CURRENT AFFAIRS 2011 PART-7

1. Who has won the Golden Lion Award in Venice Film Festival?

(1) Julia Robert

(2) Sophia Loren

(3) Sofia Coppola

(4) None of these.

2. Which country hosted the 56th, Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference?

(1) China

(2) Zimbabwe

(3) Ghana

(4) Kenya

3. What the abbreviation PATA stands for?

(1) Pacific Asia Tax Association

(2) Pacific Asia Travel Association

(3) Palestine Arctic Travel Association

(4) None of these

4. Which of the following did not sign an agreement on sharing Nile water between them?

(1) Egypt

(2) Kenya

(3) Tanzania Sudan

(4) Iran

5. Which of the following organizations recently celebrated Silver Jubilee Year of its

establishment?

(1) ASEAN

(2) NATO

(3) G20

(4) None to these

6. The Government has increased the current limit of Foreign Institutional Investors (FII)

investment in Government Securities by US $ 5 billion raising the cap to

(1) US $ 10 billion

(2) US$ 15 billion

(3) US $ 20 billion

(4) US $ 25 billion

7. Which company has bagged a Rs.660 crore contract from GMR, Badrinath Hydro Power

Generation for setting up a 300MW hydel project in Uttarakhand?

(1) Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd.

(2) Hindustan Construction Company

(3) Genco Pte Ltd

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(4) Reliance Power Ltd

8. According to the Columbia University report, India has emerged as the world’s ….. largest

outward investor, with an investment of over USD 75 billion across the world over the past

decade.

(1) 10th

(2) 15th

(3) 18th

(4) 21st

9. India’s state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited has retained its ….. ranking among the top

100 global aerospace companies.

(1) 32nd

(2) 38th

(3) 40th

(4) 42nd

10. Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd has paid a final dividend of ….. to the Government of India.

(1) Rs. 160 crore

(2) Rs. 180 crore

(3) Rs. 200 crore

(4) Rs. 250 crore

Answers

1.(3)

2.(4)

3.(2)

4.(4)

5.(4)

6.(1)

7.(2)

8.(4)

9.(2)

10.(1)