Current Affairs questions - September 25, 2013

Current Affairs questions - September 25, 2013

1. ____________ elected as the 12th President of Pakistan.

a) Nawaz Sharif
b) Raza Rabbani
c) Sikander Mirza
d) Mamnoon Hussain

2. Choose from following countries that is known as "Pearl of the Antilles".

a) Australia
b) China
c) Cuba
d) Haiti

3. Who is honored with 21st Rajiv Gandhi National Sadhbhavna award?

a) Amjad Ali Khan
b) Mother Teresa
c) Ustad Ghulam Hussain
d) M. F. Hussain

4. ______________ has won the South Asian Football Federation Under-16 championship.

a) India
b) Bangladesh
c) Sri Lanka
d) Nepal

5. Which of the following countries will jointly host the 2015 Cricket world cup?

a) India and S. Africa
b) England and Canada
c) S.Africa and West Indies
d) Austrialia and New Zealand

6. Which of the following projects is a part of the Gandhi Sagar Dam?

a) Kosi Project
b) Chambal Project
c) Rihand Project
d) Damodar Valley Project

7. _____________ is not a "Classical Language of India".

a) Bengali
b) Kannada
c) Malayalam
d) Telugu

8. Former South African President Dr. Nelson Mandela belong to which political parties?

a) African National Congress
b) National Party
c) Pan-Africa Congress
d) African National Party

9. ______________ is famous for "Chikankari Work", a traditional embroidery art.

a) Dharmavaram
b) Lucknow
c) Kashmir
b) Simla

10. Prime Minister has approved the appointment of Dr. Raghuram Rajan as the Governor of Reserve Bank of India for a term of _________ years

a) Two
b) Three
c) Four
d) Five

11. In which state the "Great Himalayan National Park" is located?

a) UP
b) Himachal Pradesh
c) MP
b) Jharkhand

12. Pinaka is a _____________________

a) Multiple Rocket Launcher
b) Air-to-Air Missile
b) Surface-to-Air-Missile
c) Light Combat Vehicle

13. Which of the following crops refers to the term "Green Gold"?

a) Rice
b) Sugarcane
c) Wheat
d) Bamboo

14. Which of the following states has largest population of Buddhists?

a) Maharashtra
b) Bihar
b) Jharkhand
c) UP

15. Which is not a computer language?

a) FORTRAN
b) PASCAL
c) DATAMATICS
d) COBOL

16. Deepika Kumari is associated with which sports?

a) Cycling
b) Archery
c) Cricket
d) High Jump

17. Which one of the following is the West flowing river?

a) Cauvery
b) Godavari
c) Narmada
d) Damodar

18. Dudhwa National park is in which of the following state?

a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Jharkhand
c) Bihar
d) Gujarat

19. Name the Afghanistan's first woman governor who is the winner of Ramon Magsaysay award 2013.

a) Habiba Sarabi
b) Sheikh Hasina
c) Habiba Anjum
d) Sameera Rabbanikar

20 .Which company has adopted the Taj Mahal under the clean India Campaign of ministry of tourism?

a) ONGC
b) TATA
c) BHEL
d) NTPC