GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

National Topic 5-DEC

1. Indian American entrepreneur That was recently selected among 18 US Prez Obama's 18 'Presidential Innovation Fellows' - Karl Mehta 2. Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) Authority Recently appointed an Indian as its CEO and Board Member namely -Shashank Srivastava 3. Who is the newly appointed Secretary General of NHRC (National Human Rights Commission)Arun Kumar Jain 4. Julia Gillard was recently on a visit to India. She is the Prime Minister of which country ? Australia 5. Juan Carlos was recently on a visit to India. He is the King of - Spain 6. Which Country has put Thailand behind to become the biggest rice exporter in the last Fiscal ?India 7. World Bank recently offered a loan of what ammount to support secondary education in India ? $ 500 million 8. Which state's govt recently appointed Jackie Shroff as ambassdor to raise awareness against female foeticide in that state ?-Bihar 9. Lek Soniyachi is a financial incentive scheme for girls in BPL (Below Poverty Line) families. In which state this scheme is implmented ?-Maharashtra 10. Aadhaar Enabled e-services launched were recently launched in which State on second anniversary of Aadhaar Card - Rajasthan 11. Who is the Newly appointed Chief Secretary of West bengal ?-Sanjay Mitra 12. IFFCO (Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited) will soon set up a new plant in Which Country ?-Canada 1. Dmitry Rogozin was recently visited to India. He is the Deputy Prime Minister of - Russia 2. An Indigenously Built Hydrographic Surveyor vessel was recently Commissioned into Indian Navy named as ?-INS Makar 3. India recently banned US-sanctioned ships of which country from entering its water ?-Iran 4. India recently finalised a Mechanism with which country for Shipping of its Uranium to IndiaCanada 5.Which Country recently included Hindi Language as study curriculum in its Schools ? -Australia 6. India recently Signed an agreement on Rare Earth Minerals with which country ?-Japan 7. Who is the newly Appointed Director of Intelligence Bureau for a period of two years ?-SS.A. Ibrahim

8. In which state a 17 days long Jal Satyagraha by villagers in narmada river recently came to an end for protesting omkareshwar dam ? -Madhya Pradesh 9. India recently signed a $ 70-million loan with world bank for financing the Health Systems Development and Reform Project in which state ?-Karnataka 10. A Senior IPS Officer recently took over as Director of CBI named - Ranjit Sinha 11. Which state recently signed an agreement with IT Company TCS to monitor Funds allocation under MGNREGA Scheme ?-West Bengal 12. Which scheme was recently launched by union government to Educate Adolescent Boys about moral and social values ?-Saksham 13. Hamid Karzai was recently on a visit to India. He is the President of -Afghanistan 14. India International Trade Fair was recently organized in Delhi with theme of -Skilling India 15. Indian postal department recently decided to start a bank named - Post Bank of India 16. Rajkeshwar Puryag will be Chief Guest at 11th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (Jan 8-10) in Kochchi in 2013. He is the President of which country ?- Mauritius 1. India recently tied up with which country to develop 'Smart Cities' -Austria 2. India's Election Commisson recently signed a co-operation Agreement with Election commission of which country?-Egypt 3. India's DMRC (Delhi Metro) recently bagged contract for management and Recruitment consultancy of Metro Project in Capital City of which Country ?-Indonesia (Jakarta) 4. India recently teamed up with which country to combat high LNG (Natural Gas) costs ?-Japan 5. India Recently signed a trilateral agereement with Afghanistan and Iran to facilitate beneficial trade through a Port in Iran Named - Chabahar port 6. Who is the newly appointed Chief of CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) ?-Pranay Sahay 7. B. Subhashan Reddy is the newly appointed Lokayukta of which State ?- Andhra Pradesh 8. Fahd bin Mahmoud al Said will be chief guest on Indis's 64th Republic Day. He is the sultan of which Country ?- Oman 9. India recently set up political relations with which Island Country in South Pacific Ocean ?-Niue 10. Newly appointed Chief Justices of Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh High Courts are Madhya Pradesh - Arvind Bobde, Chattisgarh - Yatindra Singh 11. Aung San Suu Kyi was recently on a visit to India. She is a famous political personality and is leader of opposition in which country ?- Myanmar 12. Who is the newly elected and first Hindu member of the U.S. House of Representatives ? Tulsi Gabbard 13. The actress that became brand ambassdor for National Sanitation campaign and launched nirmal bharat Yatra with rural development minister Jairam Ramesh ?- Vidya Balan

14. Z-Morh tunnel was recently inaugurated by Rahul Gandhi and will provide better connectivity between which Areas of J&K State ?- Srinagar and Ladhak 15. Prominent personality and founder of Art of Living Sri Sri Ravisankar was recently conferred with which highest civil honour?- Paraguay 1. Who is the newly appointed Union Minister for Railways ?-Pawan Kumar Bansal 2. Who is the newly appointed Union Minister for External Affairs ?-Salman Khurshid 3. Who is the newly appointed Union Minister for Home Affairs ?- Sushil Kumar Shinde 4. Who is currently the Union Minister for Rural Development ?-Jairam Ramesh 5. Who is the newly appointed Union Minister for Petroleum and natural gas ?-Veerappa Moily 6. Who is the newly appointed Union Minister for Science and technology and earth sciences?-Jaipal Reddy 7. Who is the newly appointed Union Minister for Urban development and parliamentary affairs ?Kamal Nath 8. Who is the newly appointed Union Minister for Overseas Indian affairs?- Vayalar Ravi 9. Who is the newly appointed Union Minister for Road transport and highways ?-C P Joshi 10. Who is the newly appointed Union Minister for Housing and urban poverty alleviation ? -Ajay Maken 11. Who is the newly appointed Union Minister for Human resource development ?-M.M. Pallam Raju 12. Who is the newly appointed Union Minister for Law and justice ?-Ashwani Kumar 13.Who is the newly appointed Union Minister for Water resources ?-Harish Rawat 14. Who is the newly appointed Union Minister for Social justice and empowerment?-Kumari Selja 15. Who is the newly appointed Union Minister for Minority affairs ?-K. Rahman Khan 16. Who is the newly appointed Union Minister for Information and broadcasting ?- Manish Tiwary

