Current Affairs Notes for July 2011 - BANK EXAMS

Current Affairs Notes for July 2011

Q. Which French tyre maker is all set to start production in Chennai unit?
A. Michelin
Q. Which French cement giant has been allowed to mine for limestone in Meghalaya’s East Khasi hills by Supreme Court?
A. Lafarge
Q. The death of which film maker could be remembered as ‘Siddheswari’ won the national award for Best documentary film in 1989?
A. Mani Kaul
Q. Which spiritual leader celebrated his 76th Birthday recently?
A. Dalai Lama
Q. Which country is set to role out 1st phase of National internet in August at 8Mb for home users?
A. Iran
Q. Approximately how much hectares of land in India is under organic certification as on March 2010?
A. 4.4 million hectares
Q. Who has been appointed as Manager of West Indies Under-19 cricket team?
A. Courtney Walsh
Q. After battling with cancer which British actress died recently?
A. Anna Massey
Q. Where has POSCO planned Rs.52,000 crore project in India?
A. Orrisa, Jagatsinghpur
Q. Which company is all set to acquire British online bookstore The Book Depository?
A. Amazon.com
Q. Which Bharathanatyam exponent was conferred with Yagnaraman Lifetime Achievement Award?
A. Padma Subrahmanyam
Q. Who has been appointed as CEO of Fortis Healthcare?
A. Aditya Vij
Q. Who has been appointed as RBI Deputy Governor?
A. Harun Rashid Khan

Q. Who has been appointed as Solicitor General of India?
A. Rohinton Fali Nariman
Q. Who has been appointed as BHEL’s Director of Finance?
A. P.K.Bajpai
Q. Which social networking site has gained 2nd rank in USA?
A. LinkedIn
Q. Where and for which project has BHEL commissioned 525MW thermal set?
A. Maithon Right Bank thermal power project in Jharkhand
Q. Which country won the women’s soccer World Cup 2011?
A. Japan
Q. Which company is eyeing to open its IT centre in Gujarat?
A. Infosys
Q. Which South American country has surpassed Saudi Arabia in oil reserves?
A. Venezuela
Q. Which company bought .CO domain ahead of its 1st year anniversary of public launch?
A. Google and will be used as G.Co to launch shortcut URL
Q. Which luxury hotels have been accorded the LEED Platinum (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) rating?
A. ITC’s luxury hotels

Q. Name the person who ignited China’s interest in the NBA and became one of Asia’s best-known athletes and is retired now.
A. Yao Ming
Q. Which 2 countries are set to participate in the 2000th test in the history of Test Cricket?
A. India and England
Q. Who has been appointed as Andhra Pradesh Director General of Police ?
A. V. Dinesh Reddy

