Saturday, June 11, 2011

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Name of the committee to probe into charges of corruption in various projects related to 2010 Commonwealth Games(CWG)?
V K Shunglu Committee.
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Who is appointed as the new chairperson of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), India?
Leela Samson.
* Google's e-mail service "Gmail" has been intermittently blocked or crippled in an Asian country recently? Which is that country?
China.
* Name of international military operation in Libya to enforce UN resolution to prevent Gadhafi's forces attacking civilians?
Operation Odyssey Dawn.
* General Secretary of the All India Progressive Writers Association who died at the age of 74 in Delhi?
Kamla Prasad.
* Indian utility major which has started working on its seventh tractor plant at Zaheerabad in Andhra Pradesh?
Mahindra & Mahindra
* US President Obama has recently nominated two Indian American women to key posts in his administration.Who are they?Deepa Gupta and Nisha Desai Biswal
* Bollywood actor who is sentenced to seven years' rigorous imprisonment by a fast track sessions court of Mumbai for raping his maid?
Shiney Ahuja.

Monday, May 30, 2011

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

The phenomenon is called lunar perigee Supermoon .

* Which University has been ranked as top university in world for 6th consecutive year according to "TimesHigher Education"?
Harvard University

* Name the Space shuttle of U.S.A which ended its career on March 9, 2011 as the world's most flown spaceship?
Discovery.
* Which country has frozen assets of Libyan Central Bank&other state-run agencies in an attempt to cut off funding to Moammar Gadhafi's regime?
Germany
* Mexican billionaire who remained the richest person in the world with USD 74 billion in assets according to the US magazine Forbes?
Carlos Slim.
* Which countries signed a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) on 18-02-11?
India and Malaysia.
* * Which team has lifted the Deodhar Trophy Cricket title(2011) after defeating West Zone by 5 wickets?
North Zone.
* Arunachal Pradesh Power Minister Jarbom Gamlin was sworn in as Chief Minister after Dorjee Khandu (who died in a helicopter crash).
* American working for CIA who was released in Pakistan after compensating families of people he killed in in self-defense?
Raymond Allen Davis.
* Which country has surpassed China to become world's largest importer of conventional weapons during 2006 to 2010 period ?
India.

Thursday, May 12, 2011

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Who has stepped down as president of Egypt on 11-02-2011and handed over power to army capitulating under mass protests?
Hosni Mubarak.
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Which film earned best film award and six other categories at British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards? (BAFTA)?
"The King's Speech"
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Which state will host the 35th National Games of India?
Kerala, It will be held in 2012.
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Who has been appointed as the first woman secretary general of SAARC?
Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed.
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Pakistani cricketers who were banned by InternationalCricket Council for spot fixing in match against England?Salman Butt,Mohammad Asif & Mohammad Amir
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Which countries signed 6 agreements on16-12-10 in the fields of green technology, hydrological data of common rivers,media exchanges?
India and China
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Who has become the first man in the history of Cricket to achieve fifty test cricket centuries?
Sachin Tendulkar
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Noted Malayalam writer who has won Kendra Sahithya Academy Award-2010 for his travelogue book 'Haimavathabhoovil'?
M.P. Veerendrakumar.

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Which country conducted successful experiment of fastest Train of World on 4-12-10?China.Train traveled from Beijing to Shingai in 5 hrs at 486 Km/h.
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Which country recently banned newspapers, publishers and website-owners from using foreign words - particularly English ones?
China.
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Noted Iranian filmmaker who has been sentenced for 6 years in jail and barred from directing and producing movies for next 20-years?
Jafar Panahi.
* 34th National Games 2011 of India is held in which city?
Ranchi city of Jharkhand state from February 12, 2011 to February 26, 2011
* Which state of India tops in atrocities against Dalits according to latest crime figures released by National Crime Records Bureau ?
Uttar Pradesh
* On 11-02-11 International Container Trans-shipment Terminal, was dedicated to Nation by Manmohan Singh. Where is it located?Vallarpadam, Kochi (Kerala)
* New York City Economic Development Corporation has invited which IIT from India to submit a proposal for establishing campus in New York?
IIT, BOMBAY
* Who has been appointed as the Secretary of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs of India?D K Mittal.
* Who has been appointed as Finance Secretary of India?
Ms Sushma Nath.

