Wednesday, February 7, 2007

Answers to the questions of Jan 30 2007

What is ETA in Spain?
A: Euskadi Ta Askatasuna or ETA

Who is the Israeli president who is facing charges on rape?
A: Moshe Katzav

What is Indo Russian trade volume?
A: around 3 Billion Dollors

What is Sinopec?
A: The China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation

Who is Jagdish Khattar?
A: MD, Maruti Udyog Limited. and former IAS officer

What is IRDA in insurance terms?
A: Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority

Write the full form of TRAI?
A: Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of India

Who has the major stake in VSNL?
A: Tatas

What is MIDHANI?
A: Mishra Dhatu Nigam limited, DOD agency, Hyderabad

How many sites in India are there in the world heritage list?
A: 26

Who is the head of SBI?
A: Om Prakash Bhatt - Chairman. SBI is under RBI as of now and may go into the hands of the government.

Which Indian bank is having the largest number of foreign branches?
A: SBI - the largest bank in the world in terms of manpower and branches

What is the institute started in Chennai testing on newsprint and inks?
A: Ifra India and the Research Institute of Newspaper Development Institute, Chennai

Who are the largest producers of gas?
A: Saudi Arabia, Canada and Iran

Which country is supporting the Koodankulam reactors?
A: Russia

Who is the guest for this years Republic day celebrations?
A: Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia

What is FBTR?
A: Fast Breed Test Reactor under IGCAR and BARC

What is bio dynamic farming?
A:Biodynamics is a method of agriculture which seeks to actively work with the health-giving forces of nature. It is the oldest non-chemical agricultural movement in the world

What are the different types of diabetes?
A: Insulin - Dependent Diabetes Mallitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetis Mallitus and Gestational Diabetis

Which company produces the Flexcube banking software?
A: I-Flex

What is OVL’s stake in Sakhalin 1?
A: 20%

Who was the Armenian journalist shot dead recently for condemning the Armenian genocide by Turkey?
A: Dink

Where is Karwar naval base?
A: Karnataka - a Blue water project of the Navy exclusively, code named Seabird - INS Kadamba - Binaga Point to the Anjadip Island is the exact place.

What is a bogoslof?
A: Bogoslof Island is the summit of a largely submarine stratovolcano located in the Bering Sea

When was the Secretary of State post established in India?
A: Pitt's India Act 1784

Who is the head of Tata steels?
A: Ratan Tata, MD of Tata Steel is Muthuraman

What is POSCO famous for?
A: Pohang Iron and Steel Company, third largest steel company in the world, South Korea

Who is the head of HAMAS?
A: Khaled Mashaal and Ismail Haniya

Who is the PM of PoK?
A: Attitque Khan

Where was Vijay Nambiar selected?
A: Chief of Staff of the New Secretary General, UN

Answers to the questions of Feb 06 2007

What is IPCC?and what is its recent conclusions on the world cliamte
A: Intergovernmental panel for climate change - it said the globe is heating at an alarming rate of 3 degrees per millennium

What is isostasy?
A: it is something similar to the archimedis principle relating to the tectonic movement inside the earth between the lithosphere and the asthenosphere owing due to the pressure of the heavy lithosphere on the other!

Where is proposed space command of India coming?
A: At Akkulam near Thiuruvananthapuram in Kerala and mostly it will be under the control of IAF

Where is INS Zamorin located?
A:Ezhimala in Kerala a depo base for coordinating administrative matters under Western Naval Command (HQ: Mumbai)

Which country has the highest cashewnut production?
A:India

Between whom was the third battle of Panipat fought?
A:Between the Marathas and the Afghan Emperor Ahmed Shah Abdali in 1761

Where is Isfahan located?
A: Old Persia - it is near to Tehran and has some World Heritage sites in this beatuful Islamic city

Where is the river Irawady located?
A:Myanmar near the city Mandalay which is the old capital city of Burma

Who is the military general of Myanmar?
A: Sr Gen Shan Thwe

Against whom did Che and Castro wage the war?
A: Against the incumbent government of Batista

Who are the Sandinistas?
A: The FSLN - the members of this party in Nicargua are called as Sandinistas and are in power again in 2006 under Daniel Ortega

Which is the second highest gallantry award in India?
A: Maha Vir Chakra