Current Affairs November 2011

1. Who has been sworn in as Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister?

Nabam Tuki 2.Who has been reappointed as the Secretary General of 54-nation Commonwealth of Nations for 2nd consecutive term? Kamalesh Sharma 3. Which Indian cricketer has been chosen for the Dilip Sardesai award?

Ravichandran Ashwin 4. Name the MAN industries chairman who passed away recently. JM Mansukhani 5. Who won the 38th womens National Premier Chess championship? Tania Sachdev 6. Who has been named best European investment banker of the year? Anshu Jain

7. Which countrys cabinet unanimously decided to grant India Most Favoured Nation trade status? Pakistan 8. Which country is set to donate used laptop for charity? Dubai 9. Who is set to be appointed as Moroccos first-ever Prime Minister? Abdelilah Benkirane 10. Which car range of Ariel Motors is set to arrive in India? Atom range 11.Who is set to lead the Indian team in the 4-nation Shastri junior womens hockey tournament? Poonam Rani 12. Where the worlds biggest stupa has has been planned? Gujarat, 351 feet high stupa towering over a 151 feet statue of Buddha 13. Name the countries which have pressed the Europeans to act swiftly to contain their sovereign debt crisis. China, Russia and the United States 14. Name the RIMs Managing Director for India who quit recently. Frenny Bawa 15. Which music application of RIM for its popular messaging service is to be made available for downloading? BBM Music 16. Who has former sports minister Manohar Singh Gill recommended for the Padma Award? 100 year old Fauja Singh who stunned the world by completing the Tokyo Marathon 17. What is the name given to James Bonds recent movie? Skyfall 18. Who has been awarded The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star by Japan? Maruti Suzuki India Chairman R.C.Bhargava 19. Name the Greek Prime Minister who won confidence vote recently. George Papandreou

20. In which district of Karnataka would the Biotech Park worth Rs.103.27 crore was approved by cabinet recently? Mysore 21. Which is the recent Tablet PC running on windows operating system revealed by HP? Slate 2 Tablet PC 22. Which 15-day league is all set to start in Karnataka from 5th November 2011? KBL Karnataka Badminton League 23. Who scored triple ton for Saurashtra in Ranji Trophy match against Orissa? Ravindra Jadeja, 314 runs off 375 balls 24. Which sporting event is set to return after a gap of 5 years to Bangalore? National Badminton Championship 25. When the Bengaluru International Film Festival is is set to be held? December 15th to December 22nd 2011 26. How many foreign films are to be screened at the Bengaluru International Film Festival? 130 27. Name one of the oldest singers who passed away recently ?

Bhupen Hazarika 28. Name the woman officer who became the fourth generation of a family to serve police continuously since 1921. Manusmriti 29. What value of demand drafts to be account payee only as per RBI notification? Above Rs.20,000

30. Where is the 17th SAARC summit to be held? Addu city in Maldives 31. 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 32. Which banks total business has crossed Rs.25,000 crore mark recently? City Union Bank 33. Name the new cement launched by ACC specially focused for coastal areas. Coastal Plus 34. What is the validity of banks drafts, pay orders and cheques from the date of issuing, starting April 1st 2012? 3 month validity 35. Who has been crowned Miss South India? Bangalore beauty Lakhsmi Anand 36. Who won the Miss World crown for 2011? Miss Venezuela Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colimenares 37. Who won the WTA Tournament of Champions title at Bali? Ana Ivanovic 38. Who won the World Golf Championship HSBC Champions golf tournament at Shangai? Martin Kaymer of Germany 39. Who has been approached for a motivational campaign during 2012 London Olympics? Deepika Padukone 40. Who became Indias most prolific Test wicketkeeper getting past Syed Kirmanis longstanding record of 198 Test dismissals? Mahendra Singh Dhoni with 200 dismissals 41. What is the new kind of password developed by researchers for online account to help protect against hacking? Picture password 42. Name the CBS television commentator who died recently. Andy Rooney 43. What has been made mandatory at the time of buying motor insurance by IRDA? Nominee name

44. Where is Indias largest telescope set to be placed for watching distant stars and galaxies? Devasthal 50km from Nanital town 45. Which company has been named top Indian company for investor relations? Infosys 46. Who won the Guatemala presidential election? Otto Perez Molina 47. Which countrys Prime Minister made a surprise visit to Afghanistan? Australian PM Julia Gillard 48. Which award is singer Lata Mangeshkar set to receive? K.L.Saigal award by Savitri Samiti 49. Which team won gold at the World patrol meet? Indian Army team 50. Who won the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament title? Roger Federer 51. Who became the first cricketer to score 15,000 runs in test cricket? Sachin Tendulkar 52. Who has won the Ezhuthachan award (highest literary prize instituted by Kerala Government ? M.T.Vasudevan Nair 53. Which country has banned Apple iPhone? Germany 54. Who bought the rights of American TV series 24? Anil Kapoor 55. Who became 7th Indian to take 5 wickets on debut for India?

