General Knowledge and Current Affairs

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Who wrote A tale of two cities ?
Charles Dickens
Who is father of economics ?
Adam Smith
First talkie movie made in India ?
Alam Ara made in 1931 by A. Irani
What was the major decision of
Supreme court in favour of
women officers in Air Force ?
On March 12, 2010, in a path-breaking
judgement, the Delhi High Court has directed
the Centre to offer within two months
Permanent Commission (PC) to Short Service
Commissioned (SSC) women officers of the
Air Force and the Army at par with male SSC
officers
What is the major tie up with the
US by India ?
India and the United States have reached a deal

on reprocessing American-origin spent nuclear
fuel to be supplied to India under the landmark
civil nuclear agreement signed in September
2008.
What is the decision on supreme
court on reservation on the basis
of religion ?
On March 25, 2010, the Supreme Court okayed
religion-based reservation in government jobs
and educational institutes in Andhra Pradesh
but referred the matter to a constitution bench
to decide on its constitutional validity.
What is the status of women's
reservation bill ?
Fourteen years after it was envisaged, the

Rajya Sabha, on March 10, 2010, passed the
landmark Women’s Reservation Bill that will
pave the way for reserving 33 per cent seats for
women in Parliament and State Assemblies.
What is the health care law of the
US ?
On March 23, 2010, US President Barack Obama signed into law the
landmark Health Care Bill that introduces sweeping reforms in the
USA’s healthcare system, health insurance exchanges will be
created, a competitive marketplace, where uninsured people and
small businesses will finally be able to purchase affordable quality
insurance.It will also lower costs for families and for businesses and
for the federal government, reducing deficit by over $1 trillion in the
next two decades.
How is RBI helping IMF ?
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has signed an

agreement with the International Monetary
Fund (IMF) to purchase notes worth up to $10
billion to improve the ability of the
international lender to provide timely and
effective balance-of-payment assistance
Has India signed Copenhagen
Pact ?
Yes,
On March 9, 2010, India and China formally
backed the Climate Change Accord hammered
out in Copenhagen in 2009, calling for
voluntary cut in greenhouse gas emissions.
Which country has Google left
recently ?
Late on March 23, 2010 night, the Internet

giant Google shut its Chinese website and
shifted its search engine services to uncensored
Hong Kong
Which terrorist has recently
accepted his guilt in the US
regarding Mumbai Attacks ?
In a volte-face, Pakistani-American LeT

operative David Coleman Headley, accused of
plotting the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks and
conspiring to target a Danish newspaper, has
pleaded guilty before a US court.
When is world water day
celebrated ?
World Water Day is observed on March 22

every year to focus attention on the importance
of fresh-water
What is the limit on gratuity
payment now ?
The ceiling for payment of gratuity to private

sector employees has been raised from Rs 3.5
lakh to Rs 10 lakh.
Who are the world's smallest and
tallest persons ?
He Pingping of China, at 2 feet 5 inches is the

world’s shortest man and Sultan Kosen of
Turkey, at 8 feet 1 inches is the tallest man.
Which country has least pollution
as per EPI (environment pollution
index) ?
Iceland
India and China rank 123rd and 121st in
pollution control, respectively
What is solar mission ?
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh launched

India’s Solar Energy Mission (named
Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission) on
January 11, 2010. The main aim of the mission
is to help generate 20,000 MW of solar power
by 2022.
What is Hybus?
Ashok Leyland has launched India’s first

electric plug-in CNG hybrid bus, named
Hybus.
What is HDI ?
Human development Index.

