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Current GK April-June 2010

IMPORTANT DAYS

May 1: International Labour Day May 8: World Red Cross Day May 17: World Telecommunication Day May 11: National Technology Day

NATIONAL EVENTS

Chennai to host next Indian ScienceCongress in January, 2011: The 98 th IndianScience Congress will be held at SRMUniversity Kattankulathur, between January3 and 7. It will be inaugurated by Prime

Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh. The theme of the edition would be Quality education andexcellence in scientific research.

India, Australia sign Education Deal: Indiaand Australia on April 8, 2010 signed amajor deal on education. The deal was signedin Melbourne during Mr. Sibals visit to thatcountry.

INS Kamorta, the first Project 28 Anti-

Submarine corvette Launched: MamathaM, wife of Mr. M. M. Pallam Raju, theUnion Minister of State for Defence launchedINS Kamorta, countrys first Anti-Submarinewarfare corvette at Garden Reach DefenceShipyard in Kolkata on April 19, 2010.

Human Resource Development Ministrylays out PP Model for 20 IIT: The HumanResource Development Ministry has

prepared a Public-Private-partnership (PPP)model for setting up 20 IIT under which theexpenditure could be shared 85:15 betweenthe government and the industry.

Sixteenth SAARC Summit concludes inThimphu: The two-day SAARC Summitconcluded in Thimpu in Bhutan on April 29,2010, with a pledge to root out menace of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations.

India commissions its first StealthWarship INS Shivalik: India on April 29,2010 commissioned its first indigenously-

built stealth warship with sophisticatedfeatures. With the induction of INS Shivalik,India gained entry into a top club of developed countries having such capability.INS Shivalik-the first of the three-shipProject 17 frigates, was inducted at theMumbai based Mazagon Docks in the

presence of Defence Minister A.K. Antony.

Automated Finger Print IdentificationSystems (AFIS): Automated Finger PrintIdentification Systems (AFIS) has beenintroduced by the government in 22 states(including J & K ) and Pondicherry. This

comes under the Crime and CriminalTracking Network and System (CCTNS).CCTNS is a project under the national-governance plan. Every police station in thecountry will be provided with a fingerprintreader for which Rs.15,000 per police stationhas been earmarked.

India carries out successful vertical launchof Brahmos: Brahmos, the supersonic cruisemissile, was successfully launched verticallyfrom Naval destroyer INS Ranvir of March21, 2010. It punched a hole in adecommissioned vessel 290 km away in theBay of Bengal off the Orissa Coast. This wasthe 22 nd launch of Brahmos.

Rajiv Gandhi Grameen LPG Vitarak Yojana: Union Petroleum and Natural GasMinister inaugurated the Rajiv GandhiGrameen LPG Vitarak Yojana as a national

scheme for providing liquefied petroleum gasto the rural households at Lachhmangarh inSikar district of Rajasthan. This scheme willimprove the cooking conditions in thekitchens of rural women.

Advanced Technology Vehicle successfullyFlight Tested: The Indian Space ResearchOrganisation in the second week of March


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2010 successfully flight-tested its newgeneration high-performance sounding rocketat the space port in Sriharikota. TheAdvanced Technology Vehicle (ATV-DO1),weighing three tones at lift-off, is theheaviest sounding rocket developed by theISRO.

Womens reservation bills passed in theRajya Sabha: The Rajya Sabha on March 9,2010 took a historic and giant step byvoting (191 for and 1 against) to amend theconstitution, providing one third reservationof seats in Parliament and State Assembliesfor women. The Bill has to be passed by theLok Sabha and ratified by 50 per cent of thestates before it comes into effect.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putinsvisit to India: Indo-Russian friendshipfurther got a shot in the arm with RussianPrime Minister Vladimir paying a visit toIndia in the second week of March. It wasVladimir Putins fifth visit to India, perhapsthe maximum by a top Kremin leader. Indiaand Russia on March 12, 2010 signed 19

pacts, including three in civil nuclear fieldand one for purchase of 29 MiG 29 fighters

besides inking the revised agreement on

Gorshkov aircraft carrier. Dhanush, Prithvi-II test-fired successfully:

Nuclear-capable, ship-based Dhanush andsurface-to-surface Prithvi-II missiles weresuccessfully flight-tested in quick successionon March 27, 2010 with both systems hittingthe pre-designated targets with a high degreeof accuracy. While Dhanush, a naval variantof Prithvi, was launched first from INSSubhadhra, anchored near Balasoe, off thecoast of Orissa at 5.30 a.m; Prithvi-II wasfired a few minutes later from LaunchComplex-III at the Integrated Test Range,Chandipur.

India, Singapore hold joint militaryexercise: India and Singapore held jointmilitary exercise in India in March 2010. Thename given to the joint war games was Bold

Kurukshetra which were held at the Babinarange near Jhansi.

Sonia Gandhi appointed Chairperson of NAC: Congress President Sonia Gandhi wason March 29, 2010 appointed Chairperson of the National Advisory Council (NAC), four years after she quit the post in the wake of

the office-of- profit controversy. Decennial Census Operation begins: On

April 1, 2010, President Pratibha Patil becomes the first citizen to be enumeratedand with this, largest census exercise ever attempted in the history of mankind

begins.Registrar General and CensuCommissioner C Chandramouli and DeputyDirector General, National PopulationRegister, S K Chakraborty were presentwhen president launches the exercise.

National Population Register project of usualresidents of the country would cover anestimated population of 1.2 billion and thetotal cost of the scheme is Rs 3,539.24 crore.The first synchronous census in India washeld in 1881.Since then, census have beenundertaken uninterruptedly once every tenyear.

India US Agreement on comprehensiveeconomic partnership: Indias FinanceMinister Pranab Mukherjee & United StatesTreasury Secretary Timothy Geithner sign anagreement to launch a comprehensiveeconomic partnership to boost their bilateralengagement..A similar agreement US haswith China. the key focus of this agreementwill be micro-finance and infrastructuredevelopment

India's first AC double-decker train: TheRail Coach Factory (RCF), Kapurthala rollsout the India's first air conditioned double-decker coach for oscillation trials on theDelhi-Muradabad section. Introduction of AC double-decker coaches was announced

by Railway Minister in Budget 2010-11.These high-speed stainless steel AC coacheswould be introduced to cater to the heavy


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rush of commuters in high density corridorsoffering AC travel at a low cost.

