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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2009


General Knowledge 2009 quiz - 41

1. With which country India has signed a Social Security Agreement on Sep 03, 2009?

a)Malaysia b)Singapore c)Switzerland d)Hongkong e)US

2. Which state is planning to start 64 model schools in backward districts under Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA)?

a)Gujarat b)Uttar Pradesh c)Madhya Pradesh d)Haryana e)Karnataka

3. Who has been awarded male Golfer of the Year in the annual Golf Writers of America Awards?

a)Steve Sticker b)Jack Nicklaus c)Ben Hogan d)Tiger Woods e)Bobby Jones

4. Who has been conferred the prestigious Indira Gandhi Gold Plaque 2009 for significant contribution towards human progress?

a)Kofi Annan b)Sheikh Hasina c)Sujitha Koirala d)Mahmood Nasheed e)Aung San Suu Kyi

5. How many Indian films were nominees for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language film (Oscar awards) till now?

a)one b)two c)three d)four e)five

6. Where is the headquarters of International Cricket Council (ICC)?

a)Australia b)England c)West Indies d)South Africa e)none of these

7. Which is the first Indian bank to open its branches outside India?

a)SBI b)ICICI c)Bank of India d)PNB e)none of these

8. The 35th National Games will be held at which of the following states?

a)Kerala b)Bihar c)Jharkhand d)Gujarat e)Rajasthan

9. Which bank has been awarded Golden Peacock National Training Award 2009?

a)Indian Bank b)Canara Bank c)PNB d)Corporation Bank e)Bank of Baroda

10)Which Islamic Country to setup its first ever co-educational university?

a)Pakistan b)Iran c)Afghanistan d)Saudi Arabia e)Turkey

11. Recently which country has taken steps to take finger prints from all adult foreign visitors by 2012 to lighten immigration controls and prevent criminals?

a)US b)UK c)South Korea d)Australia e)India

12. Recently President Prathiba Patil visited which of the following countries in September 2009?

a)Russia b)Spain c)Tajikistan d)Kyrgyzstan e)both a & c

13. Meenakshi Mukherjee recently passed away. She was a famous _____________?

a)Literature b)Sports person c)Journalist d)Economist e)none of these

14. Which bank has been adjudged the Best Bank for the year 2009 on Quality of Assets by Business Today-KPMG Study?

a)Canara Bank b)Andhra Bank c)HDFC d)PNB e)SBI

15. The Codename ‘Western Bridge’ is a joint Air exercise between India and ________?

a)Maldives b)Japan c)Oman d)US e)Russia

16. What is the proposed percent of reservation for women in urban local bodies?

a)31% b)51% c)33% d)50% e)49%

17. With which country India signed a memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the area of Climate Change on October 22, 2009?

a)US b)Japan c)Canada d)Maldives e)Norway

18. ‘Human Rights Day’ is observed on _________?

a)Sep 10th b)Dec 10th c)Dec 4th d)Sep 18th e)Nov 7th

19. Dorjee Khandu was in news recently.He was the chief minister of _________?

a)Himachal Pradesh b)Madhya Pradesh c)Sikkim d)Arunachal Pradesh e)Assam

20. Which country won the Fed Cup?

a)Italy b)Argentina c)Russia d)US e)none of these

Note:

5 Q : 1)Mother India(1957) 2)Salaam Bombay(1988) 3)Lagaan(2001)

6 Q : Dubai

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2009

Government Schemes in India - Part 2

1. Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY): (Go for Part-1)

 The Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) was launched as an integrated programme for self-employment of the rural poor with effect from 1 April 1999.

 Under the SGSY, assistance is given to the poor families living below the poverty line in rural areas for taking up self employment. The persons taking up Self-Employment are called swarozgaris.

 They may take up the activity either individually or in Groups, called the Self-Help Groups.

 The SGSY aims at providing self-employment to villagers through the establishment of Self-help groups.

 There are over 22 lakh Women’s Self Help Groups linked with banks. Reach of SHGs to be widened to enrol at least 50 per cent of all rural women in India as members of SHGs over the next five years.

 A Self- Help Group (SHG) may generally consist of 10-20 persons.

 In Union Budget 2009-10, The Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) restructured as National Rural Livelihood Mission to make it universal in application, focused in approach and time bound for poverty eradication by 2014-15.

2. Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY):

 It was formally launched on October 1, 2007.

 It is a new health insurance scheme for the Below Poverty Line (BPL) families in the unorganized sector.

 The objective of RSBY is to provide the insurance cover to below poverty line (BPL) households from major health shocks that involve hospitalization.

 The RSBY is being implemented in 20 States/Union Territories.

 By the end of the year, 2009-10, 1.2 crore BPL families ( a unit of five) are expected to be covered and all the estimated 6 crore BPL families are proposed to be covered in the next four years.

 In the Union Budget 2009-10, It is proposed that All BPL families to be covered under Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY).

 Allocation under RSBY increased by 40 per cent over previous allocation to Rs.350 crore in Budget 2009-10.

3. Rajiv Awas Yojana:

 It is a new scheme announced in the Union Budget 2009-10 for the slum dwellers and the urban poor in an effort to promote a slum-free India in five years.

 Rajiv Awas Yojana comes under JNNURM on the lines of Indira Awas Yojana for rural poor.

4. Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission(JNNUM):

 The Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), launched on

 December 3rd 2005 is the largest national urban initiative to encourage reforms and fast

 track planned development of 63 identified cities.

 JNNURM comprises two Sub-Missions:

o Urban Infrastructure and Governance (UIG) (Sub-mission I)

o Basic Services to the Urban Poor Urban (BSUP) (Sub-mission II)

Objectives:

 Focused attention to integrated development of basic services to the urban poor.

 Security of tenure at affordable price, improved housing, water supply, sanitation.

 Convergence of services in fields of education, health and social security.

 Ensuring adequate investment of funds to fulfill deficiencies in the basic services to the urban poor.

 In simple JNNURM is designed to support: Provision of basic service to urban poor, water supply, Road Network, Urban transport, Street lighting, Sewerage & Sanitation and etc.

 In the Union Budget 2009-10, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) stepped up by 87% to Rs.12, 887 cr.

5. Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY):

 It is introduced in 1997 sponsored by Central Government.

 The Union Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Ministry in November 2009 comprehensively revamped the Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) with a view to providing gainful employment to the urban unemployed and underemployed.

 The new scheme will commence with financial year 2009-2010.

 The Swarna Jayanthi Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) shall sheek to provide gainful employment to the Urban unemployed or underemployed poor through encouraging the setting up of self-employment ventures or provision of wage employment.

 The programme shall target the urban poor, defined as those living below the urban poverty line, as defined from time to time.

 The Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana shall consist of two special schemes, namely-

 i)The Urban Self-Employment Programme (USEP)

 ii)The Urban Wage Employment Programme (UWEP)

6. Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana:

 Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana was launched by Govt. of India during 2007-08 to incentives states to draw up plans for their agriculture sector more comprehensively, taking agro-climatic conditions, natural resource and technology into account and integrating livestock, poultry and fisheries fully.

 The RKVY aims at achieving 4% annual growth in the agriculture sector during the XI Plan period, by ensuring a holistic development of Agriculture and Allied Sectors.

 Allocation under Rashtriya Krishi Yojana (RKVY) stepped up by 30% in the Union Budget 2009-10.

7. National Social Assistance Programme:

The programme was launched with effect from 15th August 1985 and under this programme three sub-schemes are under implementation. They are.

1. National Old Age Pension(NOAP)

2. National Family Benefit Scheme (NEBS)

3. Annapurna Scheme

National Old Age pension (NOAP):

 The Scheme is implemented to the Old Age persons who are living above 65 Years. Physically Handicapped persons and Leprosy destitute (Irrespective of Age) who comes under Below Poverty line.

 The National Old Age Pension Scheme has been renamed as Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOPS) and formally launched on 19th November, 2007.

 The central contribution of pension under the Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS) is Rs. 200/- per month per beneficiary and the State Governments may contribute over and above to this amount. At present old age beneficiaries are getting anywhere between Rs. 200/- to Rs. 1000/- depending on the State Contribution.

National Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS)

 Under this scheme, in the death of primary breadwinner, the head of household is untitled to get the benefit of Rs.10000/- in case normal deaths.

 The deceased persons should have been primary bread winner and in the age group of more or less than 65 Years and who comes under Below poverty line and residing in the district preceding 3 years.

 In case of accidental deaths. The benefit shall be extruded under "APADBANDHU" scheme which covers carton incidents as prescribed by the Government. The deceased family will get Rs. 50000/- or 10000/- depending upon their age.

Annapurna Scheme

 The Annapurna scheme has been launched with effect from 1st April, 2000.

 It aims at providing food security to meet the requirement of those Senior Citizens who though eligible have remained uncovered under the National Old Age Pension Scheme (NOAPS).

 Under the Annapurna Scheme, 10 Kg. of food grains per month are to be provided 'free of cost' to the Beneficiary.

 The age of the applicant ( male or female) should be 65 years or above.

Two new schemes have been introduced in the Interim Budget 2009-10:

• 'Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme' to provide pension of Rs.200 to widows between age groups of 40-64 years and

• 'Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme' to provide pension for severely disabled persons. Widows in the age group of 18-40 years to be given priority in admission to ITIs, Women ITIs and National/Regional ITIs for women. Government to bear cost of their training and provide stipend of Rs.500 per month.

8. Aam Admi Bima Yojna (AABY):

 It was launched in 2nd October 2007.

 It is an Insurance Scheme. It covers the death and permanent disability for the benefit of rural landless households between the age group of 18 to 59 years.

 The Scheme is being implemented through the LIC of India and inter alias.

 The scheme provides for insurance of head of the family or an earning member of the family of rural landless household.

 50% will be contributed by the central Govt. and the rest 50% will be contributed by the state Government.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2009

General Knowledge Quiz 2009 - 40

1. ‘Astrosat’ is India’s first astronomy satellite which is scheduled to launch in which of the following years?

a)2010 b)2011 c)2012 d)2013 e)2014

2. Which of the following country is a member of United Nation(UN)?

a)Palestine b)Kosovo c)Vatican City d)Taiwan e)All are non UN-members

3. Sputnik -1 the World’s first artificial satellite (in 1957) successfully launched by which country?

a)USSR b)Japan c)US d)UK e)Germany

4. How many countries became independent with the dissolution of USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) in 1991?

a)5 b)9 c)11 d)13 e)15

5. Kosovo declared Independence from which of the following countries in 2008?

a)Croatia b)Serbia c)Macedonia d)Yugoslavia e)none of these

6. Srilanka has declared victory over the LTTE(Liberation of Tamil Tigers) on May 16th 2009 after ____ years old civil war?

a)21 b)23 c)25 d)26 e)27

7. Which of the following Politician gets has been arrested for insulting National Anthem in April 2009?

a)Lalu Prasad b)Mamata Banerjee c)Shashi Tharoor d)Varun Gandhi e)S M Krishna

8. United States of America(USA) got Independence from ___________ in 1776, july 4th?

a)USSR b)Great Britain c)Germany d)Canada e)none of these

9. 90% of Ozone in earth atmosphere is present in which layer?

a)Troposphere b)Stratosphere c)Mesosphere d)Thermosphere e)none of these

10. Which of the following country having the world’s largest Internet base users?

a)India(3) b)US(2) c)Russia d)China(1) e)Canada

11. Which of the following is not a Search Engine?

a)Bing b)Wolframalpha c)Kosmix d)Cuil e)All are search engines

12. India stands at which place in the world when considering area wise?

a)1st b)3rd c)5th d)6th d)7th

13. Besides India, August 15th is the Independence Day of which of the following country?

a)North Korea b)South Vietnam c)South Korea d)North Vietnam e)France

14. Which of the following is world’s most widely spoken language?

a)Mandarin(China) b)Spanish c)English d)Urdu e)Hindi

15. India’s first nuclear test explosion (Pokhran-1) conducted in the year _______?

a)1967 b)1974 c)1987 d)1998 e)none of these

16. ‘Shakti’ is the code name for which of the following?

a)India’s first supersonic cruise missile

b)India’s first nuclear test (Pokhran-1)

c)India’s first nuclear submarine

d)Prithvi –III

e)India’s second nuclear test (Pokhran-2)

17. Which of the following State Assembly in India has no Opposition members?

a)Arunachal Pradesh b)Kerala c)Orissa d)Sikkim e)none of these

18. ‘Brahmos -1’ is a _______________________?

a)short range ballistic missile

b)Air to Air missile

c)Supersonic cruise missile

d)Hypersonic cruise missile

e)none of these

19. ‘000’ is national emergency number in which of the following countries?

a)US b)Japan c)Australia d)Russia e)France

20. ____________ is the only continent without deserts (Areas that gets less than 25 cm. of rain in a year are classified as deserts)?

a)Oceania b)North America c)South America d)Europe e)none of these

Note:

2 Q : Other Non-UN members - Turkish Cyprus, Sahrawi Arab Demo.Rep.(S.A.D.R)

4 Q : the 15 countries are : Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.

18 Q : Brahmos -2 is a Hypersonic Cruise Missile.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2009

November Current Affairs 2009 - Part 2

 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.

 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).

 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.

 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.

 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.

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

 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.

 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.

 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.

 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.

 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.

 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.

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

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

 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.

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2009

Government Schemes in India - Part 2

1. Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY): (Go for Part-1)

 The Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) was launched as an integrated programme for self-employment of the rural poor with effect from 1 April 1999.

 Under the SGSY, assistance is given to the poor families living below the poverty line in rural areas for taking up self employment. The persons taking up Self-Employment are called swarozgaris.

 They may take up the activity either individually or in Groups, called the Self-Help Groups.

 The SGSY aims at providing self-employment to villagers through the establishment of Self-help groups.

 There are over 22 lakh Women’s Self Help Groups linked with banks. Reach of SHGs to be widened to enrol at least 50 per cent of all rural women in India as members of SHGs over the next five years.

 A Self- Help Group (SHG) may generally consist of 10-20 persons.

 In Union Budget 2009-10, The Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) restructured as National Rural Livelihood Mission to make it universal in application, focused in approach and time bound for poverty eradication by 2014-15.

2. Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY):

 It was formally launched on October 1, 2007.

 It is a new health insurance scheme for the Below Poverty Line (BPL) families in the unorganized sector.

 The objective of RSBY is to provide the insurance cover to below poverty line (BPL) households from major health shocks that involve hospitalization.

 The RSBY is being implemented in 20 States/Union Territories.

 By the end of the year, 2009-10, 1.2 crore BPL families ( a unit of five) are expected to be covered and all the estimated 6 crore BPL families are proposed to be covered in the next four years.

 In the Union Budget 2009-10, It is proposed that All BPL families to be covered under Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY).

 Allocation under RSBY increased by 40 per cent over previous allocation to Rs.350 crore in Budget 2009-10.

3. Rajiv Awas Yojana:

 It is a new scheme announced in the Union Budget 2009-10 for the slum dwellers and the urban poor in an effort to promote a slum-free India in five years.

 Rajiv Awas Yojana comes under JNNURM on the lines of Indira Awas Yojana for rural poor.

4. Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission(JNNUM):

 The Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), launched on

 December 3rd 2005 is the largest national urban initiative to encourage reforms and fast

 track planned development of 63 identified cities.

 JNNURM comprises two Sub-Missions:

o Urban Infrastructure and Governance (UIG) (Sub-mission I)

o Basic Services to the Urban Poor Urban (BSUP) (Sub-mission II)

Objectives:

 Focused attention to integrated development of basic services to the urban poor.

 Security of tenure at affordable price, improved housing, water supply, sanitation.

 Convergence of services in fields of education, health and social security.

 Ensuring adequate investment of funds to fulfill deficiencies in the basic services to the urban poor.

 In simple JNNURM is designed to support: Provision of basic service to urban poor, water supply, Road Network, Urban transport, Street lighting, Sewerage & Sanitation and etc.

 In the Union Budget 2009-10, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) stepped up by 87% to Rs.12, 887 cr.

5. Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY):

 It is introduced in 1997 sponsored by Central Government.

 The Union Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Ministry in November 2009 comprehensively revamped the Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) with a view to providing gainful employment to the urban unemployed and underemployed.

 The new scheme will commence with financial year 2009-2010.

 The Swarna Jayanthi Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) shall sheek to provide gainful employment to the Urban unemployed or underemployed poor through encouraging the setting up of self-employment ventures or provision of wage employment.

 The programme shall target the urban poor, defined as those living below the urban poverty line, as defined from time to time.

 The Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana shall consist of two special schemes, namely-

 i)The Urban Self-Employment Programme (USEP)

 ii)The Urban Wage Employment Programme (UWEP)

6. Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana:

 Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana was launched by Govt. of India during 2007-08 to incentives states to draw up plans for their agriculture sector more comprehensively, taking agro-climatic conditions, natural resource and technology into account and integrating livestock, poultry and fisheries fully.

 The RKVY aims at achieving 4% annual growth in the agriculture sector during the XI Plan period, by ensuring a holistic development of Agriculture and Allied Sectors.

 Allocation under Rashtriya Krishi Yojana (RKVY) stepped up by 30% in the Union Budget 2009-10.

7. National Social Assistance Programme:

The programme was launched with effect from 15th August 1985 and under this programme three sub-schemes are under implementation. They are.

1. National Old Age Pension(NOAP)

2. National Family Benefit Scheme (NEBS)

3. Annapurna Scheme

National Old Age pension (NOAP):

 The Scheme is implemented to the Old Age persons who are living above 65 Years. Physically Handicapped persons and Leprosy destitute (Irrespective of Age) who comes under Below Poverty line.

 The National Old Age Pension Scheme has been renamed as Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOPS) and formally launched on 19th November, 2007.

 The central contribution of pension under the Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS) is Rs. 200/- per month per beneficiary and the State Governments may contribute over and above to this amount. At present old age beneficiaries are getting anywhere between Rs. 200/- to Rs. 1000/- depending on the State Contribution.

National Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS)

 Under this scheme, in the death of primary breadwinner, the head of household is untitled to get the benefit of Rs.10000/- in case normal deaths.

 The deceased persons should have been primary bread winner and in the age group of more or less than 65 Years and who comes under Below poverty line and residing in the district preceding 3 years.

 In case of accidental deaths. The benefit shall be extruded under "APADBANDHU" scheme which covers carton incidents as prescribed by the Government. The deceased family will get Rs. 50000/- or 10000/- depending upon their age.

Annapurna Scheme

 The Annapurna scheme has been launched with effect from 1st April, 2000.

 It aims at providing food security to meet the requirement of those Senior Citizens who though eligible have remained uncovered under the National Old Age Pension Scheme (NOAPS).

 Under the Annapurna Scheme, 10 Kg. of food grains per month are to be provided 'free of cost' to the Beneficiary.

 The age of the applicant ( male or female) should be 65 years or above.

Two new schemes have been introduced in the Interim Budget 2009-10:

• 'Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme' to provide pension of Rs.200 to widows between age groups of 40-64 years and

• 'Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme' to provide pension for severely disabled persons. Widows in the age group of 18-40 years to be given priority in admission to ITIs, Women ITIs and National/Regional ITIs for women. Government to bear cost of their training and provide stipend of Rs.500 per month.

8. Aam Admi Bima Yojna (AABY):

 It was launched in 2nd October 2007.

 It is an Insurance Scheme. It covers the death and permanent disability for the benefit of rural landless households between the age group of 18 to 59 years.

 The Scheme is being implemented through the LIC of India and inter alias.

 The scheme provides for insurance of head of the family or an earning member of the family of rural landless household.

 50% will be contributed by the central Govt. and the rest 50% will be contributed by the state Government.





MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2009

General Knowledge Quiz 2009 - 40

1. ‘Astrosat’ is India’s first astronomy satellite which is scheduled to launch in which of the following years?

a)2010 b)2011 c)2012 d)2013 e)2014

2. Which of the following country is a member of United Nation(UN)?

a)Palestine b)Kosovo c)Vatican City d)Taiwan e)All are non UN-members

3. Sputnik -1 the World’s first artificial satellite (in 1957) successfully launched by which country?

a)USSR b)Japan c)US d)UK e)Germany

4. How many countries became independent with the dissolution of USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) in 1991?

a)5 b)9 c)11 d)13 e)15

5. Kosovo declared Independence from which of the following countries in 2008?

a)Croatia b)Serbia c)Macedonia d)Yugoslavia e)none of these

6. Srilanka has declared victory over the LTTE(Liberation of Tamil Tigers) on May 16th 2009 after ____ years old civil war?

a)21 b)23 c)25 d)26 e)27

7. Which of the following Politician gets has been arrested for insulting National Anthem in April 2009?

a)Lalu Prasad b)Mamata Banerjee c)Shashi Tharoor d)Varun Gandhi e)S M Krishna

8. United States of America(USA) got Independence from ___________ in 1776, july 4th?

a)USSR b)Great Britain c)Germany d)Canada e)none of these

9. 90% of Ozone in earth atmosphere is present in which layer?

a)Troposphere b)Stratosphere c)Mesosphere d)Thermosphere e)none of these

10. Which of the following country having the world’s largest Internet base users?

a)India(3) b)US(2) c)Russia d)China(1) e)Canada

11. Which of the following is not a Search Engine?

a)Bing b)Wolframalpha c)Kosmix d)Cuil e)All are search engines

12. India stands at which place in the world when considering area wise?

a)1st b)3rd c)5th d)6th d)7th

13. Besides India, August 15th is the Independence Day of which of the following country?

a)North Korea b)South Vietnam c)South Korea d)North Vietnam e)France

14. Which of the following is world’s most widely spoken language?

a)Mandarin(China) b)Spanish c)English d)Urdu e)Hindi

15. India’s first nuclear test explosion (Pokhran-1) conducted in the year _______?

a)1967 b)1974 c)1987 d)1998 e)none of these

16. ‘Shakti’ is the code name for which of the following?

a)India’s first supersonic cruise missile

b)India’s first nuclear test (Pokhran-1)

c)India’s first nuclear submarine

d)Prithvi –III

e)India’s second nuclear test (Pokhran-2)

17. Which of the following State Assembly in India has no Opposition members?

a)Arunachal Pradesh b)Kerala c)Orissa d)Sikkim e)none of these

18. ‘Brahmos -1’ is a _______________________?

a)short range ballistic missile

b)Air to Air missile

c)Supersonic cruise missile

d)Hypersonic cruise missile

e)none of these

19. ‘000’ is national emergency number in which of the following countries?

a)US b)Japan c)Australia d)Russia e)France

20. ____________ is the only continent without deserts (Areas that gets less than 25 cm. of rain in a year are classified as deserts)?

a)Oceania b)North America c)South America d)Europe e)none of these

Note:

2 Q : Other Non-UN members - Turkish Cyprus, Sahrawi Arab Demo.Rep.(S.A.D.R)

4 Q : the 15 countries are : Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.

18 Q : Brahmos -2 is a Hypersonic Cruise Missile.

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2009

November Current Affairs 2009 - Part 2

 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.

 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).

 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.

 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.

 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.

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

 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.

 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.

 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.

 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.

 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.

 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.

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

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

 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.

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2009

Government Schemes in India

1. Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana(PMGSY):

 Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) was launched on 25th December 2000.

 It is a nationwide plan in India to provide good all-weather road connectivity to unconnected villages of more than 500 persons in the rural areas (250 persons in the hilly and desert areas).

 It is a 100% Centrally Sponsored Scheme.

 Allocations under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) increased by 59 per to Rs.12,000 crore in the Union Budget 2009-10.

2. Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY):

 It was launched on 4th April 2005 for attaining the National Common Minimum Programme (NCMP) goal of providing access to electricity to all households in the country in five years by merging “Accelerated Electrification of one lakh Villages and one crore Households” and the “Minimum Needs Programme (MNP)”.

 Under the programme, 90% grant is provided by Govt. of India and 10% as loan by Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) to the State Governments.

 Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) is the nodal agency for the programme.

 The scheme aims at electrification of over 1 lakh un-electrified villages and providing electricity connections to 2.34 crore rural households. The estimated cost of the scheme is approximately Rs. 51,000 crore.

 All the BPL families are eligible for free connections under the scheme.

 Allocation under Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) increased by 27% to Rs.7000cr in the Union Budget 2009-10.

3. Indira Awaas Yojana(IAY):

 Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) was launched during 1985-86 as a sub-scheme of Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme (RLEGP) and continued as a sub-scheme of Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY) since its launching from April, 1989.

 It has been delinked from the JRY and has been made an independent scheme with effect from January 1, 1996.

 The objective of IAY is primarily to provide grant for construction of houses to members of Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes, freed bonded labourers and also to non-SC/ST rural people living below poverty line.

 Funding of IAY is shared between the Centre & State in the ratio of 75:25.

 The financial assistance provided for new construction under IAY is Rs.35,000/- per unit for the plain areas & Rs.38,500/- for the hilly/difficult areas.

 Allocation under Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) increased by 63% to 8,800 cr in the Union Budget 2009-10.

4. Bharat Nirman:

 Bharat Nirman, a programme to build rural infrastructure, was launched by the Government of India in 2005.

 Phase I of the programme was implemented in the period 2005-06 to 2008-09. Phase II is being implemented from 2009-10 to 2011-12.

 Bharat Nirman comprises of six components:

i)Irrigation

ii)Rural Roads

iii)Rural Housing

iv)Rural Drinking Water Supply

v)Rural Electrification

vi)Telephone Connectivity.

 Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana(PMGSY) for Rural Roads , Rajiv Gandhi Vidyutikaran Yojana(RGVY) for Rural Electrification & Indira Awas Yojana(IWY) for Rural Housing come under Bharat Nirman.

 Bharat Nirman programme of six schemes for the development of rural infrastructure is being stepped up by 45% in Union Budget 2009-10.

5. Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana(PMAGY):

 It is a new scheme launched in the Union Budget 2009-10 by the Union Government on a pilot basis for integrated development 0f 1,000 villages, each having more than 50% SC population.

 There are about 44,000 villages in which the population of scheduled castes is above 50 per cent.

 If the pilot scheme is successful the scheme will be expanded to remaining villages.

 An amount of Rs.100 crore has been allocated for this Scheme in the Union Budget 2009-10.

6. National Rural Health Mission (NRHM):

 The National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), launched in 2006 as the central government flagship project that would dramatically change the healthcare system in rural India.

 The objective of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) is to provide accessible, affordable, accountable, effective and reliable health care, especially to the poor and the vulnerable sections of the population in rural areas.

 The NRHM covers the entire country, with special focus on 18 States where the challenge of strengthening poor public health systems and thereby improving key health indicators is the greatest.

 Allocation under National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) increased by Rs.2,057 crore amounting to 14,064 crore in the Union Budget 2009-10.

7. Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA):

 One of the key components of the National Rural Health Mission is to provide every village in the country with a trained female community health activist – ‘ASHA’ or Accredited Social Health Activist for every village with a population of 1000.

 ASHA will take steps to create awareness and she will counsel women on birth preparedness, importance of safe delivery, breastfeeding and complementary feeding, immunization, contraception and prevention of common infections including Reproductive Tract infection/Sexually Transmitted Infection (RTIs/STIs) and care of the young child.

 The ASHA will be trained to work as an interface between the community and the public health system.

 ASHA must primarily be a woman resident of the village – married/ widowed/ divorced, preferably in the age group of 25 to 45 years.

8. National Rural Employment Guarantee Act(NREGA):

 The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act or NREGA is an Indian job guarantee scheme, enacted by legislation on August 25, 2005.

 This act was introduced with an aim of improving the purchasing power of the rural people, primarily semi or un-skilled work to people living in rural India, whether or not they are below the poverty line.

 The scheme provides a legal guarantee for one hundred days of employment in every financial year to adult members of any rural household willing to do public work-related unskilled manual work at the statutory minimum wage of Rs.100 per day.

 The NREGA achieves twin objectives of rural development and employment.

 Around one-third of the stipulated work force must be women.

 The scheme started from February 2, 2006 in 200 districts, was expanded to cover another 130 districts in 2007-2008 and eventually covered all 593 districts in India in 2008.

 It has been renamed as Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act on 2nd October, 2009.

 Allocation under NREGS increased by 144% to 39,100 cr in the Union Budget 2009-10.

9. Sarva Siksha Abhiyan(SSA):

 The scheme of SSA was launched in 2001.

 It is a flagship programme of the Government of India pioneered by Atal Bihari Vajpayee for achievement of universalization of elementary education in a time bound manner.

 The Abhiyan is to provide useful and relevant elementary education for children in the 6-14 age group by 2010.

 The assistance under the programme of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan was on a 85:15 sharing arrangement during the Ninth Plan, 75:25 sharing arrangement during the Tenth Plan, and 50:50 sharing thereafter between the Central Government and the State Government except for 8 NE states.

 The programme covers the entire country with special focus on educational needs of girls, SCs/STs and other children in difficult circumstances.

 The programme seeks to open new schools in those places which do not have schooling facilities and strengthen existing school infrastructure through provision of additional class rooms, toilets, drinking water, maintenance grant and school improvement grant.

10. Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan(RMSA):

 Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) which is the most recent initiative of Government of India to achieve the goal of universalisation of secondary education (USE) - classes VIII to X.

 The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan program set up by the government to bring elementary education to millions of children has been successful to a large extent, and has thus created a need for strengthening secondary education infrastructure across the country.

 In Jan 2009 CCEA (Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs) approved the implementation.

 It is announced in 2007 and it is proposed to implement during 11th Five Year plan

 Rs.20,120 crore has been allocated for the Scheme during the 11th Five Year Plan.



Note: This is only Part-1.Part-2 will be published soon with more Schemes. Highlighted words are important and it may be used for quick reference & also asked in many Bank Po exams. Try to understand the concept behind it and remember. It will be useful to your only.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2009

Quiz on General Knowledge 2009 - 39

1. Who has been named as the 'Person of the Year 2009' by the American magazine Time?

a)Barack Obama b)Hillary Clinton c)Ben Bernake d)Dalai Lama e)none of these

2. In which of the following Stock Exchanges “currency Future trading” was firstly started?

A)NSE b)MCX-SX c)BSE d)NCDEX e)none of these

3. Which Country is planning to build World’s Largest Mosque?

a)Saudi Arabia b)Iran c)Tajikistan d)Indonesia e)none of these

4. Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) is a scheme related to which of the following sectors?

a)Rural Development b)Women Development c)Personnel Insurance d)Agriculture e)none of these

5. The Five Year Plan is approved by _______________?

a)Planning Commission b)National Development Council c)Central Statistical Organization d)RBI & Finance Ministry e)none of these

6. Recently which country launched their country’s fastest Supercomputer named ‘Tianhe’?

a)Japan b)Malaysia c)Hongkong d)China e)Singapore

7. Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was in news recently. He was the president of _________?

a)Algeria b)Taiwan c)Fiji d)Sudan e)Tunisia

8. Who among the following honoured as Asian Filmmaker of the year in the 14th Pusan International Film Festival(PIFF)?

a)Bobby Bedi b)Yash Chopra c)Rakesh Roshan d)Manmoham Shetty e)none of these

9. With which country India have finalized a new 10-year military co-operation pact that will take bilateral defence partnership to new heights?

a)Russia b)US c)Israel d)France e)none of these

10. ‘EKUVERIN-09’ is a joint troop exercise between which of the following countries?

a)India & Russia b)Srilanka & China c)India & Maldives d)Maldives & Srilanka e)India & US

11. Which state is facing Political Crisis due to the process of separating a state?

a)Jharkhand b)West Bengal c)Andhra Pradesh d)Uttar Pradesh e)Bihar

12. Dr Kamla is the new governor of _________?

a)Nagaland b)Tripura c)Manipur d)Uttarakhand e)Gujarat

13. Which channel has won the Asian vision Annual awards 2009 for most news flashes?

a)Times of India b)Aajtak c)Doordharshan d)NDTV e)none of these

14. How much is approved by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as grant for Indian farmers?

a)$2.5 million b)$4 million c)$6.5 million d)$9.7 million e)none of these

15. Which country has presented the 2009 Defender of Democracy Award to Kailash Satyarthi?

a)US b)India c)Denmark d)France e)Germany

16. Which film has been awarded the prestigious Golden Peacock for best film at the 40th International Film Festival of India (IFFI)?

a)A Brand New Life b)The Other Bank c)Gabricha Paus d) Angshumaner Chhobi e)I can’t Live without you

17. Recently which Bank (PSU) installed its first disabled-friendly ATM in the country?

a)Vijaya Bank b)PNB c)Bank of Baroda d)Union Bank of India e)none

18. Mahila Coir Yojana, is a scheme to provide self-employment opportunity to rural women workers. This scheme firstly started by which State government?

a)Kerala b)Uttar Pradesh c)Gujarat d)West Bengal e)Tamilnadu

19. Farook Haider was in news recently. He was a _______________?

a)New Interior Minister of Pakistan

b)Deputy Prime Minister of Afghanistan

c)Master mind behind 26/11 Mumbai attacks

d)Prime Minister of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir

e)Former Pakistan Prime minister

20. ‘The Worlds Local Bank’ is the tag line of which of the following banks?

a)Yes Bank b)HSBC c)ING Vysya d)Standard Chartered e)Bank of America

Note:

1Q : For 2008 : Barack Obama

3Q : Present Worlds Largest Mosque is in Mecca(Saudi Arabia)

5Q : Five Year Plan is Developed & Executed by Planning Commission.



 Jamait-e-Ulema Hind or the JEU on November 3rd issued a fatwa against singing national song 'Vande Mataram'. According to a resolution, Muslims should not sing 'Vande Mataram' as its reciting is against the Islam.

 The 2009 Asian Indoor Games were held in Vietnam. India has won 40 medals (6-Gold, 9-Silver, and 25-Bronze) and stood at 7th Place. While China stood at first place with 92 medals (48-Gold, 25-Silver, and 19- Bronze).

 China plans to operationalise its fourth civilian airport in Tibet in Ngari Prefecture, close to India, next year(2010) as part of the efforts to boost infrastructure facilities in the strategic Himalayan region.The Gunsa Airport in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region is expected to start operation on July 1, 2010, to become the fourth civil airport on the "Roof of the World”.

 The West Bengal government finalized a deal for acquiring 6000 acre land from farmers for reconstruction of embankments in the Sundarbans in South 24 and North 24 Parganas districts breached by Cyclone 'Aila'.

 The Centre has released over Rs 300 crore to West Bengal for conservation of tigers in Sunderban and Buxa sanctuaries of the state.

 Jamshedpur had the highest per capita carbon emission while Thiruvananthapuram and Asansol had the lowest in 2007-08, according to an energy status report of 40 Indian cities.

 The MSP of wheat has been fixed at Rs 1,100 per quintal, marking an increase of Rs 20 per quintal over the last year's MSP (1080).

 India, which is home to highest number of diabetics in the world, will have around 51 million patients of the disease by 2010 and that figure may go up to 80 million by 2030.

 D R Meena, an Indian Legal Service officer, was appointed as the new Law Secretary. He replaces T K Viswanathan who retired on October 31. Viswanathan, meanwhile, has taken over as adviser to Law Minister M Veerappa Moily. The post of adviser was recently approved by the union cabinet to help the government push legal and judicial reforms.

 Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily(for his book Shri Ramayan Mahaniveshanam, which is considered as the best Ramayana in Kannada after Kuvempu’s.) and Krishna Bihari Mishra(for Kalpataru ke Utsav Leela) will be conferred with the coveted Moortidevi Award constituted by the Bharatiya Jnanpith Committee. Moily gets the 21st edition(2007), while Mishra gets the 20th edition(2006).

 Cambodia has appointed the ousted prime minister of neighbouring Thailand, Thaksin Shinawatra, as a government adviser on the economy.

 Former US vice president Al Gore, who has campaigned relentlessly on green issues, is on track to become the world's first "carbon billionaire" amid claims of profiting from the climate change agenda.

 Indian batting icon Sachin Tendulkar became the first player in the history of the cricket to cross the 17,000 run mark in ODI’s.

 The government has appointed senior Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Durgesh Shankar as a member of the Central Board of Direct Taxes replacing Saroj Bala.

 Fiji's acting president Ratu Epeli Nailatikau was sworn in as head of state of the military-ruled Pacific nation. Nailatikau, a former army commander credited with guiding self-appointed Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama through his military career, was appointed as acting president after Ratu Josefa Iloilo retired at the end of July 2009.





MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2009

General Knowledge Quiz 2009 - 38

1. Who has been awarded the Koya National Journalism Award 2009?

a)A.G Noornani b) Arvind Goswami c)Barkha Dutt d)both a & b e)both a & c

2. Who is the Richest Person in India?

a)Anil Ambani(3) b)Lakshmi Mittal(2) c)Mukhesh Ambani d)K P Singh(5) e)Azim Premji(4)

3. Which of the following Newspapers have largest circulation (daily) in India ?

a)Dainik Jagran(2) b)The Hindu(4) c)Malayala Manorama(3) d)Times of India e)none of these.

4. Bilal Nazki is the new Chief Justice of which High Court?

a)Orissa b)Madhya Pradesh c)Gujarat d)Uttaranchal e)none of these

5. Which Indian Bank(PSB) has decided to open branch in Belgium and Offices in Uk & Canda?

a)SBI b)Union Bank of India c)PNB d)Canara Bank e)Bank of Baroda

6. Who has been declared the winner of the prestigious Moortidevi award 2007?

a)Krishna Mishra b)Satyavarat Shastri c)Prathiba Ray d)Veerappa Moily e)Ravindra Kalia

7. Human Development Index is published annually by _________?

a)WHO b)UNDP c)UNCTAD d)UNESCO e)none of these

8. Recently which country tested the Shahab 3 missile?

a)North Korea b)Pakistan c)Iran d)Kuwait e)UAE

9. What is the full form of BMD which is news recently?

a)Business Management Development

b)Ballistic Manufacturing Defence

c)Bombay Missile Defence

d)Ballistic Missile Defence

e)Body Mass Development

10. Irani Cup is associated with?

a)Hockey b)Football c)Chess d)Badminton e)Cricket

11. Swati Piramal is associated with?

a)ASSOCHAM b)NASSCOM c)RBI d)DRDO e)ISRO

12. Which Country is planning to build world’s third largest mosque?

a)Kuwait b)Algeria c)Dubai d)Iran e)none of these

13. Which Organization has released a stamp on Mahatma Gandhi?

a)World Bank b)IMF c)UN d)UNESCO e)ADB

14. Which Country has recently launched Defence Satellites?

a)Germany b)Canda c)US d)Russia e)none of these

15. National Income in India is estimated by _________?

a)Planning Commission b)Finance Commission c)Survey of India d)Central Statistical Organization e)Indian Statistical Organization

16. How much is allocated by government for strengthening basic science research in institutions in higher learning’s?

a)800 crore b)500 crore c)1200 crore d)1000 crore e)none of these

17. Who has been elected as the Chairman of ABC(Audit Bureau of Circulations)?

a)Vijay Drada b)Subroto Chattopadhyay c)Shobana Bhartiya d)Kurush Grant e)Shailesh Seth

18. Pradeep Shinde has recently passed away. He was the famous ________?

a)Journalist b)writer c)Singer d)Photographer e)Actor

19. Which of the following countries is not a member of G-5 a group of emerging countries?

a)India b)China c)Brazil d)Mexico e)All are members(South Africa -5th member)

20. Late YS Rajasekhar Reddy the former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh belongs to which national party?

a)INC b)TDP c)PRP d)BJP e)TRS

18, 2009

World's Largest Gold Reserves - Article

On September 18, 2009, the IMF's executive board approved gold sales strictly limited to 403.3 metric tonnes, representing one eighth of its total holdings, in a bid to increase the (Washington-based) financial institution's capacity to lend to poor nations.

The International Monetary Fund has sold 200 metric tonnes of gold to the Reserve Bank of India for about $6.7 billion. This new purchase puts India gold reserves in the 11th spot among the world's leading gold owners.

Subsequently IMF sold 10 tonnes to Srilanka and 2 tonnes to Mauritius.

Worlds Largest Gold Reserves:

1. US – 8133.5 tonnes

2. Germany – 3408.3 tonnes

3. IMF – 3005.3 tonnes

4. Italy – 2451.8 tonnes

5. France – 2445 tonnes

6. China – 1054 tonnes

7. Switzerland – 1040 tonnes

8. Japan – 765.2 tonnes

9. Russia – 639.8 tonnes

10. Netherlands – 612.5 tonnes

11. India – 557.7 tonnes

Most countries including India and China—the two largest gold consuming nations in the world—have US dollar as most part of their foreign exchange reserves kitty. Now, China, India and other countries want to move away from dollar to gold, for all perceive gold as a stable currency than a hot commodity.

Top Buyers of Gold:

1. India

2. China

3. US

Top Producers of Gold:

1. China

2. Australia

3. US

Difference between India and China:

The most aggressive player in the gold reserves game these days is, of course, China. Though China is not keen to buy gold from IMF at the high price that gold is ruling these days, the People’s Bank of China is stepping up efforts to build up gold reserves by buying the yellow metal from the market and taking various initiatives to increase gold mining across the country. China has targeted to mop up a whopping 10,000 tonnes of gold reserves by 2020.

At the recent Elections in India (April-May 2009) you have Noticed/heard the lines saying that “China Buys Gold, India Buys Votes”.

The Indian politicians spent an estimated Rs 10,000 crore to buy the votes. China, meanwhile, has just announced that it has bought gold of 454 tonnes.

China is tired of owning US government debt which may be worthless pieces of paper. So China is busy buying all kinds of real, hard assets. They are buying iron ore mines; copper mines; and rumour has it they are keen to buy agricultural land, but not so that they can bribe someone and have it converted to build an SEZ(Special Economic Zones were started/founded in China in early 1980’s and the most successful SEZ in China is ‘Shenzhen’ has developed from a small village into a city with a population over 10 million within 20 years). And China is buying more military equipment, too.And now they are gobbling up gold.

India is the “Land for Rising SON’s” that means…Take for an example our Indian Prime Ministers…Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi and Now Rahul Gandhi. Indian Politicians( major) thinking will be on who will become the next Prime Minister and when the next elections will be held and to tie-up which party during elections and more over politicians contesting in elections for their self benefit.

In India, only 44% villages have power. On the other hand, 99% of China’s villages are powered.

Examples where India is lagging:

Olympics in 2008:

China got 51 gold medals 21 Silver and 28 Bronze medals. Whereas India got 1Gold Medal and 2 bronze Medals and No Silver Medal. If India had spended (money) atleast 10% - 15% in Sports what they have used during elections India have won many medals.

Black Money:

Is India is Poor? Who says go and ask/verify Swiss Bank personal accounts. Indian Black Money in Swiss Banks currently/approximately holds $1456 billion or $1.4 trillion (converting into Indian Rupees = 7200000000000/- in words 72 lakh Crores when 1$=50 Rs) as on Swiss Banking Association Report 2006(Now it has crossed even more.) an amount 13 times larger than the country's foreign debt. With this amount 45 crore poor people in India can get Rs 1,00,000 each.

Next place goes to Russia - $470 billion, UK - $390 billion, Ukraine - $100 billion, and China - $96 billion.

India recently asked the Swiss Government to reveal the Indian Accounts held in Swiss Banks. But the Swiss Government has snubbed India by throwing its weight behind the practice of 'protecting the privacy of clients' at its banks.

Coming to Defence:

Active Military Troops in China: 2,225,000 Active Military Troops in India: 1,414,000.

Military Spending by country in 2008-09:

1. US - $607 billions

2. China – $85 billions

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10. India - $30 billion

I am not comparing with US. Because US is already a developed country. But both China & India are developing countries. But China is growing more fast than India that it may surpass Japan to become the second largest economy in the world in the coming few (2 or 3) years according to financial experts whereas India will become third largest economy by 2050. Still 40 years to go. China already 3rd largest economy in the world(2009).

We have got Independence before China. India got Independence in Aug 15th, 1947. China got in Oct 1st, 1949.

Don’t think that I am against/blaming India. I am also an Indian. But need my Country to improve a lot. No Doubt India is the Worlds Largest Democracy in the world when compared to no other country in the world until China leaves Communism.

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POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 18:51

LABELS: CHINA, CURRENCY, ECONOMIC, FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES, INDIA, INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND,THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2009

General Awareness Quiz 2009 - 37

1. On which Day, UN General Assembly declared “Nelson Mandela International Day’?

a)June 21st b)July 18th c)May 8th d)Aug 5th e)none



2. India won the fifth SAFF(South Asian Football Federation) title by defeating __________ that held in Bangladesh?

a)Nepal b)Bangladesh c)Srilanka d)Pakistan e)Maldives



3. Which State will become the first to implement the Right to Education Act 2009?

a)Tamilnadu b)UP c)Andhra Pradesh d)Karnataka e)Kerala



4. Who is the first Indian boxer to clinch Gold Medal in inter-Continental President’s Cup?

a)Vijendar Singh b)Mary Kom c)Hawa Singh d)Suranjoy Singh e)none



5. Who has been elected as the President of Rajasthan Cricket Association?

a)Praful Patel b)C P Joshi c)Lalit Modi d)Narendra Modi e)Anand Sharma



6. Gen Fonseka is the ex-army Chief Contesting as a Presidential Candidate that to be held in Jan 2010, He belongs to which of the following countries?

a)Norway b)Maldives c)Srilanka d)Myanmar e)Bhutan



7. Which Country hosted the EU Summit held in December 2009?

a)UK b)France c)Switzerland d)Davos e)Brussels



8. Anerood Jugnauth was in news recently by arriving India for a two day visit in December 2009. He is the President of ________?

a)Mauritus b)Myanmar c)Namibia d)Uruguay e)none of these



9. The first batch of the MiG-29K fighters jets have landed in India. These fighters’ jets are purchased from which Country?

a)US b)France c)Ukraine d)Russia e)UK



10. Which Country won the Davis Cup 2009?

a)Czech Republic b)Argentina c)Spain d)Sweden e)Serbia



11. Bina Rai has recently passed away. He was a famous ________?

a)Actress b)Writer c)Journalist d)Politician e)none of these



12. Which Country won the Champions Trophy 2009 Hockey?

a)India b)Australia c)Germany d)South Korea e)Netherlands



13. Which Country has offered eco-friendly technologies to clean and conserve holy Yamuna river in Delhi, that provides drinking water to about 57 million people in the country?

a)US b)Japan c)France d)China e)Canada



14. How many agreements were signed during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visited Russia recently?

a)2 b)3 c)5 d)6 e)none



15. V S Dhanasekar Memorial Cup is related to which sport?

a)Chess b)Racing c)Golf d)Snooker e)Football



16. Who has been crowned as the Miss India American 2009?

a)Shivali Vyas b)Disha Patel c)Priyanka Singha d)Shriya Kishore e)none



17. Which Country announced that it will host the International AIDS Society Conference in 2012?

a)India b)South Africa c)Germany d)China e)US



18. Who has conferred the Best Indian Player in Football Players Association(FPAI) Awards?

a)Sunil Chhetri b)Baljith Singh Sahni c)Jibbon Singh d)Baichung Bhutia e)Baldeep Singh



19. What is the period of the Financial Year in Banks?

a)March to Feb b)Feb to Jan c)Jan to Dec d)April to March e)May to April



20. Recently IT major Infosys launches a Development Centre in which of the following countries?

a)Argentina b)Egypt c)Brazil d)South Africa e)Spain



Note:

5th Q - C P Joshi(Union Minister of Panchayati Raj) against Lalit Modi.

10th Q - Spain against Czech Republic.

12th Q - Australia against Germany.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2009

Quiz on Economy,Business & Finance - 36

1. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development(OECD) projected India’s growth rate of ____ in 2010 in its latest report?

a)6.5% b)6.7% c)7% d)7.2% e)none of these



2. Which Country has overtaken US in the most competitive economies in the world compiled by World Economic Forum?

a)Switzerland b)China c)Australia d)Finland e)Germany



3. Which Bank(PSU) has been awarded in NDTV Profit Business Leadership award 2009 in Banking Category?

a)SBI b)Canara Bank c)Bank of Maharashtra d)Corporation Bank e)Bank of India



4. Which of the following does not come under India’s six core sectors?

a)Petroleum Refinery Products b)Agriculture c)Crude Oil d)Steel e)Cement



5. With which auto company SBI has signed a memorandum of understanding for providing retail financing to customers?

a)Hyundai b)Tata motors c)Ford d)Honda Seil e)Maruthi Suzuki



6. India targets $50-billion Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) by ________?

a)2012 b)2013 c)2014 d)2015 e)2017



7. Recently Government has cleared the 17 FDI proposals worth Rs __________?

a)990 crores b)1015 crores c)1323 crores d)1158 crores e)4551 crore



8. With which Country India had signed a memorandum of understanding for establishing a joint study group (JSG) to examine the feasibility of a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) between the two countries?

a)Italy b)Argentina c)Bahrain d)Canada e)Russia



9. How many Special Economic Zones(SEZ) are Operating in India?

a)89 b)56 c)101 d)121 e)none of these



10. According to Planning Commission, India Economy will grow by ___ in next Fiscal Year?

a)7.1% b)8% c)6.9% d)7.9% e)7.5%



11. India signed a five year agreement to jointly fight Climate Change and negotiate International Climate Deals?

a)China b)Maldives c)Japan d)US e)Denmark



12. Which Country will Chair the Inter-governmental Group of 24 (G-24) nations in 2009-2010?

a)Syria b)South Africa c)India d)Brazil e)none



13. Recently which Bank has celebrated its 104th foundation Day?

a)Indian Bank b)Canara Bank c)Corporation Bank d)Bank of India e)SBI



14. What is the share of Sponsored bank for Regional Rural Banks(RRB’s) in India?

a)15% b)35% c)49% d)50% e)51%



15. How many Regional Rural Banks are there in India at present?

a)145 b)196 c)206 d)96 e)133



16. Which of the following Banks in India Maintaining the highest Capital Adequacy Ratio(CAR)?

a)ICICI b)Kotak Mahindra c)SBI d)Central Bank of India e)Federal Bank



17. Abu Dhabi provided _______ billion to state owned Dubai World that recently faced Debt Crisis?

a)$1.5 b)$5 c)$8 d)$10 e)$7.5



18. India Post entered into a tie-up with ___________ Life Insurance Company to expand its services portfolio to the customers?

a)ICICI Prudential b)SBI c)New India Assurance d)LIC e)none of these



19. What would be the ‘S’ in Damascus S Exchange(DSE)?

a)Stock b)Saving c)Special d)Securities e)none of these



20. Which of the following banks have issued the world’s first 150-Dollar banknote?

a)HSBC b)Deutsche Bank c)Citi Bank d)Bank of America e)none of these



Note:

3rd Q:

Axis Bank in Private Sector.

7th Q:

In Nov. Govt cleared 17 FDI proposals worth 1558 crore.

In Dec. Govt cleared 17 FDI proposals worth 4551 crore.

14th Q:

Share for RRB - 1)Central Government : 50% 2)Sponsored Bank - 35% 3)State Govt - 15%

Answer for 20th Q is : Standard Chartered.

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Leader - Infrastructure was given to Larsen & Toubro.



In the Aviation category, the award was given to InterGlobe Aviation.



Business Leader award for private sector bank was given to Axis Bank.



Bharti Airtel Ltd was given the Business Leader Award in the Telecom category.



In the Automobile category, Tata Motors bagged the award for four-wheelers, while Hero Honda won among two-wheelers



FMCG Food – Nestle



FMCG Personal Hygiene – Marico



Retail – Pantaloon Retail India Ltd



Consumer Durables – Samsung India



IT Software – Wipro Ltd



IT Hardware – Wipro Infotech



Logistics – Allcargo Global Logistics Ltd



Oil and Gas (Public Sector) – HBCL



Oil and Gas (Private Sector) -Reliance Industry Ltd



Mutual Funds – HDFC Asset Management Company



Life Insurance – Life Insurance Corporation of India



Non-Life Insurance – New India Assurance Company Ltd



Special Award for Inspiring Leader during crisis was given to OP Bhatt, Chairman, State Bank of India.



TN Ninan was awarded the Special Award for Business Thought Leader.



Nilekani and Kochhar were also among those who won the Special Awards.



The first NDTV Profit Business Leader - CSR Award was awarded to Infosys



the Business Achievement of the Year Award was given to Satyam.



corporate social responsibility

infosys technologies limited



inclusion & diversity lasersoft



infrastructure larsen & tourbo ltd



pharmaceuticals Jubilant Organosys Ltd.



retail Pantaloon Retail India Ltd.



Telecom Bharti Airtel Ltd.



Lifetime Achievement Award

Brij Mohanlall, Chairperson, Hero Honda Ltd



Business Thought Leader Of The Year

Dr T N Ninan, Editor-in-Chief, Business Standard



Inspiring Leader in a Crisis Award

O P Bhatt, Chairman, SBI



Hope & Inspiration Award

Nandan M Nilekani



Indian Business Women Leadership Award

Shikha Sharma of Axis Bank, Chanda Kochhar of ICICI Bank and Manisha Girotra of UBS India



Business Leadership Team Award

Team Satyam – Dr. Kiran Karnik, Dr. Tarun Das, Deepak Parekh, TN Manoharan, C Achuthan, SB Mainak



4.b

The six core sectors — cement, coal, steel, electricity, crude petroleum and petro-refinery products

5.d

6.a

7.4551crores i think check it again

8.d



WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2009 8:05:00 PM

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2009

List of Newly Elected President/PM's of a Country in 2009

1) Indonesia President - Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

2) Congo President - Denis Sassou Nguesso

3) Kyrgyzstan President - Kurmanbek Saliyevich Bakiyev

4) Afghanistan President – Hamid Karzai

5) Japan Prime Minister – Yukio Hatoyama

6) Norway Prime Minister – Jens Stoltenberg

7) Denmark Prime Minister – Lars Lokke Rasmussen

8) Iran President – Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

9) Slovakia President – Ivan Gasparovic

10)South Africa President – Jacob Zuma

11)India Prime Minister – Manmohan Singh

12)Iceland Prime Minister – Johanna Siguroardottir

13)Bangladesh President – Zillur Rahman

14)Bangladesh Prime Minister – Sheikh Hasina

15)Nepal Prime Minister – Madhav Kumar Nepal

16)Zimbabwe Prime Minister – Morgan Tsvangirai

17)Somalia President – Sharif Ahmed

18)Germany President – Horst Kohler

19)Madagaskar President – Andry Rajoelina

20)Greece Prime Minister – George Papandreou

21)Honduras President – Profirio Lobo Sosa

22)Israel Prime Minister – Benjamin Netanyahu

23)Greenland Prime Minister – Kuupik Kleist

24)USA President- Barack Obama

25)Romania President – Traian Basescu

26)Bolivia President - Evo Moralis

MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2009

Latest Current Affairs - 2009(PTR)

Judges of Supreme Court:

Government has decided to elevate five Chief justices of five states as Supreme Court judges.

The Five Chief Justices are

i)A K Patnaik(Madhya Pradesh)

ii)T S Thakur(Punjab & Haryana)

iii)K S Radhakrishnan(Gujarat)

iv)Surinder Singh Nijjar(Calcutta)

v)P D Dinakaran(Karnataka)

But Karnataka Chief Justice has been put on hold because Dinakaran's name has figured in the disproportionate assets case and he has been accused of amassing wealth and grabbing land.

So the remaining four Judges had taken oath on Nov 17th 2009. This takes the judges tally to 26(1+25) against the formal strength of 31 judges.

World’s Largest Economies:

1) US 2) Japan 3) China 4) Germany 5) France 6) UK 7) Italy 8) Brazil 9) Russia 10) Spain 11) Canada 12) India.

Recently China has surpassed Germany to become the third largest economy in the world.

India is the Second fastest growing Economy in the World.

India will be the third largest economy in the world after China and United States by 2050, a US-based internationally recognized foreign-policy think tank.

Asia’s Largest Economies:

1. Japan 2. China 3. India 4. South Korea

INS Arihant:

India’s first indigenously built Nuclear-capable Submarine launched on July 26th 2009 in Vishakhapatnam (AP) with a cost of $2.9 billions.

India is the sixth country in the world to possess N-submarine capability after US, Russia, France, UK and China.

India has two more indigenous nuclear submarines under construction and they are slated to be inducted in 2015.

India is acquiring another N-capable submarine, the Akula class “Nerpa” from Russia.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2009

Points to Remember 2009 - Free Trade Agreement with India

India-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement:

 India and the ASEAN (Association of South-East Asian Nations) signed a FTA on August 13, 2009 which took nearly six years to negotiate.

 Nine members of the 10-nation (ASEAN) regional trade bloc signed the pact except Vietnam. Vietnam would do so after its formal recognition by India as a ‘market economy’.

 Under this FTA, India & ASEAN member countries will lift import tariffs on more than 80% of traded products between 2013 and 2016.

 This FTA is related only to Goods.

 489 items from agriculture, textiles and chemicals products are kept out of duty reduction.

 India, ASEAN target $ 10 billion increase in trade in the first year (1st Jan 2010 to 1st Jan 2011) from $ 40 billion at present.

 ASEAN regional bloc is India’s fourth largest trading partner.

 At present, China is India’s Largest Trading Partner followed by US, UAE.

 The implementation of the FTA will take effect from Jan 1st 2010.



India-South Korea Sign Trade Pact:

 India and South Korea signed a trade pact on August 7th 2009 which took three and half years to negoiate.

 The pact known as the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA).

 The CEPA, a term adopted to stress comprehensive economic relations inclusive of merchandise and service trade, investment and economic cooperation, is a de facto free trade agreement (FTA).

 The pact, which will see India eliminating or reducing import duties on 85 percent of Korean exports and South Korea doing the same for 93 percent of imports from India by 2019.

 Bilateral trade between the two countries was worth $15.56 billion in 2008.





Apart from these two, India have signed a FTA with Srilanka in December 1999, Thailand (Separate from recent FTA with ASEAN) in Oct 2003, Malaysia (Separate from recent FTA with ASEAN) in 2005.









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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2009

General Knowledge 2009 - 35

1. Which Country has honoured the International Freedom Award to ‘Dalai Lama’?

a)US b)India c)Russia d)UK e)none of these



2. The Minimum Support Price(MSP) for Common variety Paddy is ____?

a)850 b)900 c)950 d)1050 e)1080



3. Who has been presented the ‘2009 Golden Pen of Freedom Prize’?

a)Najam Sethi b)Xavier Vidal-Folch c)Rajdeep Sardesai d)Vikram Chandra e)none



4. US has decided to quit Afghanistan by the Year ________?

a)2011 b)2012 c)2014 d)2015 e)2017



5. Who has been awarded the ‘Golden Ball Award’for the year 2009?

a)Cristiano Ronaldo b)Lionel Messi c)Kaka d)Ronaldinho e)Fabio Cannavaro



6. The First International Cruise Ship launched in which of the following places in India?

a)Vishakhapatnam b)Mumbai c)Kochi d)Goa e)none of these



7. The amalgamation of RRB’s is recommended by ______________ Committee?

a)Rangarajan Committee b)Rakesh Mohan c)Pranab Mukherjee d)Vyas e)none of these



8. Sonia Gandhi Placed at which place in the World’s 100 most powerful women compiled by Forbes Magazine?

a)3rd b)7th c)9th d)11th e)13th



9. The Nobel Peace Prize winner Kim Dae-jung died on August 2009. He was the former president of which Country?

a)Japan b)South Korea c)North Korea d)China e)Myanmar



10. Who has been appointed an honorary member of the Order of Australia?

a)Adam Gilchrist b)Sourav Ganguly c)Ricky Pointing d)Brain Lara e)SteveWaugh



11. Who wrote the book “India : From Midnight to the Millennium and Beyond”?

a)V S Naipaul b)Chetan Bhagat c)Shashi Tharoor d)Amartya Sen e)Abdul Kalam



12. Who won the Montreal Masters Final 2009?

a)Andy Murray b)Andy Roddick c)Rafael Nadal d)J M Del Potro e)Novak Djokovic



13. Which of the following statement is not true?

a)England defeated Australia to win the Ashes Series

b)Sonia Sotomayor was the first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice of U.S.A

c)Barcelona won the the UEFA Super Cup

d)Sunita Narain has been chosen for 2009 Raja Lakshmi Award

e)All are Correct.



