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Meets and Summits
The venue of G-20 Summit, held in Nov 2011, India was represented by Dr. Manmohan Singh – Cannes,
France
The venue of CHOGM Summit 2011, (October 2011) where India was being represented by Vice-
President Hamid Ansari – Perth, Australia
The venue of 5th IBSA (India, Brazil, South Africa) Summit held in Oct 2011, India represented by Dr.
Manmohan Singh – Pretoria, South Africa
The venue of 5th Euro-India Summit held on 13-14 Oct 2011 – Leuven, Belgium
The venue of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) conference held in
Nov – Dec 2011. India was represented by Ms Jayanthi Natarajan – Durban, South Africa
The venue of India-ASEAN summit in November 2011, India represented by Dr. Manmohan Singh – Bali,
Indonesia
The venue of International Vaccine symposium titled 'Vaccines from Discovery to Translation' held in
Nov 2011 – New Delhi
The theme of 17 SAARC summit held in Addu Island, Maldives from 10 to 11 Nov 11 – Building Bridges
The venue of the 17th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation summit, India represented by
Dr. Manmohan Singh – Addu Island, Maldives
The venue of the 20th World Petroleum Congress (WPC), India represented by Minister of Petroleum
and Natural Gas Shri S Jaipal Reddy – Doha, Qatar.
Sports
The Red Bull driver who won the Indian Grand Prix held at Buddh International Circuit on 30 Oct 2011 –
Sebastian Vettel
India's first F1 race held in Oct 2011 was organised by – Jaypee Sports International
The 5.14 km Budh International Circuit which was inaugurated at Noida on 18 Oct 2011 was designed by
– Hermann Tilke
The German Formula 1 driver who has become the youngest to win Double F1 titles back to back (in
2010 and 2011) – Sebastian Vettel
The boxer from Manipur who has been adjudged the best boxer at the 12th Senior National Women
Boxing Championships held in Bhopal in Oct 2011 – Mary Kom
The team which has won the 2011 Durand Cup defeating Prayag United in the finals on 15 Oct 2011 –
Churchill Brothers
South Asian Beach Games at which India topped the medals tally with 11 gold, 9 silver and 7 bronze
were held in October 2011 at – Hambantota (Sri Lanka)
The Indian Double-trap shooter who has won the gold medal at the World Cup finals at Al Ain in United
Arab Emirates on 04 Oct 2011 – Ronjan Sodhi
The Indian cricketer who has been chosen for the Dilip Sardesai award for being India's best cricketer in
the 2011-12 Test series against the West Indies by the BCCI – R. Ashwin
The venue of 65th National Aquatics Championship held in Nov 2011 – Ranchi, Jharkhand
The woman cricketer who has been awarded MA Chidambaram Trophy (Best woman cricketer of 2010-
11) – Jhulan Goswami
The Indian cricketer who has been awarded Polly Umrigar Award for India’s best cricketer of 2010-11 –
Rahul Dravid
The former Indian cricketer who has been awarded BCCI's Col CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Trophy
2010-11 – Ajit Wadekar
The tennis tournament won by seventh seeded Indo-Pak pair Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
in Nov 2011 – Paris Masters
The team which has won the Beighton Cup (Hockey) defeating ONGC in the finals – Indian Oil
Corporation
On 06 Nov 11, Indian skipper M S Dhoni became India’s most successful wicketkeeper with the highest
number of dismissals when he stumped Kraigg Brathwaite of West Indies, his 199th victim in 62 Tests.
