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Current Affairs Quiz November Quiz 1.Who won 1 st gold medal for India in Asian games 2010 ? Bajrang Lal Takhar Abhinav Bindra Gagan Narang 2.Who is elected as Costa Rica’s first female president? Laura Chinchilla Miranda Bolivia 3.Who among the following was known to have worked in Medicine? Saumilla Sudraka Susruta 4.2010 Nobel Literature Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa is from which of the following countries? Brazil Peru Argentina 5.Stirling Prize is given in which of the following fields?? Journalism Architecture Social Service 6. How many blocks from the 10 sedimentary basins are on the offer in the 9th NELP round? 29 34
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Current Affairs Quiz
November Quiz
1.Who won 1st gold medal for India in Asian games 2010 ?
Bajrang Lal Takhar
Abhinav Bindra
Gagan Narang
2.Who is elected as Costa Rica’s first female president?
Laura Chinchilla
Miranda
Bolivia
3.Who among the following was known to have worked in Medicine?
Saumilla
Sudraka
Susruta
4.2010 Nobel Literature Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa is from which of the following countries?
Brazil
Peru
Argentina
5.Stirling Prize is given in which of the following fields??
Journalism
Architecture
Social Service
6. How many blocks from the 10 sedimentary basins are on the offer in the 9th NELP round?
29
34
100
7. Micro Credit in India comes under which the following activities?
Commercial Banking
Non Banking Finance
Commercial Banking
8.BRIC countries account for what fraction of world's population?
65%
50%
40%
9.Which among the following states in North East India is NOT Christianity dominated ?
Tripura
Nagaland
Mizoram
10.Where is located the Central Seed Testing and Referral Laboratory (CSTL) which was notified recently in 2007?
Lucknow
Dehradun
Varanasi
1.Bajrang Lal Takar,Laura Chincilla,Susruta,Peru,Architecture,34%,
Non-banking finance,40%,Tripura,Varanasi
Miss World 2010
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Ireland -
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Current Affairs 2010-11
1. Who has been elected as the President of Indian Newspaper Society for the year 2010-
11?
a)K.N Tilak Ram b)Rakesh Sharma c)Kundan R.Vyas d)V.Shankaran e)none
2. Recently who among the following conferred with ‘Taj Enlighten Tareef Award’?
a)Leela Naidu b)Shabana Azmi c)Javed Akthar d)Both a& b e)none
3. Base Rate of banks is fixed by ______?
a)RBI b)Finance Minister c)Both a & b d)Banks e)none
4. India is the ___ Largest Producer of Vehicles in the World?
a)third b)fifth c)seventh d)second e)none of these
5. ______ is a Insurance Regulator in India?
a) TRAI b)SEBI c)BSE d)RBI e)IRDA
6. Micro Credit in India comes under ________?
a)Private Banking b)NBFC c)Rural Banking d)Cooperative Banking e)none
7. What is the present limit for money transfer in RTGS?
a)`1,00,000 b)`1,50,000 c)`2,00,000 d)`2,50,000 e)`5,00,000
8. Which is the only Asian country represented in the G-8 group?
a)India b)South Korea c)China d)Japan e)none9. Bad Loans can be described as NPA (Non Performing Assets ) in banking terminology?
10. A/c to the recent report of ADB, what is India’s urbanization rank in Asia(% of
population living in urban areas)? 34th.
General Awareness Quiz 76 - 20101. Based on monthly wholesale price index (WPI), the annual rate of inflation stood at ___
percent for the month of September 2010?
a)8.51 b)5.44 c)8.6 d)11.6 e)none
2. Who is the winner of 64th edition of Santhosh Trophy?
a)Goa b)Punjab c)Tamil Nadu d)Goa e)West Bengal
3. Who is the present Chief Minister of Jharkhand?
a)Shibu Soren b)Madhu Koda c)Arjun Munda d)Sudesh Mahto e)none of these
4. Which of the following is the first team to play 900 Test matches in cricket history?
a)Australia b)England c)India d)West Indies e)none
5. Who is the most powerful women in the world in 2010, compiled by Forbes?
a)Angela Merkel b)Indra Nooyi c)Sonia Gandhi d)Michelle Obama e)Irene
Rosenfeld
6. What is the present Repo rate?
a)5.75 b)6.00 c)6.25 d)5.25 e)none
7. Howard Jacobson won the 2010 Man Booker Prize for his novel _____?
a)The Finkler Question b)The Act of Love c)Wolf Hall d)Kalooki Nights e)none
8. Recently Pranab Mukherjee has won which of the following award?
a)World’s Best Finance Minister of the year 2010
b)Asia’s Best Finance Minister of the year 2010
c)India’s Best Finance Minister of the year 2010
d)Both b & c
e)none
9. Who among the following is the world’s highest paid female athlete by Forbes
magazine?
a)Maria Sharapova b)Serena Williams c)Danika Patrick d)Kim Yu-Na e)none
10. Who has become the first Indian to qualify for 2012 London Olympics?
a)Abhinav Bhindra b)Saina Nehwal c)Mary Kom d)Pankaj Advani e)Gagan
Narang
11. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has released a commemorative stamp on _________?
a) J S Mohammed Ali Shihab Thangal b)Maulana Mohammad Ali c)S Ubaidur
Rahman d)Syed Ahmad Khan e)none
12. Which country has won the 2010 Women's Hockey World Cup?
a)Netherlands b)England c)Germany d)Argentina e)Australia
13. What is present interest rate on Savings bank account?
a)3% b)3.25% c)3.5% d)3.75% e)4.0%
14. Who has been bagged the prestigious Akshaya Samman award for the year 2010?
a)Manna De b)Ilaiyaraja c)A R Rehman d)Hari Prasad Chaurasia e)none
15. Which of the following films has been nominated for 2011 Oscar awards in Best fim in
Foreign Category?
a)Paa b)Rajneeti c)Kites d)Peepli Live e)none of these
16. Who among the following has been awarded with ‘The World Statesman Award’?
a)Manmohan Singh b)Sonia Gandhi c)Pratibha Patil d)A P J Abdul Kalam
e)none
17. Who has been awarded 'Rabindranath Tagore Peace Prize' 2010?
a)Nafisa Ali b)Irom Chanu Sharmila c)Jyotirmoyee Devi d)Anasuyaben
Sarabhai e)none
18. Who among the following has chosen for Jnanpith Award for the year 2008?
a)O.N.V.Kurup b)Satya Vrat Shastri c)Ravindra Kelekar d)Akhlaq Khan
Shahryar e)none of these
19. Who among the following has chosen for 2009 Indira Gandhi National Integration
Award?
a)A R Rehman b)Balraj Puri c)Ramakrishna Mission Ashram d)Javed Akhtar
e)Both a & c
20. Recently Puttaraj Gawai has been passed away. He was a famous ______?
a)Social Activist b)Hindustani Classical musician c)Journalist d)Politician
e)none
Gk Quiz 20101. RBI has approved the merger of ‘Bank of Rajasthan' with ICICI bank.2. Who got the 2010 Commonwealth Writers Prize for the book ‘Solo' - Rana Dasgupta.
3. Which day has been observed as the International Day of Older Persons(IDOP) - Oct 1st.
4. What is the India’s rank in the new Global Hunger Index by the International Food
Policy Research Institute - 67.
5. ‘Gourde’ is the currency of which country?
a)Bhutan b)Haiti c)Norway d)Chile e)none
6. India has won 101 medals in 2010 Commonwealth Games. In which sport India has won
maximum no. of gold medals?
a)Wrestling b)Boxing c)Shooting d)Badminton e)Weightlifting
7. Which of the following country is not elected to UNSC as a non-permanent member for
a two year term on the council starting from Jan 1st 2011?
a)India b)Kazakhstan c)South Africa d)Germany e)Portugal
8. Which of the following ministry has re-launched the PURA(Provision of Urban
Amenities in Rural Areas) Scheme?
a)Ministry of Urban Development
b)Ministry of Rural Development
c)Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
d)Ministry of Finance
e)Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
9. Who among the following has been chosen for ICC Cricketer of the Year 2010?
a)Sachin Tendulkar b)A B de Villiers c)Virender Sehwag d)M S Dhoni e)none
of these
10. Who won the 2010 Champions League Twenty20?
a)Mumbai Indians b)Royal Challengers Bangalore c)Warriors d)Chennai Super
Kings e)none
Nobel Prize Winners 2010Every year since 1901 the Nobel Prize has been awarded for achievements in physics,
chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and for peace. The Nobel Prize in
Economics was first awarded in the year 1969. The Nobel Prize is an international award
administered by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden. Each recipient, or laureate,
is presented with a gold medal, a diploma, and a sum of money which depends on the
Nobel Foundation's income that year.
List of 2010 Nobel Prize Winners:
The Nobel Prize in Peace has been given to Liu Xiaobo "for his long and non-violent
struggle for fundamental human rights in China".
The Nobel Prize in Medicine has been given to Robert G. Edwards "for the development
of in vitro fertilization".
The Nobel Prize in Literature has been given to Mario Vargas Llosa "for his cartography
of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and
defeat".
The Nobel Prize in Physics has been given to Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov
"for groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene".
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been given to Richard F. Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi and
Akira Suzuki "for palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis"
The Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences has been given to Peter A. Diamond, Dale T.
Mortensen and Christopher A. Pissarides "for their analysis of markets with search
frictions".
Current Affairs Quiz 75 - 20101. Which of the following Indian city has been named among the top four Livable cities in
the world?
a)Mumbai b)New Delhi c)Ahmedabad d)Bangalore e)Hyderabad
2. Recntly which country has become full fledge member of Financial Action Task
Force(FATF)?
a)Bangladesh b)Pakistan c)China d)India e)none
3. Which country is building the World’s largest telescope in Antarctica?
a)China b)US c)Russia d)India e)Britain
4. Who won the Next Step Foundation 2010 Award?
a)Veerappa Moily b)Sharad Pawar c)Manmohan Singh d)Sonia Gandhi e)none
5. Who has been sworn in as 59th President of Colombia?
a)Michael Bloomberg b)Julia Gillard c)Christian Wulff d)Juan Manuel Santos
e)none
6. Who has been appointed as the new vice president of ICC?
a)John Howard b)Sharad Pawar c)Alan Isaac d)Malcom Speed e)none
7. Who has been chosen for the Lal Bahadur Shastri Award for Excellence in public
administration, academics and management for 2010?
a)Aditi Lahiri b)Aruna Roy c)Bharat Bhasker d)Girish Tewari e)none
8. Ravindra Kelekar has been presented the coveted 2006 Jnanpith Award for his
contribution to the world in Literature. He was a famous write in which language?
a)Konkani b)Hindi c)Bengali d)Sanskrit e)none
9. Who among the following received the 2010 National Amity Award?
a)Yash Chopra b)Amir Khan c)Amitabh Bachchan d)Kareena Kapoor e)Sunil
Dutt
10. Who has been conferred as Businessman of the Decade Award?
a)Narayana Murthy b)Mukhesh Ambani c)Ratan Tata d)Lakshmi Mittal e)Azim
Premji
11. Which is the first state in the country to launch the Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram
Yojana(PMAGY)?
a)Gujarat b)Rajasthan c)Uttar Pradesh d)Bihar e)Assam
12. With which country India has inked a deal for purchase of 57 Hawk Advanced Jet
Trainer Aircraft?
a)US b)Britain c)Israel d)Russia e)none
13. What is the present Retirement age of High court judges?
a)58 b)60 c)62 d)65 e)none
14. Who is the head of National Innovation Council to prepare road map for the decade of
Innovation 2010-2020?
a)Kapil Sibal b)A S Murthy c)Manmohan Singh d)Sam Pitroda e)none
15. How many crores has been allocated for the Leh Cloudburst Victims?
a)50 b)75 c)100 d)125 e)150
16. ‘2010Stand Up, Take Action’ is a campaign against ______?
a)Commonwealth Games b)Poverty c)Inflation d)Per capita Income e)Illiteracy
17. The Winner of 2010 Man Booker Prize?
a)Kiran Desai b)Anne Enright c)Hillary Mantel d)Aravind Adiga e)Howard
Jacobson
18. The 2010 Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit was held in ______?
a)Beijing b)Bangkok c)Seoul d)Brussels e)London
19. Which Country has won highest gold medals in XIX Common wealth Games 2010?
a)India b)China c)Australia d)Canada e)none
20. XX Commonwealth Games 2014 will be held at _____?
a)Rome b)London c)Beijing d)Glasgow e)Melbourne
Current Affairs Updates - 201057th National Film Awards 2010:
The 57th National film awards were announced on 16-09-2010.
Amitabh Bachchan bags his third National Award for his performance in “Paa”,
previously he got for the films ‘Agneepath’(1991) and ‘Black’(2001).
List of 2010 Winners:
Best Actor – Amitabh Bachchan for ‘Paa’.
Best Actress – Ananya Chatterjee for Abohoman (Bengali).
Best Director - Rituparno Ghosh for Abohoman.
Best Film - 'Kutty Shrank'(Malayalam).
Best Popular Film – ‘3 Idiots’.
Best Film on Social Issues - Shyam Benegal's 'Well Done Abba'.
Best Film on National Integration - Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's 'Dilli-6'.
Best Music Director - Amit Trivedi for Dev D.
Best lyrics - Swananad Kirkirey for 3 Idiots.
Best Playback Singer (Male) - Rupam Islam.
Best Playback Singer (Female) - Niranjana Sarkar (Housefull).
Best Sound Engineer - Rasool Pookutty.
Best Supporting Actor - Farooq Sheikh for 'Lahore'.
Best Supporting Actress - Arundhati Nag for ‘Paa’.
Best Choreography - K Shivashankar for film Magadheera.
Best Special Effects - Kamalakannan for film Magadheera.
US OPEN 2010:
The US Open, formally the United States Open Tennis Championships is one of the four
grand slam tennis tournament held every year.
List of 2010 winners:
S.no Winners Runners
1. Men’s Single Rafael Nadal(ESP) Novak Djokovic(SRB)
2. Women’s Single Kim Clijsters(BEL) Vera Zvonareva(RUS)
3. Mixed Doubles Liezel
Huber, BobBryan(US)
Kveta Peschke(CZE), Aisam-
Ul-Haq Quereshi(PAK)
4. Men’s Doubles Bob Bryan, Mike
Bryan(US)
Bopanna(IND), Qureshi(PAK)
5. Women’s Doubles N. Petrova(RUS), L
Huber(US)
Yung-Jan Chan(TPE), Jie
Zheng(CHN)
Latest Current Affairs - 2010 India lags behind several developing countries in terms of doing business, but is ahead of
China. It is ranked 77th in the Forbes Best Countries for Business list.
Movie moghul D. Ramanaidu, a veteran producer with 130 films in a dozen languages in
five decades, has been conferred the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke award for 2009 for
rendering outstanding contribution to the world of Indian cinema.
The Planning Commission has finalised a Rs 13,742-crore Integrated Action Plan (IAP)
for Naxal-affected districts.The scope of IAP, earlier envisaged to cover 35 Naxal-
affected districts, has been widened to cover governance reforms and devolution of
power to grassroot institutions in 60 districts over the next three fiscal.
Former Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) chairman and one of the guiding lights
behind India's first nuclear test, Homi Nusserwanji Sethna has died.
The International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank's concessionary
lending arm, has approved a $220 million credit to support rebuilding efforts in areas
affected by the 2008 Kosi floods in Bihar. The Bihar Kosi Flood Recovery Project will
finance flood recovery efforts through the reconstruction of about 100,000 houses, 90
bridges and 290 kilometres of rural roads.
Miss Mexico Jimena Navarrete, 22, was crowned Miss Universe 2010, beating off
competition from 82 contestants including Miss India.
Japan approved an $ 11 billion stimulus package to tackle deflation and shore up a
recovery threatened by the surging yen, as the government heaped pressure on the central
bank to do more.