India’s HDI, which was 0.530 in 1996, rose to
0.605 in 2006, while GDI score improved from
0.514 in 1996 to 0.590 in a decade
GDI = gender development index
GEM = gener empowerment measure
When is
Army Day celebrated ?
Army Day is celebrated on January 15.
Which Indian institute is among
the top 20 business schools in the
world ?
As per the Financial Times. ISB hyderabad has

improved its position to bag the 12th spot on
the list of top 100 B-Schools across the globe
in 2010. The London School of Business
topped the list
Who is president of Srilanka ?
On January 27, 2010, Mahinda Rajapska

emerged victorious in the bitterly-fought first
post-LTTE era Presidential elections
What is TKDL ?
Traditional Knowledge Digital Library
(TKDL).
Managed by the CSIR, TKDL is a
computerised database of documented
information available in Indian texts, relating
to Indian systems of medicine. Over 10 years,
more than 2 lakh formulations of Ayurveda,
Siddha, Unani and Yoga have been
documented under the TKDL.
What is ASIA FREE TRADE
ZONE ?
On January 1, 2010, China and 10 South-east

Asian nations ushered in the world’s third-
largest free-trade area.
Who won medals for India in
ISSF world cup shooting ?
ISSF World Cup
World champion marksman Manavjit Singh
Sandhu lived up to his top billing and clinched
the trap gold in the ISSF World Cup at
Acapulco, Mexico. Another Indian, Anirudh
Singh also impressed by entering his first ever
World Cup final with a score of 122.
Which team won Deodhar Trophy
in Cricket ?
North Zone beat West Zone by 49 runs to win

the Deodhar Trophy cricket tournament. The
final was played at Vadodara.
Who was FIFA World Player of
Year in 2009-10?
Argentine and Barcelona football star Lionel

Messi has been named World Player of the
Year, while Portuguese and Real Madrid icon
Cristiano Ronaldo has secured the Puskas Goal
of the Year gong.
Who won SAARC Environment
Award, 2010?
Environmentalist Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal

has been selected for the award for setting new
milestones in the field of environment,
especially his initiative on cleaning the Kali
Bein rivulet passing through Kapurthala,
Punjab.
Who won Saraswati Samman,
2009?
“Lafzan Di Dargah”, a poetry collection in

Punjabi by Surjit Patar, has been awarded the
19th Saraswati Samman for 2009.
Who won the Oscar Awards, 2010?
Best Movie: The Hurt Locker.

Best Director: Kathyrn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker). She has become
the first woman director to win the honour.
Best Actor: Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart).
Best Actress: Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side).
Best Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique.
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz.
Best Animated Movie: Up
Best Foreign Film: The Secret in Their Eyes (Argentina).
Who won Chameli Devi Jain
Award, 2009?
The award for an outstanding woman media-

person has been shared by Shoma Chaudhary,
executive editor of Tehelka, Delhi and
Monalisa Changkija, Editor of Nagaland Page,
Dimapur.
Who won the Mother Teresa
Award, 2010?
UGC chairman Sukhadeo Thorat has been

given the prestigious Mother Teresa Lifetime
Achievement Award for 2010. Thorat, who has
authored 21 publications, has been
instrumental in introducing several academic
and administrative reforms in higher education
during ongoing XIth plan.
When did India launch Brahmos ?
On March 21, 2010, India joined the league of

select nations to have a ‘manoeuvrable’
supersonic cruise missile when it successfully
test-fired the vertical-launch version of 290-km
range BrahMos from a warship in the Bay of
Bengal off the Orissa coast.
When did Big bang replication
experiments take place ?
30 March 2010
The collision was orchestrated at around in the
world’s largest particle collider, the Large
Hadron Collider (LHC) at the European
Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN),
Geneva. They will be able to get the fabled
Higgs boson—popularly called ‘God Particle'
Did Chandrayaan-I find ice on
moon?
The success story of Chandrayaan-I, the

maiden Indian moon mission, turned a new
chapter with the discovery of ice deposits on
the moon by an American payload aboard the
spacecraft.
What is the slogan of Census
2011 ?
The slogan of Census 2011 is 'Our Census,

