Current Affair :September/Oct 2011 for Competitive Exams

BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
1. The government approved merger of State Bank of India Commercial
and International Bank
Ltd (SBICI) with its parent bank SBI. SBICI was set up in which of
the following year?
a. 1991
b. 1992
c. 1993
d. 1994

2. Airlines company of which country has recently placed largest
aircraft order in history?
a. Australia
b. Germany
c. United States
d. Russia

3. Government has lowered its GDP forecast for 2011-12 to how much per
cent from the earlier estimate of about 9 per cent in view of a
likely moderation in industrial output?
a. 7.9%
b. 8.2%
c. 8.6%
d. 8.9%

4. The Central Government has recently sanctioned the Scheme of
Amalgamation of Maharashtra
Elektrosmelt Ltd (MEL) with :
a. Jindal Steel and Power
b. Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL)
c. Tata Steel
d. ArcelorMittal Dhamm Processing Pvt Ltd

5. The Inter Ministerial Group (IMG) formed to look into fi nancial
woes of fl agship carrier and
gave its in-principle approval for Rs.1,200 crore equity infusion to
a. Air India
b. Railways of India
c. Shipping Corporation of India
d. Steel Authority of India Limited

6. Which Indian company along with Sai Infosystem (India) Ltd. (SIS)
launched the first of its kind Voice & Video Telephony (VVOIP) over
Internet protocol services in India?
a. MTNL
b. BSNL
c. Vodafone
d. Airtel

7. Maharashtra Elektrosmelt Ltd (MEL) has been merged with which of
the following given company?
a. NTPC
b. SAIL
c. NPCIL
d. OIL

8. Which company has recently commissioned India's first thermal set
of 525 MW rating at Maithon Right Bank Thermal Power Project in
Jharkhand?
a. Bharat Electronics Limited
b. National Hydro Power Corporation
c. Bharat Heavy Electric Limited
d. Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited

9. Two Indian cities had been ranked 2nd and 4th respectively,
according to a global study of
fastest developing cities conducted by 'The City Mayors Foundation',
an international think tank on urban affairs. Identify the cities.
a. Surat and Ghaziabad
b. Ghaziabad and Surat
c. Mumbai and Delhi
d. Delhi and Mumbai

10. The LCV (light commercial vehicle), a joint venture between which
of the two following companies has produced "Dost"?
a. Ashok Leyland of Hinduja Group and Nissan Motor Company of Japan
b. Ashok Leyland of Hinduja Group and Renault group of France
c. Tata Motors Group of India and Nissan Motor Company of Japan
d. Mahindra & Mahindra Group of India and Nissan Motor Company of Japan

11. Recently central government has sought a partnership in
publicizing of Bharat Nirman
Programme with which of the following organisations?
a. ONGC
b. Indian Railways
c. India Post
d. Doordarshan

12. Religare Enterprises's investment banking arm, Religare Capital
Markets has acquired
majority stake in which of the following South African broking firm?
a. Noah Financial Innovation
b. Rainbow Financial Services (RFS)
c. Royal African Finances
d. SA Assets Managemnet

13. The Deutsche Bank has confirmed to appoint which of the following
Indian investment
banker as its co-CEO?
a. Navin Chandra
b. Rahul Jain
c. Anshu Jain
d. Ravi Mallick

14. Which of the following world's fourth largest car-maker has
decided to set up a three lakhcars-per-annum manufacturing plant in
Sanand?
a. Ford
b. General Motors
c. Toyota Motors
d. Hyundai

15. The Central Board of Trustees, the apex decision-making body of
the Employees Provident
Fund Organisation, approved appointment of which of the following
bank as the custodian of securities of the EPFO?
a. RBS
b. HSBC
c. Standard Chartered Bank
d. ABN Amro

16. Recently a 12-month ban of synthetic cannabis products has come
into effect in New Zealand. The government says the 43 artificial
cannabis products can harm health, including causing heart problems.
Cannabis is used since ancient times, for which of the following given
medical purpose?
a. As an antibiotic drug
b. As a catalyst drug
c. As a mineral supplement
d. As a recreational drug