The earlier record of highest number of dismissals was held by – Syed Kirmani
The squash player who has become the first Indian to reach the quarter-finals at the World Squash Open
championship being held at Rotterdam, Netherlands – Dipika Pallikal
The Indian boxer who has been ranked No. 2 in the international rankings released by AIBA on 01 Nov
11 – Vikas Krishan
The venue of 64th
Senior Men and 27th
Senior Women National Weightlifting Championships which were
held from 24 Dec 2011 to 28 December 2011 – Berhampur, Odisha
The team which has won the 62nd National Basketball Championship (Women) held at Chennai from 16
to 24 Dec 2011 – Indian Railways
The team which has won the 62nd
National Basketball Championship (Men) held at Chennai from 16 to
24 Dec 2011 – Punjab
The Indian badminton star who created history by becoming 1st Indian singles player to reach finals of
BWF Super Series at Liuzhou in China (December 2011) – Saina Nehwal
India won the SAFF Football Cup on 11 Dec 2011, the final being played at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium,
New Delhi, by defeating – Afghanistan
The cricketer from Maharashtra who scored 451 runs in 466 balls in Group A match against Assam in the
Cooch Behar Trophy in Dec 2011) – Vijay Zol
The sportsperson who has won the women's title at the 59th
National Squash Championship held from
07 to 10 Dec 2011 in Chennai – Dipika Pallikal
The sportsperson who has won the men's title at the 59th
National Squash Championship held from 07
to 10 Dec 2011 in Chennai – Saurav Ghosal
The Indian cricketer who has become the highest individual scorer in One-day Internationals by scoring
219 runs against West Indies in Indore in December 2011 – Virender Sehwag
Socrates, the great footballer who died on 04 Dec 2011, played for – Brazil
The player who has won IBSF World Snooker Championship held in Bangalore from 28 November to 03
December 2011, thus becoming the first Iranian to do so – Hoosein Vafaei Ayouri
The country which has won the Davis Cup 2011 (100th
edition) defeating Argentina in the finals in
December 2011 – Spain
The woman Grandmaster of Airport Authority of India, who has grabbed her maiden national title at the
38th National Women Premier Chess Championship held in November 2011 in Chennai – Mary Ann
Gomes
The six-year old boy from Mumbai who has become the youngest cricketer to play in officially
recognized tournament by BCCI, the Giles Shield – Musheer Khan
The city in which the World's largest cross-country run for school children was held on 06 Nov 11 – New
Delhi
Medicine
The drug used globally for treatment of breast cancer which has been banned in India for its misuse in
treatment of infertility among women – Letrozole
The renowned nephrologist from Apollo Hospitals, Chennai who has been awarded the 40th
Dhanvantari Award recently – Dr. M.K. Mani
The state which has become the first in the country to include the new Pentavalent Vaccine (a vaccine
against diptheria, pertussis, tetanus, haemophilus influenza and hepatitis B) in the National
Immunisation Schedule by launching it on 15 Dec 2011 – Kerala)
Defence
The 37 tonne inter-continental nuclear-capable Bulava ballistic missile were recently test fired by –
Russia
The second of Kamorta-class Anti-Submarine Warfare corvette launched by Garden Reach Shipbuilders
and Engineers, Kolkata in October 2011 is named – INS Kadmatt
The type of helicopter which strayed into Pakistan occupied Kashmir and was force-landed at Skardu
while flying from Leh to Bhimbad in October 2011 was – Cheetah
The four day joint exercise between the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO)
which was conducted at Air Force Station Jamnagar in October 2011 was named – Ex Eastern Bridge –
2011
The military training exercise Shakti 11, which was held in Ranikhet, Uttarakhand in October 2011 is joint
exercise of the armies of India and – France
The first ever India Bangladesh military exercise held in October was named – Op. Sampriti
The second of Deepak class tanker manufactured by Italy to be inducted by the Indian Navy is named.
(The India Navy also has two Jyoti class fleet tankers, Jyoti and Aditya, thus taking the total number of
fleet tankers to four) – INS Shakti
Vijaynagar airfield, which was inaugurated by the Indian Air Force in November 2011, as an Advance
Landing Ground is located in – Arunachal Pradesh
The annual coastal security exercise to test the coastal preparedness of Lakshadweep and Minicoy
islands held in November 2011 was named – Neptune IV
The Indian Navy ship which has been involved in thwarting pirate attacks in the Gulf of Aden on 11 Nov
11 (and earlier twice in Sep 2011) – INS Sukanya
The DRDO developed Medium Altitude Long Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (MALE - UAV) which
completed its 5th successful flight in November 2011 – Rustom 1
The Indian Air Force fighter aircraft which had been temporarily grounded following a crash near Pune
on 13 Dec 2011 – Sukhoi 30MKI
The army exercise which was conducted in Barmer district of Rajasthan in December 2011 was named –
Sudarshan Shakti
Railways
The railway station which will be developed as the best station in the country by the Indian Railways –
Habibgunj
SIMRAN (Satellite Imaging for Rail Navigation) based Real Time Information System launched recently
to provide train location and train running position through SMS and internet has been jointly
developed by Indian Railways and – IIT, Kanpur
India's longest Railway Tunnel (10.96 km) from Quazigund to Banihal, whose excavation was completed
recently is under the – Pir Panjal mountain range
The luxury tourism train run by Maharashtra Tourism which has resumed operations earlier stopped
following Mumbai terror attack – Deccan Odyssey
India's first AC Double-decker train which was flagged off on 02 Oct 2011 by the Railway Minister Dinesh
Trivedi runs from Howrah to – Dhanbad
The first Shatabdi Express for South Central Railway introduced on 13 Nov 2011 runs between
Secunderabad and – Pune
Indian Railways has recently reduced the advance reservation period for Tatkal tickets from 48 hours
before the commencement of journey to – 24 hours
Arts, Music, Cinema etc.
