Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Current Affairs One-liner Questions

•    The name of the tropical storm, which hit New York in the last week of August 2011- Irene
•    The state, which announced a reward of 10000 rupees for providing information on sex determination test- Madhya Pradesh
•    The state, which decided to impose professional tax on all salaried persons- Bihar
•    The nation, which introduced sex tax metres- Germany
•    Union government signed MoU with this university to address the problem of mental health- University of Melbourne
•    The city, which topped the list in Madhya Pradesh under the national cleanliness policy 2008 survey- Indore
•    The person who won the Presidential election in Singapore to become the country’s seventh president- Tory Tan
•    The Central Zoo authority approved the breeding centre at the place- Govindgarh (Madhya Pradesh)
•    Syrian vice foreign minister who visited India from 31 July 2011 to 2 August 2011- Faisal Mekdad
•    The bank, which approved 500 million dollar loan to help India Improve rail services- Asian Development Bank
•    The Indian navy undertook a Passage Exercise on 10 July 2011 with the navy of the nation- Turkey
•    India on 6 September 2011 signed a historic protocol on land boundary agreement with the nation- Bangladesh
•    The Union government of India decided to lift a ban on wheat exports and put a ban on the export of- Onions
•    Internet search titan Google acquired restaurant review firm Zagat which was founded in the year- 1979
•    The state, which introduced a policy to provide security to whistle blowers on 6 September 2011-Haryana
•    The head of Libya’s National Transitional Council who delivered his first public speech in the capital Tripoli- Mustafa Abdul-Jalil
•    The country, which declared Indian Mujahideen foreign terrorist organization on 15 September 2011-USA
•    India agreed with this nation for future cooperation in coal related areas- Turkey
•    22nd World Mining Congress was held at the city- Istanbul
•    Scientists discovered fossilized remains of a large predatory fish in the place: Ellesmere Island in Arctic Canada
•    This body on 5 September 2011 observed that SEBI has wider powers under the Sebi Act to issue directions to even unlisted firms- Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT)
•    UNCTAD's Trade and Development Report 2011 released on 6 September 2011 projected an economic growth of this percentage for India- 8.1 per cent
•    He was appointed the sixth Chief Minister of Uttarakhand replacing Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank who resigned- Major General (retd) BC Khanduri
•    American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, singer, director, and musician chosen to host the 84th Academy Awards/ Oscars  in February 2012-Eddie Murphy
•    International Literacy Day observed– 8 September
•    Red Bull’s Formula One driver won the Italian Grand Prix– Sebastial Vettel
•    Australia’s twoman tennis player on 11 September 2011 defeated Serena Williams to win the US Open crown and her first grand slam singles title– Samantha Stosur
•    The finance ministry relaxed the norms for foreign institutional investments (FII) in this space– Infrastructure space
•    Bollywood's legendary photographer passed away in Mumbai on 13 September 2011- Gautam Rajadhyaksha
•    Union Cabinet approved increase in the dearness allowance (DA)and relief for the Union government employees and pensioners– 7 %
•    44th Jnanpith Award for 2008 was presented to renowned Urdu poet on 18 September 2011- Professor Akhlaq Mohammad Khan Shahryar
•    Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 16 September 2011 hiked the short-term policy rate (repo rate) by 25 basis points to this percentage– 8.25%
•    Explosion occurred at the Marcoule nuclear reprocessing plant in this European country on 12 September 2011 resulting in the death of one person and injury of three others– France
•    Miss Angola crowned Miss Universe in Sau Paulo, Brazil on 12 September 2011- Leila Lopes
•    She was elected Denmark’s first female Prime Minister on 15 September 2011- Helle Thorning-Schmidt
•    South African cricketer  topped the latest ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen on 18 September 2011- H M Amla
•    This TV show won the Best Drama Award at 63rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony organised on 18 September 2011– Mad Men
•    Karnataka Lokayukta Justice on 19 September 2011 resigned from his post over charges of violating co-operative housing society laws- Shivaraj Virupanna Patil
•    This IPL franchisee’s contract was terminated Board of Control for Cricket in India for non-payment of annual paymentm of Rs Rs 156 crore– Kochi Tuskers
•    Nuclear-capable surface-to-surface medium range missile, Shaurya, successfully test-fired from Chandipur-on-sea off the Orissa coast on 24 September 2011– Shaurya
•    Kenyan environmentalist & first African woman to win Nobel prize died on 25 September 2011- Wangari Maathai

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