Current Affairs Quiz 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 Post-Graduate 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. Asia’s 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 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                  Read More

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

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          Read More Here

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, pro-democracy 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.
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.

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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

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?
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?
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

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

Current Affairs - August 2011

August 1

1. “SlutWalk Delhi” – also known as Besharmi Morcha – originated in Toronto, Canada – a police officer remarked that women should avoid dressing up as sluts in order not to be victimised – Aim – unequal, unfair and the stereotyped treatment of women in society”

2. Winner, Hungarian Grand Prix 2011 – Jenson Button – McLaren

3. CONCACAF – North, Central American and Caribbean Zone

4. Country which is currently undergoing huge debt crisis – United States of America

5. Governor, RBI – D. Subbarao

6. Outgoing Indian Ambassador to USA – Meera Shankar – to be succeeded by Nirupama Rao

7. N.A.K. Browne – 23^rd Indian Air Force Chief

8. Vayu Bhavan – Headquarters, Indian Air Force, New Delhi

9. Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple – was in news recently because of the valuables found in the temple – two committees have been appointed by the Supreme to look into this matter – One headed by C.V. Ananda Bose(5 member) and another by Justice M.N. Krishman(3 member)

10. ASHA – Accredited Social and Health Activist – ANM – Auxiliary Nurse-Midwife and Anaganwadi – All these organisations are directly responsible for the actual administration of vaccines against deadly diseases like polio, tuberculosis etc under National Rural Health Mission(NRHM)

11. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan – started in the year 2001-02

12. “Super 30” – started by Anand Kumar which food, lodging, coaching to talented students from unprivileged section of the society for IIT-JEE – started in the year 2003

August 2

1. Leader of Opposition, Rajya Sabha – Arun Jaitely

2. R. Balasubramaniam Committee - appointed by the Karnataka Lokayukta in to investigate irregularities and corruption in the PDS in the state

3. IMD – Indian Metrological Department

4. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister – Jayalalithaa

5. NMDC - National Mineral Development Corporation

6. United Nations Security Council, President – India – for August 2011 – assumed this position after 19 years – last assumed in 1992

7. Sinohydro - China's biggest State-run hydropower firm - signalled interest in supporting the construction of a major dam project in the Gilgit-Baltistan region in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK)

8. ‘Nizhalkuthu' - Adoor Gopalakrishnan's movie - selected for screening in the retrospective of all-time best films of India at the 63rd Locarno (Switzerland) Film Festival

9. National Institute of Virology – Pune

10. BJP president - Nitin Gadkari

11. Chairman, Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) – C. Rangarajan

12. Japan- Country with whom India has entered into Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) recently

13. Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) – Lausanne, Switzerland

14. Ronjan Sodhi – Indian Shooting Player - ranked No.1 in the world, as per the latest rankings released by the ISSF

August 3

1. ICC- in association with Sri Lanka Cricket and Ten Sports – to conduct first ever stimulated television umpire technology training course – Galle, Sri Lanka

2. National Football Academy – to be set up in Palin, Kolkata

3. NMDC – National Mineral Development Corporation – Chairma – Rana Som

4. Justice Foundation Kashmir Centre – London based group – Syed Ghulam Nadi (American Lobbyist accused of being ISI agent in USA) – he was associated with this group

5. Mossad – Israeli Spy Agency

6. Prime Minister, Nepal – Jhalanath Khanal

7. Chairman, Department Related Parliamentary Committee on HRD – CNR Rao

8. New Chairman, National Commission for Women – Mamta Sharma

9. Chairman, Central Board of Film Certification – Leela Samson

10. Union Minister for Roads and Highways – C.P. Joshi

11. CIDC – Construction Industry Development Council – established by Planning Commission

12. GTA – Gorkha Territorial Administration

August 4

1. Chief, Central Board Of Direct Taxes – M.C. Joshi

2. IMD – Indian Metrological Department

3. Ian Bell – England Cricketer who was in news recently because the run-out incident during India-England Test Series

4. New Chief Minister, Karnataka – Sadananda Gowda

5. Delhi Government and Shiela Dixit – indicted by CAG as regards CWG issue and money loss in it.

6. Right to Education Act – 2009

7. President, BCCI – Shashank Manohar

8. Hosni Mubarak – former Egypt President facing criminal charges including state sponsored state violence which killed 850 people

