Tuesday, 13 November 2012

Current Affairs September(14-17)

Current Affairs September(14-17)


1. Which among the following countries Federal court has recently cleared the way for the creation of the European Stability Mechanism, the region's 500 billion euros bailout fund?
[A]Germany
[B]France
[C]Netherlands
[D]Spain

2. Which among the following is the new flagship index of the MCX Stock Exchange (MCX-SX)?
[A]SX-30
[B]SX-40
[C]SX-60
[D]SX-80

The SX-40 will be a free-float-based index of large market-cap and liquid stocks representing most importing sectors.

3. The National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), as part of a national project on gifted education started in 2010, has developed an instrument for teachers to identify children showing ‘gifted behaviour’ in Indian classrooms. Where the NIAS is located?
[A]New Delhi
[B]Hyderabad
[C]Bangalore
[D]Shimla

4. Recently government has increased the number of guaranteed work days under MGNREGA from 100 days to __________?
[A]125 days
[B]140 days
[C]150 days
[D]175 days

5. Benghazi, which is recently in news in located in ______________?
[A]Egypt
[B]Syria
[C]South Sudan
[D]Libya

6. Recently in which among the following States, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has suspended the 93 mining licences?
[A]Karnataka
[B]Maharashtra
[C]Goa
[D]Andhra Pradesh

7. Recently IUCN World Conservation Congress was held in ___________?
[A]New Zealand
[B]South Korea
[C]Mexico
[D]Brazil

8. Which among the following is designated as a foreign terrorist organisation by the U.S. State Department in September, 2012?
[A]Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
[B]Haqqani network
[C]Lashkar-e-Omar
[D]Tehreek-e-Jaferia

9. Which among the following has recently launched the country's first indigenous vaccine to tackle Japanese encephalitis, commonly known as brain fever?
[A]Shantha Biotechnics Ltd.
[B]Glenmark Pharmaceuticals
[C]Biological E. Ltd.
[D]Ranbaxy Laboratories

10. 'Theracyte' device, which is recently in news is a ___________?
[A]Artificial kidney
[B]Artificial pancreas
[C]Artificial liver
[D]Artificial nose

11. Who among the following will be the next Chief Justice of India after SH Kapadia?
[A]P. Sathasivam
[B]Altamas Kabir
[C]G.S. Singhvi
[D]R.M. Lodha

12. Who among the following is elected as new Prime Minister of Libya?
[A]Moussa Koussa
[B]Mustafa Abdul Jalil
[C]Mahmoud Jibril
[D]Mustafa Abu Shagour

13. Who among the following was elected as president of The Indian Newspaper Society for 2012-13?
[A]Kiran B. Vadodaria
[B]K.N. Tilak Kumar
[C]Ashish Bagga
[D]Sanjay Gupta

14. Which among the following has signed an agreement with Afro-India Medical Services to set up 30 tele-medicine units in East and West Africa?
[A]Apollo Hospitals
[B]Wockhardt Ltd.
[C]Manipal Hospital
[D]Tata Memorial Hospital

15. Which among the following Indian IT major has featured in Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)’s ‘Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index’ for 2012?
[A]Wipro
[B]Tata Consultancy Services
[C]Infosys
[D]HCL

The company scored 95 on 100 and is one of seven IT companies in the world to find a place in the listing. This index, a key component of CDP’s annual Global 500 report, highlights the constituent companies within the FTSE Global Equity Index Series (Global 500) which have displayed a strong approach to information disclosure regarding climate change.
16. The 52nd National Open Athletics Championships was recently held in __________?
[A]Kolkata
[B]Chennai
[C]Bhopal
[D]Mumbai

17. Ranganath Misra, who recently passed away was a ______________?
[A]Political analyst
[B]Former Chief Justice of India
[C]Former Union minister
[D]Veteran journalist

18. Which among the following country is the host for fourth edition of the Asia Cup basketball?
[A]China
[B]South Korea
[C]Japan
[D]Indonesia

19. Who among the following is the Director-General of International Rice Research Institute, Manila?
[A]Seong-Hee Lee
[B]Peter Stephen Baenziger
[C]Robert S.Zeigler
[D]Emerlinda R. Roman

20. Which among the following State will soon get India’s largest industrial exhibition centre?
[A]Tamil Nadu
[B]Gujarat
[C]Maharashtra
[D]Karnataka

Gujarat will soon get India’s largest industrial exhibition centre, in Gandhinagar. It is slated to be almost double the size of New Delhi’s Pragati Maidan.

