Affairs July 2010(Short Answers)

• Head of the Committee instituted by RBI to look into the interest rates and bank fees,

charges & services – M Damodaran.

• Which committee recommended 15-20% variable component in the salary package for

PSB employees, instituted by Finance minister – A K Khandelwal.

• RBI has revised the norms for __________ for giving loans to the housing and real estate

segment – Urban Cooperative Banks(UCBs).

• SEBI has announced that MF distributors and agents will now need a NISM certificate to

sell policies. What is the full form of NISM - National Institute of Securities Market.

• RBI has advised all banks to print IFSC on cheque leaves issued to customers. IFSC

stands for- Indian Financial System Code.

• India has emerged as the ___ most preferred destination for retailers in the world - 39th.

• India’s first Anti-submarine warfare Corvette – INS Kamorta.

• _____ banks are recently allowed by the RBI to open ATM’s at places other than their

branches without prior approval – Urban Cooperative banks.

• National Florence Nightingale Award 2010 was given to – A P Subhadra.

• Government has fixed FRP of Sugarcane for the year 2010-11 at Rs. 139.12 per quintal.

FRP stands for - Fair and Remunerative Price.

• India’s trade deficit during 2009-10 - $102.1 billions.

• Asian Banker Achievement award given to – SBI.

• Who is the head of the committee for comprehensive review of National Small Savings

Fund(NSSF) structure , interest rates, tenor and other administrative matters – Shyamala

Gopinath.
• ____ company offered to provide cloud computing solutions t Rural Banks – Polaris.

• Chairman of RBI working group on BPLR on the basis of which Base Rate System is

slated to switch over by the banks – Deepak Mohanty.

Sunday, August 15, 2010

Current Events in July 2010

Symbol of Indian Rupee:

The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the design, which includes

both the Devnagiri 'Ra' and the Roman capital 'R' and has two parallel

lines running at the top. The parallel lines symbolize the equal to sign.

With this India will join an elite group of countries (like the US dollar, euro, British
pound and Japanese yen) which have a distinct currency symbol. The symbol selected

has been designed by an Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay postgraduate D Udaya

Kumar
and was selected from among five short listed symbols. Kumar, who

will join the Department of Design at IIT Guwahati on Friday, explained

that the design is based on the Indian Tricolour. His entry was chosen

from 3,000 designs competing for the currency symbol. He will get an

award of Rs 2.5 lakh. All new notes will now bear the symbol.

Events in the month of July 2010

1. First Country in Latin America to legalize same sex marriage

– Argentina.

2. With which country India held the first ever “2+2 dialogue” to intensify
counter terrorism and anti-piracy cooperation – Japan.

3. Which country has agreed to supply Hawk pilot-trainer aircraft

to India valued a about 700 million pounds($1.1 billion) – Britain.

4. The most popular Asian Destination – Taj Mahal.

5. According to the new International Multi Dimensional poverty

Index (MPI), about _______ of India’s population are poor – 645 million

people.
6. Which state has banned the use of plastic carry bags all over the

state – Rajasthan.

7. Who is the only cricketer to take 800 wickets in the history Test

matches – Muttiah Muralitharan.

8. The fourth Pakistani to be inducted formally into the ICC Cricket

hall of fame – Imran Khan.

9. Which team has regained the 63rd Rangaswamy Cup Senior

National Men’s Hockey Championship – Mumbai.

10. In the Q1 Review of Monetary Policy 2010-11, RBI has revised the

GDP growth for 2010-11 from 8% to ____ - 8.5%.

11. With which Organization India signed the loan and credit

agreement worth of $268.15 million – World Bank.

12. The Best Public Sector Bank Award – Punjab National Bank.

13. To Whom the Lokmanya Tilak Award 2010 has been given for the

contribution of Politics – Sheila Dikshit.

14. Who is the new President of Poland – Bronislaw Komorowski.

15. Who has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of Slovakia -

Iveta Radicova.