9. Chairman, Coal India Limited – N.C. Jha

10. Report on “Costumer Services in Banks” – Chaired by M. Damodaram, former chairman SEBI – under RBI

11. K.M. Mathew – former Editor Chief of Malayala Manorama – postage stamp picturing him has been released by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

12. Chief Minister, Andhra Pradesh – N. Krian Kumar Reddy

13. Chief Minister, West Bengal – Mamta Banerjee – former Union Railway Minister

August 5

1. Governor, Karnataka – H.R. Bharadwaj

2. Food Safety and Standards Act of 2006 - came into force on August 5, 2011

3. m.v. Rak Carrier - sank nearly 20 nautical miles off the Mumbai coast – was transporting around 60,000 tonnes of coal

4. NAC training programme - with the Rajiv Education and Employment Mission (REEM) - provide jobs to 15 lakh youth during the next three years by developing their skills – Andhra Pradesh

5. (BIS) - Bureau of Indian Standards

6. Dr. AR. Lakshmanan, former Supreme Court Judge and former Law Commission chairman, - Appointed as Chairman of Indian Court of Arbitration for Sports (ICAS) – set up by The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) - eight member court

August 6

1. Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General of India – Rekha Gupta – released performance audit report of the Commonwealth Games 2010

2. Special Stamp released to mark 80^th Anniversary of Rashtrapati Bhawan

3. Director, National Book Trust – M.A. Sikandar

4. Chairman, National Thermal Power Coroporation – Anup Roy Chowdhary

5. Raj Rajaratnam – accused in Hedge Fund Scam

August 7

1. Times Square - is a major commercial intersection in New York City

2. August 6 – Date when Nuclear Bomb was illuminated on Hiroshima – 66^th Anniversary in 2011

3. NETA – North East Tea Association

4. 38^th National Junior Aquatic Championship – Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

5. India’s biggest Car maker – Maruti Suzuki

6. Infosys – Country’s 2^nd largest software exporter

7. Kingdom Tower –World’s tallest tower to be built in Saudi Arabia -1001 m

Burj Khalifa – at present it is the world’s tallest tower – 828 m

8. New Prime Minister, Thailand – Yingluck Shinawatra

9. Coast Guard – established in the year 1978

10. DCWA – Delhi Commonwealth Women’s Association

11. Chief Minister, Maharashtra – Prithviraj Chavan

12. 1^st US-Japan-India Trilateral meeting – to be held in the year 2011 – November

13. Director, Aarakshan ­– Prakash Jha

14. ULFA – United Liberation Front of Asom – Chairman – Arabinda Rajkhowa

15. Subhash Chandra Agrawal – RTI activist who filed RTI application because of which Supreme Court Judges declared their assets publicly

16. NRHM – National Rural Health Mission

17. Rajasthan – state which has bagged award for e-district initiative and e-governance in rural areas at the e-World Forum 2011 – organised in New Delhi by Centre for Science Development and Media Studies (CSDMS)

August 8

1. Toronto Star – Canadian Newspaper which published the report recently accusing Chhattisgarh Minister for asking bribe from a contractor to build a road – Contractor – Mir Ali – Superbuild India

2. 64^th Locarno Film Festival – 2011 – Switzerland

3. GAIL – Gas Authority of India Limited – A Navaratna Company

4. President of G-20 group for the year 2011 – France – represented by its President Nikolas Sarkozy

5. ISAF – International Security Assistance Force – NATO led security mission in Afghanistan

6. Chairman, Prime Minister Economic Advisory Council – C. Rangarajan

7. Management Effectiveness Evaluation of Tiger Reserves in India : Process and Outcomes 2010-11 – by Wildlife Institute of India and National Tiger Consevration Authority – lists major threat to three tiger reserves

8. “1298 Ambulances” ­– service providing emergency medical care to poor in Mumbai

9. Husk Power Systems –supply round-the-clock electricity generated from agricultural wastes – in the state of Bihar

10. Microblogs or “Weibos” – online platform used by Indian Embassy in China to reach out to young and Middle Class Chinese to present“modern” image of India.

11. Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission – Montek Singh Alhuwalia

12. Chief Minister, Rajasthan – Ashok Gehlot

August 9

1. Oommen Chandy – Special Vigilance Investigation court has ordered inquiry against him as regards financial irregularities in Palmolein Deal in the year 1992

2. Chairperson, National Commission for Minorities – Wahajat Habibullah

3. Union Minister for Rural Development – Jairam Ramesh

4. OECD – Organisation for Economic Development and Cooperation – Headquarters – Paris

5. Hindustan Motors – manufactures Ambassador

6. SLR – Statutory Liquidity Ratio

7. The Goldman Sachs Group - an American investment banking and securities firm.

8. Chairman, Mahindra and Mahindra – Keshub Mahindra

9. “White Mouse” ­– code name for Nancy Wake – known for Allies’ (France, Poland, the United Kingdom etc.) servicewoman for her role in the French resistance during World War II

10. G-7 – Group of Industrialised Countries

11. VCAB – Vigilance and Anit-Corruption Bureau

12. Samacheer System – Uniform System of School Education – in the state of Tamil Nadu – disputed issue.

13. Secretary of State, United States – Hilary Clinton

14. Head, Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice – Abhishek Manu Singhvi

15. Chief Minister, Bihar – Nitish Kumar

16. Mission Mode Project – launched to implement an e-procurement for purchases made by various departments – by Union Ministry of Commerce – to be started in 10 states

17. 70^th death Anniversary of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore celebrated in Kolkata

August 10

1. HRLN – Human Rights Law Network

2. London – City currently facing violence because of racial issues.

3. DMRC – Delhi Metro Rail Corporation – CMD – E. Sreedharan

4. Lt. Col. Prasad Purohit – Prime accused in 2008 Malegaon Blast

5. Karnataka – Champion, 38^th National junior aquatic championship – held in Bhopal

6. Winner, Hash10 World Sim Championships – Aditya Mehta – held in Chennai – snooker

7. OVL – ONGC Videsh Ltd.

8. Sanjeev Bhatt – IPS officer suspended by Gujarat government in relation to 2002 Godhra Riots

9. “Aarakshan” – Movie which was in recent controversy in relation to its alleged significance with reservation issue.

10. B. Ramalinga Raju – Former Chairman, Satyam Computers – arrested since Satyam Fraud issue

11. Banswara – propose location of the Nuclear Power Plant to be built in the state of Rajasthan

12. BSF – Border Security Force

August 11

1. Mohammad Afzal Guru – covict of conspiracy in the case of the attack on the Indian Parliament in the year 2001

2. Antrix Corporation – Commercial Arm of Indian Space Research Organisation

3. “Reliance Tab” – a 3-G and Wi-Fi enabled android tablet – launched by Reliance Communications

4. Chairman, Committee to review the facilities for individuals under FEMA, 1999 – K.J. Udeshi – FEMA – Foreign Exchange Management Act

5. Mercedes-Benz – German luxury car maker

6. India’s biggest petroleum products retailer – Indian Oil Corporation – Chairman – R.S. Butola

7. Shi Lang – China’s Navy first aircraft carrier – named after admiral Shi Lang – bought from Ukraine

8. Prime Minister, England – David Cameron

9. Prime Minster, Pakistan – Yusuf Raza Gilani

10. CPI – Consumer Price Index

11. NICRA – National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture – to enhance the resilience of agriculture through development and application of improved production and risk management

12. Endosulfan - an off-patent organochlorine insecticide and acaricide – was in controversy because of its toxic nature and potential for bioaccumulation

13. Civil Aviation Minister – Vayalar Ravi

14. Article 300A, Indian Constitution – Right to property

15. Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy – was in controversy for gathering assets illegally – CBI inquiry has been ordered by the Andhra Pradesh High Court

16. P.C. Alexander – noted civil servant and administrator under the regime of Indira Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi – passed away recently

17. Alia – a cyclone which villages in Sundarbans in 2008 – in the State of West Bengal

18. Registrar General of India/ Census Commissioner – C. Chandramouli

19. IBSA – India, Brazil and South Africa

20. National Solidarity Day – to be celebrated on August 16 – for Senior Citizens

August 12

1. Chief Minister, Karnataka - D.V. Sadananda Gowda – Governor – H.R. Bharadwaj

2. Aarakshan – Movie recently banned by the state of Uttar Pradesh along with Punjab and Andhra Pradesh

3. Sarabjit Singh – Indian who was sentenced to death in 1991 over alleged involvement in bomb attacks in Lahore and Multan in 1990 – in Pakistan

4. Justice P.D. Dinakaran – Disputed Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court who resigned from his post – seeks to withdraw his resignation.

