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Thursday, November 22, 2007
QSeries-1
1)What are the intermediate range ballistic missiles of India?
A) Agni I, Agni II and Agni III are the intermediate ballistic missiles of India...
2)What is the Indian Navy's only Sail Training Ship? what is the name of the voyage that it has just completed?
A) INS Tarangini is the ship and the name of the voyage is Lokayan-07
3)Which countries signed Abuja Declaration? give salient points of this
A) It is the declaration of strategic partnership between India and Nigeria.
Salient points are: Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement, Expedition Treaty, Oil trade, support for UNSC seat for India
4)Which is the country that joined the Asia-pacific partnership on climate and clean development? who are the other member coutries in this?
A) Canada is the country that has joined recently. India, Australia, EU, USA. China and Japan are the members
5)Who are the signatories of the IBSA Tshwane summit? where is it held?
A) India, South Africa and Brazil are the signatories and the summit was held in Pretoria.
6)Who were the reciepents of this year's Indira gandhi award for national integration...?
A) Prof Ram Puniyani and Juzar Sulebhai Bandukwala for their work on social harmony
7)Where are the two new Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research - IISER going to be setup by the HRD? where are the other IISERs so far set up in India?
A) Bhopal and Thiruvananthapuram. The other IISERs are in Kolkata, Pune, and Mohali
FYI - NISER - National Institute of Science Education and Research is a sister institute for IISER and is located in Bhuvaneshwar, Orissa
8)Where is the Indian Institute of Dalit Studies?
A) New Delhi
9) Who heads the National Land Reforms council?
A) Prime Minister
10)whats the name of the organization setup by the Andhra pradesh govt to fight terrorism in the state?
A) Octopus
11) Where is the Indian National Center for Ocean Information Services
A) Hyderabad
12) The national Tsunami Early warning system was inagurated in:
A) Hyderabad
13) The first ever International prize for an African leader for good governance and excellence in leadership has gone to?
A) Joquin Chissano who is ex-mozambique president
14) Who is the chairman of SEBI
A) M Damodaran
15) Who is the Drugs Controller General of India
A) M Venkateswarlu
16) Which countries are the top reciepents of FDI
A) China, India, USA, The Russian Federation and Brazil are the top 5 countries according to the UNCTAD report
17) where is the national environmental engineering and research institute - NEERI
A) Nagpur
18) Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of Renewable energy is located in:
A) Kapurthala - Punjab
A) Agni I, Agni II and Agni III are the intermediate ballistic missiles of India...
2)What is the Indian Navy's only Sail Training Ship? what is the name of the voyage that it has just completed?
A) INS Tarangini is the ship and the name of the voyage is Lokayan-07
3)Which countries signed Abuja Declaration? give salient points of this
A) It is the declaration of strategic partnership between India and Nigeria.
Salient points are: Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement, Expedition Treaty, Oil trade, support for UNSC seat for India
4)Which is the country that joined the Asia-pacific partnership on climate and clean development? who are the other member coutries in this?
A) Canada is the country that has joined recently. India, Australia, EU, USA. China and Japan are the members
5)Who are the signatories of the IBSA Tshwane summit? where is it held?
A) India, South Africa and Brazil are the signatories and the summit was held in Pretoria.
6)Who were the reciepents of this year's Indira gandhi award for national integration...?
A) Prof Ram Puniyani and Juzar Sulebhai Bandukwala for their work on social harmony
7)Where are the two new Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research - IISER going to be setup by the HRD? where are the other IISERs so far set up in India?
A) Bhopal and Thiruvananthapuram. The other IISERs are in Kolkata, Pune, and Mohali
FYI - NISER - National Institute of Science Education and Research is a sister institute for IISER and is located in Bhuvaneshwar, Orissa
8)Where is the Indian Institute of Dalit Studies?
A) New Delhi
9) Who heads the National Land Reforms council?
A) Prime Minister
10)whats the name of the organization setup by the Andhra pradesh govt to fight terrorism in the state?
A) Octopus
11) Where is the Indian National Center for Ocean Information Services
A) Hyderabad
12) The national Tsunami Early warning system was inagurated in:
A) Hyderabad
13) The first ever International prize for an African leader for good governance and excellence in leadership has gone to?
