General Knowledge Questions And Answers :: Current Affairs 2009: part1



General Knowledge : Current Affairs 2009 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS :: part1 : 26 to 30

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

26.The Commander of U.S. Forces Afghanistan (USFOR-A) was in news recently for his report cautioning the Obama administration that the war in Afghanistan may be lost if more troops are not sent. Who is the Commander of USFOR-A?

General William F. Garrison
General Wayne A. Downing
General Stanley A. McChrystal
General Peter J. Schoomaker

27.Which Indian American was in news recently for his appointment as Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy in the U.S. Department of Energy by U.S. President Barack Obama?

Bobby Jindal
Sonal Joshi
Arun Majumdar
Arun Netravali

28.Persons below the poverty line ine India are classified as such based on whether

They are entitled to a minimum prescribed food basket
They get work for a prescribed minimum number of days in a year
They belong to agricultural labourer household and the Scheduled casttes/Tribes social group
Their daily wages fall below the prescribed minimum wages

29.Who was leased land for her charity - Raising Malawi - for 99 years by the Government of African country Malawi recently?

Julia Roberts
Angelina Jolie
Nicole Kidman
Madonna

30.Dr. A. Sivathanu Pillai is well known for expertise in which field?

Journalism
Genetic research
Biotechnology
Missile technology

More Current Affairs 2009 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS available in next pages

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