Our Future'.
What is NPR ?
National Population Register (NPR) is a unique

mechanism to record biometric particulars of
the entire populace of India. The work on the
project will start in April 2010 and is expected
to complete by September 2010.
What is cloud computing ?
cloud computing stores data and applications
on the internet. Users do not have to invest in
hardware (reducing costs considerably) and
maintenance experts. They can simply pull up
applications when needed and use them like we
use utilities, for example electricity. Most
players provide these services for free for
individual users. For enterprise users, it’s
generally a paid subscription-based model.
What is CSAT ?
The Union government has decided to replace

the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination
with the Civil Service Aptitude Test (CSAT),
which will test candidates on their aptitude and
analytical abilities rather than their ability to
memorise. The CSAT is expected to come into
effect from 2011.
What is maximum strength of
parliament ?
Lok Sabha = 545

Rajya Sabha = 250
What is India's rank in Economic
freedom ?
With an economic freedom score of 53.8, India

has been rated the 124th freest economy in the
world, according to the 16th Annual Index of
Economic Freedom, released by The Heritage
Foundation and The Wall Street Journal. Hong
Kong and Singapore finished 1st and 2nd in
the rankings
Who was the first president of
INC (indian national congress)?
W.C.Bannerji
Who was the president of INC
(indian national congress) in
1907?
Surat session= Rasbehari Ghosh
When did Sri M.K.Gandhi ji
became president of INC for the
first time ?
1924 at Belgaon Session
Who was the first woman
President of INC ?
1917 Calcutta Session = Annie Besant
Who was the first Indian woman
President?
1925 Kanpur Session

Sarojini Naidu
When Gandhi ji openly opposed
Subhash Chandra Bose in INC ?
1939 Tripuri Session S.C.Bose was re-

elected but had to resign due to protest by
Gandhiji (as Gandhiji supported Dr.Pattabhi
Sitaramayya). Rajendra Prasad was appointed
in his place.
When was the first National Planning
committee set up by INC (to suggest plan for
the then British government ruling on India)
1938 Haripura Session a National

Planning Committed was set-up
underJ.L.Nehru
S.C Bose was the president
When was Poorna Swaraj
resolution was passed?
1929 Lahore Session,J.L.Nehru was the

president
Who wrote Anand Math?
Bankim C. Chatterji
Who wrote The Indian Struggle
S.C. Bose
Who wrote Poverty & Un-British
Rule in India ?
Dadabhai Naoroji
Who wrote Neel Darpan ?
Dinbandhu Mitra
Who wrote Hind Swaraj ?
M.K. Gandhi
Who wrote
The Discovery of India ?
J.L. Nehru
Who wrote The Indian War of
Independence ?
V.D. Savarkar
Who wrote Unhappy India ?
Lala Lajpat Rai
Who wrote A Nation in the
Making ?
S.N. Banerji
Who wrote Satyarth Prakash ?
Swami Dayanand
Who wrote A Gift of Monotheists
?
Ram Mohan Roy
Who wrote Pather Panchali?
Bibhuti Bhushan Banerji
Who wrote My Indian Years ?
Lord Hardinge II
Who wrote Pakhtoon ?
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

(Seemant Gandhi)
Who wrote Ghulam Giri?
Jyotiba Phule
Who wrote
Causes of the Indian Mutiny?
Sir Syyed Ahmed Khan
Who wrote Problems of the East ?
Lord Curzon
Who wrote Economic History of
India?
R.C. Dutt
How many mahajanpadas were
there in ancient India ?
16
Kashi Kosala Kuru, Panchal,
Gandharva , Sursen, Kamboj, Avanti, Assaka
Anga Magadh , Matsya, vatsya
Vajji Malla Chedi
Which law Ended of Dual government
appointed Governor of Bengal to be the
Governor-General of British territories of
India and
Establishment of Supreme Court in Calcutta.
Regulating Act 1773
What was the India's first
newspaper(started by J.K.Hikki)
Bengal Gazette(1780)
What were the newspapers started
by Tilak ?
Kesari & Maratha
Who had started Amrita Bazar
Patrika ?
Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Motilal Ghosh
Who had started newspaper
Vande Mataram?
Aurobindo Ghosh
Who had started the Statesman?
Robert Knight
Who had started
The Hindu ?
Vir Raghavacharya and G.S.Aiyar
Who had started Comrade ?
Mohammed Ali
Who had started Mooknayak?
B.R.Ambedkar
What were the names of
newspapers started by Gandhiji ?
Young India
Nav Jeewan
Harizan
Who had started the Hindustan
Times ?
K.M.Pannikar
What were the names of
newspapers started by Annie
Besant ?
New India
Commonweal
Who had started Yugantar ?
Bhupendranath Datta and Barinder Kumar