17. Which one of the following Indian company has entered into
collaboration with the Singapore Management University (SMU) for a new
R&D facility for cloud-based IT solutions for cities worldwide?
a. Tata Consultancy Services
b. Wipro Technologies
c. Infosys
d. Mahindra Satyam

18. Recently the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs gave a major fi
llip to Maharatna SAIL
by approving its proposal for revival of the Sindri
fertilizermanufacturing unit by SAIL. The Sindri fertilizer-
manufacturing unit belongs to which one of the following company?
a. Krishak Bharti Cooperative
Limited (KRIBHCO)
b. Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited (IFFCO)
c. Tata Chemicals Limited (TCL)
d. Fertilizer Cooperation of India (FCIL)

19. Recently Nissan Motor India unveiled its premium mid-size sedan
offering for India, by name:
a. Vista
b. Sunny
c. Verna
d. Figo

20. European airlines are pressing ahead with biofuel plans in order
to cut use of regular jet fuel.
Which one of the following airline of the Europe became the fi rst
airline to use biofuels on regular commercial flights in a six-month
trial?
a. Lufthansa
b. International
Airlines Group
c. Air France
d. Turkish Airline

21. Employees Provident Fund Organisation, approved appointment of
which bank as the custodian of securities of the EPFO?
a. Standard Chartered Bank
b. ANZ Grindlays
c. Kotak Mahindra
d. Oriental Bank of Commerce

22. Which country is stepping into the Indian Ocean for the first time
for mineral exploration?
a. Japan
b. Canada
c. China
d. India

23. India plans its own 90-seater aircraft series by which of the
following year?
a. 2015
b. 2016
c. 2017
d. 2020

24. Which state has the highest rural teledensity of 70.23 ?
a. Karnataka
b. Himachal Pradesh
c. Rajasthan
d. Gujarat

25. Which one of the following is the world's most valuable company
with market capitalization of $337 billion?
a. Apple
b. Exxon Mobile
c. Microsoft
d. Berkshire Hathaway Inc

26. For the fi rst time, two leading private sector groups have joined
hands with state-owned
undertakings to jointly bid for iron ore blocks in Afghanistan's
Hajigak mines. They are:
a. Tata and Jindal
b. Tata and Reliance
c. Reliance and Jindal
d. Reliance and Sterlite

27. Which company has bagged the Safety and Quality award instituted
by the Safety and Quality
Forum of The Institution of Engineers (India), Tamil Nadu?
a. ONGC
b. Reliance Info
c. Wipro
d. Infosys

28. Which among the following has launched a mobile messaging
application for Apple's iPhone
and Android devices?
a. Twitter
b. Google
c. Face book
d. None of the above
29. The Centre plans to amend the Atomic Energy Act to acquire land in
and around the world's
biggest nuclear plant in the works at :
a. Jaitapur
b. Narora
c. Uduppi
d. Karnal

30. Fortis Healthcare International, holding company of India's
billionaire Singh brothers,is based
at:
a. Singapore
b. Mauritius
c. Germany
d. United Kingdom

31. Which country is rocked by reports that its hospitals has sold
dead infants and placenta to an
underground factory to manufacture nutrition pills?
a. India
b. South Korea
c. China
d. Japan

32. Which among the following countries are banning short selling on
select stocks amid efforts
to calm market turmoil that has sent bank shares gyrating wildly and
aggravated worries about Europe's huge debts?
a. France
b. Italy
c. Both
d. None of the above

CURRENT AFFAIRS
1. Which among the following constitutional amendment bill contains
the provision of increase in women reservation in panchayats?
a. 110th
b. 111th
c. 112th
d. 113th

2. Who among the following Lokayukta has asked President to censure
Chief Minister of Delhi?
a. Santosh Hegde
b. Manmohan Sarin
c. Alok Vadhwa
d. Purshottam Jaiswal
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3. Which state has announced the decision to demerge its National
Institute of Sports (NIS), from
the Sports Authority of India (SAI)?
a. Punjab
b. Himachal Pradesh
c. Gujarat
d. Maharashtra

