General Knowledge: POLITICAL AND SOCIAL TERMS- GK - Terminology

APARTHEID	Policy of racial segregation practiced by the South African Government.
ADJOURNMENT	A motion moved by a member of a legislature to adjourn consideration of the issues in hand for discussing a matter of urgent public importance.
AMNESTY	Grant of pardon or exemption from prosecution to political importance.
ARMISTICE	Temporary cessation of hostilities pending formal negotiations for peace.
APPEASEMENT	The policy of gratifying one's enemy with concession and special grants by sacrificing even principles.
AUTONOMY	Power to control internal affairs.
BILATERAL AGREEMENT	An agreement between two countries.
BLOCKADES	Imposing closure of ports and waterways to prevent ships from reaching or leaving it.
BOLSHEVISM	The doctrine of Proletarian Dictatorship as propounded by Lenin.
BOURGEOISE	Capitalist class in Marxian terminology.
BUFFER STATE	A small neutral state between two big states.
BY-ELECTION	A mid term election to fill a seat rendered vacant.
CASTING VOTE	A vote casting of which decides the tie.
CAUCUS	A powerful group of party.
CHARGED AFFAIRS	The senior most diplomat after the head of the mission, officiating in his absence.
COALITION	Combination of two or more parties with the purpose of forming a composite government.
CONFEDERATION	Alliance of nations for some specific purpose our retaining the respective individual nation sovereignty.
COLD WAR	The state of ideological or wordy warfare between two countries or blocks.
ENVOY	A diplomatic emissary accredited to the country and holding position below that of an ambassador.
FIFTH COLUMN	An anti-national clique of spies and saboteurs.
FLOOR CROSSING	The act of changing political loyalty by a person or a group.
FRANCHISE	Right to cast vote in the public elections.
GALLUP POLL	An opinion poll-may be with the help of interview.
GENOCIDE	Intention to destroy wholly or in part a religious, ethnic or political group.
GHERAO	Encircling a person and rending him incapable of doing anything till he/she concedes demands.
GLOSNOST	Means openness. Term used for reforms introduced in Russian society by M.Gorbachov.
HABEAS CORPUS	A type of a writ issued by a High Court or Supreme court against illegal detention of a person.
HOT LINE	A direct telephone link between the White House and Kremlin established in 1963.
IMPEACHMENT	Trial by the Parliament.
LOBBYING	Exercising influence or pressure on members of the legislative bodies in the lobby for supporting or opposing an issue in the House.
LOK PAL	An official appointed by the President to investigate public complaints against ministers and high officials.
MANIFESTO	A declaration of political party about its policies and programmes given at the time of elections.
NATIONALISATION	The act of taking business undertakings an institutions by the state and controlling them.
NAXALITE	A movement violent in character believing in Maoism: the term was first used for the peasants of Naxalbari (West Bengal) who rose against the landlords demanding land for the landless.
NEW DEAL	The name given to the policy of Franklin D.Roosevelt to revive and boost American economy .
ORDINANCE	An Act or decree promulgated by the Head of State in an emergency or when the legislative body is not in session.
PERESTROIKA	Used for Gorbachov's move to restructure political and economical structure of the Russian society.
PLEBISCITE	Voting on regional or national issue.
PERSONALITY CULT	Too much adulation for a ruler or a political figure.
PRIVY PURSE	Yearly allowances granted to the princes of Indian states after the merger of their states with the Indian Union. (New these purses are abolished).
PRIVILEGE MOTION	A motion moved by a legislator drawing attention of the House towards a matter involving breach of privilege of the House or any of its members.
REFERENDUM	People's verdict on some constitutional amendment and some other legislative issue of controversial nature.
SECULARISM	Affirmation in all the faiths, showing no official patronage to any religions or religions.
SANCTIONS	Penalty or reward imposed for disobedience or obedience attached to the law.
SOCIALISM	Control of production and means of distribution in the hands of the State.
STATUTE	Law made by the Parliament, enshrined in the statue book, which are binding on al subjects, of a particular country.
SUFFRAGE	Right of voting in political elections.
SELF-DETERMINATION	Right of a nation deciding its own form of government, its political destiny or independence.
TERRITORIAL WATERS	Areas of the sea up to 12 km measured from the low water mark of the coast and within the executive control of an adjacent State.
UNICAMERAL	A legislature having only one House.
VETO	Right to reject any resolution or enactment passed by the legislature.

