Latest General Awareness - 2011 1. Who is the Times Magazine Person of the year 2010?

a)Sachin Tendulkar e)Mark Zuckerberg 2. What is the mascot of 16th Asian Games? a)Shera b)Le Yangyang c)Kutumb d)Orry e)none b)A R Rehman c)Manmohan Singh d)Ratan Tata

3. Excise Duty is a tax levied on ____? a)Sale of goods b)import of goods c)export of goods d)both b & c e)production of goods 4. What is the present FDI limit in Telecom sector? a)26% b)49% c)51% d)74% e)none

5. Sacred Games is a novel written by ________? a)Vikram Chandra e)none 6. Who is the new Chairman of SEBI? a)C.B.Bhave b)Anand Sinha c)U K Sinha d)O P Bhatt e)none b)Arundathi Roy c)Vikram Seth d)Manglaya Swinkar

7. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is the chief guest of Indias 62nd Republic day. He is __________? a)President of Malaysia

b)Prime Minister of Indonesia c)President of Yugoslavia d)President of Indonesia e)none 8. At Present, the number of National Political Parties in India? a)4 b)5 c)6 d)7 e)none

9. Makhaya Ntini who has announced his retirement from International Cricket, belongs to which country? a)West Indies b)England c)South Africa d)New Zealand e)none

10. Which is the most corrupt country according to the ranking of global corruption index, a Transparency International report? a)India b)Pakistan c)Iraq d)Somalia e)none

Quiz on Current Affairs - 2011 1. Which state government has renamed the Brookside Bungalow to Rabindranath Art Gallery? a)Mizoram b)Assam c)Meghalaya d)Uttaranchal e)none

2. Who wrote the book India - Pakistan: Coming To Terms? a)Ajit Pawar b)Ashutosh Misra c)K R Narayana d)Shashi Tharoor e)none

3. Who has been elected as President of Karnataka State Cricket Association(KSCA)?

a)Rahul Dravid e)Anil Kumble

b)Vijay Mallya

c)Javagal Srinath

d)Venkates Prasad

4. Which animal has been declared as National Heritage Animal by GOI - Elephant. 5. Which of the following nation is the recent one to join Non Aligned Movement(NAM)? a)Fiji b)Cuba c)Iran d)Colombia e)Egypt

6. DIPP is the nodal agency in the field of foreign investments? what is the full form of DIPP - Department Of Industrial Policy and Promotion. 7. RBI was considering the proposal to set up satellite banks and ATMs to provide banking facilities to the villagers in which state? a)Bihar b)Jharkhand c)Uttar Pradesh d)Assam e)none

8. National Voters Day is observed on _________? a)Jan 6th b)April 1st c)May 25st d)Jan 25th e)Oct 6th

9. Which country has opened Worlds first nuclear bank - Russia? 10. Minimum Support Prices(MSP) is increased based on the recommendation of ? a)Ministry of Finance Commission b)Ministry of Agriculture c)Agriculture Cost and Price

d)both a & c

e)Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs

1. The eleventh five year plan of India is for the five years ranging from (A) 20092014 (B) 20082013 (C) 20072012

(D) 20062011 (E) None of these Ans : (C)

2. DSCR indicates the ability of a company to (A) Meet its current liabilities (B) Service its shareholders (C) Meet its long term debt obligations (D) Raise further capital (E) None of these Ans : (C)

3. An IPO is (A) Initial price offered by a private limited company to its shareholders (B) An offer by an unlisted company for sale of its shares for the first time to the public (C) Used to increase the share capital of an unlisted company (D) A book building process (E) None of these Ans : (B)

4. A decreasing current ratio indicates (A) A stable liquidity (B) An increasing liquidity

(C) A strained liquidity (D) Satisfactory current solvency (E) None of these Ans : (E)

5. Private equity investors, invest in a company based mainly on (A) The age of the company (B) The location of the company (C) The activity undertaken by the company (D) The creditability and the valuation of the company (E) The existing profitability of the company Ans : (E)

6. The synagogue is generally (A) An epic (B) A religion (C) Jewish House of Prayer (D) The Parsi temple (E) A palace Ans : (C)

7. Deuce is a team used in (a) Polo

(b) Lawn tennis (c) Badminton (d) Boxing (e) Volley ball (A) a, b, c (B) b, c, d (C) c, d, a (D) a, b, e (E) b, c, e Ans : (E)

8. ISI is the intelligence agency of (A) United Kingdom (B) United States of America (C) Israel (D) Pakistan (E) India Ans : (D)

9. Air Traffic Controllers job involves 1. Control of air traffic in and within vicinity of airport 2. Control of movement of air traffic between altitude, sectors and control centres 3. Following established procedures and policies for air traffic control

4. Control of commercial airline flights according to government regulations 5. To authorize and regulate commercial airline flights (A) 1, 2 (B) 2, 3 (C) 1, 2, 3, 4 (D) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (E) 3, 4, 5 Ans : (A)

10. Animal assisted therapy is employed in (A) Operations (B) ICU (C) Old age homes (D) Training animals (E) Natural healing Ans : (D)

11. In broad gauge, the distance between the rails is (A) 100 metre (B) 3 metre (C) 167 metre (D) 267 metre (E) 076 metre

Ans : (C)

12. Who is Indra Nooyi ? (A) CEO Coca Cola (B) CFO PepsiCo. (C) Managing Director Nano Division (D) Indias permanent representative to UNO (E) None of these Ans : (B)

13. ET Now and CNBC TV18, TV Channels essentially broadcast (A) English News (B) Classic English Movies (C) Political Events and News (D) Business and Economic News (E) All important national and international news in English Ans : (D)

14. Amongst the following sportsmen/women, who has won the first gold medal at Guangzhou Asian Games ? (A) Yuan Xiachao (B) Wang Migluen (C) Zhu Oianward

(D) Takeshi Matsuda (E) Wu Jingbiao Ans : (A)

15. With which one of the following fields was Satyajit Ray associated ? (A) Films (B) Sports (C) Social Work (D) Drama (E) Short Stories Ans : (A)

16. Daniel Vettroi is captain of which one of the following teams ? (A) New Zealand Cricket Team (B) South Africa Cricket Team (C) New Zealand Basket Ball Team (D) West Indies Cricket Team (E) Australia Cricket Team Ans : (A)

17. Who amongst the following carried Indian Tricolour at Guangzhou Asian Games ? (A) Sania Mirza (B) Saina Nehwal

(C) Gagan Narang (D) Suranjay Singh (E) Randhir Singh Ans : (C)

18. Financial ratio analysis of a company helps in understanding 1. The long term debt raising capacity 2. The short term solvency 3. The reasons for fluctuation in its stock prices 4. The net worth of the company 5. The profitability (A) 1, 2, 3, 4 (B) 2, 3, 4 (C) 3, 4, 5 (D) 3, 1, 2, 4 (E) 1, 2, 4, 5 Ans : (E)

19. Human breath is visible in winter but not in summer because (A) The difference in outside pressure gives visibility to breath (B) Breath contains certain impurities and visible matters (C) Water vapour in breath condenses in cold air, making it visible (D) Breath has heat in it which evaporates in cold air giving visibility

(E) None of these Ans : (D)

20. Which of the following is/are not the names of Seven North-Eastern States ? 1. Jorhat 2. Manipur 3. Meghalaya 4. Agartala 5. Dimapur (A) 1, 2, 3 (B) 2, 3, 4 (C) 3, 4, 1 (D) 1, 4, 2 (E) 1, 4, 5 Ans : (E)

21. According to a recent newspaper survey, which one of the following is the most preferred language for leisure reading among the Indian Youth ? (A) Hindi (B) Marathi (C) Bengali (D) Telugu (E) English

Ans : (E)

22. Who was Dr. C. Rangarajan ? (A) Chairman, PMEAC (B) Member, Planning Commission (C) Chief Economist, IBA (D) RBI Governor (E) Member, Minority Commission Ans : (D)

23. Which of the following is an oilseed ? (A) Garlic (B) Clove (C) Cardamom (D) Cumin Seed (E) Mustard Ans : (E)

24. The RBI reviews its credit and monetary policy at regular intervals and also in between. What is the purpose of the same ? 1. To ensure that inflation does not cross the limit 2. To ensure that banks have enough liquidity 3. To ensure that cost of the fund does not reach a very high level