5. Nanavati Commission – Post Godhra Riots – in the year 2002

6. Chinese Premier – Web Jiabao

7. MD and CEO, Tata Motors – Carl Peter Forster

8. Justice Soumitra Sen – Calcutta High Court – found guilty of misbehaviour - Head, Committee to inquire to charges – Justice B. Sudarshen Reddy

- Rajya Sabha to consider impeachment motion against him

- guilty of collecting money from a purchaser of goods

- Proceedings under Article 124(4) read with Article 217(1)(b) of the Indian Constitution

9. 1991 – year when former Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated

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11. hairman, Public Accounts Committee – Murli Manohar Joshi – under Indian Constitution PAC chairman examines the CAG reports

12. NALSA – National Legal Service Authority – Executive Chairman, Justice Altamas Kabir

13. ENR – Enrichment and Reprocessing Technology

August 13

1. New CMD, Air India – Rohit Nandan

2. Justice Ranjana Desai – her name clear for the appointment as Supreme Court Judge – Presently only one woman judge is present in the Supreme Court – Justice Gyan Sudha Mishra – Other two judges whose names have been cleared by the Supreme Court Collegiu – Justice S.J. Mukopadhaya and Justice J.S. Khehar

3. Hasan Ali – person recently arrested for money laundering scam

4. 12^th Five Year Plan – 2012-2017

5. National Human Rights Commission – established in the year 1993 – Present Chairman – Justice K.G. Balakrishnan

6. PAKSAT-1R – Pakistan’s 1^st Communication Satellite – launched from China’s Sichuan Province

7. Durand Line – Separates Pakistan and Afganistan

August 14

1. Rahul Sharma – IPS officer chargesheeted by Gujarat government recently for not submitting the original CDs containing mobile phone call recordings relating to 2002 communal riots

2. SWAT – Special Weapons and Tactics

3. Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce – Shanta Kumar – recommended export of food grains to fetch farmers remunerative prices for their produce

4. GIMA – Global Indian Music Academy Award

5. England Cricket Team – recently gained number 1 Test spot from India after defeating the former in the test series

6. HPCL – Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited

7. ONGC – Oil and Natural Gas Corporation – spread over 14 countries – celebrated 56^th ONGC day recently

8. CSTO – Collective Security Treaty Organisation

9. Berlin Wall ­– constructed in the year 1961 between East Berlin and West Berlin - was destroyed in the year 1989 – 50^th Anniversary to be celebrated in 2011 of its construction

10. Nepal – country which is currently facing political turmoil – Prime Minister – Jhalanath Khanal

11. Lt. Commander Firdaus Darabshah Mogal – awarded Shaurya Chakra recently – Navy office who died while saving six officers on the board

12. Union Rural Development Minister – Jairam Ramesh

13. Ram Jethmalani – prominent lawyer who filed a special leave petition which resulted into the formation of SIT on Black Money Issue ­– committee is headed by Justice B.P. Jeevan Reddy – Justice M.B. Shah is its vice- chairman

14. Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh – state from whom status of Tax Free Zone has been withdrawn recently by the Union Finance Ministry – Sikkim is the only the state to have this status till 2017

August 15

1. Fujia Plant – Dalian, China – recently it was in dispute for manufacturing Paraxylene chemical (PX) – safety issue

2. Aung San Suu Kyi – Myanmar political leader who was under house arrest for a long period of time – released recently

3. Shammi Kapoor – renowned Bollywood actor – passed away recently

4. Indian Independence Day 2011 – 65^th anniversary

5. Lokpal and Jan Lokpal Bill - two versions of Lokpal bill which were in controversy recently

6. Nao Sena Medal – awarded for anti piracy operations

7. Bihar – State enacted Right to Service Act recently – “Adhikar” – software being used for this purpose

August 16

1. “Nafis-1” – Highjacked Iranian flagged ship captured by Indian Navy recently

2. Chief Minister, Gujarat – Narendra Modi

3. Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan – persons sentenced to death for Rajiv Gandhi assassination case

4. NSS – National Service Scheme – program under Department of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India – started in 1969