Q. Who has been appointed as Chairman of Alcatel-Lucent for its India operations?
A. Arun Seth
Q. Who has been chosen Miss Universe India 2011?
A. Vasuki Sunkavalli
Q. Who is been appointed as the CEO of Genpact?
A. Tiger Tyagarajan
Q. Who is the VC and CEO of HDFC bank?
A. Keki Mistry
Q. Who is the CEO of Facebook?
A. Mark Zuckerberg
Q. In which Indian city will the Nano Science and Technology be setup?
A. Bangalore (Devanahalli)
Q. Who sealed his 2012 Olympics berth for the Archery Event?
A. Jayanta Talukdar
Q. Which actor is all set to construct a temple for Sachin Tendulkar and Mahendra Singh Dhoni?
A. Manoj Tiwari
Q. Which part of Sudan is all set to celebrate its Independence Day on 8th July 2011, Saturday?
A. South Sudan
Q. Who won gold in 19th Asian Athletics Championship?
A. Mayookha
Q. Which job-starved state in India has been granted Rs.1,000 crore job plan?
A. Jammu and Kashmir
Q. Who has been appointed as CFO of Firssource Solutions Limited?
A. Rajesh Subramaniam
Q. Which Asian country becomes the first country to win the FIFA women’s world cup?
A. Japan
Q. Who won the British Open Golf Championship 2011?
A. Darren Clarke
Q. Who was the 400th wicket of Harbhajan Singh?
A. Carlton Baugh
Q. Which countries reached the semi-finals of Copa America 2011?
A. Peru, Uruguay, Paraguay, Venezuela
Q. Who won the MotoGP German Grand Prix 2011?
A. Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team)
Q. Which country won the Snooker World Cup 2011 after 15 years?
A. China
Q. Who won the British Grand Prix 2011?
A. Alonso
Q. The Mysore campus of Infosys has been renamed as?
A. Naryana Murthy Centre of Excellence
Q. Which 2 Indian cricketers are nominated for all-time greatest Test team?
A. Sachin and Sehwag
Q. Who has been appointed as CEO of Sun TV Network?
A. K.Vijay Kumar
Q. Which bank has entered into pact with SBI Mutual Fund?
A. Indian Bank
Q. Who has been appointed as CEO of Aditya Birla Finance?
A. Rakesh Singh
Q. Which bank has launched credit card with no pre-set limit on spending?
A. HDBC Bank
Q. Airtel has inked deal with which company for IT solutions to African employees?
A. IBM
Q. Which passenger jet with a capacity to fly about 250 people non-stop up to 16,000 km landed at the IGI airport?
A. Boeing 787 Dream-liner
Q. Who has been appointed as Railway Minister in cabinet reshuffle 2011?
A. Dinesh Trivedi
Q. Who has been appointed as Tribal Affairs and Panchayati Raj Minister in cabinet reshuffle 2011?
A. Kishore Chandra Deo
Q. Who takes over Ministry of Steel in cabinet reshuffle 2011?
A. Beni Prasad Verma
Q. Who has been appointed as Rural Development Minister in cabinet reshuffle 2011?
A. Jairam Ramesh
Q. Which country has been included as 193rd member of United Nations?
A. South Sudan
Q. Which 3 telecom companies have shared their networks and rolled out Plan India 3G services?
A. Vodafone, Bharti and Idea
Q. In which 2 Indian cities was Google Transit launched?
A. Chennai and Hyderabad
Q. Which company is all set to launch iPad rival?
A. Amazon
Q. At what percent did June 2011 inflation close?
A. 9.44%
Q. Which company recently unveiled smallest data center?
A. Intel
Q. Who has been named as coach for Sri Lankan cricket team ahead of Australia’s tour?
A. Rumesh Ratnayake
Q. Who has lent his voice for pop star Britney Spear’s new single “I Wanna Go”?
A. Sonu Nigam
Q. Which latest communication satellite has been launched by ISRO?
A. GSAT-12
Q. Which Finance company is all set to offer loans against gold ETF units?
A. Muthoot Finance
Q. Name the CEO of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp, China’s biggest chip maker who quit recently.
A. David Wang
Q. Who and at what age clinched the British Open Golf championship 2011?
A. Darren Clarke
Q. Which IT company recently announced a 13-member executive council?
A. Infosys
Q. Who has been elected as president of Mumbai Cricket Association?
A. Vilasrao Deshmukh
Q. Who has been elected as chief of Empowered Committee of Goods and Services Tax?
A. Sushil Kumar Modi
Q. Against whom did India win an International football friendly match?
A. Qatar, 2-1
Q. Which shuttle undocked for the final time from International Space station, NASA?
A. Atlantis
Q. Which networking website now allows video calls and group chat?
A. Facebook
Q. Who recently joined 400 wicket elite club in Test Cricket?
A. Harbhajan Singh
Q. Where in India has Indian Institute of Management planned to open its 2nd campus?
A. Bangalore, Anekal
Q. Who is to succeed Defence Secretary Pradeep Kumar?
A. Shashikant Sharma