After becoming the first state to accord the status of second official language to Sanskrit,
Uttarakhand has now finalised a proposal to have signboards of names of places,
departments and officials in the language, a move aimed at making it popular among
common people.
Julia Gillard becomes Australia's first female and 27th prime minister prime minister.
China successfully launched its "SinoSat-6" satellite for live radio and television
broadcast from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan
Province. The satellite was carried on the Long March 3B rocket which took the SinoSat-
6 into a geostationary transfer orbit 26 minutes after the launch.
Japan said it has detected its first case of an antibiotic-resistant "superbug" that surfaced
in South Asia and has triggered a global health alert.
India cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was nominated as Uttarakhand's first
honorary wildlife warden as part of the hill state's tiger conservation campaign.
The Punjab government has approved a new media policy providing more facilities to
journalists in the state. Under the new policy, 286 accredited journalists will get an
insurance cover of Rs five lakh. The state government has also set up Rs 10 crore 'Punjab
Chief Minister Relief Fund' for media persons.
Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries has been ranked second in the list of world's 10
biggest 'sustainable value creators' -- companies that have been successful in creating the
most shareholder value over the last decade -- prepared by Boston Consulting Group.
Srilanka defeated India to win the Triangular Series 2010 held in Srilanka.
Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries has been ranked second in the list of world's 10
biggest 'sustainable value creators' -- companies that have been successful in creating the
most shareholder value over the last decade -- prepared by Boston Consulting Group.
The Parliament of Sri Lanka passes the 18th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka
which removes the two-term limit on the presidency and allows him to choose the judges
and commissioners monitoring elections, human rights, and other affairs.
Monetary Policy and Current Affairs of August - 2010
First Quarter Review of Monetary Policy 2010-11:
Monetary policy is the process by which the government, central bank of a country
controls (i) the supply of money, (ii) availability of money, and (iii)cost of money or rate
of interest, in order to attain a set of objectives oriented towards the growth and stability
of the economy.
As expected, RBI has raised the policy rates in the first quarter review of monetary policy
on 27-07-2010. This is the fourth rate hike since March this year raising the Repo by a
total of 100 bps and Reverse Repo by 125 bps.
Highlights of the policy:
Repo rates hiked by 25 bps to 5.75% with immediate effect.
Reverse Repo rates hiked by 50 bps to 4.50% with immediate effect.
CRR, SLR and Bank rate kept unchanged at 6%, 25% and 6%, respectively.
Estimated for GDP growth for 2010-11 revised to 8.5% from 8%.
Inflation projection for March 2010 increased to 6% from 5.5%.
The next mid-quarter review of Monetary Policy for 2010-11 will be announced through
a press release on September 16, 2010.
The second quarter review of Monetary Policy 2010-11, including developmental and
regulatory policies, is scheduled on November 2, 2010.
August Current Affairs:
China has eclipsed Japan as the world's second-biggest economy after three decades of
blistering growth that put overtaking the U.S. in reach within 10 years.
Former Union Power Secretary Harishankar Brahma has been appointed as the Election
Commissioner in the Election Commission of India.
Britain’s Andy Murray won the 2010 Rogers Cup over Roger Federer 7–5, 7–5 on
Sunday in Toronto.
The President Mrs. Pratibha Devisingh Patil this evening conferred the prestigious Best
Parliamentarian Awards to Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, Mohan Singh and Dr. Murali
Manohar Joshi at an impressive function in the Central Hall of Parliament. The Awards
were given for the year 2007, 2008 and 2009 respectively for their
outstanding contributions to parliamentary debates.
Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee's book, "Keeping the Faith: Memoirs of
a Parliamentarian", which was released by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh.
The Centre cleared for implementation the Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of
Adolescent Girls — known as ‘Sabla' — aimed at enhancing their nutritional and
economic status. The scheme will be run along with the Integrated Child Development
Services (ICDS) project in anganwadi centres in 200 select districts, targeting girls in the
age group 11-18.
Senior IPS officer R K Medhekar will be the new Director General of elite commando
force -- National Security Guard. Medhekar, a 1975 batch officer of Kerala cadre,
currently serving as Special Director General of Border Security Force. He will take over
from 1972 batch IPS officer N P S Aulakh.
Vineet Jain, Managing Director, The Times of India (TOI) Group, has been elected as the
new chairman of Press Trust of India (PTI), the leading news agency of India. Jain
succeeds Vjiay Kumar Chopra, Editor, Punjab Kesari Group.
Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh launched the Green
Action for National Dandi Heritage Initiative(GANDHI) project in the historic coastal
village in south Gujarat. It was at Dandi that Mahatma Gandhi launched his salt
Satyagraha 80 years ago.
The postal department released a stamp(of Rs.5) in Visakhapatnam to commemorate the
first death anniversary of the former chief minister late Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy.
Current Affairs July 2010(Short Answers) Head of the Committee instituted by RBI to look into the interest rates and bank fees,
charges & services – M Damodaran.
Which committee recommended 15-20% variable component in the salary package for
PSB employees, instituted by Finance minister – A K Khandelwal.
RBI has revised the norms for __________ for giving loans to the housing and real estate
segment – Urban Cooperative Banks(UCBs).
SEBI has announced that MF distributors and agents will now need a NISM certificate to
sell policies. What is the full form of NISM - National Institute of Securities Market.
RBI has advised all banks to print IFSC on cheque leaves issued to customers. IFSC
stands for- Indian Financial System Code.
India has emerged as the ___ most preferred destination for retailers in the world -39th.
India’s first Anti-submarine warfare Corvette – INS Kamorta.
_____ banks are recently allowed by the RBI to open ATM’s at places other than their
branches without prior approval – Urban Cooperative banks.
National Florence Nightingale Award 2010 was given to – A P Subhadra.
Government has fixed FRP of Sugarcane for the year 2010-11 at Rs. 139.12 per quintal.
FRP stands for - Fair and Remunerative Price.
India’s trade deficit during 2009-10 - $102.1 billions.
Asian Banker Achievement award given to – SBI.
Who is the head of the committee for comprehensive review of National Small Savings
Fund(NSSF) structure , interest rates, tenor and other administrative matters – Shyamala
Gopinath.
____ company offered to provide cloud computing solutions t Rural Banks –Polaris.
Chairman of RBI working group on BPLR on the basis of which Base Rate System is
slated to switch over by the banks – Deepak Mohanty.
Current Events in July 2010Symbol of Indian Rupee:
The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the design, which includes both the Devnagiri
'Ra' and the Roman capital 'R' and has two parallel lines running at the top. The parallel
lines symbolize the equal to sign. With this India will join an elite group of countries (like the
US dollar, euro, British pound and Japanese yen) which have a distinct currency symbol. The symbol
selected has been designed by an Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay postgraduate D Udaya Kumar
and was selected from among five short listed symbols. Kumar, who will join the
Department of Design at IIT Guwahati on Friday, explained that the design is based on
the Indian Tricolour. His entry was chosen from 3,000 designs competing for the
currency symbol. He will get an award of Rs 2.5 lakh. All new notes will now bear the
symbol.
Events in the month of July 2010
1. First Country in Latin America to legalize same sex marriage – Argentina.
2. With which country India held the first ever “2+2 dialogue” to intensify counter terrorism and
anti-piracy cooperation – Japan.
3. Which country has agreed to supply Hawk pilot-trainer aircraft to India valued a about
700 million pounds($1.1 billion) – Britain.
4. The most popular Asian Destination – Taj Mahal.
5. According to the new International Multi Dimensional poverty Index (MPI), about
_______ of India’s population are poor – 645 million people.
6. Which state has banned the use of plastic carry bags all over the state – Rajasthan.
7. Who is the only cricketer to take 800 wickets in the history Test matches – Muttiah
Muralitharan.
8. The fourth Pakistani to be inducted formally into the ICC Cricket hall of fame –
Imran Khan.
9. Which team has regained the 63rd Rangaswamy Cup Senior National Men’s Hockey
Championship – Mumbai.
10. In the Q1 Review of Monetary Policy 2010-11, RBI has revised the GDP growth for
2010-11 from 8% to ____ - 8.5%.
11. With which Organization India signed the loan and credit agreement worth of
$268.15 million – World Bank.
12. The Best Public Sector Bank Award – Punjab National Bank.
13. To Whom the Lokmanya Tilak Award 2010 has been given for the contribution of
Politics – Sheila Dikshit.
14. Who is the new President of Poland – Bronislaw Komorowski.
15. Who has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of Slovakia - Iveta Radicova.
16. Roza Otunbayeva has became the first ever woman head of which country in Central
Asia – Kyrgyzstan.
17. Who has been sworn in as Germany’s youngest and the tenth President – Christian
Wulff.
18. Who is the the New Chief Election Commissioner – Qureshi S Y.
19. Which country has became the World Number One in Latest FIFA Rankings – Spain.
20. Who is the new President of International Cricket Council – Sharad Pawar.
Current Affairs June 2010 - III Delhi is set to get the country's first commercial waste-to-power plant of 16 MW capacity
that will convert one third of Capital's garbage into much-needed electricity for six lakh
homes.
Finland has emerged as the most prosperous country in the world after an extensive
survey conducted by the Legatum Prosperity Index, which claims to be the world's only
global assessment of wealth and wellbeing. Switzerland, one of the world's most popular
tourist spots, grabbed the second slot in the index. Among 104 countries,India is ranked
at no. 45.
Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal continued her rampaging form as she completed a
spectacular hat-trick of titles by clinching the Indonesia Open Super Series with a
straight-game triumph over Japan's Sayaka Sato in Jakarta. This was Saina's third
successive title, having won the Indian Open Grand Prix at home and the Singapore Open
Super Series Tournament.
Russia launched the second of three stealth frigates for the Indian Navy under USD 1.6
billion deal inked in July 2006. The first of three Project 11356 (modified Krivak III)
frigates, named the Teg (Sword), was launched in last November. The third frigate,
Trikand (Bow) is due to be delivered in 2011-12. The new frigates, also known as Talwar
class, will be armed with eight BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles. They will be also
equipped with a 100-mm gun, a Shtil surface-to-air missile system, two Kashtan air-
defence gun/missile systems, two twin 533-mm torpedo launchers, and an antisubmarine
warfare (ASW) helicopter. Earlier, Russia's Baltiisky Zavod shipyard had built three
stealth frigates of the same class - INS Talwar, INS Trishul and INS Tabar.
India extended the ban on import of milk and milk products from China for another six
months, according to the foreign trade office.
The government restructured the existing 10-year-old village self-employment scheme on
the recommendations of various committees to rectify shortcomings pointed out by
studies. Under the new plan for the Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY), the
scheme has been renamed as National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) and it would
aim at reducing poverty through promotion of diversified and gainful self-employment
and skilled wage employment opportunities.
An innovative programme of Gujarat government aimed at easy governance has won a
prestigious award instituted by the United Nations. The statewide Attention on
Grievances with Application of Technology (SWAGAT) programme has won the United
Nations Public Service Award (UNPSA).
A 15-year-old title drought came to an end as India won the Asia Cup cricket tournament
after crushing defending champions Sri Lanka.
American John Isner outlasted Frenchman Mahut to win 6-4 3-6 6-7 (7-9) 7-6 (7-3) 70-
68 in the longest match in history, taking 11 hours and five minutes over three days.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has added island nation Tuvalu located in the
Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and Australia as its 187th member.
India's leading industrialist Ratan Tata, Chairman of the Tata Group, has been conferred
the honorary degree of Doctor of Law for his role in producing the world's cheapest car
Nano.
Sachin Tendulkar will be conferred Indian Air Force's honorary rank of Group Captain
and the star cricketer said he is proud to be associated with the "dynamic" IAF.
New Zealand has acquired the distinction of being the world's most peaceful nation for
the second year running, according to the Global Peace Index.
The G8 summit has agreed to provide a further $5bn (£3.3bn) over five years towards
improving the health of mothers and young children in the developing world.
The World Bank said its total lending to India will touch $9.3 billion for the fiscal ending
June this year. The total expected lending this year includes $2.6 billion in interest-free
credit and $6.7 billion in the form of a long-term, low interest loan.
Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily has announced National Litigation Policy to reduce
pendency and delay in cases which Central Government is a party. The policy aims at
reducing government litigation in courts so that the valuable court time is spent on
resolving other pending cases so as to achieve the goal in national legal mission to reduce
average pendency time from 15 years to 3 years.
Myanmar’s dissident political leader Aung San Suu Kyi has become the first recipient of
the new Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Award for democracy instituted by the Pakistan
People’s Party in the memory of the slain former premier.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has assured banks it will keep agriculture loans outside
the base rate ambit. The base rate guidelines, issued in April, had barred lending below
base rate, except for three categories: loans to banks’ own employees, loans against
deposits and small-ticket borrowers under the differential interest rate (DRI) scheme. The
addition of the fourth category means agriculture loans can also be priced below the base
rate.
Freedom fighter and socialist leader Kanduri Charan Mallick died.3
India on Friday expressed confidence to achieve trade target of 30 billion dollars with
Republic of Korea (ROK) by 2014.
Central Bank Of India PO GK Paper-2010
1. India has an agreement with which country regarding distribution of Indus river water?
Ans : Pakistan
2. Which one of the following is an award given by UNO?
Ans: Kalinga Prize(UNESCO)
3. Which one of the following is associated with cricket?
Ans: No Ball
4. Which one of the following is a trophy associated with Hockey?
Ans: Rangaswamy cup.
5. Who won the Hockey world cup held in India this year?
Ans: Australia
6. Which one of the following is not related to Banking?
Ans: Radiation
7. The government has decided to provide new banking license. Which body
in Indiaissues license for banking?
Ans: RBI
8. Moorti Devi Award is given in the field of?
Ans: Literature
9. India recently applied for ___ billion SDR. SDR is associated with?
Ans: IMF
10. Surjit Patter is famous _____ poet?
Ans: Punjabi
11. Indira Gandhi Canal is in which state?
Ans: Rajasthan
12. What is the full form of NAV usually used by Mutual Fund companies?
Ans: Net Asset Value
13. What is RBI’s GDP growth prediction for the fiscal 2010-11?
Ans: 8%
14. 34th National Games will be held in which state?
Ans: Jharkhand
15. When is World Water Day celebrated?
Ans: 22nd March
16. Which of the following is used in nuclear reactor?
Ans: Uranium
17. Which company is not under defence ministry?
Ans: BHEL
18. India recently signed an agreement for supply of LNG with the country which is the
largest producer of LNG in the world?
Ans: Qatar
19. Which one of the following is a not a missile developed by India?
Ans: Pinaka (is a rocket launcher)
20. Which country is not on the list of high industrial production countries?
Ans: IRAN
21. Who is the director of the movie”Oye Lucky Lucky Oye”?
Ans: Dipankar Banerjee
22. USA recently passed a resolution for protection of nuclear assets throughout the
world. Which one of the following is an step taken by US in this regard?
Ans: Organized a nuclear security summit
23. The insurance by banks is better known as?
Ans: Bankassurance
24. Which one of the following is not related to finance?
Ans: Convergence(Don’t know exactly)
25. Sandra bullock has been awarded with Oscar in which category?
Ans: Best Actress.
26. RBI recently hiked the CRR by 25 basis point ?What will be the effect?
Ans: Banks have to deposit more money with RBI
27. ADAG companies were in news recently for making good profits. ADAG companies
is better known as?
Ans: Reliance Companies
28. Other than CO2 which gas found in water has become a threat to living beings?
Ans: Methane(found in sea and marshy areas)
29. Ajit Wadekar has been recently honored with?
Ans: None of these
30. Who is the head of 19th Law Commission?
Ans: PV Reddy
31. What is the definition of Mutual fund?
Ans: ?
32. Who is the writer of SOLE?
Ans: Rana Gupta
33. In ONGC OPL….OPL stands for?
Ans: Oil Prospecting License
34. Vinda Karindakar is a famous personality in the field of?
Ans: Literature
35. Commonwealth Games will be held in which country this year?
Ans: India
36. Plain vanilla currency option is associated with which instrument?
Ans: Forex(Don’t know exactly)
37. India recently decided to soften the FDI norms? Which body in India is the regulatory
body for FDI?
