{"id":10787,"date":"2011-10-05T11:22:34","date_gmt":"2011-10-05T06:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/jwt2015\/?p=10787"},"modified":"2017-04-22T11:27:16","modified_gmt":"2017-04-22T06:27:16","slug":"current-affairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/css-exclusive\/css-special\/current-affairs\/","title":{"rendered":"Current Affairs"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. Who is the present United States Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan?<\/h3>\n

\n

Set- 1<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

(a) *Marc Grossman
\n(b) Richard Holbrooke
\n(c) Charles E. Redman
\n(d) Bill Richardson<\/p>\n

2.Who is the founder of Wikileaks?<\/b>
\n(a) *Julian Assange
\n(b) Martin Cooper
\n(c) Orkut Buyukkokten
\n(d) Mark Zuckerberg<\/p>\n

3. South Sudan became an independent state on:<\/b>
\n(a) 17th January 2011
\n(b) 15th January 2011
\n(c) 16th January 2011
\n(d) *9th July 2011<\/p>\n

4. Spratly Islands\u009d are disputed between China and:<\/b>
\n(a) Taiwan
\n(b) Vietnam, Philippines
\n(c) Malaysia and Brunei
\n(d) *All of the above<\/p>\n

5.Who sworn in as Brazil’s first female president on 1st January, 2011?<\/b>
\n(a) *Dilma Rousseff
\n(b) Lawrence Cannon
\n(c) Kiir Mayardit
\n(d) None of these<\/p>\n

6. The Nord Stream natural gas pipeline, completed in 2011, is from Russia to: <\/b>
\n(a) *Germany\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Belgium
\n(c) France\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Spain<\/p>\n

7. Next Football World Cup will be played in 2014 in:<\/b>
\n(a) South Korea\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Japan
\n(c) *Brazil\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) South Africa<\/p>\n

8. Who won the World Cup Football played in South Africa in 2010?<\/b>
\n(a) *Spain\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Brazil
\n(c) Netherlands\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Germany<\/p>\n

9. 2016 Olympics will be held in:<\/b>
\n(a) China\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) England
\n(c) Russia\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) * Brazil<\/p>\n

10. 16th Asian Games were held in 2010 in:<\/b>
\n(a) India\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) North Korea
\n(c) Japan\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) *China<\/p>\n

11. The host of 17th Asian Games will be:<\/b>
\n(a) India\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) *South Korea
\n(c) Japan\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) China<\/p>\n

12. The 17th Asian Games will be held in:<\/b>
\n(a) 2012\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) *2014
\n(c) 2016\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) 2011<\/p>\n

13. Who is the current Speaker of the United States House of Representatives?<\/b>
\n(a) *John Boehner\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Nancy Pelosi
\n(c) Robert Gates\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) None of these<\/p>\n

14. John Boehner belongs to:<\/b>
\n(a) *Ohio\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) California
\n(c) Texas\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Alaska<\/p>\n

15. Which of the following countries recognised Palestine as an independent state in January 2011?<\/b>
\n(a) Chile\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Peru
\n(C) Guyana
\n(d) *All of the above<\/p>\n

16.Which of the following online encyclopedias celebrated its 10th anniversary in January 2011?<\/b>
\n(a) *Wikipedia\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b)\u00a0 Encarta
\n(c) Britannica
\n(d) None of the above<\/p>\n

17. 11th World Cup Cricket will be played in 2015 in:<\/b>
\n(a) Australia\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) England
\n(c) New Zealand\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) *Both a & c<\/p>\n

18.\u00a0 Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, is located in:<\/b>
\n(a) *Dubai\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Malaysia
\n(c) Taiwan\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Thailand
\n
\n19. 2014 Winter Olympics will be held in: <\/b>
\n(a) Beijing, China
\n(b) *Sochi, Russia
\n(c) New York, USA
\n(d) London, England<\/p>\n