4. What is the name of the New Intelligence Chief, who handed over
command of US and NATOled troops in Afghanistan?
a. General David Petraeus
b. General Rodrigue
c. General Basil Peterson
d. General Farimon Luasa

5. Who among the following has recently taken over as the director of
the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII)?
a. J P Sinha
b. Sharmila Tagore
c. Shabana Azmi
d. Dharmendra Jai Narain

6. The GSAT-12 communication satellite has been launched successfully
on July 15, 2011 by
which of the following launch vehicle?
a. GSLV G-6
b. GSLV-F7
c. PSLV C-16
d. PSLV C-17

7. Recently the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO)
successfully fl ighttested its latest missile Prahaar from the Launch
Complex III of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) off the Chandipur coast
in Balasore district. Prahaar is a
a. Surface to surface missile
b. Surface to air missile
c. Air to surface missile
d. Sea to air missile

8. Chinese and Southeast Asian officials have agreed on a draft of
guidelines to avert tension in
the South China Sea at a meeting held with senior officials of the
10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN at:
a. Manila (Philippines)
b. Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei)
c. Ho Chi Minh city (Vietnam)
d. Bali (Indonesia)

9. Who is the current Prime Minister of Egypt?
a. Essam Sharaf
b. Gouda Abdel Khalek
c. Mahmoud Eissa
d. Hazem El-Beblawi

10 Hurricane Dora was active recently over the region of
a. Australia
b. Europe
c. South America
d. North America

11. The Cabinet approved the proposal for enhancing reservation for
women in Panchayats from
the present 33 per cent to 50 per cent with the provision being
applicable to all seats filled through
a. Direct election
b. Indirect election
c. Nomination
d. Both direct election and nomination

12. India signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreement with which of
the following country paving the way for the possibility of exporting
its atomic power plants recently?
a. North Korea
b. South Kora
c. China
d. Singapore

13. Recently English has been dropped as final year subject in which
of the following state
university?
a. Mumbai
b. Saurashtra
c. Odisha
d. Himachal Pradesh

14. Which IIM has announced extension of the reach of its publisher
training programme to
countries in South East Asia from next year?
a. IIM Lucknow
b. IIM Ahmedabad
c. IIM Kozhikode
d. IIM Bangalore

15. What is the name of the Metropolitan Police Commissioner who
resigned following criticism for hiring former News of the World
executive Neil Wallis - who was questioned by police investigating
hacking - as an adviser in UK?
a. Sir Vinfery simpson
b. Sir Maddley Thomson
c. Sir Anerdson Majle
d. Sir Paul Stephenson

16. Who among the following was offi cially named as the next envoy of
India to the United States
of America ?
a. Nirupama Roy
b. A N Ahuja
c. R K Sharma
d. J P S hukla

17. Which of the following personality has been appointed by West
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerji as an advisor to 'Resurgent
Bengal' scheme?
a. Amartya sen
b. Sam Pitroda
c. Arjun Sengupta
d. Usha Thorat

18. The world's largest Indian flag weighing 250 kg was unfurled at the
'Vibrant India Festival'
which began recently in –
a. France
b. China
c. Russia
d. USA

19. Minister for Defense A K Antony recently presented the first Mercy
Ravi Award for Woman
of Substance to
a. Kiran Bedi
b. Vandana Shiva
c. Sheila Dikshit
d. Arundhati Roy

20. Which among the following state has announced that 90 per cent
seats in sports academies
will be fi lled by players from the state?
a. Uttar Pradesh
b. Madhya Pradesh
c. Haryana
d. Punjab

21. Who among the following was elected president of the Mumbai
Cricket Association at its 77th
annual general body meeting recently?
a. Manohar Joshi
b. Vilasrao Deshmukh
c. Gajanan karve
d. Sharad Pawar

