World Current Affairs GK 2010 December
December 1, 2010
Q Where is the UN global convention on terrorism held?
NewYork
Q As per the leaks of 'WikiLeaks', what is the codename of India's military contingent plan on which the US conducted secret analysis?
ColdStart
Q Name of the super-Earth exoplanet that has been analysed for the first time by international team of astronomers?
GJ 1214b
Q Which international agency issued a global warning notice for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on charges of rape?
Interpol
December 3, 2010
Q World Disability Day falls on ______
December 3
Q As per the data compiled by the World Meteorological Organisation which year was considered the warmest ever till now?
2010
December 8
Q 'Birds of America' was sold in London for over 7.3 million pounds which is the world record price for a printed book. Who is the author?
John James Audubon
December 9
Q What is the name of planet found by an Indian-American astronomer Madhusudhan at Princeton University, NewJersey?
WASP 12b
Q As per the data compiled by the World Meteorological Organisation which year was considered the warmest ever till now?2010
Q A group of former WikiLeaks collaborators who quit the site are about to launch a new site. What is the name?
OpenLeaks
December 11, 2010
Q US recently asked China to release a captive who had won a Nobel Prize. Name the person?
Liu Xiaobo
Q Which gas pipeline is called peace pipeline?
Iran-Pak-India pipeline
December 12, 2010
Q Hamid Karzai was in the news recently. Who is he?
President of Afghanistan
December 13, 2010
Q Art Historians uncovered a secret DaVinci code in the eyes of MonaLisa picture hanging in the Louvre in Paris. As per them what letters were hidden in the right eye of MonaLisa?
LV
December 14, 2010
Q Who was Richard Holbrooke?
US special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan
December 15, 2010
Q Who will succeed the late US special representative Richard Holbrooke?
Frank Ruggiero
December 16, 2010
Q A 103 year old British woman Lillian Lowe was in the news for what reason?
Oldest 'Facebook' user
Q Which nation's President has filed his eleventh law suit against one of the country's media houses for resembling him with a controversial leader of yesteryears?
South African President Jacob Zuma
Q The dispute between India and European Union which was resolved recently was in connection with _____
Transit of Generic Drugs
December 23, 2010
Q Which UN norms on disappearance was came into force today?
The International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
Q The US senate passed the new armed reduction treaty with Russia. What is its name?
START
Q Who is the chief of ISI?
Shuja Pasha
December 25 to 31, 2010
Q Which international organisation said the life sentence to Binayak Sen violateds international standards of fair trial?
Amnesty International
Q After 6 years Tsunami hit in which western Pacific nation?
Vanuatu
Q Killer of Abraham Lincoln was in the news. Name him?
John Wilkes Booth
Q Miss Elephant International Pageant was held in ______
Kathmandu
Q A group of former WikiLeaks collaborators who quit the site are about to launch a new site. What is the name?
OpenLeaks
December 11, 2010
Q US recently asked China to release a captive who had won a Nobel Prize. Name the person?
Liu Xiaobo
Q Which gas pipeline is called peace pipeline?
Iran-Pak-India pipeline
December 12, 2010
Q Hamid Karzai was in the news recently. Who is he?
President of Afghanistan
December 13, 2010
Q Art Historians uncovered a secret DaVinci code in the eyes of MonaLisa picture hanging in the Louvre in Paris. As per them what letters were hidden in the right eye of MonaLisa?
LV
December 14, 2010
Q Who was Richard Holbrooke?
US special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan
December 15, 2010
Q Who will succeed the late US special representative Richard Holbrooke?
Frank Ruggiero
December 16, 2010
Q A 103 year old British woman Lillian Lowe was in the news for what reason?
Oldest 'Facebook' user
Q Which nation's President has filed his eleventh law suit against one of the country's media houses for resembling him with a controversial leader of yesteryears?
South African President Jacob Zuma
Q The dispute between India and European Union which was resolved recently was in connection with _____
Transit of Generic Drugs
December 23, 2010
Q Which UN norms on disappearance was came into force today?
The International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
Q The US senate passed the new armed reduction treaty with Russia. What is its name?
START
Q Who is the chief of ISI?
Shuja Pasha
December 25 to 31, 2010
Q Which international organisation said the life sentence to Binayak Sen violateds international standards of fair trial?
Amnesty International
Q After 6 years Tsunami hit in which western Pacific nation?
Vanuatu
Q Killer of Abraham Lincoln was in the news. Name him?
John Wilkes Booth
Q Miss Elephant International Pageant was held in ______
Kathmandu
