MAY 2011

1. Which team has won DLF Indian Premiere League champions for the second time in a row at the MA Chidambaram stadium in Chennai ? Chennai Super Kings, 2. The alleged mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings who has been arrested in Pakistan recently? Umar Patek. Patek is one of the main suspects in the 2002 Bali bombings that left 202 people dead, including 88 Australians and 114 others. 3. British detective writer, best known to fans of the genre as the creator of Inspector Ghote of the Mumbai CID, who has died at the age of 84? HRF Keating. He introduced the character Ghote in his 1964 novel The Perfect Murder. Inspector Ganesh Ghote is an inspector in the Mumbai Police who appeared in twenty-four novels. 4. Alleged underworld gangster and former independent MLA, popularly known as ''Godmother'', died of a heart attack in Porbandar? Santokben Jadeja. She was elected on the Janata Dal ticket from the Kutiyana constituency in Porbandar district. She took over the underworld after the murder of her husband, Sarman Munja, was also a MLA for one term in the early Nineties. She was alleged to be behind the murder of 14 people who, she believed were responsible for her husband's murder. 5. The worlds most wanted terrorist, was killed early by US special forces in a helicopter-borne operation at Abbottabad near the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, climaxing a over 10-year long massive manhunt. Name of that Terrorist ? - Osama bin Laden 6. Who takes over as Chairman of Infosys ? K.V. Kamath. 7. Recently which country has release Postal stamp on Rabindranath Tagore ? Sri Lanka. The government of Sri Lanka will release on May 7, a postal stamp and first day cover on Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, on the occasion of his 150th birth anniversary celebrations. 8. Recently ISRO develops India's fastest supercomputer, Name of that Supercomputer? SAGA-220. 9. Who has been elected as the new Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh ? Jarbom Gamlin After the official confirmation on Dorjee Khandus death, Congress did not take time to assign Khandus successor for his job. In a core party meeting, Jarbom Gamlin has been elected as the new Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh. Gamlin was sworn as the new CM on May 5. 10. Which pair won the Miami Sony Ericsson Open Doubles title beating Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor in final? Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi. With this win, they became number one in the ATP World Tour Doubles Team Rankings. 11. Who is the new Prime Minister of Syria? Adel Safar. He previously served as Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform from 2003 to 2011. 12. Name of the Chinese painting which sold for record 10 million dollars at an auction in Hong Kong recently? "Forever Lasting Love". The painting, by Zhang Xiaogang, features three scenes of semi-naked figures in a sparse desert-like background surrounded by symbolic images.

13. Who defeated Rafael Nadal to win the Sony Ericsson Open Tennis Title held in Miami? Novak Djokovic. 14. Who has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)? Sushil Munhot. 15. Who has been awarded the 20th Saraswati Samman for 2010? S. L. Bhyrappa. Kannada writer S. L. Bhyrappa was chosen for the prestigious Saraswati Samman for his novel Mandra. The award, constituted by the K. K. Birla Foundation, consists of Rs.7.50 lakh, a citation and a plaque. He has so far published 22 novels, the first being Bheemakaya in 1959 and the latest Aavarana in 2007. The first recipient of Saraswati Samman award was Harivansh Rai Bachchan in 1991 for his autobiography. 16. Popular South Indian actress who died of a cardiac arrest on 6 April 2011 after undergoing treatment for a heart ailment at her residence in Chennai? Sujatha. Sujatha was introduced to the Tamil film industry by veteran director K. Balachander as a protagonist in Aval Oru Thodar Kathai (1974). She won Kalaimamani award from the Government of Tamil Nadu. She got Nandi Award for Pelli in 1998. 17. Indian prisoner who has been released on April 7,2011 after spending 27 years in prison in Pakistan on spying charges? Gopal Das. He was set free after Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari remitted his sentence on humanitarian grounds following an appeal by the Indian Supreme Court. 18. Prominent Kashmiri religious leader, a trenchant critic of last years stone throwing youngsters, who was killed on April 8, 2011, in a powerful bomb explosion outside a mosque? Maulana Showkat Shah. He is a leader of the Jamiat-e-Ahilhadith which is a highly puritanical group of Muslims closer to the Wahabi school of thought in Saudi Arabia. 19. Who has taken over as the new chairman of State Bank of India, the country's top lender? Pratip Chaudhuri. Chaudhuri was the deputy managing director in the international banking division of the bank. 20. Indian Ambassador to Ivory Coast, who was evacuated from her residence on 08-04-2011 by United Nations and French forces in capital Abidjan in the wake of heavy fighting? Shamma Jain. 21. Red Bull driver who won the Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix title-2011? Sebastian Vettel. 22. Who is Winner of the Man Booker International 2011? Philip Roth 24. Who won the Player of the series award in the three ODI cricket Series played between Australia and Bangladesh held in Bangladesh in April 2011? Shane Watson (Australia). 25. who has been chosen for the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding for 2009 for her enormous efforts toward sustainable and equitable development ? German Chancellor Angela Merkel..

26. Who has been broken his own record for most climbs of Mount Everest by scaling the worlds tallest peak for the 21st time? -Nepalese guide Sherpa 27. On 5 April 2011, an Indian social activist started a 'fast unto death' to exert pressure on the government of India to enact a strong anti-corruption act as envisaged in the Jan Lokpal Bill, a law to establish a Lokpal (ombudsman) with the power to deal with corruption in public offices. Name of that social activist? Anna Hazare. His real name is Kisan Baburao Hazare. His fast led to nationwide protests in support of Hazare. The fast ended on 9 April 2011, the day after all of Hazare's demands were agreed by the government of India. 28. Wisden, regarded as the Bible of cricket, has named which Cricket Player as the leading cricketer in the world for the year 2010? Sachin Tendulkar, Indian batting maestro. He became the seventh recipient of the Wisden award after teammate Virender Sehwag, Australians Ricky Ponting and Shane Warne, Englands Andrew Flintoff, Sri Lankas Muttiah Muralitharan and South African Jacques Kallis. 29. The 2011 BRICS summit took place in? Sanya on the island of Hainan, China, on 14 April 2011. Member countries of BRICS are Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. This was the third BRICS summit since 2009. Following a meeting in Brasilia in 2010, to which South Africa was invited as a guest, the group invited South Africa to join as a full member in 2011 and the group formerly called BRIC officially became BRICS. The 2012 BRICS summit will be held in India. 30. Chief of Blackberry who ordered a BBC reporter to end an interview after he was asked about his problems with India and Middle Eastern countries over security issues? Mike Lazaridis. 31. Who is appointed as the Commander-in Chief of the Mumbai-based Western Naval Command? Vice Admiral D K Joshi. 32. Which countries signed seven pacts on April 16, 2011, including a framework agreement in civil nuclear field and a stake-sharing accord in oil sector? India and Kazakhstan The pacts including a civil nuclear agreement and one between state oil companies that gives an Indian firm 25 percent stake in the Satpayev oil block in the Caspian Sea. Other agreements signed by the two countries are: * Inter-governmental pact on peaceful uses of atomic energy * Joint action plan for furthering strategic ties * Cyber security cooperation * Mutual legal assistance treaty * Cooperation in agricultural fields. 33. The worlds certified oldest man who has passed away aged 114 in U.S.A on April 14, 2011? Walter Breuning.

He is currently the oldest person who has died in 2011. He was born in Melrose, Minnesota in September 21, 1896. Breuning was 26 days younger than Besse Cooper of Georgia, USA, whom the Gerontology Research Group in Los Angeles lists as the world's oldest person at 114. 34. A court in Chile has recently ordered the exhumation of the remains of former president as part of an investigation into the cause of his death in 1973. Name of that former president? Salvador Allende. Investigators are trying to determine whether Allende killed himself, or was killed by soldiers in the 1973 coup that brought Augusto Pinochet to power. An official post mortem report found he committed suicide using a rifle given to him by his friend, Cuban leader Fidel Castro. 35. Who has been awarded the Sydney Peace Foundations Gold Medal for exceptional courage in the pursuit of human rights ? WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. 36. The European Parliament (EP) recently passed two declarations against an Asian country condemning it for its support to Taliban and instructed the European Commission to re-evaluate the size of financial packages provided to them to eradicate terrorists from its soil. Name of that country? Pakistan. 37. Who won his seventh straight Monte Carlo Masters title (2011)by beating David Ferrer 6-4, 7-5 in the final? Rafael Nadal. 38. Who was named ] captain of Sri Lankan Cricket Team in all three formats of the game for next month's tour of England , following Kumar Sangakkara's resignation after the World Cup? Tillakaratne Dilshan. 39. Which Bollywood film has won the best feature film award at the Geneva International Film Festival2011? `The desire- A Journey of a woman. The film is directed by noted director R Sarath. 40. One person was killed in police firing and several were injured as the protest against a new proposed 9900 MW nuclear power plant in Maharashtra turned violent on April 18, 2011. Name of that nuclear project? Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project It is the project of Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) at Madban village of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra. It will be the largest nuclear power generating station in the world by net electrical power rating once completed. 41. The former communist revolutionary and Cuban political leader who confirmed that he had resigned from the top leadership of the Cuba Communist Party in an article published on April 19, 2011? Fidel Castro. He served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from the party's foundation in 1961 until 2011. 42. Who has become the fourth person of Indian origin to bag the prestigious Pulitzer Prize 2011 in the

general non-fiction category for his acclaimed book on cancer, The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer.? Siddhartha Mukherjee. India-born Mukherjee is an assistant professor of medicine at Columbia University and a staff cancer physician at Columbia University Medical Centre. 43. Name of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle launched by ISRO on April20,2011 which carries 3 satellites including Indias latest remote sensing satellite Resourcesat-2 PSLV C16. The rocket was launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota. The three satellites are Indian satellite RESOURCESAT-2 (1206kg), Indo-Russian joint satellite YOUTHSAT (92kg) and the first satellite of Singapore X-SAT (106kg). Resourcesat-2 will help in facilitating a variety of applications including natural resource monitoring, environmental assessments and disaster management related activities. 44. Which country recently announced to lift 44-year-old emergency from the country that was imposed in 1968? Syria. Syria was under Emergency Law from 19622011. Syria's government passed a draft law on Tuesday to lift 48 years of emergency rule on April 19, 2011. 45. Name of the US serviceman suspected of passing classified information to the whistle-blower website WikiLeaks, who is being transferred to a new prison by Pentagon recently? Bradley Manning. 46. The inaugural AIBA Women's Junior and Youth World Boxing Championships held in? Turkey. 47. Which film has won the Golden Palm award 2011 at the Mexico International Film Festival (May 20 and 21, 2011)? Viola.(English). The film is directed by Biju Viswanath, the filmmaker from Kerala. 48. Who is appointed as the Chairperson of the National Commission for Women (NCW) ? Chandresh Kumari. 49. 25-year-old Nigeria international defender who has died in a car accident on April 18,2011 when he was driving to Thessaloniki Airport to return to Nigeria to finalise plans for his upcoming wedding? Olubayo Adefemi. 50. Name of the two award-winning photographers who have been killed while covering the conflict in the Libyan city of Misrata? Briton Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros. Tim got nominated for the prestigious Oscar award this year for one of his documentary that he had co-directed with a journalist named Sebastian Junger, it was the documentary Restrepo. Chris was the master of war photography and his work has appeared in the New York Times, Economist and several other media papers, he had also been nominated for the Pulitzer-Prize. 51. Which club won the Spanish Kings Cup for the first time since 1993 as they defeated their arch rivals Barcelona 1-0 in final? Real Madrid. Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo hit the one goal in extra time. 52. According to the annual global wellbeing survey from Gallup, which country finishes first in happiest country ranking?