16. Roza Otunbayeva has became the first ever woman head of which

country in Central Asia – Kyrgyzstan.

17. Who has been sworn in as Germany’s youngest and the tenth

President – Christian Wulff.

18. Who is the the New Chief Election Commissioner – Qureshi S Y.

19. Which country has became the World Number One in Latest FIFA

Rankings – Spain.

20. Who is the new President of International Cricket Council – Sharad

Pawar.

Sunday, August 1, 2010

Current Affairs June 2010 - III
• Delhi is set to get the country's first commercial waste-to-power plant of 16 MW

capacity that will convert one third of Capital's garbage into much-needed electricity

for six lakh homes.

• Finland has emerged as the most prosperous country in the world after an extensive

survey conducted by the Legatum Prosperity Index, which claims to be the world's

only global assessment of wealth and wellbeing. Switzerland, one of the world's most

popular tourist spots, grabbed the second slot in the index. Among 104 countries,

India is ranked at no. 45.

• Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal continued her rampaging form as she completed a

spectacular hat-trick of titles by clinching the Indonesia Open Super Series with a

straight-game triumph over Japan's Sayaka Sato in Jakarta. This was Saina's third

successive title, having won the Indian Open Grand Prix at home and the Singapore

Open Super Series Tournament.

• Russia launched the second of three stealth frigates for the Indian Navy under USD

1.6 billion deal inked in July 2006. The first of three Project 11356 (modified Krivak

III) frigates, named the Teg (Sword), was launched in last November. The third

frigate, Trikand (Bow) is due to be delivered in 2011-12. The new frigates, also

known as Talwar class, will be armed with eight BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles.

They will be also equipped with a 100-mm gun, a Shtil surface-to-air missile system,

two Kashtan air-defence gun/missile systems, two twin 533-mm torpedo launchers,

and an antisubmarine warfare (ASW) helicopter. Earlier, Russia's Baltiisky Zavod

shipyard had built three stealth frigates of the same class - INS Talwar, INS Trishul

and INS Tabar.

• India extended the ban on import of milk and milk products from China for another

six months, according to the foreign trade office.

• The government restructured the existing 10-year-old village self-employment

scheme on the recommendations of various committees to rectify shortcomings

pointed out by studies. Under the new plan for the Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar

Yojana (SGSY), the scheme has been renamed as National Rural Livelihood Mission
 (NRLM) and it would aim at reducing poverty through promotion of diversified and

gainful self-employment and skilled wage employment opportunities.

• An innovative programme of Gujarat government aimed at easy governance has won

a prestigious award instituted by the United Nations. The statewide Attention on

Grievances with Application of Technology (SWAGAT) programme has won the

United Nations Public Service Award (UNPSA).

• A 15-year-old title drought came to an end as India won the Asia Cup cricket

tournament after crushing defending champions Sri Lanka.

• American John Isner outlasted Frenchman Mahut to win 6-4 3-6 6-7 (7-9) 7-6 (7-3)

70-68 in the longest match in history, taking 11 hours and five minutes over three

days.

• The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has added island nation Tuvalu located in the

Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and Australia as its 187th member.

• India's leading industrialist Ratan Tata, Chairman of the Tata Group, has been

conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Law for his role in producing the world's

cheapest car Nano.

• Sachin Tendulkar will be conferred Indian Air Force's honorary rank of Group

Captain and the star cricketer said he is proud to be associated with the "dynamic"

IAF.
 • New Zealand has acquired the distinction of being the world's most peaceful nation for
the second year running, according to the Global Peace Index.
•The G8 summit has agreed to provide a further $5bn (£3.3bn) over five years towards

improving the health of mothers and young children in the developing world.

• The World Bank said its total lending to India will touch $9.3 billion for the fiscal ending

June this year. The total expected lending this year includes $2.6 billion in interest-free

credit and $6.7 billion in the form of a long-term, low interest loan.

• Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily has announced National Litigation Policy to reduce

pendency and delay in cases which Central Government is a party. The policy aims at

reducing government litigation in courts so that the valuable court time is spent on

resolving other pending cases so as to achieve the goal in national legal mission to reduce

average pendency time from 15 years to 3 years.

• Myanmar’s dissident political leader Aung San Suu Kyi has become the first recipient

of the new Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Award for democracy instituted by the Pakistan

People’s Party in the memory of the slain former premier.

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has assured banks it will keep agriculture loans outside

the base rate ambit. The base rate guidelines, issued in April, had barred lending below base

rate, except for three categories: loans to banks’ own employees, loans against deposits and
small-ticket borrowers under the differential interest rate (DRI) scheme. The addition of the

fourth category means agriculture loans can also be priced below the base rate.

• Freedom fighter and socialist leader Kanduri Charan Mallick died.3

• India on Friday expressed confidence to achieve trade target of 30 billion dollars with

Republic of Korea (ROK) by 2014.

1. Who has been named as the Chairperson of the National Advisory

Council(NAC)?

a)Manmohan Singh b)C Rangarajan c)Sushma Swaraj d)Sonia

Gandhi e)none

2. Recently GOI launched ‘Sakshara Bharat’ Mission 2012, aimed at

educating illiterate girls and women aged above ____ years?

a)8yrs b)10yrs c)12yrs d)15yrs e)18yrs

3. Recently India successfully test-fired the BrahMos supersonic anti-

ship cruise missile from a warship in the Bay of Bengal off coast of

Orissa and became the ______ country in the world to have a

‘maneuverable’ missile for cruise.

a)first b)second c)third d)sixth e)none

4. A/c to UNIDO, India stood at which place in Industrial Production?

a)third b)fifth c)eight d)ninth e)none

5. Who is the new Chairman of BSE?

 a)Jagdish Capoor b)S. Ramadorai c)Madhu Kannan d)Mahesh L.

Soneji e)none

6. In which country World Social Forum (WSF) meeting held?

a)Brazil b)Switzerland c)US c)Russia e)none

7. Who has been voted the most popular youth leader in the country, a/c

to the Centre for Media and Cultural Research?

a)Sachin Pilot b)Rahul Gandhi c)Varun Gandhi d)Supriya Sule

e)none

8. Which Country has the largest number of illiterate adults in the world?

a)China b)South Africa c)UAE d)Iraq e)India

9. Which Indian city has been ranked fourth in the New York Times' '31

Places to Go in 2010' list?

a)Tirupathi b)Mumbai c)Mysore d)Agra e)none

10. Who won the O.B.Agarwal Memorial 6 red Snooker National

Championship?

a)Brijesh Damani b)Kamal Chawla c)Manan Chandra d)Pankaj

Advani e)none

11. Who wrote the book ‘Becoming Indian’?

a)Vaidyanathan b)Rajan Gurukkal c)Shamira Sheikh d)Arvind

Virmani e)Pavan Varma

12. The SAARC Lifetime Achievement Award 2010, was given to

__________?

a)Abhi Subedi b)Mark Tully c)Hamid Mir d)Sarmad Sehbai

e)none

13. Which state high court quashed the legislation for four percent

reservation to Muslims in education and jobs?

a)Delhi b)Andhra Pradesh c)Chennai d)Bihar e)Kerala

14. The 2010 Abel Prize has been awarded to ___________ for his vast

and lasting impact on the theory of numbers?

a)John G. Thompson b)Jacques Tits c)John Tate d)Mikhail

Gromov e)Both a & b.

15. Recently in which of the following countries India has decided to set

up Consulate General Office?

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

16. Which of the following country receiving the largest number of foreign

tourists, at 80 million per year?

a)US b)India c)China d)Spain e)France

17. Which of the following country has become the first country in South

Asia to join the International Criminal Court based in The Hague?

