Current Affairs April 2010- III

·        The World Bank has sanctioned USD 4.9-billion (over Rs 22,000 crore) loans to India in 2009-10 for 14 schemes and projects undertaken by the government. In the last financial year (April 1, 2009 to March 31, 2010), the World Bank has extended 14 loans to the government schemes or projects with total assistance of USD 4,901.8 million.(Go for April CA Part -I,II)

·        Lin Dan wins Asian badminton men's singles title, while compatriot Xuerui Li won the title in the women's singles at the Siri Fort stadium in Delhi.

·        To mark the completion of 60 years of diplomatic relations with India, the 'Year of Germany in India' will be held in 2011.

·        The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, announced that India has decided to set up a 'Global Centre for Nuclear Energy Partnership'. The centre will consist of four schools dealing with advanced nuclear energy system studies, nuclear security, radiation safety, and the application of radioisotopes and radiation technology in the areas of healthcare, agriculture and food.

·        Veteran Hindustani vocalist Dr Chandrashekhar Rele passed away.

·        Bollywood actress Vidya Balan, parliamentarian Priya Dutt and boxer MaryKom were among those who were honoured with the 'Tejaswini' award for young women achievers. The awards, an initiative of the Young FICCI Ladies Organisation, honours women for their achievements in various fields, from social activism to entrepreneurship.

·        Pankaj Advani completed a hat-trick of titles at the Asian Billiards championship after edging past Singapore's Peter Gilchrist 6-5 in the closely fought final.

·        Ratan Tata retains his position as India Inc’s top dog. The Economic Times Corporate Dossier magazine not only voted Mr Tata as India Inc’s Most Powerful CEO for 2009, second year running, but also India Inc’s CEO of the Decade.

·        Maharashtra has outnumbered Britain and Mexico in receiving queries under the RTI Act, the State Information Commission has said. "In 2009, Maharashtra received 4,40,728 queries of RTI while Britain received 90,000 and Mexico 1,25,000 under a similar legislation," the Commission said in a recent report.

·        Globally renowned management guru C K Prahalad passed away.

·        Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata launched ‘Kamorta’ the first Anti Submarine Warfare Corvette (ASWC) for the Indian Navy on April 19.

·        Surat, which polishes almost more than 95 per cent of the world's diamonds, is poised to become the assorting and trading hub for the precious jewel stone in the next 3-4 years.

·        Indian government has constructed four schools in remote Nepalese districts at a cost of Rs 37.75 million and extended an additional grant of Rs 11 million for building another educational institution in the country.

·        The Tamil Nadu government announced a self-employment scheme with a project outlay of Rs 100 crore, targeting 10,000 persons even as it brought 15 vocations under the ambit of government subsidy for this purpose

·        Noted Indian author Amitav Ghosh has won the prestigious Dan David Prize for his remarkable reworking of the great tradition of the Western novel in transnational terms.

·        Indonesia aims to double its bilateral trade with India to around USD 20 billion in the next five years.

·        The government is understood to have approved India's commitment to opening up trade in commercial services and investment with members of the Asia Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA), including China. APTA, earlier known as the Bangkok Agreement, is the oldest but least known Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) among the developing countries of Asia Pacific. Signed in 1975, its members include Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, South Korea and Sri Lanka.

·        Bangladesh has lifted a four-decade ban on Indian films in a bid to boost attendances at cinemas.

·        A leading Indian-origin Labour MP, Virendra Sharma has been chosen for the V K Krishna Menon Award 2010, for his outstanding contribution towards political, social and economic advancement of the deprived sections of the British community.

·        The United Nations has honoured President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives with its highest award for environmental leadership. Nasheed was among six people to receive the 2010 Champions of the Earth award at the Business 4 Environment conference in Seoul.

Quiz On General Awareness 2010 - 59

1.      As per the 13^th Finance commission report, the share of states in net proceeds of sharable central taxes has been increased to ______ from the level of 30.5%?

a)34%     b)31.5%    c)32%    d)35%   e)none

2.      Who among the following is the India’s most trusted person, published by Reader’s Digest?

a)Ratan Tata    b)Narayana Murthy    c)Abdul Kalam   d)Rahul Gandhi   e)none

3.      Which of the following state is the most polluted state in India, a/c to the latest report by Central Pollution Control Board(CPCB)?

a)Maharashtra     b)Tamilnadu     c)Andhra Pradesh    d)Gujarat   e)Karnataka

4.      Who has been honored as the Lifetime Achievement Award for her outstanding contribution to Indian cinema, at the London Film Festival?

a)Amitabh Bachchan     b)Monika Mohta    c)Kishwar Desai    d)Jaya Bachchan   e)none

5.      Who has been awarded the Rani Lakshmi Bai Award for the year 2009?

a)Sunita Devi    b)Maha Jabeen    c)sugatha Kumari    d)Ved Kumari Ghai   e)M Vijaya

