Renowned ____ writer Peter Roebuck has died in South Africa.
Ans: Cricket
In ____, the Government of India had set up the Indian Research Fund
Association, as the Premier National Agency for the formulation, promotion and
conduct of bio medical research in India.
Ans: 1911
Ajay Maken. Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs & Sports
has sanctioned ex-gratia assistance of ____ to Rikita Dhar, a former cyclist from
National Welfare Fund for Sports Persons.
Ans: Rs. 3 Lakh
Ajay Maken. Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs & Sports
has sanctioned ex-gratia assistance of ____ to Desh Prem Azad, a former Cricket
Coach from National Welfare Fund for Sports Persons.
Ans: Rs. 3,44,703
The 17th SAARC summit was held on November 10-11, 2011 at Abu Dhabi city in
____.
Ans: Maldives
The 6th G-20 summit was held in Cannes, _____ on November 3-4, 2011.
Ans: France
27th India Economic Summit was held in ____ on 12-14 November, 2011.
Ans: Mumbai
The 31st India International Trade Fair (IITF) was held in ____ on November 14-
27, 2011.
Ans: New Delhi
Who is the new Prime Minister of Italy?
Ans: Mario Monti
Who has won Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Pix?
Ans: Lewis Hamilton
Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq-Quereshi have won their first ever ATP
Masters in _____.
Ans: Paris
Who has won 116th All India Beighton Cup?
Ans: Indian Oil
Who is the new Prime Minister of Greece?
Ans: Lucas PAPADEMOS
Who is the new President of Guatemala?
Ans: Otto Perez Molina
World Diabetes Day is celebrated every year on _____.
Ans: 14th November
Jamaican Usain Bolt and ___ Sprinter Sally Pearson have won “Athletic of the
Year” awards in Monaco on 12th of November 2011.
Ans: Australian
Which India Mining Company got the Finance Ministry‟s permission to acquire
stakes in overseas unlisted firms?
Ans: Coal India Ltd.
India-Japan Defence Ministers‟ Meeting was held in ____ on 2nd November, 2011.
Ans: Tokyo
India and Japan agreed to hold their first bilateral naval exercise in _____.
Ans: 2012
Nicol David is related to which Sport?
Ans: Squash
Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colmenares won which title when she participated in an
event in November 2011 in London?
Ans: Miss World
Who is the winner of People‟s Parliament Global Award?
Ans: Nelson Mandela
The ____ edition of the Miss World pageant was held in London on 6th November,
2011.
Ans: 61st
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) extended the 100 sms per day limit
to ____ sms per day, per Sim.
Ans: 200
Which State Government has launched one rupee a kilo rice scheme on 1st
November 2011?
Ans: Andhra Pradesh
East India Hotels inducted ____ on its Board on 31st October 2011.
Ans: Nita Ambani
Noted Hindi Novelist and ____, Srilal Shukla has passed away.
Ans: Satirist
Indian American Bobby Jindal has been re-elected as the governor of ____
Ans: Louisiana
Which state has topped the list in Utilizing the Fund for Minorities?
Ans: Jammu-Kashmir
Dr. M.K. Mani has received the ____ Dhanvantari Award for “excellence in
medical services” from Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shindhe.
Ans: 40th
The ____ Assembly of the Inter-parliamentary union was held in Bern,
Switzerland from 16th October to 19th October 2011.
Ans: 125th
Eminent ____ Novelist George Varghese Kakkanadan has passed away on 19
October 2011.
Ans: Malayalam
India and ____ held two-day trade talks in New Delhi on 14-15 November 2011.
Ans: Pakistan
The UK based World Sikh University has conferred an Honorary doctorate on
____, Vice President of Indian Olympic Association.
Ans: Tarlochan Singh.
Which State Government launched a web based Social Security Pension System on
19th October 2011?
Ans: Rajasthan
Veteran _____ leader and former Karnataka Minister K.H. Ranganath has died in
Bangalore on 18th October 2011.
Ans: Congress
The ____ edition of Durand Cup has been won by the Churchil Brothers.