General Knowledge:Geographical Terms- GK - Terminology

ANTIPODES	A region or place on the opposite side of a point on the earth.
ANTICYCLONES	Winds which blow outward from the center.
APHELION	Position of the earth in its orbit when is at the maximum distance from the sun.
ARCHIPELAGO	A cluster of islands, e.g., Pearl Islands in the Gulf of Panama.
ATOLL	Coral reef resembling a horse shoe, enclosing a lagoon.
AXIS	An imaginary line joining north and south poles.
AVALANCHE	A vast mass of snow mixed with earth or stones.
BIOSPHERE	Animate or inanimate organic kingdom on earth.
CANYON	A deep valley cut by a river through a mountain region, e,g., the Grand Canyon of the Colarado river in the USA.
CONTINENTAL SHELF	Land adjoining a continent submerged in the sea.
CYCLONES	A low pressure system area in which the wind blows spirally inward.
CROP ROTATION	Growing different crops needing different minerals for their growth in the same piece of land in order to get more yield.
DATE LINE	An imaginary line pointing north-south approximating to the Meridian 180 (east or west) where the date changes by one day the moment it is crossed.
DELTA	Alluvial deposit shaped like Greek letter, formed at the mouth of the river, where it falls into the sea, e.g., the Sunderban delta.
DEW	Condensed atmospheric water vapours due to the cooling of the air.
DRY FARMING	Growing of crops in low rainfall areas by moisture conservation, crop rotation but without irrigation.
EQUATOR	An imaginary line dividing the earth into two equal parts.
EQUINOXES	The day on which nights and days are of equal duration, e.g., March 22 and September 23.
EROSION	Wearing away of the earth's land surface by rain, wind, water, etc. rendering the land infertile.
ECLIPSE	When one earthly body obscures another one partially or completely.
FOG	When the atmospheric moisture touches cold earth and condenses on dust particles.
FROST	When the atmospheric moisture deposits in the shape of icy flakes on the exposed objects or near the ground due to below freezing point temperature.
HIGH SEAS	The parts of the sea which do not come under the territorial jurisdiction of the nations.
ICEBERG	Huge mass of ice separated from glacier in the polar regions. These masses of ice float in the oceans with 9 parts submerged in the ocean and one part visible.
ISOBARS	Lines on the map connecting the places of the same pressure.
ISOTHERMS	Lines on the map joining the places of the same temperature.
ISTHMUS	Narrow neck of land joining two land areas.
KUNDAN	Anew variety of wheat which gives high yields in both rained and irrigated tracts and responds well to low dose of water and fertiliser.
LAGOON	A shallow stream of water at the mouth of a river enclosed bu dunes of river silt.
LIGHT YEAR	The distance traveled by light in one year. It is equal to 9.4*10612 km.
LOCAL TIME	Time calculated from the sun at noon at any place of earth.
MERIDIAN	Imaginary line joining north and south poles and cutting the equator at right angles.
MIST	It is just like fog but contain more moisture.
OASIS	A part of the desert where water and vegetation are found.
ORBIT	The path of the heavenly bodies.
PYGMALLION POINT	The southernmost point of India, 700 km away from mainland India.
PRAIRIES	Smooth, treeless, green plain of Central and North America.
REEF	Jutting of rock or shingle or sand at just above or below sea level.
SAVANNA	Land covered with natural grass.
SIDEREAL DAY	Time taken by the earth to rotate once round its axis.
SNOW LINE	Altitudinal line along which the area remains snow clad.
SPRING TIDES	Higher tides in the ocean caused by the sun and the moon together. When the sun, the earth and the moon are positioned in a straight line.
NEAP TIDES	Tides caused by the differences of the forces exerted by the moon and the sun when both are at right angles to each other.
TORNADO	A brisk and violent storm generally having rotator motion.
TUNDRAS	Peripheral area of Arctic ocean.
TYCOON	Violent hurricane in China Sea.
WEATHER SATELLITE	Artificial satellite designed to forecast weather.
WESTERLIES	Constant winds blowing from south-west in the northern hemisphere and north-west in south hemisphere.

General Knowledge: Economic , Commercial and Trade Terms and Terminology

ARBITRATION	Referring dispute to disinterested party called arbitrator for decision, which will be binding.
ANNUITY	Payment of a fixed amount periodically for a limited time. It is an investment on which the owner receives not only interest on his money but also return of his capital.
BALANCE OF TRADE	The difference between the value of imports and exports. It is favourable when the value of exported goods exceeds the value of imported goods. If it is reverse balance is unfavourable.
BALANCE SHEET	Statements of accounts, generally os a business house prepared at the end of a year, showing debits and credits under broad heads, in order to find out the profit and loss positions in the outgoing year.
BARTER	Exchange of commodity with other commodities without the interface of any form of currency.
BOND	Document by which a government, a company or a person agrees to pay a sum of money in a certain time.
BUDGET	Annual estimate of expenditure and revenue of a country or a subordinate authority like a corporation.
BILL OF EXCHANGE	Written order by a drawer to pay sum on given date ot named payee.
BUYER'S MARKET	An economic phenomenon where there are more goods in market than demanded and so the buyers can dictate the prices of goods.
CLEARING HOUSE	Place where officials of the banks meet daily to exchange cheques drawn on the respective banks and settle the account by the payment of balances only.
COOPERATIVE FARMING	Joint farming wherein farmers pool their land, capital and resources and divide the produce at the end of the harvest in proportion to their land put in the pool. The farmers retain their proprietary rights.
CEILING ON LAND AND HOLDING	Imposition of a maximum limit of the land which an individual should have. Its purpose is rational distribution of land.
DEATH DUTY (ESTATE DUTY)	A sort of tax imposed on the property inherited at death of its previous owner.
DEVALUATION	Government's step to reduce the value of its own currency relatively to a foreign currency. It aims to increase exports and reduce imports.
DEFLATION	A monetary state characterised by decrease in the supply of money and bank deposits and falling profits, wages, incomes and employment accompanied by unemployment and falling prices.
DEMONETISATION	The governmental measure of depriving metallic coins or paper currency od specified denominations of its status money. It is meant to unearth the hidden money which is unaccounted for purpose of income tax assessment.
EXCISE DUTY	Duty levied on goods manufactured within the country.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE	Transfer of money of one country to another.
INFLATION	Increase in the quality of money in circulation without any corresponding increase in goods; so, it leads to rising prices spiral.
LAISSEZ FAIRE	An individualistic theory advocating private initiative in trade and non-interference by State in commercial or business ventures.
LOCKOUT	Closure of a factory by owners to force the workers to accept the imposed terms.
MALTHUSIAN THEORY OF POPULATION	It states that the food supply increase in arithmetical progression while population increase by geometrical progression resulting in over-population.
OCTROI	Tax imposed on articles coming inside a city.
PUBLIC SECTOR	Applies to State enterprises or undertaking.
RECESSION	An economic phenomenon characterised by excessive production, less demand, tight money market.
SOFT CURRENCY	Currency of a country with which we have favourable balance of trade.
STERLING AREA	Group of countries of Commonwealth (except Canada) keeping their reserves in sterling and not gold or dollars.
TARIFFS	Measures undertaking by one country to protect industry against trade competition from outside.