She succeeds Finance Secretary Ashok Chawla, who retired on January 31, 2011.
* New scheme introduced by Postal Department of India on 12-02-11 which allows sender of mail to affix his/her picture in place of stamp?
"My Stamp".
* Which Asian country has got 216.6 million US dollars from International Monetary Fund for strengthening economy and macro-economic management?Sri Lanka
* South Korean firm which got conditional clearance from Environmental Ministry of India to start $12 billion steel mill project in Orissa?
POSCO
* Name of the one man committee appointed by the Indian government to look into the 2G spectrum allocation procedures?
Justice Shivraj Patil.
* Which professional football club has won its 15th consecutive league game beating Hercules,tying50year-old Spanish record set by Real Madrid?Barcelona
* Who won Australian Open Men's singles title-2011 defeating World No.5 Andy Murray in the final?
Novak Djokovic (Serbia).
* Which state has been voted the top travel and tourism destination in India by a poll conducted by the Outlook Traveller magazine?
Kerala.
* Which country lifted the Asian Cup Football for a record fourth time beating Australia (1-0) in final?
Japan.
* Who won Australian Open women's doubles Tennis Title-2011?
Gisela Dulko (Argentina) and Flavia Pennetta (Italy).
* Who won Australian Open Women's singles title-2011 defeating China's Li Na in the final?
Kim Clijsters (Belgium.)
* The government has decided to issue biometric PAN cards to taxpayers across the country to weed out the problem of duplicate and fake ones.
* New York court has summoned Urban Development Minister of India in connection with1984 anti-Sikh riots case in Delhi. Name of that minister?Kamal Nath
* Name of the Italian-built fleet tanker, which was commissioned into the Navy by Defence Minister A. K. Antony on January 21, 2011?
INS Deepak.
* Co-Founder of Google who will be the new CEO of Google Inc. from April 4, 2011?
Larry Page.
* Which district of Kerala became second totally electrified district in India ?Thrissur.Palakkad of Kerala is first ever totally electrified district.
* Pratip Chaudhuri has taken over the chairmanship of SBI .He succeeds R Sridharan, who was the acting chairman after O P Bhatt retired on 31/03/2011
* Sudanese Islamist opposition leader who has been arrested by security forces after he called for Tunisia-style uprising in country?
Hassan al-Turabi.
* Who has been chosen for the prestigious Moortidevi Award of the Bharatiya Jnanpith for 2009?
Akkitham Achuthan Namboodiri.
* Which country has set up a new committee with China to handle economic issues arising from a major trade pact the two sides signed last year?
Taiwan
* India's first hi-tech dairy farm in the government sector is inaugurated on January 21, 2011. Where is it located?
Kulathupuzha, Kerala.
* Who is appointed as the new chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)?
Sudhir Chandra.
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Tunisian prime minister who has resigned after renewed violent protests calling for him to step down?
Mohamed Ghannouchi.
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According to the Economic Survey which country has the fourth largest foreign exchange reserves?
India.
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Which country will set a price on carbon emissions(Tax on carbon emission) in 2012?
Australia
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TRAI, has recommended for setting up of an independent agency, National Optic Fibre Agency, NOFA, for executing the National Broadband Plan, NBP.
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Minimum Alternate Tax which is payable by companies has been Hiked in budget 2011-12. The tax is hiked to?
18%
* 34th National Games 2011 of India is held in which city?
Ranchi city of Jharkhand state from February 12, 2011 to February 26, 2011
* Which state of India tops in atrocities against Dalits according to latest crime figures released by National Crime Records Bureau ?
Uttar Pradesh
* On 11-02-11 International Container Trans-shipment Terminal, was dedicated to Nation by Manmohan Singh. Where is it located?Vallarpadam, Kochi (Kerala)
* New York City Economic Development Corporation has invited which IIT from India to submit a proposal for establishing campus in New York?
IIT, BOMBAY
* Who has been appointed as the Secretary of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs of India?D K Mittal.
* Who has been appointed as Finance Secretary of India?
Ms Sushma Nath.

