Monday, October 31, 2011

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

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