14. A/c to 2001 Census, which state had the largest percentage of Hindus?

a)Andhra Pradesh b)Uttar Pradesh c)Himachal Pradesh d)Madhya Pradesh e)none



15. Recently Brad Hodge has announced his retirement from International Cricket. He belongs to which country?

a)England b)New Zealand c)Australia d)South Africa e)none



16. At Which of the following Places is the Indian Standard Time(IST) is determined?

a)New Delhi b)Allahabad c)Mumbai d)Hyderabad e)Kolkata



17. Which Country won the Hockey Series against India in August 2009?

a)South Korea b)Pakistan c)Germany d)England e)Syria



18. Which of the following countries had handed over Macau to China?

a)Russia b)Japan c)South Korea d)Portugal e)Germany



19. Which of the following cities is considered as the easiest city to do Business a report by International Finance Corporation?

a)Ludhiana b)Hyderabad c)Bhubaneswar d)Jaipur e)Guwahati



20. Who is the only Finance Minister to become the President of India?

a)Zakir Hussain b)R Venkataraman c)Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed d)Shankar Dayal Sharma e)Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2009

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.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2009

Current Affairs Quiz 2009 - 34

1. Which Country has surpassed the US to become Japan’s largest Trading partner?

a)China b)India c)Germany d)Russia e)South Korea



2. The GDP growth of India in the second quarter of 2009-10 is _______?

a)6.1% b)6.6% c)7.1% d)7.7% e)7.9%



3. Who is the Chairman of AEC(Atomic Energy Commission)?

a)Srikumar Banerjee b)G Madhavan Nair c)Anil Kakodkar d)K Radhakrishna e)J Mitra



4. The Central Government has sanctioned Rs ________ to National Knowledge Commission for the education sector under the 11th Five year plan ?

a)3 lakh crore b)1 lakh crore c)2 lakh crore d)0.75 lakh crore e)5 lakh crore



5. Recently which country lifted the 22-year-old ban on the entry of people with HIV+?

a)Mexico b)UK c)France d)US e)Canada



6. Around ____ of Dubai’s Population is made up of Indians?

a)26% b)33% c)40% d)46% e)52%



7. Which State government has sought an assistance of about Rs 1,162 crore from the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) for development of agriculture to increase food production and improve food security during the next three years?

a)Karnataka b)UP c)Andhra Pradesh d)Gujarat e)none of these



8. ‘Arogyasi’ the most successful health insurance scheme launched by which of the following state?

a)Tamilnadu b)Andhra Pradesh c)Maharashtra d)Kerala e)Karnataka



9. Madhu Koda has been arrested in a disproportionate assets case. He was the former Chief Minister of which state?

a)Haryana b)Chhattisgarh c)Jharkhand d)Bihar e)none



10. Which Committee has suggested the minimum shareholding of Government equity of nationalized bank should be brought down to 33%?

a)T R Andhyarujina b)Narasimhan Committee c)Rangarajan Committee d)Mukherjee Committee e)Tarapore Committee



11. Who is newly elected President of Honduras?

a)Rafael Pinada Ponce b)Porfirio Lobo c)Roberto Mitcheletti d)Maria Antonieta e)none



12. Which Mutual fund is the first to provide facility to investors to trade in NSE after SEBI allowed mutual funds to be traded through stock exchanges?

a)Reliance Mutual fund b)SBI Mutual fund c)LIC Mutual fund d)UTI Mutual fund e)Prudential Mutual fund



13. Which country is not a member of G-33?

a)India b)Cuba c)Pakistan d)China e)All are members of G-33



14. L&T signed a joint venture agreement with NPCIL to set up a company in _________ state for the production of special steel and ultra-heavy forgings with an investment of 1,725 crore?

a)UP b)Punjab c)Gujarat d)Maharashtra e)none of these



15. Which Country held a Cabinet meet in Everest Region to highlight the impact on Climate Change recently?

a)China b)France c)Maldives d)UK e)Nepal



16. Who has been selected for the first PCRF-NDTV National RTI Award?

a)Karan Thapar b)Bharkha Dutt c)Prannoy Roy d)Shyamlal Yadav e)Shireen Bann



17. Currently Praful Patel holds which of the following posts?

a)Indian Overseas Minister b)Water Resources c)IT & Broadcasting d)Civil Aviation Minister e)none of these



18. Roger Federer won the Wimbeldon Men’s Single Title 2009 by defeating?

a)Rafael Nadal b)Robin Soderling c)Andy Roddick d)Andy Murray e)Noval Djokovic



19. How many Emirates form a United Arab Emirates?

a)Five b)Six c)Seven d)Eight e)Four



20. ‘Real’ is the currency of which of the following countries?

a)South Africa b)Mexico c)Cuba d)South Korea e)Brazil

POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 11:00

LABELS: AGRICULTURE, ANDHRA PRADESH, GOVERNMENT, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, INDIA, SOUTH KOREA

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Aditya said...

1.A

2.E

3.A

4.A

5.D President Obama announced that he will lift a 22-year-old ban on entry into the United States for people infected with HIV/AIDS. SOURCE: CNN.COM



6.NONE OF THE OPTIONS ARE CORRECT 26.1% Arab (of whom 17% are Emirati)

42.3% Indian

13.3% Pakistani

7.5% Bangladeshi

2.5% Filipino

1.5% Sri Lankan

0.9% European

0.3% American

5.7% other countries



7.C The AP State government has sought an assistance of about Rs. 1,162 crore from International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) for development of agriculture to increase food production and improve food security during the next three years.



8.B

9.C

10.B

11.B

12.D

13.E

14.C

15.E

16.D

17.D

18.C

19.C

20.E



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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2009

Current Affairs 2009(PTR)

Civil Nuclear Deal with India:

Canada became the Eight country to sign Civil Nuclear Agreement with India on Nov 29th 2009 after the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group(NSG) lifted a 34-year-old ban on nuclear commerce in September last year(2008).

India has already signed similar pacts with

1)US(Oct 08) 2)France(Oct 08) 3)Russia(Dec 08) 4)Kazakhstan(Jan 09) 5)Namibia(Aug-Sep 09) 6)Mongolia(Sep 09) 7)Argentina(Oct 09)

World & Indian Beauties 2009:

 Miss Earth 2009 – Larissa Ramos(Brazil)

 Miss Universe 2009 - Stefania Fernandez(Venezuela)

 Miss World 2009 - Kaiane Aldorino(Gibraltar).

 Miss India World 2009 – Pooja Chopra(Maharashtra)

 Miss India Universe 2009 – Ekta Chowdary(UP)

 Miss India Earth 2009 – Shriya Kishore(Maharashtra)

 Miss India International 2009 – Harshita Saxena

Awards by Sports Illustrated India:

 Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year 2009 – Saina Nehwal(Badminton)

 Young Player of the Year 2009 - Virat Kohli(Cricketer)

 International Sportsperson of the year 2009 – Usain Bolt(Jamaica)

 Lifetime Achievement Award – Raj Singh Dugarpur(Cricketer)

62nd World Newspaper Congress Meeting in Hyderabad:

 WAN-IFRA has been created by the merger of the World Association of Newspapers(WAN) and IFRA, the research and service organization for the news publishing industry.

 Gavin O'Reilly elected as the first President of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA).

 Horst Pirker, Chairman of the Board of Austria-based Styria Media, was elected first Vice President and will take over the presidency from O'Reilly, after his term ends in December 2010.Pirker had been President of IFRA.

 O'Reilly, who was President of WAN until the merger in July this year, was elected President of the new organization at its first Annual General Meeting, during the ongoing 62nd World Newspaper Congress and World Editors Forum.

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kiran said...

Can you please advise for OBC bank exam on sunday. Pattern is bit differnt. English section is also have marks.



Please advise how many questions I have to atempt in each section.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 09, 2009 4:36:00 PM



Varun Reddy said...

Attempt Maximum questions...Say I would prefer...

Apt-40Q in 30 minutes(95% accuracy)

Res-60Q in 50 minutes('''''''''''')

GA--35Q in 25 minutes('''''''''''')

Eng-40Q in 30 minutes('''''''''''')

This is only an example..if you can attempt more..you are welcome...but maintain accuracy...bcoz -ve marking is there..!!!But the total must cross touch around 130 or more marks..If ur a General Candidate...

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 09, 2009 9:27:00 PM



kiran said...

Thanks...

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Quiz on 2009-10 Summits - 33

1. Which Country hosted the 15th ASEAN Summit in 2009?

a)Singapore b)Thailand c)Malaysia d)Philippines e)Bali



2. Which of the following Countries will host the G20 Summit in 2010?

a)Canada b)Pittsburg c)London d)Australia e)South Korea



3. The first ever EU-Pakistan summit held at __________?

a)Islamabad b)Sharm EL Sheikh c)Brussels d)London e)none of these



4. In 2009 Italy hosted which of the following summits?

a)G-5 b)G-8 c)G-77 d)G-20 e)none of these



5. The 2009 NAM summit held at ________?

a)Havana b)Sharm El Sheikh c)Tehran d) Rio De Janeiro e) Delhi



6. Which Country will host the XXXI Olympics in 2016?

a)UK b)Greece c)Brazil d)South Korea e)none of these



7. The 155th OPEC meeting is slated to be held in December 2009 at ___________?

a)Venezuela b)UAE c)Qatar d)Angola e)Nigeria



8. Which Country will host the United Nations Climate Change Conference(UNCCC) in December 2009?

a)India b)US c)China d)Japan e)Denmark



9. The Indian Economic Summit 2009 held at which of the following cities?

a)Delhi b)Chennai c)Hyderabad d)Bangalore e)Mumbai



10. The APEC 2009 summit was held in which of the following countries?

a)Singapore b)Peru c)Japan d)US e)Indonesia



11. The eighth Indo-Gulf Conference held in _________?

a)Hyderabad b)Delhi c)Thiruvananthapuram d)Lucknow e)Chennai



12. The First ever BRIC Summit in 2009 held at which of the following countries?

a)Egypt b)Russia c)China d)Brazil e)India



13. Pittsburg have been hosted which of the following summits in 2009?

a)G-5 b)G-8 c)G-77 d)G-20 e)US-Pakistan



14. The 10th India-EU Summit in 2009 held in________?

a)Brussels b)Davos c)Delhi d)London e)Bengaluru



15. The UNSC (United Nations Security Council) Summit in 2009 held in which of the following countries?

a)USA b)Russia c)China d)France e)UK



16. The Second Africa-South America(ASA) summit in 2009 held in ___________?

a)Venezuela b)Brazil c)Egypt d)South Africa e)Nigeria



17. The 7th Indo-ASEAN Bilateral Summit held in_______?

a)Japan b)Singapore c)Philippines d)Thailand e)Malaysia



18. The 2009 EU–USA Summit held at ________?

a)London b)Brussels c)Prague d)Pittsburg e)Washington



19. The Fourth East-ASEAN Summit in 2009 held in_________?

a)Cha-am Hua Hin b)Hanoi c)Kuala Lumpur d)Singapore e)none of these



20. Which Country hosted the SCO(Shanghai Cooperation Organization) in 2009?

a)China b)Tajikistan c)Russia d)Kazakhstan e)Kyrgyzstan



Note:

1st question :: ASEAN Summit in 2010 - Hanoi(Vietnam).

2nd question :: G-20 Summit in April 2009 - London, September 2009 - Pittsburg

June 2010 - Canada, November 2009 - South Korea



4th question :: G-8 Summit in 2010 - Canada

in 2011 - France

12th question :: BRIC summit in 2010 - Brazil.

POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 19:14

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Aditya said...

1.B The 15th ASEAN Summit was held from October 23-25, 2009, in Hua Hin, Cha Am,Thailand.





2. A & E BOTH. The leaders of the world 20 largest economies will meet in Canada in June and Korea in November for economic policy coordination. G-20 leaders will gather once a year for a routine summit starting 2011. In the interim year of 2010, Canada and South Korea will host two rounds in June and November respectively. South Korea assumes the forum chairmanship next year.



So varun put option both A & E



3.C The first EU-Pakistan Summit was held in Brussels on 17 June 2009. The EU was represented by President Vaclav Klaus of the Czech Republic. The Islamic Republic of Pakistan was represented by President Asif Ali Zardari.



4.B Italy hosted The 35th G8 summit on July 8–10, 2009.



5.B Sharm El Sheikh, July 11-16, 2009

6.C

7.D 155th (Extraordinary) Meeting of the OPEC Conference 22 December 2009 At Luanda, Angola. 156th (Ordinary) Meeting of the OPEC Conference 17 March 2010 At Vienna, Austria.



8.E The United Nations Climate Change Conference will take place at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark, between December 7 and December 18, 2009



9.A

10.A

11.E

12.B

13.D

14.C

15.A

16.A

17.D

18.E

19.A held on 25 October 2009 in Cha-am and Hua Hin, Thailand.The Fourth East Asia Summit was rescheduled several times, had its venue changed and one attempt to hold it was cancelled due to the 2008–2009 Thai political crisis.



20.A

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Quiz on 2009-10 Summits - 33

1. Which Country hosted the 15th ASEAN Summit in 2009?

a)Singapore b)Thailand c)Malaysia d)Philippines e)Bali



2. Which of the following Countries will host the G20 Summit in 2010?

a)Canada b)Pittsburg c)London d)Australia e)South Korea



3. The first ever EU-Pakistan summit held at __________?

a)Islamabad b)Sharm EL Sheikh c)Brussels d)London e)none of these



4. In 2009 Italy hosted which of the following summits?

a)G-5 b)G-8 c)G-77 d)G-20 e)none of these



5. The 2009 NAM summit held at ________?

a)Havana b)Sharm El Sheikh c)Tehran d) Rio De Janeiro e) Delhi



6. Which Country will host the XXXI Olympics in 2016?

a)UK b)Greece c)Brazil d)South Korea e)none of these



7. The 155th OPEC meeting is slated to be held in December 2009 at ___________?

a)Venezuela b)UAE c)Qatar d)Angola e)Nigeria



8. Which Country will host the United Nations Climate Change Conference(UNCCC) in December 2009?

a)India b)US c)China d)Japan e)Denmark



9. The Indian Economic Summit 2009 held at which of the following cities?

a)Delhi b)Chennai c)Hyderabad d)Bangalore e)Mumbai



10. The APEC 2009 summit was held in which of the following countries?

a)Singapore b)Peru c)Japan d)US e)Indonesia



11. The eighth Indo-Gulf Conference held in _________?

a)Hyderabad b)Delhi c)Thiruvananthapuram d)Lucknow e)Chennai



12. The First ever BRIC Summit in 2009 held at which of the following countries?

a)Egypt b)Russia c)China d)Brazil e)India



13. Pittsburg have been hosted which of the following summits in 2009?

a)G-5 b)G-8 c)G-77 d)G-20 e)US-Pakistan



14. The 10th India-EU Summit in 2009 held in________?

a)Brussels b)Davos c)Delhi d)London e)Bengaluru



15. The UNSC (United Nations Security Council) Summit in 2009 held in which of the following countries?

a)USA b)Russia c)China d)France e)UK



16. The Second Africa-South America(ASA) summit in 2009 held in ___________?

a)Venezuela b)Brazil c)Egypt d)South Africa e)Nigeria



17. The 7th Indo-ASEAN Bilateral Summit held in_______?

a)Japan b)Singapore c)Philippines d)Thailand e)Malaysia



18. The 2009 EU–USA Summit held at ________?

a)London b)Brussels c)Prague d)Pittsburg e)Washington



19. The Fourth East-ASEAN Summit in 2009 held in_________?

a)Cha-am Hua Hin b)Hanoi c)Kuala Lumpur d)Singapore e)none of these



20. Which Country hosted the SCO(Shanghai Cooperation Organization) in 2009?

a)China b)Tajikistan c)Russia d)Kazakhstan e)Kyrgyzstan



Note:

1st question :: ASEAN Summit in 2010 - Hanoi(Vietnam).

2nd question :: G-20 Summit in April 2009 - London, September 2009 - Pittsburg

June 2010 - Canada, November 2009 - South Korea



4th question :: G-8 Summit in 2010 - Canada

in 2011 - France

12th question :: BRIC summit in 2010 - Brazil.

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Aditya said...

1.B The 15th ASEAN Summit was held from October 23-25, 2009, in Hua Hin, Cha Am,Thailand.





2. A & E BOTH. The leaders of the world 20 largest economies will meet in Canada in June and Korea in November for economic policy coordination. G-20 leaders will gather once a year for a routine summit starting 2011. In the interim year of 2010, Canada and South Korea will host two rounds in June and November respectively. South Korea assumes the forum chairmanship next year.



So varun put option both A & E



3.C The first EU-Pakistan Summit was held in Brussels on 17 June 2009. The EU was represented by President Vaclav Klaus of the Czech Republic. The Islamic Republic of Pakistan was represented by President Asif Ali Zardari.



4.B Italy hosted The 35th G8 summit on July 8–10, 2009.



5.B Sharm El Sheikh, July 11-16, 2009

6.C

7.D 155th (Extraordinary) Meeting of the OPEC Conference 22 December 2009 At Luanda, Angola. 156th (Ordinary) Meeting of the OPEC Conference 17 March 2010 At Vienna, Austria.



8.E The United Nations Climate Change Conference will take place at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark, between December 7 and December 18, 2009



9.A

10.A

11.E

12.B

13.D

14.C

15.A

16.A

17.D

18.E

19.A held on 25 October 2009 in Cha-am and Hua Hin, Thailand.The Fourth East Asia Summit was rescheduled several times, had its venue changed and one attempt to hold it was cancelled due to the 2008–2009 Thai political crisis.



20.A

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Current Affairs Quiz 2009 - 31

1. The world’s first Satellite dedicated to monitoring green house gas emissions was launched by which country?

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



2. Abidine Ben Ali was re-elected as the president of which of the following country?

a)Taiwan b)Sudan c)Peru d)Tunisia e)Palestine



3. Which of the following is first bank in India to offer Internet Banking service?

a)SBI b)PNB c)ICICI Bank d)Federal Bank e)Canara Bank

4. The country with highest population density?

a)India b)Pakistan c)China d)US e)none of these



5. ‘QUARK-2009’ is a ____________?

a)India-Russia joint Naval exercise

b)India’s ambitious project to Mars

c)China-Russia joint Naval exercise

d)exhibition on peaceful uses of Nuclear Energy

e)none



6. Vaclav Klaus was in news recently. He is the President of which of the following countries?

a)Sweden b)Poland c)Czech Republic d)Denmark e)Ireland



7. The Golden Horse awards are equivalent to Oscars of which country?

a)South Korea b)Russia c)China d)Japan e)Malaysia



8. Recently which country tested the ‘Hsiungfeng 2E’ missile?

a)Syria b)North Korea c)Canada d)Israel e)Taiwan



9. Justice Leila Seth was the first woman to become Chief Justice of which high court?

a)Tamilnadu b)Delhi c)Uttar Pradesh d)Karnataka e)none



10. Who has been nominated for the Lal Bahadur Shastri Award for the year 2009?

a)O P Bhatt b)Sunil Mittal c)Ajim Premji d)Lakshmi Mittal e)Ratan Tata



11. Samprupa, the world’s first cloned buffalo calf, was cloned by scientist from which of the following countries?

a)China b)US c)India d)UAE e)Canada



12. In India how many states are in Special Category, in which they get higher share of Union government’s resource allocation?

a)7 b)9 c)10 d)11 e)12



13. Trading in which of the following futures restarted on NCDEX and MCX on 21st May 2009?

a)Sugar b)Jute c)Turmeric d)Soya e)Wheat



14. FIFA has suspended which country’s football association?

a)Fiji b)Iraq c)Sudan d)Kenya e)none



15. Who penned the book ‘A Brief History of Time’?

a)Stephen Hawking b)Sonia Gandhi c)Amartya Sen d)J G Ballard e)Abdul Kalam



16. The fifth edition of the Indo-Nippon Golf Cup 2010 will be held at _________?

a)Shillong b)Delhi c)Ahmedabad d)Delhi e)Hyderabad



17. Which of the following is not a foreign bank operating in India?

a)HSBC b)Standard Chartered c)Barclays d)Yes Bank e)All are foreign Banks



18. Kaiga Atomic Power Plant is located in which of the following states?

a)Karnataka b)Maharashtra c)Tamilnadu d)Rajasthan e)none of these



19. The Official & Permanent Venue of IFFA?

a)Delhi b)Chennai c)Mumbai d)Goa e)Kolkatta



20. Arvind Jhadav is related to ____?

a)Jet Airways b)Air India c)Paramount Airways d)Kingfisher Airlines e)none



Note:

Answer for 5th question:The Annual National Level Technical festival of BITS Pilani.

Answer for 9th question: Himachal Pradesh.

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009

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 4th b)Feb 9th c)Dec 4th d)Jan 19th 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



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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Quiz On General Awareness - 29

1. Which Country has bought 2 metric tons of gold for nearly 72 million dollars from IMF?

a)China b)India c)Mauritius d)South Africa e)Singapore



2. Which of the following countries will host the 2011 World Robot Olympiad (WRO)?

a)India b)South Africa c)Argentina d)Kuwait e)UAE



3. Asok Bose recently passed away. He was a famous __________?

a)Painter b)Musician c)Press Photographer d)Singer e)writer



4. India has contributed USD ________ to the International Fund for Elimination of Doping in Sports for Commonwealth Games that to be held at Delhi next year?

a)10,000 b)20,000 c)30,000 d)40,000 e)50,000



5. Who won the Formula one World Title this year?

a)Jenson Button b)Sebastian Vettel c)Lewis Hamilton d)Damon Hill e)none



6. GMR Group of Bangalore has become the first Indian company to operate an airport abroad with the formal opening of the new terminal building in which of the following countries?

a)Nepal b)Bangladesh c)Afghanistan d)Turkey e)Srilanka



7. Pakistan Cricket Board would receive approximately USD _________ as hosting fees for shifting of 2011 World Cup matches out of the country due to security concern?

a)10 million b)25 million c)40 million d)65 million e)1 billion



8. Which two teams to play final in Davis Cup which is scheduled to be held from Dec 4th in Spain?

a)Poland & Spain

b)Spain & Czech Republic

c)India & Spain

d)Serbia & Czech Republic

e)US & Poland



9. D R Meena has appointed as the new ________________?

a)Adviser to the Law Minister

b)Adviser to the Defence Minister

c)Chief of Indian Legal Service

d)Law Secretary

e)none of these



10. The Union Government has decided to give _________ crores to West Bengal for conservation of tigers in Sunderban and Buxa sanctuaries of the state.

a)100 crores b)300 crores c)420 crores d)525 crores e)650 crores



11. With which country/organization India have signed an agreement for cooperation in the field of Fusion Energy Research and agreed over the free trade treaty by next year to boost trade and investment?

a)Australia b)US c)South Korea d)SAARC e)European Union



12. Who among the following topped in World most powerful people compiled by Forbes List?

a)Osama Bin Laden b)Sonia Gandhi c)Vladimir Putin d)Barack Obama e)none of these



13. With which country India has agreed to work together on quality assurance and developing a framework in higher education as well as vocational education and training.

a)US b)France c)UK d)Malaysia e)Australia



14. How many medals won by India in the 18th Asian Athletics Championship held in China?

a)none b)three c)one d)two e)five



15. Who has been chosen for the brand ambassador of the Special Olympics for physically and mentally challenged children?

a)Dalip Singh Rana(The Great Khali(WWE) b)Katrina kaif c)Amir Khan d)Sachin Tendulkar e)none



16. Liberhan Commission is related to which of the following?

a)Disinvestment in PSU’s

b)Students Studying in Abroad

c)Demolition of Babri Masjid

d)Tax Rebates

e)none



17. Who is the present External Affairs Minister in India?

a)Nirupama Rao b)Meera Shankar c)Manmohan Singh d)S M Krishna e)Shiv Shankar Menon



18. Which country will open the worlds first Arabic Language internet Domain?

a)Pakistan b)Egypt c)Kuwait d)UAE e)Iran



19. What would be the ‘E’ in GEAC(Genetic E……….. Approval Committee)?

a)Experimental b)Export c)Employed d)Engineering e)none





20. New Direct Tax Codes (DTC) will be introduced in which of the following years?

a)2009 b)2010 c)2011 d)2012 e)2015

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Quiz on General Awareness 28

1. Who was crowned as Miss Earth 2009?

a)Sandra Seifert b)Jessica Barboza c)Larissa Ramos d) Izabela Wilczek e) Shriya Kishore



2. Saina Nehwal won the Indonesia Open 2009 by defeating __________ ?

a)Wang Lin b)Lee Yong Dae c)Wang Chen d)Zhu Lin e)none



3. Sheikh Hasina has been Chosen for the prestigious Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development 2009.She belongs to which country?

a)Myanmar b)India c)Pakistan d)Bangladesh e)Iran



4. Which company has won the prestigious Government of India Patent Award 2009?

a)Infosys b)Bill Gates Foundation c)Wockhardt Limited d)Tata Motors e)SBI



5. Which bank has won the National Award for its role in supporting the Khadi & Village Industries in Southern Zone?

a)Corporation Bank b)Canara Bank c)SBI d)Andhra Bank e)none



6. V.K.Saraswat has been appointed as Director-General of ________?

a)Vikram Sarabhai Space Center b)BSF c)CISF d)DRDO e)RAW



7. How many model schools are set up by central government for putting primary education programme on a fast track?

A)2500 b)3000 c)4000 d)4500 e)6000



8. To keep monitor interaction between the doctors and patients which state/UT has decided to install CCTV cameras in government hospitals?

a) Haryana b)Tamilnadu c)Delhi d)Andhra Pradesh e)UP



9. What is Stagflation?

a)Inflation with growth

b)Deflation with growth

c)Inflation after Deflation

d)Deflation after inflation

e)Inflation with depression



10. Who has been appointed as Media Adviser to Prime Minister?

a)Y. S Bhave b)Harish Khare c)Pradeep Kumar d)Sunil Mitra e)A P Chaudary



11. Who among the following are not a Deputy Governor of RBI at present?

a)S. Gopinath b)K.C Chakrabarty c)Rakesh Mohan d)Usha Thorat e)none of these



12. Which Country will host the ICC T-20 World Cup in 2010?

a)India b)England c)South Africa d)Australia & New Zealand e)none



13. Which of the following associates of State Bank of India planning to merge in SBI?

a)State Bank of Saurashtra b)State Bank of Travancore c)State Bank of Hyderabad d)State Bank of Indore e)State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur



14. Justice Bilal Nazki has been appointed as Chief Justice of which of the following states?

a)Karnataka b)Gujarat c)Orissa d)Assam e)Madhya Pradesh



15. Which Country is the biggest Supplier of Uranium in the World?

A)Australia b)Canada c)France d)Kazhakastan e)Russia



16. ‘Two States’ is a book written by?

A)Shashi Tharoor b)Vikram Seth c)Hillary Clinton d)Nandita Das e)Chetan Bhagat



17. Among which of the following persons recently President Pratibha Patel nominated to Rajya Sabha?

a)H K Dua b)Geet Sethi c)A K Ganguly d)Both a & b e)Both a & c



18. Gulshan Kumar Mehta recently died, he was a famous __________ ?

a)Poet b)Lyricist c)Painter d)Actor e)none



19. Lars Lokke Rasmussen is the new prime minister of which of the following countries?

a)Denmark b)Hungary c)Sweden d)Austria e)Poland



20. How many crores are sanctioned by NABARD to Uttar Pradesh for irrigation, rural and bridge projects?

a)157 crores b)270 crores c)320 crores d)525 crore d)none

POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 16:24 3 COMMENTS

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Corporation Bank PO General Awareness Paper 2009

1) Which of the following is not a core sector?

ANS:Road Transport



2) Late YS Reddy belongs to which party?

Ans:Congress(not given in options)



3) Mahila Court in Every district in which state?

Ans:Andhra Pradesh



4) Nepal Republic day

Ans:May 29th



5) Pankaj Advani belongs to which sport?

Ans:Snooker(not given in Options)



6)Bank rate-6%



7)SLR-25%( not given in options)



8)World Green index Top position-India



9) Awacs from - Israel



10) UEFA Champions Leauge won -Barcelona



11) RBI Technical Committee-Usha Thorat



12) PM did not contested from any of the given Constituenties

Ans:is none(not given in options)(He is Rajya Sabha Member from Assam)



13) FIFA World Cup 2010-South Africa



14) Mardika cup related to - FootBall



15) Deep Joshi awarded - Ramon Magsaysay Award



16) Nirupama Rao - Foreign Secretary



17) Four cabinet Women ministers elected in - Kuwait



18) Sajjil-2 missile tested by - Iran



19) Gas pipeline between - Iran & Pakistan



20) Tiger Summit-Rajasthan



21) Nepal Republic Day- May 29th 2009



22) Who won the Spanish International Badminton Tournament champions - Sayali Gokhale



23) CEO of the Year by Global Supply Chain Leaders Group – Indra Nooyi



24) PPP-Purchasing Power Parity



25) How many crores are allocated for Rural water -50,000 crore



26) 100 crores are assested for - Tata Institute of Social Sciene



27)Which scheme is success under Bharat Nirman ?



28) Which country is planning to probe a mars in Space?



29) One Question on Economic Survey



30) One Railway Budget question



31) Two questions on books and authors?



32) One Union Budget question



Note:Questions are not as same as in the Paper, but the content is write.If you know the exact questions/answers plz post in a comment box, i will post it.So that it will helpful to New/old PO aspirants for referring.Some Answers are estimated may not be sure.

POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 10:25 0 COMMENTS

LABELS: 2009, 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP, CORPORATION BANK, PANKAJ ADVANI, SPORT

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2009

SBI Clerical General Awareness questions 12 - 2009







Source:Sakshi

POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 09:14 0 COMMENTS

LABELS: ECONOMY OF INDIA, INDIA, INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND, RESERVE BANK OF INDIA, US

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2009

SBI Clerical General Awareness 11 - 2009







Source:Sakshi

POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 11:37 0 COMMENTS

LABELS: PREVIOUS PAPER, RESERVE BANK OF INDIA, TIME MANAGEMENT

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2009

SBI Clerical General Awreness 10 - 2009







Source:Sakshi

POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 11:14 0 COMMENTS

LABELS: PREVIOUS PAPER, RAFAEL NADAL, ROGER FEDERER, STATE BANK OF INDIA

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Quiz on General Awareness 27

1. Who is Chairman of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)?

a)Sam Pitroda b)M S Swaminathan c)R K Pachauri d)Alok Mishra e)none



2. Who is the first player in the Test Cricket to cross 10,000 runs?

a)Allan Border b)Sunil Gavaskar c)Sachin Tendulkar d)Brain Lara e)Steve Waugh



3. Which Bank has been awarded the Financial Express Best Banks: Best Banker of the Year Award 2008?

a)ICICI b)Axis Bank c)HDFC d)PNB e)SBI



4. Ben Bernake is associated with?

a)ADB b) World Bank c)IMF d)Federal Reserve e)FBI



5. Name the Supreme Commander of India at present?

a)Manmohan Singh b)Deepak Kapoor c)P V Naik d)P Chidambaram e)Pratibha Patil



6.Manmohan Singh has been at what position in the list of Most Powerful People in the World compiled by Forbes Magazine?

a)4th b)19th c)31st d)36th e)50th



7. Sachin Tendulkar has become the ____ player in the Test history of the game to have an international career spanning more than 20 years .

a)1st b)2nd c)3rd d)9th e)16th



8.India and ASEAN have set the ______________ as the deadline for reaching an agreement for opening services trade.

a)April 2010 b)December 2009 c)August 2010 d)December 2010 e)May 2010



9. Expand IDP?

a)Indian Displaced Persons

b)Internal Discussion Panel

c)Initial Developed programme

d)Internally Displaced Persons

e)none



10. Roger Federer has won the two Grand Slam Titles this year 2009.what are those?

a)Australian Open,French Open

b)Wimbeldon,French Open

c)US Open,Wimbeldon

d)Australian Open,Wimbeldon

e)French Open,US Open



11.Who has been conferred with Satyajit Ray Award for his contribution to Indian Cinemas?

A)Amitabh Bachchan b)Rajesh Khanna c)Kamala Hasan d)Basu Chatterjee e)none



12.Which IIM(Indian Institute of Management) has been recognized as the No.1 business school in India, A/c to the 2009 worldwide business school ranking carried out by Eduniversal.

a)IIM-Bangalore b)IIM Ahmedabad c)IIM Kolkatta d)IIM Indore e)none



13.Which of the following is not a member of UN Security Council?

a)China b)France c)UK d)Russia e)Germany



14.Hamid Karzai has been re-elected as the President of which of the following countries?

a)Iran b)Saudi Arabia c)Afghanistan d)Kuwait e)Iraq



15.Which of the following sector is the biggest tax evader in 2008-09?

a)Financial b)Real Estate c)Manufacturing d)Arts & Films e)none



16.What is the limit of the upper circuit that halts the Trading for a Day?

a)5% b)10% c)15% d)20% e)30%



17. What is LCROSS?

a)It is border between India and Pakistan

b)It is a border between India and China

c)It was a Robetic Space craft(launched by NASA.)

d)Missile tested by North Korea

e)Missile tested by Iran.



18.Many times we see the word F & O in the financial Newspapers. what is the full form of it?

a)Fixed Operation

b)Futures Opinion

c) Financial Operation

d)Fiscal Operation

e)Futures Options



19.Who is the author of the book ‘India: From Midnight to the Millenium’?

a)Amartya Sen b)R K Narayanan c)Shashi Tharoor d)Abdul Kalam e)V S Naipaul



20.Rovers Cup is associated with sport?

A)Football b)Hockey c)Cricket d)Badminton e)Tennis

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Current Affairs Quiz 2009 - 31

1. The world’s first Satellite dedicated to monitoring green house gas emissions was launched by which country?

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



2. Abidine Ben Ali was re-elected as the president of which of the following country?

a)Taiwan b)Sudan c)Peru d)Tunisia e)Palestine



3. Which of the following is first bank in India to offer Internet Banking service?

a)SBI b)PNB c)ICICI Bank d)Federal Bank e)Canara Bank

4. The country with highest population density?

a)India b)Pakistan c)China d)US e)none of these



5. ‘QUARK-2009’ is a ____________?

a)India-Russia joint Naval exercise

b)India’s ambitious project to Mars

c)China-Russia joint Naval exercise

d)exhibition on peaceful uses of Nuclear Energy

e)none



6. Vaclav Klaus was in news recently. He is the President of which of the following countries?

a)Sweden b)Poland c)Czech Republic d)Denmark e)Ireland



7. The Golden Horse awards are equivalent to Oscars of which country?

a)South Korea b)Russia c)China d)Japan e)Malaysia



8. Recently which country tested the ‘Hsiungfeng 2E’ missile?

a)Syria b)North Korea c)Canada d)Israel e)Taiwan



9. Justice Leila Seth was the first woman to become Chief Justice of which high court?

a)Tamilnadu b)Delhi c)Uttar Pradesh d)Karnataka e)none



10. Who has been nominated for the Lal Bahadur Shastri Award for the year 2009?

a)O P Bhatt b)Sunil Mittal c)Ajim Premji d)Lakshmi Mittal e)Ratan Tata



11. Samprupa, the world’s first cloned buffalo calf, was cloned by scientist from which of the following countries?

a)China b)US c)India d)UAE e)Canada



12. In India how many states are in Special Category, in which they get higher share of Union government’s resource allocation?

a)7 b)9 c)10 d)11 e)12



13. Trading in which of the following futures restarted on NCDEX and MCX on 21st May 2009?

a)Sugar b)Jute c)Turmeric d)Soya e)Wheat



14. FIFA has suspended which country’s football association?

a)Fiji b)Iraq c)Sudan d)Kenya e)none



15. Who penned the book ‘A Brief History of Time’?

a)Stephen Hawking b)Sonia Gandhi c)Amartya Sen d)J G Ballard e)Abdul Kalam



16. The fifth edition of the Indo-Nippon Golf Cup 2010 will be held at _________?

a)Shillong b)Delhi c)Ahmedabad d)Delhi e)Hyderabad



17. Which of the following is not a foreign bank operating in India?

a)HSBC b)Standard Chartered c)Barclays d)Yes Bank e)All are foreign Banks



18. Kaiga Atomic Power Plant is located in which of the following states?

a)Karnataka b)Maharashtra c)Tamilnadu d)Rajasthan e)none of these



19. The Official & Permanent Venue of IFFA?

a)Delhi b)Chennai c)Mumbai d)Goa e)Kolkatta



20. Arvind Jhadav is related to ____?

a)Jet Airways b)Air India c)Paramount Airways d)Kingfisher Airlines e)none



Note:

Answer for 5th question:The Annual National Level Technical festival of BITS Pilani.

Answer for 9th question: Himachal Pradesh.

POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 16:12 5 COMMENTS

LABELS: CZECH REPUBLIC, INDIA, ISRAEL, LEILA SETH, NORTH KOREA, PAKISTAN, RUSSIA, US

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009

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 4th b)Feb 9th c)Dec 4th d)Jan 19th 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



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LABELS: EUROPEAN COUNCIL, EUROPEAN UNION, HERMAN VAN ROMPUY, INDIA, JOSÉ MANUEL BARROSO, KARNATAKA, KERALA, PRIME MINISTER, SOCIETY AND CULTURE, TONY BLAIR, VEERAPPA MOILY

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Quiz On General Awareness - 29

1. Which Country has bought 2 metric tons of gold for nearly 72 million dollars from IMF?

a)China b)India c)Mauritius d)South Africa e)Singapore



2. Which of the following countries will host the 2011 World Robot Olympiad (WRO)?

a)India b)South Africa c)Argentina d)Kuwait e)UAE



3. Asok Bose recently passed away. He was a famous __________?

a)Painter b)Musician c)Press Photographer d)Singer e)writer



4. India has contributed USD ________ to the International Fund for Elimination of Doping in Sports for Commonwealth Games that to be held at Delhi next year?

a)10,000 b)20,000 c)30,000 d)40,000 e)50,000



5. Who won the Formula one World Title this year?

a)Jenson Button b)Sebastian Vettel c)Lewis Hamilton d)Damon Hill e)none



6. GMR Group of Bangalore has become the first Indian company to operate an airport abroad with the formal opening of the new terminal building in which of the following countries?

a)Nepal b)Bangladesh c)Afghanistan d)Turkey e)Srilanka



7. Pakistan Cricket Board would receive approximately USD _________ as hosting fees for shifting of 2011 World Cup matches out of the country due to security concern?

a)10 million b)25 million c)40 million d)65 million e)1 billion



8. Which two teams to play final in Davis Cup which is scheduled to be held from Dec 4th in Spain?

a)Poland & Spain

b)Spain & Czech Republic

c)India & Spain

d)Serbia & Czech Republic

e)US & Poland



9. D R Meena has appointed as the new ________________?

a)Adviser to the Law Minister

b)Adviser to the Defence Minister

c)Chief of Indian Legal Service

d)Law Secretary

e)none of these



10. The Union Government has decided to give _________ crores to West Bengal for conservation of tigers in Sunderban and Buxa sanctuaries of the state.

a)100 crores b)300 crores c)420 crores d)525 crores e)650 crores



11. With which country/organization India have signed an agreement for cooperation in the field of Fusion Energy Research and agreed over the free trade treaty by next year to boost trade and investment?

a)Australia b)US c)South Korea d)SAARC e)European Union



12. Who among the following topped in World most powerful people compiled by Forbes List?

a)Osama Bin Laden b)Sonia Gandhi c)Vladimir Putin d)Barack Obama e)none of these



13. With which country India has agreed to work together on quality assurance and developing a framework in higher education as well as vocational education and training.

a)US b)France c)UK d)Malaysia e)Australia



14. How many medals won by India in the 18th Asian Athletics Championship held in China?

a)none b)three c)one d)two e)five



15. Who has been chosen for the brand ambassador of the Special Olympics for physically and mentally challenged children?

a)Dalip Singh Rana(The Great Khali(WWE) b)Katrina kaif c)Amir Khan d)Sachin Tendulkar e)none



16. Liberhan Commission is related to which of the following?

a)Disinvestment in PSU’s

b)Students Studying in Abroad

c)Demolition of Babri Masjid

d)Tax Rebates

e)none



17. Who is the present External Affairs Minister in India?

a)Nirupama Rao b)Meera Shankar c)Manmohan Singh d)S M Krishna e)Shiv Shankar Menon



18. Which country will open the worlds first Arabic Language internet Domain?

a)Pakistan b)Egypt c)Kuwait d)UAE e)Iran



19. What would be the ‘E’ in GEAC(Genetic E……….. Approval Committee)?

a)Experimental b)Export c)Employed d)Engineering e)none





20. New Direct Tax Codes (DTC) will be introduced in which of the following years?

a)2009 b)2010 c)2011 d)2012 e)2015

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LABELS: DAMON HILL, EMBASSIES AND CONSULATES, GOVERNMENT, INDIA, JENSON BUTTON, LEWIS HAMILTON, SEBASTIAN VETTEL, SOUTH AFRICA

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Quiz on General Awareness 28

1. Who was crowned as Miss Earth 2009?

a)Sandra Seifert b)Jessica Barboza c)Larissa Ramos d) Izabela Wilczek e) Shriya Kishore



2. Saina Nehwal won the Indonesia Open 2009 by defeating __________ ?

a)Wang Lin b)Lee Yong Dae c)Wang Chen d)Zhu Lin e)none



3. Sheikh Hasina has been Chosen for the prestigious Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development 2009.She belongs to which country?

a)Myanmar b)India c)Pakistan d)Bangladesh e)Iran



4. Which company has won the prestigious Government of India Patent Award 2009?

a)Infosys b)Bill Gates Foundation c)Wockhardt Limited d)Tata Motors e)SBI



5. Which bank has won the National Award for its role in supporting the Khadi & Village Industries in Southern Zone?

a)Corporation Bank b)Canara Bank c)SBI d)Andhra Bank e)none



6. V.K.Saraswat has been appointed as Director-General of ________?

a)Vikram Sarabhai Space Center b)BSF c)CISF d)DRDO e)RAW



7. How many model schools are set up by central government for putting primary education programme on a fast track?

A)2500 b)3000 c)4000 d)4500 e)6000



8. To keep monitor interaction between the doctors and patients which state/UT has decided to install CCTV cameras in government hospitals?

a) Haryana b)Tamilnadu c)Delhi d)Andhra Pradesh e)UP



9. What is Stagflation?

a)Inflation with growth

b)Deflation with growth

c)Inflation after Deflation

d)Deflation after inflation

e)Inflation with depression



10. Who has been appointed as Media Adviser to Prime Minister?

a)Y. S Bhave b)Harish Khare c)Pradeep Kumar d)Sunil Mitra e)A P Chaudary



11. Who among the following are not a Deputy Governor of RBI at present?

a)S. Gopinath b)K.C Chakrabarty c)Rakesh Mohan d)Usha Thorat e)none of these



12. Which Country will host the ICC T-20 World Cup in 2010?

a)India b)England c)South Africa d)Australia & New Zealand e)none



13. Which of the following associates of State Bank of India planning to merge in SBI?

a)State Bank of Saurashtra b)State Bank of Travancore c)State Bank of Hyderabad d)State Bank of Indore e)State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur



14. Justice Bilal Nazki has been appointed as Chief Justice of which of the following states?

a)Karnataka b)Gujarat c)Orissa d)Assam e)Madhya Pradesh



15. Which Country is the biggest Supplier of Uranium in the World?

A)Australia b)Canada c)France d)Kazhakastan e)Russia



16. ‘Two States’ is a book written by?

A)Shashi Tharoor b)Vikram Seth c)Hillary Clinton d)Nandita Das e)Chetan Bhagat



17. Among which of the following persons recently President Pratibha Patel nominated to Rajya Sabha?

a)H K Dua b)Geet Sethi c)A K Ganguly d)Both a & b e)Both a & c



18. Gulshan Kumar Mehta recently died, he was a famous __________ ?

a)Poet b)Lyricist c)Painter d)Actor e)none



19. Lars Lokke Rasmussen is the new prime minister of which of the following countries?

a)Denmark b)Hungary c)Sweden d)Austria e)Poland



20. How many crores are sanctioned by NABARD to Uttar Pradesh for irrigation, rural and bridge projects?

a)157 crores b)270 crores c)320 crores d)525 crore d)none

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LABELS: ANDHRA PRADESH, BUSINESS, GOVERNMENT, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, INDIA, INDIRA GANDHI PRIZE, SOCIETY AND CULTURE

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Corporation Bank PO General Awareness Paper 2009

1) Which of the following is not a core sector?

ANS:Road Transport



2) Late YS Reddy belongs to which party?

Ans:Congress(not given in options)



3) Mahila Court in Every district in which state?

Ans:Andhra Pradesh



4) Nepal Republic day

Ans:May 29th



5) Pankaj Advani belongs to which sport?

Ans:Snooker(not given in Options)



6)Bank rate-6%



7)SLR-25%( not given in options)



8)World Green index Top position-India



9) Awacs from - Israel



10) UEFA Champions Leauge won -Barcelona



11) RBI Technical Committee-Usha Thorat



12) PM did not contested from any of the given Constituenties

Ans:is none(not given in options)(He is Rajya Sabha Member from Assam)



13) FIFA World Cup 2010-South Africa



14) Mardika cup related to - FootBall



15) Deep Joshi awarded - Ramon Magsaysay Award



16) Nirupama Rao - Foreign Secretary



17) Four cabinet Women ministers elected in - Kuwait



18) Sajjil-2 missile tested by - Iran



19) Gas pipeline between - Iran & Pakistan



20) Tiger Summit-Rajasthan



21) Nepal Republic Day- May 29th 2009



22) Who won the Spanish International Badminton Tournament champions - Sayali Gokhale



23) CEO of the Year by Global Supply Chain Leaders Group – Indra Nooyi



24) PPP-Purchasing Power Parity



25) How many crores are allocated for Rural water -50,000 crore



26) 100 crores are assested for - Tata Institute of Social Sciene



27)Which scheme is success under Bharat Nirman ?



28) Which country is planning to probe a mars in Space?



29) One Question on Economic Survey



30) One Railway Budget question



31) Two questions on books and authors?



32) One Union Budget question



Note:Questions are not as same as in the Paper, but the content is write.If you know the exact questions/answers plz post in a comment box, i will post it.So that it will helpful to New/old PO aspirants for referring.Some Answers are estimated may not be sure.

POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 10:25 0 COMMENTS

LABELS: 2009, 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP, CORPORATION BANK, PANKAJ ADVANI, SPORT

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2009

SBI Clerical General Awareness questions 12 - 2009







Source:Sakshi

POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 09:14 0 COMMENTS

LABELS: ECONOMY OF INDIA, INDIA, INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND, RESERVE BANK OF INDIA, US

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2009

SBI Clerical General Awareness 11 - 2009







Source:Sakshi

POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 11:37 0 COMMENTS

LABELS: PREVIOUS PAPER, RESERVE BANK OF INDIA, TIME MANAGEMENT

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2009

SBI Clerical General Awreness 10 - 2009







Source:Sakshi

POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 11:14 0 COMMENTS

LABELS: PREVIOUS PAPER, RAFAEL NADAL, ROGER FEDERER, STATE BANK OF INDIA

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Quiz on General Awareness 27

1. Who is Chairman of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)?

a)Sam Pitroda b)M S Swaminathan c)R K Pachauri d)Alok Mishra e)none



2. Who is the first player in the Test Cricket to cross 10,000 runs?

a)Allan Border b)Sunil Gavaskar c)Sachin Tendulkar d)Brain Lara e)Steve Waugh



3. Which Bank has been awarded the Financial Express Best Banks: Best Banker of the Year Award 2008?

a)ICICI b)Axis Bank c)HDFC d)PNB e)SBI



4. Ben Bernake is associated with?

a)ADB b) World Bank c)IMF d)Federal Reserve e)FBI



5. Name the Supreme Commander of India at present?

a)Manmohan Singh b)Deepak Kapoor c)P V Naik d)P Chidambaram e)Pratibha Patil



6.Manmohan Singh has been at what position in the list of Most Powerful People in the World compiled by Forbes Magazine?

a)4th b)19th c)31st d)36th e)50th



7. Sachin Tendulkar has become the ____ player in the Test history of the game to have an international career spanning more than 20 years .

a)1st b)2nd c)3rd d)9th e)16th



8.India and ASEAN have set the ______________ as the deadline for reaching an agreement for opening services trade.

a)April 2010 b)December 2009 c)August 2010 d)December 2010 e)May 2010



9. Expand IDP?

a)Indian Displaced Persons

b)Internal Discussion Panel

c)Initial Developed programme

d)Internally Displaced Persons

e)none



10. Roger Federer has won the two Grand Slam Titles this year 2009.what are those?

a)Australian Open,French Open

b)Wimbeldon,French Open

c)US Open,Wimbeldon

d)Australian Open,Wimbeldon

e)French Open,US Open



11.Who has been conferred with Satyajit Ray Award for his contribution to Indian Cinemas?

A)Amitabh Bachchan b)Rajesh Khanna c)Kamala Hasan d)Basu Chatterjee e)none



12.Which IIM(Indian Institute of Management) has been recognized as the No.1 business school in India, A/c to the 2009 worldwide business school ranking carried out by Eduniversal.

a)IIM-Bangalore b)IIM Ahmedabad c)IIM Kolkatta d)IIM Indore e)none



13.Which of the following is not a member of UN Security Council?

a)China b)France c)UK d)Russia e)Germany



14.Hamid Karzai has been re-elected as the President of which of the following countries?

a)Iran b)Saudi Arabia c)Afghanistan d)Kuwait e)Iraq



15.Which of the following sector is the biggest tax evader in 2008-09?

a)Financial b)Real Estate c)Manufacturing d)Arts & Films e)none



16.What is the limit of the upper circuit that halts the Trading for a Day?

a)5% b)10% c)15% d)20% e)30%



17. What is LCROSS?

a)It is border between India and Pakistan

b)It is a border between India and China

c)It was a Robetic Space craft(launched by NASA.)

d)Missile tested by North Korea

e)Missile tested by Iran.



18.Many times we see the word F & O in the financial Newspapers. what is the full form of it?

a)Fixed Operation

b)Futures Opinion

c) Financial Operation

d)Fiscal Operation

e)Futures Options



19.Who is the author of the book ‘India: From Midnight to the Millenium’?

a)Amartya Sen b)R K Narayanan c)Shashi Tharoor d)Abdul Kalam e)V S Naipaul



20.Rovers Cup is associated with sport?

A)Football b)Hockey c)Cricket d)Badminton e)Tennis

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Current Affairs Quiz 2009 - 31

1. The world’s first Satellite dedicated to monitoring green house gas emissions was launched by which country?

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



2. Abidine Ben Ali was re-elected as the president of which of the following country?

a)Taiwan b)Sudan c)Peru d)Tunisia e)Palestine



3. Which of the following is first bank in India to offer Internet Banking service?

a)SBI b)PNB c)ICICI Bank d)Federal Bank e)Canara Bank

4. The country with highest population density?

a)India b)Pakistan c)China d)US e)none of these



5. ‘QUARK-2009’ is a ____________?

a)India-Russia joint Naval exercise

b)India’s ambitious project to Mars

c)China-Russia joint Naval exercise

d)exhibition on peaceful uses of Nuclear Energy

e)none



6. Vaclav Klaus was in news recently. He is the President of which of the following countries?

a)Sweden b)Poland c)Czech Republic d)Denmark e)Ireland



7. The Golden Horse awards are equivalent to Oscars of which country?

a)South Korea b)Russia c)China d)Japan e)Malaysia



8. Recently which country tested the ‘Hsiungfeng 2E’ missile?

a)Syria b)North Korea c)Canada d)Israel e)Taiwan



9. Justice Leila Seth was the first woman to become Chief Justice of which high court?

a)Tamilnadu b)Delhi c)Uttar Pradesh d)Karnataka e)none



10. Who has been nominated for the Lal Bahadur Shastri Award for the year 2009?

a)O P Bhatt b)Sunil Mittal c)Ajim Premji d)Lakshmi Mittal e)Ratan Tata



11. Samprupa, the world’s first cloned buffalo calf, was cloned by scientist from which of the following countries?

a)China b)US c)India d)UAE e)Canada



12. In India how many states are in Special Category, in which they get higher share of Union government’s resource allocation?

a)7 b)9 c)10 d)11 e)12



13. Trading in which of the following futures restarted on NCDEX and MCX on 21st May 2009?

a)Sugar b)Jute c)Turmeric d)Soya e)Wheat



14. FIFA has suspended which country’s football association?

a)Fiji b)Iraq c)Sudan d)Kenya e)none



15. Who penned the book ‘A Brief History of Time’?

a)Stephen Hawking b)Sonia Gandhi c)Amartya Sen d)J G Ballard e)Abdul Kalam



16. The fifth edition of the Indo-Nippon Golf Cup 2010 will be held at _________?

a)Shillong b)Delhi c)Ahmedabad d)Delhi e)Hyderabad



17. Which of the following is not a foreign bank operating in India?

a)HSBC b)Standard Chartered c)Barclays d)Yes Bank e)All are foreign Banks



18. Kaiga Atomic Power Plant is located in which of the following states?

a)Karnataka b)Maharashtra c)Tamilnadu d)Rajasthan e)none of these



19. The Official & Permanent Venue of IFFA?

a)Delhi b)Chennai c)Mumbai d)Goa e)Kolkatta



20. Arvind Jhadav is related to ____?

a)Jet Airways b)Air India c)Paramount Airways d)Kingfisher Airlines e)none



Note:

Answer for 5th question:The Annual National Level Technical festival of BITS Pilani.

Answer for 9th question: Himachal Pradesh.

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009

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 4th b)Feb 9th c)Dec 4th d)Jan 19th 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



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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Quiz On General Awareness - 29

1. Which Country has bought 2 metric tons of gold for nearly 72 million dollars from IMF?

a)China b)India c)Mauritius d)South Africa e)Singapore



2. Which of the following countries will host the 2011 World Robot Olympiad (WRO)?

a)India b)South Africa c)Argentina d)Kuwait e)UAE



3. Asok Bose recently passed away. He was a famous __________?

a)Painter b)Musician c)Press Photographer d)Singer e)writer



4. India has contributed USD ________ to the International Fund for Elimination of Doping in Sports for Commonwealth Games that to be held at Delhi next year?

a)10,000 b)20,000 c)30,000 d)40,000 e)50,000



5. Who won the Formula one World Title this year?

a)Jenson Button b)Sebastian Vettel c)Lewis Hamilton d)Damon Hill e)none



6. GMR Group of Bangalore has become the first Indian company to operate an airport abroad with the formal opening of the new terminal building in which of the following countries?

a)Nepal b)Bangladesh c)Afghanistan d)Turkey e)Srilanka



7. Pakistan Cricket Board would receive approximately USD _________ as hosting fees for shifting of 2011 World Cup matches out of the country due to security concern?

a)10 million b)25 million c)40 million d)65 million e)1 billion



8. Which two teams to play final in Davis Cup which is scheduled to be held from Dec 4th in Spain?

a)Poland & Spain

b)Spain & Czech Republic

c)India & Spain

d)Serbia & Czech Republic

e)US & Poland



9. D R Meena has appointed as the new ________________?

a)Adviser to the Law Minister

b)Adviser to the Defence Minister

c)Chief of Indian Legal Service

d)Law Secretary

e)none of these



10. The Union Government has decided to give _________ crores to West Bengal for conservation of tigers in Sunderban and Buxa sanctuaries of the state.

a)100 crores b)300 crores c)420 crores d)525 crores e)650 crores



11. With which country/organization India have signed an agreement for cooperation in the field of Fusion Energy Research and agreed over the free trade treaty by next year to boost trade and investment?

a)Australia b)US c)South Korea d)SAARC e)European Union



12. Who among the following topped in World most powerful people compiled by Forbes List?

a)Osama Bin Laden b)Sonia Gandhi c)Vladimir Putin d)Barack Obama e)none of these



13. With which country India has agreed to work together on quality assurance and developing a framework in higher education as well as vocational education and training.

a)US b)France c)UK d)Malaysia e)Australia



14. How many medals won by India in the 18th Asian Athletics Championship held in China?

a)none b)three c)one d)two e)five



15. Who has been chosen for the brand ambassador of the Special Olympics for physically and mentally challenged children?

a)Dalip Singh Rana(The Great Khali(WWE) b)Katrina kaif c)Amir Khan d)Sachin Tendulkar e)none



16. Liberhan Commission is related to which of the following?

a)Disinvestment in PSU’s

b)Students Studying in Abroad

c)Demolition of Babri Masjid

d)Tax Rebates

e)none



17. Who is the present External Affairs Minister in India?

a)Nirupama Rao b)Meera Shankar c)Manmohan Singh d)S M Krishna e)Shiv Shankar Menon



18. Which country will open the worlds first Arabic Language internet Domain?

a)Pakistan b)Egypt c)Kuwait d)UAE e)Iran



19. What would be the ‘E’ in GEAC(Genetic E……….. Approval Committee)?

a)Experimental b)Export c)Employed d)Engineering e)none





20. New Direct Tax Codes (DTC) will be introduced in which of the following years?

a)2009 b)2010 c)2011 d)2012 e)2015

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Quiz on General Awareness 28

1. Who was crowned as Miss Earth 2009?

a)Sandra Seifert b)Jessica Barboza c)Larissa Ramos d) Izabela Wilczek e) Shriya Kishore



2. Saina Nehwal won the Indonesia Open 2009 by defeating __________ ?

a)Wang Lin b)Lee Yong Dae c)Wang Chen d)Zhu Lin e)none



3. Sheikh Hasina has been Chosen for the prestigious Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development 2009.She belongs to which country?

a)Myanmar b)India c)Pakistan d)Bangladesh e)Iran



4. Which company has won the prestigious Government of India Patent Award 2009?

a)Infosys b)Bill Gates Foundation c)Wockhardt Limited d)Tata Motors e)SBI



5. Which bank has won the National Award for its role in supporting the Khadi & Village Industries in Southern Zone?

a)Corporation Bank b)Canara Bank c)SBI d)Andhra Bank e)none



6. V.K.Saraswat has been appointed as Director-General of ________?

a)Vikram Sarabhai Space Center b)BSF c)CISF d)DRDO e)RAW



7. How many model schools are set up by central government for putting primary education programme on a fast track?

A)2500 b)3000 c)4000 d)4500 e)6000



8. To keep monitor interaction between the doctors and patients which state/UT has decided to install CCTV cameras in government hospitals?

a) Haryana b)Tamilnadu c)Delhi d)Andhra Pradesh e)UP



9. What is Stagflation?

a)Inflation with growth

b)Deflation with growth

c)Inflation after Deflation

d)Deflation after inflation

e)Inflation with depression



10. Who has been appointed as Media Adviser to Prime Minister?

a)Y. S Bhave b)Harish Khare c)Pradeep Kumar d)Sunil Mitra e)A P Chaudary



11. Who among the following are not a Deputy Governor of RBI at present?

a)S. Gopinath b)K.C Chakrabarty c)Rakesh Mohan d)Usha Thorat e)none of these



12. Which Country will host the ICC T-20 World Cup in 2010?

a)India b)England c)South Africa d)Australia & New Zealand e)none



13. Which of the following associates of State Bank of India planning to merge in SBI?

a)State Bank of Saurashtra b)State Bank of Travancore c)State Bank of Hyderabad d)State Bank of Indore e)State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur



14. Justice Bilal Nazki has been appointed as Chief Justice of which of the following states?

a)Karnataka b)Gujarat c)Orissa d)Assam e)Madhya Pradesh



15. Which Country is the biggest Supplier of Uranium in the World?

A)Australia b)Canada c)France d)Kazhakastan e)Russia



16. ‘Two States’ is a book written by?

A)Shashi Tharoor b)Vikram Seth c)Hillary Clinton d)Nandita Das e)Chetan Bhagat



17. Among which of the following persons recently President Pratibha Patel nominated to Rajya Sabha?

a)H K Dua b)Geet Sethi c)A K Ganguly d)Both a & b e)Both a & c



18. Gulshan Kumar Mehta recently died, he was a famous __________ ?

a)Poet b)Lyricist c)Painter d)Actor e)none



19. Lars Lokke Rasmussen is the new prime minister of which of the following countries?

a)Denmark b)Hungary c)Sweden d)Austria e)Poland



20. How many crores are sanctioned by NABARD to Uttar Pradesh for irrigation, rural and bridge projects?

a)157 crores b)270 crores c)320 crores d)525 crore d)none

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Corporation Bank PO General Awareness Paper 2009

1) Which of the following is not a core sector?

ANS:Road Transport



2) Late YS Reddy belongs to which party?

Ans:Congress(not given in options)



3) Mahila Court in Every district in which state?

Ans:Andhra Pradesh



4) Nepal Republic day

Ans:May 29th



5) Pankaj Advani belongs to which sport?

Ans:Snooker(not given in Options)



6)Bank rate-6%



7)SLR-25%( not given in options)



8)World Green index Top position-India



9) Awacs from - Israel



10) UEFA Champions Leauge won -Barcelona



11) RBI Technical Committee-Usha Thorat



12) PM did not contested from any of the given Constituenties

Ans:is none(not given in options)(He is Rajya Sabha Member from Assam)



13) FIFA World Cup 2010-South Africa



14) Mardika cup related to - FootBall



15) Deep Joshi awarded - Ramon Magsaysay Award



16) Nirupama Rao - Foreign Secretary



17) Four cabinet Women ministers elected in - Kuwait



18) Sajjil-2 missile tested by - Iran



19) Gas pipeline between - Iran & Pakistan



20) Tiger Summit-Rajasthan



21) Nepal Republic Day- May 29th 2009



22) Who won the Spanish International Badminton Tournament champions - Sayali Gokhale



23) CEO of the Year by Global Supply Chain Leaders Group – Indra Nooyi



24) PPP-Purchasing Power Parity



25) How many crores are allocated for Rural water -50,000 crore



26) 100 crores are assested for - Tata Institute of Social Sciene



27)Which scheme is success under Bharat Nirman ?



28) Which country is planning to probe a mars in Space?



29) One Question on Economic Survey



30) One Railway Budget question



31) Two questions on books and authors?



32) One Union Budget question



Note:Questions are not as same as in the Paper, but the content is write.If you know the exact questions/answers plz post in a comment box, i will post it.So that it will helpful to New/old PO aspirants for referring.Some Answers are estimated may not be sure.