(A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) All 1, 2 and 3 (D) Only 2 and 3 (E) None of these Ans : (C) 25. The name of the white revolution is associated with

26. The cabinet committee recently approved the IGMSY a scheme for the welfare of the people of India. Who amongst the following will get the benefit of the scheme ? (A) Mothers and pregnant women (B) Children upto 12 years of age (C) Youth (D) Old and Senior Citizens (E) All the above Ans : (A)

27. The Govt. of India provides direct financial support to which of the following schemes ? (A) Jeevan Bharati Scheme (B) ULIP (C) Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (D) Packing Credit Guarantee Scheme (E) All of the above

Ans : (C)

28. Who amongst the following is a famous Urdu author/poet who received Jnanpith Award recently ? (A) Akhlaq Khan Shahryar (B) ONV Kurup (C) Khushwant Singh (D) Krishna Sobti (E) None of these Ans : (A)

29. Who amongst the following is the author of the Book A Bend in the River ? (A) V. S. Naipaul (B) Arun Shourie (C) Octavia Paz (D) Daniel Defoe (E) Walter Scott Ans : (A)

30. Which of the following is called the pink city of India ? (A) Kolkata (B) Lucknow (C) Kota

(D) Hyderabad (E) Jaipur Ans : (E)

31. Which of the following states got a new Chief Minister without new assembly elections ? (A) Goa (B) Madhya Pradesh (C) Jharkhand (D) Gujarat (E) Delhi Ans : (C)

32. A two days National level conference/event was organised in Chandigarh in September 2010. Which was the conference / event ? (A) Miss India 2010 (B) Asian Women Hockey Finals 2010 (C) Conference of the Finance Ministers of SAARC (D) National Rabi Conference (E) None of these Ans : (E)

33. Which of the following Summits took place in Hanoi in October 2010 ?

(A) ASEAN Summit (B) SAARC Summit (C) G-20 Summit (D) G-8 Summit (E) None of these Ans : (A)

34. The Reserve Bank does not have an office in (A) Kanpur (B) Jaipur (C) Lucknow (D) Bhopal (E) Gulbarga Ans : (E)

35. A Badminton player is supposed to know the meaning of the term (A) Bouncer (B) Love (C) LBW (D) Punch (E) Booster Ans : (B)

36. Who amongst the following is the receipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2010 ? (A) Ishant Sharma (B) Hariom Singh (C) M. S. Dhoni (D) Sushil Kumar (E) Saina Nehwal Ans : (E)

37. India extended a credit of US $ 250 million to which of the following countries, which will be used for infrastructural development there ? (A) China (B) Pakistan (C) Myanmar (D) Nepal (E) Sudan Ans : (D)

38. Which one of the following makes a case for intensive, modern farming ? (A) Higher output using organic method (B) Remunerative price (C) Cropping pattern (D) Land acquisition for nonagricultural needs

(E) None of these Ans : (C)

39. In which one of the following States multi-thousand-foodgrain scam has recently been noticed by the High Court ? (A) M. P. (B) Orissa (C) Bihar (D) Jharkhand (E) U. P. Ans : (C)

40. Which one of the following is the objective of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) issued by the Government ? (A) To ensure that Companies take steps for rehabilitation of project affected people (B) To ensure that Companies use some of their profits for educating the project affected people (C) To ensure that Companies provide health care to project affected people (D) To ensure that Companies take preventive measures to avoid environmental damage (E) None of these Ans : (A)

41. A hockey player is supposed to know the meaning of the term (A) Dead Ball (B) Bouncer (C) LBW (D) Penalty Corner (E) Frozen Ball Ans : (D)

42. Which one of the following have provided bailout package to Ireland to deal with its debt crisis ? (A) EU only (B) IMF only (C) World Bank only (D) Only (A) and (B) above (E) All (A), (B) and (C) above Ans : (D)

43. Which one of the following Indian Company is the only company from India to be included in the Top Ten 2010 Value creators Global Ranking released by global management consulting firm BCG ? (A) RIL (B) Tata Steel

(C) Bharti Airtel (D) JSPL (E) Bajaj Auto Ans : (D) 44. Which one of the following has launched guidebook on standards for exporters ? (A) RBI (B) SEBI (C) IBA (D) UNIDO (E) UNESCO Ans : (D)

45. BIPA with Sudan comes into effect was the news in various newspaper recently. It is an agreement for (A) Investment in a country (B) Peaceful use of atomic power (C) Allowing students to visit each others nation (D) Allowing people to come for medical treatment (E) To form an alliance with each other in case of a war Ans : (A)

46. In which one of the following sports Sandhya Rani Devi bagged Silver in Asiad 2010 Games ?

(A) Shooting (B) Squash (C) Taekwondo (D) Ten-pin bowling (E) Wushu Ans : (E)

47. Which of the following terms is normally not seen in the field of International Relations ? (A) Exchange Rate (B) Free Trade (C) MFN (D) Alluvial Soil (E) OECD Ans : (D)

48. According to mid term review of Indian economy, which one of the following segments will be the major contributor to GDP growth ? (A) Agriculture (B) Industry (C) Services (D) Mining (E) None of these

Ans : (C)

49. Which of the following films directed by Aamir Khan was sent for OSCARs Award nominations from India ? (A) Rang De Basanti (B) Peepli Live (C) Tare Zamin Par (D) Lagan (E) None of these Ans : (B)

50. In which one of the following states, population growth rate is lower than national average ? (A) Delhi (B) Gujarat (C) Chhattisgarh (D) Himachal Pradesh (E) Orissa Ans : (E) 1. Dilma Rousseff is the President of ... A a. Brazil b. Philippines c. Singapore d. None of these 2. Ram Sewak Sharma is associated with which of the following? C

a. Army b. Arts c. Unique Identi cation Authority of India d. None of these 3. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act provides legal guarantee for ..................days of employment, every -nancial year to members of any rural household willing to do public work-related unskilled manual work at the statutory minimum wage of C a. 365 days b. 200 days c. 100 days d. 30 days 4. In which Indian state was the AADHAAR program launched? D a. Jammu and Kashmir b. Karnataka c. Bihar d. Maharashtra 5. Manu Joseph is associated with which magazine?D a. The Week b. Outline c. Outlook d. Open 6. Identify the woman has recently been appointed as the governor of South Carolina.A a. Nikki Randhawa Haley b. Shashi Jindal c. Sheehan d. None of these 7. Rajarajeswara temple is located in which state?A a. Kerala b. Tamil Nadu c. Karnataka d. None of these 8. Anand Sharma is associated with A a. RBI b. SBI c. IMF d. None of these 9. Anil Agarwal is associated with which company?C a. Future Group b. Maruti

c. Vedanta d. None of these 10. Which of the following institutions grant the Nobel Prize in Literature?B a. Nobel Foundation b. Swedish Academy c. Norwegian Nobel Committee d. Government of Sweden 11. Richard Fred Heck won a Nobel Prize in 2010 in which of the following subjects?B a. Physics b. Chemistry c. Biology d. None of these 12. The Green House has been written by ...D a. Jitendra Lahiri b. Khushwant Singh c. John Miller d. Mario Vargas Llosa 13. Who won the Stirling Prize for 2010?A a. Zaha Hadid b. Allen John c. Zubin d. None of these 14. Who is the new Governor General of Canada?A a. David Lloyd Johnston b. John Washington c. Eric Milton d. None of these 15. Brookside Bungalow is in which of the following Indian states?C a. Assam b. West Bengal c. Meghalaya d. Bihar 16. The government organised rst Pravasi Bhartiya Divas outside India in A a. New York b. Durban c. Hague d. Singapore 17. How many countries have so far ratied the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage?B

