UPPCS Prelims General Studies solved Question Paper 2011

UPPCS Prelims General Studies solved 

Question Paper 2011

1.  Which among the following is the largest software company in India ?

(a) Infosys

(b) TCS

(c) WIPRO

(d) HCL Tech

Ans: (b)



2. Which one of the following is different from the others from the point of view of ownership ?

(a) LIC Policy

(b) Bank Fixed Deposit

(c) Kisan Vikas Patra

(d) Debenture of a Company

Ans: (d)
 

3. In the Union Budget 2011 – 12, the effective rate of interest for fanners on timely repayment of the bank loan is

(a) 7 percent

(b) 6 percent

(c) 4 percent

(d) 3 percent

Ans: (c)



4. ‘Athapoo ‘ is associated with which of the following festivals ?

(a) Dol Yatra

(b) Onam

(c) Pongal

(d) Vishwakarma Puja

Ans: (b)



5. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the code given below:

List – I                                          List – II
A. Pandit Durgalal                       1. Instrumental Music
B. Lalgudi Jayaraman                  2. Dance
C. Bala Murali  Krishna                3. Painting
D. Amrita Shergil                         4. Vocal Music

Code:

A  B  C  D
(a)  2  1  4   3
(b)  1  2  4   3
(c)  3  1   2  4
(d)  2  4   3  1

Ans: (a)



6. South Indian festival of ‘Onam’ is associated with which of the following ?

(a) Ram’s victory over Rawan

(b) Durga’s killing of Mahishasur

(c) Shiva Shakti

(d) Mahabali

Ans: (d)



7. Which of the following crops are grown mainly in the irrigated areas during Zaid ?

(a) Arhar and Gram

(b) Moong and Urad

(c) Rice and Millets

(d) Maize and Groundnut

Ans:



8. The largest producer of Sugar in India is

(a) Bihar

(b) Karnataka

(c) Maharashtra

(d) Uttar Pradesh

Ans: (c)



9. Which of the following authority sanctions foreign exchange for the import of goods ?

(a) Any Nationalised Bank

(b) Exchange Bank

(c) Reserve Bank of India

(d) Ministry of Financer

Ans:



10. A letter of credit has to be produced by

(a) an exporter

(b) an importer

(c) custom authorities

(d) shipping company

Ans:



11. Which organisation promotes the foreign trade ?

(a) ECGC

(b) MMTC

(c) STC

(d) All of the above

Ans:



12. The main source of fund for the National Highway Authority of India is

(a) Cess

(b) Foreign assistance

(c) Market borrowings

(d) Budgetary support of Union Government

Ans:



13. Golden rice has the highest quantity of

(a) Vitamin A

(b) Vitamin B

(c) Vitamin C

(d) Vitamin K

Ans: (a)



14. Which one of the following is useful in the treatment of scurvy disease ?

(a) Mango

(b) Papaya

(c) Aonla

(d) Ber

Ans: (c)



15. MODVAT is related to

(a) Excise duty

(b) Value Added Tax (VAT)

(c) Wealth Tax

(d) Income Tax

Ans: (b)



16. More than one-third of the crude steel production of the world comes from

(a) China

(b) Japan

(c) Russia

(d) U.S.A.

Ans: (a)



17. The Sun City is located in

(a) Italy

(b) Japan

(c) Mexico

(d) South Africa

Ans: (d)



18. The correct descending order of the leading producers of milk is

(a) China, India, Russia, U.S.A.

(b) India, U.S.A., China, Russia

(c) U.S.A., India, China, Russia

(d) India, China, U.S.A., Russia

Ans: (b)



19. Match List – I and List – II and select the correct answer from the code given below the lists:

List – I                                                  List – II

(Iron-Steel Centre)                             (Country)

A. Hamilton                                        1. China

B. Birmingham                                   2. Canada

C. Essen                                            3. U.K.

D. Anshan                                          4. Germany

Code:

A   B   C   D
(a)   4   3    1   2
(b)   2   1    4   3
(c)   2   3    4   1
(d)   3   4    2   1

Ans: (c)



20. Import procedure begins with

(a) Indent

(b) Mate’s receipt

(c) Marine insurance

(d) Shipping bill

Ans:



21. Private Sector Mutual Funds in india were permitted in

(a) 1964

(b) 1993

(c) 1994

(d) 2001

Ans: (b)



22. The State known as ‘Garden of Spices’ is

(a) Karnataka

(b) Kerala

(c) Maharashtra

(d) Tamil Nadu

Ans: (b)



23. In India two largest producers of coal (2008 -09) are

(a) Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh

(b) Chhattisgarh and Orissa

(c) Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand

(d) Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh

Ans:



24.  Which of the following towns lie in the National Capital Region ?

1. Ambala

2. Khurja

3. Karnal

4. Rohtak

Select the correct answer from the code given below:

Code:

(a) 1 and 2 only

(b) 3 and 4 only

(c) 1, 2 and 3 only

(d) 2, 3 and 4 only

Ans: (d)



25. Coolgardie lies in the Australian province of

(a) New South Wales

(b) Northern Territory

(c) Queensland

(d) Western Australia

Ans: (d)



26.  Match List – I and List – II and select the correct answer from the code given below:

List – I (Lake)

A. Erie
B. Michigan
C. Ontario
D. Superior

List – II (City)
1. Duluth
2. Detroit
3. Gary
4. Hamilton

Code:

A   B    C   D

(a)   2    1   4   3
(b)   1    3   2   4
(c)   4    2    3   1
(d)   2    3   4   1

Ans:



27.  In India the State with the largest area under very dense forests is

(a)  Arunachal Pradesh

(b) Madhya Pradesh

(c) Maharashtra

(d) Orissa

Ans:



28.  Which one of the following does NOT lie in Maharashtra ?

(a) Balaghat Range

(b) Harishchandra Range

(c) Mandav Hills

(d) Satmala Hills

Ans:



29. Which one of the following is NOT the port town of Gujarat ?

(a) Jamnagar

(b) Okha

(c) Porbandar

(d) Veraval

Ans:



30.  Who among the following has been awarded the prestigious Abel Prize for the year 2011 ?

(a) Isadore M. Singer

(b) John Griggs Thompson

(c) John Willard Milnor

(d) Peter D. Lax

Ans: (c)



31. Assertion (A): Kerala stands first in terms of human development index.

Reason (R) : Its unemployment rate is the highest in the country.

Select the correct answer from the code given below:

Code:

(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(b) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A).

(c) (A) is true, but (R) is false.