SIMBEX 2010: SIMBEX 2010 is the 17thedition of annual bilateral exercises betweenthe Indian Navy (IN) and the Republic of Singapore Navy its starts on April 3, 2010 atAndaman Sea and Bay of Bengal. SIMBEX

is an acronym of Singapore Indian MaritimeBilateral Exercise

Right of Children to Free and CompulsoryEducation Act, 2009 comes into force onApril 1, 2010 .Every 6-to-14-year-old will be

provided eight years of elementary educationin an age appropriate classroom in thevicinity of his or her neighbourhood.

Intermediate-range ballistic missile AgniIII.: On February 7, 2010 India successfullytest fired her most powerful indigenously-developed intermediate-range ballisticmissile Agni III. It is India's longest rangemissile which blasted off from Wheeler Island, (Balasore) off Orissa coast. Agni III is

being manufactured by Defence Researchand Development Organisation (DRDO),Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL). Agni -III is17 meters, 48 tonne missile which has arange of 3500 kms and is capable of carryinga pay load of 1.5 Tonnes.

India's First Homeopathic University:Rajasthan Assembly passes the HomeopathyUniversity Jaipur Bill 2010,paving the wayfor India's First Homeopathic University atJaipur.

INTERNATIONAL EVENTS

4th IBSA Summit: The 4th IBSA summittook place in Brasilia, Brazil on April 15,2010.IBSA is a trilateral, developmentalinitiative between India, Brazil and SouthAfrica to promote South-South cooperationand exchange. Trade between IBSA membersamounts to be around US$11.9 billion in2009.South Africa will host the VIII

Trilateral Commission and the V IBSASummit of Heads of State Governmenttowards the end of 2011.

ASEAN rights meet in Jakarta: TheASEAN Intergovernmental Commission onHuman Rights (AICHR) convened its firstmeeting from March 28 to April 1 at theASEAN Secretariat in the Indonesian capitalof Jakarta.

Nuclear Security Summit: The 47- nation Nuclear Security Summit was held in theU.S. capital city of Washington D.C. onApril 12-13, 2010. President Obama hostedthe summit.

US and Russia sign New Strategic ArmsReduction Treaty (New START): USPresident Barack Obama and his Russiancounterpart Dmitry Medvedev signed onApril 8, 2010 historic arms reduction treaty ata ceremony in the medieval Prague Castle inthe Czech Republic after talks that coverednuclear security, Irans atomic programmeand an uprising in the strategic Central Asianstate of Kyrgyzstan.

Iran, Pakistan sign Gas Pipeline Deal: Iranand Pakistan signed on March 16, 2010, thefinal agreement to launch the Iran-Pakistangas pipeline with a provision for Indias

possible participation in the project at a later date. Iran, in line with the provisions of thedeal, will provide Pakistan 750 million cubicfeet of gas per day for the next 25 years togenerate 4000 MW of electricity.

BRIC to promote Global Food Security:The BRIC nations-Brazil, Russia, India andChina have agreed to extend cooperation toagriculture to promote global food security.At their first meeting in Moscow on March26, 2010 Agriculture Ministers of the BRICcountries adopted a Moscow Declarationwhere they identified four areas for quadripartite cooperation.


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G.P. Birla: Eminent industrialist G.P. Birla

passed away in Kolkata on March 5, 2010.He was 87.

Girija Prasad Koirala: Former NepalesePrime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, thearchitect of the peace negotiations that ended

a decade of Maoist insurgency, died after suffering from respiratory problems.

Prabha Rao: Rajasthan Governor PrabhaRau Died in Delhi on April 26, 2010following a heart attack.

Resignation D.D. Lapang: Meghalaya Chief Minister

D.D. Lapang on April 18, 2010 submitted hisresignation to Congress President SoniaGandhi to end a lingering political crisis inthe state.

Shashi Tharoor: Minister of State in theExternal Affairs Ministry Shashi Tharoor resigned on April 18, following anunpalatable IPL controversy in which he gotinvolved.

PLACES IN NEWS

Mexicali: An earthquake measuring 7.2 onthe Richter Scale struck on April 4, 2010, 62km from Mexicali near US Mexico border and was felt hundred of km away through outSouthern California.

Majuli: The Union Government will declarethe Worlds largest river island of Majuli aneco-sensitive one in Assam. This information

was given by Union Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh onApril 6, 2010 in Majuli.

Dantewada: Chhattisgarhs districtDantewada hogged the headlines whenMaoist rebels in their deadlines attack killed74 members of the CRPF and 2 policemenfrom the Chhattisgarh police and destroyed

an Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) onApril 6, 2010.

AWARDS

Lifetime Achievement Award : R.P. Goenkawho is the Chairman Emeritus of RPG

Enterprises was conferred the LifetimeAchievement Award by the All IndiaManagement Association (AIMA). Theaward was presented to him by UnionMinister for Civil Aviation Praful Patel in

New Delhi on April 7, 2010. It is first ever Managing India Award by AIMA.

Pantaloons Femina Miss India 2010 : Thewinners of the countrys biggest beauty

pageant were announced in Mumbai on April

30, 2010. The title of PFMI World 2010 wentto Mumbai girl Manasvi Mamgai, NehaHinge from Pune won the PFMI International2010 crown, while Nicole Faria fromBangalore was annointed PFMI Earth.

Miss India Worldwide: South Africanmedical student Kajal Lutchminarian haswon the Miss India Worldwide 2010 title at aglittering event in Durban. Niharica Raizadaof UK was the first runner-up and Cher Marchand of Suriname came third.

2010 CIF Chanchlani Global IndianAward - Ratan Tata: Ratan Tata has beenselected for the '2010 CIF Chanchlani GlobalIndian Award' for his outstanding globalleadership, vision and professionalexcellence. This award is conferred byCanada India Foundation and carries$225,000.

Phalke Ratna Award: Phalke Ratna Awardis conferred by Dadasaheb Phalke Academyon the birth anniversary of father of theIndian film industry Dadasaheb Phalke onApril 30. Dev Anand has been Selected for this Award 2010.

M. M. Joshi and Mohan Singh hosen Best


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Parliamentarians: Former BJP PresidentMurli Manohar Joshi and Samajwadi Partymember Mohan Singh have been chosen asthe best parliamentarians for 2009 and 2008respectively. The committee finalized their name at a meeting on April 21, 2010.

