Renowned ____ writer Peter Roebuck has died in South Africa.

Ans: Cricket In ____, the Government of India had set up the Indian Research Fund Association, as the Premier National Agency for the formulation, promotion and conduct of bio medical research in India. Ans: 1911 Ajay Maken. Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs & Sports has sanctioned ex-gratia assistance of ____ to Rikita Dhar, a former cyclist from National Welfare Fund for Sports Persons. Ans: Rs. 3 Lakh Ajay Maken. Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs & Sports has sanctioned ex-gratia assistance of ____ to Desh Prem Azad, a former Cricket Coach from National Welfare Fund for Sports Persons. Ans: Rs. 3,44,703 The 17th SAARC summit was held on November 10-11, 2011 at Abu Dhabi city in ____. Ans: Maldives The 6th G-20 summit was held in Cannes, _____ on November 3-4, 2011. Ans: France 27th India Economic Summit was held in ____ on 12-14 November, 2011. Ans: Mumbai The 31st India International Trade Fair (IITF) was held in ____ on November 1427, 2011. Ans: New Delhi Who is the new Prime Minister of Italy?

Ans: Mario Monti Who has won Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Pix? Ans: Lewis Hamilton Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq-Quereshi have won their first ever ATP Masters in _____. Ans: Paris Who has won 116th All India Beighton Cup? Ans: Indian Oil Who is the new Prime Minister of Greece? Ans: Lucas PAPADEMOS Who is the new President of Guatemala? Ans: Otto Perez Molina World Diabetes Day is celebrated every year on _____. Ans: 14th November Jamaican Usain Bolt and ___ Sprinter Sally Pearson have won Athletic of the Year awards in Monaco on 12th of November 2011. Ans: Australian Which India Mining Company got the Finance Ministrys permission to acquire stakes in overseas unlisted firms? Ans: Coal India Ltd. India-Japan Defence Ministers Meeting was held in ____ on 2nd November, 2011. Ans: Tokyo India and Japan agreed to hold their first bilateral naval exercise in _____. Ans: 2012

Nicol David is related to which Sport? Ans: Squash Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colmenares won which title when she participated in an event in November 2011 in London? Ans: Miss World Who is the winner of Peoples Parliament Global Award? Ans: Nelson Mandela The ____ edition of the Miss World pageant was held in London on 6th November, 2011. Ans: 61st Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) extended the 100 sms per day limit to ____ sms per day, per Sim. Ans: 200 Which State Government has launched one rupee a kilo rice scheme on 1st November 2011? Ans: Andhra Pradesh East India Hotels inducted ____ on its Board on 31st October 2011. Ans: Nita Ambani Noted Hindi Novelist and ____, Srilal Shukla has passed away. Ans: Satirist Indian American Bobby Jindal has been re-elected as the governor of ____ Ans: Louisiana Which state has topped the list in Utilizing the Fund for Minorities? Ans: Jammu-Kashmir

Dr. M.K. Mani has received the ____ Dhanvantari Award for excellence in medical services from Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shindhe. Ans: 40th The ____ Assembly of the Inter-parliamentary union was held in Bern, Switzerland from 16th October to 19th October 2011. Ans: 125th Eminent ____ Novelist George Varghese Kakkanadan has passed away on 19 October 2011. Ans: Malayalam India and ____ held two-day trade talks in New Delhi on 14-15 November 2011. Ans: Pakistan The UK based World Sikh University has conferred an Honorary doctorate on ____, Vice President of Indian Olympic Association. Ans: Tarlochan Singh. Which State Government launched a web based Social Security Pension System on 19th October 2011? Ans: Rajasthan Veteran _____ leader and former Karnataka Minister K.H. Ranganath has died in Bangalore on 18th October 2011. Ans: Congress The ____ edition of Durand Cup has been won by the Churchil Brothers. Ans: 124th IBSA summit concluded in Pretoria, South Africa. What is the full form of IBSA? Ans: India Brazil South Africa

UN Security Council consists of 5 permanent members and ____ non-permanent members. Ans: 10 World Food Day was observed on which date with the theme- Food Prices From Crisis to Stability? Ans: 16 October India and ___ have agreed to strengthen bilateral co-operation in the MSME Sector. Ans: South Africa Tehelka is an ____ weekly political magazine. Ans: Indian Who has won gold in the 51 Kg Category at 12th Senior Womens National Boxing Championship? Ans: MC Mary Kom In which year Dadasaheb Phalke Award was instituted? Ans: 1969 The difference between visible exports and visible imports is defined as ____. Ans: Balance of Trade In the year 2018, Common Wealth Games will be organized in which country? Ans: Australia First share market in India was established in ____. Ans: Mumbai Research and Analysis Wing is the Intelligence Agency of ____. Ans: India

