Current affairs October 2011

1. Recently which Ghazal Singer and Padmabhushan Awardee, Passed Away in Mumbai ?

-Jagjit Singh

Veteran ghazal singer Jagjit Singh passed away on 10 October 2011 in Mumbai. He was 70. He was admitted in Lilavati Hospital for more than two weeks. The singer had undergone an emergency surgery for brain hemorrhage at the Hospital on 23 September 2011.

2. Name the Ex-Chief Minister of Karnataka who was arrested recently.
B.S.Yeddyurappa

3. Name the 3D animation film Shemaroo Entertainment which is set to release online.
Super K

4. Who is set to head special purpose vehicle called the GST Network?
Nandan Nilekani

5.Which business has NIIT sold to Skillsoft for $110 million?
Element K

6. Who has been appointed as commissioner for the AFC Champions League final?
FIFA badge holder Gautam Kar

7. Name the men’s and women’s singles National champions who won the Fenesta National Championship.
Yuki Bhambri and Rutuja Bhonsle

8. Name the Indian golfer who finished 2nd in the Hero Indian Open golf tournament.
Chiragh Kumar

9. Name the Indian women’s discus thrower who qualified for London Olympics after clinching gold medal at an event of the Fling Throw Meet in Portland, USA.

Krishna Poonia

10. Upon whose name a highway leading south out of the capital in Grenada is set to be renamed?
Kirani James Boulevard

11. Which director is set to make film on mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan?
Roger Spottiswoode

12. Name the team which won the Durand Cup?
Churchill Brothers

13. Which former Ranji Player died after falling from train at Vaikom in Kottayam?
K.R.Krishna Varma

14. Name the 69-year-old who collapsed and died minutes after fulfilling his life-long ambition of climbing Africa’s highest mountain peak, Mount Kilimanjaro.
Alistair Cook

15. Which Bollywood movie have been watched by over 1.3 lakh Chinese since its Mandarin version release?
Aamir Khan’s 3 Idiots

16. Which Asian Advertising congress is coming back to India after 8 years?
Ad Asia (October 31st to November 3rd 2011)

17. Name the education technology solution launched by Texas Instruments in association with CORE Education and Technologies to facilitate a better learning experience for students in classrooms across India.
STEMpower

18. Who has been honoured with Dr.B.Saroja Devi award recently?
Dr.Vyjayanthimala

19. Who is set to receive Mahatma Gandhi peace prize in South Africa?
Dalai Lama

20. Name the rocket and navigation satellite launched by Russia after August’s space ship crash.
Soyuz-2 rocket launched a GLONASS navigation satellite

21. Who has been voted as 2nd most powerful business-woman in US?

Indra Nooyi

22. Which company has struck natural gas reserves in its first well drilled in the offshore Mannar basin in Sri Lanka?
Cairn India

23. Who has been selected to create the theme music for the London Olympics 2012?
Scottish rocker Mark Ronson

24. Which Indian shuttler finished runner-up in Czech International Open?
Arundhati Pantawane

25. Which IAS officer has joined as Prime Minister’s principal secretary?
Pulok Chatterjee

26. Name the trio who received Nobel Medicine Prize for immune system research.
Bruce Beutler of USA, Jules Hoffmann Luxembourg and Ralph Steinman Canada

27. Which FM radio channel has taken initiative to make Goddess Durga idol out of bio-degradable and recyclable waste material in Kolkata?
OYE 104.8 FM

28. Who is called as the Gandhian of Brazil?
Lia Diskin

29. Who is the inventor of the implantable cardiac pacemaker which keeps the heartbeat in a regular rhythm?
Wilson Greatbatch

30. What is the name of the China’s first space Laboratory?
Tiangong-1

31. Name the  famous television personality of CBS News channel’s program called “60 minutes” retired recently?
Andy Rooney

32. Which UAE telecom giant recently launched 4G mobile broadband network in UAE?
Etisalat

33. Who retired as the CEO of Hyundai Motor co. recently?
Yang Seung-suk

34. Name the planetary scientist who worked for NASA recently died?
Micheal J.Drake

35. Name the three Indian boxers who have qualified for London Olympics 2012?
Jai Bhagwan, L.Devendro Singh and Manoj Kumar