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LABELS: 2009, 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP, CORPORATION BANK, PANKAJ ADVANI, SPORT

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2009

SBI Clerical General Awareness questions 12 - 2009







Source:Sakshi

POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 09:14 0 COMMENTS

LABELS: ECONOMY OF INDIA, INDIA, INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND, RESERVE BANK OF INDIA, US

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2009

SBI Clerical General Awareness 11 - 2009







Source:Sakshi

POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 11:37 0 COMMENTS

LABELS: PREVIOUS PAPER, RESERVE BANK OF INDIA, TIME MANAGEMENT

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2009

SBI Clerical General Awreness 10 - 2009







Source:Sakshi

POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 11:14 0 COMMENTS

LABELS: PREVIOUS PAPER, RAFAEL NADAL, ROGER FEDERER, STATE BANK OF INDIA

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Quiz on General Awareness 27

1. Who is Chairman of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)?

a)Sam Pitroda b)M S Swaminathan c)R K Pachauri d)Alok Mishra e)none



2. Who is the first player in the Test Cricket to cross 10,000 runs?

a)Allan Border b)Sunil Gavaskar c)Sachin Tendulkar d)Brain Lara e)Steve Waugh



3. Which Bank has been awarded the Financial Express Best Banks: Best Banker of the Year Award 2008?

a)ICICI b)Axis Bank c)HDFC d)PNB e)SBI



4. Ben Bernake is associated with?

a)ADB b) World Bank c)IMF d)Federal Reserve e)FBI



5. Name the Supreme Commander of India at present?

a)Manmohan Singh b)Deepak Kapoor c)P V Naik d)P Chidambaram e)Pratibha Patil



6.Manmohan Singh has been at what position in the list of Most Powerful People in the World compiled by Forbes Magazine?

a)4th b)19th c)31st d)36th e)50th



7. Sachin Tendulkar has become the ____ player in the Test history of the game to have an international career spanning more than 20 years .

a)1st b)2nd c)3rd d)9th e)16th



8.India and ASEAN have set the ______________ as the deadline for reaching an agreement for opening services trade.

a)April 2010 b)December 2009 c)August 2010 d)December 2010 e)May 2010



9. Expand IDP?

a)Indian Displaced Persons

b)Internal Discussion Panel

c)Initial Developed programme

d)Internally Displaced Persons

e)none



10. Roger Federer has won the two Grand Slam Titles this year 2009.what are those?

a)Australian Open,French Open

b)Wimbeldon,French Open

c)US Open,Wimbeldon

d)Australian Open,Wimbeldon

e)French Open,US Open



11.Who has been conferred with Satyajit Ray Award for his contribution to Indian Cinemas?

A)Amitabh Bachchan b)Rajesh Khanna c)Kamala Hasan d)Basu Chatterjee e)none



12.Which IIM(Indian Institute of Management) has been recognized as the No.1 business school in India, A/c to the 2009 worldwide business school ranking carried out by Eduniversal.

a)IIM-Bangalore b)IIM Ahmedabad c)IIM Kolkatta d)IIM Indore e)none



13.Which of the following is not a member of UN Security Council?

a)China b)France c)UK d)Russia e)Germany



14.Hamid Karzai has been re-elected as the President of which of the following countries?

a)Iran b)Saudi Arabia c)Afghanistan d)Kuwait e)Iraq



15.Which of the following sector is the biggest tax evader in 2008-09?

a)Financial b)Real Estate c)Manufacturing d)Arts & Films e)none



16.What is the limit of the upper circuit that halts the Trading for a Day?

a)5% b)10% c)15% d)20% e)30%



17. What is LCROSS?

a)It is border between India and Pakistan

b)It is a border between India and China

c)It was a Robetic Space craft(launched by NASA.)

d)Missile tested by North Korea

e)Missile tested by Iran.



18.Many times we see the word F & O in the financial Newspapers. what is the full form of it?

a)Fixed Operation

b)Futures Opinion

c) Financial Operation

d)Fiscal Operation

e)Futures Options



19.Who is the author of the book ‘India: From Midnight to the Millenium’?

a)Amartya Sen b)R K Narayanan c)Shashi Tharoor d)Abdul Kalam e)V S Naipaul



20.Rovers Cup is associated with sport?

A)Football b)Hockey c)Cricket d)Badminton e)Tennis





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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Current Affairs Quiz 2009 - 31

1. The world’s first Satellite dedicated to monitoring green house gas emissions was launched by which country?

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



2. Abidine Ben Ali was re-elected as the president of which of the following country?

a)Taiwan b)Sudan c)Peru d)Tunisia e)Palestine



3. Which of the following is first bank in India to offer Internet Banking service?

a)SBI b)PNB c)ICICI Bank d)Federal Bank e)Canara Bank

4. The country with highest population density?

a)India b)Pakistan c)China d)US e)none of these



5. ‘QUARK-2009’ is a ____________?

a)India-Russia joint Naval exercise

b)India’s ambitious project to Mars

c)China-Russia joint Naval exercise

d)exhibition on peaceful uses of Nuclear Energy

e)none



6. Vaclav Klaus was in news recently. He is the President of which of the following countries?

a)Sweden b)Poland c)Czech Republic d)Denmark e)Ireland



7. The Golden Horse awards are equivalent to Oscars of which country?

a)South Korea b)Russia c)China d)Japan e)Malaysia



8. Recently which country tested the ‘Hsiungfeng 2E’ missile?

a)Syria b)North Korea c)Canada d)Israel e)Taiwan



9. Justice Leila Seth was the first woman to become Chief Justice of which high court?

a)Tamilnadu b)Delhi c)Uttar Pradesh d)Karnataka e)none



10. Who has been nominated for the Lal Bahadur Shastri Award for the year 2009?

a)O P Bhatt b)Sunil Mittal c)Ajim Premji d)Lakshmi Mittal e)Ratan Tata



11. Samprupa, the world’s first cloned buffalo calf, was cloned by scientist from which of the following countries?

a)China b)US c)India d)UAE e)Canada



12. In India how many states are in Special Category, in which they get higher share of Union government’s resource allocation?

a)7 b)9 c)10 d)11 e)12



13. Trading in which of the following futures restarted on NCDEX and MCX on 21st May 2009?

a)Sugar b)Jute c)Turmeric d)Soya e)Wheat



14. FIFA has suspended which country’s football association?

a)Fiji b)Iraq c)Sudan d)Kenya e)none



15. Who penned the book ‘A Brief History of Time’?

a)Stephen Hawking b)Sonia Gandhi c)Amartya Sen d)J G Ballard e)Abdul Kalam



16. The fifth edition of the Indo-Nippon Golf Cup 2010 will be held at _________?

a)Shillong b)Delhi c)Ahmedabad d)Delhi e)Hyderabad



17. Which of the following is not a foreign bank operating in India?

a)HSBC b)Standard Chartered c)Barclays d)Yes Bank e)All are foreign Banks



18. Kaiga Atomic Power Plant is located in which of the following states?

a)Karnataka b)Maharashtra c)Tamilnadu d)Rajasthan e)none of these



19. The Official & Permanent Venue of IFFA?

a)Delhi b)Chennai c)Mumbai d)Goa e)Kolkatta



20. Arvind Jhadav is related to ____?

a)Jet Airways b)Air India c)Paramount Airways d)Kingfisher Airlines e)none



Note:

Answer for 5th question:The Annual National Level Technical festival of BITS Pilani.

Answer for 9th question: Himachal Pradesh.

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LABELS: CZECH REPUBLIC, INDIA, ISRAEL, LEILA SETH, NORTH KOREA, PAKISTAN, RUSSIA, US

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009

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 4th b)Feb 9th c)Dec 4th d)Jan 19th 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



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LABELS: EUROPEAN COUNCIL, EUROPEAN UNION, HERMAN VAN ROMPUY, INDIA, JOSÉ MANUEL BARROSO, KARNATAKA, KERALA, PRIME MINISTER, SOCIETY AND CULTURE, TONY BLAIR, VEERAPPA MOILY

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Quiz On General Awareness - 29

1. Which Country has bought 2 metric tons of gold for nearly 72 million dollars from IMF?

a)China b)India c)Mauritius d)South Africa e)Singapore



2. Which of the following countries will host the 2011 World Robot Olympiad (WRO)?

a)India b)South Africa c)Argentina d)Kuwait e)UAE



3. Asok Bose recently passed away. He was a famous __________?

a)Painter b)Musician c)Press Photographer d)Singer e)writer



4. India has contributed USD ________ to the International Fund for Elimination of Doping in Sports for Commonwealth Games that to be held at Delhi next year?

a)10,000 b)20,000 c)30,000 d)40,000 e)50,000



5. Who won the Formula one World Title this year?

a)Jenson Button b)Sebastian Vettel c)Lewis Hamilton d)Damon Hill e)none



6. GMR Group of Bangalore has become the first Indian company to operate an airport abroad with the formal opening of the new terminal building in which of the following countries?

a)Nepal b)Bangladesh c)Afghanistan d)Turkey e)Srilanka



7. Pakistan Cricket Board would receive approximately USD _________ as hosting fees for shifting of 2011 World Cup matches out of the country due to security concern?

a)10 million b)25 million c)40 million d)65 million e)1 billion



8. Which two teams to play final in Davis Cup which is scheduled to be held from Dec 4th in Spain?

a)Poland & Spain

b)Spain & Czech Republic

c)India & Spain

d)Serbia & Czech Republic

e)US & Poland



9. D R Meena has appointed as the new ________________?

a)Adviser to the Law Minister

b)Adviser to the Defence Minister

c)Chief of Indian Legal Service

d)Law Secretary

e)none of these



10. The Union Government has decided to give _________ crores to West Bengal for conservation of tigers in Sunderban and Buxa sanctuaries of the state.

a)100 crores b)300 crores c)420 crores d)525 crores e)650 crores



11. With which country/organization India have signed an agreement for cooperation in the field of Fusion Energy Research and agreed over the free trade treaty by next year to boost trade and investment?

a)Australia b)US c)South Korea d)SAARC e)European Union



12. Who among the following topped in World most powerful people compiled by Forbes List?

a)Osama Bin Laden b)Sonia Gandhi c)Vladimir Putin d)Barack Obama e)none of these



13. With which country India has agreed to work together on quality assurance and developing a framework in higher education as well as vocational education and training.

a)US b)France c)UK d)Malaysia e)Australia



14. How many medals won by India in the 18th Asian Athletics Championship held in China?

a)none b)three c)one d)two e)five



15. Who has been chosen for the brand ambassador of the Special Olympics for physically and mentally challenged children?

a)Dalip Singh Rana(The Great Khali(WWE) b)Katrina kaif c)Amir Khan d)Sachin Tendulkar e)none



16. Liberhan Commission is related to which of the following?

a)Disinvestment in PSU’s

b)Students Studying in Abroad

c)Demolition of Babri Masjid

d)Tax Rebates

e)none



17. Who is the present External Affairs Minister in India?

a)Nirupama Rao b)Meera Shankar c)Manmohan Singh d)S M Krishna e)Shiv Shankar Menon



18. Which country will open the worlds first Arabic Language internet Domain?

a)Pakistan b)Egypt c)Kuwait d)UAE e)Iran



19. What would be the ‘E’ in GEAC(Genetic E……….. Approval Committee)?

a)Experimental b)Export c)Employed d)Engineering e)none





20. New Direct Tax Codes (DTC) will be introduced in which of the following years?

a)2009 b)2010 c)2011 d)2012 e)2015

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Quiz on General Awareness 28

1. Who was crowned as Miss Earth 2009?

a)Sandra Seifert b)Jessica Barboza c)Larissa Ramos d) Izabela Wilczek e) Shriya Kishore



2. Saina Nehwal won the Indonesia Open 2009 by defeating __________ ?

a)Wang Lin b)Lee Yong Dae c)Wang Chen d)Zhu Lin e)none



3. Sheikh Hasina has been Chosen for the prestigious Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development 2009.She belongs to which country?

a)Myanmar b)India c)Pakistan d)Bangladesh e)Iran



4. Which company has won the prestigious Government of India Patent Award 2009?

a)Infosys b)Bill Gates Foundation c)Wockhardt Limited d)Tata Motors e)SBI



5. Which bank has won the National Award for its role in supporting the Khadi & Village Industries in Southern Zone?

a)Corporation Bank b)Canara Bank c)SBI d)Andhra Bank e)none



6. V.K.Saraswat has been appointed as Director-General of ________?

a)Vikram Sarabhai Space Center b)BSF c)CISF d)DRDO e)RAW



7. How many model schools are set up by central government for putting primary education programme on a fast track?

A)2500 b)3000 c)4000 d)4500 e)6000



8. To keep monitor interaction between the doctors and patients which state/UT has decided to install CCTV cameras in government hospitals?

a) Haryana b)Tamilnadu c)Delhi d)Andhra Pradesh e)UP



9. What is Stagflation?

a)Inflation with growth

b)Deflation with growth

c)Inflation after Deflation

d)Deflation after inflation

e)Inflation with depression



10. Who has been appointed as Media Adviser to Prime Minister?

a)Y. S Bhave b)Harish Khare c)Pradeep Kumar d)Sunil Mitra e)A P Chaudary



11. Who among the following are not a Deputy Governor of RBI at present?

a)S. Gopinath b)K.C Chakrabarty c)Rakesh Mohan d)Usha Thorat e)none of these



12. Which Country will host the ICC T-20 World Cup in 2010?

a)India b)England c)South Africa d)Australia & New Zealand e)none



13. Which of the following associates of State Bank of India planning to merge in SBI?

a)State Bank of Saurashtra b)State Bank of Travancore c)State Bank of Hyderabad d)State Bank of Indore e)State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur



14. Justice Bilal Nazki has been appointed as Chief Justice of which of the following states?

a)Karnataka b)Gujarat c)Orissa d)Assam e)Madhya Pradesh



15. Which Country is the biggest Supplier of Uranium in the World?

A)Australia b)Canada c)France d)Kazhakastan e)Russia



16. ‘Two States’ is a book written by?

A)Shashi Tharoor b)Vikram Seth c)Hillary Clinton d)Nandita Das e)Chetan Bhagat



17. Among which of the following persons recently President Pratibha Patel nominated to Rajya Sabha?

a)H K Dua b)Geet Sethi c)A K Ganguly d)Both a & b e)Both a & c



18. Gulshan Kumar Mehta recently died, he was a famous __________ ?

a)Poet b)Lyricist c)Painter d)Actor e)none



19. Lars Lokke Rasmussen is the new prime minister of which of the following countries?

a)Denmark b)Hungary c)Sweden d)Austria e)Poland



20. How many crores are sanctioned by NABARD to Uttar Pradesh for irrigation, rural and bridge projects?

a)157 crores b)270 crores c)320 crores d)525 crore d)none

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LABELS: ANDHRA PRADESH, BUSINESS, GOVERNMENT, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, INDIA, INDIRA GANDHI PRIZE, SOCIETY AND CULTURE

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Corporation Bank PO General Awareness Paper 2009

1) Which of the following is not a core sector?

ANS:Road Transport



2) Late YS Reddy belongs to which party?

Ans:Congress(not given in options)



3) Mahila Court in Every district in which state?

Ans:Andhra Pradesh



4) Nepal Republic day

Ans:May 29th



5) Pankaj Advani belongs to which sport?

Ans:Snooker(not given in Options)



6)Bank rate-6%



7)SLR-25%( not given in options)



8)World Green index Top position-India



9) Awacs from - Israel



10) UEFA Champions Leauge won -Barcelona



11) RBI Technical Committee-Usha Thorat



12) PM did not contested from any of the given Constituenties

Ans:is none(not given in options)(He is Rajya Sabha Member from Assam)



13) FIFA World Cup 2010-South Africa



14) Mardika cup related to - FootBall



15) Deep Joshi awarded - Ramon Magsaysay Award



16) Nirupama Rao - Foreign Secretary



17) Four cabinet Women ministers elected in - Kuwait



18) Sajjil-2 missile tested by - Iran



19) Gas pipeline between - Iran & Pakistan



20) Tiger Summit-Rajasthan



21) Nepal Republic Day- May 29th 2009



22) Who won the Spanish International Badminton Tournament champions - Sayali Gokhale



23) CEO of the Year by Global Supply Chain Leaders Group – Indra Nooyi



24) PPP-Purchasing Power Parity



25) How many crores are allocated for Rural water -50,000 crore



26) 100 crores are assested for - Tata Institute of Social Sciene



27)Which scheme is success under Bharat Nirman ?



28) Which country is planning to probe a mars in Space?



29) One Question on Economic Survey



30) One Railway Budget question



31) Two questions on books and authors?



32) One Union Budget question



Note:Questions are not as same as in the Paper, but the content is write.If you know the exact questions/answers plz post in a comment box, i will post it.So that it will helpful to New/old PO aspirants for referring.Some Answers are estimated may not be sure.

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LABELS: 2009, 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP, CORPORATION BANK, PANKAJ ADVANI, SPORT

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2009

SBI Clerical General Awareness questions 12 - 2009







Source:Sakshi

POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 09:14 0 COMMENTS

LABELS: ECONOMY OF INDIA, INDIA, INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND, RESERVE BANK OF INDIA, US

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2009

SBI Clerical General Awareness 11 - 2009







Source:Sakshi

POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 11:37 0 COMMENTS

LABELS: PREVIOUS PAPER, RESERVE BANK OF INDIA, TIME MANAGEMENT

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2009

SBI Clerical General Awreness 10 - 2009







Source:Sakshi

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LABELS: PREVIOUS PAPER, RAFAEL NADAL, ROGER FEDERER, STATE BANK OF INDIA

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Quiz on General Awareness 27

1. Who is Chairman of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)?

a)Sam Pitroda b)M S Swaminathan c)R K Pachauri d)Alok Mishra e)none



2. Who is the first player in the Test Cricket to cross 10,000 runs?

a)Allan Border b)Sunil Gavaskar c)Sachin Tendulkar d)Brain Lara e)Steve Waugh



3. Which Bank has been awarded the Financial Express Best Banks: Best Banker of the Year Award 2008?

a)ICICI b)Axis Bank c)HDFC d)PNB e)SBI



4. Ben Bernake is associated with?

a)ADB b) World Bank c)IMF d)Federal Reserve e)FBI



5. Name the Supreme Commander of India at present?

a)Manmohan Singh b)Deepak Kapoor c)P V Naik d)P Chidambaram e)Pratibha Patil



6.Manmohan Singh has been at what position in the list of Most Powerful People in the World compiled by Forbes Magazine?

a)4th b)19th c)31st d)36th e)50th



7. Sachin Tendulkar has become the ____ player in the Test history of the game to have an international career spanning more than 20 years .

a)1st b)2nd c)3rd d)9th e)16th



8.India and ASEAN have set the ______________ as the deadline for reaching an agreement for opening services trade.

a)April 2010 b)December 2009 c)August 2010 d)December 2010 e)May 2010



9. Expand IDP?

a)Indian Displaced Persons

b)Internal Discussion Panel

c)Initial Developed programme

d)Internally Displaced Persons

e)none



10. Roger Federer has won the two Grand Slam Titles this year 2009.what are those?

a)Australian Open,French Open

b)Wimbeldon,French Open

c)US Open,Wimbeldon

d)Australian Open,Wimbeldon

e)French Open,US Open



11.Who has been conferred with Satyajit Ray Award for his contribution to Indian Cinemas?

A)Amitabh Bachchan b)Rajesh Khanna c)Kamala Hasan d)Basu Chatterjee e)none



12.Which IIM(Indian Institute of Management) has been recognized as the No.1 business school in India, A/c to the 2009 worldwide business school ranking carried out by Eduniversal.

a)IIM-Bangalore b)IIM Ahmedabad c)IIM Kolkatta d)IIM Indore e)none



13.Which of the following is not a member of UN Security Council?

a)China b)France c)UK d)Russia e)Germany



14.Hamid Karzai has been re-elected as the President of which of the following countries?

a)Iran b)Saudi Arabia c)Afghanistan d)Kuwait e)Iraq



15.Which of the following sector is the biggest tax evader in 2008-09?

a)Financial b)Real Estate c)Manufacturing d)Arts & Films e)none



16.What is the limit of the upper circuit that halts the Trading for a Day?

a)5% b)10% c)15% d)20% e)30%



17. What is LCROSS?

a)It is border between India and Pakistan

b)It is a border between India and China

c)It was a Robetic Space craft(launched by NASA.)

d)Missile tested by North Korea

e)Missile tested by Iran.



18.Many times we see the word F & O in the financial Newspapers. what is the full form of it?

a)Fixed Operation

b)Futures Opinion

c) Financial Operation

d)Fiscal Operation

e)Futures Options



19.Who is the author of the book ‘India: From Midnight to the Millenium’?

a)Amartya Sen b)R K Narayanan c)Shashi Tharoor d)Abdul Kalam e)V S Naipaul



20.Rovers Cup is associated with sport?

A)Football b)Hockey c)Cricket d)Badminton e)Tennis



WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Quiz On General Awareness - 29

1. Which Country has bought 2 metric tons of gold for nearly 72 million dollars from IMF?

a)China b)India c)Mauritius d)South Africa e)Singapore



2. Which of the following countries will host the 2011 World Robot Olympiad (WRO)?

a)India b)South Africa c)Argentina d)Kuwait e)UAE



3. Asok Bose recently passed away. He was a famous __________?

a)Painter b)Musician c)Press Photographer d)Singer e)writer



4. India has contributed USD ________ to the International Fund for Elimination of Doping in Sports for Commonwealth Games that to be held at Delhi next year?

a)10,000 b)20,000 c)30,000 d)40,000 e)50,000



5. Who won the Formula one World Title this year?

a)Jenson Button b)Sebastian Vettel c)Lewis Hamilton d)Damon Hill e)none



6. GMR Group of Bangalore has become the first Indian company to operate an airport abroad with the formal opening of the new terminal building in which of the following countries?

a)Nepal b)Bangladesh c)Afghanistan d)Turkey e)Srilanka



7. Pakistan Cricket Board would receive approximately USD _________ as hosting fees for shifting of 2011 World Cup matches out of the country due to security concern?

a)10 million b)25 million c)40 million d)65 million e)1 billion



8. Which two teams to play final in Davis Cup which is scheduled to be held from Dec 4th in Spain?

a)Poland & Spain

b)Spain & Czech Republic

c)India & Spain

d)Serbia & Czech Republic

e)US & Poland



9. D R Meena has appointed as the new ________________?

a)Adviser to the Law Minister

b)Adviser to the Defence Minister

c)Chief of Indian Legal Service

d)Law Secretary

e)none of these



10. The Union Government has decided to give _________ crores to West Bengal for conservation of tigers in Sunderban and Buxa sanctuaries of the state.

a)100 crores b)300 crores c)420 crores d)525 crores e)650 crores



11. With which country/organization India have signed an agreement for cooperation in the field of Fusion Energy Research and agreed over the free trade treaty by next year to boost trade and investment?

a)Australia b)US c)South Korea d)SAARC e)European Union



12. Who among the following topped in World most powerful people compiled by Forbes List?

a)Osama Bin Laden b)Sonia Gandhi c)Vladimir Putin d)Barack Obama e)none of these



13. With which country India has agreed to work together on quality assurance and developing a framework in higher education as well as vocational education and training.

a)US b)France c)UK d)Malaysia e)Australia



14. How many medals won by India in the 18th Asian Athletics Championship held in China?

a)none b)three c)one d)two e)five



15. Who has been chosen for the brand ambassador of the Special Olympics for physically and mentally challenged children?

a)Dalip Singh Rana(The Great Khali(WWE) b)Katrina kaif c)Amir Khan d)Sachin Tendulkar e)none



16. Liberhan Commission is related to which of the following?

a)Disinvestment in PSU’s

b)Students Studying in Abroad

c)Demolition of Babri Masjid

d)Tax Rebates

e)none



17. Who is the present External Affairs Minister in India?

a)Nirupama Rao b)Meera Shankar c)Manmohan Singh d)S M Krishna e)Shiv Shankar Menon



18. Which country will open the worlds first Arabic Language internet Domain?

a)Pakistan b)Egypt c)Kuwait d)UAE e)Iran



19. What would be the ‘E’ in GEAC(Genetic E……….. Approval Committee)?

a)Experimental b)Export c)Employed d)Engineering e)none





20. New Direct Tax Codes (DTC) will be introduced in which of the following years?

a)2009 b)2010 c)2011 d)2012 e)2015





MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Quiz on General Awareness 28

1. Who was crowned as Miss Earth 2009?

a)Sandra Seifert b)Jessica Barboza c)Larissa Ramos d) Izabela Wilczek e) Shriya Kishore



2. Saina Nehwal won the Indonesia Open 2009 by defeating __________ ?

a)Wang Lin b)Lee Yong Dae c)Wang Chen d)Zhu Lin e)none



3. Sheikh Hasina has been Chosen for the prestigious Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development 2009.She belongs to which country?

a)Myanmar b)India c)Pakistan d)Bangladesh e)Iran



4. Which company has won the prestigious Government of India Patent Award 2009?

a)Infosys b)Bill Gates Foundation c)Wockhardt Limited d)Tata Motors e)SBI



5. Which bank has won the National Award for its role in supporting the Khadi & Village Industries in Southern Zone?

a)Corporation Bank b)Canara Bank c)SBI d)Andhra Bank e)none



6. V.K.Saraswat has been appointed as Director-General of ________?

a)Vikram Sarabhai Space Center b)BSF c)CISF d)DRDO e)RAW



7. How many model schools are set up by central government for putting primary education programme on a fast track?

A)2500 b)3000 c)4000 d)4500 e)6000



8. To keep monitor interaction between the doctors and patients which state/UT has decided to install CCTV cameras in government hospitals?

a) Haryana b)Tamilnadu c)Delhi d)Andhra Pradesh e)UP



9. What is Stagflation?

a)Inflation with growth

b)Deflation with growth

c)Inflation after Deflation

d)Deflation after inflation

e)Inflation with depression



10. Who has been appointed as Media Adviser to Prime Minister?

a)Y. S Bhave b)Harish Khare c)Pradeep Kumar d)Sunil Mitra e)A P Chaudary



11. Who among the following are not a Deputy Governor of RBI at present?

a)S. Gopinath b)K.C Chakrabarty c)Rakesh Mohan d)Usha Thorat e)none of these



12. Which Country will host the ICC T-20 World Cup in 2010?

a)India b)England c)South Africa d)Australia & New Zealand e)none



13. Which of the following associates of State Bank of India planning to merge in SBI?

a)State Bank of Saurashtra b)State Bank of Travancore c)State Bank of Hyderabad d)State Bank of Indore e)State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur



14. Justice Bilal Nazki has been appointed as Chief Justice of which of the following states?

a)Karnataka b)Gujarat c)Orissa d)Assam e)Madhya Pradesh



15. Which Country is the biggest Supplier of Uranium in the World?

A)Australia b)Canada c)France d)Kazhakastan e)Russia



16. ‘Two States’ is a book written by?

A)Shashi Tharoor b)Vikram Seth c)Hillary Clinton d)Nandita Das e)Chetan Bhagat



17. Among which of the following persons recently President Pratibha Patel nominated to Rajya Sabha?

a)H K Dua b)Geet Sethi c)A K Ganguly d)Both a & b e)Both a & c



18. Gulshan Kumar Mehta recently died, he was a famous __________ ?

a)Poet b)Lyricist c)Painter d)Actor e)none



19. Lars Lokke Rasmussen is the new prime minister of which of the following countries?

a)Denmark b)Hungary c)Sweden d)Austria e)Poland



20. How many crores are sanctioned by NABARD to Uttar Pradesh for irrigation, rural and bridge projects?

a)157 crores b)270 crores c)320 crores d)525 crore d)none







MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Corporation Bank PO General Awareness Paper 2009

1) Which of the following is not a core sector?

ANS:Road Transport



2) Late YS Reddy belongs to which party?

Ans:Congress(not given in options)



3) Mahila Court in Every district in which state?

Ans:Andhra Pradesh



4) Nepal Republic day

Ans:May 29th



5) Pankaj Advani belongs to which sport?

Ans:Snooker(not given in Options)



6)Bank rate-6%



7)SLR-25%( not given in options)



8)World Green index Top position-India



9) Awacs from - Israel



10) UEFA Champions Leauge won -Barcelona



11) RBI Technical Committee-Usha Thorat



12) PM did not contested from any of the given Constituenties

Ans:is none(not given in options)(He is Rajya Sabha Member from Assam)



13) FIFA World Cup 2010-South Africa



14) Mardika cup related to - FootBall



15) Deep Joshi awarded - Ramon Magsaysay Award



16) Nirupama Rao - Foreign Secretary



17) Four cabinet Women ministers elected in - Kuwait



18) Sajjil-2 missile tested by - Iran



19) Gas pipeline between - Iran & Pakistan



20) Tiger Summit-Rajasthan



21) Nepal Republic Day- May 29th 2009



22) Who won the Spanish International Badminton Tournament champions - Sayali Gokhale



23) CEO of the Year by Global Supply Chain Leaders Group – Indra Nooyi



24) PPP-Purchasing Power Parity



25) How many crores are allocated for Rural water -50,000 crore



26) 100 crores are assested for - Tata Institute of Social Sciene



27)Which scheme is success under Bharat Nirman ?



28) Which country is planning to probe a mars in Space?



29) One Question on Economic Survey



30) One Railway Budget question



31) Two questions on books and authors?



32) One Union Budget question



Note:Questions are not as same as in the Paper, but the content is write.If you know the exact questions/answers plz post in a comment box, i will post it.So that it will helpful to New/old PO aspirants for referring.Some Answers are estimated may not be sure.





Corporation Bank PO General Awareness Paper 2009

1) Which of the following is not a core sector?

ANS:Road Transport



2) Late YS Reddy belongs to which party?

Ans:Congress(not given in options)



3) Mahila Court in Every district in which state?

Ans:Andhra Pradesh



4) Nepal Republic day

Ans:May 29th



5) Pankaj Advani belongs to which sport?

Ans:Snooker(not given in Options)



6)Bank rate-6%



7)SLR-25%( not given in options)



8)World Green index Top position-India



9) Awacs from - Israel



10) UEFA Champions Leauge won -Barcelona



11) RBI Technical Committee-Usha Thorat



12) PM did not contested from any of the given Constituenties

Ans:is none(not given in options)(He is Rajya Sabha Member from Assam)



13) FIFA World Cup 2010-South Africa



14) Mardika cup related to - FootBall



15) Deep Joshi awarded - Ramon Magsaysay Award



16) Nirupama Rao - Foreign Secretary



17) Four cabinet Women ministers elected in - Kuwait



18) Sajjil-2 missile tested by - Iran



19) Gas pipeline between - Iran & Pakistan



20) Tiger Summit-Rajasthan



21) Nepal Republic Day- May 29th 2009



22) Who won the Spanish International Badminton Tournament champions - Sayali Gokhale



23) CEO of the Year by Global Supply Chain Leaders Group – Indra Nooyi



24) PPP-Purchasing Power Parity



25) How many crores are allocated for Rural water -50,000 crore



26) 100 crores are assested for - Tata Institute of Social Sciene



27)Which scheme is success under Bharat Nirman ?



28) Which country is planning to probe a mars in Space?



29) One Question on Economic Survey



30) One Railway Budget question



31) Two questions on books and authors?



32) One Union Budget question



Note:Questions are not as same as in the Paper, but the content is write.If you know the exact questions/answers plz post in a comment box, i will post it.So that it will helpful to New/old PO aspirants for referring.Some Answers are estimated may not be sure.

POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 10:25

LABELS: 2009, 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP, CORPORATION BANK, PANKAJ ADVANI, SPORT



MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Corporation Bank PO General Awareness Paper 2009

1) Which of the following is not a core sector?

ANS:Road Transport



2) Late YS Reddy belongs to which party?

Ans:Congress(not given in options)



3) Mahila Court in Every district in which state?

Ans:Andhra Pradesh



4) Nepal Republic day

Ans:May 29th



5) Pankaj Advani belongs to which sport?

Ans:Snooker(not given in Options)



6)Bank rate-6%



7)SLR-25%( not given in options)



8)World Green index Top position-India



9) Awacs from - Israel



10) UEFA Champions Leauge won -Barcelona



11) RBI Technical Committee-Usha Thorat



12) PM did not contested from any of the given Constituenties

Ans:is none(not given in options)(He is Rajya Sabha Member from Assam)



13) FIFA World Cup 2010-South Africa



14) Mardika cup related to - FootBall



15) Deep Joshi awarded - Ramon Magsaysay Award



16) Nirupama Rao - Foreign Secretary



17) Four cabinet Women ministers elected in - Kuwait



18) Sajjil-2 missile tested by - Iran



19) Gas pipeline between - Iran & Pakistan



20) Tiger Summit-Rajasthan



21) Nepal Republic Day- May 29th 2009



22) Who won the Spanish International Badminton Tournament champions - Sayali Gokhale



23) CEO of the Year by Global Supply Chain Leaders Group – Indra Nooyi



24) PPP-Purchasing Power Parity



25) How many crores are allocated for Rural water -50,000 crore



26) 100 crores are assested for - Tata Institute of Social Sciene



27)Which scheme is success under Bharat Nirman ?



28) Which country is planning to probe a mars in Space?



29) One Question on Economic Survey



30) One Railway Budget question



31) Two questions on books and authors?



32) One Union Budget question



Note:Questions are not as same as in the Paper, but the content is write.If you know the exact questions/answers plz post in a comment box, i will post it.So that it will helpful to New/old PO aspirants for referring.Some Answers are estimated may not be sure.







THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Quiz on General Awareness 26

1. How many Public Sector Banks are there in India excluding the associates of SBI?

a)18 b)19 c)20 d)21 e)27



2. Recently which bank has announced a special home loan scheme with interest rate of 8%?

a)ICICI Bank b)Canara Bank c)Yes Bank d)Andhra Bank e)Axis Bank



3. Mutual Funds are regulated by __________ in India?

a)RBI b)SEBI c)Mutual Funds Authority d)AMFI e)Finance Commission





4. Which of the following pairs is not true?

a)HDFC - Aditya puri

b)TVS - Venu Srinivasan

c)Bharti Airtel – Lakshmi Mittal

d)Apple – Steve Jobs

e)Microsoft – Steve Balmer



5. China has offered a ____ billion (100 Crores) of preferential loans to Africa?

a)$1 b)$5 c)$8 d)$10 e)$15



6. Recently which country decided to impose a 2% tax on all foreign exchange inflows?

a)India b)Brazil c)China d)US e)none



7. Who penned the book ‘Straight from the Heart’ ?

a)Kapil Dev b)Ravi Shastri c)Sunil Gavaskar d)Sachin Tendulkar e)Mohinder Amarnath



8.’ Double Fault’ is the term used in which of the following sport?

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



9. Ram Pradhan Committee is associated to which of the following?

a)Menace of Ragging b)Mumbai Attacks c)FDI d)Women Reservation e)School system in India



10. India has been ranked at what position in ‘Man-Women equality’ released by WEF?

a)2nd b)134th c)1st d)34th e)114th



11. Who among the following received the Sahara Indian Sports Award 2008-09 ?

a)M S Dhoni b)Gautam Gambhir c)Abhinav Bhindra d)Pankaj Advani e)Saina Nehwal



12. C K Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award for the year 2008-09 has been awarded to________?

a)Mohinder Amarnath b)Kapil Dev c)Sunil Gavaskar d)Gundappa Vishwanath e)Ravi Shastri



13. India’s export for the year 2008-09 _________?

a)$115 billion b)$120 billion c)$185 billion d)$200 billion e)$225 billion



14. Sachin Tendulkar created history by making __________ runs in ODI cricket match?

a)15000 b)16000 c)17000 d)18000 e)12000



15. Which of the following rates are not fixed by RBI?

a)SLR b)PLR c)CRR d)Repo rate e)Bank rate



16. Which of the following pairing is not true?

a)Kapil Sibal – D Purandeshwari

b)S M Krishna – Shashi Tharoor

c)Chidambaram – Ajay Maken

d)Pranab Mukherjee – Pratik Patel

e)A K Antony – Pallam Raju



17. Who won the Asia Cup women’s Hockey Tournament held in Bangkok?

a)China b)India c)South Korea d)Pakistan e)Thailand



18. With which country 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 ?

a)Bangladesh b)Pakistan c)Nepal d)China e)Myanmar



19. Who is Mr. India 2009?

a)Pravesh Rana b)Malkaj Singh c)Shankhar Rana d)Sandeep Kumar e)Nitin Kumar



20. Who is the author of the book ‘Universe in a Single Atom’?

a)Pervez Musharaff b)Aung San Suu Kyi c)Barack Obama d)Mohamed ElBaradei e)Dalai Lama





Note:

1) With associates of SBI total no. of PSB's in India is 26(19+SBI+SBI associates(6)).

3)AMFI(Association of mutual funds in India)

4)Sunil Mittal CEO of Bharti Airtel.

11)Mary Kom & Abhinav Bhindra are the receipents of Sahara Indian Sports Award 2008-09.

16)Ministry of State for Finance : Namo Narain Meena.

17)China won by defeating India.



PO Interview Questions 2

• What is corporate governance? (For more click here)

The way in which a company is governed and how it deals with the various interests of its customers, shareholders, employees and society at large. Corporate governance is the set of processes, customs, policies, laws, and institutions affecting the way a corporation (or company) is directed, administered or controlled.Is defined as the general set of customs, regulations, habits, and laws that determine to what end a firm should be run.

• Functions of RBI?

The Reserve Bank of India is the central bank of India, was established on April 1, 1935 in accordance with the provisions of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. The Reserve Bank of India was set up on the recommendations of the Hilton Young Commission. The commission submitted its report in the year 1926, though the bank was not set up for nine years.To regulate the issue of Bank Notes and keeping of reserves with a view to securing monetary stability in India and generally to operate the currency and credit system of the country to its advantage." Banker to the Government: performs merchant banking function for the central and the state governments; also acts as their banker.Banker to banks: maintains banking accounts of all scheduled banks.

• What is monetary policy?

A Monetary policy is the process by which the government, central bank, of a country controls (i) the supply of money, (ii) availability of money, and (iii) cost of money or rate of interest, in order to attain a set of objectives oriented towards the growth and stability of the economy.

• What is Fiscal Policy?

Fiscal policy is the use of government spending and revenue collection to influence the economy. These policies affect tax rates, interest rates and government spending, in an effort to control the economy. Fiscal policy is an additional method to determine public revenue and public expenditure.

• What is Core Banking Solutions?

Core banking is a general term used to describe the services provided by a group of networked bank branches. Bank customers may access their funds and other simple transactions from any of the member branch offices. It will cut down time, working simultaneously on different issues and increasing efficiency. The platform where communication technology and information technology are merged to suit core needs of banking is known as Core Banking Solutions.

• What is bank and its features and types?

A bank is a financial organization where people deposit their money to keep it safe.Banks play an important role in the financial system and the economy. As a key component of the financial system, banks allocate funds from savers to borrowers in an efficient manner.

Regional Rural Banks were established with an objective to ensure sufficient

institutional credit for agriculture and other rural sectors. The RRBs mobilize

financial resources from rural / semi-urban areas and grant loans and advances

mostly to small and marginal farmers, agricultural labourers and rural artisans.

The area of operation of RRBs is limited to the area as notified by GoI covering

one or more districts in the State.

ii. Banking services for individual customers is known as retail banking.

iii. A bank that deals mostly in but international finance, long-term loans for

companies and underwriting. Merchant banks do not provide regular banking

services to the general public

iv. Online banking (or Internet banking) allows customers to conduct financial

transactions on a secure website operated by their retail or virtual bank.

v. Mobile Banking is a service that allows you to do banking transactions on your

mobile phone without making a call , using the SMS facility. Is a term used for

performing balance checks, account transactions, payments etc. via a mobile

device such as a mobile phone.

vi. Traditional banking is the normal bank accounts we have. Like, put your money in the bank and they act as a security and you will get only the normal interests (decided by RBI in our case, FED bank in US).

vii. Investment banking is entirely different. Here, people who are having so much

money (money in excess which will yield only less interest if in Banks) will invest

their money and get higher returns. For example, If i have more money instead of

taking the pain of investing in share market, buying properties etc. I will give to

investment banks and they will do the money management and give me higher

returns when compared to traditional banks.

• What is E-Governance?

E-Governance is the public sector’s use of information and communication technologies with the aim of improving information and service delivery, encouraging citizen participation in the decision-making process and making government more accountable,transparent and effective.

• What is Right to information Act?

The Right to Information act is a law enacted by the Parliament of India giving citizens of India access to records of the Central Government and State overnments.The Act applies to all States and Union Territories of India, except the State of Jammu and Kashmir - which is covered under a State-level law. This law was passed by Parliament on 15 June 2005 and came fully into force on 13 October 2005.

• Credit Rating Agencies in India?

The credit rating agencies in India mainly include ICRA and CRISIL. ICRA wasformerly referred to the Investment Information and Credit Rating Agency of India Limited. Their main function is to grade the different sector and companies in terms of performance and offer solutions for up gradation. The credit rating agencies in India mainly include ICRA and CRISIL(Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited)

• What is Cheque?

Cheque is a negotiable instrument instructing a Bank to pay a specific amount from a specified account held in the maker/depositor's name with that Bank.A bill of exchange drawn on a specified banker and payable on demand.“Written order directing a bank to pay money”.

• What is demand Draft?

A demand draft is an instrument used for effecting transfer of money. It is a Negotiable Instrument. Cheque and Demand-Draft both are used for Transfer of money. You can 100% trust a DD. It is a banker's check. A check may be dishonored for lack of funds a DD can not. Cheque is written by an individual and Demand draft is issued by a bank. People believe banks more than individuals.

• What is a NBFC?

A non-banking financial company (NBFC) is a company registered under the

Companies Act, 1956 and is engaged in the business of loans and advances, acquisition of shares/stock/bonds/debentures/securities issued by government, but does not include any institution whose principal business is that of agriculture activity, industrial activity, sale/purchase/construction of immovable property.

NBFCs are doing functions akin to that of banks; however there are a few differences:

(i)A NBFC cannot accept demand deposits (demand deposits are funds deposited at a depository institution that are payable on demand -- immediately or within a very short period -- like your current or savings accounts.)

(ii) it is not a part of the payment and settlement system and as such cannot issue cheques to its customers; and

(iii) Deposit insurance facility of DICGC is not available for NBFC depositors unlike in case of banks.

• Diff between banking & Finance?

Finance is generally related to all types of financial, this could be accounting, insurances and policies. Whereas banking is everything that happens in a bank only.The term Banking and Finance are two very different terms but are often associated together. These two terms are often used to denote services that a bank and other financial institutions provide to its customers.

• What is NASSCOM ?

The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), the Indian chamber of commerce is a consortium that serves as an interface to the Indian software industry and Indian BPO industry. Maintaining close interaction with the Government of India in formulating National IT policies with specific focus on IT software and services maintaining a state of the art information database of IT software and services related activities for use of both the software developers as well as interested companies overseas. Mr. Som Mittal – President. Chairman-Pramod Bhasin

• What is ASSOCHAM?

The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM), India's premier apex chamber covers a membership of over 2 lakh companies and professionals across the country. It was established in 1920 by promoter chambers, representing all regions of India. As an apex industry body, ASSOCHAM represents the interests of industry and trade, interfaces with Government on policy issues and interacts with counterpart international organizations to promote bilateral economic issues. President-Swati Piramal

• What is NABARD?

NABARD was established by an act of Parliament on 12 July 1982 to implement the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Act 1981. It replaced the Agricultural Credit Department (ACD) and Rural Planning and Credit Cell (RPCC) of Reserve Bank of India, and Agricultural Refinance and Development Corporation (ARDC). It is one of the premiere agency to provide credit in rural areas. NABARD is set up as an apex Development Bank with a mandate for facilitating credit flow for promotion and development of agriculture, small-scale industries, cottage and village industries, handicrafts and other rural crafts.

• What is SIDBI?

The Small Industries Development Bank of India is a state-run bank aimed to aid the growth and development of micro, small and medium scale industries in India. Set up in 1990 through an act of parliament, it was incorporated initially as a wholly owned subsidiary of Industrial Development Bank of India.

• What is SENSEX and NIFTY?

SENSEX is the short term for the words "Sensitive Index" and is associated with the Bombay (Mumbai) Stock Exchange (BSE). The SENSEX was first formed on 1-1-1986 and used the market capitalization of the 30 most traded stocks of BSE. Where as NSE has 50 most traded stocks of NSE.SENSEX IS THE INDEX OF BSE. AND NIFTY IS THE INDEX OF NSE.BOTH WILL SHOW DAILY TRADING MARKS. Sensex and Nifty both are an "index”. An index is basically an indicator it indicates whether most of the stocks have gone up or most of the stocks have gone down.

• What is SEBI?

SEBI is the regulator for the Securities Market in India. Originally set up by the

Government of India in 1988, it acquired statutory form in 1992 with SEBI Act 1992 being passed by the Indian Parliament. Chaired by C B Bhave.

• What is Mutual funds?

Mutual funds are investment companies that pool money from investors at large and offer to sell and buy back its shares on a continuous basis and use the capital thus raised to invest in securities of different companies. The mutual fund will have a fund manager that trades the pooled money on a regular basis. The net proceeds or losses are then typically distributed to the investors annually.

• What is Asset Management Companies?

A company that invests its clients' pooled fund into securities that match its declared financial objectives. Asset management companies provide investors with more diversification and investing options than they would have by themselves. Mutual funds, hedge funds and pension plans are all run by asset management companies. These companies earn income by charging service fees to their clients.

• What are non-perfoming assets?

Non-performing assets, also called non-performing loans, are loans,made by a bank or finance company, on which repayments or interest payments are not being made on time. A debt obligation where the borrower has not paid any previously agreed upon interest and principal repayments to the designated lender for an extended period of time. The nonperforming asset is therefore not yielding any income to the lender in the form of principal and interest payments.

• What is Recession?

A true economic recession can only be confirmed if GDP (Gross Domestic Product)growth is negative for a period of two or more consecutive quarters.

• What is foreign exchange reservers?

Foreign exchange reserves (also called Forex reserves) in a strict sense are only the foreign currency deposits and bonds held by central banks and monetary authorities.However, the term in popular usage commonly includes foreign exchange and gold,SDRs and IMF reserve positions.





THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Quiz on General Awareness 25

1. The Reserve Bank of India purchased 200 tonnes of gold worth _____ from IMF?

a)$3.5 billion b)$5.7 billion c)$6.8 billion d)$7.5 billion e)$9 billion



2. Rangarajan Committee has recommended __________ disinvestment in PSUs?

a)10% b)26% c)49% d)51% e)none



3. Which of the following associates of SBI, State bank of India acquired and merged in 2008?

a)State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur

b)State Bank of Saurashtra

c)State Bank of Travancore

d)State Bank of Hyderabad

e)State Bank of Indore



4. Who is the present Comptroller and Auditor General of India?

a)Vinod Rai b)T.N. Chaturvedi c)Gopal Subramanyam d)V.N. Kaul e)Harish Salve



5. Recently India has tightened up of enforcement visas rules to which of the following countries for unskilled and semi-skilled workers to work in India?

a)Bangladesh b)Nepal c)China d)US e)Malaysia



6. Sethusamudram Ship Channel Project links which of the following countries through sea?

a)Indian, Pakistan b)India, Nepal c)India, Myanmar d)India, Srilanka e)India, China



7. Which is the first and only hospital to receive Special Postage Stamp recognition from the government towards the Indian health-care?

a)Wockhdardt Hospital

b)Apollo Hospital

c)NIMHANS

d)AIIMS

e)St George Hospital



8. Kaziranga National Park (KNP) is located in which of the following states?

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



9. The government has approached the Finance Commission and the Planning Commission for arrangement of Rs 1.74 lakh crore as estimated for implementation of the ________________ ?

a)MGREGA

b)Nuclear Power Plants through the India

c)Right To Education Act

d)All the Schemes launched for the Rural people

e)All the above



10. Who has become the first Indian to receive Yale University's top honour 'Legend in Leadership Award' ?

a)APJ Abdul Kalam b)Ratan Tata c)D.Subbarao d)Nandan Nilakeni e)O P Bhatt



11. Which of the following provides insurance cover for bank deposits?

a)RBI

b)IRDA

c)DICGCI

d)GIC

e)Finance Commission



12. Which of the following countries has the Worlds Largest Reserves of Gold?

a)US b)China c)China d)Germany e)IMF



13. The Term Fourth Estate Refers to the __________?

a)Executive b)Legislature c)Judiciary d)Press e)citizens



14. Budget is presented under which of the following the articles of the Constitution of India?

a)Article 103 b)Article 112 c)Article 110 d)Article 256 e)none of these



15. A/c to Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Indian Power sector needs a total investment of __________ billion in the next eight years to achieve planned growth?

a)$150 b)$200 c)$250 d)$300 e)none



16. Who wrote the novel ‘The Insider’?

a)I.K Gujaral b)L.K Advani c)V. P Singh d)A B Vajpayee e)P.V. Narasimha Rao



17. Inflations occurs when the ____________________________?

a)price of essential commodities outstrips income

b)money supply grows at a higher rate than the GDP in real terms

c)exchange rate of currency falls

d)fiscal deficit exceeds the balance of payment

e)both a & b



18. Ashes Series is the Test Match Series between which of the following teams/countries?

a)Australia & New Zealand b)England & South Africa c)New Zealand & England d)Australia & England e)India & England



19. Ben Bernake has been appointed for the second term as the Chairman of ________?

a)RBS b)IMF c)WTO d)World Bank e)Federal Reserve



20. Who won the Nehru cup title held in Delhi?

a)Malaysia b)Syria c)India d)Pakistan e)Sourh Korea



WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Quiz on General Awareness 24

1. Which Bank has received the Outlook Money NDTV Profit Award 2009 in the category of ‘Best Education Loan Provider’ ?

a)Central Bank of India b)SBI c)Corporation Bank d)Union Bank of India e)PNB



2. In which of the following associates banks SBI holds 100% stake?

a)State Bank of Hyderabad

b)State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur

c)State Bank of Travancore

d)State Bank of Indore

e)State Bank of Mysore



3. Which state is opposing the FTA (Free Trade Agreement) with ASEAN?

a)Andhra Pradesh b)Goa c)Karnataka d)Tamilnadu e)Kerala



4. Who has been taken over as Director of Vikran Sarabahi Space Centre (VSSC) after K,Radhakrsihnan took over as Chairman of ISRO?

a)G. Madhavan Nair b)P.S. Veeraraghavan c)A.C Basu d)Kamlesh Sharma e)B.N Sharma



5. Who is considered as the "founding father" of Indian Space Programme?

a)Abdul Kalam b) Satish Dawan c) Vikram Sarabhai d)Rakesh Sharma e)Madhavan Nair



6. Which city will host the 16th International Children Film Festival in November 2009?

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



7. Which state has celebrated its formation day on November 1st?

a)Andhra Pradesh b)Kerala c)Maharashtra d)Tamilnadu e)Karnataka



8. ‘Real’ is the currency of which of the following countries?

a)Israel b)South Africa c)Cuba d)Greenland e)Brazil



9. Government is deciding to give another Stimulus Package, so that which among the following sectors will be benefited?

a)Textiles b)Engineering c)Leather d)Pharmaceuticals e)All the above



10. Hosni Mubarak the President of Egypt has been in the post for the past _____years?

a)15 b)20 c)28 d)35 e)41



11. Who won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the first race to start in daylight and end at night?

a)Jenson Button b)Sebastian Vessel c)Mark Webber d)Lewis Hamilton e)Narain Karthikeyan



12. Which Country has emerged as the most optimistic globally, with better improving conditions, better growth and job prospects a/c to the report by Global Consultancy firm?

a)India b)China c)Hongkong d)Indonesia e)Norway



13. Who among the following is the recipient of Indira Gandhi Peace Prize?

1)Rajiv Gandhi 2)Jimmy Carter 3)Hamid Karzai 4)M S Swaminathan 5)Bill Gates

a)only 2,5

b)only 4 & 5

c)only 1 & 3

d)only 2,4 & 5

e)All the above





14. Mohamed ElBaradei, the 4th Director-General of IAEA and Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2005 and Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2008 Winner hails from which of the following country?

a)Brazil b)US c)South Africa d)Egypt e)none



15. Who has been elected as the first goodwill ambassador for the cleft Charity Organization “Smile Train “?

a)Nandita Das b)Shabana Azmi c)Aishwarya Rai d)Shilpa Shetty e)D.Purendeshwari



16. Lakshmi Mittal retained the richest Business Tycoon in which of the following countries recently?

a)China b)UK c)Germany d)South Africa e)Argentina



17. Who won the WTA Championship?

a)Dinara Safina b)Serena Williams c)Venus Williams d)Maria Sharapova e)Ana Ivanovic



18. In which of the following days World Diabetes day is observed?

a)November 14th b)July 29th c)August 29th d)November 27th e)September 29th



19. Who wrote the book “Power Politics”?

a)Salman Rushdie b)V S Naipaul c)Arundathi Roy d)Anita Desai e)Vikram Seth



20. Which of the following two states are affected by recent heavy floods, where many of them lost there houses, wealth and life, PM has given an assistance 1000 crores for each state?

a)Karnataka, Tamilnadu b)Karnataka, Kerala c)Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka d)Karnataka, Maharashtra e)none





TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Selection Process in SBI

Selection Process in State Bank of India for Clerical Positions:



1) Written Examination- Duration: 135 minutes (2 Hours 15 Minutes)

2) Personal Interview



Written Examination:

It will Comprise of Five Objective type of tests



1) General Awareness--------------------40 Questions--------------40 Marks

2) English---------------------------------40 Questions--------------40 Marks

3) Quantitative Aptitude------------------40 Questions------------ -40 Marks

4) Reasoning ability----------------------40 Questions----------- --40 Marks

5) Marketing & Computer Basics-------40 Questions--------------40 Marks



Note: Each question carriers 1 mark. 0.25 marks will be deducted for every wrong answer.No Descriptive Paper.



Time Management for Each Section:



1) General Awareness-----20 minutes

Note: There will be no Long questions in this Section as there in PO General Awareness Section. So you can attempt in 20 minutes if you are prepared. There will be direct questions. Attempt minimum of 25-30 questions with 90% accuracy. Most of the Questions are asked for the months between March and August. Particularly Union & Railway budget 09-10.



2) General English-----------30 minutes

Note: English is not only for qualifying. Marks will be added to final List. Attempt minimum of 25-30 questions withy 90% accuracy.



3) Quantitative Aptitude----30 minutes

Note: Attempt minimum of 25-30 questions with 95%-100%.



4) Reasoning Ability---------30 minutes

Note: Attempt minimum of 25-30 questions with 95%-100%.



5) Marketing & Computer---25 minutes

Note: Attempt minimum of 25-30 questions with 90% accuracy. Very Basic questions are asked.It’s enough to read previous papers from various books available in the market. Almost same questions are repeated.



So if you score a total of more than 120 out of 200 Marks with clearing in each section (40%) you are in safe side.



Order of Attempting Sections:



1) First take either Aptitude or Reasoning as you like and complete within 1hour with a minimum of 30 questions in each section.

2) Next go for English and complete with 30 minutes.

3) Next go for either General Awareness or Marketing & Computer Basics as you like and complete with the remaining 45 minutes with a minimum of 30 questions in each questions.





Important note to all SBI Clerical Aspirants:



As there is Heavy Competition (36 lakhs applied for this post for 11,000 vacancies) don’t upset yourself and don’t lose your confident. Actually there will be competition for only 10%-15% aspirants in 36 lakhs members. So don’t think there will be 36 lakhs competitors. Almost 85% are just applied and they just trying for a lottery/luck because SBI is a good bank with huge vacancies. As if you are a true & Sincere Aspirant you can get the job. And don’t expect the same questions which were conducted on 8th will also repeat for the exams conducted on 15th & 22nd.There will be different sets (almost 12 sets for the 3days programme).





Quiz on General Awareness 23

1. Government is holding 100% stake in which of the following Banks?

a)Vijaya Bank b)Bank of India c)Indian Bank d)United Bank of India e)Punjab & Sind Bank



2. The XX Commonwealth Games will be held at _________ ?

a)India, 2010 b)France, 2012 c)London, 2012 d)Scotland,2014 e)Vancouver, 2014



3. How many Crores are allocated for Indira Awas Yojana(IAY) in the Union Budget 09-10?

a)2,057 b)8,883 c)2,112 d)3,472 e)6,656



4. Which of the following are the two countries that Barack Obama scrapped the missile-defense shield favored by George W.Bush to protect Europe from Iranian missiles?

a)Poland, Czech Republic

b)Netherlands, Sweden

c)Austria, Spain

d)Czech Republic, Sweden

e)Poland, Spain



5. Who has been selected as ‘Umpire of the Year’ in ICC-Awards 2009?

a)Steve Buckner b)Rudy Koertzen c)Aleem Dar d)Simon Taufel e)none



6. For Which film ‘Uma Shree’ has been selected as Best Actress in 55th National Film Awards-2009?

a)Kanchivaram b)Gulabi Talkies c)Gandhi My Father d)Dharm e)none



7. Which country will introduce a carbon tax to slash its green house gas emission?

a)India b)Russia c)China d)Denmark e)France



8. Many times we read the term ‘ECB’ in financial newspapers.What is the full form of ECB ?

a)Essential Commercial Borrowings

b)Essential Credit Borrowings

c)Essential Credit Business

d)External Commercial Borrowings

e)External Credit Business



9. Which Organization has sold 403.3 tonnes of gold for $13 billion to boost its lending capacity particularly to poor countries?

a)World Bank b)Asian Development Bank c)UNESCO d)IMF e)none



10.A/c to new Chairman of ISRO K.Radhakrishna, India would launch a manned moon mission in _______ ?

a)2013 b)2011 c)2012 d)2020 e)2015



11. How many billion US dollars are given to Pakistan as a military aid by US?

a)2.3 b)1.5 b)7.5 d)5.0 e)none



12. Which of the following is not a Himalayan state?

a)Arunachal Pradesh b)Uttarakhand c)Sikkim d)Himachal Pradesh e)none



13. Which country is hosting the BRIC Summit in 2010?

a)Brazil b)Russia c)India d)China e)none of these



14. Suez Canal is located in which of the following country ?

a)China b)South Africa c)Sudan d)Egypt e)Russia



15. POSCO is one of the largest Steel maker belongs to which of the following countries?

a)Russia b)South Korea c)Japan d)China e)France



16. Recently US has decided to deploy _________ more troops in Afghanistan?

a)21,000 b)8,000 c)13,000 d)11,000 e)5,000



17. Government has decided to increase its stake by 10% in Nationalized banks, which of the following bank does not come under this discussion?

a) Dena Bank b)Bank of Baroda c)Andhra Bank d)Oriental Bank of Commerce e)none



18. World Health Day is observed on?

a)April 7th b)March 15th c)March 7th d)April 18th e)March 3rd



19. NTPC-BHEL power projects private limited, a 50:50 joint venture would set up the first power equipment manufacturing plant with an outlay of Rs.6,000 crore at Mannavaram, it is situated in which of the following state?

a)Uttar Pradesh b)Gujarat c)Andhra Pradesh d)Karnataka e)Maharashtra



20. Who is the Chairperson of Children Films Society?

a)Shabana Azmi b)Nirupama Rao c)Nandita Das e)Meena Shankar e)Shilpa Shetty.





SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2009

Quiz on General Awareness 23

1. Government is holding 100% stake in which of the following Banks?

a)Vijaya Bank b)Bank of India c)Indian Bank d)United Bank of India e)Punjab & Sind Bank



2. The XX Commonwealth Games will be held at _________ ?

a)India, 2010 b)France, 2012 c)London, 2012 d)Scotland,2014 e)Vancouver, 2014



3. How many Crores are allocated for Indira Awas Yojana(IAY) in the Union Budget 09-10?

a)2,057 b)8,883 c)2,112 d)3,472 e)6,656



4. Which of the following are the two countries that Barack Obama scrapped the missile-defense shield favored by George W.Bush to protect Europe from Iranian missiles?

a)Poland, Czech Republic

b)Netherlands, Sweden

c)Austria, Spain

d)Czech Republic, Sweden

e)Poland, Spain



5. Who has been selected as ‘Umpire of the Year’ in ICC-Awards 2009?

a)Steve Buckner b)Rudy Koertzen c)Aleem Dar d)Simon Taufel e)none



6. For Which film ‘Uma Shree’ has been selected as Best Actress in 55th National Film Awards-2009?

a)Kanchivaram b)Gulabi Talkies c)Gandhi My Father d)Dharm e)none



7. Which country will introduce a carbon tax to slash its green house gas emission?

a)India b)Russia c)China d)Denmark e)France



8. Many times we read the term ‘ECB’ in financial newspapers.What is the full form of ECB ?

a)Essential Commercial Borrowings

b)Essential Credit Borrowings

c)Essential Credit Business

d)External Commercial Borrowings

e)External Credit Business



9. Which Organization has sold 403.3 tonnes of gold for $13 billion to boost its lending capacity particularly to poor countries?

a)World Bank b)Asian Development Bank c)UNESCO d)IMF e)none



10.A/c to new Chairman of ISRO K.Radhakrishna, India would launch a manned moon mission in _______ ?

a)2013 b)2011 c)2012 d)2020 e)2015



11. How many billion US dollars are given to Pakistan as a military aid by US?

a)2.3 b)1.5 b)7.5 d)5.0 e)none



12. Which of the following is not a Himalayan state?

a)Arunachal Pradesh b)Uttarakhand c)Sikkim d)Himachal Pradesh e)none



13. Which country is hosting the BRIC Summit in 2010?

a)Brazil b)Russia c)India d)China e)none of these



14. Suez Canal is located in which of the following country ?

a)China b)South Africa c)Sudan d)Egypt e)Russia



15. POSCO is one of the largest Steel maker belongs to which of the following countries?

a)Russia b)South Korea c)Japan d)China e)France



16. Recently US has decided to deploy _________ more troops in Afghanistan?

a)21,000 b)8,000 c)13,000 d)11,000 e)5,000



17. Government has decided to increase its stake by 10% in Nationalized banks, which of the following bank does not come under this discussion?

a) Dena Bank b)Bank of Baroda c)Andhra Bank d)Oriental Bank of Commerce e)none



18. World Health Day is observed on?

a)April 7th b)March 15th c)March 7th d)April 18th e)March 3rd



19. NTPC-BHEL power projects private limited, a 50:50 joint venture would set up the first power equipment manufacturing plant with an outlay of Rs.6,000 crore at Mannavaram, it is situated in which of the following state?

a)Uttar Pradesh b)Gujarat c)Andhra Pradesh d)Karnataka e)Maharashtra



20. Who is the Chairperson of Children Films Society?

a)Shabana Azmi b)Nirupama Rao c)Nandita Das e)Meena Shankar e)Shilpa Shetty.





