Current Affairs from May 3rd to 16th 2011 | Daily General Awareness Questions

Daily General Awareness for May 16, 2011 | Daily Current Affairs questions update




1. On May 17, 2011, no... Buddha Purnima was celebrated?
a. 2,555
b. 2600
c. 3100
d. 2750
e. none of these

2. Terminal year of 11th Five-Year Plan is...
a. 2010
b. 2012
c. 2013
d. 2014
e. 2011

3. Recently India  had dialogue to strengthen anti-terror cooperation with...
a. Russia
b. Pakistan
c. USA
d. Norway
e. none of these

4. Recently, India has signed numerous agreements like oil and gas, minerals and metals,pharmaceuticals, information and communication technology,besides hydrocarbon, agriculture, cotton and other fields, with...
a. Uzbekistan
b. China
c. Russia
d. Congo
e. none of these

5. Islam Karimov, who recently visited India is..
a. Uzbekistan President
b. Uzbekistan PM
c. Uzbekistan Foreign Minister
d. Uzbekistan External Affairs Minister
e. none of these

6. As per World Bank Six nations, India, Brazil, China, Indonesia, South Korea, and Russia will account for more than half of all global growth,  will dominate global growth by the year...
a. 2025
b. 2020
c. 2040
d. 2018
e. none of these

7. Annu Raj Singh is related with..
a. Chess
b. shooting
c. Tennis
d. Cricket
e. None of these

Answers: 1. a, 2.e, 3.a, 4. a, 5. a, 6. a 7.b,

Current Affairs for May 12, 13, 14 and 15 2011 | Daily General Awareness Questions




Below are current affairs questions for May 2011: May 12, 13, 14, 15. We have also posted business GK and socio economics questions for April 2011. May 2011 business questions will be published by the end of this month.

1. New CM of Puducherry is...
a. N. Rangasamy
b. KR Goswami
c. K. Ranarajan
d. VNK Murty
e. none of these

2. Jayalalithaa has been sworn in as...
a  CM of Andhra Pradesh
b. CM of Tamilnadu
c. CM of West Bengal
d. Governor of TN
e. none of these

3. Sriganganagar, which was in news recently for having maximum temperature, is in..
a. UP
b. Rajasthan
c. Bihar
d. NCR
e. none of these

4. which state recently celebrated its 37th State Day?
a. Sikkim
b. Uttarakhand
c. Assam
d. Jharkhand
e. none of these

5. Which political part recently staged dharna against petrol price hike?
a. UDK
b. Left
c. BJP
d. Congress
e. none of these

6. 2011 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey title winner is...
a. Australia
b. South Korea
c. Pakistan
d. New Zealand
e. none of these

7. Mahendra Singh Tikait, who died recently was a...
a. Bharatiya Kisan Union President
b. Farmers' representative in Lok Sabha
c. Veteran Congress MP from Muzaffarnagar
d. Longest serving IAS from UP
e. none of these

8. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who was in news recently for harassing a maid, was the chief of...
a. WTO
b. IMF
c. WHO
d. NATO
e. none of these

9. Which of the following statements are true about the Constitution Amend­ment Bill regarding the implementation of GST?

1. The bill aims to cut business costs and boast tax revenues.
II.  The bill needs approval of two­thirds of parliament and half of India's 28 states to become law.
III. The bill provides for a creation of a GST Council to be headed by Union Finance Minister.
(a) I and II
(b) II and III
(c) I and III
(d) I, II, III

10. After Supreme Court, President Prat­ibha Patil has also recently squashed the appointment of P.J. Thomas as Central Yigilance Commissioner (CYC).
The appointment was made by high powered committee compris­mg
(a) Dr.  Manmohan  Singh, P. Chidambaram, Sushma Swaraj
(b) Dr. Manmohan Singh, Pranab Mukherjee, Sonia Gandhi
(c)  Dr. Manmohan Singh, Sharad Powar, P. Chidambaram
(d) Dr. Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi, Sharad Pawar

11. Who is new owner of Union Carbide Corporation. Which is related to Bho­pal gas tragedy?
(a) Eveready Industries
(b) McLeod Russel India
(c) Dow Chemicals (d) None of these.