Mother Teresa International Award:Mother Teresa International awards whichwere instituted in 2000-2001 , are presentedto eminent personalities for their outstandingcontribution in the fields of education,science, culture, music, sports, social work,medicine, industry and politics in India andoverseas.The winner of Mother TeresaLifetime Achievement Award for the year 2010 is Ajit Wadekar

Taj Enlighten Tareef Award- AmitabhBachchan: Amitabh Bachchan receives the'Taj Enlighten Tareef Award' for hisoustanding contribution to the world of cinema. The award is instituted by TajEnlighten Film Society which provides a

platform to showcase world cinema todiscerning film lovers.

Vyas Samman: Noted Hindi writer Amar Kants novel Inhin Hathiyaron Se has been

selected for the Vyas Samman-2009. Amar Kant has published 13 short story collections,10 novels, 6 volumes for children, twomemoirs and a compilation of all his storiesin two volumes.

Chameli Devi Award: Tehalka ExecutiveEditor Shoma Chaudhary and Nagaland PageEditor Monalisa have jointly been honouredwith the Chameli Devi Jain Award for outstanding Woman Media Persons for 2009.

Honour for Tendulkar and Modi: SachinTendulkar has been named the mostinfluential person in Indian sports in theannual sports illustrated (SI) Power list.Among the 50 Indians, he has been rated no.1 influencer in India followed by the IPLChairman, Lalit Modi (at second spot) andVijay Mallya (at third spot).

82 nd Oscar Academy Awards: The 82 nd

Oscar Academy awards were given away onMarch 7, 2010 in Los Angeles. The HurtLocker swept the coveted Prize of BestPicture and Kathryn Bigelow awarded BestDirector Award. The Hurt Locker-an Iraqwar drama, won six awards. Sandra Bullock won Best Actress and Jeff Bridges BestActor award.

Saraswati Samman 2009: Punjabi poetSurjit Patar has been selected for theSaraswati Samman 2009 for his poetrycollection Lafzan Di Dargarh. The awardconstituted by K.K. Birla Foundation carriesa cash prize of Rs. 5 lakh, a citation and a

plaque.

Lifetime Achievement Award: Actress JayaBachchan has been honoured with a LifetimeAchievement Award in London for her contribution to Indian Cinema.

SPORTS

Punjab: Pearls World Cup KabaddiPunjab-2010: Stopper Mangat Singh Mangi

Bagga is leading the 14-member Indian teamin the first Pearls World Cup KabaddiPunjab-2010 being organised by the PunjabGovernment at different venues of the statefrom April 3-12. Raider Hardawinder SinghDulla Surkhpuria will be his deputy.

Chhattisgarh allotted 37 th NationalGames: With a string of National Games inthe pipeline, the Indian Olympic Association(IOA) formally allotted another one, 37 th

edition, to Chhattisgarh at a function held inDelhi.

London 2012 Olympics : tier-two sponsor Arcelor Mittal: Arcelor Mittal becomestier-two sponsor of the 2012 Olympic andParalympic Games and will support theinfrastructure for the Games. TheArcelorMittal Orbit will be the iconic and


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permanent symbol of the 2012 Olympic andwill embody both the artistic and functionalversatility of steel as a construction material.ArcelorMittal will fund 16 million pounds of the 19.1 million pound project, with theoutstanding 3.1 million pounds provided bythe London Development Agency.London2012 Olympics or XXX Olympiad will beheld at London from 27 July to 12 August2012.

"Yodha Shakti" & "Azm-e-Nau": YodhaShakti is the name of the month-long war games scheduled to be conducted by IndianArmy in mid-April in the Thar desert of Rajasthan. This will be India's biggest war-game exercise ever. At the same timePakistan army is organizing similar kind of

wargame - Azm-e-Nau (New Resolution) onthe Pakistan side of the Thar Desert. Jumbo: Mascot for 2011 World Cup:

Jumbo, an elephant is the mascot of ICCCricket World Cup 2011. It was unveiled onApril 2, 2010. It is after 28 years thatelephant, which was chosen as the mascot for the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi.

Saina enter top Five: Saina Nehwal hasentered the top five of the world ranking at acareer-best fifth spot following her stupendous how in the All-England

badminton championships that was heldrecently.

India Ranked No.9: India returned to singledigit ranking in the World Hockey list after finishing eighth in the recent World Cup.India is now placed at 9, three places abovethe 12 that it occupied before the start of the

Delhi World cup. Prateek and Mahanta clinch 100m Gold

Medals: Ninave Prateek of Maharashtra andRanjit Mahanta of Orissa won the 100m goldin the Seventh National Youth (under-18)Athletics Championship in Coimbatore.

BUSINESS AND ECONOMY

Established on April 1, 1935, the ReserveBank of India, countrys central bank,celebrated 2009-2010 as its PlatinumJubilee year . The year-long celebrationsincluded several events with a series of learning events to showcase the ReserveBank as a knowledge institution, a set of internal events involving current and former RBI staff to reinforce a sense of belongingand inclusiveness among members of theRBI family and the outreach programme.

UIDAI unveils UIDs logo AADHAR: TheUnique Identification (UID) project, headed

by Nandan Nilekani, has been renamedAadhaar, which means foundation or support. The UID Authority of India

(UIDAI), which aims to give the 1.2 billionresidents of the country a unique 12-digitidentification number, also unveiled a newlogo that depicts a yellow-coloured sun witha ginger print in the centre. The logo wasselected after a nation-wide competition thatreceived 2,000 entries.

Indias first 700 MW Nuclear Plant: Nuclear Power Corporations firindigenously 700 MW pressurized HeavyWater Reactor at Kakrapur Atomic Power Project in Gujarat is expected to becommissioned in 2015. About 70 per cent of excavation of the site in projects Unit-3 atTapi had been completed and the first pour of concrete (for laying the foundation)would take place in June 2010.

India 23 rd in Tax Misery Index: A study byForbes Asias Tax Misery Index has revealedthat India maintains a relatively low rank of the 23 rd country with the least friendly taxclimate this year. The list is topped by Francewhich ahs the harshest taxes across theworld.

$1 bn soft loan from World Bank: TheWorld Bank has approved a $1.05illion(around Rs 4,780 crore) soft loan to fund


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Indias ongoing education projects, particularly those aimed at universalelementary education. Of the $1.05 billionloan, the largest ever by the World Bank tofund education, 4750 million has beenearmarked for the banks third loan to SarvaShiksha Abhiyan (SSA); the rest will support200 competitively selected engineeringcolleges.

