Quiz Questions and Answers-Current Affairs Quiz Questions 5
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1. The recipient of K. K. Birla’s foundation Bihari Puraskar 2009 was : (B) Nirmala Deshpandey (C) Shanta Sinha (D) Jagannath Prasad Das Ans:-(A) Hemant Shesh 2. Which country bagged gold medal in Hockey in the 29th Olympic Games held at Beijing in August 2008 ? (A) Holland (B) Germany (C) Australia (D) South Korea Ans:-(B) Germany 3. Which eminent Indian Scientist, named ‘The Chemistry Pioneer of 2005’ by the American Institute of Chemists, was conferred the Chavalier de la Legion d’ Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honour) by France, the highest Civilian award given by that country ? (A) C.N.R. Rao (B) M.S. Swaminathan (C) Jayant Vishnu Narlikar (D) None of these Ans:-(A) C.N.R. Rao 4. Which of the following is not the main organ of the U.N.O. ? (A) General Assembly (B) Security Council (C) Trusteeship Council (D) United Nations Educationa l, Scientific and Cultural Organization Ans:-(D) United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 5. Where is the headquarters of the International Court of Justice ? (A) Paris (France) (B) Rome (Italy) (C) The Hague (Netherlands) (D) Washington (U.S.A.) Ans:-(C) The Hague (Netherlands) 6. How many Judges are there in the International Court of Justice ? (A) 9 (B) 10 (C) 11 (D) 15 Ans:-(D) 15 (A) Mrs. Vijay Laxmi Pandit (B) Trygve Lie (C) Dag Hammarskjoeld (D) U. Thant Ans:-(B) Trygve Lie 8. Who was presented in March, 2009 the Media Foundation’s Chame li Devi Jain Award for Journalism for the year 2008 ? (A) Nirupama Subramanian (B) Vinita Desmukh (C) Both (A) and (b) (D) Ashok Agrawal Ans:-(C) Both (A) and (b) 9. Who wrote the following lines ? “Death is the end of life, ah, why should life all labour be ?” (A) P. B. Shelley (B) John Keats (C) Lord Byron (D) Alfred Tennyson Ans:-(D) Alfred Tennyson 10. ‘Golden Handshake’ is the term associated with : (A) Share market (B) Retirement benefits (C) Voluntary retirement benefits (D) Smuggling Ans:-(C) Voluntary retirement benefits
