November Current Affairs -2010

·        India has become Israel's second largest export destination after the United States, as the Jewish state focusses on tapping potential in the Asian markets.

·        Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office Prithviraj Chavan has been named the next Maharashtra Chief Minister. Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar, nephew of party chief Sharad Pawar and a minister named Maharashtra's next deputy chief minister after Chhagan Bhujbal.

·        Iconic Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar, who is set to become only the second player(After Javed Miandad)  in the history of cricket to play six ODI World Cups, named the official ambassador of the event to be held in the sub-continent next year.

·        Rajkumar Hirani's "3 Idiots" continued with its award-winning spree bagging top honours at the Global Indian Music Awards (GIMA) which was held in Mumbai. The movie took home the best film album.

·        As part of its administrative reforms process, Punjab aims to become the first state in the country to achieve complete computerisation of land records by March 31, 2011.

·        India owns over 18,000 tonnes of above ground gold stocks worth approximately $ 800 billion and representing at least 11 per cent of global stock, according to estimates of World Gold Council. In 2009, total Indian gold demand reached $ 19 billion, or Rs 974 billion, which accounts for 15 per cent of the global gold market, according to WGC.

·        Noted Telugu film producer D V S Raju passed away.

·        India is set to become the fastest growing major economy in the world by 2012 and will be third largest by GDP-size in the next two decades, behind China and the USA, a global study by British banking giant Standard Chartered said.

·        China has overtaken US in the global supercomputing race as it has been confirmed as the creator of the world's fastest supercomputer, according to a latest survey. The Tianhe-1A, which means meaning Milky Way is capable of 2.67 quadrillions of computing operations per second, earning it the number one spot in the Top 500 list of the world's most powerful supercomputers.

·        Free trade agreement (FTA) between India and Canada will help push bilateral trade to USD 15 billion in 5 years. Bilateral trade was close to USD 4.2 billion last year.

Current Affairs Quiz 2010 - 56

1.      Recently which country offered their nationality to the India’s most celebrated artist M.F. Hussain?

a)Saudi Arabia    b)Kuwait     c)South Africa    d)Qatar    e)UK

2.      To which Country India has given a $1 billion line of credit, the biggest it has given to any country?

a)Nepal     b)Srilanka     c)Bangladesh    d)Haiti    e)none of these

3.      Viktor Yanukovych is newly elected President of _____________?

a)Libya   b)Uruguay   c)Bulgaria    d)Ukraine    e)none of these

4.      The index of six core industries registered a growth of ____ percent in January 2010?

a)4.2%    b)5.5%     c)6.9%   d)8.0%    e)9.4%

5.      Which country honored the Niwano Peace Prize 2010 to social worker Ela Bhatt for her contribution to uplift of poor women in India?

a)China    b)Japan    c)Singapore    d)Sweden   e)Maldives

6.      Recently Sachin Tendulkar created world record by scoring 200 runs in ODI’s. He scored against ______?

a)Srilanka    b)New Zealand    c) Bangladesh    d)South Africa   e)Australia

7.      The Indus Waters Treaty is a water-sharing treaty between the India and _______?

a)China    b)Bangladesh    c)Pakistan    d)Nepal    e)Bhutan

8.      Which State Government has decided to give up to Rs.1 crore to SC/ST Entrepreneurs without collateral security to encourage them as Industrialist?

a)Andhra Pradesh    b)Gujarat     c)Kerala    d)Uttar Pradesh   e)Tamilnadu

9.      Recently which country approved the genetically modified Potatoes?

a)Europe    b)Srilanka    c)South Africa    d)US  e)Brazil

10. Which state launched the scheme ‘Kalaignar Housing Scheme’ aimed at providing concrete houses to poor?

a)Kerala    b)Karnataka     c)Chhattisgarh  d)Uttarakhand     e)Tamilnadu

11. Which team lifted the 2010 Vijay Hazare Trophy?

a)Bengal    b)Karnataka    c)Tamilnadu   d)Maharashtra    e)none

12. Which of the following is the largest selling car in India in 2009?

a)Maruti Alto     b)Hyundai i10    c)Tata Indica    d)Maruti Swift   e)Hyundai Santro

13. Recently which State Government has declared Sanskrit as the second official language of the State?

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

14. In which country Ministry of Tourism held an Incredible India Road show to promote Commonwealth Games 2010 in January 2010?

