current affairs & gk march 2011

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CURRENT AFFAIRS & GK MARCH 2011

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March 1 week:

1. Who is the new Secretary -General of SAARC?(a) Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed(b) Arsad Jafari

(c) Vinayak Balaswami(d) Nitesh Kumar(e) None of these

2. Ireland's Kevin O'Brien has brokenwhose record of fastest century in cricket World Cup?(a) A dam Gilchrist (b) Sachin Tendulkar(c) Mathew Hayden(d) Kapil Dev(e) None of these

3. What is the name of Egypt's PrimeMinister, who recently resigned after theunrest?(a) Ahmed Shafiq(b) Ashaq Rubeka(c) Jafir Kidari(d) Yunus Ahmed(e) None of these

4. The Central Information Commission(CIC) has called or disclosing the norms inall future public private partnershipprojects undertaken by the central andstate governments. The head of the CIC is?(a) Satyendra Nath Mishra(b) Rahul Shukla(c) Rohit Bist (d) P.C. Jain(e) none of these

5. The three-week long India festival -'Maximum India' kicked off in(a) Washington(b) Paris(c) Amsterdam(d) Frankfurt (e) None of these

6. India today successfully test-fired

sophisticated AAD interceptor missile from

the Wheeler Island off Odisha coast. AADstands for(a) Advanced Air Defence(b) Air to Air Defence(c) Air to Air Destroyer

(d) Air and Aernautics Defence(e) none of these

7. International Children Broadcasting Dayis celebrated on..(a) March 1(b) March 6(c) March 7(d) March 2(e) Feb 28

8. The U.S. Air Force has launched anexperimental robotic space plane on asecret mission. The name of this pilotlessOrbital Test Vehicle is...(a) X-37 B(b) A rea-51(c) Secret- 11(d) US-11 C(e) None of these

9. Which of the following companies isrunning in losses and costs are seen risingfor(a) Reliance Communication(b) Tata Mobile (c) Airtel(d) Indicom (e) Hutch

10. Bollywood diva Madhuri Dixit will bethe global brand ambassador of BushFoods' basmati rice brand__(a) Neesa (b) Rajmahal

(c) Hansraj (d) Desi Tadha(e) none of these

11. The railway s have introduced modernluggage trolley s, operated by Rail YatriSevaks, for the convenience of seniorcitizens and ladies at (a) Howrah station (b) New Delhi station(c) Mumbai Junction(d) All stations of Eastern Railway

(e) None of these




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12. The Delhi High Court recently orderedthe complete phase out of privately -ownedBlueline buses, blamed for accidents in thecapital, by(a) June 2012

(b) December 2011(c) July 2012(d) December 2012(e) none of these

13. Harish C. Mariwala, chairman andmanaging director of consumer goods firmMarico Ltd, has taken over as president of....(a) ONGC(b) FICCI(c) CII(d) NTPC(e) none of these

Answers: 1 .a, 2.c, 3.a, 4.a, 5.a, 6.a 7 . b, 8.a,9.a, 10.a, 11 .a, 1 2.a 1 3.b

March 2 week:

1 . Who is Aruna Ramachandra Shanbaug?(a) A nurse seeking mercy killing

(b) A lady who is raging crusade against euthanasia(c) The first lady speaker of SAARC(d) The only female commentator in theongoing WC 2011(e) None of these

2. Women's Day is observed on(a) March 8(b) Feb 8(c) March 10

(d) April 1(e) None of these

3. Which of the following five states will gofor assembly election in mid 2011(a) West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala,Pondicherry and Assam(b) UP, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Pondicherryand Assam(b) West Bengal, J&K, Kerala, Pondicherry

and Assam

(c) West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala,Pondicherry and Tripurs(d) West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala,Gujarat and Assam(e) None of these

4. When was world international women'sday celebrated for the first time?(a) 1901(b) 1911(c) 197 1(d) 2000(e) None of these

5. The Centre has set up a Mortgage Risk Guarantee Fund to cover the risk of---givento the poor.(a) education loans(b) home loans(c) subsided loans(d) agriculture loans(e) none of these