The Indian singer who has entered the Guiness Book of World Records for the most single studio
recordings – Asha Bhonsle
The actor who has been awarded NDTV Lifetime Achievement Award – Dev Anand
Andha Yug, a play was recently staged in Delhi's Firoz Shah Kotla after a gap of about 50 years. Andha
Yug is a famous play written by – Dharamveer Bharti
Satyadev Dubey, a Padma Bhushan 2011 recipient, who passed away on 25 Dec 2011 was associated
with – Theatre
Ritu Guha who passed away on 24 Dec 2011 was an exponent of – Rabindra Sangeet
The noted Ghazal singer, who died on Oct 10, 2011. (He is known to have composed and recorded the
poetry written by former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee) – Jagjit Singh
Ustad Sultan Khan, who passed away on 27 Nov 2011 was a renowned – Sarangi player
Ai Weiwei, who has been named as the most powerful figure in the art world by London-based Art
Review magazine belongs to – China
Computers, Technology etc.
The developer of C language and UNIX operating system, who died in Oct 2011 – Dennis Ritchie
The language which has become the first Indian language to join the Unicode Consortium as a full
member, paving the way for standardised, user-friendly fonts and scripts for the language on
computers. (Hindi and Tamil are institutional members of the consortium) – Telugu
Akash, the cheapest tablet PC in the world launched by the Union Minister for HRD is manufactured by –
Datawind
The National Online Examination System which was launched by the Govt in Nov 2011 has been
developed by – C-DAC
TCS, India's largest technology company bagged the biggest deal for an Indian firm from UK-based
pension provider. The name of the company is – Friends Life
Institutes, Universities etc.
The place at which the government has decided to set up National Institute of Mountaineering & Allied
Sports (NIMAS) – Dirang in Arunachal Pradesh
The place at which country's first Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre devoted to the
hearing impaired has been set up – New Delhi
The place in West Bengal where setting up of Institute of Handloom Technology has been approved by
the Central Government – Shantipur in Nadia dist.
The state which has passed the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Hindi University Bill-2011 for setting up the first
Hindi University in the state – Madhya Pradesh
Films
The Columbian film directed by Alejandro Landes and produced by Franciso Aljure which has bagged the
coveted Golden Peacock Award for the Best Film at the 42nd International Film Festival of India 2011 in
Goa – Porfirio
The venue of CMS Vatavaran Film Festival (Green Film Festival) held in Dec 2011 – New Delhi
The film actor who has been appointed the national brand ambassador of UNICEF to promote child
nutrition – Aamir Khan
Dam 999, the film which has been banned by TN Government because of its reference to Mullaperiyar
dam is directed by – Sohan Roy
The film which has won the Best Feature Film in 'Indian Competition' category at the 17th International
Children's Film Festival in Hyderabad – Chillar Party
The Iranian film which won the Golden Elephant for being the Best Feature Film in the ‘Competition
International' section of the 17th International Children's Film Festival held in Hyderabad – Alafzar
(Meadows)
The venue of 17th International Children's Film Festival held in Nov 2011 – Hyderabad
Anniversaries, Days etc.
The theme for World Food Day observed on 16 October 2011 – Food Prices – From Crisis to Stability.
