March Current Affairs II - 2010

·        Sikkim has emerged as topper in utilizing maximum funds in tourism infrastructure in the Eleventh Five Year Plan. Sikkim is followed by Jammu and Kashmir which has spent Rs 141.70 crores for the development of tourism in the state.(Go for Part -I)

·        China, the most populous country in the world, said it would continue with its over three-decade-old one-child policy to maintain low birth rate and pledged to intensity its "strategic research" on coping with an ageing population.

·        Veteran actor-filmmaker Chandrashekhar will be honoured with the Legend Award by the Dadasaheb Phalke Academy at it's annual function on April 30, the birth anniversary of the founder of Indian cinema.

·        United States has provided an assistance of USD 5 million to Nepal to supply 3,500 tons of staple food to country's poorest.

·        Japan has pledged to provide a financial aid of USD 11 million to Nepal to improve community access and strengthen infrastructure in the rural areas.

·        India pledged USD five million support to Chile for relief and rehabilitation work.

·        The Uranium Corporation of India (UCI) has proposed new uranium mines and processing plants at two sites in Andhra Pradesh and Meghalaya.

·        Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, is among 19 members chosen by UN chief Ban Ki-moon for a high-level advisory group on Climate Change Financing tasked with mobilising funds pledged during the Copenhagen meet to tackle global warming.

·        UNDP chief Helen Clarke visited India to review important of areas of cooperation between the UN body and India, including programmes under the NREGA and capacity building of women panchayat representatives.

·        ADAG-promoted Reliance Capital was ranked the top-most retirement fund manager overall by the EPFO for providing good returns and investing money in quality assets, while the state-owned SBI finished at the bottom. HSBC AMC and ICICI Pru AMC, which are the two other retirement fund managers, have been ranked second and third.

·        A/c to a World Bank study, India is the largest user of groundwater in the world, with an estimated use of 230 cubic kilometers of groundwater every year.

·        A nano satellite "Jugnu" built by students and faculty of IIT Kanpur, handed over to the Indian Space Research Organisation.

·        China and Pakistan will conduct a joint anti-terrorism military exercise in China this summer, the third such operation between the two countries. Top military officials of the two countries have already started discussions for the anti-terror exercise code-named "Friendship-2010,"

·        India ranks first in the world in exporting generic medicines. Orissa was the fifth state in the country and first in eastern India to have launched 'Jan Ausadhi Abhiyan', the national campaign to ensure universal reach of generic medicines. To provide cheaper medicinal drugs to the poor, the government will soon open 626 Jan Aushadhi outlets in state-run hospitals in all district headquarters of the country.

·        India ranked 56^th in Global Innovation Index, report launched by INSEAD in partnership with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). Iceland tops the list. Sweden, Hongkong, Switzerland, Denmark as the second, third, fourth and fifth respectively. India rank 36^th in Company Spending on R&D. India ranks 41^st in Public Spending on R&D.

·        India ranked 123^rd position in environmental performance as indicated in 2010 Environmental Performance Index (EPI), report by from Yale University and Columbia University.

·        China has become the second largest industrial manufacturer in the world, says a United Nations Industrial Development Organization report. According to the report 'International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics 2010', two more developing countries - India and Brazil - figure in the list of top 10 industrial manufacturers globally at the ninth and tenth positions. Germany ranks fourth, followed by France, the United Kingdom, Italy and Russia. With this development, China unseats Japan(3) and is trailing behind the United States(1).

·        Uttar Pradesh tops the list of States and Union Territories with the highest number of 900 child rape cases in 2008 followed by Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.

·        On 8^th March 2010, World celebrated 100^th International Women Day.

Latest Current Affairs - 2009

1. Chennai girl Anaka Alankamony, who recently became the world's youngest player to clinch the Women International Squash Players Association (WISPA) title, has been conferred the Young Achiever Award 2009 by the Rotary Club of Madras Northwest.

2. Environment Scientist R K Pachauri has been conferred with the 'Order of the Rising Sun --Gold and Silver Star' in recognition of his contribution to the enhancement of Japan's policy (Kyoto Protocol) towards climate change.

3. India and Nepal have signed an agreement to set up Pancheshwar Development Authority for the execution of 6400 MW multi-purpose hydel power project for water utilization between the two countries.