36. Name the Afghan President who was in India for a two-day visit.
Hamid Karzai

37. Who has been appointed as Chairman of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation?
Sudhir Vasudeva

38. Name the MD and VP, Nokia India, who has been assigned global role to head India, Middle East and Africa region.
D.Shivakumar

39. Name the company which has launched apps for iPad and Android phones recently.
Adobe

40. Who has shot a film in 47 days titled ‘Facebook’?
RP.Patnaik

41. Who won the 2011 Nobel prize in chemistry?
Israeli scientist Daniel Shechtman for his discovery of quasicrystals

42. Name the world’s cheapest laptop launched in India.
Aakash

43. Name the Ashes hero who died at the age of 52.
Former England fast bowler, Graham Dilley

44. Who won the Irani Cup 2011?
Rest of India Team

45. Name the application launched by Monster India for Facebook users.
BeKnown

46. Name the Galaxy version mobile launched by Samsung India.
Galaxy Y

47. What is the financial strength rating retained for ICICI Bank while SBI’s rating is downgraded from ‘C-’ to ‘D+’ by Moody’s?
C-

48. Name the person who has been conferred at the 2011 Telstra NSW Business Women’s Award for her contribution to world’s first green steel manufacturing process.
Veena Sahajwalla

49. Name the Apple co-founder who passed away recently.
Steve Jobs

50. Which four teams entered semi-finals in Champions League Twenty-20 cricket?
Somerset, Mumbai Indians, New South Wales and Royal Challengers Bangalore

51. Name the Swedish poet who won 2011 Nobel in literature.
Tomas Transtromer

52. Name the Sanskrit scholar and a former director of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan who passed away recently.
Mathoor Krishnamurthi

53. Which countries President have offered hindi films to be shot at the picturesque country?
Austrian President

54. Which country has won first victory in UNESCO vote?
Palestine

55. What is the annual inflation as of September 2011 in Sri Lanka?
7.2per cent

56. Whose museum was inaugurated in Austria recently?
Schwarzenegger

57. Name the 3 women who share the Nobel Peace Prize 2011.
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen for work on women’s rights

58. Who booked the finals berth in Champions League Twenty 20 cricket tournament 2011?
Royal Challengers Bangalore

59. Name the Lord Mayor of London who will be on a 5-day visit to India from October 10th 2011 to strengthen economic ties between India and the UK.
Lord Mayor Michael Bear

60. Name the 2 British banks which included in the list of 12 whose credit ratings were downgraded by Moody’s.
Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds TSB

61. Who won the Showjumping Open title on the opening day of the South India Equestrian championship?
Hrishika Basappa

62. Which software’s updated version has been launched by Infosys?
Finacle e-Banking solution

63. Who won the Shanghai Masters title?
Andy Murray

64. Which day has been declared as ‘Steve Jobs Day’?
16th October

65. Name the businessman who won the Queen’s award for enterprise 2011 in london.
Dr.Rami Ranger

66. Who won the MotoGP title for the fifth consecutive year at the Australian Grand Prix?
Casey Stoner

67. Who won the Formula 1 Korean Grand Prix 2011?
Sebastian Vettel

68. Name the Australian University which has offered Amitabh Bachchan honorary doctorate for his contribution to the world of entertainment.
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane

69. Which country is backing to rebuild Nalanda University in India?
China

70. Name India’s longest tunnel opened in Jammu and Kashmir recently.
Pir Panjal railway tunnel (10.96km)

71. When is the IPL 5 scheduled for 2012?
April 4th to May 27th 2012

72. What is the degraded debt rating of Spain as per Standard and Poor’s?
AA- from AA

73. Name the British CEO whom Olympus sacked recently.
Michael Woodford

74. Who is set to replace Liam Fox as UK defence minister?
Philip Hammond

75. Name the Italian Prime Minister who survived confidence vote.
Silvio Berlusconic

76. Where was the world’s largest blind symbol unveiled?
A yellow banner with three black spots was unveiled at Vienna’s St.Stephen’s Cathedral