Reserve bank of India: Base Rate System:Under the base rate system will replace thecurrent benchmark prime lending rate, bankswould not be allowed to give loans below the

base rate to anyone. The PLR has been muchabused as banks provide loans to high ratedcorporate below this rate, reflecting lack of transparency in the lending rates and the

lending process. RBI has on March 10, 2010deferred the implementation of the base ratesystem by three months to July 1, 2010

India's External Debt: As of December 31,2009 India's total external debt was $ 251.4Billion. Out of this Long term debt was $ 206Billion while the short term debt was $ 45.2Billion.

State Bank of India: 15,000 businesscorrespondents: In order to expand its presence in the unbanked areas, the StateBank of India intends to hire around 15,000(business correspondents) in 2010-11.Business correspondents and businessfacilitator model would help in taking

banking facilities to every part of the country,as its not possible for banks to open branchesin every village. Key Role of the business

correspondents will be to accept deposits andremit money.

ONGC: First Public Sector Company toreceive Emission Reduction Certificatesfrom UNFCC: On April 5, 2010, ONGCannounces that it has become India's FirstPSU to receive Emission ReductionCertificates from the UN agency UNFC &CC (UNFCCC). The certificate was issued

on March 18.The first registered CDM project is 'Waste Heat Recovery Project atMumbai High'. There are six registered CDM

projects of ONGC

SEBI: Technical Advisory Committee:Indias market regulator Securities andExchange Board of India creates a TechnicalAdvisory Committee to recommendmeasures for changes and improvements inmarket structure in view of the technologicalchanges. This committee will be headed byProfessor S Sadagopan. The committee willalso make recommendations to frameappropriate policies arising out of technological advancements in areas likewireless trading, algorithmic trading andsmart order routing.

Working groups on Price Rise: The centralgovernment creates 3 high-powered workinggroups on the issue of the price rise. TheCore Committee will be headed by PrimeMinister Manmohan Singh. Working groupon Agricultural Production will be headed byBhupinder Singh Hooda, Chief Minister Haryana. Working group on ConsumersAffairs will be headed by Chief Minister of Gujarat Narendra Modi. Working group onFood and Public Distribution system (PDS)headed by Planning Commission DeputyChairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia. It has

been decided in a meeting prior to countrywide agitation of the left on the price riseissue

Annual Monetary Policy Statement:Reserve Bank of India Governor D. Subbaraohas released its annual monetary

Policy statement on April 20, 2010 for theyear 2010-11. This will be followed by thefirst quarter review of monetary policy for 2010-11 which will be announced on July 27,2010.

Following are the main points of this policy statement:

Cash reserve ratio (CRR):CRR is the percentage of cash deposits that


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banks have to maintain with RBI. The latestmove is to hike the CRR by an increase of 25

basis points from 5.75 to 6.0 percent hastaken effect from April 24. This will suck outRs. 12500 Crores from the banks.

Repo Rate: Repo Rate is the rate of interestat which the RBI lends money to banks. Thisalso means that Repo Rate is the RBI'slending rate to other banks. In theAnnual Monetary Policy 2010-11 the RBIhas hiked the Repo rate by 25 basis points to5.25 percent. This means that RBI hasincreased its lending rate to other banks by.25%.

Reverse Repo Rate: Reverse repo rate is therate at which RBI borrows funds from banks.

This is opposite of repo rate. Reverse reporate is also known as RBI's borrowing rate.Inthe Annual Monetary Policy 2010-11, theRBI has increased the Reverse Repo Rate by25 basis points to 3.75 percent. This meansthat now RBI will provide 0.25% etc. intereston the money which it borrows from the

banks. An increase in reverse repo rate meansthat banks earn higher returns by lending toRBI.

Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) : StatutoryLiquidity Ratio is the fraction of liquid assetswhich a bank has to keep as assured amountof funds. The funds may be in the form of cash, gold, government bonds, etc. In theOctober 2009 Credit Policy, RBI had hikedthe SLR by 100 basis points - from 24 to 25

per cent. It has not been touched by RBI inthe Annual Monetary Policy 2010-11.

Bank rate: Bank rate has been retained at 6 percent.

Growth Projection for the Year 2010-11:

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has projected India's growth for this fiscal atupward of 8 percent, against 7.2 percent as

per the earlier projection , while the annualrate of inflation at the end of March 2011 is

projected at 5.5 pe

Olive Telecommunication launches India'sfirst hybrid, dual-powered phone that can runon any AAA battery at Rs 1,699. A user uponrunning out of electricity charge in thesupplied 'Lion' battery can simply slot in anyAAA battery available into the phone, andstay connected.

Mobile Banking Facility: Till now, 32 banks have been approved to provide mobile banking facility by the Reserve Bank of India. Out of them 21 banks are providingthese services. Banks are now permitted tooffer this service to their customers subject toa daily cap of Rs.50,000/- per customer for

both funds transfer and transactions

involving purchase of goods services.Transactions up to Rs.1,000/- can befacilitated by banks without end-to-endencryption.

MISCELLANEOUS

Delhi: e-waste disposal system: Delhigovernment goes ahead with the e-wastedisposal system. The e-waste bins will be

installed in various places across the capitalfrom where the authorized recyclers shallcollect the e-waste for recycling.

G20 meet on Employment: Labour andEmployment Ministers of the G-20 nationsgathered in Washington D.C. on April 20-21,2010.

No FDI in manufacturing of Cigarettes:On 8th April 2010, India's Cabinet

Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) prohibited Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)in manufacturing of cigarettes. This was asequel to a proposal moved by Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion of theMinistry of Commerce and Industry. Withthis move the door for foreign players Suchas Japan Tobacco's are closed for ever. JapanTobaccos had a proposal to invest $100


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million into its Indian subsidiary.

Tourism: 'best maintained monument'award: Bhima Devi temple: Ancient BhimaDevi Temple is located in Pinjore town of Haryana. It has been adjudged the 'bestmaintained tourist friendly monument' in thecountry by the union tourism ministry.

Pusa Vishal, Pusa Ratna and Pusa 9351:Pusa Vishal, Pusa Ratna and Pusa 9351 aresome of the new varieties of Green Gramdeveloped by ICAR, in its Endeavour to meetthe increasing demand of pulses. The greengram's cropping season fits well between riceand wheat crop during the summer season.