She succeeds Finance Secretary Ashok Chawla, who retired on January 31, 2011.
* New scheme introduced by Postal Department of India on 12-02-11 which allows sender of mail to affix his/her picture in place of stamp?
"My Stamp".
* Which Asian country has got 216.6 million US dollars from International Monetary Fund for strengthening economy and macro-economic management?Sri Lanka
* South Korean firm which got conditional clearance from Environmental Ministry of India to start $12 billion steel mill project in Orissa?
POSCO
* Name of the one man committee appointed by the Indian government to look into the 2G spectrum allocation procedures?
Justice Shivraj Patil.
* Which professional football club has won its 15th consecutive league game beating Hercules,tying50year-old Spanish record set by Real Madrid?Barcelona
* Who won Australian Open Men's singles title-2011 defeating World No.5 Andy Murray in the final?
Novak Djokovic (Serbia).
* Which state has been voted the top travel and tourism destination in India by a poll conducted by the Outlook Traveller magazine?
Kerala.
* Which country lifted the Asian Cup Football for a record fourth time beating Australia (1-0) in final?
Japan.
* Who won Australian Open women's doubles Tennis Title-2011?
Gisela Dulko (Argentina) and Flavia Pennetta (Italy).
* Who won Australian Open Women's singles title-2011 defeating China's Li Na in the final?
Kim Clijsters (Belgium.)
* The government has decided to issue biometric PAN cards to taxpayers across the country to weed out the problem of duplicate and fake ones.
* New York court has summoned Urban Development Minister of India in connection with1984 anti-Sikh riots case in Delhi. Name of that minister?Kamal Nath
* Name of the Italian-built fleet tanker, which was commissioned into the Navy by Defence Minister A. K. Antony on January 21, 2011?
INS Deepak.
* Co-Founder of Google who will be the new CEO of Google Inc. from April 4, 2011?
Larry Page.
* Which district of Kerala became second totally electrified district in India ?Thrissur.Palakkad of Kerala is first ever totally electrified district.
* Pratip Chaudhuri has taken over the chairmanship of SBI .He succeeds R Sridharan, who was the acting chairman after O P Bhatt retired on 31/03/2011
* Sudanese Islamist opposition leader who has been arrested by security forces after he called for Tunisia-style uprising in country?
Hassan al-Turabi.
* Who has been chosen for the prestigious Moortidevi Award of the Bharatiya Jnanpith for 2009?
Akkitham Achuthan Namboodiri.
* Which country has set up a new committee with China to handle economic issues arising from a major trade pact the two sides signed last year?
Taiwan
* India's first hi-tech dairy farm in the government sector is inaugurated on January 21, 2011. Where is it located?
Kulathupuzha, Kerala.
* Who is appointed as the new chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)?
Sudhir Chandra.

Saturday, April 30, 2011

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Who has stepped down as president of Egypt on 11-02-2011and handed over power to army capitulating under mass protests?
Hosni Mubarak.
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Which film earned best film award and six other categories at British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards? (BAFTA)?
"The King's Speech"
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Which state will host the 35th National Games of India?
Kerala, It will be held in 2012.
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Who has been appointed as the first woman secretary general of SAARC?
Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed.
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Pakistani cricketers who were banned by InternationalCricket Council for spot fixing in match against England?Salman Butt,Mohammad Asif & Mohammad Amir
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Which countries signed 6 agreements on16-12-10 in the fields of green technology, hydrological data of common rivers,media exchanges?
India and China
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Who has become the first man in the history of Cricket to achieve fifty test cricket centuries?
Sachin Tendulkar
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Noted Malayalam writer who has won Kendra Sahithya Academy Award-2010 for his travelogue book 'Haimavathabhoovil'?
M.P. Veerendrakumar.

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Which country conducted successful experiment of fastest Train of World on 4-12-10?China.Train traveled from Beijing to Shingai in 5 hrs at 486 Km/h.
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Which country recently banned newspapers, publishers and website-owners from using foreign words - particularly English ones?
China.
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Noted Iranian filmmaker who has been sentenced for 6 years in jail and barred from directing and producing movies for next 20-years?
Jafar Panahi.
* 34th National Games 2011 of India is held in which city?
Ranchi city of Jharkhand state from February 12, 2011 to February 26, 2011
* Which state of India tops in atrocities against Dalits according to latest crime figures released by National Crime Records Bureau ?
Uttar Pradesh
* On 11-02-11 International Container Trans-shipment Terminal, was dedicated to Nation by Manmohan Singh. Where is it located?Vallarpadam, Kochi (Kerala)
* New York City Economic Development Corporation has invited which IIT from India to submit a proposal for establishing campus in New York?
IIT, BOMBAY
* Who has been appointed as the Secretary of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs of India?D K Mittal.
* Who has been appointed as Finance Secretary of India?
Ms Sushma Nath.