77. Which technology major acquired Skype for $8.5 billion?Microsoft

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Current affairs September 2011

1. Who has been appointed the new director of Indian Institute of Technology-Madras ?

-Bhaskar Ramamurthi
Former student of IIT–Madras becomes its director Read More
2. Which Country now allows transgender option in passports?
Australia
3. Expand ICBC. Which bank from Mainland, China has set up shop in India?
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
4. Which 3 technology major are planning advertisement sale?
Yahoo, AOL and Microsoft
5. Who has been appointed as British Deputy Commissioner representing United Kingdom in Karnataka?
Ian Felton
6. What is the CRR, Repo and Reverse Repo Rate as on 16th September 2011?
CRR – 6.00%, Repo – 8.25% and Reverse Repo – 7.25%
7. Which company bagged two awards for Jaguar and Land Rover from Autoweek at the Frankfurt Motor Show?
Tata Motors
8. In which part of India has new species of frog found?
Western ghats
9. What is the limitation on SMSes have TRAI imposed per day per sim from 27th of September 2011?
100 per day from per SIM
10. Who took over as CEO and MD of ONGC Videsh Ltd.?
Dinesh K.Sarraf
11. What rank did Rahul Dravid hold as he retired from One-Day International cricket?
118
12. Name the Board launched by Indian Medical Association to give doctor community a say in formulation of major policies in the health sector.
Hospital Board of India
13. What is the percentage of Dearness Allowance hike announced by Government and it is effective from which date?
7% and 1st July 2011
14. Who has raised USD 57,600 for the ongoing efforts in Japan following the devastating earthquake and tsunami?
Heavy rockers Iron Maiden
15. Where is the (NSG) National Security Guard hub setup in India and due for inauguration?
Kolkata
16. When and Where is the 64th Auto Show being held?
15th September to 25th September 2011 Frankfurt, Germany
17. Who has been appointed as chief of ITBP?
Ranjit Sinha
18. Which country showcased Central Asia’s high-speed train (254km per hour)?
Uzbekistan
19. Which three Japanese electronics giant are set to merge small and medium- sized display businesses for smartphones and tablet computers?
Sony, Toshiba and Hitachi
20. Who was awarded with German’s top honour, silver laurel leaf?
Dirk Nowitzi
21. What is the food inflation for the week ended August 20th 2011?
10.05%
22. Which middle-east country is set to invest in Indian markets?
Iran
23. Which country’s court has banned Samsung tablet computer?
Germany
24. Which hockey tournament has been moved out of India as FIH is unhappy with the sport being run by 2 bodies – Hockey India and Indian Hockey Federation?
Champions Trophy Hockey tournament
25. Which country-men and who won the men’s 5000 metre world title at the World Athletics Championships in Daegu?
Britian’s Mo Farah
26. Name the architect who designed 133-foot Thiruvalluvar statue in Kanyakumari passed away recently.

-V.Ganapati Sthapati
27. Which Indian-American elected as the governor of a US state filed his re-election papers?
Bobby Jindal
28. Which ERP platform has IBM decided to implement at Automotive Axles?
SAP
29. Which country has qualified for Euro 2012 finals after winning over Liechtenstein?
Spain
30. How many items has been announced by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as duty free from Bangladesh?
61 items
31. Which 2 Hockey teams matches were drawn in Asian Championship Trophy?
India and Malaysia
32. Name the CDMA based Android 2.1 handset launched by Reliance Communications.
Coolpad CDMA
33. Four year-old ban on which export product was lifted at the same time prohibition on another product laid by Government?
Wheat and Onion
34. Which legendary singer turned 78 and debuts dubbing for her Bollywood film, ‘Maaee’?