Answers: 1. a, 2.b, 3.a, 4. b, 5. c, 6. a 7. a, 8. b, 9. d, 10. a, 11. c

Daily Basis GK update 2011: Current affairs May 7,8,9 2011 | first week of may




1. Winner of 2009 Jawahar Lal Nehru Award is...
a. Sachin Tendulkar
b. Angela Markel
c. Robert Denero
d. Victor Banerjee
e. none of these

2. M S Gurupadaswamy, who died recently was a,....
a. freedom fighter
b. Writer
c. Diplomat
d. player
e. none of these

3. Bhatta Parsaul village, which was in news recently is in...
a. Bihar
b. Delhi
c. UP
d. Assam
e. none of these

4. Shailendra Kumar Upadhayay, who died while trying to scale Mount Everest in an attempt to become the oldest man to scale the world's highest peak? He was from...
a. Nepal
b. Bhutan
c. India
d. Malasyia
e. none of these

5. As per Export Promotion Council Exports from special economic zones (SEZs) grew by how much per cent to in 2010-11?
a. 43.11
b. 25.75
c. 33
d. 17.85
e. none of these

6. Mary Kom clinched gold in Asian Cup Women's Boxing, where was this cup held?
a. Haikou
b. Tokyo
c. Yuan
d. Hyderabad
e. none of these

7. Witch which city you will associte 26/11?
a. Delhi
b. Kolkata
c. Mumbai
d. Meerut
e. none of these

8. Which is the latest country to limit the entry of un-skilled workers from abroad and to encourage the employment of skilled workers from within the country?
a. UAE
b. UK
c. China
d. Russia
e. none of these

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



Daily Basis GK update 2011: Current affairs May 5,6 2011




1. Which is the first state in the country, which has linked MGNREGA, Treasury, Food Coupon, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and the like with Unique Identity Number (UID)?
a. Gujarat
b. UP
c. MP
d. Punjab
e. Kerela

2. Winner of Dr. Dadasaheb Phalke award 2010 is...
a. K Balachande
b. Kamal Hassa
c. Rajinikanth
d. Gemini Ganesa
e. none of these

3. RBI has allowed foreign institutional investors (FIIs) to invest in infrastructure bonds with a maximum limit of...
a. $25 billion
b. $35 billion
c. $20 billion
d. $50 billion
e. $10 billion

4. Vyas Samman is given to...
a. players
b. diplomats
c. scientists
d. scholars
e. none of these

5. In a major step towards developing better transportation facilities in the strategic sector at India-China Border, the majority of roads will be completed by...
a. 2013
b. 2014
c. 2012
d. 2026
e. none of these

6. A device, Digital Radiotherapy Simulator, developed by Scientists of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) have will help  to locate
a. tumours.
b. stars
c. tsunami
d. clouds
e. none of these

Answers: 1.c, 2.a, 3. a,  4. d, 5. a, 6. a



Current affairs May 3,4 2011




1. Recently, where US shut down its embassy and consulates Pakistan general public?
a. Iraq
b. Pakistan
c. Afganistan
d. Kuwait
e. none of these

2.  As per a latest UN report India will achieve growth rate of....in 2011-12?
a. 8.7 percent
b. 9.7 percent
c. 8.5 percent
d. 8.25 percent
e. none of these

3. A UN report says that India's population will peak at 1.7 bn by the year
a. 2060
b. 2050
c. 2075
d. 2045
e. none of these

4. Ipoh, which was in news recently, is in...
a. Bhutan
b. Pakistan
c. Malasyia
d. India
e. none of these

5. Who was Dorjee Khandu?
a. politician
b. sports person
c. diplomat
d. writer
e. poet

6. On whose 150th Birth Anniversary Year long commemorations would be staged?a
a. C.V. Raman
b. Rabindranath Tagore
c. M.K. Gandhi
d. J.N Nehru
e. none of these

Answers: 1.b, 2.a, 3.a, 4.c, 5.a, 6.b