Post Date:: Nov 01, 2012 1. Who is currently the Secretary-General in Lok Sabha (Lower house of Indian Parliament)? T K Viswanathan 2. Acclaimed Indian Theatre artist that was recently honoured by France's highest cultural award Ebrahim Alkazi 3. In which Indian state Supreme Court recently stopped all mining operations -Goa 4. International conference on science communication was recently organized in which Country ? France

5. Rashtriya Aarogya Nidhi Scheme was recently launched in which Indian State ?-Arunachal Pradesh 6. World bank Recently gave a loan of $37 million loan to which Indian state for its ongoing watershed development works ? -Himachal Pradesh 7. Indian author that recently got Nominated for Man booker prize 2012 for a well acclaimed novel named Narcopolis written by him -Jeet Thayil 8. Who is appointed India's new envoy to Canada ?-Nirmal Verma 9. The Indian educated lieutenant general who recently took over the position of Nepal's Army Chief Gaurav Shumsher Rana 1. Indian Person recently appointed as sporting director in German football association (DFB) - Robin Dutt 2. Indian company recently rated as second largest outsourcing firm in world by IOAP (International association of outstanding professionals) -Infosys 3. Government recently formed a 14 member task force for examination of security related issues of the country. The committee was headed by - Naresh Chandra 4. Who is the newly appointed Secretary in Ministry of Civil aviation ?-K N Srivastava 5. Government recently formed a High Level committee on examination of Financing Infrastructure related aspects. The committee was headed by - Deepak Parekh 6. India's first Financial Supermarket was recently started in city of - Jaipur 7. A current Minister of State in Government of India that recently became the first government minister ever to join the territorial army as Lieutenant is -Sachin Pilot 8. Mukhyamantri Teerth Darshan Yojana in implemented by which Indian State to ease pilgrimages for its aged people ?-Madhya Pradesh 9. Who is the newly appointed Railway Minster of India after Mamta Bannerjee led Trinamool congress left the UPA - II Government ?- Pawan Kumar Bansal 10. Who is the India's newly appointed envoy to Israel ? -Jaideep Sarkar 11. What Young India Wants is a newly written book by which acclaimed author?-Chetan Bhagat 12. Recent released Saina Nehwal's Biography is written by - T S Sudhir 13. A Buddhist university was recently inaugurated by Sri lankan president Mahinda rajapaska in Indian state of -Madhya Pradesh 14. Newly Appointed chief Justices of Delhi, Kerala and Punjab/ Haryana High Courts respectively are ?-Darmar Murugesa, Manjula Chellur, Arjan Sikri 15. Who is the India's newly appointed Envoy to Canada ?-Nirmal Verma 16. Who is the newly appointed secretary general of Rajya Sabha ?-Shumsher K Sheriff 1. Recently organized Tex - Trends India 2012 exhibition was inaugurated by the current union Commerce and Industry and Textiles Minister named -Anand Sharma

2. Karnataka Govt has recently Launched Sakala Scheme which is meant to -Guarantee Government Services 3. Barack Obama recently appointed an Indian as a member of the prestigious National Council on the Arts. The person is named -Ranee Ramaswamy 4. Lieutenant General that is Newly appointed as the chief of Assam Riffles' is -Ranbir Singh 5. The Indian person that the World Bank recently Appointed as Chief Economist - Kaushik Basu 6. NMFP is a recently started mission for betterment of co-ordination in center and states in food processing mechanisms. NMFP stands for - National Mission on Food Processing 7. Indian Coast Guard recently commissioned a new patrol vessel ship named -Rajkiran 8. Emomali Rahmon, who recently visited India is the president of which country ?-Tajikistan 9. ISRO recently launched a French satellite using PSLV - C21 as a commercial launch. It was the 1ooth Space mission of ISRO. The french satellite was named as -SPOT -6 10. Palestine President recently visited India and India offered a $10 Million loan to the country for its development works. The name of visiting person was - Mahmoud Abbas 11. India based lawyer that was recently appointed as chief justice of Singapore is named -Sundresh Menon 12. Emerging Kerala 2012 exhibition was recently Inaugurated in Kochi, Kerala by ?-Manmohan Singh 13. Sixth Mekong - Ganga Cooperation meeting was recently held in - Naypvidaw 14. Teesta - III Hydro Power project which is expected to be completed by 2013 will benefit which Indian state ?-Sikkim 15. India recently signed a Rs. 365 crore loan deal with which country for urbanisation activities in state of odisha?- Germany

Date:: Oct 04, 2012

1. Which State Assembly recently voted for creation of a vidhan parishad ? (Creation of Vidhan Parishad means Bicameral Parliament like UP, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharshtra, Bihar, Jammu & Kashmir)-Rajasthan 2. Recently Govt. instructed cell phone makers to include label for SAR Rate to keep check on Radiation rate emission. SAR Means ?-Specific Absorption Rate 3. Who was India's Chief-De Mission for London Olympics 2012 ? (Hint - An Ex Hockey Captain)?Ajeet Pal Singh 4. India's Atomic Energy Regulatory Board recently joined MDEP - An International agency that evaluates Designs for new power plants. MDEP Stands For ?-Multinational Design Evaluation Programme 5. Recently, TRAI (Telecom Regulatory of India) Instrsucted TV Channels to limit duration of advertisements to How much in an Hour ?-12 Mins