Asha Bhonsle
35. Who took charge as Chief General Manager of State Bank of India for Bangalore Circle, covering Karnataka?
Ashwini Mehra
36. Which Korean consumer electronics re-entered Indian notebook market after a gap of 2 and half years?
LG Electronics
37. Name the version of Windows Operating System that Microsoft is about to launch.
Windows 8
38. Which K.K.Birla company is temporarily closed due to shortage of naptha, a raw material needed to manufacture agricultural fertilizers?
Zuari Industries Limited
39. Mention the value of exports and imports as on July 2011.
Exports: USD 29.3 billion Imports: USD 40.4 billion
40. Who was conferred with IIT(Kharagpur) alumnus award for his contribution to innovation in transport infrastructure development?
B.B.Pandey, a Bihar Professor
41. Which Asian country is all set open up Nuclear Business with India?
Japan
42. Which automobile major is planning to launch SUV in India and South Africa by end of 2011?
Mahindra and Mahindra
43. Who has joined Sundaram-Clayton board as Additional Director?
Sudarshan Venu
44. Who won the FIFA International friendly football match?
Argentina
45. Name the CEO of Tata Motors who quit recently.
Carl-Peter Forster
46. Which country has lifted ban on gays to donate blood?
UK
47. Who is in race to become CEO of Yahoo?
Rapper Snoop Dogg
48. When and where India’s First Film Museum is set to be ready for inauguration?
2013 in Mumbai
49. Name the diesel versions of Etios launched by Toyota.
Entry-level Etios sedan and Compact car Etios Liva
50. Who is all set to be Chief Minister of Uttarakhand?

B.C.Khanduri
51. Name the economy, trade and industry minister who resigned in Japan’s 8-day old Government.
Yoshio Hachiro
52. India’s finance ministry has launched its page on which social networking site?
Facebook
53. Which mode of exam has Delhi University is set to scarp instead adopt Common Admission Test(CAT)?
Faculty of Management Studies
54. Name the weather satellite ISRO is set to launch with Indo-French collaboration on 12th October 2011.
Megha Tropiques
55. Who won the hockey Asian Champions Trophy against Pakistan?
India
56. Who won the Italian Grand Prix 2011?

Sebastian Vettel
57. Who won the women’s singles Tennis tournament US Open 2011?
Samantha Stosur
58. Who won the women’s mixed doubles Tennis tournament US Open 2011?
Lisa Raymond and Liezel Huber
59. Name the mobile phone from Vodafone with dedicated Facebook button on it.
Vodafone Blue
60. Who has been elected as president of BCCI?
N.Srinivasan
61. Who has been appointed as IPL Chief?
Rajiv Shukla
62. Which UAE college has Birla Institure of Technology is set to operate?
Royal College of Applied Science and Technology
63. Which sandalwood female actor is set to contest for Youth Congress chief post?
Ramya
64. Which kannada poet has been selected for Knanpith Award, India’s highest literary honour?
Chandrashekhara Kambar
65. Which two Hindi authors have been chosen for India’s highest literary honour Jnanpith Award for 2009?
Shrilal Shukla and Amar Kant
66. What and which European nation credit rating has been downgraded by S&P?
From A+/A-1+ to A/A-1, Italy
67. Which service has Google opened to all taking fight to Facebook?
Google Plus
68. In order to help farmers and push retail prices ban on which product export has been lifted recently?
Onion
69. Who has bee re-elected as chief of Karnataka Milk Federation?
G.Somashekara Reddy
70. In which country the Indian Council for Cultural Relations is set to inaugurate the Gandhi Centre on October 2nd?
Netherlands
71. Which part of India has been hit by bird flu recently?
West Bengal and Assam
72. Who won his maiden World Championship cycle tournament?
6-time Russian champion Peter Svidler
73. Which group has bagged the Network of the Year trophy at the Spikes Asia Advertising Festival in Singapore?
DDB Group
74. Which Dubai-based company has picked up 12% stake in Everonn Education?
Varkey Group’s education firm Gems education
75. Name the company which divided its business into operating and network division recently.
Maxis-owned Aircel
76. Which 2 teams have been qualified for Champions League Twenty 20 cricket main draw?
Kolkata Knight Riders and Somerset
77. Which 2 players were handed lifeline after Hockey India lifted two-year ban imposed on them for indiscipline?

