Events of June 2011

Events of June 2011

 

Question	Answer
1)The Indian businessman who has been awarded the Knight in the Order of the Legion of Honor by the French Government	Rahul Bajaj
2)Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary, which has been directed by the Environment Minister to be upgraded to a tiger reserve is located in	Goa
3)The person who has become the first Indian to be appointed the Chief Operating Officer of Global FMCG giant Unilever	Harish Manwani
4)The new Chief of Integrated Defence Staff	Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha
5)The person who has been conferred the Hindi Academy Shalaka Samman	Arvind Kumar
6)The person who has become the first Indian to be conferred Crans Montana Forum Award (The Crans Montana Forum is a Swiss International Organization created in Crans Montana (Switzerland) in 1986. It is formally recognised notably for its purpose to contribute to the construction of a more Humane World: "Committed to a more Humane World".)	Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
7)The new social networking service launched by Google is named	Google Plus
8)The place from which the nationwide socio-economic and caste census to identify people living below poverty line (BPL) was flagged off	Shankhola, in Tripura West
9)The latest version of Microsoft Office launched by Microsoft in India	Microsoft Office 365
10)The protest by Mahatma Gandhi, which has figured in the Time magazine's list of Top 10 Most Influential Protests	Salt Satyagraha
11)The Indian journalist, who has been presented with the 17th Indu Sharma Katha Samman 2011 for his novel 'MaCluskieganj'	Vikas Kumar Jha
12)The new chief of International Monetary Fund	Christine Lagarde (from France)
13)The venue of 12th International Indian Film Academy Awards ceremony	Toronto, Canada
14)Meghdoot Awards which were conferred recently are given to	Postal Employees
15)The chemical used in IEDs, whose production has been sought to be restrained in Pakistan by the US	Ammonia Nitrate
16)The country which has recently ratified two UN Conventions - UN Convention on Suppression of Terrorism Financing and UN Convention against Transnational Organised Crimes	Nepal
17)The country in which two-month long Festival of India has been organised with effect from 26 Jun 2011	South Africa
18)The Indian writer who has bagged two top literary awards for her critically- acclaimed debut novel Saraswati Park -- the Betty Trask Award and the Desmond Elliot Prize.	Anjali Joseph
19)The Tourism Ministry is planning to set up 20 parks on Sentosa model to boost tourism. Sentosa is an island in	Singapore
20)The project launched by Indian Navy in MoU with IGNOU, for in-service training to its sailors is named	Sagardeep
21)The salary limit below which salaried tax-payers are exempt from filing income tax returns as per the latest government notification	Rs. 5 lakhs
22)So that Others May Live, a coffee table book has been released by	Indian Air Force
23)The gas-based 726 MW capacity Palatana Power Project, which is being constructed by ONGC is in	Tripura
24)Ducati, the motorcycle manufacturer which unveiled its latest model Diavel in India, is based in	Italy
25)The first new generation Nerpa Akula-II class nuclear attack submarine, which will be inducted in Indian Navy by the end of this year is being procured on 10-year lease from	Russia
26)The chemical used for artificial ripening of fruits, which has been banned by Delhi Government	Calcium Carbide
27)The arm of ISRO, which has prepared a detailed national inventory of wetlands on the basis of satellite imagery	Space Applications Centre
28)The National Hockey Championship, which was held in Bhopal was won by	Haryana
29)Forbesganj, which was in news for police firing on unarmed villagers is located in	Bihar
30)Dakshin Dare, a car and bike rally held in Jun 11, began in Chennai and ended at	Bengaluru
31)A mishap at Cuddegal iron ore mine site killed 3 people recently. Cuddegal is in	Goa
32)Konaben , ONGC's gas well which is in news for unstoppable gas leak is located in	Tripura
33)MV Wisdom, the cargo ship which was grounded at Mumbai after it broke off from the tugboat while being towed to Alang for shipbreaking belongs to	Singapore
34)India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management, which has been launched in New Delhi, is under	Election Commission of India