6. Jagadish Shettar is newly appointed Chief Minsiter of Which Indian State?-Karnataka 7. India Recently Signed an agreement on Bilateral Security Cooperation with which Southeast African Country?-Mozambique 8. The World Bank recently approved a loan of 1100 crore rupees for which Indian State to promote its green initiatives and sustainable development ?-Himachal Pradesh 9. Who is The newly appointed Controller General of Accounts (CGA) of India?-Jawahar Thakur 10. Election Commission of India recently signed a MoU with Election Commission of which Country to Strengthen Democracy ?-South Korea 11. India recently signed TIEA (Tax Information Exchange Agreement) with which Western Europe Country?- Monaco 12 India Recently signed Collaborative Academic Research Programme Agreement with Which Country ?-Israel 13. Which is the First Indian State that recently started E-Payment facility for Government employees?-Orissa 14. Which State Government recently started Ladli Laxmi Scheme to help girls for their Studies and Marriage ?-Goa 15. The committee for Dronacharya Awards 2012 (Given for Coaching in various sports) was headed by ?-Aslam Sher Khan

International Current Affairs

Post Date:: Dec 04, 2012 1. Bidzina Ivanishvili, is the newly elected Prime Minister of which Country ? -Georgia 2. Algerian Lakhdar Brahimi is the newly appointed joint special representative of UN and Arab league for which country ?-Syria 3. Government of which country recently Launched Peace Talks with an extremist group FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia) that has been causing high scale losses to that country for past many decades ?-Columbia 4. Le Luong Minh, from Socialist Republic of Vietnam has been appointed as upcoming Secretary General for which group of nations for a five year term ?-ASEAN 5. According to a recent report by IEA(International Energy Agency), which country is set to become world's largest oil producer by 2017 by leaving Saudi Arabia Behind ?-USA 6. Which country has recently launched a new Nuclear Safety Agency after a large scale nuclear disaster recently occured due a large Tsunami ?-Japan 7. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) recently set up a Special Task Force for which country as it is concerned about that country's Nuke-Program ?- Iran 8. USA recently signed an Agreement with which country for supply of goods to the NATO forces through that country ?-Pakistan

9. Ernest Bai Koroma is the recently re-elected President of which African Country ?-Sierra Leone 10. Which country recently appointed Joaquim Barbosa as First non-White President of its Supreme Court ? - Brazil 11. Ali Zeidan is the Newly appointed Prime Minister of which country ?-Libya 12. Parliament of which of these Countries recently passed draft of a new Constitution for that country ?- Egypt 1. India Recently signed a trilateral agereement with Afghanistan and Iran to facilitate beneficial trade through a Port in Iran Named - Chabahar Port 2. India's Election Commisson recently signed a co-operation Agreement with Election commission of which country?-Egypt 3. The P5 Group of Nations (UN security council's Permanent Members) recently Declared which country as nuke free?-Mangolia 4. India recently set up political relations with which Island Country in South Pacific Ocean ?- Niue 5. Who is the Newly re-appointed President of USA ?-Barack Obama 6. Which two countries recently decided to set up joint embassies in foreign countries ?- Britain and Canada 7. UK Prime Minsiter David Cameron recently signed an independence referendum deal with Alex Salmond to conduct People's poll in end of 2014 to decide on independence of which country under Britain's administrative control ?-Scotland 8. USA and Malidives recently conducted a Joint Army exercise Called -Coconut Grove 2012 9. Felix baumgartner, The sky diver who recently jumped succesfully from a record height of approx 39 Km, is from which country ?- Austria 10. The King of whichof these countries recently formed a constitutonal court to speed up reforms processes ? -Jordan 11. A UN Habitat Report Titled 'State of the world cities' placed Delhi and Mumbai in the top 95 Cities across world. Which City was at the top across the world according to this list ?-Vienna (Austria) 12. What are the Five newly selected member countries in UN Security Council ? Argentina, Rwanda, Australia, South Korea and Luxemborg 13. Durand Line is a border line across which two countries and has recently been causing armed conflicts in those countries ?-Pakistan - Afghanistan 14. Who is the newly elected General Secretary of communist Party of china and is set to be Premier (President) of China in Mar 2013 ?-Xi Jinping 15. SANDY, a Tropical Cyclone recently hit which country and caused high scale loss es ?-USA Post Date:: Nov 01, 2012

1. Liang Guanglie was recently on a Visit to India. He is the defence minister of which country ?China 2. Mahinda Rajapaska was recently on a visit to India and inaugurated a Buddhist University in Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh. He is the president of which Neighbouring Country ?- Sri Lanka 3. Which country recently Inducted its first Aircraft Carrier named Liaoning in its Naval Fleet ?China 4. Palestinian President was recently on a visit to India and india gave a loan of 10 million to his Country. Name of visiting president was - Mahmoud Abbas 5. The Famous author J K Rowling that created Harry Potter Series has recently wrote her new book named -Casual Vacancy 6. Where will the world conference on international telecommunication be held in end of 2012 ?Dubai 7. Hugo Chavez is newly elected President of which south american country for the Fourth consecutive term ?-Venezuela 8. Which significantly developed country has recently decided to leave use of nuclear power completely by 2030? - Japan 9. Which Indian educated person that recently became Nepal's Army Chief ?-Gaurav Shumsher Rana 10. India recently signed an agreement with which two countries to enable trilateral Connectivity by 2016 ?-Thailand, Maynmar

Recent Meetings/Summits Current Affairs

Post Date:: Dec 04, 2012 1. The Turkmentel 2012 conference was recently held in Ashgabat, a turkmenistan city. Who represented India in this conference ?-Kapil sibbal 2. The annual meeting of IMF and World bank group for 2012 was recently held in - Tokyo 3. 11th international summit for the Convention on Biological Diversity was recently held in India in the city of -Hyderaba 4. Juan Carlos who recently visited India is the king of -Spain 5. A Global Investors' Meet was recently orgainized by Which Indian State to discuss ways for more sustainable economic development ?- Madhya Pradesh 6. 28th IFATCA Asia Pacific Regional Meeting was recently held in - Delhi 7. ASEAN-India Summit was recently Concluded in Phnom Penh(Capital city of Cambodia). It was Tenth ASEAN - India Summit 8. Summit of ASEAN group of nations was recently Concluded in Phnom Penh(Capital city of Cambodia). It was - 21st ASEAN Summit

