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Current Affairs 2011, Objective Current Affairs

Current Affairs 2011, Objective Current Affairs

Objective Current Affairs
Q.The RBI has regional offices at various places. At which of the following places it does not have an office ?
1Kota
2Shimla
3Lucknow
4Panaji
Ans: 1
Q.Which of the following organisations/agencies has given a Us $ 407 billion loan to India to boost up its micro finance services in unbanked areas?
1IMF
2World Bank
3Bank of Japan
4ADB
Ans: 2
Q.The Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) has projected that the Indian Exports will grow by what percentage during 2012-11?
115%
218%
322%
424%
Ans: 2
Q.Which of the following organization / agencies has given the estimate that the India will be third largest FDI recipient in 2010-12?
1UNCTAD
2WTO
3World Bank
4IMF
Ans: 1
Q.The performance of which of the following industries is considered performance of a core industry ?
1Garments
2Leather
3IT
4Oil and Petroleum
Ans: 4
Q.Which of the following is the rank of India in Human Development Report 2010 prepared by the UNO?
199
2100
3115
4119
Ans: 4
Q.PIIGS is the group of nations falling under-
1Euro Zone
2Asia Pacific
3SAARC
4Nato
Ans: 1
Q.Which of the following is used as a fuel in nuclear power stations in India?
1Thorium
2Copper
3Tin
4Chromium
Ans: 1
Q.Which of the following States has taken up the job of improving Dams with the help of the World Bank's Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement project?
1Kerala
2Gujarat
3Tamil Nadu
4Guwahati
Ans: 1
Q.Nitish Kumar Led National Democratic Alliance won how many seats in recently held assembly elections in Bihar ?
1150
2243
3200
4206
Ans: 4

HE UNITED NATIONS

THE UNITED NATIONS: ORGANIZATION
In 1945, representatives of 50 countries met in San Francisco at the United Nations Conference on International Organization to draw up the United Nations Charter. The Organization officially came into existence on 24 October 1945, when the Charter had been ratified by China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States and a majority of other signatories. United Nations Day is celebrated on 24 October.
Charter
The Charter is the constituting instrument of the United Nations, setting out the rights and obligations of Member States, and establishing theOrganization's organs and procedures.
Purposes
The purposes of the United Nations, as set forth in the Charter, are to maintain international peace and security; to develop friendly relations among nations; to cooperate in solving international economic, social, cultural and humanitarian problems and in promoting respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms; and to be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations in attaining these ends.
Structure

The six principal organs of the United Nations, are the: General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council,Trusteeship Council, International Court of Justice and Secretariat.

General Assembly

It consists of all member states of the U.N. Each member nation can send five delegates but each nation has only one vote. The General Assembly meets in regular session beginning in September each year.

Security Council

It is the executive body of the U.N. It consists of total 15 members, out of which 5 members are permanent and the remaining 10 members are non-permanent. China, France, Russia, UK and USA are the permanent members. tHe non-permanent members are elected by the General Assembly for 2 years from among the member states. The permanent members of the security council have got veto power. Any matter supported by the majority of the members fails to be carried through if negative vote is cast by any of the permanent members.

Economic and Social Council

This organ of the U. N. consists of 54 representatives of the member countries elected by a two third majority of the General Assembly.

International Court of Justice

It is the principal judicail organ of the United Nations. The headquarters of the International court of justice is at the Hague (Netherland). The court consists of 15 judges.

Trusteeship Council

This organ consists of 14 members out of which five are the permanent members of the security council.

Secretariat

This organ of the United nations is the chief administrative office which coordnates and supervises the activites of the U. N. This secretariatis headed by a Secretary General who is appointed by the General Assembly on the recomendation of the Security Coulcil' Secretary General of the U. N. is elected for five years and eligible for re-election. The present Secretary General is Baan ki Moon

The United Nations family, however, is much larger, encompassing 15 agencies and several programmes and bodies.