35)The century's longest lunar eclipse which occurred on 16 Jun 2011 (past midnight of 15 Jun) lasted for	100 minutes
36)MV Suez, a cargo ship which was hijacked in Aug 2010, to be released recently after payment of a ransom belonged to (the ship had six Indians on board)	Egypt
37)The Hollywood action star, who alongwith Former Boxing champion Mike Tyson has been inducted into International Boxing Hall of Fame	Sylvester Stallone
38)Ustad Asad Ali Khan, the renowned musician, who passed away on 14 Jun 2011 was an exponent of	Rudra Veena
39)Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano, which has erupted early this month is located in the Andes range in	Chile
40)India's 10,000 MW Nuclear Power Project (which will be the biggest when completed) has been given the clearance to come up at	Kovvada, Andhra Pradesh
41)Lafarge, an international cement company which is setting up a cement plant in Meghalaya and Himachal Pradesh is based in	France
42)The book by Jawaharlal Nehru which has been brought out in Braille edition	Letters from a Father to his Daughter
43)India’s first cruise liner and onboard training ship is named	M.V. AMET MAJESTY
44)Bharti group has exited the financial services joint venture with French firm AXA. The company has sold its 74% holding to	Reliance Industries Ltd
45)The island ceded by India to Sri Lanka in 1974, case for retrieval of which has been filed by Ms Jayalalitha in the Supreme Court	Katchchatheevu
46)The age limit for the Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS) has been lowered from 65 years to	60 years
47)The latest warship commissioned in the Indian Navy (built by Garden Reach Ship Builders and Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata and named after an island in Andaman and Nicobar archipelago)	INS Kabra
48)World’s highest railway bridge which is coming up between Katra and Laol in Jammu and Kashmir is over river (to be built at a height of 359 meters, the bridge will be 35 meters higher than the Eiffel Tower of Paris)	Chenab
49)The bird species (once found in large numbers in India), which has been uplisted by IUCN to critically endangered due to drastic reduction in numbers	Great Indian Bustard
50)Etisalat, a major telecommunication company in the world, which was in news when its Indian unit Swan Telecom was involved in 2G Spectrum scam is based in	UAE
51)The tennis player who won the French Open 2011 for the sixth time, defeating Roger Federer	Rafael Nadal of Spain
52)The new heavy lift military aircraft being procured by India from the U.S. in a biggest-ever defence deal to be entered between the two countries.	C - 17
53)The city which has been chosen to be the venue of UN Conference on Bio-diversity to be held in Oct 2012	Hyderabad
54)The company which joined the United Nations' Clean Development Mission (CDM) programme, which aims to reduce CO2 emissions from its operations.	Maruti Suzuki
55)Li Na who won the French Open 2011 (the first Grand Slam for her country) by defeating Francesca Schiavone of Italy belongs to	China
56)The new President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria with effect from May 29, 2011	Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan
57)Sania Mirza and her Russian partner Elena Vesnina lost in the French Open Women's Doubles Finals to Czech duo of	Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka
58)MI6, the intelligence service which hacked the website of Al-Qaeda belongs to	United Kingdom
59)The deadly foodborne bacteria which has infected over 1600 people in 11 European nations, including Germany and Spain	Escherichia coli
60)A major initiatives launched by the Ministry of Rural Development to bring the poorest of the poor above the poverty line by ensuring viable livelihood opportunities to them	National Rural Livelihood Mission
61)The endangered species of deer found only in Kashmir (Dachigam National Park), census of which was conducted by the Wildlife Institue of India in Mar 11	Hangul
62)The Tibetan Parliament in exile which has been recently in news is headquartered at	Dharamshala (H.P.)
63)India's national initiative guaranteeing free delivery, free medicines and diet for pregnant women in government health institutes is named	Janani-Shishu Suraksha Karyakram
64)The state which has increased the minimum age limit for buying and drinking alcohol from 21 to 25	Maharashtra