A) Joquin Chissano who is ex-mozambique president
14) Who is the chairman of SEBI
A) M Damodaran
15) Who is the Drugs Controller General of India
A) M Venkateswarlu
16) Which countries are the top reciepents of FDI
A) China, India, USA, The Russian Federation and Brazil are the top 5 countries according to the UNCTAD report
17) where is the national environmental engineering and research institute - NEERI
A) Nagpur
18) Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of Renewable energy is located in:
A) Kapurthala - Punjab
Monday, June 25, 2007
Answers for questions on June 25th 2007
Who was the President of India during the emergency?
A:Fakruddin Ali Ahmed - 1974-77
Who was the first defence minister of India?
A:
Where is the Darfur conference being held?
A:Cairo
Which body confirms and certifies the gas and oil discoveries in India?
A:
Who are actuaries,underwriters?
A: Actuary is a business professional who deals with financial risk and uncertainity
Underwriting is the process to assess the produts of the financial service providers like the banks
What is the rough estimate of NPA (non performing assets)?
A: Of the order of 28000 crore rupees.
What is the levy quota for sugar mills?
A: 10% of the total production -
What is H5N1?
A: The virus which causes Avian Influenza
Who are Prahlad Kakkar,P K Iyengar?
A: Prahlad Kakkar is a famous ad-maker and PK Iyengar is a former chairman of the Atomic Commission
What is India’s quota in IMF voting?
A:
Which Asian countries are the temporary members inn the security council?
A: Belgium, Republic of Congo, Ghana, Indonesia, Italy, Panama, Peru, Qatar, Slovekia and South Africa
What is the bone of contention pertaining to the trade between India and Asean?
A: India's goegraphical place - it doesnt actually come into south east asia!
What is MQM in Pakistan?
A: the party of Imran Khan - Muttahida Quami Movement
What is the budget for Bharat Nirman?
A: I think it is 1,74,000 crores and also in addition to this, a 3 billion lend from the World Bank
Where is the next G8 summit to be held?
A: Tokyo, Japan
What were the conclusions of the G8 summit in Germany?
A:
What is the Delhi Declaration?
A: It is the declaration for coopearation in climate control - an international minsterial conference
Who is the new PM of Palestine(recognized by Israel)?
A: Salam Fayyad
When was the Munich olynpics held?
A: 1972
Who won the Sultan Azlan shah cup this year?
A:Australia - defeated malaysia and india is in the third spot.
A:Fakruddin Ali Ahmed - 1974-77
Who was the first defence minister of India?
A:
Where is the Darfur conference being held?
A:Cairo
Which body confirms and certifies the gas and oil discoveries in India?
A:
Who are actuaries,underwriters?
A: Actuary is a business professional who deals with financial risk and uncertainity
Underwriting is the process to assess the produts of the financial service providers like the banks
What is the rough estimate of NPA (non performing assets)?
A: Of the order of 28000 crore rupees.
What is the levy quota for sugar mills?
A: 10% of the total production -
What is H5N1?
A: The virus which causes Avian Influenza
Who are Prahlad Kakkar,P K Iyengar?
A: Prahlad Kakkar is a famous ad-maker and PK Iyengar is a former chairman of the Atomic Commission
What is India’s quota in IMF voting?
A:
Which Asian countries are the temporary members inn the security council?
A: Belgium, Republic of Congo, Ghana, Indonesia, Italy, Panama, Peru, Qatar, Slovekia and South Africa
What is the bone of contention pertaining to the trade between India and Asean?
A: India's goegraphical place - it doesnt actually come into south east asia!
What is MQM in Pakistan?
A: the party of Imran Khan - Muttahida Quami Movement
What is the budget for Bharat Nirman?
A: I think it is 1,74,000 crores and also in addition to this, a 3 billion lend from the World Bank
Where is the next G8 summit to be held?
A: Tokyo, Japan
What were the conclusions of the G8 summit in Germany?
A:
What is the Delhi Declaration?
A: It is the declaration for coopearation in climate control - an international minsterial conference
Who is the new PM of Palestine(recognized by Israel)?
A: Salam Fayyad
When was the Munich olynpics held?
A: 1972
Who won the Sultan Azlan shah cup this year?
A:Australia - defeated malaysia and india is in the third spot.
Monday, June 18, 2007
Answers for questions on June 15th 2007
Who is Kurt Waldheim?
A: He is the former UN Secretary general of UN who died very recently - he is from Austria and worked from 1972 to 1981
In how many countries does OVL have investment?