4. Senior journalist Pallava Bagla has been chosen for the prestigious Indian Nuclear Society's Science Communication Award for 2008.Bagla, Science Editor, NDTV, was selected for the award for his outstanding contributions in popularizing science and technology, particularly nuclear sciences.

5. Ace Indian woman squash player Dipika Pallikal has been nominated in the 'Young Player of the Year' category of the fifth annual World Squash awards.

6. European Union leaders have named Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy and Britain's Catherine Ashton as EU President.

7. The government cleared a Rs 7,266-crore package for the development of the drought-hit Bundelkhand region(It is a region divided b/w MP & UP) and decided to set up a monitoring group to oversee its implementation.

8. An Indian origin student Amia Parvati Srinivasan has been selected for the prestigious All Souls Fellowship at Oxford.

9. Actor Akshay Kumar has been nominated India's ambassador to the 2010 Olympic games in Canada.

10. Ramalinga Raju(Satyam) has been ranked as the world's fourth most outrageous CEO in 2009 on the list compiled by the Forbes while Sri Lankan-origin American hedge fund manager Raj Rajarathnam (third), former Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain (2nd) and Goldman Sachs' Lloyd Blankfein (1st).

11. Roger Federer lost his hometown tournament, falling 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 to Novak Djokovic in the Swiss Indoors final.

12. Indian Olympic Association chief Suresh Kalmadi re-elected unopposed as the president of Asian Athletic Association (AAA) in Guangzhou, China, to serve his third consecutive term at the office. Kalmadi was elected for another four-year term (2009-13) at the 18th General Body Meeting of the AAA, a day ahead of the 18th Asian Athletics Championships (November 10-14) to be held in the Chinese city.

13. Karur Vysya Bank had been awarded the "Banking Technology Excellence Awards - 2008" for Best use of IT for Customer Service in Semi-Urban and Rural Areas among Small Banks by Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology, Hyderabad.     

14. Jamshedpur (Jharkhand) had the highest per capita carbon emission while Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) and Asansol (West Bengal) had the lowest in 2007-08, according to an energy status report of 40 Indian cities.

15. President Pratibha Patil entered the record books by becoming the first woman head of state to fly in a frontline, multi-role fighter jet aircraft as she undertook a 30-minute sortie in a Russian made Sukhoi-30 MKI. A Sukhoi, India's most advanced fighter plane, can carry eight tonnes of armaments and fly over 3000 kms with onboard fuel and can undertake an extended journey of up to 5000 kms with a single air-to-air refueling.

