Current Affairs Questions and Answers 2009 | General Knowledge Questions

1) Who is the author of the book ” Sahibs Who Loved India” ?
a) Jagdish
b) Khushwant Singh
c) Chetan Bhagat
d) Nadeem Aslam

2) Who received the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development ?
a) Mohamed ElBradei
b) Wen Jiabo
c) Taro Aso
d) Nicholas Sarkhosay

3) Which country will be setting up a world Biggest Telescope ?
a) Japan
b) France
c) China
d) India

4) At which place was G-20 Summit held?
a) Washington
b) New York
c) Chicago
d) Los Angeles

5) ” Lisbon Treaty ” is the treaty accepted / adopted by the members of which of the following organizations recently?
a) NATO
b) SAARC
c) European Union
d) NSG

6) Beri-Beri is the deficiency disease caused by the vitamin
a) B1
b) B5
c) A
d) C

7) Who has been appointed as President of Zambia?
a) Dawada Kairaba
b) Isatov Njle
c) Levy
d) Rupia Banda

8) Who is the Pepsico Chief ?
a) Indira Nooyi
b) Indira Mukerjee
c) Kiran Mazumdar
d) Deepa Mirza

9) “Fehmida Mizza” is a woman speaker of National Assembly of
a) Indonesia
b) Iran
c) Pakistan
d) Afghanistan

10) Who is called the “Grand Old Man Of India”?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Dadabhai Naoroji
c) Gokhale
d) Tilak

11) Cabinet Mission came to India in which year?
a) 1942
b) 1932
c) 1916
d) 1946

12) Which five year plan has the objective ” Garibi Hatao” ?
a) first
b) fifth
c) seventh
d) eigth

13) Which river is declared as ” national river” ?
a) Ganga
b) Yamuna
c) Cauveri
d) Krishna

14) “No country for old men” is a
a) book
b) film
c) Drama
d) Poem

15) Hathigumbha inscription belongs to
a)Ashoka
b)Kharavela
c)Harsha
d)Sasaka

16) He thought that his mother was not happy ……him
a) in
b) since
c) with
d) for

17) Do you really agree
(A) /that he has blamed us
(B)/ for the dispute, especially you and I
(C)/ No error
(D) ?

18) “ ENDEAVOUR” find the synonym
a) fail
b) success
c) attempt
d) try again

19) “ FABULOUS” find the antonym

a) rich
b) luxury
c) prudence
d) poor

20) The soldiers fought courageously …. The enemy troops
a) against
b) with
c) to
d) for