Tamil Nadu has won the Vijay HazareTrophy.

21st Winter Olympic was held in Canada.

Bollywood actress Preity Zinta has appointedthe goodwill ambassador of UNAIDS.

NABARD was established on therecommendation of the ShivaramanCommittee.

Uber Cup is associated with Badminton.

Nixxon, Indira and India is a book written byKalyani Shankar.

Womens Reservation Bill has includedunder 108 th Amendment of IndianConstitution.

In Bangladesh IGNOU has opened itsCultural Center.

RBI has launched a new series of 20 rupee

notes.SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

NASA: STS-131: STS-131 is InternationalSpace Station assembly flight and NASA'scurrent Space Shuttle mission which has

blasted off on April 5, 2010 from KennedySpace Center's launch pad 39A. The mission

is being flown by Space Shuttle Discovery. Itis one of NASA's final servicing missions tothe International Space Station. AlanPoindexter is the commander of this mission.

BHUVAN: ISRO launched its own versionof Google Earth, named Bhuvan. Bhuvan is aweb-based 3-D mapping tool that provides asharper picture of Indian terrain, barringsensitive locations such as military strategic

positions and nuclear installations.

L110 Liquid Core Stage Test: The ISROsuccessfully conducted the static test of itsL110 liquid core stage of the GSLV Mk III(Geo-synchronous Satellite Launch Vehiclemark III) launch vehicle for 150 seconds. Thetesting was done at the Liquid Propulsion

System Centres test facility at Mahendragiriin Tamil Nadu.

India 43 rd networked country: India has been ranked 43 rd networked country in theworld, moving up nine places against 2009,as per the Global information TechnologyReport 2009-2010. The report, released bythe World Economic Forum (WEF) and

business school INSEAD, ranks Sweden asnumero uno networked country. China hasmoved up 11 spots to the 37 th position.

BOOKS & AUTHORS

Not by Reason Alone - The Politics of Change By N. K. Singh

The Girmitiya Saga By Giriraj Kishore Victoria and Abdul: The True Story of the

Queens Close Confidant- By ShrabaniBasu

A Tale of Two Revolts- India 1857 and theAmerican Civil War- By Rajmohan Gandhi Into the Frame: The Four Loves of Ford

Madox Brown - By Angela Thirlwell Agriculture Growth in India: Role of

Technology Incentives and Institutions - ByA. Vaidyanathan


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Current GK

1. Which among the following is not correctlymatched?(A)Stephen Harper - Prime Minister of Canada(B)Hu Jintao - President of China(C)Angela Merkel - Chancellor of Germany(D)Yukio Amano - Prime Minister of Japan

(E)Najib Tun Razak - Prime Minister of Malaysia2. An estimate of a sum required to meet the

expenditure that it incurs during the first three tofour months of an election financial year until anew government is in place, to keep themachinery running is also known as ______?(A)Interim Budget(B)Vote on Account(C)Expenditure Budget(D)Demand Grant

(E)None of the above3. At what rate 25 kg of rice or wheat per monthhave been proposed to give to below BPL

people in the ambitious programme envisagedunder the National Food Security Act (NFSA)?(A)Re. 1 per kg (B)Rs. 2 per kg(C)Rs. 3 Per Kg (D)Rs. 4 per kg(E)Rs. 5 per kg

4. Which of the following company is coordinatingwith Government of India in Passport SevaProject ?

(A)Easrnst & Young(B)Tata Consultancy Services(C)Wipro (D) Patni Computer System(E)Infosys

5. Which among the following Committee wasrelated to Financial Inclusion?(A)Vaghul Committee(B)Raghuram Rajan Committee(C)Dr. Rakesh Mohan Committee(D)Venketaiya Committee(E)None of them

6.

Which among the following is a correctstatement regarding the annual monetary policystatement of Reserve Bank of India (2010-11)?(A)It shows RBI's continuation of expansionarymonetary policies(B)It shows RBI's exit from the expansionarymonetary policies(C)It shows that RBI's has taken aggressivemeasures to curb the inflation and thesemeasures may hamper the economic growth

(D)It shows that India has now completelyrevived from the Financial Slowdown and nowon the pathway to achieve growth over 10%(E)All statements are correct

7. Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) is the proportion of deposits banks need to hold ingovernment securities. What is the currentStatutory Liquidity Ratio?

(A)24% (B)25%(C)24.5% (D)25.5% (E)26%8. What is the correct full form of ITDMS which

recently received Prime Ministers Award for excellence in governance and administration?(A)Information Technology Data ManagementSystem(B)Information Technology Data Managementsoftware(C)Income Tax Data Management Software(D)Income Tax Data Management System

(E)Information Technology Data MiningSystem9. As per World Economic Outlook 2010 (a

flagship publication by IMF) , what is the latestforecast for Indias economic growth byInternational Monetary Fund?(A) 6.5% (B)7.8%(C) 8.75% (D)9.3% (E)9.1%

10. How much amount will be absorbed from themarket as a consequence of RBI's latest move of increasing Cash reserve Ratio by 25 basis

points?(A)Rs. 18000 Crore (B)Rs. 12500 Crore(C)Rs. 22500 Crores (D)Rs. 25000 Crores(E)Rs. 10000 Crores

11. As per the guidelines issued by Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) inFebruary 2009, any company with more thanwhat fraction of foreign equity should beconsidered as a foreign company?(A)51% (B)59%(C)61% (D)71% (E)75%

12. To achieve 100% financial Inclusion in India,Reserve Bank of India had issued a circular inJuly 2009 permitting cash withdrawals of up toRs 1,000 per day from PoS (Point of sale)terminals at merchant establishments. Recentlywhich of the following bank has become firstBank of India to offer this facility?(A)State Bank of India(B)Punjab National Bank (C)Bank of India (D)Union Bank of India


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(E)UCO Bank 13. Which among the following country has been

consistently on the top slot for last four yearsand this year too in the latest version of WorldBank's annual report "Doing Business 2010"?(A)Sweden (B)New Zea Land(C)Singapore (D)China (E)South Korea

14. Which among the following cities ranks first in

ease of doing business in India?(A)Gurgaon (B)Chandigarh(C)Hyderabad (D)Ludhiana (E)Bangalore