5. Shugnu Committee – appointed by the Prime Minister of India – to look into the matter of Commonwealth Games

6. President, Palestine – Mahmoud Abbas

7. Secretary General, United Nations – Ban-ki-Moon

8. ISI – Inter Services Intelligence – Pakistan’s intelligence Agency – formed in 1948 – Director – Ahmad Shuja Pasha

9. Google – American multination public corporation – internet search, cloud computing and advertising technologies – Chairman – Eric Schmidt –CEO – Larry Page – plans to acquire Motorola Mobility Holdings

10. ICC Mace – it is presented to the captain of No. 1 Cricket Test Team – handed over by M.S. Dhoni to Andrew Strauss

August 17

1. Attorney General – G.E. Vahanvati

2. MAKS 2011 – Moscow Air Show

3. Movieplex – a video destination allowing user to enjoy licensed full-length movie for free on Internet – launched by Yahoo India.

4. Competition Commission of India – established in the year 2003 – consists of 6 members

5. Knesset – Israeli’s Parliament – Prime Minister – Benjamin Netanyahu

6. Union Home Minister – P. Chindambaram

7. Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting – Ambika Soni

8. Prashant Bhushan – prominent lawyer who has been supporting Anna Hazare for Jan Lokpal Bill

9. Chairman, Competitive Appellate Tribunal – Justice Arijit Pasayat

10. Supreme Court of India – established on 26^th January, 1950 – started its functioning on 28^th January, 1950

11. Original strength of Supreme Court – Chief Justice of India and 7 other judges

August 18

1. Leader of Opposition, Rajya Sabha – Arun Jaitely

2. Chairman, Rajya Sabha and Vice President of India – Hamid Ansari

3. Sheila Masood – RTI activist who was shot dead in the city of Bhopal

4. C.K. Valson – to be honoured by the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) with Veteran Pin Award ­– for administrative and technical skill besides commitment, dedication and outstanding performance in the field of Athletics.

5. NADA – National Anti Doping Agency

6. MD and CEO, Maurit Suzuki India – Shinzo Nakanishi

7. Torami Nuclear Plant ­– Hokkaido, Japan – was in news because of the damage caused to it after earthquake

8. T- 50 – Sukhoi’s 5^th Generation stealth fighter – jointly developed by Russia and India – regarded as a challenger to U.S. developed F-22 raptor

9. CEO, BhraMos – A. Sivathanu Pillai

10. M.B. Shah Commission – appointed by Gujarat Government to look into the corruption charges against it.

11. Radhakrishan Commission – on University Education

12. Justice P.B. Sawant Commission report – it held Social activist Anna Hazare guilty of corrupt practices.

13. Sharmila Tagore – she is a goodwill ambassador of the United Nation’s Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

August 19

1. Justice Soumtria Sen – Calcutta High Court judge against whom Rajya Sabha had successfully passed impeachment motion – 1^st time in the history when a judge has been held culpable for charges against him

2. Rajiv Khel Ratna Award(2010-11) – Gagan Narang – Click here for full list of awards

3. World Athletics Championship, 2011 – Daegu, South Korea

4. Airtel – will be the title sponsor of Indian Grand Prix – CEO, Formula One – Bernie Ecclestone – CEO, Airtel – Sanjay Kapoor

5. Chairman and MD, Coal India Limited – N.C. Jha – Headquarters - Kolkata

6. Essar – company which has entered into an agreement with Bihar government to provide the former electricity through its power station located at Tori

7. President, Nepal – Ram Baran Yadav

8. 1991 – year when Soviet Union was destroyed – Mikhail Gorbachev – last leader of Soviet Union

9. Bashar-al-Assad –President, Syria who was recently asked by the U.S. President Barak Obama to resign from the post - for ferocious brutality against peaceful demonstrators by Syrian Forces

10. “10 percent” – maximum difference in marks which can be availed to OBC candidates under reservation system with respect to General Category

11. BRAI – Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India Bill, 2011

August 20

1. Forward Bloc – political party formed by Subhash Chandra Bose in the year 1939 – this part emerged out of Indian National Congress

2. PaschimBanga – New proposed Name of West Bengal

3. Infosys – India’s 2^nd Largest Information Technology Company – co-founded by N.R. Narayana Murthy – in Pune – in the year 1981- Headquarters – Bangalore (Electronics City)