a)US    b)UK    c)Trinidad    d)South Africa   e)France

15. According to the 2010 Quality of Life Index, published by travel magazine International Living, India is ____ best country to live?

a)34^th    b)49^th    c)54^th    d)73^rd   e)88^th

16. Who is the Chairman of the Committee on Comprehensive Regulation for Credit Rating Agencies (CRAs), set up by the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance?

a)Kaushik Basu    b)K.P Krishnan    c)A. Vasudevan    d)Rakesh Mohan  e)None

17. The world's first On-Line Electric Vehicle (OLEV) was introduced in ________?

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

18. A high-level committee headed by Sam Pitroda has submitted its report on state-run telecom operator BSNL to the Department of Telecom (DoT). Which of the following is true regarding the report?

a)Disinvestment of 30% government equity

b)Recommended that four independent business units for fixedline, mobility, enterprise and new business should be created.

c)To reduce the Staff by one-third from the present 3 lakhs employees.

d)Both A & B

e)All the above

19. Nisar Ahmed Kukru is appointed as the Chief Justice of ______________?

a)Andhra Pradesh    b)Rajasthan     c)Jammu and Kashmir    d)Delhi   e)None

20. Which Country has agreed to sell four Mishral warships to Russia?

a)Israel    b)France    c)US    d)UK   e)China

January Current Affairs 2010

·        Shri R. Gopalan assumed the office of Secretary, Financial Services in the Ministry of Finance. Prior to this, Shri Gopalan was serving as Special Secretary, Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

·        Australian skipper Ricky Ponting beat Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar, legends Shane Warne, Jacques Kallis, Glenn McGrath, Adam Gilchrist and many others to be voted as the "ESPN Cricinfo Player of the Decade for the 2000s".

·        Veteran diplomat Shivshankar Menon, appointed as the new National Security Adviser (NSA).

·        Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati launched various welfare schemes to the tune of over Rs 7,312 crores on the occasion of her 54th birthday, being observed as "Jan Kalyankari Diwas".

·        Marxist patriarch and former West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu died.

·        Kuldip Singh, director, technical, of telecom PSU MTNL, has been appointed the new chairman and managing director. His appointment came after his predecessor R S P Sinha's tenure ended on January 9, this year. 

·        Bollywood star Salman Khan conferred the 'Pride of the Nation' award for spreading the message of patriotism, secularism and national integration through films. Constituted by Anti Terrorist Front.

·        The US plans to spend a whopping USD 200 million this year to revamp Pakistan's deteriorating public education system.

·        An Indian delegation headed by Dr. Farooq Abdullah, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy attended the 3rd World Future Energy Summit at Abu Dhabi. .

·        The government said that it has provided nearly Rs 49 crore subsidy till November 2009 under the special purpose tea fund for redeveloping old tea gardens.

·        Nearly 90 per cent of world's 7,000 oral languages will disappear within the next 100 years, according to a UN report.

·        Noted magician Atul Patil has been elected president of the Society of Indian Magician.

·        United Kingdom-based Cadbury, the world's second biggest confectionery company with huge operations in India, agreed to being taken over by Kraft Foods after agreeing to an improved offer from the US food giant. The improved takeover offer is worth $18.9 billion.

·        Canadian actress Emmanuelle Chriqui voted most desirable women 2010.

·        India still has the largest number of illiterate adults in the world, a new UN report on education.

·        Indian Army chief General Deepak Kapoor was decorated with the honorary rank of General of the Nepal Army by President Ram Baran Yadav.

·        India has been rated the 124th freest economy in the world, according to the 16th annual Index of Economic Freedom, released by The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal. 

·        Veteran diplomat Shivshankar Menon, appointed as the new National Security Adviser (NSA).

·        India has been named the guest country at the 23rd Turin International Book Fair in Italy from May 13-17.

·        Maharashtra government has decided to gift Rs 50,000 to a couple opting for inter-caste marriage.

·        Net direct tax collections during first three quarters of the present fiscal (up to December 2009) stood at Rs.2,50,232 crore, up from Rs.2,30,598 crore in the same period last fiscal, registering a growth of 8.51 percent. Growth in Corporate Taxes was 13.47 percent (Rs.1,66,503 crore as against Rs.1,46,737 crore), while Personal Income Tax (including STT, and residual FBT and BCTT) grew at -0.41 percent (Rs.83,178 crore as against Rs.83,524 crore). 

