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Saturday 13 August 2011

current affairs

Which motorcycle has Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India Private Ltd. recently launched?
CBR 250R

Who won the ladies National snooker championship?
Vidya Pillai

Who won the 2000th Test cricket held at Lords Cricket Ground?
England

Which frenchman after 25 years won the German Open Tennis tournament?
Gilles Simon

Who won the Indonesian International Challenge badminton championship 2011?
Pusarla Venkata Sindhu

Who has been appointed as Lokayukta of Karnataka to succeed Santosh Hegde?
Justice Shivraj V.Patil

Who has been named vice president for Boeing Defence, Space and Security in India?
Dennis D.Swanson

Which Indian tennis player holds career best rank of 62 in the singles list?
Somdev Devvarman

What is Repo and Reverse Repo rate as on 26th July 2011?
Repo: 8% and Reverse Repo: 7%

Which country has agreed for a meeting between its Nobel Laureate, pro-democracy activist Aung Suu Kyi and Minister of Social Welfare U Aung Kyi?
Myanmar

Who has been named as the global co-CEO of Standard Chatered Bank's private equity?
Nainesh Jaisingh

Who has been appointed as co-CEO to succeed Management Board chairman, Josef Ackermann?
Anshu Jain

Name the project of Mozilla's operating system that is set to work on mobile devices and tablets.
Boot to Gecko (B2G)

Which business and technology outsourcing services provider has been named in the GlobalServices 100 list for the 5th consecutive year?
Syntel

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.

Which poets death anniversary would be remembered on 8th August in India?
Rabindranath Tagore

Draft of which anti-corruption bill was approved by Union Cabinet on 28th July 2011?
Lokpal Bill

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

Which Operating System celebrated its 30th birthday on July 27th?
DOS (Disk Operating System), 27th July 1981

Who has been appointed as national team coach for Argentina's football team?
Alejandro Sabella

Which cricketer equalled Sunil Gavaskar's tally of 34 test hundreds?
Rahul Dravid ' The Wall'

Who resigned as Chief Minister of Karnataka?
B.S.Yeddyurappa

Who took over as chief of Indian Air Force?
N.A.K.Browne

Who won the Hungarian Grand Prix 2011?
Jenson Button

Which Indian qualified for London Olympics 2012 for Short put event?
Om Prakash Singh

current affairs

Which company recently unveiled smallest data center?
Intel

Who has been named as coach for Sri Lankan cricket team ahead of Australia's tour?
Rumesh Ratnayake

Who has lent his voice for pop star Britney Spear's new single "I Wanna Go"?
Sonu Nigam

Which latest communication satellite has been launched by ISRO?
GSAT-12

Which Finance company is all set to offer loans against gold ETF units?
Muthoot Finance

Name the CEO of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp, China's biggest chip maker who quit recently.
David Wang

Who and at what age clinched the British Open Golf championship 2011?
Darren Clarke

Which IT company recently announced a 13-member executive council?
Infosys

Who has been elected as president of Mumbai Cricket Association?
Vilasrao Deshmukh

Who has been elected as chief of Empowered Committee of Goods and Services Tax?
Sushil Kumar Modi

Against whom did India win an International football friendly match?
Qatar, 2-1

Which shuttle undocked for the final time from International Space station, NASA?
Atlantis

Where and for which project has BHEL commissioned 525MW thermal set?
Maithon Right Bank thermal power project in Jharkhand

Which country won the women's soccer World Cup 2011?
Japan

Which company is eyeing to open its IT centre in Gujarat?
Infosys

Which South American country has surpassed Saudi Arabia in oil reserves?
Venezuela

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

Which luxury hotels have been accorded the LEED Platinum (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) rating?
ITC's luxury hotels

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

Which 2 countries are set to participate in the 2000th test in the history of Test Cricket?
India and England

current affairs

Which company acquired the cloud.com?
Citrix Systems

Who has joined Gordon Brothers Group as Chief Executive Officer?
Gary Talarico

Which country is all set to shut 40% (800 approx.) of its data centres to reduce hefty technology budget?
USA

Which U.S.Secretary met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalitha recently?
Hilary Clinton

Which social networking site has turned 5 years?
Twitter

Who has been named as Sri Lanka's captain for upcoming Australian series?
Dilshan

Which Ace Indian shooter is set to get Khel Ratna?
Gagan Narang

Which missile was recently test-fired successfully at Chandipur, Orrisa?
Prahaar

Who is all set to take over as CMD of NMDC?
M.S.Rana

Which company formally opened its assembly plant at Rosslyn, South Africa?
Tata Motors

Who has been appointed as solicitor-general following the resignation of Gopal Subramaniam?
Rohinton Nariman