General Knowledge: Legal Terms- GK – Terminology

AFFIDAVIT　

A statement on oath for use as evidence in legal proceedings.

CONTEMPT OF COURT　

Any disobedience of the court verdict.

COPYRIGHT　

Exclusive right of an author in his works,　

COVENANT　

An agreement under seal between two or more persons.

DECREE　

Judgement or decision having the force of law.

DETENU　

Persons who dies without making any will.

INTESTATE　

A person who dies without making any will.

LIBEL　

A published statement damaging to a person's reputation or business.

MANDAMUS　

A writ issued by a higher court to a lower court directing it to perform a specified act pertaining to its office.

PLAINTIFF　

A person who, as complainant, brings a suit in a court of law.

Military ,Aviation And Naval Terms- General Knowledge GK – Terminology

ARSENAL

Place where arms and ammunition are manufactured and stored.

BATTALION

An army unit consisting of 1,000 combatants led by a Lieutenant Colonel.

BATTERY

A unit of a number of artillery guns, mobile or fixed.

BULL'S EYE

The point of target that has t be aimed or hit while practicing shooting.

COCKPIT

Pilot's seat in the fuselage of an aeroplane.

CAMOUFLAGE

Hiding of objects by various means to deceive or bamboozle the enemy about their real location thereby protecting them from air and ground attacks.

COMMANDO

A mobile body of guerilla fighters.

CONSCRIPTION

Compulsory recruitment of personnel for service in the armed forces.

DIVISION

Normally, a division has 20,000 troops commanded by a Major General equipped with two or more brigades of infantry with befitting artillery and engineering equipment.

DOGFIGHT

An aerial duel between two or more aircraft's at a close range.

FLOTILLA

A fleet of boats or small ships.

GUIDED MISSILES

Powered by rockets or jet propulsion, they are unmanned, self propelled air or space vehicle fitted with explosive warheads. Guided missiles are either self directed with inlaid controls or under remote controls based on the firing range.

ICBM

Inter Continental Ballistic Missile is a rocket propelled surface to surface guided missile carrying a nuclear warhead which can reach a destined city or installation in the world and destroy it entirely.

INTERMEDIATE RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILE (IRBM)

It is of three types, viz, air to air, surface to air, and air to surface. Air to air guided missile, launched from an aircraft is employed to hit target in the battlefield. Surface to surface and air to air guided missiles are employed against enemy missiles or targets.

JUMBO JET

A large passenger jet aircraft having the capacity to life nearly 447 passengers.

NUCLEAR UMBRELLA

Giving air shield to a city or by nuclear weapons. It is also called parasol or Sombrero.

STAR WARS

Deployment of weapons on satellites in space with a view to destroy inter-continental ballistic missiles in space coming from the enemy.

SQUADRON

Air Force formation consisting of 20 aircraft's commanded by a Squadron Leader.

Antonyms or Opposites for some exams

Antonyms or Opposites for bank po exams

Vulgar
i) smooth ii) ugly iii) decent iv) indecent

Urbane
i) rough ii) civilised iii) peasant iv) rude

Transient
i) lasting ii) temporary iii) passing iv) other-wordly

Entry
i) outpass ii) exit iii) way out iv) admission

Slander
i) tarrish ii) degrade iii) eulogise iv) malign

Belittle
i) praise ii) upgrade iii) degrade iv) shorten

Advance
i) return ii) retreat iii) afterwards iv) before

Genuine
i) falsity ii) real iii) athentic iv) spurious

Forbes top 10 richest Indians-October 2011

Mukesh Ambani
Lakshmi Mittal
Azim Premji
Shashi and Ravi Ruia
Savitri Jindal
Sunil Mittal
Gautam Adani
Kumar Birla
Pallonji Mistry
Adi Godrej

Current Affairs Month Wise: August 2011

Current Affairs Month Wise: August 2011

Who has been appointed as Nepal Prime Minister?
Dr.Baburam Bhattarai

Which sector has given the go signal by RBI to open banks?
Corporate sectors like Tata, Adithya Brila Group Mahindra and Mahindra etc.