a. 3 b. 4 c. 6 d. 8 18. Year 2011 has been of cially designated by the United Nations as ... C a. International Year of Biotechnology b. International Year of Space Science c. International Year of Chemistry d. International Year of Physics 19. Marange Diamond elds are located in the country of and it was recently allowed by the Kimberley Process Certication Scheme to sell the diamonds in the international markets agreeing that Marange is Conict Free. C a. Angola b. Liberia c. Zimbabwe d. Sierra Leone 20. Assam Ries is headquartered in C a. Delhi b. Bangalore c. Shillong d. None of these 21. Who will be India's chief Guest at the Republic Day 2011? A a. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono b. Raq Tarar c. Dmitriy Medvedev d. None of these 22. As on december 2009, what is India's Rank in World Uranium Production as per the latest data of World Nuclear Association? C a. 10th b. 12th c. 13th d. 18th 23. Who is the Prime Minister of Poland? B a. Ian Roberts b. Donald Tusk c. John Huggs d. None of these 24. Who is the Union Minister for Ministry of Earth Sciences and Ministry of Science and Technology?C a. Raj Babbar b. Manmohan Singh

c. Kapil Sibal d. Sripati Mishra 25. Which of the following is not a Maharatna company?D a. Indian Oil Corporation b. NTPC Limited c. Steel Authority of India Limited d. Bharat Electronics Limited 26. He Yaozu is associated with which of the companies? D a. Sony b. LG Electronics c. Samsung d. Suzlon Energy 27. Damurey is a name of cyclone that stormed ...A a. South Korea b. China c. Japan d. Indonesia 28. In the March ceremony of 18th Commonwealth Games, the Indian squad was led by A a. Maj Rajyawardhan Singh Rathore b. P. T. Usha c. Jaspal Rana d. Kunjarani 29. Identify the cricketer who has bagged 1000 wickets in international cricket.D a. Dennis Lillie b. Bishan Singh Bedi c. Chaminda Vass d. Muthaiya Murlitharan 30. Ranthambhore Wild Life Sanctuary is famous for which of the following animals? D a. Deer b. Rhino c. Elephant d. Tiger 31. What do you mean by Illegal Tender?D a. Black money b. Mutilated cheque c. Dishonoured cheque d. None of these 32. In which of the following years was ICICI Bank established?D a. 1991 b. 1992

c. 1993 d. 1994 33. What does Blue Revolution mean?A a. Fisheries b. Space program c. Agriculture program d. None of these 34. Su-30 MK is a combat aircraft from D a. USA b. China c. Germany d. Russia 35. Which of the personalities said All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others?C a. Asimov b. Grahm greene c. George Orwell d. Karl Marx 36. Who wrote An Area of Darkness?D a. Vinita Ketaki b. Piloo Modi c. Kiran Desai d. V.S. Naipual 37. Name the game that started from Manipur and later became popular internationally.C a. Volleyball b. Archery c. Polo d. Chess 38. Karim Masimov is the Prime Minister of which country?C a. Iran b. Libya c. Kazakhastan d. Iraq 39. Who wrote Future Shock? D a. Bejan Daruwala b. Linda Goodman c. Maa Prem Usha d. None of these 40. Saptashava, a name in Hindu mythology is related to which of the following Gods?B a. Indra b. Surya c. Yama

d. Vishnu 41. Winner of the Noble Prize 2006 for literature, Orhan Pamak, is a native of C a. USA b. Russia c. Turkey d. Egypt 42. Which of the following is not a Raga?D a. Jai Jaiwanti b. Megh Malhar c. Bhairavi d. All are Ragas 43. The name Valentina Tereshkova is associated ...B a. Astrology b. Astronomy c. Woodcraft d. Witchcraft 44. Ramayan is the work of A a. Valmiki b. Sant Tulsidas c. Vedvyas d. None of these 45. Which of the following is another name for Lie Detector?B a. Polydetect b. Polygraph c. Polyclue d. Polybus 46. Benigno S. Aquino III is the President of ...C a. South Korea b. Myanmar c. Phillipines d. None of these 47. Identify the person who is a former tennis champion and an actor too.B a. Anand Amritraj b. Viay Amritraj c. Roger Federer d. Andre Aggasi 48. With which game would you associate Ronjan Sodhi?C a. Billiards b. Swimming c. Shooting d. None of these

49. The CBI arrested , the sacked treasurer of the CWG Organising Committee recently.B a. Ranjan Mullick b. M. Jayachandran c. Sushil Kumar d. None of them 50. Who is the current central vigilance commissioner of India? B a. G.E. Vahanvati b. P. J. Thomas c. Ajay Mathur d. None of these ANSWERS 1. a. Brazil 2. c. Unique Identi cation Authority of India 3. c. 100 days 4. d. Maharashtra 5. d. Open 6. a. Nikki Randhawa Haley 7. a. Kerala 8. a. RBI 9. c. Vedanta 10. b. Swedish Academy 11. b. Chemistry 12. d. Mario Vargas Llosa 13. a. Zaha Hadid 14. a. David Lloyd Johnston 15. c. Meghalaya 16. a. New York 17. b. 4 18. c. International Year of Chemistry 19. c. Zimbabwe 20. c. Shillong 21. a. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono 22. c. 13th 23. b. Donald Tusk 24. c. Kapil Sibal 25. d. Bharat Electronics Limited 26. d. Suzlon Energy 27. a. South Korea 28. a. Maj Rajyawardhan Singh Rathore 29. d. Muthaiya Murlitharan

30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49.

d. Tiger d. None of these d. 1994 a. Fisheries d. Russia c. George Orwell d. V.S. Naipual c. Polo c. Kazakhastan d. None of these b. Surya c. Turkey d. All are Ragas b. Astronomy a. Valmiki b. Polygraph c. Phillipines b. Viay Amritraj c. Shooting b. M. Jayachandran

50. b. P.J. Thoma

General Knowledge Quiz for Competitions / 2010 General Knowledge Quiz 1. AUTHOR OF HARD TIMES C a. ENDID BLYTON b. RAJ RAO c. CHARLE'S DICKEN'S d. H G WELLS 2. WHICH IS THE LANGUAGE SPOKEN BY MOST PEOPLE D a. ANSWER OF c & d b. FRENCH c. SPANISH d. MANDRAIAN 3. THE STUDY [ART] OF COMMUNICATING IDEAS OR THOUGHTS BY FINGER D a. DANOLOGY b. CYTOLOGY c. ETHICS d. DACTYOLOGY or of computer C a. Blaz Pascal b. shoiab c. challes babbage

d. fff 5. branch of science deals with causes of diseases is- B a. gerontology b. etiology c. herpatology d. limnology 6. Who built Eiffel tower B a. Louis Williams b. Gustave Eiffel c. Brendon Louis Shephard d. Qui Nan Mian 7. The longest inland waterways in the world is ? A a. Mississippi river system b. The Great Lakes c. St.Lawrence d. River Rhine 8. which country invented the atom bomb? A a. u.s.a b. france c. germany d. india 9. The software named SEAMONKEY is used in a computer to C a. Delete the virus infected files b. Recover lost datas c. Browse the internet d. use as a media player 10. Which Jonas brother dated Taylor Swift? C a. Nick b. Kevin c. Jo d. Frankie 11. WHO ARE MILEY'S BEST FRIENDS IN THE HIT T.V SERIES 'HANNAH MONTANA'? B a. amber and ashley b. lilly and oliver c. cooper and jake d. ashley and oliver 12. Which medicine is used for the treatment of cough? C

a. timozolomide b. minoxidil c. Levopromazine d. ciprofloxacin 13. which is driest place in world? B a. sahara desert b. atcama desert c. both a&ampb d. thar desert 14. length of thar desert? B a. 2,59,000 meters b. 2,59,000 kilometers c. 2,59,200 mts d. 20,59,000mts 15. Tagline 'Empowering people' is linked with which brand? D a. wipro b. HCL c. compaq d. acer 16. How do plants stand erect? B a. BOND b. Cellwalls c. Bone d. Tissue 17. which asian team will be out of the next fifa world cup for the first time after a gap of 20 years D a. saudi arab b. south koria c. japan d. iran 18. who awarded the indira gandhi peace prize of the year 2010? B a. pratibha patil b. PM Sheikh hazina c. obama 19. When does mahatma gandhi born? A a. October 2,1869 b. September 19,1919 c. January 30,1869 d. August 30,1870