(d) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Ans:



32. Which one of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?

(a) Koyali – Gujarat

(b) Nagapattinam- Andhra Pradesh

(c) Numaligarh – Assam

(d) Manali – Tamil Nadu

Ans:



33. Arrange the following States of India in descending order of their forest-area and select the correct answer from the code given below:

1. Andhra Pradesh

2. Arunachal Pradesh

3. Chhattisgarh

4. Orissa

Code:

(a) 1, 3, 4, 2
(b) 1, 2, 3, 4
(c) 4, 3, 1, 2
(d) 2, 1, 4, 3

Ans:



34. According to the World Bank’s Global Development Finance Report 2010 the correct descending order of the world’s five most indebted countries is

(a) Russia, Brazil, China, Turkey, India

(b) Russia, China, Turkey, Brazil, India

(c) Russia, China, Brazil, India, Turkey

(d) Russia, Brazil, India, China,Turkey

Ans:



35. In February 2011 India International Youth Film Festival was held in

(a) Hyderabad

(b) Kolkata

(c) Mumbai

(d) New Delhi

Ans: (d)



36. At the 83rd Oscar Awards the best film award was won by

(a) Black Swan

(b) The Fighter

(c) The King’s Speech

(d) The Social Network

Ans: (c)



37. The foundation stone of the third Indian Research Centre in Antarctica was laid by the name of

(a) Sarswati

(b) Bharti

(c) Anweshan

(d) Yamnotri

Ans: (b)



38. The author of the book “The Emperor of All Maladies A Biography of Cancer”, for which 2011 Pulitzer Prize has been awarded, is

(a) Farid Zakariya

(b) Geeta Anand

(c) Jhumpa Lahiri

(d) Siddhartha Mukherjee

Ans: (d)



39. Who among the following film actors was given Mother Teresa Award in March 2011 ?

(a) Prem Chopra

(b) Rajesh Khanna

(c) Shammi Kapoor

(d) Shatrughan Sinha

Ans: (a)



40. Which one of the following Indian States has recently signed a $220 million agreement with the World Bank ?

(a) Bihar

(b) Kerala

(c) Maharashtra

(d) Tamil Nadu

Ans: (a)



41. India has recently signed Comprehensive Economic Co-operation Agreement with

(a) Indonesia

(b) Malaysia

(c) Saudi Arabia

(d) Vietnam

Ans:



42. Which one of the following districts of Uttar Pradesh has the highest literacy rate as per the provisional figures of 2011 Census?

(a) Gautambuddh Nagar

(b) Ghaziabad

(c) Kanpur Nagar

(d) Lucknow

Ans: (b)



43. Thumri Singer Girija Devi belongs to

(a) Banaras Gharana

(b) Agra Gharana

(c) Kirana Gharana

(d) Lucknow Gharana

Ans: (a)



44. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the code given below:

List – I (District)              List – II (Headquarters)
A. Jalaun                        1. Akbarpur
B. Kanpur Dehat             2. Navgarh
C. Sant Ravidas Nagar   3. Padrauna
D. Kushinagar                4. Orai

Code:
A      B      C      D
(a)   4      1       2      3
(b)   4      3       2      1
(c)   2      1       3      4
(d)   1      2       4      3

Ans: (a)



45. The first Woman General Secretary of SAARC, elected in January 2011, comes from

(a) Bangladesh

(b) Sri Lanka

(c) Maldives

(d) Bhutan

Ans: (c)



46. The 18th Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhawana Award has been given to

(a) Shabana Azmi

(b) Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

(c) Javed Akhtar

(d) None of the above

Ans: (b)



47. India in February 2011 signed Free Trade Agreement with

(a) Australia

(b) Indonesia

(c) Japan

(d) South Korea

Ans: (c)



48. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the code given below :

List – I (City)     List – II (Aerodrome)
A. Lucknow     1. Babatpur
B. Varanasi     2. Kheria
C. Kanpur        3. Amausi
D. Agra           4. Chakeri

Code:
A      B      C      D
(a)  4      3       1      2
(b)  2      1       4      3
(c)  3       2       1      4
(d)  3      1       4      2

Ans: (d)



49. The official bird of Uttar Pradesh is

(a) Peacock

(b) Saras

(c) Parrot

(d) Cuckoo

Ans: (b)



50. The most popular religious magazine ‘Kalyan’ is published from

(a) Mathura

(b) Rishikesh

(c) Gorakhpur

(d) Varanasi

Ans: (c)



51. Which One of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?

(a) Vrindavan Mandir – Mathura

(b) J.K. Temple – Lucknow

(c) Vishwanath Mandir – Varanasi

(d) Devipatan Mandir – Tulsipur

Ans: (b)



52. Which one of the following statements regarding uttar Pradesh, according to the provisional figures of 2011 Census is not correct?

(a) It accounts for 16.5 percent of the Country’s population.

(b) It has the largest ‘number of children in the country.

(c) Its decadal growth rate is 18.4%.

(d) Its Sex ratio is 908.

Ans: (c)



53. Famous Charkula dance is associated with

(a) Avadh

(b) Bundelkhand

(c) Brijbhumi

(d) Rohilkhand

Ans: (c)



54. Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel Agricultural University is located at

(a) Faizabad

(b) Meerut

(c) Kanpur

(d) Jhansi

Ans: (b)



55. The winner of All England Badminton championship.2011, Men’s Singles Title, was

(a) Chen Jin

(b) Lee Chong Wei

(c) Lee Yong Dae

(d) Lin Dan

Ans: (b)



56. The Winner of Australian Open 2011, Men’s Singles, was

(a) Andy Murray

(b) David Ferrer

(c) Novak Djkovic

(d) Roger Federer

Ans: (c)



57. The Captain of the Indian Hockey Team for Azlan Shah Cup Hockey Tournament, 2011, was

(a) Arjun Halappa

(b) Rajesh Kumar

(c) Rajpal Singh

(d) Shivendra Singh

Ans:



58. Farrukhabad is known for

(a) Carpet weaving

(b) Glassware

(c) Perfume Manufacture

(d) Hand Printing

Ans: (d)



59. In Which of the following crops Uttar Pradesh is not the largest producer in India?

(a) Polato

(b) Rice

(c) Sugarcane

(d) Wheat

Ans: (b)



60. In ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 the “man of the tournament” was

(a) Kumar Sangakarra

(b) Sachin Tendulkar

(c) Tilakratne Dilshan

(d) Yuvraj Singh

Ans: (d)



61. The “Leures World Sportsman Year” award for 2010 was given to

(a) Lionel Massi

(b) Rafael Nadal

(c) Ronaldo

(d) Sachin Tendulkar

Ans: (b)



62. ‘Smash’ is assosiated with which of the following sports?