Denmark. Sweden at No. 2, Canada at No.3. 53. Who will officiate as Director of the International Film Festival of India which will be held in Panaji in November, 2011? Shankar Mohan. 54. Sri Lanka fast bowler who is retired from Tests on April 21, 2011 in a bid to prolong his one-day international career through to the 2015 World Cup? Lasith Malinga. 55. Which country is all set to transport its Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) to Egypt on a pilot basis as the country prepares for its forthcoming election season for presidential as well as parliamentary posts? India. 56. Who is appointed as Ombudsman for Local Governments in Kerala by the 20th of April 2011? Justice M N Krishnan. He served as the High Court Judge from 28th October 2004 to 10th February 2011. Ombudsman for Local Governments in Kerala is an independent quasi judicial authority which investigates the complaints against local governments in Kerala or the functionaries working under them. 57. The British manager of India's national football team who is sacked over allegations that he made racist remarks to one of the country's top referees? Bob Houghton. Houghton was appointed head coach of India in June 2006 by the All India Football Federation. 58. Who is appointed as State Chief Information Officer of Kerala? Sibi Mathews.. 59. Hindu holy man of India who is considered a living god by millions of followers worldwide, died on April 24, 2011 after nearly a month of hospital treatment near his southern Indian ashram? Sri Sathya Sai Baba. In 2011, he was listed by the Watkins Review as one of the 100 most spiritually influential people in the world. 60. Who has become the only player to have ever scored 50 goals in a single season of the Spanish League.? Lionel Messi. 61. Which club won the French League Cup-2011? Marseille. 62. Sacked chairman of Commonwealth Games Organising Committee of India who was arrested by the CBI over alleged irregularities in the conduct of the sporting extravaganza? Suresh Kalmadi. 63. The convention held in which city has decided to ban endosulfan globally and agreed to list endosulfan in Annexure A with exemptions? Stockholm. The fifth conference of the parties (CoP) to the Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants in Geneva has taken the decision to ban the use of endosulfan globally. 64. Chief Minister of which Indian state went on a seven-hour fast at the Martyrs' Column on April 25 demanding a ban on Endosulfan and seeking Central assistance for the victims of the pesticide? Kerala. Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan went on a day-long fast demanding a nationwide ban on pesticide Endosulfan.

65. Who has been appointed as the acting president of Indian Olympic Association (IOA)? V K Malhotra. 66. Who has been appointed as coach of the Indian cricket team for a period of two years? Duncan Fletcher. Mr. Fletcher, who was born and raised in Zimbabwe and had a largely successful stint as Englands coach from 1999 to 2007.He will replace Gary Kirsten, the South African who resigned after guiding India to World Cup glory earlier this year. 67. United States Ambassador to India who announced his resignation on April 28, 2011 citing prior personal and professional commitments? Timothy Roemer 68. Noted Malayalam litterateur who has been selected for the 20th Muttathu Varkey literary award for her collection of stories Papathara".? Sara Joseph The award carries a cash prize of Rs.33,333, a sculpture and a memento. 69. Which country successfully conducted flight test of indigenously developed air launched cruise missile Hatf-8 on April 29, 2011? Pakistan. 70. The Royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton took place at Westminster Abbey, London on which date? April 29, 2011.Two billion TV viewers worldwide watched the marriage. 71. Who has been selected for the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2010 for his outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Indian Cinema? K.Balachander. He is the first Tamil film maker to win this award. The award carries a Swarn Kamal, a cash prize of 10 lakh rupees and a shawl. He has written, directed and produced more than 100 films in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Kannada. He has bagged five National Film Awards and was conferred the Padma Shri in 1987. 72. Who becomes oldest Indian woman to climb Everest? A mother of two, 45-year-old Premlata Agarwal . 74. Swiss mountaineer and one of the few climbers to ever reach the summits of all 14 of the world's peaks above 8,000m, (26,247 feet), died in a climbing accident on April 28, 2011? Erhard Loretan. He was leading a Swiss client up the summit ridge of the Gruenhorn, in the Bernese Alps, when the pair fell for unknown reasons at a height of 3,800 meters (12,500 feet) up the 4,043 meter (13,264-foot) peak. Loretan was the third person, behind Italian climber Reinhold Messner and Polish mountaineer Jerry Kukuczka, to summit all the 8,000-meter peaks. 75. Name of a plant species that was recently discovered from the Mathikettan Shola National Park in the Western Ghats? Murdannia satheeshiana. The plant with little golden flowers was recently discovered by a team of researchers from the School of Environmental Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala. The plant has been named after a teacher who passed away some time ago. The teacher was R. Satheesh, Reader at the School of Environmental Science of Mahatma Gandhi University. The herb belongs to the Commelinaceae' plant family of the Murdannia' genus. 76. Who has been chosen as new head of MCI ? - Prof. K.K. Talwar 77. who has been sworn in Puducherry CM ?

N Rangasamy 78. Who was sworn in as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister for a third time along with 33 ministers at a glittering function at the Madras University centenary auditorium on May 16. - AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa 79. Recently Indian Railways launches magazine for passengers, what is the name of that magazine ? -Rail Bandhu 80. Which to Host 11th Conference of The Parties to The Convention on Biological Diversity ? - INDIA 81. Who has been Appointed Next Cabinet Secretary ? - A.K. Seth 82. The documentary based on the Mullaperiyar Dam which has bagged the award for Best Documentary Short at the Los Angeles Cinema Festival of Hollywood Spring 2011? DAMs - The Lethal Water Bombs. The documentary is directed by Sohan Roy.

JUNE 2011
1. The famous Indian painter who died recently on June 9, 2011 at the age of 95 years ? - M.F. Husain 2. Who has been appointed as new Finance Secretary ? - Sunil Mitra Revenue Secretary Sunil Mitra on 1 June took charge as the Finance Secretary in place of Sushama Nath, who superannuated on May 31 following the completion of her extended tenure. A 1975-batch IAS officer (West Bengal cadre), Mr. Mitra will continue to hold charge as the Revenue Secretary as well, a Finance Ministry statement said here. 3. Former Haryana Chief Minister who died recently on June 03 with a massive heart attack in Hisar? Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhajan Lal 4. Who launched the National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) ? - Sonia Gandhi National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM), one of the major new initiatives under the Ministry of Rural Development to bring the poorest of the poor above the poverty line by ensuring viable livelihood opportunities to them was launched by the UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi at a function in Banswara, Rajasthan at June 03. Union Minister for Rural Development & Panchayati Raj Vilasrao Deshmukh and Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Sh. Ashok Gehlot were present on this occasion. 5. Who has been appointed as first ever woman Executive Editor of New York Times ? - Jill Abramson The New York Times broke with its 160-year history on June 01 when it appointed, for the first time ever, a woman Executive Editor, Jill Abramson. Ms. Abramson is currently the Managing Editor of the venerable voice of liberal America 6. Who won the First grand slam for China & creates a history ? - Li Na Chinas long wait for a Grand Slam champion ended June 04, when Li Na beat Francesca Schiavone 64, 76 (0) in the French Open final. 7. Who won a record-equalling sixth French Open title ? - Rafael Nadal Rafael Nadal of Spain won a record-equalling sixth French Open title when he beat Roger Federer of Switzerland 7-5, 7-6(3), 5-7, 6-1 at the Rolland Garros

8. Who appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) - Sunil Vasudeva 9. Which countrys parliament has approved nuclear shutdown by 2022? - Germany 10. What rank does Saina Nehwal hold after the recently concluded Indonesian Open? - 6th 11. Who is to take charge of Union home secretary role after GK Pillais retirement? - RK Singh 12. Who has been elected as chief coach for Indian mens hockey team? - Michael Jack Nobbs 13. Which countrys stock exchange is to scrap 90-minute lunch break for trading from August 1st 2011? - Singapore Exchange (SGX) 14. Who knocked out Roger Federer from Wimbledon 2011? - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 15. Which airlines has banned babies from first-class cabins? - Malaysian Airlines 16. Which country jailed 13 people for demanding for better pay? - Oman 17. Name the co-founder of twitter who quit recently? - Biz Stone 18. Which google feature is likely to over take Facebook? - Google + 19. Who has been named 1st woman IMF chief? - Frances Christine Lagarde 20. Who has been appointed as Indian ambassador to Kuwait? - Satish C Mehta 21. Which mobile operator has launched 3G International video calling service in India? - Airtel 22. Which USB version of portable hard drive has been launched by Buffalo Technology? - USB 3.0 23. Which French player won over Serena Williams at the Wimbledon tennis tournament? - Marion Bartoli 24. When is IPL5 scheduled to begin in 2012? - April 4th 2012 25. Which is the latest mobile phone model launched by HTC in India? - Flyer 26. Who is all set to take over as foreign secretary from August 1st 2011? - Ranjan Mathai 27. Which Housing Finance Group recently launched its operation in Bangalore? - Edelweiss Housing Finance 28. Who won the European Grand Prix 2011? - Sebastian Vettel 29. Who has been named as COO of Unilever? - Harish Manwani 30. Who won the Indonesian Open 2011? - Wang Yihan 32. Which west part of India is all set to be inscribed in World Heritage List next year?

- Western Ghats 33. Who has joined as Advisor of Spime, a California based social location technology company? - Vinod Dham 34. Who clinched his maiden Wimbledon 2011 title? - Novak Djokovic 35. At what value has Maruti Suzuki donated its engine and powertrain for educational institutions? - Rs.1.5 crore 36. Which Indian cricket bowler joined the 100 test wicket taker club? - Ishant Sharma 37. Who has been elected as first woman Prime Minister of Thailand? - Yingluck Shinawatra Read More 38. Where is the 3-day International Leather Fair 2011 scheduled on July 28th is to be held? - Delhi 39. Which former Union minister passed away recently? - Chaturanan Mishra 40. Who becomes the first left-hander woman Wimbledon title winner since Martina Navratilova in 1990? - Petra Kvitova 41. What is the public offer made by Zynga Inc? - $1 billion 42. BSE is all set to halt trade if Sensex moves at what percent in a day during July-September? - 20% 43. What is the name of interim committee framed by Sri Lanka? - SriLanka Cricket 44. Which state in India is all set to give Bhagwt Gita as lessons starting July? - Madhya Pradesh 45. Which former IMF chief was released without bail in New York? - Strauss-Khan 46. Which state Chief Ministers office went 247 live on the Internet? - Kerala 47. Which technology celebrated its 20th anniversary on 1st July? - GSM (launched on 1st July 1991) 48. What is named after Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit? - Mango 49. Which ID is now valid ID proof for LPG gas connection in India? - Aadhaar 50. Which grammy award nominee is all set to perform at IIFA? - Jermaine Jackson 51. Who has been promoted as VP of Wipro? - Rishad Premji 52. Under which category India won gold at Cannes Lions? - Design category 53. With which country India inked pact to boost apparel, textile industry? - Russia 54. Which award did Sunil Mittal receive recently? - INSEAD award 55. Which is the latest launch from Research In Motion (RIM) in India? - BlackBerry Playbook 56. Which software training major has decided to setup 100 One World centres in a years time? - NIIT

