of these

15. Once it was the most preferred

destination amongst Indians but now it'slosing its sheen China, according to asurvey by the Nielsen Company. Thatdestination is...(a) Maldives (b) Indonesia (c) Hong Kong(d) Singapore (e) Dubai

Answers: 1 .a, 2.b, 3.a, 4.a, 5.a, 6.c, 7 .b, 8.c,9.b, 10.a, 11 .a, 12. b, 13. c, 14. a, 15. d


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February 2 week:

1. India recently signed an agreement ontechnology transfer with-(A) Egypt (B) Oman (C) Sudan(D) United Arab Emirates

2. India has became a part of $ 10 billionGas Pipeline Project, the project is backedby -(A) Russia (B) U.S.A. (C) England (D) Japan

3. The Union Government has recentlyapproved Project-IS B which is related to-(A) Defence Programme(B) Social Programme(C) Initiating Dialogue with J&K separatists(D) Telangana Issue

4. The maiden launch of which of thefollowing missiles failed on December10,2010 from the Wheeler Island off theOrissa coast?(A) Agni III (B) Agni II(C) Agni IV (D) Prithvi IV

5. The India-EU Summit 2010 was held inthe second week of December 2010 at

Brussels in Belgium. It was-(A) XIth India EU Summit(B) Xth India EU Summit(C) XIIth India EU Summit(D) IXth EU Summit

6. During the French President NicolasSarkozy 's visit to India in December 2010,India signed with France-(A) Five Atomic Pacts (B) Six Atomic Pacts(C) Four Atomic Pacts (D) Three Atomic

Pacts

7. How many pacts did India sign withChina during Chinese Premier WenJiabao'svisit to India?(A) Six Pacts (B) Seven Pacts(C) Ten Pacts (D) Nine Pacts

8. 'Nomadic Elephant' was the jointmilitary exercise recently held in India

between India and-(A) Malaysia (B) Mongolia

(C) Indonesia (D) Sri Lanka

9. India in December 2010 signed FighterAircraft Pact with-(A) Australia (B) Russia

(C) U.S.A. (D) Canada10. In December 2010 India successfullyflight-tested two-,(A) Agni II missiles (B) Prithvi II missiles(C) Akash missiles (D) None of the above

11. The 16th Conference of Parties (COP) tothe United Nations Framework Conventionon Climate Change (UNFCCC) recentlyconcluded in-(A) New Delhi (B) Cancun(C) New York (D) Osaka

12. BP, Deepwater Horizon drilling rigwhich exploded in April 2010 killing anumber of workers is located in-(A) Gulf of Mexico (B) Sea of Tasmania(C) Bay of Bengal (D) Red Sea

13. World's tallest building is(A) Eiffel Tower (B) Burj Khalifa

(C) Statue of Liberty (D) Qutub Minar

14. Anti government protests werewitnessed by demonstrators called RedShirts in May 201 0 in-(A) Cambodia (B) Thailand(C) Laos (D) Malaysia

15. In 2010 Lech Kaczynski were amongthe 96 killed in air crash. He was thePresident of-

(A) Germany (B) Poland(C) The Netherlands (D) Argentina

16. The winner of FIFA World Cup 2010was-(A) Argentina (B) Brazil(C) U.S.A. (D) Spain


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8. Recently the Cabinet Committee onEconomic Affairs (CCEA) approved thecommencement of an Integrated ActionPlan (lAP) in-(1) 60 Naxal hit districts

(2) 80 Naxal hit districts(3) 50 Naxal hit districts(4) 40 Naxal hit districts

9. External affairs Minister S.M. Krishna oncondemned the radio-tagging of Indianstudents of the Tri V alley University. Bythe US. demanding severe action againstthose responsible for the inhuman act.(1 ) 30 January . 2011(2) 31 January . 2011(3) 29 January . 2011(4) 1 February . 2011

10. The United' Kingdom signed treatiesagreeing to military cooperation includingtesting of nuclear warheads with-(1) Belgium (2) France(3) The Netherlands (4) Germany

11. G-20 Summit was recently held m-

(1) New York (2) Seoul(3) London (4) Tokyo

12. Which year has been set as a deadlinefor withdrawal of troops by North AtlanticTreaty Organisation from Afghanistan?(1) Year 2013 (2) Year 2015(3) Year 2014 (4) Year 2016

13. Dilma Rouseff has been elected a thenew President of-

(1) Brazil. (2) Argentina (3) Peru (4) Chile

14. As per a recent global report thecountry which tops the terrorism risk listis-(1) Pakistan (2) Somalia (3) Iraq (4) Iran