Sandeep Singh and Sardara Singh
78. Name the board which is to be setup for all policy and certification related issues of the automobile industry.
National Automotive board
79. When is the World Twenty 20 cricket scheduled to begin?
September 18th 2012
80. Whose proposal of ODI format change was rejected by ICC recently?
Sachin Tendulkar
81.Which country’s UN membership bid was rejected by US President Barack Obama recently?
Palestine
82. How long is the Emergency law valid in Egypt as the military council?
Until June 2012
83. Which city is the first to introduce all-electric cabs?
Mexico city(Mexico)
84. Which company has produced the first glasses-free 3-D TV?
Toshiba
85. Which is the new hollywood sports movie in which Brad pitt is in lead role?
Money ball

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Current affairs August 2011

1.Who becomes first Indian woman to cross Gobi desert ?

- Sucheta 33 year old women from Pune, has successfully crossed the arduous 1,623 km stretch of the Gobi desert, the largest in Asia and the fifth in the world

2. Iscom along with Elmwood College, St.Andrew’s UK has launched a Post-Graduate course for which sporting event?
Post-graduate programme in golf management

3. Who has been ranked world No.1 in double trap shooting as per the ISSF world rankings?
Ronjan Sodhi

4. Asia’s largest solar energy park to be hosted by which state ?

- Gujarat would house the largest solar energy park in Asia in two years, with a power production capacity of 500 Mw. This would be set up with an investment of around Rs 8,000 crore flowing from companies such as GMR and Lanco, which have been assigned generation capacities under the Gujarat Solar Mission.

5. Which UK-listed miner gets formal approval from the Indian government for its acquisition of stake in Cairn India?
Vedanta Resources or Vedanta

6. Which Tata group firm is set to open online consumer durables and electronics store?
Tata Croma

7. Which company has launched its first Financial Technology Grid to offer services in banking domain?
Polaris software

8. Which computer manufacturer has introduced rupee symbol on desktop computer keyboard, compatible with Microsoft softwares?
LenovoIndia

9. Which country has approved plans to setup first Tibetian bank?
China

10. Who has been appointed as consulting head for India at Capgemini?
Anish Sarkar

11. Name the sedan unveiled by Nissan India.
Sunny

12. Who has been sworn in a Karnataka’s Chief Minister?
D.V.Sadananda Gowda 

13. Which molecule has been found in Orion constellation of stars?
1 molecule of Oxygen was found for every million hydrogen molecules

14. Name the version of Media Reader launched by Kingston.
USB 3.0 Media Reader

15. Which bank has launched a service of accepting income tax payment through ATMs?
HDFC Bank

16. Who has been takes charge as the 23rd chief of the Indian Air Force ?

- N A K Browne

Ace fighter pilot Norman Anil Kumar Browne took over as the 23rd chief of the Indian Air Force from Air Chief Marshal P V Naik, who retired after putting in 42 years of service.

17. Who has joined Gordon Brothers Group as Chief Executive Officer?
Gary Talarico

18. Which country is all set to shut 40% (800 approx.) of its data centres to reduce hefty technology budget?
USA

19. Which U.S.Secretary met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalitha recently?
Hilary Clinton

20. Which social networking site has turned 5 years?
Twitter

21. Who has been named as Sri Lanka’s captain for upcoming Australian series?
Dilshan

22. Which Ace Indian shooter is set to get Khel Ratna?
Gagan Narang

23. Which missile was recently test-fired successfully at Chandipur, Orrisa?
Prahaar

24. Who is all set to take over as CMD of NMDC?
M.S.Rana

25. Which company formally opened its assembly plant at Rosslyn, South Africa?
Tata Motors

26. Who has been appointed as solicitor-general following the resignation of Gopal Subramaniam?
Rohinton Nariman

27. Who became 2nd highest run scorer in Test cricket surpassing Ricky Ponting’s record?
Rahul Dravid

28. Which program of IIM Indore did recently get HRD ministry’s approval?
5-year management program

29. Who won the 1st Hangzhou Women’s Grandmasters Tournament in China?
Dronavalli Harika

30. Name the Chairman and CEO of TAFE who has been inducted into the board of AGCO.
Mallika Srinivasan

31. Who won the 2011 German GP?
Lewis Hamilton

32. Which former Australian opening batsman is set to return to competitive cricket (Big Bash League T20)?
Matthew Hayden