General Knowledge 2010 quiz - 47

1.      Which among the following constitutes maximum share in power generation in India?

a)Nuclear power   b)Solar power   c)Hydro Power    d)Wind Power   e)Thermal Power

2.      The 2009 APEC Summit held in ________?

a)Thailand   b)Hong Kong   c)Malaysia   d)Singapore   e)Vietnam

3.      Fiscal policy means ______________?

a)Credit policy   b)Planning policy    c)taxation policy   d)Subsidy Policy   e)Foreign Policy

4.      Which of the following is the largest exporter of Tea?

a)India   b)Brazil   c)China   d)Srilanka   e)none of these

5.      ‘Majlis’ is the parliament of which of the following countries?

a)Iran   b)Pakistan    c)Afghanistan    d)Turkey   e)Iraq

6.      Which of the following is India’s first indigenously built multi-barrel rocket launcher?

a)Akash   b)Pinaka   c)Trishul    d)Nishant    e)Arjun

7.      Who became the third batsmen to reach 12,000 ODI runs?

a)Sanath Jayasuriya    b)Sachin Tendulkar   c)Ricky Pointing   d)Rahul Dravid   e)none

8.      Who is the first Indian to win the World’s Billiards Championship?

a)Subhash Agarwal    b)Geeth Sethi   c)Pankaj Advani   d)Manan Chandra   e)Anuja Thakur

9.      Recently Barack Obama completed one year term as the President of US. He belongs to which party?

a)Republican Party   b)Labour Party    c)African American Party   d)Peoples Party   e)Democratic Party

10. Who is the newly elected President of Croatia?

a)Zlatko Tomcic   b)Ivo Josipovic    c)Stjepan Mesic    d)Vlatko Pavletic   e)none of these

11. A/c to UNESCO, which of the following is the Largest University in the World?

a)IGNOU    b)California State University    c)Islamic Azad University   d)B R Ambedkar Open University    e)Osmania University

12. Which of the following won the Gold in Men’s category in the World Team Chess Championship held in Turkey?

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

13. ‘Open’ is the Autobiography of __________?

a)Michael Jackson   b)Cristiano Ronaldo    c)Barack Obama   d)Andre Agassi   e)none of these

14. Who won the Doha WTA Championship?

a)Venus Williams   b)Kim Clijsters   c)Justin Henin   d)Ana Ivanovic   e)Serena Williams

15. Which of the following countries having World’s Largest Uranium Reserves?

a)Australia   b)Canada    c)Russia   d)Kazakhstan   e)France

16. The Union Government approved the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) that aims at adding 20,000MW of power in India by _______?

a)2012    b)2015   c)2020   d)2025   e)2022

17. Stephen Harper has visited India in November 2009. He was the Prime minister of _______?

a)Mongolia   b)Russia   c)New Zealand   d)Canada   e)Argentina

18. Global Fund has approved USD 2.4 billion Grant for India to fight ________?

a)Climate Change   b)AIDS   c)Malaria   d)Tuberculosis   e)b, c & d.

19. The government has reconstituted the Scientific Advisory Committee to the Prime Minister, who is the Chairman of the Committee?

a)Venu Srinivasan    b)C.N.R. Rao   c)A.K.Sood   d)R.A.Mashelkar   e)Madhavan

20. Ashok K.Kantha has been appointed India’s High Commissioner to _______?

a)Australia    b)Maldives   c)Srilanka   d)Thailand   e)Malaysia 

Quiz on General Awareness 13

1.Recently which country has decided to import 5,000 tonnes of sugar from India ?

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

2.The 'Treaty of Lisbon' is also known as ________

a)Constitutive treaty  b)Treaty of Accession  c)Patent law treaty  d)Reform Treaty  e)none

3.World Snooker Championship 2009 will be held in ?

a)Goa  b)Hyderabad  c)Bangalore  d)Indore  e)Chandigarh

4.Who is the winner of Malyasian Open ?

a)Nikolay Davydenko  b)Fernando Verdasco  c)David Ferrer  d)Andy Roddick  e)none

5.Which of the following is the eight state to become a member of North Eastern Council ?

a)Arunachal Pradesh  b)Meghalaya  c)Sikkim  d)Nagaland  e)Assam

6.Who is the 'emerging player of the year' in ICC Awards-2009 ?

a)Tillekratne Dishan  b)Mitchell Johnson  c)Peter Siddle  d)Sehwag  e)none.