JUNE CURRENT AFFAIRS FOR BANK EXAMS

JUNE CURRENT AFFAIRS NOTES
Q. With which country India inked pact to boost apparel, textile industry?
A. Russia
Q. Which award did Sunil Mittal receive recently?
A. INSEAD award
Q. Which is the latest launch from Research In Motion (RIM) in India?
A. BlackBerry Playbook
Q. Which software training major has decided to setup 100 One World centres in a year’s time?
A. NIIT
Q. Who has been unanimously re-elected as UN chief?
A. Ban Ki-moon
Q. Toyota is all set to launch its latest model in India. Which is it?
A. Etios Liva
Q. Who has been elected as Captain of New Zealand Cricket for all 3 formats of game?
A. Ross Taylor
Q. Which airbus was grounded for clipping a wing at the Paris Air Show recently?
A. A380
Q.  Which actor of Jackass movie was killed in car accident in Pennsylvania?
A. Ryan Dunn
Q. Country’s largest 2 wheeler maker Hero Honda’s board have approved the changing of the company name to?
A. Hero MotoCorp Ltd
Q. Which 2 dual sim models have Nokia unveiled in India recently?
A. C2-00 dual sim Internet and X1-01 dual sim
Q. Which mobile operator has launched 3G International video calling service in India?
A. Airtel                                                              
Q. Which USB version of portable hard drive has been launched by Buffalo Technology?
A. USB 3.0
Q. Which French player won over Serena Williams at the Wimbledon tennis tournament?
A. Marion Bartoli
Q. When is IPL5 scheduled to begin in 2012?
A. April 4th 2012
Q. Which is the latest mobile phone model launched by HTC in India?
A. Flyer
Q. Who is all set to take over as foreign secretary from August 1st 2011?
A. Ranjan Mathai
Q. Which Housing Finance Group recently launched its operation in Bangalore?
A. Edelweiss Housing Finance
Q. Who won the European Grand Prix 2011?
A. Sebastian Vettel
Q. Who has been named as COO of Unilever?
A. Harish Manwani
Q. Who won the Indonesian Open 2011?
A. Wang Yihan
Q. Which west part of India is all set to be inscribed in World Heritage List next year?
A. Western Ghats
Q. Who has joined as Advisor of Spime, a California based social location technology company?
A. Vinod Dham
Q. Who clinched his maiden Wimbledon 2011 title?
A. Novak Djokovic
Q. At what value has Maruti Suzuki donated its engine and powertrain for educational institutions?
A. Rs.1.5 crore
Q. Which Indian cricket bowler joined the 100 test wicket taker club?
A. Ishant Sharma
Q. Who has been elected as first woman Prime Minister of Thailand?
A. Yingluck Shinawatra
Q. Where is the 3-day International Leather Fair 2011 scheduled on July 28th is to be held?
A. Delhi
Q. Which former Union minister passed away recently?
A. Chaturanan Mishra
Q. Who becomes the first left-hander woman Wimbledon title winner since Martina Navratilova in 1990?
A. Petra Kvitova
Q. What is the public offer made by Zynga Inc?
A. $1 billion
Q. BSE is all set to halt trade if Sensex moves at what percent in a day during July-September?
A. 20%
Q. What is the name of interim committee framed by Sri Lanka?
A. Sri Lanka Cricket
Q. Which state in India is all set to give Bhagwt Gita as lessons starting July?
A. Madhya Pradesh
Q. Which former IMF chief was released without bail in New York?
A. Strauss-Khan
Q. Which state Chief Minister’s office went 24×7 live on the Internet?
A. Kerala
Q. Which technology celebrated its 20th anniversary on 1st July?
A. GSM (launched on 1st July 1991)
Q. What is named after Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit?
A. Mango
Q. Which ID is now valid ID proof for LPG gas connection in India?
A. Aadhaar
Q. Which grammy award nominee is all set to perform at IIFA?
A. Jermaine Jackson
Q. Who has been promoted as VP of Wipro?
A. Rishad Premji
Q. Under which category India won gold at Cannes Lions?
A. Design category
Q. The famous Indian painter who died recently on June 9, 2011 at the age of 95 years?
 A. M.F. Husain   
Q.  Who has been appointed as new Finance Secretary?
A. Sunil Mitra
Q. Former Haryana Chief Minister who died recently on June 03 with a massive heart attack in Hisar?
A. Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhajan Lal
Q.  Who launched the National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) ?
A. Sonia Gandhi
 Q. Who has been appointed as first ever woman Executive Editor of New York Times ?
A. Jill Abramson
Q. Who won the First grand slam for China & creates a history ?
A.  Li Na
 Q. Who won a record-equalling sixth French Open title ?
A. Rafael Nadal
Q. Who appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)
A. Sunil Vasudeva
Q. Which country’s parliament has approved nuclear shutdown by 2022?
A. Germany
Q. What rank does Saina Nehwal hold after the recently concluded Indonesian Open?
A. 6th
Q. Who is to take charge of Union home secretary role after GK Pillai’s retirement?
A. RK Singh
Q. Who has been elected as chief coach for Indian men’s hockey team?
A. Michael Jack Nobbs
Q. Which country’s stock exchange is to scrap 90-minute lunch break for trading from August 1st 2011?
A. Singapore Exchange (SGX)
Q. Who knocked out Roger Federer from Wimbledon 2011?
A. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Q. Which airlines has banned babies from first-class cabins?
A. Malaysian Airlines
Q. Which country jailed 13 people for demanding for better pay?
A. Oman
Q. Name the co-founder of twitter who quit recently?
A. Biz Stone
Q. Which google feature is likely to overtake Facebook?
A. Google +
Q. Who has been named 1st woman IMF chief?
A. France’s Christine Lagarde
Q. Who has been appointed as Indian ambassador to Kuwait?
A. Satish C Mehta