33. Which Indian swimmer qualified for the 2012 London Olympics?
Sandeep Sejwal

34. Which country has launched its new currency?
Sudan

35. Which singer is all set to perform at the Royal Albert Hall where the first Carnatic music is scheduled in the 116-year history of BBC proms?
Aruna Sairam

36. Which motorcycle has Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India Private Ltd. recently launched?
CBR 250R

37. Who won the ladies National snooker championship?
Vidya Pillai

38. Who won the 2000th Test cricket held at Lords Cricket Ground?
England

39. Which frenchman after 25 years won the German Open Tennis tournament?
Gilles Simon

40. Who won the Indonesian International Challenge badminton championship 2011?
Pusarla Venkata Sindhu

41. Who has been appointed as Lokayukta of Karnataka to succeed Santosh Hegde?

Former Supreme Court Judge Shivraj V.Patil       

42. Who has been named vice president for Boeing Defence, Space and Security in India?
Dennis D.Swanson

43. Which Indian tennis player holds career best rank of 62 in the singles list?
Somdev Devvarman

44. What is Repo and Reverse Repo rate as on 26th July 2011?
Repo: 8% and Reverse Repo: 7%

45. Which country has agreed for a meeting between its Nobel Laureate, pro-democracy activist Aung Suu Kyi and Minister of Social Welfare U Aung Kyi?
Myanmar

46. Who has been named as the global co-CEO of Standard Chatered Bank’s private equity?
Nainesh Jaisingh

47. Who has been appointed as co-CEO to succeed Management Board chairman, Josef Ackermann?
Anshu Jain

48. Name the project of Mozilla’s operating system that is set to work on mobile devices and tablets.
Boot to Gecko (B2G)

49. Which business and technology outsourcing services provider has been named in the GlobalServices 100 list for the 5th consecutive year?
Syntel

50. Which Noida-based hospital running under the brand Ojjus Medicare has got nod for the IPO aggregating to Rs,62 crore?
Goodwill Hospital and Research Center Ltd.

51. Which poets death anniversary would be remembered on 8th August in India?
Rabindranath Tagore

52. Draft of which anti-corruption bill was approved by Union Cabinet on 28th July 2011?
Lokpal Bill

53. Which of the two Indians were awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award 2011?
Nileema Mishra for helping the poor and Harish Hande for revolutionizing the use of solar lights

54. Which Operating System celebrated its 30th birthday on July 27th?
DOS (Disk Operating System), 27th July 1981

55. Who has been appointed as national team coach for Argentina’s football team?
Alejandro Sabella

56. Which cricketer equalled Sunil Gavaskar’s tally of 34 test hundreds?
Rahul Dravid ‘ The Wall’

57. Who resigned as Chief Minister of Karnataka?
B.S.Yeddyurappa

58. Who has been appointed as the New Governor of Tamil Nadu?

- Former Andhra Pradesh chief minister K Rosaiah was appointed as the new Governor of Tamil Nadu on 26 August 2011.

59. Who won the Hungarian Grand Prix 2011?
Jenson Button

60. Which Indian qualified for London Olympics 2012 for Short put event?
Om Prakash Singh

61. On which planet has Nasa found the first evidence of flowing water recently?
Mars

62. Which service has Yahoo launched to allow users to enjoy full-length movies for free?
Movieplex

63. Who has taken charge as HAL’s Director Corporate Planning and Marketing?
Baldev Singh

64. Who has been named captain for Women’s Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament?
Saba Anjum

65. Which former cricketer also secretary of Bihar Jharkhand Cricket Association passed away due to brain hemorrhage?
Ramesh Saxena

66. Which Indian oil gaints are allowed to dig oil at the Gulf of Mannar?
ONGC and Cairn India

67. Name the tablet model launched by Beetel in India.
Beetel Magiq, priced at 9,999

68. Who has been renamed as Indian hockey team’s captain for inaugural Asian Champions Trophy in Ordos, China?
Rajpal Singh