Budget
The budget for the two years 2000-2001 is $2,535 million. The main source of funds is the contributions of Member States, which are assessed on a scale approved by the General Assembly.
The fundamental criterion on which the scale of assessments is based is the capacity of countries to pay. This is determined by considering their relative shares of total gross national product, adjusted to take into account a number of factors, including their per capita incomes. In addition, countries are assessed -- in accordance with a modified version of the basic scale -- for the costs of peacekeeping operations, which stood at around $2 billion in 2000.
The United Nations family
The United Nations family of organizations is made up of the United Nations Secretariat, the United Nations programmes and funds -- such as the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) -- and the specialized agencies. The programmes, funds and agencies have their own governing bodies and budgets, and set their own standards and guidelines. Together, they provide technical assistance and other forms of practical help in virtually all areas of economic and social endeavour.
INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY
One of the primary purposes of the United Nations is the maintenance of international peace and security. Since its creation, the United Nations has often been called upon to prevent disputes from escalating into war, to persuade opposing parties to use the conference table rather than force of arms, or to help restore peace when conflict does break out. Over the decades, the United Nations has helped to end numerous conflicts, often through actions of the Security Council — the primary organ for dealing with issues of international peace and security.
The Security Council, the General Assembly and the Secretary-General all play major, complementary roles in fostering peace and security. United Nations activities cover the areas of prevention and peacemaking, peacekeeping, peace-building and disarmament.
Civil conflicts
During the 1990s, there have been major changes in the patterns of conflict with more than 90 per cent of conflicts taking place within, rather than between, states.
The United Nations has therefore reshaped and enhanced the range of instruments at its command, emphasizing conflict prevention, continually adapting peacekeeping operations, involving regional organizations, and strengthening post-conflict peace-building.
To deal with civil conflicts, the Security Council has authorized complex and innovative peacekeeping operations. In El Salvador andGuatemala, in Cambodia and in Mozambique, the UN played a major role in ending war and fostering reconciliation.
Other conflicts, however — in Somalia, Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia — often characterized by ethnic violence, brought new challenges to the UN peacemaking role. Confronted with the problems encountered, the Security Council did not establish any operation from 1995 to 1997.
But the essential role of peacekeeping has once more been dramatically reaffirmed.
Continuing crises in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, East Timor, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, and Ethiopia-Eritrea led the Council to establish six new missions in 1998-2000.
Peace-building
The experience of recent years has also led the United Nations to focus as never before on peace-building — action to support structures that will strengthen and consolidate peace. Experience has shown that keeping peace, in the sense of avoiding military conflict, is not sufficient for establishing a secure and lasting peace. Such security can only be achieved by helping countries to foster economic development, social justice, human rights protection, good governance and the democratic process.
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Although most people associate the United Nations with the issues of peace and security, the vast majority of its resources are devoted to economic development, social development and sustainable development. United Nations development efforts have profoundly affected the lives and well-being of millions of people throughout the world. Guiding the United Nations work is the conviction that lasting international peace and security are possible only if the economic and social well-being of people everywhere is assured.
Many of the economic and social transformations that have taken place globally in the last five decades have been significantly affected in their direction and shape by the work of the United Nations. As the global centre for consensus-building, the United Nations has set priorities and goals for international cooperation to assist countries in their development efforts and to foster a supportive global economic environment.
Common interests
International debate on economic and social issues has increasingly reflected the common interest of rich and poor countries in solving the many problems that transcend national boundaries. Issues such as the environment, refugees, organized crime, drug trafficking and AIDS are seen as global problems requiring coordinated action. The impact of poverty and unemployment in one region can be quickly felt in others, not least through migration, social disruption and conflict. Similarly, in the age of a global economy, financial instability in one country is immediately felt in the markets of others.
Coordinating development activities
The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is the principal body coordinating the economic and social work of the United Nations. It is serviced by the Department for Economic and Social Affairs. The entire family of United Nations organizations works for economic, social and sustainable development.
HUMAN RIGHTS
Virtually every United Nations body and specialized agency is involved to some degree in the protection of human rights.
One of the great achievements of the United Nations is the creation of a comprehensive body of human rights law, which, for the first time in history, provides us with a universal and internationally protected code of human rights, one to which all nations can subscribe and to which all people can aspire.
Not only has the United Nations painstakingly defined a broad range of internationally accepted rights; it has also established mechanisms with which to promote and protect these rights and to assist governments in carrying out their responsibilities.
Human rights law
The foundations of this body of law are the United Nations Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the General Assembly in 1948. Since then, the United Nations has gradually expanded human rights law to encompass specific standards for women, children, disabled persons, minorities, migrant workers and other vulnerable groups, who now possess rights that protect them from discriminatory practices that had long been common in many societies. Rights have been extended through groundbreaking General Assembly decisions that have gradually established their universality, indivisibility and interrelatedness with development and democracy.
Human rights action
Education campaigns have tirelessly informed the world’s public of their inalienable rights, while numerous national judicial and penal systems have been enhanced with United Nations training programmes and technical advice. The United Nations machinery to monitor compliance with human rights covenants has acquired a remarkable cohesiveness and weight.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights works to strengthen and coordinate United Nations work for the protection and promotion of all human rights of all persons around the world. The Secretary-General has made human rights the central theme that unifies the Organization’s work.
DECOLONIZATION
More than 80 nations whose peoples were under colonial rule have joined the United Nations as sovereign independent states since the UN was founded in 1945. Many other Territories have achieved self-determination through political association with other independent states or through integration with other states. The United Nations has played a crucial role in that historic change by encouraging the aspirations of dependent peoples and by setting goals and standards to accelerate their attainment of independence. The Organization has also supervised elections leading to independence — in Togoland (1956 and 1968), Western Samoa (1961), Namibia (1989) and most recently a popular consultation in East Timor (1999).
Self-determination and independence
The decolonization efforts of the United Nations derive from the Charter principle of “equal rights and self-determination of peoples”, as well as from three specific chapters in the Charter devoted to the interests of dependent peoples. Since 1960, the United Nations has also been guided by the General Assembly’s Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, by which Member States proclaimed the necessity of bringing colonialism to a speedy end. The Organization has also been guided by General Assembly resolution 1541 (XV) of 1960, which defined the three options offering full self-government for Non-Self-Governing Territories.