(a) Boxing

(b) Wrestling

(c) Football

(d) Volleyball

Ans: (d)



63. Bula Chaudhary is well-known in which of the following sports?

(a) Swimming

(b) Hockey

(c) Football

(d) Archery

Ans: (a)



64. Tejaswani  Sawant is the first Indian woman to be crowned world championship in

(a) Athelatics

(b) Boxing

(c) Shooting

(d) Wrestling

Ans: (c)



65. The correct descending order of the four winners of the highest number of gold medals in the 34th National Games 2011 is

(a) Services, Manipur, Haryana, Maharashtra

(b) Services, Haryana, Manipur, Maharashtra

(c) Services, Manipur, Maharashtra, Haryana

(d) Services, Haryana, Maharashtra, Manipur

Ans: (a)



66. In the 34th National Games, 2011 which State. Won the team title in Badminton in Men’s Section?

(a) Andhra Pradesh

(b) Kerala

(c) Maharashtra

(d) Tamil Nadu

Ans: (a)



67. “Stanley Cup’ is associated with

(a) Badminton

(b) Basketball

(c) Golf

(d) Ice Hockey

Ans: (d)



68. If COMPUTER IS Coded as RFUYQNPC, the code for MEDICINE will be

(a) MFEDJJOE

(b) MFEJDJOE

(c) EOJDEJFM

(d) EOJDJEFM

Ans: (d)



69. Introducing a girl Mohan said. “Her mother is the only daughter of my mother-in-law.” How is Mohan related to that girl?

(a) Brother

(b) father

(c) Husband

(d) Uncle

Ans: (b)



70. The following series has a wrong number:

1 12 65 264 795 1590 1593

The wrong number is

(a) 65

(b) 264

(c) 795

(d) 1590

Ans: (d)



71. Govind is 3 years older than his wife Shyama and four times as old as his son Raghu. If Raghu becomes 15 years old after 3 years, what is the present age of Shyama ?

(a) 60 years

(b) 51 years

(c) 48 years

(d) 45 years

Ans: (d)



72. Ten years ago Ram’s age was half of Moti’s age. If the ratio of their present ages is 3 : 4, what is the total of their present ages?

(a) 25

(b) 28

(c) 32

(d) 35

Ans: (d)



73. Sonu bought a watch with 30 percent discount on the labelled price. He sold it With 20 percent profit on the labelled price. Approximately, what was his percentage of profit on the price he bought?

(a) 50

(b) 65

(c) 70

(d) 85

Ans: (c)



74. Which one of the following will come next in the series given below?

LXF MTJ NPN OLR

(a) PHV

(b) PPV

(c) PTV

(d) PJW

Ans: (a)



75. There are four prime numbers. The product of first three is 385 and the product of the last three is 1001. First and the last numbers are respectively:

(a) 5, 11

(b) 5, 13

(c) 7, 11

(d) 7, 13

Ans: (b)



76. If the number 1 X 5 X 01 is divisible by 11, then X is equal to

(a) 2

(b) 6

(c) 8

(d) 3

Ans: (c)



77. Avinash spent 2/5 of his income for a month on rent and 3/4th of the remainder on other expenses. The balance of Rs.180 he put in his savings account. How much was his income for the month?

(a) Rs. 1,200

(b) Rs. 1,400

(c) Rs. 1,600

(d) Rs. 1,800

Ans: (a)



78. The author of ‘Green Development’ is

(a) M.J. Bradshaw

(b) M. Nicolson

(c) R.H. Whittakar

(d) W.M. Adams

Ans: (d)



79. The missing number in the following series:

0, 4, 18, 48, ? 180 is

(a) 58

(b) 68

(c) 84

(d) 100

Ans: (d)



80. Man as started a business investing Rs. 42,000. After 7 months, Kamal joined him with a capital of Rs. 50,000. At the end of the year, the total profit was Rs. 30,160. What is Kamal’s share in the profit?

(a) Rs. 10,000

(b) Rs. 20,160

(c) Rs. 10,160

(d) Rs. 8,000

Ans: (a)



81. The surface area of a cube is 384 m2 Its volume will be

(a) 512m3

(b) 516m3

(c) 1032m3

(d) 216m3

Ans: (a)



82. The World Water Conservation Day is observed on

(a) 28 February

(b) 22 March

(c) 5 June

(d) 11 July

Ans: (b)



83. The Periyar Game Sanctuary is renowned by

(a) Lions

(b) Spotted deers

(c) Tigers

(d) Wild Elephants

Ans: (c)



84. Which one of the following cities has the largest slum population?

(a) Bangalore

(b) Chennai

(c) Delhi

(d) Surat

Ans: (c)



85. Which one of the following is the most urbanized country of West Asia?

(a) Israel

(b) Kuwait

(c) Qatar

(d) Saudi Arabia

Ans:



86. Which of the following countries suffer from the acid rains?

1. Canada

2. France

3. Norway

4. Germany

Select the correct answer from the code given below:

Code:

(a) 1 and 2

(b) 1 and 3

(c) 2 and 3

(d) 3 and 4

Ans:



87. The World Tiger Summit 2010 was held at

(a) Bangkok

(b) Nairobi

(c) New Delhi

(d) Petersburg

Ans: (d)



88. The author of ‘Nuclear, Reactor Time Bomb’ is

(a) C.C. Park

(b) E. P. Odum

(c) S. Polasky

(d) Takashi Hirose

Ans: (d)



89. Which one of the following States India has recorded the maximum increase in literacy rate during 2001-2011?

(a) Bihar

(b) Gujarat

(c) Rajasthan

(d) Uttar Pradesh

Ans: (a)



90. As per the provisional figures of 2011 Census the second most populous State of India is

(a) Andhra Pradesh

(b) Bihar

(c) Maharashtra

(d) West Bengal

Ans: (c)



91. Which of the following statements are correct according to the provisional figures of Census of India 2011? Use the code given below to select the correct answer:

1. The lowest population is found in Lakshadweep.

2. Chandigarh has the highest population density.

3. Arunachal Pradesh has the lowest population density.

4. Dadra and Nagar Haveli has the highest decadal growth of population.

Code:

(a) 1 and 2

(b) 1,2 and 3

(c) 2,3 and 4

(d) 1,3 and 4

Ans: (d)



92. According to the provisional figures of Census 2011 arrange the following districts of Uttar Pradesh In descending order of their population size and select the correct answer from the code given below:

1. Allahabad

2. Azamgarh

3. Ghaziabad

4. Lucknow

Code:

(a) 1,3,2,4

(b) 1,4,3,2

(c) 2,3,1,4

(d) 4,1,2,3

Ans: (a)



93. According to the provisional figures of 2011 Census the lowest sex ratio in India is found in

(a) Chandigarh

(b) Daman and Diu

(c) Dadra and Nagar Haveli

(d) Haryana

Ans: (b)



94. The first Gupta ruler who issued coins was

(a) Srigupta

(b) Chandragupta I

(c) Samudragupta

(d) Chandragupta II

Ans:



95. The Prince who was responsible for the death of his father was

(a) Ajatasatru

(b) Chandapradyota

(c) Prasenjit

(d) Udayana

Ans:



96. Who among the following was the earliest Sufi Saint to have settled at Ajmer?

(a) Sheikh Moinuddin Chisti

(b) Sheikh Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Qaki

(c) Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya

(d) Sheikh Salim Chisti

Ans:



97. With which Mughal General did Shivaji sign the famous ‘Treaty of Purandhar in 1665 A.D?

(a) Jaswant Singh

(b) Jai Singh

(c) Shaishta Khan

(d) Diler Khan

Ans:



98. During the 13th and 14th Centuries A.D. the Indian peasants did not cultivate

(a) Wheat

(b) Barley

(c)  Rice

(d) Maize

Ans:



99. The writer of Mahabhasya ‘Patanjali ‘ was a contemporary of

(a) Chandragupta Maurya

(b) Ashoka

(c) Pushyamitra Sunga

(d) Chandragupta I

Ans:



100. Gautama Buddha had attained Mahaparinibban in the State of

(a) Anga

(b) Magdha

(c) Malta

(d) Vatsa

Ans:



101. Buddha had delivered Maximum sermons at

(a) Vaishali

(b) Sravasti

(c) Kaushambi

(d) Rajgriha

Ans:



102. Consider the following statement and select the correct answer from the code given below:

1. Vikrarn Samvat began in 58 BC.

2. Saka Samvat began in 319 AD.

3. Gupta era began in 319 AD.

4. The era of Muslim rule in India began in 1192 AD.

Code:

(a) 1 and 2

(b) 3 and 4

(c) 1, 2 and 3

(d) 1,2, 3 and 4

Ans:



103. Which one of the following rulers established embassies in foreign countries on modern lines?

(a) Haider Ali

(b) Mir Qasim

(c) Shah Alam II

(d) Tipu Sultan

Ans:



104. Who among the following was the one to have escaped being hanged in the ‘Kakori Conspiracy Case’?

(a) Ashfaqullah Khan

(b) Rajendra Lahiri

(c) Ram Prasad Bismil

(d) Chandra Shekhar Azad

Ans:



105. Who among the following attended all the three Round Table Conferences?

(a) Jawaharlal Nehru

(b) B.R. Ambedkar

(c) Vallabh Bhai Patel

(d) Rajendra Prasad

Ans:



106. Which Sultan of Delhi imposed Jaziya on the Brahmins also?

(a) Balban

(b) Firoz Tughlaq

(c) Allauddin Khilji

(d) Mohammad bin Tughlaq

Ans:



107. Who among the following was the founder of Agra?

(a) Balban

(b) Bahlol Lodhi

(c) Sikandar Lodhi

(d) Firoz Tughlaq

Ans:



108. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

(a) Ajmer-Quuwal-al-Islam

(b) Jaunpur – Atala Mosque

(c) Malwa – Jahaz Mahal

(d) Gulbarga – Jama Masjid

Ans:



109.  Who among the following leaders of the Revolution of 1857 had the real name of Ram Chandra Pandurang ?

(a) Kunwar Singh

(b) Nana Saheb

(c) Tatiya Tope

(d) Mangal Pandey

Ans:



110. Who among the following led the agitation against the Partition of Bengal (1905) ?

(a) Surendranath Banerjee

(b) C. R. Das

(c) Ashutosh Mukherjee

(d) Rabindra Nath Tagore

Ans:



111. Who among the following leaders escaped from the prison and organized underground activities during the ‘Quit India Movement’ ?

(a) J.B. Kriplani

(b) Ram Manohar Lohia

(c) Achyut Patwardhan

(d) Jai Prakash Narayan

Ans:



112. Arrange the following In the chronological order and select the correct answer from the code given below:

1. The August Offer

2. The Cabinet Mission Plan

3. The Cripps Mission Plan

4. The Wavell Plan

Code:

(a) 1, 2, 4, 3

(b) 4, 3, 2, 1

(c) 1, 3, 4, 2

(d) 3, 4, 1, 2

Ans:



113. After returning from South Africa, Gandhiji launched his first successful Satyagraha in

(a) Champaran

(b) Chauri Chaura

(c) Bardoli

(d) Dandi

Ans:



114. The only session of the Indian National Congress addressed by Mahatma held at

(a) Amravati

(b) Belgaum

(c) Karachi

(d) Nagpur

Ans:



115. Who among the following had moved the Non co-operation resolution in the Nagpur session of the Indian National Congress in 1920 ?

(a) C.R. Das

(b) Annie Besant

(c) B.C. Pal

(d) Madan Mohan Malviya

Ans:



116. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched ?

(a) Durga Das : The Life of Mahatma Gandhi

(b) Louis Fischer: India From Curzon to Nehru and After

(c) Frank Moraes: Jawahar Lal Nehru – A Biography

(d) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad : India Divided

Ans:



117. Which one of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched ?

(a) James Watt: Steam Engine

(b) A. G. Bell : Telephone

(c) J. L. Baird : Television

(d) J. Perkins : Penicillin

Ans: (d)



118. Who among the following had started ‘Mitra Mela’ Association ?

(a) Shyamji Krishna Verma

(b) Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

(c) Lala Hardayal

(d) Sohan Singh Bhakna

Ans: (b)



119. The statement “I am a socialist and a republican and am no believer Kings and Princes” is associated with

(a) Narendra Dev

(b) Achyut Patwardhan

(c) Jai Prakash Narayan

(d) Jawahar Lal Nehru

Ans:



120. Who among the following had led the Swadeshi Movement in Delhi.

(a) Balgangadhar Tilak

(b) Ajit Singh

(c) Lala Lajpat Rai

(d) Syed Haider Raza

Ans:



121. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched ?