4. Sahitya Akademi Award – instituted in the year 1954

5. Aung San Suu Kyi – awarded Nobel Peace Prize in the year 1991

6. President, Myanmar – Thein Sein

7. UNIDO – United Nations Industrial Development Organisation – Headquarters – Vienna, Austria

8. National Manufacturing Policy –organisation of mega industrial zones with world class infrastructure facilities in various parts of India

9. Chairman, Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council – C. Rangarajan

10. GST – Goods and Services Tax

11. Rajiv Gandhi Action Plan for Disarmament – unveiled in the year 1988

12. National Security Advisor of India – Shiv Shankar Menon

13. Justice Nirmal Yadav – former Punjab and Haryana High Court Judge – was in dispute in relation to Cash-at-Door Scam – in the year 2008

14. Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana – launched in the year 2005

August 21

1. Manjit Bawa – famous Indian Painter who died in the year 2008

2. “INS Satpura” – indigenously built stealth frigate recently commissioned into the Navy – Navy Chief – Nirmal Verma

3. National Development Council – India’s Highest Policy Making Body

4. Supreme Court/High Court Judges submit their resignation to the President of India – recently Justice P.D. Dinakaran had submitted his resignation to the President Smt. Pratibha Patil

5. Praja Rajyam – party formed by famous South India Actor Chiranjeevi

6. Dispute Related to Posco Steel Project – in the state of Orissa

7. President, Russia – Dimitry Medvedev

8. Pope Benedict XVI – Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger – Nationality – German

9. 1979 Peace Treaty – between Israel and Egypt

10. Samsung – South Korean Company

11. Tiwa – Tribe in the state of Assam

August 22

1. 12^th Five Year Plan – 2012-2017

2. Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law and Justice – Abhishek Manu Singhvi – currently looking into the issue of Lokpal Bill

3. Chief Minister, Bihar – Nitish Kumar

4. R.S. Sharma – Eminent Marxist Historian and Indologist – known for trenchant observations on ancient Indian society – passed away recently

5. EPZ – Export Processing Zone – Asia’s 1^st EPZ was started in Kalanda(1965) – Special Economic Zone Policy was announced in the year 2000

6. President, Sri Lanka – Mahinda Rajpaksha

7. Hamas – Palestinian Sunni Islamic Political party which governs Gaza Strip

8. Dominique Strauss Kahn – Former Managing Director, International Monetary Fund – had to leave the post folling sexual assault charges against him

9. Under-20 Football World Cup – held in Bogota, Colombia – won by Brazil

August 23

1. Arvind Kejriwal, Shanti Bhushan, Prashant Bhushan – Civil Society Members who is supporting Jan Lokpal Bill

2. Tripoli – Capital, Libya – Libya is the country which is currently undergoing huge political chaos – Munammar Gaddafi – leader of Libya who was in news in this bedlam

3. Chief Election Commissioner – S.Y. Quraishi

4. Union Minister for Corporate Affairs – M. Verappa Moily

5. National Aerospace Laboratories – Bangalore

6. “Ramlila Maidan” – Place in New Delhi where Social Activist Anna Hazare had fasted for Jan Lokpal Bill

7. MSME – Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

8. Chairman and Group CEO, Bharti Enterprises – Sunil Mittal

August 24

1. Kanimozhi – politician accused in 2-G spectrum scam

2. State of Victoria, Australia – recently announced to set up its representative office in Mumbai

3. Jammu & Kashmir – state which was recently in news in relation to unmarked graves

4. CEPA – Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement

5. Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar 2011 – N. Ramachandran – President, World Squash Federation

6. Union Commerce and Industry Minister – Anand Sharma

7. Chairman, All India Confederation of SC/ST organisations – Udit Raj – will present another version of Lokpal Bill to the Union Government – “Bahujan Lokpal Bill”

August 25

1. United Nations Convention against Torture – 1984

2. New Chairman, Press Trust Of India – M.P. Veerendrakumar

3. INS – Indian Newspaper Society

4. Baichung Bhutia – famous India Football player

5. Lamine Diack – re-elected as President of International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF)

6. Georgia – country with whom India has recently inked Document Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA)

7. CBDT – Central Board of Direct Taxes – Chairman, M.C. Joshi

8. Chairman, SBI – Pratip Chaudari

9. Moody’s Corporation – Global rating Agency – recently cut down rating of Japan from “Aa3” to “Aa2”

10. Secretary, BCCI – N.Srinivasan – to take over as President of BCCI in the month of September

August 26

1. BSNL – CBI has registered a Preliminary Enquiry (PE) against its officers in relation to Wimax ( Worldwide Interoperability microwave access)

