2010 December Current Affairs Part -II

·        India signed an agreement to import natural gas from Turkmenistan through an ADB-funded $7.6-billion gas pipeline passing through Pakistan and Afghanistan. Oil Minister Murli Deora signed the Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) and the Gas Pipeline Framework Agreement for the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline.

·        Sri Lanka has scrapped the Tamil version of its national anthem at official and state functions, a move likely to further alienate the ethnic Tamils in the country. Now the national anthem can only be rendered in the majority Sinhala language at official functions.

·        Kaziranga in Assam has highest tiger density in the world.

·        Iconic Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar's record-breaking ODI double century has found a place in the Time magazine's top 10 sports moments of the year.

·        In order to prove its commitment to expand press freedom and the free flow of information in this digital age, US will host UNESCO's 'World Press Freedom Day' event in May 2011. UNESCO is the only UN agency with the mandate to promote freedom of expression and its corollary, freedom of the press. The theme for next year's commemoration will be "21st Century Media: New Frontiers, New Barriers”.

·        Former Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodkar will be conferred with the prestigious Homi Bhabha Lifetime Achievement Award at the 21st Annual Conference of the Indian Nuclear Society.

·        The Philippines has become the call centre capital of the world, overtaking India as the number one player in the global business outsourcing market, according to industry data and the government.

·        China which spent about 580. 21 billion yuan (USD 87.25 billion) in 2009 for research and development is ranked fourth in the world after the U.S, Japan and Germany.

·        Automaker Tata Motors Limited, Lucknow unit, has bagged the Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Award for 2009 in the "Best of All" category. The award is instituted by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).

·        Despite the country's robust economic growth, the number of people living in slums is likely to cross 93 million by 2011, marking an increase of around 23 per cent since 2001. A committee set up by Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation has projected this figure.

·        Russia has successfully completed the creation of the world's first international nuclear fuel bank under an agreement with the IAEA.

·        A leading NRI entrepreneur, John Athwal  has been chosen for the Asian of the Year 2010 Award for his outstanding success in making a Christmas decorations business into a multi-million pounds industry.

·        India and Taiwan are expected to double bilateral trade to USD 10 billion by 2015 through food processing, information and communication technology and electrical engineering tie-ups.

Latest Current Affairs Quiz - 2010

1.      Which of the following is the World’s fastest Supercomputer?

a)Jaguar     b)Roadrunner     c)Nebulae    d)Kraken XT5   e)none

2.      A/c to the latest notifications of Reserve Bank of India, how much amount of cash can Indians carry while travelling abroad?

a)$2000      b)$3000     c)$4000     d)$5000     e)none

3.      Who is the head of the 18 member high-level expert committee to suggest measures for efficient management of public expenditure?

a)C Rangarajan       b)Manmohan Singh     c)Deepak Parekh     d)Sam Pitroda    e)none

4.      Sunil Chhetri is associated to which of the following sport?

a)Cricket    b)Chess     c)Football    d)Badminton    e)none

5.      With which country India signed an agreement to establish a hotline between prime ministers of the two countries?

a)Pakistan    b)UK    c)Russia    d)Nepal    e)China

6.      Which country is the largest exporter of Cotton in 2009?

a)US    b)India     c)China    d)Brazil    e)none

7.      CryoSat 2, a satellite that will monitor variations in the extent and thickness of polar ice, launched by which country?

a)US     b)Japan    c)Europe    d)India    e)none

8.      With which country India has signed an agreement to boost cooperation in the education sector?

a)Maldives    b)Malaysia     c)Japan    d)Australia    e)none

9.      Which Srilankan cricketer has won a seat in parliament general elections?

a)Dharmasena      b)Sanath Jayasurya     c)Chaminda Vaas     d)M Jayawardene   e)none

10. Which of the following MP resigned in the wake of IPL controversy?

a)Sharad Pawar     b)Supriya Sule     c)Shashi Tharoor     d)M S Gill    e)none

11. The first of the new class of offshore patrol vessel indigenously designed and commissioned into Indian Coast Guard?

a)ICGS Vikram    b)ICGS Vishwast     c)ICGS Samar   d)ICGS Sankalp   e)none

12. After United States and Republic of Korea decided to eliminate travel restrictions based on HIV status, recently which of the following country done the same?