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Current Affairs Notes for Feb-May 2011

Q -  Union Minister of Human Resource Development in the Manmohan Singh cabinet from 2004 to 2009, who died on March 4, 2011 due to heart attack?
A -  Arjun Singh

Q -  An Egyptian criminal court began the first hearing in the case against former Interior Minister of Egypt on 05-03-2011 charged with money laundering and profiteering. Name of that Minister?
A -  Habib al-Adli

Q -  Who becomes a first woman to "unfurl" the national tricolor at a depth of 30 meters under the sea?
A -  Archana Sardana

Q -  Name of the American unmanned vertical-takeoff , horizontal-landing (VTHL) space plane which was launched on March 5, 2011with the mission designation USA-226?
A -  X-37 B

Q -  Who is the new Foreign Minister of Japan?
A -  Takeaki Matsumoto

Q -  Which country declared a three-month state of emergency as a second contingent of forces from Gulf States arrived in the kingdom to support its Government following persistent protests?
A -  Bahrain

Q -  The Indian Utility major which has started working on its seventh tractor plant at Zaheerabad in Andhra Pradesh?
A -  Mahindra & Mahindra

Q -  The England all-rounder who has been withdrawn from England's World Cup squad after suffering from depression?
A -  Michael Yardy

Q -  Earth Hour 2011 took place on which day?
A -  March 26, from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Q -  Who is the author of the book "Waiting for the Mahatma"?
A -  R.K. Narayan

Q -  Minimum Alternate Tax which is payable by companies has been hiked in budget 2011-12. The tax is hiked to?
A -  18%

Q -  Who became the youngest player to make a debut in World Cup Cricket?
A -  Nitish Kumar (Canada)

Q -  Who has been conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2010?
A -  K. Balachander

Q -  Indian scientist from Indian Institute of Science Education and Research who has helped NASA to predict Solar Flare?
A -  Dibyendu Nandi

Q -  The 2011 edition of the 10th Imagine India International Film Festival will take place in?
A -  Madrid (Spain) from May 17-31

Q -  Japan experienced the worst ever earthquake disaster in its modern history followed by a deadly tsunami leading to massive destruction in the northern part of the country. On which day the powerful quake, tsunami hit Japan?
A -  March 11,2011

Q -  Which city becomes the first capital city in the world to be entirely covered with a fibre optic network?
A -  Abu Dhabi

Q -  Target of Fiscal Deficit in 2011-12 as proposed by Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the Central Budget is?
A -  4.6%

Q -  Former President of which Asian country who wanted to visit India for attending a seminar on December 4, 2010, was denied a visa on December 2, 2010?
A -  Pakistan

Q -  Which Indian Sportsperson has signed a 26 crore deal with world's 3rd largest and India's largest spirit maker UB group?
A -  Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Q -  Which organisation recently celebrated the Silver Jubilee Year of its establishment?
A -  SAARC

Q -  Name the tiny and energy-rich Gulf Arab country that has been picked to host the FIFA 2022 World Cup?
A -  Qatar

Q -  Which country recently completed its 20 years of unity?
A -  Germany

Q -  Who has been appointed as Chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the 2G spectrum allocation issue?
A -  P.C. Chacko

Q -  Name the $424 million satellite launched by NASA on March 4,2011 intended to study how radiation from the sun impacts the Earth 's climate which failed to achieve orbit?
A -  Glory

Q -  Which country becomes the first European country to enforce burqa ban?
A -  France

Q -  Which country declared a state of emergency on March 18, 2011 after a massacre at an anti-government rally?
A -  Yemen

Q -  What is the new name of Orissa?
A -  Odisha

Q -  Which Asian country along with 40 other countries has been elected to the board of the new UN agency to promote equality for women?
A -  India

Q -  Which animal has been declared as National Heritage Animal by Government of India?
A -  Elephant

Q -  Name of the two surface-to-surface missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads, which were successfully test-fired by India on March 11, 2011?
A -  Prithvi II and Dhanush

Q -  Who has become the first Indian-American to be elected to the Chicago City Council?
A -  Ameya Pawar