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57. Who has been unanimously re-elected as UN chief? - Ban Ki-moon 58. Toyota is all set to launch its latest model in India. Which is it? - Etios Liva 59. Who has been elected as Captain of New Zealand Cricket for all 3 formats of game? - Ross Taylor 60. Which airbus was grounded for clipping a wing at the Paris Air Show recently? - A380 61. Which actor of Jackass movie was killed in car accident in Pennsylvania? - Ryan Dunn 62. Countrys largest 2 wheeler maker Hero Hondas board have approved the changing of the company name to? - Hero MotoCorp Ltd 63. Which 2 dual sim models have Nokia unveiled in India recently? - C2-00 dual sim Internet and X1-01 dual sim

JULY 2011
1. Who has been Appointed as Solicitor General of India ? -Rohinton Fali Nariman The Government has appointed Rohinton Fali Nariman, Senior Advocate as Solicitor General of India. The appointment is for three years w.e.f. 27th July, 2011. Born on 13th August, 1956, Rohinton Fali Nariman, studied at Shri Ram College of Commerce and at Faculty of Law in Delhi University as well as at the Harvard Law School. An expert in Comparative Constitutional Law and Civil Law, has practiced law for last 30 years with 500 Reported Supreme Court Judgements to his credit. 2. Which French tyre maker is all set to start production in Chennai unit? Michelin 3. Which French cement gaint has been allowed to mine for limestone in Meghalaya's East Khasi hills by Supreme Court? Lafarge 4. The death of which film maker could be remembered as 'Siddheswari' won the national award for Best documentary film in 1989? Mani Kaul 5. Which spiritual leader celebrated his 76th Birthday recently? Dalai Lama 6. Which country is set to roll out 1st phase of National internet in August at 8Mb for home users? Iran 7. Approximately how much hectares of land in India is under organic certification as on March 2010? 4.4 million hectares 8. Who has been appointed as Manager of West Indies Under-19 cricket team? Courtney Walsh 9. After battling with cancer which British actress died recently? Anna Massey 10. Where has Posco planned Rs.52,000 crore project in India? Orrisa, Jagatsinghpur 11. Which company is all set to acquire British online bookstore The Book Depository? Amazon.com 12. Which Bharathanatyam exponent was conferred with Yagnaraman Lifetime Achievement Award? Padma Subrahmanyam 13. Who has been appointed as CEO of Fortis Healthcare?

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Aditya Vij 14. Who has been appointed as RBI Deputy Governor? Harun Rashid Khan 15. Who has been appointed as BHEL's Director of Finance? P.K.Bajpai 16. Which social networking site has gained 2nd rank in USA? LinkedIn 17. Who is been appointed as the CEO of Genpact? Tiger Tyagarajan 18. Who is the VC and CEO of HDFC bank? Keki Mistry 19. Who is the CEO of Facebook? Mark Zuckerberg 20. In which Indian city will the Nano Science and Technology be setup? Bangalore (Devanahalli) 21. Who sealed his 2012 Olympics berth for the Archery Event? Jayanta Talukdar 22. Which actor is all set to construct a temple for Sachin Tendulkar and Mahendra Singh Dhoni? Manoj Tiwari 23. Which part of Sudan is all set to celebrate its Independence Day on 8th July 2011,Saturday? South Sudan 24. Which networking website now allows video calls and group chat? Facebook 25. Who recently joined 400 wicket elite club in Test Cricket? Harbhajan Singh 26. Where in India has Indian Institute of Management planned to open its 2nd campus? Bangalore, Anekal 27. Who is to succeed defence secretary Pradeep Kumar? Shashikant Sharma 28. Who won gold in 19th Asian Athletics Championship? Mayookha 29. Which job-starved state in India has been granted Rs.1,000 crore job plan? Jammu and Kashmir 30. Who has been appointed as CFO of Firssource Solutions Limited.? Rajesh Subramaniam 31. Which Asian country becomes the first country to win the FIFA women's world cup? Japan 32. Who won the British Open Golf Championship 2011? Darren Clarke 33. Who was the 400th wicket of Harbhajan Singh? Carlton Baugh 34. Which countries reached the semi-finals of Copa America 2011? Peru,Uruguay,Paraguay,Venezuela 35. Who won the MotoGP German Grand Prix 2011? Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team) 36. Which country won the Snooker World Cup 2011 after 15 years? China 37. Who won the British Grand Prix 2011? Alonso 38. The Mysore campus of Infosys has been renamed as? Naryana Murthy Centre of Excellence

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39. Which 2 Indian cricketers are nominated for all-time greatest Test team? Sachin and Sehwag 40. Who has been appointed as CEO of Sun TV Network? K.Vijay Kumar 41. Which bank has entered into pact with SBI Mutual Fund? Indian Bank 42. Who has been appointed as CEO of Aditya Brila Finance? Rakesh Singh 43. Which bank has launched credit card with no pre-set limit on spending? HDBC Bank 44. Airtel has inked deal with which company for IT solutions to African employees? IBM 45. Which passenger jet with a capacity to fly about 250 people non-stop up to 16,000 km landed at the IGI airport? Boeing 787 Dream-liner 46. Who has been appointed as Railway Minister in cabinet reshuffle 2011? Dinesh Trivedi 47. Who has been appointed as Tribal Affairs and Panchayati Raj Minister in cabinet reshuffle 2011? Kishore Chandra Deo 48. Who takes over Ministry of Steel in cabinet reshuffle 2011? Beni Prasad Verma 49. Who has been appointed as Rural Development Minister in cabinet reshuffle 2011? Jairam Ramesh 50. Which country has been included as 193rd member of United Nations? Sundan 51. Which 3 telecom companies have shared their networks and rolled out Plan India 3G services? Vodafone, Bharti and Idea 52. In which 2 Indian cities was Google Transit launched? Chennai and Hyderabad 53. Which company is all set to launch iPad rival? Amazon 54. At what percent did June 2011 inflation close? 9.44% 55. Which company recently unveiled smallest data center? Intel 56. Who has been named as coach for Sri Lankan cricket team ahead of Australia's tour? Rumesh Ratnayake 57. Who has lent his voice for pop star Britney Spear's new single "I Wanna Go"? Sonu Nigam 58. Which latest communication satellite has been launched by ISRO? GSAT-12 59. Which Finance company is all set to offer loans against gold ETF units? Muthoot Finance 60. Name the CEO of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp, China's biggest chip maker who quit recently. David Wang 61. Who and at what age clinched the British Open Golf championship 2011? Darren Clarke 62. Which IT company recently announced a 13-member executive council?

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Infosys 63. Who has been elected as president of Mumbai Cricket Association? Vilasrao Deshmukh 64. Who has been elected as chief of Empowered Committee of Goods and Services Tax? Sushil Kumar Modi 65. Against whom did India win an International football friendly match? Qatar, 2-1 66. Which shuttle undocked for the final time from International Space station, NASA? Atlantis 67. Where and for which project has BHEL commissioned 525MW thermal set? Maithon Right Bank thermal power project in Jharkhand 68. Which country won the women's soccer World Cup 2011? Japan 69. Which company is eyeing to open its IT centre in Gujarat? Infosys 70. Which South American country has surpassed Saudi Arabia in oil reserves? Venezuela 71. Which company bought .CO domain ahead of its 1st year anniversary of public launch? Google and will be used as G.Co to launch shortcut URL 72. Which luxury hotels have been accorded the LEED Platinum (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) rating? ITC's luxury hotels 73. Name the person who ignited China's interest in the NBA and became one of Asia's best-known athletes and is retired now. Yao Ming 74. Which 2 countries are set to participate in the 2000th test in the history of Test Cricket? India and England 75. Who has been appointed as Andhra Pradesh Director General of Police ? V. Dinesh Reddy IPS officer of 1977 batch V. Dinesh Reddy has been appointed the Director General of Police of Andhra Pradesh. Mr. Dinesh Reddy, currently the Director General of Vigilance and Enforcement. 76. Who has been appointed as Chairman of Alcatel-Lucent for its India operations? Arun Seth 77. Who has been Chosen Miss Universe India 2011? Vasuki Sunkavalli, popularly known as Vasuki in the Indian modelling industry, has been chosen to represent India at the Miss Universe contest this year.

AUGUST 2011
1. Who becomes first Indian woman to cross Gobi desert ? - Sucheta 33 year old women from Pune, has successfully crossed the arduous 1,623 km stretch of the Gobi desert, the largest in Asia and the fifth in the world 2. Iscom along with Elmwood College, St.Andrew's UK has launched a PostGraduate course for which sporting event? Post-graduate programme in golf management 3. Who has been ranked world No.1 in double trap shooting as per the ISSF world rankings? Ronjan Sodhi 4. Asias largest solar energy park to be hosted by which state ? - Gujarat would house the largest solar energy park in Asia in two years, with a power production capacity of 500 Mw. This would be set up with an investment of around Rs 8,000

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crore flowing from companies such as GMR and Lanco, which have been assigned generation capacities under the Gujarat Solar Mission. 5. Which UK-listed miner gets formal approval from the Indian government for its acquisition of stake in Cairn India? Vedanta Resources or Vedanta 6. Which Tata group firm is set to open online consumer durables and electronics store? Tata Croma 7. Which company has launched its first Financial Technology Grid to offer services in banking domain? Polaris software 8. Which computer manufacturer has introduced rupee symbol on desktop computer keyboard, compatible with Microsoft softwares? LenovoIndia 9. Which country has approved plans to setup first Tibetian bank? China 10. Who has been appointed as consulting head for India at Capgemini? Anish Sarkar 11. Name the sedan unveiled by Nissan India. Sunny 12. Who has been sworn in a Karnataka's Chief Minister? D.V.Sadananda Gowda 13. Which molecule has been found in Orion constellation of stars? 1 molecule of Oxygen was found for every million hydrogen molecules 14. Name the version of Media Reader launched by Kingston. USB 3.0 Media Reader 15. Which bank has launched a service of accepting income tax payment through ATMs? HDFC Bank 16. Who has been takes charge as the 23rd chief of the Indian Air Force ? - N A K Browne Ace fighter pilot Norman Anil Kumar Browne took over as the 23rd chief of the Indian Air Force from Air Chief Marshal P V Naik, who retired after putting in 42 years of service. 17. Who has joined Gordon Brothers Group as Chief Executive Officer? Gary Talarico 18. Which country is all set to shut 40% (800 approx.) of its data centres to reduce hefty technology budget? USA 19. Which U.S.Secretary met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalitha recently? Hilary Clinton 20. Which social networking site has turned 5 years? Twitter 21. Who has been named as Sri Lanka's captain for upcoming Australian series? Dilshan 22. Which Ace Indian shooter is set to get Khel Ratna? Gagan Narang 23. Which missile was recently test-fired successfully at Chandipur, Orrisa? Prahaar 24. Who is all set to take over as CMD of NMDC? M.S.Rana 25. Which company formally opened its assembly plant at Rosslyn, South Africa? Tata Motors 26. Who has been appointed as solicitor-general following the resignation of Gopal Subramaniam? Rohinton Nariman

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27. Who became 2nd highest run scorer in Test cricket surpassing Ricky Ponting's record? Rahul Dravid 28. Which program of IIM Indore did recently get HRD ministry's approval? 5-year management program 29. Who won the 1st Hangzhou Women's Grandmasters Tournament in China? Dronavalli Harika 30. Name the Chairman and CEO of TAFE who has been inducted into the board of AGCO. Mallika Srinivasan 31. Who won the 2011 German GP? Lewis Hamilton 32. Which former Australian opening batsman is set to return to competitive cricket (Big Bash League T20)? Matthew Hayden 33. Which Indian swimmer qualified for the 2012 London Olympics? Sandeep Sejwal 34. Which country has launched its new currency? Sudan 35. Which singer is all set to perform at the Royal Albert Hall where the first Carnatic music is scheduled in the 116-year history of BBC proms? Aruna Sairam 36. Which motorcycle has Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India Private Ltd. recently launched? CBR 250R 37. Who won the ladies National snooker championship? Vidya Pillai 38. Who won the 2000th Test cricket held at Lords Cricket Ground? England 39. Which frenchman after 25 years won the German Open Tennis tournament? Gilles Simon 40. Who won the Indonesian International Challenge badminton championship 2011? Pusarla Venkata Sindhu 41. Who has been appointed as Lokayukta of Karnataka to succeed Santosh Hegde? Former Supreme Court Judge Shivraj V.Patil 42. Who has been named vice president for Boeing Defence, Space and Security in India? Dennis D.Swanson 43. Which Indian tennis player holds career best rank of 62 in the singles list? Somdev Devvarman 44. What is Repo and Reverse Repo rate as on 26th July 2011? Repo: 8% and Reverse Repo: 7% 45. Which country has agreed for a meeting between its Nobel Laureate, prodemocracy activist Aung Suu Kyi and Minister of Social Welfare U Aung Kyi? Myanmar 46. Who has been named as the global co-CEO of Standard Chatered Bank's private equity? Nainesh Jaisingh 47. Who has been appointed as co-CEO to succeed Management Board chairman, Josef Ackermann? Anshu Jain 48. Name the project of Mozilla's operating system that is set to work on mobile devices and tablets.