Ans: 124th
IBSA summit concluded in Pretoria, South Africa. What is the full form of IBSA?
Ans: India Brazil South Africa
UN Security Council consists of 5 permanent members and ____ non-permanent
members.
Ans: 10
World Food Day was observed on which date with the theme- Food Prices From
Crisis to Stability?
Ans: 16 October
India and ___ have agreed to strengthen bilateral co-operation in the MSME
Sector.
Ans: South Africa
Tehelka is an ____ weekly political magazine.
Ans: Indian
Who has won gold in the 51 Kg Category at 12th Senior Women‟s National Boxing
Championship?
Ans: MC Mary Kom
In which year Dadasaheb Phalke Award was instituted?
Ans: 1969
The difference between visible exports and visible imports is defined as ____.
Ans: Balance of Trade
In the year 2018, Common Wealth Games will be organized in which country?
Ans: Australia
First share market in India was established in ____.
Ans: Mumbai
Research and Analysis Wing is the Intelligence Agency of ____.
Ans: India
Bad Loans in banking terminology are generally known as ____.
Ans: NPA’s
The 19th ASEAN Summit was held in Bali, ____.
Ans: Indonesia
An Amount of ___ has been sanctioned for the Vivekananda Value Education
Programme to R.K. Mission, Belur Math.
Ans: Rs. 100 Crores
Which State Government implemented the Public Service Guarantee Act in the
state on 14th November 2011?
Ans: Rajasthan
Who is the author of the book “Whatever the Odds”?
Ans: K.P. Singh
Who has assumed charge of office as Secretary, Health & Family Welfare,
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, government of India?
Ans: P.K. Pradhan
Who has assumed charge of office as Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj,
government of India?
Ans: Kiran Dhingra
Who has appointed as Chair Person of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory
Board?
Ans: S. Krishnan
Who took oath as new Chairman of the Competition Commission of India?
Ans: Ashok Chawla
Pranay Sahay has been appointed Director General of the ____.
Ans: Sashastra Seema Bal
The first meeting of the Indo Malawi Joint Working Group on Mining Resources
was held in ____.
Ans: New Delhi
Who took charge as the Chairman, Central Board of Exercise and Customs on 31st
October, 2011?
Ans: Pradeep Kumar
The Minister of Water Resources Pawan Kumar Bansal represented India at the
____ ICID Congress.
Ans: 21st.
M.S Dhoni and ____ have been bestowed the honor for their outstanding
contribution in the field of sports and their commitment to the Army on various
occasions.
Ans: Abhinav Bindra
The Vice President of India M. Hamid Ansari, released a book entitled “Maati Ka
Rhin” based on the patriotic poems written by ____.
Ans: Ram Updesh Singh
Who has been appointed as the Director of the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National
Police Academy, Hyderabad?
Ans: V.N. Rai
Who has been re-elected as the Chair Person of Partners in Population
Development (PPD)?
Ans: Ghulam Nabi Azad
Who took over as Secretary, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises,
government of India?
Ans: Radha Krishna Mathur
Nobel Prize Winner Norman Ramsey has passed away; he has won Nobel ____
Prize in 1989.
Ans: Physics
Food Corporation of India (FCT) was established on ____ by the Government of
India.
Ans: 14th January, 1965
Who has been appointed the new president of MAIT?
Ans: Alok Bharadwaj
India and which country have agreed to strengthen bilateral co-operation in
the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Sector?
Ans: South Africa
Who has been elected the Chairman of Audit Bureau of Circulations?
Ans: Sam Balsara
The centre has made special allocation of ____ food grains to Sikkim at BPL
prices.
Ans: 2800 MT
Who has been appointed the next Director General of Border Security Force?
Ans: U.K. Bansal
Sachin Pilot, the Minister of State for Communications and Information
Technology released the CD containing Text-To-Speech system(TTS) IN ___
Indian languages.
Ans: Six
Who took charge as the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India?
Ans: Pulok Chatterjee
Neyveli Lignite Corporation, a PSU of Ministry of Coal presented a dividend
cheque of ___ to Coal Minister, Sriprakash Jaiswal.
