Current Affairs & GK August 2011

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CURRENT AFFAIRS & GK AUGUST 2011

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August 1:

1. As per Prime Minister's Economic

Advisory Council India's economic growth

this financial year would be

a) 8.2 per cent b) 8.5 per cent

c) 8 per cent d) 7 .5 per cent

e) none of these

2. New Secretary of Minority A ffairs is?

a) Suman Verma b) Surajit Mitra

c) vivek Rajdan d) Gunjan Gupta

e) none of these

3. As per Telecom Authority of India which

state has the highest public telephone?

a) Punjab b) Kerala

c) Haryana d) Himachal Pradesh

e) none of these

4. Which of these countries would be

conducting 2nd round of anti-terror drills

from Sep 8 2011?

a) Russia, U.S., Canada b) Russia, U.S., France

c) UK, U.S., Canada d) Russia, Japan, Canada

e) none of these

5. Which is the latest city in India to have a

direct flight to Singapore?

a) Kolkata b) Lucknow

c) Raipur d) Guhwati

e) none of these

6. New Corporate Affairs Secretary of India

is?

a) Naved Masood b) Gul Ansari

c) D)K. Khurana d) Tanu Mishra

e) none of these

Answers:

1 . a 2. b 3. d 4. a 5. a 6. a

August 2:

1. Which bank has recently set up 14 account

tracking centres to check nonperforming

assets?

a) HDFC b) SBI

c) ICICI d) UCO Bank

e) none of these

2. New chairperson of the National

Commission for Women (NCW) is...

a) Mamta Sharma b) Kiran Kher

c) Kiran Rao d) Sushma Devi

e) none of these

3. The Medical Council of India has increased

how many MBBS seats in 21 new and 33

existing medical colleges during theacademic year 2011-12?

a) 4500 b) 4700 c) 3500 d) 187 5 e) none of

these


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4. Which state has decided to introduce

universal health insurance scheme for those

whose annual income is below five lakh

rupees?

a) UP b) Sikkim

c) Meghalaya d) J&K e) none of these

5. Ronjan Sodhi is associated with which

game?

a) rife shooting b) Double Trap shooting

c) Archery d) Football e) Golf

Answers:

1 . b 2. a 3. b 4. c 5. b

August 3:

1. Till date India has launched how many

satellites?

a) 103 b) 64 c) 93 d) 53 e) 119

2. Recently government has launched a

scheme to provide free hospitalisation,

medicine and food for women during

delivery. The name of this scheme is?

a) ladli b) baby Care c) Healthy India

d) Sishu surksha e) none of these

3. Marshy wetland of Bhitarkanika is in...

a) Assam b) Bihar

c) Orissa d) Kerela e) none of these

4. How many countries are involved in TAPI

gas pipeline

a) 3 b) 4 c) 5 d) 6 e) none of these

Answers:

1 . b 2. e 3. c 4. b

August 4:

1 . New Chief Minister of Karnataka is...

a) Sadanand Gowda b) Jagdish Shettar

c) H.D Dev goda d) Bali Ram Bhagat

e) none of these

2. Scientists of which country has developed

software to prevent stampede?

a) France b) Germany c) England

d) Australia e) none of these

3. Tropical storm 'Emily ' recently hit?

a) USA b) Haiti c) South Korea

d) India e) none of these

4. 38th National Junior Swimming

Championships hosted by

a) Ranchi b) Delhi c) Bhopal

d) Kochi e) none of these

5. India has won how many gold medals in

South Asian Cadet Judo 2011?

a) zero b)12 c) 7 d) 17 e) none of these


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Answers:

1 . a 2. b 3. b 4. c 5. d

August 5, 6, 7 & 8:

1. Standard & Poors has downgraded US'

credit rating from 'AAA ' to...

a) AA + b) AA c) AAA d) AB+

e) none of these

2. Environment Minister of India is?

a) Ajay Makan b) Jayanti Natrajan

c) Ganesh Rajan d) Manish Tewari

e) none of these

3. Which of the following prganisations has

celebrated its 44th formation anniversary on

August 8 2011?

a) A SEAN b) UN c) SAFTA d) WTO e) SAARC

4. Goldman Sachs has upgraded India's

rating to...

a) A + b) AA + c) market weight d) Light

weight

e) Heavy weight

5. World Badminton Championship 2011held at?

a) Hyderabad b) Singapore c) London

d) Pussan e) none of these

6. Which country hosted SAFF under 16

Football Championship 2011?

a) India b) Pakistan

c) Sri Lanka d) Bhutan e) Nepal

7. Tropical Storm Muifa hit which of the

following countries?

a) India b) Taiwan c) Japan d) South Korea

e) Bangkok 8. Athreeday

8."Deva Prashnam", an astrological ritual to

know the will of the presiding deity recently

held at...