A: OVL has its presence in 15 countries all over the world for Production assets, exploration and development - Myanmar, Vietnam, Sakhalin, Iran, Iraq, Qatar, Syria, Sudan(2), Libya, Egypt, Cota de Voire, Cuba, Columbia
What is the Shankar committee involved in?
A: Indian Coal sector reforms and restructuring Coal India Ltd
Where is VAGAMON.......and what is it famous for?
A: I think it is a hill resort in Kerala - a natural habitat for wild life
Which terrorist responsible for the bombing of a Cuban airlines released by US?
A: Posada Carriles
Which team was investigating the Kanishka bombing?
A: Justice BN Kirpal commission which was given this investigation in 1985 - i think now the commission is headed by John C Major
Which country has the largest yield of rubber according to the latest suveys?
A: Indonesia or India - please confirm
Where are the Shevaroy hills?
A: Near Salem, Tamil Nadu - also called as Selvarayan Hills in the local language
What is the Indus water treaty and the Shimla pact?
A: Water sharing treaty between India and Pakistan signed in Karachi in 1960 with World bank as the third party coverin sutlej, beas and ravi rivers and jhelum, indus and chenab on the other side and the creation of permanent Indus commission
Not sure of the shimla pact - please clarify
What is the Washington accord?
A: It is an international accredition agreement for professional engineering degree programs
Why is Indo-Russian bilateral trade meagre(compared to India and US)?
A: India and Russia has ties mainly in the defence arena and the commercial or economic market is still not accessibe both ways, while India has always been a good trade partner with US from the time of independence. also the internal situation in the USSR and after- Russia also defines the present trade ration despite good relations at the highest level
Which Indian scientist was awarded the Peter the great award and is a honorary professor of a russian naval institution?
A: A Shivathanu Pillai, MD of Brahmos was honoured with this award
What are scramjets?
A: supersonic combustion ram jet ....the combustor being a supersonic one to give a very high efficiency... and ramjets are nothing but jets at supersonic speeds
What is cold fusion?
A: Low energy Nuclear reactions
What is the Surya missile project?
A: It is the India's integrated Guided Missile System Development program
What are the action plans launched to clean the Ganga and Yamuna?
A: Ganga Action plan and Yamuna Action plan - not cross checked this ...please confirm
What is Medium term note?
A: A Medium Term Note (MTN) is a debt note that usually matures (is paid back) in 5-10 years, but the term may be as short as one year
What is reverse repo rate?
A: It is the rate at which all the banks lend money to RBI
How was the ECB limit for the last year breached?
A: Through joint ventures, and infrastructure capital market mainly in Goa
Who was Golda Meir?
A: One of the founders of the state of Isreal - the 4th PM of Isreal and the only woman PM of Isreal
Which Japanese minister did suicide recently amidst a corruption charge?
A:
Which is the largest cruise ship in the world?
A: Queen Mary II
What is NCAER?
A: National Council for Applied Economic Research
Who won the Kabir Puraskar?
A: Ram Babu Singh Chauhan for communal Harmony
What are the FDI caps on each sector?
A:
What is license raj?
A: India from 1947-1990 when the Indian market is closed and all the economy is in the hands of the govt of india - a planned economy which led to the macroeconomic crisis of 1990 and led to the liberalisation under PV Narsimharao govt.
What is the Emma Nicholson report on?
A: It reports on the Kashmir issue - in the EU parliament
Which defence company is facing the largest ever bribery allegation against it?
A:
Which company is going to launch the aircraft "dreamliner"?
A: Boeing
What is a company,division,brigade,platoon in armed forces?
A: These are the hierarchy in which the forces are divided for diferent reasons.
Which are the two companies in India whic process opium(PSU's)?
A:
Who is the second Sarsanghachalak of the Rss?
A: Guruji Gowalkar
What is the problem of an MP becoming a CM of a state?
A: He/She should be resigning that seat with in 2 weeks and get elected as an MLA within 6 months - as two office of profits cannot be held at the same time./
Who is the youngest person to get the Param Vir Chakra?
A:
What is orthodox tea?
A: The best quality tea leaves - the top two of each tea plant - most of this type of tea is exported
What is the difference in the different blood groups?
A: Something related with Anti-oxidants ??
Who was general Macarthur?
A: Chief of the staff of the US Army during the World War II
When did the military rule in Burma start?
A: 1992
What is the namre of the storm that hit Oman?
A:
A: He is the former UN Secretary general of UN who died very recently - he is from Austria and worked from 1972 to 1981
In how many countries does OVL have investment?