20. what is called master blaster? B a. ricky ponting b. schin tendulkar c. fd d. dghsd 21. which bowler throw a fastest bowl in ODI's? B a. Breat Lee b. Shaun Tait c. Dail Stain d. Shain Bond 22. When was first movie made in india? D a. 1957 b. 1921 c. 1963 d. 1961 23. Who was the first women to walk in space? C a. Marina d'cruz b. Masiana mishkaya c. Swetlana savitskaya d. Diana miranda 24. Which Best Player best of double century made in 2010? A a. Sachin Tendulkar b. Sehwag c. Yuraj singh d. Dhoni 25. Where is Andre rieu playing next?A a. south africa b. brazil c. india d. austria 26. who is invented unix?B a. feynman b. dennis ritchi c. nicolar thomsan d. hulat bakkardin 27. which women got the ascar award in 2009 A a. banu athaya b. anju bobby george

c. bachendri pal d. lakshmi bay 28. when a new galaxy found? B a. feb 5 of2009 b. jan 30 of2010 c. march 6 of2010 d. april 7 of 2007 29. Wht is the city code for Colombo B a. com b. cmb c. cbb d. cbm 30. who hit 6 sixes in 20-20 world cup C a. M.S Dhoni b. Kumar Sangakara c. Yuvraj Singh d. Avishek Chakraborty 31. Sun city in rajasthan? B a. Jaipur b. Jodhpur c. Ajmer d. Alwar 32. what is the city code for Colombo B a. com b. cmb c. cbb d. cbm 33. which hokey player is known as magician of hockey? B a. dhanraj pillai b. dhiyan chand c. sandeep d. rajesh 34. what is the abbreivattion of WIpro A a. western indian products b. west india products c. western indian product d. west indiaian product 35. what is the abbreivattion of NCR company? B

a. north central region b. national cash register c. national capital region d. north capitalregion 36. who has written God of small thing? C a. nirupama rao b. vikram seth c. arundhati rai d. salman rushdi 37. Who established the &quotAJAD HIND FAUJ" ? B a. Subhash Chandra Bose b. Ras Bihari Bose c. V.D. Savarkar d. Gyanendra Nath Bose 38. Who is called as Frontier Gandhi ? A a. Abdul Gaffar khan b. Sir syaid Ahmed Khan c. Aga khan d. Salimullah 39. In which year the division of Bengal is happened?B a. 1904 b. 1905 c. 1914 d. 1916 40. In which year IBBNEBATUTA came in India? D a. 1000 b. 1111 c. 1222 d. 1333 41. In which year "Dandi Yatra' is done by Mahatma Gandhi?A a. 1930 b. 1927 c. 1933 d. 1929 42. Who was the fourth Prime minister of India? B a. Chaudhary Charad Singh b. MorarJi Desai c. V.P.Singh d. Chandrashekhar

43. Maximum possibble no. of seats in Indian Loksabha is? A a. 552 b. 545 c. 547 d. 541 44. world largest gravity dam is located in C a. Pakistan b. Russia c. India d. US 45. who is the first women ips officer in India C a. lathika charan b. Thilagavati c. kiran bedi 46. which is the sugar bowl of world D a. brazil b. japan c. india d. cuba 47. who is invented in penicillin C a. graham bhell b. thomas alwa edison c. alexander flemming d. charles babbage 48. who invented radium B a. alexander flemming b. madam curie c. newton d. g.t naidu 49. who invented watch ? B a. charls babbage b. noah's ark c. adam smith d. non of this 50. who is the first women freedom fighter B a. vijayalakshmi pandit b. jhansi rani c. sarojini naidu

d. none of these 51. what is the native place of mother teresa B a. england b. cecozlovakia c. denmark d. calcutta 52. The last tale of Shakespeare A a. the tempest b. hamlet c. seven stages 53. How many legs did a butterfly had? C a. 2 b. 4 c. 6 d. 8 54. when the twin tower destroyed ? D a. dec.24 ,2001 b. sept.27 ,2000 c. aug 8,1968 d. sept. 11,2001 55. what is the capital of china B a. india b. bejjing c. sanghai d. delhi 56. what is the capital of india? B a. kolkata b. delhi c. haryana d. lucknow 57. who gave the slogan '&quotYES WE CAN" during his presidential campaign?? B a. pratibha patil b. barak obama c. george bush d. hamid ansari 58. In absence of both the president and vice president who serves the office of the president of india?? C a. Prime Minister of India

b. Speaker of Lok Sabha c. Chief justice of india d. Governer of any state 59. who is the general-secretary of united nations at present?? D a. kofi annan b. shiv shankar menon c. kseniya sukhinova d. Ban ki moon 60. who is the vice president of india ? B a. bhairo singh shekhawat b. mohammad hamid ansari c. shankar dayal sharma d. narayan dutt tiwari 61. who is the ex-officio chairman of planning commission of india ? C a. President of india b. Vice president of india c. Prime Minister of India d. Speaker of lok sabha 62. which city is known as empire city ? A a. New york b. Ajmer c. Jaipur d. Rome 63. where does the great slave lake is situated ? B a. United States of America b. Canada c. United kingdom d. Saudi Arbia 64. which national highway is longest in india ? C a. NH-2 b. NH-24 c. NH-7 d. NH-8 65. who is the supreme commander of indian armed forces ? D a. Prime Minister of India b. Defence Minister of India c. Vice President of India d. President of India

66. WHAT IS CALLED THE LAND OF THE RISING SUN? C a. NEPAL b. CHINA c. JAPAN d. INDIA 67. who wins the world chess championship in 2009 A a. Vishvanathan Anand,India b. Abhijeet Gupta,India c. Alexander Grischuk,Russia d. Ashwin Jayaram,India 68. who wins the world chess championship in 2009 B a. Vishvanathan Anand,India b. Abhijeet Gupta,India c. Alexander Grischuk,Russia d. Ashwin Jayaram,India 69. who won the t20 world cup in2010 in england? C a. australia b. pakistan c. england d. sri lanka 70. what is the slogan for dell? A a. yours is here b. what is here c. empowering technology d. power of tech 71. What is the Speciality of Matribhoomi Train? D a. 1 ladies special trains in the suburban sections of the four major metros. b. 45 ladies special trains in the suburban sections of the four major metros. c. 20 ladies special trains in the suburban sections of the four major metros. d. 21 ladies special trains in the suburban sections of the four major metros. 72. What is difference between Indian Standard Time [IST] & Greenwich mean Time {GMT } A a. +5.30 hrs b. -5.30 hrs c. +3.30 hrs d. - 4.30 hrs 73. Who won the first world cup? B a. australia b. west indies

c. pakistan d. india 74. who took first wicket in ipl3 C a. shane bond b. zaheer khan c. chaminda vaas d. shaun tait 75. Who is Finance Minister in 2010 ? D a. manmohan singh b. gurumit c. amit kr. sharma d. parnab mukhraji 76. In which state kalahasthi is situated? B a. tamil nadu b. andhra pradesh c. karnataka d. kerala 77. when was french east india company was started?A a. 1664 b. 1661 c. 1665 d. 1668 78. what is india's national flower B a. jasmine b. lotus c. sunflower d. none of these 79. In which Plant called this potinical name' HIBISCUS ROSANAS' C a. jasmine b. SUNFLOWER c. CHAMBARAUTHI d. COTTON 80. which is the oldest and no.1 nationalized bank B a. indian bank b. state bank of india c. andhra bank d. canara bank 81. Where is situated in BIRLA PLANITORIUM A

a. chennai b. mumbai c. kanpur d. delhi 82. what is mother name of SATHRAPATHI SIVAJI B a. NOORJAHAN b. JEEJI BAI c. PUTLI BAI d. none of these 83. IN WHICH COUNTRY, HIGHEST POPULATION IN WORLD B a. india b. CHINA c. AMERICA d. RUSSIA 84. what is the capital of kerala C a. cochin b. palakkad c. thiruvanathapuram d. thirussur 85. presently, who is the election commissioner for tamilnadu D a. T.N.SHESHAN b. VENKATEASAMI c. GOVINDARAJAN d. NARESH GUPTA 86. INDIA'S HOME MINISTER B a. PRANAB MUKARJEE b. P.CHIDAMBARAM c. LALU PRASAD YADHAV d. MANMOHAN SINGH 87. which country is the most important member of the UN? A a. India b. China c. Russia d. Arab 88. who got the booker prize for white tiger ? C a. maninder b. amandeep c. aravind adiga d. jhon oram

