New Current Affairs Quiz - 2011

1.      Recently which state has decided to set up a children's right protection commission, which will have judicial powers at par with district court - Uttarakhand.

2.      What is the GDP growth of India in the second quarter of this fiscal - 8.9%.

3.      Which country has became the first country to sign agreements to set up nuclear reactors in India - France.

4.      Who is the new Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh - N Kiran Kumar Reddy.

5.      Which country will host the 2018 FIFA World Cup - Russia.

6.      Which Company has bagged the 'Golden Peacock Environment Management' award for the year 2010 - Nokia.

7.      Which of the following country has offered uranium, oil, gas prospect for India - Zambia.

8.      To which heavily indebted  European country, European Union and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) unveiled a 85 billion euro ($113 billion) bailout package after Greece was rescued from bankruptcy - Ireland.

9.       ‘All Pakistan Muslim League’ is the new Political party launched by Pervez Musharaf.

10. Dilma Rousseff had taken over as first female president of which country- Brazil.

SBI Associates PO Gk Paper 2010

1.      FCRA – Foreign Contribution Regulation Act

2.      APEC – Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation

3.      NPA – Non Performing assets

4.      Which country will ban cheque from 2018 – UK.

5.      Cryogenic engines are used in – Space Shuttle

6.      Which Country supplied JF-17 fighter jets to Pakistan - China

7.      Women’s Hockey Asia cup won by – China.

8.      India signed a nuclear deal with ______ in Trinidad – Canada

9.      A/c to Suresh Tendulkar Committee __ percent of Indians live in BPL – 37.

10. NREGA was renamed as – Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.

11. Herman Van Rompuy’s is the first President of EU, he was the former PM of – Belgium.

12. Term not used in Banking & Finance – Double Fault.

13. Which country to build ten more nuclear reactors – Iran

14. Author of the book  The Rediscovery of India  - Meghnath Desai

15. Book written by V S Naipaul – A House for Mr Biswas

16. Aim to achieve financial Inclusion by the year – 2012.
17. Aim not in the 11th Five year Plan - Global warming.

Note: Questions are incomplete. If you know more post in a comment box. In GA, computer & Marketing section, 20 questions are from GA, 15 from computer, 15 from marketing.

Questions 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 13, 14, 15 are from this blog. Half of the questions of Computer & Marketing bits were also from this blog[Computer & Marketing questions are downloaded].

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.

November Current Affairs 2009 - Part 2

Ø  Chandrayaan-II moon mission, which will help in analysis of mineral composition and undertake terrain mapping of the moon, will be completed by 2012-13.

Ø  India may be the world's second fastest growing economy, but when it comes to man-woman equality the country figures at the bottom of the table ranked 114th among 134 countries complied by the World Economic Forum (WEF).

Ø  The Centre is targetting to add one lakh mega watt power generation capacity under the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17) to meet the growing demand of electricity in India.

Ø  India and the 27-nation European Union (EU) have signed an agreement for cooperation in the field of Fusion Energy Research and agreed over the free trade treaty by next year (2010) to boost trade and investment.

Ø  India has pledged a developmental assistance of USD 1.3 billion to Afghanistan to fight against terror which is not limited to military campaign and also for social, economic and developmental activities.

Ø  Beijing Olympics gold medalist Abhinav Bindra and women's boxing world champion MC Mary Kom, received the Sahara Indian Sports Award 2008-09.

Ø  India has approved further assistance of shelter material worth over USD 2.6 million besides augmenting its demining teams for speedy resettlement of over 2.8 lakh internally displaced Tamil civilians in Wanni in northern Sri Lanka.

Ø  Spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama inaugurated Kahndo-Dowa Songma Tawang district hospital  and donated Rs 20 lakh for its building when he visited Arunachal Pradesh recently.

Ø  India will open their 2011 cricket World Cup campaign against Bangladesh in Dhaka on February 19 and the country (Bangladesh) will host its first match.

Ø  India's 1983 World Cup hero, former all-rounder Mohinder Amaranth honoured with the C K Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award for the year 2008-09 by the BCCI.

Ø  Indian Olympic Association chief Suresh Kalmadi was today re-elected unopposed as the president of Asian Athletic Association (AAA) in Guangzhou, China, to serve his third consecutive term at the office.

Ø  Nepal and India have decided to boost their cooperation in the energy sector as they agreed to complete a key cross-border transmission line by May 2012.

Ø  The Centre has assured Rs 60 crore to set up a Software Technology Park on the premises of a Special Economic Zone in puducherry.

Ø  President Barack Obama has nominated Indian-American Rajiv Shah to head US Agency for International Development (USAID).

Ø  In a major move to boost its air warfare capability, Pakistan is to purchase 36 J-10 fighter aircraft from China in a deal worth more than USD 1.4 billion.