Ans: Rs. 360.02 Crore
Who is the new Chairman and Managing Director of ONGC?
Ans: Sudhir VASUDEVA
Who launched a composite herbal formulation named “Perfomax” that has
been developed by DRDO?
Ans: Dr. M M. Pallam Raju
Who has been appointed the new chairman of the Press Council of India?
Ans: Markandey Katju
Who took over as Acting Chief Justice of Delhi High Court?
Ans: Arjan Kumar Sikri
Amar Kant and ___ were chosen for Jnanpith Award for the year 2009?
Ans: Shrilal Shukla
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has announced a ___ grant for quake-hit
Sikkim.
Ans: Rs. 1000 Crore
World Champion runner ___ has been honored with the “Pride of India”
Award?
Ans: Fauja Singh
How many Scientist have been selected for Santi Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for
Science and Technology for the year 2011?
Ans: 11
India and ___ will collaborate in weather forecasting and Tsunami Warning
System.
Ans: Thailand
Who has been honored with the first Hridaynath Award?
Ans: Lata Mangeshkar
Jai Bhagwan is related to which sport?
Ans: Boxing
Academician ____ has been honored with the “Education Award of
Excellence”.
Ans: Rajendra Kumar Anayath
NRI entrepreneur ___ has been conferred with the “Jewel of Punjab” Award.
Ans: Avtar Lit
Where is located the headquarters of the North East Zone Cultural Center?
Ans: Dimapur
Orthopedic Surgeon ___ has been honored with the “Community Champion
Award”.
Ans: Jimmy Daruwalla
Who is the winner of Men’s singles at Cincinnati Open 2011?
Ans: Andy Murray
England’s test skipper, Andrew Strauss and Coach ___ have received OBE
award.
Ans: Andy Flower
What is the correct full form of the export promotion scheme DEPB?
Ans: Duty Entitlement Passbook
Indian off-spinner ___ has been conferred with “Sikh Sports person of the
Year” at the World Sikh Awards 2011?
Ans: Harbhajan Singh
Who has written the book titled “The Perils of Democracy”?
Ans: P. C. Alexander
Veteran and noted ____ Dr. Haridutt Bhatt Shailesh passed away?
Ans: Writer
Which river is known as Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet?
Ans: Brahmaputra
The former presiding officer of the ___, C. Achuthan has passed away.
Ans: Securities Appellate Tribunal
What is the minimum annual investment limit in New Pension Scheme?
Ans: Rs. 6000
Maqbool Sabri has passed away recently. Who was he?
Ans: Qawal Singer
____ Veteran and former Union Minister Vasant Sathe has passed away.
Ans: Congress
K.k. Srivastava has taken over as new Member Traffic, ___ and ex-officio
secretary to Govt. of India.
Ans: Railway Board
Six-time Congress MLA of ___, Prem Singh has passed away.
Ans: Himachal Pradesh
Which state govt. launched a micro-finance project for women on 8 October,
2011?
Ans: Delhi
Nobel peace prize winner and environmentalist Wangari Maathai died. She
was won the Nobel peace prize in ___.
Ans: 2004
India and ___ agreed to set up a mechanism for payment of crude oil and
ensure bilateral trade.
Ans: Iran
Film producer ____ has passed way.
Ans: Surinder Kapoor
“Federation Cup” is associated with which sport?
Ans: Football
Rajya Sabha Member and ___ Ramdayal Munda has passed away.
Ans: Educationist
The IBSF World Men’s Snooker Championship 2011 will be held in ___.
Ans: Bangalore
Former ____ Chief Minister Bhagwat Jha Azad has passed away.
Ans: Bihar
Who has won the Men’s Singles Badminton Title at the Japan Open 2011?
Ans: Chen Long
Roger Williams has passed away recently. He was a famous ____.
Ans: Pianist
Former ____ all-rounder cricketer Dominic Cork announced his retirement
from cricket.
Ans: England
Noted ___ Vishnudutt Bagar has passed away.