a)India      b)Australia      c)Malaysia     d)China    e)none

13. Reliance Industries has found a fourth oil discovery in the Cambay basin. Cambay basin is in which state?

a)Andhra Pradesh     b)Gujarat      c)Rajasthan     d)Maharashtra    e)none

14. With which Indian company Renault and Nissan are developing an ultra low cost car to take on Tata Nano?

a)Mahindra & Mahindra     b)TVS      c)Bajaj      d)Maruti Suzuki    e)none

15. New Moore or Purbasha island near the Bay of Bengal has been completely submerged into the sea. This island was claimed by both India and ___________?

a)Bhutan   b)Srilanka     c)Myanmar     d)Bangladesh   e)Maldives

16. The Tsunami Early Warning System (TEWS) has won the Platinum Icon award for innovative use of technology in Web Ratna Awards, 2009. It is developed by ___________?

a)Infosys     b)HP     c)Wipro     d)TCS    e)none

17. The first Non-Latin web address launched in which of the following language?

a)Tamil    b)Thai    c)Mandarin     d)Urdu    e)Arab

18. What is the maximum limit that foreign investors can hold in state-run banks?

a)10%    b)15%     c)20%    d)30%    e)49%

19. What is the full form of ECB in banking?

a)External Commercial Borrowings

b)Electronic Commercial Borrowings

c)Export Commercial Borrowings

d)Enterprise Commercial Borrowings

e)none

20. Veselin Topalov, a famous player associated with which of the following sport?

a)Badminton    b)Chess     c)Tennis     d)Football    e)none

Quiz on General Knowledge 64 - 2010

1.      Who is the new Chief Minister of Meghalaya?

a)D D Lapang   b)Khanduri     c)Mukul Sangma    d)Donkupar Roy   e)none

2.      Who has been voted as India Inc’s Most Powerful CEO for 2009 by Economic Times Corporate Dossier magazine?

a)Sunil Mittal     b)Anand Mahindra     c)Aditya Puri    d)Mukhesh Ambhani    e)Ratan Tata

3.      To which of the following neighbouring country India has decided to supply 50,000 tonnes of wheat, 25,000 tonnes of rice and 10,000 tonnes of yellow peas dal?

a)Pakistan    b)Afghanistan     c)Bangladesh     d)Nepal    e)none

4.      India's 18th Nuclear Power Plant Begins Commercial Operations in which of the following states?

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

5.      Which Country hosted the 16^th SAARC summit?

a)Nepal    b)Srilanka     c)Pakistan    d)Bhutan     e)none

6.      India's first International Tourism police station has been opened in which state?

a)Kerala     b)Delhi     c)Maharashtra    d)Jammu and Kashmir   e)none

7.      Which Company has topped the list of Fortune’s most admired company in the world?

a)Google     b)Microsoft     c)Yahoo    d)P & G    e)Apple

8.      What is the full form of FCNR, term used in banking?

a)Foreign Capital for Nations and Region

b)Finance Capital Non Resident

c)Foreign Currency Non Resident

d)Finance Currency Non Resident

e)none

9.      Recently Rbi increased Policy rates and Reserve ratios. Why did Rbi increased these measures?

a)To Improve the Indian Economy

b)To control the Inflation

c)To control the deflation

d)Rbi wants more money to give to government 

e)because banks are gaining huge profits

10. Who has been named ‘Wisden Cricketer of the Year’ for the second time in a row?

a)Ricky Pointing   b)T Dilshan     c)Andrew Strauss    d)Sachin Tendulkar   e)V Sehwag

11. Which of the following received the ‘Boeing's Supplier of the Year Award for the year 2009’?

a)HAL    b)DRDO     c)ISRO     d)BEL    e)none

12. Chandrashekhar Rele has recently passed away. He was famous _____?

a)Carnatic Musician    b)Dancer      c)Vocalist     d)Hindustan Classical Musician   e)none

13. Who has been awarded the Tejaswini award for young women achievers?

a)Vidya balan    b)Priya Dutt    c)Mary Kom   d)All the bove    e)none

14. Bahraich district has become the first tribal village in the state to be converted into a revenue village under the Forest Rights Act. Bahraich is in which state?

