GK - Current Events 8

1. Who among the following industrialist was recently conferred the prestigious ‘Energy Star Partner of the Year award’?

a) Ratan Tata
b) LN Mittal
c) Sunil Bharati Mittal
d) None of these

2. Who won the Femina Miss India World 2008 title?

a) Simran Kaur Mundi
b) Parvathy Omanakuttan
c) Harchita Saxena
d) Deepika Padukone

3. Who was recently appointed the new Prime Minister of Belgium?

a) Yves Leterme
b) Guy Verhofstadt
c) Hu Jinatao
d) None of these

4. Who is the only Indian tennis player to reach the semi finals of Wimbledon Tennis Singles?

a) Vijay Amritraj
b) Leander Paes
c) Ramanathan Krishnan
d) Mahesh Bhupati

5. Who among the following tennis players recently announced her retirement from professional tennis?

a) Kim Clijsters
b) Justin Henin
c) Ana Ivanovic
d) None of these

6. What is Kibo?

a) Japan’s experimental laboratory sent to ISS
b) a humanoid robot
c) a satellite
d) the name of an exo-planet

7. Zeus is the father of Gods in Greek mythology. Who is the father of Gods in Roman mythology?

a) Jupiter
b) Neptune
c) Cupid
d) Saturn

8. What is the difference between Indian standard time and Greenwich Mean Time?

a) 6: 30 hrs
b) 6 hours
c) 5: 30 hrs
d) 5 hrs

9. Which one of the following dance forms involves solo performance?

a) Bharatanatyam
b) Kuchipudi
c) Mohiniattam
d) Odissi

10. Who among the following was responsible for the passing of Hindu Widows Remarriage Act?

a) Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar
b) Radha Kant Deb
c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
d) Kesab Chandra Sen

11. Which Indian state has the longest coastline?

a) Rajastan
b) Gujarat
c) Kerala
d) Karnataka

12. Who was the captain of Team Jaipur which won the inaugural IPL Championship?

a) Shane Warne
b) Shane Watson
c) Shahid Afridi
d) Yuvraj Singh

13. Who was recently felicitated by BCCI for being the first Indian bowler to reach the 600 Test wickets mark?

a) Anil Kumble
b) Harbajan Singh
c) Yuvraj Singh
d) None of these

14. Which one of the following is the biggest Indian company by market capital?

a) Tatas
b) Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL)
c) Anil Dirubhai Ambani Group
d) LIC

15. Which company topped the ‘Global 200: The World’s Best Corporate Reputations list’?

a) Tatas
b) Google
c) Toyota
d) Johnson and Johnson

16. Which of the following companies recently entered into a joint venture with the Hero Group for manufacturing commercial vehicles in India?

a) Daimler
b) Renault
c) Toyota
d) Ferrari

17. Which among the following Indian companies will be granted a $600 million loan from World Bank?

a) ONGC
b) Power Grid Corporation of India
c) SAIL
d) None of these

18. Which of the following is the first public sector unit in India to introduce the SAP-powered reverse auction process?

a) ONGC
b) LIC
c) SAIL
d) none of these

19. Which day is observed as the Press Freedom Day?

a) May 1
b) May 3
c) May 4
d) May 8

20. Who is the author of ‘Book of Humour’?

a) Ruskin Bond
b) VS Naipaul
c) Anita Nair
d) None of these

21. Who is the Union Home Minister?

a) Pratibha Patil
b) Shivraj V Patil
c) Ramdoss
d) Renuka Chaudhary

22. India recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding on leather and leather processing with which African country?

a) Ghana
b) Ethiopia
c) Nigeria
d) Cameroon

23. The International Herbal Summit-cum-exhibition on medicinal and aromatic products was held on April 4, 2008 at

a) Mumbai
b) Kottakkal
c) New Delhi
d) Chennai

24. Who is the Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that won the Nobel Peace Prize recently?

a) RK Pachauri
b) Al Gore
c) Sunita Narain
d) None of these

25. In a survey conducted by Dataquest IDC, which Indian state tops the Best e-governed States in 2007?

a) Goa
b) Delhi
c) Chattisgarh
d) Tamil Nadu

Answers

1. LN Mittal
2. Parvathy Omanakuttan
3. Yves Leterme
4. Ramanathan Krishnan
5. Justin Henin
6. Japan’s experimental laboratory sent to ISS
7. Jupiter
8. 5: 30 hrs
9. Mohiniattam
10. Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar
11. Gujarat
12. Shane Warne
13. Anil Kumble
14. Reliance Industries Ltd
15. Toyota
16. Daimler
17. Power Grid Corporation of India
18. ONGC
19. May 3
20. Ruskin Bond
21. Shivraj V Patil
22. Ethiopia
23. New Delhi
24. RK Pachauri
25. Delhi