Quiz on General Awareness 22

1. What is India’s Position in ‘Global Gender Gap Index 2009 ‘released by World Economic Forum (WEF)?

a)134 b)98 c)143 d)86 e)114



2. Former Test and ODI Umpire David Shepherd had passed away, he belongs to which country ?

a)Australia b)New Zealand c)England d)West Indies e)South Africa



3. The Seventh Asia Cup Hockey Championship for women will be held at ___________?

a)India b)Malaysia c)South Korea d)Thailand e)China





4. Who has been appointed as the Deputy Governor of RBI recently?

a) Rakesh Mohan b)K C Chakrabarty c)Subir Gokarn d)Shyamala Gopinath e)none



5. National Rural Employment Guarantee Act(NREGA) or MGREGA is a job guarantee Scheme launched in which of the following the years ?

a)2004 b)2005 d)2003 d)2006 e)2002



6. In the Second quarter of Monetary Policy 2009-10, RBI has increased the Statutory Liquid Ratio (SLR) to _______ ?

a)5% b)4.75% c)24% d)6% e)none



7. Chagan Bhujbal has been appointed as Deputy Chief Minister of which of the following state?

a)Arunachal Pradesh b)Haryana c)Maharashtra d)Punjab e)Jharkhand



8. Who amongst the following is the author of the book “Development As Freedom” ?

a)C. Rangarajan b)Y.V.Reddy c)D.Subbarao d)Amartya Sen e)Aung San Suu Kyi



9. Chandrayan-2 is designed in the joint association of India and __________ ?

a)US b)Russia c)France d)UK e)Japan



10. With Which Country India signs an agreement on sea food export ?

a)Srilanka b)Japan c)Russia d)Bangladesh e)Pakistan



11.”Stride-2009” is a military Exercise of which of the following countries?

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



12. Microsoft and Yahoo signed an agreement of how many years to compete against Search engine giant Google?

a)3 years b)5 years c)8 years d)10 years e)15 years



13. Who won the SCOPE award?

a)Barack Obama b)Deep Joshi c)D N Dwivedi d)Bindeshwar Pathak e)S.S.Roongta



14. Kim Jhong-II is associated to which of the following countries?

a)Israel b)South Korea c)Japan d)North Korea e)Malyasia



15. Where is the first airport located in Asia to achieve a ‘LEED Silver Certification’ award?

a)Hyderabad b)Delhi c)Beijing d)Tokyo e)Singapore



16. With which country India is planning to build the under-the-sea pipeline?

a)Russia b)China c)Iran d)Oman e)US



17. Srilanka purchased the development equipment worth Srilanka Rs 2,049 million for the Northern Province ?

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



18. Expand FPO?

a)First public offer

b)Final public offer

c)Floating public offer

d)Fixed public offer

e)Follow-on public offer



19. Commonwealth Games will be held with a period of ________ ?

a)1yr b)2yr c)3yr d)4yr e)5yr



20. Which of the following countries will host Olympic games in 2016, 2014, 2012 respectively?

a)Canada, Brazil, UK

b)Brazil, Canada, Uk

c)Russia, Brazil, Canada

d)UK,Russia,Canada

e)Brazil,Russia,UK









Most important and basic question to know every indian that "India is facing recession ?"

#:Many of them(Indians) are confusing whether Recession in India is present or not ?? and most of them think that India is facing recession.



When Taking POLL into the account , Around 72% of them voted that India is facing recession. This also proves and strengthen the above statement(#).



But but.......INDIA is not facing "RECESSION".

India is only Experiencing "Economic Slowdown".

There is a difference between Economic Slowdown and Recession.

Recession: A true economic recession can only be confirmed if GDP (Gross Domestic Product) growth is negative for a period of two or more consecutive quarters.

Some of the Countries facing Recession are: US, UK and some parts of Europe, etc.

Some of the countries facing Economic Slowdown are: China, South Africa and some parts of Africa.











Most important and basic question to know every indian that "India is facing recession ?"

#:Many of them(Indians) are confusing whether Recession in India is present or not ?? and most of them think that India is facing recession.



When Taking POLL into the account , Around 72% of them voted that India is facing recession. This also proves and strengthen the above statement(#).



But but.......INDIA is not facing "RECESSION".

India is only Experiencing "Economic Slowdown".

There is a difference between Economic Slowdown and Recession.

Recession: A true economic recession can only be confirmed if GDP (Gross Domestic Product) growth is negative for a period of two or more consecutive quarters.

Some of the Countries facing Recession are: US, UK and some parts of Europe, etc.

Some of the countries facing Economic Slowdown are: China, South Africa and some parts of Africa.





MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2009

Quiz on General Awareness 20

1. Who has taken over the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh ?

a)Prem Khandu b)Dorjee Khandu c)Mukut Mithi d)Gegong Apang e)none



2. Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) in India went down by two percentages from 57 to 55 per 1000 live births between 2006 and 2007, a report released by?

a)World Bank b)Ministry of Health c)WHO d)PMO e)Registrar General of India



3. Recently Government has cleared 26 FDI proposals of worth Rs ________ ?

a)900 b)1130 c)1360 d)750 e)848



4. The Centre decided to launch a Rs ____ crore plan to strengthen fire and emergency services in the country?

a)100 b)125 c)150 d)200 e)250



5. In Railway budget 2009-10, how many Duronto Trains are introduced ?

a)10 b)12 c)14 d)8 e)none of these



6. In Union Budget 2009-10, how many crores are allocated for Higher Education ?

a)500 b)750 c)1000 d)1500 e)2000



7.’Smart Money’ is a term used for __________ ?

a)Internet Banking b)Credit Card c)Cash with Bank/Public d)Debit Card e)none



8.’Balika Diwas’ day (Girl Day) is observed on ?

a)Jan 29th b)March 8th c)July 9th d)Dec 9th e)Oct 5th



9. With Which of the following Countries India has inked an MoU on co-operation in the area of climate change and implementation of the clean development mechanism (CDM) projects of the Kyoto Protocol ?

a)Norway b)Japan c)Thailand c)Britain e)US



10. The Orbit of Chandrayan-1 has been rised form 100 km to _____ ?

a)500 b)200 c)150 d)300 e)none



11)’Fujitsu’ has developed the Worlds fastest CPU, it belongs which Country?

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



12.Who has been elected for Ministry of Water Resource after Meira Kumari has taken over the Speaker of Lok Sabha ?

a)Manmohan Singh b)Rahul Bandari c)Jagdeep Goyal d)Manish Kumar e)Pawan Kumar Bansal



13.Pakistan has won the ICC T20 Championship after beating _________ ?

a)India b)Australia c)New Zealand d)Srilanka e)West Indies



14. India decided to drop the $1 billion defense deal for mid-air refuellers with which country?

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



15.Who is the first Indian woman Foreign Secretary ?

a)Chokila Iyer b)Nirupama Rao c)Meera Shankar d)Vijalakshmi Pandit e)Indira Gandhi



16.Which Film has won the Best Film in IIFA 2009 Awards ?

a)Ghajini b)Wednesday c)Jodhaa Akbar d)Fashion e)Singh is King



17.Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy has won the Mens Double in French Open 2009, Lukas Dlouhy belongs to which of the following Country ?

a)Peru b)Spain c)US d)UK e)Czech Republic



18.For how many months President rule is imposed on Jharkhand after Union Cabinet has decided to end President's rule in Jharkhand and dissolve the state assembly(polling will be held on November-December 2009)?

a)3 months b)6 months c)9 months d)12 months e)none



19.’Chiku the Champ’ is mascot for _____________ ?

a)FIFA World Cup

b)Common Wealth Games

c)National Games

d)Asian Table Tennis Championship

e)Olympics 2010



20.Which IT Company it has entered into a 10-year IT outsourcing agreement with Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) for providing IT Infrastructure and services for IGI Airport.

a)Wipro b)TCS c)Infosys d)Tech Mahindra e)CTS







FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2009

Quiz on General Awareness 19

1.Which of the following is India’s first approved Genetically Modified (GM) food crop ?

a)Bt Cotton b)Bt Tomato c)Bt Sugar d) Bt Brinjal e) Bt Potato



2. Which of the following countries is not a member of G77 ?

a)India b)South Africa c)Japan d)China e)Pakistan



3. Under Which Article President rule can be imposed in a State?

a)Article 365 b)Article 355 c)Article 352 d)Article 356 e)Article 360



4.Justice PD Dinakaran facing the charges of disproportionate assets against him, He was the Chief justice of which of the following State ?

a)Tamilnadu b)Karnataka c)Madhya Pradesh d)Orissa e)none



5. Shiv Charan Mathur recently passed away, he belongs to which field ?

a)Politics b)Carnatic Vocalist c)Writer d)Musician e)both b & c



6.The 155th OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) meeting held at ?

a)Austria b)UAE c)Venezuela d)Qatar e)Angola



7. India and has contributed USD ________ to the International Fund for the Elimination of Doping in Sports in eve of Commonwealth Games next year.

a)10,000 b)15,000 c)20,000 d)25,000 e)50,000



8.Which is the only Indian company in the 25 A T Kearney Global Champions for 2009 list ?

a)Infosys b)SBI c)Airtel d)RIL e)TCS



9.Who has been elected as the president of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) ?

a)Priyan Ranjan Dasmunsi b)Praful patel c)Narendra Modi d) SN Banerjee e)none



10.With Which Country India will renegotiate the taxation treaty under the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ) Model Tax Convention ?

a)Singapore b)South Korea c)UAE d)Egypt e)Chile



11.Justin Henin belongs to which sport ?

a)Badminton b)Cricket c)Lawn Tennis d)Hockey e)Gymnastics



12.Mushtaq Ali Trophy is related to which Sport ?

a)Hockey b)Chess c)Football d)Golf e)Cricket



13.Who is the Chairperson of 18th Law Commission ?

a)Veerappa Moily b) A R Lakshmanan c) M. Jagannadha Rao d)B. P. Jeevan Reddy e)Yahir Mahmood



14.Which of the following is not a Special Forces of India ?

a)National Security Guards(NSG)

b)Special Protection Group(SPG)

c)Border Security Force(BSF)

d)Special Frontier Force(SFF)

e)Para Commandos



15. Besides the US, UK, Russia, France & China, How many non-permanent members are there in UN Security Council ?

a)1 b)2 c)3 d)5 e)10



16.The 55th National School Games will be held in __________ ?

a)Hyderabad b)Kolkatta c)Chandigarh d)Jaipur e)none



17.International Human Rights Day is observed on ?

a)Oct 23rd b)Sep 10th c)Dec 10th d)Dec 23rd e)Dec 7th



18.Who has been awarded the UNESCO annual peace prize for the year 2009?

a)Barack Obama b)Marti Ahtisaari c)Bill Gates d)Jimmy Carter e) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva



19.The Bihar government sanctioned approximately Rs ______ crore for extension, renovation and modernisation of eastern Kosi canal system ?

a)750 b)1000 c)800 d)500 e)none



20.Aung San Suu Kyi whose name was in News recently, She belongs to which country ?

a)India b)Nepal c)Bangladesh d)Myanmar e)South Korea



Quiz on General Awareness 18

1.Who Crowned the Femina Miss India 2009 ?

a)Ekta Chowdary b)Shriya Kishore c)Pooja Chopra d) Parvathy Omanakuttan e)none.



2. Computerization of Banks was suggested by which of the following committee ?

a)Rangarajan Committee

b)Tandaon Committee

c)Janikiraman Committee

d)Manmohan Singh Committee

e)Shetty Committee



3.India signed a civil nuclear agreements with seven countries, In which of the following countries did India has not signed a civil nuclear agreement ?

a)Kazakhstan b)Mongolia c)Namibia d)UK e)Argentina



4.Which of the following countries is the world’s biggest emitter of carbon dioxide(CO2) ?

a)US(2) b)China(1) c)India(3) d)Russia(4) e)Pakistan



5.Who has been elected as the president of the Indian Languages Newspapers Association (ILNA) ?

a)Uttam Chand Sharma b)V K Chopra c)Dinesh Shakti Trikha d)VenkataRam Reddy e)none



6.Expand NELP ?

a)Nominal Equal Liquidity policy

b)New Exploration Land Programme

c)New Education Lightning Programme

d)New Exploration Licensing policy

e)Newly Equated Lending Policy



7.The Fourth East Asian Summit is slated to be held in _____________ ?

a)Thailand b)Malaysia c)Singapore d)Philippines e)Vietnam



8.Which of the following cities in India will have a world class research institute on climate change ?

a)Mumbai b)Hyderabad c)Pune d)Delhi e)Bangalore



9.Yukhio Hatoyama, the new Prime Minister of Japan belongs to the which of the following political parties ?

a)Liberal Democratic party b)Japenese Communist Party c)People’s new party d)Democratic party of Japan e)Social Democratic party



10.Latin American Countries decided to launch a new regional currency __________ in 2010 , replacing US Dollar ?

a)Boliviano b)Sucre c)Peso d)Lempiras e)cordoba



11.Which of the following has become the first African country to win the FIFA U-20 World Cup-2009 that was held in Egypt ?

a)South Africa b)Egypt c)Ghana d)Botswana e)Algeria



12.Rajiv Swagruha Scheme, a scheme for middle-class housing launched by ___________ government ?

a)Andhra Pradesh b)Maharashtra c)Rajasthan d)Haryana e)Punjab



13.’COPE India 2009’ is a joint Air Force exercise between India and _________ recently held in Agra ?

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



14.Which is the first country in the World to keep the Cabinet Meeting Under water ?

a)US b)Srilanka c)Australia c)New Zealand e)Maldives



15. P V Narasimha Rao Elevated Expressway, country's longest fly-over which covers 11.6 km, is located in which of the following states ?

a)Karnataka b)Tamilnadu c)Gujarat d)Maharashtra e)Andhra Pradesh



16.Which of the following Company/Organisation is not a Public Sector Unit (PSU) ?

a)MTNL b)CMC c)VSNL d)NALCO e)none



17.Indirect Tax is a tax on ___________ ?

a)Income b)Wealth c)Labour d)Commodities e)Housing



18.Which of the following is the first state to implement VAT (Value Added Tax) in India ?

a)Kerala b)Punjab c)Haryana d)Andhra Pradesh e)Gujarat



19. Recently Indian government decided to give an extra amount of Rs.______ crore to the Sri Lankan government towards rehabilitating Tamils displaced by the civil war.

a)500 c)600 b)750 d)1000 e)1500



20.”Dreams from my Father” is book written by _________ ?

a)A P J Abdul Kalam b)George W.Bush c)Sachin Tendulkar d)Barack Obama e)none



Imp Points:

->3rd Q:India signed civil nuclear agreements with US,France,Russia,Kazakhstan,Mongolia,Namibia,Argentina.

->9th Q:First non-Liberal Democratic Party to win in Japan.

->10th Q:Single Regional Payment Compensation System(Sucre).

->19th Q:India had already given 500 crores for Rehabil........ !!!

->20th Q:"Audacity of Hope","Dreams from my Father" are the two books written by Barack Obama.





MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2009

Quiz on General Awareness 17

1.The Union Govt. on 22nd June 2009, abolished the import duty on _______ items as part of its tariff elimination commitments under the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) with Singapore?

a)2022 b)2202 c)2002 d)2220 e)2020



2.Who is the ‘Banker of the Year-2009’ presented by Business Standard ?

a)O P Bhatt b)K V Kamath c)K C Chakrabarty d)Aditya Puri e)A C Mahajan



3. Who is the new President of ASSOCHAM ?

a)Sajjan Jindal b)Dilip Modi c)Rahkumar Dhoot d)Swati Piramala e)D S Rawat



4. India is proposed to launch a South Asian regional train service between India and _______________ ?

a)Bangladesh b)Pakistan c)China d)both a & c e)both a & b.



5.Which Country has won the maximum no. of medals in Beijing Olympics 2008 ?

a)China b)Russia c)Germany d)US e)UK



6.According to World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), which country has taken No.1 position in the maximum number of patents in 2007 ?

a)Japan b)China c)US d)Germany e)India



7. British government has sanctioned a ________ pounds loan for Tata motors for its new electric car project?

a)1 billion b)10 billion c)10 million d)50 million e)75 million



8.World Food Day is celebrated on ______ ?

a)Oct 18th b)Sep 18th c)Oct 16th d)Sep 16th e)Oct 24th



9.Who is the author of the book “Two Lives” ?

a)V S Naipaul b)Vikram Seth c)Arundati Roy d)Jhumpa Lahiri e)Shashi Tharoor



10.Government has declared as ___________ a national aquatic animal in order to save the rare freshwater species from disappearing from the country's aqua map ?

a)Fish b)Blue Whale c)Shark d)Dolphin e)none.



11.Andhra Pradesh government has renamed the Kadapa District as ________________ ?

a)Kadapa-Y S Rajeshekara Reddy b)Y S Rajeshekar Reddy c)Y S Reddy d)YSR-kadapa e)none



12.The 2010 FIFA world cup will be held in _____________ ?

a)India b)Italy c)Germany d)South Africa e)Czech Republic



13.Which is the only country yet to ratify the Lisbon treaty ?

a)India b)Poland c)Czech Republic d)Ireland e)Austria



14.Which team has won the IPL-2 Edition ?

a)Deccan Chargers b)Royal Challengers Bangalore c)Delhi Daredevils d)Chennai Super Kings e)none



15. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards are given in the field ________ ?

a)Literature b)Politics c)Science d)Writer e)Education



16. India has rejected a demand by the __________ government for the return of the remains of Nobel laureate Mother Teresa, buried in the city of Calcutta.

a)Israel b)Rome c)US d)Italy e)Albanian



17.Which country has been topped in Anti-hunger scorecard ?

a)India b)Brazil c)China d)Ghana e)Malawi



18.Recently V. K Saraswat was in news.He was the ____________ ?

a)Chief of DRDO b)Next chief of ISRO c)Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister d)both a & c e)none



19.The XXI Winter Olympics will be held in 2010 at ?

a)London b) Rio de Janeiro c)Vancouver d)Russia e)South Africa



20.Who won the Shangai Masters 2009 ?

a)Nikolay Davydenko b)Rafael Nadal c)Djokovic d)Andy Murray e)Roger Federer



MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2009

Quiz on General Awareness 17

1.The Union Govt. on 22nd June 2009, abolished the import duty on _______ items as part of its tariff elimination commitments under the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) with Singapore?

a)2022 b)2202 c)2002 d)2220 e)2020



2.Who is the ‘Banker of the Year-2009’ presented by Business Standard ?

a)O P Bhatt b)K V Kamath c)K C Chakrabarty d)Aditya Puri e)A C Mahajan



3. Who is the new President of ASSOCHAM ?

a)Sajjan Jindal b)Dilip Modi c)Rahkumar Dhoot d)Swati Piramala e)D S Rawat



4. India is proposed to launch a South Asian regional train service between India and _______________ ?

a)Bangladesh b)Pakistan c)China d)both a & c e)both a & b.



5.Which Country has won the maximum no. of medals in Beijing Olympics 2008 ?

a)China b)Russia c)Germany d)US e)UK



6.According to World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), which country has taken No.1 position in the maximum number of patents in 2007 ?

a)Japan b)China c)US d)Germany e)India



7. British government has sanctioned a ________ pounds loan for Tata motors for its new electric car project?

a)1 billion b)10 billion c)10 million d)50 million e)75 million



8.World Food Day is celebrated on ______ ?

a)Oct 18th b)Sep 18th c)Oct 16th d)Sep 16th e)Oct 24th



9.Who is the author of the book “Two Lives” ?

a)V S Naipaul b)Vikram Seth c)Arundati Roy d)Jhumpa Lahiri e)Shashi Tharoor



10.Government has declared as ___________ a national aquatic animal in order to save the rare freshwater species from disappearing from the country's aqua map ?

a)Fish b)Blue Whale c)Shark d)Dolphin e)none.



11.Andhra Pradesh government has renamed the Kadapa District as ________________ ?

a)Kadapa-Y S Rajeshekara Reddy b)Y S Rajeshekar Reddy c)Y S Reddy d)YSR-kadapa e)none



12.The 2010 FIFA world cup will be held in _____________ ?

a)India b)Italy c)Germany d)South Africa e)Czech Republic



13.Which is the only country yet to ratify the Lisbon treaty ?

a)India b)Poland c)Czech Republic d)Ireland e)Austria



14.Which team has won the IPL-2 Edition ?

a)Deccan Chargers b)Royal Challengers Bangalore c)Delhi Daredevils d)Chennai Super Kings e)none



15. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards are given in the field ________ ?

a)Literature b)Politics c)Science d)Writer e)Education



16. India has rejected a demand by the __________ government for the return of the remains of Nobel laureate Mother Teresa, buried in the city of Calcutta.

a)Israel b)Rome c)US d)Italy e)Albanian



17.Which country has been topped in Anti-hunger scorecard ?

a)India b)Brazil c)China d)Ghana e)Malawi



18.Recently V. K Saraswat was in news.He was the ____________ ?

a)Chief of DRDO b)Next chief of ISRO c)Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister d)both a & c e)none



19.The XXI Winter Olympics will be held in 2010 at ?

a)London b) Rio de Janeiro c)Vancouver d)Russia e)South Africa



20.Who won the Shangai Masters 2009 ?

a)Nikolay Davydenko b)Rafael Nadal c)Djokovic d)Andy Murray e)Roger Federer





MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2009

Quiz on General Awareness 17

1.The Union Govt. on 22nd June 2009, abolished the import duty on _______ items as part of its tariff elimination commitments under the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) with Singapore?

a)2022 b)2202 c)2002 d)2220 e)2020



2.Who is the ‘Banker of the Year-2009’ presented by Business Standard ?

a)O P Bhatt b)K V Kamath c)K C Chakrabarty d)Aditya Puri e)A C Mahajan



3. Who is the new President of ASSOCHAM ?

a)Sajjan Jindal b)Dilip Modi c)Rahkumar Dhoot d)Swati Piramala e)D S Rawat



4. India is proposed to launch a South Asian regional train service between India and _______________ ?

a)Bangladesh b)Pakistan c)China d)both a & c e)both a & b.



5.Which Country has won the maximum no. of medals in Beijing Olympics 2008 ?

a)China b)Russia c)Germany d)US e)UK



6.According to World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), which country has taken No.1 position in the maximum number of patents in 2007 ?

a)Japan b)China c)US d)Germany e)India



7. British government has sanctioned a ________ pounds loan for Tata motors for its new electric car project?

a)1 billion b)10 billion c)10 million d)50 million e)75 million



8.World Food Day is celebrated on ______ ?

a)Oct 18th b)Sep 18th c)Oct 16th d)Sep 16th e)Oct 24th



9.Who is the author of the book “Two Lives” ?

a)V S Naipaul b)Vikram Seth c)Arundati Roy d)Jhumpa Lahiri e)Shashi Tharoor



10.Government has declared as ___________ a national aquatic animal in order to save the rare freshwater species from disappearing from the country's aqua map ?

a)Fish b)Blue Whale c)Shark d)Dolphin e)none.



11.Andhra Pradesh government has renamed the Kadapa District as ________________ ?

a)Kadapa-Y S Rajeshekara Reddy b)Y S Rajeshekar Reddy c)Y S Reddy d)YSR-kadapa e)none



12.The 2010 FIFA world cup will be held in _____________ ?

a)India b)Italy c)Germany d)South Africa e)Czech Republic



13.Which is the only country yet to ratify the Lisbon treaty ?

a)India b)Poland c)Czech Republic d)Ireland e)Austria



14.Which team has won the IPL-2 Edition ?

a)Deccan Chargers b)Royal Challengers Bangalore c)Delhi Daredevils d)Chennai Super Kings e)none



15. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards are given in the field ________ ?

a)Literature b)Politics c)Science d)Writer e)Education



16. India has rejected a demand by the __________ government for the return of the remains of Nobel laureate Mother Teresa, buried in the city of Calcutta.

a)Israel b)Rome c)US d)Italy e)Albanian



17.Which country has been topped in Anti-hunger scorecard ?

a)India b)Brazil c)China d)Ghana e)Malawi



18.Recently V. K Saraswat was in news.He was the ____________ ?

a)Chief of DRDO b)Next chief of ISRO c)Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister d)both a & c e)none



19.The XXI Winter Olympics will be held in 2010 at ?

a)London b) Rio de Janeiro c)Vancouver d)Russia e)South Africa



20.Who won the Shangai Masters 2009 ?

a)Nikolay Davydenko b)Rafael Nadal c)Djokovic d)Andy Murray e)Roger Federer





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 is an international award administered by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden. In 1968, Sveriges Riksbank established The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, founder of the Nobel Prize. Each prize consists of a medal, personal diploma, and a cash award.



List of Nobel laureates for the Year 2009:

1.Barack Obama(US) - Peace.

2.Herta Muller(Germany) - Literature

3.Elizabeth Blackburn(US), Carol W Greider(US) and Jack W Szostak(US) - Medicine.

4.V Ramakrishnan(India), Thomas E Steitz (US) and Ada E Yonath (Israel) - Chemistry.

5.Charles Kao(US), George E. Smith(US), and Prof. Willard S. Boyle(US) - Physics.

6.Elinor Ostrom(US), Oliver Williamson(US) - Economics.



List of Nobel laureates by Indias:

1.Ronald Ross (1857 - 1932) - Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1902.

2.Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) - Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907.

3.Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941) - Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913.

4.C V Raman (1888 - 1970) - Nobel Prize for Physics in 1930.

5.Hargobind Khorana (1922) - Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1968.

6.Mother Teresa (1910 - 1997) - Nobel Prize for peace in 1979.

7.Abdus Salam (1926 - 1996) - Nobel Prize for Physics in 1979.

8.Subramaniam Chandrasekar(1910 - 1995) - Nobel Prize for physics in 1983.

9.Amartya Sen ( 1933) - Nobel Prize for Economics in 1998.

10.V.S. Naipaul (1932) - Nobel Prize for Literature in 2001.

11.Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (1952) - Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2009.







THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2009

Quiz on General Awareness 14

1.Hilary Mary Mantel has won the 2009 Man Booker Prize for her novel 'Wolf Hall'.she hails from _____?

a)Israel b)US c)Britain d)France e)Germany



2.How much loan has provided by the World Bank to newly-launched Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) scheme for improvement of the quality of secondary education in the country and check drop-out rate ?

a)$1000 million b)$800 million c)$750 million d)$680 million e)$500 million



3.Whch country pledged to buy 10 billion dollars worth of International Monetary Fund(IMF) bonds to increase the fund's lending capacity to respond to the global financial crisis ?

a)India b)Brazil c)South Africa d)US e)Germany



4.'World Sight Day' is celebrated on ?

a)Every Year on Oct 8th

b)Every Year on 2nd Thursday of Oct

c)Every Year on Sep 8th

d)For every 2 years on Oct 8th.

e)There is no such day.



5.Which of the following city will hosts the finals of Champions League T20 ?

a)Hyderabad b)Bangalore c)Delhi d)Kolkatta e)Chennai.



6.Which country has emerged as India's top trading partner, when trade in goods & merchandise was taken into account ?

a)China b)Singapore c)UAE d)Japan e)US



7. Who is the new DGP of Andhra Pradesh ?

a)S S P Yadav b)Dinesh Reddy c)Gautam Kumar d)R R Grirsh Kumar e)K Aravind Rao



8.Who is the highest paid CEO in India ?

a)Anil Ambhani b)Gopalakrishna c)Ajim premji d)Mukhesh Ambani e)Anand Mahindra



9.George Papandreou sworn in as new prime minister of ______ ?

a)Peru b)Greenland c)Greece d)Hungary e)Gambia



10.General K J Gillespie, the army chief of _____________ is in India for a five day visit, in a bid to strengthen the defence co-operation between two countries ?

a) US b)Australia c)UK d)Germany e)Russia



11.Who is the new Governor of Nagaland ?

a)Nikhil Kumar b)Gurbachan Jagat c)Syed Sibtey Razi d)K Sankaranarayanan e)none



12.Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system was first implemented in which of the following cities in India ?

a)Kolkatta b)Hyderabad c)Delhi d)Ahmedabad e)Pune



13.The 24th Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration for the year 2008 has been awarded to ________ ?

a)Javed Akhta b)J S Bandukwala c)Balraj Puri d) Ram Puniyani e)Ram Sinh Solanki



14.Which Frontier of Border Security Force(BSF) has deployed women constables at the highly sensitive Indo-Pak Border ?

a)Sikkim b)J & K c)Rajasthan d)Punjab e)Haryana



15. India would launch a mission to Mars by the year ________ ?

a)2015 b)2013 c)2014 d)2020 e)2012



16.Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award for 2009 has been awarded to __________ ?

1)M S Dhoni 2)Vijender 3)Sushil Kumar 4)Marykom 5)Saina Nehwal



a)only 1

b)only 5

c)only 2 & 3

d)only 4 & 5

e)only 2,3 & 4.



17.Which of the following is the most commonly misspelt words in English Language, a/c to the study by www.OnePoll.com ?

a)Bureaucracy b)Consensus c)Definitely d)Unnecessary e)Prejudice



18.National Food Security Act to ensure entitlement of 25 kilo of rice or wheat per month at Rs.__ /kg to every BPL families in rural or urban areas.

a)3 b)5 c)8 d)10 e)none.



19.Who is the author of the book 'Three Chinese Poets' ?

a)V S Naipaul b)Vikram Seth c)Salman Rushdie d)Shashi Tharoor e)Amitav Ghosh



20.Who is the Indian Ambassador to US ?

a)Ronen sen b)Nirupama Rao c)Timothy J. Roemer d)Lalit Mansingh e)Meera Shankar.



Quiz on General Awareness 14

1.Hilary Mary Mantel has won the 2009 Man Booker Prize for her novel 'Wolf Hall'.she hails from _____?

a)Israel b)US c)Britain d)France e)Germany



2.How much loan has provided by the World Bank to newly-launched Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) scheme for improvement of the quality of secondary education in the country and check drop-out rate ?

a)$1000 million b)$800 million c)$750 million d)$680 million e)$500 million



3.Whch country pledged to buy 10 billion dollars worth of International Monetary Fund(IMF) bonds to increase the fund's lending capacity to respond to the global financial crisis ?

a)India b)Brazil c)South Africa d)US e)Germany



4.'World Sight Day' is celebrated on ?

a)Every Year on Oct 8th

b)Every Year on 2nd Thursday of Oct

c)Every Year on Sep 8th

d)For every 2 years on Oct 8th.

e)There is no such day.



5.Which of the following city will hosts the finals of Champions League T20 ?

a)Hyderabad b)Bangalore c)Delhi d)Kolkatta e)Chennai.



6.Which country has emerged as India's top trading partner, when trade in goods & merchandise was taken into account ?

a)China b)Singapore c)UAE d)Japan e)US



7. Who is the new DGP of Andhra Pradesh ?

a)S S P Yadav b)Dinesh Reddy c)Gautam Kumar d)R R Grirsh Kumar e)K Aravind Rao



8.Who is the highest paid CEO in India ?

a)Anil Ambhani b)Gopalakrishna c)Ajim premji d)Mukhesh Ambani e)Anand Mahindra



9.George Papandreou sworn in as new prime minister of ______ ?

a)Peru b)Greenland c)Greece d)Hungary e)Gambia



10.General K J Gillespie, the army chief of _____________ is in India for a five day visit, in a bid to strengthen the defence co-operation between two countries ?

a) US b)Australia c)UK d)Germany e)Russia



11.Who is the new Governor of Nagaland ?

a)Nikhil Kumar b)Gurbachan Jagat c)Syed Sibtey Razi d)K Sankaranarayanan e)none



12.Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system was first implemented in which of the following cities in India ?

a)Kolkatta b)Hyderabad c)Delhi d)Ahmedabad e)Pune



13.The 24th Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration for the year 2008 has been awarded to ________ ?

a)Javed Akhta b)J S Bandukwala c)Balraj Puri d) Ram Puniyani e)Ram Sinh Solanki



14.Which Frontier of Border Security Force(BSF) has deployed women constables at the highly sensitive Indo-Pak Border ?

a)Sikkim b)J & K c)Rajasthan d)Punjab e)Haryana



15. India would launch a mission to Mars by the year ________ ?

a)2015 b)2013 c)2014 d)2020 e)2012



16.Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award for 2009 has been awarded to __________ ?

1)M S Dhoni 2)Vijender 3)Sushil Kumar 4)Marykom 5)Saina Nehwal



a)only 1

b)only 5

c)only 2 & 3

d)only 4 & 5

e)only 2,3 & 4.



17.Which of the following is the most commonly misspelt words in English Language, a/c to the study by www.OnePoll.com ?

a)Bureaucracy b)Consensus c)Definitely d)Unnecessary e)Prejudice



18.National Food Security Act to ensure entitlement of 25 kilo of rice or wheat per month at Rs.__ /kg to every BPL families in rural or urban areas.

a)3 b)5 c)8 d)10 e)none.



19.Who is the author of the book 'Three Chinese Poets' ?

a)V S Naipaul b)Vikram Seth c)Salman Rushdie d)Shashi Tharoor e)Amitav Ghosh



20.Who is the Indian Ambassador to US ?

a)Ronen sen b)Nirupama Rao c)Timothy J. Roemer d)Lalit Mansingh e)Meera Shankar.



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



Quiz on General Awareness 12

1.Which of the following countries has signed the Kyoto Protocol, but neither Ratified nor withdrawn from the protocol ?

a)India b)Iraq c)Iran d)North Korea e)US



2.European Union Consisits of 27 member states, in that how many member states have adopted the common currency 'Euro' know as Eurozone ?

a)14 b)15 c)16 d)17 d)18



3.National Rural Employment Guarantee Act renamed as ____________________ ?

a)Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act

b)Mahatma Gandhi National Employment Guarantee Act

c)Mahatma Gandhi Rural Guarantee Act

d)Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act

e)none.



4.Recently which government launched a programme to provide health service to about 58 lakh school students in the state?

a)Tamilnadu b)Orissa c)Andhra Pradesh d)Karnataka e)West Bengal



5.Who is the first Indian Woman to hold a cabinet post ?

a)Indira Gandhi b)Sarojini Naidu c)Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit d)Moraji Desai e)none



6.According to IMF, Indian economic growth in 2009 is ?

a)5.4% b)5.6% c)5.8% d)6.0% e)6.2%



7.Rao Birender Singh recently died, He was a former Chief minister of Which State ?

a)Punjab b)Delhi c)Andhra pradesh d)Uttarakhand e)Haryana.



8.Who is the new vice-chief of Army ?

a)P.K.Barbora b)P.C.Bhardwaj c)Deepak Kapoor d)P C Chacko e)M.L. Naidu



9.According to a joint study done by industry body Ficci and consultancy firm Ernst & Young, India needs an investment of Rs ______ crore in the healthcare sector by 2025, to increase its bed density to at least two per thousand population.

a)50,000 b)60,000 c)65,000 d)70,000 e)none.



10.India stood at ____ position in IT competitiveness Index, while US continued to lead the Global IT Industry followed by Finland and Sweden respectively,a survey by Economist Intelligence Unit ?

a)36 b)44 c)28 d)42 e)50



11.Who has taken over as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh after YSR Reddy dies in a chopper crash ?

a)Jagan Mohan Reddy b)Konijeti Rosaiah c)Chandra babu Naidu d)Sabita Indra Reddy e)Post is vacant



12.Who has been appointed as the brand ambassadors of the 34th National Games 2009, starting Nov 21 in Jharkhand ?

a)Akshay Kumar,Kareena Kapoor

b)Hrithik Roshan,Priyanka Chopra

c)Abhishek bachan,Priyanka chopra

d)Akshay kumar,Katrina kaif

e)Abhishek bachan,katrina kaif



13.Maria Sharapova won the Pan Pacific Open by defeating ______________ ?

a)Jelina Jankovic b)Ana Ivanovic c)Kim Clijsters d)Dinara safina e)none



14.Which country is hosting the World Tiger Summit in 2010 ?

a)Russia b)India c)Brazil d)Srilanka e)Israel



15.Which GSM Service provider signed an agreement with BSNL to access around 45,000 towers of BSNL?

a)Vodafone b)R-com c)Tata-DOCOMO d)Idea e)none.



16.Who won the Moin-ud-Dowla cricket tournament held in Hyderabad ?

a)Hyderabad b)West Bengal c)Uttar pradesh d)Maharashtra e)Goa



17.Sabita Indra Reddy is the first woman Home Minister for the state of ___________ , in India ?

a)Karnataka b)Tamilnadu c)Kerala d)Andhra pradesh e)Arunachal Pradesh



18.The 16th Asian Games 2010 will be held in ________ ?

a)India b)China c)Japan d)Srilanka e)Malaysia



19.World Teachers Day is celebrated on ?

a)Oct 5th b)Sep 15th c)Sep 5th d)Oct 15th e)Nov 1st



20.The government issued bonds worth over Rs ________ crore to three oil marketing PSUs to compensate them for the losses incurred on account of selling petroleum products below market price ?

a)8,000 b)9,000 c)9,800 d)8,500 e)10,000



Note:For 15th Question answer is 'Aircel'.



Quiz on General Awareness 12

1.Which of the following countries has signed the Kyoto Protocol, but neither Ratified nor withdrawn from the protocol ?

a)India b)Iraq c)Iran d)North Korea e)US



2.European Union Consisits of 27 member states, in that how many member states have adopted the common currency 'Euro' know as Eurozone ?

a)14 b)15 c)16 d)17 d)18



3.National Rural Employment Guarantee Act renamed as ____________________ ?

a)Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act

b)Mahatma Gandhi National Employment Guarantee Act

c)Mahatma Gandhi Rural Guarantee Act

d)Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act

e)none.



4.Recently which government launched a programme to provide health service to about 58 lakh school students in the state?

a)Tamilnadu b)Orissa c)Andhra Pradesh d)Karnataka e)West Bengal



5.Who is the first Indian Woman to hold a cabinet post ?

a)Indira Gandhi b)Sarojini Naidu c)Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit d)Moraji Desai e)none



6.According to IMF, Indian economic growth in 2009 is ?

a)5.4% b)5.6% c)5.8% d)6.0% e)6.2%



7.Rao Birender Singh recently died, He was a former Chief minister of Which State ?

a)Punjab b)Delhi c)Andhra pradesh d)Uttarakhand e)Haryana.



8.Who is the new vice-chief of Army ?

a)P.K.Barbora b)P.C.Bhardwaj c)Deepak Kapoor d)P C Chacko e)M.L. Naidu



9.According to a joint study done by industry body Ficci and consultancy firm Ernst & Young, India needs an investment of Rs ______ crore in the healthcare sector by 2025, to increase its bed density to at least two per thousand population.

a)50,000 b)60,000 c)65,000 d)70,000 e)none.



10.India stood at ____ position in IT competitiveness Index, while US continued to lead the Global IT Industry followed by Finland and Sweden respectively,a survey by Economist Intelligence Unit ?

a)36 b)44 c)28 d)42 e)50



11.Who has taken over as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh after YSR Reddy dies in a chopper crash ?

a)Jagan Mohan Reddy b)Konijeti Rosaiah c)Chandra babu Naidu d)Sabita Indra Reddy e)Post is vacant



12.Who has been appointed as the brand ambassadors of the 34th National Games 2009, starting Nov 21 in Jharkhand ?

a)Akshay Kumar,Kareena Kapoor

b)Hrithik Roshan,Priyanka Chopra

c)Abhishek bachan,Priyanka chopra

d)Akshay kumar,Katrina kaif

e)Abhishek bachan,katrina kaif



13.Maria Sharapova won the Pan Pacific Open by defeating ______________ ?

a)Jelina Jankovic b)Ana Ivanovic c)Kim Clijsters d)Dinara safina e)none



14.Which country is hosting the World Tiger Summit in 2010 ?

a)Russia b)India c)Brazil d)Srilanka e)Israel



15.Which GSM Service provider signed an agreement with BSNL to access around 45,000 towers of BSNL?

a)Vodafone b)R-com c)Tata-DOCOMO d)Idea e)none.



16.Who won the Moin-ud-Dowla cricket tournament held in Hyderabad ?

a)Hyderabad b)West Bengal c)Uttar pradesh d)Maharashtra e)Goa



17.Sabita Indra Reddy is the first woman Home Minister for the state of ___________ , in India ?

a)Karnataka b)Tamilnadu c)Kerala d)Andhra pradesh e)Arunachal Pradesh



18.The 16th Asian Games 2010 will be held in ________ ?

a)India b)China c)Japan d)Srilanka e)Malaysia



19.World Teachers Day is celebrated on ?

a)Oct 5th b)Sep 15th c)Sep 5th d)Oct 15th e)Nov 1st



20.The government issued bonds worth over Rs ________ crore to three oil marketing PSUs to compensate them for the losses incurred on account of selling petroleum products below market price ?

a)8,000 b)9,000 c)9,800 d)8,500 e)10,000



Quiz on General Awareness 11

1.The 9th World Tamil Conference, slated to be held at ?

a)Chennai b)Hyderabad c)Coimbatore d)Chidambaram e)Colombo



2.According to World Bank estimates, adjusting to the effects of climate change will cost developing nations ________ billion per year till 2050 ?

a)$40-$50 b)$75-$100 c)$50-75$ d)$45-$55 e)none.



3.Which of the following banks is the third largest public sector bank in terms of net profit and total business?

a)Canara Bank b)PNB c)Bank of Maharashtra d)Bank of Baroda e)Corporation Bank



4.Who has been conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke award for the year 2007 ?

a)Manna Dey b)Tapan Sinha c)Shyam Benegal d)B.R Chopra e)Mrinal Sen



5.Which Countrys International Airport was voted the best Airport in the world for 2009 ?

a)US b)Singapore c)Hongkong d)Netherlands e)South Korea



6.'Sundardevan Committee' deals with ?

a)Voluntary Retirement b)Police Action on Madras High Court c)Disinvestment d)Foreign Direct Investment e)none



7.The Sugen power project is located in which of the following states which is scheduled to be completed this year?

a)Uttar pradesh b)Gujarat c)Bihar d)Tamilnadu e)none.



8.Which of the following countries will celebrate their 60th anniversary on Oct 1st, 2009 ?

a)Japan b)South Korea c)North Korea d)China e)Srilanka



9.During the Kargil war who were the prime ministers of India & Pakistan ?

a)Atal Bihari Vajpayee & Musharraf

b)Atal Bihari Vajpayee & Malik Meraj Khalid

c)I K Gujaral & Nawaz Sharif

d)Atal Bihari Vajpayee & Benazir Bhutto

e)none of these.



10.India signed a bilateral Labour Mobility Partnership Agreement (LMPA) with ______ which will ensure smooth and safe migration of Indian workers recently.

a)Malaysia b)Australia c)Denmark d)UK e)Germany



11.Which of the following cities is considered the easiest city to do business, according to the International Finance Corporation ?

a)Ludhiana b)Hyderabad c)Bangalore d)Guwahati e)none



12.In the Union Budget 2009-10, how much is targeted for farm credit in 2009-10?

a)2.65 lakh crore b)3.25 lakh crore c)3 .5 lakh crore d)3.3 lakh crore e)2.8 lakh crore



13.India has signed a $400 million agreement with which of the following countries to upgrade its fleet of transport aircraft AN-32 ?

a)Russia b)France c)US d)Ukraine e)Ecuador



14.The US Senate has passed a bill(named "Enhanced Parternship with pakistan Act of 2009") tripling Pakistan's civilian aid to ___ billion for the next five years ?

a)$5 b)$6.5 c)$7 d)$7.5 e)$3



15.A/c to International report, which of the following cities is the most livable city in the world ?

a)Copenhagen b)Tokyo c)Zurich d)Munich e)Paris



16.Goa has lifted the Santhosh Trophy by beating ___________ ,which held in Chennai.

a)West Zone b)Hyderabad c)Chennai d)Bengal e)none



17.Who is the author of the book "Too much Happiness" ?

a)Alice Munro b)Aung san suu kyi c)V S Naipaul d)Vikram Seth e)none



18. Who won the women's singles title in the Yonex Czech International at Brno in Czech Republic ?

a)Sharad Mirani b)Trupti Murgunde c)Arshiya d)Mundir Sherazi e)none



19.Which of the following Act has been passed by the Govt. of India to control ragging ?

a)Anti-Ragging Act b)Anti-Ragging Control Act c)Ragging Control Act d)Ragging Reforms e)none.



20.With which of the following countries India has agreed to coordinate global counter terrorism ?

a)US b)Russia c)France d)both a & b e)both a & c.





Quiz on General Awareness 11

1.The 9th World Tamil Conference, slated to be held at ?

a)Chennai b)Hyderabad c)Coimbatore d)Chidambaram e)Colombo



2.According to World Bank estimates, adjusting to the effects of climate change will cost developing nations ________ billion per year till 2050 ?

a)$40-$50 b)$75-$100 c)$50-75$ d)$45-$55 e)none.



3.Which of the following banks is the third largest public sector bank in terms of net profit and total business?

a)Canara Bank b)PNB c)Bank of Maharashtra d)Bank of Baroda e)Corporation Bank



4.Who has been conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke award for the year 2007 ?

a)Manna Dey b)Tapan Sinha c)Shyam Benegal d)B.R Chopra e)Mrinal Sen



5.Which Countrys International Airport was voted the best Airport in the world for 2009 ?

a)US b)Singapore c)Hongkong d)Netherlands e)South Korea



6.'Sundardevan Committee' deals with ?

a)Voluntary Retirement b)Police Action on Madras High Court c)Disinvestment d)Foreign Direct Investment e)none



7.The Sugen power project is located in which of the following states which is scheduled to be completed this year?

a)Uttar pradesh b)Gujarat c)Bihar d)Tamilnadu e)none.



8.Which of the following countries will celebrate their 60th anniversary on Oct 1st, 2009 ?

a)Japan b)South Korea c)North Korea d)China e)Srilanka



9.During the Kargil war who were the prime ministers of India & Pakistan ?

a)Atal Bihari Vajpayee & Musharraf

b)Atal Bihari Vajpayee & Malik Meraj Khalid

c)I K Gujaral & Nawaz Sharif

d)Atal Bihari Vajpayee & Benazir Bhutto

e)none of these.



10.India signed a bilateral Labour Mobility Partnership Agreement (LMPA) with ______ which will ensure smooth and safe migration of Indian workers recently.

a)Malaysia b)Australia c)Denmark d)UK e)Germany



11.Which of the following cities is considered the easiest city to do business, according to the International Finance Corporation ?

a)Ludhiana b)Hyderabad c)Bangalore d)Guwahati e)none



12.In the Union Budget 2009-10, how much is targeted for farm credit in 2009-10?

a)2.65 lakh crore b)3.25 lakh crore c)3 .5 lakh crore d)3.3 lakh crore e)2.8 lakh crore



13.India has signed a $400 million agreement with which of the following countries to upgrade its fleet of transport aircraft AN-32 ?

a)Russia b)France c)US d)Ukraine e)Ecuador



14.The US Senate has passed a bill(named "Enhanced Parternship with pakistan Act of 2009") tripling Pakistan's civilian aid to ___ billion for the next five years ?

a)$5 b)$6.5 c)$7 d)$7.5 e)$3



15.A/c to International report, which of the following cities is the most livable city in the world ?

a)Copenhagen b)Tokyo c)Zurich d)Munich e)Paris



16.Goa has lifted the Santhosh Trophy by beating ___________ ,which held in Chennai.

a)West Zone b)Hyderabad c)Chennai d)Bengal e)none



17.Who is the author of the book "Too much Happiness" ?

a)Alice Munro b)Aung san suu kyi c)V S Naipaul d)Vikram Seth e)none



18. Who won the women's singles title in the Yonex Czech International at Brno in Czech Republic ?

a)Sharad Mirani b)Trupti Murgunde c)Arshiya d)Mundir Sherazi e)none



19.Which of the following Act has been passed by the Govt. of India to control ragging ?

a)Anti-Ragging Act b)Anti-Ragging Control Act c)Ragging Control Act d)Ragging Reforms e)none.



20.With which of the following countries India has agreed to coordinate global counter terrorism ?

a)US b)Russia c)France d)both a & b e)both a & c.







Quiz on General Awareness 10

1.According to ARC(Administrative Reforms Commission) reports, government servants should be sacked after ____ years of service if found unfit to continue ?

a)14 b)15 c)16 d)18 e)20



2.Who is the secretary general of NATO ?

a)Giampaolo di Paola b)Anders Fogh Rasmussen c)Poul Nyrup Rasmussen d)Lars Løkke Rasmussen e)Ray Henault



3.Which country tested the long-range Shahab-3 missile recently ?

a)North Korea b)India c)Iraq d)Iran e)Pakistan



4.Which of the following is not in the list of UNESCO world heritage sites in India ?

1)Kalka-Shimla Railway 2)Humayun's Tomb 3)Keoladeo national Park 4)Tirumala Tirupathi Devastanam(TTD)



a)only 1 & 2

b)only 3

c)only 4

d)only 3 & 4.

e)All are listed in Heritage sites.



5.According to the survey conducted by the Transparency International India, which two states are the most corrupt states ?

a)J & K,Bihar b)Bihar,Jharkhand c)Jharkhand,Chattisgarh d)Bihar Chattisgarh e)Jharkhand,Madhya pradesh



6.Which of the following is true regarding 11th Five year plan ?



a)Accelerate GDP growth from 8% to 10% and then maintain at 10% in the 12th Plan in order to double per capita income by 2016-17

b)Create 70 million new work opportunities.

c)Reduce infant mortality rate to 28 and maternal mortality ratio to 1 per 1000 live births

d)Reduce educated unemployment to below 5%.

e)All are true



7.According to Economic Survey 2008-09, the per capita income was Rs_______ ?

a)29,901 b)30,674 c)31,278 d)33,010 e)34,563



8.With which of the following countries India has signed an agreement to facilitate employment of workers between two countries and promote orderly recruitment and deployment of workers ?

a)Srilanka b)Malaysia c)China d)Mayanmar e)Australia.



9.The rate at which banks lend money to the RBI is known as ?

a)Repo rate b)Reverse repo rate c)Call rate d)Bank rate e)CRR.



10.Which is the first company to launch Wi-Max services in India ?

a)VSNL b)Tata Telecommunications c)Airtel d)Reliance e)MTNL



11.US has signed a deal with which of the following countries to supply Uranium to the US nuclear industry ?

a)India b)Australia c)Canada d)Russia e)France



12.The United Nations has declared 2009 as the International Year of __________ ?

a)Education b)Planet Earth c)Astronomy d)Terrorism e)Poverty



13.India usually launches it satellites from Satish Dawan Space Centre, in which state it is located ?

a)Tamilnadu b)karnataka c)Gujarat d)Andhra Pradesh e)Rajasthan



14.Which state introduced a scheme called 'Pratibha Kira Yojana' to promote higher education among girls ?

a)Gujarat b)Haryana c)Bihar d)Uttar pradesh e)Madhya pradesh



15.Which committee recommended the abolition of tax rebates ?

a)Kelkar Committe b)Chelliah Committee c)Shome Committe d)Abhijit Sen Committee e)Shome Committee.



16.The World’s First ‘Self-Watering’ plants have been discovered in which of the following countries ?

a)US b)France c)Israel d)India e)Japan



17.After Kapil dev,which person has joined the Territorial Army(TA),the part time citizen’s force which functions as a ‘vital adjunct’ to the regular army .

a)Vinod Kambli b)Rajini kanth c)Sourav Ganguly d)Kamal hasan e)Mohan lal



18.D.C.M Trophy is associated to which of the following sports ?

a)Cricket b)Football c)Hockey d)Chess e)Volley ball



19.Indian Govt. took how many stimulus packages to fight economic slowdown ?

a)3 b)1 c)2 d)4 e)none.



20.World Water day is celebrated on ?

a)Feb 2nd b)March 21st c)April 22nd d)May 22nd e)march 22nd.

Quiz on General Awareness 9

1.Which of the following is not a welfare scheme launched by Govt. of India ?

a)Annapurna Scheme b)Bharat Nirman Yojana c)Midday Meal Scheme d)Village Grain Bank Scheme e)none



2.Recently which insurance company has decided to cover its policy holders for hospitalization expenses of Swine flu patients in India & abroad ?

a)LIC b)New India Assurance c)Aviva Life Insurance d)ICICI Lombard e)Reliance Life Insurance.



3.The European Commission(EC) has provided _______ million for emergency rehabilitation activities for nearly 3 lakh war displaced in Srilanka ?

a)€60 b)€65 c)€62 d)€68 e)none.



4.Which Country has overtaken China as a car exporter for the year 2008-09 ?

a)Korea b)India c)Japan d)US e)Germany



5.In which year Service Tax was introduced in India ?

a)1990-91 b)1991-92 c)1992-93 d)1993-94 e)1994-95



6.Which Country will host the World Tiger Summit 2010 ?

a)India b)South Africa c)Brazil d)Russia e)Indonesia



7.Recently which country has decide to issue citizenship certificates to over 400 children who were born in India when they returned to their country?

a)Pakistan b)Bangladesh c)Srilanka d)Nepal e)none.



8.Suppose Mr.X has borrowed a loan from a bank and failed to make interest or principal payment for 90 days,then the loan is considered as ________________ ?

a)Bank debt b)Credit loan c)Sub-prime lending d)Non-perfoming assets e)none



9.According to the Sixth Central Pay Commission report, Dearness allowance(DA) for central govt. employees has been increased to ___ % ?

a)16 b)22 c)18 d)20 e)none



10.The Special Drawing Right(SDR) is an international Reserve Asset, created by _______?

a)World Bank b)IMF c)ADB d)WTO e)RBI



11.Who among the following is the highest tax payer politician in India ?

a)Mayawati b)Rahul Gandhi c)Sonia Gandhi d)Y S Rajeshekar Reddy e)none.



12.Recently 'Mogadishu' is in news, is the capital of ___________ ?

a)Sudan b)Somalia c)Fiji d)Ethiopia e)none.



13.Which country has told the UN that it does not want any more Indian Troops ?

a)Tajikistan b)Afghanistan c)Bangladesh d)Lebanon e)Congo



14.Who is the new media adviser to prime minister ?

a)Deepak Sandhu b)Sanjay Baru c)Uma Kant Mishra d)Harish Kare e)none.



15.SEBI is a ___________ ?

a)Statutory body b)Advisory body c)Constituional body d)Non-Statutory body e)none.



16.All BPL families will come under _______________ ?

a)Rashtriya Arogya Yojana

b)Aam Admi Swasthya Bima Yojana

c)Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana

d)Jan Swasthya Bima Yojana

e)Pradam Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana



17. Who is the winner of Men's Single in French open 2009?

a)Rafael Nadal b)Del potro c)Roger Federer d)Andy Murray e)Soderling



18.NABARD is established on the recommendations of ?

a)Public account Committee

b)Narashimhan Committee

c)Chelliah Committe

d)Shome Committee

e)Shivaraman Committee



19)According to a report by parliamentary panel, how many _____ sq km area are under Naxals in different state where govt. has no control on it ?

a)38,000 b)40,000 c)36,000 d)44,0000 e)33,000



20)Who penned the book "India's Export Trends and Prospects for Self-Sustained Growth" ?

a)Pranab Mukherji b)Narasimha Rao c)R K Narayanan d)Jaswant Singh e)none.



Note:For 20 Q, answers is Manmohan Singh.

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2009

Quiz on General Awareness 8

1)Who is the chief of Indain Air Force(IAF) ?

a)Suresh Mehta b)Nirmal Verma c)P V Naik d)Deepak Kapoor e)PK Barbora



2)Which of the following is India's biggest & leading Non-Banking Finance Company(NBFC) ?

a)HDFC b)Reliance Capital c)Power Finance Corporation d)LIC Housing Finance e)Religare Enterprises



3)What is the fullform of AMC?

a)Accredited management Corporation

b)Association of management Corporation

c)Asian Market Capital

d)Assets management Companies

e)Asian Market Currency



4)The first International T20 cricket match was played between _________ and __________ ?

a)England,Australia b)Australia,New Zealand c)India,Srilanka d)England,New zealand e)Australia,West Indies.



5)Which of the following countries appointed the first ever Hindu Chief Justice ?

a)Pakistan b)Bangladesh c)Nepal d)Bhutan e)Maldives



6)Which of the following countries will host the Women's World Cup cricket 2013 ?

a)South Africa b)Australia c)West Indies d)England e)India



7)Chandrayan-1 spacecraft has detected the presence of water on lunar surface which was confirmed by M3 instrument of NASA, what does the M3 stands for ?

a)Mineralogy moon mapper

b)Making moon mapper

c)Moon Mineralogy mapper

d)Montreal moon mapper

e)none.



8)Recently which country told to IAEA that it has a second uranium enrichment plant under construction ?

a)North Korea b)Iran c)India c)Pakistan e)Israel



9)India has agreed to build a coal power project with an total investment of $500 million to which of the following countries ?

a)Srilanka b)Nepal c)Bangladesh e)Myanmar e)none.



10)___________ has signed contract with Hindustan Oil Exploration Company (HOEC) for sourcing of natural gas from the PY-1 fields in the Cauvery basin ?

a)ONGC b)Reliance Gas c)Gujarat Gas Company lmtd d)GAIL e)none



11)Who has been elected as President of the Indian Newspaper Society (INS) for 2009-10 ?

a)T. Venkattram Reddy b) Sanjay Hazari c) V.K.Chopra d)Hormusji N. Cama e)Paresh Nath



12)Recently which of the following countries has launched the satellite Naro-1,but failed to reach a orbit ?

a)Iran b)Sweden b)Russia d)Japan e)South Korea



13)Who is the CEO of Google ?

a)Sergey Brin b)Larry Page c)Eric Schmidt d)both a & b e)none.



14)India has signed a FTA(Free Trade Agreement) with which of the Countrys/Organisations ?

a)ASEAN b)European Union c)South Korea d)both a & c e)none



15)NTPC has signed an agreements with Reliance Industries to buy natural gas at govt. approved rates of _____ per mmbtu ?

a)$3.6 b)$4.2 c)$3.8 d)$4.4 e)$4



16)Tata Power, which is implementing the 4000 mw Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project(UMPP) in which of the following states ?

a)Madhya pradesh b)Haryana c)Gujarat d)Himachal Pradesh e)Karnataka



17)Which of the following countries in the world is largest producer of sugar cane ?

a)India b)US c)Indonesia d)China e)Brazil



18)Justice Tarun Agarwal recently appionted as a judge of which of the following High Court ?

a)Uttar Oradesh b)Karnataka c)Uttarakhand d)Meghalaya e)none.



19)G S Bhargava was recently passed away,he belongs to which field ?

a)Journalism b)Politician c)Actor d)Sports e)Singer



20)State-run telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) and software solutions provider __________ signed an agreement to work together on the National Broadband Penetration Programme (NBPP).

a)TCS b)HCL c)Infosys d)Tech Mahindra e)Wipro.

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Quiz on General Awareness 7

1)According to ADB(Asian Development Bank) report, India will achieve __% economic growth this year.

a)5 b)5.7 c)6 d)6.1 e)6.7%



2)Which is the Country's second largest mobile telephone company?

a)Tata Indicom b)Vodafone c)Reliance d)Airtel e)Idea.



3)Which of the following is the first Indian traditional Bank to achieve all branch/office inter-connectivity and register 100% CBS.

a)SBI b)Karur Vysya Bank c)ICICI d)South Indian Bank e)United Bank of India.



4)Which Govt. launches a website for homoeopathy ?

a)Kerala b)Delhi c)Tamilnadu d)Andhra Pradesh e)none.