Object GK - Games and Sports

Object GK - Games and Sports

Objective General Knowledge
Q.'Merdeka cup' is associated with
1Badminton
2Football
3Hockey
4Golf
Ans: 2
Q.'Prince of Wales Cup' is associated with the game of
1Polo
2Basketball
3Golf
4Volleyball
Ans: 3
Q.The first Indian to win PGA title of golf is-
1Arjun Atwal
2Jeev Milkha Singh
3Both Joint winners
4None of the Above
Ans: 1
Q.Who is the top run getter in Cricket World Cup 2011?
1Kumar Sangakara
2Sachin Tendulkar
3TM Dilshan
4Gautam Gambhir
Ans: 3
Q.India won the Cricket World Cup 1983 by defeating -
1Australia
2England
3West Indies
4South Africa
Ans: 3
Q.Which team posted highest team total in Cricket World Cup 2011?
1South Africa
2India
3West Indies
4Sri Lanka
Ans: 2
Q.Who made the fastest hundred in Cricket World Cup 2011?
1Virat Kohli
2Sachin Tendulkar
3K. J. O Brein
4Jack Kallis
Ans: 3
Q.Who has won the Australian Grand Prix this year?
1Fernando Alonso
2Sebastian Vettel
3Lewis Hamilton
4None of them
Ans: 2
Q.The winner of Deodhar Trophy this year is
1East Zone
2South Zone
3North Zone
4West Zone
Ans: 3
Q.In Cricket World Cup 2011 which team beat Kenya by 10 wickets (largest by wicket in this World Cup)?
1India
2New Zealand
3Pakistan
4Australia
Ans: 2
Objective General Knowledge
Q.Which state is the winner of Vijay Hazare Trophy of cricket?
1Bihar
2Uttar Pradesh
3Jharkhand
4Tamil Nadu
Ans: 3
Q.The highest paid footballer of the world is -
1Cristino Ronaldo
2Roni
3Lionel Messi
4Kaka
Ans: 3
Q.Who emerged as the top wicket taker in the Cricket World Cup 2011?
1Shahid Afridi
2Zaheer Khan
3Lasith Malinga
4Both Zaheer and Afridi
Ans: 4
Q.In Cricket World Cup 2011 which team beat Netherlands by 231 runs (largest by runs) inCricket World Cup 2011?
1South Africa
2India
3Bangladesh
4Pakistan
Ans: 1
Q.Who among the following won the Australian Open Women's Singles title 2011?
1Li Na
2Gisela Dulko
3Flavia Pennetta
4Kim Klijsters
Ans: 4
Q.Which of the following Trophies is related to the game of 'football'?
1Mumbai Gold cup
2Everest Cup
3Merdeka Cup
4V.C.C. Cup
Ans: 3
Q.Where is the Wanderers Test Cricket ground located ?
1Colombo
2Melbourne
3Auckland
4Johannesburg
Ans: 4
Q.Athletes with higher proportion of red fibres in their muscles are better equipped for which one of the following?
1Swimming
2Sprint
3short activities
4Shot put
Ans: 1
Q.Bull Fighting is the national game of-
1Italy
2Poland
3Spain
4Sudan
Ans: 3
Q.The term 'Bishop' in sports is related to-