R.Ashwin

56. Name the 1989 Nobel Prize physicist who died recently. Norman Ramsey 57. Who has been picked by Force India for Abu Dhabis young Formula 1 driver test? Max Chilton 58. Which agreement has India and Nepal due to sign? DTAA Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement 59. Which company recently setup its R and D centre in India for e-commerce solutions? Walmart 60. Which country has been reinstated to the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification tournament? Myanmar 61. 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 62. Which Spanish bank is to setup a representative office in India to help Spanish companies to tap into the fast growing Indian economy? Caixabank 63. What is the unique feature of HTC edge which is set to be released in 1st quarter of 2012? First Quad-Core smartphone 64. Which educational institutes of Britain have introduced Study of Ancient India? Cambridge University 65. Where is the Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber Physical Systems has been unveiled? Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 66. Who has been named Greek interim Prime Minister? Lucas Papademos 67. Which are the 2 awards or recognitions India bagged at the World Travel Market 2011? Worlds Leading Destination and Worlds Leading Tourist Board award 68. Who has been appointed as CEO of UBS India? Aashish Kamat 69. What is Australias lowest Test cricket score in 109 years? 47 all out against South Africa in 2011

70. Who became the first wicketkeeper to cross 500 catches? Mark Boucher 71. Which Indian city is set to host the World Economic Forums India Economic Summit? Mumbai 72. Name the Mexican Interior Minister who was killed in a helicopter crash recently. Francisco Blake 73. Which tennis icon won the 800th match of his career? Roger Federer 74. Which airlines recommendation to financial bail out appears to have failed? Kingfisher Airlines 75. Name the Nobel laureate who is set to lead Liberian peace initiative. Laymah Gbowee 76. Which continent is fast-emerging IT market, as the name Dark Continent fades off? Africa 77. Which scenes have been banned by Indian Government in movies and TV recently? Smoking scenes 78. With what motto has SAARC summit 2011 concluded? Building bridges, Resolve to fight terrorism and implementation of South Asian Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) 79. What is the increased interest rate for savings in Post office in India? 4 percent 80. Where has the biggest ever diamond unearthed in India? 37.68 carat diamond has been unearthed by NMDC at Panna in Madhya Pradesh 81. Which country would host 18th SAARC summit in 2012? Nepal 82. Where is the Indias first ocenarium planned? Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra 83. Who are been named athlete of the year 2011? Usain Bolt of Jamaica and Sally Pearson of Australia 84. Which country has been suspended from Arab league and why? Syria, to end violence against protesters, and called for sanctions and transition talks with opposition

85. Which country senate cleared economic reform bill recently? Italy 86. Which medal did India bag in Lal Bahadur Shastri Under-21 womens hockey tournament? Bronze 87. Who became the first foreign head of government or state to address Peoples Majlis, Maldives Parliament in its history of 78 years? Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh 88. Name the 1968 Noble prize for medicine winner, who died recently.

Gobind Khorana 89. Which country has announced USD 100 million credit facility to Maldives? India 90. Which stadium is set to host opening match of World Series Hockey starting on December 17th 2011? Dhyan Chand National Stadium 91. Who resigned as Italian Prime Minister recently? Silvio Berlusconi 92. Which country is set to host 2018 Commonwealth Games? Australia 93. Which city is set to host 2017 world athletic championship? London

94. Name the cricket writer who died recently. Peter Roebuck 95. Name the website launched by commonwealth war graves commission to honour undivided Indias war heroes. www.cwgc.org 96. Who won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2011? Lewis Hamilton 97. Who has been appointed as SEBI chief? U.K.Sinha 98. Who won the Paris Masters 2011 title for the first time? Roger Federer 99. Who won the mens doubles Paris Masters title 2011? Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 100. Where is the Asia-Pacific summit being held? Hawaii 101. Name the first animated film in Kannada for children which are to be screened at the 17th edition of the International Childrens Film festival in Hyderabad. Chintus Skool 102. When is Goa scheduled to host Asian Beach games? 2018 103. Who has been appointed as Prime Minister of Italy? Mario Monti 104. Where the 31st India International Trade Fair (IITF) is being held? Pragathi Maidan, New Delhi 105. All ministers of which state have submitted resignations ahead of cabinet reshuffle? Rajasthan state ministers 106. Which cabinet has proposed division of Uttar Pradesh into 4 states? Uttar Pradesh (Mayawati) cabinet 107. Who is set to take over as General Motors President and MD of India operations from 1st January 2012? Lowell Paddock 108. Which Canadian city bids to host IIFA in 2013? Vancouver

109. Which tennis star has been named WTA player of the year?

Petra Kvitova 110. Who has been selected for Swaralaya-Devarajan Master award? KJ. Yesudas 111. Which bank became the 1st lender to raise funds in offshore yuan in China? IDBI 112. Who becomes first US president to take part in East Asian nations summit?

Barack Obama 113. Who is set to be honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Dubai International Film Festival? A.R.Rahman

114. Name the bank which has launched MobileBank Accounts in association with Vodafones m-paisa. HDFC Bank