Current Awareness/ General Knowledge as on .

1.  Which Car of Honda is catching the Indian Market: Amaze

2.  Which University hosted a leadership training programme for Indian Parliamentarians.-

Yale ( USA)

3.  Who is the Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir: Omar Abdulla

4.  Which country is now a hot destination for international investors: Indonesia

5.  What is the percentage of rupee depreciation against Dollar last six months :26%

6.  Consequences of a weak rupee: push up inflation, widen fiscal deficit, slow capital

inflows, negative sentiments on new business etc.

7.  Project Loon is a project of Google to send balloons to different countries with

equipments attached to balloon. This will further smoothen internet connections

worldwide.

8.  Australia in news: first woman prime minister Ms Julia Gillard resigns and Kevin Rudd of

the same part assumes charge as new PM. In party elections Julia lost to Kevin.

9.  UN Public services award 2013 was bagged by : Sri Oommen chandy for his mass

contact programme.

10. CAD has come down to 3.60 in Jan –March Quarter

11.  India Post has applied for Bank licence; if sanctioned will act as a catalyst in financial

inclusion of the country as they have around 1 lac offices.

12. Which is the latest version of Windows tested by Micro soft: Windows8.1

13. The new Hero in Indian cricket: Shikar Dhawan

14. New star for Brazil Football “ Neymar “ 

 

15. White Label ATM means a non-banking institution can set up and can have tie up with

many banks as its ATM outlet. The bank is free from managing ATMs.

16. Which is the Airlines about to take off in India: Air Asia with tie up with Tata Group

17. Sachin announces his retirement from IPL cricket.

18. UN passed resolution for political transition in Syria. US and Russia agrees to work

together to end the blood shed in Syria

19. Syrian President ; Bashar Al Assad ( he is not ready to quit inspite of UN resolution)

20. G-7 countries: US, Germany, Japan, Britain, Italy,France, Canada

21. British Prime Minister: David Cameroon

22. France becomes the 14th

  country to pass Gay Marriage Bill. UK also is about to pass.

23. New President for Iran: Hassan Rouhani

24.  India’s literacy rate (2011) 73%

25. Which Metro was recently tested with trial run: Mumbai Metro

26. Project cost of Kochi Metro( Komet) : Rs 5181 cr,

27. Cochi Metro : distance covered 25.25 kms. – 22 stations- expected to complete by July

2016.

28.  What is the minimum amount fixed for sale of an immovable property for TDS ( Tax

deduction at source) of 1% newly introduced in this budget: Rs 50 lacs

29. Reliance Industries enter into tie up with BOEING – Reliance will be supplying 30 %

components to BOEING from its newly formed subsidiary- Reliance Aerospace

technologies.. – It is a great achievement for RIL

30. Standard Chartered Bank in India is acquiring Wealth Management business of Morgan

Stanley in India

31. UK Bases Heineken buys 3.21% stake in Vijay Mallya’s United Breweries 

 

 

32. Govt clears a FDI of 10500cr investment by IKEA , Swedish Furniture giant for single

branch store in India

33.  iGATE sacks its CEO Phaneesh Murthy for disclosing sexual relationship with a

subordinate

34. Amway India MD arrested on complaints against cheating, and violating money

circulation rules

35. Supreme Court upheld 51% FDI in Multi-Branch retail

36. According to Bloomberg, Bill Gates is again the richest Man in the world(capturing the

title from Mexican Investor –Carlos Slim)

37.  IIT Delhi – Electrical Engg dept world ranking 37th

 

38.  Indian National Defence University( INDU) will be set up in Gurgaon, Haryana

39.  India’s supersonic cruise missile BrahMos test fired successfully

40. New WTO Chief : Roberto Azvedo ( Brazil)