General Knowledge Questions And Answers :: Current Affairs 2009: part5



General Knowledge : Current Affairs 2009 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS :: part5 : 11 to 15

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

11.President Obama sanctioned 2.3-billion dollar military assistance to Pakistan recently. The US provides military aid to Pakistan under which of the following?

Coalition Support Fund
Anti-Terrorism Assistance Programme
Pakistan Counterinsurgency Capability Fund
Both (a) and (c)

12.An 11 member Commission headed by a former President of Mexico completed an external review of the World Banks governance and submitted its report to the Bank President Robert B. Zoellick recently. Which of the following is not among the recommendations made by the Commission?

Developing countries should be given an increased role in governance at the World Bank
Appointments to top positions such as World Bank President should not be a monopoly of US and the EU
The size of World Banks 25-member decision-making board should be increased
The World Bank should increase its sources of funds

13.President of which country in South America was in news recently for sacking the head of the armed forces after warning of a coup against him/her?

Cristina Kirchner of Argentina
Alvaro Uribe of Colombia
Hugo Chavez of Venezuela
Fernando Lugo of Paraguay

14.Which of the following public sector banks is close to acquiring a controlling stake in Kazakhstan-based Metrokombank?

Bank of Baroda
Punjab National Bank
State Bank of India
Bank of India

15.The government recently ordered the sending back of over 25000 unskilled and semi-skilled Chinese labourers working on projects in India because:

They were illegal immigrants
They were involved in protests against Dalai Lamas visit to Arunachal Pradesh
They were working on business visas instead of employment visas
They were working on employment visas instead of business visas

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