69. Who has been appointed as director for Whirlpool Corporation?
Harish Manwani

70. Which Bill in India is set to be tabled in Winter Parliament session?
Food bill

71. What position does India hold in Golf after Nomura Cup?
3rd place

72. Which Academy Award winner for Best Original Song (for Jai Ho) and the Padma Bhushan recipient turned 75 years?
Sampoorna Singh Kalra (Gulzar)

73. Which art director who had been associated with movies like Raavan, Guru, Rang De Basanti etc. passed away recently?
Samir Chandra

74. Which company replaced Reliance Industries as most valued company in the elite of 30 companies that constitutes the Sensex?
Coal India

75. How many from India are set to participate in the World athletics championships to be held in Daegu, Korea from August 27th to September 4th 2011?

Name them.
8, Men: Renjith Maheswary (triple jump), Om Prakash Singh (shot put), Vikas Gowda (discus), Gurmeet Singh and Babubhai Panucha (20km walk)
Women: Tintu Luka (800m), Mayookha Johny (long jump and triple jump) and Harwant Kaur (discus)

76. Which company will title sponsor for Indian GP to be held on the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida on October 30th 2011?
Airtel

77. Which two industries of Japan are set to merge?
Hitachi and Mitsubishi

78. Which Legendary singer’s 81st birth anniversary was celebrated on 4th August 2011?

Kishore Kumar

79. Parts of which African country is hit by Famine according to United Nations?
Somalia

80. Which model has Harley-Davidson launched in India priced at Rs.19.7 lakh?
Fat Boy Special

81. Which service did Vodafone roll out in Bangalore recently?
3G services

82. Where is the Hockey Asian Champions Trophy is to be held?
Ordos, China

83. Name the ex-PM of Ukraine who was arrested recently.
Yulia Tymoshenko

84. Who has become first female prime minister of Thailand?
Yingluck Shinawatra

85. Where is the Folksam Grand Prix meet being held?
Karlstad, Sweden
What is the downgraded credit rating given by S&P to USA?
AA+

86. Which cricketer has been recalled to One-Day match against England after 2 years?
Rahul Dravid

87. Whose maiden century in Twenty20 cricket against Australia set Sri Lanka a 35 run victory?
Tilakaratne Dilshan

88. Which South African fast bowler cricketer celebrated his 100th birthday recently?
Norman Gordon

89. Which Taiwan company has recently launched tablet PCs priced at Rs.15,000?
Micro-Star International (MSI)

90. What is the food inflation as on July 30th 2011?
9.90 per cent

91. Name the Indo-Canadian who has been appointed the president and CEO of the Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC)?
Karna Gupta

92. Which car model has Maruti Suzuki set to unveil in the Indian market?

Maruti 800 cc

93. Which three banks are planning a Joint Venture commercial bank in Malaysia?
Bank of Baroda, Andhra Bank and Indian Overseas Bank

94. Who is to replace Arvind Jadhav as Air India chief?
Rohit Nandan

95. Which bollywood actor passed away recently?
Shammi Kapoor

96. Which Bank’s net profit dip to about 45% as it disclosed its Q1 earnings?
State Bank of India

97. Who won the ATP Montreal Masters title?
Novak Djokovic

98. Who won the bronze medal at the World Badminton Championship after a gap of 28 years?
Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponappa

99. Name the former NASDAQ MD who has been sentenced to 42 months in prison and has been ordered to forfeit over $700,000 illegal profits made during his role in an insider trading scheme.
Donald Johnson

100. Which country’s President has called for national government by August 21st 2011?
Nepal, President Dr.Ram Baran

101. Which telecom company increased call tariffs by 20% recently?
Reliance Communications

102. Which section of education is to be made Universal unlike elementary education in India?
Secondary Education

103. What is the West Bengal government planning to setup for medical benefits to remote corner people?
Health Bank

104. Who won his first World Golf Championship title?
Adam Scott

105. Who became the first bowler to clinch 6 wickets in a Twenty20 International Cricket?
Ajantha Mendis

106. What is the maximum amount that can be withdrawn from a third-party ATM per transaction?
Rs.10,000

107. Which Indian University recently signed pact with university of Sydney?
Anna University

108. For which programme an Indian student pursuing her Ph.D in chemical biology from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research chosen?
Sci-finder Academic Exchange Program