20. The magnitude of the earthquake that caused the world’s 4th largest tsunami in 2011, on the Richter scale was: <\/b>
\n(a) 8.9\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) 9.6\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(c) *9.0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 (d) 9.3<\/p>\n

Set- 2<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

1. Who won the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011?<\/b>
\n(a) New Zealand (b) Sri Lanka
\n(c) Pakistan(d) *India<\/p>\n

2. The writer of ‘Harry Potter’ series is:<\/b>
\n(a) Robin Clark\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) John Smith
\n(c) Earnest Hemingway
\n(d) *J. K. Rowling<\/p>\n

3. The largest shareholder of the World Bank is:<\/b>
\n(a) China\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) India
\n(c) *USA
\n(d) United Kingdom<\/p>\n

4. The current Secretary-General of Commonwealth is: <\/b>
\n(a) Abdullah Hussain Haroon
\n(b) *Kamalesh Sharma
\n(c) Wajid Shamsul Hassan
\n(d) Noori al-Maliki<\/p>\n

5. The current Secretary-General of Arab League is: <\/b>
\n(a) Muhammad Naveed
\n(b) * Nabil El Araby
\n(c) Wajid Shamsul Hassan
\n(d) Noori al-Maliki<\/p>\n

6. The current Secretary-General of Arab League, Dr Nabil El Araby, belongs to:<\/b>
\n(a) *Egypt\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Iraq
\n(c) Saudi Arabia\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) Pakistan<\/p>\n

7. Who is the present Secretary-General of ECO?<\/b>
\n(a) *M. Yahya Maroofi
\n(b) Abdoulaye Wade
\n(c) Hosni Mubarak
\n(d) Khalida Zia<\/p>\n

8. Current Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon belongs to:<\/b>
\n(a) *South Korea\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Iran
\n(c) America \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) North Korea<\/p>\n

9. The 2010 Winter Olympics were held in:<\/b>
\n(a) *Vancouver, Canada
\n(b) Ottawa, Canada
\n(c) London, England
\n(d) None of these<\/p>\n

10. Current Prime Minister of UK David Cameron belongs to:<\/b>
\n(a) *Conservative Party
\n(b) Labour Party\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (c) Liberal Party
\n(d) Democratic Party<\/p>\n

11. ‘From the shadows’\u009d was written by: <\/b>
\n(a) *Robert Gates\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Bill Clinton
\n(c) Barak Obama\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) Tony Balyor<\/p>\n

12. 19th FIFA World Cup was played in: <\/b>
\n(a) Germany\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) *South Africa
\n(c) Brazil\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) Spain<\/p>\n

13. Olympics Games 2012 will be held in:<\/b>
\n(a) *England\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) France
\n(c) China\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) USA<\/p>\n

14. The ownership of Abu Musa is disputed between:<\/b>
\n(a) *Iran and UAE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Iraq and UAE
\n(c) Yemen and UAE
\n(d) None of these<\/p>\n

15. On which river Baglihar Dam is being constructed by India?<\/b>
\n(a) Jhelum\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Sutlej
\n(c) *Chenab\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) Ravi<\/p>\n

16. Who is the Pakistan’s current Ambassador to United State?<\/b>
\n(a) Muhammad Ali Durrani
\n(b) Abdullah Hussain Haroon
\n(c) * Husain Haqqani
\n(d) Dr I. H. Qureshi<\/p>\n

17. H1N1 virus causes:\u00a0 <\/b>
\n(a) *Swine flu\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Bird flu
\n(c) Soft flu\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) None of these<\/p>\n

18. The world was shocked in March 2011 when a small country suffered a devastating earthquake. Which Pacific Ocean country was this? <\/b>
\n(a) Bahamas\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Cuba
\n(c) *Japan\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) Jamaica<\/p>\n

19. Who is the leader of Haqqani Group?<\/b>
\n(a) *Sirajuddin Haqqani
\n(b) Kamaluddin Haqqani
\n(c) Mirajuddin Haqqani
\n(d) Nooruddin Haqqani<\/p>\n