15. Which of the following was recentlyinscribed on UNESCO's intangible heritagelist include

(1) Kerala's Mudiyetu(2) Chhau of East India

(3) Kalbelia of Rajasthan(4) All of the above

16. The 16th FCCC Conference was recentlyorganised in-

(1) Cancun (2) Moscow(3) Tokyo (4) Jakarta

17. Hamlbantota is a newly built port of-(1) Thailand (2) Sri Lanka(3) Vietnam (4) Pakistan

Answers: 1 .4, 2. 4, 3. 2, 4.2, 5.2, 6. 1 , 7. 2,8. 1 , 9. 1 , 1 0. 2, 11 .2, 12. 3, 13. 1 , 14. 2,15.4 , 16.1 , 17 . 2

February 3 week:

1. India is exploring possibilities ofenhanced government-to-governmentcooperation in road sector with..(a) Malaysia(b) Japan (c) USA (d) China (e) Libya

2. 34th National Games recently held at(a) Uttarakhand (b) Gujarat(c) Jharkhand (d) Manipur

(e) None of these

3. Foreign Ministers Conference where 48least dev eloped countries took part, washosted by...(a) India (b) Bangladesh (c) Iran(d) Bhutan (e) None of these

4. Which committee is investigating Antrix-Dev as deal for lease of premium S-Bandspace segment...

(a) Chaturvedi Committee(b) Goswami Committee(c) Krishna Committee(d) Nair Commission(e) None of these

5. ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 openingceremony held at(a) Mumbai (b) Dhaka (c) Colombo(d) Jaipur (e) None of these


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6. How much money Japan will be giving toIndia for three Indian projects, viz.Himachal Pradesh Crop DiversificationPromotion Project and Tamil NaduBiodiversity Conservation and Greening

Project and cleaning of river Yamuna?(a) Rs.2557 crore (b) Rs.2100 crore(c) Rs.1255 crore (d) Rs.1110 crore(e) none of these

7. G20 Finance Ministers meeting recentlyheld at(a) Paris (b) Aizu (c) New York(d) Toronto (e) None of these

8. Which Software Co. will pay around fivehundred seventy crore rupees in order tosettle the US shareholder litigationoccurring from an accounting fraud in2009.(a) TCS(b) Satyam Computer services(c) Infosys (d) Spectra(e) none of these9. With which country India recentlysigned Comprehensive Economic

Cooperation Agreement (CECA)(a) Malaysia (b) Singapore(c) Indonesia (d) Japan (e) none of these

10. How much money is being earmarkedto make cities slum-free across the countryunder Rajiv A was Yojana(a) 7 thousand crore rupees(b) 8 thousand crore rupees(c) 9 thousand crore rupees(d) 6 thousand crore rupees

(e) none of these

Answers: 1 .a, 2.a, 3. a, 4. a, 5. b, 6. a, 7. a,8. b, 9. a, 1 0.d

February 4 week:

1. Which university recently got minorityuniversity status(a) J&K university(b) Jamia Millia Islamia

(c) Meerut University(d) Hamdard University

(e) None of these

2. IAF has decided to phase out MiG(a) 2015 (b) 2017 (c) 2020(d) 2014 (e) none of these

3. A special court in Ahmedabad upheld theconspiracy theory in the burning of theSabarmati Ex press. This incident tookplace in(a) 2000 (b) 2001 (c) 2002(d) 2003 (e) 1999

4. What is the name of NALCO Chairman,who was in news recently for allegedbribery case(a) Neelmani Pathak(b) Vijay Dhanani(c) Rohit Gupta(d) A K Srivastava(e) None of these

5. How much growth has been predicted inEconomic Survey for the next fiscal year?(a) 9 per cent (b) 8 per cent(c) 8.5 per cent (d) 7 per cent (e) none

6. As per the economic survey 2011 Indiamay import milk by(a) 2030 (b) 2022(c) 2021 (d) 2025(e) None of these

7. Centre gov. is planning to spend howmuch rupee to modernise post offices by2012(a) 1800 crore (b) 1000 crore(c) 500 crore (d) 600 crore

(e) none of these

8. As per The Economic Survey for 2010-11India Forex Reserves estimated at(a) $207.3 billion(b) $297.3 billion(c) $300.3 billion(d) $297.3 trillion(e) None of these


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9. What is the capital of Libya?(a) Tripoli (b) Maltese(c) Sabha (d) Al Bayda(e) none of these

10. Which of the following countries haslowered its annual economic growth targetfrom 8 percent to 7 percent?(a) India (b) China(c) USA (d) Libya (e) Egypt

Ans: 1 .b, 2.b, 3.b, 4.d, 5.a, 6.b, 7. a, 8.a, 9.a10. a

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