a)Sikkim    b)Rajasthan   c)Maharashtra    d)Chhattisgarh    e)Uttar Pradesh

15. Who is the author of the book ‘Wide Angle’?

a)Tiger Woods     b)Anil Kumble     c)Adam Gilchrist    d)Rahul Dravid    e)none

16. Which is the first bank in India to get the Chinese approval to carry out business in the local currency – yuan?

a)ICICI     b)SBI     c)Punjab National Bank    d)Axis Bank   e)none

17. Which Organization 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?

a)ADB     b)UN     c)World Bank    d)IMF    e)none

18. Which State has decided to pioneer an e-waste policy to encourage green information technologies?

a)Tamilnadu    b)Karnataka    c)Kerala     d)Gujarat   e)none

19. Which Country will host the 11th International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA)?

a)India      b)Srilanka      c)UK    d)Maldives   e)none

20. Recently SEBI banned the 14 life insurance companies in India from circulating ULIP’s. what is the full form of ULIP?

a) Unit Linked Investment Plan

b) Unit Linked Insurance Policy

c) Unit Linked Insurance Plan

d)Unit Linked Investment Policy

e)none

General Awareness Quiz 2010 - 50

1. India’s first Commercial Solar Plant was inaugurated in which state?

a)Andhra Pradesh   b)Gujarat    c)Maharashtra    d)Punjab   e)none of these

2. The 12^th Ministerial meet of BIMSTEC held in December 2009 at __________?

a)Bangladesh     b)Thailand    c)Nepal   d)Myanmar    e)Srilanka

3.Which Organization has given a fund of $1 billion to National Ganga River Basin Authority(NGRBA)?

a)ADB    b)world Bank    c)IMF    d)RBS   e)none of these

4.Which country won the Under-19 Cricket World Cup held in New Zealand?

a)India    b)Pakistan    c)Australia    d)New Zealand   e)England

5.Who has been appointed as the new Director General of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)?

a)A.S Gill    b)Raman Srivastava   c)R.L Bhatia   d)Vikram Srivastava    e)none

6. Which country has announced that it is building Worlds Longest Sea Bridge of around 50km?

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

7. Which country has put a 50% tax on fat bank bonuses?

a)UK   b)US   c)Japan   d)India   e)none

8. Which state has awarded the ‘2010 Akkineni Nageshwar Rao’ award to Lata Mangeshkar?

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

9. Which country has supplied the sophisticated surveillance aircraft, AWACS to Pakistan in December 2009?

a)Russia    b)Israel    c)Sweden    d)US   e)China

10. Which country has decided to Phase out Cheques by 2018?

a)Switzerland    b)France    c)UK    d)Germany   e)US   

11. Which country has become the first to legally recognize same sex marriages?

a)Mexico    b)Sweden    c)US   d)Norway    e)none of these

12. Which Country has overtaken US as the World’s biggest individual Producers of Carbon dioxide?

a)China    b)UK    c)Russia    d)Germany    e)Australia

13. With which country India set to begin new Security dialogue in a “two-plus-two” format?

a)Russia    b)China   c)US   d)Japan   e)Australia

14. Which of the following countries is still a ‘Sick Man of Europe’?

a)Italy    b)Germany    c)Sweden   e)Britain   e)Russia

15. Which Organization has initiated a $7 million, to promote energy efficiency in micro, small and medium enterprises(MSME) clusters across India?

a)World Bank    b)UNIDO    c)UNCTAD   d)ADB   e)IMF

16. Which country hosted the 11^th South Asian Games?

a)Nepal    b)Srilanka     c)Maldives    d)India    e)Bangladesh

17. In which of the following states US will build nuclear power plants in India?

a)Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka

b)Karnataka, Maharashtra

c)Maharashtra, Tamilnadu

d)Tamilnadu, Gujarat

e)Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh

18. With which country India had signed an agreement for transfer of prisoners in January 2010?

a)Nepal   b)Bangladesh    c)Israel   d)Iran   e)Srilanka

19. RBI has increased the limit of banking transactions through mobile phones from Rs 15,000 to Rs __________?

a)20,000    b)30,000   c)40,000   d)45,000   e)50,000

20. Who was sworn in as CM of Jharkhand in December 2009, ending 11months of president’s rule in the state?

a)Madhu Koda    b)Raghvur Das    c)Shibu Soren   d)Dorjee Khandu   e)Ashok Chavan

Note: 11Q answer Denmark.