6. The Centre has initiated a cancerdetection programme in how manydistricts in the country.

(a) 100(b) 1000(c) 750(d) 600(e) none of these

7. The breeding of white tigers is beingdone in(a) Panna tiger reserve(b) Corbett National park (c) Bandhavagarh

(d) Kanha(d) none of these

8. World Cup Squash 08-12 March 2011,held in(a) Chennai(b) Hyderabad(c) Dhaka(d) Chicago(e) Houston




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9. Recently the Supreme Court allowed asingle entrance test from next year for(a) Law(b) MBBS (c) Defence(d) CBI (e) none of these

10. India recently signed air serviceagreement to start a direct flight from NewDelhi to Brasilia. Where is Brasilia?(a) Brazil(b) Peru(c) Libya(d) Chile(e) none of these

11. India recently successfully test firednuclear capable ballistic missile___(a) Agani(b) Nag(c) Sultan(d) Dhruv(e) Eklaya

12. Which of the following countries wasrecently hit by massive earth quake andTsunami?

(a) Indonesia(b) Japan(c) Australia(d) China(e) Sri Lanka

13. Who is Sasadhar Mahato, who was innews recently?(a) AIDAK supremo(b) New and controversial gov. of Assam(c) Top Maoists leader

(d) 2G spectrum probing committee chief (d) none of these

14. Tsunami warning was not issued forwhich of these countries after massiveearth quake measuring 7.9 on the Richterscale hits Japan?(a) Russia(b) Taiwan(c) Philippines

(d) Hawaii(e) Sri Lanka

15. What is UDRS?(a) Umpire Decision Referral System(b) Umpire Decision Review Syndrome(c) Updated Decision Review System(d) Umpire Directed Review System

(d) none of these

16. Where does mass nesting of rare OliveRidley turtles happen in India in the springseason(a) Kerela(b) Odisa(c) Gujarat (d) Karnataka(e) None of these

17. Which committee reviewing thecontroversial Antrix -Dev as deal?(a) Goswami committee(b) Chaturvedi committee(c) Sri Krishna committee(d) Wahi committee(e) none of these

Answers:1 .a, 2.a, 3.a, 4.b, 5. b, 6.a, 7 .a, 8.a, 9.b, 10.a,

11 .a, 1 2.b, 1 3. c, 1 4. e, 1 5. c, 16.b, 1 7 . b

March 3 week:

1. What was the profession of Hasan AliKhan, who recently surrendered before theEnforcement Directorate in a moneylaundering case?(a) stud-farm owner(b) Dry fruits dealer(c) Merchant Banker(d) Citibank employee

(e) none of these

2. World Sparrow Day was observed on(a) March 20(b) March 19(c) Feb 20(d) January 21(e) none of these




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3. ___to hike prices of passenger vehiclesfrom 1st April?(a) Ashok Leyland(b) Tata Motors(c) Volv o

(d) Toyota(e) none of these

4. NHK is the Public Broadcaster of (a) Libya (b) Egypt (c) Spain (d) Japan(e) none of these

5. Full Moon is the phenomenon whichoccurs after every(a) 20 years(b) 19 years(c) 25 years(d) 33 years(e) none of these

6. Navin Nischal, who died recently wasassociated with(a) cinema(b) sports(c) politics

(d) real estate(e) none of these

7. Who won Swiss Open Grand Prix Goldtitle 2011(a) Ji Hyun Sung(b) Ashwani Nagchappa(c) Saina Nehwal(d) Ji Dang(e) none of these

8. What is the name of NASA spacecraft which began orbiting Mercury, becomingthe first to fly around the solar system'sinnermost planet?(a) Challenger(b) Mx -2011(c) Messenger(d) CRT-9XT(e) none of these

9. Which state is embarking on a multi-pronged strategy with funds value 315

crore rupees to develop and showcase thetourism potential of the state both at domestic and international level?(a) Assam(b) Goa

(c) J&K(d) Sikkim(e) none of these

10. The Finance Ministry has approvedhigher interest of ----- per cent fordepositors with the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation for the year 2010-11 .(a) 10.5 (b) 8.5 (c) 11(d) 9.5 (e) none of these