Ans: Finance Ministry (Not sure??)
38. Who won the National Women’s Football Cup 2010?
Ans: ?
39. What is the effect of increase in Repo Rate?
Ans:?
Current Affairs June - II 20101. The economy is likely to grow around 8.5 per cent in the current fiscal if the country gets
a normal monsoon, Prime Minister's economic advisory council chairman C Rangarajan.
2. Indians are the most eco-friendly people while Americans the least, according to a 17-
nation survey on consumers' progress towards environmentally sustainable consumption
patterns. India toped the Consumer Greendex, compiled by National Geographic which
studied 17,000 consumers in 17 countries. The rankings are Indians, Brazilians, Chinese,
Mexicans, Argentineans, Russians, Hungarians, South Koreans, Swedes, Spanish,
Australian, German, Japanese, British, French, Canadians and Americans.(June CA Part-
1)
3. The Agricultural Bank of China (ABC) announced its huge dual listing
in Shanghai andHong Kong, which could be the world's largest-ever initial public
offering, says a media report. ABC, the biggest bank in China by customers, plans to sell
as many as 22.24 billion A shares in its IPO in Shanghai and another 25.4 billion shares
in Hong Kong.
4. Israel will set up three centres of excellence to enhance productivity of fruits
inMaharashtra. The west Asian nation is also mulling setting-up a post-harvest college.
5. Tamil Nadu Government launched an eco tourism policy which would facilitate
conservation and preservation of the state's natural resources.
6. Justice Rao takes charge as chairperson of National Commission for Backward Classes.
7. Yogesh Aggarwal Chairman & Managing Director of IDBI Bank has resigned following
his appointment as the Chairman of Pension Fund Regulatory and Development
Authority (PFRDA).
8. Former Infosys co-chair Nandan Nilekani will head a committee that will recommend to
the finance ministry on how best to tap information technology for an effective tax
administration and financial governance system.
9. Russia said it will share the enrichment and reprocessing (ENR) technology withIndia for
production of nuclear fuel for atomic power plants in the country.
10. An Indian American science teacher is among the pedagogues nominated by US
President Barack Obama as a recipient of the prestigious Presidential Award for
Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. Radhika Plakkot is among 103 Maths
and Science teachers who have been selected for this prestigious award from across the
country.
11. India's growth is expected to rise to nine percent in 2011 with South Asia poised to
become the second-fastest growing region after East Asia & Pacific, says the latest World
Bank update.
12. India has slipped to a low of 128 in the Global Peace Index ranking with the country
along with Pakistan and Sri Lanka experiencing more incidents of internal conflicts,
terrorism and human rights abuses. The only study to quantify global peacefulness, the
GPI is produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP).
13. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said that the government is in the process of setting
up 8 more income tax overseas units, including in the US and Britain, to facilitate
exchange of tax related information. At present, the government has one such unit
(ITOUs) each at the Indian mission in Singapore and Mauritius.
14. The French government says it's selling off 1,700 properties including chateaux, barracks
and Parisian mansions, in part to cut the country's heavy debt.
15. The government has a cash balance of around Rs 48,000 crore with the Reserve Bank
currently and will spend it gradually rather than at one go, three sources with direct
knowledge of the issue told Reuters.
16. Surging prices notwithstanding, the government has hiked the minimum support price of
pulses by up to Rs 700 to a maximum of Rs 3,170 a quintal but support for paddy has
been increased by a meager Rs 50 a quintal.
17. India win gold medal in World Cup archery. The Indian trio of Rahul Banerjee, Mangal
Singh Champia and Jayanta Talukdar clinched the men's team recurve gold medal with a
218-214 win over the US in the final of the World Cup archery (Stage II)
in Antalya, Turkey.
18. Russian Grandmaster Dmitry Kokarev drew his final match to emerge as the winner in
the Mumbai Mayor's Cup International Open Chess tournament.
19. A British environmentalist (Roz Savage) has become the first woman to row alone across
the Pacific Ocean, receiving a rock star welcome in Papua New Guinea after finishing a
nearly 13,000-kilometre journey.
20. The US is home to about 1.6 million Indian origin people, making them the third-largest
immigrant group in the country after Mexicans and Filipino, a Washington-based think
tank has said.
21. The Cabinet approved the mid-term appraisal (MTA) of the Eleventh Five-Year Plan
(2007-12), which scaled down the average growth target of the economy to 8.1 per cent
from 9 per cent. The MTA will now be placed before the National Development Council
(NDC), the highest policy making body in the country headed by the Prime Minister.
22. A global effort to ban cluster bombs has gained the signatures of 106 countries, but 70
more have yet to sign on with only weeks to go before the ban goes into effect on Aug 1.
The United States is among those refusing to sign. The Pentagon considers cluster bombs
to be a key part of its defence strategy.
23. China is to impose new age limits on mountaineers seeking to climb in Tibet, authorities
said, after an American 13-year-old became the youngest person ever to scale Mount
Everest.
24. Justice Rekha Manharlal Doshit and Justice M Yusuf Eqbal were appointed as Chief
Justices of the Patna High Court and the Madras High Court respectively.
Quiz on General Knowledge 74 - 20101. Omar al-Bashir, the only world leader facing an international arrest warrant, was sworn
in as _______________?
a)President of Egypt b)Prime Minister of Sudan c)Prime Minister of Egypt
d)President of Sudan e)none
2. From which country India is buying C-17 Globemaster III strategic-lift aircraft to the
Indian Air Force (IAF) in a deal worth $5.8 billion?
a)US b)Israel c)Russia d)France e)none
3. Which of the following country has played the most number of One-day International
(ODI) matches?
a)Australia b)India c)England d)West Indies e)none
4. Which of the following ministry has announced a financial assistance of Rs 95 lakh for
about 19,000 rubber growers in the country during the current financial year?
a)Ministry of Commerce and Industry
b)Ministry of Agriculture
c)Ministry of Finance
d)Ministry of External Affairs
e)none
5. Who won the 2010 Abel Prize(often been described as the "mathematician's Nobel"
prize) presented annually by the King of Norway for his vast and lasting impact on the
theory of numbers?
a)Mikhail Gromov b)Jacques Tits c)John Tate d)Jean-Pierre Serre e)none
6. Which Country is planning to work with Rajasthan in cooperation with the local
authorities on issues like water quality and agriculture?
a)Israel b)UK c)Russia d)US e)none
7. Who has been appointed as the next head of the United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change (UNFCCC)?
a)Yvo de boer b)R K Pachauri c)Christiana Figueres d)Kofi Annan e)none
8. Fiscal deficit pegged at ____ percent of GDP during 2009-10?
a)6.0% b)6.6% c)6.9% d)6.3% e)none
9. According to the Worldwide Quality of Living survey 2010, which of the following city
placed best among Indian cities in the global list at 140th rank?
a)Delhi b)Mysore c)Bangalore d)Mumbai e)none
10. Who has been sworn in as President of Germany?
a)Angela Merkel b)Horst Kohler c)Johannes Rau d)Christian Wulff e)none
11. Which of the following state has come under President’s rule recently?
a)Uttarakhand b)Chhattisgarh c)Meghalaya d)Jharkhand e)none
12. Who is the Chairman of the committee formed by RBI to review the services rendered to
retail and small customers by banks and their Ombudsman scheme for addressing
grievances?
a)M Damodaran )M V Nair c)M S Sundar Rajan d)O P Bhatt e)none
13. Which state will host the International Literature festival?
a)Kerala b)Gujarat c)Rajasthan d)Andhra Pradesh e)none
14. Which Country is the World’s largest consumer of oil?
a)China b)India c)Russia d)Japan e)US
15. Who is the new chairman of the Indian Banks Association (IBA)?
a)M V Nair b)C S Reddy c)O P Bhatt d)Y V Reddy e)none
16. Mahinda Rajapaksa visited India and signed seven pacts to boost bilateral cooperation
across a range of areas, including security, power, railways and cultural exchange. He
was the _________?
a)Prime Minister of Srilanka
b)President of Maldives
c)Prime Minister of Malyasia
d)President of Srilanka
e)none
17. Who is the author of the book ‘Grandmother’s Tale’?
a)R K Laxman b)Salman Rushdie c)Arundhati Roy d)Shashi Tharoor e)R K
Narayan
18. Which state will provide free Education and books to students of classes I-VII in
government schools?
a)Tamilnadu b)Rajasthan c)Andhra Pradesh d)Gujarat e)none
19. Which of the following is the World’s biggest bank in terms of market capital and brand
value, compiled by brand directory?
a)Bank of America b)Citi Bank c)HSBC d)J P Morgan e)SBI
20. Which of the following term is not related to banking and finance?
a)Private Equity b)broker c)mortgage d)Annuity e)All are related
June Current Affairs - 2010 India is expected to be the world's fastest growing economy by 2018, according to
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the research arm of the Economist magazine.
Encouraged by faster growth in trade between India and South Africa, industry body CII
forecast a $12-billion business by 2012 between the two nations.
Currency notes are used for the bulk of transactions in the country, despite the growing
use of instruments like credit cards and electronic payments, RBI Regional Director
Surekha Marandi said.
The UN Security Council has decided to pull out 2,000 troops from the Democratic
Republic of Congo (DRC) this year and fully withdraw its contingent in June 2011.
China will soon launch its fourth orbiter into space as part of its indigenous satellite
navigation and positioning network known as 'Beidou'.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said his government will invest Rs 36,000 crore in
programmes for providing basic services to urban poor and development of slums.
Filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra will be honoured by the organisers of the Indian Film
Festival of London (IFFL) for his contribution to cinema during the event which will be
held in August.
India and Seychelles signed an agreement to promote and protect each other's
investments on reciprocal basis to enhance bilateral economic ties.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has granted $5 million to the Public Health
Foundation of India (PHFI) to strengthen the National Tobacco Control Programme in
Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh, over a three-year period.
China is entering into a new and powerful form of relationship with Pakistan. It has
decided to allow Pakistan to participate in cross-border trade using the Chinese Yuan as
the base currency in dealing with the western Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
The World Bank approved two projects worth USD 407 million to India, consisting of a
USD 300-million credit/loan for scaling up the Sustainable and Responsible
Microfinance Project and a USD 107-million loan to strengthen statistical data base.
The MCD(Municipal Corporation of Delhi) claimed that it has become the first civic
body in the country to win carbon credit through its municipal solid waste compost plant
in Okhla area of south Delhi.
China has emerged as the world's second biggest arms spender for the second
consecutive year after the US, splurging a whopping $100 billion despite the global
financial crisis, according to a Swedish think-tank. Latest figures released by the
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), also estimated that some 8,100
nuclear warheads were in operation worldwide in the US, Russia, China, Britain, France,
India, Pakistan and Israel. SIPRI said that around 2,000 nuclear warheads were still on
"high alert" or ready to be launched within minutes.
Prominent taxonomists V Jayachandran Nair and Ramakrishna have bagged the
Environment Ministry's prestigious E K Janki Ammal award for plant and animal
taxonomy.
The Agricultural Bank of China (ABC) announced its huge dual listing in Shanghai and
Hong Kong, which could be the world's largest-ever initial public offering, says a media
report. ABC, the biggest bank in China by customers, plans to sell as many as 22.24
billion A shares in its IPO in Shanghai and another 25.4 billion shares in Hong Kong.
Former President and distinguished scientist Dr A P J Abdul Kalam said, India would be
a developed country by 2020 with the support of science.
Canara Bank PO GK Paper - 20101. Repo rate – 5.25%.(Very Recently Rbi(July 2nd) has increased the base rates by 25 basis
points(i.e Repo rate & Reverse repo rate).Now its is 5.5% and 4% respectively.., but the
question paper is prepared before a month so the answer would be 5.25%.)
2. Food Inflation in 2009-10 – 17%.
3. South Africa Currency – Rand.(Countries, Currencies, President's/PM's)
4. GDP – Gross Domestic Product.(Financial& Banking Acronyms )
5. 2012 Olympics will be held in – London.
6. Earth Day is observes on – April 22nd.(Important Days)
7. NBFC – Non banking finance company.
8. India - Palestine – Wets Asia conflict.
9. Bear and Bulls related to – Stock Market.
10. Special Drawing Rights issued by – IMF.
11. Term used in Hockey – Penalty Corner.
12. Economic Survey is done for the year - 2009-10.
13. Which country facing Crisis in Europe – Greece.
14. Women’s Reservation in state assemblies – 33%.
15. Base rate will be implemented from – July 2010.
16. Scheme related to Rural Health Scheme – NHRM.
17. Who is not related to famous author – M F Hussain.
18. India Bangladesh power plant in which city – Khulna.
19. WADI in West Bengal - tribal development programme.
20. Chairman of 13th finance commission – Vijay Kelkar.
21. Player associated with women’s cricket – Mithali Raj.
22. India and Saudi Arabia signed pacts in – Energy Sector.
23. Which country is not playing International cricket – China.
24. First woman president of Costa Rica - Laura Chinchilla.
25. Government has granted 1,200 crore to – Bundelkhand region.
26. Viktor Yanukovych has been elected as – President of Ukraine.
27. Banking services to rural people termed as - Financial Inclusion.
28. To which country India has given 1billion US dollars – Bangladesh.
29. Teams played in IPL final – Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians.
30. Which of the following is not related to banking and finance – Cell fusion.
31. Which country has reservation in parliament for women like India – France.
32. Who presented the Union budget 2010-11 in parliament – Pranab Mukherjee
33. Recently which country celebrated Rabindranath Tagore birthday – China.
34. Which of the following award is not given in the not the field of literature - Arjuna
Awards.
35. Which country objected the meeting between Dalai Lama and Barack Obama – China.
36. Which of the following told government must cut its fiscal deficit to 3% - 13thFinance
Commission.
37. Ela Bhatt chosen for Niwano Peace Prize, she is from which Organisation – SEWA.
38. Which of the following is a book written by R K Narayan – The World of Nagaraj.
39. Who won the best male actor in 55th Film fare awards – Amitabh bachchan.
40. The details of the companies financial position in the annual report of a company is
known as – balance sheet.