89. Who discovered penicillin? B a. stephen hawkins b. alexander fleming c. robert hooke d. albert einstein 90. Father of Computer C a. Charles Darwin b. Tim Bernersly c. Charles Babbage d. Bill Gates 91. name the capital of iran D a. beijing b. london c. israel d. tehran 92. Which is the land of &quotwhite lillies"? B a. Moscow b. Canada c. Iceland d. India 93. Who are running for Fine Gael in the european elections for Ireland south? C a. Kay Dawson and Philomena Hannigan b. Patrick O'Driscoll and Fanahan McSweeny c. Colm Burke and Sean Kelly d. Bertie Ahern and Mary Poppins 94. which country has more names to it? D a. U.S. b. china c. nepal d. india 95. who are winners of Icc20-20 world cup 2007? C a. southafrica b. australia c. india d. pakistan 96. Which Article in Constitution was given more wider meaning? D a. Article 14 b. Article 12

c. Article 32 d. Article 21 97. The Netherlands is also known as? C a. england b. scotland c. holland d. none 98. ISRO is located in A a. Bangalore b. Srihari kota c. New delhi d. jaipur 99. Who Invented Nylon? C a. William Makepeace b. Andrew Pitt c. Wallace Carrothers d. Peter Caruana 100. What is the meant by waseef ? A a. The king b. The lion c. The leopard d. The tiger 101. which is the only lady to win 2 noble prize for chemistry? A a. marie curie b. sonia gandhi c. kanchan ishwar d. issac newton 102. which country is the largest producer of cooffe A a. brazil b. russia c. italy d. china 103. who was the architect of St. Peter's Basilica? A a. Donato Bramante b. albert ivanovich c. james spencer d. albert bartholdy 104. who is canadian prime minister? A

a. stephen haper b. maddol nat c. al bifrego d. john napier 105. which animal sweats on its tongue? B a. cat b. dog c. cow d. camel 106. WHICH COUNTRY IS THE LARGEST PRODUCER OF ONION. C a. AUSTRALIA b. AMERICA c. MEXICO d. BRAZIL 107. Which is the national aquatic animal of india? A a. Dolphin b. Whale c. Python d. Crocodile 108. who is higest scorer for cricket in odi match D a. jayasuriya b. rickeypoinding c. brain lara d. sachin tendulkar 109. who is the eighth general secretary of UNO?C a. koffe anan b. nelson mandela c. ban ki moon d. obama 110. National youth day celebrated in the memory of D a. Sardar bhagat singh b. Subhash chandra Bos c. Chandrashekhar Azad d. Swami vivekanand 111. which state of india has largest forest C a. maharastra b. west bengal c. madhya pradesh d. kerela

112. in bio reseve whch states forst was take in world bio reserve A a. w.b b. m.p c. kerela d. gujarat 113. union minister of aviation? B a. murali deora b. praful patel c. anand sharma d. sharad pawar 114. Who is the first cricketer to hit 6 sixes in an over in T20 cricket? C a. Sachin Tendulkar b. Ricky Ponting c. Yuvraj Singh d. Shane Watson 115. what animal can last the longest without water B a. Dog b. Rats c. Frog d. Camels 116. who is the author of " The mid night childern". A a. Salman rushdi b. Arvind adiga c. Kiran desai d. Arundharti roy 117. India plans a manned mission to the moon by A a. 2020 b. \2025 c. 2030 d. 2012 118. Which country has won the football world cup five times ? C a. England b. France c. Brazil d. Italy 119. which country in africa has the shape of a horn? B a. sudan b. somalia

c. libya d. morocco 120. what is the currency of bangladesh? C a. euro b. yen c. taka d. rupees 121. which country celebrates its Independence Day on 14 August? C a. albania b. turkistan c. pakistan d. italy 122. The First train ran between which two cities of India B a. Bariely to Lucknow b. Bombay to Thane c. Bhopal to Gwalior d. Punjab to Ludhiana 123. which river is known as &quotchina's sorrow" ? B a. damodar river b. hwang ho river c. ganga river d. hoogly river 124. When did michael jackson die? C a. 20 july 2009 b. 29 august 2002 c. 25 june 2009 d. 15 november 2008 125. Which country in 2009 had numero test player and odi player of the year? D a. Bangladesh b. Pakistan c. Australia d. India 126. Who is the author of the book &quotThe Daughter of the East"? C a. Jawaharlal Nehru b. Nelson Mandela c. Benazir Bhutto d. Guid Blyton 127. Which country is the largest consumer, producer and exporter of tea? B

a. China b. India c. Cuba d. Brazil 128. Our earth is in which type of galaxy?A a. Spiral b. Irregular c. Elliptical d. Rectangular 129. who won the ballon do'r in 2008 B a. rooney b. ronaldo c. tevez d. messi 130. what is the capital of norway ? C a. lisbon b. Rome c. Oslo d. Ciaro 131. which is the world's most fastest snake. B a. king cobra b. green pit wiper c. dimond rattel d. ghhater 132. which is the world's 3 rd most poisness snake A a. dimond rattel b. black mamba c. green pit wiper d. cobra 133. When is the World Population Day? C a. December 10 b. August 9 c. July 11 d. June 5 134. Which country has a 13 month in a calendar B a. brazil b. ethopia c. siberia d. finland

135. what is the capital of sudan B a. kairo b. khartoum c. Ottawa d. gngtok 136. how tall is k2 the second tallest mountain in the world? C a. 8864m b. 8848m c. 8611m d. 8765m 137. How many wives had Henry VIII of England? A a. six b. eigth c. two d. ten 138. what means &quotmon amour" in french? A a. my love b. my lady c. my armour d. my house 139. Where is the world's tallest building? C a. Tokyo b. Shangai c. Dubai d. Taipe 140. Which city in the world has the most amount of theaters? D a. London b. New York c. Paris d. Buenos Aires

1. AUTHOR OF HARD TIMES Correct Answer: CHARLE'S DICKEN'S 2. WHICH IS THE LANGUAGE SPOKEN BY MOST PEOPLE

Correct Answer: MANDRAIAN 3. THE STUDY [ART] OF COMMUNICATING IDEAS OR THOUGHTS BY FINGER Correct Answer: DACTYOLOGY 4. Who is inventor of computer Correct Answer: challes babbage 5. branch of science deals with causes of diseases isCorrect Answer: etiology 6. Who built Eiffel tower Correct Answer: French engineer Gustave Eiffel 7. The longest inland waterways in the world is ? Correct Answer: Mississippi river system 8. which country invented the atom bomb? Correct Answer: u.s.a 9. The software named SEAMONKEY is used in a computer to Correct Answer: Browse the internet 10. Which Jonas brother dated Taylor Swift? Correct Answer: Jo 11. WHO ARE MILEY'S BEST FRIENDS IN THE HIT T.V SERIES 'HANNAH MONTANA'? Correct Answer: lilly and oliver 12. Which medicine is used for the treatment of cough? Correct Answer: Levopromazine 13. Which is driest place in world?

Correct Answer: atcama desert 14. Length of that desert? Correct Answer: 2,59,000 kilometers 15. Tagline 'Empowering people' is linked with which brand? Correct Answer: acer 16. How do plants stand erect? Correct Answer: Cellwalls 17. Which Asian team will be out of the next fifa world cup for the first time after a gap of 20 years Correct Answer: iran 18. who awarded the indira gandhi peace prize of the year 2010? Correct Answer: PM Sheikh hazina 19. When does mahatma gandhi born? Correct Answer: October 2,1869 20. what is called master blaster? Correct Answer: schin tendulkar 21. which bowler throw a fastest bowl in ODI's? Correct Answer: Shaun Tait 22. When was first movie made in India? Correct Answer: 1961 23. Who were the first women to walk in space? Correct Answer: Swetlana savitskaya 24. Which Best Player best of double century made in 2010? Correct Answer: Sachin Tendulkar

25. Where is Andre rieu playing next? Correct Answer: south africa 26. who is invented unix? Correct Answer: dennis ritchi 27. which women got the ascar award in 2009 Correct Answer: banu athaya 28. when a new galaxy found? Correct Answer: jan 30 of2010 29. Wht is the city code for colombo Correct Answer: cmb 30. who hit 6 sixes in 20-20 world cup Correct Answer: Yuvraj Singh 31. Sun City in Rajasthan? Correct Answer: Jodhpur 32. What is the city code for colombo Correct Answer: com 33. Which hokey player is known as magician of hockey? Correct Answer: dhiyan chand 34. What is the abbreivattion of WIpro Correct Answer: western indian products 35. what is the abbreivattion of NCR company? Correct Answer: national cash register 36. Who has written God of small thing?

