Sports Current Affairs Quiz/September 5-September 11

Sports Current Affairs Quiz have been drafted to test your knowledge about the recent sports events. Sports Current Affairs Quiz for September 2011 will help you increase your knowledge of the different sports events which are organised around the world. Taking the Sports current affairs Quizzes, you will enhance your knowledge of sports and crack questions in the sports section of all competitive exams.
1.    Name the Jamaican athlete who was disqualified in the 100m gold event for a false start and who went on to win the Men's 4x100 Relay final and set a world record at the World Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea on 4 September 2011.
a.    Nesta Carter
b.    Michael Frater
c.    Yohan Blake
d.    Usain Bolt
Answer: (d)

2.    Which of the following Denmanrk’s golfer secured back-to-back titles for the first time in his career after winning the European Masters on 4 September 2011?
a.    Thomas Bjorn
b.    Martin Kaymer
c.    Rory McIlroy
d.    Jamie Donaldson
Answer: (a)

3.    Which Indian boxer Vijender Singh won gold and also bagged the Best Boxer award at the World Police and Fire Games in New York?
a.    Dinesh Kumar
b.    Vijender Singh
c.    Suranjoy Mayengbam
d.    Vikas Krishan
Answer: (b)

4.    Which of the following badminton players won the men's singles crown in the IFCI all-India ranking senior badminton championship on 5 September 2011?
a.    Pranav Chopra
b.    Akshay Dewalkar
c.    Sai Praneeth
d.    Saurabh Varma
Answer: (c)

5.    Which of the following countries topped the list of medals at the World Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea?
a.    USA
b.    Kenya
c.    Jamaica
d.    South Africa
Answer: (a)

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Corporate Current Affairs Quiz/September 5-September 11

Taking the Corporate Current Affairs Quiz will test as well as enhance your knowledge of major corporate events. The corporate quiz for September 2011 will make you better prepared to face competitive examinations like that of Bank PO, NABARD, RBI, LIC, Civil Services, MBA etc.
1.    Which company signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Japan-based Nippon Life Insurance for collaboration opportunities, including strategic partnership, across all financial services businesses?
a.    Reliance Capital
b.    Life Insurance Corporation
c.    Max New York Life Insurance
d.    Bharti AXA Life Insurance
Answer: (a)

2.    Which of the following education companies in India on 2 September 2011 elevated whole-time Director Susha John to the post of CEO after the arrest of its Managing Director P. Kishore by CBI in a bribery case?
a.    Educomp Solutions
b.    Everonn Education
c.    McGraw-Hill
d.    k-12
Answer: (b)

3.    Name the infrastructure development company which bagged two awards in the Construction Week Awards 2011.
a.    GMR Infrastructure
b.    Maytas Infra
c.    Punj Lloyd
d.    MARG Group
Answer: (d)

4.    Which company launched its self-branded mobile phone in the Indian market known as the Facebook phone in September 2011?
a.    HTC
b.    Vodafone India
c.    Nokia
d.    Bharti Airtel
Answer: (b)

5.    Which of the following banks set up two loan processing centres for the small and medium enterprise (SME) segment on a pilot basis in Bangalore & in New Delhi in September 2011?
a.    Corp Bank
b.    United Bank of India
c.    Syndicate Bank
d.    Bank of Baroda
Answer: (c)

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India Current Affairs Quiz/ August 29-September 4

Quizzes on the India Current Affairs section are designed to cover the wide range of national issues and other informations related to India from different segments which are of general human interest. Taking the India Current Affairs Quiz for September 2011 will update you on the latest incidents that occured in India. The quizzes on India Current Affairs will equip you to take all competitive examinations as well.
1.    Haryana Vidhan Sabha speaker Kuldeep Sharma on 27 August 2011 announced the constitution of  a seven-member committee to look into the irregularities in giving away land to various trusts and societies during the regime of which of te following former Haryana Chief Ministers?
a.    Om Prakash Chautala
b.    Bansi Lal
c.    Bhajan Lal
d.    Hukam Singh
Answer: (a)