The theme for World Habitat Day 2011 to be observed on October 3rd, 2011 – Cities and Climate
Change
The day which has been designated as World Habitat Day by the UN – 1st Monday of October
The day which has been declared by the PM Dr. Manmohan Singh to be observed as the National
Mathematics Day being the birthday of Ramanujan – Dec 22.
2012 has been declared by the Prime Minister as – National Mathematical Year
The theme of World Science Day for Peace and Development 2011 – Towards green societies: equity,
inclusiveness, participation
Awards
The British novelist who has been awarded the Man Booker prize, 2011 for his novella, The Sense of an
Ending – Julian Barnes
The Indian cities which have won the Environmentally Sustainable City Awards (ESCA), 2011 at the 5th
Euro-India Summit – Mysore and Vijayawada
The activist who has been selected for Avicenna Leadership Award constituted by Avicenna Academy for
Leadership, Netherlands – Kiran Bedi
The person who has been chosen for the 26th Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration for his
yeoman’s service in promoting and preserving the spirit of national integration – Mohan Dharia
The social activist and founder of Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA) who has been selected for
Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development 2011 for her lifetime achievements in
empowering women through grassroots entrepreneurship – Ela Bhatt
The noted Malayalam writer who has been selected for the prestigious Vayalar Rama Varma literary
award for his novel "Jeevathathinte Pusthakam (Book of Life). (The award is instituted in memory of
eminent poet and lyricist Vayalar Rama Varma) – K P Ramanunni
The veteran actor who has been chosen to receive the Kalidas Samman award by the Madhya Pradesh
government – Anupam Kher
The social activist who has been chosen for the Basava award for the year 2010, instituted by the
Karnataka government – Medha Patkar
O.P. Jindal Global University chancellor who has been conferred the Justice P.N. Bhagwati Award for his
"outstanding contribution" to legal education and corporate philanthropy – Naveen Jindal
The film director who has been chosen for KR Narayanan Puraskaram for the film DAM999 – Sohan Roy
The person who has been chosen for the CNN-IBN Indian of the Year 2011 award – Anna Hazare
The 'entity' which has been named the TIME Person of the Year 2011, by the TIME magazine – The
Protestor
The person who has been named person of the year by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
(PETA) – Hema Malini
The Pakistani writer who has been chosen for the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize for his debut novel The
Wandering Falcon – Jamil Ahmad
The footballer who has been named the Player of the Year 2011 by the All India Football Federation –
Sunil Chhetri
The Mexican scientist who has been chosen for UNESCO-Kalinga Prize 2011 for popularising science – Dr
Rene Raul Drucker
The Indian-born molecular biologist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2009, has been
granted Knighthood by UK – Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
The veteran singer who has been chosen for KL Saigal award by Savitri Vikas Samiti – Lata Mangeshkar
The 23-year old woman from Kolkata, who has become the third Indian after Amartya Sen and Sir Partho
Dasgupta to win one of Cambridge University’s highest honours – the Stevenson Prize – Mahima
Khanna
The organisation which has won the Thomson Reuters India Innovation Award- 2011 in "Hi-Tech
Academic & Government" Category – DRDO
The classical and playback singer who has been chosen for 2011 Swaralaya Devrajan Master Award –
K.J. Yesudas
The Indian tourism compaign which won the Asia's Leading Tourist Board award at World Travel Awards
in London – Incredible India
Surveys, Reports etc.
