1)which company has partnered with the bill clinton foundation to supply second line antiretroviral(arv) drug to treat

HIV
matrix labs
2)the international day devoted to the reaffirmation of the value and resilience of indigenous life and culture is
observed on
aug.9
3)which state will host the world tiger summit in 2010
rajasthan
4)which state government has decided to ban plastic from aug.15 2009
himachal pradesh
5)the countrys oldest financial institution
IFCI(Industrial Financial Corporation of India)
6)who won the hungarian grand prix car racing in july 2009
lewis hamilton
7)who took over as the new foreign secretary in aug.2009
nirupama rao
corazan aquino, who passed away in aug. 2009, was the first woman president of which of the following countries
Philippines
9)B.C. tripathi took over as the new chairman and MD of which of the following
GAIL
10)a sudden rise in barometer indicates a/an
anticyclone

11)which of the following is the deepest lake

lake baikal

12)Virbhadra singh is the Union minister of

steel

13)which is considered asia's equivalent to Nobel Prize

Magsaysay Award

14)the atlantic and pacific ocean are connected by the

panama canal

15)which country is called the Land of Midnight Sun

norway

16)which is the latest stock exchange in India

USE(The United Stock Exchange of India)

17)the prestigious UNESCO king sejong literacy prize was established in 1989with support from which government
south korea

1 the first telegraph line introduced by Lord Dalhousie in 1853 ran between
calcutta and agra

19)which two rivers were interlinked for the first time in aug.2005
ken-betwa

20)the simla peace accord of 1972 was between India and

Pakistan

21)which country withdrew from the world badminton championships which were held at hyderabad citing 'terrorist
threat' as the reason
England

GK updates from MBA E&C November 2009

edition
1)In the 2009-2010 railway budget , mamta banerjee, introduced ladies special EMU trains in which of the following
cities
Delhi,Chennai,kolkata

2)lalgarh ,which was besieged by Maoists in june 2009,is in

West Bengal

3)which city was the first to get the national security guard(NSG) hub on june30, 2009
Mumbai

3) what is the present income tax exemption limit for senior citizens (65 yrs and above)
Rs. 2.40L

4)which university awarded the honorary doctorate to music director , A.R.Rehman, in july 2009
Middlesex university

5)which former axis bank chief has joined US based buyout firm, advent international, in july 2009
P.J.Nayak

6)green index has been developed by

The united nations environment program

7)in aug.2009, devendranath dwivedi, the governor designate of which of the state passed away even before
assuming office
Gujarat

R.K.Lakman: The Uncommon man is written by

Dharmendra bhandari

9)which day is observed as ‘hiroshima day’

August 6

10)the correct sequence order of different states regarding the urban population in %age
Goa, mizoram, tamil nadu, maharashtra

11)what is the present FDI limit for investing in micro-finance institutions

51%

12)the Interpol issued a Red Corner Notice(RCN) against Lashkar e Taiba(LeT) founder chief in august 2009.who is the
chief of LeT
Hafiz Muhammad Saeed

13)stefania Fernandez was crowned Miss Universe 2009. to which country dos she belong
Venezuela

14)According to a report by Institute of Development Studies(IDS), wat % of Indian infants r malnourished

46%

15)wats the ranking of India on the human development index of the United Nations Development Programme(UNDP)
134 among 182

16)when is the next meeting of the G20

Its in Canada in June 2010 and then in South Korea in nov. 2010

17)how many Indian companies r ranked in the Forbes Top50 in asia

13(china 16)

1 wats the full form of SIPRI

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

19)according to SIPRI’s 2009 year book, US accounts for wat % of worlds total military expenditure
41.5%

20)wat is the expansion of CRISIL

Credit Rating and Information Services of India Ltd.
21)who is the CEO/MD of Ranbaxy Labs
atul sobti

List of some US companies which have bagged Indian e-governance deals:

IBM: Bharti Airtel's Total outsourcing IT deal.

One of the vendors in the RS.2000 crore Tax New project being implemented by the Central Board of Direct Taxes.

LIC's 50 crore CRM project.

ACCENTURE: The 200 crore biometric solutions contract in the Unique ID (UID) project.

Devised the strategy of India's department of posts program

MICROSOFT: Involved with the Citizen Service Center project

INTEL: WiMax Programme.

ERNST & YOUNG: Consultant in the Unique ID Programme.

PwC: Consults central government on nation's e-governance programmes.