2.    Which former Andhra Pradesh chief minister was appointed as the new Governor of Tamil Nadu on 26 August 2011?
a.    Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy
b.    Nara Chandrababu Naidu
c.    Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao
d.    K Rosaiah
Answer: (d)

3.    Appointments committee of the Cabinet on 30 August 2011 cleared the names of three senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officers as the head of three paramilitary organisations namely the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Border Security Force (BSF) and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB). Who was appointed as Director of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)?
a.    Pranay Sahay
b.    Ranjit Sinha
c.    Y S Dadwal
d.    U K Bansal
Answer: (b)

4.  Chhattisgarh State Government filed a Petition in the Supreme Court over Polavaram Dam. Polavaram dam is being constructed by___.
a) Andhra Pradesh government
b) Orissa government
c) Maharashtra Government
d) Chhattisgarh government
Answer: (a) Andhra Pradesh government

5.  Madhya Pradesh government on 27 August 2011 announced a reward of __ rupees for those who inform the state administration about female foeticide.
a) 10000
b) 15000
c) 12000
d) 20000
Answer: (a) 10000

6.  The Union Cabinet of India approved the nuclear regulatory authority of India bill on 30 August 2011. The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) was set up in which one of the following years?
a) 1983
b) 1987
c) 1973
d) 1976
Answer: (a) 1983

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India Current Affairs Quiz/September 5-September 11

 

 

Quizzes on the India Current Affairs section are designed to cover the wide range of national issues and other informations related to India from different segments which are of general human interest. Taking the India Current Affairs Quiz for April 2011 will update you on the latest incidents that occured in India. The quizzes on India Current Affairs will equip you to take all competitive examinations as well.

1.    Union government on 3 September 2011 released a list of assets owned by Union ministers. Which of the following minister and his family topped the charts with a net worth of over Rs 263 crore?
a.    Defence minister, A K Antony
b.    Heavy industry minister Praful Patel
c.    Urban development minister Kamal Nath
d.    inance Minister Pranab Mukherjee
Answer: (c)

2.    Which North-east state government on 2  September 2011 ordered an inquiry into the alleged mass graves in some areas in West Garo Hills district?
a.    Meghalaya Government
b.    Arunachal pradesh government
c.    Nagaland Government
d.    Manipur Government
Answer: (a)

3.    With the help of the clues identify the person.
1.    He was India’s first national tennis champion was called Grandfather of Indian tennis.
2.    He represented the country at the Davis Cup between 1947- 1956 and also played in the Wimbledon and US Nationals in the pre-Open era in world tennis.
3.    He went on to become the secretary of the All-India Lawn tennis Association (AILTA) in 1963-66.
4.    He became the first men's singles champion when the national was split into grass and hard court championships in 1946-47 at Calcutta's South Club.
a.    Yuki Bhambri
b.    Purav Raja
c.    Ramesh Krishnan
d.    Sumant Misra
Answer: (d)

4.  Union Cabinet of India approved the Land Acquisition, Relief and Rehabilitation Bill, 2011. Consider the following statements on the bill:
i) It aims to put in place a transparent and legal framework for land acquisition.
ii) According to the bill, consent of at least 80 percent of people will be mandatory to acquire land except where it is acquired for a public purpose.
Choose the right option:
a)    Both i and ii are correct
b)    Only i is correct
c)    Only ii is correct
d)    Neither i nor ii is correct
Answer: (a) Both i and ii are correct

5. Which one of the following became the first state in India to offer Air taxi services?
a) Bihar
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Kerala
d) Haryana
Answer: (b) Madhya Pradesh

6.  Assam government decided to have brand names for the famous Muga and Eri Silks. North-East produces around __percent of Eri.
a) 95
b) 85
c) 50
d) 75
Answer: (a) 95 percent