GK - Current Events 9

1. Which country has the most number of mobile customers in the world?

a) USA
b) China
c) India
d) Japan

2. This former territory of Serbia declared its independence in February 2008. What is its name?

a) Montenegro
b) Kosovo
c) Albania
d) None of these

3. How many countries are there in the world today?

a) 191
b) 195
c) 196
d) 200

4. Which one of the following is not a member of UN General Assembly?

a) Taiwan
b) China
c) Serbia
d) Montenegro

5. Arthur Clarke, the science fiction author who passed away in March 2008, had adopted which country as his home?

a) New Zealand
b) Sri Lanka
c) USA
d) France

6. The newest Republic in the world is

a) Kosovo
b) Nepal
c) Bhutan
d) Montenegro

7. Which Indian state was in news recently for bringing broadband connectivity to all its villages?

a) Maharashtra
b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Kerala
d) Gujarat

8. Who won the Taiwan presidential election recently?

a) Frank Hsieh
b) Ma Yingjeou
c) Jerry Yang
d) none of these

9. What is the name of the proposed NASA mission to Moon?

a) LADER
b) LAD
c) LADEE
d) none of these

10. Which one of the following was recently voted the greatest toy craze of all time?

a) Yo-yos
b) skateboards
c) Rubik’s cube
d) Lego bricks

11. The Maitreyi Express is a train service between

a) India and Pakistan
b) India and China
c) India and Bangladesh
d) India and Nepal

12. According to WHO, which country has the world’s lowest life expectancy?

a) Namibia
b) Zimbabwe
c) Zambia
d) none of these

13. The Earth Day is observed on

a) May 8
b) June 5
c) April 22
d) April 8

14. Which songwriter won a Pulitzer Prize in 2008?

a) Norah Jones
b) Elton John
c) Bob Dylan
d) none of these

15. Which one of the following recently became the only organization in the world to have conquered all three poles – the conventional South and North Poles besides Mt. Everest?

a) US Air Force
b) British navy
c) Indian navy
d) none

16. The Universal Postal Union was established in 1874. Where is its headquarters?

a) Vienna
b) Hague
c) Berne
d) Paris

17. Which two Indian companies recently made it to the league of the world’s most innovative companies?

a) Tata and RIL
b) LIC and ONGC
c) SBI and SAIL
d) Infosys and Wipro

18. Nasa’s Messenger spacecraft is on a mission to study

a) Mars
b) Mercury
c) Jupiter
d) Moon

19. The ThinkPad X300 ultra-portable machine is currently the thinnest laptop in the world. It is built by

a) Apple
b) Sony
c) Lenovo
d) IBM

20. Who won the Oscar award for the Best Actor in 2008?

a) Johny Depp
b) Will Smith
c) Mick Jagger
d) Daniel Day Lewis

21. Which one of the following is the world’s richest soccer club?

a) AC Milan
b) Manchester United
c) Chelsea
d) Real Madrid

22. Who are Chang and Eng?

a) The original Siamese twins
b) mascots for Beijing Olympics 2008
c) two elements in Fengshui
d) none of these

23. ‘Animal’s People’, which won the Commonwealth Writers Prize 2008 is based on

a) partition of India
b) Mumbai underworld
c) drug trafficking
d) Bhopal gas tragedy

24. Which day is observed as the International Women’s Day?

a) March 8
b) March 12
c) April 20
d) May 11

25. Who is the author of the book ‘Sense and Sensibility’?

a) Emile Bronte
b) Virginia Wolf
c) Jane Austen
d) Sylvia Plath

Answers

1. China
2. Kosovo
3. 195
4. Taiwan
5. Sri Lanka
6. Nepal
7. Gujarat
8. Ma Yingjeou
9. LADEE
10. Rubik’s cube
11. India and Bangladesh
12. Zimbabwe
13. April 22
14. Bob Dylan
15. Indian navy
16. Berne
17. Tata and RIL
18. Mercury
19. Lenovo
20. Daniel Day Lewis
21. Manchester United
22. The original Siamese twins
23. Bhopal Gas Tragedy
24. March 8
25. Jane Austen