41. Which of the following cup is not related to Cricket – Scindia Gold cup.
42. Question on Right to Education.
43. Question on Union budget 2010-11.
General Knowledge Quiz 2010 - 731. The Index of Industrial Production(IIP) registered a ______ growth during 2009-10?
a)13.5% b)15% c)7.7% d)10.4% e)none
2. Who became the first player to score 1000 T20 international runs?
a)Virender Sehwag b)Chris Gayle c)Yuvraj Singh d)Suresh Raina
e)Brendon McCullum
3. The Environment Ministry has set up a 19-member committee to study in detail the
implementation of the Forest Rights Act, 2006. Who is the chairman of the committee?
a)M. Shankar )S Goplakrishnan c)Devendra Pandey d)N C Saxena e)none
4. Mohan Makhijani popularly known as Mac Mohan recently passed away. He was
well known person in which of the following?
a)Politics b)Sports c)Movies d)Painting e)none
5. With which country India decided to double their trade from $16 billion to $32 billion in
next five years?
a)Malaysia b)Singapore c)Switzerland d)Nepal e)none
6. Which of the following ministry has bought cotton and cotton waste under the restricted
list for exports?
a)Ministry of Agriculture
b)Ministry of Finance
c)Ministry of Commerce and Industry
d)Ministry of Consumer Affairs
e)none
7. Who won the Khar Gymkhana All-India Men's Open Tennis Tournament?
a)Aditya Madkekar b)Saurav Sukul c)Ronak Manuja d)Yannick Nedlord e)none
8. Which city hosted the 15th Asian Squash Championship 2010?
a)Delhi b)Chennai c)Hyderabad d)Chandigarh e)none
9. Which Country won the 2010 Uber Cup(World Team Badminton Championships for
Women)?
a)China b)Indonesia c)India d)South Korea e)none
10. Who is the author of the book ‘Courts and their Judgements’?
a)Vikas Swarup b)Pratap Sharma c)Arun Shourie d)Mrinal Pande e)none
11. Which of the following organization has won the sponsorship rights of Indian cricket
team?
a)Bharti Airtel b)Reliance c)Yahoo d)Sahara e)none
12. Who has been honoured with “Goodwill Ambassador” title for the promotion of
handloom-Khadi industry in Kerala?
a)Amitabh Bachchan b)Mammootty c)Mohanlal d)Amir Khan e)none
13. Which country has taken over 400,000 hectares of Russian land on lease for agricultural
purpose?
a)Japan b)India c)Kazakhstan d)Ukraine e)China
14. What is the maximum amount that the customers can draw through ATM in a day at
present?
a)Rs 25,000 b)Rs 50,000 c)Rs 1,25,000 d)Rs 30,000 e)none
15. In which of the following city Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee unveiled the
centralised processing centre (CPC) of the income tax department to enable faster refunds
to tax payers?
a)Bangalore b)Chennai c)Hyderabad d)Ahmedabad e)none
16. Who is the Chairman of the committee to build India’s first indigenous civilian transport?
a)K. Kasturirangan )V.K Saraswat c)K Radhakrishnan d)Madhavan
Nair e)none
17. What is the full form of NFS in banking?
a)Network Financial System
b)National Financial Service
c)National Financial Switch
d)Network Financial Service
e)none
18. Which country has decided to set up a nuclear city that would use atomic energy for
peaceful purposes, especially in industry, agriculture, mining, desalination and medical
field?
a)Saudi Arabia b)Iran c)India d)Japan e)none
19. Which of the following does not come under BASIC countries?
a)Brazil b)South Africa c)Russia d)China e)India
20. In India, National Doctors Day is annually celebrated on _______?
a)June 30th b)July 2nd c)June 1st d)July 1st e)none
Computer Awareness Quiz 2010 - V1. A group of attribute/field in a database is known as a______.
a) Record b) File c) Database d) Entry e) None
2. A ______ describe a category of information in a table of database.
a) Record b) File c) Entry d) Field e) None
3. A goal of data mining includes which of the following?
a) To confirm that data exists
b) To create a new data warehouse
c) To analyze data for expected relationships
d) To explain some observed event or condition
e) None of the above
4. The correct hierarchical order, smallest to largest, for the following database terms is:
a) File, Field, Record, Database
b) File, Record, Field, Database
c) Record, Field, File, Database
d) Field, Record, File, Database
e) None of the above
5. In RDBMS , DBA is responsible for:
a) Physical database design
b) Defining conceptual models and schema
c) Defining security and integrity rules
d) Defining backup and recovery mechanisms
e) All the above
6. When data changes in multiple lists and all lists are not updated, this causes _______.
a) Duplicate data
b) Data redundancy
c) Data inconsistency
d) Information overload
e) None
7. Which of the following programming method is used to minimize data errors when data
is transferred over a network?
a) Checksum b) Checkbit c) Cryptography d) Encryption e) None
8. Which device act as a traffic cop over a network?
a) Modem b) Hub c) Switch d) Router e) None
9. How many layers are present in Open System Interconnection (OSI) model of network
architecture?
a) Five b) Six c) Seven d) Eight e) None of these
10. Which layer of OSI model, firstly make use of unit of data called “Packet”?
a) Datalink Layer
b) Transport Layer
c) Network Layer
d) Presentation Layer
e) None
11. Communication between computers is established, maintained and terminated by _____ .
a) Network Layer
b) Session Layer
c) Application Layer
d) Presentation Layer
e) None
12. Which term identifies a specific computer on the web and the main page of the entire
site?
a) URL b) Hyperlink c) Web site address d) Domain name e) None of these
13. The place where data or information is stored for a short time is
a) Memory b) Control Unit c) Buffer d) ALU e) None
14. The section of CPU which selects, interprets and sees to the execution of program
instructions?
a) ALU b) Control Unit c) Register Unit d) Processing Unit e) None
15. Which program is used to convert assembly language to machine language?
a) Compiler b) Interpreter c) Linker d) Assembler e) None
16. The process of finding errors in software’s source code
a) Debugging b) Compiling c) Testing d) Running e) None
17. A computer programmer
a) can draw only flowchart
b) can enter data quickly
c) does all the thinking for a computer
d) can operate all type of computer equipment
e) None
18. Primary Memory of a personal computer consists of
a) RAM only
b) ROM only
c) Hard Disk only
d) Both (a) and (b)
e) All (a), (b), and (c)
19. A Trojan horse is
a) An ad ware program
b) A virus disguised as a useful program.
c) A program that blows up every time you use it
d) A spy ware which steal information over internet
e) None
20. Which one of the following is not true?
a) HTTP Protocol is used to view a web page in a browser
b) Android is Google's operating system for mobile devices
c) GHz is the measurement used to determine the speed of processor
d) WAN requires the same technology as LAN
e) All are true
Quiz on Current Affairs 2010 - 721. The 12th Global Businesswomen & Leaders Summit held at ______?
a)Israel b)India c)Kuwait d)UAE e)none
2. Which of the following team has won the 2010 UEFA Champions League?
a)A.C. Milan b)Manchester United c)Bayern Munich d)Inter Milan e)none
3. In which state UNICEF launched the project ‘Youth unity for village advancement' to
create awareness on woman and child health in rural areas?
a)Rajasthan b)Andhra Pradesh c)Orissa d)Madhya Pradesh e)none
4. Abdullah Gul visited India in February 2010. He is the President of _______?
a)Nigeria b)Turkey c)Kuwait d)Palestine e)none
5. Which Country won the ICC Women World T20 Cup by defeating New Zealand?
a)India b)England c)West Indies d)South Africa e)Australia
6. Which country will host the 16th Asian Games which will be held from November 2010?
a)China b)Srilanka c)South Korea d)Malaysia e)none
7. Who is the new Prime Minister of Japan after Yukio Hatoyama has resigned the post
amid a row over an unpopular US army base on the southern island of Okinawa?
a)Taro Aso b)Naoto Kan c)Yoshihiko Noda d)Akihito e)none
8. The G-20 Summit in June 2010 held at __________?
a)Canada b)US c)South Korea d)UK e)none
9. According to Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the research arm of the Economist
magazine, India is expected to be the world's fastest growing economy by ______?
a)2014 b)2016 c)2018 d)2020 e)none
10. The economy of India is the ________ largest economy in the world by nominal GDP
and the _______ largest by purchasing power parity (PPP)?
a)twelfth, fourth b)fourth, twelfth c)fourth, eleventh d)eleventh, fourth e)none
11. In India, the rural economy contributes about _____ percent to GDP?
a)20% b)30% c)40% d)45% e)none
12. Which of the following is not a member of BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for
MultiSectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation)?
a)Nepal b)Srilanka c)Pakistan d)Bhutan e)All are members
13. Indian-origin Kamla Prasad Bissessar elected the first woman Prime Minister of
_______?
a)Australia b)Trinidad and Tobago c)Costa Rica d)Portugal e)none
14. Which of the following is the most eco-friendly nation with the best pollution control
measures and natural resource management?
a)Sweden b)Switzerland c)Norway d)Iceland e)none
15. Which is the first state in country to launch an online National Permit system for trucks
and heavy vehicles?
a)Haryana b)Maharashtra c)Punjab d)Gujarat e)none
16. Which country has cancelled the Machine Readable Passport(MRP) printing deal with
India?
a)Bangladesh b)Nepal c)Srilanka d)Bhutan e)none
17. The Reserve Bank of India is considering a proposal put forward by profit-oriented
(MFIs) ________________ to allow them to be business correspondents of banks for
financial inclusion?
a)Mutual Fund Institutions
b)Mutual Finance Institutions
c)Micro Finance Institutions
d)Mutual Facility Institutions
e)none
18. What is the present Reverse repo rate?
a)3.25% b)5.25% c)3.75% d)6% e)none
19. Who is the author of the book 'The Red Saree' that has been in news recently?
a)Gregory Rabassa b)Javier Moro c)Julio Cortazar d)Peter Hulme
20. Who is the man behind with the Bhopal Gas Tragedy in 1984?
a)Patrick E. Gottschalk b)Arjun Singh c)Andrew N. Liveris d)Warren Anderson
e)none
Current Affairs 2010 May - III India, the world's second fastest growing large economy, also provided the second
highest returns from equities, just behind Indonesia, an Asian Development Bank report
said.(Go for Part I, II)
The world's cheapest car, Tata Nano, has won gold prize in the best new product segment
under the transportation category at the 2010 Edison Awards.
The annual bilateral trade between Indonesia and India had grown from $4 billion to
$10.55 billion within a span of four years between 2005 and 2009 following the
strengthening of ties between the two nations.
The size of the education sector may double to USD 50 billion by 2015 with the rise in
government expenditure along with an increase in middle-class income, an industry
chamber CII study has said.
Thai film 'Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives', a spooky tale of
reincarnation by 39-year-old Apichatpong Weerasethakul, won the Best Picture Palm
d'Or honour at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival in Cannes.
Internet search titan Google and electronics giant Sony are among "the world's most
reputed companies", as customers have placed a lot of faith and trust in these firms, says
a study. Entertainment and media firm The Walt Disney Company and German luxury
car maker BMW have been ranked at the third and the fourth place respectively while
auto maker Daimler/ Mercedes-Benz secured the fifth place in the world's 28 most
reputed companies.
Indian captain Bhaichung Bhutia has been conferred honorary life membership of
Portugal Football Players' Association thus joining a list of all time greats including
Cristiano Ronaldo, Luis Figo and Nuno Gomes.
India unveiled the draft of the ambitious National Green Mission, aiming to increase its
forest cover by 10 million hectares by 2020 and enhance ecosystem services at an
estimated cost of Rs 44,000 crore.
AirAsia Group CEO Dato’ Sri Dr. Tony Fernandes was the proud recipient of the
Masterclass Global CEO of the Year award at the 2nd Malaysia Business Leadership
Award (MBLA) 2010 ceremony.
The Planning Commission has approved Central funding to the tune of Rs 7,000 crore
for building canal network under Narmada project in Gujarat.
After five postponements, the Indian Olympic Association on Tuesday said the 34th
National Games will be held from 9th-22nd December in Jharkhand.
India and energy-rich Turkmenistan decided to step up engagement in a number of areas,
particularly trade and hyrdrocarbons, and signed five pacts, including one in the
economic field.
Monica Lakhanpaul, a consultant community paediatrician and senior lecturer at the
University of Leicester has been honoured here at the Asian Women of Achievement
Awards for 2010.
The number of mobile phone subscribers will touch a staggering 5 billion worldwide this
year from 2.2 billion in 2006, according to the International Telecommunication Union
(ITU).
The Commerce and Industry Ministry announced financial assistance of Rs 95 lakh for
about 19,000 rubber growers in the country during the current financial year.
India became the UAE's largest trading partner in 2009, ousting China from the top
position and accounting for nearly 15 per cent of the country’s total commercial
exchanges, an Emirates Industrial Bank (EIB) study has revealed.
According to the Worldwide Quality of Living survey 2010 for 221 cities globally,
Bengaluru remains the best placed among Indian cities in the global list at 140th rank this
year, an improvement from its 142nd rank in last year's list. The country's national
capital, New Delhi, climbed to 143 rank in this year's list from 145th slot last year and
financial hub Mumbai moved up four places to 144th rank. As the list is topped by
Vienna (Austria), followed by Switzerland's Zurich and Geneva at second and third
positions, respectively.
Mango exports from India, the world's largest producer of the fruit, is likely to rise 8.5
per cent to over 90,000 tonne in the 2009-10 season on increased demand from the
Middle East, an agri-export promotion body APEDA said.
A global non-profit organisation will start food banks in the country aiming to provide
food to the needy by the end of this year. Chicago-based Global FoodBanking Network
(GFN), which provides food to the poor people in 30 countries, plans to open food banks
in the country.
Current Affairs Quiz 2010 - 711. Which is the first country in Europe to ban full-face veils worn by Muslim women?
a)France b)Belgium c)Denmark d)Italy e)none
2. India's first 3 MW solar power plant is inaugurated in Kolar district. It is in which state?
a)Andhra Pradesh b)Karnataka c)Gujarat d)Tamilnadu e)none
3. Who has been re-elected as the Prime Minister of Mauritius?
a)Seewoosagur Ramgoolam )Anerood Jugnauth c)Navinchandra
Ramgoolam d)Paul Bérenger e)none
4. Which Organization has asked mutual fund houses to disclose the details of investor
complaints, annual reports on websites, to enable clients to make more informed
decisions?
a)RBI b)IRDA c)SEBI d)NABARD e)none
5. Which is the first country in the world to mandate plain packaging of cigarettes?
a)Australia b)Canada c)India d)US e)Japan
6. Which is the first country to broadcast 3DTV on terrestrial channels?
a)Japan b)China c)South Korea d)India e)none
7. The Country's first privately-funded metro project will be started in which of the
following cities?
a)Pune b)Chennai c)Hyderabad d)Chandigarh e)Gurgaon
8. Who is the author of the book “Troubles”?
a)J G Farell b)Nina Bawden c)Patrick White d)Mary Renault e)none
9. Recently which state affected by the Cyclonic Storm ‘Laila’?
a)Maharashtra b)Andhra Pradesh c)Tamilnadu d)Gujarat e)none
10. Who is the first Indian to qualify for the men's singles main draw at the French Open in
13 years?
a)Sashi Menon b)Syed Asif Quadri c)Somdev Dewarmen d)Leander Paes e)none
11. Jordan Romero has became the youngest ever climber to conquer Mount Everest, the
world's highest mountain. He belongs to which country?
a)US b)Canada c)UK d)Germany e)none
12. Recently which country has rejected visa applications to the retired employees of Border
Security Force?
a)US b)China c)Pakistan d)Canada e)none
13. The worlds' first women’s' magic festival Maya 2010 held at ___________?
a)Chennai b)Uttar Pradesh c)Pune d)Jaipur e)Thiruvananthapuram
14. Who has been named as ‘England cricketer of the year’?
a)Paul Collingwood b)Graeme Swann c)Kevin Petersen d)Andrew
Strauss e)none
15. To which country President Prathiba Patil recently visited and signed three bilateral
pacts?
a)China b)Japan c)Russia d)Spain e)none
16. John Shepherd-Barron recently passed away. He invented the world’s first _____ in
London?
a)Bank b)Credit Card c)Debit Card d)ATM e)none
17. Which country topped the list of people who acquired British citizenship in 2009?
a)China b)US c)India d)France e)none
18. Jeev Milkha Singh, Gaganjeet Bhullar are associated to which sport?
a)Foot ball b)Tennis c)Chess d)Golf e)none
19. Who has been ranked as the best CEO in the country, a/c to FinanceAsia magazine?
a)Gopalakrishnan b)Natarajan Chandrasekaran c)Sunil Mittal d)Ratan
Tata e)none
20. Which of the following is not a sport playing in the Commonwealth Games 2010?
a)Kabaddi b)Hockey c)Tennis d)Cricket e)All of these
Computer Aptitude Quiz 2010 - IV1. A set of related records in a database is known as a______?