Which Index launched by Magicbricks.com has been rated No.1 property portal?
PropIndex, the India Apartment Index

Which ace hockey wizard's birth anniversary is celebrated as World Sports Day on 29th August?
Dhyan Chand

What was the traded value of derivative contracts on S&P 500 futures, S&P options and DJIA futures on its launch date(28th August 2011)?
Rs.122 crore

Who won the Belgian Grand Prix?
Sebastian Vettel

Which hollywood movie is set to be shot in Sarojini Nagar, Delhi and Navagam town near Ahmedabad in India?
James Bond movie - Bond 23

Which National website has changed its url after a suspected hacking attempt?
National Security Gaurd -nwg.gov.in

Which university conferred M.S.Dhoni with an honorary doctorate for his exemplary leadership quality?
De Montfort University

Who became Japan's 6th Prime Minister in 5 years?
Yoshihiko Noda

Name the Microwave Oven and Washing Machine launched by LG Electronics India recently.
Charcoal Lighting HeaterTM Microwave Oven and 6 Motion Inverter Direct Drive Washing Machine

What is the growth forecast (in percentage) for 2011-12 as per RBI?
8%

Which hurricane has forced New York state governor to declare emergency?
Hurricane Irene

Which minister do not have power to allot land as per Supreme Court?
Chief Minister

Which space research course(Master degree) has been launched by University of Pondicherry recently?
Master of Science Astrophysics

Which legendary singer was conferred with Pazhassi Raja award for 2011?
Lata Mangeshkar

Name the Japanese Prime Minister who resigned recently.
Naoto Kan

Name the derivative contracts that NSE has launched to trade in India from 29th August 2011.
Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500

Who has been hired as CEO of AMD who earlier served as COO of Lenevo?
Rory Read

Name the all-India Junior champions who were felicitated for their historic bronze medal winning performance for India at the Nomura Cup in Fiji.
S.Chikkarangappa and Khalin Joshi

Which company has entered into coldchain consultancy segment recently?
Ingersoll Rand

Who has been elected as 7th President of Singapore?
Tony Tan

What is the forex reserves of India for the week ended August 19th 2011?
$318.22 billion

Which Vedanta Group firm would stop mining in Karnataka's Chitradurga district following Supreme Court's order?
Sesa Goa

Which England county cricket considers Rahul Dravid as its own?
Kent county cricket

Name the Robot receptionist at the Tech Hall at Tepia in Tokyo.
Wakamaru

Who won the Test series against India by an Innings and 8 runs, termed to be as worst performance since 1959?
England

Who became the first bowler to take three hatricks in one-day cricket?
Latish Malinga

Who was honoured with Degree of Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) from IIT - Kharagpur?
Sunil Bharti Mittal

Who won the woman's Cincinnati WTA Title?
Maria Sharapova

Who won the mens doubles Cincinnati WTA Title?
Leander Peas and Mahesh Bhupathi

Name the President of Standard and Poor chief who quit recently.
Deven Sharma

Who becomes the first woman to conquer 14,800 metre summit (K2) without artificial oxygen?
Austrian climber Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner

Which Hollywood studio has made some of its film available online as rentals at social networking site Facebook?
Miramax

Name the new variant car launched by Tata motors.
Tata Vista

Name the mouse launched by LG recently. Mention its additional feature.
Mouse Scanner

Who has been named as CEO of Apple post Steve Jobs resignation?
Tim Cook

Name the USB 3.0 hard drive launched by Transcend.
StoreJet 25A3, USB 3.0 (compatible with USB 2.0)

Who has been appointed as chairman of the Board of Directors of Press Trust of India?
M.P.Veerendrakumar

Name the mouse launched by Microsoft featuring touch strip.
Multi-touch mouse

Which ace Indian football player retired recently?
Bhaichung Bhutia

Who is all set to introduce Jan Lokpall Bill as a private member's bill in LokSabha?
BJP MP Varun Gandhi

Who has been appointed as joint Managing Director of Hero MotoCorp (formerly Hero Honda)?
Sunil Kant Munjal

Which film director eyes for stake in Indian Premier League team Kochi Tuskers?
Priyadarshan

Expand Infosys. Who logged out as Chief Mentor and Chairman from the IT giant Infosys on Friday 19th August 2011?
INFOrmation SYStem. N.R.Narayana Murthy

Which company has launched Android tablet priced at Rs.6,250?
LACS (Lakshmi Access Communications Systems)

Which consumer major has launched online game and mobile app to promote corporate awareness?
Reckitt Benckiser

Who won the Cincinnati Masters title held at Ohio recently?
Andy Murray

Who won his first US PGA Tour title at the Wyndham Championship?
Webb Simpson

Which Bank has sought support of Rs.300 crore from the Government to fund business growth?
Corporation Bank

Who surpassed Sunil Gavaskar's record of 34 hundreds in Test Cricket recently?
Rahul Dravid