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Boot to Gecko (B2G) 49. Which business and technology outsourcing services provider has been named in the GlobalServices 100 list for the 5th consecutive year? Syntel 50. Which Noida-based hospital running under the brand Ojjus Medicare has got nod for the IPO aggregating to Rs,62 crore? Goodwill Hospital and Research Center Ltd. 51. Which poets death anniversary would be remembered on 8th August in India? Rabindranath Tagore 52. Draft of which anti-corruption bill was approved by Union Cabinet on 28th July 2011? Lokpal Bill 53. Which of the two Indians were awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award 2011? Nileema Mishra for helping the poor and Harish Hande for revolutionizing the use of solar lights 54. Which Operating System celebrated its 30th birthday on July 27th? DOS (Disk Operating System), 27th July 1981 55. Who has been appointed as national team coach for Argentina's football team? Alejandro Sabella 56. Which cricketer equalled Sunil Gavaskar's tally of 34 test hundreds? Rahul Dravid ' The Wall' 57. Who resigned as Chief Minister of Karnataka? B.S.Yeddyurappa 58. Who has been appointed as the New Governor of Tamil Nadu? - Former Andhra Pradesh chief minister K Rosaiah was appointed as the new Governor of Tamil Nadu on 26 August 2011. 59. Who won the Hungarian Grand Prix 2011? Jenson Button 60. Which Indian qualified for London Olympics 2012 for Short put event? Om Prakash Singh 61. On which planet has Nasa found the first evidence of flowing water recently? Mars 62. Which service has Yahoo launched to allow users to enjoy full-length movies for free? Movieplex 63. Who has taken charge as HAL's Director Corporate Planning and Marketing? Baldev Singh 64. Who has been named captain for Women's Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament? Saba Anjum 65. Which former cricketer also secretary of Bihar Jharkhand Cricket Association passed away due to brain hemorrhage? Ramesh Saxena 66. Which Indian oil gaints are allowed to dig oil at the Gulf of Mannar? ONGC and Cairn India 67. Name the tablet model launched by Beetel in India. Beetel Magiq, priced at 9,999 68. Who has been renamed as Indian hockey team's captain for inaugural Asian Champions Trophy in Ordos, China? Rajpal Singh 69. Who has been appointed as director for Whirlpool Corporation? Harish Manwani 70. Which Bill in India is set to be tabled in Winter Parliament session? Food bill

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71. What position does India hold in Golf after Nomura Cup? 3rd place 72. Which Academy Award winner for Best Original Song (for Jai Ho) and the Padma Bhushan recipient turned 75 years? Sampoorna Singh Kalra (Gulzar) 73. Which art director who had been associated with movies like Raavan, Guru, Rang De Basanti etc. passed away recently? Samir Chandra 74. Which company replaced Reliance Industries as most valued company in the elite of 30 companies that constitutes the Sensex? Coal India 75. How many from India are set to participate in the World athletics championships to be held in Daegu, Korea from August 27th to September 4th 2011? Name them. 8, Men: Renjith Maheswary (triple jump), Om Prakash Singh (shot put), Vikas Gowda (discus), Gurmeet Singh and Babubhai Panucha (20km walk) Women: Tintu Luka (800m), Mayookha Johny (long jump and triple jump) and Harwant Kaur (discus) 76. Which company will title sponsor for Indian GP to be held on the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida on October 30th 2011? Airtel 77. Which two industries of Japan are set to merge? Hitachi and Mitsubishi 78. Which Legendary singer's 81st birth anniversary was celebrated on 4th August 2011? Kishore Kumar 79. Parts of which African country is hit by Famine according to United Nations? Somalia 80. Which model has Harley-Davidson launched in India priced at Rs.19.7 lakh? Fat Boy Special 81. Which service did Vodafone roll out in Bangalore recently? 3G services 82. Where is the Hockey Asian Champions Trophy is to be held? Ordos, China 83. Name the ex-PM of Ukraine who was arrested recently. Yulia Tymoshenko 84. Who has become first female prime minister of Thailand? Yingluck Shinawatra 85. Where is the Folksam Grand Prix meet being held? Karlstad, Sweden What is the downgraded credit rating given by S&P to USA? AA+ 86. Which cricketer has been recalled to One-Day match against England after 2 years? Rahul Dravid 87. Whose maiden century in Twenty20 cricket against Australia set Sri Lanka a 35 run victory? Tilakaratne Dilshan 88. Which South African fast bowler cricketer celebrated his 100th birthday recently? Norman Gordon 89. Which Taiwan company has recently launched tablet PCs priced at Rs.15,000? Micro-Star International (MSI) 90. What is the food inflation as on July 30th 2011?

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9.90 per cent 91. Name the Indo-Canadian who has been appointed the president and CEO of the Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC)? Karna Gupta 92. Which car model has Maruti Suzuki set to unveil in the Indian market? Maruti 800 cc 93. Which three banks are planning a Joint Venture commercial bank in Malaysia? Bank of Baroda, Andhra Bank and Indian Overseas Bank 94. Who is to replace Arvind Jadhav as Air India chief? Rohit Nandan 95. Which bollywood actor passed away recently? Shammi Kapoor 96. Which Bank's net profit dip to about 45% as it disclosed its Q1 earnings? State Bank of India 97. Who won the ATP Montreal Masters title? Novak Djokovic 98. Who won the bronze medal at the World Badminton Championship after a gap of 28 years? Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponappa 99. Name the former NASDAQ MD who has been sentenced to 42 months in prison and has been ordered to forfeit over $700,000 illegal profits made during his role in an insider trading scheme. Donald Johnson 100. Which country's President has called for national government by August 21st 2011? Nepal, President Dr.Ram Baran 101. Which telecom company increased call tariffs by 20% recently? Reliance Communications 102. Which section of education is to be made Universal unlike elementary education in India? Secondary Education 103. What is the West Bengal government planning to setup for medical benefits to remote corner people? Health Bank 104. Who won his first World Golf Championship title? Adam Scott 105. Who became the first bowler to clinch 6 wickets in a Twenty20 International Cricket? Ajantha Mendis 106. What is the maximum amount that can be withdrawn from a third-party ATM per transaction? Rs.10,000 107. Which Indian University recently signed pact with university of Sydney? Anna University 108. For which programme an Indian student pursuing her Ph.D in chemical biology from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research chosen? Sci-finder Academic Exchange Program 109. Which company has launched 3G Tablet priced at Rs.12,999 with special data plans in India? RCom 110. What is the extension period given to RBI Governor D.Subbarao? 2 years (untill Spetember 4th 2013) 111. Which Insurance company is set to sue Bank of America to recover about $10 billion?

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AIG (American International Group Inc) 112. Which company has collaborated with Singapore Management University for a R&D facility for cloud-based IT solutions? TCS 113. Which Bank has launced Debit Card with credit limit? Name the card. IDBI Bank. IDBI Magic Card 114. Who has been appointed as CEO for Bharti Airtel's broadband and DTH services? Rajiv Rajagopal for Broadband and data services and Shashi Arora for DTH and media services 115. Who has entered the 2nd round of the World Badminton Championships defeating Germany's Domke Dieter? P.Kashyap 116. Which Indian women cricketer has been suspended from bowling in international cricket for illegal action? Snehal Pradhan 117. Name the project under which all post offices in India are to be provided with Internet connectivity. India Post Technology Project 2012 118. Which two districts in Karnataka is set to get RAHI airports? Shimoga and Gulbarga 119. Who is all set to introduce Jan Lokpall Bill as a private member's bill in LokSabha? BJP MP Varun Gandhi 120. Who has been appointed as joint Managing Director of Hero MotoCorp (formerly Hero Honda)? Sunil Kant Munjal 121. Which film director eyes for stake in Indian Premier League team Kochi Tuskers? Priyadarshan 122. Expand Infosys. Who logged out as Chief Mentor and Chairman from the IT giant Infosys on Friday 19th August 2011? Information System. N.R. Narayana Murthy 123. Which company has launched Android tablet priced at Rs.6,250? LACS (Lakshmi Access Communications Systems) 124. Which consumer major has launched online game and mobile app to promote corporate awareness? Reckitt Benckiser 125. Who won the Cincinnati Masters title held at Ohio recently? Andy Murray 126. Who won his first US PGA Tour title at the Wyndham Championship? Webb Simpson 127. Which Bank has sought support of Rs.300 crore from the Government to fund business growth? Corporation Bank 128. Who surpassed Sunil Gavaskar's record of 34 hundreds in Test Cricket recently? Rahul Dravid 129. Where and at which event was Jon 'Eggman' Egging a British pilot killed recently? Near Bournemouth Airport in Dorset. At an Airshow in Britain 130. Which Indian city turns 372 today (22nd August 2011)? Chennai 131. Name the Marxist historian and Indologist who passed away recently. Ram Sharan Sharma

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132. Which feature has Google launched as music blog for users of Google Music Beta? Google Magnifier 133. Name the deposit scheme that Indian Bank has launched for people under the financial inclusion plan. Variable Recurring Deposit Scheme 134. Who won the Test series against India by an Innings and 8 runs, termed to be as worst performance since 1959? England 135. Who became the first bowler to take three hatricks in one-day cricket? Latish Malinga 136. Who was honoured with Degree of Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) from IIT - Kharagpur? Sunil Bharti Mittal 137. Who won the woman's Cincinnati WTA Title? Maria Sharapova 138. Who won the mens doubles Cincinnati WTA Title? Leander Peas and Mahesh Bhupathi 139. Name the President of Standard and Poor chief who quit recently. Deven Sharma 140. Who becomes the first woman to conquer 14,800 metre summit (K2) without artificial oxygen? Austrian climber Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner 141. Which Hollywood studio has made some of its film available online as rentals at social networking site Facebook? Miramax 142. Name the new variant car launched by Tata motors. Tata Vista 143. Name the mouse launched by LG recently. Mention its additional feature. Mouse Scanner 144. Who has been named as CEO of Apple post Steve Jobs resignation? Tim Cook 145. Who has been appointed as chairman of the Board of Directors of Press Trust of India? M.P.Veerendrakumar 146. Which ace Indian football player retired recently? Bhaichung Bhutia