5)'Abhaya Hastam' a scheme launched by _________?

a)Central Govt. b)Tamilnadu Govt. c)Kerala Govt. d)Karnataka Govt. e)none.



6)Which Country won Asian Women Basketball Championship held in Chennai recently?

a)Korea b)China c)India d)US e)Czech Republic.



7)Which is the only state that has been opted out SWAN(State-Wide Area N/W) ,a national e-governance project ?

a)J & K b)Sikkim c)Arunachal pradesh d)Goa e)Meghalaya



8)Which state will become the first state in the country to have sports and physical education integrated as part of the educational curriculum ?

a)Andhra Pradesh b)Tamilnadu c)Kerala d)Gujarat e)Punjab



9)Which of the following countries is not a member of NPT(Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty) which has a membership of 189 countries ?

1)Iran 2)North Korea 3)Palestine 4)India 5)Israel



a)only 1 & 2

b)only 2,3 & 4

c)only 3 & 4

d)only only 1,2 & 4

e)only 2,4 & 5.



10)Line of Actual Control(LAC) is border between ________________?

a)India & Pakistan b)Pakistan &China c)India & Nepal d)India & China e)Nepal & China.



11)Recently government launched the _______________ Mission with the objective to reduce illeteracy especially among the women ?

a)Akshara Bharat b)Akshar Aanchal c)Sakshar Bharat d)Akshara Kairali e)none.



12)By using which satellite launch vehicle(SLV) Oceansat-2 has been launched?

a)GSLV-14 b)PSLV-14 c)SLV-14 d)PSLV-15 e)PSLV-13



13)US-based Ford Motor Company launched a small car named ______ in New Delhi ?

a)Jaguar b)Fiot c)Figo d)marque e)Ford small



14)The Central Government has cleared ___FDI proposals entailing a total inflow of 393.63 crores based on the recommendations of FIPB?

a)13 b)9 c)10 d)11 e)15



15)Samsung mobile has launched a Android smart-phone by tying up with _________ ?

a)Bharti Airtel b)Vodafone c)Reliance d)Tata DOCOMO e)Idea.



16)Very Recently World Bank has provided a $4.3 billions loan to India,in which ___ billions are used for recapitalisation of state owned banks ?

a)$1.6 b)$1.8 c)$3 d)$2.5 e)$2



17)American Independence day is celebrated on ?

a)june 4 b)july 4 c)june 11 d)june 13 e)july 11



18)In the Union Budget 2009-10,how many crores are allocated to Indira Awas Yojana by increasing 63% from previous year?

a)8888 b)8123 c)8883 d)8956 e)none.



19)'Sea of Poppies' is a book written by ?

a)Anita desai b)Chetan Bhagat c)Arvind adiga d)Jhumpa Lahiri e)none.



20)'Ramunujan Trophy' is associated to which sport ?

a)Hockey b)Tennis c)Badminton d)Chess e)Football



Note:For 5th Q,answer is Andhra pradesh,for 19th Q,answer is Amitav Ghosh.

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

Quiz on General Awareness 6

1.___________ has the world’s largest mobile network and the world’s largest mobile subscriber base ?

a.Bharti-MTN b)Vodafone c)China Mobile d)Reliance e)none.



2.Which is the general body that monitors M&As(Mergers and Acquisition) across industries and sectors?

a)RBI b)Competition Commission c)Ministry of Finance d)both a & c e)none.



3.The World Bank has agreed to provide a ___ loan for developing national highways in India?

a)$20 billion c)$10 billion c)$5 billion d)$3 billion e)$1 billion.

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Current Affairs 7 - 2009

1. The Renault Formula One team given two-year suspended ban from the sport by the International Automobile Federation (FIA) for ordering Nelson Piquet junior to crash in the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix.

2. The Meghalaya government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Microsoft Corporation for imparting digital literacy and capacity building across the educational community involving students, teachers and institutions.

3. Sahabaz Khan of Kolkata won the national junior billiards championship by defeating Mundir Shiraji of Karnataka, in Agra.

4. Roger Federer clinched Switzerland's return to the Davis Cup World Group with a comfortable 6-3 6-0 6-4 victory over Italy's Potito Starace in Genoa.

5. Dell Inc said it has agreed to buy the information technology services company Perot Systems Corp for about $3.9 billion.

6. BJP MLA Dushyant Patel has been elected as the president of Bharuch District Cricket Association (BDCA).

7. According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in November 2006,India ranked 9th in World Tree Planting.

8. Noted journalist and columnist Yasin Dalal has entered Limca Book of Records for writing 65 books on subjects related to journalism.

9. Uttar Pradesh defeated hosts Hyderabad by 59 runs to win the Moin-ud-Dowla cricket tournament at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.

10. Veteran journalist G S Bhargava has passed away,who held the post of Resident Editor of Indian Express in Hyderabad.

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Quiz on General Awareness 5

1.Which Stock Exchange in the world ranks first in terms of the number of listed companies?

a)NewYork SE b)Tokyo SE c)NASDAQ d)BSE e)NSE



2.Which bank has opened the country's highest ATM in Sikkim in 2007?

a)Union Bank of India b)United Bank of India c)SBI d)ICICI e)HDFC



3.Which film has won the beast feature film award in International Film Festival in Ireland?

a)Kanchipuram b)Tare zameen par c)Mukhaputa d)Chak de India e)none



4.Who is captain for Delhi Daredevils in IPL 3?

a)Sehwag b)Dilshan c)Gambhir d)A B Devilliers e)both a & c.



5.Which city will host the National sub-junior Badminton?

a)Goa b)Chennai c)Hyderabad d)Ranchi e)Jaipur



6.Which telecom operator has decided to start the numbers starting with '8'?

a)Bharti Airel b)Virgin Mobile c)Reliance d)Tata e)Idea.



7.Norah al-Fayez is the first women ever named to a ministerial post in which of the following countries?

a)Saudi Arabia b)Kuwait c)Iran d)UAE e)Iraq.



8.What was the total length of Rajiv Gandhi Bandra-Worli Sealink?

a)5.3km b)5.7km c)5.4km d)5.5km e)none



9.Which of the following countries has stopped supplying uranium to India?

a)Russia b)Kazakshtan c)Italy d)Australia e)China



10.Who is the newly elected President of Indonesia?

a)Nouri Al-Maliki b)Susilo Yudhonoyo C)Nursultan Nazarbayev d)Sultan Said al Said e)Bashar al-Assad



11.Kamala Das (also known as Kamala Surayya) recently passed away,she is a ________?

a)Writer b)Singer c)Director d)Poet e)both a & d.



12.Bernard d’Espagnat is the recipient of Templeton Prize 2009,he belongs to which country?

a)USA b)Finland c)France d)Russia e)Swizerland



13.India has offered a help in Writing a Consitition to which of the following countries?

a)Bhutan b)Nepal c)Maldives d)Nigeria e)none



14.Which of the following Countries dropped the safe guard duty on Indian Cotton Yarn?

a)Australia b)Peru c)South Africa d)Egypt e)both b & d.



15.What is first 'A' in ASHA, a scheme launched by Govt. of India?

a)Association b)Activist c)Assistance d)Accredited e)none.



16.Which of the following is true abot SEZ(Special Economic Zones)?

1)95% FDI allowed for township with residential,educational and recreation facilities in the area.

2)Exemption from Service tax,central sales tax.

3)Income tax benefits

4)1000 acres is allocated for free

a)only 1 b)only 3 c)only 2 & 3 d)All 1,2,3,4 e)none.



17.'World Post Office day' is celebrated on________?

a)Oct 9th b)Nov 10th c)Sep 9th d)Aug 10th e)Oct 10th.



18.'My Life' a book written by_____________?

a)Hillary Clinton b)R K Narayan c)Anita Desai d)Bill Clinton e)Chetan Bhagat



19.In which of the following the countries the Indian military base is situated?

a)kyrgyzstan b)Bangladesh c)Tajikistan d)Bhutan e)Bahrain.



20.Which of the following is a Indirect Tax?

a)Corporate Tax b)Income Tax c)Service Tax d)Property Tax e)none.



Note:For 8th question answers is 5.6km

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

Current Affairs 6 - 2009

NIT's in India(Wikipidea)

1. Samsung SDI, a rechargeable battery maker by partnering with Bosch, a supplier of automobile components, plans to start commercial production of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles by 2011. The joint venture between the two companies is called SB LiMotive.

2. The government approved establishment of nine National Institutes of Technology (NITs) which will start functioning from next year.These national level institutes will be set up at a cost of Rs 2,350 crore in Manipur, Mizoram, Goa, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Pudducherry, Uttarakhand and Delhi.At present, there are 20 NITs in the country.

3. Bishop Cotton School to celebrate 150th foundation year next month(October).

4. The Navy has launched a stealth destroyer capable of carrying nuclear warheads,the 6,500-tonne warship INS Kochi was indigenously built by Mumbai-based Mazagon Dock Ltd and designed by the Directorate of Naval Design. It will add to the existing Delhi class fleet comprising INS Delhi, INS Mysore and INS Mumbai.

5. The International Congress of Mathematicians will be held in Hyderabad from August 19-27, 2010.

6. The Kerala Assembly passed the 'Pampa River Basin Authority Bill', with the aim of conservation of water resources and river basin of Pampa, the river where thousands of Sabarimala pilgrims take a dip before proceeding to the famous hill shrine.

7. Gambhir Gambhir wins Castrol best cricketer of 2008 award.

8. India and Belarus signed three agreements i)including a USD 50 million commercial contract for a power plant in the former Soviet republic(Belarus). ii) India will set up a Digital Learning Centre at the High Technology Park in Belarus. iii)Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) signed a contract worth USD 50 million for supply of equipment and provision of technical supervision for installation of 120 MW Grodno-II Combined Heat and Power Plant.

9. Inflation back in positive zone,rises to 0.12% after remaining in negative zone for 13 consecutive weeks for the week ended Sep 5th 2009 and RBI said it may rise to 6% by march 2010.

10. India stood at 44th position in IT competitiveness Index, while US continued to lead the Global IT Industry followed by Finland and Sweden respectively,a survey by Economist Intelligence Unit.

11. The 2010 Shooting World Cup that is going to be held in Delhi,as been Cancelled.

12. The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) said, Japan overtakes United States of America to be No.1 in the maximum number of patents in 2007.

13. India's Tata Motors has been sanctioned a 10 million pounds loan for its new electric car project in the UK by the British government.

14. US President Barack Obama has appointed Indian American Arun Majumdar as in-charge of advanced research in the field of energy, one of the key posts in his administration.

15. The Centre's ambitious Rs 2,000-crore project to bring all 16,000 police stations in the country under a single network to counter terror challenges will become operational by 2011-12.

16. Gaganjeet Bhullar pipped Randhawa to win DLF Masters golf tournament in Gurgaon.

17. A 105-year-old woman(Saraswati jhadav) of Suburban Andheri has become the oldest person to apply online for voter identity card.

18. India to become $8bn drugs market for MNCs by 2015,a study by FICCI-Ernst & Young.

19. RIM and Aircel join hands for BlackBerry services in India.

20. A Ficci-Ernst & Young report today said the Indian pharmaceutical market is expected to triple to 20 billion dollars by 2015 with a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 12.3%.



1.Tata DoCoMo is the GSM brand of Tata teleservice ltd,in which Japan's NTT DoCoMo holds ____ stake?

a)21% b)26% c)33% d)42% e)none



2.Mumbai-based Wockhardt Hospitals Pvt. Ltd said it has agreed to sell 10 of its 17 hospitals to Fortis Healthcare Ltd for _____crore?

a)909 b)1000 c)675 d)858 e)none.



3.Who wrote the book "True Colours"?

a)Kapil Dev b)Ravi Shastri c)Hayden d)Gilchrist e)Brain Lara



4.Very Recently AAI has approved an International airport in?

a)Chandigarh b)Mysore c)Mohali d)Vishakapatnam e)Kharagpur



5.How many Recruitment Boards are there for Indian Railways?

a)7 b)5 c)11 d)13 e)19



6.'Shakti Sthal' is the samadhi of _____?

a)Indira Gandhi b)Mahatma Gandhi c)Rajiv Gandhi d)Sanjay Gandhi e)Jawaharlal Nehru



7.Who is the new Director-General of International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA)____________?

a)Mohamed Elbaradei b)Yukhio Hatoyama c)Yukio Persobo d)Hans Blix e)none



8.Recently Government has decided to give a ___ increase in DA(Dearness Allowance) for all Central govt. employess and pensioners.

a)4% b)4.5% c)5% d)10% e)11%



9.Who is India's envoy to Pakistan?

a)Meera Shankar b)Sharat Sabharwal c)Nirupama Rao d)M K Narayanan e)Satyabrata Pal



10.Chandrayan-2,the second Indian lunar mission, is slated to take off in which of the following years?

a)2010-2011 b)2011-2012 c)2012-2013 d)2013-2014 e)2014-2015.



11.The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana(PMGSY) seeks to connect habitations with a population of more than_____?

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



12.'In the Line of Fire' book is written by __________?

a)Abdul Kalam b)Kuldeep Singh c)Pervez Musharaff d)Jagdish Bhagwati e)none.



13.Which was the first airport in India to have a thermal camera for screening Influenza A H1N1?

a)IGIA,New Delhi b)SVPIA,Ahmedabad c)RGIA,Hyderabad d)CSIA,Mumbai e)BIA,Bangalore.



14.Roger Federer defeated _____________to win Cincinnati Masters?

a)Rafael Nadal b)Andy Murray c)Novak Djokovic d)Andy Roddick e)Robin Soderling



15.Government has sanctioned a financial assistance of ______ crore to two Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s memorial in Gujarat.

a)20 b)30 c)50 d)100 e)none.



16.The Karur Vysya bank(KVB) has become the first private sector bank to cross Rs_________crore mark in net-owned funds.

a)500 b)1000 c)1500 d)2000 e)3000



17)Which Cricket board has scrapped the 50-over format from its domestic cricket calendar ?

a)West Indies b)Srilanka c)India d)Kenya e)England



18)Oil India Lmtd is ____________?

1)Navaratna status PSE 2)Mini ratna(catg-01) status 3)Mini ratna(catg-02) status 4)PSU by GOI

a)only 1

b)only 4

c)only 1 & 4

d)only 2 & 3

e)only 2 & 4.



19)India won the Azlan Shah Hockey Cup tournament 2009 by defeating ____________ ?

a)Germany b)Pakistan c)Spain d)China e)Malayasia.



20)Where the 17th International Agriculture Exhibition 2009 held in ____?

a)Israel b)India c)Turkey d)US e)China



Note:For 7th Question answers is: Yukia Amano.

Current Affairs 5 - 2009

1. IT giant Infosys Opens 2nd Global Education Centre(GEC) in Mysore inaugarated by Sonia Gandhi,also it is the largest corporate education centre in the world.

2. Doordarshan celebrates 50 years in Public Broadcasting.

3. The government issued bonds worth over Rs 10,000 crore to three oil marketing PSUs to compensate them for the losses incurred on account of selling petroleum products below market price.While bonds worth Rs 6,207.06 were issued to Indian Oil Corporation, Rs 2,033.99 crore worth bonds were given to Hindustan Petroleum Corp and Rs 2,065.28 crore bonds were given to Bharat Petroleum Corp.

4. Mundir Sherazi won the sub-junior boys billiards title at the ongoing National Billiards and Snooker Championships.

5. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) would launch Oceansat-2 satellite, which would help identify potential fishing zones and in coastal zone studies, on September 23.

6. Kerala Government launched "Email to All Employees" project,where all kerala government employees will get e-mail IDs.

7. Hughes Communications, a provider of broadband satellite and managed network services, received a five-year contract worth Rs.22.5 crore from the State Bank of India (SBI) for deploying satellite broadband network to connect its off-site ATMs across the country.

8. Wipro has won a three year outsourcing contract from All Nippon Airways (ANA), the first airline in the world to procure the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

9. HCL Security, a subsidiary of HCL Infosystems has announced the appointment of Rothin Bhattacharyya as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

10. Vijay Keshav Gokhale named as the next High Commissioner to Malaysia by succeeding Ashok Kantha.

11. All-India Gurmit Memorial hockey tournament will be held at Chandigarh.

12. Rajasthan Government banned foreign tours by ministers and officers to cut the expenditure.

13. 40,000 sq km area are under Naxals in different states where govt. has no control on it,says Parliamentary panel.

14. An agreement betweenNational Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) and Germany's Development Bank KfW,India will recieve Rs 130 crore as aid from Germany.

15. According to UN World Food Program(WFP),one billion people will go hungry this year for the first time.

16. The first phase of Solar Photovoltaic manufacturing facility of Solar Semiconductor Pvt. Ltd.inaugurated by Farooq abdulla in Hyderabad.

17. State-run telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) and software solutions provider HCL Infosystems signed an agreement to work together on the National Broadband Penetration Programme (NBPP).

18. Reliance will be the first telecom operator to launch the mobile numbers starting with '8' in delhi.

19. Venezuela signed a $20 billion and $16 billion investment deal with Russia and China (respectively) for oil exploration in the Orinoco river.

20. Goldman Sachs has estimated that India will require $1.7 trillion in financing its infrastructure needs over the next decade.The Indian government's projection for the 11th Five-Year Plan for 2007-2012 envisages $500 billion in infrastructure spending.



1.Who is the Miss Universe 2009?

a)Dayana Mendoza b)Ksenia Sukhinova c)Parvathy Omnakuttam d)Stefania Fernandez e)none.



2.Who is the newly appointed head of PM's Economic Advisory Control?

a)Suresh Tendulkar b)Rangarajan c)Suresh Kalmadi d)Pranab Mukherjee e)none.



3.Recently Govt. approved 10 FDI Proposals of worth Rs_____crores?

a)1123 b)950 c)838 d)1118 e)1325



4.Panchayat Raj was introduced in which year?

a)1952 b)1956 c)1958 d)1959 e)1960



5.Which island is known as the 'Pearl of the East' ?

a)Srilanka b)Greenland c)Maldives d)Andaman Islands e)none.



6.Who is the author of the book "Two Lives" ?

a)V.S Naipaul b)Chetan Bhagat c)Vikram Seth d)Amitav Ghosh e)Anita Desai.



7.On which day 'World Tourism Day' is observed ?

a)Sep 26 b)Aug 26 c)Oct 5 d)Sep 27 e)Oct 26.



8.'Leela Naidu' a famous personality was a________?

a)Actor b)Journalist c)Director d)Model e)both a & d.



9.Who was appointed as adviser to Chinese Cricket?

a)Javed Miandad b)Wasim Akram c)Kapil Dev d)Arjuna Ranatunga e)none.



10.Many times we see in the financial papers they use the term DI,what is the 'D' in that?

a)Deposit b)Discharge c)Directorate d)Deficit e)Direct.



11.Where will be the G-20 Summit takes place in September 2009?

a)London b)Pittsburg c)Stuttgart d)Washington e)New york.



12.Very often we read about financial inclusion in newspapers these days. Financial Inclusion mean ___ ?

a) Providing loans to all eligible persons who are in BPL category.

b)Creating a mechanism of providing financial help to business people of society whenever they are in need of the same.

c) Providing banking services to all those who are staying in remote and interior areas of the country.

d) To ensure that each and every person pays tax on his/her income regularly and honestly.

e) None of these.



13.‘Dyanchand Trophy’ is associated with the game of_____?

a) Golf b) Cricket c) Football d) Tennis e) Hockey.



14.Who is the new Chairman of Indian Bank's Association?

a)T.s.Narayanasami b)M.V.Nair c)D.Subbarao d)K.C CHakrabarty e)none.



15.Who is the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World for 2008?

a)Virendar Sehwag b)M.S.Dhoni c)Ricky Pointing d)K.Peterson e)Sachin Tendulkar.



16.The World Investment Report is published every year by _____?

a)World Bank b)WTO c)UNCTAD d)IMF e)WEF



17.In the Union Budget 2009-10 how much is allocated for Commonwealth Games 2010?

a)2,112cr b)2,790cr c)3,102cr d)3,472cr e)none.



18.In Union Budget 2009-10 which tax is abolished?

1)Goods and Service Tax 2)Commodities Transaction Tax 3)Fringe Benefit Tax

a)only 3

b)only 2

c)only 1& 2

d)Only 1 & 3

e)none.



19.Who is the best actress given in Rajiv Gandhi awards 2009?

a)Priyanka Chopra b)Karena Kapoor c)Katrina Kaif d)Aishwarya Rai e)Shilpa Shetty.



20.Which State has Lowest Literacy rate?

a)Orissa b)Bihar c)Chattisgarh d)Jharkhand e)Sikkim



Current Affairs 4 - 2009

1. Father of 'Green Revolution' and Nobel Peace Prize winner Norman Borlaug dies at 95.

2. Former BCCI President Raj Singh Dungarpur passed away.

3. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) formally appointed Yukiya Amano of Japan as its new director general from 1st December, succeeding Mohamed ElBaradei.

4. India and Mongolia signed the Civil Nuclear Energy Cooperation pact.

5. Nokia to offer telecom services.

6. India beat Srilanka to clinch the Triangular Compaq Seried held in Srilanka.Champions Trophy'09 Schedule.

7. Argentina's sixth seed Del potro beat Roger Federer to Win Mens Single US Open 2009.

8. Belgian Kim Clijsters beat Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark to win Womens Single US Open 2009.more..!! Wimbledon'09,French'09,Australian Open'09.

9. Air India has signed a bilateral agreement with the Singapore Airlines ( SIA), which will enable the frequent flyer programme ( FFP) members of both airlines to earn and redeem mileage points on flights operated by each other.

10. Smt. Shyamala Gopinath, Deputy Governor is reappointed Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India up to June 20, 2011. Smt. Gopinath was earlier appointed as Deputy Governor on September 21, 2004 for a period of five years.

11. Chief Minister Narendra Modi took over the reins of the Gujarat Cricket Asssociation (GCA) from Congress after he was elected as its President in the Annual General Meeting of the body.

12. India is proposing to launch a South Asian regional train service between Pakistan, India and Bangladesh.

13. Renowned author Dr Karanjit Singh and sufi singer Pushpa Hans have bagged the literary awards of the Punjabi Academy of Delhi government for 2007-08.

14. Three electricity companies of Rajasthan "Jaipur Vidhut Vitran Nigam, Ajmer Vidhut Vitran Nigam and Jodhpur Vidhut Vitran Nigam" would provide domestic electricity connection to over 2.5 lakh BPL customers in the state during current fiscal year.

15. The National Billiards & Snooker ChampionShip will be held in Agra.

16. Indian off spinner Harbhajan Singh has been signed up as brand ambassador by Neo Sports network for one year starting this October.

17. Subroto Chattopadhyay, Chairman of The Peninsula Foundation, has been unanimously elected as Chairman of Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) for 2009-10.

18. 'Tirupati laddoo' offered to devotees at the Lord Venkateswara Temple in Andhra Pradesh has been awarded geographical copyright.

19. Hollywood actor Patrick Swayze passes away.

20. According to a joint study done by industry body Ficci and consultancy firm Ernst & Young, India needs an investment of Rs 70,000 crore in the healthcare sector by 2025, to increase its bed density to at least two per thousand population.

21. Sachin records the Most No. of runs in Tests(12,773) & ODI's(16,875),most no of Centuries in Test(42) & ODI's(44),most no of Man of the Matches(59) and most no of Man of the Series(14) in One Day International.



1.The Indian National Congress(INC) was founded in the year?

a)1885 b)1857 c)1895 d)1886 e)1865



2.Who is the first woman to become Chief Minister of an Indian State?

a)Vijayalakshmi Pandit b)Sarojini Naidu c)Sucheta Kripalani d)Razia Sultana e)Moraji Desai



3.Usian Bolt belongs to which sport?

a) Boxing b)Formula One c)Swimming d)Sprinter e)none



4.Who is the winner of 42nd Jnanpith award?

a)Satya Vrat Shastri b)Ravindra Kelekar c)Kunwar Narayan d)Rahman Rahi e)both a & b.



5.Recently we celebrated ____ Independence Day?

a)60th b)61st c)62nd d)63rd d)none



6.The Minimum Support Price(msp) for the common variety of Paddy is?

a)950 b)850 c)800 d)750 e)930.





7.Who is the author of the book "East,West"?

a)V.S Naipaul b)Vikram Seth c)Shashi Tharoor d)Salman Rushdie e)Hillary Clinton





8.What is second 'I' in IIP(related to economy)?

a)Index b)Industrial c)India d)Investment e)none





9.Which is the most Populous city in the world?

a)New York b)Tokyo c)Mumbai d)Beijing e)Delhi





10.Who is the new Director-General of Border Security Force?

a)BC Tripathi b)ML Kumawat c)Raman Srivastava d)Subhas Pani e)none





11.'Bhuvan' is a name of?

a)It is a satellite launched by ISRO

b)It is a virtual earth locator in 3-D launched by ISRO.

c)It is a missile used by Indian Army.

d)It is a main battle tank

e)It is a Submarine





12.Which of the following chiefs of Army Staff has been conferred with Mahavir Chakra twice?

a)Field Marshall J.Manekshaw

b)Filed Marshall M.Cariappa

c)General K.S Thimmayya

d)General K.Sunderji

e)General A.S.Vaidya



13.Which of the following banks has offered a loan of up to $ 1 billion to Bharti Airtel for buying a stake in South Africa's MTN?

a)ICICI Bank b)SBI c)Bank Of India d)PNB e)Canara Bank

14.What amount of exports has been set target for the next fiscal year in the new Foreign Trade Policy 2009-14?

a)$200-billion b)$250-billion c)$100-billion d)$300-billion e)$350-billion

15.Subhas Chakraborty was a famous personality recently passes away belongs to which filed?

a)Sports b)Politics c)Painting d)Music e)Actor



16.According to Forbes,who is the world's most powerful women?

a)Shella Blair b)Indra Nooyi c)Angela Merkel d)Cynthia Carrol e)none.

17.Who is the Chairperson of Administrative Reforms Commission?

a)V.Ramachandran b)A.P.Mukherjee c)JayaPrakash Narayanan d)Vineeta Rai e)none.

18.What is the Tentavie name of India's third Base at Antarctica which is scheduled to be operational by 2012?

a)Dakshin Gangrothi b)Maitri c)Datri d)Bharti e)none

19.Normally the hottest hour of the Day is?

a)11am b)12pm c)1pm d)2pm e)3pm



20.Which Country is the Leading Producer of rice?

a)India b)China c)US d)Russia e)Indonesia.







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PO Interview Questions 1

1. What is a Repo Rate?

A: Repo rate is the rate at which our banks borrow rupees from RBI. Whenever the banks have any shortage of funds they can borrow it from RBI. A reduction in the repo rate will help banks to get money at a cheaper rate. When the repo rate increases, borrowing from RBI becomes more expensive.



2. What is Reverse Repo Rate?

A: This is exact opposite of Repo rate. Reverse Repo rate is the rate at which Reserve Bank of India (RBI) borrows money from banks. RBI uses this tool when it feels there is too much money floating in the banking system. Banks are always happy to lend money to RBI since their money is in safe hands with a good interest. An increase in Reverse repo rate can cause the banks to transfer more funds to RBI due to this attractive interest rates.



3. What is CRR Rate?

A: Cash reserve Ratio (CRR) is the amount of funds that the banks have to keep with RBI. If RBI decides to increase the percent of this, the available amount with the banks comes down. RBI is using this method (increase of CRR rate), to drain out the excessive money from the banks.3



4. What is SLR Rate?

A: SLR (Statutory Liquidity Ratio) is the amount a commercial bank needs to maintain in the form of cash, or gold or govt. approved securities (Bonds) before providing credit to its customers.

SLR rate is determined and maintained by the RBI (Reserve Bank of India) in order to control the expansion of bank credit. SLR is determined as the percentage of total demand and percentage of time liabilities. Time Liabilities are the liabilities a commercial bank liable to pay to the customers on their anytime demand.

With the SLR (Statutory Liquidity Ratio), the RBI can ensure the solvency a commercial bank. It is also helpful to control the expansion of Bank Credits. By changing the SLR rates, RBI can increase or decrease bank credit expansion. Also through SLR, RBI compels the commercial banks to invest in government securities like government bonds.

SLR is used to control inflation and propel growth. Through SLR rate tuning the money supply in the system can be controlled efficiently.



5. What is Bank Rate?

A: Bank rate, also referred to as the discount rate, is the rate of interest which a central bank charges on the loans and advances that it extends to commercial banks and other financial intermediaries. Changes in the bank rate are often used by central banks to control the money supply.



6. What is Inflation?

A: Inflation is as an increase in the price of bunch of Goods and services that projects the Indian economy. An increase in inflation figures occurs when there is an increase in the average level of prices in Goods and services. Inflation happens when there are fewer Goods and more buyers; this will result in increase in the price of Goods, since there is more demand and less supply of the goods.



7. What is Deflation?

A: Deflation is the continuous decrease in prices of goods and services. Deflation occurs when the inflation rate becomes negative (below zero) and stays there for a longer period.



8. What is PLR?

A: The Prime Interest Rate is the interest rate charged by banks to their most creditworthy customers (usually the most prominent and stable business customers). The rate is almost always the same amongst major banks. Adjustments to the prime rate are made by banks at the same time; although, the prime rate does not adjust on any regular basis. The Prime Rate is usually adjusted at the same time and in correlation to the adjustments of the Fed Funds Rate. The rates reported below are based upon the prime rates on the first day of each respective month. Some banks use the name "Reference Rate" or "Base Lending Rate" to refer to their Prime Lending Rate.



9. What is Deposit Rate?

A: Interest Rates paid by a depository institution on the cash on deposit.



Policy Rates:

• Bank Rate: 6.00%

• Repo Rate: 4.75%

• Reverse Repo Rate: 3.25%



Reserve Ratios:

• CRR: 5.00%

• SLR: 25.0%



Lending/Deposit Rates:

• PLR: 11.00%-12.00%.

• Deposit Rate: 6.00%-7.50%.

. Savings Bank rate: 3.5%.

Note: Rates as on 05-01-10.



10. What is FII?

A: FII (Foreign Institutional Investor) used to denote an investor, mostly in the form of an institution. An institution established outside India, which proposes to invest in Indian market, in other words buying Indian stocks. FII's generally buy in large volumes which has an impact on the stock markets. Institutional Investors includes pension funds, mutual funds, Insurance Companies, Banks, etc.



11. What is FDI?

A: FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) occurs with the purchase of the “physical assets or a significant amount of ownership (stock) of a company in another country in order to gain a measure of management control” (Or) A foreign company having a stake in a Indian Company.



12. What is IPO?

A: IPO is Initial Public Offering. This is the first offering of shares to the general public from a company wishes to list on the stock exchanges.



13. What is Disinvestment?

A: The Selling of the government stake in public sector undertakings.



14. What is Fiscal Deficit?

A: It is the difference between the government’s total receipts (excluding borrowings) and total expenditure. Fiscal deficit in 2009-10 is proposed at 6.8% of GDP.



15. What is Revenue deficit?

A: It defines that, where the net amount received (by taxes & other forms) fails to meet the predicted net amount to be received by the government. Revenue deficit in 2009-10 is proposed at 4.8% of GDP.



16. What is GDP?

A: The Gross Domestic Product or GDP is a measure of all of the services and goods produced in a country over a specific period; classically a year. GDP during 2008-09 is 6.7%.



17. What is GNP?

A: Gross National Product is measured as GDP plus income of residents from investments made abroad minus income earned by foreigners in domestic market.



18. What is National Income?

A: National Income is the money value of all goods and services produced in a country during the year.



19. What is Per Capita Income?



A: The national income of a country, or region, divided by its population. Per capita income is often used to measure a country's standard of living.Per capita income during 2008-09 estimated by CSO: Rs.25, 494.



20. What is Vote on Account?

A: A vote-on account is basically a statement ,where the government presents an estimate of a sum required to meet the expenditure that it incurs during the first three to four months of an election financial year until a new government is in place, to keep the machinery running.



21. Difference between Vote on Account and Interim Budget?

A: Vote-on-account deals only with the expenditure side of the government's budget, an interim Budget is a complete set of accounts, including both expenditure and receipts.



22. What is SDR?

A: The SDR (Special Drawing Rights) is an artificial currency created by the IMF in 1969. SDRs are allocated to member countries and can be fully converted into international currencies so they serve as a supplement to the official foreign reserves of member countries. Its value is based on a basket of key international currencies (U.S. dollar, euro, yen and pound sterling).



23. What is SEZ?

A: SEZ means Special Economic Zone is the one of the part of government’s policies in India. A special Economic zone is a geographical region that economic laws which are more liberal than the usual economic laws in the country. The basic motto behind this is to increase foreign investment, development of infrastructure, job opportunities and increase the income level of the people.



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1. What is a Repo Rate?

A: Repo rate is the rate at which our banks borrow rupees from RBI. Whenever the banks have any shortage of funds they can borrow it from RBI. A reduction in the repo rate will help banks to get money at a cheaper rate. When the repo rate increases, borrowing from RBI becomes more expensive.



2. What is Reverse Repo Rate?

A: This is exact opposite of Repo rate. Reverse Repo rate is the rate at which Reserve Bank of India (RBI) borrows money from banks. RBI uses this tool when it feels there is too much money floating in the banking system. Banks are always happy to lend money to RBI since their money is in safe hands with a good interest. An increase in Reverse repo rate can cause the banks to transfer more funds to RBI due to this attractive interest rates.



3. What is CRR Rate?

A: Cash reserve Ratio (CRR) is the amount of funds that the banks have to keep with RBI. If RBI decides to increase the percent of this, the available amount with the banks comes down. RBI is using this method (increase of CRR rate), to drain out the excessive money from the banks.3



4. What is SLR Rate?

A: SLR (Statutory Liquidity Ratio) is the amount a commercial bank needs to maintain in the form of cash, or gold or govt. approved securities (Bonds) before providing credit to its customers.

SLR rate is determined and maintained by the RBI (Reserve Bank of India) in order to control the expansion of bank credit. SLR is determined as the percentage of total demand and percentage of time liabilities. Time Liabilities are the liabilities a commercial bank liable to pay to the customers on their anytime demand.

With the SLR (Statutory Liquidity Ratio), the RBI can ensure the solvency a commercial bank. It is also helpful to control the expansion of Bank Credits. By changing the SLR rates, RBI can increase or decrease bank credit expansion. Also through SLR, RBI compels the commercial banks to invest in government securities like government bonds.

SLR is used to control inflation and propel growth. Through SLR rate tuning the money supply in the system can be controlled efficiently.



5. What is Bank Rate?

A: Bank rate, also referred to as the discount rate, is the rate of interest which a central bank charges on the loans and advances that it extends to commercial banks and other financial intermediaries. Changes in the bank rate are often used by central banks to control the money supply.



6. What is Inflation?

A: Inflation is as an increase in the price of bunch of Goods and services that projects the Indian economy. An increase in inflation figures occurs when there is an increase in the average level of prices in Goods and services. Inflation happens when there are fewer Goods and more buyers; this will result in increase in the price of Goods, since there is more demand and less supply of the goods.



7. What is Deflation?

A: Deflation is the continuous decrease in prices of goods and services. Deflation occurs when the inflation rate becomes negative (below zero) and stays there for a longer period.



8. What is PLR?

A: The Prime Interest Rate is the interest rate charged by banks to their most creditworthy customers (usually the most prominent and stable business customers). The rate is almost always the same amongst major banks. Adjustments to the prime rate are made by banks at the same time; although, the prime rate does not adjust on any regular basis. The Prime Rate is usually adjusted at the same time and in correlation to the adjustments of the Fed Funds Rate. The rates reported below are based upon the prime rates on the first day of each respective month. Some banks use the name "Reference Rate" or "Base Lending Rate" to refer to their Prime Lending Rate.



9. What is Deposit Rate?

A: Interest Rates paid by a depository institution on the cash on deposit.



Policy Rates:

• Bank Rate: 6.00%

• Repo Rate: 4.75%

• Reverse Repo Rate: 3.25%



Reserve Ratios:

• CRR: 5.00%

• SLR: 25.0%



Lending/Deposit Rates:

• PLR: 11.00%-12.00%.

• Deposit Rate: 6.00%-7.50%.

. Savings Bank rate: 3.5%.

Note: Rates as on 05-01-10.



10. What is FII?

A: FII (Foreign Institutional Investor) used to denote an investor, mostly in the form of an institution. An institution established outside India, which proposes to invest in Indian market, in other words buying Indian stocks. FII's generally buy in large volumes which has an impact on the stock markets. Institutional Investors includes pension funds, mutual funds, Insurance Companies, Banks, etc.



11. What is FDI?

A: FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) occurs with the purchase of the “physical assets or a significant amount of ownership (stock) of a company in another country in order to gain a measure of management control” (Or) A foreign company having a stake in a Indian Company.



12. What is IPO?

A: IPO is Initial Public Offering. This is the first offering of shares to the general public from a company wishes to list on the stock exchanges.



13. What is Disinvestment?

A: The Selling of the government stake in public sector undertakings.



14. What is Fiscal Deficit?

A: It is the difference between the government’s total receipts (excluding borrowings) and total expenditure. Fiscal deficit in 2009-10 is proposed at 6.8% of GDP.



15. What is Revenue deficit?

A: It defines that, where the net amount received (by taxes & other forms) fails to meet the predicted net amount to be received by the government. Revenue deficit in 2009-10 is proposed at 4.8% of GDP.



16. What is GDP?

A: The Gross Domestic Product or GDP is a measure of all of the services and goods produced in a country over a specific period; classically a year. GDP during 2008-09 is 6.7%.



17. What is GNP?

A: Gross National Product is measured as GDP plus income of residents from investments made abroad minus income earned by foreigners in domestic market.



18. What is National Income?

A: National Income is the money value of all goods and services produced in a country during the year.



19. What is Per Capita Income?



A: The national income of a country, or region, divided by its population. Per capita income is often used to measure a country's standard of living.Per capita income during 2008-09 estimated by CSO: Rs.25, 494.



20. What is Vote on Account?

A: A vote-on account is basically a statement ,where the government presents an estimate of a sum required to meet the expenditure that it incurs during the first three to four months of an election financial year until a new government is in place, to keep the machinery running.



21. Difference between Vote on Account and Interim Budget?

A: Vote-on-account deals only with the expenditure side of the government's budget, an interim Budget is a complete set of accounts, including both expenditure and receipts.



22. What is SDR?

A: The SDR (Special Drawing Rights) is an artificial currency created by the IMF in 1969. SDRs are allocated to member countries and can be fully converted into international currencies so they serve as a supplement to the official foreign reserves of member countries. Its value is based on a basket of key international currencies (U.S. dollar, euro, yen and pound sterling).



23. What is SEZ?

A: SEZ means Special Economic Zone is the one of the part of government’s policies in India. A special Economic zone is a geographical region that economic laws which are more liberal than the usual economic laws in the country. The basic motto behind this is to increase foreign investment, development of infrastructure, job opportunities and increase the income level of the people.



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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

55th National Film Awards



The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India presented by Directorate of Film Festivals under Govt. of India.The Awards were first presented in 1954.The National Film Awards are presented in two main categories: Feature Films and Non-Feature Films.

55th National Film Awards for 2007 were announced on 07-09-09(Monday).About 102 films and 106 non-feature films were considered for the prestigious National Awards.Tamil actor Prakash Raj has left behind Bollywood biggies like Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan to claim the prestigious National Awards for 2007 in Best Actor category.

List of National Film Award Winners:

Best Actor - Prakash Raj for Kanchivaram(Tamil)

Best Actress - Uma Shri for Gulabi Talkies(Kannada)

Best Director - Adoor Gopalakrishnan for Naalu Pennungal(Malayalam)

Best Film - Kanchivaram

Best Entertainment Award - Chak De India(Hindi)

Family Welfare Award - Taare Zameen Par(Hindi)

Best Singer Award - Shankar Mahadevan for Taare Zameen Par

Best Lyrics - Prasoon Joshi for Taare Zameen Par

Best Child Actor - Sharad Goyekar for Tingya(Marathi)

Best Supporting Actor - Darshan Zariwala for Gandhi My Father(Hindi)

Jury Award for Best Film - Gandhi My Father

Best Screenplay - Feroz Abbas for Gandhi My Father.

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55th National Film Awards



The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India presented by Directorate of Film Festivals under Govt. of India.The Awards were first presented in 1954.The National Film Awards are presented in two main categories: Feature Films and Non-Feature Films.

55th National Film Awards for 2007 were announced on 07-09-09(Monday).About 102 films and 106 non-feature films were considered for the prestigious National Awards.Tamil actor Prakash Raj has left behind Bollywood biggies like Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan to claim the prestigious National Awards for 2007 in Best Actor category.

List of National Film Award Winners:

Best Actor - Prakash Raj for Kanchivaram(Tamil)

Best Actress - Uma Shri for Gulabi Talkies(Kannada)

Best Director - Adoor Gopalakrishnan for Naalu Pennungal(Malayalam)

Best Film - Kanchivaram

Best Entertainment Award - Chak De India(Hindi)

Family Welfare Award - Taare Zameen Par(Hindi)

Best Singer Award - Shankar Mahadevan for Taare Zameen Par

Best Lyrics - Prasoon Joshi for Taare Zameen Par

Best Child Actor - Sharad Goyekar for Tingya(Marathi)

Best Supporting Actor - Darshan Zariwala for Gandhi My Father(Hindi)

Jury Award for Best Film - Gandhi My Father

Best Screenplay - Feroz Abbas for Gandhi My Father.



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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Some of the Indian Facts

1. The name 'India' is derived from the River Indus, the valleys around which were the home of the early settlers. The Aryan worshippers referred to the river Indus as the Sindhu.

2. India never invaded any country in her last 100000 years of history.

3. India was one of the richest countries till the time of British rule in the early 17th Century.

4. India is one of the few countries in the World, which gained independence without violence.

5. Christopher Columbus, attracted by India's wealth, had come looking for a sea route to India when he discovered America by mistake.

6. Until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds in the world.

7. India is the largest democracy in the world, the 7th largest Country in the world, and one of the most ancient civilizations.

8. Chess was invented in India.

9. India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.

10. Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus are studies, which originated in India.

11. The 'Place Value System' and the 'Decimal System' were developed in India in 100 B.C.

12. The value of "pi" was first calculated by the Indian Mathematician Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is known as the Pythagorean Theorem. He discovered this in the 6th century, long before the European mathematicians.

13. India has the largest number of Post Offices in the world.

14. The largest employer in the world is the Indian Railways, employing over a million people.

15. Islam is India's and the world's second largest religion.

16. There are 300,000 active mosques in India, more than in any other country, including the Muslim world.

17. Martial Arts were first created in India, and later spread to Asia by Buddhist missionaries.

18. Yoga has its origins in India and has existed for over 5,000 years.

19. India is the only country other than US and Japan, to have built a super computer indigenously.

20. India is the largest English speaking nation in the world.

21. India has the second largest pool of Scientists and Engineers in the World.

22. 38% of Doctors in America are Indians.

23. 36% of NASA employees are Indians.

24. 34% of Microsoft employees are Indians.

25. 28% of IBM employees are Indians.

26. India has 28 States and 7 Union territories.

• Biggest state(area-wise):Rajasthan.

• Smallest state(area-wise):Goa.

• Biggest state(Population-wise):Uttar Pradesh.

• Smallest state(Polpulation-wise):Sikkim.

• Largest Union Territory(area-wise):Andaman & Nicobar Islands

• Largest Union Territory(Population-wise):Delhi.

• Smallest Union Territory(area & population-wise):Lakshadweep.

• Highest Density of Population --West Bengal.

• Lowest Density of Population ---Arunachal Pradesh.

• Highest Literacy--Kerala.

• Lowest Literacy---Bihar.



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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Quiz on General Awareness 1

1.Which of the following is India's first indegenously built submarine?

a)INS Arihant b)INS Chakra c)INS Shalki d)INSVibhuti e)INS Virat



2.Recently Which Country Celebrated 187 years of Independence?

a)US b)Uk c)France d)Brazil e)Cuba



3.In 8th Schedule,four languages are added to become 22 official languages in India.Name which of the following is not in the four languages added?

a)Santhali b)Sindhi c)Bodo d)Dogri e)Maithili



4.Where is Bandipur National Park situated?

a)Orissa b)Bihar c)Karnataka d)Rajasthan e)Madhya Pradesh



5.China has become the world's largest exporter suprassing _________?

a)America b)Japan c)Great Britain d)Germany e)Russia



6.Recently with which country India have signed crucial agrrements for strengthening cooperation in trade,investment and economy?

a)Namibia b)Poland c)Spain d)Tajikistan e)Russia



7. Large amount Tobacco is produced in which state?

a)Karnataka b)Bihar c)Orissa d)Haryana e)Andhra Pradesh



8.Total how many boundary lines are there b/w India and Pakistan?

a)1 b)2 c)3 d)4 e)none



9.Which is second largest state in India considering area wise?

a)Maharashtra(3) b)Madhya Pradesh(2) c)Uttar Pradesh(5) d)Rajasthan(1) e)Andhra Pradesh(4)



10.What is the Original Name of Sonia Gandhi?

a)Eugene Maino b)Paola Maino c)Antonia Maino d)Paul Maino e)No real Name



11.Who is the Second Foreign women to take over as President of Indian National Congress(INC)?

a)Nelli Sengupta b)Sonia Gandhi c)Annie Beasant d)Sarojini Naidu e)none.



12.In how many states in India Tropic of Cancer passes through?

a)5 b)6 c)7 d)8 e)9



13.India's first Islamic bank to start in which state?

a)Gujarat b)Delhi c)Andhra Pradesh d)Maharasthra e)Kerala



14.Which Country having the most number of Orkut users?

a)US b)Uk c)Brazil d)India e)Canada



15.What is 'S' in SDR?

a)Special b)State c)Statutory d)Subsidiary e)System



16.Who is the author of 'A Tale of Two Cities'?

a)Chetan Bhagat b)Charles Dickens c)Amitav Ghosh d)V S Naipal e)none.



17.Vizzy Trophy is associatted to which sport?

a)Hockey b)Football c)Tennis d)Cricket e)Boxing



18.Which two states banned AC's in Government Office?

a)Punjab & Haryana b)Karnataka & Gujarat c)Gujarat & Madhya Pradesh d)Uttaranchal & Haryana e)Haryana & Gujarat.



19.Mamata Banerjee inaugurated the first ever only Ladies Train between Delhi and _______?

a)Kolkatta b)Balda c)Haldia d)Palwal d)Bangalore.



20.Ali Akbar Khan recently died belongs to which field?

a)Artist b)Musician c)Theater Director d)Politician e)Painting



21.First BRIC summit held in?

a)Brazil b)Russia c)India d)China e)Egypt.



22.Who is the winner of Womens Singles in French Open 2009?

a)Serena Williams b)Venus Williams c)Dinara Safina d)Ivanovic e)none.



23.which country has a currency 'Won'?

a)Jordan b)N.Korea c)S.Korea d)Lebanon e)both b & c.



24.Revenue Deficit in 2009-10 is proposed at ____% of GDP?

a)3.8 b)4.2 c)4.6 d)4.8% )none



25.How many crores are allocated for rebuilding the damaged infrastructure caused due to cyclone Aila in West Bengal?

a.113 b)1,000 c)500 d)827 e)887.







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SUNDAY, AUGUST 30, 2009

Current Affairs 1 - 2009

• Gujarat government banned the book “Jinnah:India-Partition” written by Jaswant Singh.

• India's High Commissioner to Pakistan: Sharat Sabharwal.

• China has become the world's largest exporter surpassing Germany.

• The England and Wales Cricket Board scrapped the 50-over format from its domestic cricket calendar for the 2010 season, claiming that the ICC will review the future of ODIs after the 2011 World Cup.

• Government has approved a proposal to increase reservation for Women in panchayats from 33% to 50 %.

• The union Cabinet approved setting up of seven new Indian Institutes of Management in Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand and Rajasthan besides allocating Rs 1,057 crore (Rs 10.57 billion) for their establishment. Currently, there are seven IIMs in the country at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Kolkata, Lucknow, Indore, Kozhikode and Shillong.

• Nepalese cabinet approves General Chhatra Man Gurung as new Army chief.

• Banker of the year 2009: Aditya Puri (MD & CEO of HDFC conducted by Business Standard.

• Wipro has won a $100 million worth outsourcing contract from Australia's beer and wine giant Foster's Group.

• The first Regional Rural Bank of the country was established on 2nd October, 1975: Prathama Bank.

• Wednesday, not Monday is worst day of the week, according to the research done by two American Mathematicians Christopher Danforth and Peter Dodds.

• The government decided to infuse Rs 5,000 crore equity into the cash-strapped airline over the next three years, subject to AI improving performance and cutting costs aggressively, to prevent it from shutting down.

• The Space Shuttle ‘Discovery’ launches on a mission to the International Space Station, marking the 25th anniversary of its first flight.

• South Korea launches Naro-1, its first carrier rocket, but fails to place the STSAT-2A satellite in the planned orbit.

• Ten months after it was launched, India's maiden moon mission the ambitious Chandrayaan-1 came to an abrupt end on Saturday (29-08-09) after ISRO lost communication with the spacecraft, cutting short the dream odyssey that was expected to last two years.

• U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts, the last surviving Kennedy brother, dies at age 77, after battling brain cancer.

• U.S. President Barack Obama nominates Ben Bernanke for his second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve.

• The United States budget deficit for 2009 will reach $1.6 trillion, the highest ever recorded.

• At the World Championships in Athletics in Berlin, Jamaica'sUsain Bolt sets new world records of 9.58 seconds for the 100 m sprint and 19.19 seconds for the 200 m sprint.

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 2009

Navratnas Status - 2009

Navratnas was the title given to Public Sector Enterprises or PSE, identified by the Government of India. Navaratna status is conferred by Department of Public Enterprises.

In 1997, GOI declared Navaratna status to 9 PSEs, which means these are most prestigious PSEs. These are BHEL, BPCL, GAIL, HPCL, IOC, MTNL, NTPC, ONGC, and SAIL.

In 2006, GOI approved Navratnas status to 7 more PSEs. These are Power Finance Corporation, Rural Electrification Corporation, Power Grid, National Hydroelectric Corporation, BSNL, and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. In 2007, GOI conferred Navaratna status to Nalco. In 2008, Coal India Limited gets Navaratna status.

The Total goes up to 18 PSEs, which have taken Navratna Status. The status will help the PSU to take several decisions without seeking government approval like setting investment limits and salary for employees. The Department of Public Enterprises confers this status to better performing central public sector enterprises. To be qualified as a Navratna, the company must obtain a score of 60 (of the total 100) based on six parameters. It includes net profit to net worth, total manpower cost to total cost of production or cost of service, profit before depreciation, interest, taxes to capital employed and to turnover, earning per share and inter sectoral performance. Additionally, a company must first be a mini ratna and must have four independent directors on its board before it can be made a Navratna.

List of 18 Navratnas status PSEs:

1. Bharat Electronics Limited

2. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited

3. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited

4. Coal India Limited

5. GAIL (India) Limited

6. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

7. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited

8. Indian Oil Corporation Limited

9. Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited

10. National Aluminium Company Limited

11. NMDC Limited

12. NTPC Limited

13. Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited

14. Power Finance Corporation Limited

15. Power Grid Corporation of India Limited

16. Rural Electrification Corporation Limited

17. Shipping Corporation of India Limited

18. Steel Authority of India Limited.

List of Miniratna Category - I CPSEs

1. Airports Authority of India

2. Balmer Lawrie & Co. Limited

3. Bharat Dynamics Limited

4. BEML Limited

5. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited

6. Bongaigaon Refineries & Petrochemicals Limited

7. Broadcast Engineering Consultants (I) Limited

8. Central Warehousing Corporation

9. Central Coalfields Limited

10. Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited

11. Cochin Shipyard Limited

12. Container Corporation of India Limited

13. Dredging Corporation of India Limited

14. Engineers India Limited

15. Ennore Ports Limited

16. Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited

17. Goa Shipyard Limited

18. Hindustan Copper Limited

19. Hindustan Latex Limited

20. Hindustan Newsprint Limited

21. Hindustan Paper Corporation Limited

22. Housing & Urban Development Corporation Limited

23. India Tourism Development Corporation Limited

24. Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Limited

25. IRCON International Limited

26. Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited

27. Mazagaon Docks Limited

28. Mahanadi Coalfields Limited

29. Manganese Ore India Limited

30. Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Limited

31. Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited

32. MMTC Limited

33. MSTC Limited

34. National Fertilizers Limited

35. Neyveli Lignite Corporation

36. NHPC Limited

37. Northern Coalfields Limited

38. Numaligarh Refinery Limited

39. Oil India Limited

40. Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited

41. Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited

42. RITES Limited

43. Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited

44. Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited

45. South Eastern Coalfields Limited

46. State Trading Corporation of India Limited

47. Telecommunications Consultants (India) Limited

48. Western Coalfields Limited

List of Miniratna Category-II CPSEs

49. Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Limited

50. Educational Consultants (I) Limited

51. Engineering Projects (I) Limited

52. Ferro Scrap Nigam Limited

53. HMT (International) Limited

54. HSCC (India) Limited

55. India Trade Promotion Organization

56. Indian Medicines Pharmaceuticals Corporation Limited

57. M E C O N Limited

58. National Film Development Corporation Limited

59. P E C Limited

60. Rajasthan Electronics & Instruments Limited

61. Water & Power Consultancy (India) Limited

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 2009

Swine Flu(H1N1)

What is Swine Flu?

H1N1 virus (earlier known as Swine Flu) was first detected in Mexico in April 2009. It used to be referred to as “Swine Flu” because the researchers found the presence of genes similar to that of Pigs (Swine) in North America.

India has too unfortunately fallen prey to the Influenza-A (H1N1) and is battling the virus all across the nation; below are the toll free numbers for help.

Toll Free Help lines for Swine Flu:

Toll Free Numbers:

All India Level Toll free number 1075(toll free) or 1800-11-4377

Puducherry 1070 and 1077

Andhra Pradesh 12506

NICD Call Center 011-23921401

SMS Facility Type H1N1HYD & Send to 55352

Other Help Line Numbers:

Delhi: Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital

Chennai: Communicable Diseases Hospital

Coimbatore Medical College Hospital

Kolkata: Infectious Diseases Hospital

Hyderabad: AP Chest Diseases Hospital

Mumbai: Kasturba Hospital

Pune: Dr Naidu Infectious Disease Hospital

Bangalore: Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases

Website/source

-011-24525211, 23404328, 23365525

- 044-25912686

- 09442012555

-09433392182/ 09434009077

-040-23814939

-022-23083901, 23083902, 23083903,

-09923130909

- 91-80-26632634

http://mohfw-h1n1.nic.in/


Look for these symptoms:

->FEVER and

• Cough

• Sore throat

• Runny or stuffy nose

Other symptoms may include:

• Chills

• Diarrhea

• Vomiting

Do’s & Don’ts:

IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE H1 N1 FLU:

• Stay at home or in your hotel room if traveling, except to seek medical care.

Do not travel or go to work or school.

• Avoid close contact with others for 7days after your symptoms begin or until

you have been symptom-free for 24hours, whichever is longer.

EVERYONE SHOULD:

• Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze

• Wash your hands often with soap and water or use an alcohol-based hand gel.

• Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth.

• Avoid contact with ill persons.

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2009

August Current Affairs - 2009

• Miss Venezuela Stefania Fernandez has been named winner of the 2009 Miss Universe pageant in the Bahamas.

• The Gujarat government has approved 34 solar power projects at an investment of Rs.12,000 crore (Rs.120 billion/$2.4 billion) over the next few years, to rank it the top Indian state for this clean energy.

• After months of negotiations over valuation, Mumbai-based Wockhardt Hospitals Pvt. Ltd on Monday said it has agreed to sell 10 of its 17 hospitals to Fortis Healthcare Ltd for Rs909 crore.

• Madhya Pradesh is called the Heart of India.

• Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YSR asks banks to provide Rs 7000 crore farm loans by the end of this month taking the quantum of agriculture credit during the current Kharif to Rs14,100 crore.

• The World Bank is set to clear funding of $3.2billion (15,500 crore) for capital infusion in public sector banks (9,700 crore or $2 billion) and (IIFC) India Infrastructure Finance Company ($1.2 billion or 5,800 crore).

• Nokia to enter PC Market with first Net Book running Microsoft’s Windows Operating System.

• England regains Ashes Series at jubilant Oval.

• Roger Federer defeated Djokovokic of Serbia to win Cincinnati Masters.

• Delhi is the 1st city to get KG gas.

• According to a research by Swiss Banking major UBS, Delhi and Mumbai were at the bottom of the price range in the list of most expensive cities that surveyed 73 places worldwide. On the other hand Oslo(Norway), Zurich(Switzerland) and Copenhagen(Denmark) were ranked among the most expensive places with skyrocketing living costs in the world.

• Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sanctioned a financial assistance of Rs.20 crore to two Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s memorials in Gujarat.

• Kamalesh Sharma, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth and India's former high commissioner to Britain, has been appointed as the new chancellor of the Queen's University Bellfast.

• The first batch of indigenously built T-90 tanks "Bhishma" was flagged off at the Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF) in Avadi near here by Minister of State for Defence M. M. Pallam Raju . The HVF manufactured the Bhishma tanks in collaboration with Russia.

• Orissa MP Pradeep Majhi nominated to Central Employment Guarantee Council, which is one of the apex bodies in the country to look programmes on rural employment, development and their proper implementation.



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SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 2009

Rajiv Gandhi Awards - 2009

These 12th Rajiv Gandhi Awards have recognized and honored those who are working for causes that were specially close to Rajiv’s heart. Their Decision and Commitment which have contributed richly to betterment of our society and the progress and development of our nation ,is a fitting tribute and homage to Rajiv’s memory.

Categories Awardees

1. Industrialist::Vineet Jain

2. Educationist:: Dr.Narendra Jadhav.

3. Journalism:: Ramesh Chandra Agarwal

4. Best Actress:: Shahid Kapoor

5. Best Actor:: Katrina Kaif

6. Child Prodigy:: Avika Gor

7. Young Entrepreneur:: Rohit Kochhar

8. Super Achiever:: Madhavan Nair

9. Social:: Rajashree Birla

10. Woman Achiever:: Krushnaa Patil

11. Global Indian:: Sam Pitroda

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2009

Pattern for Bank Po's

Normally Pattern for bank po's:

There will be two sections:

Objective Test:

1. Reasoning---------------75Q

2. Aptitude----------------50Q

3. General Awareness----50Q

4. English------------------50Q

Total of 225Q, 135minute (2hr 15min) will be given.

For clearing the objective test within time, you may need to attempt a min. no. of questions as shown below (suggested).

1. Reasoning--------------attempt 55-60Q within 50minutes.

2. Aptitude----------------attempt 30-35Q within 30minutes.

3. General Awareness---attempt 30-35Q within 30minutes.

4. English----------------- attempt 25-30Q within 25 minutes.

The cut-off for each section may be 40% or 45% or 50% to the number of questions based on the Category and the bank requirement. Normally for four sections, each question carries 1mark for correct answer and 0.25 marks will be deducted for every wrong answer. If you get more than 120 marks out of 175(A+B+C sections) you will be on safe side. English will be only for qualifying purpose and they do not consider for merit ranking.

Time factor will be very crucial for this section compared to descriptive. And don't make confirm that by clearing min. marks in each section will clear the written test, bcoz there will be lot of competition and also it is based on the number of seats available. So attempt maximum no. of questions in Reasoning & Aptitude questions if you find time as these are scoring sections.

Before two or three days of exam practice previous question papers (2 or 3) each and every section thoroughly, surely it will help you how much time do you take to complete the paper.

Descriptive test:

5 internal questions will be there each carrying 20 marks with a time of 60minutes.Total of 100marks.Qualifying mark will be 50.Questions based on Socio-economic development and Communication Skills. While writing descriptive plz make sure that your handwriting must be legible and the matter should be within the boundary relating to the question mentioned.

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Weightage for General Awareness Section in Central Bank of India:

• 5-7 bits from Union & Railway budget.

• 3-4 bits from Awards relating to National, International, Sports, Films.

• 3-4 bits from Sports including Cups/Trophy's related to Sports.

• 2-3 bits from Finance & Economic related terms.

• 2-3 bits from new Presidents, Prime Ministers, Chief Ministers, Governors and their parties.

• 2-3 bits from Summits, places in news in national & International level.

• 2-3 bits from new Appointments (like chairman, CEO, MD, etc) in national & International.

• 1-2 bits from Authors & Books.

• 1-2 bits from Countries launching Satellites, Orbits, Missiles.

• 1-2 bits from MOU between countries & Companies in National & International level.

• 1-2 bit from deaths of famous persons.

• 1-2 bits from Committees, Schemes, etc launched by gov.

• 1 bit from Important Days.

• 1 bit from Acronyms.

So if we attempt around 32-38 bits with 90% accuracy we can clear this section. If you attend 26-30 bits please make sure that all are correct, otherwise it will difficult to clear this section.Dont attempt more than 40 bits if you are not sure.

For general awareness section refer the important labels:

• Miscellaneous

• New Presidents, Prime Ministers of Countries

• New Chairman, CEO and their positions

• Sports & Awards

• Highlights of Union Budget

• Summits, places in news

• Deaths

• Books & Authors

• Trophy's associated with sports

• Important Days.