Q -  Name the man who owes India a whopping Rs. 70,000 crore in taxes, has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in Mumbai under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act?
A -  Hasan Ali Khan

Q -  Name the space shuttle of U.S.A which ended its career on March 9, 2011 as the world's most flown spaceship, returning from orbit for the last time and taking off in a new direction as a museum piece?
A -  Discovery

Q -  On which day of 2011, the moon made its closest approach to Earth in almost 20 years?
A -  March 19

Q -  Google's e-mail service "Gmail" has been intermittently blocked or crippled in an Asian country recently. Which is that country?
A -  China

Q -  Rs. 500 crore have been given to NGRBA in Central Budget for the financial year 2011-12. What is NGRBA?
A -  National Ganga River Basin Authority

Q -  Who has been crowned Pantaloons Femina Miss India World 2011?
A -  Kanishtha Dhankhar

Q -  Name of the new revised Income Tax Return Form to be introduced for small tax papers?
A -  Sugam

Q -  Who is the author of the book "The Comedy of Errors"?
A -  William Shakespeare

Q -  Who was recently appointed as the new India head of Pepsi Co Inc.?
A -  Manu Anand

Q -  Which country is set to overtake India as the World's back office for voice-based customer support and sales this year, as firms such as Cisco, HSBC, T-Mobile and BT Plc shift work to the nation to avoid India's high staff turnover, and build an alternate support hub?
A -  The Philippines

Q -  Another associate bank of the State Bank Group has merged with State Bank of India. Which bank is this?
A -  State Bank of Indore

Q -  Which airport recently increased the User Development fee and became the most expensive airport to fly from India?
A -  Hyderabad

Q -  Which automobile company was in news for introducing the most expensive car in India, with price starting at Rs. 16 crore, recently?
A -  Bugatti

Q -  Which power company recently tied up with a Singapore-based bank for a $ 300 million loan for funding its financial plans in 2011?
A -  National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)

Q -  India, in January 2011, extended a ban on imports of milk and milk products from which country for a further one year?
A -  China

Q -  G-20 summit in 2011 will be held in -
A -  Cannes (France)

Q -  Which bank in January 2011 launched an online trading platform, marking its foray into retail broking business?
A -  AXIS Bank

Q -  "Conversations with Myself" is the book written by -
A -  Nelson Mandela

Q -  Who is the Commerce and Industry Minister of India?
A -  Anand Sharma

Q -  Name the senior member of the Central Board of Directors of RBI who will chair the sub-committee set up by the RBI to study issues and concerns of the micro-finance sector, including interest rates charged by the lenders in this area?
A -  Y.H. Malegam

Q -  Who became the official ambassador of ICC Cricket World Cup 2011?
A -  Sachin Tendulkar

Q -  Which nation in October 2010 unveiled its plan to offer loans at zero percent rate to Indian Companies willing to invest in the country?
A -  France

Q -  With which country, India in December 2010 cherished hopes that their bilateral trade would touch to $ 20 billion till 2015?
A -  Russia

Q -  Which country has declared Broadband Service as the Fundamental Right in the country?
A -  Finland

Q -  Who was appointed as Vice President of Google Inc's in January 2011?
A -  Rajan Anandan

Q -  Who was the author of "Das Capital"?
A -  Karl Marx

Q -  Which bank in January 2011 organised a Kisan Meet at Ravta Village, Delhi in which about 150 farmers of the area participated?
A -  Canara Bank

Q -  Which multinational recently split into two independent public companies on Jan 4, 2011?
A -  Motorola

Q -  Which bank has been presented with Skoch Financial Inclusion Award 2011 for "SHG Initiatives - Urban Financial Inclusion?
A -  Indian Bank

Q -  How many more banks has RBI allowed to import gold and silver?
A -  7 ( State Bank of Mysore, Karur Vysya Bank, Punjab and Sind Bank, South Indian Bank, State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur, State Bank of Hyderabad and State Bank of Travancore)

Q -  Which 5-day event was inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, held at the SRM University in Kattankulathur near Chennai?
A -  98th Indian Science Congress (ISC)

Q -  Which company sponsored Formula1 rider Narain Karthikeyan on his re-entry?
A -  Tata's Hispania Racing Team

Q -  What has been commissioned to the country by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at Tarapur, around 100km north of Mumbai?
A -  2nd Power Reactor Reprocessing Plant

