December Current Affairs -2009 Part 2

·         Asian Development Bank will make available a loan of US$ 150million to the Government. This amount will be utilized for the development of 300 identified khadi institutions. (Go for Part 1)

·         The government has decided to extend the ban on futures trading in sugar for another nine months till September 2010, commodity market regulator FMC said.

·         The Minister of Railways, Kumari Mamata Banerjee flagged off the first ever ‘Yuva’ train from Howrah Railway Station. Unemployed youth of 15-45 years to be eligible ‘YUVA TRAINS’ to be fully Air Conditioned with Chair car fare to vary between Rs.299 & Rs.399.

·         The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) will award D Lit (Honoris-causa) degrees to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress President Sonia Gandhi, painter M F Hussain and former Chief Justice of India A M Ahmedi for their outstanding contribution in their respective fields.

·         Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik unveiled 'Gori', country's lone albino crocodile, as the mascot for the 15th National Youth Festival (NYF)-2010.

·         Russia successfully test launched a nuclear-capable missile that struck its target across the country in the Russian Far East. The RS-20V Voevoda intercontinental ballistic missile known by the NATO codename Satan.

·         In 2009, Ukraine first ever became the world's third grain exporter after the United States and the European Union, outstripping Russia and Canada.

·         Mexico City enacted Latin America's first law recognising gay marriage and said it hopes to attract same-sex couples from around the world to wed.

·         Japan unveiled a record 92.29 trillion yen ($1 trillion) budget for the fiscal year(2010-11), reflecting the prime minister's campaign pledge to boost spending for child support and slash wasteful outlay for public works.

·         Mongolia, the land of the legendary warrior Chinggis Khan, is all set to open its first major IT outsourcing centre with India's help.

·         State-run National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) said it has signed agreements with the Bhutan Government to prepare project reports for two hydro-electric power projects in the Himalayan kingdom.

·         The world's first training centre for British post-graduate diploma MRCP, which enables medical graduates to go for the coveted membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians, has been set up at the Trivandrum Medical College by its alumni.

·         Gorakhpur railway station in Uttar Pradesh is all set to create a record of having the longest platform in Asia after Kharagpur. The platform would be 1.378 km long. So far, Kharagpur had the longest platform stretching upto 1.072 km. 

·         The number of suicides in Japan exceeded 30,000 in 2009 for a 12th consecutive year. Japan has one of the world's highest suicide rates, behind only a group of former Soviet bloc countries, says the World Health Organization.

·         N Ram has been chosen for this year's prestigious Lokmanya Tilak National Journalist award.

·         Popular Kannada actor Vishnuvardhan died of cardiac arrest in Mysore.

·         The introductory meeting of the Expert Committee for up gradation of National Film Awards (NFA) was held in New Delhi . The Committee members unanimously selected Sh. Shyam Benegal the Chairman of this expert Committee.

·         Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal announced that very shortly Punjab Government would give uninterrupted power supply to villages falling on border areas of state.

·         According to a Forbes list titled, 'Eight Indian CEOs At Big US Companies', there are as many as eight such chief executive officers including the likes of(Chennai-born) Indra Nooyi and(Nagpur-born) Vikram Pandit. The others in the prestigious league include Adobe Systems' Shantanu Narayen, Francisco D'Souza of Cognizant, storage devices firm LSI's Abhijit Talwalkar, Jai P Nagarkatti of biopharma Sigma-Aldrich, audio and infotainment equipment firm Harman International's Dinesh C Paliwal and Surya Mohapatra of Quest Diagnostics.

Current Affairs Quiz 2009 - 31

1. The world’s first Satellite dedicated to monitoring green house gas emissions was launched by which country?

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

2. Abidine Ben Ali was re-elected as the president of which of the following country?

a)Taiwan   b)Sudan   c)Peru   d)Tunisia   e)Palestine

3. Which of the following is first bank in India to offer Internet Banking service?

a)SBI   b)PNB   c)ICICI Bank  d)Federal Bank   e)Canara Bank

4. The country with highest population density?

a)India   b)Pakistan   c)China   d)US   e)none of these

5. ‘QUARK-2009’ is a ____________?