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

18. Which city will host the International Kabaddi Tournament?

 a)Delhi b)Chennai c)Chandigarh d)Jaipur e)Hyderabad

19. The 19th Saraswati Samman, country's highest literary honour, for

2009 has been given to ___________?

a)Surjit Patar b)Naiyer Masud c)Lakshmi Nandan Bora

d)Jagannath Prasad Das e)none

20. Which country will host the 2014 FIFA world cup?

a)South Africa b)Canada c)Spain d)Brazil e)none

1.Who is the present Telecom Minister?

a)Manmohan Singh b)A Raja c)Kapil Sibal d)Sachin Pilot e)none

2. Which organization has launched ‘Awaaz Do’ with the support of GOI?

a)UNESCO b)UNICEF c)UN d)WHO e)none

3. Which Country will build country’s first industrial solar power station near Black sea?

a)Russia b)China c)India d)Japan e)none

4. Which country has supplied F-16 combat jets to Pakistan?

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

5. Which of the following countries has test fired intercontinental ballistic missile

‘Bulava’?

a)Russia b)China c)North Korea d)Iran e)none

6. Which country has approved world’s biggest Solar Power Project?

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

7. India has lifted ban on emigration clearance for employment on which of the following

country?

a)Pakistan b)Australia c)Libya d)Nepal e)China

8. ‘World Food Day’ is observed on which of the following days?

a)July 16 b)September 16 c)June 16 d)October 16 e)none

9. In the recent past the name ‘Julian Assange’ has came in most of the news channels and

news papers. He belongs to which of the following?

a)Facebook b)Wikipidea c)Google d)Wikileaks e)none

10. Which of the following is not a direct tax?

a)Income tax b)Wealth tax c)Corporate tax d)a,b & c e)Sales tax

• The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has emerged as the country's largest trading partner

in term of total trade exchange in the first half of 2010.

• The Government has launched a special scheme for the health and well-being of

adolescent girls as a pilot project in 200 most backward districts of the country. 'Sabla'

or the 'Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Adolescent Girls' would be launched in 22 districts

of Uttar Pradesh, 15 districts of Madhya Pradesh, 12 of Bihar, 12 of Sikkim, 11

districts of Maharashtra and 10 districts of Rajasthan.

• Former Test captain Anil Kumble elected as the President of the Karnataka State

Cricket Association while former pace duo of Javagal Srinath and Venkatesh Prasad

were elected as Secretary and Vice President respectively.

• Actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan honoured with Teacher's People Achiever Award.

• India and Norway joined hands to set up a centre in Chennai to protect the bio-

diversity to help tackle threats of climate change.

• India has pledged to provide a grant assistance of Rs 16.19 million to Nepal for

construction of 350 tube-wells in the southern region of the country.

• State-run Coal India has become the third most powerful Indian company with a total

market capitalisation (m-cap) of Rs 2,09,671.57 crore and is only lagging behind RIL

and ONGC.

• Punjab Government has brought Sain Samaj under Shagun scheme to provide

financial assistance of Rs 15000 to the daughters of Sain Samaj at the time of their

marriage.

• Noted Malayalam film and stage actress Shanta Devi died.

 • Malaysia has emerged as one of the the most favourite destinations in the Asia Pacific

for Indian travellers, according to a new survey.

1. Who is the head of the committee constituted by Prime Minister to probe corruption in

2010 Commonwealth Games?

a)Sam Pitroda b)Shantanu Consul c)Pargat Singh d)V K Shunglu e)none

2. 2010 United Nations Climate Conference was held in ______?