The country which tops the Human Development Index 2011 – Norway
The country which tops the Gender Inequality Index 2011 – Sweden
The percentage who suffer from Multi-dimensional Poverty in India as per the report on Human
Development released by United Nations Development Programme – 53.7%
The rank of India as per Gender Inequality Index 2011 released by United Nations Development
Programme – 129
The rank of India as per Human Development Index 2011 released by United Nations Development
Programme – 134
As per recent Government of India release, the doctor-population ratio in India is – 1 : 2000
The rank of India in the Bribery Index released by Transparency International for 28 countries – 19
The company which has topped the list of Indian companies in the Fortune 500 – Indian Oil Corporation
As per Telecom Regulatory Authority of India report the tele-density in India at the end of September is
– 75.48 connections per 100 people
Banking
The Indian public sector bank whose rating has been downgraded from C- to D+ by rating agency
Moody's – State Bank of India
The state which has been declared the first total banking state in India, the declaration being made as
every household in all the 14 districts in the state has at least one bank account and the facility for need-
based credit – Kerala
As per RBI directive banks have to offer uniform rate of interest on savings bank deposits up to – Rs. 1
lakh
As per the latest RBI notification, Account Payee demand drafts are to be mandatorily issued for
amount exceeding – Rs. 20,000/-
The validity period of cheques and drafts has been reduced by the Reserve Bank from six months to
(with effect from 01.04.2012) – 3 months
Caixa Bank which recently opened its representative office in India is headquartered in – Barcelona,
Spain
Countries, States and Places
The South Asian country which has been appointed a permanent member of the UN Scientific
Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation(UNSCEAR) by the United Nations General Assembly –
Pakistan
The country which has become the first to quit the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, on grounds that
such an accord was an "impediment" on cutting global carbon emissions with top emitters like the US
and China not covered by it – Canada
The island nation in the Indian Ocean where China is setting up its first military base abroad – Seychelles
The country which has been admitted as a full-fledged member by UNESCO in October 2011 - Palestine
The country in which a plaque of Rabindranath Tagore has been unveiled in its parliament – Iran
The place in Rajasthan where the Government has given an in principle approval for establishing a Spice
Park under Assistance to States for Infrastructure Development of Exports (ASIDE) Scheme with a
financial support of Rs.10.00 Crore – Kota
The place in Rajasthan which has been identified for establishing a new nuclear energy power station
with 4x700 MW nuclear power plants – Banswara
Dhamra Port, jointly developed by Tata Steel and L & T, which was dedicated to the nation on 18 Dec
2011 is located in – Odisha
The village in Nepal which has become has become Asia's first renewable energy village with the
installation of mini wind-solar hybrid power system – Dhaubadi
The state in India where Russia set up a polling station to enable its citizens to cast their votes to elect
the State Duma - lower house of the Parliament – Goa
The venue of 19th National Childrens' Science Congress held in December 2011 – Jaipur
The city in which 3D images of all over-ground and underground utilities like telephone lines, power
cables, water and sewer lines and roads have been made available on a single portal to facilitate better
urban planning and governance (making the city at par with cities like New York, Paris and London) –
New Delhi
The state which has launched web based Social Security Pension System for effective and timely
disbursement of pension to aged people, widows and disabled persons of deprived and weaker sections
of the society – Rajasthan
The place at which a 30 MW solar power plant, claimed to be the largest project of its kind in Asia, was
inaugurated by Chief Minister Narendra Modi in October 2011 – Gunthawada in Banaskantha (Gujarat).
(The project has been set up by – Moser Baer Clean Energy Limited (MBCEL))
The state which has launched the Chacha Nehru Sehat Yojana, a scheme for providing free medical
treatment to school children upto the age of 14 years – Delhi
Space
The most earthlike extra-solar planet discovered by NASA in December 2011 is named – Kepler 22b
The Chinese satellite navigation system which started providing initial positioning, navigation and timing
operational services to China is named – Beidou
The world's biggest extraterrestrial explorer launched by NASA towards Mars on 26 Nov 2011 is named
– Curiosity
Committees
The expert group set up by the Central Government to suggest restructuring of power utilities of seven
major States, including Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh is headed by – B.K. Chaturvedi
The Committee of Governors constituted by the President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil to study and
recommend measures for enhancing productivity, profitability, sustainability and competitiveness of the
agriculture sector in India with special reference to rainfed area farming is headed by – Shivraj Patil