Quiz on 2009-10 Summits - 33

1. Which Country hosted the 15^th ASEAN Summit in 2009?

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

2. Which of the following Countries will host the G20 Summit in 2010?

a)Canada    b)Pittsburg    c)London   d)Australia   e)South Korea

3. The first ever EU-Pakistan summit held at __________?

a)Islamabad    b)Sharm EL Sheikh   c)Brussels    d)London  e)none of these 

4. In 2009 Italy hosted which of the following summits?

a)G-5    b)G-8    c)G-77   d)G-20   e)none of these

5. The 2009 NAM summit held at ________?

a)Havana    b)Sharm El Sheikh   c)Tehran   d) Rio De Janeiro   e) Delhi

6. Which Country will host the XXXI Olympics in 2016?

a)UK   b)Greece    c)Brazil    d)South Korea   e)none of these

7. The 155^th OPEC meeting is slated to be held in December 2009 at ___________?

a)Venezuela    b)UAE    c)Qatar   d)Angola   e)Nigeria

8. Which Country will host the United Nations Climate Change Conference(UNCCC) in December 2009?

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

9. The Indian Economic Summit 2009 held at which of the following cities?

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

10. The APEC 2009 summit was held in which of the following countries?

a)Singapore    b)Peru    c)Japan   d)US   e)Indonesia

11. The eighth Indo-Gulf Conference held in _________?

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

12. The First ever BRIC Summit in 2009 held at which of the following countries?

a)Egypt   b)Russia   c)China   d)Brazil   e)India

13. Pittsburg have been hosted which of the following summits in 2009?

a)G-5    b)G-8    c)G-77    d)G-20   e)US-Pakistan

14. The 10^th India-EU Summit in 2009 held in________?

a)Brussels   b)Davos   c)Delhi    d)London   e)Bengaluru

15. The UNSC (United Nations Security Council) Summit in 2009 held in which of the following countries?

a)USA   b)Russia   c)China   d)France   e)UK

16. The Second Africa-South America(ASA) summit in 2009 held in ___________?

a)Venezuela    b)Brazil    c)Egypt   d)South Africa   e)Nigeria

17. The 7^th Indo-ASEAN Bilateral Summit held in_______?

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

18. The 2009 EU–USA Summit held at ________?

a)London    b)Brussels   c)Prague   d)Pittsburg   e)Washington

19. The Fourth East-ASEAN Summit in 2009 held in_________?

a)Cha-am Hua Hin    b)Hanoi   c)Kuala Lumpur   d)Singapore   e)none of these

20. Which Country hosted the SCO(Shanghai Cooperation Organization) in 2009?

a)China   b)Tajikistan   c)Russia   d)Kazakhstan   e)Kyrgyzstan

 Note:

1st question   ::  ASEAN Summit in 2010 - Hanoi(Vietnam).

2nd question  :: G-20 Summit in April 2009 - London, September 2009 - Pittsburg

                                                       June 2010  - Canada,  November 2009 - South Korea

4th question   :: G-8 Summit in 2010 - Canada

                                                  in 2011 - France

12th question :: BRIC summit in 2010 - Brazil.

Quiz on General Awareness 27

1. Who is Chairman of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)?

a)Sam Pitroda  b)M S Swaminathan  c)R K Pachauri  d)Alok Mishra  e)none

2. Who is the first player in the Test Cricket to cross 10,000 runs?

a)Allan Border   b)Sunil Gavaskar    c)Sachin Tendulkar   d)Brain Lara   e)Steve Waugh

3. Which Bank has been awarded the Financial Express Best Banks: Best Banker of the Year Award 2008?

a)ICICI   b)Axis Bank   c)HDFC   d)PNB   e)SBI

4. Ben Bernake is associated with?

a)ADB   b) World Bank   c)IMF   d)Federal Reserve   e)FBI

5. Name the Supreme Commander of India at present?

a)Manmohan Singh    b)Deepak Kapoor    c)P V Naik   d)P Chidambaram   e)Pratibha Patil

6.Manmohan Singh has been at what position in the list of Most Powerful People in the World compiled by Forbes Magazine?

a)4^th    b)19^th   c)31^st   d)36^th   e)50^th

7. Sachin Tendulkar has become the ____  player in the Test history of the game to have an international career spanning more than 20 years .

a)1^st   b)2^nd   c)3^rd   d)9^th   e)16^th

8.India and ASEAN have set the ______________ as the deadline for reaching an agreement for opening services trade.

a)April  2010   b)December 2009   c)August 2010   d)December 2010   e)May 2010

9. Expand IDP?

a)Indian Displaced Persons

b)Internal Discussion Panel

c)Initial Developed programme

d)Internally Displaced Persons

e)none

10. Roger Federer has won the two Grand Slam Titles this year 2009.what are those?

a)Australian Open,French Open

b)Wimbeldon,French Open

c)US Open,Wimbeldon

d)Australian Open,Wimbeldon

e)French Open,US Open

11.Who has been conferred with Satyajit Ray Award for his contribution to Indian Cinemas?

A)Amitabh Bachchan    b)Rajesh Khanna   c)Kamala Hasan   d)Basu Chatterjee   e)none

12.Which IIM(Indian Institute of Management) has been recognized as the No.1 business school in India, A/c to the 2009 worldwide business school ranking carried out by Eduniversal.

a)IIM-Bangalore   b)IIM Ahmedabad   c)IIM Kolkatta   d)IIM Indore   e)none

13.Which of the following is not a member of UN Security Council?

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

14.Hamid Karzai has been re-elected as the President of which of the following countries?

a)Iran   b)Saudi Arabia   c)Afghanistan   d)Kuwait   e)Iraq

15.Which of the following sector is the biggest tax evader in 2008-09?

a)Financial    b)Real Estate   c)Manufacturing   d)Arts & Films    e)none

16.What is the limit of the upper circuit that halts the Trading for a Day?

a)5%   b)10%   c)15%   d)20%   e)30%

17. What is LCROSS?

a)It is border between India and Pakistan

b)It is a border between India and China

c)It was a Robetic Space craft(launched by NASA.)

d)Missile tested by North Korea

e)Missile tested by Iran.

