Objective Current Affairs

Q. Which of the following countries has decided to give a 20% subsidy to its farmers even though they are rich?
1 France
2 England
3 Italy
4 USA
Ans: 1
Q. The Government of India recently increased its allocation of funds to which of the following schemes by 87% to make it Rs. 12,886 crores?
1 Midday Meal Scheme
2 Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewable Mission (JNNURM)
3 National Watershed Development Programme
4 None of the above
Ans: 2
Q. The changed management programme of which of t he following banks is named as "Parivartan"?
1 Reserve Bank of India
2 Union Bank of India
3 Bank of Baroda
4 State of India
Ans: 4
Q. Out of the following artists, who has written the book "The Science of Bharat Natyam"?
1 Geeta Chandran
2 Raja Reddy
3 Saroja Vaidyanathan
4 Yamini Krishnamurthy
Ans: 3
Q. Cricket team of which of the following countries has not got the status of "Test"
1 Kenya
2 England
3 Bangladesh
4 Zimbabwe
Ans: 1
Q. The first Secretary General of the United Nation was
1 Dag Hammarskjoeld
2 U. Thant
3 Dr. Kurt Waldheim
4 Trygve Lie
Ans: 4
Q. Who has written "Two Lives"?
1 Kiran Desai
2 Khushwant Singh
3 Vikram Seth
4 Amitabh Gosh
Ans: 1
Q. The Headquarters of World Bank is situated at
1 New York
2 Manila
3 Washington D. C.
4 Geneva
Ans: 3
Q. Green Revolution in India is also known as
1 Seed, Fertiliser and irrigation revolution
2 Agricultural Revolution
3 Food Security Revolution
4 Multi Crop Revolution
Ans: 1
Q. The announcement by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited Chairmen that India is ready to sell Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor to other countries was made at a conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency, which was
1 54th Conference
2 53rd Conference
3 51st Conference
4 50th Conference
Ans: 1