Current Affairs Questions and Answers Dated on 31-10-2010

1) Explosives in air parcels set off U.S. terror alert sent from Yemen.

2)What it is called the shifting from the summer capital to the winter capital in Jammu and kashmir?

A)Darbar move , Srinagar( Summer capital) to Jammu (Winter Capital)

3)Who won the Miss World 2010 title?

A)Alexandria Mills from the United States.

4)Who defeated the defending champion Pankaj Advani from the world professional billiards championships quarterfinals?

A)Dhruv Sitwala.

5) Who won the BILT Open golf title in Bangalore?

A) Anirban Lahiri

Current Affairs Questions and Answers Dated on 30-10-2010

1) The Karnataka High Court justice V.G.Sabhahit upheld the October 10th disqualification fo the 11 rebel BJP MLA from assembly membership.

2) Who carried out the first BASE jump in the country?

A)Lt.Col.Satyendra Verma. He is the captain of the Army Adventure Skydiving team. He jumped from the 236-meter Pitampura TV tower in New Delhi.

3)Which bacteria associated with the superbug?

A)New Delhi metallo-B-lactamese(NDM-1)

4)Which nation has overtaken the U.S. as home of the world's fastest supercomputer?

A) China's Tianhe-1A,named in honour of the Milky Way.It capable of sustained computing of 2.507 petaflops, which equivalent to 2.507 trillion calculations each seconds.

5)Who introduced India's Ace badminton Saina Nehwal to this field and had died recently?

A) P.S.S.N.Prasad.

6)Recently we are hearing from news papers about Adarsh Housing Society scam, what is it about?

A) Adarsh Housing Society which originally meant to be a six-storey bulding to house kargil war heroes and widows, was allotted 40% falt to civilians.

7)West Bengal government issued an order sanctioning Rs.1.59 crore as compensation for the Nandigram incident.

8) Check below for the list of fiction books and their authors?

A) The Thing About Thugs- Tabish Khair

Eunuch Park - Palash Krishna Mehrotra

Way to Go - Upamanyu Chatterjee

If I Could Tell You - Soumya Bhattacharya

The Pleasure Seekers - Tishani Doshi

Neti,Neti - Anjum Hasan

The To-Let House - Daisy Hasan

Venus Crossing - Kalpana Swaminathan

Come,Befor Evening Falls- Manjul Bajaj

Serious Men - Manu Joseph

Saraswati Park - Anjali Joseph

9)Who will head the Kishanganga arbitration court?

A)Judge Stephen M.Schwebel,former president of the Internation Court of Justice, to resolve the Kishanganga (a tributary of the Jhelum in Jammu and kashmir) hydroelectric project dispute between India and Pakistan.

10) Which was another tributary to Jhelum river apart from Kishanganga?

A)Bonar Madmati Nallah.

11) RBI to examine recovery mechanism of MFIs

12)The Power Finance Corporation (PFC) and the Nuclear Corporation of India Ltd.(NPCIL) have entered into a memorandum of understanding to setup nuclear power projects.

13)Who is the new chairman of Orchid Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals?

A)K.Raghavendra Rao

14) Who was the former Australian fast bowler removed from its national selection panel?

A)Merv Hughes

15) Who are the winners of the boys' and girls' National Junior squash championships Under-19?

A)Tamil Nadu's Ramit Tandon( Boy's) and Anaka Alankamony (Girls's).

16) Which Olympic champion has unexpectedly announced her retirement in Tennis?

A)Russia's Elena Dementieva.

Current Affairs Question and Answers Dated on 29-10-2010

1) Which Indian premier Institutes to partner with Yale University for academic leadership development programmes?

A) IIM-Kozhikode and IIT-Kanpur.

2) Food inaflation fell sharply to 13.75%.

3) UDF emerges on top in Kerala local body elections.

4) Which two nations will be the new members of the East Asia Summit?

A) United Sates and Russia.

5)Who is the first women in Pakistan to elect as the president of the Supreme Court Bar Association?

A) Asma Jehangir, she also a veteran human rights activist.

6)Which nation has emerged as the second biggest producer and exporter of un-manufactured tobacco?

A)India.

7) Who were received Jamnalal Bajaj award 2010 for outstanding contributions in social development?

A)Chewang Norphel, applications of science and technology for rural development. He is from Ladakh

Chunibhai Vaidya, a nonagenarian from ahmedabad for his outstanding contribution in the field of constructive work.

Ms.Shakuntala Choudhary, award for development and welfare of women and children from assam

Ms.Lia Diskin from Brazil,was award for promoting Gandhian values outside India.