• Committees, Commissions, Schemes.

in http://currentaffairsbankpo.blogspot.com/



Suggested Books for general awareness:

o Competition Success Review (June, July, August Issues).

o Mahendra's Master in Current Affairs (June, July, August Issues).

o Prathiyogita Kiran (June, July, August Issues).

Suggested Books for English:

o Objective English by BSC publications.

o Objective English by R S Agarwal.

Suggested Books for Reasoning:

o Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning by R S Agarwal

Suggested Books for Aptitude:

o Quantitative Aptitude by R S Agarwal.

Suggested Books for Previous Papers:

o Bank Po's & Specialist Officers Exam by R Gupta's.



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SUNDAY, AUGUST 30, 2009

Current Affairs 1 - 2009

• Gujarat government banned the book “Jinnah:India-Partition” written by Jaswant Singh.

• India's High Commissioner to Pakistan: Sharat Sabharwal.

• China has become the world's largest exporter surpassing Germany.

• The England and Wales Cricket Board scrapped the 50-over format from its domestic cricket calendar for the 2010 season, claiming that the ICC will review the future of ODIs after the 2011 World Cup.

• Government has approved a proposal to increase reservation for Women in panchayats from 33% to 50 %.

• The union Cabinet approved setting up of seven new Indian Institutes of Management in Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand and Rajasthan besides allocating Rs 1,057 crore (Rs 10.57 billion) for their establishment. Currently, there are seven IIMs in the country at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Kolkata, Lucknow, Indore, Kozhikode and Shillong.

• Nepalese cabinet approves General Chhatra Man Gurung as new Army chief.

• Banker of the year 2009: Aditya Puri (MD & CEO of HDFC conducted by Business Standard.

• Wipro has won a $100 million worth outsourcing contract from Australia's beer and wine giant Foster's Group.

• The first Regional Rural Bank of the country was established on 2nd October, 1975: Prathama Bank.

• Wednesday, not Monday is worst day of the week, according to the research done by two American Mathematicians Christopher Danforth and Peter Dodds.

• The government decided to infuse Rs 5,000 crore equity into the cash-strapped airline over the next three years, subject to AI improving performance and cutting costs aggressively, to prevent it from shutting down.

• The Space Shuttle ‘Discovery’ launches on a mission to the International Space Station, marking the 25th anniversary of its first flight.

• South Korea launches Naro-1, its first carrier rocket, but fails to place the STSAT-2A satellite in the planned orbit.

• Ten months after it was launched, India's maiden moon mission the ambitious Chandrayaan-1 came to an abrupt end on Saturday (29-08-09) after ISRO lost communication with the spacecraft, cutting short the dream odyssey that was expected to last two years.

• U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts, the last surviving Kennedy brother, dies at age 77, after battling brain cancer.

• U.S. President Barack Obama nominates Ben Bernanke for his second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve.

• The United States budget deficit for 2009 will reach $1.6 trillion, the highest ever recorded.

• At the World Championships in Athletics in Berlin, Jamaica'sUsain Bolt sets new world records of 9.58 seconds for the 100 m sprint and 19.19 seconds for the 200 m sprint.

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 2009

Navratnas Status - 2009

Navratnas was the title given to Public Sector Enterprises or PSE, identified by the Government of India. Navaratna status is conferred by Department of Public Enterprises.

In 1997, GOI declared Navaratna status to 9 PSEs, which means these are most prestigious PSEs. These are BHEL, BPCL, GAIL, HPCL, IOC, MTNL, NTPC, ONGC, and SAIL.

In 2006, GOI approved Navratnas status to 7 more PSEs. These are Power Finance Corporation, Rural Electrification Corporation, Power Grid, National Hydroelectric Corporation, BSNL, and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. In 2007, GOI conferred Navaratna status to Nalco. In 2008, Coal India Limited gets Navaratna status.

The Total goes up to 18 PSEs, which have taken Navratna Status. The status will help the PSU to take several decisions without seeking government approval like setting investment limits and salary for employees. The Department of Public Enterprises confers this status to better performing central public sector enterprises. To be qualified as a Navratna, the company must obtain a score of 60 (of the total 100) based on six parameters. It includes net profit to net worth, total manpower cost to total cost of production or cost of service, profit before depreciation, interest, taxes to capital employed and to turnover, earning per share and inter sectoral performance. Additionally, a company must first be a mini ratna and must have four independent directors on its board before it can be made a Navratna.

List of 18 Navratnas status PSEs:

1. Bharat Electronics Limited

2. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited

3. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited

4. Coal India Limited

5. GAIL (India) Limited

6. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

7. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited

8. Indian Oil Corporation Limited

9. Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited

10. National Aluminium Company Limited

11. NMDC Limited

12. NTPC Limited

13. Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited

14. Power Finance Corporation Limited

15. Power Grid Corporation of India Limited

16. Rural Electrification Corporation Limited

17. Shipping Corporation of India Limited

18. Steel Authority of India Limited.

List of Miniratna Category - I CPSEs

1. Airports Authority of India

2. Balmer Lawrie & Co. Limited

3. Bharat Dynamics Limited

4. BEML Limited

5. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited

6. Bongaigaon Refineries & Petrochemicals Limited

7. Broadcast Engineering Consultants (I) Limited

8. Central Warehousing Corporation

9. Central Coalfields Limited

10. Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited

11. Cochin Shipyard Limited

12. Container Corporation of India Limited

13. Dredging Corporation of India Limited

14. Engineers India Limited

15. Ennore Ports Limited

16. Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited

17. Goa Shipyard Limited

18. Hindustan Copper Limited

19. Hindustan Latex Limited

20. Hindustan Newsprint Limited

21. Hindustan Paper Corporation Limited

22. Housing & Urban Development Corporation Limited

23. India Tourism Development Corporation Limited

24. Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Limited

25. IRCON International Limited

26. Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited

27. Mazagaon Docks Limited

28. Mahanadi Coalfields Limited

29. Manganese Ore India Limited

30. Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Limited

31. Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited

32. MMTC Limited

33. MSTC Limited

34. National Fertilizers Limited

35. Neyveli Lignite Corporation

36. NHPC Limited

37. Northern Coalfields Limited

38. Numaligarh Refinery Limited

39. Oil India Limited

40. Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited

41. Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited

42. RITES Limited

43. Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited

44. Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited

45. South Eastern Coalfields Limited

46. State Trading Corporation of India Limited

47. Telecommunications Consultants (India) Limited

48. Western Coalfields Limited

List of Miniratna Category-II CPSEs

49. Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Limited

50. Educational Consultants (I) Limited

51. Engineering Projects (I) Limited

52. Ferro Scrap Nigam Limited

53. HMT (International) Limited

54. HSCC (India) Limited

55. India Trade Promotion Organization

56. Indian Medicines Pharmaceuticals Corporation Limited

57. M E C O N Limited

58. National Film Development Corporation Limited

59. P E C Limited

60. Rajasthan Electronics & Instruments Limited

61. Water & Power Consultancy (India) Limited

POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 13:24 0 COMMENTS

LABELS: BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS LIMITED, BUSINESS, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, INDIA, NAVRATNA, OIL AND NATURAL GAS CORPORATION, PUBLIC-SECTOR UNDERTAKING

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 2009

Swine Flu(H1N1)

What is Swine Flu?

H1N1 virus (earlier known as Swine Flu) was first detected in Mexico in April 2009. It used to be referred to as “Swine Flu” because the researchers found the presence of genes similar to that of Pigs (Swine) in North America.

India has too unfortunately fallen prey to the Influenza-A (H1N1) and is battling the virus all across the nation; below are the toll free numbers for help.

Toll Free Help lines for Swine Flu:

Toll Free Numbers:

All India Level Toll free number 1075(toll free) or 1800-11-4377

Puducherry 1070 and 1077

Andhra Pradesh 12506

NICD Call Center 011-23921401

SMS Facility Type H1N1HYD & Send to 55352

Other Help Line Numbers:

Delhi: Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital

Chennai: Communicable Diseases Hospital

Coimbatore Medical College Hospital

Kolkata: Infectious Diseases Hospital

Hyderabad: AP Chest Diseases Hospital

Mumbai: Kasturba Hospital

Pune: Dr Naidu Infectious Disease Hospital

Bangalore: Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases

Website/source

-011-24525211, 23404328, 23365525

- 044-25912686

- 09442012555

-09433392182/ 09434009077

-040-23814939

-022-23083901, 23083902, 23083903,

-09923130909

- 91-80-26632634

http://mohfw-h1n1.nic.in/


Look for these symptoms:

->FEVER and

• Cough

• Sore throat

• Runny or stuffy nose

Other symptoms may include:

• Chills

• Diarrhea

• Vomiting

Do’s & Don’ts:

IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE H1 N1 FLU:

• Stay at home or in your hotel room if traveling, except to seek medical care.

Do not travel or go to work or school.

• Avoid close contact with others for 7days after your symptoms begin or until

you have been symptom-free for 24hours, whichever is longer.

EVERYONE SHOULD:

• Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze

• Wash your hands often with soap and water or use an alcohol-based hand gel.

• Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth.

• Avoid contact with ill persons.

POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 09:36 0 COMMENTS

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2009

August Current Affairs - 2009

• Miss Venezuela Stefania Fernandez has been named winner of the 2009 Miss Universe pageant in the Bahamas.

• The Gujarat government has approved 34 solar power projects at an investment of Rs.12,000 crore (Rs.120 billion/$2.4 billion) over the next few years, to rank it the top Indian state for this clean energy.

• After months of negotiations over valuation, Mumbai-based Wockhardt Hospitals Pvt. Ltd on Monday said it has agreed to sell 10 of its 17 hospitals to Fortis Healthcare Ltd for Rs909 crore.

• Madhya Pradesh is called the Heart of India.

• Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YSR asks banks to provide Rs 7000 crore farm loans by the end of this month taking the quantum of agriculture credit during the current Kharif to Rs14,100 crore.

• The World Bank is set to clear funding of $3.2billion (15,500 crore) for capital infusion in public sector banks (9,700 crore or $2 billion) and (IIFC) India Infrastructure Finance Company ($1.2 billion or 5,800 crore).

• Nokia to enter PC Market with first Net Book running Microsoft’s Windows Operating System.

• England regains Ashes Series at jubilant Oval.

• Roger Federer defeated Djokovokic of Serbia to win Cincinnati Masters.

• Delhi is the 1st city to get KG gas.

• According to a research by Swiss Banking major UBS, Delhi and Mumbai were at the bottom of the price range in the list of most expensive cities that surveyed 73 places worldwide. On the other hand Oslo(Norway), Zurich(Switzerland) and Copenhagen(Denmark) were ranked among the most expensive places with skyrocketing living costs in the world.

• Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sanctioned a financial assistance of Rs.20 crore to two Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s memorials in Gujarat.

• Kamalesh Sharma, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth and India's former high commissioner to Britain, has been appointed as the new chancellor of the Queen's University Bellfast.

• The first batch of indigenously built T-90 tanks "Bhishma" was flagged off at the Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF) in Avadi near here by Minister of State for Defence M. M. Pallam Raju . The HVF manufactured the Bhishma tanks in collaboration with Russia.

• Orissa MP Pradeep Majhi nominated to Central Employment Guarantee Council, which is one of the apex bodies in the country to look programmes on rural employment, development and their proper implementation.



POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 11:22 0 COMMENTS

LABELS: ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA, MADHYA PRADESH, MICROSOFT, ROGER FEDERER, WORLD BANK

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 2009

Rajiv Gandhi Awards - 2009

These 12th Rajiv Gandhi Awards have recognized and honored those who are working for causes that were specially close to Rajiv’s heart. Their Decision and Commitment which have contributed richly to betterment of our society and the progress and development of our nation ,is a fitting tribute and homage to Rajiv’s memory.

Categories Awardees

1. Industrialist::Vineet Jain

2. Educationist:: Dr.Narendra Jadhav.

3. Journalism:: Ramesh Chandra Agarwal

4. Best Actress:: Shahid Kapoor

5. Best Actor:: Katrina Kaif

6. Child Prodigy:: Avika Gor

7. Young Entrepreneur:: Rohit Kochhar

8. Super Achiever:: Madhavan Nair

9. Social:: Rajashree Birla

10. Woman Achiever:: Krushnaa Patil

11. Global Indian:: Sam Pitroda

POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 10:46 0 COMMENTS

LABELS: 2009, RAJIV GANDHI

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2009

Pattern for Bank Po's

Normally Pattern for bank po's:

There will be two sections:

Objective Test:

1. Reasoning---------------75Q

2. Aptitude----------------50Q

3. General Awareness----50Q

4. English------------------50Q

Total of 225Q, 135minute (2hr 15min) will be given.

For clearing the objective test within time, you may need to attempt a min. no. of questions as shown below (suggested).

1. Reasoning--------------attempt 55-60Q within 50minutes.

2. Aptitude----------------attempt 30-35Q within 30minutes.

3. General Awareness---attempt 30-35Q within 30minutes.

4. English----------------- attempt 25-30Q within 25 minutes.

The cut-off for each section may be 40% or 45% or 50% to the number of questions based on the Category and the bank requirement. Normally for four sections, each question carries 1mark for correct answer and 0.25 marks will be deducted for every wrong answer. If you get more than 120 marks out of 175(A+B+C sections) you will be on safe side. English will be only for qualifying purpose and they do not consider for merit ranking.

Time factor will be very crucial for this section compared to descriptive. And don't make confirm that by clearing min. marks in each section will clear the written test, bcoz there will be lot of competition and also it is based on the number of seats available. So attempt maximum no. of questions in Reasoning & Aptitude questions if you find time as these are scoring sections.

Before two or three days of exam practice previous question papers (2 or 3) each and every section thoroughly, surely it will help you how much time do you take to complete the paper.

Descriptive test:

5 internal questions will be there each carrying 20 marks with a time of 60minutes.Total of 100marks.Qualifying mark will be 50.Questions based on Socio-economic development and Communication Skills. While writing descriptive plz make sure that your handwriting must be legible and the matter should be within the boundary relating to the question mentioned.

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Weightage for General Awareness Section in Central Bank of India:

• 5-7 bits from Union & Railway budget.

• 3-4 bits from Awards relating to National, International, Sports, Films.

• 3-4 bits from Sports including Cups/Trophy's related to Sports.

• 2-3 bits from Finance & Economic related terms.

• 2-3 bits from new Presidents, Prime Ministers, Chief Ministers, Governors and their parties.

• 2-3 bits from Summits, places in news in national & International level.

• 2-3 bits from new Appointments (like chairman, CEO, MD, etc) in national & International.

• 1-2 bits from Authors & Books.

• 1-2 bits from Countries launching Satellites, Orbits, Missiles.

• 1-2 bits from MOU between countries & Companies in National & International level.

• 1-2 bit from deaths of famous persons.

• 1-2 bits from Committees, Schemes, etc launched by gov.

• 1 bit from Important Days.

• 1 bit from Acronyms.

So if we attempt around 32-38 bits with 90% accuracy we can clear this section. If you attend 26-30 bits please make sure that all are correct, otherwise it will difficult to clear this section.Dont attempt more than 40 bits if you are not sure.

For general awareness section refer the important labels:

• Miscellaneous

• New Presidents, Prime Ministers of Countries

• New Chairman, CEO and their positions

• Sports & Awards

• Highlights of Union Budget

• Summits, places in news

• Deaths

• Books & Authors

• Trophy's associated with sports

• Important Days.

• Committees, Commissions, Schemes.

in http://currentaffairsbankpo.blogspot.com/



Suggested Books for general awareness:

o Competition Success Review (June, July, August Issues).

o Mahendra's Master in Current Affairs (June, July, August Issues).

o Prathiyogita Kiran (June, July, August Issues).

Suggested Books for English:

o Objective English by BSC publications.

o Objective English by R S Agarwal.

Suggested Books for Reasoning:

o Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning by R S Agarwal

Suggested Books for Aptitude:

o Quantitative Aptitude by R S Agarwal.

Suggested Books for Previous Papers:

o Bank Po's & Specialist Officers Exam by R Gupta's.



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THURSDAY, JULY 30, 2009

Awards 2009

The Government has announced the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awards, Arjuna Awards, Dhyan Chand Awards, Dronacharya Awards and Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar for the year 2009, in New Delhi. The selection panel for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, Arjuna Award, Dhyan Chand Award and Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar was headed by Kum. Indu Puri while the panel for Dronacharya Award was headed by Shri G.S. Randhawa.

Normally, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award is given to only one sportsperson in a year. Arjuna Award is given to not more than 15, Dhyan Chand Award to not more than 3 and Dronacharya Award to not more than 5 persons. However, taking into consideration the spectacular performance of Shri Vijender in Boxing and Shri Sushil Kumar in Wrestling, both Bronze Medalists in Beijing Olympics, 2008, the Government has accepted the recommendation of the Selection Committee to confer the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award on both of them, as a special case, in addition to Smt. M.C. Marykom.

With a view to recognizing the contribution made to sports development by entities other than sportspersons and coaches, Government has instituted this year, a new award entitled Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar, which has four categories, namely, community sports development, promotion of sports academies of excellence, support to elite sportspersons and employment to sportspersons.



A. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award - 2009 :

1. Smt. Mangte Chungneijang Marykom Boxing (Women)

2. Shri Vijender Boxing

3. Shri Sushil Kumar Wrestling



B. Arjuna Awards – 2009:

1. Shri Mangal Singh Champia Archery

2. Kum. Sinimole Paulose Athletics

3. Kum. Saina Nehwal Badminton

4. Smt. Laishram Sarita Devi Boxing

5. Kum. Tania Sachdev Chess

6. Shri Gautam Gambhir Cricket

7. Shri Ignace Tirkey Hockey (Men)

8. Kum. Surinder Kaur Hockey (Women)

9. Shri Pankaj Navanath Shirsat Kabaddi

10. Shri Satish Joshi Rowing

11. Shri Ronjan Sodhi Shooting

12. Kum. Poulomi Ghatak Table Tennis

13. Shri Yogeshwar Dutt Wrestling

14. Shri Girdhari Lal Yadav Yachting

15. Kum. Parul D. Parmar Badminton (Disabled)



C. Dhyan Chand Awards – 2009 :

1. Shri Ishar Singh Deol Athletics

2. Shri Satbir Singh Dahya Wrestling



D. Dronacharya Awards – 2009 :

1. Shri Pullela Gopichand Badminton

2. Shri Jaydev Bisht Boxing

3. Shri S. Baldev Singh Hockey

4. Shri Satpal Wrestling



E. Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar, 2009 :

S. No. Category Entity recommended for Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar, 2009

1. Community Sports Identification and Nurturing of Budding Young Talent TATA Steel Ltd.

2. Financial Support for Sports Excellence None qualified

3. Establishment and Management of Sports Academies of Excellence TATA Steel Ltd.

4. Employment of Sportspersons and sports welfare measures Railways Sports Promotion Board



National Sports Awards are given every year to recognize and reward excellence in sports. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award is given for spectacular performance in the year under consideration; Arjuna Award is given for consistently outstanding performance for three consecutive years preceding the year of award; Dhyan Chand Award for life time contribution to sports development; and Dronacharya Award for producing medal winners at prestigious international sports events in the past three years.

Apart from a medal and a citation, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awardees will receive a cash prize of Rs.7.5 lakh each. Arjuna, Dhyan Chand and Dronacharya Awardees will receive statuettes, citations and cash prize of Rs.5 lakh each. The recipients of Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar will receive trophy and citation.



POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 11:35 0 COMMENTS

LABELS: 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS, ARJUNA AWARD, BEIJING, DRONACHARYA AWARD, HISTORY, NEW DELHI, RAJIV GANDHI KHEL RATNA

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2009

Financial & Economic Acronyms

1) ACF Auto-Correlation Function

2) AD Authorized Dealer

3) ADB Asian Development Bank

4) ADR American Depository Receipt

5) AFS Annual Financial Statement

6) AGM Annual General Meeting

7) AIRCSC All India Rural Credit Survey Committee

8) AO Additive Outliers

9) AR Auto Regression

10)ARIMA Auto-Regressive Integrated Moving Average

11)AFS Available For Sale



12)ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode

13)ATM Automated Teller Machine

14)BIS Bank for International Settlements

15)BOI Bank of India

16)BOP Balance of Payments

17)BPM5 Balance of Payments Manual, 5th edition

18)BPSD Balance of Payments Division,

19)BSCS Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

20)BSR Basic Statistical Returns

21)CAD Capital Account Deficit

22)CAG Controller and Auditor General of

23)CBS Consolidated Banking Statistics India

24)CC Cash Credit

25)CD Certificate of Deposit

26)CD Ratio Credit Deposit Ratio

27)CDBS Committee of Direction on Banking Statistics

28)CF Company Finance.

29)CFRA Combined Finance and Revenue Accounts

30)CGRA Currency and Gold Revaluation Account

31)CII Confederation of Indian Industries

32)CO Capital Outlay

33)CP Commercial Paper

34)CPI Consumer Price Index

35)CR Capital Receipts

36)CRAR Capital to Risk Weighted Asset Ratio

37)CRR Cash Reserve Ratio

38)CSIR Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

39)CSO Central Statistical Organization

40)CVC Central Vigilance Commission

41)DAP Development Action Plan

42)DBOD Department of Banking Operations and Development

43)DBS Department of Banking Supervision, RBI

44)DCA Department of Company Affairs

45)DCB Demand Collection and Balance

46)DCCB District Central Cooperative Bank

47)DCM Department of Currency Management, RBI

48)DD Demand Draft

49)DDS Data Dissemination Standards

50)DEIO Department of External Investments and Operations

51)DESACS Department of Statistical Analysis & Computer Services, RBI

52)DGBA Department of Government and

53)Bank Accounts, RBI

54)DGCI&S Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics

55)DI Direct Investment

56)DICGC Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation of India

57)DID Discharge of Internal Debt

58)DMA Departmentalized Ministries Account

59)DRI Differential Rate of Interest Scheme

60)DSBB Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board

61)DVP Delivery versus Payment

62)ECB External Commercial Borrowing

63)ECB European Central Bank

64)ECGC Export Credit and Guarantee Corporation

65)ECS Electronic Clearing Scheme

66)EDMU External Debt Management Unit

67)EEA Exchange Equalization Account

68)EEC European Economic Community

69)EEFC Exchange Earners Foreign Currency

70)EFR Exchange Fluctuation Reserve

71)EPF Employees Provident Fund

72)EXIM Bank Export Import Bank of India

73)FCA Foreign Currency Assets

74)FCCB Foreign Currency Convertible Bond

75)FCNR Foreign Currency Non-resident

76)FCNRA Foreign Currency Non-resident Account

77)FCNRD Foreign Currency Non-Repatriable Deposit

78)FDI Foreign Direct Investment

79)FEMA Foreign Exchange Management Act

80)FI Financial Institution

81)FICCI Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry

82)FII Foreign Institutional Investor

83)FIMMDA Fixed Income Money Market and Derivatives Association of India

84)FISIM Financial Intermediation Services Indirectly Measured

85)FLAS Foreign Liabilities and Assets Survey.

86)FOF Flow Of Funds

87)FPI Foreign Portfolio Investment

88)FRA Forward Rate Agreement

89)FRBM Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2003

90)FRN Floating Rate Note

91)FSS Farmers’ Service Societies

92)FWG First Working Group on Money

93)GDP Gross Domestic Product

94)GDR Global Depository Receipt

95)GFD Gross Fiscal Deficit

96)GFS Government Finance Statistics

97)GIC General Insurance Corporation

98)GLS Generalized Least Squares

99)GNIE Government Not Included Elsewhere

100) GoI Government of India

101) GPD Gross Primary Deficit

102) G-Sec Government Securities

103) HDFC Housing Development Finance Corporation

104) HFT Held For Trading

105) HICP Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices

106) HO Head Office

107) HUDCO Housing & Urban Development Corporation

108) IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

109) IBS International Banking Statistics

110) ICAR Indian Council of Agricultural Research

111) ICICI Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India

112) ICMR Indian Council of Medical Research

113) IDB India Development Bonds

114) IDBI Industrial Development Bank of India

115) IDD Industrial Development Department

116) IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development

117) IFC International Finance Corporation

118) IFCI Industrial Finance Corporation of India.

119) IFR Investment Fluctuation Reserve

120) IFS International Financial Statistics

121) IGLS Iterative Generalized Least Squares

122) IIBI Industrial Investment Bank of India

123) IIP Index of Industrial Production

124) IIP/InIP International Investment Position

125) IMD India Millennium Deposits

126) IMF International Monetary Fund

127) INR Indian Rupee

128) IOTT Input-Output Transaction Table

129) IP Interest Payment

130) IRBI Industrial Reconstruction Bank of India

131) ISDA International Swaps and Derivative Association

132) ISIC International Standard Industrial Classification

133) ISO International Standards Organization

134) ITRS International Transaction Reporting System

135) IWGEDS International Working Group on External Debt Statistics

136) KVIC Khadi & Village Industries Corporation

137) LAF Liquidity Adjustment Facility

138) LAMPS Large-sized Adivasi Multipurpose Societies

139) LAS Loan & Advances by States

140) LBD Land Development Bank

141) LBS Locational Banking Statistics

142) LERMS Liberalised Exchange Rate Management System

143) LIC Life Insurance Corporation of India

144) LS Level Shift

145) LT Long Term

146) LTO Long Term Operation

147) M1 Narrow Money

148) M3 Broad Money

149) MA Moving Average

150) MCA Ministry of Company Affairs

151) MIGA Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency

152) MIS Management Information System

153) MMSE Minimum Mean Squared Errors

154) MoF Ministry of Finance

155) MOF Master Office File

156) MRM Monitoring and Review Mechanism

157) MSS Market Stabilisation Scheme

158) MT Mail Transfer

159) MTM Mark-To-Market

160) NABARD National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development

161) NAC(LTO) National Agricultural Credit (Long Term Operatiion)

162) NAIO Non Administratively Independent Office

163) NAS National Account Statistics

164) NASSCOM National Association of Software and Services Companies

165) NBC Non-Banking Companies

166) NBFC Non Banking Financial Companies

167) NEC Not Elsewhere Classified

168) NEER Nominal Effective Exchange Rate

169) NFA Non-Foreign Exchange Assets

170) NFD Net Fiscal Deficit

171) NGO Non-Governmental Organization

172) NHB National Housing Bank

173) NIC National Industrial Classification

174) NIF Note Issuance Facility

175) NNML Net Non-Monetary Liabilities

176) NPA Non-Performing Assets

177) NPD Net Primary Deficit

178) NPRB Net Primary Revenue Balance

179) NPV Net Present Value

180) NR(E)RA Non-Resident (External) Rupee Account

181) NR(NR)RA Non-Resident (Non-Reparable) Rupee Account

182) NRE Non-Resident External

183) NRG Non-Resident Government

184) NRI Non-Resident Indian

185) NSC National Statistical Commission

186) NSSF National Small Savings Fund

187) OD Over Draft

188) ODA Official Development Assistance

189) OECD Organization for Economic

190) Cooperation and Development

191) OECO Organisation for Economic Co-operation

192) OFI Other Financial Institutions

193) OLTAS Online Tax Accounting System

194) OMO Open Market Operations

195) OSCB Other Indian Scheduled Commercial Bank

196) PACF Partial Auto-Correlation Function

197) PACS Primary Agriculture Credit Societies

198) PCARDB Primary Cooperative Agriculture and Rural Development Bank

199) PD Primary Deficit

200) PDAI Primary Dealers Association of India

201) PDO Public Debt Office

202) PDO-NDS Public Debt Office-cum-Negotiated Dealing System

203) PDs Primary Dealers

204) PES Public Enterprises Survey

205) PF Provident Fund

206) PIO Persons of Indian Origin

207) PNB Punjab National bank

208) PO Principal Office

209) PRB Primary Revenue Balance

210) PSE Public Sector Enterprises

211) PUC Paid Up Capital

212) QRR Quick Review Report

213) RBI Reserve Bank of India

214) RD Revenue Deficit

215) RDBMS Relational Database Management System

216) RE Revenue Expenditure

217) REC Rural Electrification Corporation

218) REER Real Effective Exchange Rate

219) RFC Residents Foreign Currency

220) RIB Resurgent India Bonds

221) RIDF Rural Infrastructure Development Fund

222) RLA Recoveries of Loans & Advances

223) RLC Repayment of Loans to Centre

224) RMB Renminbi (Chinese)

225) RNBC Residuary Non-Banking Companies

226) RO Regional Office

227) RoCs Registrars of Companies

228) RPA Rupee Payment Area

229) RPCD Rural Planning and Credit

230) Department, RBI

231) RR Revenue Receipts

232) RRB Regional Rural Bank

233) RTP Reserve Tranche Position

234) RUF Revolving Underwriting Facility

235) RWA Risk Weighted Asset

236) SAM Social Accounting Matrix

237) SAS Statistical Analysis System

238) SBI State Bank of India

239) SC Schedule Caste

240) SCARDB State Cooperative Agriculture and

241) Rural Development Bank

242) SCB State Cooperative Bank

243) SCB Scheduled Commercial Bank

244) SCS Size Class Strata

245) SDDS Special Data Dissemination Standards

246) SDR Special Drawing Right

247) SEBI Securities and Exchange Board of India

248) SEBs State Electricity Boards

249) SFC State Financial Corporation

250) SGL Subsidiary General Ledger

251) SGSY Swarnajayanthi Gram Swarrojgar Yojana

252) SHGs Self-Help Groups

253) SIDBI Small Industries Development Bank of India

254) SIDC State Industrial Development Corporation

255) SI-SPA Systems Improvement Scheme under Special Project Agriculture

256) SJSRY Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rojgar Yojana

257) SLR Statutory Liquidity Ratio

258) SLRS Scheme for Liberation & Rehabilitation of Scavangers

259) SMG Standing Monitoring Group

260) SNA System of National Accounts

261) SRWTO Small road & Water Transport Operators

262) SSI Small-Scale Industries

263) SSSBEs Small Scale Service & Business Enterprises

264) ST Schedule Tribe

265) SWG Second Working Group on Money

266) TBs Treasury Bills

267) TC Temporary Change

268) TT Telegraphic Transfer

269) UBB Uniform Balance Book

270) UBD Urban Banks Department

271) UCB Urban Cooperative Bank

272) UCN Uniform Code Number

273) US United States

274) USD US Dollars

275) UTI Unit Trust of India

276) VC Venture Capital

277) WGMS Working Group on Money Supply:

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THURSDAY, JULY 30, 2009

Awards 2009

The Government has announced the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awards, Arjuna Awards, Dhyan Chand Awards, Dronacharya Awards and Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar for the year 2009, in New Delhi. The selection panel for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, Arjuna Award, Dhyan Chand Award and Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar was headed by Kum. Indu Puri while the panel for Dronacharya Award was headed by Shri G.S. Randhawa.

Normally, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award is given to only one sportsperson in a year. Arjuna Award is given to not more than 15, Dhyan Chand Award to not more than 3 and Dronacharya Award to not more than 5 persons. However, taking into consideration the spectacular performance of Shri Vijender in Boxing and Shri Sushil Kumar in Wrestling, both Bronze Medalists in Beijing Olympics, 2008, the Government has accepted the recommendation of the Selection Committee to confer the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award on both of them, as a special case, in addition to Smt. M.C. Marykom.

With a view to recognizing the contribution made to sports development by entities other than sportspersons and coaches, Government has instituted this year, a new award entitled Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar, which has four categories, namely, community sports development, promotion of sports academies of excellence, support to elite sportspersons and employment to sportspersons.



A. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award - 2009 :

1. Smt. Mangte Chungneijang Marykom Boxing (Women)

2. Shri Vijender Boxing

3. Shri Sushil Kumar Wrestling



B. Arjuna Awards – 2009:

1. Shri Mangal Singh Champia Archery

2. Kum. Sinimole Paulose Athletics

3. Kum. Saina Nehwal Badminton

4. Smt. Laishram Sarita Devi Boxing

5. Kum. Tania Sachdev Chess

6. Shri Gautam Gambhir Cricket

7. Shri Ignace Tirkey Hockey (Men)

8. Kum. Surinder Kaur Hockey (Women)

9. Shri Pankaj Navanath Shirsat Kabaddi

10. Shri Satish Joshi Rowing

11. Shri Ronjan Sodhi Shooting

12. Kum. Poulomi Ghatak Table Tennis

13. Shri Yogeshwar Dutt Wrestling

14. Shri Girdhari Lal Yadav Yachting

15. Kum. Parul D. Parmar Badminton (Disabled)



C. Dhyan Chand Awards – 2009 :

1. Shri Ishar Singh Deol Athletics

2. Shri Satbir Singh Dahya Wrestling



D. Dronacharya Awards – 2009 :

1. Shri Pullela Gopichand Badminton

2. Shri Jaydev Bisht Boxing

3. Shri S. Baldev Singh Hockey

4. Shri Satpal Wrestling



E. Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar, 2009 :

S. No. Category Entity recommended for Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar, 2009

1. Community Sports Identification and Nurturing of Budding Young Talent TATA Steel Ltd.

2. Financial Support for Sports Excellence None qualified

3. Establishment and Management of Sports Academies of Excellence TATA Steel Ltd.

4. Employment of Sportspersons and sports welfare measures Railways Sports Promotion Board



National Sports Awards are given every year to recognize and reward excellence in sports. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award is given for spectacular performance in the year under consideration; Arjuna Award is given for consistently outstanding performance for three consecutive years preceding the year of award; Dhyan Chand Award for life time contribution to sports development; and Dronacharya Award for producing medal winners at prestigious international sports events in the past three years.

Apart from a medal and a citation, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awardees will receive a cash prize of Rs.7.5 lakh each. Arjuna, Dhyan Chand and Dronacharya Awardees will receive statuettes, citations and cash prize of Rs.5 lakh each. The recipients of Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar will receive trophy and citation.



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LABELS: 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS, ARJUNA AWARD, BEIJING, DRONACHARYA AWARD, HISTORY, NEW DELHI, RAJIV GANDHI KHEL RATNA

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Afghanistan Kabul Afgani Hamid Karzai

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Azerbaijan Baku Manat Ilham Aliyev

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China Beijing Yuan Hu Jintao

Cyprus Nicosia Cypriot Pound Dimitris Christofias

Cambodia Phnom Penh Riel Hun Sen*

East Timor Dili U.S. Dollar Jose Ramos-Horta

India New Delhi Indian Rupee Manmohan Singh*

Indonesia Jakarta Rupiah Susilo Yudhonoyo

Iran Tehran Rial Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Iraq Baghdad Iraqi Dinar Nouri Al-Maliki*

Israel Jerusalem Shekel Benjamin Netanyahu*

Japan Tokyo Yen Yukio Hatoyama*

Jordan Amman Jordanian Dinar Nader al-Dahabi*

Kazakhstan Akmola Tenge Nursultan Nazarbayev

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Kuwait Kuwait City Kuwaiti Dinar Nasser Mohammed*

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Laos Vientiane Kip Bouasone Bouphavan*

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Haiti Port-au-Prince Gourde

Honduras Tegucigalpa Lempira Roberto Micheletti

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Panama Panamá Balboa Ricardo Martinelli

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St. Lucia Castries East Caribbean Dollar

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US Washington D.C. US Dollar Barack Obama

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Brazil Brasilia Real Lula da Silva

Chile Santiago Chilean Peso Michelle Bachelet

Colombia Bogota Colombian Peso Alvaro Uribe

Ecuador Quito Sucre Rafael Correa

Guyana Georgetown Guyana Dollar Bharat Jagdeo

Paraguay Asuncion Guarani Fernando Lugo

Peru Lima New Sol Alan Garcia

Suriname Paramaribo Suriname Guilder

Uruguay Montevideo Uruguayan New Peso Tabare Vazquez

Venezuela Caracas Bolivar Hugo Chavez

French Guiana Cayenne Franc

Falkland Islands Stanley Falkland Pound

Oceania

Australia Canberra Australian Dollar Kevin Rudd*

American Samoa Fagatogo, Utulei US Dollar

Christmas Island The Settlement Australian Dollar

Cocos (Keeling) Islands West Island Australian Dollar

Cook Islands Avarua New Zealand Dollar

Fiji Suva Fiji Dollar Frank Bainimarama*

French Polynesia Papeete Pacifique franc

Guam Agana US Dollar

Kiribati Bairiki Australian Dollar

Marshall Islands Majuro US Dollar

Nauru Yaren Australian Dollar

New Caledonia Noumea Pacifique franc

New Zealand Wellington New Zealand Dollar John Key*

Niue Alofi New Zealand Dollar

Norfolk Island Kingston Australian Dollar

Northern Mariana Islands Saipan US Dollar

Papua New Guinea Port Moresby Kina

Palau Koror US Dollar

Pitcairn Island Adamstown New Zealand Dollar

Samoa Apia Tala

Solomon Islands Honiara Solomon Islands Dollar

Tonga Nuku'alofa Pa'anga

Tuvalu Funafuti Australian Dollar

Tokelau -none- New Zealand Dollar

Vanuatu Port-Vila Vatu

Virgin Islands (British) Road Town US Dollar

Virgin Islands (US) Charlotte Amalie US Dollar

Wallis and Futuna Mata-Utu Franc

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ASIA

Afghanistan Kabul Afgani Hamid Karzai

Armenia Yerevan Dram Serzh Sargsyan

Azerbaijan Baku Manat Ilham Aliyev

Bahrain Al-Manamah Bahraini Dinar Sulman Al Khalifah*

Bangladesh Dhaka Taka Zillur Rahman

Bhutan Thimphu Ngultrum Jigme Khesar Wangchuck

Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei Dollar Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah

China Beijing Yuan Hu Jintao

Cyprus Nicosia Cypriot Pound Dimitris Christofias

Cambodia Phnom Penh Riel Hun Sen*

East Timor Dili U.S. Dollar Jose Ramos-Horta

India New Delhi Indian Rupee Manmohan Singh*

Indonesia Jakarta Rupiah Susilo Yudhonoyo

Iran Tehran Rial Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Iraq Baghdad Iraqi Dinar Nouri Al-Maliki*

Israel Jerusalem Shekel Benjamin Netanyahu*

Japan Tokyo Yen Yukio Hatoyama*

Jordan Amman Jordanian Dinar Nader al-Dahabi*

Kazakhstan Akmola Tenge Nursultan Nazarbayev

Korea (North) Pyongyang Won Kim Jong II

Korea (South) Seoul Won Lee Myung-bak

Kuwait Kuwait City Kuwaiti Dinar Nasser Mohammed*

Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Kyrgyzstani Som Kurmanbek Bakiyev

Laos Vientiane Kip Bouasone Bouphavan*

Lebanon Beirut Lebanese Pound Michel Sulemn

Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Malaysian Ringgit Najib Tun Razak*

Maldives Male Rufiyaa Mohamed Nasheed

Mongolia Ulan-Bator Tugrik Tsakhiagin Elbegdorj

Myanmar Yangon Kyat Thein Sein

Nepal Kathmandu Nepalese Rupee Madhav Kumar*

Oman Muscat Rial Omani Sultan Said al Said

Pakistan Islamabad Pakistani Rupee Asif Ali Zardari

Philippines Manila Peso Gloria Macapagal

Qatar Doha Qatari Riyal Hamad bin Jassim*

Saudi Arabia Riyadh Riyal King Abdullah Bin

Singapore Singapore Singapore Dollar Lee Hsien Loong*

Sri Lanka Colombo Sri Lankan Rupee Mahinda Rajapaksa

Syria Damascus Syrian Pound Bashar al-Assad

Taiwan Taipei New Taiwan Dollar Ma Ying jeou

Tajikistan Dushanbe Tajik Rouble Emomali Rahmon

Thailand Bangkok Baht King Adulyadej

Turkmenistan Ashgabat Turkmenistani Manat Gurbanguly Berdymukhame

United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi UAE Dirham Mohammed bin Rashi*

Uzbekistan Tashkent Uzbekistani Som Shavkat Mirziyoyev*

Vietnam Hanoi Dong Nguyen Tan Dung*

Yemen Sana Riyal Ali Adbullah Saleh

Europe

Albania Tirane Lek Bamir Topi

Andorra Andorra-la-vella Andorran Peseta, Euro Jaume Bartumeu

Austria Vienna Euro Hein Fischer

Belarus Minsk Rouble Sergey Sidorsky*

Belgium Brussels Euro King Albert II

Bosnia & Herzegovina Sarajevo Dinar

Bulgaria Sofia Lev Georgi parvanov

Croatia Zagreb Croatian Dinar Jadranka Kosor*

Cyprus Nicosia Cyprus Pound Dimtris Christofias

Czech Republic Prague Czech Koruna Jan Fisher*

Denmark Copenhagen Danish Krone Queen Margrethe

Estonia Tallinn Kroon Toomas Hendrik

Finland Helsinki Euro Tarja Halonen

France Paris Euro Nicholas Sarkozy

French Guiana Cayenne Euro Antoine Karam

Georgia Tbilisi Lari Nikoloz Gilauri*

Germany Berlin Euro Angela Merkel*

Greece Athens Euro George Papandreou*

Hungary Budapest Forint Laszlo Solyom

Iceland Reykjavik Icelandic Krona Johanna Siguroardott*

Italy Rome Euro Silvio Berlusconi*

Latvia Riga Lat Valdis Zalters

Liechtenstein Vaduz Swiss Franc Prine Hans Adams-II

Lithuania Vilnius Litas Dalia Grybauskaite

Luxemburg Luxemburg Euro Jean-Claude Juncker*

Malta Valletta Maltese Lira George Abela

Martinique Fort-de-France Euro Alfred Maria jeanne

Moldova Kishinev Moldavian Leu Mihai Ghimpu

Monaco Monaco Euro Prince Albert II

Netherlands Amsterdam Euro Jan Peter Balkenende*

Norway Oslo Norwegian Krone Jens Stoltenberg*

Poland Warsaw New Zloty Lech Kaczynski

Portugal Lisbon Escudo, now Euro Jose Socrates*

Romania Bucharest Romanian Leu Traian Basescu

Russia Moscow Rouble Dmitry Medvedev

San Marino San Marino Italian Lire

Scotland Edinburgh Pound Sterling UK PM

Slovakia Bratislava Slovak Koruna Ivan Gasparovic

Slovenia Ljubljana Tolar Danilo Turk

Spain Madrid Peseta, now Euro Jose Zapatero*

Sweden Stockholm Swedish Kroner Fredrik Reinfeldt*

Switzerland Berne Swiss Franc Federal Council of 7 members.

Tajikistan Dushanbe Tajik Rouble Emomalii Rahmon

Ukraine Kiev Hryvna Viktor Yushchenko

United Kingdom London Pound Sterling Gordon Brown*

Uzbekistan Toshkent/Tashkent Uzbekistani Som Islam Karimov

Vatican City Vatican City Italian Lire Giovanni Lajolo

Yugoslavia Belgrade New Dinar

Whales Cardiff Pound Sterling

Africa

Algeria Algiers Algerian Dinar Abdelaziz Boutflika

Angola Luanda New Kwanza Jose Eduardo

Benin Porto-Novo Franc Yayi Boni

Botswana Gaborone Pula Ian Khama

Burkina Faso Ouagadougou Burkina Faso Franc

Burundi Bujumbura Burundi Franc

Cameroon Yaoundé Franc Paul Biya

Cape Verde Praia Escudo Caboverdiano Jose Maria Neves*

Central African Republic Bangui Franc

Chad N'Djamena Franc Youssouf Saleh Abbas*

Comoros Moroni Comorian Franc Mohamed Sambi

Congo Brazzaville Franc Isidore Myouba*

Côte d'Ivoire Yamoussoukro Franc

Djibouti Djibouti Djibouti Franc

Egypt Cairo Egyptian Pound Hosni Mubarak

Equatorial Guinea Malabo Franc

Eritrea Asmara Eritrean Nakfa

Ethiopia Addis Ababa Birr Meles Zenami*

Gabon Libreville Franc Ali Bongo Ondimba

Gambia Banjul Dalasi Yahya Jammeh

Ghana Accra Cedi John Atta Mills

Guinea Conakry Guinea Franc Moussa Dadis Camara

Guinea-Bissau Bissau Guinea-Bissau Peso

Ivory Coast Abidjan Franc Carlos Gomes*

Kenya Nairobi Kenyan Shilling Raila Odinga*

Lesotho Maseru Loti Pakalitha Mosislli*

Liberia Monrovia Liberian Dollar Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Libya Tripoli Libyan Dinar Baghdadi Mahmudi*

Madagascar Antananarivo Malagasy Franc Andry Rajoelina

Malawi Lilongwe Malawian Kwacha Bingu Wa Mutharika

Mali Bamako Malian Franc Amadou Toumani

Mauritania Nouakchott Ouguiya Mohamed Abdel Aziz

Mauritius Port Louis Mauritius Rupee Anerood Jugnauth*

Mayotte Dzaoudzi French Franc

Morocco Rabat Moroccan Dirham Abbas El Fassi*

Mozambique Maputo Metical

Namibia Windhoek Namibian Dollar Hifikepunye Pohamba

Niger Niamey West African Franc Tandja mamadou

Nigeria Abuja Naira Umaru Yar'Adua

Reunion Saint-Denis Euro

Rwanda Kigali Rwanda Franc

Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tome Dobra

Senegal Dakar West African Franc

Seychelles Victoria Seychelles Rupee

Sierre Leone Freetown Leone

Somalia Mogadishu Somali Shilling Sharif Ahmed

South Africa Cape Town Rand Jacob Zuma

St. Helena Jamestown St. Helena Pound

Swaziland Mbabane Lilangeni Barnabas Dlamini*

Tanzania Dar es Salaam Tanzanian Shilling Jakaya Kikwete

Togo Lome Franc Faure Gnassingbe

Tunisia Tunis Tunisian Dinar Zine El Abidine Ben Ali

Uganda Kampala Ugandan Shilling Yower Museveni

Zambia Lusaka Zambian Kwacha Rupiah Banda

Zimbabwe Harare Zimbabwe Dollar Robert Mugabe

North America

Antigua and Barbuda St. Johns East Caribbean Dollar

Bahamas Nassau Bahamian Dollar Hubert Ingraham*

Barbados Bridgetown Barbados Dollar David Thompson*

Belize Belmopan Belize Dollar Dean Barrow

Canada Ottawa Canadian Dollar Stephen Harper*

Costa Rica San José Colón Oscar Arias

Cuba Havana Peso Raul Castro

Dominica Roseau East Caribbean Dollar Nicholas Joseph

Dominican Republic St. Domingo Peso

El Salvador San Salvador El Salvadorian Colón

Grenada St. George's East Caribbean Dollar Tillman Thomas*

Guatemala Guatemala Quetzal

Haiti Port-au-Prince Gourde

Honduras Tegucigalpa Lempira Roberto Micheletti

Jamaica Kingston Jamaican Dollar Bruce Golding*

Mexico Mexico City Mexican New Peso Felipe Calderon

Nicaragua Managua Córdoba

Panama Panamá Balboa Ricardo Martinelli

St. Kitts and Nevis Basseterre East Caribbean Dollar

St. Lucia Castries East Caribbean Dollar

Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain T & T Dollar George Maxwell

US Washington D.C. US Dollar Barack Obama

South America

Argentina Buenos Aires Austral, Neuvo Peso Cristina Fernandez

Bolivia La Paz Boliviano Evo Morales

Brazil Brasilia Real Lula da Silva

Chile Santiago Chilean Peso Michelle Bachelet

Colombia Bogota Colombian Peso Alvaro Uribe

Ecuador Quito Sucre Rafael Correa

Guyana Georgetown Guyana Dollar Bharat Jagdeo

Paraguay Asuncion Guarani Fernando Lugo

Peru Lima New Sol Alan Garcia

Suriname Paramaribo Suriname Guilder

Uruguay Montevideo Uruguayan New Peso Tabare Vazquez

Venezuela Caracas Bolivar Hugo Chavez

French Guiana Cayenne Franc

Falkland Islands Stanley Falkland Pound

Oceania

Australia Canberra Australian Dollar Kevin Rudd*

American Samoa Fagatogo, Utulei US Dollar

Christmas Island The Settlement Australian Dollar

Cocos (Keeling) Islands West Island Australian Dollar

Cook Islands Avarua New Zealand Dollar

Fiji Suva Fiji Dollar Frank Bainimarama*

French Polynesia Papeete Pacifique franc

Guam Agana US Dollar

Kiribati Bairiki Australian Dollar

Marshall Islands Majuro US Dollar

Nauru Yaren Australian Dollar

New Caledonia Noumea Pacifique franc

New Zealand Wellington New Zealand Dollar John Key*

Niue Alofi New Zealand Dollar

Norfolk Island Kingston Australian Dollar

Northern Mariana Islands Saipan US Dollar

Papua New Guinea Port Moresby Kina

Palau Koror US Dollar

Pitcairn Island Adamstown New Zealand Dollar

Samoa Apia Tala

Solomon Islands Honiara Solomon Islands Dollar

Tonga Nuku'alofa Pa'anga

Tuvalu Funafuti Australian Dollar

Tokelau -none- New Zealand Dollar

Vanuatu Port-Vila Vatu

Virgin Islands (British) Road Town US Dollar

Virgin Islands (US) Charlotte Amalie US Dollar

Wallis and Futuna Mata-Utu Franc





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Summits & Places in News - 2009

1. 3rd India Steel Summit Will be held at New Delhi.

2. 4th South Asia Renewable Energy Conference 2009 will be held at New Delhi.

3. 5th ASSOCHAM (Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India) Global Telecom Summit will be held at New Delhi.

4. International summit on Food Processing & Agribusiness will be held at New Delhi.

5. The 15th Summit of NAM (Non-Alignment Movement) held at Sharm EI Sheikh, Egypt. Secretary-General of NAM: Hosni Mubarak (President of Arab Republic of Egypt).118 developing nations have Membership in this Organization.

6. The 35th G8 Summit held in the city L’Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy on July.

7. The 1st BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) summit held at Russia.

8. The 9th SCO summit held at Yekaterinburg, Russia.

9. The G20 Summit 2009 held at London. Again in September of this year another G20 summit will be held at Pittsburg, US.

10. The 14th ASEAN summit 2009 held at Hua Hin, Thailand.

11. The 21st Arab Summit held at Doha, Qatar.

12. 17th International Agriculture Exhibition 2009 held in Israel.

13. 153rd OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) Meeting will be held in Vienna, Austria.

14. International festival of Children's Films in May 2009 held at Kolkata.

15. Indore to Host Global Film Festival 2009.

16. Mauritius is the venue for 4th Bhojpuri Conference in September 2009.

17. 2009 Shri Shyam Bhajan Hindu religious festival held in Hyderabad.



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List Of Imp.Indian WebSites





1. President http://presidentofindia.nic.in/


2. Prime Minister http://pmindia.nic.in/


3. Minister of Finance http://finmin.nic.in/


4. Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution http://agricoop.nic.in/


5. Minister of Defense http://mod.nic.in/


6. Minister of Home Affairs http://www.mha.nic.in/


7. Minister of Railways http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/


8. Minister of External Affairs http://meaindia.nic.in/


9. Minister of Steel http://steel.nic.in/


10. Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises http://dhi.nic.in/


11. Minister of Health and Family Welfare http://www.mohfw.nic.in/


12. Minister of Power http://www.powermin.nic.in/


13. Minister of Law and Justice http://lawmin.nic.in/


14. Minister of New and Renewable Energy http://mnes.nic.in/


15. Minister of Urban Development http://urbanindia.nic.in/


16. Minister of Road Transport and Highways http://morth.nic.in/


17. Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs http://moia.gov.in/


18. Minister of Textiles http://texmin.nic.in/


19. Minister of Communications and Information Technology http://www.mit.gov.in/


19. Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas http://www.petroleum.nic.in/


20. Minister of Information and Broadcasting http://www.mib.nic.in/


21. Minister of Labour and Employment http://labour.nic.in/


22. Minister of Human Resource Development http://www.education.nic.in/


23. Minister of Mines and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region http://mines.nic.in/


24. Minister of Commerce and Industry http://commerce.nic.in/


25. Minister of Rural Development and Minister of Panchayati Raj http://www.rural.nic.in/


26. Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Minister of Tourism http://mhupa.gov.in/


27. Minister of Food Processing Industries http://mofpi.nic.in/


28. Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports http://yas.nic.in/index.html


29. Minister of Shipping http://shipping.gov.in/


30. Minister of Parliamentary Affairs http://mpa.nic.in/


31. Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment http://socialjustice.nic.in/


32 Minister of Tribal Affairs http://www.tribal.nic.in/index1.html


33. Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers http://chemicals.nic.in/


34. India Portal http://india.gov.in/


35. Supreme Court http://www.supremecourtofindia.nic.in/


36. Reserve Bank Of India http://www.rbi.org.in/home.aspx


37. Securities and Exchange Board of India http://www.sebi.gov.in/


38. Bombay Stock Exchange http://www.bseindia.com/


39. National Stock Exchange http://nseindia.com/


40. National Informatics Center http://home.nic.in/


41 Union Public Service http://www.upsc.gov.in/


42. Employment News http://www.employmentnews.gov.in/


43. Prasar Bharati http://www.ddindia.gov.in/


44. D D News http://www.ddinews.gov.in/


45. Election Commission of India http://eci.nic.in/


46. Income Tax Department http://www.incometaxindia.gov.in/


47. Legislative Department http://indiacode.nic.in/


48. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India http://www.trai.gov.in/


49. Indian Army http://indianarmy.nic.in/


50. Indian Navy http://indiannavy.nic.in/


51 Indian Air Force http://indianairforce.nic.in/


52. India Post http://www.indiapost.gov.in/


53. Indian Space Research Organization http://www.isro.org/


54. Central Bureau of Investigation http://www.cbi.gov.in/default.php/


55. National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development http://www.nabard.org/


56. Small Industries Development Bank of India http://www.sidbi.in/


57. Lok Sabha http://loksabha.nic.in/


58. Rajya Sabha http://rajyasabha.nic.in/






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Current Affairs June 2009

1. Who has been appointed as the Chief of the Indian Air Force with effect from the afternoon of May 31, 2009?



Air Marshal Pradeep Vasant Naik



2. Who is appointed as the first woman Speaker of the Lok Sabha in 2009?



Meira Kumar



3. Who was elected as BJP's Parliamentary party leader after the recent elections in 2009?



L K Advani



4. Noted Malayalam writer and poetess, who earned fame for her works in English, passed away recently, leaving behind a rich treasure of poems and stories of love?



Kamala Das (also known as Kamala Surayya)

5. In which state FIFA will set up Soccer Academy for the first time in India?



Kerala



6. Which team won the French League title for the first time since 1999.



Bordeaux



7. Which country’s air jet vanished over the Atlantic Ocean carrying 216 passengers and 12 crew members after flying into a strong thunderstorm over the Atlantic Ocean and signaling it had an electric problem?



France

Air France Flight 447, an Airbus A330, carrying 228 people from Rio de Janeiro to Paris vanished over the Atlantic Ocean and no one survived.



8. American President Barack Obama recently ushered the second car giant of the world into bankruptcy protection and put the government behind the wheel of the company ?



General Motors Corp



9. Scottish singing sensation, who rose to fame on reality show “Britain’s Got Talent” but lost to dance group Diversity in the final, was admitted to a private clinic for treatment for exhaustion (emotional breakdown)?



Susan Boyle



10. The last survivor of the legendary ocean liner Titanic, which sank on its maiden voyage in April 1912 after striking an iceberg in the North Atlantic?



Millvina Dean.

She aged 97 who died in England recently earlier known as Elizabeth Gladys Dean

11. Former senior diplomat who has been appointed as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's special adviser for nonproliferation and arms control?



Robert J. Einhorn



13. Organization of American States (OAS) recently agreed to lift the ban on a country after 47 years? Which is that country?



Cuba



14. Defence Minister of Australia who resigned recently, after saying he did not fully comply with the ministerial code of conduct.



Joel Fitzgibbon



15. American Actor who has been found dead in a Bangkok hotel room, whose extensive record of on-screen appearances included the movie Kill Bill and the TV show Kung Fu, was apparently found in a closet with a cord around his neck and around parts of his body?



David Carradine



16. Grammy Award winner, who dubbed the “Queen of the Blues,” died recently in her native Chicago following complications from her May 19th surgery for gastrointestinal bleeding?



Koko Taylor



17. Who is appointed as the new Home Secretary of India ?



G.K. Pillai (Gopal Krishna Pillai)



18. The J.C. Daniel Award for 2008 instituted by Kerala Government is won by?



K. Ravindranathan Nair, popularly known as General Pictures Ravi.



19. Who is appointed as the General Manager of State Bank of India, Kerala Circle?



V. Ramamoorthy.



20. Presidential candidate and minister in Guinea-Bissau who was shot dead when armed men stormed into his house?



Baciro Dabo



21. Who is the leader of the Indian Arctic expedition team?



Dr.Muhammad Hatha



22. Who wins French Open women's singles title 2009?



Svetlana Kuznetsova She won her second Grand Slam title beating top-ranked Dinara Safina 6-4, 6-2 in the French Open final.



23. Which country becomes the first nation other than the hosts to qualify for the 2010 World Cup Football in South Africa after they beat Uzbekistan 1-0?



Japan



24. Indian scientists recently have cloned the world’s second buffalo just three months after the first one died of pneumonia within a week of birth. What is the name of that buffalo?



Garima

The calf, named Garima, was born at 11 a.m. at the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal, and weighed 43 kg. The first cloned buffalo was born on February 6.





25. Who has won Formula One's Turkish Grand Prix ?



Jenson Button



He won the Turkish Grand Prix for his sixth victory in seven Formula One Car races.



26. Who wins French Open Men's Singletitle 2009?



Roger Federer

Roger Fedrer defeated Robin Soderling in straight sets [6-1, 7-6, 6-4] to clinch the 2009 French Open Men’s Single title at Roland Garro

Roger Federer has become the second man, after Pete Sampras to win the maximum number of Grand Slams.

Roger Federer is the first man since Andre Agassi to win all 4 Grand Slams and 6th player to do so. Ironically, this is Federer’s first win at the French Open.



27. CPI-M leader and Party State Secretary of Kerala who is included in the charge sheet filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) as one of the eight accused in the Rs.300 crore (Rs.3 billion) SNC Lavalin corruption scam?



Pinarayi Vijayan

The Kerala state governor R S Gavai has allowed the prosecution proceedings against Pinarayi vijayan who was the power minister in the E K Nayanar cabinet during 1996.



28. Eminent playwright and theatre artist, one of the greatest stalwarts of the Indian stage, was known for blending theatre, folk art and poetry in his works, died of a heart attack in a city hospital in Bhopal recently?



Habib Tanvir



29. Who was unanimously elected as the new Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha by a voice vote?



Karia Munda(B.J.P)



30. Which country has become the world's second biggest military spender behind the United States of America(U.S.A)?



China



31. Who is appointed as Australia’s next High Commissioner to India?



Peter Varghese



32. Who has been appointed as the managing director of Volkswagen Group Sales India Private Limited?



Maik Stephan



33. Mohun Bagan, one of the oldest football club of India recently suspended its captain for six months from playing for the club, citing "violation of rules and regulations”. Name that captain ?



Baichung Bhutia



34. Which oil company decided to pay compensation to late Nigerian writer Ken Saro Wiwa’s family and those of the other eight Ogoni leaders executed along with him in 1995 by the late General Sani Abacha military junta?



Royal Dutch Shell



35. Which word is selected as the millionth word of the English Language?



Web 2.0

"Web 2.0" refers to what is perceived as a second generation of web development and web design. It is characterized as facilitating communication, information sharing, interoperability, user-centered design and collaboration on the World Wide Web. The term "Web 2.0" was coined by Darcy DiNucci in her article "Fragmented Future,"

in 1999.



36. Name the Jamaican sprinter who won the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year award for his record-breaking performance in the Beijing Olympics.



Usain Bolt



37. Name the Portuguese footballer and Manchester United winger who set a world record transfer fee of 80 million pound (130 million U.S. dollars) as he signed a six-year deal with Real Madrid Club ?



Cristiano Ronaldo



38. Which is the 112th element on the Periodic table?



Ununbium

Ununbium, element 112, has recently been added to the periodic table,

Ununbium was first created on February 9, 1996 by Sigurd Hofmann at the Centre for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt, Germany.Ununbium is not the element's official name; the temporary moniker was given by IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) and comes from "ununbi", or "one one two" in Latin.



39. Which Foreign university conferred Former Indian President A P J Abdul Kalam with honorary Doctorate of Laws for distinction in public service?



Queen’s University Belfast, a prominent varsity based in Northern Ireland



40. Japanese Internal Affairs and Communications Minister who decided to resign over a conflict about the reappointment of the president of government-owned Japan Post, Yoshifumi Nishikawa?



Kunio Hatoyama



41. Senior Nepali Congress leader and the country’s first deputy woman Prime Minister who had been suffering from pneumonia and Alzheimer’s died recently at the age of 65 ?



Shailaja Acharya



42. Newly elected President of Iran ?



Mahmoud Ahmadinejad



43. A 136-year-old stamped envelope known to collectors as "The Ice House Cover" carries a rare stamp of former American President. Name that President?

Abraham Lincoln

It was stolen from an Indiana collector in 1967, surfaced 39 years later in Chicago and was sold at auction by the Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc., in New York.