6.      Recently G P Birla has passed away he was a famous __________?

a)Economist     b)Actor    c)Politician   d)Industrialist    e)none

7.      SEBI has directed stock exchanges to provide details related to shares allotted to institutional investors through QIP. what is the full form of QIP?

a)Quality Investment Partner

b)Qualified Institutional Placements

c)Quality Improvement Programme

d) Quality Intellectual Property

e)none of these

8.      What is the current Repo rate?

a)4.75%    b)3.5%    c)5.0%    d)6%   e)none

9.      Recently RBI has inaugurated its sub-office in which of the following states?

a)Sikkim    b)Meghalaya    c)Assam   d)Maharashtra    e)Andhra Pradesh

10. A/c to a report released by WTO, the World Trade fell by ____ percent in 2009 due to Global Economic crisis?

a)8%     b)10%     c)12%    d)15%    e)none of these

11. India’s biggest commodity exchange MCX emerged as the ____ largest commodity exchange in the world in terms of contracts in 2009?

a)fourth     b)second     c)third    d)sixth    e)none

12. To which of the following centre has approved the proposal for release of equity infusion of Rs. 800 crore, which is facing severe financial losses?

a)Bsnl     b)Air India    c)SAIL     d)HAL   e)none of these

13. Recently Google has shut down its operations in which of the following country due to set of cyber attacks?

a)Iran     b)North Korea     c)Turkey    c)Indonesia    e)China

14. Which state bagged the National award for the best tourism infrastructure for the year 2008-09?

a)Andhra Pradesh    b)Goa    c)Kerala   d)Sikkim   e)Rajasthan

15. On which day World Water day is observed?

a)April 22^nd    b)Sep 23^rd    c)May 22^nd    d)March 22^nd    e)none

16. Which is the First State in India to Release Action Plan to Combat Climate Change?

a)Gujarat    b)Delhi   c)Karnataka     d)Meghalaya    e)none

17. Which state introduced the project ‘e-Shishu’, which maintain database of all children between newborn and 14 years of age?

a)Orissa     b)Madhya Pradesh   c)Assam     d)Jammu & Kashmir   e)none

18. According to the Corporate Gender Gap report brought out by the World Economic Forum, India has the lowest percentage of women employees of ___ percent?

a)33%     b)39%    c)26%   d)23%   e)none

19. Mukhesh Ambani has placed at ____ place in the richest person in the world, a/c to the latest report released by Forbes?

a)second     b)third    c)fourth     d)fifth    e)none

20. Which is the first country in the world to have specialized Environment Courts?

a)China    b)UK     c)US   d)Japan    e)India

General Awareness Quiz 2010 - 57

1.      Which country won the maximum number of Gold medals in 2010 Winter Olympics?

a)US     b)Germany    c)Canada    d)China    e)Russia

2.      Which of the following states is the largest producer of Coffee in India?

a)Andhra Pradesh    b)Karnataka    c)Kerala    d)Tamilnadu   e)none

3.      Which Country won the Hockey world cup 2010 by defeating Germany?

a)Spain     b)Netherlands    c)England     d)Australia    e)none

4.      Who is the head of the committee appointed by Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation to discuss the draft guidelines of government's ambitious Rajiv Awas Yojana?

a)Rakesh Mohan    b)Rangarajan    c)O P Mathur   d)Sheela Patel   e)Deepakh Parekh

5.      The European Investment Bank agreed to give a £340-million loan to Jaguar and Land Rover. These are the brands of which Auto Major Company?

a)Maruthi Suzuki    b)Hyundai   c)Mahindra & Mahindra   d)Tata Motors   e)none

6.      Recently which Indian Cricketer has been inducted into ICC Hall of Fame?

a)Sunil Gavaskar    b)Kapil  Dev    c)Mohinder Amarnath    d)Ravi Shastri   e)Bishen Singh Bedi

7.      What is the trade between India and EU at present ______?

a)$20 billion    b)$50 billion    c)$69 billion    d)$106 billion   e)$125 billion

8.      Which state launched the schemes ‘Indira Bal Swasthya Yojana’(IBSY) and ‘Nehru Drishti Yojana’ to improve the health of all school going children in the State?

a)Haryana    b)Madhya Pradesh    c)Gujarat    d)Himachal Pradesh   e)none

9.      Which Indian Company has named among the world's 20 best companies for leadership, a/c to Human resources consultancy Hay Group?

a)Infosys     b)SBI     c)Reliance    d)ONGC   e)TCS

10. Which Company introduced the Worlds Cheapest mobile at $15(Rs. 690)?

a)Nokia    b)Vodafone   c)LG   d)Videocon    e)Reliance

11. Bharti Airtel had acquired 70 per cent stake in Warid Telecom of ______ for $300 mn (about Rs 1,363 crore) in January 2010?