15. Who among the following is the chairman of theTechnology Advisory Group which has themandate to fix the framework for large andtransformational IT projects of the government?(A)Kaushik Basu (B)C Rangrajan(C)Nandan Nilkeni (D)Ashowk Chawla(E)None of them

16. From which country India is getting K 152

nerpa submarines?(A)France (B)Israel(C)Russia (D)USA (E)Germany

17. Renowned painter MF Hussain has got thecitizenship of which of the following countries?(A)Saudi Arabia (B)Qatar (C)Bahrain (D)Egypt(E)None of them

18. On which date recently International WomensDay was observed?(A)March 8 (B)March 11

(C)March 14 (D)March 17 (E)March 2419. What is the current customs duty on petrol anddiesel after it was raised from 2.5% in the UnionBudget 2010-11?(A) 4.5% (B)5.5%(C)6.5% (D)7.5% (E)8.5%

20. From which date Banks have to implement the base rate system?(A)July 1, 2010 (B) August 1, 2010(C)September 1, 2010 (D) October 1, 2010(E)January 1, 2011

21. Which of the following countries has invited the60 countries to participate in "Nuclear energyfor everyone, nuclear arms for no one" a two-day nuclear disarmament conference in itscapital?(A)England (B) Iran(C)China (D) United States (E)Canada

22. In which state is located Dantewada where 76Indian CRPF soldiers were killed in an attack by

Naxalites?

(A)Madhya Pradesh (B) Chhattisgarh(C)Orissa (D) Andhra Pradesh (E) Bihar

23. What was the venue of Nuclear SecuritySummit 2010?(A)London (B) Washington(C)New York (D) Toronto(E)None of them

24. Which among the following is the largest

university of the world?(A)Allama Iqbal Open University, Pakistan(B)Indira Gandhi National Open University,India(C)Islamic Azad University, Iran(D)Anadolu University, Turkey(E)None of them

25. Which among the following Oscar AcademyAward movie is upon United States ArmyExplosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) teamduring the Iraq War.?

(A)The Hurt Locker (B)The Blinde Side(C)Up (D)K-19: The Widowmaker (E)None of them

26. SIMBEX is series of annual bilateral exercises between the Indian Navy and _______?(A)South Korea (B)Singapore(C)South Africa (D)China (E)None of them

27. Who among the following is Captain of IndiaKabaddi Team?(A)Hardawinder Singh Dulla

(B)Balwinder Singh Kaka(C)Sukhwinder Singh Saravan(D)Mangat Singh Mangi Bagga(E)Hardeep Singh Dhillon.

28. Venu Srinivasan is the president of which of thefollowing organizations?(A)Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry(B)Confederation of Indian Industries(C)Associated Chambers of Commerce andIndustry of India(D)National Association of Software andServices Companies(E)None of them

29. Which among the following does not comeunder the know Your Customer KYC policy ?(A)Customer acceptance policy(B) Customer identification policy(C) Monitoring of transactions(D) Risk management(E)all of above come under KYC


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30. Who among the following is the current world'snumber one Golf Player ?(A)Tiger Woods (B)Phil Mickelson(C)Steve Stricker (D)Lee Westwood(E)Ian Poulter

31. As per provisions of Money laundering Act , if a customer makes a cash transaction of minimum _________, the teller would insist

him to provide information on the purpose of transaction. Fill in the blank:(A)Rs. 5 Lakh (B)Rs. 10 Lakh(C)Rs. 15 Lakh (D)Rs. 20 Lakh (E)Rs. 1 Lakh

32. In context with the Savings and investmenttrends as per the "World DevelopmentIndicators 2009 " released by World Bank,which among the following are world's largestsurplus & largest deficit countries?(A)USA & Russia (B)USA & China(C)China & USA (D)USA & India (E)China &

Japan33. As per the latest guidelines of Reserve bank of India, the banks have been mandated tocalculate interest paid on money kept in thesavings bank account in the banks on the whichof the following basis?(A)daily (B)weekly(C)10 days (D)15 days (E)monthly

34. What was the size of the latest acquisition deal by Indian Telco, Bharti Airtel which enteredinto a legally binding definitive agreement with

Zain Group to acquire Zain Africa BV ?(A)$10.7 billion (B)$11.7 billion(C)$12.7 billion (D)$13.7billion(E)None of them

35. The Right of Children to Free and CompulsoryEducation Act is applicable in ______?(A)Whole of India(B)Whole of India except Jammu & Kashmir (C)Whole of India except Jammu & Kashmir and Sikkim(D)Whole of India subject to states participation(E)None of the above is a correct statement

36. Which of the following submarine will beleased to the Indian Navy in 2010 as INSChakra as the final lease deal was inked recentlyduring visit of Russian PM Vladimir Putin?(A)K-152 Nerpa (B)K-157 Vepr (C)K-295 Samara (D)K-284Akula(E)None of them

37. Who among the following is the 2009 winner of Vyas Samman ?

(A)Mannu Bhandari(B)Parmanand Srivastava .(C)Narendra Kohli (D)AmarKant(E)None of them

38. Which among the following organizationsreleases from time to time the publication titled"Database on Indian Economy"?(A)Central Statistical organization

(B)National Sample Survey Organization(C)Department of Economic Affairs,(D)Reserve Bank of India (E)World Bank

39.World Health Day is celebrated every year on 7April, under the sponsorship of the WorldHealth Organization. What is the theme of World Health Day 2010?(A)Make every mother and child count(B)Be part of a global movement to make citieshealthier (C)Save lives, Make Hospitals Safe in

Emergencies(D)International health security(E)Work Together for health

40. Which of the following income is commoninternational poverty line?(A)US $ 1 per day (B)US $ 1.25 per day(C)US $ 1.50 per day (D) US $ 1.75 per day(E)None of them

41. Who among the following is the author of THE NEW AGE OF INNOVATION?(A)Richard Branson (B)Jessie Paul

(C)C K Prahalad (D)Hank Paulson(E)Richard S Tedlow42. Which of the following team was defeated by

Australia recently to win the 2010 HockeyWorld Cup?(A)India (B) Germany(C)England (D) Netherlands (E)Spain

43. Who among the following is the current president of the country's prominent industrial body, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)?(A)Harsh Pati Singhania(B)Rajan Bharti Mittal(C)Ashwin Dani (D)Amit Mitra(E)None of them

