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1. Which of the following is not true with regards to the recently concluded conference of presiding officers of legislatives bodies from different parts of the country?
a. It was the 70th conference of presiding officers of legislatives bodies and was held in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly.
b. The conference was inaugurated by Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar.
c. The conference focused on deliberation on both the growing tendency to disrupt the question hour and also on the significance of committee system in the Indian Parliament.
d. This is the fourth time that the conference was held in Srinagar. The earlier ones were in 1954, 1970 and 1987.
Answer: a
2. The Pune Municipal Corporation passed the resolution for the Pune Metro on 24 June 2010. In which year did the first metro move in India in the city of Kolkata?
a. July 1984
b. January 1986
c. January 1980
d. April 1990
Answer: a
Current Affairs Quiz for the week 5 July- 11 July 2010
3. In the biography of former Union Minister Jagjivan Ram called Babu Jagjivan Ram: Ek Jivani that has been written by Mangalmurti, which former Indian PM was accused of making Jagjivan Ram a scapegoat to secure his/her leadership position?
a. Jawaharlal Nehru
b. Indira Gandhi
c. Narasimha Rao
d. Morarji Desai
Answer: b
4. On 6 June 2010 India conducted the first night trial of its beyond visual range air-to-air missile. India’s first indeginiously bulit beyond visual range air-to-air missile was test fired from Integrated Test Range Complex from Chandipur. Name the missile.
a. Astra
b. BVRAAM
c. Matra Super 530
d. Vympel AA-8 Aphid
Answer: a
5. Megastar Amitabh Bachchan had made a successful comeback to showbiz through Kaun Banega Crorepati in 2000, would be back to back on the quiz reality show for its fouth season. The third season was hosted by SRK. All the three seasons were telecast by Star Plus. The fourth season would be telecast by which television channel?
a. Sony
b. Colors
c. NDTV Imagine
d. Zee TV
Answer: a
6. Which is the online video service launched by US based AKG Technologies which offers Indian TV shows, Bollywood movies, music videos and event clips aggregated from various entertainment content providers to Indian audiences in the U.S. and India?
a. NyooTV.com
b. Hulu.com
c. Entertainmentbuzz.com
d. Indient.com
Answer: a
7. Which of the following statement/statements is/are not true in relation to the INSAT–4B Spacecraft?
1. INSAT–4B Spacecraft is the second in the INSAT 4 series of spacecrafts
2. It was launched on 12 March 2007 and is co-located with INSAT-A at 90 degree E longitude
3. It was launched from site French Guyana and the launch vehicle was called Ariane5
4. It was configured with exclusive communication payloads to provide services in Ku and C frequency bands.
a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both 2 & 4
Both 1 and 4
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