September 2011
1. Who has been appointed the new director of Indian Institute of TechnologyMadras ? -Bhaskar Ramamurthi Former student of IITMadras becomes its director 2. Which Country now allows transgender option in passports? Australia 3. Expand ICBC. Which bank from Mainland, China has set up shop in India? Industrial and Commercial Bank of China 4. Which 3 technology major are planning advertisement sale? Yahoo, AOL and Microsoft 5. Who has been appointed as British Deputy Commissioner representing United Kingdom in Karnataka? Ian Felton 6. What is the CRR, Repo and Reverse Repo Rate as on 16th September 2011? CRR - 6.00%, Repo - 8.25% and Reverse Repo - 7.25%

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7. Which company bagged two awards for Jaguar and Land Rover from Autoweek at the Frankfurt Motor Show? Tata Motors 8. In which part of India has new species of frog found? Western ghats 9. What is the limitation on SMSes have TRAI imposed per day per sim from 27th of September 2011? 100 per day from per SIM 10. Who took over as CEO and MD of ONGC Videsh Ltd.? Dinesh K.Sarraf 11. What rank did Rahul Dravid hold as he retired from One-Day International cricket? 118 12. Name the Board launched by Indian Medical Association to give doctor community a say in formulation of major policies in the health sector. Hospital Board of India 13. What is the percentage of Dearness Allowance hike announced by Government and it is effective from which date? 7% and 1st July 2011 14. Who has raised USD 57,600 for the ongoing efforts in Japan following the devastating earthquake and tsunami? Heavy rockers Iron Maiden 15. Where is the (NSG) National Security Guard hub setup in India and due for inauguration? Kolkata 16. When and Where is the 64th Auto Show being held? 15th September to 25th September 2011 Frankfurt, Germany 17. Who has been appointed as chief of ITBP? Ranjit Sinha 18. Which country showcased Central Asia's high-speed train (254km per hour)? Uzbekistan 19. Which three Japanese electronics giant are set to merge small and mediumsized display businesses for smartphones and tablet computers? Sony, Toshiba and Hitachi 20. Who was awarded with German's top honour, silver laurel leaf? Dirk Nowitzi 21. What is the food inflation for the week ended August 20th 2011? 10.05% 22. Which middle-east country is set to invest in Indian markets? Iran 23. Which country's court has banned Samsung tablet computer? Germany 24. Which hockey tournament has been moved out of India as FIH is unhappy with the sport being run by 2 bodies - Hockey India and Indian Hockey Federation? Champions Trophy Hockey tournament 25. Which country-men and who won the men's 5000 metre world title at the World Athletics Championships in Daegu? Britian's Mo Farah 26. Name the architect who designed 133-foot Thiruvalluvar statue in Kanyakumari passed away recently. -V.Ganapati Sthapati 27. Which Indian-American elected as the governor of a US state filed his reelection papers? Bobby Jindal 28. Which ERP platform has IBM decided to implement at Automotive Axles?

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SAP 29. Which country has qualified for Euro 2012 finals after winning over Liechtenstein? Spain 30. How many items has been announced by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as duty free from Bangladesh? 61 items 31. Which 2 Hockey teams matches were drawn in Asian Championship Trophy? India and Malaysia 32. Name the CDMA based Android 2.1 handset launched by Reliance Communications. Coolpad CDMA 33. Four year-old ban on which export product was lifted at the same time prohibition on another product laid by Government? Wheat and Onion 34. Which legendary singer turned 78 and debuts dubbing for her Bollywood film, 'Maaee'? Asha Bhonsle 35. Who took charge as Chief General Manager of State Bank of India for Bangalore Circle, covering Karnataka? Ashwini Mehra 36. Which Korean consumer electronics re-entered Indian notebook market after a gap of 2 and half years? LG Electronics 37. Name the version of Windows Operating System that Microsoft is about to launch. Windows 8 38. Which K.K.Birla company is temporarily closed due to shortage of naptha, a raw material needed to manufacture agricultural fertilizers? Zuari Industries Limited 39. Mention the value of exports and imports as on July 2011. Exports: USD 29.3 billion Imports: USD 40.4 billion 40. Who was conferred with IIT(Kharagpur) alumnus award for his contribution to innovation in transport infrastructure development? B.B.Pandey, a Bihar Professor 41. Which Asian country is all set open up Nuclear Business with India? Japan 42. Which automobile major is planning to launch SUV in India and South Africa by end of 2011? Mahindra and Mahindra 43. Who has joined Sundaram-Clayton board as Additional Director? Sudarshan Venu 44. Who won the FIFA International friendly football match? Argentina 45. Name the CEO of Tata Motors who quit recently. Carl-Peter Forster 46. Which country has lifted ban on gays to donate blood? UK 47. Who is in race to become CEO of Yahoo? Rapper Snoop Dogg 48. When and where India's First Film Museum is set to be ready for inauguration? 2013 in Mumbai 49. Name the diesel versions of Etios launched by Toyota. Entry-level Etios sedan and Compact car Etios Liva

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50. Who is all set to be Chief Minister of Uttarakhand? B.C.Khanduri 51. Name the economy, trade and industry minister who resigned in Japan's 8-day old Government. Yoshio Hachiro 52. India's finance ministry has launched its page on which social networking site? Facebook 53. Which mode of exam has Delhi University is set to scarp instead adopt Common Admission Test(CAT)? Faculty of Management Studies 54. Name the weather satellite ISRO is set to launch with Indo-French collaboration on 12th October 2011. Megha Tropiques 55. Who won the hockey Asian Champions Trophy against Pakistan? India 56. Who won the Italian Grand Prix 2011? Sebastian Vettel 57. Who won the women's singles Tennis tournament US Open 2011? Samantha Stosur 58. Who won the women's mixed doubles Tennis tournament US Open 2011? Lisa Raymond and Liezel Huber 59. Name the mobile phone from Vodafone with dedicated Facebook button on it. Vodafone Blue 60. Who has been elected as president of BCCI? N.Srinivasan 61. Who has been appointed as IPL Chief? Rajiv Shukla 62. Which UAE college has Birla Institure of Technology is set to operate? Royal College of Applied Science and Technology 63. Which sandalwood female actor is set to contest for Youth Congress chief post? Ramya 64. Which kannada poet has been selected for Knanpith Award, India's highest literary honour? Chandrashekhara Kambar 65. Which two Hindi authors have been chosen for India's highest literary honour Jnanpith Award for 2009? Shrilal Shukla and Amar Kant 66. What and which European nation credit rating has been downgraded by S&P? From A+/A-1+ to A/A-1, Italy 67. Which service has Google opened to all taking fight to Facebook? Google Plus 68. In order to help farmers and push retail prices ban on which product export has been lifted recently? Onion 69. Who has bee re-elected as chief of Karnataka Milk Federation? G.Somashekara Reddy 70. In which country the Indian Council for Cultural Relations is set to inaugurate the Gandhi Centre on October 2nd? Netherlands 71. Which part of India has been hit by bird flu recently? West Bengal and Assam 72. Who won his maiden World Championship cycle tournament? 6-time Russian champion Peter Svidler

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73. Which group has bagged the Network of the Year trophy at the Spikes Asia Advertising Festival in Singapore? DDB Group 74. Which Dubai-based company has picked up 12% stake in Everonn Education? Varkey Group's education firm Gems education 75. Name the company which divided its business into operating and network division recently. Maxis-owned Aircel 76. Which 2 teams have been qualified for Champions League Twenty 20 cricket main draw? Kolkata Knight Riders and Somerset 77. Which 2 players were handed lifeline after Hockey India lifted two-year ban imposed on them for indiscipline? Sandeep Singh and Sardara Singh 78. Name the board which is to be setup for all policy and certification related issues of the automobile industry. National Automotive board 79. When is the World Twenty 20 cricket scheduled to begin? September 18th 2012 80. Whose proposal of ODI format change was rejected by ICC recently? Sachin Tendulkar 81.Which country's UN membership bid was rejected by US President Barack Obama recently? Palestine 82. How long is the Emergency law valid in Egypt as the military council? Until June 2012 83. Which city is the first to introduce all-electric cabs? Mexico city(Mexico) 84. Which company has produced the first glasses-free 3-D TV? Toshiba 85. Which is the new hollywood sports movie in which Brad pitt is in lead role? Money ball

OCTOBER 2011
1. Recently which Ghazal Singer and Padmabhushan Awardee, Passed Away in Mumbai ? -Jagjit Singh Veteran ghazal singer Jagjit Singh passed away on 10 October 2011 in Mumbai. He was 70. He was admitted in Lilavati Hospital for more than two weeks. The singer had undergone an emergency surgery for brain hemorrhage at the Hospital on 23 September 2011. 2. Name the Ex-Chief Minister of Karnataka who was arrested recently. B.S.Yeddyurappa 3. Name the 3D animation film Shemaroo Entertainment which is set to release online. Super K 4. Who is set to head special purpose vehicle called the GST Network? Nandan Nilekani 5.Which business has NIIT sold to Skillsoft for $110 million? Element K 6. Who has been appointed as commissioner for the AFC Champions League final? FIFA badge holder Gautam Kar 7. Name the men's and women's singles National champions who won the Fenesta National Championship.

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Yuki Bhambri and Rutuja Bhonsle 8. Name the Indian golfer who finished 2nd in the Hero Indian Open golf tournament. Chiragh Kumar 9. Name the Indian women's discus thrower who qualified for London Olympics after clinching gold medal at an event of the Fling Throw Meet in Portland, USA. Krishna Poonia 10. Upon whose name a highway leading south out of the capital in Grenada is set to be renamed? Kirani James Boulevard 11. Which director is set to make film on mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan? Roger Spottiswoode 12. Name the team which won the Durand Cup? Churchill Brothers 13. Which former Ranji Player died after falling from train at Vaikom in Kottayam? K.R.Krishna Varma 14. Name the 69-year-old who collapsed and died minutes after fulfilling his lifelong ambition of climbing Africa's highest mountain peak, Mount Kilimanjaro. Alistair Cook 15. Which Bollywood movie have been watched by over 1.3 lakh Chinese since its Mandarin version release? Aamir Khan's 3 Idiots 16. Which Asian Advertising congress is coming back to India after 8 years? Ad Asia (October 31st to November 3rd 2011) 17. Name the education technology solution launched by Texas Instruments in association with CORE Education and Technologies to facilitate a better learning experience for students in classrooms across India. STEMpower 18. Who has been honoured with Dr.B.Saroja Devi award recently? Dr.Vyjayanthimala 19. Who is set to receive Mahatma Gandhi peace prize in South Africa? Dalai Lama 20. Name the rocket and navigation satellite launched by Russia after August's space ship crash. Soyuz-2 rocket launched a GLONASS navigation satellite 21. Who has been voted as 2nd most powerful business-woman in US? Indra Nooyi 22. Which company has struck natural gas reserves in its first well drilled in the offshore Mannar basin in Sri Lanka? Cairn India 23. Who has been selected to create the theme music for the London Olympics 2012? Scottish rocker Mark Ronson 24. Which Indian shuttler finished runner-up in Czech International Open? Arundhati Pantawane 25. Which IAS officer has joined as Prime Minister's principal secretary? Pulok Chatterjee 26. Name the trio who received Nobel Medicine Prize for immune system research. Bruce Beutler of USA, Jules Hoffmann Luxembourg and Ralph Steinman Canada 27. Which FM radio channel has taken initiative to make Goddess Durga idol out of bio-degradable and recyclable waste material in Kolkata? OYE 104.8 FM 28. Who is called as the Gandhian of Brazil?