44. In the Recent union Budget it was announced byFinance Minister that RBI was open to giving

banking licenses to private players and non- banking finance companies (NBFCs) if they metthe central banks criteria. in past 8 years, nonew banks have been set up in India. What is


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the number of current public sector banks, private banks and foreign banks in India?(A)22 public sector banks, 33 private banks and35 foreign banks(B) 25 public sector banks, 36 private banks and42 foreign banks(C) 27 public sector banks, 31 private banks and38 foreign banks

(D) 21 public sector banks, 30 private banks and32 foreign banks(E)20 public sector banks, 22 private banks and38 foreign banks

45. Which of the following districts of Kerala isIndia's First electrified district?(A)Alappuzha (B)Ernakulam(C)Kasaragod (D)Palakkad (E)Thrissur

46. How much assistance was declared by thecentral Government to provide to 16 publicsector banks in India to shore up their capital

base?(A)Rs. 12500 Crore (B)Rs. 16500 Crore(C)Rs. 18500 Crore (D)Rs. 20000 Crore(E)Rs. 110.

47. Which among the following in India releasesdata on balance of payments (BoP) from time totime?(A)Central Statistical Organization(B)Ministry of Finance, Government of India(C)Ministry of Commerce & Trade,Government of India

(D)Reserve Bank of India(E)Cabinet Committee on Economic Affair00Crore

48. Which country won the Hopman Cup (Tennis)2010?(A)France (B)Spain(C)Britain (D)Italy (E)Germany

49. Which state Organized a Kabaddi World Cup inMarch 2010?(A)Punjab (B)Haryana(C)Rajasthan (D)UttarPradesh(E)Uttarakhand

50. Viktor Yanukovych has been elected as Presidentof which of the following countries recently?(A)Ukraine (B)Belarus(C)Poland (D)Hungary (E)Slovakia

51. Who among the following is the new Chief Justice of India? (A)Justice K.G. Balakrishnan (B)Justice S.H. Kapadia (C)Justice Altamas Kabir

(D)Justice R.V. Raveendran (E)Justice Dalveer Bhandari

52. As per the Union Budget 2010-11,the government of India will receive a maximumamount of money from which of the following?(A)Corporation tax(B)Income tax(C)Customs

(D)Service Tax(E)Union Excise Duties53. As we know that Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) is

the amount of funds that the banks have to keepwith the Reserve Bank of India. Consider thefollowing consequences , if Reserve Bank of India decides to increase the CRR substantiallyin its monetary policy:1. The banks will have to keep more money withRBI and this dries up the liquidity.2. The Banks will have to increase the Interest

rates on their Home Loan products3. The banks will be able to earnmore money due to increased interest rates.Which among the above statements hold true?(A)all 1,2 3(B)1 & 2 only(C)2 & 3 only(D)1 & 3 only(E)3 only

54. Which among the following is not an important payment and settlement systems in India?

(A)Clearing House Automated Payment System(B)Real Time Gross Settlement System(C)National Electronic Clearing System(D)Regional Electronic Clearing System(E)All of above

55. Carlos Slim, who is currently the wealthiest person in the world (Forbes Richest List 2010)with a net worth of around US$53.5 billionthrough his holdings is a businessman of _____?(A)United States(B)Mexico(C)France(D)Spain(E)Germany

56. To which of the following neighbouring countryIndia has decided to supply 50,000 tonnes of wheat, 25,000 tonnes of rice and 10,000 tonnesof yellow peas dal?A) Pakistan B)Afghanistan C)BangladeshD)Nepal E)none

57. Which Country hosted the 16 th SAARC summit?


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A)Nepal B)Srilanka C)PakistanD)Bhutan E)none

58. On which of the following indices, India VIX is based upon?(A)BSE Sensex (B)CNX Nifty Junior (C)Nifty 50 (D)NSE Index(E)None of them

59. Who has been named Wisden Cricketer of the

Year for the second time in a row?A) Ricky Pointing B)T DilshanC) Andrew Strauss D)Sachin Tendulkar E)V Sehwag

60. Who is the author of the book Wide Angle?A) Tiger Woods B)Anil KumbleC)Adam Gilchrist D)Rahul Dravid E)none

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babab/ddceb

Business GK

1. Product Safety testing and certification firmUnderwriters Laboratories Inc. in April 2010setup a $6 million test facility in---- that willserve manufacturers in India and the Asianregion.(a) Bangalore (b) Mumbai(c)Ahmedabad (d) Nagpur (e) Nainital

2.

Indias automobile exports during April-February 2010 grew by --- generating a revenueof Rs. 1.62 trillion.(a) 10 per cent (b) 12 per cent (c)14 per cent(d)16 per cent (e) 18 per cent

3. Bank of India in April 2010 cut interest rates on bulk deposits or deposits of Rs. 1 crore andabove by upto---across various tenures.(a)0.25 per cent (b) 0.5 per cent (c) 0.75%(d)1 per cent (e) 1.25 per cent

4.

Which bank in April 2010 launched a home loan product with fixed teaser rates for the first twoyears and a floating rate that would kick in thethird year?(a)ICICI Bank (b) HDFC Bank (c) Bank of India (d) Indus Ind Bank (e) IDBI

5. Infrastructure development firm IVRCL in April2010 announced a bonus share in a ---ratio toshareholder.(a) 1:1 (b) 1:2 (c)1:3

(d)1:4 (e) 1:56. United States-based telecommunications firm AT

& T Inc. in April 2010 exercised its options toacquire---of stake in Tech Mahindra Ltd.(a) 7 per cent (b) 7.65 percent (c)

8.07%(d) 8.9 per cent (e) 9.43 per cent

7. The Indian Premier League in April 2010

allowed each team to keep a purse of----bid for players.(a) $ 5 trillion (b) $ 6 million (c) $7 million(d) $8 million (e) $ 9 million

8. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited in April 2010announced the launch of a revolutionary

broadband service named---for the nationshouseholds.(a) Fibre-To-The Home (b) Age-To-Home(c)Fibre-To-The Age (d) all of these(e) none of these

9.