20. The No.1 social networking website in world ‘Facebook’ was founded by:<\/b>
\n(a) Bill Gates\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Martin Cooper
\n(c) Orkut Buyukkokten
\n(d) *Mark Zuckerberg<\/p>\n

Set- 3<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

1. Poland took over the presidency of the European Union on:<\/b>
\n(a) *July 1, 2011\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) March 12, 2011
\n(c) March 13, 2011
\n(d) March 11, 2011<\/p>\n

2. FARC rebels are operating in: <\/b>
\n(a) Uganda\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) *Colombia
\n(c) Sudan\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) Ethiopia<\/p>\n

3. Commonwealth Games 2014 will be held in:<\/b>
\n(a) London
\n(b) *Glasgow (Scotland)
\n(c) Rio de Janeiro\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) Melbourne<\/p>\n

4. Swine influenza is also called:<\/b>
\n(a) Swine flu\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Hog flu
\n(c) Pig flu
\n(d) *All of the above<\/p>\n

5. ICC Umpire of the Year 2011 is:<\/b>
\n(a) Simon Taufel\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Billy Doctrove
\n(c) *Aleem Dar\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) None of these<\/p>\n

6. Which of the following is the cause of Bird Flue?<\/b>
\n(a) *H5N1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) H2NO3
\n(c) H Pylori\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) Hittite pi<\/p>\n

7. Which of the following female mosquito is the cause of Dengue fever?<\/b>
\n(a) * Aedes Aegyptiis
\n(b) Anopheles\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (c) Barinohils
\n(d) None of these<\/p>\n

8. Which of the following area(s) is\/are disputed between England (UK) and Argentina?<\/b>
\n(a) Shag Rocks
\n(b) Falkland Islands
\n(c) Islands of Malvinas
\n(d) *All of the above<\/p>\n

9. What is the real name of Mr. Bean, the famous comedian?<\/b>
\n(a) *Rowan Atkinson
\n(b) Richard Curtis
\n(c) Robin Driscoll
\n(d) Ben Elton<\/p>\n

10. Pirates remain a problem off the coast of which African country?<\/b>
\n(a) Mozambique\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) *Somalia
\n(c) Angola\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) Nigeria<\/p>\n

11. Which country is the newest member of UN?<\/b>
\n(a) Switzerland\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) East Timor
\n(c) *South Sudan\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) Somalia<\/p>\n

12. Pichvni Island is disputed between:<\/b>
\n(a) Russia and Japan
\n(b) *Russia and Georgia
\n(c) Armenia and Russia
\n(d) None of these<\/p>\n

13. The current Secretary-General of<\/b> SAARC belongs to:<\/b>
\n(a) India\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Afghanistan
\n(c) Nepal\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) *Maldives<\/p>\n

14. Which airbase of Pakistan is under the control of USA and NATO?<\/b>
\n(a) Mushaf Airbase
\n(b) *Shamsi Airbase
\n(c) Shaheen Airbase
\n(d) None of these<\/p>\n

15. Shamsi Airbase is located near: <\/b>
\n(a) * Washki\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Jacobabad
\n(c) Quetta\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) Makran<\/p>\n

16. The World’s tallest building is:<\/b>
\n(a) Taipei Center
\n(b) Petronas Towers
\n(c) * Burj Khalifa \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) None of these<\/p>\n

17. Who is the permanent representative of Pakistan to the United Nations?<\/b>
\n(a) Shaukat Tareen
\n(b) Ahmad Kamal
\n(c) * Abdullah Hussain Haroon
\n(d) Tariq Fatmi<\/p>\n

18. Which of the following is the most peaceful country in the world?<\/b>
\n(a) *Norway\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Sweden
\n(c) Denmark\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) France<\/p>\n

19. ETA is a terrorist group operating in: <\/b>
\n(a) *France\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Germany
\n(c) Italy\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) Norway<\/p>\n

