India Current Affairs- April 2011 (Part-1)

INDIA CURRENT AFFAIRS

APRIL 2011 (Part-1)

1.    Which of the following Bollywood Actress won the Best Actress trophy at the 13th London Asian Film Festival for her performance in Onir’s I AM?
a.    Nandita Das
b.    Juhi Chawla
c.    Kajol
d.    Konkona Sen Sharma
Answer: (b) Juhi Chawla

2.   Social worker Anna Hazare on 5 April 2011 started his hunger strike  at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi to protest against the reported delay in bringing in which of the following bills to effectively deal with corruption?
a.    Lokpal Bill 
b.   The Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India Bill
c.   The Competition (Amendment) Bill

d.    The Anticorruption Bill
Answer: (a) Lokpal Bill

3.    Which of the following Indian cricket players took the highest number of wickets in the recently concluded ICC World Cup 2011 along with Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi?
a.    Yuvraj Singh
b.    Zaheer Khan
c.    Sachinl
d.    Harbhajan Singh
Answer: (b) Zaheer Khan

4.    The Union Government gifted a Kendriya Vidyalaya to a nondescript village Indrapura to which of the following Indian states?
a.    Rajasthan
b.    Odisha
c.    UP
d.    MP
Answer: (a) Rajasthan

5.    Praveen Kumar Tripathi took over as the Chief Secretary of which of the following governments on 4 April 2011?
a.    Rajasthan Government
b.    Haryana Government
c.    Uttar Pradesh Government
d.    Delhi Government
Answer: (d) Delhi Government

6.    The Supreme Court on 5 April 2011 passed an order to lift iron export ban imposed by which of the following Indian states on 26 July 2010 and also ordered it to implement the new rules for regulating iron ore mining and transportation?
a.    Karnatak
b.    Andhra Pradesh
c.    Maharashtra
d.    Odisha
Answer: (a) Karnatak

7.    Under the Godfrey Phillips Zonal Bravery Awards given away by the former ruler of Jodhpur, Gaj Singh in Jaipur on 5 April 2011, which of the following NGOs was honoured with the Amodhini Award of Rs.1 lakh?
a.    Rajasthan Ratna
b.    Charities Aid Foundation
c.    Udyogini
d.    Akhil Bharatiya Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram
Answer: (c) Udyogini

8.    Which Indian hockey player was in April 2011 named captain of the Indian Hockey team the upcoming Sultan Azlan Shah Cup scheduled to be played in Malaysia from 5-15 May 2011?
a.    Amitabh Bacchan
b.    Rajpal Singh 
c.    Bharat Kumar Chetri
d.    Arjun Halappa
Answer: (d) Arjun Halappa

9.    Gangaur, a festival which marks the union of Lord Shiva and his consort, Goddess Parvati is celebrated for 18 days from the day after Holi in which of the following Indian states?
a.    MP
b.    Karnataka
c.    Rajathan
d.    Uttaranchal
Answer: (c) Rajasthan

10.    Which agency issued guidelines on distance marketing of products on 6 April 2011 to protect the interest of people who buy policies over phone or Internet?
a.    TRAI
b.    IRDA
c.    SEBI
d.    DoT
Answer: (b) IRDA
11. Which one of the following Indian states recently released a Braille version of the RTI (Right to Information) Act and its rules for the benefit of visually challenged?
a) Rajasthan
b) Gujarat
c) Haryana
d) Madhya Pradesh
Answer (b): Gujarat 

12.  The Gujarat Government banned controversial book, entitled Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and his struggle with India. Who is the author of the book?
a) Joseph Lelyveld
b) Joseph Ponting
c) Hugh Grant
d) Vikram Seth
Answer: (a) Joseph Lelyveld

13.  Which one of the following states imposed a blanket ban on plastic bags?
a) UP
b) Haryana
c) Delhi
d)Tamil Nadu
Answer: (c) Delhi

14. The Supreme Court quashed the acquisition of 205 hectares of agricultural land in Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Budh Nagar by the state government. The court stated that the right to property is a constitutional right and the government can’t take away anybody’s land in an arbitrary way. Right to Property was removed from the list of the fundamental rights under__ amendment of the Constitution of India.
a) 43th
b) 42nd
c) 45th
d) 44th
Answer: (d) 44th
15. Read the following sentences with respect to Central Reserve Police Force.
1. CRPF celebrates its Valour Day every year on 9 April.
2. CRPF observes the Valour Day to commemorate the 1965 incident of Sardar Post when 2nd Battalion of CRPF had repulsed the attack of a full-fledged infantry brigade of Pakistani army.
3. 50 CRPF officers were given gallantry medals on the occasion of CRPF Valour Day on 9 April 2011.
4. CRPF is the third first force in the world to raise an all-women battalion.
Which of the following statements are true?
a. 2 & 3
b. 3 & 4
c. 2 & 4
d. 1 & 2
Answer: (d)

16. Read the following sentences with respect to the issue of biometric PAN cards to taxpayers.
1. Indian Finance Ministry on 11 April decided to issue biometric PAN cards to taxpayers across the country to erase the problem of duplicate and fake ones
2. proposed new biometric Permanent Account Number (PAN) cards would bear the I-T assessee's fingerprints
3. Finance ministry and the I-T department had put on hold the biometric PAN card project in 2010 to ensure that the biometric PAN cards for tax payers could be released along with UID numbers to be issued by Nandan Nilekani's Unique Identity Authority of India (UIDAI).
4. The biometric PAN card was proposed by the finance minister Pranab Mukherjee in the budget speech of 2009-10.
Which of the above mentioned statements are true?
a. 1&2
b. 1,3 & 4
c. 2,3 & 4
d. 1, 2  & 3
Answer: (a) 1&2

17. According to data from an international organisation India’s growth in 2010 was 10.4% higher than that of China which recorded a growth of 10.3%. Name the organisation.
a. International Monetary Fund
b. World Bank
c. Asian Development Bank
d. World Trade organisation
Answer: (a) International Monetary Fund

18. Creative Abby awards were given out during the Goafest 2011 which concluded on 9 April 2011 in the Varca village in Goa. The awards recognise and honour work in which of the following fields?
a. Sports
b. Advertisement
c. Documentary Films
d. Art & Craft
Answer: (b) Advertisement

19. India topped the list of 10 countries that have the highest number of stillbirths according to which of the following British medical journals?
a. The Lancet
b. British Journal of Medical Practitioners
c. British Columbia Medical Journal
d. British Journal of Sexual Medicine
Answer: (a) The Lancet

20. The Annual plan for Jharkhand state was finalised at ____ for the year 2011-12.
a) 18300 crore rupees
b) 15300 crore rupees
c) 16600 crore rupees
d) 12450 crore rupees
Answer: (b) 15300 crore rupees