11. When Pakistan defeated Australia inWC 2011 they ended Australia's how manygames unbeaten streak in the Cricket World Cup?(a) 33(b) 36(c) 35(d) 34(e) none of these

Answer: 1 .a, 2.a, 3. b, 4. d, 5. b, 5. a, 6.a, 7 .c, 8.c, 9. c 10.d, 11 . d

March 23:

1. What is the name of operation against Libya by US-lead forces?(a) Odyssey Dawn(b) Thunder Storm(c) Anaconda(d) Black Thunder(e) Rhapsody Strike

2. Which is the first Arab country to joinUS-lead forces in attack against Libya?(a) Dubai(b) Kuwait (c) UAE(d) Saudia Arabia(e) None of these




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3. The government has imposed how muchfine on various telecom operators forcarrying out illegal activities in theirservices.(a) rupee 700 crore

(b) rupee 800 crore(c) rupee 900 crore(d) rupee 650 crore(e) none of these

4. World Forestry Day was observed on(a) March 21(b) March 22(c) March 20(d) March 1 9(e) None of these

5. Gov t has decided to withdrew proposedservice tax on(a) air-conditioned hospitals(b) International Air Fare(c) Five star hotel in NCR(d) SMEs directors salaries(e) none of these

6. Gov. has announced __hike in dearness

allowance for central government employees from January this year.(a) 5 percent (b) 6 percent (c) 7 percent (d) 9.5 percent (e) none of these

7. Nirmal Gram Puraskar has been one of the pioneering initiatives of the Ministry of Rural Development to encourage

(a) Panchayati Raj Institutions(b) Women Gram Pradhan(c) BDOs(d) Basis Shikha Adhakri(e) none of these

8. World Water Day is observed on(a) March 22(b) March 21(c) March 23

(d) March 24(d) March 1

9. Elizabeth Taylor, who died recently wasa famous(a) actress(b) scientist

(c) Pro-democrat campaigner(d) Social Worker(e) None of these

Answers: 1.a, 2.b, 3.a, 4.a 5.a, 6.b, 7.a,8.a,9.a

March 24:

1. Show cause notices have been issued tohow many companies for termination of their licences in connection to 2G spectrumallocation scam.(a) 13 (b) 15(c) 20 (d) 11(e) None of these

2. The Government has reconstitutedSociety of Film and Television Institute of India, FTII. Who is heading this Society?(a) Sanian Ansari(b) Saeed Mirza(c) Javed Akhtar

(d) Anupam Kher(e) none of these

3. Members in both Houses of Parliament have made a strong demand forimplementation of the recommendations of the___ wage boards for working journalistsand non-journalists without further delay.(a) Justice Shiva(b) Justice Majithia(c) Justice Suleman

(d) Vir Bhradra commitee(e) none of these

4. Recently, Planning Commission hasapproved record 1,950 crore rupees annualPlan for(a) Assam(b) West Bengal(c) Gujarat (d) Tripura

e, none of these




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5. From which state Jats have beendemanding reservation in centralgovernment jobs(a) Haryana(b) Delhi

(c) UP(d) Rajasthan(e) none of these

6. What is PFRDA? Which was in newsrecentlyAnswer: Pension Fund Regulatory andDevelopment Authority

7. Name the companies to whomComptroller and Auditor General of Indiahas urged to fix specific targets forreduction of carbon emission?(a) SAIL and RINL(b) ONGC and SAIL(c) IOL and ONGC(d) SAIL and RIL (e) none of these

Answer: 1 . a, 2. b, 3. b, 4. d, 5. c, 7 . a

March 25:

1. Who is Warren Edward Buffett?(a) industrialist (b) Honorary UN ambassador(c) investor(d) philanthropist (e) a, c and d

2. What the name UN Secretary -General,who recently warned Libya of furtheraction if Colonel Gaddafi does not halt violence against masses?