45. Who are the champions of 63rd Santosh Trophy Football title?



Goa defeated 29 time champions West Bengal by 2-4 in the final



46. Who won the WinWInD Golden Boot Award for the Top scorer



P. C. Riju (Striker, Tamil Nadu)



47. Player of the Tournament of Santosh Trophy?



P. Muthu (Striker, Tamil Nadu)



48. Which team won the Fair-play Award of Santosh Trophy ?



Goa



49. Which is the most commonly misspelt word in the English language, according to a new study by market research company www.OnePoll.com?



Definitely

Flummoxed people regularly writing it as "definately".

The Top 10 most commonly misspelt words in the study by www.OnePoll.com were:

1 Definitely (Definately);

2 Sacrilegious (Sacreligious);

3 Indict (Indite);

4 Manoeuvre (Maneouvre);

5 Bureaucracy ( Beaurocracy);

6 Broccoli (Brocolli);

7 Phlegm (Phleghm);

8 Prejudice ( Predjudice);

9 Consensus (Conscensus);

10 Unnecessary (Unecessary).

50. America's new army chief in Afghanistan over to run the war in Afghanistan under fire over abusive treatment and interrogation of detainees in Iraq, according to human rights investigators.



Gen Stanley MacChrystal



51. Bollywood actor who has been detained after having been accused of rape by his maid servant aged 19?



Shiney Ahuja



52. The Chinese waitress who stabbed to death a communist party official Deng Guida, who was trying to rape her, has been released recently by a court in Hubei province in China?



Deng Yujiao



53. Mogadishu's(Somalia) police chief, , who was killed when government forces attempted to dislodge the insurgents from positions in south Mogadishu?



Colonel Ali Saed



54. Somalia's Security Minister who has been killed in a suicide car bomb attack north of the capital Mogadishu?



Omar Hashi Aden



55. Name the Kathakali maestro who excelled in depicting women characters in classical theatre, has been selected for the Kerala government’s highest award for Kathakali artistes which carrying a cash award of Rs one lakh and a citation ?



Kottakkal Sivaraman



56. The IPL coach of Kolkata Knight Riders who was expelled by the team management after their team’s poor performance in the second IPL?



John Buchanan



57. Chelsea striker who has been bannedby European football body UEFA for 6 years for his Champions League semi-final outburst?



Didier Drogba



58. Who is elected as the new President of Abu Dhabi’s prestigious India Social & Culture Centre (ISCC)?



Y. Sudhir Kumar Shetty



59. The sarod maestro who died recently in San Francisco, following a prolonged kidney ailment?



Ustad Ali Akbar Khan



60. Who has been chosen by the legendary sports stars of the Laureus World Sports Aacdemy as the 2009 Laureus World Comeback of the Year?



'King of the Ring’ Vitali Klitschko



61. The world's oldest man, who has died at his home in southern Japan on June 19, 2009 at the age of 113?



Tomoji Tanabe,



62. Champions of ICC 20-20 Cricket World cup?



Paksitan, they beat Sri Lanka in the final

Man of the match in the final: Shahid Afridi

Man of the series: Tilakaratne Dilshan



63. Who won ICC 20-20 Women’s World cup?



England, they beat New Zealand in the final

Player of the Match: Katherine Brunt.

Player of the Series: Claire Taylor



64. “Satyam Computers” now renamed by Tech Mahindra as:



Mahindra Satyam

65. Ace woman shuttler who scripted history by becoming the first Indian to win a Super Series tournament after clinched the Indonesian Open title with a stunning victory over higher ranked Chinese Lin Wang in Jakarta?



Saina Nehwal



66. The island which expanded its powers of self-rule on its national day in a move many residents see as a step toward independence from Denmark?



Greenland



67. Who is appointed as captain of Bangladesh Cricket Team for the forthcoming tours of West Indies and Zimbabwe?



Mashrafe Mortaza

Shakib Al Hasan, the world's No.1 allrounder in ODIs, has been named the vice-captain.



68. Who is appointed as the new governor of Karnataka ?



Hans Raj Bhardwaj



69. Which country won bronze medal in the light-weight women's Quadruple Sculls in the World Cup 2, held at Munich (Germany)?



India



70. Who is the New Chief Minister of Uttarakhand



Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank



71. Who is appointed as the Chairman of National Authority for Unique Identity?



Nandan Nilekani, the Infosys Chief



72. Who is appointed as the United States Special Representative to Muslim Communiites by the Obama administration ?



Farah Pandith

73. Greek musician Yanni, who dedicated his new song 'Changes' to a Bollywood actress.Who is she ?



Mallika Sherawat



74. The second statue of India's independence hero Mahatma Gandhi is unveiled in a country recently. Where is it?



Britain. (Leicester in southeast England)



75. Pop Sensation who died of lethal levels of potent medicines and drugs at the age of 50?



Michael Jackson



76. One of the pioneers of women’s studies in India, died recently , who set up India’s first Research Centre for Women’s Studies at SNDT Women’s University and served as its first director ?



Dr Neera Desai



77. An emerging Indian-American leader in California who has been selected for the prestigious White House Fellow for the year 2009-2010?



Anish Mahajan



78. Who is the new prime minister of Lebanon?



Saad Hariri



79. Popular Malayalam Film Director and one of the best scriptwriters that Malayalam cinema ever produced, died recently?



A.K.Lohitha Das



80. which country won the inaugural Women’s Champions Challenge II hockey title with a thumping 6-3 win over Belgium in the final?



India (Rani Rampal of India hit 4 goals in the final)

81. Class 11 student of Kerala who won a silver medal at the World School Athletics championship held in Estonia in northern Europe.



Binish K. Shaji



82. Which country won the Confederations Cup football title of 2009?



Brazil. They beat the United States 3-2 and win the Confederations Cup for the third time.



83. Who wins Golden Ball as Confederations Cup best player?



Kaka, Brazilian midfielder



84. Only three Indian greats who figure in the International Cricket Council's 55-strong Hall of Fame list, which has 22 Englishmen?



Left-arm spin wizard Bishen Singh Bedi ,

Prolific opener Sunil Gavaskar

Champion all-rounder Kapil Dev



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January 30 Martyrs' Day

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Feb 2nd Sunday World Marriage Day

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February 24 Central Excise Day.

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March 8 International Women's Day.

March 15 World Disabled Day.

March 18 Human Rights day

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August 6 Hiroshima Day,

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September 26 Day of the Deaf.

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October 1 International day of the Elderly.

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October 5 World Teachers Day.

October 8 Indian Air Force Day.

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October 13 UN International Day for National disaster reduction.

October 14 World Standards Day.

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October 24 UN Day, World development information Day.

October 30 World Thrift Day.

November 14 Children's Day ( in India )

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November 29 International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People.

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TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2009

Business,Finance & Economy

1. Mahindra & Mahindra Tie Up with Corporation Bank

2.India Winning the Series in New Zealand

3. India has 23rd least Friendly Tax climate

4. LIC contract to ElectraCard Services

5. Swapanali Yadav

6. DRDO Nishant

7. Sir Jehangir Ghandy Medal to Ratan Tata

8. Kalpen Suresh Modi

9. Export-Import Bank of China (China Exim) and ICICI Bank

10. Japan now top M&A market in Asia-Pacific

11. PowerGrid





1. Mahindra & Mahindra Tie Up with Corporation Bank

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (M&M) and its joint venture company, Mahindra Navistar Automotives Ltd. (MNAL), has signed two MoUs with Corporation Bank for vehicle finance. Corporation Bank will be a preferred financier for the entire range of M&M and MNAL vehicles, encompassing utility vehicles, pick ups, three wheelers, passenger cars and Commercial Vehicles.

Note: Mahindra Navistar Automotives Ltd. (MNAL) is a 51:49 Joint Venture between Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (M&M) and Navistar Inc. USA. MNAL manufactures the entire spectrum of commercial vehicles ranging from 3.5 - 49 tons GVW/GCW. These products are developed to suit Indian conditions and will set new levels of reliability, efficiency and customer experience in the commercial vehicle industry. Apart from a joint venture to manufacture trucks and buses, in November 2007, Navistar signed a second joint venture agreement with Mahindra & Mahindra, Ltd., this one focused on producing diesel engines for Medium and Heavy Commercial Vehicles in India.



2.India Winning the Series in New Zealand

After a long wait of 41-years, the Men in Blue finally claimed a test series in New Zealand. Indian opener Gautam Ghamhir was declared man of the match. After vistory in New Zealand, India has achieved 3rd Position in ICC ODI rankings.



3. India has 23rd least Friendly Tax climate

While India still maintains a relatively low rank of 23rd least friendly tax climate in this year's Tax Misery Index, topped by France with harshest taxes across the world, it is ranked at top in terms of increase in its tax misery score, a collective measure of maximum corporate, personal, social security and sales tax rates. The index assesses whether a jurisdiction's tax policy attracts or repels capital and talent by calculating its Misery score. Jurisdictions at the top of the index with high scores impose the harshest taxes, while the most tax friendly are at the bottom.



The index, an annual global ranking compiled by the Asian edition of US business magazine Forbes, ranks the countries in terms of their tax climate harshness.

India was ranked 35th least tax friendly jurisdiction in the 2008 list.

France, China and Belgium have been named as having top three harshest tax climates.

Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong have trumped other economies to retain the friendliest tax climate, as per the 2009 Tax Misery & Reform Index.



4. LIC contract to ElectraCard Services

ElectraCard Services (ECS), India's leading electronic payment solutions provider, has been awarded the contract for end to end processing of LIC Credit Cards, by Corporation Bank. The bank will issue white label credit cards on behalf of LIC Cards Services Limited, a company owned by LIC of India as per agreement entered into and the cards will be launched soon, stated a press release. LIC of India, one of the biggest insurance companies in the world, plans to leverage its ready database of 235 million policyholders to issue these cards in the first phase of rollout. It also plans to launch a facility to pay LIC premiums using the credit card. ECS will handle complete processing of the credit cards right from applications, card and accounts, transactions, billing, statements, payments, dispute resolution, and general ledger. ECS will also provide additional services in the form of a 24x7 help line to assist LIC card holders, as well as generate SMS and email alerts. ECS will provide the entire infrastructure and manpower required for such operations and will manage all relationships with 3rd party service providers that are engaged within this line of processing services.



5. Swapanali Yadav

Swapnali Yadav, the 8 year old from Mumbai participated and successfully completed the 19th International Swim across the Gulf Of Mesiniakos from Koroni-Kalamata, a distance of 30km, in 11 hours 10 minutes. The next youngest competitor was 22yrs old. Her next target is to become the youngest to swim across the legendary English Channel. The record books indicate that the youngest swimmer to cross the channel is Thomas Gregory at the age of 11yrs and 330days. Mihir Sen, a long distance swimming legend, was the first Indian to swim across the channel in 1958.



6. DRDO Nishant

The DRDO Nishant is an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) developed by India's ADE (Aeronautical Development Establishment) a branch of DRDO for the Indian Armed Forces. The Nishant UAV is primarily tasked with intelligence gathering over enemy territory and also for recce, surveillance, target designation, artillery fire correction, damage assessment, ELINT and SIGINT. The UAV has an Endurance of 4 hrs & 30min. Nishant has completed development Phase and User Trials.

The 380 kg Nishant UAV requires rail-launching from a hydro-pneumatic launcher and recovered by a Parachute System. Launches at a velocity of 45 m/s are carried out in 0.6 seconds with 100 kW power and subsequent launches can be carried out in intervals of 20 minutes. The Mobile Hydro-Pneumatic Launcher (MHPL) system mounted on a Tatra truck weighs 14,000 kg and boasts of a life cycle of 1000 launches before requiring overhaul. Nishant is one of the few UAVs in the world in its weight-class capable of being catapult-launched and recovered by using parachute, thus eliminating the need for a runway as in case of conventional take-off and landing with wheels.

source : wikipedia

7. Sir Jehangir Ghandy Medal to Ratan Tata

The prestigious Sir Jehangir Ghandy Medal for Industrial & Social Peace was conferred on Mr. Ratan N. Tata, Chairman, the Tata Group of Companies. The Sir Jehangir Ghandy Medal was instituted by XLRI in 1966. Previous recipients of the Medal include respected names from diverse fields such as J. R. D. Tata, Arvind Mafatlal, Holck-Larsen, Rajmohan Gandhi, P. N. Bhagwati, V. Kurien and M. S. Banga. Mr. Ratan Tata has already been conferred with the XLRI Honorary Fellow Award.

A legend Called Ratan Tata: Some Other awards and Honours

1. On the occasion of India's 58th Republic Day on 26 January 2000, Ratan Tata was honoured with the Padma Bhushan, the third highest decoration that may be awarded to a civilian.

2. On 26 January 2008, he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian decoration.

3. He was one of the recipients of the NASSCOM Global Leadership Awards 2008 given away at a ceremony on February 14, 2008 in Mumbai. Ratan Tata accepted the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy in 2007 on behalf of the Tata Family.

4. In March 2006, Tata was honoured by Cornell University as the 26th Robert S. Hatfield Fellow in Economic Education, considered the highest honor the university awards to distinguished individuals from the corporate sector.

5. He recently received an honorary doctorate from the London School of Economics and Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.

6. He was listed among the 25 most powerful people in business named by Fortune Magazine in November 2007.

7. In May 2008, Mr. Tata made it to the Time Magazine's 2008 list of the World's 100 Most Influential People. Tata was hailed for unveiling his tiny Rs. One lakh car 'Nano'.

8. On 29th August 2008, the Government of Singapore conferred Honorary Citizenship on Ratan Tata, in recognition of his abiding business relationship with the island nation and his contribution to the growth of high-tech sectors in Singapore. Ratan Tata is the first Indian to receive this honour.



8. Kalpen Suresh Modi

Kalpen Suresh Modi (born April 23, 1977), best-known by his professional name, Kal Penn, is an American film and television actor, and is the incoming Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Liaison in the Barack Obama administration. On April 8, 2009 Penn announced that he would join the Obama White House as Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Liaison. This necessitated that his character Lawrence Kutner was written out of the TV series House.



9. Export-Import Bank of China (China Exim) and ICICI Bank

The Export-Import Bank of China (China Exim) and ICICI Bank Limited acting through its Hong Kong Branch (ICICI Bank) signed a loan agreement for USD 98 million under the Two- step Buyer Credit (Export Credit) arrangement. ICICI Bank is the first Indian Bank to have entered into this arrangement with China Exim. The agreement was signed by Mr.Zhu Xinqiang, Assistant President, China Exim and Mr.Sudhir Dole, Senior General Manager & Regional Head- Asia, ICICI Bank. This agreement was signed in Beijing on March 19, 2009.

Source: icicibank.com



10. Japan now top M&A market in Asia-Pacific

Mergermarket says Japan now top M&A market in Asia-Pacific. Japan Has Overtaken China This Quarter as the Most Active Country in Asia-Pacific in the first quarter of 2009 as the most active country in the Asia-Pacific region for the first time in five years. Japanese M&A accounts for 28% of the number of Asia-Pacific deals, while Chinese activity makes up 25%, according to "mergermarket", the independent M&A intelligence provider.



11. PowerGrid

India’s central transmission utility PowerGrid Corporation has tied up 75% of the Rs 55,000-crore capex for laying inter-regional transmission capacity of 37,800 mw by 2012. Moreover, the company has received the Centre’s approval for raising an additional $1 billion from multilateral organisations such as World Bank and Asian Development Bank (ADB), the notification for which was issued recently. Of the Rs 55,000 crore, nearly Rs 16,000 crore will come from internal accruals and Rs 39,000 crore through domestic and international borrowings and also through suppliers’ credit. Besides, the state-run firm has proposed a capex of Rs 12,000 crore for 2009-10 against Rs 8,095 crore in 2008-09.



Politics

Lapang becomes Meghalaya CM

Donwa Dethwelson Lapang was yesterday sworn-in as the chief minister of Meghalaya where President's rule was lifted on Friday.Governor R S Mooshahary administered the oath of office and secrecy to Lapang at a programme in Raj Bhavan. Lapang is head of the Meghalaya United Alliance, which is comprising Congress and a regional party, United Democratic Party (UDP). The alliance has 37 MLAs -- 26 from the Congress, nine from UDP and two Independents -- in the 60-member house which now has an effective strength of 55 following resignation of one UDP MLA and disqualification of four others.

About President Rule in Meghalaya : President Rule in Meghalaya was imposed on march 18, 2009 after the government survived narrowly with the trust vote of speaker.

Runu Ghosh Convicted

Runu Ghosh, former deputy director general in the telecom ministry who has been convicted for corruption, will be pronounced Friday by a Delhi Court.



About Runu Ghosh :

She was a former Indian Audit and Accounts Service officer, and was held guilty by the court of amassing disproportionate assets of around Rs.2.27 million and can face imprisonment up to seven years. According to the prosecution, she acquired the wealth between 1992 and 1996 while working as deputy director general (licence and finance) in the Telecom Department during the tenure of then telecommunications minister Sukhram.



Hung parliament is what Exit polls say :

India's month-long general election ended Wednesday, with exit polls forecasting the Congress-led coalition to be leading the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party. Neither group will win a parliamentary majority. They will now be battling for new allies to form a new government.



Abroad

Army Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal is the new commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan. He is a a veteran counterinsurgency expert. He will take charge as the administration begins to implement its new strategy for the worsening conflict in Afghanistan and a growing insurgency in neighboring nuclear-armed Pakistan by allies of al Qaida and the Afghan Taliban. He is successor of Army Gen. David McKiernan



About US forces in Afganistan: There are more than 75,000 U.S.-led NATO troops in Afghanistan. Another 21,000 American soldiers are due to deploy this year, including 17,000 destined for southern Afghanistan, the Taliban heartland and opium production center.



Last Nazi War Crime Trail in Germany:

Germany is preparing for its last Nazi war crimes trial and a courtroom duel between two old survivors: John Demjanjuk, accused of being a concentration camp guard in the killing fields of Eastern Europe, and Thomas Blatt, a former teenage inmate in one of the Third Reich’s most brutal outposts. In a charge sheet to be read to him with the help of an interpreter, Mr Demjanjuk will be accused of helping to kill 29,000 Jews.



UN warns a humanitarian crisis in Pakistan:

Fighting between government forces and Taliban in northern Pakistan has created a rapidly escalating humanitarian crisis, say the heads of a Pakistan relief agency visiting New Zealand.Shama Mall, a deputy director of Church World Service Pakistan/Afghanistan, says the situation at home for the 200,000 people forced to flee in the last two days is worsening. “It’s very worrying at present. These people are under the open sky in a very insecure and unstable

environment. People have been forced to leave at short notice and their immediate needs are not being met. Many have never had to leave their communities before and are afraid to do so.

Business & Economy

India's Industrial Output contract by 2.3%

The country's Industrial output contracted by 2.3 per cent in March, the sharpest fall in 16 years, raising fears of a sustained industrial slowdown. The manufacturing sector, which accounts for 80 per cent of the index of industrial production (IIP), plunged by 3.3 per cent in March compared to last year's 5.7 per cent growth, latest official data released on Tuesday showed. Overall industrial output grew by a 2.4 per cent during 2008-09, down from last year's 8.5 per cent. click for Official Data





Microsoft launched First Bond Issue:

Microsoft has launched its first bond issue in hopes of raising 3.75 billion dollars, sparking rumors the US software giant was contemplating a takeover bid. Microsoft, in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), said that it would use the money from the bond issue launched Monday for "general corporate purposes" and planned to offer five-year, 10-year and 30-year notes. The software giant "intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, which may include funding for working capital, capital expenditures, repurchases of stock and acquisitions.





China's Exports Plunged 22.6% in April :

China's exports plunged 22.6 percent in April from the year before in the sixth straight monthly decline while a torrent in bank lending meant to ward off the economic downturn pushed up spending on factories, real estate and other fixed assets. China's economy is the world's third-largest after the U.S. and Japan - relies heavily on exports for growth.



Special Duty on nylon tyre cord fabrics from China

The Central Board of Excise and Customs has in a notification extended the special duty imposed on imports of nylon tyre cord fabrics from China for a period of another five years.

ICICI ties up with VISA for US Cards

ICICI India's second-largest Bank and India's largest credit card issuer, and Visa Inc.have announced a strategic relationship that will enable ICICI's New York Branch to issue Visa Debit cards in the U.S., extending the convenience and worldwide acceptance of Visa Debit cards to the bank's increasingly global customer base. The bank will offer Visa Debit cards to its Global Indian Account and other checking account customers at its New York branch. The Global Indian Account service addresses the banking needs of Indians moving overseas who require access to local banking facilities in the United States.

About ICICI Bank Ltd:

ICICI Bank Ltd is India's largest private sector bank and the second largest bank in the country with consolidated total assets of over $95 billion as of March 31, 2009. ICICI Bank's subsidiaries include India's leading private sector insurance companies and among its largest securities brokerage firms, mutual funds and private equity firms. ICICI Bank's presence currently spans 19 countries, including India.

About Visa Inc.:

Visa Inc. operates the world's largest retail electronic payments network providing processing services and payment product platforms. This includes consumer credit, debit, prepaid and commercial payments, which are offered under the Visa, Visa Electron, Interlink and PLUS brands. Visa enjoys unsurpassed acceptance around the world, and Visa/PLUS is one of the world's largest global ATM networks, offering cash access in local currency in more than 170 countries.

TCS Contract with Volkswagen

India’s largest information technology (IT) firm, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), has signed a five-year contract with UK-based automobile maker Volkswagen Group to deliver IT transformation and support services.TCS will support Volkswagen in its business transformation programme to meet its aim to “sell more cars, sell more parts, drive down costs”.

SBI cuts deposit rates :

The State Bank of India has cut its fixed deposit (FD) rates across maturities by up to 50 basis points (100 basis points = 1%), effective from May 18. This is the second time in this month, and sixth time in 2009 that SBI has cut its deposit rates. Earlier this month, it reduced rates by 0.25 percentage points.

National Issues

PM wants to eradicate small schemes:

Prime Minister has directed all ministries and departments to suggest ways to downsize existing programmes. At present, there are only 50 central and centrally sponsored schemes, which had an allocation of more than Rs 500 crore for this year. This implies that for creation of any meaningful space, a large number of ongoing programmes will have to be deferred. Politically, this will be an uphill task as the government had introduced zero budgeting system three years ago and the then finance minister P Chidambaram had publicly expressed concern that proliferation of small schemes was hampering meaningful implementation.



In the Budget for this year, there are 908 Central schemes with a total allocation of Rs 77,973.6 crore of which only 24 schemes have an allocation of more than Rs 500 crore. These 24 schemes account for 42 per cent of all centrally funded schemes. The balance 58 per cent schemes have a total allocation of Rs 12,0876 crore.



Read Some Government of India Development Programs

Defence

India gets Akula-II by end of this year:

India gets its first new generation Akula-II class nuclear attack submarine by the year-end, bolstering its Navy’s undersea capability manifold. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has ordered delivery of the submarine to the Indian Navy and has sanctioned $300 million for speedy completion of the project.

What is Akula?

Akula means Shark in Russian .

India is paying two billion dollars for the completion of two Akula-II class submarines. The first submarine will be named INS Chakra.Whereas the Russian Navy's Akula-II submarine is equipped with 28 nuclear-capable cruise missiles with a striking range of 3,000 kilometers, the Indian version expected to be armed with the 300 km range 3M-54 Klub nuclear-capable missiles. Missiles with ranges greater than 300 kilometers cannot be exported due to arms control restrictions, since Russia is a signatory to the MTCR treaty.

Ceremonies

National Technology Day celebrated on May 11:

National Technology Day marks 11th anniversary of Pokhran-II nuke test. May 11, was a significant day in the history of India and it represented scientific contribution in hi-technology for country’s development and pride.

Both 1974 and 1998 nuke tests were conducted on Buddha Purnima day

About Pokharan II:

Pokharan-II refers to test explosions of five nuclear devices, three on 11 May and two on 13 May 1998, conducted by India at the Pokhran test range. The test was conducted when the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government was in power with Atal Bihari Vajpayee as Prime Minister. These nuclear tests resulted in a variety of sanctions against India by a number of major states. On 18 May 1974 India exploded its first nuclear device code named Smiling Buddha. After about a quarter century, on Buddha Jayanti, 11 May 1998, Operation Shakti was carried out. Shakti was the codename for Pokhran-II.



About India's Nuclear Warhead Program:

The Indian nuclear weapons program was started in the year 1964. The 1962 Sino-Indian war was an unforgettable lesson to the Indian establishment. It underscored the need to have a strong military with a comprehensive capability to deter enemy forces. The Chinese Nuclear Test at Lop Nur in 1964 goaded the Indian government into action to kickstart India's indigenous program to develop nuclear weapons. Preliminary studies were carried out at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and plans were developed to produce plutonium and other bomb components. The program was shelved after Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru's death. It was revived in the year 1968 by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. The program culminated in the nuclear test of 1974 at Pokhran codenamed Smiling Buddha.



After the 1974 test India decided to stop testing as a temporary measure. Various political parties, especially the right wing Jana Sangh pushed for further testing and weaponisation. Successive governments in India decided to observe this temporary moratorium for fear of inviting international criticism. In 1995, Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao decided to carry out further tests. But the plans were halted after American satellites picked up signs of preparations for testing at Pokhran. The Americans under President Bill Clinton exerted enormous pressure on Rao to stop the preparations.



People :

Suresh Kalmadi is president of Indian Olympic Association

Indian Olympic Association

The Indian Olympic Association is the body responsible for selecting athletes to represent India at the Olympic Games and other international athletic meets and for managing the Indian teams at the events. It also acts as the Indian Commonwealth Games Association, responsible for selecting athletes to represent India at the Commonwealth Games. The Indian Olympic Association was formed in 1927 with Sir Dorabji Tata as its first president and since that year has been the body officially recognised by the International Olympic Committee as India's national Olympic organisation He was replaced by Maharaja Bhupindra Singh of Patiala in 1928 who stayed on till 1938.



Appointed:

Air Marshal PK Barbora is air officer commanding-in-chief, Western Air Command : Air Marshal PK Barbora, VSM, has taken over as the air officer commanding-in-chief, Western Air Command. Air Marshal Barbora, born in December 1950 in Shillong, was commissioned as a fighter pilot in June 1970. A very experienced flier, he has flown over 3500 hours. Air Marshal Barbora also took part in the 1971 war with Pakistan.



Died

Former Navy chief Admiral Sardari Mathradas Nanda dies: Former Navy chief Admiral Sardari Mathradas Nanda, who became popular as "the man who bombed Karachi'' during the 1971 war but later got enmeshed in controversy after his son was accused in defence kickback scandals, died late on Monday. He was 94.

Appointed the Navy chief in February 1970, Nanda is credited with formulating the daring strategy under which Indian warships bombed Pakistani oil tankers and enforced the blockade of Karachi port during the 1971 war. He will always be remembered in the most glowing terms for his leadership during the 1971 Indo-Pak conflict, in which the Indian Navy carved its name in golden letters in the annals of history by its sterling offensive actions.

After retiring in 1973, Nanda also served as the chairman of the Shipping Corporation of India and was awarded the Padma Vibhushan.





Current Affairs : States: 20.6.09

June18,2009:Centre returns Gujarat's anti-terror bill

June18,2009:First private University in Karnataka approved

June18,2009:Delhi infant mortality rate doubles in 3 years

June18,2009:Delhi getting richer faster than the country

June19,2009:CG govt formulates Cybercrime Act

June19,2009:Tripura power project gets central nod

June19,2009: Punjab to improve buffalo breeds for higher milk yield

June18, 2009 :First private University in Karnataka approved

The State Government has approved the first private university in the State to be set up by the Azim Premji Foundation under an Act of the Karnataka legislature. The university will promote quality education management programmes and training for teaching staff. The Chairman of Wipro, who has been extending support to the Government in improving educational facilities in several districts of the Hyderabad Karnatak region over the past decade, had approached Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa and Minister for Higher Education Aravind Limbavali to set up a private university.





June18, 2009 :Delhi infant mortality rate doubles in 3 years

Figures show that infant mortality rate in the capital has doubled in three years between 2005-07. The fact comes in the wake of claims that per capita expenditure on health in Delhi was Rs 685--nearly thrice of the national average of Rs 260. Figures shown in the 'Economic Survey of Delhi 2008-09', released in the Vidhan Sabha yesterday, reveal that while infant mortality per thousand in 2005 was 12.89, it shot up to 25.44 in 2007. The figure for 2006 was 18.05 per thousand. According to the report, the death rate in 2007 shot up to 6.07 from 5.99 in 2005, which was slightly less that 6.11 in 2006.



June18, 2009 :Delhi getting richer faster than the country

Delhi's per capita income more than doubled the national average to stand at Rs.60,189, an increase of 5.6 percent over the previous corresponding period, according to the Economic Survey of Delhi (2008-09). The gross state domestic product (GSDP) rose 12.5 percent to Rs.109,201 crore against an all India average of nine percent. Though the national capital increased its literacy rate to 82 percent, it added only about 97,000 students to its schools during the period under review. The national literacy average stood at 65 percent.





June19, 2009 : CG govt formulates Cybercrime Act

The Raman Singh government has formulated ''Chhattisgarh Cyber Cafe Act-2009'' to effectively curb criminal activities in the cyberspace. The act formulated under the Information Technology Act 2000, would be effective exactly thirty days after its publication in the official gazette. While banning dissemination of obscene materials, including pornography and other indecent exposure in cyber cafe, the act had given ample power to the police to conduct raids on cyber cafe at any time on the basis of complaints. It had also made ID proof compulsory for all customers of cyber cafe and directed the owners to get photographs of women through web camera for use of internet without Identity Card.



June19, 2009 : Tripura power project gets central nod

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) Friday gave go-ahead to the 100-MW Tripura gas-based power project, to be developed by the state-run North Eastern Electric Power Corp (Neepco). The estimated cost of the project is Rs.421.01 crore.



June19, 2009 : Punjab to improve buffalo breeds for higher milk yield

On the recommendations of the Punjab State Farmers Commission, the Punjab Government would soon undertake an intensive Buffalo Breed Improvement and Management Programme under Rashtriya Krishi Vigyan Yojana (RKVY). This scheme will be implemented by Milkfed with technical support and expertise from the state Animal Husbandry department and in close association with key private players/NGOs in buffalo breeding. The programme is aimed at supplementing the income of small farmers and rural landless workers in the state. Under the programme, 600 Integrated Buffalo Development Centers (IBDCs) covering 3000 villages would be set in the areas of Kandi, Bet, Border and trans-Ghaggar areas at a cost of Rs 60 crore under RKVY over five years involving 2 NGOs-- J K Trust and BAIF, which had already been successfully implementing breed development programme in other states of the country.



India & World Updates: 20.6.09

June18, 2009: India-China PM hotline in a month

June18, 2009:India will do nothing harmful on river project says Bangladesh

June18, 2009:Indias Exim Bank gets $60 mn to support small businesses

June18, 2009:Number of hungry people to top 1 bn in 2009: UN

June 19, 2009: 11th US-India Counterterrorism Joint Working Group Meeting

June 19, 2009: World Bank to grant $180-mn loan for India's power plants

June 19, 2009: India to become Financial Action Task Force member

June 19, 2009: India eligible for a pie of ADB's funds

June18, 2009: India-China PM hotline in a month

In a bid to facilitate better communication between the two countries, India and China have agreed to establish a hotline at the level of the Prime Ministers within the next 30 days. This point was reiterated at the one-on-one meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chinese President Hu Jintao on the sidelines of the BRIC summit in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg.



June18, 2009:India will do nothing harmful on river project says Bangladesh

Bangladesh has expressed confidence that India would do "nothing harmful" on a proposed river dam in Manipur state in north-eastern India, a minister of bangladesh Dipu Moni has said.

India started the construction of Tipaimukh Dam on river Barak in 2003 to generate electricity. Since the river Barak-Surma-Kushyara is an international river, Bangladesh as a lower riparian country should have an equitable share of water, this is what Bangladesh argues.



June18, 2009:Indias Exim Bank gets $60 mn to support small businesses

The Export-Import Bank of India is getting a $60 million international trade facility to help support export-focused small and medium enterprises, which have suffered reduced access to finance due to global financial crisis. The transaction follows the signing of a memorandum of cooperation between IFC and G-NEXID, an organisation of emerging-market export credit agencies and development institutions focused on trade between developing countries in May.





June18, 2009:Number of hungry people to top 1 bn in 2009: UN

Some 1.02 billion people are likely to go hungry in 2009, a UN agency said blaming the "historic" high figure on the global economic crisis. In Asia and the Pacific, an estimated 642 million people are suffering from chronic hunger; in Sub-Saharan Africa 265 million; in Latin America and the Caribbean 53 million; in the Near East and North Africa 42 million; and in the developed countries 15 million in total.







June 19, 2009: 11th US-India Counterterrorism Joint Working Group Meeting

India and the US have agreed to coordinate global counter-terrorism efforts and asked the international community to come together to combat the menace in a sustained and comprehensive manner. In a joint statement on Wednesday, after the meeting of the 11th US-India Counterterrorism Joint Working Group, India and the US strongly condemned terrorism in all of its forms and manifestations, recognising it as a major threat to democracy, international peace and security. They also called upon all states to abide by their commitments under the UN Global Counter Terrorism Strategy adopted by the UN General Assembly in September 2006.



June 19, 2009: World Bank to grant $180-mn loan for India's power plants

The World Bank on June 18, 2009 has approved an $80-million loan for the renovation and modernization of old, polluting and inefficient coal-fired power plants in India. The project, which is expected to lower carbon emissions and boost power production at these plants, is co-financed with a $45.4-million grant from the Global Environment Facility (GEF). This has been done in a move to reduce Carbon Emissions. With the proposal, around 200-220 MW capacity each of the three coal-fired power plants at Bandel in West Bengal, Koradi in Maharashtra, and Panipat, Haryana will be modernised.





June 19, 2009: India to become Financial Action Task Force member

India might be able to secure membership of the Financial Action Task Force only in 2010, as the scheduled mutual-evaluation with the international body, a pre-requisite for the membership, will happen only by 2009-end.



Getting membership of the FATF, an inter-government body formed to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing, would enable India to get international cooperation in such cases and would change perception of India abroad. Also, Indian banks would not have to face regulatory hurdles in setting up of overseas branches. Money laundering is a global menace and as India becomes a prominent global business destination, FATF membership gains all the more importance, said Singh and added that it would also open the doors for Indian banks to expand globally.



Enactment of the amended Prevention of Money Laundering Act, which was passed by Parliament recently to make the anti-money laundering regime more effective, was the final step for India to move towards getting the coveted membership of FATF next year.

Since February 2007, India has been participating as an observer at FATF, the first step in getting full membership of the FATF. India is also a member of the APG (the Asia-Pacific Group on Money Laundering), an associate member of FATF.





June 19, 2009: China selling fake 'Made in India' drugs

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that more than 30 per cent of medicines sold in Africa, Asia, and Latin America are spurious. Several seizures have found that the fake drugs have a 'Made in India' tag.



June 19, 2009: India eligible for a pie of ADB's funds

The Asian Development Bank has said India can access part of the $3 billion additional funds allocated by the bank to help developing nations in tackling the global economic crisis. The bank has come up with the 'Countercyclical Support Facility' (CSF) aimed at helping developing nations in their effort to ramp up their fiscal spending.



The amount for each country from the facility would be capped at $500 million. The programme would provide short-term, fast-disbursing loans. The loans under the new facility would have a lower cost than charged for loans disbursed during the East Asian crisis. The loans could be repaid in eight years.



Finance & Economy Current Affairs Update: 20.6.09

June18, 2009: Inflation turns negative, drops to -1.61%

June 19, 2009: India largest investor in UK after the US

June 19, 2009: India's FX reserves at $263.644 bn as on June 12

June19, 2009: State Bank to acquire State Bank of Indore

June 19, 2009: Mobile service revenue to cross $30 b by 2013’



Current Affairs : Awards May-June 2009

June 18, 2009 Premji wins Global Vision Award at USIBC

June 15, 2009 : IIFA Awards 2009: Jodha Akbar Sweeps with 10 Prizes

June 12, 2009 : Bindeshwar Pathak of Sulabh International gets UN Award

June 3, 2009 : Amrita & Joseph win research awards in America

June 2, 2009 : ICICI Bank's Hari Pandey bags corporate executive award

June 01, 2009 : Azim Premji honoured for being 'extraordinary humanitarian'

May 31, MTV Movie Awards: "Twilight" Sweeps

May 27, 2009 : Alice Munro of Canadais winner of the third Man Booker International Prize.

May 25, 2009: Suu Kyi gets 2009 Mahatma Gandhi peace award.

May 19, 2009 : Russian-French mathematician Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov receives the Abel Prize 2009

May 15, 2009 : Mysore Doreswamy Madhusudan gets Whitley Award

May 13, 2009 : Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva awarded UN cultural agency’s peace prize

May 12, 2009: Nikkei Asia Prize for Kiran Mazumdar Shaw

May 2, 2009: Bina Agarwal, Professor of Economics at the Institute of Economic Growth gets Leontif Award 2009

Amitabh Bachchan is the brand ambassador for IIFA.

Jodhaa Akbar swept the International Indian Film Acadmey (IIFA) awards 2009 . Jodha Akbar bagged 10 awards.

1. Hrithik Roshan got the best actor award and Ashutosh Gowariker the best director award.

2. Priyanka Chopra was named the best actress for her role in " Fashion ".

3. Kangana Ranaut for her performance in " Fashion ", Got Best Supporting Actress.

4. Arjun Rampal got the award for best male actor in a supporting role in " Rock On! "

5. Abhishek Bachchan got the best comic actor for his performance in " Dostana "

6. Akshaye Khanna got best actor in a negative role for " Race ".

7. Neeraj Pandey was given IIFA best story award for " A Wednesday "

8. Rahman was also named the best music director for his ompositions in " Jodhaa Akbar

9. Javed Ali Best Male Playback Singer award for " Jashn-e-bahaara " in " Jodhaa Akbar

10. Shreya Ghoshal was named the best female playback singer for " Teri ore " in hit romantic comedy " Singh is Kinng ".

11. Javed Akhtar won the best lyricist award for penning the song " Jashn-e-bahaara " for " Jodhaa Akbar ".

12. Aishwarya , the daughter-in-law of IIFA brand ambassador Amitabh Bachchan, was honoured with a special award for an outstanding achievement in international cinema.

13. Director-turned actor Farhan Akhtar got the best male debutant of the year award for " Rock On !", while Asin Thottumkal got best female debut award for action thriller " Ghajini ".

14. Resul Pokkutty , who won Oscar for his work in "Slumdog Millionaire", bagged sound recording trophy for Aamir Khan starrer " Ghajini ".

15. Neeta Lulla walked away with the best costume design award for " Jodhaa Akbar ",

16. Ballu Saluja got award for best editing

17. Nitin Chandrakant Desai for and best art direction of Jodha Akabr

18. Madhav Kadam bagged Best Make Up award For Jodha Akabar



Also honours were given to commemorate 10 years of IIFA awards.

1. " Lagaan " was declared the best movie of the decade

2. Rajesh Khanna was given the lifetime achievement award,

3. Shah Rukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai were respectively declared the male and female actors of the decade,

4. Rakesh Roshan was named director of the decade

5. Double Oscar-winning A.R. Rahman was honoured with the composer of the decade award.





June 12, 2009 : Bindeshwar Pathak of Sulabh International gets UN Award

Bindeshwar Pathak, founder of Sulabh International that runs public toilets in India, was honored by the Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Organization at the United Nations headquarters in New York on June 12, 2009 for developing low cost toilet technology to produce energy out of human excreta.



June 3, 2009 : Amrita & Joseph win research awards in America

Amrita Sehgal, 18, from Ohio is one of the two $50,000 first prize winners in the 2009 Young Epidemiology Scholars Competition for American high school students for her research on osteoporosis. Allan Joseph, 17, won $35,000 second prize winners for his study on ligament injuries in high school students.



June 2, 2009 : ICICI Bank's Hari Pandey bags corporate executive award

Hari Pandey, ICICI Bank president and CEO, wealth management, for the North American region, has been selected for Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce's Corporate Executive of the Year Award. Pandey,had founded ICICI Bank in Canada in March 2003.

June 01, 2009 : Azim Premji honoured for being 'extraordinary humanitarian'

Wipro Chairman Azim Premji and founder of the Azim Premji Foundation has been conferred doctor of humane letters by Wesleyan University, Connecticut, United States. The honorary degree was conferred on Premji in recognition of his achievements as a 'renowned entrepreneur, global business leader and extraordinary humanitarian who has demonstrated a commitment to education and the well being of fellow citizens. Premji is the second Indian recipient of this award. Nobel Prize winner Amartya Kumar Sen was awarded an honorary doctorate in 1995.





May 31, MTV Movie Awards: "Twilight" Sweeps

18th annual MTV Movie Awards were held at the Gibson Amphitheater on the Universal Studios lot near Hollywood. "Twilight " got the best movie award and some other awards.

Best Movie - "Twilight"

Best Male Performance - Zac Efron ("High School Musical 3: Senior Year")

Best Female Performance - Kristen Stewart ("Twilight")

Best Villain - Heath Ledger ("The Dark Knight")

Best Comedic Performance - Jim Carrey ("Yes Man")

Best Fight - Robert Pattinson Vs. Cam Gigandet ("Twilight")

Best Kiss - Robert Pattinson And Kristen Stewart ("Twilight")

Best Female Breakthrough Performance - Ashley Tisdale ("High School Musical 3: Senior Year")



May 27, 2009 : Alice Munro is winner of the third Man Booker International Prize.

Alice Munro is todayis winner of the third Man Booker International Prize.

The Man Booker International Prize is worth £60,000 to the winner and is awarded once every two years to a living author for a body of work that has contributed to an achievement in fiction on the world stage. It was first awarded to Ismail Kadaré in 2005 and then to Chinua Achebe in 2007. Munro is best known for her short stories and is one of Canada's most celebrated writers.



May 25, 2009: Suu Kyi gets 2009 Mahatma Gandhi peace award

The Mahatma Gandhi Foundation in South Africa has awarded the 2009 Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace and Justice to the leader of National League for Democracy (NLD) of Myanmar Suu Kyi. Chairman of Mahatma Gandhi Foundation in South Africa is Ela Gandhi



May 19, 2009 : Russian-French mathematician Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov receives the Abel Prize 2009

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has decided to award the Abel Prize for 2009 to the Russian-French mathematician Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov (65) for “his revolutionary contributions to geometry”.

The Abel Prize recognizes contributions of extraordinary depth and influence to the mathematical sciences and has been awarded annually since 2003. It carries a cash award of NOK 6,000,000 (close to € 700,000, US$ 950,000). Mikhail L. Gromov will receive the Abel Prize from His Majesty King Harald at an award ceremony in Oslo, Norway, May 19.

The Abel Prize is an international prize presented annually by the King of Norway to one or more outstanding mathematicians. The prize is named after Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel (1802–1829).

It has been often described as the "mathematician's Nobel" prize and is among the most prestigious awards in mathematics. It comes with a monetary award, which in 2009 was 684,000 euro (929,000 US dollar). The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters annually declares the winner of the Abel Prize after selection by a committee of five internationaal mathematicians.





May 15, 2009 : Mysore Doreswamy Madhusudan gets Whitley Award

Mysore Doreswamy Madhusudan, Ph. D., is an Indian wildlife biologist and ecologist. Madhusudan was conferred the Whitley Award, popularly called Green Oscar in May 2009 in recognition of his work to reduce human-wildlife conflict in the Western Ghats. Madhusudan and NCF have said the grant from the award of £30,000, donated by HSBC, will go towards conservation activities, primarily for crop protection, in Anamalai-Parambikulam Elephant Reserve habitat.

He has worked on understanding and mitigating the effects of human-wildlife conflict in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve in South India. He has also worked in several other forests in the Himalayas and North-east India. In 2004, he was a one of the team of wildlife biologists who described Arunachal Macaque, a new species of macaque from Arunachal Pradesh.



May 13, 2009 : Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva awarded UN cultural agency’s peace prize

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on may 13, 2009 awarded its annual peace prize to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil for his actions in pursuit of peace, dialogue, democracy, social justice and equal rights, as well as for his valuable contribution to the eradication of poverty and the protection of minorities’ rights.



May 12, 2009: Nikkei Asia Prize for Kiran Mazumdar Shaw

Ms Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Chairman and Managing Director of Biocon Ltd, has been chosen for the Nikkei Asia Prize 2009 for Regional Growth for her pioneering work in biotechnology in India.



‘Nikkei’ or Japan’s prestigious business daily Nihon Keizai Shimbun, has been annually presenting the Nikkei Asia Prizes since 1996 to outstanding individuals or institutions from the Asia-Pacific region contributing to improving the quality of life in Asia. Earlier recipients include Dr Manmohan Singh, Mr N.R. Narayana Murthy and Prof Mohammed Yunus of the Bangladesh Grameen Bank fame.





May 2, 2009: Bina Agarwal, Professor of Economics at the Institute of Economic Growth gets Leontif Award 2009

The Leontief Award 2009 has been conferred on Bina Agarwal, Professor of Economics at the Institute of Economic Growth.The award has been instituted in honour of Nobel laureate Wassily Leontief, given by the Global Development and Environment Institute at Tufts University, US.

The Leontief Award is conferred to recognize outstanding contribution to economic theory that addresses contemporary realities and supports just and sustainable societies



Current Affairs : Appointments Updates : 26.6.09

May 29, 2009: Stalin appointed as deputy CM of Tamil Nadu

May 29, 2009 : Omita Paul appointed adviser to Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee

June 3, 2009 : Justice G P Mathur appointed acting NHRC chairperson

June 4, 2009 : Krishnakumar appointed CEO of Hindustan Coca-cola Beaverages

June 4, 2009 : Kuldeep Chaturvedi appointed in-charge South Central Railway GM

June 7, 2009 : Mihir Shah appointed member of Planning Commission

June 8, 2009 : Goolam Vahanvati appointed Attorney General

June 11, 2009 Ashok Chawla appointed divestment secretary

June 15, 2009 : Raghuvanshi appointed Maharashtra ATS chief

June 16, 2009 : Gopal Subramaniam appointed solicitor general

June 17, 2009 : Moti Visa appointed honorary justice in Victoria

June, 19 , 2009 Harish Khare appointed PM's media advisor

June 20, 2009 M.V. Nair has been named the chairman of Indian Banks’ Association

June 23, 2009. Srinivasan appointed MD for HAL's helicopter composite

June 24, 2009 : H R Bharadwaj appointed Karnataka Governor

Jun 24, 2009: Ramesh Pokhriyal elected new Chief Minister of Uttarakhand.

June 25, 2009 Ouma appointed Kenya captain

June 25, 2009 : Rishabh Das Jain appointed advocate general of Madhya Pradesh

June 25: Bharat Joshi Elected BCCI President

June 25, 2009 : Y.S. Bhave appointed as Chairperson, AERA



May 29, 2009: Stalin appointed as deputy CM of Tamil Nadu

M Karunanidhi has appointed his son M K Stalin as the Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and entrusted to him the portfolios of Industry, General Administration, District



May 29, 2009 : Omita Paul appointed adviser to Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee

Omita Paul, a retired Information service official, has been appointed adviser to Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee for a period of three years. She is a retired Indian Information Service official of the 1973 batch.



June 3, 2009 Justice G P Mathur appointed acting NHRC chairperson

Justice (retd) G P Mathur has been appointed as the acting Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). Mathur (66), joined the legal profession in 1964 and practiced in Allahabad High Court as a civil, criminal and Constitutional lawyer. He was appointed as permanent Judge of Allahabad High Court in 1990 and as a Judge of Supreme Court of India in December 2002. He retired in January 2008 and has since been an NHRC member.





June 4, 2009 : Krishnakumar appointed CEO of Hindustan Coca-cola Beaverages

Coca Cola has appointed Thirumalai Krishnakumar as the new chief executive officer of the company's bottling arm, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages.



June 4, 2009 : Kuldeep Chaturvedi appointed in-charge South Central Railway GM

Kuldeep Chaturvedi, the general manager of South Western Railway has been appointed as in-charge general manager of the South Central Railway on Wednesday.





June 7, 2009 : Mihir Shah appointed member of Planning Commission

Renowned economist, Mihir Shah has become the first person from Madhya Pradesh to be appointed as a member of Central Planning Commission.



June 8, 2009 : Goolam Vahanvati appointed Attorney General

Senior advocate Goolam E Vahanvati was appointed as the new Attorney General on Monday, the country's top law officer. Vahanvati, who was the Solicitor General during the previous United Progressive Alliance government, has been appointed to the post for a period of three years, official sources said.



June 11, 2009 Ashok Chawla appointed divestment secretary

Finance Secretary Ashok Chawla has been given additional charge as Divestment Secretary. An IAS officer of 1973 batch of the Gujarat cadre, Chawla also hold additional charge of the Department of Economic Affairs and the Department of Financial Services.





June 15, 2009 : Raghuvanshi appointed Maharashtra ATS chief

The Maharashtra government has appointed top police officer K P Raghuvanshi as the new chief of the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS).



June 16, 2009 : Gopal Subramaniam appointed solicitor general

Govt. of India has appointed senior advocate Gopal Subramaniam as solicitor general, the second most important law officer of the country after the attorney general.



June 17, 2009 Moti Visa appointed honorary justice in Victoria

Moti Visa, 65, an Indian of Gujarati-origin, settled in Melbourne since 1983, has been appointed to the post by the Department of Justice of Victoria. Visa runs newspaper Beyond India in Victoria and has been active and vocal on issues related to the Indian community, including the recent attacks on students.



June, 19 , 2009 Harish Khare appointed PM's media advisor

Dr Harish Khare has been appointed media advisor to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. A PhD in political science from Yale University, Dr Khare has been editor of The Times of India 's Ahmedabad edition and also served as a senior editor at The Hindustan Times.



June 20, 2009: M.V. Nair has been named the chairman of Indian Banks’ Association

Union Bank of India chairman and managing director M.V. Nair has been named the chairman of Indian Banks’ Association (IBA)



June 23, 2009: Srinivasan appointed MD for HAL's helicopter composite

R Srinivasan has been appointed as Managing Director, Helicopter Complex, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). The new position has been created to bring all helicopter design, development and manufacturing activities under one umbrella.



June 23, 2009: Swraj Paul appointed Privy Councillor

Lord Swraj Paul has been appointed by the Queen as a member of her Privy Council, the British monarch's advisory group whose members include the Prime Minister, Cabinet ministers and other eminent personalities. The 78-year-old NRI industrialist, the first Asian to hold the office of Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords, thus became the first India-born to be appointed to the Council, which also includes the Prime Ministers of Australia and Canada.



June 23, 2009 : Shinsei Bank appoints Rahul Gupta as director

Japan's Shinsei Bank has appointed Senior Managing Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Rahul Gupta as director of the company. At its ninth annual general meeting of shareholders, the bank said in a statement that it has appointed Rahul Gupta as a director of the company. Prior to this appointment Gupta was Managing Director and Group Financial Controller of DBS Bank (Singapore). He also held senior financial positions at HSBC and Societe Generale in India.



June 24, 2009 : H R Bharadwaj appointed Karnataka Governor

Former Law Minister Hans Raj Bhardwaj has been appointed as Governor of Karnataka.



Jun 24, 2009: Ramesh Pokhriyal elected new Chief Minister of Uttarakhand.

Pokhriyal, who was Health Minister in the B C Khanduri government, was elected unopposed as BC Khanduri quits in pressure.



June 25, 2009 Ouma appointed Kenya captain

Kenya have appointed Maurice Ouma, the dynamic wicketkeeper batsman, as their new captain to replace the long-standing Steve Tikolo. Ouma's first duty will be to lead Kenya in their first match of the ICC Intercontinental Cup, against Ireland in July.



June 25, 2009 : Rishabh Das Jain appointed advocate general of Madhya Pradesh

The Madhya Pradesh government has appointed senior advocate Rishabh Das Jain as the new Advocate General of the state.



June 25: Bharat Joshi Elected BCCI President

Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) has elected Mahindra and Mahindra Executive Director and Group CFO Bharat Doshi as its new President.



June 25, 2009 : Y.S. Bhave appointed as Chairperson, AERA

Shri Y.S. Bhave has been appointed as Chairperson, Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) for a period of five years from the date of taking charge of the post or till the age of 65 years or until further orders, whichever is earlier.







Current Affairs : International Updates 27.6.09

June 20, 2009 : World hunger reaches 1 billion mark: United Nations

24 Jun 2009,World Bank approves $24 million loan to Sri Lanka

June 24, 2009 : 150 years of the Red Cross

25 Jun 2009, China to build world's largest amphibious aircraft

25 Jun 2009, Taiwan legalizes prostitution

25 Jun 2009, Russia & Nigeria sign nuclear, gas pacts

27 Jun 2009,US announces shift in Afghanistan drug policy in presummit G-8 conference on Afganistan in Italy

27 Jun 2009, UNESCO adds more sites to heritage list, two endangered

June 27, 2009 : Lebanon's president names Hariri as premier

June 27, 2009 : Under Nineteen World Cup shifted from Kenya to New Zealand

June 26, 2009 Pop icon Michael Jackson dies at 50

25 Jun 2009, TV actress Farrah Fawcett dead at 62

Treating prostitution as a matter of human rights, the government concluded that punishing sexual transactions only forced them underground, leaving sex workers open to abuse.This will male island the latest place in the world to decriminalise the world’s oldest profession-prostitution.

About 600,000 people are involved in sex-related jobs in Taiwan. Historically, prostitution had been legal and regulated by the government, but in 1974 the government stopped licensing new brothels, and in 1997, prostitution was declared illegal, although usually only the prostitute was prosecuted, not the customer, and prostitution remained widespread.



25 Jun 2009, Russia & Nigeria sign nuclear, gas pacts

Russia & Nigeria have signed a raft of agreements to boost cooperation on oil, gas and nuclear energy during a historic visit to Africa's most populous nation Nigeria by the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.



27 Jun 2009,US announces shift in Afghanistan drug policy in presummit G-8 conference on Afganistan in Italy

In a pre-summit conference in Trieste, Italy bringing together the G8 and major states in the region including Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Turkey. The US envoy for Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke,has said that US has announced a new drug policy for opium-rich Afghanistan, saying it was phasing out funding for eradication programs while significantly increasing its funding for alternate crop and drug interdiction efforts.



Iran had been invited to attend the G-8 meeting on Afghanistan, because anti-drug efforts in Afghanistan have been identified as a key area where the United States and Iran can work together -- part of President Barack Obama's outreach effort. However Italy withdrew the invitation after Iran failed to respond and after its bloody post-election crackdown on protesters, which has sparked international condemnation.



Italy's Foreign minister Franco Frattini of Italy is the current G-8 president.



About Opium in Afganistan :

1. Afghanistan is the world's leading source of opium, cultivating 93% of the world's heroin-producing crop.

2. The United Nations has estimated the Taliban and other Afghan militants made $50 million to $70 million of last year's opium and heroin trade.

3. According to the UN report, opium poppy eradication reached a high in 2003, after the Taliban were ousted from power, with over 21,000 hectares (51,900 acres) eradicated.

4. In 2008, only 5,480 hectares (13,500 acres) were cut down compared with 19,047 hectares (47,000 acres) in 2007.

5. Afghan opium would kill 100,000 people this year in the parts of world where demand for heroin is highest: Europe, Russia and West Asia.





27 Jun 2009, UNESCO adds more sites to heritage list, two endangered

UNESCO has put two natural sites, a coral reef in Belize and Los Katios National Park in Colombia, on its list of endangered world heritage.

It was decided in the UN cultural agency's World Heritage Committee meeting in Seville, Spain.

The committee removed the walled city of Baku from the endangered list.

Problem of Coral reef in Belize: Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1996 as the largest barrier reef in the northern hemisphere. Mangrove cutting and excessive development is the main problem of the Coral Reef.

Problem of Los Katios National Park : The park is threatened by deforestation in areas inside and around the property due to the illegal extraction of timber. It was inscribed in 1994 for its exceptional biological diversity It is also also suffering from illegal fishing and hunting



June 27, 2009 : Lebanon's president names Hariri as premier

Saad ed Deen Rafiq al-Hariri is a Lebanese-Saudi businessman and politician, and the second son of Rafiq Hariri, the assassinated former Prime Minister of Lebanon. After his father's death, he inherited the helm of the Movement of the Future, an essentially Sunni movement that was created and led by his father. Saad Hariri was designated on June 27, 2009 as Lebanon's new prime minister after his anti-Syrian coalition won the majority in parliament earlier this month. Hariri is to succeed outgoing Prime Minister Fouad Seniora, a member of Hariri's Future Current movement.

June 27, 2009 : Under Nineteen World Cup shifted from Kenya to New Zealand

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has decided to shift the 2010 Under-19 World Cup from Kenya to New Zealand due to the underpreparedness of the African nation.

About U-19 World Cup : The ICC Under 19 Cricket World Cup is an international cricket tournament contested by national under-19 teams. The event was initially staged as a one-off event in Australia in 1988, and has been held every two years since 1998.



India and U-19 World Cup:

Indian won the world cup in 2000 & 2008.

June 26, 2009 Pop icon Michael Jackson dies at 50

Michael Jackson, the king of pop died at UCLA Medical Centre in Los Angeles after suffering a cardiac arrest. He was preparing for his much-hyped 50-date comeback in London which were due to start on July 13. The singer, who was the seventh of nine children from a well-known musical family, debuted on the professional music scene at the age of 11 as a member of 'The Jackson 5', and began a solo career in 1971.

Jackson was one of the few artists to have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice. His other achievements include multiple Guinness World Records, 13 Grammy awards and the sales of his over 750 million albums worldwide.

Some of his albums:

Off the Wall (1979),

Thriller (1982),

Bad (1987)

Dangerous (1991)

In 1993, he was accused of child sexual abuse but could not be charged due to lack of evidence. In 2005, Jackson was tried and acquitted of further sexual abuse allegations and several other charges.

25 Jun 2009, TV actress Farrah Fawcett dead at 62

Actress Farrah Fawcett,who was best known for her role in television series "Charlie's Angels," has died. She was 62.



Current Affairs: Science, Technology & Environment: 27.6.09

June 19, 2009 : Current carbon dioxide levels highest in past 2.1 mn years

June 21, 2009: Duty cuts sought on cancer, AIDS medicines

June 23, 2009 NASA's Cassini spacecraft captures never-before-seen images of Saturn

June 23, 2009 : Ashoka education foundation world's first international environment Olympiad

June 27, 2009 : Dutch firm launches pain-free cancer treatment in India



June 19, 2009 : Current carbon dioxide levels highest in past 2.1 mn years

Present day carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have touched the highest mark in the past 2.1 million years which may result in large scale climatic changes from the greenhouse effect, says a study published in the June 19 edition of the journal Science says the present levels of carbon dioxide are 38 per cent higher than the levels that hovered around 280 parts per million during last 2.1 million years.



June 21, 2009: Duty cuts sought on cancer, AIDS medicines;

The Department of Pharmaceuticals which was created in 2008 under the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, has sought an across-the-board cut in these critical segments cancer and AIDS medicines in the budget. Excise and customs duties on select drugs in these segments are already reduced or down to zero. It also requested the Ministry of Finance that weighted deduction on research be extended from 2010 to 2017. At present drug companies get 125 per cent weighted deduction on research outsourced to a third party and 150 per cent on in-house research.





June 23, 2009 NASA's Cassini spacecraft captures never-before-seen images of Saturn

The imaging science team on NASA's Cassini spacecraft has released never-before-seen images and movies from the planet Saturn. Thease images include time-lapse sequences in which Saturnian moons eclipse each other and cast long shadows onto the planet's famous rings, represents.

About the Mission:

This is named as Equinox Mission,of Cassini a robotic explorer that has been orbiting Saturn since July 1, 2004.

June 23, 2009 : Ashoka education foundation announces world's first international environment Olympiad

With a view to enhance the awareness of the schools and students of the world, Dr. Jawahar Surisetti, director of Ashoka Education Foundation, in association with the American Center (the cultural wing of the US Consulate) have come together to devise an Olympiad which will reach the schools and students from classes 1 to 12.

The Olympiad tests the awareness of the children about the environment and rewards them with the title of Earth Genius. The International Environment Olympiad is designed to involve the student, nudge their thought processes and force them to think about the world that they are going to inherit. Reliance Webworld is the Communications Partner for this event. The American Center provides expertise and resources to facilitate conduction of the Olympiad.



The Olympiad is held for 3 levels, the primary level for classes 1to 4, the middle level for classes 5 to 8 and the secondary level for classes 9 to 12. The first round kicks of on the world ozone day, ie. 16th September 2009.



June 27, 2009 Dutch firm launches pain-free cancer treatment in India

Dutch pharmaceutical major Brema Pharma International has launched photodynamic therapy, a pain-free technique for treating cancer with lasers and light sensitive drugs, saying it will invest 1 million euros ($1.4 million) in its Indian operations. Presently this technique is used in every leading hospital of Europe and is recognised by all medical institutions. Brema Pharma has started its operations in a private skin hospital in Panchkula in Haryana. It will first treat skin cancer patients and will cover all cancer patients in the coming months. The Photodynamic therapy requires no cuts. It is pain-free and the recovery period is also very short.