Who became 2nd highest run scorer in Test cricket surpassing Ricky Ponting's record?
Rahul Dravid

Which program of IIM Indore did recently get HRD ministry's approval?
5-year management program

Who won the 1st Hangzhou Women's Grandmasters Tournament in China?
Dronavalli Harika

Name the Chairman and CEO of TAFE who has been inducted into the board of AGCO.
Mallika Srinivasan

Who won the 2011 German GP?
Lewis Hamilton

Which former Australian opening batsman is set to return to competitive cricket (Big Bash League T20)?
Matthew Hayden

Which Indian swimmer qualified for the 2012 London Olympics?
Sandeep Sejwal

Which country has launched its new currency?
Sudan

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

current affairs

Who won the British Grand Prix 2011?
Alonso

The Mysore campus of Infosys has been renamed as?
Naryana Murthy Centre of Excellence

Which 2 Indian cricketers are nominated for all-time greatest Test team?
Sachin and Sehwag

Who has been appointed as CEO of Sun TV Network?
K.Vijay Kumar

Which bank has entered into pact with SBI Mutual Fund?
Indian Bank

Who has been appointed as CEO of Aditya Brila Finance?
Rakesh Singh

Which bank has launched credit card with no pre-set limit on spending?
HDBC Bank

Airtel has inked deal with which company for IT solutions to African employees?
IBM

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 Dreamliner

Who has been appointed as Railway Minister in cabinet reshuffle 2011?
Dinesh Trivedi

Who has been appointed as Tribal Affairs and Panchayati Raj Minister in cabinet reshuffle 2011?
Kishore Chandra Deo

Who takes over Ministry of Steel in cabinet reshuffle 2011?
Beni Prasad Verma

Who has been appointed as Rural Development Minister in cabinet reshuffle 2011?
Jairam Ramesh

Which country has been included as 193rd member of United Nations?
Sundan

Which 3 telecom companies have shared their networks and rolled out Plan India 3G services?
Vodafone, Bharti and Idea

In which 2 Indian cities was Google Transit launched?
Chennai and Hyderabad

Which company is all set to launch iPad rival?
Amazon

At what percent did June 2011 inflation close?
9.44%

current affairs

social networking site has gained 2nd rank in USA?
LinkedIn

Who is been appointed as the CEO of Genpact?
Tiger Tyagarajan

Who is the VC and CEO of HDFC bank?
Keki Mistry

Who is the CEO of Facebook?
Mark Zuckerberg

In which Indian city will the Nano Science and Technology be setup?
Bangalore (Devanahalli)

Who sealed his 2012 Olympics berth for the Archery Event?
Jayanta Talukdar

Which actor is all set to construct a temple for Sachin Tendulkar and Mahendra Singh Dhoni?
Manoj Tiwari

Which part of Sudan is all set to celebrate its Independence Day on 8th July 2011,Saturday?
South Sudan

Which networking website now allows video calls and group chat?
Facebook

Who recently joined 400 wicket elite club in Test Cricket?
Harbhajan Singh

Where in India has Indian Institute of Management planned to open its 2nd campus?
Bangalore, Anekal

Who is to succeed defence secretary Pradeep Kumar?
Shashikant Sharma

Who won gold in 19th Asian Athletics Championship?
Mayookha

Which job-starved state in India has been granted Rs.1,000 crore job plan?
Jammu and Kashmir

Who has been appointed as CFO of Firssource Solutions Limited.?
Rajesh Subramaniam

Current Affairs

Who clinched his maiden Wimbledon 2011 title?
Novak Djokovic

At what value has Maruti Suzuki donated its engine and powertrain for educational institutions?
Rs.1.5 crore

Which Indian cricket bowler joined the 100 test wicket taker club?
Ishant Sharma

Who has been elected as first woman Prime Minister of Thailand?
Yingluck Shinawatra

Where is the 3-day International Leather Fair 2011 scheduled on July 28th is to be held?
Delhi

Which former Union minister passed away recently?
Chaturanan Mishra

Who becomes the first left-hander woman Wimbledon title winner since Martina Navratilova in 1990?
Petra Kvitova

What is the public offer made by Zynga Inc?
$1 billion

BSE is all set to halt trade if Sensex moves at what percent in a day during July-September?
20%

What is the name of interim committee framed by Sri Lanka?
SriLanka Cricket

Which state in India is all set to give Bhagwt Gita as lessons starting July?
Madhya Pradesh

Which former IMF chief was released without bail in New York?
Strauss-Khan

Which state Chief Minister's office went 24x7 live on the Internet?
Kerala

Which technology celebrated its 20th anniversary on 1st July?
GSM (launched on 1st July 1991)

What is named after Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit?
Mango