She succeeds Finance Secretary Ashok Chawla, who retired on January 31, 2011.
* New scheme introduced by Postal Department of India on 12-02-11 which allows sender of mail to affix his/her picture in place of stamp?
"My Stamp".
* Which Asian country has got 216.6 million US dollars from International Monetary Fund for strengthening economy and macro-economic management?Sri Lanka
* South Korean firm which got conditional clearance from Environmental Ministry of India to start $12 billion steel mill project in Orissa?
POSCO
* Name of the one man committee appointed by the Indian government to look into the 2G spectrum allocation procedures?
Justice Shivraj Patil.
* Which professional football club has won its 15th consecutive league game beating Hercules,tying50year-old Spanish record set by Real Madrid?Barcelona
* Who won Australian Open Men's singles title-2011 defeating World No.5 Andy Murray in the final?
Novak Djokovic (Serbia).
* Which state has been voted the top travel and tourism destination in India by a poll conducted by the Outlook Traveller magazine?
Kerala.
* Which country lifted the Asian Cup Football for a record fourth time beating Australia (1-0) in final?
Japan.
* Who won Australian Open women's doubles Tennis Title-2011?
Gisela Dulko (Argentina) and Flavia Pennetta (Italy).
* Who won Australian Open Women's singles title-2011 defeating China's Li Na in the final?
Kim Clijsters (Belgium.)
* The government has decided to issue biometric PAN cards to taxpayers across the country to weed out the problem of duplicate and fake ones.
* New York court has summoned Urban Development Minister of India in connection with1984 anti-Sikh riots case in Delhi. Name of that minister?Kamal Nath
* Name of the Italian-built fleet tanker, which was commissioned into the Navy by Defence Minister A. K. Antony on January 21, 2011?
INS Deepak.
* Co-Founder of Google who will be the new CEO of Google Inc. from April 4, 2011?
Larry Page.
* Which district of Kerala became second totally electrified district in India ?Thrissur.Palakkad of Kerala is first ever totally electrified district.
* Pratip Chaudhuri has taken over the chairmanship of SBI .He succeeds R Sridharan, who was the acting chairman after O P Bhatt retired on 31/03/2011
* Sudanese Islamist opposition leader who has been arrested by security forces after he called for Tunisia-style uprising in country?
Hassan al-Turabi.
* Who has been chosen for the prestigious Moortidevi Award of the Bharatiya Jnanpith for 2009?
Akkitham Achuthan Namboodiri.
* Which country has set up a new committee with China to handle economic issues arising from a major trade pact the two sides signed last year?
Taiwan
* India's first hi-tech dairy farm in the government sector is inaugurated on January 21, 2011. Where is it located?
Kulathupuzha, Kerala.
* Who is appointed as the new chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)?
Sudhir Chandra.

Friday, April 22, 2011

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Tata Steel Vice-Chairman B. Muthuraman has been elected new President of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
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New president of FICCI : Harsh Mariwala. 2) President of ASSOCHAM - Dilip Modi 3)Chairperson of National Commission for Minorities:Wajahat habibullah
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CHINA will host the next BRICS ( Brazil, Russia, India, China & South Africa) summit on 14th April.
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Who established a record for longest women's Grand Slam match,needing 4 hours, 44minutes to win fourth round of Australian Open?
Francesca Schiavone.
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Indian-American&former B-2stealth bomber engineer,sentenced by US court to 32 years for selling American military secrets to China?Noshir Gowadia.
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Which Indian multinational conglomerate corporation announced acquisition of US-based Columbian Chemicals Company (CCC)recently?Aditya Birla Group
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Indian-American physician Siddhartha Mukherjee has won the prestigious 2011 Pulitzer Prize in the general non-fiction category.
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Five-time Oscar-winning composer who wrote the music for 12 James Bond movies, died recently in New York?
John Barry.
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New Prime Minister of Nepal ?
Jhalanath Khanal.He became third communist Prime Minister of Nepal after the monarchy was abolished here in 2008.
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Which country won 15th Asian Junior Team Squash Championships held in Colombo?India.India lifts the title for first time since its inception in 1981

Thursday, April 7, 2011

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Coal India Limited (CIL) has bagged the 'Century International Quality ERA Award (CQE)' in the Gold Category given by Business Initiative Directions
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Bengali writer Mahasweta Devi was conferred the Yashwantrao Chavan National Award 2010 "for her contribution to national integration.
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Who is named African player of the year-2010?
Samuel Eto.