(a) Silver iodide – Horn Silver

(b) Silver chloride – Artificial rain

(c) Zinc phosphide – Rat poison

(d) Zinc sulphide – Philosopher’s wool

Ans:



122. Which one of the following gases is essential for photosynthesis process ?

(a) CO

(b) Co2

(c) N2

(d) O2

Ans: (b)

123.  Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the code given below:

List – I                       List – II

A. Morphine              1. Antiseptic
B. Sodium                 2. Alloy
C. Boric Acid             3. Analgesic
D. German Silver      4. Kerosene oil

Code:

A     B    C     D
(a)  4     3     1     2
(b)  2     4     3     1
(c)  3      1     4     2
(d)  3     4     1     2

Ans: (d)



124. Which one of the following human organs is most susceptible to harmful radiations ?

(a) Eyes

(b) Heart

(c) Brain

(d) Lungs

Ans:



125. The minimum height of a plane mirror to see the full size image of a person is equal to

(a) the height of the person

(b) half the height of the person

(c) one-fourth the height of the person

(d) double the height of the person

Ans: (b)



126. Helium is preferred to hydrogen in air balloons because it

(a) is cheaper

(b) is less dense

(c) has greater lifting power

(d) does not form an explosive mixture with air.

Ans: (d)



127.  Which one of the following is NOT formed in our body ?

(a) Vitamin A

(b) Protein

(c) Enzyme

(d) Hormone

Ans: (a)



128. Anosmia is

(a) loss of the sense of taste.

(b) loss of the sense of smell.

(c) loss of the sense of touch.

(d) loss of the sense of heat.

Ans: (b)



129.  Assertion (A) : If somebody stops taking green vegetables he will suffer from night blindness.

Reason (R) : He will suffer from Vitamin A deficiency.

Select the correct answer from the code given below:

Code:

(a)  Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(b) Both (A) and (R) are true. but (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A).

(c) (A) is true, but (R) is false.

(d) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Ans: (d)



130. Insectivorous fish used for mosquito control is

(a) Hilsa

(b) Labeo

(c) Gambusia

(d) Mystus

Ans: (c)



131. With which of the physiological process Thrombin is associated ?

(a) Excretion

(b) Blood clotting

(c) Reproduction

(d) Growth

Ans: (b)



132. AIDS is caused by

(a) Bacteria

(b) Fungus

(c) Helminth

(d) Virus

Ans: (d)



133.  Which of the following is NOT the normal function of the human kidney ?

(a) Regulation of water level in the blood.

(b) Regulation of sugar level ill the blood.

(c) filter out urea.

(d) Secretion of several hormones.

Ans: (d)



134. Retina of the eye is comparable to which of the following parts of a traditional camera ?

(a) Film

(b) Lens

(c) Shutter

(d) Cover

Ans: (a)



135. Which one of the following is used as a moderator in the nuclear reactor?

(a) Thorium

(b) Graphite

(c) Radium

(d) Ordinary water

Ans: (b)



136. Refrigeration helps in food preservation by

(a) killing the germs

(b) reducing the rate of biochemical reactions

(c) destroying enzyme action.

(d) sealing the food with a layer of ice.

Ans: (b)



137. Electric bulb filament is made of

(a) Copper

(b) Aluminium

(c) Lead

(d) Tungsten

Ans: (d)



138. Which mirror is used as a rear view mirror in the vehicles?

(a) Plane

(b) Convex

(c) Concave

(d) Inverted

Ans: (b)



139. Which one of the following is a part of Infotech Terminology?

(a) Protocol

(b) Login

(c) Archie

(d) All the above

Ans: (d)



140. Inventor and founder of www is

(a) Timbernrus

(b) N. Russel

(c) Lee N. Fiyong

(d) Bill Gates

Ans: (a)



141. Amniocentosis is a method used to determine the

(a) foetal sex

(b) kind of Amino acids

(c) sequence of Amino acids in protein

(d) type of hormones

Ans: (c)



142. BMD testing is done to diagnose

(a) Dengue

(b) Malaria

(c) Osteoporosis

(d) AIDS

Ans: (c)



143. The principle ‘of ‘Black hole’ was enunciated by

(a) C.V. Raman

(b) H.J. Bhabha

(c) S. Chandrashekhar

(d) H. Khurana

Ans: (c)



144. Which one of the following has the right to address the Parliament?

(a) Attorney General of India

(b) Chief Election Commissioner of India

(c) Chief Justice of India

(d) National Security Advisor

Ans: (a)



145. Which one of the following statements about the Parliament of India is NOT correct?

(a) The Constitution provides for a Parliamentary form of Government.

(b) The foremost function of the Parliament is to provide a Cabinet.

(c) The membership of the Cabinet is restricted to the Lower House.

(d) The Cabinet has to enjoy the confidence of the majority in the popular Chamber.

Ans: (c)



146. Voting right by the youths at the age of 18 years was exercised for the first time in the General Election of

(a) 1987

(b) 1988

(c) 1989

(d) 1990

Ans: (c)



147. Under which one of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution, the Legislative Assembly is allowed to resolve for the creation of the Legislative Council?

(a) 168

(b) 169

(c) 170

(d) 171

Ans: (b)



148. Missile’ Astra’ is a

(a) land to land missile

(b) land to air missile

(c) air to air missile

(d) water to land missile

Ans: (c)



149. Indane gas is a mixture of

(a) butane and hydrogen

(b) butane and oxygen

(c) butane and propane

(d) methane and oxygen

Ans: (c)



150. Which one of the following States has granted Sanskrit language the status of the second ‘official language of the State?

(a) Bihar

(b) Chhattisgarh

(c) Uttar Pradesh

(d) Uttarakhand

Ans: (d)

current affairs January 2013

1. India raised the import duty on gold and platinum from 4% to 6% to contain the widening current account deficit(CAD)

In 2011-12, gold imports accounted for $56.5 billion in foreign exchange — the second-highest item after crude oil in the import bill

India decided to link Gold ETF with the Gold Deposit Scheme and thereby relying more on domestic supplies of the yellow metal will enable mutual funds to unlock their physical gold assets and invest in gold-linked schemes offered by banks.

Currently, there are two gold related schemes — the Gold ETF and the Gold Deposit Scheme — that are intended to channelise gold holdings into institutional channels. The Gold ETF is provided by mutual funds. Units are sold to subscribers through ‘authorised participants’ and are traded on the exchange. The units are backed by physical gold held by the mutual fund. Money collected under any Gold ETF shall be invested by the mutual fund primarily (a minimum of 90 per cent) in gold or gold-related instruments notified by SEBI.

Banks offering Gold Deposit Scheme accept gold deposited by clients. The gold is on-lent by the banks to the gems and jewellery trade. At the end of the deposit period, the depositor is entitled to a return of physical gold or its equivalent in cash at the current market price of gold.

As an added measure of flexibility, the minimum quantity of gold that can be deposited into the Gold Deposit Scheme will stand reduced and the minimum tenure will also be brought down to six months from the period of three years at present.