9. An East Asia Summit was recently Concluded in Phnom Penh(Capital city of Cambodia). It was 7th East Asia Summit 10. The recent Summit of D-8 Group of nations was recently Held in which country from which Bangladesh decided to stay out ?- Pakistan 11. A Review Meeting of the E-9 Countries (Educational Grouping) was recently held in Which Country ?-India 12. CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) recently organized an Investment Summit in Partnership with the Government of India and a second country named -Afghanistan

Post Date:: Nov 01, 2012

1. Sixth Meeting of MekongGanga Cooperation was recently held in -New Delhi 2. Ninth world Hindi Conference was recently held in which country - South Africa 3. World conference on International Telecomunication will be held in end of 2012 in -Dubai 4. Global biodiversity conference was recently held in Which Indian city Hyderabad 5. Intenational conference on Science communication was recently held in which country ?-France

Awards and Honours

Post Date:: Dec 04, 2012

1. Which actress was given Lifetime Achievement Award at the recent 14th Mumbai Film Festival Waheeda Rehman 2. Uttarakhand State's shiksha ratan award was recently given to -A N Purohit 3. Second Sita Smriti Award was recently given to which female author for her book " Kitne Shahron Mein Kitni Baar"- Mamta Kalia 4. V V Giri Memrorial award 2011 was recently given to - Utsa Patnaik 5. Mahatma Gandhi International Award 2012 was recently given to (A Former Zambian President)Kenneth kaunda 6. Former Afghan Minister that was recently given Swedish Rite Livelihood Award - Seema Samar 7. Indian theatre artist that was recently given highest French Cultural Honour (Knight of the order of arts and letters) ?-Ebrahim Alkaji 8. Lal Bahadur Shasti National Award was recently given to which famous scientist for her contribution in India's ambitious Agni - 5 Project - Tessy Thomas

9. Indian Person that was recently awarded WISE award (World Innovation Summit for Education, Called Nobel prize of Education) at Doha city (Capital city of Qatar ) ?- Madhav Chavan 10. Indian Firm that was recently awarded prestigious Japanese award (Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) President Award) ?- DMRC (Delhi Metro) 11. Who was recently honoured with Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2012 (Hint :- He is the Prez of Liberia) ?- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Post Date:: Dec 04, 2012

1. 21st Saraswati samman has recently been given to which famous Tamil writer ?-A Manavalan 2. The founder of Art of Living, Sri Sri Ravishankar has recenely been honoured with highest civil honour of which country ?-Paraguay 3. Miss India Fiji 2012 pageant has recently been won by - Sheryl Kumar 4. 'Pride of India' award was recently conferred on - Trilochan Singh Sahni 5. India based strategic thinker and analyst that recently won Asia Society Bernard Schwartz Book Award for his book - Water: Asia's New Battleground - Brahma Chellaney 6. Indian person that was recently Awarded Hoover Medal 2012 (This Award is meant to recognize great, unselfish, non-technical services by engineers to humanity) - Narayan Murthy 7. Which former Indian Prime minister was recently honoured with "Bangladesh liberation war Honour " by Bangladesh Govt. ?-Inder Kumar Gujral 8. Indian Music Conductor that was recently honoured with Israel Presidential Award - Zubin Mehta 9. Who received the Pragya award given by Rajasthan Hindi Granth Akademi for his novel Adhunik Chitrakala Ka Itihaas ? - Ratnakar Vinayak Sakhalkar 10. Kishore Kumar Award by Madhya Pradesh Govt (for direction, acting, script writing and lyrics) was recently conferred on -Salim Khan

Financial/Economic Current Affairs

Post Date:: Dec 04, 2012

1. How much subsidy did Goverment recently decided to give to BPL Families on Dal Ration -Rs. 20 2. Economist Intelligence Unit(EIU)'s recent world food security index report 2012 ranked US at the top across 105 countries. What was India's ranking in this list ?-65th 3. Government recently decided to buy 55.57% stake in IFCI to make it a state owned - PSU. IFCI Stands for -Industrial Finance Corporation of India

4. RBI recently Formed a special committee named FIAC under Deputy governor K C Chakrabarty for better implementation of Financial Inclusion in country. (Financial Inclusion means bringing rural and BPL people under purview of banking services). FIAC Stands for -Financial Inclusion Advisory Committee 5. The Government owned bank that was recently given Best bank and Financial Institution award 2012 ?- Punjab National Bank 6. RBI in its Quarterly Monetary Policy Review for Q2 (July - Sep 2012) decided to Cut CRR (Cash Reserve Ratio) by 25 basis points. New value of CRR Stands at -4.25 % 7. In a recent global hunger index issued by IFPRI (International Food Policy Research Institute), India was ranked at which position- ?- 65th 8. In the recent Economic freedom list issued by canada based Fraser Institute, India was ranked at 111th position. Which country was ranked at the top ?-Hong Kong 9. India's CAD (Current Account Deficit) has been what percent of GDP in Q1 (Apr - June) of 2012 13 ?-3.9 % 10. Government recently decided to combine Capital Markets Regulator SEBI, Insurance Regulator IRDA, Pension Regulator PFRDA and Forward Markets Commission (FMC) into a single entity called UFA. What Does UFA Stands for - Unified Financial Agency 11. Which of these has recently been approved as India's Third Stock Exchange ?-MCX 12. RBI recently signed an MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) with State Bank of which country to promote mutual financial co-operation ?-Vietnam 1. IMF (International Monetary Fund) recently Reduced india's GDP Growth estimate for FY 2012 13 from 6.1% to - 4.9 % 2. IFFCO (Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited) will soon set up a new plant in Which Country ?- Canada 3. Which Country has put Thailand behind to become the biggest rice exporter in the last Fiscal ? India 4. ADB (Asian Development Bank) recently Reduced india's GDP Growth estimate for FY 2012 - 13 from 7 % to -5.6 % 5. The Union Govt recently increased planned expenditure on Health During 12th five year Plan from 1.4 % to what percent of GDP ? - 2.5 % 6. World Bank recently offered a loan of what ammount to support secondary education in India ?- $ 500 million 7. What has been India's actual GDP Growth Rate in Q1 (Apr - June) and Q2 (July - Sep) of FY 2012 - 13?- Q1 - 5.5 %, Q2 - 5.3 % 8. RBI (Reserve Bank of India) recently Reduced india's GDP Growth estimate for FY 2012 - 13 from 6.5 % to - 5.8 % 9. C. Rangrajan led PMEAC (Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council ) recently Reduced india's GDP Growth estimate for FY 2012 - 13 from 6.7 % to -?- 6 %