a) Karnataka b) Kerela c) MP

d) Andhra Pradesh e) none of these

Answers:

1 . a 2. b 3. a 4. c 5. c 6. e 7 . d 8. b

August 9:

1. Which of the following countries recently

unprecedented cases of loot and arson?

a) New York b) UK

c) India d) Australia e) none of these

2. Who is the president of S&P, whichlowered US rating?

a) Allen Wilson b) Booz Milton

c) Deven Sharma d) Thomas Friedman

e) none of these


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3. What is the name of sunkenvessel which

caused oil spill on Mumbai Beaches

a) MV Rak b) Meek Llo

c) SK Boat d) Breezer e) none of these

4. The government has allowed how much

foreign investment in equity and debt

schemes of mutual funds in India?

a) $13 billion b) $90 million c) $25 billion

d) $10 billion e) none of these

Answers:

1 . b 2. c 3. a 4. a

August 14 & 15:

1. How many Army personnel awarded Sena

Medals for gallantry on August 15 2011?

a) 17 b) 114 c) 75 d) 103 d) 56

2. Krishna Poonia who won the Gold medal

in the Annual Athletic Meet at Portland is

associated with

a) discus b) shortput c) chess

d) 100 mts relay e) none of these

3. Poland's grandmaster Swiercz Dariusz haswon the title in the 50th World Junior Open

chess championships. He is from

a) America b) Germany c) Poland

d) UAE e) none of these

4. On August 2011 India celebrated its

a) 65th Independence Day

b) 64th Independence Day

c) 66th Independence Day

d) 63th Independence Day

5. ONGC day was observed on

a) August 15 b) August 14

c) August 13 d) August 7

e) none of these

Answers:

1 . b 2. a 3. c 4. a 5. b

August 16:

1. Internet or www has completed 20 years

on..

a) August 15 b) August 7 c) August 14

d) August 16 e) none of these

2. Which EU country has reported only .1 %

GDP growth in 2nd quarter of 2011?

a) Germany b) England c) Spain

d) Greece e) none of these

3. The Indian detained by Delhi Police on16th August, 2011, preventing him from

going ahead with hunger strike.

a)Kiran Bedi b)Anna Hazare

c)Advani d)Both a & b e) none of these


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4. The park where Anna Hazare is supposed

to go on hunger strike for supporting Lokpal

Bill is..

a)I.P Park b)J.P Park

c)Gandhi Park d)Buddha Park

e) none of these

5. Anna Hazare is

a)social activist b)Civil rights acivist

c)Freedom Fighter d)A Politician

e) both a & B

6. Ambika Soni is

a)Foreign Affairs minister b)Home Minister

c)Information and Broadcasting Minister

d)Health Minister e) none of these

7. The first Indian to receive Chinese 'Green

Card' is

a)Mohd Abdul b)Ritesh sharma

c)Mohmmed Rizwan d)Zayed Khan

e) none of these

8. Chinesesy stem of granting five-year

Permanent Resident cards to foreigners is

known asa)Yellow Card b)Green Card

c)Citizens Card d)Validentry Card

e) none of these

9. Internet giant Google has announced a

deal to buy Motorola Mobility for_____ billion

dollars.

a) 13.0 b) 11 .5 c) 12.5

d)12.0 e) none of these

10. The city that has topped the number of

cases of crimes against women in the

country is..

a) Mumbai b) Hyderabad c) Bangalore

d) Delhi e) none of these

11. Scientists claim to have discovered a

natural preservative that could spell the end

of rotting food is

a) Lyptin b) Crocin c) bisin d) basin

e) none of these

Answers:

1 . b 2. a 3. b 4. b 5. b 6. c 7 . c 8. b 9. c 10. d

11 . c

August 17 & 18:

1. What is India's rank world pharmaceutical

production?

a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 e) 5

2. The latest state to launch Krishan Credit

Card scheme for farmers in August 2011 is ?

a) UP b) West Bengal c) Tripura

d) Bihar e) none of these


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3. On August 18 2011 Supreme Court ruled

that the minimum eligibility percentage for

admission in central universities for OBC

category should be how much per cent less

than that of general category students?

a) 10 per cent b) 8 per cent less

c) 5 per cent less d) 4 per cent less

e) none of these

4. Parsi New Year begins on

a) August 18 b) August 19

c) August 17 d) August 20

e) none of these

5. Justice Soumitra Sen who has been

impeached recently was Judge at

a) Delhi High Court b) Kolkata High Court

c) Punjab High Court d) Bilaspur High Court

e) none of these

Answers:

1 . c 2. b 3. a 4. b 5. b

August 19, 20 & 21:

1. The Centre has sanctioned how much

crore rupee cy clone risk mitigation projectfor coastal states?