2. India has postponed implementation of GAAR provisions by two years. India has decided that provisions of Chapter 10A of the Income Tax Act (dealing with GAAR) will come into force from April 1, 2016

The General Anti-Avoidance Rules (GAAR) provisions, introduced by the then finance minister Pranab Mukherjee in the Budget 2012-13, were aimed at checking tax avoidance by overseas investors.

The decision to postpone the implementation follows the recommendations of the Shome Committee which was set up by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to look into investor concerns.

The GAAR provisions would override the double taxation avoidance agreement (DTAA) benefits if the arrangements were intended solely to evade taxes.

Investments made by Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) will not be covered by the provisions of GAAR.

The minister clarified that there would be a threshold limit of Rs 3 crore of tax benefit for invocation of GAAR, as suggested by the Shome panel.

Investments made before August 30, 2010, would not attract the provisions of GAAR.

3. Indian-origin politician, Halimah Yacob, became the first woman Speaker of Singapore’s Parliament

Millions of people have taken a dip at the confluence of the River Ganges, River Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati River near Allahabad, at the start of Maha Kumbh Mela, a Hindu celebration held every 12 years. During the next 55 days, nearly 100 million people are expected to attend the festival, which has been billed as the biggest gathering in the world.
According to Hindu mythology, when gods and demons fought over a pitcher of nectar that gives immortality, some drops fell on four towns - Allahabad, Nasik, Ujjain and Haridwar. These towns host the festival in rotation. The one at Allahabad is believed to be the holiest and surpasses the others in its sheer scale and size. Nasik will host the next Kumbha Mela in 2015.

4. Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa removed Sri Lanka’s chief justice, Shirani Bandaranayake, from office. Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake is Sri Lanka's first woman chief justice. Mr. Rajapaksa’s decision came two days after Sri Lanka's Parliament, packed with Rajapaksa cronies and relatives, voted to impeach the chief justice. Earlier, the Supreme Court had ruled that the impeachment process was illegal. Many believe the dismissal is the repercussion of Ms Bandaranayake's ruling that a bill submitted by the president Rajapaksa's younger brother, Basil Rajapaksa, proposing a $600 million development budget, must be approved by nine provincial councils. Opposition parties and independent analysts call the impeachment motion a politically motivated attempt to stifle judicial independence, and say it is part of a government effort to concentrate power in the hands of President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

5. Argo won the best dramatic motion picture prize at the 70th annual Golden Globe Awards. Argo won the best dramatic motion picture prize and Affleck picked up the best director prize for the film about the 1980 joint CIA-Canadian secret operation to extract six fugitive American diplomatic personnel out of revolutionary Iran. Les Miserables - the film adaptation of Victor Hugo's 19th century novel - was the winner of the Globes best comedy or musical category, and its stars Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway won acting honors. Jessica Chastain won the Globe for dramatic actress for her role in Zero Dark Thirty as a CIA agent obsessively pursuing Osama Bin Laden. British actor Daniel Day Lewis won the award for the best dramatic performance for his role in Lincoln, the Spielberg film about the president who steered the U.S. through its civil war. The film focused on the legislative battle to pass the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which abolished slavery just months before Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.LIST OF AWARDS FOR 2013 GOLDEN GLOBES

Motion Picture, Drama: Argo 
Actor, Motion Picture Drama: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln 
Actress, Motion Picture Drama: Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty 
Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy: Les Miserables 
Actor, Motion Picture Musical or Comedy: Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables 
Director, Motion Picture: Ben Affleck, Argo 
Cecil B. DeMille Award for Lifetime Achievement: Jodie Foster 
Animated Film: Brave 
Foreign Language Film: Amour (Austria) 
Actress, Motion Picture Musical or Comedy: Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook 

6. Justice D.K. Jain has been appointed Chairman of the Law Commission of India, which gives advice to the government on complex legal issues. The Union Cabinet has approved the constitution of the 20th Law Commission with a three-year term (1 September 2012 to August 31, 2015) Besides the Chairman, the commission will have four full-time members. The Law Secretary and the Secretary, Legislative Department, are the ex-officio members.

7. Lionel Messi won the FIFA Ballon d’Or award for his astonishing 91-goal year for Barcelona and Argentina in 2012. Messi has been voted the world’s best player for an unprecedented fourth straight year. Messi’s fourth award lifted him above three—time FIFA winners Zinedine Zidane of France and Brazil’s Ronaldo.

8. As per the new Visa Agreement between India and Pakistan, places of visit allowable for persons on visitors visa was increased from three to five places. Visa can be issued upto two years in the cases of: 1) Persons above 65 years of age 2) National of one country married to national of the other country and their children below 12 years accompanying parents. Group Tourist Visa for 30 days may be issued for travel in groups, with not less than 10 members and not more than 50 members in each group, organized by approved tour operators/travel agents

9. Astronomers from the University of Central Lancashire discovered the largest structure ever seen in the entire universe called Large Quasar Group (LQG) Travelling at the speed of light, it would take 4 billion light years to cross the discovered structure. Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is separated from its nearest neighbour, the Andromeda galaxy, by two and a half million light years. Quasars are the nuclei of ancient galaxies that undergo periods (10-100 million years) of extremely high brightness that make them visible across huge distances. Quasars tend to group together in structures of surprisingly large sizes, forming LQGs

10. The Union Cabinet approved the Ministry of Rural Development’s proposal to raise the unit cost under Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) In plain areas, unit assistance under the scheme has been raised from Rs 45,000 to Rs 70,000 and from Rs 48,500 to Rs 75,000 in hilly and difficult areas. The enhancement of unit assistance for homestead site to rural below poverty line (BPL) households who have neither agricultural land nor a house site has been hiked from Rs 10,000 to Rs 20,000. The IAY is a flagship scheme of the Ministry of Rural Development and aims at addressing rural housing needs by providing grant for construction/upgradation of dwelling units of BPL families. The priority is especially given to Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes, freed bonded labourers and physically challenged persons with financial assistance.

11. The Reserve Bank of India has set up a working group to evaluate and make improvements in the grievance redressal mechanism for bank customers. The working group constituted in the Reserve Bank of India is going to review, update, and revise the Banking Ombudsman Scheme, 2006. The Reserve Bank is launching the ombudsman scheme in 2006 to redress public grievances in banking transactions. The ombudsmen are receiving the complaints and grievances from the customers. These would be recorded and each complaint would be given a unique identification number after which they would be sent to the banks concerned. On receipt of the banks' response they would be forwarded to the complainants. The ombudsman would have powers of courts. Presently, India has 15 Banking Ombudsmen with unambiguous jurisdiction covering all States and Union Territories in India.