a) File b) Tuples c) Field d) Record-group e) None
2. One piece or item of information in a database is known as a/an ____?
a) Record b) Entry c) File d) Field e) None
3. Locking was introduced into databases so that _____?
a) Consistency can be enforced
b) Keys can be provided to maintain security
c) All simultaneous transactions are prevented
d) Passwords can be provided to maintain security
e) None
4. The four parts of a database listed in ascending order are?
a) File, record, field, entry
b) Entry, field, record, file
c) Field, entry, record, file
d) Record, field, entry, file
e) None
5. Which input device is used to read characters directly from an ordinary piece of paper?
a) OMR b) OCR c) TSR d) PCR e) None
6. Which of the following operating system is launched by IBM for personal computers?
a) IBM-DOS b) MS-DOS c) OS/2 d) PC-DOS e) None
7. Which generation of computer use Artificial Intelligence?
a) Third b) Fourth c) Fifth d) Sixth e) None
8. Which of the following is not a name of network topology?
a) Bus b) NetWare c) Tree d) Ring e) Mesh
9. A _______ server store and manages files for network user?
a) Main b) Web c) File d) Authentication e) None
10. A medium for transferring data between two locations is called ____?
a) Network b) Modem c) Sharing d) Communication Channel e) Data Bus
11. Personal logs or journal entries posted on the Web are known as_______?
a) Twitter b) Blogs c) Web casts d) User-Forum e) None
12. Before a hard disk can be used to store data, it must be _________ firstly?
a) Partitioned b) Labeled c) Formatted d) Addressed e) None
13. What is Rover in Windows XP?
a) An animated character
b) A mouse hover event
c) Busy hourglass mouse cursor
d) A routing and remote access service
e) None
14. A computer-hoax is?
a) A Trojan threat
b) A computer hacker
c) A program that blows up every time you use it
d) A program intended to scare users into thinking they have a virus
e) None
15. Which of the following is not a Microsoft operating system?
a) Windows XP
b) Windows ME
c) Windows CE
d) Windows MX
e) All the above
16. What does SATA stands for?
a) Super Advanced Technology Attachment
b) Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
c) Serial Access Technology Attachment
d) Small Access Technology Attachment
e) None
17. Which one of the following is not true?
a) Front panel of computer case is also called Bezel
b) Python is a computer programming language
c) XP stands for eXPerience in Windows XP
d) DPI (dots per inch) is a measurement of printer resolution
e) All are true
18. The type of line spacing that leaves a blank line between each line keyed is known
as?
a) Single spacing
b) Double spacing
c) Triple spacing
d) Quadruple spacing
e) None
19. The page margins of a document refer to the?
a) Header on each page
b) Page orientation
c) White space left for binding
d) White space surrounding the page
e) None
20. In order to delete the word “RAM” using the backspace key, the cursor must be
Positioned?
a) Before the letter M.
b) After the letter A
c) Before the letter R
d) After the letter M
e) Can not delete
General Awareness Quiz 2010 - 701. The Union ministry of information & broadcasting has constituted a committee to review
existing television rating point system (TRP) in India. Who is the head of the committee?
a)Rajiv Mehrotra b)Neeraja Choudhary c)D S Mathur d)Amit Mitra e)none
2. With which country India has signed an agreement for Rs 10,500 crore official
development assistance (ODA)?
a)US b)France c)Japan d)UK e)Germany
3. According to the Environmental Performance Index (EPI), India is the ____ most eco-
friendly nation with the best pollution control measures and natural resource
management?
a)88th b)123rd c)134th d)143rd e)none
4. Who won the Saraswati Samman 2009 award?
a)Naiyer Masud b)Lakshmi Nandan Bora c)Jagannath Prasad Das d)Surjit Paatar
e)none
5. Girija Prasad Koirala has passed away. He was the former ______________?
a)President of Nepal
b)President of Bangladesh
c)Prime Minister of England
d)Prime Minister of Bangladesh
e)none(Prime Minister of Nepal)
6. Which state in India is the largest producer of cotton?
a)Maharashtra b)Haryana c)Gujarat d)Andhra Pradesh e)none
7. What is the slogan of Census 2011?
a)Our Country, Our Future
b)Our Census, Our Future
c)Our Country, Our Census
d)Our Country, Our Population
e)none
8. Bhairon Singh Shekhawat has recently passed away. Who is he?
a)Former President of India
b)Former Vice President of India
c)Former Prime Minister of India
d)Both a & b
e)none
9. The Fourteenth G-15 summit was held in _________?
a)Cuba b)Indonesia c)Egypt d)Iran e)Srilanka
10. In which party, popular South Indian actress Khushboo joined politics in may 2010?
a)Congress b)DMK c)MDMK d)AIADMK e)none
11. Government is planning to provide education loans at _____ percent interest rate to help
students from weaker sections of society to pursue higher studies?
a)1% b)2% c)3% d)4% e)none
12. Deandra Dottin scored the first century in a 2010 women's Twenty20 World Cup held in
West Indies. He plays for which country?
a)West Indies b)England c)South Africa d)New Zealand e)none
13. World Press Freedom day is observed on?
a)April 3rd b)May 3rd c)June 3rd d)July 3rd e)none
14. Which state in India to launch country’s first mobile lok adalat to reach specifically rural
poor to settle litigations at their doorstep without any cost to them?
a)Kerala b)Gujarat c)Tamilnadu d)Maharashtra e)Andhra Pradesh
15. Which Indian state had become the first state in the entire Asian sub-continent to pay for
the procurement of plastic waste?
a)Andhra Pradesh b)Uttar Pradesh c)Himachal Pradesh d)Arunachal Pradesh
e)none
16. According to a list compiled by the Forbes magazine, which Indian city has been named
among the world's top ten billionaire cities?
a)Delhi b)Bangalore c)Pune d)Mumbai e)none
17. Which of the following has become India's First state to be declared as "Smoke Free
State" on World No Tobacco day?
a)Uttaranchal b)Kerala c)Gujarat d)Assam e)Sikkim
18. Who among the following is India’s highest individual taxpayer?
a)Asim Ghosh b)Mukhesh Ambani c)Analjit Singh d)Indrani Patnaik e)none
19. How many teams are participated in the 2010 FIFA World Cup?
a)8 b)12 c)16 d)24 e)32
20. India announced a target of constructing _____km of road per day in the country in order
to fill in the road infrastructure deficit.
a)20km b)30km c)15km d)10km e)none
Current Affairs May 2010 - II Defending champions India and South Korea were declared joint winners of the Sultan
Azlan Shah Hockey tournament as the summit clash between the two teams was called
off due to rain.
State-owned SAIL is mulling over setting up a steel project, at an estimated cost of Rs
60,000 crore, in Jharkhand.(Go for Current Affairs - I)
India's top industrialist and Chairman of the Tata Group, Ratan Tata has received the
2010 CIF Chanchlani Global Indian Award for his outstanding global leadership, vision
and professional excellence.
The UPA government has received seven points out of ten for its performance from India
Inc from a majority of the 500 Chief Executive Officers (CEOs), surveyed by industry
chamber Assocham.
Dr Ratan Kumar Sinha, closely associated with the design and development of India's
first thorium-based Advanced Heavy Water Reactor, will be the new Director of Bhabha
Atomic Research Centre (BARC). Sinha will take over from Dr S Banerjee, who had
been holding the post of BARC director and Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission
(AEC).
Aravane Rezai defeated Venus Williams to win Madrid title 2010.
Reliance Industries said it has entered into an agreement with Russia's leading
petrochemical firm, SIBUR to form a joint venture in India to produce butyl rubber.
The government will consider a proposal for setting up the country's first financial
services sector special economic zone (SEZ). Diversified corporate entity GMR Group
has submitted a proposal to the Centre for setting up this international financial services-
focussed SEZ in Hyderabad.
India and Russia will hold a joint military drill nicknamed Indra-2010 with the
involvement of more than 150 Russian servicemen from the motorised mountain infantry
brigade.
Haryana will soon have a large scale biogas plant and bottling facility for use in cooking,
transport and fertilisers.
Chief Minister Narendra Modi claimed that Gujarat has merged as the number one state
in agriculture growth in the country. According to him, two factors have helped the state
in agriculture sector, irrigation through check dams and canals, and use of technology in
the farm sector.
Australian schoolgirl sailor Jessica Watson sailed into history, becoming the youngest
person to circumnavigate the globe solo, non-stop and without help.
In a bid to ward off fresh UN sanctions being pushed by the US, Iran announced it would
ship 1,200 kgs of its low-enriched uranium to Turkey in a nuclear fuel swap deal. Under
the new deal, brokered by Brazil and Turkey, Iran will ship 1,200 kgs of uranium
enriched to low levels to Turkey to trade it for fuel rods containing uranium enriched to
higher levels.
Defence Minister A.K. Antony left for Oman on a two-day visit to reinforce India's
bilateral security ties in the Gulf region where other major powers, including China, have
deepened their strategic military cooperation.
National Dinosaur Fossil Park would be set up in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh where
more than 100 dinosaur eggs, estimated to be more than 6.5 crore (65 million) years old.
Rima Fakih who belongs to Michigan, was crowned the new Miss USA 2010.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Christiana Figueres of Costa Rica to
be the next head of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC).
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved immediate disbursement of USD 1.3
billion of financial assistance to Pakistan, as it noted that the country's vulnerability
remains high.
Filmmaker Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury's National-award-winning film 'Antaheen' has
been selected as the only Indian entry for competition in 13th Shanghai International
Film Festival.
Underworld don and India's most wanted fugitive Dawood Ibrahim, mastermind of the
1993 Mumbai bombings, figures third on the Forbes' Most Wanted list which has been
topped by Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden. The list, carried in the latest edition of the
Forbes magazine, also has Mexico's most powerful drug trafficker Joaquin Guzman in
no.2.
LIC ADO GK Paper - 20101. Which one of the following is not an insurance provider in India?
A)NSDL
2. Whcih one of the following is not a policy provided by LIC?
A)Mahalife Gold Plan
3. The regulatory body for Insurance in India is?
A)IRDA
4. The author of the book “The White Tiger”?
A)Arvind Adigga
5. Who has won the man booker prize?
A)Alice Munro
6. Where was the SAARC summit held in 2010?
A)Bhutan
7. The Indian tennis player who was a part of a team who won a category in Australian
Open 2010?
A)Leander Paes
8. Key feature of Union Budget?
A)All of the above
9. LIC is going on paperless from 2011, what does it mean?
A)All activities will be carried out in electronic form.
10. Which is the only Public sector Life insurance provider in India?
A)LIC
11. Who won the Indira Gandi Peace Prize in 2009?
A)Prime Minister of Bangladesh
12. Which one of the following is a term related to cricket?
A)Silly Point
13. Which one of the following is not related to finance or banking?
A)Amnesty
14. The national award given in the field of sports?
A)Arjun Award.
15. Who among the following is not a winner of PadmSree Award?
A)Lalit Modi
16. Who among the following is not a winner of National Film Awards?
A)Shilpa Shetty.
17. What is the meaning if maturity date in policies by LIC?
A)The date on which the contract between the company and the person insured is going
to expire.
18. What is the meaning of insurance?
A)Mutal payment contract to cover a particular risk.
19. Rs.16,500 crores has been provide to banks under Union budget 2010-11 for?
A)To strengthen their capital base
20. The term ULIP(recently in news) is associated with?
A)Insurance companies
21. The financial body which frames Monetary and Financial policy in India?
A)RBI
22. The term Micro-finance was in news recently. Which one of the following is a type of
Micro-Finance?
A)?(a.LIC b.Mutual fund investment c.Letter of credit d.Mutual help groups)
Note: LIC ADO exam held on 13-06-10. GK paper submitted Seemab Hussain.
Computer Awareness Quiz 2010 - III1. After a program has shown that it runs and produces results, the next step is to…...?
a) Save b) Load c) Exit d) Test e) List
2. A computer that works with discrete quantities is
a) Hybrid . b) Optical. c) Digital d) Analog e) None
3. A 32 bit computer word consists of………?
a) 4 bytes b) 8 bytes c) 16 bytes d) 32 bytes e) None
4. The process of checking the validity of information held in a transaction file is
a) Verification b) Test data c) Validation d) Updating e) None
5. What is a ‘tuple’?
a) Another name for a table in an RDBMS.
b) Another name for the key linking different tables in a database.
c) Initial seed value of a field
d) A row or record in a database table.
e) An attribute attached to a record.
6. Which of the following is not a web scripting language?
a) ASP b) DSP c) JSP d) PHP e) HTML
7. Which one of the following work as both an input and output device?
a) Keyboard b) QWERTY Keyboard c) Mouse d) Scanner e) Modem
8. Which of the following companies is also known as ‘Big Blue’
a) Intel b) IBM c) Microsoft d) Adobe System e) Google
9. Which of the following is not an operating system for personal computers?
a) Windows XP b)Windows 7 c) Red Hat Linux d) Google’s Nexus One e)Unix
10. A network where all systems have equal status is called:
a) Peer-to-Peer.
b) A Star Network.
c) The Internet.
d) Client-Server.
e) None
11. What is the communications protocol that allows you to connect your computer
to the Internet using a standard telephone line ?
a) HTTP b) ISDN c) SLIP d) TCP/IP e) None
12. What is the name given to the standard or set of rules that two computers use
to communicate with each other ?
a) Access Control b) Domain c) Link d) Protocol e) TCP/IP
13. What does SMPS stands for?
a) Switched Mode Power Supply
b) Single Mode Power Supply
c) Simple Mode Power Supply
d) Synchronous Mode Power Supply
e) None
14. When a user turns on a Windows XP system, which program will activate first?
a) Exhaust fan of SMPS will start rotating
b) Windows XP logo screen appear with progress bar
c) Operating System start to load its file in RAM.
d) Desktop screen appear with mouse pointer
e) BIOS the in-charge of system start executing
15. In Windows Explorer, when a user press Alt key and Double-click a file/folder
simultaneously, what will happen?
a) Selected file/folder will open in new window
b) Selected file/folder will open in same window
c) Selected file/folder will move to recycle bin
d) Properties dialog box of Selected file/folder will open
e) None
16. Which of the following is not true?
a) TCP is a connection-oriented protocol
b) 48 is an Octal Number
c) FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol
d) A file having extension PNG is a graphic file
e) C++ is a computer programming language
17. In MS-Excel, what is the keyboard shortcut to complete a cell entry and move up in the
selection?
a) Ctrl + TAB
b) Shift + TAB
c) Alt + ENTER
d) Shift + ENTER
e) None
18. What is the file extension used for Microsoft Word document templates?
a) .dot b) .wdt c) .txt d) .exe e) .doc
19. Which Access component is best for data presentation?
a) Table b) Form c) Report d) Query e) None
20. What would you see while spell checking the phrase “My father was write”?
a) The word “write” is misspelled.
b) A red line appears under “write”
c) A green line appears under “write”
d) The word “father” is misspelled.
e) No errors.