2. Attari-Wagah Border – International Border between India and Pakistan

3. INS Kaurava – recently commissioned into Indian Navy – built by Garden Beach Shipbuilders and Engineers

4. Friends of Libya Meet – 2011 – Paris, France – President, France – Nocolas Sarkozy – intended to speed up humanitarian aid, medical supplies and other assistance to Libya

5. Best Risk Master Award – Indian Bank – under Public Sector bank category

6. Tim Cook – New CEO, Apple Inc. – Former CEO and Present Chairman – Steve Jobs – established in 1976

August 27

1. Justice R.A. Mehta – newly appointed Lokayukta of the state of Gujarat

2. Santhan, Murugan and G. Perarivalan – convicts to be hanged for Rajiv Gandhi assassination case – Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in the year 1991 – these convicts were sentenced to death in the year 1999

3. MCOCA – Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act

4. Sachin Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan – Indian players included in the Test Team of the year 2011 – Chairman, Selection Committee – Clive Lloyd

5. Sir Garfield Sobers Award – Awarded to the ICC Cricketer of the Year

6. Indian Players shortlisted for ICC awards –

Ø Sachin Tendulkar – for ICC Cricketer of the year – He won this award for the year 2010

Ø Gautam Gambhir – for ODI Player of the year

Ø M.S. Dhoni – for ICC Spirit of Cricket Award

7. World Athletics Championship 2011 – Daegu, South Korea

8. Novak Djokovic (Serbia) – Ranked as No. 1 in Tennis (Men’s) since July 2011

9. IBSF World Billiards Championship 2011 – Carlow, Ireland

10. 1^st Test Cricket Championship – to be held in the year 2013

11. Naoto Kan – Japanese Prime Minister who had resigned recently

12. Prime Minister, England – David Cameron

13. “Report on Military and Security Development in China” – recently published by U.S. Defence Ministry – stated that China had been putting in place more advanced and solid-fuelled missiles to strength its border security

14. Pentagon – Headquarters of U.S. Department of Defence – located in Virginia

15. Mummar Gaddafi – autocratic ruler of Libya from 1969-2011 – abolished Libyan Constitution of 1951 – rebels who have been fighting against him have announced a price of $ 1.7 million to be given to the person who will bring him dead or alive to the rebels.

16. Wipro BPO – Business Processing Outsourcing (BPO) arm of Wipro Technologies – opened its first Rural Centre in Manjakuddi Village (Tamil Nadu)

17. European Union – largest market of Indian Seafood exports

18. Federal Reserve System – Central Banking system of United States – Chairman – Ben Bernanke

19. Chairman, Committee to examine the BSNL’s action to shortlist bidders for WiMAX franchise (BSNL was in news recently in relation to 2-G scam) – Vijayalakshmi Gupta

20. Newly Appointed Governors –

Tamil Nadu – K. Rosaiah

Kerela – M.O.H. Farook

Goa – K. Sankaranarayanan

Madhya Pradesh – Ram Naresh Yadav

21. CERN – European Organisation for Nuclear Research – located in Geneva – Director-General – Rolf Heuer – CERN recently entered into a pact with Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata for scientific collaboration – Rolf Heuer was also honoured by the Saha Institute

22. Leader of House, Lok Sabha – Pranab Mukherjee

23. New Lokayukta, Bihar – Justice Chandra Mohan Prasad

August 28

1. “Iron Lady of Manipur” or “Mehgnaboi” – Irom Sharmila – has been fasting since 2000 for the revocation of Armed Forces Special Power Act, 1958

2. Indira Awas Yojana – to meet the housing demand of rural poor – lauched in the year 1985 – implemented as an independent scheme since 1996

3. “Irene” – Hurricane which created havoc in USA recently – North California Coast, New York City

4. Chairman and MD, ONGC – A.Z. Hazarika – Headquarters – Dehradun

5. TISCO – Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited – former name of Tata Steel – Headquarters – Mumbai

6. Agni-II – Intermediate range ballistic missile – developed by Advanced Systems Laboratory, Hyderabad – ranger – 2500 km –