a)Washington b)Geneva c)Cancun d)New York e)none

3. Which Country has launched the World’s first Synthetic jet fuel?

a)US b)France c)South Africa d)Japan e)India

4. Who won the 2010 ATP World Tour Title?

a)Rafael Nadal b)Andy Murray c)Andy Roddick d)Roger Federer e)none

5. Tertiary sector contributes maximum to Indian GDP. Tertiary sector is also known as

_________ sector?

a)Banking Sector b)Primary Sector c)Secondary Sector d)Agriculture Sector

e)Service Sector

6. Armando Emilio Guebuza recently visited India. He is the _______?

a)Prime Minister of Mozambique

b)President of Madagascar

c)President of Mozambique

d)Prime Minister of Madagascar

e)none

7. Who won the 2010 Mahatma Gandhi Peace Award?

 a)John Brumby b)Aund San Suu Kyi c)Sheikh Hasina d)Barack Obama e)none

8. Who is the author of the book ‘The Masque of Africa’?

a)V S Naipaul b)Salman Rushdie c)K R Narayanan d)Nelson Mandela e)none

9. Which two countries agreed to resume direct flights between their capitals for the first

time in three decades?

a)India and Iran b)Egypt and Iran c)Cuba and US d)US and Iran e)none

10. Recently Shimla has been declared the fourth ‘smoking free’ city in India after

Chandigarh, Kottayam and Sikkim?

• 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

1. Which of the following Indian city has been named among the top four Livable cities in

the world?

a)Mumbai b)New Delhi c)Ahmedabad d)Bangalore e)Hyderabad

2. Recntly which country has become full fledge member of Financial Action Task

Force(FATF)?

a)Bangladesh b)Pakistan c)China d)India e)none

3. Which country is building the World’s largest telescope in Antarctica?

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

4. Who won the Next Step Foundation 2010 Award?

a)Veerappa Moily b)Sharad Pawar c)Manmohan Singh d)Sonia Gandhi e)none

5. Who has been sworn in as 59th President of Colombia?

a)Michael Bloomberg b)Julia Gillard c)Christian Wulff d)Juan Manuel Santos

e)none

6. Who has been appointed as the new vice president of ICC?

a)John Howard b)Sharad Pawar c)Alan Isaac d)Malcom Speed e)none

7. Who has been chosen for the Lal Bahadur Shastri Award for Excellence in public

administration, academics and management for 2010?

a)Aditi Lahiri b)Aruna Roy c)Bharat Bhasker d)Girish Tewari e)none

8. Ravindra Kelekar has been presented the coveted 2006 Jnanpith Award for his

contribution to the world in Literature. He was a famous write in which language?

a)Konkani b)Hindi c)Bengali d)Sanskrit e)none

9. Who among the following received the 2010 National Amity Award?

a)Yash Chopra b)Amir Khan c)Amitabh Bachchan d)Kareena Kapoor e)Sunil

Dutt

10. Who has been conferred as Businessman of the Decade Award?

a)Narayana Murthy b)Mukhesh Ambani c)Ratan Tata d)Lakshmi Mittal e)Azim

Premji
11. Which is the first state in the country to launch the Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram

Yojana(PMAGY)?

a)Gujarat b)Rajasthan c)Uttar Pradesh d)Bihar e)Assam

12. With which country India has inked a deal for purchase of 57 Hawk Advanced Jet

Trainer Aircraft?

a)US b)Britain c)Israel d)Russia e)none

13. What is the present Retirement age of High court judges?

a)58 b)60 c)62 d)65 e)none

14. Who is the head of National Innovation Council to prepare road map for the decade of

Innovation 2010-2020?

a)Kapil Sibal b)A S Murthy c)Manmohan Singh d)Sam Pitroda e)none

15. How many crores has been allocated for the Leh Cloudburst Victims?

a)50 b)75 c)100 d)125 e)150

16. ‘2010Stand Up, Take Action’ is a campaign against ______?