8) Which Former Kerala IGP gets life term for killing a naxalite Leader Varghese?

A)K.Lakshmana

9) What was the Superbug bacteria named by the Indian scientists?

A)Pseudomonas delhiensis

10) Tata Global Beverages and Pepsico to hold equal stake in joint venture.

11)Which is the most expensive car launched in India?

A)Volkswagen Group company Bugatti has launched its super premium sports car 'Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport'.

12)No joint ventures proposal with Arcelor mittal and SAIL.

13) Who has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of Indian Overseas Bank?

A) M.Narendra

14) Who was named as the new captain of the US Davis Cup team?

A) Jim Courier was named as the new captain replacing Patrick McEnroe.

15) South Africa clinches Twenty20 series with Pakistan.

Current Affair Questions and Answers Dated on 28-10-2010

1) Who is the new Chief Electror officer of Andhra pradesh?

A) Bhanwarlal.

2) Which consortium has received a 30-day termination notice from BCCI?

A)Kochi consortium of the Indian Premier League.

3) Which nation signed the nuclear liability treaty?

A)India singned the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage(CSC).

4) Which states host the Jatinga festival to showcase mysterious bird phenomenon?

A) Assam, Jatinga is located at the foothill of the Borail range and the only hill station in the state.

5) Who is the former president of Argentine had died?

A)Nestor Kirchner.

6)Who is the senior advocate inducted into the law commission?

A)Narsingha Mishra a senior advocate in orissa high court has appointed as 19th Law Commission additional member.

7) Which nation is planning to set up the world's largest solar power plant?

A) South Africa.

8)Six new Isotopes of the super heavy elements discovered by the U.S Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkely National Laboratory?

A) Six isotopes, never seen befor of the super heavy elements 104 through 114Ahave been detected.

1) Isotopes of copernicium(element 112)

2) Isotopes of darmstadtium(element 110)

3)Isotopes of hassium(element 108)

4)Isotopes of seaborgium( element 106)

5)Isotopes of rutherfordium (element 104)

and new isotope of 114 yet to be named.

9) What is Shale gas?

A) It is an unconventional gas trapped in sedimentary rocks.(Shale gas is trapped in geological shale formation).

10) SEBI has allowed domestic bourses to introduce European style stock options, How do it operate?

A)Wherein positions can be settled only on the day of expiry. ( American format, where contracts can be squared off prior to the expiry date).

Current Affair Questions and Answers Dated on 7-10-2010

1) Which invertebrate was most famous during FIFA worldcup for the correct predictions of the outcoming of the match result has died?

A) Paul the 'Psychic' octopus.

2) Supreme court of India has concelled the bails of the accused in the multi-core Satyam fraud case, who were they are?

A) Ramalinga Raju,B.Rama Raju, V.Srinivas,G.Ramakrishna,Venkatapathi Raju and Ch.Srisailam.

3) Decks Cleared for trial court verdict in Gujarat riots cases.

4)Centre not for filing charges against Arundhati Roy and Geelani in sedition charges.

5) In which city spiritual leader sri sri Ravishankar has inagurated the art of living ashram?

A)Beijing.

6)Union communication ministry announced a number portability from November 1st, what is it mean?

A) The mobile number portability, which allows subscribers to retain numbers even after changing operators.

7)Who won the 8th Construction world annaul awards?

A) Lanco Infratech was given the fastest growing constrution company.

8) Who sentenced to death in Iraq by its High tribunal for committing crimes against humanity?

A)Tariq Aziz, a former Deputy prime minister who was also an aide to saddam hussein.

9) Which country has sounded the tsunami threat?

A) Indonesia, Island Mentawai which is closest to the epicentre.

10) Which country in the world is most prone to the earthquake and volcanic and why?

A) Indonesia the world's largest archipelago, si most prone to to the earthquake and volcanic activity due to ists location on the pacific Ring of Fire- a series of fault lines stretching from the western Henisphere through Japan and Southeast Asia.

11) Which country unveils world's fastest train and will connect which two cities?

A) China, will connect between Shanghai and Hangzhou.

12) New ULIP from ING Life.ING Life India has announced the launch of its new unit linked insurance product, ING Prospering Life.

13)Tata Steels forms venture with NML(New Millennium Capital Corp) of canada.

14) Tata Housing to develop residential projects in chennai.

