How well do you read Newspapers, or hear News on TV? Test your knowledge of current affairs here.
1. Which Indian state has won the Union Government’s first ever award for ‘the state with the best performing Panchayat Raj system’?
2. Who was the BJP general secretary involved in the sleaze CD scandal?
3. Which Swami is in the midst of the Ayurvedic medicines controversy brought to the fore by CPM Politburo member, Brinda Karat?
4. Which event took place during 7-9 January 2006 at Hyderabad?
5. Why is the decommissioned French Aircraft carrier ‘Clemenceau’ in the news recently?
6. Who is the chief of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation that featured in the "top 25 newsmakers of 2005" list compiled by the US' Engineering News-Record, a leading publication on the construction industry?
7. Who was the chief guest of the Republic day parade that took place in New Delhi on 26th Jan, 2006?
8. The World Economic Forum took place at Davos between 25 – 29 Jan 2006. In Which country is Davos located?
9. This observer of the election commission, has been credited with the fair conduct of elections in Bihar. He is also assigned the work of cleaning up electoral rolls in West Bengal, which is to go to polls this year. Who is he?
10. With which animal is the Chinese new year beginning on 29th Jan, 2006 associated?
1. Kerala
2. Sanjay Joshi
3. Swami Ramdev of Kankal near Hardwar. The medicines from his Divya Yog pharmacy allegedly contain traces of human and animal parts.
4. Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
5. The Ship set to arrive at Gujarat's Alang ship-breaking yard by March is said to contain hazardous substances. The Supreme court of India has set a monitoring committee, to decide whether or not, the ship should be allowed to enter Indian Waters, while environmental groups across the world protest the use of India as a dumping ground for toxic waste.
6. E.Sreedharan
7. The Saudi Arabian King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz al Saud
8. Switzerland
9. K.J.Rao
10. Dog. This year is considered the ‘Year of the Dog’.
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