Current Affairs September(10-13)

Current Affairs September(10-13)

1. Which among the following launch vehicle was used in the launch of India's first satellite Aryabhata in 1975?
[A]Intercosmos
[B]Ariane
[C]SLV
[D]Delta launch vehicle

2. In which among the following Cities, the country’s first Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) medical college is inaugurated recently?
[A]Hyderabad
[B]Bangalore
[C]New Delhi
[D]Chennai

3. In which among the following countries, the 24th APEC summit was held recently?
[A]Russia
[B]Singapore
[C]China
[D]Peru

The 24th APEC summit was recently held in Vladivostok of Russia.

4. Recently in which among the following two navaratnas, the Department of Disinvestment has invited bids from merchant bankers for further divesting the Government’s stake?
[A]NMDC and Nalco
[B]BPCL and NMDC
[C]HAL and Nalco
[D]BPCL and HAL

5. In which among the following locations, South Asian University is functioning?
[A]Colombo
[B]New Delhi
[C]Dhaka
[D]Thimphu

6. Under the latest annual report of the University Grants Commission (UGC) for 2010-11, which among the following State has highest women enrolment for higher education?
[A]Kerala
[B]Goa
[C]Mizoram
[D]Gujarat

7. Recently which among the following western country has announced to fund opposition groups in Syria?
[A]Germany
[B]France
[C]UK
[D]Canada

8. In the recent US open Tennis Men's Double final, Bryan brothers defeated ______________?
[A]Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek
[B]Mahesh Bhupati and Radek Stepanek
[C]Leander Paes and Max Mirnyi
[D]Mahesh Bhupati and Max Mirnyi

9. Under the new liberalised visa agreement signed between India and Pakistan, for whom visa on arrival is provided?
[A]persons of 50+ years of age
[B]persons of 55+ years of age
[C]persons of 60+ years of age
[D]persons of 65+ years of age

10. Sambhar lake which is a key wintering area for tens of thousands of flamingos and other birds that migrate from northern Asia is located in________.
[A]Gujarat
[B]Kashmir
[C]Rajasthan
[D]West Bengal

11. Who among the following will head the Group of Ministers (GoM) on pricing of bio-ethanol for blending with petrol and other related issues?
[A]Salman Khurshid
[B]P Chidambaram
[C]Sharad Pawar
[D]Praful Patel

12. Recently in which among the following States, the centre has allowed to set up an exclusive Information Technology Investment Region (ITIR)?
[A]Andhra Pradesh
[B]Karnataka
[C]Tamil Nadu
[D]Kerala

The Centre’s policy on ITIR envisages development of self-contained integrated knowledge clusters dedicated to establishment and growth of IT, ITES, EHM units. APs is one of the first proposals to be cleared. An ITIR is a combination of production units, public utilities, logistic, environmental protection
mechanism, residential areas and administrative services. They would include special economic zones (SEZs), industrial parks, free trade zones etc.

13. Who among the following is the winner of the US Open Tennis 2012 women's single event?
[A]Maria Sharapova
[B]Serena Williams
[C]Victoria Azarenka
[D]Sara Errani

14. Recently in which among the following countries fugitive Vice President is sentenced to death?
[A]Turkey
[B]Iraq
[C]Iran
[D]Yeman

15. Recently launched SPOT-6 and Proiteres satellites are belongs to which among the following countries respectively?
[A]Japan and Germany
[B]France and Japan
[C]France and Germany
[D]Japan and France

16. Which among the following country will host the international meet on air safety?
[A]India
[B]Canada
[C]Russia
[D]Australia

17. Recently deadly Ebola outbreak occurred in eastern Congo. Ebola outbreak is a _____________?
[A]Viral disease
[B]Bacterial infection
[C]Fungal disease
[D]Protozoan disease

18. Recently Air India got its first Dreamliner aircraft, which is a ____________?
[A]advanced Boeing 737
[B]advanced Boeing 747
[C]advanced Boeing 767
[D]advanced Boeing 787

19. Which among the following department has recently released an annual publication titled 'India’s external debt: a status report 2011-12'?
[A]Department of Economic Affairs (DEA)
[B]Department of Expenditure
[C]Department of Revenue
[D]Department of Financial Services

20. Recently who among the following is appointed as World Bank's new country director for India?
[A]Ejaz Ghani
[B]Onno Ruhl
[C]Roberto Zagha
[D]Isabel Guerrero