10. What has been India's CAD (Current Account Deficit) in FY 2011 -12 and Q1 of 2012 - 13 (Apr June) ? (Measured as percentage of GDP)-FY 2011-12 -> 4.2 %, Q1 of FY 2012-13 ->3.9 % 11. International Rating Agency S&P (Standard & Poor's) recently Reduced india's GDP Growth estimate for FY 2012 - 13 from 6.5 % to - 5.5 % 12. India and Pakistan recently decided to set up a Max Limit on Import duty on Goods imported from each other. The newly decided limit for import duty is - 5 % 13. Indian postal department recently decided to start a bank named - Post Bank of India 14. International Rating Agency FITCH recently Reduced india's GDP Growth estimate for FY 2012 13 from 6.5 % to -6 % 15. FCRA act has recently been amended to empower commodities market regulator FMC (Forward Markets Commision). FCRA Stands for -Forward Contract Regulation Act

Post Date:: Nov 01, 2012

1. Indian company recently rated as second largest outsourcing firm in world by IOAP (International association of outstanding professionals) - Infosys 2. Which stock Exchange was recently rated as largest in the world in terms of equity trades ?National Stock Exchange, India 3. India's First Financial Supermarket has recently been started in city of - Jaipur 4. According to a recent report, What has been India's GDP Growth Rate in First Quarter of 2012 - 13 (Apr - June) -5.5 % 5. Planning commission recently revised its estimates for India's GDP Growth Target in 12th Five Year Plan (2012 - 17). The new estimate stands at - 8.2 % 6. According to a recent RBI Report, India's External Debt in last financial year, 2011 - 12 has been what percent of its overall GDP ?- 20 % 7. The union govt recently formed a Committee under Mr. Parthasarathi shome to review Implementation of GAAR (General anti avoidance rule). The committee has recommended postponment of implementation of GAAR by how many years ?3 Years 8. Recently, RBI has cut down the CRR (Cash Reserve ratio) by .25 % while it kept other key rates unchanged. The new value of CRR after deduction is -4.25 % 9. What is the current value of Bank Rate, Reverse Repo and Repo rates in India respectively (As on Nov 01, 2012)?-Bank - 9 %, Repo - 8 %, Reverse Repo - 7 % 10. IMF (International Monetary Fund) recently Released World Economic Outlook report. It reduced India's GDP Growth rate estimate in 2012 from 6.1 % to - 4.9 % 11. Recently, Union Govt allowed FDI in MULTI Brand Retail upto what percent ?-51 %

12. What are current limits for FDI In civil Aviation and Broadcasting sectors as permitted by Union Govt. ?-Civil Aviation - 49 %, Broadcasting - 74 % 13. What are current limits for FDI in Insurance, Pension and Power exchange Sectors in India as permitted by Union Govt ?- Insurance - 49 %, Pension - 49 %, Power - 49 % 14.The CAMELS rating system for Evaluating the health of credit unions stands for Capital, Asset quality, Management, Earning, Liability management, Sensitivity to Market Risk 15. Government recently hiked Dearness Allowance for government employees to 7% Post Date:: Oct 04, 2012

1. According to a recent economic outlook report issued by PMEAC, what is the modified GDP Growth rate of India in FY 2012 - 2013 ?-6% 2. According to a recent report, How may Subsidized LPG Cylinders will be provided in an year for common household use ?-9 3. Recently, the finance ministry increased the number of years the Employees' Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) can invest the employees' deposits in Bank Fix Deposits. What is now the increased limit of years in this regard ?-5 4. India's GDP Growth Rate in First Quarter of 2012 - 13 (Apr - JUne) was seen to be - 5.5% 5. What is Crisil's recently revised Estimate for Country's GDP Growth in 2012 - 13 ?-5.5 % 6. According to a recent report, the Government's Depth to GDP Ratio was seen to be highest for which country ?-Japan 7. HSBC's PMI is a measure of growth of various sectors. Its stands for - Purchasing Managers' Index 8. NABARD recently Lent Rs. 32 Crore to which state to build foodgrains godowns under RIDF (Rural Infrastructure Development Fund) -Haryana

9. INDIA recently lent $ 149 Million to which Under-Debt Euro Zone Country ?-Ireland 10. Recently a Committee formed by Govt to examine rules for implementation of GAAR (General Anti Avoidance rule) said that the FIIs (Foreign Institutional Investors) be excluded from GAAR. This Panel was headed by ?-Parthasarathi shome 11. According to recent financial report of Q1 of FY 2012 - 13 (Apr - June), what was the Fiscal Deficit of the country as percent of the total GDP ?- 8.1 % 12. The Government recently Formed a Committee to examine Taxation policies for IT Sector. This Committee is headed by?-N Rangachary

13. RBI Recently Directed the NBFCs (Non-Banking Financial Companies) to maintain Net Owned Funds (NOF) of Minimum what value (by March 31, 2013) ?-3 Crore 14. Recently the Union Government enhanced limits of FDI in Pension and Insurance Sector. In Insurance Sector, the Limit of FDI is now 49% and in Pension Sector, it is now - 26 % 15. A high-level committee on external commercial borrowings (ECB) recently decided to further liberalize the foreign borrowing norms. The Committee was headed by -Arvind Mayaram

