General Knowledge Questions And Answers :: Current Affairs 2010: part6



General Knowledge : Current Affairs 2010 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS :: part6 : 16 to 20

Following General Knowledge Multiple choice objective type questions and answers will help you in TRB, SSC and UPSC 2024 examinations :

16.Russia launched the construction of a new space centre (cosmodrome) at Vostochny. Russia currently launches its manned space missions from the Soviet-era Baikonur space centre, which is in _____.

Estonia
Turkmenistan
Belarus
Kazakhstan

17.India signed an agreement to acquire which of the following anti-ship missiles from the US recently?

Harpoon
Penguin
Skipper
Tomahawk

18.Municipal Corporation in which city was in news for opening Indias first Right to Information (RTI) library recently?

Kochi
Ahmedabad
Jaipur
Pune

19.Which of the following combinations of newspaper groups and their promoters is matched incorrectly?

Vineet Kumar Jain - Bennett, Coleman & Co Ltd
N Ravi - The Hindu
Aveek Kumar Sarkar - Ananda Bazar Patrika
None of the above

20.Why was Pakistans Chief of the Army Staff, General Ashraf Pervez Kayani, in news recently?

He has decided to retire in 2011
He has received a three-year extension in his term
He has decided to contest the next Presidential election in Pakistan
He has announced a voluntary ban on testing nuclear weapons

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