Where and at which event was Jon 'Eggman' Egging a British pilot killed recently?
Near Bournemouth Airport in Dorset. At an Airshow in Britain

Which Indian city turns 372 today (22nd August 2011)?
Chennai

Name the Marxist historian and Indologist who passed away recently.
Ram Sharan Sharma

Which feature has google launched as music blog for users of Google Music Beta?
Google Magnifier

Name the deposit scheme that Indian Bank has launched for people under the financial inclusion plan.
Variable Recurring Deposit Scheme

Which service has Yahoo launched to allow users to enjoy full-length movies for free?
Movieplex

Who has taken charge as HAL's Director Corporate Planning and Marketing?
Baldev Singh

Who has been named captain for Women's Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament?
Saba Anjum

Which former cricketer also secretary of Bihar Jharkhand Cricket Association passed away due to brain hemorrhage?
Ramesh Saxena

Which Indian oil gaints are allowed to dig oil at the Gulf of Mannar?
ONGC and Cairn India

Name the tablet model launched by Beetel in India.
Beetel Magiq, priced at 9,999

Who has been renamed as Indian hockey team's captain for inaugural Asian Champions Trophy in Ordos, China?
Rajpal Singh

Who has been appointed as director for Whirlpool Corporation?
Harish Manwani

Which Bill in India is set to be tabled in Winter Parliament session?
Food bill

What position does India hold in Golf after Nomura Cup?
3rd place

Which Academy Award winner for Best Original Song (for Jai Ho) and the Padma Bhushan recipient turned 75 years?
Sampoorna Singh Kalra (Gulzar)

Which art director who had been associated with movies like Raavan, Guru, Rang De Basanti etc. passed away recently?
Samir Chandra

Which company replaced Reliance Industries as most valued company in the elite of 30 companies that constitutes the Sensex?
Coal India

How many from India are set to participate in the World athletics championships to be held in Daegu, Korea from August 27th to September 4th 2011? Name them.
8, Men: Renjith Maheswary (triple jump), Om Prakash Singh (shot put), Vikas Gowda (discus), Gurmeet Singh and Babubhai Panucha (20km walk)
Women: Tintu Luka (800m), Mayookha Johny (long jump and triple jump) and Harwant Kaur (discus)

Which company will title sponsor for Indian GP to be held on the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida on October 30th 2011?
Airtel

What is the food inflation as on July 30th 2011?
9.90 per cent

Name the Indo-Canadian who has been appointed the president and CEO of the Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC)?
Karna Gupta

Which car model has Maruti Suzuki set to unveil in the Indian market?
Maruti 800cc

Which three banks are planning a Joint Venture commercial bank in Malaysia?
Bank of Baroda, Andhra Bank and Indian Overseas Bank

Who is to replace Arvind Jadhav as Air India chief?
Rohit Nandan

Which bollywood actor passed away recently?
Shammi Kapoor

Which Bank's net profit dip to about 45% as it disclosed its Q1 earnings?
State Bank of India

Who won the ATP Montreal Masters title?
Novak Djokovic

Who won the bronze medal at the World Badminton Championship after a gap of 28 years?
Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponappa

Name the former NASDAQ MD who has been sentenced to 42 months in prison and has been ordered to forfeit over $700,000 illegal profits made during his role in an insider trading scheme.
Donald Johnson

Which country's President has called for national government by August 21st 2011?
Nepal, President Dr.Ram Baran

Which telecom company increased call tariffs by 20% recently?
Reliance Communications

Which section of education is to be made Universal unlike elementary education in India?
Secondary Education

What is the West Bengal government planning to setup for medical benefits to remote corner people?
Health Bank

Who won his first World Golf Championship title?
Adam Scott

Who became the first bowler to clinch 6 wickets in a Twenty20 International Cricket?
Ajantha Mendis

What is the maximum amount that can be withdrawn from a third-party ATM per transaction?
Rs.10,000

Which Indian University recently signed pact with university of Sydney?
Anna University

For which programme an Indian student pursuing her Ph.D in chemical biology from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research chosen?
SciFinder Academic Exchange Program

Which company has launched 3G Tablet priced at Rs.12,999 with special data plans in India?
RCom

What is the extension period given to RBI Governor D.Subbarao?
2 years (untill Spetember 4th 2013)

Which Insurance company is set to sue Bank of America to recover about $10 billion?
AIG (American International Group Inc)

Which company has collaborated with Singapore Management University for a R&D facility for cloud-based IT solutions?
TCS

Which Bank has launced Debit Card with credit limit? Name the card.
IDBI Bank. IDBI Magic Card

Who has been appointed as CEO for Bharti Airtel's broadband and DTH services?
Rajiv Rajagopal for Broadband and data services and Shashi Arora for DTH and media services

Who has entered the 2nd round of the World Badminton Championships defeating Germany's Domke Dieter?
P.Kashyap

Which Indian women cricketer has been suspended from bowling in international cricket for illegal action?
Snehal Pradhan

Name the project under which all post offices in India are to be provided with Internet connectivity.
India Post Technology Project 2012

Which two districts in Karnataka is set to get RAHI airports?
Shimoga and Gulbarga