Central Cottage Industries Corporation of IndiaLimited in March 2010 organised an exhibitioncum sale of exclusive range of ChanderiHandwoven Products in(a) Delhi (b) Kolkata (c) Mumbai(d)Chennai (e) All of these

10. Which bank in March 2010 baggedSKOCH Challenger Award 2010 for InclusionChampion of the Year?(a) Bank of Baroda (b) corporation Bank

(c) PNB

(d) SBI (e) all of these11. Which IT firm in April 2010 wins a 3-year dealof Microsoft Corp. to manage its internal ITservices?(a) Infosys Technologies (b) Polaris Software(c)Satyam Computers (d) ITC Services(e) None of these

12. Arcelor Mittal in April 2010 has acquired afurther----stake in steel maker Uttam GalvaSteels Ltd. for an estimated Rs. 75-80 crore(a)3 per cent (b) 3.8 per cent (c) 4.2

per cent(d)4.9 per cent (e) 5.6 per cent

13. Housing Development ad Infrastructure Ltd. inApril 2010 has received the commerce ministrysapproval for an information technology park in---(a)Gujarat (b) Kerala (c)West Bengal(d) Andhra Pradesh (e) Assam

14. Which bank in April 2010 has got securities andExchange Board of India approval to launchmutual fund operations?


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(a) ICICI Bank (b)HDFC Bank (c)IDBI Bank

(d) All of these (e) None of these15. Videocon in April 2010 launched its mobile

services in--- becoming the 14 th operator in theIndian market.(a)Tamil Nadu (b) Kerala (c) Karnataka(d) Andhra Pradesh (e) Arunachal Pradesh

16. Pepsi Co. Ltd. in April 2010 announced a preliminary agreement for a joint venture---in thenon-carbonated drinks business.(a) Coca Cola (b) Campa Cola

(c)Parle Agro(d) Tata Tea (e) All of these

17. Mulk holding in April 2010 announced anagreement with Bangalore based Aditya Solar Power Industries to develop a 200 MW solar thermal power project in---(a) America (b) UAE (c) Austria

(d) Canada (e) Russia18. US firm Summit Partners in April 2010 made itsfirst investment in India with an infusion of--- inagricultural biotech firm Krishidhan Seeds Ltd.(a) $ 10 million (b) $ 20million (c)$30

million(d)$ 40 million (e) $ 50 million

19. Asian Paints Ltd.s new plant in April 2010 hascommenced commercial production. The plantwas et up at a cost of Rs. 500 crore in---(a) Haryana (b) Himachal Pradesh

(c) Punjab (d) Gujarat (e) WestBengal20. State run NTPC Ltd. and Coal India Ltd. in

April 2010 signed an agreement for setting uptwo 2000 MW coalbased power projects in(a) Bihar (b) Gujarat (c) Jharkhand(d) All of these (e) None of these

21. Who among the following is appointed as thechairman and managing director of Export-import bank of India in April 2010?(a) T.C.A Ranganathan (b) Shivanaresh Aiyer (c)S. Ramabalu (d) T M Bhasin (e) M DMallya

22. With which country India in April 2010 signedan education deal after a series of attacks onIndian students in the country?(a)America (b) China(c) United Kingdom (d) Australia (e) Pakistan

23. Which company in April 2010 won a license to prospect for iron ore in Jharkhand?(a)SAIL (b) Essar Steel (c) Arcelor Mittal

(d) Ispat Industries (e) none of these

24. With which country India in April 2010 signedan agreement to establish a hotline betweenPrime Ministers of the two countries?(a)China b) South Korea (c)Japan(d)Bangladesh (e) Pakistan

25. Reliance Infrastructure Ltd. in April 2010commissioned a 600MW power unit at--- inHaryana.(a) Hissar (b) Karnal (c)Ambala(d)Sonepat (e) All of these

26. Which company in April 2010 was awardedSCOPE Meritorious Award 2008-09 for best

practices in Human Resource Management?(a) NTPC (b) HPCL (c)SAIL(d)BHEL (e) ONGC

27. At which level Ministry of Home Affairs will

established Police Complaints Authority?(a) Union Territory (b)District (c)State(d)Gram Panchayat (e) none of these

28. Which of the following developing countries will be Chairperson of International Programme for Development of Communication?(a)China (b) India (c)Brazil(d) Russia (e) None of these

29. Which of the following missile has beensuccessfully test fired by ISRO of strikingcapacity of 700 km?

(a) Agni-I (b)Prithvi-I (c) Prithvi-II(d) Agni-II (e) None of these

30. -----has declared National Sports Federation asPublic Authority?(a) Law Ministry (b) HRD Ministry(c)Sport Ministry (d) environment Ministry(e) None of these

31. Which of the following will set up CowCommission?(a) Haryana (b) Uttar Pradesh(c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Gujarat (e) none

32. With which company Indi has signed anagreement to establish Hotline?(a) China (b) Bangladesh (c)

Nepal(d)U.S.A (e) None of these

33. Canara Bank in April 2010 has introduced e-stamping project in (a) Karnataka (b) Kerala (c)Assam(d) Punjab (e) Gujarat


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34. Engineers India ltd (EIL) in April 2010 presenteda cheque of--- to the government as a dividendfor 2009-10.(a) Rs 500 cr. (b) Rs 507.65 cr. (c)Rs 550cr.(d) Rs 595.67 cr. (e) Rs 620 cr.

35. In order to encourage children belonging to poor families towards education, which company of Faridabad organized two functions under its

Corporate Social Responsibility Programme inApril 2010?(a)ONGC (b) NTPC (c)HPCL(d) All of these (e) none of these

36. As a part of its green banking policy, SBI inApril 2010 announced to set up wind mills in-(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Maharashtra

(c)Gujarat(d)All of these (e) none of these

37. Central Coalfields Ltd. in fiscal 2009-2010recorded the highest ever coal production of

47..08 million tones registering a growth of-(a) 7 per cent (b) 8 per cent (c)9 per cent(d) 10 per cent (e) 11 per cent

38. Export-import bank of India in April 2010raisedvia bonds with a coupon rate of 6.40 per cent(a) Rs 200cr. (b) Rs 300cr. (c) Rs 400cr.(d)Rs. 500cr. (e) Rs. 600 cr.

39. Power trading solutions firm PTC Indi ltd. inApril 2010 entered a joint venture with AshmoreGroup plc, anfirm.

(a) American (b) United kingdom(c)Italian (d) All of these (e) none

40. The IBSA nations in April 2010 have decided to jointly develop two satellites and forged closer cooperation on global issues. Which among thefollowing nations is not part of them?(a) India (b) Brazil (c)South Africa(d)Pakistan (e) None of these

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