7. Range of Agni-V – 5000 km – to be launched in December, 2011

8. Jaitapur – located in Maharashtra where nuclear plant is to be set up – Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission – Srikumar Banerjee

9. NRDWP – National Rural Drinking Water Programme

August 29

1. Most Favoured Nation status – to be conferred on India by Pakistan

2. Newly elected Prime Minister, Nepal – Baburam Bhattarai

3. Chief Minister, Jammu and Kashmir – Omar Abdullah

4. Jyoti Basu Nagar – new name of New Town, Kolkata – named after former Chief Minister of West Bengal Jyoti Basu

5. Usian Bolt – was in news recently leading his disqualification from in 100 m race at World Athletics Championships – held in Daegu, South Korea – consequently this race was won by Yohan Blake (Jamaica)

6. Winner, Belgium Grand Prix 2011 – Sebastin Vettal

7. General Parvez Musharaf – former President of Pakistan – declared as absconder by an anti-terrorism court of Pakistan

8. Tony Tan – newly elected President of Singapore

9. National Security Advisor – Shiv Shankar Menon

10. Salwa Judum - refers to Special Police Officers (SPO) appointed under Chhattisgarh Police Act, 2007 under a state sponsored counterinsurgency campaign started in Dantewada district of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh in 2005, which involved vigilante gangs accompanied by state security forces burning villages, killing people and forcing them into camps, as part of an effort to counter Naxalites

11. Chairman, Central Water Commission – A.K. Bajaj

12. Sunderbans – located in the state of West Bengal – World Bank has recently take up a mega project on Sunderbans for conserving its rich biodiversity and boasting socio economic development – Sunderbans is the largest single block of tidal of halophytic mangrove forest in the world

August 30

1. Koyna Hydroelectric Project – Largest Completed Hydroelectric Power Plant in India

2. LEED – Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design – Internationally recognized greed building certification system

3. Vikas Gowda – Indian Athlete (Discuss Throw)

4. President, FIFA (International Federation of Association Football) – Sepp Blatter – Headquarters – Zurich, Switzerland

5. Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata – friendly football match between Argentina and Venezuela will be held here

6. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award – carries prize money of Rs. 7.5 lakh – awarded to Gagan Narag for the year 2010-11

7. VSNL – former name of Tata telecommunications

8. Digital Mandi – Mobile Application developed by BSNL and IIT Kanpur

9. India-Africa CEO Forum 2011 – New Delhi

10. NFBC – Non-banking Finance Company

11. Indian Economic Services – celebrated its golden jubilee recently

12. Capital, Iran – Tehran

13. G.T. Nanvati- Akshay Mehta Judicial Inquiry Panel – probing into 2002 Gujarat Communal Riots

14. Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha – K. Rehman Khan

15. Fodder Scam – related to fraudulent withdrawal of money from government treasuries in the state of Bihar – 1995-96 case

August 31

1. Ram Jethmalani – prominent lawyer who appeared before Madras High Court in order to stay the Death Sentence of the convicts charged for Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case – hanging has consequently been stayed by the High Court

2. Suresh Kalmadi – Former President, Indian Olympic Association – Member of Parliament from Pune

3. Enforcement Directorate or Directorate General of Economic Enforcement – headquarters – New Delhi

4. David Rudisha (Kenya) – won 800 m men’s race at World Athletics Championships 2011 – Daegu, South Korea

5. Hockey World Cup – started in the year 1971 – Pakistan has won Hockey World Cup 4 times and it is the highest number.

6. Yoshihiko Noda – Newly elected Prime Minister of Japan - 6^th Prime Minister of in last 5 years

7. BHEL – Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited – Union Government has recently 5 % of its stake in this Enterprise - Headquarters – New Delhi – Chairman and M.D. – B Prasad Rao

8. Union Law Minister – Salman Khursheed

9. Secretary General, Lok Sabha – T.K. Vishwanathan

10. Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law and Justice – Abhishek Manu Singhvi

11. Gujarat – State currently facing political turnmoil because of the appointment of new Lokayukta by the governor – Governor, Gujarat – Kamla Beniwal

12. Chairman, Tata Group – Ratan Tata

13. Tata Global Beverages – new name of Tata Tea Limited – also known as Tata Teltey – Tata Tea is world’s 2^nd largest manufacturer and distributor of Tea