NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Current Affairs Questions (Practice_Test 17 of 17)

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  1. Name the son of the late Andhra chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy who resigned form the Kadapa Lok Sabha constituency and Congress recently.
    1. K Rossiah
    2. YS Jaganmohan
    3. Kiran Reddy
    4. Gopal Rao
    5. None of these
    • Answer: b
  2. What is Wikileaks?
    1. A spy agency
    2. A terrorist organization
    3. A whistle-blowing website
    4. A hackers, group
    5. None of these
    • Answer: c
  3. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
      • Match Item 1: IDBI Bank
      • Match Item 2: RBI
      • Match Item 1: ULIP
      • Match Item 2: SEBI
      • Match Item 1: Pension
      • Match Item 2: PFRDA
      • Match Item 1: Insurance
      • Match Item 2: IRDA
      • Match Item 1: Mutual Fund
      • Match Item 2: PFRDA
    • Answer: b
  4. Which of the following is not an instrument of capital market?
    1. Share
    2. Bond
    3. Debenture
    4. Repo
    5. All the above
    • Answer: d
  5. Lemuam rimmer David Rudisha and Croatian high jump star Blanka Vlasic were named male and female athletes of the year respectively by the
    1. IAAF
    2. World Athletic Organisation
    3. European Athletic Organisation
    4. World Athletic Federation
    5. None of these
    • Answer: a
  6. Which of the following is the last book of VS Naipaul?
    1. A House for Mr Biswas
    2. The Masque of Africa
    3. India: A Wounded Civilization
    4. India: A Million Mutinies Now
    5. None of these
    • Answer: b
  7. Who among the following is not an economist?
    1. Bhagwati Prasad
    2. Suresh Tendulkar
    3. Kaushik Basu
    4. Vandana Shiva
    5. All the above
    • Answer: d
  8. Name the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh who resigned recently.
    1. YS Jaganmohan
    2. YV Reddy
    3. Janardhan Reddy
    4. K Rosaiah
    5. None of these
    • Answer: d
  9. Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy has been appointed as the Chief Minister of
    1. Karnataka
    2. Andhra Pradesh
    3. Kerala
    4. Tamil Nadu
    5. None of these
    • Answer: b
  10. Who has been conferred Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2010?
    1. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
    2. Aung San Suu Kyi
    3. Nelson Mandela
    4. Bingu Wa Mutharika
    5. None of these
  • Answer: a