109. Which company has launched 3G Tablet priced at Rs.12,999 with special data plans in India?
RCom

110. What is the extension period given to RBI Governor D.Subbarao?
2 years (untill Spetember 4th 2013)

111. Which Insurance company is set to sue Bank of America to recover about $10 billion?
AIG (American International Group Inc)

112. Which company has collaborated with Singapore Management University for a R&D facility for cloud-based IT solutions?
TCS

113. Which Bank has launced Debit Card with credit limit? Name the card.
IDBI Bank. IDBI Magic Card

114. Who has been appointed as CEO for Bharti Airtel’s broadband and DTH services?
Rajiv Rajagopal for Broadband and data services and Shashi Arora for DTH and media services

115. Who has entered the 2nd round of the World Badminton Championships defeating Germany’s Domke Dieter?
P.Kashyap

116. Which Indian women cricketer has been suspended from bowling in international cricket for illegal action?

Snehal Pradhan

117. Name the project under which all post offices in India are to be provided with Internet connectivity.
India Post Technology Project 2012

118. Which two districts in Karnataka is set to get RAHI airports?
Shimoga and Gulbarga

119. Who is all set to introduce Jan Lokpall Bill as a private member’s bill in LokSabha?
BJP MP Varun Gandhi

120. Who has been appointed as joint Managing Director of Hero MotoCorp (formerly Hero Honda)?
Sunil Kant Munjal

121. Which film director eyes for stake in Indian Premier League team Kochi Tuskers?
Priyadarshan

122. Expand Infosys. Who logged out as Chief Mentor and Chairman from the IT giant Infosys on Friday 19th August 2011?
Information System. N.R. Narayana Murthy

123. Which company has launched Android tablet priced at Rs.6,250?
LACS (Lakshmi Access Communications Systems)

124. Which consumer major has launched online game and mobile app to promote corporate awareness?
Reckitt Benckiser

125. Who won the Cincinnati Masters title held at Ohio recently?
Andy Murray

126. Who won his first US PGA Tour title at the Wyndham Championship?
Webb Simpson

127. Which Bank has sought support of Rs.300 crore from the Government to fund business growth?
Corporation Bank

128. Who surpassed Sunil Gavaskar’s record of 34 hundreds in Test Cricket recently?
Rahul Dravid

129. Where and at which event was Jon ‘Eggman’ Egging a British pilot killed recently?
Near Bournemouth Airport in Dorset. At an Airshow in Britain

130. Which Indian city turns 372 today (22nd August 2011)?
Chennai

131. Name the Marxist historian and Indologist who passed away recently.
Ram Sharan Sharma

132. Which feature has Google launched as music blog for users of Google Music Beta?
Google Magnifier

133. Name the deposit scheme that Indian Bank has launched for people under the financial inclusion plan.
Variable Recurring Deposit Scheme

134. Who won the Test series against India by an Innings and 8 runs, termed to be as worst performance since 1959?
England

135. Who became the first bowler to take three hatricks in one-day cricket?

Latish Malinga

136. Who was honoured with Degree of Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) from IIT – Kharagpur?
Sunil Bharti Mittal

137. Who won the woman’s Cincinnati WTA Title?
Maria Sharapova

138. Who won the mens doubles Cincinnati WTA Title?
Leander Peas and Mahesh Bhupathi

139. Name the President of Standard and Poor chief who quit recently.
Deven Sharma

140. Who becomes the first woman to conquer 14. 8000 metre summit (K2) without artificial oxygen?
Austrian climber Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner

141. Which Hollywood studio has made some of its film available online as rentals at social networking site Facebook?
Miramax

142. Name the new variant car launched by Tata motors.
Tata Vista

143. Name the mouse launched by LG recently. Mention its additional feature.
Mouse Scanner

144. Who has been named as CEO of Apple post Steve Jobs resignation?
Tim Cook

145. Who has been appointed as chairman of the Board of Directors of Press Trust of India?
M.P.Veerendrakumar

146. Which ace Indian football player retired recently?
Bhaichung Bhutia

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