Correct Answer: arundhati rai 37. Who established the &quotAJAD HIND FAUJ" ? Correct Answer: Ras Bihari Bose 38. Who is called as Frontier Gandhi ? Correct Answer: Abdul Gaffar khan 39. In which year the devision of Bengal is happend? Correct Answer: 1905 40. In which year IBBNEBATUTA came in India? Correct Answer: 1333 41. In which year "Dandi Yatra' is done by Mahatma Gandhi? Correct Answer: 1930 42. Who was the fourth Prime minister of India? Correct Answer: MorarJi Desai 43. Maximum possibble no. of seats in Indian Loksabha is? Correct Answer: 552 44. world largest gravity dam is located in Correct Answer: India 45. who is the first women ips officer in india Correct Answer: kiran bedi 46. which is the sugar bowl of world Correct Answer: cuba 47. who is invented in penicillin Correct Answer: alexander flemming

48. who invented radium Correct Answer: madam curie 49. who invented watch ? Correct Answer: noah's ark 50. who is the first women freedom fighter Correct Answer: jhansi rani 51. what is the native place of mother teresa Correct Answer: cecozlovakia 52. the last tale of shakespere Correct Answer: the tempest 53. how many legs did a butterfly had? Correct Answer: 6 54. when the twin tower destroyed ? Correct Answer: sept. 11,2001 55. what is the capital of china Correct Answer: bejjing 56. what is the capital of india? Correct Answer: delhi 57. who gave the slogan '&quotYES WE CAN" during his presidential campaign?? Correct Answer: barak obama 58. In absence of both the president and vice president who serves the office of the president of india?? Correct Answer: Chief justice of india

59. who is the general-secretary of united nations at present?? Correct Answer: Ban ki moon 60. who is the vice president of india ? Correct Answer: mohammad hamid ansari 61. who is the ex-officio chairman of planning commission of india ? Correct Answer: Prime Minister of India 62. which city is known as empire city ? Correct Answer: New york 63. where does the great slave lake is situated ? Correct Answer: Canada 64. which national highway is longest in india ? Correct Answer: NH-7 65. who is the supreme commander of indian armed forces ? Correct Answer: President of India 66. WHAT IS CALLED THE LAND OF THE RISING SUN? Correct Answer: JAPAN 67. who wins the world chess championship in 2009 Correct Answer: Vishvanathan Anand,India 68. who wins the world chess championship in 2009 Correct Answer: Abhijeet Gupta,India 69. Who won the t20 world cup in2010 in England? Correct Answer: England 70. What is the slogan for dell?

Correct Answer: yours is here 71. What is the Specialty of Matribhoomi Train? Correct Answer: 21 ladies special trains in the suburban sections of the four major metros. 72. What is difference between Indian Standard Time [IST] & Greenwich mean Time {GMT } Correct Answer: +5.30 hrs 73. Who won the first world cup? Correct Answer: west Indies 74. Who took first wicket in ipl3 Correct Answer: chaminda vaas 75. Who is Finance Minister in 2010 ? Correct Answer: parnab mukhraji 76. In which state kalahasthi is situated? Correct Answer: andhra pradesh 77. when was french east india company was started? Correct Answer: 1664 78. what is india's national flower Correct Answer: lotus 79. In which Plant called this potinical name' HIBISCUS ROSANAS' Correct Answer: CHAMBARAUTHI 80. which is the oldest and no.1 nationalized bank Correct Answer: state bank of india 81. Where is situated in BIRLA PLANITORIUM

Correct Answer: chennai 82. what is mother name of SATHRAPATHI SIVAJI Correct Answer: JEEJI BAI 83. IN WHICH COUNTRY, HIGHEST POPULATION IN WORLD Correct Answer: CHINA 84. what is the capital of kerala Correct Answer: thiruvanathapuram 85. presently,who is the election commissioner for tamilnadu Correct Answer: NARESH GUPTA 86. INDIA'S HOME MINISTER Correct Answer: P.CHIDAMBARAM 87. which country is the most important member of the UN? Correct Answer: India 88. who got the booker prize for white tiger ? Correct Answer: aravind adiga 89. Who discovered penicillin? Correct Answer: alexander fleming 90. Father of Computer Correct Answer: Charles Babbage 91. name the capital of iran Correct Answer: tehran 92. Which is the land of &quotwhite lillies"? Correct Answer: Canada

93. Who are running for Fine Gael in the european elections for Ireland south? Correct Answer: Colm Burke and Sean Kelly 94. which country has more names to it? Correct Answer: india 95. who are winners of Icc20-20 world cup 2007? Correct Answer: India 96. Which Article in Constitution was given more wider meaning? Correct Answer: Article 21 97. The Netherlands is also known as? Correct Answer: Holland 98. ISRO is located in Correct Answer: Bangalore 99. Who Invented Nylon? Correct Answer: Wallace Carrothers 100. What is the meant by waseef ? Correct Answer: The king 101. Which is the only lady to win 2 noble prizes for chemistry? Correct Answer: marie curie 102. Which country is the largest producer of coffee Correct Answer: brazil 103. who was the architect of St. Peter's Basilica? Correct Answer: Donato Bramante 104. who is Canadian prime minister?

Correct Answer: stephen haper 105. which animal sweats on its tongue? Correct Answer: dog 106. WHICH COUNTRY IS THE LARGEST PRODUCER OF ONION? Correct Answer: MEXICO 107. Which is the national aquatic animal of India? Correct Answer: Dolphin 108. who is highest scorer for cricket in odi match Correct Answer: sachin tendulkar 109. Who is the eighth general secretary of UNO? Correct Answer: ban ki moon 110. National youth day celebrated in the memory of Correct Answer: Swami Vivekananda 111. which state of India has largest forest Correct Answer: madhya pradesh 112. in bio reserve which states forst was take in world bio reserve Correct Answer: w.b 113. Union minister of aviation? Correct Answer: praful patel 114. Who is the first cricketer to hit 6 sixes in an over in T20 cricket? Correct Answer: Yuvraj Singh 115. what animal can last the longest without water Correct Answer: Rats

116. who is the author of " The mid night children". Correct Answer: Salman rushdi 117. India plans a manned mission to the moon by Correct Answer: 2020 118. Which country has won the football world cup five times ? Correct Answer: Brazil 119. which country in africa has the shape of a horn? Correct Answer: somalia 120. what is the currency of Bangladesh? Correct Answer: taka 121. Which country celebrates its Independence Day on 14 August? Pakistan. 122. The First train ran between which two cities of India Correct Answer: Bombay to Thane 123. which river is known as &quotchina's sorrow" ? Correct Answer: hwang ho river 124. When did michael jackson die? Correct Answer: 25 june 2009 125. Which country in 2009 had numero test player and odi player of the year? Correct Answer: India 126. Who is the author of the book &quotThe Daughter of the East"? Correct Answer: Benazir Bhutto 127. Which country is the largest consumer, producer and exporter of tea? Correct Answer: India

128. Our earth is in which type of galaxy? Correct Answer: Spiral 129. who won the ballon do'r in 2008 Correct Answer: ronaldo 130. what is the capital of norway ? Correct Answer: Oslo 131. which is the world's most fastest snake. Correct Answer: green pit wiper 132. which is the world's 3 rd most poisness snake Correct Answer: dimond rattel 133. When is the World Population Day? Correct Answer: July 11 134. Which country has a 13 month in a calender Correct Answer: ethopia 135. what is the capital of sudan Correct Answer: khartoum 136. how tall is k2 the second tallest mountain in the world? Correct Answer: 8611m 137. How many wives had Henry VIII of England? Correct Answer: six 138. what means &quotmon amour" in french? Correct Answer: my love 139. Where is the world's tallest building?

