Monday, October 31, 2011

Current Affairs October 2011 for IBPS Clerk CWE

1. Which Indian city is India's first smoke free tourist spot? Ernakulam



2. Which pipeline gas company is eyeing trading in Singapore? GAIL



3. Headquartered in Bangalore, which IT major is set to open branch company in China? Infosys at Dalian High-tech Zone



4. Which BPO major has opened global delivery centre in Dubai, UAE to serve clients in the Middle East and North Africa recently? Genpact



5. Who has been rated top batsman in inaugural ICC T20 rankings? Morgan



6. Who has been rated top bowler in inaugural ICC T20 rankings? Mendis



7. Who has been appointed as business head for India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh by Rolls-Royce? Herfried Hasenoehrl



8. Who drew the highest bid of Rs.2.5 lakhs for Karnataka Badminton League? Ashwini Ponnappa



9. Which player quit the Serbian national team after their failure to qualify for the Euro 2012 finals? Nemanja Vidic



10. Who has been re-elected as Governor of Louisiana? Bobby Jindal



11. Who won the PGA Tour money list title? Luke Donald



12. Who won the women's single Kremlin Cup? Dominika Cibulkova



13. Who won the men's single Kremlin Cup? Janko Tipsarevic



14. Who won the men's single Stockholm Open title? Gael Monfils



15. Who won the doubles title of Stockholm Open title? Bopanna-Qureshi



16. Who won the LPGA Taiwan Championship? Yani Tseng



17. Which award has A.R. Rahman been conferred for "If I Rise" from "127 hours"? Public choice award at the World Soundtrack Academy



18. Who has been appointed as chief of domestic Intelligence Bureau in Pakistan? Aftab Sultan



19. Who would inaugurate the second edition of Goa Art Literary Festival? Gulzar



20. Name the New Zealander who scored 108 not out on his debut in ODI cricket. Rob Nicol



21. What is the number to be made functional by the Central Vigilance Commission to lodge complaints related to corruption? 1964



22. Which palace in India is among world's 31 must-see places? Mysore palace



23. Who is set to coach British soccer team at the London Olympics 2012? Stuart Pearce



24. Who was awarded the inaugural Glory to the Actor award at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival? Saif Ali Khan



25. How much has the European finance minister released for Greece economy? 8 billion euro



26. Name the Sarod maestro who is set to teach at the Stanford University. Amjad Ali Khan



27. Which country won the UNSC Security Council seat joining India as a 2year non-permanent member? Pakistan



28. At what price did rupee trade ended against dollar as on 21st October 2011? 50.02 per dollar



 29. Which professional social networking site recently launched its Japanese language version? LinkedIn Corp



 30. Name the company Saab India Technologies Pvt. Ltd. has partnered with and inaugurated its a Research and Development Centre. Mahindra Satyam



31. Name the F1 caricature book launched by Karun Chandhok, the brainchild of artist Shijo Varghese. VROOOM



32. Which medal did Indian women win at the Asian Archery championship? Bronze



33. Who has been appointed as Mayor of Chennai? Saidai Duraisamy



34. What is the current repo and reverse repo rate(as on 25th October 2011)?Repo - 8.50% and Reverse repo - 7.50%



35. Who won the series between India and England ODI cricket recently? India(5-0)



36. Which country has been elected to serve on the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of UNO recently? India



37. Which country's track is the additionally added to Formula 1 from 2013 season? New Jersey



38. Name the film-maker who directed T D Dasan Std.VI B passed away recently. Mohan Raghavan



39. Name the limbless amphibian from Western Ghats discovered recently. Ichthyophis davidi



40. Name the novel on the basis of which U.R. Ananthamurthy has been shortlisted for South Asian literature prize. Bharathipura (translated into English by Susheela Punitha)



 41. Who won the record chase against New Zealand in ODI cricket recently? Zimbabwe (329/9 in 49.5 Overs at 6.60rpo)

42. What is the name of Nokia's first Windows Phone - Lumia 800



43. Who is set to be next Delhi Metro's chief? Mangu Singh



44. Which Libyan long-serving ruler was killed recently? Muammar Gaddafi



45. What is the food inflation for week ended October 8th 2011? 10.60%



46. Name the Indian men's team who won the international team event at the Sri Lankan Amateur Open Golf Championships. S.Chikkrangrappa and Gagan Verma