18.Many times we see the word F & O in the financial Newspapers. what is the full form of  it?

a)Fixed Operation

b)Futures Opinion

c) Financial Operation

d)Fiscal Operation

e)Futures Options

19.Who is the author of the book ‘India: From Midnight to the Millenium’?

a)Amartya Sen  b)R K Narayanan   c)Shashi Tharoor   d)Abdul Kalam    e)V S Naipaul

20.Rovers Cup is associated with sport?

A)Football   b)Hockey   c)Cricket   d)Badminton   e)Tennis

Quiz on General Awareness 20

1. Who has taken over the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh ?

a)Prem Khandu    b)Dorjee Khandu   c)Mukut Mithi   d)Gegong Apang   e)none

2. Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) in India went down by two percentages from 57 to 55 per 1000 live births between 2006 and 2007, a report released by?

a)World Bank    b)Ministry of Health    c)WHO    d)PMO   e)Registrar General of India

3. Recently Government has cleared 26 FDI proposals of worth Rs ________ ?

a)900   b)1130   c)1360   d)750   e)848

4. The Centre decided to launch a Rs ____ crore plan to strengthen fire and emergency services in the country?

a)100   b)125   c)150   d)200  e)250

5. In Railway budget 2009-10, how many Duronto Trains are introduced ?

a)10  b)12   c)14   d)8   e)none of these

6. In Union Budget 2009-10, how many crores are allocated for Higher Education ?

a)500   b)750   c)1000  d)1500   e)2000

7.’Smart Money’ is a term used for __________ ?

a)Internet Banking   b)Credit Card    c)Cash with Bank/Public  d)Debit Card  e)none

8.’Balika Diwas’ day (Girl Day) is observed on ?

a)Jan 29^th  b)March 8^th   c)July 9^th  d)Dec 9^th  e)Oct 5^th

9. With Which of the following Countries India has inked an MoU on co-operation in the area of climate change and implementation of the clean development mechanism (CDM) projects of the Kyoto Protocol ?

a)Norway    b)Japan   c)Thailand   c)Britain    e)US

10. The Orbit of Chandrayan-1 has been rised form 100 km to _____ ?

a)500   b)200   c)150   d)300  e)none

 11)’Fujitsu’ has developed the Worlds fastest CPU, it belongs which Country?

a)South Korea   b)US    c)Japan   d)China   e)none

12.Who has been elected for Ministry of Water Resource after Meira Kumari has taken over the Speaker of Lok Sabha ?

a)Manmohan Singh   b)Rahul Bandari   c)Jagdeep Goyal    d)Manish Kumar   e)Pawan Kumar Bansal

13.Pakistan has won the ICC T20 Championship after beating _________ ?

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

14. India decided to drop the $1 billion defense deal for mid-air refuellers with which country?

a)Russia    b)France   c)Israel     d)Britain    e)US

15.Who is the first Indian woman Foreign Secretary ?

a)Chokila Iyer   b)Nirupama Rao   c)Meera Shankar   d)Vijalakshmi Pandit   e)Indira Gandhi

16.Which Film has won the Best Film in IIFA 2009 Awards ?

a)Ghajini   b)Wednesday   c)Jodhaa Akbar   d)Fashion   e)Singh is King

17.Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy has won the Mens Double in French Open 2009, Lukas Dlouhy belongs to which of the following Country ?

a)Peru   b)Spain   c)US   d)UK   e)Czech Republic

18.For how many months President rule is imposed on Jharkhand after Union Cabinet has decided to end President's rule in Jharkhand and dissolve the state assembly(polling will be held on November-December 2009)?

a)3 months  b)6 months   c)9 months   d)12 months  e)none

19.’Chiku the Champ’ is mascot for _____________ ?

a)FIFA World Cup

b)Common Wealth Games

c)National Games

d)Asian Table Tennis Championship

e)Olympics 2010

20.Which IT Company it has entered into a 10-year IT outsourcing agreement with Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) for providing  IT Infrastructure and services for IGI Airport.

a)Wipro  b)TCS   c)Infosys   d)Tech Mahindra   e)CTS