(a) Ban Ki-moon(b) Alfred Jones(c) Ben Graham(d) Saly Jones(e) none of these

3. Which committee recently submitted itsreport of CWG 2011 scam recently ?(a) Sarkari Committee(b) Shangvi committee

(c) shunglu committee(d) srikrishna committee

(e) none of these4. 12th National Road Safety CouncilMeeting held in(a) Banglore(b) Chennai

(c) New Delhi(d) Jaipur(e) Lucknow

5. Sports car R8 Spyder, has been launchedby(a) Merc(b) Ferrari(c) Audi(d) Fiat (e) none of these

6. The World Bank has sanctioned a loan of USD 350 million to expedite the process of highway development in ____(a) Karnataka(b) UP(c) Kerela(d) Jharkhand (e) none of these

7. Which Airlines has suspends first woman

pilot in licence scam(a) Go air(b) SpiceJet (c) Air India(d) King Fisher(e) none of these

8. First Indian co to make 1 lakh CV s is...(a) Tata(b) Ashok Leyland(c) M&M

(d) Eicher(e) none of these

Answers: 1 . e, 2. a, 3.c, 4. c, 5.c, 6. a, 7 .b, 8.a

March 26:

1. Earth Hour, was observed on?(a) March 25(b) March 26(c) March 27

(d) March 20(e) none of these




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2. The Indian Coast Guard (ICG)commissioned its base in ___ to improvecoastal security network in Maharashtrasea-coast?(a) Beed

(b) Yavatmal(c) Ratnagiri(d) Akola(e) Mumbai Sub-urban

3. The Prevention of Bribery of ForeignPublic Officials and Officials of PublicInternational Organisations Bill, 2011, willmake bribery as__ offence.(a) extraditable(b) RI(c) non-bailable(d) hawala(e) none of these

4. Aena, is the national airport operator of which country, where its employees went on 22 day s of strikes part-privatization of the said operator?(a) Spain (b) New Zealand(c) Peru (d) Chile (e) None of these

5. Who is Prime Minister's EconomicAdvisory Council (PMEAC) Chairman?(a) Vimal Jalan(b) C Rangarajan(c) Mukesh Diwan(d) Bejan Daruwala(e) none of these

6. Which state would launch a schemewhere 27 lakh school going children will be

offered free medical care?(a) Punjab(b) Goa(c) Gujarat (d) J&K(e) none of these

7. Recently government has announcedthat ban on export of pulses wouldcontinue till___

(a) March 2012(b) December 2011

(c) April 2013(d) July 2014(e) none of these

8. India to have satellite to monitor green

cover by the year(a) 2013(b) 2012(c) 2020(d) 2015(e) none of these

Answers: 1 . b, 2. c, 3.a, 4.a , 5.b, 6.e (Delhi).7 .a, 8. a

March 27:

1. In the latest Tiger Census data releasedon March 28, 2011, The tiger population inthe country has risen to___ in 2010 from1,411 in 2006.(a) 17 06(b) 1806(c) 2000(d) 1900(e) none of these

2. Which of this reserve was included forthe first time in the recent tiger census datareport?(a) Panna Tiger Reserve(b) Rajajee National Park (c) Sunderban region(d) Pench Sanctuary(e) none of these

3. Indian Coast Guard has decided to set uphow many coastal surveillance centres in

different parts of the country in 2011 tofurther strengthen the coastal security?(a) 120 (b) 46(c) 80 (c) 24(e) 11

4. Once implemented the coast of YamunaAction Plan-III would be..(a) 1656 crore (b) 3000 crore(c) 1700 crore (d) 1576 crore

(e) 2000 crore




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5. CII's India-Africa 2011 conclave held at (a) Chandigarh(b) Bangalore(c) New Delhi(d) Hyderabad

(e) none of these

6. India and Africa have been targeting howmuch worth trade by the year 2015(a) $80 bn(b) $70 bn(c) $90 bn(d) $100 bn(e) none of these

7. As per a report by AmnestyInternational, nearly how many peoplewere awarded death sentences across theworld in 2010(a) 18000(b) 20000(c) 15000(d) 25000(e) none of these

Answers: 1 . a, 2. c, 3. a, 4. a, 5. c, 6. b, 7 . a

March 29:

1. UN, NATO, Arab League and AfricanUnion recently met in to discuss situationin Libya?(a) New York (b) London(c) Berlin(d) Dubai(e) none of these