On which planet has Nasa found the first evidence of flowing water recently?
Mars

Which two industries of Japan are set to merge?
Hitachi and Mitsubishi

Which Legendary singer's 81st birth anniversary was celebrated on 4th August 2011?
Kishore Kumar

Parts of which African country is hit by Famine according to United Nations?
Somalia

Which model has Harley-Davidson launched in India priced at Rs.19.7 lakh?
Fat Boy Special

Which service did Vodafone roll out in Bangalore recently?
3G services

Where is the Hockey Asian Champions Trophy is to be held?
Ordos, China

Name the ex-PM of Ukraine who was arrested recently.
Yulia Tymoshenko

Who has become first female prime minister of Thailand?
Yingluck Shinawatra

Where is the Folksam Grand Prix meet being held?
Karlstad, Sweden
What is the downgraded credit rating given by S&P to USA?
AA+

Which cricketer has been recalled to One-Day match against England after 2 years?
Rahul Dravid

Whose maiden century in Twenty20 cricket against Australia set Sri Lanka a 35 run victory?
Tilakaratne Dilshan

Which South African fast bowler cricketer celebrated his 100th birthday recently?
Norman Gordon

Which Taiwan company has recently launched tablet PCs priced at Rs.15,000?
Micro-Star International (MSI)

Who has been ranked world No.1 in double trap shooting as per the ISSF world rankings?
Ronjan Sodhi

Iscom along with Elmwood College, St.Andrew's UK has launched a Post-Graduate course for which sporting event?
Post-graduate programme in golf management

Which is Apple's latest Operating System?
OS X Lion

Who won the Citi Open WTA doubles title held in USA?
Sania Mirza and Yaroslava Shvedova

Which UK-listed miner gets formal approval from the Indian government for its acquisition of stake in Cairn India?
Vedanta Resources or Vedanta

Which Tata group firm is set to open online consumer durables and electronics store?
Tata Croma

Which company has launched its first Financial Technology Grid to offer services in banking domain?
Polaris software

Which computer manufacturer has introduced rupee symbol on desktop computer keyboard, compatible with Microsoft softwares?
LenovoIndia

Which country has approved plans to setup first Tibetian bank?
China

Who has been appointed as consulting head for India at Capgemini?
Anish Sarkar

Name the sedan unveiled by Nissan India.
Sunny

Who has been sworn in a Karnataka's Chief Minister?
D.V.Sadananda Gowda

Which molecule has been found in Orion constellation of stars?
1 molecule of Oxygen was found for every million hydrogen molecules

Name the version of Media Reader launched by Kingston.
USB 3.0 Media Reader

Which bank has launched a service of accepting income tax payment through ATMs?
HDFC Bank

Current Affairs Month Wise: September 2011

Current Affairs Month Wise: September 2011

Who was awarded a lifetime achievement award at the Zurich Film Festival in Switzerland?
Roman Polanski

Name the typhoon that left about 31 people dead and displacing over 60,000 families in Philippines.
Nesat

Which company has launched its enterprise business unit in India?
Huawei

Who will play host to the IBSF World Snooker Championship tournament?
Karnataka State Billiards Association

What is the Indian railway ministry planning to setup on the lines of Airport Authority of India?
Station Authority of India

What is the food inflation for the week ended September 17th 2011?
9.13%

Who won the Bilbao Final Masters against Vishwanathan Anand?
Vassily Ivanchuk

Who has been named as director general of the Border Security Force?
U.K.Bansal

Which manufacturing facility has nokia set to shut down?
Romania factory

Who has been appointed executive director (corporate affairs) at Indian Oil Corporation?
Vijay Gupta

When is the Karnataka Badminton League set to start?
November 5th 2011

Who is set to lead an 18-member Indian women's hockey team to Australia for a Test and International Super Series Tournament?
Saba Anjum

Who bought a Caribbean island worth $16 million recently?
Shakira

Who has been named captain of the Indian hockey team's 3-week tour of Australia?
Bharat Chetri

Which plant of Bosch has been shut due to strike?
Bangalore plant

Which Reliance company got RBI nod to sell stake in Reliance Life
Reliance Capital

Which Rajya Sabha member passed away recently?
Ramdayal Munda
Who broke the world record to win the Berlin Men's Marathon?
Patrick Makau, 27 kilometers in 2 hours, 3 minutes and 38 seconds

Which middle-east country has given women the right to vote and run in municipal elections?
Saudi Arabia

Which state's Chief Minister has announced laptop for students securing 50% marks?
Assam

Who won the Singapore GP 2011?
Sebastian Vettel

Who won silver medal in the Archery World Cup final held in Istanbul?
Deepika Kumari

Which Indian movie finds 14th place in the all-time 25 best sports movies list of Time?
Lagaan

Which Kenyan Nobel laureate died battling against cancer?
Wangari Maathai

Which European country's Prime Minister announced dissolution of parliament?
Spanish Prime Minister - Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

Name the head of Swiss banking giant UBS who resigned recently.
Oswald J. Gruebel

Which US oil and gas group has approved A$29 billion Australian LNG project?
Chevron