a) 1,500 b) 500 c) 1,000 d) 750 e) 250

2. The first phase of National Cyclone Risk

Mitigation Project has being launched in

Andhra Pradesh and ...?

a) Odisha b) Kerela c) Goa

d) Gujarat e) none of these

3. RS Sharma who died recently was a

famous?

a) scientist b) singer c) historian

d) writer e) poet

4. In August 2011 Archaeologists have

discover two rare stupas, Buddha statue in?

a) Afghanistan b) India c) China

d) Sri Lanka e) Nepal

5. Pulse Polio Immunization Programme was

launched in

a) 2001 b) 1991 c) 1994 d) 2005 e) none of

these

6. Which realestate co. has been fined by CCI

for unfair business practices?

a) SVP b) DLF c) Assotech

d) Ashina e) none of these

Answers:

1 . a 2. a 3. c 4. a 5. c 6. b


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August 22:

1. World's longest periscope dedicated has

been installed at..?

a) NASA b) ISRO

c) Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research

at Kalpakkam

d) Fukishama e) none of these

2. Himayat programme to train youth has

been launched in

a) UP b) Delhi c) J&K

d) Assam e) Gujarat

3. which country is planning to sign a MOU

with Baghdad to facilitate exploring job

opportunities its nationals?

a) India b) Pakistan c) Bangladesh

d) Sri Lanka e) Iran

4. As per Boston Consultancy Group Indian

banking sector will be 3rd largest by ...

a) 2020 b) 2015 c) 2025 d) 2018 e) 2019

5. I-T dept has tax demanded of Rs 2,114 cr

tax from which IT co.

a) TCS b) Mahindra Satyamc) Wipro d) Infosys e) none of these

6. Cincinati Open Men's doubles 2011

winners are?

a) Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupati

b) Leander Paes and Novak Djokov ic

c) Novak Djokov ic and Andy Murray

d) Andy Murray and Leander Paes

e) none of these

Answers:

1 . c 2. c 3. c 4. c 5. b 6. a

August 23:

1. International Award in Statistics 2011

awarded to?

a) Prof. Victor Yohoi b) Amartya Sen

c) P. Chindabaram d) Anna Hazare

e) none of these

2. Maruti Suzuki India would be launching

global car by ?

a) 2015 b) 2017 c) 2020 d) 2015 e) none of

these

3. 2011 World Team Squash Cship held at?

a) Hyderabad b) Paderborn

c) New York d) London e) none of these

4. A large no. of dengue cases from reported

from 21 out 30 districts of?a) UP b) Ordissa c) Bihar d) Goa e) none of

these

Answers:

1 . a 2. b 3. b 4. b


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August 24 & 25:

1. Recently 10th indigenously built Fast

Attack Craft has been commissioned in

Indian Navy . Its name is?

a) INS Karuva b) INS Krishna

c) INS Gauri d) INS Arjun e) INS Bheem

2. Famous Steve Jobs, who recently resigned,

is associated with

a) Apple Inc. b) HCL c) World News LLC

d) IBM e) Google

3. Telecom regulator TRAI has said that from

unwanted calls and SMS's will get stopped

from?

a) Oct. 30 2011 b) Nov .1 2011 c) Jan.1 2011

d) Oct.1 2011 e) none of these

4. International conference on Libya will be

hosted by

a) France b) USA

c) UK d) Germany e) none of these

5. Sri Lanka has decided to lift emergency

laws, which were imposed in..

a) 1997 b) 2005 c) 2001 d) 2010 e) 2003

Answers:

1 . a 2. a 3. d 4. a 5. b

August 26:

New Governors appointed in 6 states on

August 27 2011:

1. K Rosaiah has been appointed as the new

Governor of Tamil Nadu.

2. Ram Naresh Yadav will be the new

Governor of Madhya Pradesh

3. V Purushothaman will be new Mizoram

Governor.

4. Syed Ahmed will be the new governor of

Jharkhand.

5. M.O.H Farooq new Governor of Kerala.

6. Maharashtra Governor K

Sankaranarayanan will hold additional

charge as Goa Governor.

August 27 & 28:

1. New Prime Minister of Nepal is?

a) Dr. Baburam Bhattarai

b) Bake Bihari

c) Shantanu Koirala

d) Devendra Bhasin

e) none of these

2. Minister T.P.S. Rawat who has been

suspended recently was associated with?a) Congress b) BJP c) JDU

d) BSP e) none of these


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3. Indian government has decided to set up

how many Integrated CheckPosts on Indias

borders with Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan

and Myanmar?

a) 13 b) 15 c) 36 d) 25 e) 102

4. Which is the latest country whihc has

agreed to grant India Most Favoured Nation

(MFN)?

a) China b) Sri Lanka c) Australia

d) Pakistan e) none of these

5. What is the name of Hurricane which

recently slammed the US east Coast?

a) Katrina b) Rita

c) Irene d) Eva e) none of these

6. Second India-South Africa CEOs Forum

being held at?

a) Delhi b) Johannesburg c) Hyderabad

d) Captown e) none of these

Answers:

1 . a 2. b 3. a 4. d 5. c 6. a

Special Questions for Banking Exams

1 . Bharat Nirman Yojana is associated with

the development of which of the following?