Q -  Which Public Sector Bank is planning to setup 600 Financial Inclusion Centres, 300 by March-end 2011 and another 300 by March-end 2012?
A -  State Bank of India

Q -  Which England all-rounder retired from Test Cricket in 2011?
A -  Paul Collingwood

Q -  Which city host Consumer Rights Conference 2011?
A -  Delhi (14th March)

Q -  Recently Pakistan test-fires nuclear-capable missile, what is the name of that missile?
A -  Hataf 2 (surface to surface missile has a range of 111 miles)

Q -  Who is the richest person in the US magazine Forbes annual list?
A -  Carlos Slim Helu (Mexican Billionaire) 

Q - The first civil aviation flight was started by?
A - GRD Tata

Q - Pankaj Advani is related to which sport?
A - Snooker

Q - Who is the Chief Justice of India?
A - S H Kapadia

Q - Which was the first state formed on the basis of language?
A - Andra Pradesh

Q - Who is the Home Affairs Minister?
A - P Chaidambaram

Q - Full form of SHG?
A - Self Help Group

Q - UK based Cairn Energy is in the process of selling its stake to which Indian company?
A - Vedanta Resources

Q - The recession occuring two times with a small gap in between is known as?
A - Double Deflation

Q - Who is the new CEO of Google?
A - Larry Page

Q - The UN Biodiversity  meeting was held in?
A - Japan

Q -  Which State became the first to introduce Public Service Guarantee Act 2010?
A -  Madhya Pradesh

Q -  Who is the author of "Decision Points"?
A -  George Bush

Q -  In which State, India's first Tidal Power Plant was proposed. It is currently under construction?
A -  West Bengal

Q -  Where was the 10th Russia-India-China meeting held?
A -  Wuhan (China)

Q -  World leaders from 193 countries signed a New Global Climate Regime on 11th December 2010 called-
A -  Cancun Agreement

Q -  Recently in news Lavasa Corporation's Township Project is situated in -
A -  Maharashtra

Q -  With which country, India has established hotline between the two country's Commerce and Industries Ministers?
A -  Germany

Q -  Which country will host FIFA World Cup 2018?
A -  Russia

Q -  Who is the Commander-in-Chief of Strategic Forces Command (SFC)?
A -  Air Marshal K.J. Mathews

Q -  A woman, who has helped almost 12000 women and girls find their way out from sex slavery, has been chosen as the CNN Hero of the Year 2010. What is the name of that woman?
A -  Anuradha Koirala

Q -  DIPP is the nodal agency in the field of foreign investments in India. What is the full form of DIPP?
A -  Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion

Q -  Under Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme, the benefits are available to people having minimum age of -
A -  65 years

Q -  Who is the Cabinet Secretary of India?
A -  K.N. Chandrashekhar

Q -  Who wrote "The God of Small Thing"?
A -  Arundhati Roy

Q -  Which is the latest country on agreement of Civil Nuclear Cooperation with India?
A -  South Korea

Q -  Where was the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2010 held?
A -  Cancun, Mexico (from 29th Nov-10th Dec)

Q -  Which country won the gold medal in Men's Football of Asian Games 2010?
A -  Japan

Q -  CARINGS - Child Adoption Resource Information and Guidance System, who launched this system?
A -  Mrs. Krishna Tirath

Q -  Which company has maximum active customers?
A -  Bharti Airtel

Q -  Which is World's top University?
A -  University of Cambridge

Q -  Where was the G-20, financial banker meeting organized recently?
A -  South

Q -  Recently in which State, Atal Food Scheme is launched?
A -  Uttrakhand

Q -  Who is the Home Secretary of India?
A -  Gopal Krishna Pille

Q -  Which country recently conducted General Elections and became the first parliamentary democracy of Central Asia?
A -  Kyrgyztan

Q -  Who has won the World Professional Billiards Title 2010 for the 9th time in his career?
A -  Mike Russel

Q -  In which country, Jesus's tallest statue is found?
A -  Poland

Q -  Name the Indian who has been elected as the member of Independent Audit Advisory Committee (IAAC) - an affiliated body of UN General Assembly?
A -  Vinod Rai

Q -  Which Korean Steel Company gets approval in Orissa?
A -  POSCO

Q -  Who is the author of "A Brief History of Time"?
A -  Stephen Hawkins

Q -  Which country has joined BRIC?
A -  South Africa ( now it is BRICS)