The 29-year-old Cameroon and Inter Milan striker won this award for a record fourth time
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Which country trained elite police force in Bangladesh accused of extra-judicial killings &human rights violations,according to WikiLeaks?
Britain
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13 year old boy who made a history in school cricket on 22-12-10 when he scored 498 runs in Harris Shield tournament in Mumbai?
Arman Jaffer
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Which PSU (Public Sector Undertaking) has been conferred with MOU Excellence Award to facilitate PSU's performance during 2008-09?
Cochin Shipyard
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Winner of "The Biggest Loser Asia-2", a popular weight-loss reality TV series which was conducted in Malaysia's Putrajaya?
Viveganandam Deveraj.
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China has unveiled plans to link up Tibet and Xinjiang, its two far-western frontier regions, with a new railway network.

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SEBI has cleared the acquisition of Cairn India by NRI billionaire Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Resources.
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Who was the lone Indian to win a title in Tata Open India International badminton challenge held at Cricket Club of India on 25-12-2010?
PC Thulasi.
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Former Venezuelan president,who nationalised oil industry and then survived a coup attempt by leader Hugo Chavez,died in Miami?
Carlos Andres Perez.
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Who became the first cricketer, other than wicket-keepers, to take 200 catches in Test cricket?
Rahul Dravid.
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Mobs of which Caribbean country killed more than 45 Voodoo priests, accusing them for using "black magic" to spread cholera?
Haiti.
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Human Rights activist who was sentenced to life imprisonment after being held guilty of sedition&conspiracy for his links with Maoists?
Binayak Sen.
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China has conducted its first flight test of its Black Eagle stealth fighter on 11 January 2011. Name of that stealth fighter?
The Chengdu J-20
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Who has been named FIFA's 2010 Women's World Player of the Year?
Marta Vieira da Silva (Brazil).
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Maharashtra CM has appointed a 2-member committee to investigate Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society scam.Members are?
J.C. Patil & P Subramaniam

Sunday, March 13, 2011

* India?signed agreements to import natural gas from Turkmenistan through an ADB-based USD 7.6 billion gas pipeline passing through Pakistan and Afghanistan
* Shweta Tiwari bags Bigg Boss and Rs 1 crore : Popular television actress Shweta Tiwari has won 'Bigg Boss season 4' after 14 weeks of her stay in closed boundaries, becoming the first woman to be crowned winner of this reality show.
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U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan who died on December 13, 2010 at the age of 69 after undergoing heart surgery?
Richard Holbrooke.

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

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Which countries signed 7agreements including 5in area of nuclear energy,to pave way for intensive cooperation in this sector on 06-12-10?India & France
*IT Minister of Karnataka who resigned on 3-12- 2010, following a police complaint against him in a multicrore land deal?
Katta Subramanya Naidu.
*Who has been voted women's tennis Player of the Year -2010?
Kim Clijsters.

Comeback Player of the Year-2010 ?

Justine Henin
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Which country will host the 2018 FIFA World Cup Football?
Russia

Qatar will host the 2022 FIFA World Cup Football.
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Which film has won the prestigious Golden Peacock award for the best film in the 41st International film festival (IFFI) in Goa?
"Moner Manush".
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Who won the Player of the series award in the ODI cricket series between India and New Zealand held in India in 2010?
Gautam Gambhir.(India).
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Who is appointed as the new director of the Central Bureau of Investigation for two years succeeding Ashwani Kumar?
Amar Pratap Singh.
* Bangalore hosted the World Sanskrit Book Fair-
2011 from January 7 to 10 organised for the first

time in 300 years
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Ramakant Acherkar- Coach of Sachin Tendulkar awarded with Lifetime Achievement Award
* Meghalaya govt has renamed the Brookside Bungalow to Rabindranath Art Gallery.
* Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono : President of Indonesia was the Chief Guest of India's 62nd Republic Day.
* Elephant has been declared as National Heritage Animal by Government of India(2)U K Sinha : New Chairman of SEBI.
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday handed over the prestigious Jnanpith Award for 2007 to Malayalam poet ONV Kurup in Thiruvananthapuram
* Who is the Time's Magazine Person of the year 2010? MarkZuckerberg.