21. Which among the following is the main purpose to set up Post Bank of India (PBI) by the Department of Posts (DoP)?
[A]To provide banking services with special focus on urban areas
[B]To provide banking services in rural areas only
[C]To provide banking services in urban areas only
[D]To provide banking services with special focus on rural areas

22. Recently Infosys acquired a foreign firm Lodestone Holding, which is based in _________?
[A]Germany
[B]France
[C]Poland
[D]Switzerland

23. Who among the following is the author of the upcoming 'Joseph Anton' book?
[A]David Davidar
[B]Salman Rushdie
[C]Khushwant Singh
[D]Amitav Ghosh

24. Which among the following bank has recently announced to launch non-cash transactions through social networking site - Facebook?
[A]SBI
[B]ICICI
[C]Axis bank
[D]HSBC

25. Which among the following pair is the winner of the US Open Tennis 2012 Women's double event?
[A]Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci
[B]Roberta Vinci and Lucie Hradecka
[C]Andrea Hlavackova and Sara Errani
[D]Lucie Hradecka and Andrea Hlavackova

26. Recently the 6th International Hybrid Rice Symposium was held in ______________.
[A]New Delhi
[B]Ahmedabad
[C]Hyderabad
[D]Kochi

27. Kaushik Basu is recently appointed as Chief Economist of __________?
[A]World Bank
[B]International Monetary Fund (IMF)
[C]Asian Development Bank (ADB)
[D]Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

28. Which among the following country has topped the London Paralympics medal table?
[A]China
[B]Russia
[C]USA
[D]Great Britain

29. Which among the following university has toped the list of world university rankings for 2011-2012 by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) company?
[A]Cambridge University
[B]Oxford University
[C]Massachusetts Institute of Technology
[D]Harvard University

30. Jeet Thayil, Who is recently in news is a ____________?
[A]Cartoonist
[B]Writer
[C]Economist
[D]Journalist

Indian writer Jeet Thayil’s first novel ‘Narcopolis’, described as a compelling tale of Mumbai’s hazy world of opium addiction, has made it to the six-author shortlist for the Man Booker Prize 2012.

31. Who among the following is the winner of the US Open Tennis 2012 Men's single event?
[A]Thomas Berdych
[B]David Ferrer
[C]Novak Djokovic
[D]Andy Murray

32. Recently World Economic Forum (WEF)'s sixth Annual Meeting of the New Champions - also known as the Summer Davos was held in _________?
[A]China
[B]Switzerland
[C]Japan
[D]South Korea

33. Who among the following is recently elected as Somalia's new President?
[A]Abdirahman Mohamud Farole
[B]Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
[C]Abdiweli Mohamed Ali
[D]Mohamed Osman Jawari

34. Mahmoud Abbas, who recently visited India is a President of the ______________?
[A]UAE
[B]Kuwait
[C]Palestine
[D]Qatar

35. India's Virender Singh won the bronze medal in the Men's 84 kgs free style category in the third World Deaf Wrestling Championship, which was held in __________?
[A]Greece
[B]Japan
[C]Venezuela
[D]Bulgaria

36. The 3rd East Asian Ministerial Conference on Sanitation and Hygiene was recently held in ___________?
[A]Bali
[B]Bandung
[C]Yogyakarta
[D]Riau Islands

37. Which among the following has won the Golden Lion for best film at the 69th Venice Film Festival?
[A]Fill the Void
[B]The Master
[C]Pieta
[D]Paradise-Faith

38. In which among the following year, the National Dairy Development Board was established in India?
[A]1960
[B]1962
[C]1965
[D]1969

39. Which among the following State government has recently launched unemployment allowance scheme?
[A]Bihar
[B]Uttar Pradesh
[C]Gujarat
[D]Himachal Pradesh

The scheme would provide Rs 1,000 to each unemployed youth aged between 25 to 40 years and whose family income is less than Rs 36,000 per annum.To eliminate any discrepancies, the allowance would be credited to the bank account of eligible youth.

40. Which among the following species of India is not in the list of 100 most threatened species of the planet and “closest to extinction” compiled by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
[A]White-bellied Heron
[B]Peacock Tarantula
[C]Narcondam Hornbill
[D]Great Indian Bustard

The White-bellied Heron, the Great Indian Bustard, the Peacock Tarantula and the Spoon-billed Sandpiper of India are among the 100 most threatenedspecies of the planet and “closest to extinction.”