Category: Current Affairs MCQs

“ANTARA” is the news agency of:

(A) Indonesia
(B) Malaysia
(C) Turkey
(D) None of these

Q. “ANTARA” news agency was founded in:
(A) 1935
(B) 1936
(C) 1937
(D) 1938

Q. When was “ANTARA” removed from the control of the presidency and reorganized as a private state-owned enterprise?
(A) 2004
(B) 2005
(C) 2006
(D) 2007

Answers:
1. (A) Indonesia
2. (C) 1937
3. (D) 1938

The oldest internet search engine among the following is:

(A) Google
(B) MSN search
(C) Yahoo
(D) Ask.com

Q. The headquarters of popular web search engine Yahoo search engine are located in:
(A) Sunnyvale, California
(B) Sacramento, California
(C) Los Angeles, California
(D) None of these

Q. Yahoo search engine was launched in:
(A) 1965
(B) 1975
(C) 1985
(D) 1995

Answers:
1. (C) Yahoo
2. (A) Sunnyvale, California
3. (D) 1995

The headquarters of ‘Green Peace International’ is located at:

(A) Vancouver
(B) Amsterdam
(C) London
(D) Paris

Q. Greenpeace was founded in:
(A) 1971
(B) 1972
(C) 1973
(D) 1974

Q. Greenpeace was founded by Irving Stowe and _______ Canadian and US ex-pat environmental activists.
(A) Jim Bohlen
(B) Albert Bigelow
(C) Dorothy Stowe
(D) None of these

Answers:
1. (B) Amsterdam
2. (A) 1971
3. (C) Dorothy Stowe

Alliance among India, Germany, Japan and Brazil to support each other’s bid for permanent seat on UN Security Council is called:

(A) Alliance 4
(B) G 4
(C) Big 4
(D) None of these

Q. What is the official language of G 4 nations?
(A) French
(B) Spanish
(C) English
(D) None of these

Q. The countries who have supported the G 4’s bid for permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council:
(A) Spain and France
(B) China and France
(C) Italy and France
(D) United Kingdom and France

Answers:
1. (B) G 4
2. (C) English
3. (D) United Kingdom and France