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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

gk quiz 7

1.      All technical institutes approved by AICTE have to reserve up to 5% of their seats for students from economically backward society
2.      RBI ask banks 2 close PPF accounts of Hindu undivided families (HUFs) which have Completed 15 years and refund the money by mar 2011..
3.      RBI relaxed norms 4 setting bank branches in North-East India and no prior approval of the apex regulatory body is required for it....
4.      The 5-member Justice Srikrishna Committee has submitted its report on the separate Telangana state
5.      Nimbus launches lucrative world hockey league with IHF.
6.      RBI allowed MNC's to hedge exchange rate risks associated wid trade transactions and external borrowings through cross-currency option
7.      Mr. Vinod Rai is Comptroller and Auditor General(CAG) of India,the supreme audit institution of india
8.      ONGC has decided to increase its stake in Pawan Hans Helicopters from its current holding of 21.5% to 49% by infusing Rs 96cr
9.      Priyanaka Chopra : National Ambassador for UNICEF.
10.  R.P.Goenka : Life Time Achievement Award by Indian Chamber of Commerce
11.  Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed- Maldives' former attorney-general to be appointed new secretary-general of SAARC on March 1,2011 replacing Sheel Kant Sharma
12.  'Bulava' : intercontinental ballistic missile test fired by RUSSIA
13.  R.K.Singh has been appointed as BPCL chairman.
14.  Sanjeev Tripathi: New Chief of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW)
15.   "Discovery Of india ": Jawaharlal Nehru
16.  China won 1000 Asian Games Gold medal
17.  Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) founded in 1954
* Headquarters (HQ): Ispat Bhawan, New Delhi
* Chairman: Chandra Shekhar Verma
18.  International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Established on 1957
* Head: Yukiya Amano (Japan)
* Headquarters: Vienna, Austria
19.  2011 A.D:
>AD stands for "Anno Domini"
>MMXI is the Roman numeral for 2011
20.  Coins below 50 paise will lose currency from June 30, 2011
21.  * Indian Parliament:
1) President of India
2) Rajya Sabha (Council of States)
3) Lok Sabha (House of the People)
22.  * IPC - Indian Penal Code
23.  Shah Commission - Reorganisation of States
* Dinesh Goswami Committee - Electoral reforms
* Omkar Goswami Committee - Industrial sickness
24.  Pulicat Lake (Pazhaverkaadu Eri) is in the border of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
25.  Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) was estd as "The Native Share & Stock Brokers Association" in 1875
* National Stock Exchange (NSE) – 1992
26.  Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) is India's external intelligence agency, formed on 21 Sept 1968, HQ - New Delhi
27.  Mishri Devi (Haryana) was awarded the title of "Best Mother" on Senior Citizens Day (Aug 21 2010)
28.  1st International Tiger Summit held on Saint Petersberg (Russia).
 "Global Tiger Recovery Programme" wil be started by 13 nations.
29.  Nicky Helle elected as the Govenrner of South Carolina (USA).
* She is the 1st women Governer of Indian Origin in USA.
30.  Third meeting of SAARC Transport Ministers was held in New Delhi on 23/11/2010. Union Road Transport and highways Minister Kamal Nath attended d meti

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