Q.Ryder Cup associated with
1Hockey
2Tennis
3Golf
4Badminton
Ans: 3
Q.The top sports award of India is
1Arjun Award
2Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
3Dronacharya
4Padmashree
Ans: 2
Q.Which country clinched the Women Hockey World Cup in 2010?
1India
2England
3Australia
4Argentina
Ans: 4
Q.The new president of BCCI (Indian Cricket Board) is
1Sharad Power
2Rajiv Shukla
3N. Srinivasan
4K. Muthaia
Ans: 3
Q.Obaidullah Khan Cup is associated with
1Football
2Cricket
3Hockey
4Badminton
Ans: 3
Q.Maradona is a Famous Football Player of Which Country?
1Argentina
2Brazil
3Spain
4Italy
Ans: 1
Q."Queensberry Rules" is the name given to the rules in
1Hockey
2Cricket
3Tennis
4Boxing
Ans: 4
Q.Which country led a boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games held in Moscow?
1Great Britain
2China
3The United States of America
4South Korea
Ans: 3
Q.Jesse Owens Global Award is given in the field of
1Literature
2Journalism
3Science
4Sports
Ans: 4
Q."Irani Trophy" is associated with which of the following games?
1Badminton
2Golf
3Cricket
4Football
Ans: 3



Q.Sayali Gokhale who won an international title recently is associated with of the following games / sports?
1Lawn Tennis
2Badminton
3Golf
4Chess
Ans: 2
Q."Federation Cup" in India is associated with which game?
1Badminton
2Football
3Hockey
4Basketball
Ans: 2
Q.The 2012 Olympic Games are scheduled to be held in
1London
2Delhi
3Beijing
4Paris
Ans: 1
Q.The first World Cup in cricket was held in
11975
21976
31983
41980
Ans: 1
Q.Who is named as the Flying Sikh of India?
1Ajit Pal Singh
2Milkha Singh
3Joginder Singh
4Moninder Singh
Ans: 2
Q.Who among the following cricketers holds the record of highest individual score in One-Day Internationals(ODIs)?
1Saeed Anwar
2Brian Lara
3Sachin Tendulkar
4Viv Richards
Ans: 3
Q.Which of the following terms is not related with the game of Hockey?
1Short grip
2Hook
3Slice
4Short Corner
Ans: 4
Q.The Hockey World Player for 2009 is
1Rajpal Singh
2Jamie Dwyer
3Grant Shubert
4None of the above
Ans: 2
Q.Which Indian golf player has been named Rookie of the year 2009?
1Rashid Khan
2Anirban Lahiri
3Gaganjeet Bhullar
4C.Muniyappa
Ans: 4
Q.B.C.Roy Trophy is associated with
1Cricket
2Football
3Chess
4Hockey
Ans: 2