Sports
Post Date:: Dec 04, 2012 1. Serena williams recently won WTA Open Tennis tournament by beating - Maria Sharapova 2. Thaworn Wiratchant recently Won Hero Indian Open Golf Championship. He is from -Thailand 3. BCCI recently conferred C K Naidu Lifetime achievement award on which legendary cricketer ? Sunil Gavaskar 4. The 50th National Premier Chess championship was recently won by - G Akash 5. Which former Indian cricketer was recently appointed as chairman of the ICC Cricket committee Anil Kumble 6. East Bengal recently won the 34th federation cup football cup by Beating - Dempo SC 7. Indian Golfer that recently won the Venetian Macau Golf open -Gaganjeet Bhullar 8. The player that recently became the Fastest to reach 3000 runs Landmark in One-Day Internationals - Hashim Amla 9. Which player recently Became Only Indian to Score Three triple tons in first-Class Cricket ?Ravindra Jadeja 10. Czech Republic recently won the Davis Cup 2012 by beating which country - Spain 11. Asia Kabaddi Championship that was recently organized in Pakistan was won by -Pakistan 1. Indian player who was recently chosen captain of ICC ODI team. It was the Fifth time in a row that player was put in ICC's ODI Squad - M S Dhoni 2. Men's Hockey National Championship was Recently won by- Punjab 3. Railways recently won women's Hockey National Championship by beating - Haryana 4. Who were the winners in Men and Women categories in the recent national badminton Championships organized in Sri Nagar- Men - Parpalli Kahyap, Women - Sayali Gokhale 5. India's Saina nehwal recently won Denmark Open 2012 in Copenhagen by beating Juliane Schenk of - Germany 6. India's Pankaj Advani recently won 7th world billiards championship in london by beating Mike russell from - UK 7. Two Indian female Wrestlers recently won bronze at World wrestling Championship in Canada. One was Geeta Phogat and the other was -Babita Phogat

8. Serbian Novak djokovic recently won china open tennis by beating - Jo-wilfried Tsonga 9. Russian Nadia petrova recently won Pan-pacific open tennis by beating azarenka randwanska who is from Poland 10. Minatsu Mitani of Japan recently won French Open Badminton by beating - Saina Nehwal

Committees/ Commissions
Post Date:: Dec 04, 2012

1. Government recently formed a 14 member task force on security issues under the supervision of Naresh Chandra 2. Government recently formed a High Level committee on examination of Financing Infrastructure related aspects. The committee was headed by - Deepak Parekh 3. The Govt recently apponted a Committee to examine Production Sharing Contracts (PSC) of various companies. This committee was headed By -C Rangarajan 4. The Govt. Recently formed a committee for finalisation of implementation of GAAR (General Anti Avoidance Rule). This committee was headed by -?-Parthasarathi shome 5. The Government recently Formed a Committee to examine Taxation policies for IT Sector. This Committee is headed by - ?-N Rangachary 6. The Govt recently formed a committee for examining Common Tax Code for Excise Duty and Service Tax. This committee was headed by -M K Gupta 7. A Special commission for inspection of illegal mining activities has been extended till Mar 2013. It was formed under the supervision of -M B Shah

8. A committee was recently formed for poverty scale estimates in the country. It was headed by -C Rangarajan 9. Planning Commission recently set up a Committee for evaluation of corporate sector participation in Higher Eductaion. The committee was headed by -N R Narayana Murthy 10. Which committee recently submitted its report for inclusion of bhojpuri language in eighth schedule of constitution ?Sitakant Mahapatra Committee 11. A special committee was created to evaluate aspects related to set up of Nalanda university. The committee was headed by -M S Ahluwalia 12. Which State's Chief Minsiter recently made a special committee for evaluating "Right to play" before its implementation ?- Haryana 13. Recently formed MIPB (Manufacturing Industry Promotion Board) will be headed by -Anand Sharma

14. Competition commission of India (CCI) recently set up EPAG group to give inputs and advices on issues impacting markets and competition. EPAG Stands for -Eminent Persons Advisory Group 15. A committee was recently formed to bring out a formal document for enlisting of diverse Corporate Governance policies under a single national policy. The committee was headed by -Adi Godrej 1. Which Committee recently did comprehensive review of the National Small Savings funds operated by post-office ?-Shyamala Gopinath Committee 2. Which is the final authority to approve Five year plans of India ?-National Development Council 3. The Planning Commission recently constituted a committee to help define appropriate strategies for the twelfth five year plan of India. The committee was headed by -K. Srinath Reddy 4. Which committee worked on analyzing Poverty census in India ?- S. Tendulkar Committee 5. Miscrofinance Institutes in India (MFI) were worked out by which Committee ?-Y H Malegam Committee 6. Which Committee submitted two reports in 1990s about reform of Banking Sector in India ?Narasimham Committee 7. Khan Commission submitted its report about which financial aspect and the recommendations of the commission were incorporated in the Mind term policy review of 2005-06.- Financial Inclusion 8. Which committee recently submitted its report about recommendations for modernization of Indian Railways ?-SAM Pitroda Committee 9. RBI was set up in 1935 after recommendations from which high powered Commission ?Hilton Young Commission 10. Which Committee set up by BIS (Bank for International Settlements) has defined the set of rules followed by central banks across the world ?-Basel Committee 11. Which Committee was formed by government in 1999 about Co-operative banking in India ?Jagdish Kapoor Committee 12. Which committee recently submitted its report to Finance minister suggesting ways of complete overhaul of government accounting norms ?-C R Sundaramurti Committee 13. Which committee was recently formed to recommend ways to enhance efficiency of Indian agrculture sector with special focus on Rain-fed area farming ?-Shivraj Patil Committee 14. A committee was recently formed to bring out a formal document for enlisting of diverse Corporate Governance policies under a single national policy. The committee was headed by -Adi Godrej 15. Which committee recently submitted its report about integration of thousands of employees of recently merged two state owned carriers - Air India and Indian Airlines.-Dharmadhikari Committee