47. Name the doctor who has been honoured  with the 40th Dhanvantari Award.Dr.M.K.Mani



48. Name the singer who entered Guinness world Record for recording up to 11,000 solos, duets and chorus-backed songs in over 20 Indian languages since 1947.Asha Bhosle



49. Which is the number IRCTC is set to allot for call and book service? 138



50. What is the current UK inflation which is said to be 3 year high? 5.2%



51. Which edition of IT.biz opened in Bangalore on 18th October 2011? 14th edition



52. Name India's F1 circuit which was inaugurated ahead of F1 race on 30th October 2011.Buddh International Circuit



53. Which commercial vehicle of Tata Motors celebrated silver jubilee with over 5 lakh units sold since its launch?

Tata 407



54. Name the malayalam book authored by late T.Bhaskaran which is set to be translated into 23 languages including English. Brahmarshi Sree Narayana Guru



55. Which tournament was inaugurated by former test cricketer Madhav Apte recently?Sportstar Trophy



56. As President Pratibha Patil released coins, which industry surpassed 100 years in India recently?Civil Aviation



 57. Which card has HDFC Bank set to bring back? Diner's Card



 58. Name the summit that is scheduled at Pretoria, South Africa. India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Summit



 59. Name the 100 year old Indian who set a Guinness record of being oldest person to complete a full-distance marathon in Toronto. Fauja Singh



 60. Which tennis player is out of top three ranks for the first time since 2003? Roger Federer



 61. Name the bollywood female actor who is set to spread breast cancer awareness. Sonam Kapoor



 62. Name the Indianapolis 500 winner who died in a crash involving 15 cars during the IndyCar Series Las Vegas Indy 300 auto race in Las Vegas. Dan Wheldon



 63. Who won the men's lightweight doubles sculls gold in the Asian rowing championship at Hwacheon? Shokender Tomar and Sonu Lakshminarain



 64. Name the first motorcycle launched by Hero Moto Corp under the Hero brand name. Impluse



 65. Which Award was Tata Group conferred by Swiss recently? Swiss Ambassador's Award for Exceptional Leadership



 66. Name the app launched by Nav Gaurd for BlackBerry to enter Middle East market. NavTrack



 67. Which disease have scientist claimed to have mapped in Nepalese capital accurately using latest gene sequencing technology and Google Earth? Typhoid



 68. Who has taken over as Health Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare replacing K.Chadramouli? P.K.Pradhan



69. Which software's updated version has been launched by Infosys? Finacle e-Banking solution



70. Who won the Shanghai Masters title? Andy Murray



71. Which day has been declared as 'Steve Jobs Day'? 16th October



72. Name the businessman who won the Queen's award for enterprise 2011 in London. Dr.Rami Ranger



73. Who won the Moto GP title for the fifth consecutive year at the Australian Grand Prix? Casey Stoner



74. Who won the Formula 1 Korean Grand Prix 2011? Sebastian Vettel



75. Name the Australian University which has offered Amitabh Bachchan honorary doctorate for his contribution to the world of entertainment. Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane



76. Which country is backing to rebuild Nalanda University in India? China



77. Name the Ex-Chief Minister of Karnataka who was arrested recently. B.S.Yeddyurappa



 78. Name the 3D animation film Shemaroo Entertainment which is set to release online. Super K



 79. Who is set to head special purpose vehicle called the GST Network? Nandan Nilekani



 80. Which business has NIIT sold to Skill soft for $110 million? Element K



 81. Who has been appointed as commissioner for the AFC Champions League final? FIFA badge holder Gautam Kar



 82. Name the men's and women's singles National champions who won the Fenesta National Championship.

Yuki Bhambri and Rutuja Bhonsle



 83. Name the Indian golfer who finished 2nd in the Hero Indian Open golf tournament. Chiragh Kumar



 84. Name the Indian women's discus thrower who qualified for London Olympics after clinching gold medal at an event of the Fling Throw Meet in Portland, USA. Krishna Poonia



 85. Upon whose name a highway leading south out of the capital in Grenada is set to be renamed? Kirani James Boulevard



 86. Which director is set to make film on mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan? Roger Spottiswoode



 87. Name the team which won the Durand Cup? Churchill Brothers



88. Name India's longest tunnel opened in Jammu and Kashmir recently. Pir Panjal railway tunnel (10.96km)



89. When is the IPL 5 scheduled for 2012? April 4th to May 27th 2012



90. What is the degraded debt rating of Spain as per Standard and Poor's? AA- from AA



91. Name the British CEO whom Olympus sacked recently. Michael Woodford



92. Who is set to replace Liam Fox as UK defence minister? Philip Hammond



93. Name the Italian Prime Minister who survived confidence vote. Silvio Berlusconic



94. Where was the world's largest blind symbol unveiled? A yellow banner with three black spots was unveiled at Vienna's St.Stephen's Cathedral