a)India-Russia joint Naval exercise

b)India’s ambitious project to Mars

c)China-Russia joint Naval exercise

d)exhibition on peaceful uses of Nuclear Energy

e)none

6. Vaclav Klaus was in news recently. He is the President of which of the following countries?

a)Sweden   b)Poland   c)Czech Republic   d)Denmark   e)Ireland

7. The Golden Horse awards are equivalent to Oscars of which country?

a)South Korea   b)Russia   c)China   d)Japan   e)Malaysia

8. Recently which country tested the ‘Hsiungfeng 2E’ missile?

a)Syria  b)North Korea   c)Canada   d)Israel   e)Taiwan

9. Justice Leila Seth was the first woman to become Chief Justice of which high court?

a)Tamilnadu   b)Delhi   c)Uttar Pradesh   d)Karnataka   e)none

10. Who has been nominated for the Lal Bahadur Shastri Award for the year 2009?

a)O P Bhatt   b)Sunil Mittal   c)Ajim Premji   d)Lakshmi Mittal   e)Ratan Tata

11. Samprupa, the world’s first cloned buffalo calf, was cloned by scientist from which of the following countries?

a)China   b)US   c)India   d)UAE   e)Canada

12. In India how many states are in Special Category, in which they get higher share of Union government’s resource allocation?

a)7    b)9    c)10    d)11    e)12

13. Trading in which of the following futures restarted on NCDEX and MCX on 21^st May 2009?

a)Sugar   b)Jute   c)Turmeric   d)Soya   e)Wheat

14. FIFA has suspended which country’s football association?

a)Fiji   b)Iraq   c)Sudan   d)Kenya   e)none

15. Who penned the book ‘A Brief History of Time’?

a)Stephen Hawking   b)Sonia Gandhi   c)Amartya Sen  d)J G Ballard   e)Abdul Kalam

16. The fifth edition of the Indo-Nippon Golf Cup 2010 will be held at _________?

a)Shillong    b)Delhi   c)Ahmedabad   d)Delhi   e)Hyderabad

17. Which of the following is not a foreign bank operating in India?

a)HSBC   b)Standard Chartered   c)Barclays   d)Yes Bank   e)All are foreign Banks

18. Kaiga Atomic Power Plant is located in which of the following states?

a)Karnataka   b)Maharashtra    c)Tamilnadu   d)Rajasthan   e)none of these

19. The Official & Permanent Venue of IFFA?

a)Delhi   b)Chennai   c)Mumbai    d)Goa   e)Kolkatta

20. Arvind Jhadav is related to ____?

a)Jet Airways   b)Air India   c)Paramount Airways    d)Kingfisher Airlines   e)none

Note:
Answer for 5th question:The Annual National Level Technical festival of BITS Pilani.
Answer for 9th question: Himachal Pradesh.

Quiz on General Awareness 18

1.Who Crowned the Femina Miss India 2009 ?

a)Ekta Chowdary    b)Shriya Kishore    c)Pooja Chopra    d) Parvathy Omanakuttan   e)none.

2. Computerization of Banks was suggested by which of the following committee ?

a)Rangarajan Committee  

b)Tandaon Committee   

c)Janikiraman   Committee   

d)Manmohan Singh Committee   

e)Shetty Committee

3.India signed a civil nuclear agreements with seven countries, In which of the following countries did India has not signed a civil nuclear agreement ?

a)Kazakhstan    b)Mongolia    c)Namibia    d)UK   e)Argentina

4.Which of the following countries is the world’s biggest emitter of carbon dioxide(CO2) ?

a)US(2)   b)China(1)    c)India(3)    d)Russia(4)    e)Pakistan

5.Who has been elected as the president of the Indian Languages Newspapers Association (ILNA) ?

a)Uttam Chand Sharma   b)V K Chopra    c)Dinesh Shakti Trikha   d)VenkataRam Reddy  e)none

6.Expand NELP ?

a)Nominal Equal Liquidity policy

b)New Exploration Land Programme

c)New Education Lightning Programme

d)New Exploration Licensing policy

e)Newly Equated Lending Policy

7.The Fourth East Asian Summit is slated to be held in _____________ ?