Latest Current Affairs Quiz - 20101. Which of the following is the World’s fastest Supercomputer?
a)Jaguar b)Roadrunner c)Nebulae d)Kraken XT5 e)none
2. A/c to the latest notifications of Reserve Bank of India, how much amount of cash can
Indians carry while travelling abroad?
a)$2000 b)$3000 c)$4000 d)$5000 e)none
3. Who is the head of the 18 member high-level expert committee to suggest measures for
efficient management of public expenditure?
a)C Rangarajan b)Manmohan Singh c)Deepak Parekh d)Sam Pitroda e)none
4. Sunil Chhetri is associated to which of the following sport?
a)Cricket b)Chess c)Football d)Badminton e)none
5. With which country India signed an agreement to establish a hotline between prime
ministers of the two countries?
a)Pakistan b)UK c)Russia d)Nepal e)China
6. Which country is the largest exporter of Cotton in 2009?
a)US b)India c)China d)Brazil e)none
7. CryoSat 2, a satellite that will monitor variations in the extent and thickness of polar ice,
launched by which country?
a)US b)Japan c)Europe d)India e)none
8. With which country India has signed an agreement to boost cooperation in the education
sector?
a)Maldives b)Malaysia c)Japan d)Australia e)none
9. Which Srilankan cricketer has won a seat in parliament general elections?
a)Dharmasena b)Sanath Jayasurya c)Chaminda Vaas d)M Jayawardene e)none
10. Which of the following MP resigned in the wake of IPL controversy?
a)Sharad Pawar b)Supriya Sule c)Shashi Tharoor d)M S Gill e)none
11. The first of the new class of offshore patrol vessel indigenously designed and
commissioned into Indian Coast Guard?
a)ICGS Vikram b)ICGS Vishwast c)ICGS Samar d)ICGS Sankalp e)none
12. After United States and Republic of Korea decided to eliminate travel restrictions based
on HIV status, recently which of the following country done the same?
a)India b)Australia c)Malaysia d)China e)none
13. Reliance Industries has found a fourth oil discovery in the Cambay basin. Cambay basin
is in which state?
a)Andhra Pradesh b)Gujarat c)Rajasthan d)Maharashtra e)none
14. With which Indian company Renault and Nissan are developing an ultra low cost car to
take on Tata Nano?
a)Mahindra & Mahindra b)TVS c)Bajaj d)Maruti Suzuki e)none
15. New Moore or Purbasha island near the Bay of Bengal has been completely submerged
into the sea. This island was claimed by both India and ___________?
a)Bhutan b)Srilanka c)Myanmar d)Bangladesh e)Maldives
16. The Tsunami Early Warning System (TEWS) has won the Platinum Icon award for
innovative use of technology in Web Ratna Awards, 2009. It is developed by
___________?
a)Infosys b)HP c)Wipro d)TCS e)none
17. The first Non-Latin web address launched in which of the following language?
a)Tamil b)Thai c)Mandarin d)Urdu e)Arab
18. What is the maximum limit that foreign investors can hold in state-run banks?
a)10% b)15% c)20% d)30% e)49%
19. What is the full form of ECB in banking?
a)External Commercial Borrowings
b)Electronic Commercial Borrowings
c)Export Commercial Borrowings
d)Enterprise Commercial Borrowings
e)none
20. Veselin Topalov, a famous player associated with which of the following sport?
a)Badminton b)Chess c)Tennis d)Football e)none
IIFA Awards and French Open 2010The International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards are presented annually by the
International Indian Film Academy. These awards are awarded for Excellence in
cinematic achievements for Bollywood. These awards honour films from the previous
calendar year. The 2010 IIFA awards held in Colombo, Srilanka.
The awards began in 2000 and the first ceremony was held in London. From then on the
awards were held at locations around the world signifying the international success of
Bollywood. The next award ceremony was announced to be held in Toronto, Canada in
2011.
Amitabh Bachchan has been the Brand Ambassador of the IIFA until 2010 where he
resigned the post due to protests by a Tamil Organisation "Naam Tamilar.
List of winners of 2010 IIFA awards:
Best Film - Vidhu Vinod Chopra - 3 Idiots.
Best Direction - Rajkumar Hirani - 3 Idiots.
Best Performance in a Leading Role (Male) - Amitabh Bachchan – Paa.
Best Performance in a Leading Role (Female) - Kareena Kapoor - 3 Idiots & Vidya
Balan – Paa.
Best Performance in Supporting Role (Male) - Sharman Joshi - 3 Idiots.
Best Performance in Supporting Role (Female) - Divya Dutta - Delhi 6.
Best Performance in a Negative Role - Boman Irani - 3 Idiots.
Best Performance in a Comic Role : Sanjay Dutt For All The Best.
Best Story - Abhijat Joshi, Raj Kumar Hirani, Vidu Vinod Chopra - 3 Idiots.
Best Lyrics - Swanand Kirkire - 3 Idiots.
Best Music Direction - Pritam - Love Aaj Kal.
Best Playback Singer (Female) - Kavita Seth - Ek Tara (Wake Up Sid).
Best Playback Singer (Male) - Shaan - Behti Hawa Sa Tha Who (3 Idiots).
Outstanding Achievement by an Indian Internationally - Anil Kapoor.
IIFA Green Global Award - Vivek Oberoi.
Best Screenplay - Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra (3 Idiots).
Best Cinematography - C.K. Muraleedharan (3 Idiots).
Best Dialogue - Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijat Joshi (3 Idiots).
Best Editing - Rajkumar Hirani (3 Idiots).
Debut of the year (Male) - Omi Vaidya - Jackie Bhagnani.
Debut of the year (Female) - Jacqueline Fernandez - Mahie Gill.
Best Background Score - Sanjay Wandrekar, Atul Raninga, Shantanu Moitra (3 Idiots).
Best Sound Recording - Bishwadeep Chatterjee, Nihal Ranjan Samel (3 Idiots).
Best Song Recording - Bishwadeep Chatterjee, Sachi K Sanghvi (3 Idiots).
Best Sound Re-recording - Anup Dev (3 Idiots).
Best Choreography - Bosco Martis, Caesar Gonsalves (Love Aaj Kal).
Best Costume Designing - Anahita Shroff Adajania, Dolly Ahluwalia (Love Aaj Kal).
Best Art Direction - Sabu Cyril (Aladin).
Best Special Effects (Visual) - Charles Darby - Eyecube Labs (Aladin).
Best Action - Shyam Kaushal (Kaminey).
Best Make up Artist - Christien Tinsley, Domini Till (Paa).
2010 French Open
French Open 2010 was the 109th edition and the second Grand Slam event of the year,
will be held in Paris, France every year.
List of 2010 French Open Winners:
Men’s Single - Rafael Nadal(Spain) def. Robin Söderling(Sweden).
Women’s Single - Francesca Schiavone(Italy) def. Samantha Stosur(Aust).
Men's doubles - Daniel Nestor/ Nenad Zimonjić def. Lukáš Dlouhý / Leander Paes.
Women's doubles - Serena Williams / Venus Williams def. Květa Peschke / Katarina
Srebotnik.
Mixed doubles - Katarina Srebotnik / Nenad Zimonjić def. Yaroslava Shvedova / Julian
Knowle.
May Current Affairs - 2010 Senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi was appointed Chairman of the Parliamentary
Accounts Committee, replacing fellow party man Gopinath Munde.
Viswanathan Anand won the World Chess Championship, beating Veselin Topalov in
the final game of the 12-game tournament in 56 moves, in Sofia (Bulgaria).
The government agreed to give an additional Rs 14,000 crore to oil retailers Indian Oil,
Bharat Petroleum and HPCL to make up for most of the losses they incurred on selling
cooking fuel below cost.
West Indian Deandra Dottin became the first woman cricketer to hit a Twenty20
International century, also the fastest ever in this format, when she blasted a 40-ball
unbeaten 112 against South Africa in the World Cup.
India and Finland have agreed to cooperate in building roads and highways and share
information on attracting more investments for public-private-partnership (PPP) projects
in the sector.
Distinguished Indian physicist and environmentalist Vandana Shiva has been awarded
the prestigious Sydney Peace Prize this year, in recognition of her works in the field of
social justice.
Chandigarh has emerged as the number one city in terms of sanitation in the National
Rating Exercise, government said. Announcing this, Urban Development Minister S
Jaipal Reddy listed Mysore at Number 2, Surat at No 3 and the NDMC area of New Delhi
in the fourth position.
South Zone won the inter-zonal JK Bose Twenty20 cricket tournament clinching its third
straight match at the Sports Authority of Goa (SAG) ground at Campal.
Zarine Khan, who shot to fame as Salman Khan's leading lady in her Bollywood debut
'Veer', has been conferred the 'Hero to Animals' Award by People for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals (PETA) for rescuing a cat.
The country is ranked 73 in the list of 77 nations rated for the "best place to be a
mother", according to a report by child rights organisation 'Save the Children'.
Nitin Nohria, an IIT alumnus, has been named as the 10th dean of Harvard Business
School, the first time an Indian-origin person has been named to the post in the
prestigious institution's 102-year old history.
The new wholesale price-based inflation basket will have as many as 676 products,
including LCD TVs, mobile phones, and packaged drinking water among others, and is
likely to be rolled out in June or July. In the new series there will be no obsolete items
like typewriters and VCRs. The new index, with 2004-05 as the base year, will have 241
new items and is expected to provide a more realistic picture of price rise and its impact
on the common man. Currently there are 435 items in the WPI basket.
S Sabanayakan of Kolkata was re-elected president while G Viswanath of Mumbai was
elected as the secretary of the Sports Journalists Federation of India (SJFI).
The government notified the ban on FDI in cigarette manufacturing. The decision was
taken by the Union Cabinet on April 8. "Manufacturing of cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and
cigarettes, of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes" have been put under the list of sectors
where FDI is prohibited.
The State Bank has won the prestigious Asian Banker Achievement Award for being the
strongest bank in Asia Pacific region, instituted by the Qatar Financial Centre Authority
and the Asian Banker magazine.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said that the government had to inject Rs 80,000
crore into the economy to minimise the impact of the global slowdown.
Launching the second review of the India-Singapore Comprehensive Economic
Cooperation Agreement (CECA), India and Singapore set a target of doubling the
bilateral trade to 232 billion dollars by 2015.
India's leading IT firms Infosys, Wipro and Tata Consultancy Services has been listed
among the world's top 10 best outsourcing providers. The list released by International
Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP).
Avadhesh Kaushal, a human rights activist, has been nominated by the Union Ministry
of Rural Development for monitoring of the rural job guarantee scheme NREGA.
Computer Awareness Quiz 2010 - II
1. For the purposes of defining data needs, a responsibility area is
a) Marketing b) Personnel c) Administration d) Finance e) None
2. The problem statement should include all of the following except:
a) Input. b) Output. c) Processing d) Storage e) None
3. Hotmail, a free web-based email service operated by which company
a) Apple b) Rediff c) Microsoft d) Yahoo e) Google
4. A collection of 4 binary digits is known as
a) Half Bit b)1/2 KB c) Byte d) Nibble e) None
5. How many types of arithmetic operations does the ALU of all computers perform?
a) 2 b) 4 c) 6 d) 8 e) 5
6. Which of the following is not a part of the CPU?
a) Arithmetic and Logic Unit
b) Storage Unit
c) Program Unit
d) Control Unit
e) None
7. Which of the following is not a unit of measurement in computer systems?
a)DPI b)PPI c)API d)Bd e)MB
8. In Windows XP, which shortcut is used to cycle through opened items in taskbar?
a) Ctrl + Tab
b) Alt + Tab
c) Ctrl + Esc
d) Alt + Esc
e) None
9. A digital computer compute the value of expression 2 * 5 - 2 >2 inside
a) RAM b) CPU Chip c) Hard Disk d) Floppy Disk e) MS-Excel
10. To produce a high-quality graphics (hardcopy) in color, you would want to use a
a)Virtual Printer b)Laser Printer c)Ink-jet Printer d)Plotter e)RGB Monitor
11. Which of the following is fastest memory ?
a) DDR RAM b) DDR2 RAM c) DDR3 RAM d) Swap Memory e) Buffer Memory
12. Which protocol is used by operating system to generate error message like
‘Host Unreachable’ over a TCP/IP network?
a) HTTP/1.1 b) ICMP c) PPP d) ICGM e) TCP/IP
13. What does SNMP stands for?
a) Simple Network Mail Protocol
b) Single Network Mail Protocol
c) Single Network Message Protocol
d) Simple Network Management Protocol
e) None
14. On a school computer, Tina learned how to copy programs. A classmate asked her to
copy a program for his home use. Her most ethical response would be which of the
following?
a) I'll copy it, but you have to promise not to tell anyone.
b) I don't know how to copy disks.
c) I can't copy it because it will break copyright laws.
d) I'll copy it for you, but you can't copy it for anyone else.
e) None
15. Which of the following is not true?
a)LOGO stands for Live On Google’s Orkut
b)BIOS is a system software
c)GRUB is a Linux bootloader
d)Ruby is a web scripting language
e) LILO is a Linux bootloader
16. What is the function of Drop Cap?
a) It does not allow capital letters to be used in the documents.
b) It makes first letter of each word capital letter in the documents
c) It lets you begin a paragraph with a large dropped initial capital letter.
d) It automatically starts all paragraphs and sentences with capital letters.
e) None
17. What is Mail-Merge?
a) a web based e-mail service with no spam
b) a name of Yahoo! MINDSET search feature
c) a new virus-hoax which can delete data from mail-inbox
d) a feature of MS-Word used to create multiple documents like letters,
mailing labels, name tags etc.
e) None
18. In MS-Excel 2003, the default workbook sheet contain maximum………
a) 65535 Rows b) 65536 Rows e) 1048576 Rows e) 65537 Rows c) None
19. In MS-Word, a menu item in dim color (gray) indicate that the menu is ?
a) Toggle Menu
b) Unavailable for current context
c) Not much required menu
d) Over Used Menu
e) None
20. Hot-Key is a
a) FireWire port
b) Alternate Key
c) Keyboard Shortcut
d) Primary Key
e) None
Current Affairs April 2010- III The World Bank has sanctioned USD 4.9-billion (over Rs 22,000 crore) loans to India in
2009-10 for 14 schemes and projects undertaken by the government. In the last financial
year (April 1, 2009 to March 31, 2010), the World Bank has extended 14 loans to the
government schemes or projects with total assistance of USD 4,901.8 million.(Go for
April CA Part -I,II)
Lin Dan wins Asian badminton men's singles title, while compatriot Xuerui Li won the
title in the women's singles at the Siri Fort stadium in Delhi.
To mark the completion of 60 years of diplomatic relations with India, the 'Year of
Germany in India' will be held in 2011.
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, announced that India has decided to set up a
'Global Centre for Nuclear Energy Partnership'. The centre will consist of four schools
dealing with advanced nuclear energy system studies, nuclear security, radiation safety,
and the application of radioisotopes and radiation technology in the areas of healthcare,
agriculture and food.
Veteran Hindustani vocalist Dr Chandrashekhar Rele passed away.
Bollywood actress Vidya Balan, parliamentarian Priya Dutt and boxer MaryKom were
among those who were honoured with the 'Tejaswini' award for young women achievers.
The awards, an initiative of the Young FICCI Ladies Organisation, honours women for
their achievements in various fields, from social activism to entrepreneurship.
Pankaj Advani completed a hat-trick of titles at the Asian Billiards championship after
edging past Singapore's Peter Gilchrist 6-5 in the closely fought final.
Ratan Tata retains his position as India Inc’s top dog. The Economic Times Corporate
Dossier magazine not only voted Mr Tata as India Inc’s Most Powerful CEO for 2009,
second year running, but also India Inc’s CEO of the Decade.
Maharashtra has outnumbered Britain and Mexico in receiving queries under the RTI
Act, the State Information Commission has said. "In 2009, Maharashtra received
4,40,728 queries of RTI while Britain received 90,000 and Mexico 1,25,000 under a
similar legislation," the Commission said in a recent report.
Globally renowned management guru C K Prahalad passed away.
Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata launched ‘Kamorta’ the first
Anti Submarine Warfare Corvette (ASWC) for the Indian Navy on April 19.
Surat, which polishes almost more than 95 per cent of the world's diamonds, is poised to
become the assorting and trading hub for the precious jewel stone in the next 3-4 years.
Indian government has constructed four schools in remote Nepalese districts at a cost of
Rs 37.75 million and extended an additional grant of Rs 11 million for building another
educational institution in the country.
The Tamil Nadu government announced a self-employment scheme with a project outlay
of Rs 100 crore, targeting 10,000 persons even as it brought 15 vocations under the ambit
of government subsidy for this purpose
Noted Indian author Amitav Ghosh has won the prestigious Dan David Prize for his
remarkable reworking of the great tradition of the Western novel in transnational terms.
Indonesia aims to double its bilateral trade with India to around USD 20 billion in the
next five years.
The government is understood to have approved India's commitment to opening up trade
in commercial services and investment with members of the Asia Pacific Trade
Agreement (APTA), including China. APTA, earlier known as the Bangkok Agreement,
is the oldest but least known Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) among the developing
countries of Asia Pacific. Signed in 1975, its members include Bangladesh, China, India,
Laos, South Korea and Sri Lanka.
Bangladesh has lifted a four-decade ban on Indian films in a bid to boost attendances at
cinemas.