Indian Latest News Dated on 3-11-10

1)Obama non-committal on permanent UNSC seat for India, dual-use exports: Read in Detail
2)Obama to stay on job hunt in India regardless of election results: Read in Detail
3)No 'big bang' outcome from Obama's visit: Nirupama Rao : Read in Detail
4)78-yr-old sports boss sticks on to job, targets Prime Minister: Read in Detail
5)Obama raises hype, promises little on UNSC membership: Read in Detail
6)LeT men checked out targets in 2005, used Indo-Pak match as cover: Headley : Read in Detail
7)If PM can be above 70, why not sports body chiefs: Malhotra : Read in Detail
8)I am just your 'servant': Rahul to Bihar : Read in Detail
9)'Messiah of Dalits' Maya can't stop wrongs against them: NCSC : Read in Detail
10)US vote outcome is an “earthquake": Sarah Palin : Read in Detail
11)Mulayam brings back SP's Muslim face Azam Khan : Read in Detail

Business News

12)Small US biz deals dot India Inc list : Read in Detail
13)RBI hike to hit 'premium', not cheap realty : Read in Detail
14)Coal India IPO: Over 3,100 employee applications rejected : Read in Detail
15)Nasscom to raise outsourcing, visa issues during Obama visit : Read in Detail
16)FedEx to buy AFL, Unifreight India : Read in Detail
17)Sensex ends 137 points higher : Read in Detail
18)BMW astonishes with 11-fold jump in quarterly profit : Read in Detail
19)Pilots stay in 5-star hotels at AI's expense : Read in Detail
20)Banks will now lend only 80% of home price : Read in Detail

Sports News

21)Defiant Mike Hussey steers Australia to 239/8 against SL: Read in Detail
22)Tendulkar is the Bradman of today: British media : Read in Detail
23)Gambhir, Laxman fit for NZ Test opener: Dhoni : Read in Detail
24)IPL fights for its future amid scandals, confusion: Read in Detail
25)Kiwis would find high-flying India hard to stop in Test opener : Read in Detail
26)Woods' resurrection still a 'work in progress' : Read in Detail
27)India need to improve defence lapses ahead of Asiad: Rajpal : Read in Detail
28)Cronje made a match-fixing offer even before Nagpur: Gibbs: Read in Detail

Latest News in India Dated on 1-11-10

1)Adarsh society violated green norms: Jairam Ramesh: Read in Detail
2)Adarsh society scam: Promoters to move HC against govt decision to revoke OC : read in detail
3)Pranab, Antony meet Sonia; discuss Chavan's fate : Read in Detail
4)Even VIPs returned without casting their votes : Read in Detail
5)51% polling in Bihar; voters ignore Maoist boycott call: Read in Detail
6)Is Melbourne becoming another Kampala for Indians? : Read in Detail
7)High inflation affecting export competitiveness: RBI : Read in Detail
8)PM? Let Rahul learn the ropes as CM first, scoffs Nitish: Read in Detail
9)Maha blame game: Deshmukh accuses Chavan of changing rules for Adarsh : Read in Detail
10)Interlocutors changed direction of discourse in Valley: Omar : Read in Detail
11)After Headley mess-up, US to share review report: Read in Detail
12)Jethmalani in Hurriyat crosshairs over Kashmir remark : Read in Detail
13)Arundhati speech: No action on writer in accordance with law, says Chidambaram : Read in Detail
14)Rahul should be CM first before aspiring to be PM: Nitish: Read in Detail
15)Andhra Pradesh Formation Day: Pro-Telangana supporters hold protests : Read in Detail

Business News

16)Despite crash, Sensex at 2-wk high : Read in Detail
17)Hero Honda cruises to highest-ever sales : Read in Detail
18)BSE crashes, impact negligible: Traders: Read in Detail
19)Jaiprakash Associates Q2 net dips 87% : Read in detail
20)High inflation affecting export competitiveness: RBI : Read in Detail
21)Inflation a matter of concern: Pranab : Read in Detail
22)Maruti sales jump 39% in Oct, posts record numbers : Read in Detail
23)Exports increase by 23.2% in September: Read in Detail

Sports News

24)Westwood confirmed as new World No.1 : Read in Detail
25)Out for 21: Hyderabad dismissed for lowest score in Ranji history : Read in Detail
26)Bopanna rises to career-high rank of 14 in doubles : Read in detail
27)Pietersen sulking over ban on WAGs during Ashes : Read in Detail
28)ICC trying to corner Pakistan, says angry Salman Butt : Read in Detail
29)Heartbreak for Sitwala, loses to Russell in World Pro final: Read in Detail