Who has been appointed as Indian envoy to Saudi Arabia?
Hamid Ali Rao

Which company is set to launch Microsoft Mango phone in October 2011?
Samsung

Which technology major entered teens by celebrating 13th birthday?
Google

Which country unveiled its first military panel recently?
South Africa

Which festival is set to begin at Karnataka's cultural capital, Mysore?
401st Dasara festival (September 28th to October 6th 2011)

Which country inaugurated global innovation network, 'FinNode' in India offering green technology, education, information and communication technology?
Finland

Against which banks were maximum complaints received as per Banking Ombudsman?
State Bank of India, ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank

Who performed a stunt picking up and throwing a 150-kg bike on the sets of his upcoming action film 'Force'?
John Abraham

Which wildlife sanctuary has been expanded to 1.41 lakh hectares recently?
Sathyamangalam

What trade target value has been agreed by India and Myanmar to be achieved by 2015?
$3 billion
Which Ex-Indian captain passed away recently?
Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi

Who has won Zambia's presidential elections?
Michael Sata

What is the value of Rupee against dollar as on 22nd September 2011?
49.57

Who has been appointed as Chief Technology Officer of Nokia?
Richard Green

Which Asian country is planning to set up National Cyder security centre?
Singapore

Where does food inflation stand as on September 10th 2011?
8.84%

Which Malayalam film has been chosen as India's entry for Oscars?
Adaminte Makan Abu

Who has been named CEO of HP?
Meg Whitman

Which festival is to be celebrated over the next 15 months as part of the 60th anniversary of the bilateral relations with Germany?
Germany in India

Which country has opened innovation network centre to foster collaboration with India in all aspects relating to R&D, innovation and business?
Finland

Name the cricketer who announced retirement from first class cricket recently.
Vinod Kambli

List the banks which were downgraded to CAA2 from B3
National Bank of Greece, EFG Eurobank Ergasias, Alpha Bank, Piraeus Bank, Agricultural Bank of Greece and Attica Bank

List the banks which were downgraded to B3 from B1
Emporiki Bank of Greece and General Bank of Greece

Where is the International music festival being held?
Rio De Janerio

Who is set to return as Russian President?
Valdimir Putin

Which country's football league is set to start in India?
America - American Football League

Name the Chief Executive of UBS who resigned recently.
Oswald Gruebel

Who won the woman's 3-match international football series held in New Delhi?
India

Where is the 66th session of United Nations General Assembly being held?
UN Headquarters, New York

Who has been elected as president of BCCI?
N.Srinivasan

Who has been appointed as IPL Chief?
Rajiv Shukla

Which UAE college has Birla Institure of Technology is set to operate?
Royal College of Applied Science and Technology

Which sandalwood female actor is set to contest for Youth Congress chief post?
Ramya

Which kannada poet has been selected for Knanpith Award, India's highest literary honour?
Chandrashekhara Kambar

Which two Hindi authors have been chosen for India's highest literary honour Jnanpith Award for 2009?
Shrilal Shukla and Amar Kant

What and which European nation credit rating has been downgraded by S&P?
From A+/A-1+ to A/A-1, Italy

Which service has Google opened to all taking fight to Facebook?
Google Plus

In order to help farmers and push retail prices ban on which product export has been lifted recently?
Onion

Who has bee re-elected as chief of Karnataka Milk Federation?
G.Somashekara Reddy

In which country the Indian Council for Cultural Relations is set to inaugurate the Gandhi Centre on October 2nd?
Netherlands

Which part of India has been hit by bird flu recently?
West Bengal and Assam

Who won his maiden World Championship cycle tournament?
6-time Russian champion Peter Svidler

Which group has bagged the Network of the Year trophy at the Spikes Asia Advertising Festival in Singapore?
DDB Group

Which Dubai-based company has picked up 12% stake in Everonn Education?
Varkey Group's education firm Gems education

Name the company which divided its business into operating and network division recently.
Maxis-owned Aircel

Which 2 teams have been qualified for Champions League Twenty 20 cricket main draw?
Kolkata Knight Riders and Somerset

Which 2 players were handed lifeline after Hockey India lifted two-year ban imposed on them for indiscipline?
Sandeep Singh and Sardara Singh

Name the board which is to be setup for all policy and certification related issues of the automobile industry.
National Automotive board

When is the World Twenty 20 cricket scheduled to begin?
September 18th 2012

Whose proposal of ODI format change was rejected by ICC recently?
Sachin Tendulkar

Which country's UN membership bid was rejected by US President Barack Obama recently?
Palestine

How long is the Emergency law valid in Egypt as the military council?
Until June 2012

Which city is the first to introduce all-electric cabs?
Mexico city(Mexico)

Which is the Latest tablet launched by Amazon.com?
Kindle Fire

Which company has produced the first glasses-free 3-D TV?
Toshiba

Which is the new hollywood sports movie in which Brad pitt is in lead role?
Money ball

Which middle-east country is set to invest in Indian markets?
Iran

Which country's court has banned Samsung tablet computer?
Germany

Which hockey tournament has been moved out of India as FIH is unhappy with the sport being run by 2 bodies - Hockey India and Indian Hockey Federation?
Champions Trophy Hockey tournament