a)Thailand    b)Malaysia    c)Singapore   d)Philippines     e)Vietnam

8.Which of the following cities in India will have a world class research institute on climate change ?

a)Mumbai    b)Hyderabad    c)Pune   d)Delhi    e)Bangalore

9.Yukhio Hatoyama, the new Prime Minister of Japan belongs to the which of the following  political parties ?

a)Liberal Democratic party    b)Japenese Communist Party    c)People’s new party  d)Democratic party of Japan   e)Social Democratic party

10.Latin American Countries decided to launch a new regional currency __________  in 2010 , replacing US Dollar ?

a)Boliviano    b)Sucre   c)Peso   d)Lempiras    e)cordoba

11.Which of the following has become the first African country to win the FIFA U-20 World Cup-2009 that was held in Egypt ?

a)South Africa   b)Egypt   c)Ghana    d)Botswana   e)Algeria

12.Rajiv Swagruha Scheme, a scheme for middle-class housing launched by ___________ government ?

a)Andhra Pradesh   b)Maharashtra    c)Rajasthan    d)Haryana   e)Punjab

13.’COPE India 2009’ is a joint Air Force exercise between India and _________ recently held in Agra ?

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

14.Which is the first country in the World to keep the Cabinet Meeting Under water ?

a)US    b)Srilanka     c)Australia    c)New Zealand    e)Maldives

15. P V Narasimha Rao Elevated Expressway, country's longest fly-over which covers 11.6 km, is located in which of the following states ?

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

16.Which of the following Company/Organisation is not a Public Sector Unit (PSU) ?

a)MTNL   b)CMC    c)VSNL    d)NALCO   e)none

17.Indirect Tax is a tax on ___________ ?

a)Income   b)Wealth   c)Labour    d)Commodities   e)Housing

18.Which of the following is the first state to implement VAT (Value Added Tax) in India ?

a)Kerala    b)Punjab    c)Haryana    d)Andhra Pradesh    e)Gujarat

19. Recently Indian government decided to give an extra amount of Rs.______  crore to the Sri Lankan government towards rehabilitating Tamils displaced by the civil war.

a)500   c)600   b)750   d)1000   e)1500

20.”Dreams from my Father” is book written by _________ ?

a)A P J Abdul Kalam   b)George W.Bush   c)Sachin Tendulkar    d)Barack Obama  e)none

Imp Points:

->3rd Q:India signed civil nuclear agreements with US,France,Russia,Kazakhstan,Mongolia,Namibia,Argentina.

->9th Q:First non-Liberal Democratic Party to win in Japan.

->10th Q:Single Regional Payment Compensation System(Sucre).

->19th Q:India had already given 500 crores for Rehabil........ !!!

->20th Q:"Audacity of Hope","Dreams from my Father" are the two books written by Barack Obama.

Summits & Places in News - 2009

1.      3rd India Steel Summit Will be held at New Delhi.

2.      4th South Asia Renewable Energy Conference 2009 will be held at New Delhi.

3.      5th ASSOCHAM (Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India) Global Telecom Summit will be held at New Delhi.

4.      International summit on Food Processing & Agribusiness will be held at New Delhi.

5.      The 15th Summit of NAM (Non-Alignment Movement) held at Sharm EI Sheikh, Egypt. Secretary-General of NAM: Hosni Mubarak (President of Arab Republic of Egypt).118 developing nations have Membership in this Organization.

6.      The 35th G8 Summit held in the city L’Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy on July.

7.      The 1st BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) summit held at Russia.

8.      The 9th SCO summit held at Yekaterinburg, Russia.

9.      The G20 Summit 2009 held at London. Again in September of this year another G20 summit will be held at Pittsburg, US.

10. The 14th ASEAN summit 2009 held at Hua Hin, Thailand.

11. The 21st Arab Summit held at Doha, Qatar.

12. 17th International Agriculture Exhibition 2009 held in Israel.

13. 153rd  OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) Meeting will be held in Vienna, Austria.

14. International festival of Children's Films in May 2009 held at Kolkata.

15. Indore to Host Global Film Festival 2009.

16. Mauritius is the venue for 4th Bhojpuri Conference in September 2009.

17. 2009 Shri Shyam Bhajan Hindu religious festival held in Hyderabad.