Bad Loans in banking terminology are generally known as ____. Ans: NPAs The 19th ASEAN Summit was held in Bali, ____. Ans: Indonesia An Amount of ___ has been sanctioned for the Vivekananda Value Education Programme to R.K. Mission, Belur Math. Ans: Rs. 100 Crores Which State Government implemented the Public Service Guarantee Act in the state on 14th November 2011? Ans: Rajasthan Who is the author of the book Whatever the Odds? Ans: K.P. Singh Who has assumed charge of office as Secretary, Health & Family Welfare, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, government of India? Ans: P.K. Pradhan Who has assumed charge of office as Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj, government of India? Ans: Kiran Dhingra Who has appointed as Chair Person of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board? Ans: S. Krishnan Who took oath as new Chairman of the Competition Commission of India? Ans: Ashok Chawla Pranay Sahay has been appointed Director General of the ____.

Ans: Sashastra Seema Bal The first meeting of the Indo Malawi Joint Working Group on Mining Resources was held in ____. Ans: New Delhi Who took charge as the Chairman, Central Board of Exercise and Customs on 31st October, 2011? Ans: Pradeep Kumar The Minister of Water Resources Pawan Kumar Bansal represented India at the ____ ICID Congress. Ans: 21st. M.S Dhoni and ____ have been bestowed the honor for their outstanding contribution in the field of sports and their commitment to the Army on various occasions. Ans: Abhinav Bindra The Vice President of India M. Hamid Ansari, released a book entitled Maati Ka Rhin based on the patriotic poems written by ____. Ans: Ram Updesh Singh Who has been appointed as the Director of the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad? Ans: V.N. Rai Who has been re-elected as the Chair Person of Partners in Population Development (PPD)? Ans: Ghulam Nabi Azad Who took over as Secretary, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, government of India? Ans: Radha Krishna Mathur

Nobel Prize Winner Norman Ramsey has passed away; he has won Nobel ____ Prize in 1989. Ans: Physics Food Corporation of India (FCT) was established on ____ by the Government of India. Ans: 14th January, 1965 Who has been appointed the new president of MAIT? Ans: Alok Bharadwaj India and which country have agreed to strengthen bilateral co-operation in the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Sector? Ans: South Africa Who has been elected the Chairman of Audit Bureau of Circulations? Ans: Sam Balsara The centre has made special allocation of ____ food grains to Sikkim at BPL prices. Ans: 2800 MT Who has been appointed the next Director General of Border Security Force? Ans: U.K. Bansal Sachin Pilot, the Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology released the CD containing Text-To-Speech system(TTS) IN ___ Indian languages. Ans: Six Who took charge as the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India?

Ans: Pulok Chatterjee Neyveli Lignite Corporation, a PSU of Ministry of Coal presented a dividend cheque of ___ to Coal Minister, Sriprakash Jaiswal. Ans: Rs. 360.02 Crore Who is the new Chairman and Managing Director of ONGC? Ans: Sudhir VASUDEVA Who launched a composite herbal formulation named Perfomax that has been developed by DRDO? Ans: Dr. M M. Pallam Raju Who has been appointed the new chairman of the Press Council of India? Ans: Markandey Katju Who took over as Acting Chief Justice of Delhi High Court? Ans: Arjan Kumar Sikri Amar Kant and ___ were chosen for Jnanpith Award for the year 2009? Ans: Shrilal Shukla Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has announced a ___ grant for quake-hit Sikkim. Ans: Rs. 1000 Crore World Champion runner ___ has been honored with the Pride of India Award? Ans: Fauja Singh How many Scientist have been selected for Santi Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology for the year 2011?

Ans: 11 India and ___ will collaborate in weather forecasting and Tsunami Warning System. Ans: Thailand Who has been honored with the first Hridaynath Award? Ans: Lata Mangeshkar Jai Bhagwan is related to which sport? Ans: Boxing Academician ____ has been honored with the Education Award of Excellence. Ans: Rajendra Kumar Anayath NRI entrepreneur ___ has been conferred with the Jewel of Punjab Award. Ans: Avtar Lit Where is located the headquarters of the North East Zone Cultural Center? Ans: Dimapur Orthopedic Surgeon ___ has been honored with the Community Champion Award. Ans: Jimmy Daruwalla Who is the winner of Mens singles at Cincinnati Open 2011? Ans: Andy Murray Englands test skipper, Andrew Strauss and Coach ___ have received OBE award.

