Sunday, November 7, 2010

Current Affairs Questions And Answers Dated on 3-11-2010

1)Reserve Bank tightens norms for home loans.

Important points:

a)Increasing the policy short-term indicative rates by 25 basis points
b)It hiked for housing loan above Rs.75 lakhs to 125 percent.
c)RBI has proposed that the LTV (loan to value) ration for housing loans hereafter should not exceed 80 percent. Earlier there is no regulatory ceiling on the loan to value(LTV) ration in respect bank's housing loan.
d)The repo rate has been raised to 6.25 precent and the reverse repo rate to 5.25 percent, cash reserve ration was at 6 percent.
e)The RBI has increased the threshold limit for real time gross settlement system(RTGS) transaction from the present limit of Rs.1 lakh to Rs.2 lakh.
f)RBI to open its sub-office at six states of Nortease,namely,Arunachal Pradedh,Nagaland, Manipur,Mizoram,Tripura and Meghalaya.

2) Kashmir interlocutors submit report to Union Home Minister P.Chidambaram .

3)Which court overturned the decision to extradite a self-confessed parachuted weapon into India?
A) Danish court, the the convict is Niels Holcks

4)Which Labour MP has resigned as Deputy speaker from the House of Lords over his expense claims?
A)Lord Swarj Paul.

5)Who won the Guinness Book of World Records in three consecutive years by performing 55 concerts in 24 hours?
A) Ghazal Srinivas.

6)India to flight test its Indigenous AWACS by 2011.

7)Where is Jakhu Hills situated?
A)Himachal Pradesh.

8)No stay against minimum wages for MNREGS workers

9) Which mine in the world is famous for frequently yielded white diamonds?
a)Letseng mines( Kingdom of Lesotho) .

10)Who received the Rabindranath Tagore Peace Prize ?
A)Irom Chanu Sharmila from Imphal

11) Biotechnology as subject in pre-medical entrance examination approved.

12) U.K., France sign historic 50-year nuclear deal.

13)South African fast bowler Makhaya Ntini has formally retired form international cricket.

14)Tamil Nadu made a clean sweep of the boys' and girls'(Under-19) titles in the national junior inter sate squash tournament held in Chennai.

15) Who will carry the national flag during the opening ceremony of the Asian Games in Guangzhou on November 12?
A)Rifle shooter Gagan Narang.

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