Friday, July 15, 2011

Current Affairs Quiz Set:-2

1. Who has been crowned Pantaloons Femina Miss India World 2011 ? Kanishtha Dhankhar
 
2. Name of the new revised income tax return form to be introduced for small tax papers? ‘Sugam’

3. Minimum Alternate Tax which is payable by companies has been Hiked in budget 2011-12. The tax is hiked to? 18%

4. Rs.500 Crores have been given to NGRBA in Central Budget for the financial year 2011-12. What is NGBRA? National Ganga River Basin Authority.

5. Who has been selected by the International Magicians Society(IMS) of the US for the International Merlin Award,2011- Illusionist Gopinath Muthukad

6. According to the Union Budget, economy of India is expected to grow in 2012 at? 9%

7. As per Union Budget how much amount is to be provided during 2011-12 to enable public sector banks to maintain a minimum of Tier I CRAR of 8 per cent? Rs.6,000 crore.

8. Veteran Malayalam film producer and director who has been selected for JC Daniel award -2011 of the state government for his overall contribution to cinema? MC Punnoose (Navodaya Appachan).

9. Which club has won the Carling Cup after beating Arsenal 2-1 in the final at Wembley? Birmingham.

10. Who has won 2011 Sony world photography award ?- Amit Madheshiya

11. Indian Defence budget increased by how much percentage for 2011 – 2012?- 11.6%

12. Who has been appointed as new BSNL chief ?-Rakesh Kumar Upadhyay as the Chairman and Managing Director of telecom giant BSNL

13. Bangladeshi Nobel laureate who has been ousted from Grameen Bank by Bangladesh Government on the grounds that he had stayed on past the legal retirement age of 60?Muhammad Yunus.

14. Who claimed the first hat-trick of ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 against Netherlands on 28 February, 2011 with a bowling figure of 6/27 at Delhi? Kemar Roach.

15. Who became the youngest player to make a debut in World Cup cricket? Nitish Kumar (Canada)

16. Who was the first bowler to take 2 hat-tricks in Cricket World Cup? Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka).

17. Who has been conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2010 ? -K. Balachander

18. Egyptian Prime Minister who submitted his resignation from his post on March 3,2011amid ongoing protests in the North African nation? Ahmed Shafiq.

19. Indian scientist from Indian Institute of Science Education and Research who has helped NASA to predict Solar Flare? Dibyendu Nandi

20. Who has been appointed as chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the 2G spectrum allocation issue:? P.C.Chacko.

21. Union Minister of Human Resource Development in the Manmohan Singh cabinet from 2004 to 2009 who died on 4 March 2011 due to a heart attack? Arjun Singh

22. Name the $424 million satellite launched by NASA on March 4, 2011 intended to study how radiation from the sun impacts the Earth’s climate which failed to achieve orbit? Glory

23. Which country becomes the first European country to enforce burqa ban? France. Burqa ban enforced in France from April 11, 2011.

24. The last surviving founding leader of Nepali Congress (NC) and former Prime Minister of Nepal died recently at the Norvic International Hospital? Krishna Prasad Bhattarai.

25. The last Maharaja of Jaipur, who died recently on 16 April at the age of 80 years?
Sawai Bhawani Singh

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