7.'Jean-Claude Trichet' is leading central banker of ________________ topped in the annual Central Banker Report Card carried by the Global Finance magazine recently ?

a)Australia  b)Swizerland  c)USA  d)European  e)New Zealand

8.Which Postal Agency has released the one-dollar stamp with the father of nation(Gandhi) in red,blue & gold ?

a)World Postal Agency  b)UN Postal Administration  c)Indian Postal Administration  d)NewYork Postal Agency  e)none

9.Who has become the first athlete to surpass $1 billion in career earnings ?

a)Roger Federer  b)Alex Rodriguez  c)Jenson Button  d)Cristiano Ronaldo  e)Tiger woods

10.Which of the following has the final authority regarding Money Bill ?

a)Lok Sabha  b)Rajya Sabha  c)President  d)Finance minister  e)Speaker

11.Which of the following is not a Financial Institution ?

a)ICICI   b)IDBI   c)FICCI   d)IFCI   e)SIDBI

12.Who is the first Indian Bowler take a Hat trick in a test match ?

a)Kapil Dev  b)Harbajan Singh  c)Anil Kumble  d)Irfan Pathan  e)Sachin Tendulkar

13.Which is the No.1 publisher for online media Compaigns in India ?

a)Google  b)Bharat Matrimony c)Times Internet Limited  d)Online Publishers Assosiation  e)none.

14. Which of the two following two countries signed a bilateral trade in National Currencies ?

a)India,Bangladesh  b)US,Canda   c)Britain,Germany  d)Russia,China  e)Swizerland,Italy

15.A/c to a report released by United Nations in 2009, approaximately how many people in the World are hungry ?

a)50 crores  b)65 crores  c)80 crores  d)90 crores  e)100 crores

16.The first ever European Union(EU)-Pakistan summit was held in ____________ ?

a)Brussels  b)Islamabad  c)Italy  d)Czech Republic  e)Russia

17.Which Article of the Indian Constitution of India deals with the appointment of judges to the supreme court ?

a)Article 121  b)Article 165  c)Article 132  d)Article 136  e)Article 124

18.'Rajiv Gandhi International Airport' is located in which of the following cities ?

a)Delhi  b)Lucknow  c)Hyderabad  d)Chennai  e)Sriperumbudur

19.According to the latest Human Development Index report released by the United Nations Development Programme, India ranks at ____ position ?

a)56th  b)134th  c)91st  d)146th  e)113th

20.What do the five Olympic rings represents ?

a)Five Oceans  b)Five Countries  c)Five Continents  d)Five Flags  e)Five Colors

ICC-Awards-2009

M S Dhoni(wiki)

The LG ICC Awards were held on 1st October 2009 in Johannesburg in South Africa.International Cricket Council has been hosting ICC Awards since 2004 and now is in its sixth year. The previous ones were held in London, Sydney, Mumbai, Johannesburg and Dubai. ICC awards Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy to the Cricketer of the Year which is considered the most prestigious award in world cricket.

The Awards:

1. Cricketer of the Year: Mitchell Johnson (Australia)
2. Test Player of the Year: Gautam Gambhir (Ind)
3. One-Day Player of the Year: M S Dhoni (India)
4. Twenty20 International Performance of the Year: Tillekratne Dilshan (SL).
5. Umpire of the Year: Aleem Dar (Pakistan)
6. Spirit of Team Award: New Zealand 
7. Emerging Player of Year: Peter Siddle (Australia)
8. Associate and Affiliate Player of Year Award: William Porterfield (Ireland)
9. Women Cricketer of Year: Claire Taylor (England).

ICC World Test Team of the Year: Gautam Gambhir (India), Andrew Strauss (Eng), AB de Villiers (SA), Sachin Tendulkar (Ind), Thilan Samraweera (Sri Lanka), Michael Clarke (Aus), MS Dhoni (India-captain), Shakib al Hasan (Bangladesh), Mitchell Johnson (Aus), Stuart Broad (Eng), Dale Steyn (SA) and Harbhajan Singh ( 12th man; India).

ICC World ODI Team of the Year: Virender Sehwag (India), Chris Gayle (West Indies), Kevin Pietersen (England), Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka), Yuvraj Singh (India), Martin Guptill (New Zealand), MS Dhoni (Ind; capt., wk), Andrew Flintoff (England), Nuwan Kulasekara (Sri Lanka), Ajantha Mendis (Sri Lanka), Umar Gul (Pakistan). 12th man: Thilan Thushara (Sri Lanka).