Correct Answer: Dubai 140. Which city in the world has the most amount of theaters? Correct Answer: Buenos Aires

Important Govt. Programme And Policies and Committees

1) Prerna:- The janasankhya sthirata kosh (national population stabilization fund) has to promote & under take activities aimed at achieving population stabilization at a level consistent with the needs of sustainable economic growth. Social development and environment protection by 2045 Prerna is a responsible for parenthood strategy. It is monetary incentive strategy aimed at pushing up the age of marriage of girls and delay the birth of the first child. (2) National Rural Health Mission:-Lunched in April 2005 the mission seeks to provide universal access to equitable, affordable and quality health care which is accountable and at the same time responsible to the needs of the people. It also aims to achieve the goals set out under the national policy and the millennium development goals during the mission period. (3) Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna:-Launched by ministry of labour & employment, govt of India to provide health insurance coverage for BPL families. Beneficiaries are entitled to hospitalization coverage up to Rs 30,000 for most of the disease that require hospitalization. (4) National Food Security Mission:-Sponsored scheme launched in august 2007. Objective is to increased production and productivity of wheat, rice and pulses. (5) 15 Point Programme:-In Oct 2009 govt decided to include 3 more schemes in the Prime ministers new 15 point programme for the welfare of minorities. Those are: National rural drinking water programme. Urban infrastructure developed scheme for small and medium town. Urban infrastructure and governance scheme. (6) Bharat Nirman Yojna:- It is a time bound business plan for action in rural in infrastructure .Under Bharat nirman , action was proposed in the areas of:I. Irrigation. II. Rural housing. III. Rural water supply. IV. Rural electrification. V. Rural telecommunication connectivity.

(7) National Mission On Education:-It is a mission in which education is provide through information and communication technology. SAKSHAT one stop education portal was launched on Oct 30 2006 by the president of India. Head of National knowledge commission:-Sam Pitroda. (8)Right To Education Act 2009:- Article 21-(A), as inserted by the constitution (86th Amendment Act) 2002, provides for free and compulsory education of all children in the age group of 6 to 14 years as a fundamental rights. Consequently the parliament has enacted this in April 2009. Salient features:(a) Free and compulsory education 6 to 14 age group. (b) Will apply to all India except J&K. (c) Provide for 25% reservation for economically disadvantaged communities in admission in private school. (d) A child who completes elementary education (up to class 8) shall be awarded a certificate. (9) Female Literacy:-It is a scheme to provide education & related facilities to ST Students launched by ministry of trial affairs in dec 11, 2009. (10) Anil Kalkaska Committee on reforms in IITS:-it will suggest reforms to make these elite institutions a global brand. (11) Yashpal Committee Report:- It was set up in 2008 for higher education and research. It has suggested the scrapping of all higher education regulatory /monitoring bodies and creation of a super regulation. It also recommended that the deemed university status be abandoned and that all deserving universities be either converted into full fledged universities or scrapped. (12) National Rural Livelihood Mission:-Ministry of rural development and panchyati raj proposed to restructure the existing swarnjayanti gram swarojgar yojna into rural livelihood mission to have a focused approach to rural poverty eradication in a time bound manner. Objective is to reduce poverty among rural BPL by promoting diversified and gainful self employment and wage employment opportunities which would lead to an appreciable increase in sustainable basis. (13) NREGA Renamed After Mahatma Gandhi:- On Oct 2, 2009. (14) Chandra Sheker Panel:- on the recomandation of a committee headed by cabinet secretary K.M Chander shaker. Centre had increased the pension for retired service man. (15) Rajiv Awas Yojna:-Ministry of housing and urban poverty alleviation had launched the housing project called the Rajiv awas yojna for slum dwellers and the urban poor. Aimed at making India slum free in the next five years. (16) Government Gave 50% Womens Quota: - For women in urban local bodies from 33 % to 50 % by the 108th const. amendment act. (17) B.K Chaturvedi panel to resolve the inter ministrial issues to speed up the ambitious national highways development project taken up by the road transport and highway ministry. (18) Librahan Commission:- It was set up in dec 16 ,1992 by the Narashima Rao govt. to probe the demolition of Babri Mosque. The commission was initially asked to give a report in three months, however it could do so only after over 16 years that saw 39 sitting and 48 extensions, finally on June 30 2009 it gave the report.

(19) S.D. Tendulkar Committee:-It is to estimate poverty in the country. Its said that about 38% of the countrys population are living below poverty line. This figure is 10% higher than the present poverty estimate of 28.5 % by the planning commission. (20) Moily Panel:- For administrative reform commission it is the 2nd administrative reform commission. (21) Unique Identification Authority:- Chairman of UID is Nandan Nilekani. He revealed that the first set of 16 digit unique identification number for citizen of the country will roll out by the end of 2010. The UIAI is a part of the planning mission of India. AADHAR:-UIDAI now new name AADHAR and also a logo. AADHAR or foundation through through which the citizen can claim his/her rights and establishment when assumed of equal opportunities as symbolized by the logo which has the halo of the sun in the imprint of a thumbs. (22) M.S swami Nathan Panel:- Its recommendation is on coasted management zone. (23) G.T Nanavati-Akshay Mehta judical commission:- Probing the Godhra train carnage and post Godhra riots. (24) Justice B.N Srikrishna is the head of the committee on Telangana issue. The committee is requested to submit its report by dec 31, 2010. (25) Census 2011:-15th national census of India. President being first person to share her details. First census was conducted in 1872. (26) D.P Wadhawa Committee On PDS:-Established by the Supreme Court to give recommendation on the reform of public distribution system. (27) Rajiv Gandhi Grammeen LPG Vitarak Yojna:- Union petroleum and natural gas ministry inaugurated this scheme for providing liquefied petroleum gas to the rural house hold at Lachhman ghar in sikar district of Rajasthan . Under the scheme it is proposed to increase the number of connection to 16 crores with coverage of 75% of population by 2015. (28) Punchhi Commission:-Commission on centre state relation. It was constituted in April 2007. It was ask to make recommendation to help address the emerging challenges faced by the nation regarding centre state relation. Before this in mid 1980s the SARKARI commission had undertaken a comprehensive review of the center state relation. (29) National Integration Council:-The Govt. has reconstituted it which will be chaired by prime minister. Set up in the early 60s by Nehru. (30) E.R Rammohan Committee on Dantewada Massacre of CRPF personal. (31) ICDS:-Integrated child development service launched on 2nd Oct 1975. It is the world largest programme for early child hood. The objective is to improve the nutritional and health status of children in the age group of 0-6 years. (33) Green India Mission:- Ministry of environment and forests and the defense research and development organization have launched the mission.

 The aim is to bring a million heacter of high altitude, cold desert ecosystem under cultivation by 2020. (34) Pradhan Mantra Adarsh Gram Yojna:- It was launched in Rajasthan Sriganga nagar district. Aim at integrated development of 1,000 villages where a majority of the population belongs to the schedule caste. It is a replica of U.Ps Ambedkar village scheme. (35) Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission:- Objective -Generation of 20000 mw of solar energy in three phases by 2022. Under this govt. aims to add at least 1000 mw solar power by the end of 2013. Power Finance Corporation and the rural electrification corporation had agreed to provide financial assistance. (36) Certified command of state centre force in chattisgrah, orissa,Jharkhand, Bengal was mooted to counter naxal problem. Under this a IG rank officer or a retired major general on board should be headed the certified command. In this: Additional helicopters should be provided. 400 new police stations should be opened. 34 new battalions should be constituted. (37) S. Irani committee:- Rajasthan Govt appointed this committee regarding the Issue of providing reservation to Gujjars. (38) Pradhan committee: Investigate Nov 26 2008 terror attack.

