CURRENT AFFAIRS MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS 2013

 

1. The first ever day-night full combat and lire demonstration was conducted by Indian Air Force at the Pokhran range in Rajasthan on February 22, 2013. It is called?

1)INDRA

2) Exercise Malabar

3) Yudh Abhyas

4) Iron Fist

5) None of these

2. The world's tallest bronze statue or Mahatma Gandhi (70 feet) was unveiled recently in?

1) Hyderabad

2) Patna

3) Mumbai

4) Ranchi

5) Lucknow

3. A Social Security Agreement was signed on March 4, 2013 by Overseas Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi and Paulo de Sacadura Cabral Portas, the Foreign Minister of?

1) Spain

2) Belgium

3) Portugal

4) France

5) Germany

4. Which is the only state that never had a woman MLA?

1) Nagaland

2) Tripura

3) Haryana

4) Punjab

5) Manipur

5. Identify the mismatched pair with regard to States and Chief Ministers?

1) Tripura -.-Manik Sarkar

2) Nagaland - . -Neiphiu Rio

3) Meghalaya -.-Mukul Sangma

4) Jharkhand - . -Shibu Soren

5) Himachal Pradesh - Virbhadra Singh

6. Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) commenced delivery of gas through its 1,000 km long Dabhol - Bangalore pipeline recently. Dabhol is in?

1) Kerala

2) Goa

3) Maharashtra

4) Gujarat

5) Madhya Pradesh

7. Narendra Kohli was given which of the following awards recently?

1) Saraswati Samman

2) Vyas Samman

3) Jnanpith Award

4) Pulitzer Prize

5) Kalidas Samman

8. Sitar legend Ravi Shankar was posthumously awarded the best world music album trophy for?

1) The Living Room Sessions Part 1

2) Set Fire to the Rain

3) Making Minors

4) We Found Love

5) None of these

9. Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT) scheme is related to?

1) Education

2) Global Warming

3) Energy Efficiency

4) Bharat Nirman

5) None of these

10. London will host which of the following sporting events?

1) 2018 winter Olympics

2) 2017 IAAF World Championships in Athletics

3) 2018 Commonwealth Games

4) 2016 Twenty2O World Cup

5) None of these

11. which is the world's largest gold producer?

1) China

2) Kuwait

3) India

4) UAE

5) Saudi Arabia

12. The technique of inducing rain from a cloud is called?

1) Cloud Computing

2) Cloud Control

3) Cloud Engineering

4) Cloud Seeding

5) None of these

13. Which of the following is a rural sports initiative introduced by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports to promote youth and social development through sports?

1) PYKKA

2) NBA

3) SGSY

4) NRLM

5) TRY

14. Which Is the only state in India that is today ruled by the CPI (M)?

1) Kerala

2) Jharkhand

3) Tripura

4) West Bengal

5) Uttarakhand

15. which of the following satellites is designed for oceanographic studies?

1) SAPPHTRE

2) NEOSSAT

3) AAUSAT

4) SARAL

5) BRITE

Answers:

Q	A	Q	A	Q	A
1	4	6	3	11	1
2	2	7	2	12	4
3	3	8	1	13	1
4	1	9	3	14	3
5	4	10	2	15	4