Q -  Which Indian organisation is helping Sri Lanka in rehabilitation of its war widows?
A -  SEWA

Q -  Who is the head of the Finance Reform Community?
A -  C.Ranga Rajan

Q -  Where did India-European Union Summit was held in December 2010?
A -  Brussels

Q -  Who has been awarded the prestigious Bharat Jyoti Award?
A -  K.V. Raman

Q -  Lok Pal Bill is associated with -
A -  Anti-corruption

Q -  Who is the author of "A Rainbow in the Night"?
A -  Dominique Lapierre

Q -  When will South Sudan be able to declare its independence?
A -  9th July 2011

Q -  Who got Lifetime Achievement Award at the Global Indian Music Awards (GIMA) 2010?
A -  Lata Mangeshkar

Q -  For the first time in nearly 20 years a commercial airliner from European country has flown into Iraq's capital Baghdad. Which is that country?
A -  France

Q -  Who won the HongKong Open 2010?
A -  Saina Nehwal

Q -  Who is the Indian Ambassador to United States of America?
A -  Meera Shankar

Q -  Who is the first Indian to win Men's Booker Prize?
A -  V.S. Naipaul

Q -  Which Qatar based and State-owned broadcast network launched an English News Channel in India?
A -  Al Jazeera

Q -  Name the world's most active and dangerous volcano which erupted with renewed ferocity on 5th November 2010?
A -  Mount Merapi

Q -  Which company recently decided to shut down its matchbox manufacturing unit in Chennai and has given voluntary retirement to all its employees?
A -  ITC

Q -  Who was given the additional charge of the Telecom Ministry held by A Raja, who recently resigned facing allegations of scam in 2G spectrum allocation?
A - Kapil Sibbal

Q -  Which country has introduced its first ever electronic passport that contains micro chipped information and is designed to foil forgers?
A -  China

Q -  Who wrote the book "Between Hope and History"?
A -  Bill Clinton

Q -  Mr. Katsuya Okada, was on a visit to India few months back, is the Foreign Minister of which country?
A -  Japan

Q -  Where the meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank heads of G-20 in Oct-Nov 2010 was held?
A -  Seoul

Q -  Which country conducted successful experiment of fastest train of the world on 4th December 2010?
A -  China

Q -  The opposition parties had been demanding JPC of the probe in 2G spectrum scam. What is JPC?
A -  Joint Parliamentary Committee

Q -  Which country launched a massive spy satellite on 21st November 2010 for the National Reconnaissance Office(NRO)?
A -  United States of America

Q -  India recently reviewed its trade policy with Russia. What are the main exports from India to Russia?
A -  Pharmaceuticals

Q -  Who is the author of the book "The Line of Fire"?
A -  Pervez Musharraf

Q -  Which country has the highest annual ranking of the best countries for business in Forbes magazine recently?
A -  Denmark

Q -  Which country became the first Asian country to sign a Free Trade Agreement with the European Union?
A -  South Korea

Q -  Which country has decided to open its consulate at Bali to strengthen its commercial tie with Indonesia?
A -  India

Q -  Who has been named the most powerfulful person in the world by Forbes, ahead of US President Barrack Obama, who is ranked 2nd among 68 people?
A -  Hu Jin Tao (Chinese President)

Q -  Which country will host the FIFA World Cup 2014?
A -  Brazil 


Q -  Which is the first Indian company to be listed in NASDAQ?
A -  Infosys

Q -  As per the latest data on electronic transactions released by the RBI, which bank leads in electronic transactions in India?
A -  HDFC

Q -  Which private telecom operator became the first to introduce 3G services in the country?
A -  DOCOMO

The World Bank in December 2010 announced to give Rs.1072 crore for road connectivity in which State of India?
A -  Meghalaya

Q -  Who wrote the book "The Dream of My Father"?
A -  Barrack Obama

Q -  Who won Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2010?
A -  Sania Mirza

Q -  Union Cabinet recently cleared 15000 crore Sukhoi Deal. What is Sukhoi?
A -  Sukhoi is a fighter plane

Q -  Which country is hosting Olympics 2012?
A -  America

Q -  Top three debtors of World Bank?
A -  India, South Africa, Mexico

Q -  In which social networking site, did Goldman Digital Sky Technologies invest US $500 million?
A -  Facebook


Q -  Which country is the main supplier of defence goods to India and has replaced Russia?
A -  Israel

Q -  Which country was the largest recipient of loans from the World Bank during 2009-2010?
A -  India