A: OVL has its presence in 15 countries all over the world for Production assets, exploration and development - Myanmar, Vietnam, Sakhalin, Iran, Iraq, Qatar, Syria, Sudan(2), Libya, Egypt, Cota de Voire, Cuba, Columbia
What is the Shankar committee involved in?
A: Indian Coal sector reforms and restructuring Coal India Ltd
Where is VAGAMON.......and what is it famous for?
A: I think it is a hill resort in Kerala - a natural habitat for wild life
Which terrorist responsible for the bombing of a Cuban airlines released by US?
A: Posada Carriles
Which team was investigating the Kanishka bombing?
A: Justice BN Kirpal commission which was given this investigation in 1985 - i think now the commission is headed by John C Major
Which country has the largest yield of rubber according to the latest suveys?
A: Indonesia or India - please confirm
Where are the Shevaroy hills?
A: Near Salem, Tamil Nadu - also called as Selvarayan Hills in the local language
What is the Indus water treaty and the Shimla pact?
A: Water sharing treaty between India and Pakistan signed in Karachi in 1960 with World bank as the third party coverin sutlej, beas and ravi rivers and jhelum, indus and chenab on the other side and the creation of permanent Indus commission
Not sure of the shimla pact - please clarify
What is the Washington accord?
A: It is an international accredition agreement for professional engineering degree programs
Why is Indo-Russian bilateral trade meagre(compared to India and US)?
A: India and Russia has ties mainly in the defence arena and the commercial or economic market is still not accessibe both ways, while India has always been a good trade partner with US from the time of independence. also the internal situation in the USSR and after- Russia also defines the present trade ration despite good relations at the highest level
Which Indian scientist was awarded the Peter the great award and is a honorary professor of a russian naval institution?
A: A Shivathanu Pillai, MD of Brahmos was honoured with this award
What are scramjets?
A: supersonic combustion ram jet ....the combustor being a supersonic one to give a very high efficiency... and ramjets are nothing but jets at supersonic speeds
What is cold fusion?
A: Low energy Nuclear reactions
What is the Surya missile project?
A: It is the India's integrated Guided Missile System Development program
What are the action plans launched to clean the Ganga and Yamuna?
A: Ganga Action plan and Yamuna Action plan - not cross checked this ...please confirm
What is Medium term note?
A: A Medium Term Note (MTN) is a debt note that usually matures (is paid back) in 5-10 years, but the term may be as short as one year
What is reverse repo rate?
A: It is the rate at which all the banks lend money to RBI
How was the ECB limit for the last year breached?
A: Through joint ventures, and infrastructure capital market mainly in Goa
Who was Golda Meir?
A: One of the founders of the state of Isreal - the 4th PM of Isreal and the only woman PM of Isreal
Which Japanese minister did suicide recently amidst a corruption charge?
A:
Which is the largest cruise ship in the world?
A: Queen Mary II
What is NCAER?
A: National Council for Applied Economic Research
Who won the Kabir Puraskar?
A: Ram Babu Singh Chauhan for communal Harmony
What are the FDI caps on each sector?
A:
What is license raj?
A: India from 1947-1990 when the Indian market is closed and all the economy is in the hands of the govt of india - a planned economy which led to the macroeconomic crisis of 1990 and led to the liberalisation under PV Narsimharao govt.
What is the Emma Nicholson report on?
A: It reports on the Kashmir issue - in the EU parliament
Which defence company is facing the largest ever bribery allegation against it?
A:
Which company is going to launch the aircraft "dreamliner"?
A: Boeing
What is a company,division,brigade,platoon in armed forces?
A: These are the hierarchy in which the forces are divided for diferent reasons.
Which are the two companies in India whic process opium(PSU's)?
A:
Who is the second Sarsanghachalak of the Rss?
A: Guruji Gowalkar
What is the problem of an MP becoming a CM of a state?
A: He/She should be resigning that seat with in 2 weeks and get elected as an MLA within 6 months - as two office of profits cannot be held at the same time./
Who is the youngest person to get the Param Vir Chakra?
A:
What is orthodox tea?
A: The best quality tea leaves - the top two of each tea plant - most of this type of tea is exported
What is the difference in the different blood groups?
A: Something related with Anti-oxidants ??
Who was general Macarthur?
A: Chief of the staff of the US Army during the World War II
When did the military rule in Burma start?
A: 1992
What is the namre of the storm that hit Oman?
A:
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