Defence News

Post Date:: Dec 04, 2012 1. India and Maldives recently participated in a joint military training exercise named -EKUVERIN 2012 2. USA and Malidives recently participated in a Joint army exercise Called -Coconut grove 2012 3. An IPS Officer that was recently appointed as new chief of CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) Pranay Sahay 4. Pedro Morenes Eulate, who recently visited India is the defence minister of which country ? (Hint :- He was along with the King of his country named Juan Carlos ).-Spain 5. India's Heaviest Satellite named GSAT - 10 was recently launched from Kourou launch pad in South America carried second GAGAN payload meant for Better Air Traffic Control. GAGAN Stands for -GPS-Aided Geo-Augmented Navigation 6. An Indigenously Built Hydrographic Surveyor was recently Commissioned into Indian Navy named as -INS Makar 7. ISRO has planned how many space Missions During 12th five year Plan ?-58

Post Date:: Nov 01, 2012

1. Indian Coast Guard Recently commissioned a new patrol vessel ship named -Rajkiran 2. ISRO recently launched a French satellite using PSLV - C21 as a commercial launch. It was the 1ooth Space mission of ISRO. The french satellite was named as -SPOT -6 3. Indian Navy recently Commissioned a new warship in its fleet after INS Shivalik and INS Satpura as part of project - 17 of Indian Navy. The name of newly inducted ship is -INS Sahayadri 4. Which country recently Inducted its first Aircraft Carrier named Liaoning in its Naval Fleet ?China 5. Lt. Gen. Ranbir Singh is the newly appointed chief of -Assam Rifles

Books and Authors

Post Date:: Dec 04, 2012 1. The Folded Earth, the book that won Indian Ficton category Award in recent 11th economist Crossword Book Awards has been written by -Anuradha Rai 2. A Free Man, the book that won Indian Non-Ficton category Award in recent 11th economist Crossword Book Awards has been written by?-Aman Sethi 3. Recently issued book - On the pathway to development has been written by -Harishankar Singhania 4. Recently issued book - Free Thinker's prayer Book has been written by -Khushwant Singh

5. Recently issued book - Total Recall has been written by - Arnold Schwarzenegger 6. Recently issued book - "India's Foreign Policy : Coping with the changing World" has been written by -Mukuchand Dubey 7. Recently issued book based on Mumbai Slums- "Behind the Beautiful Forevers" has been written by -Katherine Boo 8. Recently issued book - "Ek Thhi Kusum" has been written by -Prakash Pant 9. Vice president of India M. Hamid Ansari released a book named - Muslim in Indian cities 10. Recently released Book - "Victory India" has been Authored by -Vinay B Dalvi

Post Date:: Nov 01, 2012

1. Pax Indica is a recently authored book by ?-Shashi Tharoor 2. LAVA is a recently authored book by - Javed Akhtar 3. Beyond the Lines is a recently authored book by -Kuldip Nayar 4. Turning Points is a recently authored book by - A P J Abdul Kalam 5. What Young India Wants is a recently authored book by - Chetan Bhagat 6. Joseph Anton is a recently authored book by - Salman Rushdie 7. Maharani is a recently authored book by which acclaimed author - ?-Ruskin Bond 8. Which of these authors has recently written Saina Nehwal's Biography ?- T S Sudhir 9. Author of famous Harry Potter series, J K Rowling has recently written which of these books Casual Vacancy 10. Impossible Indian is a recently authored novel by -Faisal Devaji

Important Days Current Affairs

1. International Youth Day is held every year on -Aug 12 2. Sadbhavana Divas is celebrated every year on Aug 20. Its the birth anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi 3.United Nations recently announced the birthday of Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam as World Students Day, which is on Oct 15 4. National Sports Day is celebrated every year on Aug 29. Its the birth anniversary of Dhyan Chand 5.Teacher's Day is celebrated every year on Sep 5. Its the birth anniversary ofDr. Radhakrishnan 6. International Literacy Day is held every year on Sep 8 7. World Tourism Day is held every year onSep 27

8. Gandhi Jayanti is celebrated every year onOct 2 9. World Nature Day is held every year on Oct 3 10. World Teacher's Day is held every year on Oct 5 11.World Wildlife Day and World Food Security Day are held every year onOct 6 12. Indian Airforce day is held every year on Oct 8 13.United Nations(UN) Day is held every year on Oct 24 14.National Farmers day is held every year onDec 23 15. Indian Navy Day is held every year on Dec 4 1. National Youth Day is held every year on -Jan 12 2. Indian Army Day is held every year on Jan 15 3. Mothers Day in India is celebrated every year on Second Sunday of May 4. Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (NRI Day) is held every year on Jan 9 5.National Science Day is held every year on Feb 28 6. National Defense Day and Security Day are held every year on consecutive days starting on Mar 3 7. International Women's Day is held every year on Mar 8 8. World Consumer Day is held every year on Mar 15 9. World Forestry Day is held every year on Mar 21 10. World Day of Water is held every year on Mar 22 11. World Earth Day is held every year on Apr 22 12. World Health Day is held every year on Apr 7 13. International Energy Day is held every year on May 3 14. National Technology Day is held every year on May 11 15. World Environment Day is held every year on june 5

Important People National

Post Date:: Oct 04, 2012 1. Who is the newly Appointed Chief Justice of India ?-Altamas Kabir 2. Who is the newly appointed Chief Economic Advisor in Finance Ministry ?-Raghuram G Rajan 3. Who is the newly appointed Chief Election Commissioner of India ?-V S Sampath 4. Who is the Newly appointed Election Commissioner after one seat falling vacant due to promotion of V S Sampath as Chief Election Commissioner?- Naseem Zaidi