a)Commonwealth Games b)Poverty c)Inflation d)Per capita Income e)Illiteracy

17. The Winner of 2010 Man Booker Prize?

a)Kiran Desai b)Anne Enright c)Hillary Mantel d)Aravind Adiga e)Howard

Jacobson

18. The 2010 Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit was held in ______?

a)Beijing b)Bangkok c)Seoul d)Brussels e)London

19. Which Country has won highest gold medals in XIX Common wealth Games 2010?

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

20. XX Commonwealth Games 2014 will be held at _____?

 a)Rome b)London c)Beijing d)Glasgow e)Melbourne

Every year since 1901 the Nobel Prize has been awarded for achievements in physics,

chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and for peace. The Nobel Prize in

Economics was first awarded in the year 1969. The Nobel Prize is an international award

administered by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden. Each recipient, or laureate,

is presented with a gold medal, a diploma, and a sum of money which depends on the

Nobel Foundation's income that year.

List of 2010 Nobel Prize Winners:

• The Nobel Prize in Peace has been given to Liu Xiaobo "for his long and non-violent

struggle for fundamental human rights in China".

• The Nobel Prize in Medicine has been given to Robert G. Edwards "for the development

of in vitro fertilization".
• The Nobel Prize in Literature has been given to Mario Vargas Llosa "for his cartography

of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and

defeat"

• The Nobel Prize in Physics has been given to Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov

"for groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene".

• The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been given to Richard F. Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi and

Akira Suzuki "for palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis"

• The Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences has been given to Peter A. Diamond, Dale T.

Mortensen and Christopher A. Pissarides "for their analysis of markets with search

frictions".

1. Based on monthly wholesale price index (WPI), the annual rate of

inflation stood at ___ percent for the month of September 2010?

a)8.51 b)5.44 c)8.6 d)11.6 e)none

2. Who is the winner of 64th edition of Santhosh Trophy?

a)Goa b)Punjab c)Tamil Nadu d)Goa e)West Bengal

3. Who is the present Chief Minister of Jharkhand?

a)Shibu Soren b)Madhu Koda c)Arjun Munda d)Sudesh Mahto

e)none of these
4. Which of the following is the first team to play 900 Test matches in

cricket history?

a)Australia b)England c)India d)West Indies e)none

5. Who is the most powerful women in the world in 2010, compiled by

Forbes?

a)Angela Merkel b)Indra Nooyi c)Sonia Gandhi d)Michelle Obama

e)Irene Rosenfeld

6. What is the present Repo rate?

a)5.75 b)6.00 c)6.25 d)5.25 e)none

7. Howard Jacobson won the 2010 Man Booker Prize for his novel _____?

a)The Finkler Question b)The Act of Love c)Wolf Hall d)Kalooki

Nights e)none

8. Recently Pranab Mukherjee has won which of the following award?

a)World’s Best Finance Minister of the year 2010

b)Asia’s Best Finance Minister of the year 2010

c)India’s Best Finance Minister of the year 2010

d)Both b & c

e)none

9. Who among the following is the world’s highest paid female athlete

by Forbes magazine?
 a)Maria Sharapova b)Serena Williams c)Danika Patrick d)Kim

Yu-Na e)none

10. Who has become the first Indian to qualify for 2012 London Olympics?

a)Abhinav Bhindra b)Saina Nehwal c)Mary Kom d)Pankaj

Advani e)Gagan Narang

11. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has released a commemorative

stamp on _________?

a) J S Mohammed Ali Shihab Thangal b)Maulana Mohammad Ali c)S

Ubaidur Rahman d)Syed Ahmad Khan e)none

12. Which country has won the 2010 Women's Hockey World Cup?

a)Netherlands b)England c)Germany d)Argentina e)Australia

13. What is present interest rate on Savings bank account?

a)3% b)3.25% c)3.5% d)3.75% e)4.0%

14. Who has been bagged the prestigious Akshaya Samman award for the

year 2010?

a)Manna De b)Ilaiyaraja c)A R Rehman d)Hari Prasad

Chaurasia e)none

15. Which of the following films has been nominated for 2011 Oscar

awards in Best fim in Foreign Category?

