CAT-30 for Banking Exams and Other Public Service Exams

1) Which of the following book is not written by Jhumpa Lahiri?
a) Unaccustomed Earth
b) The Namesake
c) Interpreter of Maladies
d) The God of Small Things

February Current Affairs (1-10)

NATIONAL AFFAIRS
IAF inducts India's first  Light Combat Aircraft 'Tejas'

India's first homegrown supersonic fighter jet, the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) 'Tejas', was handed over to the IAF by Defence minister, A K Antony after the Initial Operational Clearance.

           Being India's much-awaited project, LCA design and development by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) was initiated in 1983 with a budget of Rs 560 crore.

Capital Controls - When and How to rein in capital flows

What are Capital controls 
Capital Controls restrict the free movement of capital. Countries use these controls to restrict volatile movements of capital entering (inflows) and exiting (outflows) their country.

November Current Affairs (1-8)

National Affairs
India signs $10-billion worth deals with U.S.
Taking India-U.S. trade relations to new territory, U.S. President Barack Obama announced that deals worth $10 billion (nearly Rs.44,000 crore) have been reached between India and the U.S. for creating more than 50,000 jobs back in the U.S.

CAT-28 for Bank Exams and other Public service exams

1) Recently India was elected to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) after a gap of-
a) 19 years
b) 21 years
c) 31 years
d) 11 years

2010 Nobel Prizes

Nobel Prize for Physics

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has given the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2010 to Andre Geim (University of Manchester, UK) and Konstantin Novoselov (University of Manchester, UK) “for groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene”

October Current Affairs (1-7)

National Affairs

India, Bermuda sign Tax  Information Exchange Agreement

India and Bermuda signed a Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) that is based on international standards of transparency and exchange of information.

CAT-27 for Bank Exams and other Public service exams

1) When was  Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) introduced in Jammu and Kashmir?
a) 1991
b) 1990 
c) 1985
d) 2001

September Current Affairs (15-30)

National Affairs 
India, Mozambique ink three pacts, India gives $500 million credit
India and Mozambique today inked three pacts and a credit line of $500 million has been extended to that country for infrastructure projects, agriculture and energy during a meeting between president of Mozambique Armando Guebuza and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

CAT-26 for Bank Exams and other Public service exams

1) Which of the following East African nation has adopted a new constitution since independence and it is like US style system of checks and balances.
a) Sudan
b) Kenya 
c) Uganda
d) Somalia

September Current Affairs (1-7)

National affairs
Government 13,742-cr plan ready for Naxal zone
THE Planning Commission has finalised a 13,742-crore Integrated Action Plan (IAP) for Naxal-affected districts. The scope of IAP, earlier envisaged to cover 35 Naxal-affected districts, has been widened to cover governance reforms and devolution of power to grassroot institutions in 60 districts over the next three fiscal.

CAT-23 for Bank PO and other public service exams

1. Over the next three years to set up infrastructure for implementing the Right to Education (RTE) Act, Union human resources development (HRD) ministry has been allocated -
a) 2.31 lakh cr
b) 2.51 lakh cr
c) 3.21 lakh cr
d) 4 lakh cr

CAT-22 for Bank PO and other public service exams

1. Gagan Narang, who won bronze in World Championship held in Munich , is related to which game?
a) Squash
b) Snooker
c) Shooting
d) Weightlifting

CAT-19 based on Syndicate bank General Awareness

1. Who is the PFA player of the year?
a) Wayne Rooney
b) Didier Drogba
c) Carlos Tevez
d) Cristiano Ronaldo
e) None of these

CAT-18 for Bank Examinations and other public service exams

1. which of the following is true?
a) Pradhan mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana was launched in 2009-10 for the for the integrated development of 1000 such villages.
b) This cover 1,000 villages with more than 50% Schedule Caste population.
c) There are 44,000 Scheduled Caste majority villages of the country.
d) The Government of India has released Rs 55.54 crore to the states of Assam, Bihar and Rajasthan under the pilot phase of the centrally sponsored “Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana” (PMAGY).
e) All are true