Ghosh
Who had started Bombay
Chronicle ?
Firoze Shah Mehta
Who had started Al – Hilal, and
Al-Bilagh?
Molana Abdul Kalam Azad
When did partition of Bengal take
place ?
Lord Curzon on Oct 16, 1905, through a royal

Proclamation, reducing the old province of
Bengal in size by creating East Bengal and
Assam out of rest of Bengal.
When did INC start ?
Indian National Congress (INC) started in 1985

by A.O. Hume and in the first session there
were 72 delegates and the president was
Wyomesh Chandra Bannerjee
When was Ghadar Party of India
started ?
1913 :
Formed by Lala Hardayal, Taraknath Das
and Sohan Singh Bhakna.
What was
Komagata Maru ?
It was the name of a ship which carried a

shipload of Sikh and Muslim immigrants from
Punjab to Vancouver, Canada.But Canadian
Govt. Didnt allow them and they had to return
back to Kolkata and they faced lots of
hardships. 22 of them died.
When was Swaraj adopted as goal
of INC (IndianNational
Congress)?
In Dec 1906 at Calcutta, the INC under

Dadabhai Naoroji adopted 'Swaraj' (Self- govt)
as the goal of Indian people.
What was Indigo Revolt 1859 - 60 ?
In this, the peasants were forced to grow

indigo in their lands unwillingly by the
European factory-owners.
Which Europian country set up
factory first time in India ?
Portugese
The Portuguese voyager Vasco da Gama reached Calicut on May 17,
1498. At that time Calicut was ruled by a king named Zamorin.
Vasco da Gama's voyage was successful in establishing a sea route
from Europe to India that would permit trade with the Far East,
without the use of the costly and unsafe Silk Road caravan routes, of
the Middle East and Central Asia. In 1502, he established a factory at
Cochin.
When did East India company
start ?
The English East India Company was formed in 1599, and was given
the royal Charter by Queen Elizabeth I in 1600 to trade in the east.
Captain William Hawkins stayed in Jahangir's court from 1609-
1611. But he failed to get the king's permission to erect a factory at
Surat. Captain Middleton succeeded in this effort in 1611.Finally
they started factory in Surat in 1613.
When did S.C. Bose start Azad
Hind Fauz ? (Indian National
Army)
On 1 Sep, 1942 He establish the Indian

National Army 'Azad Hind Fauj
When was first free India
government proclaimed (by S.C.
Bose) ?
21 Oct, 1943
Subhash Chandra Bose proclaimed the
formation of the Provisonal Government of
Free India.
Match these :
Mahatma Gandhi Raj Ghat

J.L.Nehru Shantivan
B.R. Ambedkar Chaithrabhoomi
Indira Gandhi Shaktisthal
Charan Singh Kisan Ghat
answer : they are all matched
Match these :
Rajiv Gandhi Virbhoomi

Morarji Desai Abhay Ghat
Gulzari Lai Nanda Narayan Ghat
Jagjivan Ram Samatasthal
L.B. Shastri Vijay Ghat
Zail Singh Ektasthal
answer : they are all matched
Who got Bharat Ratna for the first
time (1954) ?
Dr.Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888 - 1975)

Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari (1878 - 1972)
Dr.Chandrasekhar Venkatraman (1888 - 1970)
Who got Bharat Ratna in 2001 ?
Latha Mangeshkar
Bismilla Khan
Name the non-Indians who got
Bharat Ratna ?
Seemant Gandhi (1987)

Nelson Mendala (1990)

Name the Indian Prime Ministers
who got Bharat Ratna ?
Nehru ji
Indira Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi
MorarjiDesai
Gulzari Lal Nanda
Lal Bahadur Shashtri

Name the former presidents who
got Bharat ratna awards ?
Radhakrishnan, Rajendra Prasad, V.V Giri,

Zakir Husain

Name the famous persons who got Bharat
Ratna awards posthumously? (other than
those mentioned earlier)
Abdul kalam Azad, Aruna Asaf Ali, J.P.

Narayan, Gopinath Bordoloi, Sardar Vallab
Bhai Patel, Amdedkar, MGR,

Who was the first English
President of INC ?
1888 year Allahabad session George Yule

Who was the president of INC at
the time of Re-union of the
Congress?
1916 Lucknow Session

A.C.Majumdar

Who was the youngest president
in pre-independent India in INC ?
1923 year Delhi (sp.session) Abdul Kalam

Azad

Who was the first Muslim
President of INC?
1887 Madras Session (chennai)

Badruddin Tyyabji

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What was poona pact ?
Agreement between gandhi ji and Ambedkar

on 25 sept. 1932
it is the starting point of reservation system
formally approved by Gandhi ji

What is communal award ?
It was give by Ramsay Mac Donald the prime

minister of UK to divide India on caste basis.
It was made on 14 august 1932
Gandhi ji opposed it
this award gave representations on basis of
caste / religion / depressed caste etc.

What was gandhi irwin pact ?
On 5 March 1931, there was agreement

between Gandhi ji and Irwin.
After this Congress joined 2nd round table
conference.
The credit for this goes to Sapru and Jayakar

When were the Universities of
Calcutta, Bombay and Madras
were established
The Universities of Calcutta, Bombay and

Madras were established in 1857.

When was first census in India ?
For the first time in Indian history, a census

was held in 1871.

What did Lytton did in 1877?
He Organised the Grand 'Delhi Durbar' in 1877

to decorate Queen Victoria with the title of
'Kaiser I Hind'.

What wrong did Lytton did in
1878?
Vernacular Press Act (1878).

Lord Hardings did something
important in 1911 ? what did he
do ?
Partition of Bengal was cancelled (1911),

capital shifted from Calcutta to Delhi (1911).
Partition of Bengal was announced to come in
force fom Oct 16, 1906.

When was Muslim League
founded
On 31 Dec, 1906 Muslim League was founded

at Decca.

When did Tilak start Indian Home
Rule League ?
On 28 Apr, 1916
B.G. Tilak founded Indian Home Rule League
with its headquarters at Poona.
On 25 Sep, 1916 Another Home Rule League
started by Annie Besant.

Name the first major movement
by Gandhi ji in India
In Apr 1917 Mahatma Gandhi launched the

Champaran campaign in Bihar to focus
attention on the grievances of indigo planters.

What was the first major trade
union of India ?
In 1920 First meeting of the All India Trade

Union Congress, (under Narain Malhar Joshi).

When did Jallianwala Bagh
tragedy take place ?
13 Apr, 1919

How did Bhagat Singh express his
dissent ?
On 8 Apr, 1929 Bhagot Singh and

Batukeshwai Dutt throw bomb in the Central
Legislative Assembly (no one was hurt)
on 23 Mar, 1931 Bhagat Singh, Sukh Dev and
Rajguru were executed.

When did quit India movement
start ?
On 11 Aug, 1942 Quit India movement began

the Great Aug Uprising.