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Lia Diskin 29. Who is the inventor of the implantable cardiac pacemaker which keeps the heartbeat in a regular rhythm? Wilson Greatbatch 30. What is the name of the China's first space Laboratory? Tiangong-1 31. Name the famous television personality of CBS News channel's program called "60 minutes" retired recently? Andy Rooney 32. Which UAE telecom giant recently launched 4G mobile broadband network in UAE? Etisalat 33. Who retired as the CEO of Hyundai Motor co. recently? Yang Seung-suk 34. Name the planetary scientist who worked for NASA recently died? Micheal J.Drake 35. Name the three Indian boxers who have qualified for London Olympics 2012? Jai Bhagwan, L.Devendro Singh and Manoj Kumar 36. Name the Afghan President who was in India for a two-day visit. Hamid Karzai 37. Who has been appointed as Chairman of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation? Sudhir Vasudeva 38. Name the MD and VP, Nokia India, who has been assigned global role to head India, Middle East and Africa region. D.Shivakumar 39. Name the company which has launched apps for iPad and Android phones recently. Adobe 40. Who has shot a film in 47 days titled 'Facebook'? RP.Patnaik 41. Who won the 2011 Nobel prize in chemistry? Israeli scientist Daniel Shechtman for his discovery of quasicrystals 42. Name the world's cheapest laptop launched in India. Aakash 43. Name the Ashes hero who died at the age of 52. Former England fast bowler, Graham Dilley 44. Who won the Irani Cup 2011? Rest of India Team 45. Name the application launched by Monster India for Facebook users. BeKnown 46. Name the Galaxy version mobile launched by Samsung India. Galaxy Y 47. What is the financial strength rating retained for ICICI Bank while SBI's rating is downgraded from 'C-' to 'D+' by Moody's? C48. Name the person who has been conferred at the 2011 Telstra NSW Business Women's Award for her contribution to world's first green steel manufacturing process. Veena Sahajwalla 49. Name the Apple co-founder who passed away recently. Steve Jobs 50. Which four teams entered semi-finals in Champions League Twenty-20 cricket? Somerset, Mumbai Indians, New South Wales and Royal Challengers Bangalore 51. Name the Swedish poet who won 2011 Nobel in literature.

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Tomas Transtromer 52. Name the Sanskrit scholar and a former director of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan who passed away recently. Mathoor Krishnamurthi 53. Which countries President have offered hindi films to be shot at the picturesque country? Austrian President 54. Which country has won first victory in UNESCO vote? Palestine 55. What is the annual inflation as of September 2011 in Sri Lanka? 7.2per cent 56. Whose museum was inaugurated in Austria recently? Arnold Schwarzenegger 57. Name the 3 women who share the Nobel Peace Prize 2011. Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen for work on women's rights 58. Who booked the finals berth in Champions League Twenty 20 cricket tournament 2011? Royal Challengers Bangalore 59. Name the Lord Mayor of London who will be on a 5-day visit to India from October 10th 2011 to strengthen economic ties between India and the UK. Lord Mayor Michael Bear 60. Name the 2 British banks which included in the list of 12 whose credit ratings were downgraded by Moody's. Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds TSB 61. Who won the Showjumping Open title on the opening day of the South India Equestrian championship? Hrishika Basappa 62. Which software's updated version has been launched by Infosys? Finacle e-Banking solution 63. Who won the Shanghai Masters title? Andy Murray 64. Which day has been declared as 'Steve Jobs Day'? 16th October 65. Name the businessman who won the Queen's award for enterprise 2011 in london. Dr.Rami Ranger 66. Who won the MotoGP title for the fifth consecutive year at the Australian Grand Prix? Casey Stoner 67. Who won the Formula 1 Korean Grand Prix 2011? Sebastian Vettel 68. Name the Australian University which has offered Amitabh Bachchan honorary doctorate for his contribution to the world of entertainment. Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane 69. Which country is backing to rebuild Nalanda University in India? China 70. Name India's longest tunnel opened in Jammu and Kashmir recently. Pir Panjal railway tunnel (10.96km) 71. When is the IPL 5 scheduled for 2012? April 4th to May 27th 2012 72. What is the degraded debt rating of Spain as per Standard and Poor's? AA- from AA 73. Name the British CEO whom Olympus sacked recently. Michael Woodford

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LaRose is one of the first American females to be charged with a terrorism offense in the U.S. 66. One of the most wanted terrorists in Southeast Asia and a senior figure in the militant group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) who was killed in a police raid in Pamulang, Jakarta on 9 March 2010 on the outskirts of Jakarta by Detachment 88, Indonesia's special counterterrorism unit? Dulmatin. He was one of the masterminds behind the 2002 Bali bombings in Indonesia which killed 202 people, including seven U.S. and 88 Australian citizens 67. The Union information and broadcasting ministry of India has prohibited transmission and re-transmission of a channel with effect from 7pm on March 12 to 7pm on March 21 through cable television networks and any other platforms throughout the country. Which is that channel? Fashion TV. The central government made a ban on the repeated telecast of Fashion TV for showing topless women. 68. Mexican telecommunications titan who tops Forbes' list of world's richest people, with a net worth of $53.5bn? Carlos Slim Helu (Photo courtesy AP)He beat Bill Gates and Warren Buffett for the top spot on Forbes magazines annual list of billionaires, becoming the first person from outside the U.S. to lead the rankings in 16 years. Indians Mukesh Ambani (4th spot) and Lakshmi Mittal (5th spot) figured in that list. 69. Who became the first Chief Minister of any state to be questioned in a criminal complaint of mass murder after he and his administration were accused of aiding and abetting riots in one area in Ahmedabad? Narendra Modi, Gujarat 70. India has recently opened its 23rd Cultural Relations centre named The Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC)in which Country? Bangladesh. The centre has opened in Dhaka naming it after former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and acknowledging her contribution to Bangladesh`s 1971 Liberation War. 71. Who became the first ever Palestinian woman, who takes the governors post in the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) which was established in 1994? Laila Ghannam. She is the first female governor for Palestine. 72. Who has been named the Best Living Director according to a poll conducted by the U.S. Magazine PASTE? Martin Scorsese He is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film historian. He is the founder of the World Cinema Foundation, a recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award for his contributions to the cinema and has won awards from the Oscars, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Directors Guild of America. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for the film The Departed. 73. Who was named Africa's footballer of the year-2009? Didier Drogba. Drogba, the Ivory Coast captain and Chelsea striker received the 2009 award from the African Football Confederation. He previously won the award in 2006. 74. Indian cricketer who has been named the Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)? Sachin Tendulkar. 75. Which country finished the 8th position in the recently concluded Hockey World Cup - 2010? India

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Akhil Mathew. Akhil won the award for his math project on Deligne categories, a setting for studying a wide range of algebraic structures with ties to theoretical physics. Erika DeBenedictis, 18, of Albuquerque, N.M., won the top award of $100,000 from the Intel Foundation for her project developing a software navigation system to help improve spacecraft travel through the solar system. Second prize went to David Liu, 18, of Saratoga, Calif., for his work to develop a system to recognize and understand digital images. 101. On March 18, 2010 the United Nations rejected a US-backed effort to impose a total ban on fishing and trading of a species of tuna fish. Which is that fish? Atlantic Bluefin tuna. The fish is also known as the northern bluefin tuna, giant bluefin tuna. 102. 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. 103. Former Iranian vice president and prominent reform activist convicted of spreading propaganda against the ruling clerical establishment, sentenced to one year in prison? Hossein Marashi. 104. 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. He was Prime Minister of Nepal four times, serving from 1991 to 1994, 1998 to 1999, 2000 to 2001, and from 2006 to 2008. 105. 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. 106. Name of the tropical cyclone which hit the northern coast of Australia on March 21, 2010 causing power outages and damaging homes? Cyclone Ului 107. China has recently restored email services and access to 32 blocked internet sites in one of its province, eight months after ethnic clashes broke out in the northwestern province. Name of that Province? Xinjiang 108. Which country passed the most sweeping health-care legislation in four decades, rewriting the rules governing medical industries and ensuring that tens of millions of uninsured citizens will get medical coverage? U.S.A. 109. Who won her 12th career title with a 6-2 6-4 demolition of second seed Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark at the Indian Wells WTA tournament on March 21, 2010? Jelena Jankovic 110. Who won his first Masters 1000 title by upsetting seventh-seeded American Andy Roddick 7-6 7-6 in the final of the Indian Wells ATP tournament on March 21, 2010? Ivan Ljubicic 111. One of the founders of the Naxalite movement of the 1960s in West Bengal, who committed suicide on March 23, 2010? Kanu Sanyal He was found hanging in his residence in his native village at Siliguri(North Bengal).He was one of the key leaders of the 1967 peasant uprising in Naxalbari village that gave birth to the Maoist movement in India.

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112. Who will assume charge as chairman of the Appellate Tribunal for Forfeited Property (ATFP) on April 8,2010? Justice Jacob Benjamin Koshy. 113. Who is appointed as Captain Of Pakistan cricket team for Twenty20 World Cup in West Indies? Shahid Afridi 114. A letter penned by dictator, wishing for a "truly cordial relationship" between Britain and Germany, has fetched 8,000 pounds at an auction in London. Name of that dictator. Adolf Hitler 115. Which state won the national sub junior Wushu championship? Manipur 116. Who is set to become the second India footballer to play overseas after Baichung Bhutia, with the striker nearing a deal with USAs 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. 117. 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. 118. 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 119. The first woman in 4 years to become judge of Supreme Court? Gyan Sudha Mishra. 120. Mexico's 'King of Heroin' who is allegedly responsible for running thousands of pounds of heroin into Southern California each year has been arrested recently? Jose Antonio Medina. 121. Who has been named as the BBSRC (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council) Innovator of the Year, winning 10,000 in recognition of his work on Solexa sequencing, the high speed genome sequencing technology that is revolutionizing bioscience? Professor Shankar Balasubramanian 122. Name of Indias indigenously developed ballistic missiles which are successfully testfired on 27-03-2010 from different locations off the Orissa coast, adding more firepower to the armed forces of India? Prithvi-II' and 'Dhanush' 123. Indian Weightlifting Federation recently handed life bans on three Weight lifters in a move to cleanse weightlifting from the menace of doping. They are? Vicky Bhatta (56kg), 2006 Commonwealth Games silver medallist. G Damodaran (105kg) and Rajesh Kumar Singh (94kg). 124. Who is the richest Asian in Britain for the year 2010 with an estimated wealth of 17 billion pound according to the Asian Rich List 2010, brought out by Eastern Eye, a publication of the Asian Media & Marketing Group? Lakshmi Mittal. He is the owner of the world's largest steel company ArcelorMittal. 125. Name of Indias indigenously developed, nuclear-capable, short range ballistic missile (SRBM) successfully test-fired on 28-03-2010 from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Wheeler Island, about 100 km from the Orissa coast? Agni-1. Weighing 12 tonnes, the 15 metre tall Agni-1, which can carry payloads weighing up to one tonne, has already been inducted into the Indian Army.