95. Which technology major acquired Skype for $8.5 billion? Microsoft



96. Who has been appointed as chairman of HAL? R.K.Tyagi



97. Name the HCL tablet launched in India, priced at Rs.10, 490. X1



98. Name the first tennis player other than Federer or Nadal to finish a year as No.1 since Andy Roddick of USA in 2003. Novak Djokovic



99. On which company has Sebi imposed Rs.5 lakh penalty recently? Pantaloon Retail



100. Name the car launched by Hyudai priced at around 2.69 lakhs. Eon



101. Which country has temporarily banned Samsung from selling its Galaxy tablet computer? Australia



102. Which Gazal maestro passed away recently? Jagjit Singh



 103. What is the name of weather satellite launched in India on 12th Oct 2011? PSLV-C18 carrying Megha-Trophiques



 104. Name the Indo-French tropical satellite carried by PSLV-c18? Megha-Trophiques



 105. Which two Indian sports persons is given the Lieutenant Colonel rank by the Army? M S Dhoni and Abhinav Bindra



 106. Which UK Based company is setting up investment banking operations in India teaming up with Motilal Oswal? Investec



107. Which is new variant of verito car launched by Mahindra targeting corporate professionals and businessmen? Verito Executive



 108. Name the event that will be organised by Nasscom in Mysore on October 15? Mysore 2.0 Conference



 109. Which company is going to buy 45% stake in West Bengal's Haldia Petrochemicals (HPL) project? The Chatterjee Group (TCG)



 110. Which company bagged a Rs.4,000 crore contract for setting up a thermal power plant in Andhra Pradesh from singareni Collieries Company? BHEL



 111. Who won the Nobel Prize for Economics 2011? Thomas Sargent and Christopher Sims



112. Who won the Japanese Grand Prix? Jenson Button



113. Who became Formula One's youngest double world champion after finishing third at Japanese Grand Prix?

Sebastian Vettel



114. What is the new movie and also the 100th film of Jackie Chan? 1911



115. What is the name of the Taiwanese movie filmed which is based on true story of Seediq tribes in Taiwan? Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq bale



116. When and where was the first Busan International Film festival was held? 1996 in Busan



117. Which Asian film director was honoured by "Asian Filmmaker of the Year award" in Busan International Film Festival 2011? Tsui Hark



118. What is the name of the new book released by Chetan Bhagat? Revolution 2020



119. Which is the new web programming language launched by google? Dart



120. which company is the first to sell a Ultrabook less than $1000 Acer S3 Ultrabook priced at $899



121. Which software was officially stopped by Microsoft Recently? Zune HD



122. What is the new feature announced by Research In Motion(RIM) which allow users of some blackberry phones to share contact information, documents and multimedia content? Tag



123. what is the new feature released by Google in Chrome browser which allows any two computer to connect each other using chrome browser? Chrome Remote new Desktop



124. What is the name of the Microsoft's new Mobile OS? Mango



125. Where did Google open its new data center recently? Dublin



126. Which company produces bladeless fans and heaters? Dyson



127. What is the name of the new Toshiba tablet which will be launched in November? Thrive 7"



128. What is the name of the speech recognition feature introduced by Apple in iPhone's? Siri



129. What is the name of the new version of android operating system? Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich



130. What is the name given to the Google’s Smartphone payment? Google wallet



131. Which company acquired assets like Infini Vault Tiered storage system and other related technologies from prostor Systems? Imation Corp



132. Which venture has been started by co-founder of Sun Microsystems Mr. Scott McNealy? WayIn.com (A social gaming service)



133. Who is set to play against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Champions League Twenty 20 finals? Mumbai Indians



134. Which company is in talks to buy out Ericsson's mobile phone venture? Sony Corporation



135. Which company has Research In Motion, maker of Blackberry phones planning to buy to provide photo, video and social-network tools for smartphones and computers? Ireland's NewBay



136. Which magazine has given Priyanaka Chopra India's Best Dressed title? People Magazine



137. Name the actor who is set to be honoured with the Kalidas Samman.Anupam Kher



138. Name the brand under which Orient fans is all set to enter domestic home appliances market. Orient Actus



139. In which city the first ever formula one race will be held in India? Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh



140. What is the name given to the race which will be held? Airtel Indian Grand Prix



141. What is the race track for the Indian Grand Prix called? Buddh International Circuit



142. Who has designed Buddh International Circuit? Mr.Hermann Tike



143. What is the length of Buddh International Circuit? 5.137 kms



144. What is the total number of laps in Airtel Indian Grand Prix? 60



145. Who replaced Mark Hughes as chief of Airtel Indian Grand Prix 2011? Mr.Azhar Rehman



146. Which Indian company is sponsoring Mr.Narain Karthikeyan in Airtel Indian Grand Prix 2011? Hero Motocorp



147. Who is the owner of Force India F1 team? Mr.Vijay Mallya



148. Who is the President and CEO of Formula One? Bernie Ecclestone



149. Who is leading Mumbai Indian team in CLT20 2011? Harbhajan Singh



150. Which cricketer holds the record for most runs scored in a CLT20 tournament? David Warner



151. Who is the chairperson of the CLT20 tournament? Mr.Shashank Manohar



152. How many countries are part of CLT20 tournament? Seven



153. Which company suceeded Airtel as the title sponsor for CLT20 tournament for the next four years? Nokia



154. Who has composed the theme song for CLt20? A.R.Rahman



155. Name the three Indian boxers who have qualified for London Olympics 2012? Jai Bhagwan, L.Devendro Singh and Manoj Kumar



 156. Name the Afghan President who was in India for a two-day visit. Hamid Karzai



 157. Who has been appointed as Chairman of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation? Sudhir Vasudeva



 158. Name the MD and VP, Nokia India, who has been assigned global role to head India, Middle East and Africa region. D. Shivakumar



 159. Name the company which has launched apps for iPad and Android phones recently. Adobe



 160. Who has shot a film in 47 days titled 'Facebook'? RP.Patnaik



 161. Who won the 2011 Nobel prize in chemistry? Israeli scientist Daniel Shechtman for his discovery of quasicrystals



 162. Name the world's cheapest laptop launched in India. Aakash



 163. Name the Ashes hero who died at the age of 52. Former England fast bowler, Graham Dilley



 164. Who won the Irani Cup 2011? Rest of India Team



 165. Name the application launched by Monster India for Facebook users. Be Known



 166. Name the Galaxy version mobile launched by Samsung India. Galaxy Y



 168. What is the financial strength rating retained for ICICI Bank while SBI's rating is downgraded from 'C-' to 'D+' by Moody's? C-



 169. Name the person who has been conferred at the 2011 Telstra NSW Business Women's Award for her contribution to world's first green steel manufacturing process. Veena  Sahajwalla



 170. Name the Apple co-founder who passed away recently. Steve Jobs



 171. Which four teams entered semi-finals in Champions League Twenty-20 cricket? Somerset, Mumbai Indians, New South Wales and Royal Challengers Bangalore



172. Name the Swedish poet who won 2011 Nobel in literature. Tomas Transtromer



 173. Name the Sanskrit scholar and a former director of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan who passed away recently. Mathoor Krishnamurthi



 174. Which countries President have offered hindi films to be shot at the picturesque country? Austrian President



 175. Which country has won first victory in UNESCO vote? Palestine



 176. What is the annual inflation as of September 2011 in Sri Lanka? 7.2%



 177. Whose museum was inaugurated in Austria recently? Schwarzenegger



 178. Name the 3 women who share the Nobel Peace Prize 2011. Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen for work on women's rights

179. Who booked the finals berth in Champions League Twenty 20 cricket tournament 2011? Royal Challengers Bangalore



 180. Name the Lord Mayor of London who will be on a 5-day visit to India from October 10th 2011 to strengthen economic ties between India and the UK. Lord Mayor Michael Bear



 181. Name the 2 British banks which included in the list of 12 whose credit ratings were downgraded by Moody's.

Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds TSB



 182. Who won the Showjumping Open title on the opening day of the South India Equestrian championship?

Hrishika Basappa



183. Which former Ranji Player died after falling from train at Vaikom in Kottayam? K.R.Krishna Varma



184. Name the 69-year-old who collapsed and died minutes after fulfilling his life-long ambition of climbing Africa's highest mountain peak, Mount Kilimanjaro. Alistair Cook