What was the last day of
Britishers in India ?
15 August 1947
Mountbatten was the last viceroy.
on 3 Jun, 1947 Mountbatten Plan was
announced for the partion of India and the
announcement (Jun 4 that transfer to power
will take place on Aug 15.

When did Alexander defeat Porus
in the Battle of Hydaspas?
326 bc

When did Ashoka defeat Kalinga
in the Kalinga War
261 bc

What was the year of First Battle of Tarain in
which Prithviraj Chauhon defeated
Mohammed Ghori
1191 a d

What was the year of Battle of
Chausa in which Sher Shah Suri
defeated Humayun.
1539

What was the year of First Battle
of Panipat in which Babar
defeated Ibrahim Lodhi.
1526

What was the year of
Battle of Chhandwar in which
Mohd. Ghori defeated Jaichandra
of Kannauj.
1194

What was the year of Second
Battle of Panipat in which Bairam
Khan (representing Akbar)
defeated Hemu.
1556

Haldighati in which Akbar
defeated Maharana Pratap.
1576

When did Raja Jai Singh defeat
Shivaji and the Treaty of Purandar
signed.
1665

What was the year of
Battle of Plassey in which the English forces
(under Robert Cive) defeated Siraj-ud-daula,
the Nawab of Bengal.
1757

Wandiwash in which the English
forces defeated the French forces.
1760

What was the year of Third Battle
of Panipat in which Ahmed Shah
Abdali defeated the Marathas.
1761

What was the year of Battle of Buxar in
which the English under Munro defeated the
alliance of Nawab Mir Qasim of Bengal,
Nawab Shuja-ud-daula of Awadh and Mughal
emperor Shah Alam.
1764

What were the years of First
Anglo Mysore War in which
Hyder Ali defeated the English
forces.
1767-69

What were the years of First
Anglo Maratha War in which the
British were defeated.
1766-69

What was the year of Second Anglo Mysore War. Hyder Ali died
during the battle (1782) and the field was taken by his son Tipu
Sultan. The war concluded with the Treaty of Mangalore (1784).
1780-84

What was the year of Third Anglo Mysore
War in which Tipu Sultan was defeated. The
Treaty of Serirangapatnam followed.
1789-92

What was the year of Fourth
Anglo Mysore War in which Tipu
was defeated and killed.
1799

What were the years of Second
Anglo Afghan War in which the
English suffered losses.
1868-80

What were the years of
Third Anglo Afghan War in which the
English, though victorious, did not benefit
from the war.
1919-21

When was the First Independence Day
(although India was not independent at that
time ) observed in India?
26 Jan, 1930

When did Gandhi ji start Dandi
march ?
On 12 Mar, 1930 Mahatma Gandhi launched

the Civil Disobedience movement with his epic
Dandi Mar (Mar 12 to Apr 6). First phase of
the Civil Disobedience movement: Mar 12,
1930 to Mar 5, 1931.

Who won the Barclays Dubai
Tennis Championships beating
Mikhail Youzhny (7-5, 5-7,
6-3) in the final?
Novak Djokovic

Which Club retained the League
Cup with a 2-1 victory over Aston
Villa at Wembley Stadium in
London?
Manchester United.

Which team won IPL – 3 ?
Chennai Super King

Name the motor company, which has
announced a recall of 540,000 vehicles across
the world to repair faulty brake pedals and
fuel gauges?
Nissan Motor Co.

Which moble maker changed the
batteries of its customers , when
there was complaint about battery
– world wide ?
Nokia

The murder of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Pramod
Mahajan, who was
sentenced to life imprisonment, died in a Thane hospital in
Mumbai?
Pravin Mahajan.