Ans: Andy Flower What is the correct full form of the export promotion scheme DEPB? Ans: Duty Entitlement Passbook Indian off-spinner ___ has been conferred with Sikh Sports person of the Year at the World Sikh Awards 2011? Ans: Harbhajan Singh Who has written the book titled The Perils of Democracy? Ans: P. C. Alexander Veteran and noted ____ Dr. Haridutt Bhatt Shailesh passed away? Ans: Writer Which river is known as Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet? Ans: Brahmaputra The former presiding officer of the ___, C. Achuthan has passed away. Ans: Securities Appellate Tribunal What is the minimum annual investment limit in New Pension Scheme? Ans: Rs. 6000 Maqbool Sabri has passed away recently. Who was he? Ans: Qawal Singer ____ Veteran and former Union Minister Vasant Sathe has passed away. Ans: Congress

K.k. Srivastava has taken over as new Member Traffic, ___ and ex-officio secretary to Govt. of India. Ans: Railway Board Six-time Congress MLA of ___, Prem Singh has passed away. Ans: Himachal Pradesh Which state govt. launched a micro-finance project for women on 8 October, 2011? Ans: Delhi Nobel peace prize winner and environmentalist Wangari Maathai died. She was won the Nobel peace prize in ___. Ans: 2004 India and ___ agreed to set up a mechanism for payment of crude oil and ensure bilateral trade. Ans: Iran Film producer ____ has passed way. Ans: Surinder Kapoor Federation Cup is associated with which sport? Ans: Football Rajya Sabha Member and ___ Ramdayal Munda has passed away. Ans: Educationist The IBSF World Mens Snooker Championship 2011 will be held in ___. Ans: Bangalore

Former ____ Chief Minister Bhagwat Jha Azad has passed away. Ans: Bihar Who has won the Mens Singles Badminton Title at the Japan Open 2011? Ans: Chen Long Roger Williams has passed away recently. He was a famous ____. Ans: Pianist Former ____ all-rounder cricketer Dominic Cork announced his retirement from cricket. Ans: England Noted ___ Vishnudutt Bagar has passed away. Ans: Economist Rastriya Swasthya Bima Yojana was formally launched on ____. Ans: October 1, 2007 Jawahar Gram Samriddhi Yojna was been launched on ____. Ans: 1st April, 1999 The Apple founder and former ___ Steve Jobs has passed away. Ans: CEO Sarva Siksha Avijan was launched in ____. Ans: 2001 Renowned India ____ Singer Jagjit Singh has passed away. Ans: Ghazal

Prime Ministers Rozgar Yojna was launched on _____. Ans: October 2, 1993 National Rural Livelihoods Mission was launched on ____. Ans: 3rd June, 2011 India-Czech Republic Trade will touch US $ 2 Billion by ____. Ans: 2012 Rajiv Gandhi Gramin LPG Vitaran Yojana was launched in ____. Ans: October 16, 2009 Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya Scheme was launched in _____. Ans: July, 2004 International Day for Disaster Reduction is observed on the second ____ of October. Ans: Wednesday Which country is maker of Nissan Car? Ans: U.S.A Singareni Collieries Company Limited has paid a dividend of ____ to the Government of India for the year 2010-11. Ans: Rs. 42.38 Crore The central government approved financial assistance worth ___ for quakehit West Bengal. Ans: Rs. 120 Crore

In which country Multan Cricket Stadium is located? Ans: PAKISTAN India and ____ signed a comprehensive social security agreement. Ans: Germany Sebastian Vettel is associated with which sport? Ans: Formula 1 Race Which country's first female athlete is set to participate in Olympics 2012? Ans : Saudi Arabia Who is set to take over as LG Display Co. Ltd.'s Chief Executive in 2012? Ans : Han Sang-beom Name the Indian origin American who won Guardian First Book award. Ans : Siddhartha Mukherjee Which telecom provider is set to allow its mobile subscribers in India to access micro-blogging site Twitter on their handsets free of cost untill March 1st, 2012? Ans : Bharti Airtel Which foreign lender bank has launched fixed rate for home loan and loans against property? Ans : HSBC. Which channel did Pakistan cable operators block recently? Ans : BBC World News Which two social networking sites have joined hands to challenge Facebook?

Ans : Twitter amd Mixi Who has been appointed as Chief Privacy Officer(Policy) for facebook? Ans : Erin Egan Who has been appointed as Chief Privacy Officer(Products) for facebook? Ans : Michael Richter Which Indian banks credit rating have been assigned stable tag by Standard and Poor International rating agency? Ans : State Bank of India, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and Indian Bank Name the 2-day literature festival scheduled to be held in Delhi. Ans : Samanvay: IHC Bharatiya Bhasa Mahotsav Name the Apple's co-founder who is set to visit India's technology capital. Ans : Steve Wozniak Where is ITC set to build $300 million hotel? Ans : Colombo, Sri Lanka Name the re-branding of its existing milk and yoghurt products in India by Nestle. Ans : Nestle a+ Name the short film about child poverty in India which won the Golden Lmap Tree award at the 42nd International Film festival. Ans : Another Planet Who won the 2011 Prince Philip Designers Prize? Ans : Quentin Blake

Who is appointed as CEO of Thomson Reuters Corp? Ans : James Smith Which English singer-songwriter is nominated for 6 nominations in 2011 Grammy awards? Ans : Adele Which poet won the 2011 Cervantes Prize (The spanish-speaking world's highest literary honour)? Ans : Nicanor Parra.

