GK INDIA CURRENT AFFAIRS SAMPLE PAPER

GK INDIA CURRENT AFFAIRS SAMPLE PAPER
Current Affairs FOR UPSC EXAMS INDIA
1. Who is the US President “speech writer”?
(1) Ben Rhodes
(2) Ben Tenn
(3) Geroge Rhodes
(4) Tim Geithner
Ans. (1)

2. CNAS stands for—
(1) Centre for New American Security
(2) Commander for New American Security
(3) Combined for New American Security
(4) Co-operation for New American Security
Ans. (1)

3. Who is the Secretary of the Treasury?
(1) Ben Rhodes
(2) Tom Vilsack
(3) Tim Geithner
(4) Tom Donilon
Ans. (3)

4. Russian-born British Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov of___ University were named joint winners of the 2010 Nobel Prize for Physics on October 5, 2010.
(1) Oxford
(2) Leeds
(3) Manchester
(4) Birmingham
Ans. (3)

5. Which US president’s wife Eleanor Roosevelt was the first American to address the Indian Parliament?
(1) Franklin D Roosevelt
(2) Harry Truman
(3) Dwight D. Eisenhower
(4) John Kennedy
Ans. (1)

6. US President Barrack Obama are received by Maharashtra Chief minister Ashok Chavan, Union minister of state for corporate affairs and minority affairs __and US consul-general Paul Folsbee on 6 November, 2010 at Mumbai Airport.
(1) Salim Ansari
(2) J.M. Sood
(3) Salman Khurshid
(4) Ahmed Patel
Ans. (3)

7. President Barrack Obama and his wife greeted by PM Man Mohan Singh and Gursharan Kaur at New Delhi Airport on
(1) 6 November, 2010
(2) 7 November, 2010
(3) 8 November, 2010
(4) 9 November, 2010
Ans. (2)

8. Obama and the First Lady take a minute to reflect at the __, a brass sculpture that survived the 26/11 attack.
(1) Tree of Life
(2) Tomb
(3) Army of Life
(4) None of these
Ans. (1)

9. Consider the following statements about Barrack Obama —
(a) The Obamas visit a science exhibition in one of the classes on the first floor of the Holy Name High School building in Colaba.
(b) The Obamas arrive at St. Xavier’s College, Dhobi Talao, and tour the Agriculture and Food Security Expo co-organised by the US Agency for International Development Aid and Confederation of Indian Industries.
(c) Obama interacts with the villagers of Kanpura, around 25km from Ajmer, via videoconferencing.
Which of the above statements are true?
(1) Only (a)
(2) Only (b)
(3) Only (c)
(4) All of the above
Ans. (4)

10. Mario Vargas Llosa, celebrated ___ author, on October 7, 2010, won the Nobel Prize for Literature “for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual’s resistance, revolt, and defeat”.
(1) Peruvian-Spanish
(2) English-French
(3) German-Russian
(4) Czech-Polish
Ans. (1)

11. Who is the author of a controversial document, Charter 08, In news in October 2010, which calls for the rapid establishment of a free, democratic, and constitutional country” and an end to one-party rule in China?
(1) Liu Xiaobo
(2) Zheng Jie
(3) Li Fang
(4) Yan Zi
Ans. (1)

12. Peter Diamond arid Dale Mortensen of the United States and British-Cypriot _won the
2010 Nobel Economics Prize on October 11, 2010.
(1) Alexander Hawkins
(2) Daniel Montfort
(3) Christopher Pissarides
(4) Richard Bell
Ans. (3)

13. Jailed political activist Lid Xiaobo was awarded the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize on October 8, 2010, “for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in __.”
(1) North Korea
(2) Myanmar
(3) China
(4) Malaysia
Ans. (3)


14. Who, in October 2010, won the 2010 Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing a chemical method that has allowed scientists to test cancer drugs and make thinner computer screens?
(1) Richard Heck
(2) Ei-ichi Negishi
(3) Akira Suzuki
(4) All of the above
Ans. (4)

15. Who among the following grabbed the first gold medal of the 16th Asian Games 2010 in Guangzhou on November 13, 2010?
(1) Wang Mingjuan of China
(2) Yuan Xiaochao of China
(3) Zhu Qianwel of China
(4) Park Tae Hwan of Korea
Ans. (2)


16. Virdhawal Khade bagged first medal for India in swimming after a gap of years in Asian Games on November 16, 2010 in Guangzhou.
(1) 28
(2) 24
(3) 20
(4) 32
Ans. (2)


17. Union Communications and Information Broadcasting Minister Andimuthu Raja resigned on November 14, 2010 in the wake of 2G spectrum allocation scam. According to the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General how many licences out of 122, given to such firms which did not fulfill eligibility criteria?
(1) 88
(2) 92
(3) 96
(4) 85
Ans. (4)

18. When did the High Court, Allahabad order the Archaeological Survey of India to find out whether a temple existed below the Babri Masjid or not?
(1) March 8, 2002
(2) August 3, 2002
(3) March 5, 2003
(4) August 22, 200
Ans. (3)


19. In which year ,the four Suits regarding Ayodhya land dispute, pending in the Faizabad civil courts were transferred to the Allahabad High court on an application moved by the Advocate- General of Uttar Pradesh?
(1) 1987
(2) 1989
(3) 1985
(4) 1983
Ans. (2)

20. While delivering verdict on the Ayodhya title suits on September 30, 2010 all the three judges had the same opinion on the Issue
(1) Was Lord Ram born at the disputed site?
(2) Was the disputed structure mosque?
(3) Was a Hindu temple demolished to build it?
(4) When were idols placed at the disputed site?
Ans. (4)

21. Who among the ‘following filed a petition on January 2 1885 that he be allowed to build a temple over’ Chabutra Janmasthan in Ayodhya?
(1) Gopal Singh Visharad
(2) Mahant Ramchandra
(3) Mahant Raghunath
(4) Mahant Raghubar Das
Ans. (4)

22. On which of the following dates the Ayodhya title suits case was transferred to the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court after the Supreme Court declined to resolve the matter on the request of the Central Government?
(1) January 7, 1993
(2) October 24, 1994
(3) December 3. 1995
(4) August 28, 1996
Ans. (2)


23. When did the Uttar Pradesh government acquired the 2.77 acre of land around the disputed structure In Ayodhya?
(1) September 18, 1991
(2) August 15, ‘1991
(3) October 10, 1991
(4) July 26, 1991
Ans. (3)

24. From which of the following places did Lal Krishna Advani embark up on his Rath Yatra to Ayodhya on September 25, 1990?
(1) Gandhinagar
(2) Puri
(3) Dakshineshwar
(4) Somnath
Ans. (4)

25. As Ram Lalla was a minor he was represented in the Ayodhya case through his next friend –
(1) Deoki Nandan Agarwal
(2) Priya Dutt Ram
(3) Bir Singh Maurya
(4) Mahant Paramhans
Ans. (1)