185. Which Bollywood movie have been watched by over 1.3 lakh Chinese since its Mandarin version release?

Aamir Khan's 3 Idiots



186. Which Asian Advertising congress is coming back to India after 8 years? Ad Asia (October 31st to November 3rd 2011)



187. Name the education technology solution launched by Texas Instruments in association with CORE Education and Technologies to facilitate a better learning experience for students in classrooms across India. STEMpower



188. Who has been honoured with Dr.B.Saroja Devi award recently? Dr.Vyjayanthimala



 189. Who is set to receive Mahatma Gandhi peace prize in South Africa? Dalai Lama



190. Name the rocket and navigation satellite launched by Russia after August's space ship crash.Soyuz-2 rocket launched a GLONASS navigation satellite



191. Who has been voted as 2nd most powerful business-woman in US? Indra Nooyi



192. Which company has struck natural gas reserves in its first well drilled in the offshore Mannar basin in Sri Lanka? Cairn India



193. Who has been selected to create the theme music for the London Olympics 2012? Scottish rocker Mark Ronson



194. Which Indian shuttler finished runner-up in Czech International Open? Arundhati Pantawane



 195. Which IAS officer has joined as Prime Minister's principal secretary? Pulok Chatterjee



196. Name the trio who received Nobel Medicine Prize for immune system research. Bruce Beutler of USA, Jules Hoffmann Luxembourg and Ralph Steinman Canada



197. Which FM radio channel has taken initiative to make Goddess Durga idol out of bio-degradable and recyclable waste material in Kolkata? OYE 104.8 FM



198. Who is called as the Gandhian of Brazil? Lia Diskin



199. Who is the inventor of the implantable cardiac pacemaker which keeps the heartbeat in a regular rhythm?

Wilson Greatbatch



200. What is the name of the China's first space Laboratory? Tiangong-1



201. Name the  famous television personality of CBS News channel's program called "60 minutes" retired recently? Andy Rooney



202. Which UAE telecom giant recently launched 4G mobile broadband network in UAE? Etisalat



203. Who retired as the CEO of Hyundai Motor co. recently? Yang Seung-suk



204. Name the planetary scientist who worked for NASA recently died? Micheal J.Drake



205. What is the food inflation for week ended October 15th 2011? 11.43%



206. Who declared Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting open? Queen Elizabeth II



207. Name the all-electric car launched by china recently. BYD e6



208. Name the statue which celebrated 125 years in New York, United States. Statue of Liberty



209. Who has been appointed as Indian football coach? Savio Medeira



210. How much does the world's largest gold coin portraying kangaroo on one side and the queen's profile on the other weighs? 1,012kg (nominal value of 1,000,000 Australian dollars)



211. Which country's per capita has BRICS nations set to surpass? Mexico



212. Name the 14-day health programme set to take off from 1st November in Kerala to create diabetic awareness on the World Diabetes Day, November 14th 2011. Walk to Health



213. Who is set to perform at the Formula One after-party in Greater Noida on October 30th 2011? Lady Gaga



214. Which country scientists have claimed to have created the world's first drug which could prevent blindness from cataracts? Australia



215. Which country scientists have claimed to have developed artificial blood and are just 2 years away before being used in transfusions? British(UK)



216. Who took the pole position in the first ever Indian Grand Prix at Buddh International Circuit? Sebastian Vettel



 217. Who created history by winning the first ever Indian GP in the year 2011? Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull)



 218. Which Indian F1 driver created history by driving the F1 car in Airtel Indian Grand Prix 2011? Narain Karthikeyan



 219. Who secured the second place in Airtel Indian Grand Prix? Jenson Button (Macloren)



 220. Who took third place at Indian GP at Buddh International Circuit? Fernando Alonso (Ferrari)



 221. Which Indian cricket legend has created history by waving the chequered flag at Buddh International Circuit in the first ever Indian GP 2011? Sachin Tendulkar



 222. Which 2 drivers from Sahara Force Indian team participated in Airtel Indian GP? Adrian Sutil and Di Resta



 223. Who drove the fastest lap in inaugural Airtel Indian GP at Buddh International Circuit? Sebasitan Vettel



 224. Who presented the trophy to the winner of Indian Grand Prix at Buddh International Circuit? Mayawati - Honourable Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh



 225. Who presented the trophy to Jenson Button in the Indian GP 2011? Manoj Gaur - Chairman



 226. Who presented the trophy to Fernando Alonso at Buddh International Circuit in the first ever Indian Grand Prix? Vicky Chandhok - FMSCI