India & World Updates: 27.6.09

June 20, 2009: The safest country in the world - New Zealand , India on Bottom

June 22, 2009 : India to sign labour agreement with Denmark

June 22, 2009 : ISSA sets up office in Delhi

June 25, 2009 : India has 25% of world's highest paid expats

June 26, 2009 : Gandhi statue unveiled in Leicester amid tight security

June 27, 2009 : Pakistan SC rejects Indian prisoner Sarabjit's mercy petition.



June 21, 2009 : India begins poverty alleviation project in China

India has stepped into actual funding of a poverty alleviation project in China,the first-ever India funded project. It is a farmers’ training and information centre established in the relatively backward province of Ningxia. It was inaugurated by Nirupama Rao, Indian ambassador in China, and Wang Zhengwei, chairman of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, in Liangtian township on Saturday. The NHAR is jointly funding the project with the Indian government.



There is another project in China funded by India, which is an Indian style Buddhist temple close to the historic While Horse temple in Luoyang in Henan province. But this is the first opportunity for both Chinese and Indian officials to share experiences on poverty eradication.



June 22, 2009: Developing countries' GDP to slow to 1.2%: World Bank

The World Bank has estimated economic growth in developing countries of 1.2% this year (without China and India, output would shrink 1.6%. ) China's economy was forecast to expand 7.2% in 2009 and 7.7% in 2010, while India's forecast was for 5.1% followed by 8.0%. The latest World Bank forecasts on gross domestic product (GDP) -- a measure of goods and services output in a country -- came in a report, "Global Development Finance 2009: Charting a Global Recovery. This report was published in co incidence with a three-day Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics





June 22, 2009 India to sign labour agreement with Denmark

India will sign a labour agreement with Denmark as part of the Governments effort to explore employment opportunities in European countries for skilled and semi-skilled Indian workers. Union Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi has said that the Indian Government was planning to sign such agreements with other European countries to boost the employment opportunities for skilled and semi-skilled workers in the country.



June 22, 2009 ISSA sets up office in Delhi

Sub-Regional Liaison Office for the International Social Security Association (ISSA) South Asia opened in New Delhi.



About ISSA : Founded in 1927, the International Social Security Association is a global organisation whose members are from national social security administrations and agencies of different countries throughout the world. ISSAs main office is located at the International Labour Organisation (ILO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.

The office in Delhi will cover member organisations from Bhutan, Iran, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, apart from India. The ESI Corporation (ESIC) has been a member of the ISSA since the early 60s. ISSA has active members in 144 countries and is at present running nearly 344 social security schemes.



June 25, 2009 : India has 25% of world's highest paid expats

Asian countries are home to some of the wealthiest expatriates in the world and about 25 per cent of the highest paid foreign assignees' prefer to live in India, as per a report named 2009 Expat Explorer Survey by HSBC Bank International.

The highest proportion of expats earning more than $250,000 are in Hong Kong (27 per cent), Japan (26 per cent) and India (25 per cent) compared with a global average of 16 per cent.



June 26, 2009 : Gandhi statue unveiled in Leicester amid tight security

A large statue of Mahatma Gandhi was unveiled in Leicester by the British home minister amid tight security after internet protesters warned it could be defaced.



June 26, 2009 : World Bank approves credit of $100 million for Madhya Pradesh

The World Bank has approved a 100 million dollar International Development Association(IDA) credit to India, designed to address rural poverty in Madhya Pradesh.

Madhya Pradesh had launched Madhya Pradesh District Poverty Initiatives Project (MPDPIP) which was approved by the World Bank in 2000, which covered over 2,900 villages spread across 14 districts. It has helped organise some 325,000 poor rural households into over 52,000 Common Interest Groups (CIGs), providing them with financial and technical assistance. As per World Bank, this project has achieved some very impressive results.

The amount of $ 100 million is for the Second Madhya Pradesh District Poverty Initiatives Project (MPDPIP-II). The credit from the IDA, the World Banks concessionary lending arm, carries a 0.75 per cent service fee, a 10-year grace period and a maturity of 35 years.

This project MDPPIP-II is designed to empower the poor by organising them into Self Help Groups (SHGs) and facilitate their federation into cluster level organisations, to enable them to access higher value markets, formal financial intermediaries, among other things. It will develop the capacity of SHGs to start or enhance their livelihoods activities and strengthen their business operations through producer based federations, companies and cooperatives.



June 27, 2009 : Pakistan SC rejects Indian prisoner Sarabjit's mercy petition.

The fate of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh hung by a slender thread as Pakistan's Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed his review petition challenging the death sentence handed out to him in 1991, leaving him at the mercy of a presidential pardon by Asif Ali Zardari. Sarabjit is being convicted for alleged involvement in four bomb blasts in Lahore in 1990 that killed 14 people in Pakistan by an anti-terrorism court in 1991.



National Updates 28.6.09

June 18, 2009 Committee to review Coastal Security

June 19, 2009: Navy seals 45,000-cr deal: seven warships

June 20, 2009 : Sarod maestro Ali Akbar Khan passes away

June 20, 2009: 797th Urs of Khawaja Moinuddin Chisty begins in Ajmer

June 20, 2009 Andhra Pradesh 'e-parishakaram for speedy redressal of grievances

June 21, 2009 : A committee headed by by K.V.L. Rao to suggest powerful engine for Jaguar

June 22, 2009 Govt's approves Armed Forces Tribunal members' appointment

June 22, 2009 Ashok Gehlot wants special status for Rajasthan

June 22, 2009 : Indian Bans CPI (maoist)

June 23, 2009 : Punjab Finalises 31 Biomass projects

June 25, 2009 Class 10 board exams to be optional

June 26, 2009 : 3rd East Asia Gender Equality Ministerial, Seoul

He is considered a descendent of Muhammad and is also known asSultan -i Hind, Shaikh & Khalifa. He preached tolerance and unity of all religions, died in Ajmer where his tomb has become a shrine for millions of people from around the world.



It was during the reign of Emperor Akbar (1556-1605) that Ajmer emerged as one of the most important centers of pilgrimage in India. Akbar undertook an unceremonial journey on foot to accomplish his wish to reach Ajmer. The Akbarnamah records that the Emperor’s interest first sparked when he heard some minstrels singing songs about the virtues of the Wali (Friend of God) who lay asleep in Ajmer.

note: A bomb had went off inside the complex on Thursday 11 October 2007 evening killing three people and injuring 17 others



June 20, 2009 'e-parishakaram for speedy redressal of grievances

East Godavari District in Andhra Pradesh is launching a new on line system e-parishakaram aimed at speedy redressel of the peoples' grievances. The first of its kind in the state, works as a single window at district, division and mandal levels for receiving and speedy redressel of grievances.



June 21, 2009 : A committee headed by by K.V.L. Rao to suggest powerful engine for Jaguar

The Indian Air Force has set up a committee to indicate which new engine will be suited to power India’s frontline but overweight and underpowered Jaguar tactical light strike fighter. This committe will be headed by K.V.L. Rao, an aero engine expert and former project director (propulsion systems) with the Aeronautical Development Agency



Task of the committee:

The task is to choose between proposals from Honeywell and Rolls Royce, both of which have replied to the request for proposal that was sent out as part of the Indian Air Force programme for new engines for Jaguar. This programme is related to acquisition of 280 engines, including spare engines for around 120 aircraft.

Honeywell is offering its F125N, a 43.8 kilo Newton (kN) thrust engine,

Rolls Royce, whose Adour Mk811 (32.5 kN) presently powers the IAF’s Jaguars, proposes its Adour Mk821 turbofan.

Of 1970s vintage, the Anglo-French designed Jaguar has been with the IAF since 1979, when the first of the two twin-engine fighter aircraft landed in India. But from the beginning, the IAF, which has over 100 Jaguars — acquired either directly from BAE Systems or built under licence by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited — has persistently complained of a lack of thrust from the aircraft’s Rolls Royce / Turbomeca manufactured Mk804E or Rolls Royce Mk811 engines, especially during critical hot weather and high altitude missions.



June 22, 2009 Govt's approves Armed Forces Tribunal members' appointment

The Government has approved the appointment of eight judicial and 15 administrative members in the Armed Forces Tribunal for a period of four years to dispense cost effective and speedy justice to the armed forces personnel.

The appointed members will serve for a period of four years or till the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier and will be in the pay bracket of Rs 26,000 as per the Fifth Pay Commission.

The judicial members of the tribunal include serving Justices Janardan Sahai, Manak Lall Mohta and Bhanwaroo Khan.

About 9,000 cases, currently pending in various High courts across the country, will be transferred to the tribunal.This tribunal will be inaugurated by President Pratibha Patil by this year end.



June 22, 2009 Ashok Gehlot wants special status for Rajasthan

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has emphasized on his demand for special state status to the desert state in view of the peculiar geographical, social and economic circumstances and chronic drinking water crisis. This issue was raised by Chief Minister at Finance Ministers' meet in New Delhi. He was demanding special status to the state for drinking water.



Mr Gehlot was leading the state officials team at the meeting,Finance Commission team was led by Chairman Dr Vijay Kelkar.



About Drinking Water problem of Rajasthan:

1. Rajasthan ccupies 10.4 per cent Geographical area of the country, of which more than 60 per cent area was desert and the availability of water was only 1.04 per cent of the total water of the country.

2. Rajasthan is facing severe drinking water problem as only 32 blocks out of 232 blocks were considered safe.

3. Rajasthan largely depends upon ground water & water mining in the state was 137 per cent, whereas it was only 47 per cent in Gujarat, 70 per cent in Uttar Pradesh, 45 per cent in Andhra Pradesh, 85 per cent in Tamilnadu and 48 per cent in Maharashtra.

4. Rajasthan Govt. on June 19, 2009 has launched a "Harit Rajasthan" programme. This is a Chief Ministers flagship scheme envisages planting of over 30 lakh saplings on vacant land in schools, colleges, hospitals and government offices as well as in public parks and along the roadside and highways.

What is watermining ?

In hydrology, water mining is the extraction of water from non-replenishing groundwater or glacial reserves.The more is the figure in percentage , the more that particular place is exhausted of the water reserves.

June 22, 2009 : Indian Bans CPI (maoist)

The Union Government has decided to ban the Communist Party of India (Maoist), calling it as a terrorist organisation under the Unlawful Activity (Prevention) Act 1967. The Maoist organisation is banned by many states including Andhra Pradesh and Chattisgarh and now the centre overrides the West Bengal government's decision not to ban the CPI-Maoist.



Origin of CPI (Maoist)

It was founded on September 21, 2004, through the merger of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) People's War and the Maoist Communist Centre of India under the leadership of M Lakshman Rao alias Ganapati.



Why they are called maoist?

They belive that they are conducting 'people's war', a strategical line developed by Mao Zedong during the phase of guerrilla warfare of the Communist Party of China.

They are reffred as Naxalites in reference to the Naxalbari insurrection by radical Maoists in West Bengal in 1967.



They made their presence felt in strategic locations like Dandakaranya, parts of Vindhyas and Western Ghats from West Bengal to Karnataka calling it as a "Red Corridor" There are nearly 20,000-armed guerillas present in this 92,000 sq Kilometre stretch.



In India , CPI (M) is now listed with thirty four other organisations including Lashker-e -Toiba,(LeT) and Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) as the terrorist organisation.



June 23, 2009 : Punjab Finalises 31 Biomass projects:

he Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) has finalised the allocation of 31 biomass based-projects with aggregate capacity of 338 MW to private developers. These biomass-based power projects having capacity ranging from 5 MW to 20 MW each will be set up in 31 tehsils of the State on the basis of competitive bidding in line with the States, new and renewable sources of energy policy.





June 25, 2009: Class 10 board exams to be optional

The Minister of Human Resource Development, Mr Kapil Sibal has said that the Class 10 Board examinations should be made optional along with putting a grading system in place for Standard Nine and 10 in schools affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education. This is to de-traumatise education.



He also proposed the formation of an autonomous overarching regulatory and assessment authority for higher education which would subsume the University Grants Commission, the All-India Council of Technical Education and the Medical Council of India. This is in line with the recommendations of the Professor Yashpal Committee and the National Knowledge Commission. Also, there will be a review of the functioning of existing ‘deemed universities’.





June 26, 2009 : 3rd East Asia Gender Equality Ministerial, Seoul

Plenary Session of 3rd East Asia Gender Equality Ministerial meeting was held at Seoul. Union Minister for Women and Child Development Krishna Tirath has said that the Indian Government is making efforts to protect women from economic slow down and also enable them to uplift themselves. The Self help group movement is being strengthened further to mobilize more and more women for income generating activities with linkage to micro credit.



June 24, 2009 : Sajjan Jindal Gets Willy Korf/Ken Iverson Steel Vision Award

Mr Sajjan Jindal, was awarded the 19th Willy Korf/Ken Iverson Steel Vision Award at the Steel Survival Strategies XXIV conference in New York for elevating JSW Steel to the select set of global producers. The award is named after Willy Korf and Ken Iverson who demonstrated vision, innovation and will power to alter the course of world steel.



June 23, 2009 Pramod Joshua is winner of the MAK Rally of Coimbatore

Pramod Joshua of TVS Racing, astride TVS Apache RTR, was declared the overall winner of the MAK Rally of Coimbatore, the first round of the Indian National Rally Championship for two-wheelers.Joshua led a TVS sweep as he clocked the fastest timings in all the six stages and won the 115 Kms rally with a total penalty of 01:22:49.



Finance & Economy Current Affairs Update: 28.6.09

June 19, 2009:Govt looking at proposal to divest 10% in BHEL

June 19, 2009 :TCS opens new center in Mexico

June 20, 2009 :India-Britain trade could reach $40 bn by 2015

21 Jun 2009: Apparel exports fell by 10 per cent in April

June 21, 2009: PSEB ranked third among 33 power utilities

June 24 , 2009 : GAIL to invest Rs 7,600-crore for 2 pipeline projects for karnataka

June 25, 2009 : Amul ranked amongst top 21 dairy businesses of the world

June 26, 2009 : Cane support price raised to Rs 107.76 a quintal

June 27, 2009 : Indra Nooyi, Shantanu Narayen named among America's "25 Top Gun CEOs"

June 28, 2009 : LIC will invest Rs. 50000 crore in equities in Fy'10





June 19: Govt looking at proposal to divest 10% in BHEL

Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, Mr Vilasrao Deshmukh has said that the Government is considering the proposal to divest 10 per cent stake in Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. The Government at present holds a 67.72 per cent equity stake in the state owned enterprise. The stake sale could bring into the company’s kitty about Rs 9,600 crore based on the company’s current market price. He also said that the Government was also considering stake sale in other public enterprises such as the loss-making Tide Water Oil (India) Ltd, Tyre Corp. of India, Andrew Yule & Co Ltd.



June 19, 2009 TCS opens new center in Mexico

Tata Consultancy Services, India's largest outsourcing firm, has opened a new center in Queretaro, Mexico. TCS would hire 500 people to work at the new center, its third in Mexico since entering the country in 2003.

The company has seven centers across Latin America, in Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Chile, as well as Mexico, and employs information technology consultants in 42 countries around the world.





June 20, 2009 : CII India Business Forum-UK

As per a report by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) "Bilateral trade between India and Britain, which crossed $12 billion during last fiscal year , has the potential to touch $40 bn by 2015. CII president Venu Srinivasan was leading the CII India Business Forum-UK to britain June 21-23. The 16-member delegation focussed on taking India-Britain ties into a strategic direction, uncovering new avenues of collaboration, and addressing issues of global concern such as regulation of the financial system, climate change and security.





21 Jun 2009: Apparel exports fell by 10 per cent in April

Garment exports from the country dropped to USD 800 million in April this fiscal from USD 886 million in the same month of 2007-08 as per the data of Apparel Export Promotion Council.



June 21, 2009: PSEB ranked third among 33 power utilities

Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) has been ranked third among 33 power utilities in 14 States, according to the Quarterly Performance Report of the State Power Utilities (SPUs) framed by the Power Finance Corporation for the quarter ended December 2008.



Union Bank of India cuts BPLR by 25 bps to 11.75%

Union Bank of India has decided to cut its benchmark prime lending rate (BPLR) by 25 basis points to 11.75 per cent, with effect from July 1. This is the fifth successive reduction since November 2008. Till now, the Bank has reduced a total of 225 bps in BPLR.



June 24 , 2009 : GAIL approved a Rs 7,600-crore investment for two pipeline projects for karnataka

The board of the public sector GAIL (India) Ltd has approved a Rs 7,600-crore investment for two pipeline projects linking Karnataka to the National Gas Grid. The projects include linking both Kochi and Dabhol to Bangalore. GAIL has a pipeline infrastructure of 7,000 km in the country.



June 25, 2009 : Amul ranked amongst top 21 dairy businesses of the world

Amul has been ranked amongst the top 21 largest dairy businesses in the world as per the findings published by International Farm Comparison Network (IFCN) at the 10th IFCN Dairy Conference 2009 at Stockholm. Amul is on Rank 21 World based on the milk intake during the year 2007. However due to growth in last two years Amul rank could have been 16 in the current year .



About IFCN: The IFCN is a network of dairy researchers responsible for analysing global dairy trends and creating knowledge to guide the various stakeholders in the dairy sector covering about 80 countries, over 60 dairy related companies, a number of dairy related institutions and dairy farmers. It publishes "IFCN Dairy Report" every year.



About India's Milk Production:

India with its milk production touching 114.4 Million MTs during the year (under review) is the largest milk producer in the World.

The second and third ranks are of USA and Germany with 79.3 Million MTs and 39.4 Million MTs respectively

This is because of the White Revolution pioneered by Amul.

About White Revolution & Operation Flood:

Operation Flood was a rural development programme started by India's National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) in 1970. Amul was the engine behind the success of Operation Flood and in turn became a mega company based on the cooperative approach. Verghese Kurien who was chairman of NDDB at that time gave the professional management skills and necessary thrust to the cooperative, and is considered the architect of India's 'White Revolution' (Operation Flood). His work has been recognised by the award of a Padma Bhushan, the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership, the Carnegie-Wateler World Peace Prize, and the World Food Prize. One of the largest of its kind, the programme objective was to create a nationwide milk grid.



June 26, 2009 Cane support price raised to Rs 107.76 a quintal

The govt. has approved an almost one-third increase in the statutory minimum price (SMP) of sugarcane from Rs 81.18 to Rs 107.76 a quintal to be payable by mills in the forthcoming 2009-10 crushing season (October-September).

read about minimum support prices

June 27, 2009 Indra Nooyi, Shantanu Narayen named among America's "25 Top Gun CEOs"

Indra Nooyi of PepsiCo and Shantanu Narayen of Adobe Systems, have been named among America's "25 Top Gun CEOs" who put their companies on the path to success in the midst of a recession.Nooyi ranked no. 17 and Narayen ranked no. 16 in the list picked up by advisory agency Brendan Wood International.



June 28, 2009 : LIC will invest Rs. 50000 crore in equities in Fy'10

LIC has announced that it would invest about 50,000 crore rupees in the equity market during this financial year 2010. LIC had invested 40800 crore last year.

Thomas Mathew who is MD of Life Insurance Corporation of India made this announcement.



Finance & Economy : Compendium-2

What is a fiscal deficit?

What is Black Money ?

What is a Black Market?

What is a blue chip company? Why it is blue color only used in such companies?

What is a direct Tax?

What is an Indirect Tax?

What are LDCs or Least Developed Countries?

What are Middle Income Countries ?

What is Policy of Laissez Faire?

What is the difference between Monopoly and Monopsony ?







1. What is a fiscal deficit?

A deficit in the government budget of a country and represents the excess of expenditure over income. So this is the amount of borrowed funds required by the government to meet its expenditures completely.

India's fiscal deficit widened to Rs. 541.58 billion in April, 2009 as compared to Rs. 329.39 billion rupees in April 2008.



2. What is Black Money ?

Black Money is the unaccounted money concealed from the tax authorities. The black money runs a parallel economy adversely affecting the distribution of wealth & income in the economy.

The total amount of black money globally is estimated between $2.1 and 2.5 trillion. This is roughly about seven percent of the world’s GDP.



3.What is a Black Market?

A black market is an illegal market, in which something is bought and sold outside of official government-sanctioned channels. Black markets tend to arise when a government tries to fix a price without itself providing all of the necessary supply or demand. Black markets in foreign exchange almost always exist when there are exchange controls.



4.What is a blue chip company? Why it is blue color only used in such companies?

A blue chip is concerned with stocks & shares of company, which are well established and whose purchase is considered extremely safe. Due to stable earnings and no extensive liabilities these companies are called blue chip companies.

The term blue chip comes from casinos, where blue chips stand for counters of the highest value. Most blue chip stocks pay regular dividends, even when business is faring worse than usual.



5.What is a direct Tax?

A direct tax is that which is paid directly by someone to taxing authority. Income tax and property tax are examples of direct tax. They are not shifted to somebody else.

6.What is an Indirect Tax?

This type of tax is not paid by someone directly to the authorities and it is actually passed on to the other in the form of increased cost. They are levied on goods and services produced or purchased. Excise tax, Sales tax, VAT are indirect taxes.





7.What are LDCs or Least Developed Countries?

Least Developed Countries (LDCs) are countries which as per United Nations show the lowest indicators of socioeconomic development.

They have lowest Human Development Index ratings of all countries in the world.

A country which has three-year average Gross national Income per capita of less than US $750 is tagged as LDC. a LDC must have an income of $ 900 to escape this tag. Besides if thse countries show human resource weakness based on indicators of nutrition, health, education and adult literacy and also or economic vulnerability based on instability of economy . Currently UN has tagged 49 countries in LDC. India is not an LDC.

8.What are Middle Income Countries ?

Middle-income countries (MICs) are the 86 countries that fall into the middle-income range set by the Bank's World Development Indicators. They account for just under half of the world's population; are home to one-third of people across the globe living on less than $2 per day; and are found in all six of the Bank's geographical regions. They cover a wide income range, with the highest income MIC having a per capita income 10 times that of the lowest.

9.What is Policy of Laissez Faire?

Laissez Faire is a French term and means no interference. It is a doctrine that states that government generally should not intervene in the marketplace.

10.What is the difference between Monopoly and Monopsony ?

In monopsony only one buyer faces many sellers. So this is called Buyer's Monopoly. It is a rare situation in today's economy.

In monopoly one seller faces many buyers. As the only purchaser of a good or service, the "monopsonist" may dictate terms to its suppliers in the same manner that a monopolist controls the market for its buyers.





Finance & Economy : Compendium 3

1. What is SATMO?

2. What is “Vande Mataram Scheme” ?

3. What is Golden Handshake Scheme?

4. What is India Brand Equity Fund?

5. What is Jago Grahak Jago”?

6. What is a revolving credit?

7. What is Gender Budgeting?

8. What is Soft Currency?

9. What are factors of production?

10. What is the principle of Diminishing returns?



1. What is SATMO?

SATMO is Satellite Money Order Service introduced by Postal Department Govt. of India on December 16, 1994. However this scheme could not make its headway due to functional complicacies.

2. What is “Vande Mataram Scheme” ?

Vande mataram schem is a nationwide programme aimed at improving ante and post-natal care--which was launched on February 9, 2004. The scheme envisages free ante and post-natal check-ups, tips to avoid nutritional problems and anemia and counseling on small family norm and is a major initiative in Public Private partnerships during emergency.

3. What is Golden Handshake Scheme?

Golden handshake scheme is a Govt. of India scheme introduced as a Voluntary retirement Scheme (VRS) in Industrial Policy Resolution 1991 for reducing the pressure of extra employees on public sector enterprises.

4. What is India Brand Equity Fund?

This is a scheme to promote Indian Brands in Overseas Markets with the primary objective of brand promotion and not export promotion. To make the "Made in India" label a symbol of quality, competitive price, reliability and service to the customer & to project India as a reliable supplier of quality goods and services. It was established on July 11, 1996.

5. What is Jago Grahak Jago”?

The Consumer Awareness Scheme for the XI Plan amounting to a total of Rs. 409 crores has been approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on 24.01.08. This scheme has been formulated to give an increased thrust to a multi media publicity campaign to make consumers aware of their rights. The slogan ‘Jago Grahak Jago’ is part of the publicity campaign undertaken in the last few years.

‘Jago Grahak Jago’ has become the focal theme through which issues concerning the functioning of almost all Government Departments having a consumer interface can been addressed. To achieve this objective joint campaigns have been undertaken/are being undertaken with a number of Government Departments.

6. What is a revolving credit?

Revolving credit is a type of credit that does not have a fixed number of payments. Corporate revolving credit facilities are typically used to provide liquidity for a company's day-to-day operations.The credit cards are examples of revolving credit. They are renewed automatically until the notice of cancellation is receieved. The time of repayment is specified.

7. What is Gender Budgeting?

Gender budgeting is the process of conceiving, planning, approving, executing, monitoring, analyzing and auditing budgets in a gender-sensitive way. Gender Budgeting is actually an attempt to women upliftment without any sex discrimination while formulating the policies and making allocation for them.

Gender Budgeting is a process that entails incorporating a gender perspective at various stages- planning/ policy/ programme formulation, assessment of needs of target groups, allocation of resources, implementation, impact assessment, reprioritization of resources.

Gender Responsive Budget and Gender Mainstreaming are outcomes of Gender Budgeting.

8. What is Soft Currency?

Soft currency is opposite of hard currency and it indicates a type of currency whose value may depreciate rapidly or that is difficult to convert into other currencies. Soft currency can be in the form of paper, electronic or debt-based "IOUs" which have in the past been used in place of hard currency. This currency has limited convertibility into gold and other currencies.

9. What are factors of production?

The resources and the inputs which are required to produce a good or service is called factor of production. The basic categories are land labor and capital.

10. What is the principle of Diminishing returns?

This principle says that if one factor of production is fixed and constant additions of other factors are combined with this, the marginal productivity of variable factors will eventually decline. According to this relationship, in a production system with fixed and variable inputs (say factory size and labor), beyond some point, each additional unit of the variable input yields smaller and smaller increases in output. Conversely, producing one more unit of output costs more and more in variable inputs.

Business & Economy :

July 9, 2009 : IMF raises India's growth projection to 5.4%

July 10, 2009: Walmart Biggest employer at the end of 2008

July 10, 2009: UN General Assembly endorses eco crisis summit outcome

July 13, 2009 India's retail trade to touch $590 billion by 2012

July 14, 2009 Banking services through mobiles soon

July 15, 2009 : Indian Marine exports under clouds- Russia Bans Imports

1. Walmart

2. China National Petroleum

3. State Grid

4. US Postal Service

5. Sinopec

July 10, 2009: UN General Assembly endorses eco crisis summit outcome

A Conference of the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development" by UN General Assembly was held in New York from June 24 to 30. The outcome endorsed by General Assembly agreed on a sweeping action plan to help blunt the impact of the economic downturn, especially for developing counties, but 'in the interest of all nations... to achieve more inclusive, equitable, balanced, development-oriented and sustainable economic development to help overcome poverty and inequality'.

July 11, 2009 : Campa directed by Supreme Court to release 5,000 cr for forests

The Supreme Court of India has directed campa to release Rs 1,000 crore every year for five years for reclaiming forest land devastated by mining and other industries. This ruling raises hopes of rapid afforestation in the country by making money available.

About Campa:

1. Full Form: Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority

2. Campa was set up by the Supreme Court in an ongoing public interest litigation (PIL) seeking to preserve forests in the country and reclaim lost forest land in all states.

3. It had asked companies, like plywood companies, and others carrying on non-forest work in forest areas to contribute to a fund to compensate for the damage to ecology.

4. Later the court set up an ad hoc body under Campa to recover money from erring industries.

5. A 'forest bench' of the Supreme Court has been passing path-breaking judgments for 14 years. It had earlier banned cutting of trees in several states like Assam and Karnataka, shut down Kolar gold mines, and imposed tough conditions on the Vedanta-sponsored Orrisa aluminum project.

6. Campa has collected about Rs 11,000 crore over five years from entities conducting non-forest work in forest areas.

July 13, 2009 India's retail trade to touch $590 billion by 2012

Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jyotiraditya Scindia recently said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha that India's retail business is estimated to touch $590 billion till 2011-12. The share of organized retail in total retail has grown from 3.3 per cent in 2003-04 to 4.1 per cent 2006-07.

No change in FDI Policy : He also said that there was no proposal to change the foreign direct investment (FDI) policy in the sector government also fully recognizes the need to ensure that small retailers are not adversely affected.



Some memorable Points about FDI in Retail sector in India:

1. FDI is prohibited in retail trading except for single brand, where 51 per cent foreign investment is permitted.

2. Foreign investment up to 100 per cent is permitted under the automatic route in wholesale cash and carry trading.



July 14, 2009 : Banking services through mobiles soon

Minister of state for Finance Namo Narain Meena recently in a reply in Rajyasabha said that banks are exploring the feasibility of using mobile phones for delivering services.

RBI has issued guidelines for mobile banking transactions in the country for encouraging financial inclusion and mobile-based payment transactions. RBI has authorized 17 public sector banks as on June 30 to introduce mobile banking services, enabling customers to carry out fund transfer both intra and inter bank.



July 15, 2009 : Indian marine exports under clouds- Russia Bans Imports

Russia has banned import of Indian marine products. Besides, the European Union -- the largest export market for Indian marine products -- has also threatened to ban imports from India in the absence of catch certificates.

Apart from this the United States maintains a 0.76 per cent anti-dumping duty on shrimp imports from India. These all factors have put Indian marine exports industry of Rs. 10000 crore under clouds.

What had happened?

In order to enhance imports from India, a delegation from Russia had visited the country in December 2008 and insisted on signing a protocol for doing business with New Delhi. As per Industry people, there was a weak follow up by MPEDA (Marine Products Export Development Authority) and this protocol was not signed.

About India's seafood exports to Russia:

Total exports in 2007-08 were 4,500 tones, valued at Rs 35 crore (Rs 350 million). This went up to 9,400 tones, valued at Rs 115 crore (Rs 1.15 billion), in 2008-09. This growth was 110 %.



The dogma of catch certificates:

1. Catch Certificate is an strict requirement based on an EU regulation to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.

2. The regulation clearly states that fishery products shall only be imported into European Community when accompanied by a catch certificate in conformity with the regulation.

3. In India, the catch certificate should be issued by a public/competent authority who has been empowered by a notification issued by the Government of India.

4. The agency should also be empowered to carry out verification of such certificates on request of EU member countries.

5. At present, Export Inspection Council (EIC) is the only designated competent authority to attest the veracity of the health certificates for import of seafood into EU.

6. However, EIC is not legally empowered to issue the catch certificate according to the EU regulations as EIC is not having the infrastructure and personnel to conduct a verification audit of fishing vessels.

7. (source:http://www.gktoday.in/)



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MONDAY, JULY 13, 2009

Sports & Awards - 2009

1) Bernard d’Espagnat (France) is the recipient of Templeton Prize 2009.

2) Surjit Singh Barnala is the recipient of the Mother Theresa Life Acheivment award 2009.

3) Air India got ‘Cargo Airline Of The Year’.

4) Abdul Kalam got Hooper Model awarded By America in the service of social service and he also the first person to get the award y an asian.

5) British government awarded the award ‘Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire’ to Ramdorai(TCS CEO).

6) The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper journalism, literature and musical composition.

7) DRDO Officer Jayaprakash Rao has been awarded the ‘Best Active Member’ award amongst Public Relations Professional and also he Translated “Wings of Fire’ into Kannada.

8) 13th Annual Satyajit Ray Award was won by an Italian film ‘Mid-August Lunch" which is directed by Gianni di Gregorio.

9) Ekta Choudhary was crowned Pantaloons Femina Miss India Universe 2009.

10) Pooja Chopra was crowned Miss India World.

11) Shriya Kishore is Miss India Earth 2009.

12) Sir Jehangir Ghandy Medal to Ratan Tata.

13) Britain's Plain English Campaign International Media Award 2008 was given to TOI for "demonstrating a positive attitude in raising the awareness of plain English within its press coverage throughout India."

14) Cristiano Ronaldo of Manchester United received the FIFA World Player Award for 2008 by Brazilian soccer legend Pele, which held in Zurich, on Monday night. Ronaldo had won this Award for the first time in his career.

15) Rafael Nadal clinched Rome Masters title defeating Djokovic in the finals

16) Svetlana Kuznestsnova defeated Dinara Safina to clinch Stuttgart Open 2009.

17) Yuki Bamri clinched the title ITF mens Futures Singles defeating Southafrica ravlan clases.

18) Women Tennis Association 2008 player of the year? Serena Williams.

19) Javed Miandad was appointed as an adviser to the Chinese Cricket.

20) British Man Ben Southal has won the Best Job in the world.

21) In ice hockey, Russia wins the 2009 IIHF World Championship and Ilya Kovalchuk is named Most Valuable Player of the tournament.

22) Recently an 8 year old from Mumbai participated and successfully completed the 19th International Swim across the Gulf Of Mesiniakos from Koroni-Kalamata, a distance of 30km, in 11 hours 10 minutes and made a record. What is her name?Swapnali Yadav.

23) Conservationist from Mysore, M D Madhusudan, is among three from India who won the Whitley Award, considered the ‘Green Oscar’.

24) Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, will be awarded with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) annual peace prize.

25) Peter Zumthor (Switzerland) is the recipient of Pritzker prize (architecture) for 2009.

26) Tony Horwitz won a Pulitzer Prize as an investigative journalist while working for The Wall Street Journal.

27) Apa Sherpa broke his own record by reaching the top of Everest for the nineteenth time on May 21 2009.

28) Manchester United Football club win 2008-09 season of Premier Leauge.

29) Canadian short story writer Alice Munro has won this year's Man Booker International Prize worth 60,000 pounds (106,900 Canadian dollars).

30) In association football, FC Barcelona defeat Manchester United to win the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final.

31) The Austrian film The White Ribbon wins the Golden Palm at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.

32) Kavya Shivshankar an Indian origin girl won the US National Spelling Bee Champiomship for 2009.

33) 18th CommonWealth Table Tennis Championship held at Glasgow(Scotland).Singapore won the Championship beating India.

34) Who has won his maiden International Tennis Federation (ITF) title at Delhi Lawn Tennis Association on

April 25, 2009? Yuki Bhambari.

35) Grand Master Surya Sekhar Ganguly won the Asian Chess Championship held at Philippines.

36) 34th National games in 2009 to be held at Jharkhand.

37) 16th Asian Games will be held in Guangzhou, China, 2010.

38) Miss Universe 2008 is Dayana Mendoza from Venezuela.

39) Miss World 2008 is Ksenia Sukhinova from Russia.

40) Miss Earth 2008 is karla Henry from Philippines.

41) Miss International 2008 is Jayana Altman.

42) Albel Prize, 2009 was given to Mikhail Gromov(Russian-French Mathematician) for his revolutionary contributions to geometry.

43) Ramon Magsaysay Award for 2008 :in Government Service for Grace Padaca (Philippines),in Public Service for CARD MRI(Philippines), Therdchai Jivacate (Thailand),in Journalism, Literature & Creative Communication Arts for Akio Ishii(Japan),in Peace & International Understanding for Ahmad Syafii Maarif(Indonesia),in Emergent leadership for Ananda Galapatti(srilanka).

44) Stockholm water Prize, 2009 was given to Dr.Bindeshwar pathak (India).

45) 2009 Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace? Myanmar's pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi.

46) Ramanujan Prize, 2008 was given to Enrique R Pujals.

47) Indira Gandhi Peace Prize was given to Mohamed Elbaradei.

48) Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2007 is Manoj Kumar (director).

49) Jnanpith award for 2008 is given To Rahi (Kashmiri Poet).

50) Shanti Swarup bhatnagar Prize for Science & Technology 2008 given to Dr.Srikanth Sastry.

51) Dronacharya Award 2008 was given to Jagminder Singh (Wrestling).

52) Rajiv Gandhi khel ratna award for 2008 M S Dhoni.

53) Nobel Prize for 2008 for Peace=Marti Ahtisaari (Finland),Literature=Jean-Marie Gustave (France),Economics=Paul Krugman (USA),Physics=Kobayashi,masukawa,nabu (Japan),Chemistry= Chalfe,Tsien,Shimomura, Medicine=monatagnier, Sinoussi (germany).

54) A M Naik (chairman of L&T) has been given the Economic Times Business leader of the year Award for 2008.

55) Hindu Media Research Center has been given Jawaharlal Nehru Prize for 2008.

56) Himachal Pradesh state govt. has been given National Award for e-governance 2008-09.

57) Usain Bolt has been chosen the sportswoman of the year 2008 by the International Media.

58) Yelena Isnbayeva has been chosen the sportswoman of the year 2008 by the international Media

59) Christianao Ronaldo is the FIFA world footballer of the year 2008.

60) Romila Thapar and Peter Brown has received 2008 Kluge Prize.

61) CNN IBN Best Indian Award for 2008 was given to Madhavan Nair.

62) Taufique Hidayat of Indonesia won the Men’s single title in Indian Open Championship 2009.

63) Pi Hongyan of France won the Women’s single title in Indian Open Championship 2009.

64) Tamilnadu beat Bengal to won 2009 Vijay Hazare Trophy.

65) WestZone beat EastZone to win Deodhar Trophy 2009.

66) Goa beat Bengal to Win Santhosh Trophy held at Chennai in June 09.

67) Well Armed won Dubai World Cup 2009.

68) Saina Nehwal wins Indonesian Open Title with a stunning victory over higher ranked Chinese Lin Wang in Jakarta.

69) The Pakistan Cricket Team wins the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 world cup after a hard match against Sri Lanka at Lord's Cricket Ground in London, England.

70) England defeats New Zealand in the 2009 ICC Women's World Twenty20 held in London,England..

71) England defeated New Zealand in 2009 ICC Womens World ODI held in Australia.

72) Sebastian Vettel wins 2009 British Grand Prix.

73) Jorge Lorenzo won the French Grand Prix on May 17, 2009.

74) IIFA(International Indian Film Academy) awards 2009 ceremony held in Macau,China.

75) Azim Premji wins Global Vision Award at USIBC.

76) Bindeshwar Pathak of Sulabh International gets UN award.

77) Amrita & Joseph win Research awards in America.

78) Bina Agarwal, Professor of Economics at the Institute of Economic Growth gets Leontif Award 2009.

79) John Higgins is the World Championship Snooker 2009 winner.

80) Dinara safina winner of Italian Open Tennis Tournament in May 2009.

81) Legendary British actor Christopher Lee will receive a knighthood award.

82) Manchester United accepts a record $130 million dollars for Cristiano Ronaldo's transfer to Madrid Real in Spain.

83) Jose Brasa of Spain has been selected as the new Chief Coach for the Indian Men's Hockey team.

84) ShahRukh Khan to Receive UK doctorate in the field of arts & culture.

85) Roger Federer defeats Andy Roddick to win the men's singles of the 2009 Wimbledon Championships.

86) Serena Williams wins the women's singles at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships after defeating her sister, Venus Williams.

87) Canvera. Com, India’s fastest growing online digital photography company, was given the Best Photobook prize for the second year in a row at the recently concluded Asia-Pacific & Japan HP Digital Print Award 2009 in Beijing, China.

88) 35th National Games are scheduled to held in May 2010 in Kerala.

89) “Sheru" is official mascot of Commonwealth Games 2010.

90) 4th Indian Idol Winner and 1st women winner: Sourabhee Debbarma.

91)SriLankan journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge has been posthumously awarded the World Press Freedom Prize in may 2009. Which among the following gives this award?UNESCO.

92)Franco-Russian mathematician Mikhail Gromov receives the 2009 Abel Prize.

93) Indra Nooyi has been named as 2009 CEO of the Year by Global Supply Chain Leaders Group (GSCLG).

94)The World Games 2009 takes place in Kaohsiung, Taiwan from July 16, 2009 to July 26, 2009.The Game Feature Sports that are not contested in Olympic Games.

95)Kathak exponent Sitara Devi, stage designer Khaled Chowdhury, performing arts scholar R C Mehta and noted singer and musician Bhupen Hazarika were conferred with the coveted Sangeet Akademi Ratna by Prez Pratibha Patil.

96)Former Indian Skipper Sourav Ganguly has been awarded an honorary fellowship by the University of Central Lancashire.

97)Bharti Airtel was named the Service Provider of the Year and wireless Service provider of the year in the Asia Pacific region for its exemplary performance.

98)Azim Premji conferred of Humane Letters by Wesleyan University.

99) J.C Daniel Award for 2008 instituted by Kerala Government is won by K.Ravindranath Nair.

100) Bill Gates received the 2007 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace , Disarmament and Development on behalf of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation that has been actively working in India in the field of health and Development, especially HIV/AIDS.

101)2010 Hockey world cup will takes place in Delhi, India.

102) Myanmar's long-detained democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, is receiving Amnesty International's highest honor.

103)Noted theatre Director Mr Ibrahim Alkaji was conferred Hindi Ratna Samman.

104) Prominent Indian Social activist Deep Joshi has been named for the Ramon Magsaysay Award for 2009.

105) Bollywood actors Dharmendra and Asha Parekh were honoured with lifetime achievement awards during the second Nashik International Film Festival (NIFF) held in Nasik.

106)Indore will host the first "Global Film Festival" to be organized in the city on the lines of Goa Film Festival from 8th to 15th of October 2009.

107)The 17th Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award will be given to Gautam Bhai of Pawanar Ashram, Wardha in Maharashtra for his contribution towards promotion of communal harmony, peace and goodwill.

108)BWSSB (Bangalore Water Supply & Sewerage Board) was awarded the National Urban Water Awards 2009.

109)Sanskrit poet Satya Vrat Shastri and Konkani author Ravindar Kelekar conferred the 42nd Jnanpith award for the year 2006.

110) Abhinav Bindra to receive Comonwealth Games from Baton Queen Elizabeth II.



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TUESDAY, JULY 7, 2009

Highlights of Union Budget 09-10

1. Total budget expenditure for 2009-10 will be Rs 10, 28,032 cr.

2. For Non-plan expenditure Rs.6, 95,689 cr and for Plan expenditure Rs.3, 25,149 cr registering an increase of 37% in non-plan and 34% in Plan expenditure over 2008-09.

3. Total expenditure increased by 36% in 2009-10 over 2008-09.

4. Fiscal deficit in 2009-10 is proposed at 6.8% of GDP.

5. Revenue deficit in 2009-10 is proposed at 4.8% of GDP.

6. Personal income tax exemption limit for senior citizens raised by Rs 15,000, from Rs 2, 25,000 to Rs 2, 40,000.

7. The exemption limit for income tax for women raised by Rs 10,000, from 1, 80,000 to Rs 190,000.

8. For all others, exemption limit for income tax raised by Rs 10,000 from Rs 150,000 to 1, 60,000.

9. No change in corporate tax.

10. Fringe Benefit Tax abolished.

11. Commodities Transaction Tax abolished.

12. Goods and Services Tax to be introduced from April 1, 2010.

13. To lead economy to high GDP growth rate of 9% per annum at the earliest, which is dipped from an average of over 9% in the previous three fiscal years to 6.7% during 2008-09.

14. Aim to create 12 million jobs.

15. Govt took 3 stimulus packages to fight slowdown.

16.Defence gets Rs 1,41,703 cr for 2009-10,a 34% hike from 200-09 budgetary allocation.

17. Allocation to National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for the National

Highway Development Programme (NHDP) increased by 23 per cent.

18. Allocation under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) stepped up by 87% to Rs.12, 887 cr.

19. Allocation under Rashtriya Krishi Yojana (RKVY) stepped up by 30%.

20. Allocation under NREGS increased by 144% to 39,100 cr.

21. National Food Security Act to be brought in to ensure entitlement of 25 kilo of rice or wheat per month at Rs.3/kg to every BPL families in rural or urban areas.

22. Allocation for Bharat Nirman increased by 45%.

23. Allocation under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak yojana (PMGSY) increased by 59% amounting to 12,000 crore.

24. Allocation under Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) increased by 27% to Rs.7000cr.

25. Allocation under Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) increased by 63% to 8,800 cr.

26. Allocation under National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) increased by Rs.2,057 cr amounting 14,064 crore in 2009-10.

27. New Scheme Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAGY) with an allocation of Rs.100 cr for integrated development of 1000 villages having population of Scheduled castes above 50%.

28. Overall plan budget for higher education is to be increased by Rs.2,000 cr.

29. Rs.2, 113 cr allocated for IITs and NITs which includes a provision of Rs.450 cr for new IITs and NITs.

30. Rs.827 cr allocated for opening one Central University in each uncovered state.

31. National unique identification numbers to start rolling out in 12-18 months with a provision of Rs.120 cr.

32. Allocation for Commonwealth Games, 2010 raised to Rs.3, 472 cr from Rs.2, 112cr.

33. Rs.500 cr allocated for rehabilitation of internally displaced persons and reconstruction of the Northern and eastern areas of Srilanka.

34. Rs.1, 000 cr allocated for rebuilding the damaged infrastructure caused due to cyclone Aila in West Bengal.



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FRIDAY, JULY 3, 2009

New Chairman,CEO,etc and Their Positions

1. H S Brahma takes charge as power Secretary (Secretary in the Ministry Of Power).



2. Ashok Chawla as the new finance secretary in the ministry of finance succeeded Arun Ramanthan.



3. New TRAI chairman J S Sharma (TDSAT member) Succeed Nipendra Mishra.



4. D P Agarwal is the Chairman of UPSC.



5. Pulock Chatterji was appointed as the new executive director of world Bank.



6. Ashok Chawla was appointed as India's Alternative governor on the world Bank Board.



7. Justice Ashok Bhan was appointed as the new chairman of NCDRC.



8. Venu Srinivasan is the new president of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for 2009-10.



9. Sharat Sabharmal is the India's new high commissioner to Pakistan.



10. Madhu Kannan is new CEO of bSE.



11. Traditionally, RBI has Four Deputy Governors of different Departments.



12. i)Punjab National Bank chairman & managing Director Kamlesh Chandra Chakrabarty is set to take over as deputy Governor of RBI in place of V Leeladhar.



13. ii)RBI Deputy Governor: Smt.Shyamala Gopinath.



14. iii)RBI Deputy Governor: Usha Thorat



15. iv)RBI Deputy Governor Rakesh Mohan is set to leave the central bank this month (June) to take up an assignment at Stand ford University.



16. Arvind Jhadav is the new chairman and managing director of national aviation Company Of India Limited(NACIL) that Operates Air India.



17. Chairman of SEBI C.B. Bhave.



18. Chairman of Planning Commission is Prime Minister.



19. Deputy Chairman of planning Commission is Montek.Singh.Ahluwalia.



20. President of NASSCOM is Som Mittal.



21. Chairman of NASSCOM is Pramod Bhasin.



22. Vice Chairman of NASSCOM is Harsh Manglik.



23. Secretary General of NATO is Jaap de Hoop Schaffer.



24. Radha Vinod Raja as appointed as the First Director General of National Investigation Agency (NIA).



25. Sudhir Garg has assumed the charge as the chief general manager of SBH.



26. Suresh Kalmadi is president of Indian Olympic Association.



27. Dhanendra Kumar is the newly appointed chairman of Competition Commission of India.



28. 42nd Asian Development bank(President Harihuko kuroda) Summit held at bali,Indonesia.



29. Chairman and Managing Director Of SIDBI(Small Industries Development Bank Of India) is R M Malla.



30. Aravind Jhadav is the Chief and Managing Director(CMD) of Air India.



31. Chairman for Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister is Suresh D Tendulkar .



32. National Security Adviser for India is M K Marayan.



33. Foreign Secretary for India Nirupama Rao.



34. Nirupama Rao(India's ambassador of china) to be next Foreign Secretary to Succeed Shiv Shankar Menon who retires on July 31 2009.



35. India's new Ambassador to US is Meera Shankar.



36. Timothy Roemer is the new US envoy to India replacing David Mulford.



37. Recently President Barack Obama has nominated Vinay Thummalapally of Colorado Springs, Colorado, as the next US Ambassador to Belize.



38. N Chandrasekhar to be new CEO of TCS.



39. Air Marshal Pradeep Vasant Naik presently the Vice Chief of Air Staff has been appointed as the chief of the Indian Air Force. The present IAF chief, Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major retires from service on May 31, 2009.



40. Chief of Army Staff:: General Deepak Kapoor.



41. Chief of Naval Staff::Admiral Sureesh Mehta.(Vice-Admiral Nirmal Kumar Verma, will be the country's next Chief of Naval Staff with an affect from September 1st.)



42. Barbora is new IAF vice-chief.



43. Hardeep Singh Puri has been appointed as India's permanent representative to the United Nations.



44. Chief Of Central Information Commission(CIC) is Wajahat habibullah.



45. President Barack Obama announced the nomination of Charles Bolden as NASA Administrator.



46. K.P. Raghuvanshi is Maharashtra ATS chief.



47. John Bercow of the Britain's main opposition Conservative party has been elected as the new Speaker.



48. C P Gurnani is CEO of Mahindra Satyam and Durga Shankar the new CFO.



49. Goolam E Vahanvati is the new Attorney General of India.



50. Ashok Jha has appointed MCX-SX as Non-Executive Chief.



51. West Bengal Power Secretary Sunil Mitra will be the new disinvestment secretary.



52. The 35-member IAEA Board of Governors selected Ambassador Yukiya Amano of Japan as new IAEA Director General from November 2009 replacing Mohamed ElBaradei.



53. Nandita Das is new Chairperson of Children's Film Society.

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Books And Authors





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Books Authors

A Bend in the river V.S. Naipaul

Area of Darkness V.S. Naipaul

House for Mr. Biswas V.S. Naipaul

India-A Wounded Civilisation V.S. Naipaul

Million Mutinies Now V.S. Naipaul

A Suitable Boy Vikram Seth

Golden Gate Vikram Seth

An Equal Music Vikram Seth

Beastly Tales Vikram Seth

Three Chinese Poets Vikram Seth

All You Who Sleep Tonight Vikram Seth

Mappings Vikram Seth

Two Lives Vikram Seth

From Heaven lake Vikram Seth

Midnight’s Children Salman Rushdie

The Satanic Verses Salman Rushdie

East,West Salman Rushdie

The Enchantress of Florence Salman Rushdie

Jaguar Smile Salman Rushdie

The Moor’s Last Sigh Salman Rushdie

Shalimar The Clown Salman Rushdie

Fury Salman Rushdie

Shame Salman Rushdie

Imaginary Homelands Salman Rushdie

The God of Small Things Arundhati Roy

The Shape of the Beast Arundhati Roy

The Algebra of Infinite Justice Arundhati Roy

The End of Imagination Arundhati Roy

The Cost of Living Arundhati Roy

Power Politics Arundhati Roy

War Talk Arundhati Roy

Show business Shashi Tharoor

The Five Dollar Smile and Other Stories Shashi Tharoor

The Great Indian Novel Shashi Tharoor

The Elephant, the Tiger and the Cell Phone Shashi Tharoor

Bookless in Baghdad Shashi Tharoor

Nehru: The Invention of India Shashi Tharoor

India: From Midnight to the Millenium Shashi Tharoor

Reasons of State Shashi Tharoor

Riot Shashi Tharoor

My Country, My Life L K Advani

A Prisoner’s Scrap Book L K Advani

Wings of Fire A P J Abdul Kalam

Ignited Minds A P J Abdul Kalam

India 2020 A P J Abdul Kalam

India-my-Dream A P J Abdul Kalam

Scientist to President A P J Abdul Kalam

My Truth Indira Gandhi

Eternal India Indira Gandhi

Imagining India Nandan Nilakeni

The White Tiger Aravind adiga

Between the Assasination Aravind adiga

The Elephant Aravind Adiga

The Inheritance of Loss Kiran Desai

Sea of Poppies Amitav Ghosh

The Shadow Lines Amitav Ghosh

The Hungry Tide Amitav Ghosh

The Glass palace Amitav Ghosh

In Custody Anita desai

The Village By The Sea Anita desai

Fire on the Mountain Anita desai

Clear Light of Day Anita desai

Fasting,Feasting Anita desai

The Dark Room R.K.narayan

Waiting for the Mahatma R.K.narayan

The Guide R.K.Narayan

My Days R.K.Narayan

The Financial Expert R.K.Narayan

Malgudi Days R.K.Narayan

Painter of Sains R.K.Narayan

Gods, Demons and Others R.K.Narayan

A Better India, A Better World Narayana Murthy

Unaccustomed Earth Jhumpa Lahiri

The Namesake Jhumpa lahiri

Interpreter of Maladies Jhumpa Lahiri

Dreams from My Father Barack Obama

The Audacity of Hope Barack Obama

Between hope and History Bill Clinton

My Life Bill Clinton

Giving Bill Clinton

It Takes a Village Hillary Clinton

An Invitation to White House Hillary Clinton

Living History Hillary Clinton

Daughter of the East Benazir Bhutto

Pakistan-The Gathering Storm Benazir Bhutto

Great Tragedy Z A Bhutto

If I am Assassinated Z A Bhutto

Freedom from Fear Aung San Suu Kyi

The Voice of hope Aung San Suu Kyi

Letters from Burma Aung San Suu Kyi

Universe in a Single Atom Dalai lama

The 3 mistakes of my Life Chetan bhagat

Five Point Someone Chetan bhagat

One night@ the call Center Chetan bhagat

Who Says Elephant can’t Dance Louis V. Gerstner

The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini


A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini


A Tale of Two Cities

Charles Dickens






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A Bend in the river V.S. Naipaul

Area of Darkness V.S. Naipaul

House for Mr. Biswas V.S. Naipaul

India-A Wounded Civilisation V.S. Naipaul

Million Mutinies Now V.S. Naipaul

A Suitable Boy Vikram Seth

Golden Gate Vikram Seth

An Equal Music Vikram Seth

Beastly Tales Vikram Seth

Three Chinese Poets Vikram Seth

All You Who Sleep Tonight Vikram Seth

Mappings Vikram Seth

Two Lives Vikram Seth

From Heaven lake Vikram Seth

Midnight’s Children Salman Rushdie

The Satanic Verses Salman Rushdie

East,West Salman Rushdie

The Enchantress of Florence Salman Rushdie

Jaguar Smile Salman Rushdie

The Moor’s Last Sigh Salman Rushdie

Shalimar The Clown Salman Rushdie

Fury Salman Rushdie

Shame Salman Rushdie

Imaginary Homelands Salman Rushdie

The God of Small Things Arundhati Roy

The Shape of the Beast Arundhati Roy

The Algebra of Infinite Justice Arundhati Roy

The End of Imagination Arundhati Roy

The Cost of Living Arundhati Roy

Power Politics Arundhati Roy

War Talk Arundhati Roy

Show business Shashi Tharoor

The Five Dollar Smile and Other Stories Shashi Tharoor

The Great Indian Novel Shashi Tharoor

The Elephant, the Tiger and the Cell Phone Shashi Tharoor

Bookless in Baghdad Shashi Tharoor

Nehru: The Invention of India Shashi Tharoor

India: From Midnight to the Millenium Shashi Tharoor

Reasons of State Shashi Tharoor

Riot Shashi Tharoor

My Country, My Life L K Advani

A Prisoner’s Scrap Book L K Advani

Wings of Fire A P J Abdul Kalam

Ignited Minds A P J Abdul Kalam

India 2020 A P J Abdul Kalam

India-my-Dream A P J Abdul Kalam

Scientist to President A P J Abdul Kalam

My Truth Indira Gandhi

Eternal India Indira Gandhi

Imagining India Nandan Nilakeni

The White Tiger Aravind adiga

Between the Assasination Aravind adiga

The Elephant Aravind Adiga

The Inheritance of Loss Kiran Desai

Sea of Poppies Amitav Ghosh

The Shadow Lines Amitav Ghosh

The Hungry Tide Amitav Ghosh

The Glass palace Amitav Ghosh

In Custody Anita desai

The Village By The Sea Anita desai

Fire on the Mountain Anita desai

Clear Light of Day Anita desai

Fasting,Feasting Anita desai

The Dark Room R.K.narayan

Waiting for the Mahatma R.K.narayan

The Guide R.K.Narayan

My Days R.K.Narayan

The Financial Expert R.K.Narayan

Malgudi Days R.K.Narayan

Painter of Sains R.K.Narayan

Gods, Demons and Others R.K.Narayan

A Better India, A Better World Narayana Murthy

Unaccustomed Earth Jhumpa Lahiri

The Namesake Jhumpa lahiri

Interpreter of Maladies Jhumpa Lahiri

Dreams from My Father Barack Obama

The Audacity of Hope Barack Obama

Between hope and History Bill Clinton

My Life Bill Clinton

Giving Bill Clinton

It Takes a Village Hillary Clinton

An Invitation to White House Hillary Clinton

Living History Hillary Clinton

Daughter of the East Benazir Bhutto

Pakistan-The Gathering Storm Benazir Bhutto

Great Tragedy Z A Bhutto

If I am Assassinated Z A Bhutto

Freedom from Fear Aung San Suu Kyi

The Voice of hope Aung San Suu Kyi

Letters from Burma Aung San Suu Kyi

Universe in a Single Atom Dalai lama

The 3 mistakes of my Life Chetan bhagat

Five Point Someone Chetan bhagat

One night@ the call Center Chetan bhagat

Who Says Elephant can’t Dance Louis V. Gerstner

The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini


A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini


A Tale of Two Cities

Charles Dickens






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A Bend in the river V.S. Naipaul

Area of Darkness V.S. Naipaul

House for Mr. Biswas V.S. Naipaul

India-A Wounded Civilisation V.S. Naipaul

Million Mutinies Now V.S. Naipaul

A Suitable Boy Vikram Seth

Golden Gate Vikram Seth

An Equal Music Vikram Seth

Beastly Tales Vikram Seth

Three Chinese Poets Vikram Seth

All You Who Sleep Tonight Vikram Seth

Mappings Vikram Seth

Two Lives Vikram Seth

From Heaven lake Vikram Seth

Midnight’s Children Salman Rushdie

The Satanic Verses Salman Rushdie

East,West Salman Rushdie

The Enchantress of Florence Salman Rushdie

Jaguar Smile Salman Rushdie

The Moor’s Last Sigh Salman Rushdie

Shalimar The Clown Salman Rushdie

Fury Salman Rushdie

Shame Salman Rushdie

Imaginary Homelands Salman Rushdie

The God of Small Things Arundhati Roy

The Shape of the Beast Arundhati Roy

The Algebra of Infinite Justice Arundhati Roy

The End of Imagination Arundhati Roy

The Cost of Living Arundhati Roy

Power Politics Arundhati Roy

War Talk Arundhati Roy

Show business Shashi Tharoor

The Five Dollar Smile and Other Stories Shashi Tharoor

The Great Indian Novel Shashi Tharoor

The Elephant, the Tiger and the Cell Phone Shashi Tharoor

Bookless in Baghdad Shashi Tharoor

Nehru: The Invention of India Shashi Tharoor

India: From Midnight to the Millenium Shashi Tharoor

Reasons of State Shashi Tharoor

Riot Shashi Tharoor

My Country, My Life L K Advani

A Prisoner’s Scrap Book L K Advani

Wings of Fire A P J Abdul Kalam

Ignited Minds A P J Abdul Kalam

India 2020 A P J Abdul Kalam

India-my-Dream A P J Abdul Kalam

Scientist to President A P J Abdul Kalam

My Truth Indira Gandhi

Eternal India Indira Gandhi

Imagining India Nandan Nilakeni

The White Tiger Aravind adiga

Between the Assasination Aravind adiga

The Elephant Aravind Adiga

The Inheritance of Loss Kiran Desai

Sea of Poppies Amitav Ghosh

The Shadow Lines Amitav Ghosh

The Hungry Tide Amitav Ghosh

The Glass palace Amitav Ghosh

In Custody Anita desai

The Village By The Sea Anita desai

Fire on the Mountain Anita desai

Clear Light of Day Anita desai

Fasting,Feasting Anita desai

The Dark Room R.K.narayan

Waiting for the Mahatma R.K.narayan

The Guide R.K.Narayan

My Days R.K.Narayan

The Financial Expert R.K.Narayan

Malgudi Days R.K.Narayan

Painter of Sains R.K.Narayan

Gods, Demons and Others R.K.Narayan

A Better India, A Better World Narayana Murthy

Unaccustomed Earth Jhumpa Lahiri

The Namesake Jhumpa lahiri

Interpreter of Maladies Jhumpa Lahiri

Dreams from My Father Barack Obama

The Audacity of Hope Barack Obama

Between hope and History Bill Clinton

My Life Bill Clinton

Giving Bill Clinton

It Takes a Village Hillary Clinton

An Invitation to White House Hillary Clinton

Living History Hillary Clinton

Daughter of the East Benazir Bhutto

Pakistan-The Gathering Storm Benazir Bhutto

Great Tragedy Z A Bhutto

If I am Assassinated Z A Bhutto

Freedom from Fear Aung San Suu Kyi

The Voice of hope Aung San Suu Kyi

Letters from Burma Aung San Suu Kyi

Universe in a Single Atom Dalai lama

The 3 mistakes of my Life Chetan bhagat

Five Point Someone Chetan bhagat

One night@ the call Center Chetan bhagat

Who Says Elephant can’t Dance Louis V. Gerstner

The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini


A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini


A Tale of Two Cities

Charles Dickens






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