A leading Indian-origin Labour MP, Virendra Sharma has been chosen for the V K
Krishna Menon Award 2010, for his outstanding contribution towards political, social
and economic advancement of the deprived sections of the British community.
The United Nations has honoured President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives with its
highest award for environmental leadership. Nasheed was among six people to receive
the 2010 Champions of the Earth award at the Business 4 Environment conference in
Seoul.List of circulating currencies by country
Country or territory [1] Currency [2] Sign [3] ISO
code [2]
Fractional
unit
Number to
basic
Abkhazia
None None None Apsar [A] None
Russian ruble р. RUB Kopek 100
Afghanistan Afghan afghani ؋ AFN Pul 100
Akrotiri and Dhekelia Euro € EUR Cent 100
Albania Albanian lek L ALL Qindarkë 100
Alderney
Alderney pound [A] £ None Penny 100
British pound [C] £ GBP Penny 100
Guernsey pound £ None Penny 100
Algeria Algerian dinar ج.د DZD Santeem 100
Andorra Euro € EUR Cent 100
Angola Angolan kwanza Kz AOA Cêntimo 100
Anguilla East Caribbean dollar $ XCD Cent 100
Antigua and Barbuda East Caribbean dollar $ XCD Cent 100
Argentina Argentine peso $ ARS Centavo 100
Armenia Armenian dram դր. AMD Luma 100
Aruba Aruban florin ƒ AWG Cent 100
Ascension Island
Ascension pound [A] £ None Penny 100
Saint Helena pound £ SHP Penny 100
Australia Australian dollar $ AUD Cent 100
Austria Euro € EUR Cent 100
Azerbaijan Azerbaijani manat AZN Q ə pik 100
Bahamas, The Bahamian dollar $ BSD Cent 100
Bahrain Bahraini dinar . ب.د BHD Fils 1,000
Bangladesh Bangladeshi taka ৳ BDT Paisa 100
Barbados Barbadian dollar $ BBD Cent 100
Belarus Belarusian ruble Br BYR Kapyeyka 100
Belgium Euro € EUR Cent 100
Belize Belize dollar $ BZD Cent 100
Benin West African CFA franc Fr XOF Centime 100
Bermuda Bermudian dollar $ BMD Cent 100
Bhutan
Bhutanese ngultrum Nu. BTN Chetrum 100
Indian rupee INR Paisa 100
Bolivia Bolivian boliviano Bs. BOB Centavo 100
Bonaire Netherlands Antillean guilder ƒ ANG Cent 100
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina
convertible mark
KM or
КМBAM Fening 100
Botswana Botswana pula P BWP Thebe 100
Brazil Brazilian real R$ BRL Centavo 100
British Indian Ocean
TerritoryUnited States dollar $ USD Cent [D] 100
British Virgin Islands
British Virgin Islands dollar [A] $ None Cent 100
United States dollar $ USD Cent [D] 100
Brunei
Brunei dollar $ BND Sen 100
Singapore dollar $ SGD Cent 100
Bulgaria Bulgarian lev лв BGN Stotinka 100
Burkina Faso West African CFA franc Fr XOF Centime 100
Burma Myanma kyat K MMK Pya 100
Burundi Burundian franc Fr BIF Centime 100
Cambodia Cambodian riel ៛ KHR Sen 100
Cameroon Central African CFA franc Fr XAF Centime 100
Canada Canadian dollar $ CAD Cent 100
Cape Verde Cape Verdean escudo CVE Centavo 100
Cayman Islands Cayman Islands dollar $ KYD Cent 100
Central African Republic Central African CFA franc Fr XAF Centime 100
Chad Central African CFA franc Fr XAF Centime 100
Chile Chilean peso $ CLP Centavo 100
China, People's Republic of Chinese yuan ¥ or 元 CNY Fen [E] 100
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Australian dollar $ AUD Cent 100
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
dollar [A] $ None Cent 100
Colombia Colombian peso $ COP Centavo 100
Comoros Comorian franc Fr KMF Centime 100
Congo, Democratic Republic
of theCongolese franc Fr CDF Centime 100
Congo, Republic of the Central African CFA franc Fr XAF Centime 100
Cook Islands New Zealand dollar $ NZD Cent 100
Cook Islands dollar $ None Cent 100
Costa Rica Costa Rican colón ₡ CRC Céntimo 100
Côte d'Ivoire West African CFA franc Fr XOF Centime 100
Croatia Croatian kuna kn HRK Lipa 100
Cuba
Cuban convertible peso $ CUC Centavo 100
Cuban peso $ CUP Centavo 100
Curaçao Netherlands Antillean guilder ƒ ANG Cent 100
Cyprus Euro € EUR Cent 100
Czech Republic Czech koruna Kč CZK Haléř 100
Denmark Danish krone kr DKK Øre 100
Djibouti Djiboutian franc Fr DJF Centime 100
Dominica East Caribbean dollar $ XCD Cent 100
Dominican Republic Dominican peso $ DOP Centavo 100
East Timor
United States dollar $ USD Cent [D] 100
None None None Centavo None
Ecuador United States dollar $ USD Cent [D] 100
None None None Centavo None
Egypt Egyptian pound£ or .ج
مEGP Piastre [F] 100
El Salvador
Salvadoran colón ₡ SVC Centavo 100
United States dollar $ USD Cent [D] 100
Equatorial Guinea Central African CFA franc Fr XAF Centime 100
Eritrea Eritrean nakfa Nfk ERN Cent 100
Estonia Estonian kroon kr EEK Sent 100
Ethiopia Ethiopian birr Br ETB Santim 100
Falkland Islands Falkland Islands pound £ FKP Penny 100
Faroe Islands
Danish krone kr DKK Øre 100
Faroese króna kr None Oyra 100
Fiji Fijian dollar $ FJD Cent 100
Finland Euro € EUR Cent 100
France Euro € EUR Cent 100
French Polynesia CFP franc Fr XPF Centime 100
Gabon Central African CFA franc Fr XAF Centime 100
Gambia, The Gambian dalasi D GMD Butut 100
Georgia Georgian lari ლ GEL Tetri 100
Germany Euro € EUR Cent 100
Ghana Ghanaian cedi ₵ GHS Pesewa 100
Gibraltar Gibraltar pound £ GIP Penny 100
Greece
Euro € EUR Cent 100
Ευρώ € EUR Λεπτά 100
Grenada East Caribbean dollar $ XCD Cent 100
Guatemala Guatemalan quetzal Q GTQ Centavo 100
Guernsey
British pound [C] £ GBP Penny 100
Guernsey pound £ None Penny 100
Guinea Guinean franc Fr GNF Centime 100
Guinea-Bissau West African CFA franc Fr XOF Centime 100
Guyana Guyanese dollar $ GYD Cent 100
Haiti Haitian gourde G HTG Centime 100
Honduras Honduran lempira L HNL Centavo 100
Hong Kong Hong Kong dollar $ HKD Cent 100
Hungary Hungarian forint Ft HUF Fillér 100
Iceland Icelandic króna kr ISK Eyrir 100
India Indian rupee INR Paisa 100
Indonesia Indonesian rupiah Rp IDR Sen 100
Iran Iranian rial لایر IRR Dinar 100
Iraq Iraqi dinar د.ع IQD Fils 1,000
Ireland Euro € EUR Cent 100
Isle of Man
British pound [C] £ GBP Penny 100
Manx pound £ None Penny 100
Israel Israeli new shekel ₪ ILS Agora 100
Italy Euro € EUR Cent 100
Jamaica Jamaican dollar $ JMD Cent 100
Japan Japanese yen ¥ JPY Sen [G] 100
Jersey
British pound [C] £ GBP Penny 100
Jersey pound £ None Penny 100
Jordan Jordanian dinar ا.د JOD Piastre [H] 100
Kazakhstan Kazakhstani tenge ₸ KZT Tïın 100
Kenya Kenyan shilling Sh KES Cent 100
Kiribati
Australian dollar $ AUD Cent 100
Kiribati dollar [A] $ None Cent 100
Korea, North North Korean won ₩ KPW Chon 100
Korea, South South Korean won ₩ KRW Jeon 100
Kosovo Euro € EUR Cent 100
Kuwait Kuwaiti dinar ك.د KWD Fils 1,000
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstani som лв KGS Tyiyn 100
Laos Lao kip ₭ LAK Att 100
Latvia Latvian lats Ls LVL Santīms 100
Lebanon Lebanese pound ل.ل LBP Piastre 100
Lesotho
Lesotho loti L LSL Sente 100
South African rand R ZAR Cent 100
Liberia Liberian dollar $ LRD Cent 100
Libya Libyan dinar د.ل LYD Dirham 1,000
Liechtenstein Swiss franc Fr CHF Rappen 100
Lithuania Lithuanian litas Lt LTL Centas 100
Luxembourg Euro € EUR Cent 100
Macau Macanese pataca P MOP Avo 100
Macedonia, Republic of Macedonian denar ден MKD Deni 100
Madagascar Malagasy ariary Ar MGA Iraimbilanja 5
Malawi Malawian kwacha MK MWK Tambala 100
Malaysia Malaysian ringgit RM MYR Sen 100
Maldives Maldivian rufiyaa .ރ MVR Laari 100
Mali West African CFA franc Fr XOF Centime 100
Malta Euro € EUR Cent 100
Marshall Islands United States dollar $ USD Cent [D] 100
Mauritania Mauritanian ouguiya UM MRO Khoums 5
Mauritius Mauritian rupee ₨ MUR Cent 100
Mexico Mexican peso $ MXN Centavo 100
Federated States of
Micronesia
Micronesian dollar [A] $ None Cent 100
United States dollar $ USD Cent [D] 100
Moldova Moldovan leu L MDL Ban 100
Monaco Euro € EUR Cent 100
Mongolia Mongolian tögrög ₮ MNT Möngö 100
Montenegro Euro € EUR Cent 100
Montserrat East Caribbean dollar $ XCD Cent 100
Morocco Moroccan dirham م.د . MAD Centime 100
Mozambique Mozambican metical MTn MZN Centavo 100
Nagorno-Karabakh
Armenian dram դր. AMD Luma 100
Karabakh dram [A] դր. None Luma 100
Namibia
Namibian dollar $ NAD Cent 100
South African rand R ZAR Cent 100
Nauru
Australian dollar $ AUD Cent 100
Nauruan dollar [A] $ None Cent 100
Nepal Nepalese rupee ₨ NPR Paisa 100
Netherlands Euro [I] € EUR Cent 100
New Caledonia CFP franc Fr XPF Centime 100
New Zealand New Zealand dollar $ NZD Cent 100
Nicaragua Nicaraguan córdoba C$ NIO Centavo 100
Niger West African CFA franc Fr XOF Centime 100
Nigeria Nigerian naira ₦ NGN Kobo 100
Niue
New Zealand dollar $ NZD Cent 100
Niuean dollar [A] $ None Cent 100
Northern Cyprus Turkish lira ₤ TRY Kuruş 100
Northern Mariana Islands
Northern Mariana Islands
dollar [A] $ None Cent 100
United States dollar $ USD Cent [D] 100
Norway Norwegian krone kr NOK Øre 100
Oman Omani rial ع.ر . OMR Baisa 1,000
Pakistan Pakistani rupee ₨ PKR Paisa 100
Palau
Palauan dollar [A] $ None Cent 100
United States dollar $ USD Cent [D] 100
Palestine
Israeli new shekel ₪ ILS Agora 100
Jordanian dinar ا.د JOD Piastre [H] 100
Panama
Panamanian balboa B/. PAB Centésimo 100
United States dollar $ USD Cent [D] 100
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinean kina K PGK Toea 100
Paraguay Paraguayan guaraní ₲ PYG Céntimo 100
Peru Peruvian nuevo sol S/. PEN Céntimo 100
Philippines Philippine peso ₱ PHP Centavo 100
Pitcairn Islands New Zealand dollar $ NZD Cent 100
Poland Polish złoty zł PLN Grosz 100
Portugal Euro € EUR Cent 100
Qatar Qatari riyal ق.ر QAR Dirham 100
Romania Romanian leu L RON Ban 100
Russia Russian ruble руб. RUB Kopek 100
Rwanda Rwandan franc Fr RWF Centime 100
Saba Netherlands Antillean guilder ƒ ANG Cent 100
Saint Helena Saint Helena pound £ SHP Penny 100
Saint Kitts and Nevis East Caribbean dollar $ XCD Cent 100
Saint Lucia East Caribbean dollar $ XCD Cent 100
Saint Vincent and the
GrenadinesEast Caribbean dollar $ XCD Cent 100
Samoa Samoan tala T WST Sene 100
San Marino Euro € EUR Cent 100
São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe dobra Db STD Cêntimo 100
Saudi Arabia Saudi riyal س.ر SAR Hallallah 100
Senegal West African CFA franc Fr XOF Centime 100
Serbia Serbian dinarдин. or
din.RSD Para 100
Seychelles Seychellois rupee ₨ SCR Cent 100
Sierra Leone Sierra Leonean leone Le SLL Cent 100
Singapore
Brunei dollar $ BND Sen 100
Singapore dollar $ SGD Cent 100
Sint Eustatius Netherlands Antillean guilder ƒ ANG Cent 100
Sint Maarten Netherlands Antillean guilder ƒ ANG Cent 100
Slovakia Euro € EUR Cent 100
Slovenia Euro € EUR Cent 100
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands dollar $ SBD Cent 100
Somalia Somali shilling Sh SOS Cent 100
Somaliland Somaliland shilling Sh None Cent 100
South Africa South African rand R ZAR Cent 100
South Georgia and the
South Sandwich Islands
British pound £ GBP Penny 100
South Georgia and the South
Sandwich Islands pound [A] £ None Penny 100
South Ossetia Russian ruble р. RUB Kopek 100
Spain Euro € EUR Cent 100
Sri Lanka Sri Lankan rupee Rs LKR Cent 100
Sudan Sudanese pound £ SDG Piastre 100
Suriname Surinamese dollar $ SRD Cent 100
Swaziland Swazi lilangeni L SZL Cent 100
Sweden Swedish krona kr SEK Öre 100
Switzerland Swiss franc Fr CHF Rappen [J] 100
Syria Syrian pound£ or .ل
سSYP Piastre 100
Taiwan (Republic of China) New Taiwan dollar $ TWD Cent 100
Tajikistan Tajikistani somoni ЅМ TJS Diram 100
Tanzania Tanzanian shilling Sh TZS Cent 100
Thailand Thai baht ฿ THB Satang 100
Togo West African CFA franc Fr XOF Centime 100
Tonga Tongan pa ʻanga T$ TOP Seniti [K] 100
Transnistria Transnistrian ruble р. None Kopek 100
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago dollar $ TTD Cent 100
Tristan da Cunha
Saint Helena pound £ SHP Penny 100
Tristan da Cunha pound [A] £ None Penny 100
Tunisia Tunisian dinar ت.د TND Millime 1,000
Turkey Turkish lira TL TRY Kuruş 100
Turkmenistan Turkmenistani manat m TMM Tennesi 100
Turks and Caicos Islands United States dollar $ USD Cent [D] 100
Tuvalu
Australian dollar $ AUD Cent 100
Tuvaluan dollar $ None Cent 100
Uganda Ugandan shilling Sh UGX Cent 100
Ukraine Ukrainian hryvnia ₴ UAH Kopiyka 100
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates dirham إ.د AED Fils 100
United Kingdom British pound [C] £ GBP Penny 100
United States United States dollar $ USD Cent [D] 100
Uruguay Uruguayan peso $ UYU Centésimo 100
Uzbekistan Uzbekistani som лв UZS Tiyin 100
Vanuatu Vanuatu vatu Vt VUV None None
Vatican City Euro € EUR Cent 100
Venezuela Venezuelan bolívar Bs F VEF Céntimo 100
Vietnam Vietnamese đ ồ ng ₫ VND Hào [L] 10
Wallis and Futuna CFP franc Fr XPF Centime 100
Western Sahara Moroccan dirham م.د . MAD Centime 100
Yemen Yemeni rial لایر YER Fils 100
Zambia Zambian kwacha ZK ZMK Ngwee 100
Zimbabwe
Botswana pula P BWP Thebe 100
British pound [C] £ GBP Penny 100
Euro € EUR Cent 100
South African rand R ZAR Cent 100
United States dollar $ USD Cent [D] 100
Zimbabwean dollar [M] $ ZWL Cent 100
Governors
Indian State Name Took Office List
Andhra Pradesh E.S.L. Narasimhan 27 December 2009 all
Arunachal Pradesh General Joginder Jaswant Singh 24 January 2008 all
Assam Janaki Ballabh Patnaik 27 November 2009 all
Bihar Devanand Konwar 24 July 2009 all
Chhattisgarh Shekhar Dutt, SM 23 January 2010 all
Goa Shivinder Singh Sidhu 22 July 2008 all
Gujarat Kamla Beniwal 27 November, 2009 all
Haryana Jagannath Pahadia 27 July, 2009 all
Himachal Pradesh Urmila Singh 25 January 2010 all
Jammu and Kashmir Narinder Nath Vohra 25 June 2008 all
Jharkhand M.O. Hasan Farook Maricar 22 January 2010 all
Karnataka Hans Raj Bhardwaj 29 June 2009 all
Kerala Ramkrishnan Suryabhan Gavai 10 July 2008 all
Madhya Pradesh Rameshwar Thakur 1 July 2009 all
Maharashtra K. Sankaranarayanan 22 January 2010 all
Manipur Gurbachan Jagat 23 July 2008 all
Meghalaya Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary 1 July 2008 all
Mizoram Lt. Gen. M.M. Lakhera 25 July 2006 all
Nagaland Nikhil Kumar 15 October 2009 all
Orissa Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare 21 August 2007 all
Punjab Shivraj Patil 22 January 2010 all
Rajasthan Shivraj Patil (additional charge) 26 April, 2010 all
Sikkim Balmiki Prasad Singh 9 July 2008 all
Tamil Nadu Surjit Singh Barnala 3 November 2004 all
Tripura Dnyandeo Yashwantrao Patil 27 November 2009 all
Uttarakhand Margaret Alva 19 July 2009 all
Uttar Pradesh Banwari Lal Joshi 28 July 2009 all
West Bengal M.K. Narayanan 24 January 2010 all
Chief Ministers by State
No'State Name
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4 Bihar Nitish Kumar2005-11-
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24 Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot2008-12-
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25 Sikkim Pawan Kumar Chamling1994-12-
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26 Tamil Nadu M. Karunanidhi2006-05-
12Andhra Dravida Kazhagam
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27 Tripura Manik Sarkar1998-03-
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28 Uttarakhand Ramesh Pokhriyal2009-06-
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29 Uttar Pradesh Mayawati2007-05-
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30 West Bengal Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee2000-10-
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Lists of prime ministers
The following table groups the list of past and present prime ministers and details information
available in those lists.