5. Who is currently the Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission of India ?- Montek Singh Ahluwalia 6. Who is the newly appointed Deputy Governor of the RBI (Reserve Bank of India)?- Kamlesh Chandra Chakravarti 7. The Govt recently formed a committee for examining Common Tax Code for Excise Duty and Service Tax. This committee was headed by - M K Gupta 8. Who is currently the Attroney General of India (Government's chief legal advisor, and its primary lawyer in the Supreme Court ) ?-Goolam Essaji Vahanvati 9. The Indian lawyer who recently became a Member of International Court of Justice ?- Dalveer Bhandari 10. Who is India's Permanent representative to the United Natons ?-Hardeep Singh Puri 11. Who is Currently the CAG (Comptroller and Auditor General of India) -Vinod Rai 12 Who is the newly Appointed CGA (Controller General of Accounts) of India ? -Jawahar Thakur 13. The Government recently Formed a Committee to examine Taxation policies for IT Sector. This Committee is headed by -N Rangachary 14. The Govt. Recently formed a committee for finalisation of implementation of GAAR (General Anti Avoidance Rule). This committee was headed by - Parthasarathi shome 15. The Govt recently apponted a Committee to examine Production Sharing Contracts (PSC) of various companies. This committee was headed By -C Rangarajan

Post Date:: Oct 04, 2012

1. Who is Currently the Governor of RBI (Reserve Bank of India) ?- D Subbarao 2. Who is currently the Chief of Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) ?J Harinarayan 3. Who is Currently the Chairman of NABARD (National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development) ?- Prakash Bakshi 4. Who is currently the Chairman of SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India)?- U K Sinha 5. C Ranagrajan is The Chief of PMEAC, It stands for ?- Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council 6. Who is currently the Foreign Secretary of India (Highest IFS Officer) ?-Ranjan Mathai 7. Who is currently the Cabinet Secretary of India (Highest IAS Officer) ?-Ajit Seth 8. Who is currently the Finance Secretary of India?-Sunil Mitra 9. Who is the Chairman of UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India)?- Nandan Nilekani 10. Who is the Newly Appointed Economic Affairs Secretary (Finance Ministry ) ?-Arvind Mayaram

Important People International

Post Date:: Oct 04, 2012

1. Who is currently the United Nations Secretary - General recently elected for a second term ?-Ban Ki Moon 2. Herman Van Rompuy, the current President of the European Council is from which country ? Belgium 3. Jose Manuel Barroso, The current President of the European Commission is from which country ? Portugal 4. Who is Currently the Secretary - General of the 10 Member ASEAN Group of Nations ?-Surin Pitsuwan 5. Indian Person that was recently elected as Secretary - General of Commonwealth group of nations for the second term ?- Kamalesh Sharma 6. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, The Current Secretary - General of NATO Group is from which country ?- Denmark 7. Al- Rodr-guez, Secretary General of UNASUR (Union of South American Nations) is from which country ?-Venezuela 8. Who is currently the Secretary - General of SAARC Group of Nations?- Ahmed Saleem 9. Pascal lamy, The current chief of WTO (World Trade Organization) is from which country ?France 10. Christine Lagarde, The current chief of IMF (International Monetary Fund) is from which country ?-France 11. Who is currently the Chief of WHO (World Health Organization) ?-Margaret Chan 12. Haruhiko Kuroda, Current ADB Bank (Asian Development Bank) Chief is from which country ? Japan 13. Who is currently the President of European Central Bank?-Mario Draghi 14. Yukiya Amano, The Current Director General of IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) is from which country ?-Japan 15. Who is currently the president of World Bank ?- Jim Yong Kim

Recent Pacts/Agreements
1. India, China and Japan recently signed a Pact called 'Shade' meant for Efficient use of Naval forces present in the Indian Ocean Region. The letter 'D' in the name stands for -Deconfliction 2. Jaitapur Nuclear Power plant is being built in collaboration with which country?-France 3. Which country recently Granted rights to its Women to vote in municipal elections for the first time - Saudi Arabia 4. India recently signed DTAA with Nepal to help prevent TAX evasion and exchange of banking information. DTAA Stands for ?-Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement 5. India recently signed TIEA with Guernsey that will help India in getting Information on Tax Evasion Cases. TIEA Stands for -Tax Information Exchange Agreement 6. Newly elected Thailand PM Yingluck Shinawatra recently visited India and signed few agreements with India. Which of following statements is true about agreements signed on this occasion 1) A Cultural exchange program was signed for Years 2012 - 14. 2) A Treaty was signed for transfer of Sentenced prisoners. 3) MoU for Joint research programme in Indian Ocean Region. 4) Programme for co-operation in the fields of Science and Technology. 1, 2 & 4 are true 7. India recently derived a new way of payment to facilitate trade with which Country after the route of Asian Clearing Union (ACU) was scrapped by RBI (Reserve Bank of India) ?- Iran 8. India recently set up a trade target of $3 Billion with Myanmar by 2015 during Fourth Joint trade commission meeting. Who attended The meeting from on India's part ?-Anand Sharma 9. India - Pakistan Bilateral trade is based on terms and Principles of SAFTA. It stands for -South Asian Free Trade Area 10. India recently signed CEP with colombia to co-operate in cultural aspects. Its stands for Cultural Exchange Program 11. India recently received a $152 Million loan from world bank to improvise health systems in which of its states?-Uttar Pradesh 12. India recently received a $130 Million loan to finance NERLP which is meant to help rural communities in north-east region. NERLP Stands for -North East Rural Livelihoods Project 13. India extended line of credit of $100 Million to which country for implementing a power transmission project on occasion of its president visiting India recently ? Mali 14. Which Indian State recently received a $24 Million Loan from Asian Development Bank for strengthening of its agribusiness infrastructure ?- Maharashtra 15. India wants BIPA with South Africa in view of increased trade between the two countries. BIPA Stands for - ?-Bilateral investment promotion and protection agreement