Note : Go for November Current Affairs Part -1.

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 General Awareness 30

1. Which State has been awarded as “Best e-governance Award” for the year 2009?

a)Delhi   b)Haryana   c)Kerala   d)Madhya Pradesh   e)Karnataka

2. Which of the following is Oxfords Dictionary’s “Word of the Year 2009”?

a)Friend   b)freemium   c)Unfriend   d)Paywall   e)Sexting

3. The Five Year Plan is approved by ______________?

a)Planning Commission

b)President

c)National Development Council

d)Prime Minister

e)President

4. Who penned the book “Unleashing India”?

a)S M Krishna   b)Veerappa Moily   c)Shashi Tharoor   d)Chidambaram.P   e)A K Antony

5. Which Country won the Federation Tennis cup 2009?

a)Italy   b)Spain   c)Swizerland   d)Russia   e)US

6. Who has been elected as first permanent President of European Council?

a)Fredrik Reinfeldt   b)Jose Manuel Barroso   c)Romani Prodi   d)Tony Blair   e)Herman Van Rompuy

7. Recently the Centre has released 40,000 crore for which of the following purposes?

a)To remove female illiteracy

b)For better development of School & College Educations

c)For Rural Development in India

d)For Developing National Highways in India

e)Credit for the Farmers

8. A/c to the latest FIFA rankings which country topped the first rank?

a)Brazil   b)Spain   c)Italy   d)Argentina   e)none of these

9. Indian-European Summit 2009 was held in _____________?

a)Brussels   b)Italy   c)London   d)Delhi   e)Egypt

10. What would be the ‘C’ in FCCB (Foreign C……….. Convertible Bonds)?

a)Capital   b)Consumer  c)Currency   d)Customer   e)Current

11. Subhas Chander Kalia has been appointed as Executive Director of which of the following banks?

a)Union Bank of India   b)Dena Bank    c)Vijaya Bank    d)Andhra Bank   e)Indian Bank

12. “Siddarth Tiwari” belongs to which field?

a)Politician   b)Industrialist   c)Sports   d)Economist   e)Theater Director

13. Klaus Schwab was the founder of which of the following Organizations?

a)WTO   b)UNESCO   c)ILO   d)WEF   e)UNICEF

14. India test-fired its nuclear capable Agni-II Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM) during night for the first time(24-11-09) from  _________?

a)Balasore   b)Chandipur   c)Dhamara   d)Wheelers Island   e)Bhubaneswar

15. Who was crowned as the World Athlete of the year 2009?

a)Sanya Richards   b)Yelena Isinbayeva   c)Usain Bolt   d)both b & c   e)both a & c

16. The Union government has granted _________ crore for development of road network in Jammu & Kashmir?

a)500   b)1000   c)1500   d)2000   e)none

17. President Pratibha Patil became the first woman head of the state(country) to fly in ___________?

a)MIG-29   b)Sukhoi-47   c)F-16   d)F-18   e)Sukhoi-30

18. Navy Day is recognized on ____________?

a)Jan 4^th   b)Feb 9^th   c)Dec 4^th   d)Jan 19^th   e)none

19. Who among the following is not the recipient award of Arjuna Award?

a)Pullala Gopichand   b)Gautam Gambhir   c)Saina Nehwal   d)Satish Jhoshi   e)All of the above

20. Baichang Bhutia is related to which of the following sport?

a)Hockey   b)Football   c)Badminton   d)Golf   e)Snooker

Bilateral Agreements

1.       The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) announces to provide about Rs.800 crore more for the Hogenekkal Water Supply and Fluorosis Mitigation Project.

2.      United States based Satellier - Scream point International a leading digital city solutions provider globally, brings its latest “5D Digital City” solutions and technology services to India.

3.      Under a multimillion dollar long-term nuclear fuel supply deal between Moscow and New Delhi, Russia delivers the first batch of 30 tonnes of uranium pellets to India.

4.      Tata Communications has announced its participations in the $600 million new West African Cable System (WACS) – the submarine fibre optic cable that will link countries in Southern Africa, Western Africa and Europe, with at least 3.84 terabits a second of international bandwidth.

5.      India and Spain sign a trade agreement expected to boost bilateral ties in six crucial sectors of infrastructure development, renewable energy, agriculture, research and development, tourism, and cooperation in Latin America, where Spain has a sphere of influence.

6.      India-U.S.-Japan Planned Malabar-2009 Naval Exercises.Japan has joined India and the United States in trilateral naval exercises from April 26 to May 3. The exercise, named Malabar 2009, was conducted east of Okinawa islands.