GovernmentList starts Parties
shown
Term given by
years or datesIncumbent
Abkhazia 1995 - dates Sergei Shamba
Afghanistan 1927 - years (Post abolished)
Albania (List) 1912 - years Sali Berisha
Algeria 1962 yes years Ahmed Ouyahia
Andorra 1982 - years Jaume Bartumeu
Angola 1975 - dates (Post abolished)
Anguilla 1976 yes dates Hubert Hughes
Antigua and Barbuda 1981 - years Baldwin Spencer
Armenia 1918 yes dates Tigran Sargsyan
Aruba 1986 - dates Mike Eman
Australia (List) 1901 yes dates Julia Gillard
Austria 1918 yes years Werner Faymann
Azerbaijan 1918 yes dates Artur Rasizade
Bahamas 1967 - dates Hubert Ingraham
Bahrain 1970 - years Sheikh Khalifah bin Sulman Al Khalifah
Bangladesh 1971 yes dates Sheikh Hasina
Barbados 1954 yes dates David Thompson
Belarus 1919 - dates Sergey Sidorsky
Belgium 1831 yes dates Yves Leterme
Belize 1973 yes years Dean Barrow
Benin 1957 yes dates (Post abolished)
Bermuda 1968 yes dates Ewart Brown
Bhutan 1952 - dates Jigme Thinley
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1943 - dates Nikola Špirić
Botswana 1965 yes dates (Post abolished)
Brazil 1847 yes dates (Post abolished)
British Virgin Islands 1967 yes dates Ralph T. O'Neal
Bulgaria 1879 yes dates Boyko Borisov
Burkina Faso 1971 - dates Tertius Zongo
Burundi 1961 yes dates (Post abolished)
Cambodia 1996 - years Hun Sen
Cameroon 1960 - dates Philémon Yang
Canada (List) 1867 yes dates Stephen Harper
Cape Verde 1975 - dates José Maria Neves
Cayman Islands 1992 yes dates McKeeva Bush
Central African Republic 1958 - dates Faustin-Archange Touadéra
Chad 1978 - dates Emmanuel Nadingar
People's Republic of
China(List)1949 - dates Wen Jiabao
Comoros 1957 yes dates (Post abolished)
Congo (Brazzaville) 1957 yes dates (Post abolished)
Congo (Kinshasa) 1960 yes dates Adolphe Muzito
Cook Islands 1965 yes dates Henry Puna
Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) 1957 yes dates Guillaume Soro
Croatia 1939 - dates Jadranka Kosor
Cuba 1940 - dates Raúl Castro
Northern Cyprus 1983 yes dates Derviş Eroğlu
Czech Republic 1993 - years Petr Nečas
Denmark (List) 1848 - years Lars Løkke Rasmussen
Djibouti 1977 - dates Dileita Mohamed Dileita
Dominica 1960 - dates Roosevelt Skerrit
East Timor 2002 - dates Xanana Gusmão
Egypt (List) 1878 - years Ahmed Nazif
Equatorial Guinea 1963 - dates Ignacio Milam Tang
Estonia 1918 - dates Andrus Ansip
Ethiopia 1942 yes dates Meles Zenawi
Faroe Islands 1946 - years Kaj Leo Johannesen
Fiji 1966 - dates Frank Bainimarama (interim)
Finland 1917 yes years Mari Kiviniemi
France (List) 1815 - years François Fillon
Gabon 1957 yes dates Paul Biyoghé Mba
The Gambia 1961 - dates (Post abolished)
Ghana 1957 - dates (Post abolished)
Georgia 1918 yes dates Nikoloz Gilauri
Germany (List) 1871/1949 yes dates Angela Merkel
Gibraltar 1964 yes dates Peter Caruana
Greece (List) 1833 - dates George Papandreou
Greenland 1979 - years Kuupik Kleist
Grenada 1954 - years Tillman Thomas
Guernsey 2007 - dates Lyndon Trott
Guinea 1972 - dates Jean-Marie Doré
Guinea-Bissau 1973 - dates Carlos Gomes Júnior
Guyana 1953 - dates Sam Hinds
Haiti 1988 - dates Jean-Max Bellerive
Hungary 1848 - dates Viktor Orbán
Hyderabad State 1724 - mixture (Post abolished)
Iceland 1904 - dates Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
India (List) 1947 yes dates Manmohan Singh
Indonesia 1945 yes dates (Post abolished)
Iran (List) 1824 - years (Post abolished)
Iraq 1920 - years Nouri al-Maliki
Ireland 1937 yes dates Brian Cowen
Israel (List) 1948 - years Benjamin Netanyahu
Italy (List) 1861 - years Silvio Berlusconi
Jamaica 1959 - years Bruce Golding
Japan (List) 1885 - dates Naoto Kan
Jersey 2005 - dates Terry Le Sueur
Jordan 1944 - dates Samir Rifai
Kazakhstan 1920 - years Karim Massimov
Kenya 1963 - dates Raila Odinga
North Korea 1948 - years Choe Yong-rim
South Korea (List) 1948 - years Kim Hwang-sik
Kosovo 1945 yes dates Hashim Thaçi
Kuwait 1962 - datesSheikh Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed
Al-Sabah
Kyrgyzstan 1924 - dates Daniar Usenov
Laos 1941 - years Bouasone Bouphavanh
Latvia 1918 yes dates Valdis Dombrovskis
Lebanon 1926 - dates Saad Hariri
Lesotho 1965 yes dates Pakalitha Mosisili
Libya 1951 - dates Baghdadi Mahmudi
Liechtenstein 1921 yes dates Klaus Tschütscher
Lithuania 1918 yes dates Andrius Kubilius
Luxembourg 1959 - years Jean-Claude Juncker
Macedonia 1943 yes dates Nikola Gruevski
Madagascar 1833 - dates Albert Camille Vital
Malawi 1963 yes dates (Post abolished)
Malaysia 1957 yes years Najib Tun Razak
Mali 1957 yes dates Modibo Sidibé
Malta 1921 yes years Lawrence Gonzi
Isle of Man 1986 - years Tony Brown
Mauritania 1957 yes dates Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf
Mauritius 1961 yes dates Navin Ramgoolam
Moldova 1990 - dates Vlad Filat
Monaco 1911 n/a dates Michel Roger
Mongolia 1912 yes dates Sükhbaataryn Batbold
Montenegro 1879 yes dates Milo Đukanović
Montserrat 1960 yes dates Reuben Meade
Morocco 1955 yes years Abbas El Fassi
Mozambique 1974 yes dates Aires Ali
Myanmar (Burma) 1948 yes dates Thein Sein
Nagorno-Karabakh 1992 no dates Arayik Harutyunyan
Namibia 1990 yes dates Nahas Angula
Nepal 1953 - dates Madhav Kumar Nepal
Netherlands (List) 1848 yes dates Mark Rutte
Netherlands Antilles 1954 yes years Emily de Jongh-Elhage
New Zealand (List) 1856 yes dates John Key
Newfoundland 1855 yes dates (Post abolished)
Niger 1958 yes dates Mahamadou Danda
Niue 1974 - dates Toke Talagi
Norfolk Island 1896 - dates Andre Nobbs
Norway 1814 yes years Jens Stoltenberg
Pakistan (List) 1947 - dates Yousaf Raza Gillani
Palestinian National
Authority2003 yes dates Salam Fayyad
Papua New Guinea 1975 yes years Sir Michael Somare
Peru 1975 yes dates José Antonio Chang
Philippines 1899 yes dates (Post abolished)
Poland (List) 1917 - dates Donald Tusk
Portugal (List) 1834 yes dates José Sócrates
Qatar 1970 - dates Hamad ibn Jassim ibn Jabr Al Thani
Romania 1862 - years Emil Boc
Russia (List) 1864/1905 yes dates Vladimir Putin
Rwanda 1960 yes dates Bernard Makuza
Saint Kitts and Nevis 1960 - dates Denzil Douglas
Saint Lucia 1960 - dates Stephenson King
Saint Vincent and the 1956 - dates Ralph Gonsalves
Grenadines
Samoa 1875 yes dates Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi
São Tomé and Principe 1974 yes dates Joaquim Rafael Branco
Saudi Arabia 1953 no dates King Abdullah
Senegal 1957 yes dates Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye
Serbia 1805 yes years Mirko Cvetković
Seychelles 1970 yes years (Post abolished)
Sierra Leone 1954 yes dates (Post abolished)
Singapore 1959 - dates Lee Hsien Loong
Slovakia 1918 - dates Iveta Radičová
Slovenia 1943 yes years Borut Pahor
Solomon Islands 1949 yes dates Danny Philip
Somalia 1949 yes dates Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke
South Africa 1910 - dates (Post abolished)
South Ossetia 1991 - dates Vadim Brovtsev
Spain (List) 1705 yes years José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Sri Lanka (List) 1948 - dates D. M. Jayaratne
Sudan 1952 yes dates (Post abolished)
Suriname 1949 yes dates (Post abolished)
Swaziland 1967 - years Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini
Sweden (List) 1876 yes years Fredrik Reinfeldt
Syria 1920 - dates Mohamed Al-Otari
Taiwan (Republic of China)
(List)1911 - dates Wu Den-yih
Tajikistan 1924 - dates Okil Okilov
Tanzania 1960 yes dates Mizengo Pinda
Thailand (List) 1932 - dates Abhisit Vejjajiva
Togo 1956 yes dates Gilbert Houngbo
Tokelau 1992 - dates Kuresa Nasau
Tonga 1876 - years Feleti Sevele
Trinidad and Tobago 1956 - dates Kamla Persad-Bissessar
Tunisia 1969 - dates Mohamed Ghannouchi
Turkmenistan 1924 - dates (Post abolished)
Turkey 1920 yes dates Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Turks and Caicos Islands 1976 yes dates vacant
Tuvalu 1975 n/a dates Apisai Ielemia
Uganda 1961 yes dates Apolo Nsibambi
Ukraine (List) 1917 - dates Mykola Azarov
United Arab Emirates 1971 - yearsSheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al
Maktoum
United Kingdom (List) 1721 yes dates David Cameron
Uzbekistan 1924 - dates Shavkat Mirziyoyev
Vanuatu 1980 yes dates Edward Natapei
Vatican 1644 - years Tarcisio Bertone
Vietnam 1976 yes dates Nguy ễ n T ấ n Dũng
Yemen 1990 yes years Ali Muhammad Mujawar
Western Sahara 1976 no years Abdelkader Taleb Oumar
Zambia 1964 yes dates (Post abolished)
Zimbabwe 1923 - dates Morgan Tsvangirai
World November 2010 GK Current Affairs
November 1, 2010 -Monday World Current Affairs
Q. A book from Jane Austen has amassed 139,250 pounds at an auction held in Britain. This is calculated to be 150,000 times more than its original price. Which is the book?Pride and PrejudiceQ In a survey conducted by YouGov and AOL UK who emerged as the highly influential and role model in the world?Baroness Margaret Thatcher, Former British prime ministerQ. Several christians were killed and wounded in a rescue attempt to end a hostage drama at a church in Iraq. US and Iraq forces cooperated to the rescue. What is the name of the church?Sayidat al-NejatQ.What is the name of the rocket launched by China which is its sixth orbiter?BeidouQ.What is the name of the emergency planning committee meeting chaired by UK Prime Minister for a review of security at airport?Cobra committeeQ. Which country has planned a national census after 10 years in which number of child's in the nation will be a prime aspect in view of the nation's One child policy?China.Q. Kyrgyzstan will form a new parliament comprising of five political parties. Whichpolitical party had the most number of votes?Ata ZhurtQ. Who was elected the new president of Brazil?Dilma RousseffNovember 3QName the person who created history by becoming the first woman Governor of South Carolina?Nikki HaleyQ Name the successor of Paul the Octopus?PaulNovember 4QWho has topped the 2010 Forbes list of the 'World's Most Powerful People'?China's President Hu JintaoNovember 8Q Which stateperson has received 60000 fans on Facebook debut?UK Queen ElizabethQ G20 summit is being held at____?Seoul, South KoreaNovember 10Q A law was passed by a nation by which the retiring age of employees was increased from 60 to 62 despite massive strikes and protests against same. Which is the nation?FranceNovember 11Q Which nation has drafted a new law which will mandate household with dog as pet to limit its number to one?ChinaNovember 14Q Who has been renamed French Prime Minister?Francois FillonQ Who is the new head of Britain's Armed Forces?General Sir David RichardsNovember 15Q Which court has made a landmark ruling which orders divorced couple to split their assets equally?
Hong KongQ President of which nation became the top names of the world in an Annual Global Language Monitor Survey?ChinaQ Who is the chief of WTO?Pascal Lamy
November 25, 2010Q Who is the head of WikiLeaks?Julian AssangeNovember 28, 2010Q After 32 years of service in Royal Navy, which carrier was put up for sale in the Government Disposals website of London?InvincibleNovember 29, 2010Q UN climate summit was held in _______Cancun
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