Ans: Economist
Rastriya Swasthya Bima Yojana was formally launched on ____.
Ans: October 1, 2007
Jawahar Gram Samriddhi Yojna was been launched on ____.
Ans: 1st April, 1999
The Apple founder and former ___ Steve Jobs has passed away.
Ans: CEO
Sarva Siksha Avijan was launched in ____.
Ans: 2001
Renowned India ____ Singer Jagjit Singh has passed away.
Ans: Ghazal
Prime Minister’s Rozgar Yojna was launched on _____.
Ans: October 2, 1993
National Rural Livelihoods Mission was launched on ____.
Ans: 3rd June, 2011
India-Czech Republic Trade will touch US $ 2 Billion by ____.
Ans: 2012
Rajiv Gandhi Gramin LPG Vitaran Yojana was launched in ____.
Ans: October 16, 2009
Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya Scheme was launched in _____.
Ans: July, 2004
International Day for Disaster Reduction is observed on the second ____ of
October.
Ans: Wednesday
Which country is maker of “Nissan” Car?
Ans: U.S.A
Singareni Collieries Company Limited has paid a dividend of ____ to the
Government of India for the year 2010-11.
Ans: Rs. 42.38 Crore
The central government approved financial assistance worth ___ for quake-
hit West Bengal.
Ans: Rs. 120 Crore
In which country Multan Cricket Stadium is located?
Ans: PAKISTAN
India and ____ signed a comprehensive social security agreement.
Ans: Germany
Sebastian Vettel is associated with which sport?
Ans: Formula 1 Race
Which country's first female athlete is set to participate in Olympics 2012?
Ans : Saudi Arabia
Who is set to take over as LG Display Co. Ltd.'s Chief Executive in 2012?
Ans : Han Sang-beom
Name the Indian origin American who won Guardian First Book award.
Ans : Siddhartha Mukherjee
Which telecom provider is set to allow its mobile subscribers in India to access
micro-blogging site Twitter on their handsets free of cost untill March 1st, 2012?
Ans : Bharti Airtel
Which foreign lender bank has launched fixed rate for home loan and loans against
property?
Ans : HSBC.
Which channel did Pakistan cable operators block recently?
Ans : BBC World News
Which two social networking sites have joined hands to challenge Facebook?
Ans : Twitter amd Mixi
Who has been appointed as Chief Privacy Officer(Policy) for facebook?
Ans : Erin Egan
Who has been appointed as Chief Privacy Officer(Products) for facebook?
Ans : Michael Richter
Which Indian banks credit rating have been assigned stable tag by Standard and
Poor International rating agency?
Ans : State Bank of India, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and Indian Bank
Name the 2-day literature festival scheduled to be held in Delhi.
Ans : Samanvay: IHC Bharatiya Bhasa Mahotsav
Name the Apple's co-founder who is set to visit India's technology capital.
Ans : Steve Wozniak
Where is ITC set to build $300 million hotel?
Ans : Colombo, Sri Lanka
Name the re-branding of its existing milk and yoghurt products in India by Nestle.
Ans : Nestle a+
Name the short film about child poverty in India which won the Golden Lmap Tree
award at the 42nd International Film festival.
Ans : Another Planet
Who won the 2011 Prince Philip Designers Prize?
Ans : Quentin Blake
Who is appointed as CEO of Thomson Reuters Corp?
Ans : James Smith
Which English singer-songwriter is nominated for 6 nominations in 2011 Grammy
awards?
Ans : Adele
Which poet won the 2011 Cervantes Prize (The spanish-speaking world's highest
literary honour)?
Ans : Nicanor Parra.
Who is on historic Myanmar visit?
Ans : Secreatary of state Hillary Clinton
Who has been named best European investment banker of the year?
Ans : Anshu Jain
Name the ball developed by Adidas which would be the official ball of the Euro
2012 European Football Championship.
Ans : Tango 12
Which company has launched triple sim mobile with Analog TV in India?
Ans : G'Five
Which telecom service provider touched 50 million customers mark in Africa
recently?