Q.Which of the following Won Women's hockey Gold in Olympic Game 2008?
1Holland
2Australia
3Germany
4USA
Ans: 3
Q.What is the distance of running in a marathon race?
126 miles 385 yards
226 miles 405 yards
326 miles 180 yards
426 miles
Ans: 1
Q.FIFA is an organization working in the field of
1Banking
2Textiles
3Power Generation
4Sports
Ans: 4
Q.Olympic Games are organised after a gap of every
1two years
2three years
3four years
4five years
Ans: 3
Q.How may squares are there in a Chess Board?
136
248
364
472
Ans: 3
Q.The term Grand Slam is associated with
1Billiards
2Chess
3Cricket
4Bridge & Tennis
Ans: 4
Q.The term 16 yards hit is associated with
1Polo
2Hockey
3Baseball
4Badminton
Ans: 2
Q.The Paralympic Games 2008 were held in
1Tokyo
2Madrid
3Stockholm
4Beijing
Ans: 4
Q.Who was the first Test centurion in Indian Cricket?
1Vinu Mankad
2C. K. Naidu
3Lala Amarnath
4Pankaj Roy
Ans: 3
Q.With which game is the Double Fault associated?
1Lawn Tennis
2Football
3Cricket
4Hockey
Ans: 2
Q.In cricket the length of pitch between the two wickets is -
124 yards
223 yards
322 yards
421 yards
Ans: 3
Q.The 2022 Cricket World Cup shall be co-hosted by
1India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh
2India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh
3Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka
4Bangladesh, Pakistan and India
Ans: 2
Q.The final of the Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament 2009 was played between
1India and Malaysia
2India and Pakistan
3Pakistan and Malaysia
4Malaysia and Japan
Ans: 1
Q.The "Emerging Player of the Year 2008" award was given by ICC to which Sri Lankan cricketer?
1Ajantha Mendis
2Muttiah Mulitharan
3C. Kapugedera
4M. Mahroof
Ans: 1
Q.In the FIFA World Cup Football event in the year 2002, the number of goals scored by Ronaldo of Brazil was
16
27
38
49
Ans: 3
Q.In order to win the Grand Slam in Tennis, a player must win which one of the following groups of tournaments?
1Australian Open, Wimbeldon, French Open, U.S. Open
2Wimbledon, French Open, U.S. Open, Swedish Open
3Wimbledon, French Open, Paegas Czec Open, U.S. Open
4Davis Cup, Wimbledon, French Open, Australian Open
Ans: 1
Q.Who among the following has become the first Indian to score a triple century in Tests ?
1Rahul Dravid
2Sachin Tendulkar
3Sunil Gavaskar
4Virender Sehwag
Ans: 4
Q.Who broke Pete Sampras's record of maximum Grand Slams in tennis ?
1Rafael Nadal
2Roger Federer
3Andy Roddick
4Novak Djokovic
Ans: 2
Q.Merdeka Cup is associated with
1Cricket
2Football
3Ragbi
4Hockey
Ans: 2
Q.Wasim Akram of Pakistan is associated with
1Politics
2Martial law
3Nuclear tests
4Cricket
Ans: 4
Q.Which of the following teams won the Ranji Trophy cricket championship for the first time
1Kerala
2Bengal
3Delhi
4Utter Pradesh
Ans: 4
Q.Indian Sports Research Institute is located at
1Patiala
2Delhi
3Cochin
4Poona
Ans: 1
Q.Makers of which tyres sponsor Indian ace Narain Karthikeyan
1JK
2MRF
3Dunlop
4Modi
Ans: 2
Q.Who is the first India to take a hat trick in an international test
1Kapil Dev
2Jasu Patel
3Harbhajan Singh
4B.S. Chandrasekhar
Ans: 3
Q.Which game is Ian Thorpe associated with
1Badminton
2Chess
3Swimming
4Squash
Ans: 3
Q.Which city hosted the First Afro-Asian games?
1Lucknow
2Hyderabad
3Allahabad
4Chennai
Ans: 2
Q.The first one-day Cricket World Cup tournament was held in
1Australia
2England
3New Zealand
4West Indies
Ans: 2
Q.Annika Sorenstam, a famous sportsperson, is known as a professional
1Chess Player
2Golfer
3Swimmer
4Table Tennis player
Ans: 2
Q.Who is Paradorn Srichaphan?
1A Sri Lankan cricketer
2A Thai tennis player
3An Indonesian badminton player
4A Malaysian golfer
Ans: 2
Q.Arjuna Award was introduced in
11961
21969
31972
41995
Ans: 1
Q.Who has won the maximum grand slam in mens tennis?
1Rojer Federar
2Rod Lever
3Pit Sampras
4Andre Agasi
Ans: 3
Q.Asafa Powell, the 100 meters race world record holder is from which country?
1Jamaica
2U. S. A.
3Canada
4Nigeria
Ans: 1
Q.Amelie Mauresmo, who won the Wimbledon. Tennis Women's Singles Title 2006, is from which country?
1Belgium
2France
3Germany
4Slovakia
Ans: 2
Q.With which one of the following sports is Jayanta Talukdar associated?
1Golf
2Snooker
3Archery
4Shooting
Ans: 3
Q.Which of the following trophies/cups is associated with the game of Golf?
1Iran Cup
2Panmavati Trophy
3Topolino Trophy
4None of These
Ans: 3
Q.Which of the foolowing terms is associated with the game of Football?
1Scissor Kick
2Follow on
3Slice
4Short Corner
Ans: 1
Q.M. S. Dhoni is the first wicket-keeper to make two centuries in One-Day International Cricket in India. he made these centuries while playing against -
1Sri Lanka and Pakistan
2Pakistan and Bangladesh
3Bangladesh and New Zealand
4Australia and Sri Lanka
Ans: 1
Q.The 19th Commonwealth Games will be held in 2010 in -
1Jaipur
2Kolkata
3New Delhi
4Mumbai
Ans: 3
Q.Tiger woods is a -
1Golfer
2Leader
3Bank
4Company
Ans: 1
Q.Which one of the following is full form of ICC?
1International Cricket Council
2Indian Cricket Council
3International Cost Camp
4Indian Coast Cup
Ans: 1

Q.With which game is Bully associated?
1Cricket
2Football
3Golf
4Hockey
Ans: 4
Q.Saina Nehwal is related with which among the following sports?
1Badminton
2Tennis
3Chees
4Table Tennis
Ans: 1
Q.Which among the following is not among the venues for the ICC Twenty-20 World Cup to be held in 2007 in South Africa?
1Cape Town
2Durban
3Johannesburg
4Pretoria
Ans: 4
Q.Ranji Trophy is associated with
1Hockey
2Cricket
3Foortbal
4Tennis
Ans: 2



 
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