Who has won Dance India Dance
–2?
Shakti

Libya has recently decided to impose a total embargo on all
economic and commercial
exchanges with a country in Western Europe. Which is that
country?
Switzerland

Who scored maximum runs in IPL
3?
Sachin Tendulkar

Who became the first female to
win a Best Director Oscar award?
Kathryn Bigelow (Film: The Hurt Locker)

Three Indians who have been
named among Asia's eight top
power women by
American broadcaster CNN?
Sonia Gandhi, Congress president,

Chanda Kochhar, ICICI Bank head
Indra Nooyi, PepsiCo chief executive

Former India captain and legendary all-rounder who
was inducted into the Cricket
Hall of Fame at a ceremony held at the ICC
headquarters in Dubai?
Kapil Dev

Former chairman of Dena Bank
and Press Trust of India who
passed away recently
after prolonged illness?
Pravinchandra V. Gandhi

Who is the husband of Sania
Mirza ?
Shoab Malik

Indian cricketer who has been named the Goodwill
Ambassador of the United Nations
Environment Programme (UNEP)?
Sachin Tendulkar

New IPL commissioner replacing
Lalit Modi ?
Chirayu Amin

India signed some major defence deals with a
country on March 12, 2010 and as part of
these defence and energy deals, that country will
build 16 nuclear reactors in India. Which
is that country?
Russia.

Name the Indian bureaucrat, who
has been reportedly involved in
spying against India itself ?
Madhuri Gupta

Which country wonmen's World
Cup hockey-2010?
Australia. Australia beat Germany 2-1 in the

final.

Who won the Player of the series award in the two
test cricket series between England
and Bangladesh held in Bangladesh?
Graeme Swann (England).

Name the player who scored a
double century in ODI ?
Sachin Tendulkar

Name of US Special Envoy to Afghanistan and
Pakistan who regretted his reported
remarks that Indians were not the real target of
recent terrorist attack in Afghanistan
capital Kabul that killed 16 persons, six of them
being Indians?
Richard Holbrooke.

Who is appointed as the new
social secretary of U.S. President?
Julianna Smoot

which country has successfully
flight tested a prototype of the
Light Combat Helicopter (LCH)
on 29-03-2010?
India.

From which country India is
getting K 152 nerpa submarines?
Russia

Name of the Canadian province which is the first in
North America to ban the’ niqab ‘
a top-to-toe dress worn by Muslim women?
Quebec province.

Who was named as coach of the
Ivory Coast for the 2010 World
Cup Football finals in
South Africa?
Sven-Goran Eriksson, Former England

football manager.

With which neighbor country,
India has created a Joint River
Commission?
Bangladesh

The first woman in 4 years to
become judge of Supreme Court?
Gyan Sudha Mishra

Name the governor of Rajasthan,
who died recently ?
Prabha Rao

Eminent Pakistani journalist who was awarded
South Asian Association for Regional
Cooperation (SAARC) Lifetime Achievement
Award at SAARC Festival of Literature at
New Delhi?
Hamid Mir

Name of the tiny island claimed for years by India and
Bangladesh in the Bay of
Bengal has disappeared recently beneath the rising seas?
“New Moore Island “to the Indians and “South

Talpatti Island “to the Bangladeshis.

Who is set to become the second India footballer to play overseas
after Baichung Bhutia, with the striker nearing a deal with USA’s
Major League Soccer club Kansas City
Wizards?
Sunil Chetri . He became the first Indian and

eighth Asian citizen to play in Major League
Soccer. He will also be the first Asian to play
for the Kansas City Wizards.

Which state won the
national sub junior Wushu
championship?
Manipur

Who wrote Rajat Rangini ?
Kalhan

Which cities have been added to the IPL family as
new franchises for the fourth season
of the Indian Premiere League to be played in
2011?
Pune and Cochin

Sahara won the bid for Pune with a price of
Rs 1,702 crore for 10 years while Randezvous
Sports got Kochi with a Rs 1,533.32 crore
bid.

Former Prime Minister of Nepal and the President
of the Nepali Congress, a major
political party in Nepal, died at the age of 85 on
March 20, 2010?
Girija Prasad Koirala.