Q -  In India, who maintains the Micro Finance Development and Equity Fund?
A -  Reserve Bank of India

Q -  Who is the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG)?
A -  Vinod Rai

Q -  Name the first Indian State that banned the plastic bags in 2003?
A -  Himachal Pradesh

Q -  Which cricketer is the writer of the book "True Colours of My Life"?
A -  Adam Gilchrist

Q -  Which organization has decided to make major changes for ULIPs?
A -  IRDA (Insurance Regulatory & Development Authority)

Q -  Which bank has decided to open subsidiary for financial services to enter into investment banking, wealth & asset management?
A -  IOB (Indian Overseas Bank)

Q -  Who is the largest trading partner of India in Africa?
A -  Nigeria

Q -  Which State Government announced a financial scheme that would provide Rs. 300 per month to identified below poverty line (BPL) families?
A -  Uttar Pradesh

Q - Which country has opened world's first nuclear bank?
A -  Russia

Q -  What is Shivalik?
A -  India's first home built stealth warship

Q -  Who is the president of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA)?
A -  Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad

Q -  Which department of Government of India has celebrated 150 years of its existence in 2010?
A -   Income Tax department

Q -  Who is the first woman officer to receive Gallantry Award in Army?
A -  Major Mitali Madhumita

Q -  Which country has closed its airspace for Pakistan International Airlines?
A -  Russia

Q -  Which is the most corrupt country according to the ranking of Global Corruption Index?
A -  Somalia

 Q -  Who has been elected as the President of Karnataka State Cricket Association?
A -  Anil Kumble

Q -  Which nation has recently joined the Non Aligned Movement?
A -  Fiji
Q -  Which continent of the world has the most number of countries?
A -  Africa (53) 


Q - Who won the Crystal Award 2011 given by World Economic Forum?
A - A R Rahman

Q - What is CCHF?
A - Congo Crimean Hemorhagic Fever spread at Sanad in Gujrat.

Q - Who is Fatimath Dhiyana?
A - She will be the first lady secretary of SAARC in November 2011.

Q - Who is the Foreign Secretary of India?
A - Nirupama Rao

Q - Where will 99th National Science Congress 2012 be held?
A - Bhuwaneshwar, Orissa

Q - Who won the Miss World Title 2010?
A - Alexandra Mills (USA)

Q - Fukushima nuclear reactor is related to which country?
A - Japan

Q - What is the real name of Anna Hazare?
A - Kisan Baburao Hazare

Q - Who won the "Air Cargo Award of Excellence 2011" given by Air Cargo World Magazine?
A - Jet Airways

Q - Which company has launched Mobile Banking with SBI?
A - Reliance Communication. SBI customers with Reliance GSM connection can simply dail a short code  *595# to view account balance, get mini statements, do Fund Transfer, change MPIN or recharge their mobile account.

Q - New chairman of SBI?
A - Pratip Chaudhuri

Q - Who hits the fatest century in Cricket World Cup 2011?
A - Kevin O'Brien


Q - Who has been appointed as new President & CEO of MTS?
A - Andrei Dubovskov

Q - Who won the title of Swiss Open 2011?
A - Saina Nehwal

Q - Which bank named Best Retail Bank in India?
A - HDFC

Q - Who becomes the first Indian Officer to be inducted into the "Hall of Fame" of US Army War College?
A - General V K Singh

Q - According to the Economic Survey which country has the Fourth largest foreign exchange reserve?
A - India

Q - Who has been appointed as the Secretary of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs of India?
A - D K Mittal

Q - Who won double title in Indian Well?
A - Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina

Q - Which day is observed on 25 January?
A - National Voters Day

Q - New chairman of LIC?
A - T S Vijan

Q - New chief of SEBI?
A - U K Sinha

Q - New Finance Secretary of India?
A - Sushma Nath

Q - Shivraj Puri is arrested in which scandal?
A - Citibank Scam

Q - "Conversation with Myself" is written by?
A - Nelson Mandela

Q - Total medals own
A - 64

Q - At present how many National Political parties in India?
A - 6

Q - Which day is celebrated on 21 March?
A - World's Forest Day

Q - Headquarter of UNO is located at?
A - New York

Q - Who is Director General of WTO?
A - Pascal Lamy

Q - Who is the General Secretary of UNO?
A - Ban Ki Moon

Q - New Chiefew Chief of RAW?
A - Sanjeev Tripathi