22. Which among the following is the oldest commissioned ship of the
Indian Navy, 'a landing ship
tanker, which was given a fond farewell after 35 years of service recently?
a. INS Jaladh
b. INS Sharabh
c. INS Shankul
d. INS Padmesh

23. Which state has the highest rural teledensity of 70.23 ?
a. Karnataka
b. Himachal Pradesh
c. Rajasthan
d. Gujarat

24. Who among the following has become the world's No. 1 double trap
shooter as per the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF)
rankings released?
a. Gagan Narang
b. Sanjeev Rathore
c. Vijay Kumar
d. Ronjan Sodhi

25. Which Indian wildlife research and bio-diversity conservation
organization will assist Indonesian authorities to undertake
non-invasive genetics research on two critically endangered species —
the Javan and the Sumatran rhinos — in Indonesia?
a. Aaranyak
b. Parivesh
c. Paryavaran
d. Sanrakshak

26. Which country is stepping into the Indian Ocean for the first time
for mineral exploration?
a. Japan
b. Canada
c. China
d. India

27. Which among the following is the latest European country to act
against the burqa after
France and Belgium have banned the wearing of burqa in public?
a. Germany
b. Spain
c. Italy
d. Denmark

28. Which Indian-American who is an expert in international finance
law, has been appointed as Senior Advisor in the US State Department's
South and Central Asia Bureau to cement ties with the Diaspora groups?
a. Mitul Desai
b. Sanjeev Upadhyay
c. Upendra Bansal
d. Manendra Singh

29. Which airline has become the fi rst airline to use biofuels on
regular commercial fl ights in a
six-month trial that it estimates will reduce CO2 emissions by up to
1,500 tones during the period?
a. Lufthansa
b. Air India
c. Kingfi sher
d. Airbus

30. Which among the following Governor Generals of India was the fi
rst occupant of Rashtrapati Bhawan of India?
a. Warren Hastings
b. Lord Irwin
c. Lord Willington
d. Lord Rippon

31. Typhoon Muifa has devastated which among the following countries
eastern coast?
a. Indonesia
b. Japan
c. China
d. Hongkong

ANSWERS
Business & Economy:
1. d 1994
2. c United States
3. c 8.6%
4. b Steel Authority of India (SAIL)
5. a Air India
6. b BSNL
7. b SAIL
8. c Bharat Heavy Electric Limited
9. b Ghaziabad and Surat
10. a Ashok Leyland of Hinduja Group and
Nissan Motor Company of Japan
11. b Indian Railways
12. a Noah Financial Innovation
13. c Anshu Jain
14. a Ford
15. c Standard Chartered Bank
16. d As a recreational drug
17. a Tata Consultancy Services
18. d Fertilizer Cooperation of India (FCIL)
19. b Sunny
20. a Lufthansa
21. a Standard Chartered Bank
22. c China
23. c 2017
24. b Himachal Pradesh
25. a Apple
26. a Tata & Jindal
27. a ONGC
28. c Facebook
29. a Jaitapur
30. a Singapore
31. c China
32. c Both
CURRENT AFFAIRS
1. d Manchester united
1. a 10th
2. b Manmohan Sarin
3. a Punjab
4. a General David Petraeus
5. d Dharmendra Jai Narain
6. d PSLV C-17
7. a Surface to surface
missile
8. d Bali (Indonesia)
9. a Essam Sharaf
10. d North America
11. a Direct election
12. b South Korea
13. b Saurashtra
14. b IIM, Ahmedabad
15. d Sir Paul Stephenson
16. a Nirupama Roy
17. b Sam Pitroda
18. c USA
19. c Sheela Diskshit
20. b Madhya Pradesh
21. b Vialsrao Deshmukh
22. b INS Sharabh
23. b Himachal Pradesh
24. d Ronjan Sodhi
25. a Aranyak
26. c China
27. c Italy
28. a Mitul Desai
29. a Lufthansa
30. b Lord Irwin
31. c China
ANSWERS