(39) Muzzafar Jan Commission:This committee had probed the gang rape of 17 years old Asiya and pregnant neelofar in shopiaon (J&K). (40) Kasturi Rangan Committee:- Council of scientific and industrial research (CSIR) has set up this committee. To see the capability of the national aerospace laboratory (NAL) to build civil aircraft. (41) Goverdhan Mehta Committee:-To review the procedure of the intergovernmental panel on clime change. (42) National Advisory Council: A consultative body, chained by Sonia Gandhi. To serve as

CURRENT AFFAIRS 1. United Nations Climate Change Conference 2010 is ofcially referred to as the ... session of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. C a. 18th b. 17th c. 16th d. 15th

2. Neutrino Observatory (INO) project is located near which of the following hills? B a. Anamalai Hills b. Nilgiri Hills c. Khasi Hills d. Patkai Hills 3. Where was rst the AsiaEurope Meeting (ASEM) summit held? A a. Thailand b. Malaysia c. India d. Pakistan 4. Who has been awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine 2010? D a. Richard Heck b. Ei-ichi Negishi c. Akira Suzuki d. Robert Edwards 5. Ajay Jayaram is a well known player. A a. Badminton b. Golf c. Tennis d. Hockey 6. Toxic red sludge, a waste product from making which metal, burst out of a Hungarian factory's reservoir reached Danube River of Europe? B a. Copper b. Aluminum c. Lithium d. Rubidium 7. Who authored Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter? B a. Ruskin Bond b. Mario Vargas c. Jonathan d. None of these 8. Suresh Tendulkar is associated with ... A a. Prime Ministers Relief Fund b. Telecom Regulatory Au- thority of India c. UN d. None of these 9. Omkar Singh and Anisa Sayyed are associated with which of the following games? C a. Hockey b. Basketball c. Shooting d. Cricket

10. With which company would you associate Partha S. Bhattacharyya? A a. Coal India Limited b. NTPC c. IOC d. Bharat Electronics Limited

11. Robert Edwards shares an association with?C a. Physics b. Chemistry c. Biology d. Mathematics 12. The total number of medals that India has won in Common Wealth Games 2010 is A a. 101 b. 102 c. 103 d. 105 13. Which of the following is a Tennis Player?B a. Dan Carter b. Greg Jones c. Johnny Weissmuller d. None of these 14. H. R. Bhardwaj is the governor of A a. Karnataka b. Kerala c. Tamil Nadu d. Andra Pradesh 15. Who has been awarded the Nobel Economics Prize2010?D a. Peter Granger b. Jilly Cooper c. Dale Mortensen d. None of these 16. Jaitapur nuclear power plant is in which city?A a. Ratnagiri b. Nagpur c. Pune d. Mumbai 17. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin agged off the construction of which space centre? A a. Vostochny Space Center b. Vladimir Space Center c. Hioto Space Center d. None of these 18. Who is the State Chief Information Commissioner of Chennai? D a. Hiren Singh b. R. K. Narayan c. Vinod Joshi d. K. S. Sripathi 19. Who is known as the "Father of the Green Revolution in India"? A a. Norman Ernest Borlaug b. M. S. Swaminathan c. J. S. Thomson d. None of these

20. Burning Bright: Irom Sharmila and the Struggle for Peace in Manipur has been written by ...B

a. Arundhati Ray b. Deepti Priya Mehrotra c. Shivani Jain d. None of these 21. South Korean Pohang-class cor-vette sank because of which of the following torpedoes? C a. Wang Geon b. Ulchi Mundok c. Cheonan d. None of these 22. Naoto Kan, the Prime Minister of Japan was preceded by A a. Yukio Hatoyama b. Yon Ki c. Chiang Zell d. Yukoto Ziang 23. Srikumar Banerjee is associated with which of the following? B a. Atomic Energy Commission b. Bhaba Atomic Research Centre c. Defence Research And Development Organisation d. None of these 24. Who built the Brihadishwara Temple? A a. Rajaraja b. Vengi c. Rajendra Chola d. None of these 25. Sutlej River originates from?B a. India b. China c. Pakistan d. None of these 26. Pallavan Double Plus and Pallavan Muthusaram RD are deposit schemes that belong to A a. Indian Bank b. Bank of Baroda c. State Bank of India d. Allahabad Bank 27. Indian Constituent Assembly adopted the design of Indian National ag on? D a. August 23, 1947 b. September 13, 1947 c. August 15, 1947 d. July 22, 1947 28. The Indian National Anthem was sung for the rst time in B a. 1910 b. 1911 c. 1947 d. 1945 29. National fruit of India is? D a. Apple b. Sugarcane c. Orange d. Mango

30. When was the 42nd Amendment of the Constitution adopted? D a. 1970 b. 1972 c. 1974 d. 1976 31. Who elects the Vice President of India?D a. Members of Parliament b. Members of Lok Sabha c. Only b d. Both a and b 32. Department of Agricultural Research and Education comes under the Ministry of B a. Commerce and Industry b. Agriculture c. Commerce and Industry d. Food Processing Industries 33. An insurance plan, JiyoFit', has been launched by ... D a. HDFC standard life b. Bharti AXA c. LIC d. Bajaj Allianz 34. Where is the National Institute of Smart Government located? A a. Hyderabad b. Mumbai c. Pune d. Chennai 35. Defender Z+ is a A a. Locker b. Fighter plane c. Car d. Motorbike 36. Asias 1st EPZ was set up at A a. Kandla b. Delhi c. Falta d. Noida 37. In which year was the Integrated Defence Staff formed?D a. 1959 b. 1961 c. 1981 d. 2001 38. How many Integrated Test Ranges does DRDO have?B a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4 39. The Integrated Education for Disabled Children scheme was launched in C a. 1954

b. 1965 c. 1974 d. 1991 40. When was the Rural Electri -cation Corporation Limited incorporated as a Company under Companies Act, 1956? A a. 1969 b. 1971 c. 1989 d. 1991 41. Fort William is located in ... C a. Chennai b. Goa c. Kolkata d. Mysore 42. The Indian Tennis player who turned to Hollywood lmmaking is ... C a. Leander Paes b. N. Night Shyamlan c. Vijay Amritraj d. Ashok Amritraj 43. Tritum is an isotope of ... C a. Nitrogen b. Oxygen c. Hydrogen d. Phosphorous 44. In which country would you buy things using Lira? B a. Germany b. Italy c. USA d. Myanmar 45. What does the acronym cc in an email mean? C a. Character conversion b. Column code c. Carbon Copy d. Computer control 46. Love is associated with which of the following games? A a. Tennis b. Horse riding c. Lawn ball d. Billiards 47. Which country will host the Commonwealth Games 2014? C a. Australia b. Srilanka c. Scotland d. Canada 48. The Vrindavan Gardens are located in... C a. Mathura b. Manali c. Mysore d. Mohali

49. For measuring the diameter of a thin wire, you would use ... B a. Screw driver b. Screw gauge c. Screw metre d. Measuring tape 50. El sueo del celta has been written by C a. Pablo Neruda b. Shakespeare c. Mario Llosa d. None of these ANSWERS CURRENT AFFAIRS 1. c. 16th 2. b. Nilgiri Hills 3. a. Thailand 4. d. Robert Edwards 5. a. Badminton 6. b. Aluminum 7. b. Mario Vargas 8. a. Prime Ministers Relief Fund 9. c. Shooting 10. a. Coal India Limited 11. c. Biology 12. a. 101 13. b. Greg Jones 14. a. Karnataka 15. d. None of these 16. a. Ratnagiri 17. a. Vostochny Space Center 18. d. K.S. Sripathi 19. a. Norman Ernest Borlaug 20. b. Deepti Priya Mehrotra 21. c. Cheonan 22. a. Yukio Hatoyama 23. b. Bhaba Atomic Research Centre 24. a. Rajaraja 25. b. China 26. a. India Bank 27. d. 22nd July 1947 28. b. 1911 29. d. Mango 30. d. 1976 31. d. Both a and b 32. b. Agriculture 33. d. Bajaj Allianz 34. a. Hyderabad 35. a. Locker 36. a. Kandla 37. d. 2001 38. b. 2 39. c. 1974 40. a. 1969 41. c. Kolkata 42. c. Vijay Amritraj 43. c. Hydrogen 44. b. Italy 45. c. Carbon copy 46. a. Tennis 47. c. Scotland

48. c. Mysore 49. b. Screw guage 50. c. Mario Llosa