(1) Urban infrastructure

(2) Rural infrastructure

(3) Bridges and roads

(4)Information technology

2. Which of the following is the apex

institution which handles refinance for

agriculture and rural development in India?

(1) RBI (2) SIDBI (3) NABA RD (4) SEBI

3. Foreign Ex change Reverses of India are

kept in the custody of which of the

following?

(1) International Bank of Reconstruction and

Development.

(2) International Monetary Fund

(3) Government Treasury (4) Reserve Bank

4. Which of the following services is not

provided by the post offices in India?

(1) Savings Bank Scheme

(2) Detailing of Mutual Funds

(3) Sale of Stamps

(4)Issuance of Demand Drafts


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5. Which of the following programmes is

launched by the Gov t. of India for school

going children?

(1) Bharat Nirman (2) ASHA

(3) Mid Day Meal (4) Kutir Jyoti

6. Which of the following is not a govt.

sponsored organization?

(1) Small Industries Development Bank of

India

(2) NABARD

(3) National Housing Bank

(4) ICICI Bank

7. Which of the following programme is

being implemented in all the districts of the

country?

(1) Sarvo Shiksha Abhiyan

(2) Navodaya Vidyalaya

(3) Ultra Mega Power Project

(4) Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidy utikaran

Yojana

8. Fiscal Policy is concerned with which of

the following'?

(1) Ex port and Import(2) Public Revenue and expenditure

(3) Issue of Currency

(4) Population control

9. As per Union Budget 2011-12 for tax

purposes person above 80 y ears of age will

be categorized as

(1) Old Citizen (2) Non-tax Payers

(3) Senior Citizen (4) Super senior citizen

10. The Experts group chaired by the Prime

Minister's Economic Advisory Council

Chairman, C.Rangarajan, favours mandatory

entitlement of subsidised food grains to the

priority category. Priority Category mean

(1) Below the Poverty Line

(2) Above the Poverty Line

(3) Creamy Layer

(4) Non- creamy layer.

11. Which of the following is NOT a part of

India's Money Market?

(1) Bill Market

(2) Call Money Market

(3) Banks

(4) Indian Gold Council

12. NRI Day is observed on which of the

following day s?

(1) 9th February (2) 9th

January(3) 19th February (4) 19th March

13. Which of the following is the Regulator of

the credit rating agencies in India?

(1) RBI (2) SBI (3) SEI (4) SIDBI


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14. Bank rate is decided by which of the

following'?

(1) RBI (2) Gov t. of India (3) SEBI (4) lBA

15. FDI refers to

(1) Fixed Deposit

(2) Fixed Deposit investment

(3) Foreign Direct Investment

(4) Future Derivative Investment

16. State Financial Corporations give

assistance mainly to develop which of the

following?

(1) Small and medium scale industries

(2) Agricultural sector

(3) Cotton industry

(4) Large scale industries

17. Which of the following terms is used in

Banking?

(1) Epicentre (2) Pascal's Law

(3) Currency (4) Centre of Gravity

18. US. Several Public sector organizations

like ONGC. SAIL and NTPC received scope

award. The award is given for which of thefollowing?

(1) Earning the highest profit amongst all

PSUs

(2) For creating the maximum number of

jobs in a y ear

(3) For donating the maximum amount in

Pradhan Mantri Rahat Kosh in a year

(4) Best Corporate governance

19. As we all know some new initiatives

were introduced in the area of fiscal

Management by the government of India.

Which of the following Acts was passed a few

years back to keep a check on the fiscal

indiscipline on macroeconomic parameters?

(1) FRBMA (2) FERA

(3) FEMA (4) Public Debt Act

20. Teaser Rates are related to which of

following types of loans?

(1) Home Loans (2) Personal Loans

(3) Auto Loans

(4) Reverse Mortgage Loans

21. The green revolution in India was the

outcome of the efforts of who amongst the

following?

(1) Dr. M. S. swaminathan

(2) Dr. C. Rangarajan

(3) Mr. K.V .Kamath

(4) None of the above

Answers: 1 . 3, 2. 3, 3. 4, 4. 2, 5. 3, 6. 4, 7 .1 , 8.

2, 9. 4, 10. a, 11 . 4, 12. 2, 13. 3, 14. 3, 15. 3,

16. 1 , 17 . 3. 18. 4, 19. 1 , 20. 1 , 21 , 4


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