7.      The professional objective was to “deepen mutual understanding and trust” among the navies of the three countries. The political aim was to “enhance friendly ties.”

8.      India-Poland pacts on healthcare and tourism.India and the European country Poland signed two agreements: one on cooperation in healthcare and medicine, and the other on tourism. This bilateral trade is $1 billion.

9.      Iran and Pakistan signed an agreement for the construction of gas pipeline which will carry natural gas from Asalouyeh and stretch over 1100 kilometres through Iran. In Pakistan, it will pass through Baluchistan and Sind which stretches 1000km. In India it runs around 600km. 150 million Cubic meters natural gas would be transported through this pipeline per day.

10. India became the first country in South Asia to own an AWACS, Airborne Early Warning and Control System, called 'an eye in the sky', with the Israeli-made Phalcon. It arrived at the Jamnagar airbase on the country's western coast.The Phalcons will be inducted into the Indian Air Force on May 28 by Defense Minister A K Antony at the Palam airbase in New Delhi.

11. India and the United States signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for cooperation in production and marketing of bio fuels in a sustainable and environmentally friendly manner and in accordance with national priorities and socio economic development goals.

12. India to set up IT lab in Indonesia.India will help set up an Information Technology Lab at Indonesia’s Military Academy and participate in a defence exercise, “Garuda Shield”, for United Nations peace support operations.

13. India-ASEAN summit cancelled: The India-ASEAN summit has been delayed following anti-government demonstrations in Thailand.

14. G8, G5 leaders met in L’Aquila, Italy on economic issues and climate change .

15. India, U.S. Sign Space-defense Deals.The new Technology Safeguards Agreement (TSA) will cover launches involving satellites owned by U.S. government or academic institutions or by third country space agencies and universities which have U.S. equipment on board. Since the components and satellites will have to be integrated with Indian Space Research Organization's launch vehicles, the TSA will provide for monitoring by the U.S. side to ensure against diversion or misuse of equipment.

16. A second agreement was signed on a framework for "robust result-oriented cooperation" in science and technology for "collaborative research and its commercialization."

17. The signing of the end-use monitoring shall enable India to procure sophisticated U.S. defense technology and equipment.

18. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has signed a memorandum of cooperation with the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) to implement Avahan, an initiative of the foundation to check the spread of HIV/AIDS in India. Avahan funds targeted HIV-prevention programmes in six Indian States and along the national trucking routes.

19. Mauritius to use AP e-procurement technology.The Government of Mauritius has signed a formal memorandum of agreement with the Andhra Pradesh Government to source e-procurement solutions. The Mauritius Government would use the Andhra Pradesh Government’s e-procurement platform in order to aggregate demand from various Government departments and ensure reduced inventory costs. Also, this would result in lower cost of procurement, transparency and help achieve effective tendering process. Andhra Pradesh, one of the front runners in implementing the e-governance initiatives, had so far concluded 61,534 tenders worth Rs 1.08 lakh crore, involving 206 departments and agencies.

20. India has signed a free trade agreement (FTA) with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) that will include tariff cuts on an estimated 4,000 products. The FTA is expected to boost trade between the two to US$50 billion by next year. The agreement will be implemented beginning January 1, 2010 and will take out duties on about 3,200 products by December 2013, while duties on the remaining 800 products will be brought down to zero or near zero levels by December 2016.

21. India, China to set up hotline.India and China have decided to set up a hotline between Prime Ministers Manmohan Singh and Wen Jiabao as a confidence building measure. The decision was taken during the 13th Round of India-China Special Representatives talks on the boundary question.

22. India-Singapore Joint Venture For Tourism Promotion.According to the plan, the tourists who visit Singapore will be given an option to include a four-five day trip to India in their itinerary.

23. India, South Korea signed bilateral trade agreement.South Korea and India signed a bilateral trade agreement to cut duties on  goods as auto parts and electronics and to boost cooperation between the two Asian economic powerhouses.Both sides started negotiations for the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) in March, 2006, committing them to drastically lower import tariffs on cars and other manufactured items.The CEPA is similar to the free trade agreements (FTA) South Korea has signed with the U.S. and other trading partners, but phases out tariffs more slowly.

24. During the visit of Indian President, India and Tajikistan decide to cooperate in the fields of energy, food and regional security. India invested $20 million in the reconstruction of the Ayni Air Base near Dushanbe in 2008 and has made significant investments in other Tajik projects, including the reconstruction of the Varzob hydropower plant. 

25. India and Russia agreed to raise the volume of the trade between them to USD ten billion by 2010. Russia and India would cooperate in energy, metallurgy, mechanical engineering, knowledge-intensive industries, ongoing construction of Kudankulam nuclear power plant and ONGC's participation in the Sakhalin-I project. 

Source:Sakshi.

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