Ans : Airtel
Name the Guyana born US resident who has been elected as the international
president of the Global Organisation of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO).
Ans : Ashook Ramsaran
Name the telecom giant from New York who was awarded with Indira Gandhi
Priyadarshini Award on the eve of Late Indira Gandhi's 94th birthday.
Ans : K.Ll.Sardana
„Saranda Action Plan‟, has been recently launched by Rural Development
Ministry. It will be implemented firstly in Naxal-hit Saranda district of which of
the state?
Ans : Jharkhand
Pune based social activist Baba Adhav is known for championing the cause of
protection for which segments of Indian society?
Ans : Workers of Unorganised Sector
Which country is the host to 17th South Asian Association for Regional
Cooperation (SAARC) summit in November 2011?
Ans : Maldives
The controversial Sindol hydro-power project is located in which states of India?
Ans : Odisha
Who is the current President of the Indian Premier League?
Ans : Rajeev Shukla
Recently, which country has completed the deployment of its global positioning
satellite group “Glonass”?
Ans : Russia
Year 2011 corresponds to which among the following years in Holocene calendar
or Holocene era (HE)?
Ans : 12011
Inukurthi Venkateshwara Rao has received the Dronacharya Award 2011 for
which sports?
Ans : Boxing
Sandhya Rani Devi was recently awarded Arjuna Award for which sports?
Ans : Wushu
The growers of which of the commodity in India are awarded with Prof. K M
Chandy Memorial Award in India?
Ans : Rubber
Who has recently sworn in as the chief of the Central Intelligence Agency (United
States)?
Ans : David Petraeus
In which year Dadasaheb Phalke Award was instituted?
Ans : 1669
India has been providing assistance to which neighbors for strengthening and
extension of embankments along Lalbakeya, Bagmati and Kamla rivers?
Ans : Nepal
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has been recently reelected for a second term as
President of country?
Ans : Argentina
Which Indian archers have won Silver Medal in World Cup archery finals in
Istanbul recently?
Ans : Deepika Kumari
Neelima Mishra has recently won which award?
Ans : Ramon Magsaysay Award
At which place, the Borlaug Institute for South Asia (BISA) has been established
in India recently?
Ans : Ludhiana
Commonwealth Games bronze-medalist Jai Bhagwan is related to which sport?
Ans : Boxing
Nabam Tuki has been sworn in as Chief Minister of which state recently?
Ans : Arunachal Pradesh
Who heads the new committee set up by Ministry of Railways to review “long-
term safety needs” of the national transporter?
Ans : Anil Kakodkar
Global Warrior and Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai is from
Ans: Kenya
Which state of India has now 75 districts ?
Ans : Uttar Pradesh
Who recently become the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand for the second time ?
Ans : Bhuvan Chandra Khanduri
Justice J.S Shekher has been appointed as the recently appointed as-
Ans : The Judge of Supreme court
Leila Lopes who has been crowned with Miss Universe 2011 title is the national
citizen of
Ans : Angola
Who among the following has been honored with 45th Jananipath Award 2009 ?
Ans : Both of the above
Who among the following has been honoured with 46th Jananipath Award 2010 ?
Ans : Chandrashekher Kambar
Under the 63rd Prime time Emmy Awards who among the following has been
adjudged best actress in the category of Movies ?
Ans : Kate Winslet
Who has been honoured with Appan Menon Award ?
Ans : Srinivas Ramani
Who among the following has been honoured with Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize
2011 in Mathematical sciences?
Ans : Dr. Mahan Mj
Who among the following has figured in the list of World`s 50 most influential
people in UK`s Left wing magazine 'New Statesman' ?
Ans : Both of the above
Which country has emerged as thee most competitive country at global level in the
annual global Competitiveness Report (CGR) of the world economic forum ?
Ans : Switzerland
India`s Rank in the Global Competitiveness Report of World Economic forum is ?
Ans : 56th
As per the global Livability Survey,which Australian city has ranked as most
livable city in the world
Ans : Melbourne