The two players, the International Tennis Federation for the year 2011 World Champions award Novak

k Djokovic and Patra Viktova The team, which recently won the 22 th Lal Bahadur Shastri Hockey Tournament Mens ONGC To avoid double taxation in the country with which India has signed an agreement recently Nepal The Indian Ambassador who recently president of the United Nations Committee for Elimination of Racial Discrimination is Purnirwacit Dilip Lahiri The woman of the Guinness Book of World Records Nagpur recently named the little woman is Jyoti Amge 56 383 the number of pending cases right up to the Supreme Court in October 2011 Central Government recently provided information to the Lok Sabha, the number of children in school -81 Million The Indian actor of the year 2011 has been chosen as the most attractive Asian Actor Hrithik Roshan Newly appointed Chair of the Life Insurance Corporation -Dilkel Mehrotra I The Olympics of the newly elected president Aslam Sher Khan Ashok Singhal of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, the newly appointed president in place Raghava Reddy Delhi Metros newly appointed Managing Director Mngu Singh Established by UNESCO in the memory of Mahatma Gandhi Madanjit Singh Prize winner of 2011 Khaled Abu Awvd Author of several books and numerous awards, he Goan cartoonist, who died recently Mario Miranda Barmer in Rajasthan, Indias Army and Air Force in recent joint exercises given name Sudarsan Shakti Jnkvi famous of Hindi, who died recently Adam Gondvi

Sahitya Akademi Awards-2011 Novelist Gopalakrishna Pai (Kannada) and eminent historian Ramachandra Guha (English) are among 22 winners, those who have won the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award 2011, on December 21,2011.Eight book of poetry, seven novels, three essays, one each of narrative history, biography, play and short stories won the award this year.Poets honoured with the award are:

(late) Kabin Phukan (Assamese) Manindra Gupta (Bangali) Premananda Mosahari (Bodo) Naseem Shafaire (Kashmiri) Melvyn Rodrigues (Konkani) Harekrishna Satapathy (Sanskrit) Aditya Kumar Mandi (Santali) and Khaleel Mamoon (Urdu).

Other novelists who won the award are:

Kashinath Singh (Hindi) Kshetri Birla (Manipuri) Kalpanakumari Devi (Odia) Baldev Singh (Punjab) and Atul Kanakk (Rajasthani) Lalit Magotra (Dogri). Grace (Marathi) and Samala Sadasiva (Telugu) Received the award for their books on essays.

Mr. Guha for his narrative history, Mohan Parmar (Gujarati) for his short stories, M.K. Sanu (Malayalam) for his biography and Mohan Gehani (Sindhi) for his book on plays have been honoured. Where has Union Government planned to build 11 tunnels to connect important roads? Pakistan and China borders Which version of Internet Explorer is dead as per Microsoft? Internet Explorer 6 Name the website launched by Jammu and Kashmir government for the states school education department. www.jkeducation.gov.in What is the new product unveiled by Yahoo recently? Search Direct Who was given the first S.K.Singh award for negotiating Indo-US nuclear deal? D.Bala Venkatesh Varma Who has been appointed as Managing Director, President and CEO of Samsungs South-West Asia operations? B.D.Park Name the worlds first hydrogen powered 3-wheeler which was launched by Mahindra and Mahindra at the 11th Auto Expo 2012. HyAlfa Who won the FIFA womens World player of the year? Homare Sawa of Japan Who won the FIFA mens world player of the year 3rd time in a row? Lionel Messi of Argentina

Name the car which won the 2012 North American Car of the year award. Hyundai Elantra Name the Guinea Bissau President who died recently. Malam Bacai Sanha Name the chairman of Swiss National Bank who stepped down recently. Philipp Hildebrand Which company has acquired Bangalore-based event and entertainment guide Buzzintown? Yatra online Written on January 9, 2012 at 8:15 pm by iplfreak