a) UAE    b)Srilanka    c)Myanmar   d)Bangladesh   e)none

12. Which among the following is nominated for 2010 Nobel Peace Prize?

a)CRY foundation     b)Bill & Melinda gates foundation    c)Internet    d)UN   e)none of these

13. Which country has announced that its National currency(bolivar) will be devalued by at least 17%?

a)Bolivia    b)Ecuador     c)Venezuela    d)Cuba    e)none

14. Amitabh Bachchan has accepted as a brand ambassador for _________ state?

a)Kerala     b)Maharashtra    c)Delhi     d)Tamilnadu   e)Gujarat

15. Who has been appointed as the brand ambassador for Kerala Tourism?

a)Mohan Lal      b)Amir Khan    c)Sharukh Khan    d)Rasool Pookutty    e)Amitabh Bachchan

16. Which of the following is India’s second highest civilian honour?

a)Padma Bhusan     b)Bharat Ratna    c)Padma Sri   d)Padma Vibhusan    e)none

17. Which European Country is facing severe debt crisis?

a)Spain    b)Portugal    c)Greece    d)UK    e)none of these

18. Recently which state has purchased a 1,300 megawatt of power from Gujarat, West Bengal and Maharashtra?

a)Andhra Pradesh     b)Tamilnadu     c)Uttar Pradesh    d)Rajasthan   e)Karnataka

19. At present in India, 105 Operational Special Economic Zones are there. In which state the maximum SEZ are there?

a)Maharashtra    b)Uttar Pradesh    c)Andhra Pradesh    d)Karnataka    e)Tamilnadu

20. Expand the suitable PTA from the following?

a)Partial Trade Agreement

b)Preferential Trade Agreement

c)Primary Trade Agreement

d)Paid Trade Agreement

e)Public Trade Agreement

Latest Current Affairs Quiz 2010 - 48

1.      Who is the Chief Guest in the 61st Republic Day of India?

a)Mohammad Nasheed    b)Vladimar Putin   c)Nursultan Nazarbayev    d)Lee Myung-bak   e)none of these

2.      Who is the new National Security Advisor for India?

a)Meera Shankar    b)K Shankarnarayanan     c)P Chidambaram     d)Shiv Shankar Menon   e)none of these

3.      Which state government has proposed to make voting compulsory in all local bodies elections?

a)Andhra Pradesh    b)Tamilnadu    c)Gujarat    d)Rajasthan    e)Karnataka

4.      A/c to National Crime Records bureau, which state records most number of farm suicides during 2003-08?

a)Andhra Pradesh    b)Maharashtra     c)Karnataka   d)Madhya Pradesh   e)Bihar

5.      According to Central Government, how many educational institutes in India failed to meet the standards and norms set by the University Grants Commission (UGC)?

a)25   b)36    c)44   d)45   e)51

6.      Recently which country tested its biggest and most powerful rocket motor called S-200?

a)India    b)US   c)Russia    d)North Korea   e)Israel

7.      Who has been honoured as ‘Order of Diplomatic Service Merit’ in recognition of his contribution in promoting India-Korea bilateral relations?

a)Narayana Murthy    b)Shashi Tharoor   c)Venu srinivasan   d)Azim Premji   e)S Ramadorai

8.      Who is the President of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)?

a)Shyamala Gopinath    b)Venu Srinivasan    c)Chandrajit Banerjee    d)Y V Reddy   e)R Seshasayee

9.      The six core industries registered a growth of ____ in December 2009 as against a growth of 0.7% in the same month of previous year?

a)3.1%    b)4.0%     c)5.5%   d)6.0%   e)none of these

10. ONGC is planning to set-up a bio-diesel plant at vodalarevu, to meet the energy requirements. Vodalarevu is in which state?

a)Andhra Pradesh    b)Karnataka    c)Tamilnadu   d)Kerala    e)none of these.

11. Recently Election Commission of India celebrated ___________?

a)Silver Jubilee   b)Golden Jubilee   c)Diamond Jubilee   d)Platinum jubilee  e)none

12. Who is the author of the book ‘The Rediscovering of India’?

a)Jawaharlal Nehru   b)Meghnath Desai    c)Mithi Mukherjee   d)V.S.Naipaul   e)Indira Gandhi

13. How many crores the Union government is expecting from the 3G auction?

a)10,000    b)20,000    c)28,000    d)35,000    e)40,000

14. The Under-19 Cricket world Cup 2010 is held at _______________?

a)India    b)Australia    c)New Zealand    d)South Africa   e)West Indies

15. How many persons were awarded for the first “Tagore Literature Awards 2009’?

a)one    b)two    c)three   d)five   e)eight

16. Recently government has decided to come up with the Whole Price Index (WPI) on the monthly basis. What is the base year for computing this data?