The Committee set up to prepare a comprehensive policy to deal with corrupt practices in the private
sector is headed by – Kiran Karnik
Persons
Yulia V. Tymoshenko, who was sentenced to seven years imprisonment in Oct 2011 is the former Prime
Minister of – Ukraine
The Assamese writer and winner of 2000 Jnanpith Award who died on 29 Nov 2011 – Indira Goswami
The person who has been chosen to head the TATA group after its present Chairman Ratan Tata retires
in Dec 2012 at the age of 75 years – Cyrus P. Mistry
The Indian origin scientist who died on 09 Nov 11. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1968
– Hargobind Khorana
The new Prime Minister of Greece who succeeded George Papandreou in November 2011, who resigned
in view of country's economic trouble – Lucas Papademos
Joe Frazier, also known as Smokin' Joe, who died on Nov 07, 2011 was associated with the sport of –
Heavyweight Boxing
Venezuelan beauty who won the Miss World crown for 2011at the beauty pageant in London in
November 2011 – Miss Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colimenarese
The person elected as the interim Prime Minister of Libya to head the transitional government – Abdel
Rahim al-Kib
The new Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh who was sworn in on 01 Nov 2011 – Nabam Tuki
The American youngster who became the youngest to climb Mt. Everest in 2010 (at the age of 13 yrs 10
mths 10 days) has become the youngest the scale the seven summits in Dec 2011 – Jordan Romero
The new Union Minister for Civil Aviation – Ajit Singh
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India who has been elected as the Chairman of the Panel of
External Auditors of the United Nations, the Specialized Agencies and the International Atomic Energy
Agency – Vinod Rai
Mario Miranda, who passed away on 11 Dec 2011 was a renowned – Cartoonist
Cyclones, Ships etc
The cyclone that arose in the Bay of Bengal and hit the coastal parts of Tamilnadu on 30 Dec 2011 was
named – Thane
The typhoon which hit the Phillipines on 16 Dec 2011, bringing flash floods and landslides and killing
people was named – Typhoon Washi
The typhoon which lashed Phillipines in Sep-Oct 2011 (within a week after Typhoon Nesat had
devastated its island Luzon) – Nalgae
The Indian ship which sank near the southern Dhofar region of Oman in Novemeber 2011 killing 5
sailors, after it was caught up in strong winds of tropical cyclone Keila was named - MSV Shiv Sagar
MNV 2169
The ship Montecristo which was hijacked in the Indian Ocean by Somalian pirates in Oct 2011 and
rescued by the British forces belonged to – Italy
In October 2011, Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc has found the wreckage of another ship laden with
silver and torpedoed by the Germans in World War I, the name of the ship – SS Mantola
(SS Gairsoppa was the first ship whose wreck was found in September 2011)
Miscellaneous
The 1,000-year-old Lord Bhavanarayana Swami temple, constructed during the reign of Chalukyas,
whose tower collapsed on 23 Oct 11 is located in – Bapatla, A.P.
Recently President Thein Sein of Myanmar announced that the work on Myitsone dam project was to
be suspended during his tenure. The river on which the dam is located is – Irrawady
328 ft high Fateh Burj, the tallest victory tower in the country, commemorating the victory of Sikh
warrior Baba Banda Singh Bahadur over a Mughal king of Sirhind, Wazir Khan in 1711 has been
inaugurated at – Chappar Chiri (Mohali)
The sanctuary in Rajasthan which is to be converted into a National Park as decided by Rajasthan govt –
Kumbhalgarh Sanctuary
The festival organised by the Ministry of Women and Child Development in Delhi from 14 Nov 11 to
showcase its policies, schemes, programmes, initiatives and activities in furtherance of the welfare of
the mother and the child is named – Vatsalya Mela
The theme of 31st India International Trade Fair starting in New Delhi from 13 Nov 11 – Indian
handicrafts – The magic of the gifted hands
The commonly used pulse variety whose genome has been sequenced by the scientists at ICRISAT –
Arhar or Pigeon Pea
The three elements which have been added to the periodic table after approval from the General
Assembly of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP), taking the total number of
elements to 112. – darmstadtium (Ds), roentgenium (Rg) and copernicium (Cn).
As per the new Public Procurement policy cleared by the Union Cabinet on 01 Nov 11, Union
Ministries/PSUs are mandated to make purchases from micro and small enterprises owned by dalits and
tribals (SCs/STs) to an amount not less than – 4% of annual purchases
The Nimoo Bazgo Hydro-electric Project to which Pakistan has recently raised objections is located on
river – Indus
The 1000 cr scheme launched by the Odisha government to construct at least 400 bridges in next three
years in order to provide connectivity to all the villages in the state is named – Biju Setu Yojana
The number of new jobs the National Manufacturing Policy announced by the Central Govt aims to
create by 2022 – 100 million
The new limit imposed by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on the number of commercial/non-
commercial SMS that can be sent each day – 200
The first Indian Comic Superhero created by Stan Lee creator of Spiderman, X Men etc is named –
Chakra, the Invincible