Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Answers for questions on May 30, 2007

Who is the new Forwards Market Commission head?
A: BC Khatua who replaced Sunderesan recently

Who is the richest Asian woman, who recently expired?
A: Nina Wang died recently and now the richest woman is Rita Sharma

Who received the 2007 Malcolm Adishesaih award?
A: Dr Ramachandra Guha has been awarded this award for development studies for 2007

Who is the new Miss Universe?
A: Riya Mori of Japan - japan got this after 46 years...

What is the new concept of Global navy?
A: An US Idea of informal 100 ships to meet emergencies and Indian Navy is not a part of it as of now

Which is the oil and gas company which has taken over the private oil fields and production in Venezuela?
A: I think it is taken by the state owned PDVSA

Which company bought Covansys?
A: CSC

Who is the head of the Italian space agency?
A: Goinavvi Bignami

Which CM in India got the Millennium development Goals award of the UN?
A: Vasudhara Raje of Rajasthan

Who is the chief of UGC?
A: Sukhadeo Thorat

What are the Marine Commandos called?
A: MARCOS

Who is the head of the commission on Centre State ties?
A: MM Punchhi

Which university is in the development of the “cloak of invisibility”?
A:

What is NIPER?
A: National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research - Mohali - Punjab

Who is the CARLOS THE JACKAL?
A: Illich Ramirez Sanchez - a venezulan extreme leftist who was involved in the bombing of OPEC headquarters

What is NTC? How many mills does it have now? What are the problem faced by it?
A: National Textile Corporation, it is the single largest central PSU for textiles with 52 textile mills under it and comes under the Ministry of textiles - problems faced by it are the restructuring and modernisation along with the issue of special purpose vehicle

What is PCPIR? When was it released?
A: Petroleum, Chemicals, Petrochemicals Investment Region Policy - released on May 8th 2007

How much stake does Holcim have in ACC?
A: 41%

What is IMDEX 2007?
A: International Maritime Defence Exhibition and Conference

Which states form the “Gang of Four “ in Self help groups?
A: Andhra pradesh, karnataka, kerala and tamil nadu

Who is Gordon Scott,Roman Polanski?
A: Gordon is the famous Tarzan who died recently and Roman Polanski is the Academy award winning Hollywood Director - he won the award for The Pianist

What is an SLP in judiciary?
A: Special Leave Petition

Who received the Prem Bhatia award?
A: Pallavi Ayyier - the Hindu Correspondent in China for political relations coverage

Who received the Florence Nightingale award?
A: Major General Mrs Shashi Bala of Military Nursing was given this award this year

What is backwater effect related to a dam?
A: related with The submergence level of the villages when the water in the dam crosses its limit to store

Where is IISER located?
A: Pune

Which official of the DRDO has been appointed by the UN to report on the implementation of the UNSC resolution?
A: V Siddhratha

Which country has the largest Catholic population?
A:

Who are Metric Martyr’s?
A: British Food Sellers - they were fined for not allowing to use Metric system for weighing

Which country leads in wind energy production?
A: Germany and India is in the fourth position

What are VAJRA corps?
A: One of the illustrious and elite unit of the Indian army - part of the Punjab regiment

Which two directors are planning to produce films on TINTIN?
A: Steven Speilberg and Peter Jackson

Where is the 2008 Olympics to be held?
A: Biejing, China

Who is Jose Ramos Horta?
A: the Newly elected president of east timor

What is the 93rd amendment?
A: Reservation and the addtion of Article 15(5) for allowing the state to make reservations for other backward classes in educational institutions

Who is the new cabinet secretary?
A: KM Chandrasekhar - BK Chaturvedi is the previous one

What is demutualization?
A: The process in which a mutual company becomes a share company

Monday, May 21, 2007

Answers for questions on May 15, 2007

Which tigers are facing extinction in Russia?
A: The Siberian Tiger is facing extinction in Russia - this is also called as Amur

Who is the lady officer of World bank involved in scandal with Paul Wolfowitz?
A: Shaha Riza

In which marathon did Sunita Williams participate from the space?
A: Boston Marathon

What are MRO’s in aviation sector?
A: Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul

Who is the president of ASSOCHAM?
A: Anik K Agarwal is the president and venugopal Dhoot is the chairman of ASSOCHAM

A new scheme for “destitute woman” to find husbands has been launched in which Indian state?
A: Jharkhand

What is the name of the new airport coming in the outskirts of Hyderabad?
A: GMR - Hyderabad International Airport Limited - a joint venture of GMR and Govt of Andhra Pradesh

Who is the head of Belarus who visited India?
A: Alexander Lukashenko

Who is the first Russian PM to visit Pakistan in 40 years?
A: Micheal Fradkov

Which is the latest jet fighter being sold by China to Pakistan?
A: F-17 with russian made engines

What is pod casting?
A: The process of syndicating or broadcasting digital media files over the internet to portable devices and computers

What is the NMITLI program of the CSIR?
A: New Millennium Indian Technology Leadership Initiative - largest public -private partnership in r and d in india - the scheme is coordinated by the technology networking and business development division of CSIR under RA Mashelkar - DG of CSIR and secretary, DSIR, Ministry of science and technology

Who is the head of CSIR?
A: RA Mashelkar is the director general of CSIR

What is Jetlite?
A: Air Sahara renamed as Jet Lite after Jet acquired it!

Who are the Los Angeles times journalists who won the Pulitzer award?
A:

Who received the 20007 Malcolm Adisheshiah award?
A:

Who is the chairman of the national commission for minority educational institutions (NCMEI)?
A: MSA Siddiqui

Which company launched the TENEA?
A:

What is a limbo for Christians?
A: the edge or boundary of the hell - the doctrine of Limbo!

Who founded the city of Rome?
A: Romulus and Remus - twins founded this city in 750 BC

Which company launched the fastest inkjet printer?
A:

Which civil servants received the award for excellence in public administration?
A:

Which is the largest automobile maker in India and the world?
A: General Motors