AUGUST - 2011
CURRENT AFFAIRS
1. “AAA” is a type of bond credit rating which actually shows the credit worthiness of the Government or a Company. (Recently Standard & Poor’s has downgraded US credit rating from AAA to AA+)
2. MV Rak (Qatar Based): the vessel (ship) that sank off the coast of Mumbai, is leaking and creating oil spill. The Coast Guard has deployed two ships, including its anti-pollution vessel INS Samudra Prahari, which are neutralizing the oil spill by spraying chemicals that binds the oil and prevents it from spreading.
3. NTRO stands for National Technical Research Organization (Is a premier apex scientific organization under the National Security Advisor in the Prime Minister's Office)
4. UDRS in the field of cricket is stands for stands for: (Umpire Decision Review System)
5. “Padmini Rout” (woman grandmaster) and Paikidize Nazi (Georgia) is chess player.
6. New chairman of SEBI: UK Sinha.
7. Goldman Sachs is actually a industry of Banking and Financial services. (CEO is Lloyd Blankfein)
8. Mr. Bean is a British comedy television series of 14 half-hour episodes written by and starring Rowan Atkinson as the title character.
9. What is Atlas V Juno. (Atlas V is an active expendable launch system in the Atlas rocket family. (Recently five such rockets has been launched. It is launched by NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration))
10. Lockheed Martin is one of the world's largest defense contractors of USA. (Like Indian DRDO)
11. ULFA: United Liberation Front of Asom is a separatist group from Assam. (Chairman: Arabinda Rajkhowa, it seeks to establish a sovereign Assam via an armed struggle in the Assam Conflict.)
12. FII stands for Foreign Institutional Investor. (An investor or investment fund that is from or registered in a country outside of the one in which it is currently investing.)
13. What is Harud: (The Autumn Literature Festival: Harud (autumn in Kashmiri) will be free to the public and will emphasize on local writings from Kashmir, Jammu and Ladakh including a special focus on folk and oral traditions. The event will also host significant writers from across India.)
14. IIFCL stands for (India Infrastructure Finance Company)
15. (a) What is Orange Prize? (It is give for Fiction, Tea Obreht an American novelist, for her novel, The Tiger's Wife (2011), won the 2011 Orange Prize for Fiction. This prize is specially for women.)
(b) “Paramjeet Samota” is an Indian boxer.
16. Liberation Day is celebrated on 2nd of August.
17. “Nikki Haley” (Nimrata Nikki Randhawa Haley) is the first woman Governor of South Carolina.
18. What is Golden Quadrilateral Project: (It’s a Highway project belongs to Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkatta)
19. Business Correspondence model is related to Financial Inclusion.
20. 10-14 child age group of child refers to as a Child Labour age group.
21. Who is Aruna Roy. (She is an Indian political and social activist who founded and heads the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathana. She is best known as a prominent leader of the Right to Information movement, which led to the enactment of the Right to Information Act in 2005. She has also remained a member of the National Advisory Council.)
22. CII Confederation of Indian Industry.( The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is a non-government, not-for-profit, industry-led and industry-managed organization, seeking to play a proactive role in India’s development process. )
23. “Hope Amelia Solo” is an American soccer goalkeeper.
24. Saina Nehwal loses title match against Wang Xin (China) in the 2011 Malaysian Open GP Gold.
25. Saina Nehwal beat Ji Hyun Sung of South Korea to win the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold badminton title on 20 March 2011.
26. “Deven Sharma” is an executive, and the President of Standard & Poor's, a Division of the McGraw-Hill Companies providing independent credit ratings, indices, risk evaluation, and investment research.
27. Bank of India recently paid dividend of Rs. 251.92 crore to the govt. of India.
28. IIP stands for Index for Industrial Production. (IIP in simplest terms is an index which details out the growth of various sectors in an economy.)
29. Minister of State for External Affairs is Shashi Tharoor.
30. Minister of Health and Family welfare or Union Health Minister is Ghulam Nabi Azad & Minister of state for Health and Family welfare is Sudip Bandopadhyay (recently added after cabinet reshuffled).
31. West Bengal soon changes its name to Paschimbanga.
32. “Steve Jobs” Apple CEO recently resigned. New one is Timothy D. Cook.
33. According to a report released by Boston Consulting Group, Indian banking industry is slated to become the third-largest in the world by 2025, after China and US. What is the current rank of Indian banking industry in the world? (14th)
34. Which of the following Indian entrepreneurs of India has been conferred the Degree of Doctor of Science and the Honorary Fellowship by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur. (Sunil Mittal)
35. Name the Pakistani cricket coach who has resigned recently. (Waqar Younis has resigned from coach position of Pakistan cricket team. Pakistan Cricket Board accepted his resignation. He said he resigned because of health but everyone knows Waqar Younis has issues with Pakistani cricket players. Although he denied that he resigned because of any differences with Pakistani players.)
36. Which of the following states has shown its intent to introduce social activist Anna Hazare’s movement against corruption in the school syllabus. (The Jharkhand government is planning to introduce social activist Anna Hazare's movement against corruption in the school syllabus.)
37. Name the noted Kashmiri writer and poet whose book Nov Kehtsha Mentsha (Something New) has bagged the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award in the children’s category? (Ghulam Nabi Aatish)
38. NSIC stands for National Small Industries Corporation.
39. HUDCO stands for Housing and Urban Development Corporation Ltd.
40. SFCs stands for State Financial Corporations.
41. SIDCs stands for State Industrial Development Corporations.
42. “Ross Masaud” book is written by “Hakim Syed Zillur Rehman” .(Vice President Hamid Ansari released a book entitled “Ross Masaud” written by Prof. Hakim Syed Zillur Rehman at a function here in New Delhi. Congratulating the author for such a valuable book Hamid Ansari said that the book portrays very interesting aspects of the life of Sir Ross Masaud. Sir Masaud was a true academician and had served the Aligarh Muslim University in an ideal manner. He always believed in perfection.)