a)Paa b)Rajneeti c)Kites d)Peepli Live e)none of these

16. Who among the following has been awarded with ‘The World

Statesman Award’?

a)Manmohan Singh b)Sonia Gandhi c)Pratibha Patil d)A P J Abdul

Kalam e)none

17. Who has been awarded 'Rabindranath Tagore Peace Prize' 2010?

a)Nafisa Ali b)Irom Chanu Sharmila c)Jyotirmoyee Devi

d)Anasuyaben Sarabhai e)none

18. Who among the following has chosen for Jnanpith Award for the year

2008?

a)O.N.V.Kurup b)Satya Vrat Shastri c)Ravindra Kelekar

d)Akhlaq Khan Shahryar e)none of these

19. Who among the following has chosen for 2009 Indira Gandhi National

Integration Award?

a)A R Rehman b)Balraj Puri c)Ramakrishna Mission Ashram

d)Javed Akhtar e)Both a & c

20. Recently Puttaraj Gawai has been passed away. He was a famous

______?

a)Social Activist b)Hindustani Classical musician c)Journalist

d)Politician e)none

1. RBI has approved the merger of ‘Bank of Rajasthan' with ICICI bank.

2. Who got the 2010 Commonwealth Writers Prize for the book ‘Solo' - Rana Dasgupta.
3. Which day has been observed as the International Day of Older Persons(IDOP) - Oct 1st.
4. What is the India’s rank in the new Global Hunger Index by the International Food

Policy Research Institute - 67.

5. ‘Gourde’ is the currency of which country?

a)Bhutan b)Haiti c)Norway d)Chile e)none

6. India has won 101 medals in 2010 Commonwealth Games. In which sport India has won

maximum no. of gold medals?

a)Wrestling b)Boxing c)Shooting d)Badminton e)Weightlifting

7. Which of the following country is not elected to UNSC as a non-permanent member for

a two year term on the council starting from Jan 1st 2011?

a)India b)Kazakhstan c)South Africa d)Germany e)Portugal

8. Which of the following ministry has re-launched the PURA(Provision of Urban

Amenities in Rural Areas) Scheme?

a)Ministry of Urban Development

b)Ministry of Rural Development

c)Ministry of Health & Family Welfare

d)Ministry of Finance

e)Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

9. Who among the following has been chosen for ICC Cricketer of the Year 2010?

a)Sachin Tendulkar b)A B de Villiers c)Virender Sehwag d)M S Dhoni e)none

of these

10. Who won the 2010 Champions League Twenty20?

a)Mumbai Indians b)Royal Challengers Bangalore c)Warriors d)Chennai Super

Kings e)none
1. Who has been elected as the President of Indian Newspaper Society for the year 2010-

11?

a)K.N Tilak Ram b)Rakesh Sharma c)Kundan R.Vyas d)V.Shankaran e)none

2. Recently who among the following conferred with ‘Taj Enlighten Tareef Award’?

a)Leela Naidu b)Shabana Azmi c)Javed Akthar d)Both a& b e)none

3. Base Rate of banks is fixed by ______?

a)RBI b)Finance Minister c)Both a & b d)Banks e)none

4. India is the ___ Largest Producer of Vehicles in the World?

a)third b)fifth c)seventh d)second e)none of these

5. ______ is a Insurance Regulator in India?

a) TRAI b)SEBI c)BSE d)RBI e)IRDA

6. Micro Credit in India comes under ________?

a)Private Banking b)NBFC c)Rural Banking d)Cooperative Banking e)none

7. What is the present limit for money transfer in RTGS?

a)`1,00,000 b)`1,50,000 c)`2,00,000 d)`2,50,000 e)`5,00,000

8. Which is the only Asian country represented in the G-8 group?

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

9. Bad Loans can be described as NPA (Non Performing Assets) in banking terminology?
10. A/c to the recent report of ADB, what is India’s urbanization rank in Asia(% of

population living in urban areas)? 34th.