12. A 2-billion-year-old dark lump of rock that landed in Sahara desert is actually a new type of Martian meteorite, containing 10 times more water than usual. This new class of meteorite was found in 2011 in the Sahara Desert. Designated Northwest Africa (NWA) 7034, and nicknamed “Black Beauty,” it weighs approximately 320 grams. After more than a year of intensive study, a team of US scientists determined the meteorite formed 2.1 billion years ago during the beginning of the most recent geologic period on Mars, known as the Amazonian. NWA 7034 is made of cemented fragments of basalt, rock that forms from rapidly cooled lava. The fragments are primarily feldspar and pyroxene, most likely from volcanic activity. Researchers theorise the large amount of water contained in NWA 7034 may have originated from interaction of the rocks with water present in Mars’ crust. The meteorite also has a different mixture of oxygen isotopes than has been found in other Martian meteorites, which could have resulted from interaction with the Martian atmosphere. Black Beauty was donated to University of New Mexico by a US citizen who had purchased it from the Moroccan meteorite dealer in 2011

13. India constituted the 14th Finance Commission under the chairmanship of former RBI Governor Y. V. Reddy. The five-member panel is to submit its report by October 31, 2014. Apart from its recommendations on the sharing of tax proceeds between the Centre and the States which will apply for a five-year period beginning April 1, 2015, the Commission has been asked to suggest steps for pricing of public utilities such as electricity and water in an independent manner and also look into issues like disinvestment, GST compensation, sale of non-priority PSUs and subsidies. Among other things, the Commission would look into the “need for insulating the pricing of public utility services like drinking water, irrigation, power and public transport from policy fluctuations through statutory provisions. Apart from Dr. Reddy in the chair, other members of the Commission are former Finance Secretary Sushma Nath, NIPFP Director M. Govinda Rao, Planning Commission Member Abhijit Sen and Former Acting Chairman of National Statistical Commission Sudipto Mundle. The Commission would review the state of finances, deficit and debt levels of the Centre and States, keeping in view, in particular, the fiscal consolidation roadmap recommended by the 13th Finance Commission. Besides, the 14th Finance Commission would suggest measures for maintaining a stable and sustainable fiscal environment consistent with equitable growth.

14. India rolled out its ambitious scheme of transferring cash to beneficiaries of select schemes called Direct Benefits Transfer (DBT). On January 1, the seven schemes in which pay out is due in the 20 selected districts, the money will be transfered through the direct benefit transfer system using the UIDAI platform. Gaps in infrastructure like bank accounts and beneficiary lists forced the government to pare its ambitious direct cash transfer of subsidies from the targeted 51 districts to just 20 with the number of schemes also whittled from 34 to 26. Of the 26 selected schemes, cash transfers will now rollout in seven - mostly related to student scholarships and stipends and Indira Matrutva Yojna and Dhanalakshmi schemes - from January 1, 2013.At the moment there is no intention to transfer subsidies on food, fertilizer, diesel and kerosene and cooking gas through direct benefit transfer. Here, existing system will continue because they are complex issues. By end of 2013 the direct cash benefit transfer will be rolled out in all the districts of the country.

15. French constitutional court, the Conseil Constitutionnel, ruled that President François Hollande’s 75% income tax for high earners is unfair and therefore unconstitutional. The court rejected the tax, which would have affected all with an annual income above €one million, because French income tax is levied on households and not individuals, so it would not apply, for example, to a couple each of whom earns €900,000 but would apply to any individual earning a million euros or more. Only about 1,500 people would have had to pay the new rate, which was due to take effect today and was expected to raise €500 million in a crucial contribution to Mr. Hollande’s plans to reduce the budget deficit to 3 per cent of GDP by 2014.

16. The draft of the 12th Five Year Plan covering the period 2012-13 to 2016-17, approved by the National Development Council. It aims to achieve an annual average growth rate of 8 per cent, scaled down from 8.2%
The U.S. Congress and the White House working hard to come to a deal to avoid the so-called ‘fiscal cliff’ of austerity measures that threaten the still-weak US economy. And if the limit isn’t raised on how much the government can borrow, the government’s reaching the $16.4- trillion ceiling in February or March could lead to a first-ever default that would shake worldwide confidence in the United States.

22 January 2013 Current Affairs

21 January 2013 Current Affairs

Former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala and his son Ajay had been sentenced to 10 years in jail in connection with a teachers recruitment scam.Special CBI Judge Vinod Kumar sentenced the Chautalas and seven others to 10 years in jail while one convict was given five years in jail and 45 others four years in jail.

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Former ‘Mr India’ Rex Varghese commits suicide

Former ‘Mr India’ Rex Varghese allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling of his house in Thrissur in Kerala on 22 January 2013.Rex, a bachelor, won the ‘Mr India’ title in 2007 and worked in Railways for a short period. Presently he was unemployed.

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AP youth becomes India’s first blind CA

J Rajasekhar Reddy, a visually-impaired man from Guntur got the CA degree on 21 January 2013.He is the first Blind person in India got the CA degree.

21 January 2013 Current Affairs

Filmfare Awards 2013 Winners

The actor Ranbir Kapoor had once again repeated the history after winning the Best Actor award for his acclaimed film Barfi! at the 58th Idea Filmfare Awards, held in Mumbai on 20 January 2013.The actor had previously won the 57th Idea Filmfare Awards in the same category for Rockstar movie. Not only Ranbir but actress Vidya Balan had also repeated her success just like the previous Filmfare Awards after winning the Best Actress category for Kahaani this time. Here are the some other winners: Best Film Barfi! Best Director Sujoy Ghosh (Kahaani) ,Best Music Director Pritam (Barfi!) ,Lifetime Achievement Award Yash Chopra Sony Trendsetter Of The Year Barfi.

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Giant Mars crater shows evidence of ancient lake

The discovery came from a study of images by NASA’s powerful Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), that revealed new evidence of a wet underground environment on the Red Planet. The images focused on the giant McLaughlin Crater, which is about 57 miles (92 kilometers) wide and so deep that underground water appears to have flowed into the crater at some point in the distant past.

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World economic forum kicks off in Davos

The six-day long World Economic Forum 43rd annual meet, which will see participation of over 100 Indian business and political honchos as well as global leaders, began at Devos in Switzerland from 21 January 2013 and fiscal woes in the world economy are expected to dominate discussions. Kamal Nath would be in the company of Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma, Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Minister Praful Patel and Power Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia to attend the meeting.