20. According to 18th Amendment, what is the new name of NWFP?<\/b>
\n(a) *Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,
\n(b) Pashtun Province
\n(c) Khyber Province
\n(d) None of these<\/p>\n

Set- 4<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 Who is the current US Representative to the United Nations?<\/b>
\n(a) *Susan E. Rice\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Robert Zoellick
\n(c) Christine Lagarde
\n(d) None of these<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 Who is the current Managing Director of IMF? <\/b>
\n(a) Susan E. Rice\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Robert Zoellick
\n(c) *Christine Lagarde
\n(d) Pascal Lamay<\/p>\n

3. Who is the current President of the World Bank?<\/b>
\n(a) Susan E. Rice
\n(b) *Robert Zoellick
\n(c) Christine Lagarde
\n(d) None of these<\/p>\n

4. Who is the current President of Asian Development Bank?<\/b>
\n(a) Susan Rice\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Robert Zoellick
\n(c) Christine Lagarde
\n(d) *Haruhiko Kuroda<\/p>\n

5. Who is current Director General of WTO?<\/b>
\n(a) Susan Rice\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Robert Zoellick
\n(c) Christine Lagarde
\n(d) * Pascal Lamy<\/p>\n

6. Who is the present Secretary-General of NATO?<\/b>
\n(a) Susan Rice\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Robert Zoellick
\n(c) Christine Lagarde
\n(d) * Anders Fogh Rasmussen<\/p>\n

7. Who is the present Director General of IAEA?<\/b>
\n(a) Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed
\n(b) Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu
\n(c) *Yukiya Amano (Japan)
\n(d) None of these<\/p>\n

8. Who is the present Secretary-General of SAARC?<\/b>
\n(a) *Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed
\n(b) Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu
\n(c) Yukiya Amano\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) None of these<\/p>\n

9. Who is the current Secretary-General of OIC?<\/b>
\n(a) Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed
\n(b) *Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu
\n(c) Yukiya Amano
\n(d) None of these<\/p>\n

10. Who holds the record of highest individual score in limited over (ODI) cricket?<\/b>
\n(a) Saeed Anwar
\n(b) Sanath Jayasuriya
\n(c) *Sachin Tendulkar
\n(d) Arvinda De Silva<\/p>\n

11. Currently, how many are the total members of UNO?<\/b>
\n(a) *193\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) 191
\n(c) 190\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) 189<\/p>\n

12. Currently, how many are the total members of NATO?<\/b>
\n(a) *28\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) 29
\n(c) 21\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) 26<\/p>\n

13. Currently, how many are the total members of European Union?<\/b>
\n(a) 26\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) *27\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (c) 28\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) 29<\/p>\n

14. Currently, how many are the total members of Euro Zone?<\/b>
\n(a) 26\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) *17\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (c) 18\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) 27<\/p>\n

15. Currently, how many are the total members of SAARC?<\/b>
\n(a) 6\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) 7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (c) *8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) 9<\/p>\n

16. Currently, how many are the total members of ECO?<\/b>
\n(a) 11\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) 12\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (c) *10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) 15<\/p>\n

17. 2022 Football World Cup will be played in:<\/b>
\n(a) Korea\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Japan
\n(c) Brazil\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) *Qatar<\/p>\n

18. 2018 Football World Cup will be played in:<\/b>
\n(a) *Russia\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Japan
\n(c) Brazil\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) South Africa<\/p>\n

19.\u00a0 The United Nations General Assembly declared 2011 as the International Year of:<\/b>
\n(a) Water\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Poverty
\n(c) *Forests \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) Earth<\/p>\n

20. Pakistan launched its first space satellite on:<\/b>
\n(a) *11th August, 2011
\n(b) 17th August, 2011
\n(c) 18th August, 2011
\n(d) 19th August, 2011<\/p>\n

By: Rai Muhammad Iqbal<\/div>\n

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