General Awareness for Bank exam, 7th and 8th January 2012
Filed under January 2012 current affairs {no comments} Download this page in PDF format Where is the worlds largest solar telescope set to be built? Merak on Pangong Tso lake in the cold desert Ladakh region Who has been appointed as President of Federation of Indian Export Organisations? Rafeeq Ahmed Which state has planned to teach Bhagavad Gita in schools? Karnataka Which automobile maker has re-entered Indian markets after 13 years? Vespa Who won the doubles title at the Chennai Open 2012? Leander Peas and Janko Tipsarevic Which country has called for Indian investments and sought partnership in oil and gas exploration? Trinidad and Tobago When is the Goods and Services Tax panel set to meet? January 9th and 10th 2012 Who is the current CEO of HDFC? Keki Mistry

Who is the current Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission? Srikumar Banerjee Who is the current Managing Director and Chief Executiv Officer of Catholic syrian Bank? Mr.V.P.Iswardas Who has been appointed as Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO)? K.Radhakrishnan Who has been appointed as Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre(VSSC)? P.S.Veeraraghavan Who is the president of Tata Communications? Sunil Joshi Who is the CEO of Mahindra Satyam? C.P.Gurnani Who has been appointed as Senior Vice President to Mahindra Satyam? Vijayanand Vadrevu Who is Intels 5th CEO? Paul S Otellini Who has been appointed as CMD of Punjab National Bank with effect from 28th October 2009? K.R.Kamath Who succeeds Mr.V.Shyamsundar Managing Director of Durgapur Steel Plant of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) Pankaj Kumar Bajaj Who suceeded Mr.Ranjit Murugason as GMR International CEO? Mr.G.B.S Raju Who took will take over as MD and CEO of Hyundai Motors starting November 5th 2009? Mr.H.W.Park Who has been appointed as the head of business development in Japan by Mahindra Satyam? Mr.Hari Narayanan Which company appointed Mr.Vikas Bhalla as outsourcing head? EXL Mr.Kiran Kulkarni, is the Managing Director of which Information Systems Company? Geodesic

Who has been appointed as Executive Director of Alloy Steels Plant, Durgapur? Mr.S.Chandrashekaran Who has been appointed as the Chairman of Association of Mutual Fund in India(AMFI) Mr.A.P.Kurian Who is the current Prime Minister of Australia? Kevin Rudd Who is the Director of Suzlon energy? Girish Tanti Subodh Bhargava is the Chairman of which company? Tata Telecommunications Ltd. Rajkumar N.Dhoot is the Managing Director of which electronics manufacturing major? Videocon Industries Ltd.

Current Affairs sample questions for Bank po exam, 4th January 2012
Filed under January 2012 current affairs by iplfreak on January 5, 2012 at 10:23 pm {no comments}

Which auto major is set to invest USD142 million at its Chennai plant in India to manufacture a compact sports utility vehicle named EcoSport? Ford India Name the Government policy introduced by Karnataka to boost animation industry. Karnataka Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comics (KAVGC) Policy 2011 Name the ace woman tennis player who withdrew from Australian Open due to left ankle injury. Serena Williams Who has been named as CEO of Yahoo? Scott Thompson To protect consumers from unscrupulous jewellers which proposal has the government made mandatory for gold? Hallmarking Who has been appointed as Senior Vice President in India by CIBER? Vivek.K.Marla Name the interactive presentation tool launched by HP in India. Pocket whiteboard

Which Person to Person messaging portal acquired 160by2.com recently? way2sms.com Name the Australian cricket captain who joined the double-century club recently.
Michael Clarke