227. Who has been named heir to the Saudi throne? Nayef bin Abdel-Aziz Al Saud



228. Name the 5 Arab activists who won European freedom prize, 'Sakharov'. Mohammed Bouazizi of Tunisia, Egyptian militant Asmaa Mahfouz, Libyan dissident Ahmed al-Zubair Ahmed al-Sanusi, Syrian lawyer Razan Zeitouneh and Syrian cartoonist Ali Farza



229. Name the social gaming company which is planning to file IPO in November 2011. Zynga



230. Name the person who won Rs.5 crore prize money on television show Kaun Banega Crorepati. Sushil Kumar, computer operator from Bihar



231. Name the theater which reopened after a massive reconstruction after 6 years and becomes the most expensive renovation project ever. Bolshoi Theatre



232. Expand NOFN which was recently approved to provide broadband connectivity to Panchayats. National Optical Fibre Network



233. Name the book released on Abhinav Bindra post Olympic success. A shot at history



234. Who won the ATP doubles title 'Stockholm Open'? Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-haq-Qureshi



235. What is the new game console by Nintendo called which will be launched in 2011? Wii U



236. Which is the new Latitude tablet launched by dell for businesses? Latitude ST



237. Inaugural flight Boeing 787 landed in Hong Kong recently. What is its specialty? It is built of lightweight materials that promise to improve fuel efficiency



238. Which spot has Darjeeling tea occupied amidst getting European Union's protected tag? Seventh non-EU product



239. Which women tennis player is set to finish No.1 on the WTA Championships rankings? Caroline Wozniacki



240. Who is all set to take over as president of the centre for American Progress, a major Washington-based think-tank? Neera Tanden



241. Name the first female chief executive appointed by IBM effective 1st January 2012. Virginia Rometty



242. Which country is set to replace textbooks with e-books in order to make reading exciting, fun and appealing to students? Kuwait



243. Name the Myanmar human-rights activist and Noble Peace laureate to be honoured by the University of Michigan. Aung San Suu Kyi



244. Chandigarh's which top award is Indian women's hockey captain Saba Anjum is set to receive? Gundadhur sports award



245. Name Nokia's first windows phone launched recently. Lumia 800



246. Name the Malayalam novelist who passed away recently. Varghese Kakkanadan



247. In which country has Infosys recently opened development centre? Singapore



248. Name the largest conference in Asia which is scheduled in Bangalore on 15 to 16th of December 2011. TiE Entrepreneurial Summit 2011



249. Name the world's thinnest smart phone launched by Motorola. Droid RAZR: Impossibly thin



250. What is the downgraded credit rating of Spain by Moody's? AS2 to A1



251. Which football club is all set to open football school in India? Barcelona



252. Name the phone launched by Samsung with Ice Cream Sandwich or Android 4.0 operating system. Galaxy Nexus



253. Name the robot that has made entry into classrooms in academic and research institutions in the Middle East. Humanoid robots



254. Which medal did Abhinav Bindra win in the air rifle event at the Asian Games championship held at Kuwait? Silver



255. Where and when was the National Conference on Health Professions and Education 2011 held? Vellore, Tamil Nadu on September 16th and 17th 2011




256. Who is set to start two free schools in every district across India? Azim Premji(Azim Premji Foundation)



257. Who won the inaugural Indian Grand Prix? Sebatian Vettel



258. Who becomes the first monk to win the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award for mathematics? Mahan Maharaj



259. Name the Kerala Food and Civil Supplies Minister who passed away recently. T.M.Jacob



260. Who won the Black Pearl Award for Best Actress in Narrative Competition in Abu Dhabi for her role in Avie Luthra's film Lucky? Jayashree



261. Who won The Hindu Literary Prize 2011? Debutant novelist Rahul Bhattacharya for his "The Sly Company of People Who Care"


262. Who has been named 10th Nawab of Pataudi? Saif Ali Khan

263. Where was the world's 7 billionth baby born? Allahabad, baby named Nargis

264. Which country became member of UNESCO recently? Palestine

265. Who is Haryana election department's brand icon? Boxer Vijender

266. Who has been elected Libya's interim Prime Minister? Abdul al-Raheem al-Qeeb

267. Name the 2 personalities who were inducted as non-executive non-independent directors of East India Hotels board. Nita Ambani and Manoj Modi

268. Who has been appointed as Acer India's Managing Director? Harish Kohli

269. Who won the Shanghai Masters golf tournament? Rory McIlory

270. Ms Dhoni, Abhinav Bindra and Dr Deepak Rao Granted Honorary Rank in?  Territorial Army



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