43. “Pulok Chatterji” is the principal secretary to PM of India. (The government appointed IAS Officer Pulok Chatterji as principal secretary to the prime minister.)
44. India has extended a 20 Million U.S. Dollar Line of Credit to Mongolia for setting up an India-Mongolia Joint Information Technology, Education and Outsourcing Center here. Besides, India will also upgrade and modernize the Rajiv Gandhi Art and Production School and the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Centre of Excellence in Information and Communication Technology.
45. “Naved Masood” is new Corporate Affairs secretary of India.
46. “Surajit Mitra” is new secretary of Minority Affairs.
47. New chairperson of NCW (National Commission for Women) is Mamta Sharma. (acting one is Yasmeen Abrar.)
48. SBI sets up 14 account tracking centres to check & monitor NPAs. (Non Performing Assets)
49. New Chief Minister of Karnataka is Sadananda Gowda.
50. Emily is a type of tropical storm recently hitted Haiti.
51. A new software Developed to Prevent Stampede Deaths. (German Scientists developed new software which can accurately detect when crowds are starting to build up to dangerous levels. It could help prevent stampede deaths that often occur during festivals and mass celebrations.)
52. Recently an international organization ASEAN celebrates 44th anniversary of its formation. (ASEAN is Association of South East Asian Nations. It’s a geo-political and economic organization of 10 countries located in Southeast Asia. 18th ASEAN Summit recently held in Indonesia (Jakarta))
53. Which country hosted SAFF under 16 football championships 2011. (Nepal, Pakistan v/s India)
54. On 15th August 2011 India celebrated its 65th Independence Day.
55. Which EU (European Union) country has reported only 1% GDP growth in 2nd quarter of 2011. (Germany)
56. Who is Ambika Soni. (She is Information and Broadcasting minister)
57. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has fined realty major DLF for unfair practices.
58. National Cyclone Risk Mitigation (NCRMP) Project Approved, Phase -1 for Andhra Pradesh and Orissa. (The overall objective of the NCRMP to minimize vulnerability to cyclones and make people and infrastructure disaster resilient in harmony with the conservation of the coastal eco-system in the cyclone hazard prone States and Union Territories of India.)
59. The Programme called Himayat was launched by the Union ministry of Rural Development in Srinagar for giving training and placement to over one lakh youth from poor families in Jammu and Kashmir. (The project will be funded by the rural development ministry’s National Rural Livelihood Mission.)
60. The Income-Tax department has ordered Satyam Computer Services, currently Mahindra Satyam, to pay a tax of Rs 2,114 crore for assessment years 2002-03 and 2007-08.
61. The Indian tennis pair: Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupati has clinched the Cincinati Open Men’s doubles-2011 title. (Losers are French – Serbian combine of Michel Llodra and Nenad Zimonjic)
62. International Conference on Libya will be hosted by France.
63. New Governors appointed in 6 states:
Governor State
K Rosaiah Tamil Nadu
Ram Naresh Yadav Madhya Pradesh
V. Purushothaman Mizoram
Syed Ahmed Jharkhand
MOH Farooq Kerala
K Sankaranarayanan Maharashtra + Goa (additional charge)
64. President of Syria is Bashar al-Assad.
65. Recently who is elected as new Prime Minister of Nepal: Dr. Baburam Bhattarai. (He belongs to party Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist).Former one is Jhalnath Khanal)
66. Nomura Cup is related to Golf. (An amateur Indian golf team won bronze in a team event at the 48-year old Nomura Cup in Fiji on 19 August 2011.)
67. India slipped to No. 3 Position after losing Test Series to England. (1.England 2.South Africa and 3.India)
68. Consumer Price Index Numbers for Agricultural Labourers & Rural Labourers for July released.
69. Buddh International Circuit is India’s first Formula one racing track.
70. Two-wheeler maker Hero Moto Corp appointed Sunil Kant Munjal as Joint Managing Director.
71. T-50 stealth fighter which is being jointly developed by Russia and India made its first international public appearance on 17 August 2011 at the MAKS air show in Moscow. During the air show Moscow also unveiled its newest space shuttle, armed drones and a new range of upgraded weapons.
72. Novak Djokovic defeated American Mardy Fish to win the Montreal Masters thereby winning his ninth ATP title of 2011. (Djokovic became the first man to win five Masters 1000 titles in the same season having also claimed trophies at Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid and Rome.)
73. “Douglas Peterson”, a top executive at Citigroup was chosen to replace Deven Sharma as president of Standard & Poor.
74. Who is Yaniv Benaim. (CBI from Goa has brought back alleged drug-dealer Yaniv Benaim of Israel, who jumped bail in a narcotic case and fled away from the country)
75. Who has been elected as the new President of Singapore. (Tony Tan)
76. Under whose stewardship, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has constituted a committee to address issues relating to non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) (Usha Thorat)
77. Dengue fever is also known as Breakbone fever. (It’s an infectious tropical disease caused by the dengue virus. Symptoms include fever, headache, muscle and joint pains, and a characteristic skin rash that is similar to measles.)
78. Iran recently test fired Shabab missile. (The Shahab-3 is a medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM))
79. Income Tax department recently commemorated the completion of 150 years.
Notes by
Pulkit Jawal
pulkitjawal@gmail.com
Pravideep Education