21. Who among the following has become Goa's first Woman Grandmaster after the World Chess Federation officially cleared her title at 83rd FIDE Congress in Istanbul?
[A]Kiran Monisha Mohanty
[B]Bhakti Kulkarni
[C]Tania Sachdev
[D]Padmini Rout

22. Recently Union cabinet has approved foreign investment up to 49 per cent in power Trading Exchanges in compliance with SEBI regulations. What are the restrictions for the FDI and FII routes with in the 49 per cent?
[A]Maximum of 26% in FDI and maximum of 23% in FII
[B]Maximum of 29% in FDI and maximum of 20% in FII
[C]Maximum of 23% in FDI and maximum of 26% in FII
[D]Maximum of 20% in FDI and maximum of 29% in FII

23. Recently Union Cabinet has allowed ________per cent of FDI in civil aviation sector?
[A]26 per cent
[B]49 per cent
[C]51 per cent
[D]74 per cent

24. Recently Union Cabinet has allowed 51 per cent FDI in multi-brand retail sector to establish retail chains in cities with a population of more than 10 lakh as per the 2011 Census. Presently how many cities in India are with a population of more than one million based on 2011 Census?
[A]48 cities
[B]51 cities
[C]58 cities
[D]61 cities

25. Who among the following is recently honoured with 'Cricketer of the Year' by the ICC?
[A]M.S. Dhoni
[B]Virat Kohli
[C]Kumar Sangakkara
[D]Shane Watson

26. Recently which among the following bank became the first bank to offer 'RuPay Kisan Card' with 'Aadhaar' authentication?
[A]State Bank of India (SBI)
[B]Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC)
[C]State Bank of Hyderabad (SBH)
[D]Andhra Bank

27. Which among the following company has recently launched the world’s largest LEED Platinum green hotel (an eco certificate)?
[A]Jaypee Hotels
[B]Hyatt Hotels
[C]Ashok group
[D]ITC Ltd

Recently ITC launched its imposing Grand Chola, a 600-key luxury hotel in Chennai.In terms of room inventory, this will be the third largest hotel in the country, after Renaissance (759 keys) and Grand Hyatt (694 keys) — both in Mumbai.
28. What is the annual average economic growth target revised by the Planning Commission for the 12th Plan (2012-17) from the 9 per cent envisaged earlier?
[A]8 per cent
[B]8.2 per cent
[C]8.4 per cent
[D]8.5 per cent

29. Recently which among the following State government has decided to implement e-Pension System to disburse pension of all those pensioners and family pensioners of the state who start drawing their pension on or after August 1, 2012?
[A]Punjab
[B]Himachal Pradesh
[C]Haryana
[D]Bihar

30. Recently in which among the following State, a new method in paddy-cum-fish harvesting has been introduced for the first time on a trial basis?
[A]Arunachal Pradesh
[B]Assam
[C]West Bengal
[D]Orissa

The programme was sponsored by NABARD. Under the programme canals of 2-3 feet wide and 1.5-2 feet in depth were dug on two sides of a rice field and connected to a small pond measuring 0.01-0.03 hectare. Fish fries were released in the pond before sowing of rice. When the water level went up, the fish migrates to the rice field automatically and the culture area of fish increased up to 80 to 100 times.

31. Recently which among the following major port has bagged the Major Port of the Year for 2011-12 at the third All-India Maritime and Logistics Awards 2012 (MALA 2012) held in Mumbai?
[A]Kandla Port
[B]Chennai Port
[C]Visakhapatnam Port
[D]Kochi Port

32. Which among the following institute has fabricated an antenna system which will be installed in India's base station (Bharti Station) on the icy continent of Antarctica to provide communication link between Bharti Station and National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), Shadnagar?
[A]Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)
[B]Electronics Corporation of India Ltd (ECIL)
[C]Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
[D]Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)

33. Recently who among the following has been elected Chairman of the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) for 2012-2013?
[A]Sam Balsara
[B]Shailesh Gupta
[C]Syed Mahmood Ahmad
[D]Ramesh Chandra

34. Who among the following will be the new Prime Minister of Ethiopia after the death of Meles Zenwai?
[A]Mengistu Haile Mariam
[B]Haile Mariam Desalegn
[C]Bereket Simon
[D]Demeke Mekonen

35. The Indian Design Mark of Indian Design Council is used for ______________?
[A]Only for medical equipment and vehicles
[B]Only for agricultural machinery
[C]Only for white goods
[D]All types of mass-produced products

36. Who among the following is the head of the recently formed Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) to review the progress of coal blocks that were allocated to private firms without auction?
[A]Zohra Chatterji
[B]Sriprakash Jaiswal
[C]Pratik Prakashbapu Patil
[D]Alok Perti

37. Which among the following has recently published a special international Hindi issue of its prestigious literary magazine “Madhumati” to mark the 9th World Hindi Conference being organised in Johannesburg, South Africa, from September 22 to 24?
[A]West Bengal Sahitya Akademi
[B]Bihar Sahitya Akademi
[C]Rajasthan Sahitya Akademi
[D]Uttar Pradesh Sahitya Akademi

38. Recently in which among the following country, the ‘SenaHiya’ Military Hospital was inaugurated by Indian Defence Minister Shri A.K. Anthony?
[A]Sri Lanka
[B]Bangladesh
[C]Maldives
[D]Nepal

39. Which among the following City is the host for the 13th International Conference on ’Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled Persons’ TRANSED 2012?
[A]Bangalore
[B]Jaipur
[C]New Delhi
[D]Kolkata

40. Pusarla Venkata Sindhu, who is recently in news is a ___________?
[A]High jumper
[B]Badminton player
[C]Chess player
[D]Tennis player

Recently Pusarla Venkata Sindhu defeated the 2012 London Olympics gold medallist Li Xuerui in the on going China Masters Super Series tournament

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