a)1993-94    b)2000-01    c)2004-05   d)2008-09   e)none of these

17. Which country unveiled a record of $1 trillion budget for the fiscal year 2010-11?

a)US   b)China    c)Japan    d)South Korea   e)UK

18. Who is the winner of CNN-IBN Indian of the Year 2009?

a)A R Rehman    b)Venkataraman Ramakrishnan    c)Jyothi Basu    d)Manmohan Singh   e)none of these

19. Lionel Messi is the FIFA World Player of year 2009. He belongs to which country?

a)Brazil    b)Germany    c)Spain    d)Argentina    e)Italy

20. Recently which Country’s Airlines has filed for bankruptcy?

a)US   b)UK   c)Germany   d)Germany   e)Japan

Quiz on General Awareness 15

1.Which of the following is the percentage upto which FDI in Defence Sector is allowed ?

a)26%   b)33%   c)41%  d)49%  e)51%

2.Who has been appointed as the Advisor to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on infrastructure, innovation and information ?

a)Rangarajan  b)Sam Pitroda  c)Alok Prasad   d)Harish Kare  e)Raghuram Rajan

3.Which Cricketer has turned into a politician recently, who is contesting the Maharashtra assembly elections from Vikhroli in Mumbai ?

a)Mohammad Azharuddin   b)Navjod Sidhu   c)Vinod Kambli   d)Sourav Ganguly  e)none of these.

4.Agriculture census is done at which of the following intervals in India ?

a)once in a year   b)once in three years  c)once in five years  d)once in ten years  e)There is no fixed term

5.Which committee has recommended the "Financial Inclusion" ?

a)Rakesh Mohan Committe  b)Sinha Committee  c)Rangarajan Committee  d)Ram Pradan Committee  e)none of these.

6.Which cricketer has signed up by leading Asian sports marketing firm World Sport Group for three years ?

a)Peter Siddle  b)Mitchell Johnson  c)Dilshan  d)Gautam Gambir  e)M S Dhoni

7.Which State has won the awards in the basic infrastructure, environment and healthcare categories at the IBN Diamond States Awards 2009 announced in Delhi ?

a)Delhi  b)Karnataka  c)Kerala  d)Gujarat  e)Tamilnadu.

8.Recently which state government has decided to set up separate women police stations to deal exclusively with crimes against women ?

a)Abdhra Pradesh   b)Meghalaya   c)Tamilnadu   d)Gujarat   e)West Bengal

9.The 11th Five Year Plan is termed  as plan for _________ ?

a)Development of Rural India   b)India's Education   c)Eradication of Poverty   d)India's Health  e)Astronomy.

10.What is Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) at present ?

a)3.25%   b)4.75%   c)5.00%  d)24%   e)none

11.Muslim population across the globe stands at ____ billion, which means nearly one in four people in the world practice Islam, according to a recent study. ?

a)1.5 billion   b)1.8 billion    c)1.6 billion   d)1.57billion   e)1.68 billion

12.With which of the following country, India has agreed to set up a joint expert working group on the environment, which would explore how the countries can combat global warming through reforestation ?

a)Brazil   b)US   c)Canada   d)UK   e)China

13.Which country has signed an investment pact with Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) recently ?

a)India   b)China   c)Japan   d)Russia  e)Germany

14.Alok Prasad  has been appointed as Deputy National Security Advisor (NSA).He was the Indian high Commissioner to ________ ?

a)Srilanka    b)Afghanistan   c)Malayasia   d)UK   e)Germany

15.BSNL and ___________ have planned to launch the 3G GSM mobile service in Port Blair(Andaman & Nicobar Islands) by the end of December this year.

a)TaTa Indicom   b)A & N Telecom Circle   c)Reliance   d)Samsung   e)Nokia

16.The state with the largest number of registered newspapers ?

a)Delhi   b)Karnataka   c)Uttar Pradesh   d)Madhya pradesh   e)West Bengal

17.Recently TTD(Tirumala Tirupati devastanam) has crossed the mile stone in the commercialization drive by securing GI tag for the famous and delicious ‘Tirumala laddoo’.what is the fill form GI ?

a)Gesture Indication

b)Gigantic index

c)Geographic Indigence

d)Gesture Incorporate

e)Geographic Indication

18.Which countrys Prime Minister is facing over sex scandal allegations ?

a)Sudan   b)Afghanistan   c)New Zealand   d)Italy   e)Japan

19.Which of the following countries has decided to extend the State of Emergengy in the country for a month recently ?

a)Afghanistan  b)Fiji   c)Iraq   d)Nepal   e)Srilanka

20.The (IPI)International Press Institute-India award for excellence in journalism for 2009 has been given to _______________ ?

a)Indian express   b)The Week   c)Bidisha Goshal   d)both a & c  e)both b & c.