Current affairs for IAS

General studies for IAS

Current Affair for IAS Prelims

1. Vladimir Putin has recently become Russia's president for which among the following terms?

First
Second
Third
Fourth


2. The main goal of Total Sanitation Campaign is to eradicate the practice of open defecation by __?

2015
2017
2020
2022


3. In context with agriculture, 2012 is being launched as the year of ___?

Green Manure
Organic Farming
Horticulture
Sericulture


4. Annual Elephant Festival was recently celebrated in which city of Rajasthan?

Jaipur
Jodhpur
Ajmer
Kota


5. Who among the following has won the Best actor Award in the 59th National Film Awards 2011?

Amir Khan
Nasiruddin Shah
Girish Kulkarni
Salman Khan


6. Ravi Shankar Sharma, popularly known as Ravi, who recently passed away was a __?

Musician
Painter
Film Director
Writer


7. Terry Wagon is known as a famous personality related to which among the following disciplines?

Music Band
Radio Broadcasting
Public Administration
Economics


8. The Assam Government has launched the Mamoni scheme under which among the following schemes?

Total Sanitation Campaign
National Rural Health Mission
National Solar Mission
MGNREGA


9. Who among the following was sent as UN Special Envoy to Syria during the recent crisis?

U Thant
Mossaad Mohamed Ali
Kofi Annan
Boutros Boutros-Ghali


10. Which among the following country is not a major source of FDI in India?

Singapore
Canada
Netherlands
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