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126. Who won an incident-packed Australian Grand Prix Formula 1 title after the leading Red Bull of Sebastian Vettel slid out of the race with brake failure? Jenson Button 127. Who is appointed as chairperson of the National Advisory Council (NAC)? Sonia Gandhi, Congress president. Gandhi, who is also the chairperson of the ruling UPA (United Progressive Alliance), will enjoy the rank of cabinet minister. 128. 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. 129. 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. 130. Which country has successfully flight tested a prototype of the Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) on 29-03-2010? India. Light Combat Helicopter (LCH), designed and developed by the state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) can operate at high altitudes up to 6,000 metres or 18,000 feet. 131. With which neighbor country, India has created a Joint River Commission? Bangladesh 132. From which country India is getting K 152 nerpa submarines? Russia

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1. Paying for facilities like issuance of demand drafts, cheque books, credit or debit cards and ATM interchange may soon become pass as public sector lender ____ waived all service charges on current and savings accounts (CASA), the first by any bank. The move is aimed at increasing the banks below-industry average CASA deposits and the bank expects to double its retail account to 1 crore in the next 12 months. a) SBI b) PNB c) Canara Bank d) IDBI Bank e) None of these 2. At present, how many families are categorized as BPL? a) 5.10 cr b) 6.52 cr c) 7.81 cr d) 10.40 cr e) None of these 3. DTC stands for a) Direct Tax Code b) Disinvestment Tax Code c) Derivative Trade Code d) Distinct Tax Code e) Delhi Tax Code 4. In a surprise move and to the disappointment of taxpayers, the government on Aug 30 deferred the implementation of the Direct Taxes Code (DTC) by a year to ___, 2012 and sough to waive the preferential treatment to woman in tax payment in the name of gender equity. a) Jan 1 b) Mar 31 c) Apr 1

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d) Dec 31 e) None of these 5. Which of the following statement is/are true about Direct Taxes Code (DTC)? A) Under the Direct Taxes Code Bill, 2010 tabled in the Lok Sabha by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee and referred to the Select Committee of Parliament for scrutiny the government has sought to raise the income tax exemption limit from Rs.1.6 Lakh to Rs.2 Lakh while retaining a host of incentives for individuals. B) While senior citizens (above 65 years) will enjoy a higher exemption of Rs.2.5 Lakh, woman taxpayers will have no additional relief as they have not been categorized separately. C) As for corporate taxes, the levy will be at a flat rate of 30 per cent with no surcharges or cesses. The minimum alternate tax (MAT)will be levied on book profits at 20 per cent. a) Only A b) Only A& B c) Only B&C d) All the above e) None of these 6. Name the country with India has signed a protocol to the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement that would the wealth illegally stashed away in banks. a) Britain b) US c) Switzerland d) France e) None of these 7. In a major step to alleviate delays in wage payments under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), which state govt has launched an eShakti Financial Inclusion scheme, the first of its kind in the country? a) UP b) MP c) Bihar d) Maharashtra e) None of these 8. Name the bank whose chairman Stephan K Green will be appointed as the minister of state for trade and investment. a) HSBC Holdings b) Standard Chartered Bank c) Barclays Bank d) Royal Bank of Scotland e) None of these 9. In a big boost to the disinvestment programme of the UPA-II Government, the Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry gave its green signal to the sale of governments stake in Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), a move aimed at raising around __________ this fiscal. a) Rs. 14,000 cr b) Rs.18,000 cr c) Rs.24,000 cr d) Rs. 30,000 cr e) None of these 10. With a net worth of US$62 billion, Mukesh Ambani would be the richest man of earth in ___________, going past the current claimant, Mexican businessman Carlos Slim, according to a forecast by Forbes. a) 2012 b) 2014 c) 2016

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d) 2018 e) None of these 11. In one of his speeches Pranab Mukherjee said that the Govt had no plans to dilute the roles of market regulators. This means the role of which of the following will not be diluted? a) Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) b) Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) c) Federation of Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) d) Bureau of Indian Standards e) Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) 12. What is the full form of ULIP, the term which was in the news recently? a) Universal Life & Investment Plan b) Unit Loan & Insurance Plan c) Universal Loan & Investment Plan d) Uniformly Loaded Investment Plan e) Unit Linked Insurance Plan 13. As per the news published in some major financial news papers, the Maharashtra Govt is planning to introduce Green Tax on Vehicles. What is the Purpose of Green Tax? a) It has been introduced with the aim of discouraging high consumption of petroleum products. b) It is a tax levied by the Govt in place of VAT as VAT is not very profitable for State Govts. c) It is just like a toll tax which will be charges from all the vehicles whenever they enter green areas of a city like hospitals, schools, and old-age homes. d) This is a tax levied on big commercial vehicles only with the aim of prohibiting them from entering residential areas and non-commercial areas. e) None of these 14. Very often we read in newspapers about 3 G Third Generation Technology. This is a set of standards used by which of the following? a) To Combat climatic changes b) Production of nuclear energy c) Film production d) Mobile telecommunications e) All of these 15. Which of the following companies is NOT in the field of insurance business? a) ICICI Prudential b) Bajaj Allianz c) Tata AIG d) Aegon Religare e) Royal Orchild 16. Many times we read that a corporate entity is in the process of raising its capital base. Why is a company required to raise money to strengthen its capital base? A) To finance its diversification Plans B) To finance its diversification plans C) To repay its loans and borrowings a) Only A b) Only B c) Only C d) Only A & B e) All A, B&C 17. Many times we read in newspapers that a company is planning to bring a public issue. What does it mean? A) Shares of the company will be issued only through public sector organizations like banks/Central financial institutions etc. B) Shares of the company will be issued to general public only through primary market. C) This means some stakeholders/ promoters are willing to leave the company. Hence they wish to sell their stock to the general public.

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a) Only A b) Only B c) Only C d) All A,B&C e) None of these 18. Whenever some people wish to enter into the business world, it is a must for them to approach a bank. What services do banks provide them in this regard? A) Banks act as payment agents by operating current accounts, paying cheques and receiving payments for them. B) Maintaining account books for them for their day-to- day activities so that they are not required to appoint account/finance personnel on a regular basis. C) Lending money by way of overdraft, installment loan, credit or advance for business activities a) Only A b) Only B c) Only C d) Only A&C e) All of these 19. As we all have noticed, banks these days are giving more emphasis on Branchless Banking. What does this really mean? A) Banks will not have many branches as used to be in the good old days. Instead, the number of branches will be restricted and will conduct only a specified core business. B) Banks will launch/operate many delivery channels like ATMs, Mobile Banking/ Internet Banking etc sot that people are not required to visit a branch for their usual banking needs. C) This means banks will issue only debit or credit cards for all types of day-to-day financial transactions. Cheques/cash payments will not be allowed. a) Only A b) Only B c) Only A&B d) Only B&C e) All A, B&C 20. Which of the following is NOT a function of a bank? a) Providing project finance b) Selling Mutual Funds c) Deciding policy rates like CRR, Repo Rate / SLR etc d) Settlement of payments of behalf of the customers e) All of these are functions of a bank 21. Which of the following is a form of savings Bank popular among the poor or children? a) Core Banking b) Credit Banking c) Debit Card d) Merchant Banking e) Piggy Banking 22. Dr. Amartya Sen is a famous a) Physicist b) Chemical Engineer c) Psychologist e) Economist e) None of these 23. Which of the following nations is considered the originator of the concept of Micro Finance? a) India b) Bangladesh c) South Africa

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d) USA e) None of these 24. Govt normally does not announce the Minimum Support Price (MSP) of a) Wheat b) Paddy c) Sugarcane d) Jute e) All of these 25. At present Dr.D Subbarao is the a) Governor of Orissa b) Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission c) Chairman of the FICCI d) Indias Representative in IMF e) None of these 26. Banks borrow money from the RBI on which of the following rates? a) Bank rate b) CRR c) SLR d) Reverse Repo Rate e) Repo Rate 27. Which of the following is NOT a part of Indias Money Market? a) Bill Market b) Call Money Market c) Banks d) Mutual Funds e) Indian Gold Council 28. Which of the following is/are NOT the feature(s) of Indias Foreign Trade Policy (2004 to 2009)? A) To double Indias percent age share of global trade from present 0.7 per cent to 1.5 per cent by 2009 B) Simplifying the procedures and bringing down the cost C) Make SAARC countries Indias most preferred foreign trade partners by 2009 a) Only I b) Only II c) Only III d) All I, II and III e) Only I and III 29. Which of the following is /are the measure(s) taken by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to ease the liquidity crunch in the country? A) Cut in Cash Reserve Ratio and Statutory Liquidity Ratio. B) Increase the flow of foreign direct investment C) Supply of additional currency notes in the market. a) Only I b) Only II c) Only III d) All I, II and III e) None of these 30. Which of the following services is NOT provided by the post offices of India? a) Savings Bank Scheme b) Retailing of Mutual Funds c) Sale of Stamp Papers (Judicial) d) Issuance of Demand Drafts e) Life Insurance Cover 31. Which of the following is true of New Lending Rate System in Banks? a) For existing loans, the base rate would be applicable once they matured.

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b) For new loans, the base rate would be levied immediately. c) Banks can not charge customers any fee for such switch-over. d) All of these e) None of these 32. According to recently released RBI data on the Balance of Payment, net portfolio investments into country during April- December amounted to a) $ 23.6 billion b) $ 30.4 billion c) $ 32.8 billion d) $ 36.6 billion e) $ 40.4 billion 33. Which of the following is NOT a Government sponsored organization? a) Small Industries Development Bank of India b) NABARD c) National Housing Bank d) ICICI Bank e) All are government sponsored 34. The Reserve Bank has constituted a working group to review the current operating procedure of monetary policy, as transmission of the policy to the rest of the system remains imperfect. The group, to be headed by RBI executive director ___________, will also review the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF), through which the central bank manages money supply in the system on a day-to-day basis. a) Usha Thorat b) Deepak Mohanty c) Rakesh Mohan d) Naresh Chandra e) None of these 35. SEBI was established in a) 1993 b) 1992 c) 1988 d) 1990 e) None of these 36. The working of SEBI includes: a) To regulate the dealings of share market b) To check the foul dealings in share market c) To control the inside trading of shares d) All of these e) None of these 37. The Ad hoc Treasury Bill a system of meeting budget deficit in India was replaced by a system which came into force on a) March 31,1997 b) April 1,1996 c) April 1,1997 d) March 31, 1996 e) None of these 38. The recommendations of the 13th Finance Commission has become/will be operational during the period a) 2009-14 b) 2010 15 c) 2011 16 d) 2012 2017 e) None of these 39. Rural Woman can avail the benefit of Mahila Samriddhi Yojana if they open their account in

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a) Rural Pot Offices b) Commercial Banks c) Rural Development Bank d) Any of the above e) None of these 40. The rate at which banks lend to RBI is known as a) Bank Rate b) Repo Rate c) Reverse Repo Rate d) Interest Rate e) None of these 41. The cause of deflation is a) Lack of goods and services as compared to money supply b) Lack of imports as compared to exports c) Lack of money supply as compared to supply of goods and services d) Lack of money supply and goods e) None of these 42. Which bank in India performs the duties of the central bank? a) Central Bank of India b) State Bank of India c) Reserve Bank of India d) Bank of India e) None of these 43. Mixed Economy means a) Co-existence of small and large industries b) Promoting both Agriculture and Industries in the economy c) Co-existence of public and private sectors d) Co-existence of the rich and the poor e) None of these 44. Pure Banking, Northing Else is a slogan raised by a) ICICI Bank b) HDFC Bank c) SBI d) UTI Bank e) None of these 45. Which of the following is true about Swavalamban Scheme? A) Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee will launch the Swavalamban scheme in Murshidabad district of West Bengal. B) As per the scheme, the Centre will contribute Rs.1,000 a year to each New Pension Scheme (NPS) account opened in the current year. C) The contribution will be made till 2013 14 D) To be eligible, a person will have to make a minimum contribution of Rs.1,000 and maximum contribution of Rs.12,000 per annum. a) Only A,B & C b) Only A, C & D c) Only A & D d) All the above e) None of these 46. The axe finally fell on Asias first cooperative bank, ___________, when the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cancelled its licence and asked it not to continue any banking related transactions until further directions. a) Saraswat Co-operative Bank Ltd b) Cosmos Co-operative Bank Ltd c) Nadar Co-operative Bank Ltd