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Current Affair

* J&K assembly passed a bill which enabled it to ban Inter District Recruitment in the state. A youth can now apply for a job in his/her district only.
* Golden Temple has been listed ninth among Time Magazine's top 10 Religious Stories
* In the National Interest : A strategic Policy for India : Rajiv Kumar & Santosh Kumar. (2)My Life :Bill Clinton (3)The Audacity of Hope : Barack Obama
* NDTL-Net Demand and Time Liabilities include all deposits with the bank. (2)David Beckham : BBC Lifetime Achievement Sports Person Award.
* DHRP: draft red herring prospectus.(2)Nicolas Sarkozy visited INDIA recently. He is the President of France.
*DMK leader & former Telecom Minister A. Raja arrested by CBI along with RK Chandolia and Siddharth Behuria for the 2 G SCAM
* Google Co-Founder Larry Page will be in charge of Company's CEO (Chief Executive Officer) replacing Former CEO Eric Schmidit.
* Ministry of Rural Development hosts Mahatama Gandhi Narega Sammelan 2011 at Vigyan Bhawan Delhi with the slogan : Rojgar Gaurantee- Zordar Gaurantee

Thursday, January 20, 2011

* United Nations biodiversity meeting which has agreed a 10-year plan aimed at preserving nature held in?
Nagoya,Japan.
* Who becomes the most hated French president in more than 50 years according to a recent French poll?
Nicolas Sarkozy.
* Upper House of Indian Parliament is : Rajya Sabha (2)2014 FIFA and 2016 Olympics Games will be held in BRAZIL.(3)Karamveer Purskar : Anthony Gonsalves
* Roger Federer won the Qatar Open by defeating holder Nikolay Davydenko.(2)U.P has topped the list of States with the maximum number of ragging cases
* For first time in nearly 20 years a commercial airliner from a European Country has flown into Iraqi capital Baghdad. Which is that country?
France
* Who are joint winners of 25th Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration Award? A R Rahman & Ramkrishna Mission Ashram at Narainpur in Chhattisgarh
* Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula De Silva has been selected for Indra Gandhi Prize for peace, disarmament & Development 2010.
* (1)IRIGC --Indo-Russian Inter-Governmental Commission (2) INCAA --Indian Network of Climate Change Assessment (3)WGC --World Gold Council
* Germany's Sebastian Vettel, 23 year old(Red Bull driver) became the youngest world champion of Formula One with his victory in Abu Dhabi Grand Pix
* The International Cricket Council appointed Sachin Tendulkar as official event ambassador for 2011 Cricket World Cup
*.Archaeologists announce the discovery of the world's oldest known winery , believed to be over 6,000 years old, in a cave in Armenia
* Indian Pharmacological Society's 43rd annual conference held at National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) in Hyderabad.
* India's indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) successfully test fired R-73 missile at INS Hansa naval air base in Goa.
* World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick signed a $220-million agreement with Bihar govt for the Kosi Recovery Project(areas affected by 2008 floods)
* Indian-American Namrata "Nikki" Randhawa Haley sworn in as the first woman and non-white Governor of South Carolina.
* Javed Akthar: Nominated for Rajya Sabha (2)Spain won the Davis cup (3)India signed a nuclear deal with China in Trinidad(4)10 dec:Human rights day
* (1)Shunglu Committee : Committee formed to look into Commonwealth Games projects corruption (2)ULIP : Unit Linked Insurance Plan.
* Satyanand Mishra appointed as Chief Information Commissioner to succeed AN Tiwari (2) UK Sinha will replace CB Bhave as Chairman of SEBI .
* Salmaan Taseer, the Governor of the Pakistani province of Punjab , is assassinated.
* Kerala artist enters Guinness for dance marathon:
Eminent Mohinyattam exponent Kalamandalam Hemalatha has entered the Guinness Book of World Record for the' longest dance marathon.'
* Jorge Rafael Videla, a former President of Argentina, is sentenced to life imprisonment after being convicted of crimes against humanity.
* Former President of Venezuela Carlos Andres Perez dies in Miami at the age of 88.
* The National Food For Work scheme is now submerged with Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
* BOOK : CONVERSATION WITH MYSELF: Nelson Mandela.
* Lanka,Indiaworking closely to enhance naval cooperation
*Shunglu Committee : Committee formed to look into Commonwealth Games projects corruption
*NFS : National Financial Switch
*France will host G-8 Summit in 2011
*Deep joshi had recieved the Raman Megasasay award from Phillippines
* ICC Test rankings: Sangakkara replaces Tendulkar at number one.
*3 judges who has pronounced judgment in Ayodhya Dispute between Hindus and Muslims?Justice S U Khan, Justice Sudhir Agarwal and Justice D V Sharma.