Written on December 26, 2011 at 8:56 am by iplfreak

Quiz questions, 23rd December 2011

Filed under Current Affairs updates monthwise data {no comments} Download this page in PDF format Who has been crowned Pantaloons Femina Miss India South 2012? Shamata Anchan Which event has been recognised as single-biggest Special Olympics event? Gujarats Khel Mahakumbh Which country has been ranked 2nd biggest global arms exporter? Russia Name the physicist and Xeroxs chief scientist who passed away recently. Jacob E.Goldman Who is set to partner with Leander Peas in Chennai Open 2012? Janko Tipsarevic Who has been appointed as head coach for Delhi Daredevils? Eric Simmons

Quiz questions for January 2012, 2nd January 2012

Filed under January 2012 current affairs by iplfreak on January 3, 2012 at 8:23 pm {no comments}

What is SEBI toll free helpline number launched to support 14 languages? 1800227575 Who has been named male player of the year by Golf writers Association of America? Luke Donald Name the Argentinian bike rider who died after being involved in an accident on the first day of the Dakar Rally. Jorge Martinez Boero

Name Afghans first team of female boxers set to aim for Olympics 2012. Shabnam and Sadaf Rahimi Which country test launched first 3D television broadcast? China What rank does Vishwanathan Anand holds as he prepares for 2012 World chess championship? 4th Name the former Macedoninan President who passed away recently. Kiro Gligorov Which Indian ace tennis star withdrew out of Aircel Chennai Open 2012 because of recurring shoulder injury? Somdev Devvarman Where is the 5-day 99th Indian Science Congress science event is set to start on 3rd January 2012? Kalinga Institute of industrial Technology, Bhuvaneshwar, Orrisa What bank account facility is set to be launched in India? Bank Number Portability Name the new education tablet launched by Classteacher Learning Systems, a Delhi based Educational Solutions Provider. Classpad Which type of IPO proposal is SEBI committee working on? e-IPO

List of Winter Olympic Games and Host Countries

07.01.2012 | Author: onlineGKguide | Posted in Sports Game Yea Host s r I II III IV 192 France Chamonix, France 4 192 Switzerland St. Moritz, Switzerland 8 193 United States Lake Placid, United States 2 193 Nazi Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany 6 Dates 25 January 5 February 1119 February 415 February 616 February Nation s 16 25 17 28

194 Originally awarded to Sapporo, Japan, cancelled because of World War II.[148] 0 194Originally awarded to Cortina dAmpezzo, Italy, cancelled because of World War 4II.[149] V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII 194 Switzerland St. Moritz, Switzerland 8 195 Norway Oslo, Norway 2 195 Italy Cortina dAmpezzo, Italy 6 196 United States Squaw Valley, United States 0 196 Austria Innsbruck, Austria 4 196 France Grenoble, France 8 197 Japan Sapporo, Japan 2 197 Austria Innsbruck, Austria 6 198 United States Lake Placid, United States 0 198Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sarajevo, 4Yugoslavia 198 Canada Calgary, Canada 8 199 France Albertville, France 2 199 Norway Lillehammer, Norway 4 199 Japan Nagano, Japan 8 30 January 8 February 1425 February 26 January 5 February 1828 February 29 January 9 February 618 February 313 February 415 February 1324 February 819 February 1328 February 823 February 1227 February 722 February 28 30 32 30 36 37 35 37 37 49 57 64 67 72

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200 United States Salt Lake City, United States 2 200 Italy Turin, Italy 6 201 Canada Vancouver, Canada 0 201 Russia Sochi, Russia 4 201 South Korea Pyeongchang, South Korea 8

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Books and Authors December 2011

09.01.2012 | Author: onlineGKguide | Posted in Authors, Books Books Oru malaprankadha Virtuous Sin 5000 Years of Indian Art Upworldly Mobile The Romance of Indian Coffee The World at His Feat Non-Stop India The Taj atApollo Bunder The Dancing Girl: A History of Early India His Monsoon Bride Authors Habeeb Arakkl Shadan Ahmed Sushma K. Bahl Ranjini Manian P.T. Bopanna Pullela Gopichand Mark Tully Charles Allen & Sharada Dwivedi Balaji sadaivan Aastha Atray