2. 48th Indian Maritime Week held at (a) New Delhi(b) Mumbai(c) Kochi(d) Kolkata(e) none of these

3. Recently Government enhanced subsidyallocation for modernisation of the textilesindustry to crore rupees

(a) 15404(b) 16056

(c) 17000(d) 20000(e) none of these

4. BIPA stands for?

(a) Bilateral Investment ProtectionAgreement (b) Bilateral Internal Protection Agreement (c) Bilateral Investment ProvisionAgreement (d) Bilateral Investment ProtectionAssignment (e) none of these

5. The Cabinet Committee on EconomicAffairs has approved a proposal for 4,500crore rupee foreign direct investment (FDI)(a) Hero Investments Pvt Ltd(b) Reliance Ltd)(c) Maruti Ltd(d) Tata Motors(e) none of these

6. Sirte, a town, is in..., which was in newsrecently(a) Japan

(b) Libya(c) Egypt (d) Sudan (e) none of these

7. Who is the writer of controversial book,Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and HisStruggle with India, which alleged Gandhias a homosexual?(a) Jposeph Lelyveld(b) Thomas Cook (c) Petre Andre

(d) Murphy Brown(e) none of these

Answers: 1 .b, 2.a, 3.a, 4.a, 5.a, 6.b, 7 . a

March 30:

1. In the 2nd instalment of grant in aidreleased for 4 states underPradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana Namethese 4 states

(a) Gujarat, Arunanchal Pradesh, MadhyaPradesh and Tripura




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(b) UP, Arunanchal Pradesh, MadhyaPradesh and Tripura(c) Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, MadhyaPradesh and Tripura(d) Gujarat, Arunanchal Pradesh, Madhya

Pradesh and Bihar(e) Gujarat, Arunanchal Pradesh, Bihar andTripura

2. Centre has provided an assistance of over 216 crore rupees for Subernrekhaproject. This project is in(a) Orissa(b) UP(c) Gujarat (d) Karnataka(e) none of these

3. A huge rare earth deposit that has morethan 70 tonnes of scandium, has beendiscovered in____(a) India(b) China(c) Brazil(d) Japan(e) none of these

4. Which country has decided to deploy aspecial motorized infantry brigade in itsArctic sector in 2011?(a) China (b) Russia (c) Norway(d) Greenland (e) Iceland

5. RBI's has directed that Customers willget alerts on their e-mails for alltransactions done through their debit orcredit cards from ___

(a) April 1, 2011(b) July 31, 2011(c) June 30, 2011(d) December 30, 2011(e) none of these

6. Council for Advancement of People'sAction and Rural Technology (CAPART)55th Executive committee meeting heldin....

(a) Mumbai(b) New Delhi

(c) Nagpur(d) Indore(e) Leh

7. Who was judged Man of the match in ICC

2011 2nd semi-final, played between Indiaand Pakistan?(a) Yuvraj Singh(b) Munaf Patel(c) Misba Ulaq(d) Zaheer Khan(e) Sachin Tendulkar

Ans. 1 .a, 2. a, 3. b, 4. b, 5. c, 6. b, 7.e

March 31:

1. As per Provisional Census 2011 , India'sPopulation is(a) 1 .21 billion(b) 1 .22 billion(c) 1 .20 billion(d) 1 .11 billion(e) 1 .25 billion

2. India's first census was done in...(a) 1872

(c) 1912(d) 1892(e) 1921

3. As per 2011 Census there are how manyfemales against 1,000 males?(a) 927 (b) 914 (c) 892(d) 1001 (e) none of these

4. To which country India will providegrant assistance of 2.67 crore to built three

storied campus building(a) Nepal (b) Bhutan(c) Sri Lanka (d) Maldives(e) none of these

5. Indian Railway s made highest everachievement in 2010-11 sinceindependence by constructing how muchnew lines in the said period?(a) 1050 km (b) 709 km

(c) 879 km (d) 910 km(e) none of these




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6. Who is the new captain of Australiancricket team for Test, ODI teams?(a) Mike Hussey(b) Shane Watson(c) Michael Clarke

(d) Cameron White(e) none of these

Answers: 1 . a, 2. a, 3.b, 4.a, 5. b, 6. c

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