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d) Anyonya Cooperative Bank Ltd e) None of these 47. 13th Finance Commission was constituted under the Chairmanship of a) YSP Thorat b) Vijai L Kelkar c) TS Vijayan d) Laxmi Narayan e) None of these 48. SEBI is a a) Statutory body b) Advisory body c) Constitutional body d) Non-statutory body e) None of these 49. Bank Cash Transaction Tax (BCTT) was withdrawn with effect from a) January 1, 2009 b) March 1, 2009 c) March 31, 2009 d) April 1, 2009 e) None of these 50. Which committee recommended abolition of tax rebates under Section 88? a) Chelliah Committee b) Kelkar Committee c) Shome Committee d) Naresh Chandra Committee e) None of these 38. Tarapore Committee submitted its report on Full Convertibility on Rupee in a) Current account b) Capital account c) Both on current as well as on capital account d) Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) e) None of these 39. CENVAT is related to a) Sales Tax b) Excise Duty c) Custom Duty d) Service Tax e) None of these 45. NABARD was established on the recommendation of a) Public Accounts Committee b) Shivaraman Committee c) Narasimham Committee d) Khandelwal Committee e) None of these 46. Sampurna Gramin Rozgar Yojana has been launched from a) 1 Apr 2001 b) 25 Sep 2001 c) 30 Sep 2001 d) No scheme of such title has yet been launched e) None of these 47. VAT is imposed a) Directly on the consumer b) On the final stage of production c) On the first stage of production

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d) On all stages between production and final sale e) None of these 48. Kutir Jyoti scheme is associate with a) Promoting cottage industry in villages b) Promoting employment among rural unemployed youth c) Providing electricity to rural families living below the poverty line d) All of these e) None of these 49. CAPART is related with a) Assisting and evaluating rural welfare programmes b) Computer hardware c) Consultant service of export promotion. d) Controlling pollution in big industries e) None of these 50. The note issuing dept of RBI should always possess a minimum gold stock worth a) Rs.85 crore b) Rs.115 crore c) Rs.200 crore e) Rs.215 crore e) None of these

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1. Under Marginal Standing Facility ( MSF) the banks are allowed to borrow up to one percent of their total ......... ? 1) Deposit base 2) Lending 3) Equity 4) Margins 5) Non Provisioning Assets 2. On 7 June, 2011 Syamala Gopinath Committee submitted a report on Small Savings Saving Fund to the finance minister of India. The highlights include ......... 1) The Kisan Vikas Patras must be with drawn immediately 2) The long term 10 Years bonds must replace KVP 3) Monthly Savings Scheme and National Savings Certificate Period must be reduced from 6 years to 5 years 4) Post Office savings interest must be raised from 3.5 % to 4.0 % 5) All of above 3. From 1 April 2011, the minimum wage floor level increased from Rs. 100 to Rs. ......... as per the order of Labour Ministry? 1) 115 2) 150 3) 160 4) 175 5) 200 4. After ONGC, IOC, SAIL and NTPC ......... got Maharatna status? 1) CIL 2) BHEL 3) BP 4) RIL 5) RBI 5. Union Government passed FCRA on 2 May 2011. FCRA stands for .........? 1) Foreign Contribution Regulation Act 2) Foreign Conservative Restrictive Act 3) Foreign Contribution Repair Act

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4) Foreign Contribution Regulation Apathy 5) None 6. 'Upper Caste Commission' to study the poor and economically backward people in the Upper Castes set up by 1) Bihar 2) Uttarakhand 3) West Bengal 4) Goa 5) Rajasthan 7. Gangadhar Pradhan is an exponent in ......... dance? 1) Kuchipudi 2) Kathak 3) Bihu 4) Bharata Natyam 5) None 8. Games/ Sports events are given. Pick the wrong one? 1) India hosts the 1st Super Series Badminton Championship 2) Novak Djokovic of Italy defeated Rafael Nadal of USA to get ATP Miami Masters Crown 3) Paes- Bhupathi duo clinches Miami Title 4) Chennai Super Kings is the two times IPL winner 5) Polly Umrigar award got by Sachin 9. ......... is used in the banking terminology? 1) Stock 2) Bear 3) Listing 4) Open Market Operations 5) Settlement Day 10. Current Account details are given. Pick the wrong one? 1) Generally the businessman having the more transactions opt this account 2) No rule is there to prohibit to allow the individual to take this account 3) The highest rate of interest paid on this account compare to other accounts 4) Any number of transactions can be done 5) No interest or least interest is paid on this account 11. ......... company agreed to export 1700 Cash Dispenser Machines ( CDM) ( ATM) to SBI having base in USA? 1) Axis 2) Banqit 3) Diebold 4) De La Rue 5) Fujitsu 12. Appreciation of money means ......... 1) A hike in the price of money due to general fall in the price level. 2) A hike in the price of money due to general increase in the price level. 3) A reduction in the price of money due to general fall in the price level. 4) Absence of the price of money due to general fall in the price level. 5) None 13. Food Corporation of India got the working capital loan up to Rs. ......... crore from the union government? 1) 5000 2)1500 3) 500 4) 100 5) 50 14. The recent appointments/ambassadors list is given. Pick the correct one? 1) Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs decided to include Kamal Nath and K.V.Thomas

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2) Shaan was appointed as the Tobacco Ambassador of India 3) K.K. Talwar was appointed as the Chairman of Medical Council of India 4) N.K.Browne is the New Air Chief Marshal 5) All of above 15. A Peak of Lies written by ......... ? 1) Urmila Deshpande 2) Karan Singh 3) Kushwant Singh 4) Chetan Bhagath 5) R.K.Narayan 16. India was considered to be the member of NSG on 23 May 2011. NSG is a premier nonproliferation body. NSG means ......... ? 1) Nuclear System Group 2) Nuclear Symphony Group 3) Nuclear Syndrom Group 4) Nuclear Suppliers Group 5) None 17. India is not the member in ......... ? 1) G 20 2) G 77 3) G 15 4) G 7 5) SAARC 18. In the given list of the days which is wrongly matched one? 1) 31 May- World No Tobacco Day 2) 13 April- Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre Day 3) 24 March - World TB Day 4) 2 April- All Fools Day 5) None 19. Chandrayaan-2 to cost Rs. 426 crore as granted by Central Government. The project Director of Chandrayaan is ......... ? 1) Madhavan Nair 2) Radhakrishnan 3) M.Annadurai 4) Kasturi Rangan 5) None 20. ......... is the first cricketer in the world cup to claim five wickets and did half century against Ireland in 2011 WC ICC edition? 1) Sachin 2) Harbhajan 3) Pathan 4) Yuvraj Singh 5) Jahir Khan 21. Find the wrong abbreviation? 1) CVC-Central Vision Commission 2) CEC- Central Election Commission 3) CAG-Comptroller and Auditor General 4) IBA-Indian Banks' Association 5) IBPS-Institute of Banking Personnel Selection 22. The facts relating to Micro Finance Sector as per the statement of Reserve Bank of India on 3 May 2011 given. Pick the Correct one? 1) Micro Finance mean the lending in the small amounts 2) Maximum Rate of Interest levied by them must not cross 26 % 3) Maximum loan can take by the customer from Micro Finance company should not cross Rs. 35,000

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4) The above rules are framed by RBI, according to the recommendations of Malegam Committee with few changes 5) All of above 23. On 3 May 2011, RBI in its monetary Policy for 2011-2012, estimated the inflation around ......... percent? 1) 7 2) 8 3) 4 4) 5 5) 6 24. Dedicated Frieght Corridor ( DFC) connecting Khurja (Uttar Pradesh ) to Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) rail get the fund of $ 975 million from ......... ? 1) IMF 2) IDA 3) IFC 4) IBRD 5) ADB 25. The World Bank details are given. Pick the correct one? 1) Its original name is International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 2) Present members are 187.The latest member is Montenegro ( 18 Jan 2007) 3) Robert B. Zoellick (born in USA, German Origin ) is the present Chairman 4) It has headquarters in Washington D.C 5) All of above 26. India's total public debt increased by .........percent to Rs. 29,21,360 crore? 1) 4 2) 8.5 3) 8.1 4) 1.3 5) 0.6 27. Dailmler Group got license to establish Non-banking Finance company in India. This group belongs to .........? 1) France 2) Hongkong 3) Japan 4) Germany 5) USA 28. 2010-2011 Fiscal deficit (Actual) declared on 31 may 2011. The deficit is ......... percent against the Budget Estimates of 5.1 %? 1) 4.9 2) 4.7 3) 5.1 4) 9.1 5) 6.7 29. To monitor the investigation and the steps being taken to bring back black money stashed away in foreign banks, the supreme court constituted the committee under the chairman ship of Justice .........? 1) Markendeya Kathju 2) Lahoti 3) Dashratha Rama Reddy 4) Dinakarna 5) Jeevan Reddy 30. .........tops in the GDP growth with 11.3 percent in the last five years (2005-10) as per the report of Mckinsey & co. Haryana (11%) , Bihar (9.6%), Karnataka (8.5%) Kerala (8.1%) Andhra Pradesh (7.4%)

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1) Delhi 2) Maharastra 3) Kerala 4) Manipur 5) Gujrat 31. The Awards given. Pick up the incorrect one? 1) Sahitya Bharati Samman 2010 conferred on Sitakanta Mohapatra 2) Girdhar Rathi got the Bihari Puraskar for 2010 for Anta ka Sanshaya 3) Indu Sharma Katha Samman got by Vikas Kumar Jha 4) NTPC bagged the Prestigious Business World Award for power Sector 5) None 32. ICC committee recommended the most controversial DRS in all cricket international matches in the coming days. DRS means......... .? 1) Decision Roll System 2) Decision Revision System 3) Deal Review System 4) Decision Review System 5) Dual Revision System 33. On April 7, 2011 as per the statement of RBI, the Credit rate growth rate is ......... in the banks in 2010-2011 1) 21.38 2) 14.25 3) 16.82 4) 20.12 5) 26.31 34. 2010-2011 Deposit growth rates in the banks are ......... percent? 1) 16.84 2) 15.84 3) 16.25 4) 18.54 5) 26.1 35. As per the new order of RBI in May 2011, the government of India is allowed to borrow Rs. ......... crore from the market through Treasury bills of up to one year? 1) 25000 2) 10000 3) 100000 4) 5000 5) 60000 36. The Financial Literacy includes ..........? 1) How to use the limited funds carefully 2) How to invest the funds 3) How to minimize the risk arisen 4) How to reinvest the money earned 5) All of above 37. The recent Sports events are given. Pick the wrong one? 1) Golden Player of IPL-4 - Chris Gayle of RCB 2) Orange Cap to get more runs in (608) IPL-4- Chris Gayle of RCB 3) Purple Cap to get more Wickets (28) in IPL-4- Latish Malinga of Mumbai Indians 4) Best Individual Performance in IPL 4- Paul Valthaty of Kings XI Punjab 5) None 38. Which bank used Tiny Cards with bio metric identification as part of the financial inclusion? 1) ICICI 2) SBH 3) SBI

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7.2 20.4 33.5

8.2 21.1 34.2

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10.3 23.5 36.5

11.3 24.4 37.5

12.1 25.5 38.3

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