CURRENT AFFAIRS-2010
CURRENT AFFAIRS-2010
31. Can you name the academy that the Council for Scientifi c and Industrial Research is going to start, which will award post graduate and doctoral degrees?
- Academy of Scientifi c and Innovative Research
- Academy of Innovative Research
- Institute of Scientific Research
- None of these
32. Spirit of Laws, is a famous book written by …
- Voltaire
- Jean Jacques Rousseau
- Montesquieu
- Diderot
33. Who had initiated the World Wide Web project?
- Tim Berners-Lee and Lew Kowarski
- Tim Berners-Lee and Georges Charpak
- Tim Berners-Lee and Carlo Rubbia
- Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau
34. Zoozoos are the mascots of Vodafone Essar, created by …
- JWT
- Trikaya Grey
- O&M
- Rediffusion Y&R
35. Who is known as the ‘Little Corporal”?
- Adolf Hitler
- Napolean Bonaparte
- Saddam Hussain
- None of these
36. We have recently been reading the term Flea Market. Can you select the option that best suits the word?
- A flea Market is another name for a near perfect competitive market such as a vegetable market
- A Flea Market is a market where stolen goods are sold and purchased
- A Flea market is a market where used and old goods are sold and bartered
- A Flea Market is a market for insecticides
37. Recently which committee has recommended the implementation of Elimination of standard deduction?
- Abid Hussain Committee
- Vijay Kelkar Committee
- Kiran Karnik Committee
- Raja Chelliah Committee
38. Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has constituted a committee, Takeover Regulations Advisory Committee (TRAC) to review the SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 1997 (Takeover Regulations) and to suggest suitable recommendations for amendments to the Takeover Regulations as it considers necessary. Can you recognise the chairman of the committee?
- C Achuthan
- Deepak Parekh
- Rangrajan
- Abid Hussain
39. Tata Power has decided to set up 50 MW solar photovoltaic power project. The intended
project will be the largest solar photovoltaic facility in the country. Can you recognise the
state where it will be set?
project will be the largest solar photovoltaic facility in the country. Can you recognise the
state where it will be set?
- Maharastra
- Gujarat
- Tamilnadu
- West Bengal
40. As of July 2010, BSNL and MTNL are the largest in terms of "Wire line subscriber base".
Which among the following is currently the third largest company?
Which among the following is currently the third largest company?
- Bharti
- Videocon
- Reliance
- Vodafone