Which country-men and who won the men's 5000 metre world title at the World Athletics Championships in Daegu?
Britian's Mo Farah

Name the architect who designed 133-foot Thiruvalluvar statue in Kanyakumari passed away recently.
V.Ganapati Sthapati

Which Indian-American elected as the governor of a US state filed his re-election papers?
Bobby Jindal

Which ERP platform has IBM decided to implement at Automotive Axles?
SAP

Which country has qualified for Euro 2012 finals after winning over Liechtenstein?
Spain

How many items has been announced by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as duty free from Bangladesh?
61 items

Which 2 Hockey teams matches were drawn in Asian Championship Trophy?
India and Malaysia

Name the CDMA based Android 2.1 handset launched by Reliance Communications.
Coolpad CDMA

Four year-old ban on which export product was lifted at the same time prohibition on another product laid by Government?
Wheat and Onion

Which legendary singer turned 78 and debuts dubbing for her Bollywood film, 'Maaee'?
Asha Bhonsle

Who took charge as Chief General Manager of State Bank of India for Bangalore Circle, covering Karnataka?
Ashwini Mehra

Which TV show of Actor Madhavan is set to turn as a film?
Ghar Jamai

Current Affairs :BOOKS AND AUTHORS OF 2011

Current Affairs :BOOKS AND AUTHORS OF 2011

Book	Author
Home Boy	H.M. Naqvi
The Story of a Widow	Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Atlas of Unknowns	Tania James
Coconut Unlimited	Nikesh Shukla
The Temple Goers	Aatish Taseer
Not Quite White	Simon Thirsk
Witness the Night	Kishwar Drsai
Times by the Thames: An Indian Cruise	Vijay Dutt
The Congress and the Making of Indian Nation	Pranab Mukherjee
Beyond Silence	Kusum Ansal
Kurukshetra to Kargil	K. Kuldip Singh
Journey of a Nation: Indian National Congress; 125 Years	Anand Sharma
Tenders Hooks	Moni Mohsin
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer	Siddhartha Mukherjee
The Intolerant Indian	Gautam Adhikari
The Gathering	Kelly Armstrong
Chalti Chaki	Suryanath Singh
Through Her Eyes	Jennifer Archer
Beautiful Beings	Kailin Gow
In the Shadow of the Lamp	Susanne Dunlap
The Pleasure Seekers	Tinhani Doshis
Only time will tell	Jeffrey Archer
The inheritor	Upendra Tankha
Indian Cinema- The Faces Behind the mask	Anil Sarri
Patrons of Poor-Caste Politics and Policymaking in India	Narayan Lakshman
The Taste of Sorrow	Jude Morgan
Kashmir and Beyond- 1966-84	Karan Singh
A Doctor in the House	Mahathir Mohammed
Muan Jodro	Om  Tanvi
Third Best	Arjun Rao
Billy Arjan Singh- The tiger of Dudhwa	Shaminder Boparai
The Collaborator	Mirza Waheed
Pure Sequence	Paro Anand
River of Smoke	Amitav Ghosh
Geek Nation	Angela Saini
First Day First Show	Anupama Chopra
Magical Moonbeams	Ruqayia Shabir Tantray
The Dowry Problem	Robin Wyatt with Nazia Masood
Teesri Taali	Pradip Saurabh
Love was Never Mine	Kunal Bhardwaj
Priya- In Incredible Indyaa	Namita Gokhale
The Memory of Love	Aminatta Forna
Grace Williams Says it Loud	Emma Henderson
Leela's Book	Alice Albinia
Great House	Nicoe Krauss
Annable	Katjleen Winter
Room	Emma Donoghue
Not Made In Heaven	Ranjana Sinha
Last Man in Tower	Arvind Adiga
Carte Blanch(James Bond Novel)	Jeffery Deaver
Wheat Killing You?	Ishi Khosla
A Madras Miscellany –A decade of People ,Place and Potpourri	S. Muthian
Daughters –A Story if Five generation	Bharati Roy
Born Liars	Ian Leslie
Three Parts Desire	Shailaja Bajpai
Broken melodies	Gajra Kottary
Chand@Aasman.Com	Vimal Kumar
A Man Melting	Craig Cliff
The Memory of love	Aminatta Forna
Commitment And Creativity and Reminiscences of an IAS officer	PN Bhandari
A Free Man	Aman Sethi
On China	Henry Kissinger
Those in Peril	Wilbur Smith
Deadly Embrace	Bruce Riedel
The Abduction	John Grisham
Killing Hour	Andrew Gross
Unbroken	Laura Hillenbrand
The Service of the State	Upamanyu Chatterjee
This is All I have to Say	Swapan Seth
Prisoner No 100	Anjum Zamarud Habib
Sepia Leaves	Amandeep Sandhu
And All is Said- Memoris of a Home Divided	Zareer Masani
Interleaves	Lata Mani
The Female Eunuch	Germaine Greer
His Majesty's Opponent- Subhas Chandra Bose, India's Struggle Against Empire	Sugata Bose
State of Wonder	Anna Patchett
Does He Know a Mother's Heart?	Arun Shourie