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Indian Companies Top Globally in R&D Investment

According to the European Commission report Indian companies have come on the top globally when it comes to growth in their research and development (R&D) investments, leaving their counterparts in the US and Europe far behind.Indian firms rank far below when it comes to absolute R&D investments made by them and the top-ranked company from the country.These are the only 14 Indian companies present in a list of top-1500 entities worldwide in terms of their annual R&D investments.The top-ranked Indian company is Infosys at 329th place and Japanese company Toyota Motor appears at the top of the ranking in the 2012 Scoreboard.

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Mundra is new CMD of Bank of Baroda

The central Government of India as appointed Mr. SS Mundra as a new Chairman and Managing Director of Bank of Baroda on 21 January .Previously, Mr. Mundra was Executive Director at Union Bank of India. His tenure as Chairman and Managing Director of Bank of Baroda is till July 31st, 2014.

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SBI – PO Recruitment Notification for 1500 Posts

On 22 January The State Bank of India released 1500 Probationary Officers (PO’s) notification for the year 2013.The candidates can apply online from 30th January 2013 to 23rd February 2013.Candidates must have Graduation in any discipline from a recognised university or college.21 years of age (min) and 30 years of age (max) as on 1 May , 2011.The selection process in to two phases .The first phase candidates will have to appear for a written test and the second phase involves GD and Interviews.The written examination will be held on 28th April 2013.For more details visit www.sbi.co.in

20 January 2013 Current Affairs

Indian-origin candidate contesting key poll in Lower Saxony in Germany

Indian-origin politician and social scientist Mohan Meinhart Krischke Ramaswamy heads the German Pirate Party’s bid to enter the legislature in Lower Saxony in a key state election 20 January 2013.Germany’s new political force has pinned its hopes on 59-year-old Ramaswamy to have representation in a fifth state Parliament and thereby boost its chances to gain seats in the Bundestag or national Parliament in Berlin for the first time in the federal election scheduled for September.

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‘Japan to replace Fukushima plant with world’s largest wind farm’

In the wake of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan had decided to build the world’s largest offshore wind farm to replace the crippled nuke plant.The country plans to build a total of 143 wind turbines on platforms 16 kilometres off the coast of Fukushima by 2020, which is home to the stricken Daiichi nuclear reactor that hit the headlines in March 2011 when it was damaged by a severe earthquake and tsunami.The wind farm will generate 1 gigawatt of power once completed, and is part of a national plan to increase renewable energy resources following the post-tsunami shutdown of the country’s 54 nuclear reactors.The wind farm will surpass the 504 megawatts generated by the 140 turbines at the Greater Gabbard farm off the coast of Suffolk, UK – currently the world’s largest farm.

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Barack Obama took Oath as the President of the United States of America for Second Term

Barack Obama on 20 January 2013 formally took oath as the President of the United States of America for his second term.Joe Biden also took oath as the Vice-President of USA on 20 January 2013.

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Saurashtra enter Ranji Trophy finals after 75 yrs

In Rajkot, Saurashtra qualified for the final for the first time in 75 years after thrashing Punjab by 229 runs in the other semi-final.After 1937-38 this is the first time Saurashtra enter into the final.

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India, US finalise Rs 3,000 crore deal for jet engines

India and the US have finalised a Rs 3000-crore deal for supplying 99 jet engines to be used in the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft ‘Tejas’ being developed by the DRDO.Around two years ago, India had selected the American company General Electric over its rival European Eurojet 2000 for the LCA Mark II programme expected to be ready around 2014-15.The deal worth Rs 3,000 crore has been finalised with the US for procuring 99 engines for the LCA Tejas MkII.As per the contract, the order could be for 99 engines initially but India will have the option of ordering another 100 engines in the future.

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Malaysian Open Badminton Championship Winners

Men’s Singles: Lee Chong Wei (Indonesia) won the Men’s singles title after defeated Sony Dwi Kuncoro in the final at Kuala Lumpur on 20 January.

Men’s Doubles: Mohd Ahsan (Indonesia) -Hendra Setiawan (China) defeated Ko Sung-hyun-Lee Yong-dae (Malaysia) in the final.

Women’s Singles: Tai Tzu-ying (Thailand) won the women’s singles title after defeated Yao Xue (Korea)

Women’s Doubles: In the event Bao Yixin-Tian Qing (China) won the title after defeated Misaki Matsutomo-Ayaka Takahashi (Japan) .

19 January 2013 Current Affairs

Pakistani singer Mehnaz Begum is no more

Renowned Pakistani singer Mehnaz Begum died on 19 January 2013.Mehnaz specialized in ghazal, thumri, dadra, khayal, drupad and reciting salam, noha and marsiya.Mehnaz was the daughter of popular sub-continental singer Kajjan Begum.She sang over 2,500 songs for radio‚ television and films in a variety of genres like ghazal, thumri, dadra, khayal and drupad.

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U.R. Rao to join Satellite Hall of Fame

Prof U R Rao, former Chairman, ISRO and Secretary, Department of Space is being honoured by the Society of Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) by inducting him as a Member of the highly prestigious “Satellite Hall of Fame”, Washington. Since 1987, the SSPI Hall of Fame has been recognising the invaluable contribution of the visionaries who have transformed life on planet earth for the better through satellite technology. Members of the Hall of Fame are recognised pioneers in communications, satellite related aerospace scientific research or development and delivery of applications for business, institutions and government via satellite.The induction of Prof Rao into the Satellite Hall of Fame is scheduled to take place on March 19, 2013 at a gala function to be held in Washington, D.C. USA.

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AICC endorses Rahul Gandhi as Congress vice president

Over 1,200 delegates of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) on 20 January 2013 endorsed the party’s decision to make de facto number two Rahul Gandhi as the party’s vice president. The Congress Working Committee (CWC), the party’s highest decision making body had 19 January 2013 approved that Rahul Gandhi be made the party’s vice president keeping in mind the huge demand from workers to give him a bigger role in the run up to the 2014 general elections.He is the third Vice President of CWC.

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Ved Prakash is UGC chairman

Ved Prakash, serving as acting chairman of the University Grants Commission, had been appointed as its chairman on 18 January 2013.The chairman’s post remained vacant ever since S. Thorat retired in February 2011. Since then Mr. Prakash had been the acting chairman.

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India claim top spot in ICC ODI rankings

India claimed the top spot in the ICC ODI rankings after their win over England in Ranchi coupled with South Africa’s loss to New Zealand later in the day.India has accumulated 4279 points from 36 matches, taking their rating to 119. England, on 118, are following India closely.South Africa are 3rd with 2201 points from 19 matches giving them a rating of 116.