General Awareness for Bank PO - 2009

1. Which of the following is one of the most successful programmes under Bharat Nirman?

a)Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana(PMGSY)

b)Indira Awas Yojana(IAY)

c)Rajiv Gandhi Vidyutikaran Yojana(RGVY)

d)Watershed Development Scheme

e)none of these

2. Which of the following is not included in the core sectors of Indian Economy?

a)Coal    b)Steel    c)Cement    d)Transport    e)Electricity

3. What is the FDI limit in Education __________?

a)49%   b)51%    c)74%   d)90%    e)100%

4. Who won the Spanish Open Badminton – 2009 in women’s single?

a)Saina Nehwal    b) Wang Lin  c)Lianne Tan    d) Sayali Gokhale    e)none

5. What is the present Statutory liquid ratio(SLR)?

a)24%    b)5%   c)25%   d)6%   e)12%

6. Mixed Economy means _________________?
a) Co-existence of small and large industries
b) Promoting both Agriculture and Industries in the economy
c) Co-existence of public and private sectors
d)Co-existence of rich and poor

e)None of these

7. Oil and Natural Gas Commission Videsh Ltd(OVL)  is planning to invest US $ 5 billion in production of gas from “Farsi Blocks of Gas Deposits”. It is located in which of the following countries?

a)Pakistan    b)Iran    c)Iraq  d)UAE    e)Kuwait

8. Who among the following won the V Shantaram awards for best actress?

a)Kareena Kapoor    b)Rani Mukherjee    c)Priyanka Chopra    d)Katrina Kaif   e)none

9. When a bank is financing an “International Business”, it in fact is involved in which of the following?

a)Micro finance    b)Retail Banking    c)Core Banking    d)Trade finance   e)both a & d

10. When did Regional Rural Banks start functioning in India?

a)1949   b)1956    c)1969   d)1975  e)1982

11. Who was the chairman of Sixth Central Pay Commission?

a)B.N. Shrkrishna    b)J S Mathur    c)Sushma Nath    d)Ravindra Dholakia   e)none

12. The Bank of Calcutta, Bank of Bombay and Bank of Madras were merged in 1921 to form __________?

a)State Bank of India    b)Reserve Bank of India    c)Imperial Bank of India   d)Central Bank of India   e)none

13. Which of the following awards is not given by the Government of India?

a)Padma Bhushan     b)Ashok Chakra    c)Kalinga Prize    d)Bharat Ratna   e)All are given by GOI

14. The number of people living Below Poverty Line (BPL) is maximum in which of the following state?

a)Bihar    b)Jharkhand    c)Sikkim    d)Chhattisgarh    e)Orissa

15. Who amongst the following is the chairman of the National Land Reforms Council?

a)Arjun Singh    b)Sam Pitroda    c)Manmohan Singh    d)Kamal Nath   e)none

16. According to figures from the Australian government, the number of Indian students wanting to study in Australia has slumped by almost _____?

a)25%    b)35%    c)40%    d)50%    e)none

17. India will provide ______ as assistance to Sri Lanka to undertake railway projects in its war ravaged Northern region?

a)$ 100 millions    b)$ 425 million    c)$ 250 million    d)$ 300 million    e)$ 500 million

18. Recently which state government said that 'Economic Offences Wing' would be set up in each district to tackle the rising menace of fraud and cheating by bogus investment firms?

a)Maharashtra   b)Uttar Pradesh    c)Tamilnadu    d)Andhra Pradesh    e)none

19. In the first quarter (Q1), what is the contribution of agriculture sector to GDP (6.1%) was ______?

a)0.9%    b)1.5%    c)2.5%   d)2.8%   e)4%

20. The Head Office of NABARD is located in _________?

a)Delhi   b)Mumbai   c)Kolkatta   d)Lucknow    e)Hyderabad

Note : 

2 Q : The Six core sectors of Indian Economy are : Coal, Cement, Electricity, Steel, Petroleum refinery products, Crude Oil.

4 Q : Sayali Ghokale beat Lianne Tan

8 Q :

Rani Mukherjee for best actress ( Dil bole hadippa)

Prakash Raj for best actor (Kanchivaram).

12 Q :

 In 1955 it subsequently transformed into State Bank of India (SBI). The Government of India nationalized the Imperial Bank of India in 1955, with the Reserve Bank of India taking a 60% stake, and renamed it the State Bank of India. In 2008, the Government took over the stake held by the Reserve Bank of India.

13 Q : Kalinga Prize given in the field of science by UNESCO.

19 Q :

In Q1 (Apr – June) GDP is 6.1%, agriculture sector contribution is 2.5%.

In Q2 (Jul – Sep) GDP is 7.9%, agriculture sector contribution is 0.9%.