Who is on historic Myanmar visit? Ans : Secreatary of state Hillary Clinton Who has been named best European investment banker of the year? Ans : Anshu Jain Name the ball developed by Adidas which would be the official ball of the Euro 2012 European Football Championship. Ans : Tango 12 Which company has launched triple sim mobile with Analog TV in India? Ans : G'Five Which telecom service provider touched 50 million customers mark in Africa recently? Ans : Airtel

Name the Guyana born US resident who has been elected as the international president of the Global Organisation of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO). Ans : Ashook Ramsaran Name the telecom giant from New York who was awarded with Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Award on the eve of Late Indira Gandhi's 94th birthday. Ans : K.Ll.Sardana

Saranda Action Plan, has been recently launched by Rural Development Ministry. It will be implemented firstly in Naxal-hit Saranda district of which of the state? Ans : Jharkhand Pune based social activist Baba Adhav is known for championing the cause of protection for which segments of Indian society? Ans : Workers of Unorganised Sector Which country is the host to 17th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit in November 2011? Ans : Maldives The controversial Sindol hydro-power project is located in which states of India? Ans : Odisha Who is the current President of the Indian Premier League? Ans : Rajeev Shukla Recently, which country has completed the deployment of its global positioning satellite group Glonass? Ans : Russia

Year 2011 corresponds to which among the following years in Holocene calendar or Holocene era (HE)? Ans : 12011 Inukurthi Venkateshwara Rao has received the Dronacharya Award 2011 for which sports? Ans : Boxing Sandhya Rani Devi was recently awarded Arjuna Award for which sports? Ans : Wushu The growers of which of the commodity in India are awarded with Prof. K M Chandy Memorial Award in India? Ans : Rubber Who has recently sworn in as the chief of the Central Intelligence Agency (United States)? Ans : David Petraeus In which year Dadasaheb Phalke Award was instituted? Ans : 1669 India has been providing assistance to which neighbors for strengthening and extension of embankments along Lalbakeya, Bagmati and Kamla rivers? Ans : Nepal

Cristina Fernndez de Kirchner has been recently reelected for a second term as President of country? Ans : Argentina Which Indian archers have won Silver Medal in World Cup archery finals in Istanbul recently? Ans : Deepika Kumari Neelima Mishra has recently won which award? Ans : Ramon Magsaysay Award At which place, the Borlaug Institute for South Asia (BISA) has been established in India recently? Ans : Ludhiana Commonwealth Games bronze-medalist Jai Bhagwan is related to which sport? Ans : Boxing Nabam Tuki has been sworn in as Chief Minister of which state recently? Ans : Arunachal Pradesh Who heads the new committee set up by Ministry of Railways to review longterm safety needs of the national transporter? Ans : Anil Kakodkar Global Warrior and Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai is from

Ans: Kenya Which state of India has now 75 districts ?

Ans : Uttar Pradesh Who recently become the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand for the second time ?

Ans : Bhuvan Chandra Khanduri Justice J.S Shekher has been appointed as the recently appointed as-

Ans : The Judge of Supreme court Leila Lopes who has been crowned with Miss Universe 2011 title is the national citizen of Ans : Angola Who among the following has been honored with 45th Jananipath Award 2009 ? Ans : Both of the above Who among the following has been honoured with 46th Jananipath Award 2010 ? Ans : Chandrashekher Kambar Under the 63rd Prime time Emmy Awards who among the following has been adjudged best actress in the category of Movies ? Ans : Kate Winslet Who has been honoured with Appan Menon Award ? Ans : Srinivas Ramani

Who among the following has been honoured with Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 2011 in Mathematical sciences? Ans : Dr. Mahan Mj Who among the following has figured in the list of World`s 50 most influential people in UK`s Left wing magazine 'New Statesman' ? Ans : Both of the above Which country has emerged as thee most competitive country at global level in the annual global Competitiveness Report (CGR) of the world economic forum ? Ans : Switzerland India`s Rank in the Global Competitiveness Report of World Economic forum is ? Ans : 56th As per the global Livability Survey,which Australian city has ranked as most livable city in the world Ans : Melbourne