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November current affairs questions

1. Who has been reappointed as the Secretary General of 54-nation

Commonwealth of Nations for 2nd consecutive term?

Kamalesh Sharma

2. Name the MAN industries chairman who passed away recently.

JM Mansukhani

3. Who has been named best European investment banker of the year?

Anshu Jain

4. Which country¶s cabinet unanimously decided to grant India Most Favoured

Nation trade status?

Pakistan

5. Which country is set to donate used laptop for charity?

Dubai

6. Which car range of Ariel Motor¶s is set to arrive in India?

Atom range

7. Name the countries which have pressed the Europeans to act swiftly to

contain their sovereign debt crisis.

China, Russia and the United States

8. Name the RIM¶s Managing Director for India who quit recently.

Frenny Bawa

9. Whichmusic application of RIM for its popular messaging service is to be

made

available for downloading?

BBM Music

10. What is the name given to James Bond¶s recent movie?

Skyfall



11. Who has been awarded The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star by

Japan?

Maruti Suzuki India Chairman R.C.Bhargava

12. In w

hich

district of Karnataka would th

e Biotech

Park worth

Rs.103.27 crorewas approved by cabinet recently?

Mysore

13. Which is the recent Tablet PC running on windows operating system

revealed by HP?

Slate 2 Tablet PC

14. Name one of the oldest singers who passed away recently ?

Bhupen Hazarika

15. Name the woman officer who became the fourth generation of a family to

serve police continuously since 1921.

Manusmriti

16. What value of demand drafts to be account payee only as per RBI

notification?

Above Rs.20,000

17. Where is the 17th SAARC summit to be held?

Addu city in Maldives



18. On whose name has the Manchester United renamed the north stand at its

Old Trafford stadium?

Sir Alex Ferguson manager of Manchester United since 25 years

19. Wh

ich

banks total businessh

as crossed Rs.25,000 crore mark recently? City Union Bank

20. Name the new cement launched by ACC specially focused for coastal areas.

Coastal Plus

21. What is the validity of banks drafts, pay orders and cheques from the date

of issuing, starting April 1st 2012?

3 month validity

22. Wh

oh

as been crowned Miss South

India? Bangalore beauty Lakhsmi Anand

23. Who won the Miss World crown for 2011?

Miss Venezuela ± Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colimenares

24. Who has been approached for a motivational campaign during 2012 London

Olympics?

Deepika Padukone

25. Who became India¶s most prolific Test wicketkeeper getting past SyedKirmani¶s longstanding record of 198 Test dismissals?

Mahendra Singh Dhoni with 200 dismissals

26. What is the new kind of password developed by researchers for online

account to help protect against hacking?

Picture password

27. Name the CBS television commentator who died recently.

Andy Rooney

28. What has been made mandatory at the time of buying motor insurance by

IRDA?

Nominee name



29. Where is India¶s largest telescope set to be placed for watching distant

stars and galaxies?

Devasthal ± 50km from Nanital town

30. Wh

ich

companyh

as been named top Indian company for investor relations? Infosys

31. Which country¶s Prime Minister made a surprise visit to Afghanistan?

Australian PM Julia Gillard

32. Which award is singer Lata Mangeshkar set to receive?

K.L.Saigal award by Savitri Samiti

33. Which team won gold at the World patrol meet?

Indian Army team

34. Who became the first cricketer to score 15,000 runs in test cricket?

Sachin Tendulkar

35. Who has won the Ezhuthachan award (highest literary prize instituted by

Kerala Government ?

M.T.Vasudevan Nair

36. Which country has banned Apple iPhone?

Germany

37. Who bought the rights of American TV series 24?

Anil Kapoor

38. Which agreement has India and Nepal due to sign?

DTAA ± Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement

39. Which company recently setup its R and D centre in India for e-commerce

solutions?

Walmart

40. At what price the Centre is set to supply rice to all below poverty line

families under the proposed Food Security Act?

Re.1 per kg



41. Which Spanish bank is to setup a representative office in India to help

Spanish companies to tap into the fast growing Indian economy?

Caixabank

42. Wh

at is th

e unique feature of HTC edge which

is set to be released in 1stquarter of 2012?

First Quad-Core smartphone

43. Which educational institutes of Britain have introduced Study of Ancient

India?

Cambridge University

44. Where is the Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber Physical Systems has been

unveiled?

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

45. Which are the 2 awards or recognitions India bagged at the World Travel

Market 2011?

World¶s Leading Destination and World¶s Leading Tourist Board award

46. Who has been appointed as CEO of UBS India?

Aashish Kamat

47. Which Indian city is set to host the World Economic Forum¶s India Economic

Summit?

Mumbai

48. Which airlines recommendation to financial bail out appears to have failed?

Kingfisher Airlines

49. Which continent is fast-emerging IT market, as the name Dark Continent

fades off?

Africa

50. Which scenes have been banned by Indian Government in movies and TV

recently?

Smoking scenes



51. With what motto has SAARC summit 2011 concluded?

Building bridges, Resolve to fight terrorism and implementation of South Asian

Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA)

52. Wh

at is th

e increased interest rate for savings in Post office in India? 4 percent

53. Where has the biggest ever diamond unearthed in India?

37.68 carat diamond has been unearthed by NMDC at Panna in Madhya Pradesh

54. Which country would host 18th SAARC summit in 2012?

Nepal

55. Where is the India¶s first ocenarium planned?

Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra

56. Which country senate cleared economic reform bill recently?

Italy

57. Who became the first foreign head of government or state to address

µPeople¶s Majlis¶, Maldives¶ Parliament in its history of 78 years?

Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh

58. Which country has announced USD 100 million credit facility to Maldives?

India

59. Name the website launched by commonwealth war graves commission to

honour undivided India¶s war heroes.

www.cwgc.org

60. Who has been appointed as SEBI chief?

U.K.Sinha

61. Where is the Asia-Pacific summit being held?

Hawaii

62. Name the first animated film in Kannada for children which are to be

screened at the 17th edition of the International Children¶s Film festival in

Hyderabad.

Chintu¶s Skool



63. Who has been appointed as Prime Minister of Italy?

Mario Monti

64. Where the 31st India International Trade Fair (IITF) is being held?

Pragathi Maidan, New Delhi

65. All ministers of which state have submitted resignations ahead of cabinet

reshuffle?

Rajasthan state ministers

66. Which cabinet has proposed division of Uttar Pradesh into 4 states?

Uttar Pradesh (Mayawati) cabinet

67. Who is set to take over as General Motors President and MD of India

operations from 1st

January 2012? Lowell Paddock

68. Which Canadian city bids to host IIFA in 2013?

Vancouver

69. Who has been selected for Swaralaya-Devarajan Master award?

KJ. Yesudas

70. Which bank became the 1st lender to raise funds in offshore yuan in China?

IDBI

71. Who becomes first US president to take part in East Asian nations summit?

Barack Obama

72. 113. Who is set to be honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the

Dubai International Film Festival?

A.R.Rahman

73. 114. Name the bank which has launched Mobile Bank Accounts in

association with Vodafone¶s m-paisa.

HDFC Bank

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