Current Affairs-Objective GK Questions

Current Affairs-Objective GK Questions

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101. Which of the following industries suffered a huge loss of almost Rs. 20 crore per day, due to floods in Gujarat ?
(A) Oil and Natural Gas
(B) Information Technology
(C) Textile Industry
(D) Sugar Mills
(E) None of these

102. Who amongst the following is the author of the book ‘‘A Call to Honour, in Service of Emergent India’’ ?
(A) Shri L.K. Advani
(B) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(C) Mrs. Sonia Gandhi
(D) Mr. Jaswant Singh
(E) None of these

103. Who amongst the following is the author of the book ‘Cricket My Style’ ?
(A) Sachin Tendulkar
(B) Kapil Dev
(C) Shanta Rangaswami
(D) Ajit Wadekar
(E) None of these

104. Which of the following is the abbreviated name of an Indian organisation/agency associated with exported of processed food products ?
(A) APEDA
(B) AAPSO
(C) AINEF
(D) AITUC
(E) None of these

105. Who amongst the following has received Magsaysay Award 2008 for Emergent Leadership?
(A) Prakash Amte
(B) Grace Padaca
(C) Anand Galapatti
(D) Ahmad Syafii Marrife
(E) None of these

106. Who amongst the following launched his/her ‘Peace Mission for Development of Jammu and Kashmir’ recently ?
(A) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(B) Mrs. Sonia Gandhi
(C) Dr. Manmohan Singh
(D) Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad
(E) None of these

107. Amnesty International won Nobel Prize for Peace in—
(A) 1971
(B) 1977
(C) 1984
(D) 1987

108. Who was the first woman Chief Minister in India ?
(A) Nandini Satpati
(B) Sashikala Kodokar
(C) Vijay Laxmi Pandit
(D) Sucheta Kriplani

109. Recently ‘Abu Gharib’ was very much in News which is—
(A) A dreaded terrorist
(B) A sunken passenger ship
(C) A character in art movies
(D) A jail for prisoner of war

110. Where is the headquarter of International Labour Organisation located ?
(A) Geneva
(B) Vienna
(C) Rome
(D) Berne

111. Ustad Vilayat Khan is associated with—
(A) Veena
(B) Sitar
(C) Sarod
(D) Violin

112. Which among the following is first indigenously built missile ?
(A) Agni
(B) Prithvi
(C) Akash
(D) None of these

113. Present day name of ‘Siam’ is—
(A) Thailand
(B) Malaysia
(C) Indonesia
(D) Male

114. World Tourism Day is observed on—
(A) September 27
(B) October 24
(C) November 15
(D) December 31

115. DTH—(Direct to Home) is related to—
(A) Television
(B) Telephone
(C) Mobile Phone
(D) Internet

116. The headquarters of Internation Olympic Committee is at—
(A) Switzerland
(B) Londan
(C) Moscow
(D) New York

117. Who is the writer of Novel ‘Padma Nadir Mazi’ ?
(A) Manik Bandyopadhyay
(B) Tara Shankar Bandyopadhyay
(C) Bibhuti Bhushan Bandyopadhyay
(D) Bibhuti Bhushan Mukhojopadhyay

118. Hari Prasad Chourasia is a renowned player of—
(A) Tabla
(B) Sarod
(C) Flute
(D) Sitar

119. Oscar awards are associated with—
(A) Literature
(B) Science
(C) Sports
(D) Films

120. Who among the following is the chairperson of the National Commission for Women ?
(A) Poornima Advani
(B) Girija Vyas
(C) Amrita Patel
(D) Brinda Karat

121. Where in India did Pervez Musharraf watch the one day international played recently ?
(A) Kanpur
(B) Ahmedabad
(C) Bangaluru
(D) Delhi

122. First drama of Madhushudan Datta—
(A) Sharmishtha
(B) Krishnakumari
(C) Padmabati
(D) Mayakanan

123. Poet of ‘Banalata Sen’ is—
(A) Joy Goswami
(B) Bishnu Dey
(C) Shankha Ghosh
(D) Jibanananda Das

124. With which of the following is Begum Akhter associated ?
(A) Vocal music
(B) Dance
(C) Politics
(D) Painting

125. Who among the following is popularly known as ‘Nightingale of India’ ?
(A) Lata Mangeskar
(B) Asha Bhonsle
(C) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
(D) Sarojini Naidu

Answers :
101. (C) 102. (D) 103. (B) 104. (A) 105. (C) 106. (A) 107. (B) 108. (D) 109. (D) 110. (A)
111. (B) 112. (A) 113. (A) 114. (A) 115. (A) 116. (A) 117. (A) 118. (C) 119. (D) 120. (B)
121. (D) 122. (A) 123. (D) 124. (A) 125. (D)