Which country temporarily recalled its ambassador to
Libya, following comments credited to Libyan
President, Maummar Gaddafi which advised that
Nigeria should be partitioned into two nations along
Christian and Muslim lines, to avert frequent sectarian
violence?
Nigeria.

One of Italy's most wanted a
Mafia suspects who has been
arrested after being tracked
down via his Facebook account?
Pasquale Manfredi.

Which website became famous
due to Shashi Thurur ?
Twitter.com

Name of the play by William Shakespeare, that has
been for more than 280 years
considered to be a hoax, is finally up to be included
in a new series of the Bard's work by
his publisher
'The Double Falsehood’

Who is the director of one of the
most successful India movies 3
Idiots?
Rajkumar Hirani

Which country claimed overall title in the fifth
Commonwealth Boxing Championships
held in Delhi?
India.
Olympics Bronze medalist Vijender Singh
wins the Gold medal at the 75 kg category.
Amandeep Singh (49kg), Suranjoy Singh
(52kg), Dinesh Kumar (81kg), Paramjeet
Samota(91+kg) and Jai Bhagwan (60 kg)

The new car factory set up by
Nissan of Japan with its French
partner, Renault, located
in?
Oragadam in Kanchipuram district near

Chennai, Tamilnadu.

In a country after a massive cyclone” cyclone
Tomas” forced thousands of people to flee their
homes.
Which is that nation?
Fiji

Which is the apex body in higher
technical education in India ?
AICTE

Which is the apex approving body
in Medical education in India ?
MEDICAL COUNCIL OF INDIA

Which is / are the apex body in
higher education in humanities
and social sciences in India ?
ICSSR
(indian council of social science research)
& University Grants Commission

What is bank rate now ?
6%

Which is the central bank of
India ?
RBI

Which is the apex regulatory body
in stock market finance sector in
India ?
SEBI

Which is the apex regulatory body
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IRDA

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My purpose here is to give a few questions on general

Alam Ara made in 1931 by A. Irani

India and the United States have reached a deal

Fourteen years after it was envisaged, the

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has signed an

Late on March 23, 2010 night, the Internet

In a volte-face, Pakistani-American LeT

World Water Day is observed on March 22

The ceiling for payment of gratuity to private

He Pingping of China, at 2 feet 5 inches is the

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh launched

Ashok Leyland has launched India’s first

Human development Index.

Army Day is celebrated on January 15.

As per the Financial Times. ISB hyderabad has

On January 27, 2010, Mahinda Rajapska

On January 1, 2010, China and 10 South-east

North Zone beat West Zone by 49 runs to win

Argentine and Barcelona football star Lionel

Environmentalist Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal

“Lafzan Di Dargah”, a poetry collection in

Best Movie: The Hurt Locker.

The award for an outstanding woman media-

UGC chairman Sukhadeo Thorat has been

On March 21, 2010, India joined the league of

The success story of Chandrayaan-I, the

The slogan of Census 2011 is 'Our Census,

National Population Register (NPR) is a unique

The Union government has decided to replace

Lok Sabha = 545

With an economic freedom score of 53.8, India

Surat session= Rasbehari Ghosh

1924 at Belgaon Session

1917 Calcutta Session = Annie Besant

1925 Kanpur Session

1939 Tripuri Session S.C.Bose was re-

1938 Haripura Session a National

1929 Lahore Session,J.L.Nehru was the

Lala Lajpat Rai

Ram Mohan Roy

Bibhuti Bhushan Banerji

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Sir Syyed Ahmed Khan

Regulating Act 1773

Kesari & Maratha

Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Motilal Ghosh

Vir Raghavacharya and G.S.Aiyar

Bhupendranath Datta and Barinder Kumar

Firoze Shah Mehta

Molana Abdul Kalam Azad

Lord Curzon on Oct 16, 1905, through a royal

Indian National Congress (INC) started in 1985

It was the name of a ship which carried a

In Dec 1906 at Calcutta, the INC under