1. New Chief election commissioner of India : Shahabuddin Yaqoob Quraishi. 2.

Sex ratio in India as per current senses :940 earier (933).. 3. Literacy rate :73.06%, lowest in Bihar :63% max in Kerala 93% 4. The Nobel Prize 2010 in Literature was awarded to: Mario Vargas Liosa 5. The Directorate of Bhutan Lotteries is situated at : Phuentsholing 6. The largest irrigation project in Kerala is __Malampuzha 7. Who has been elected as the President of Nigeria ? Goodluck Jonathan 8. Who is the Secretary General of SAARC ? Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed 9. Which country won Sudiraman cup this year ? china 10. Who has been nominated for CK Naidu lifetime achievement award ?(Salim Durra ni) 11. Recently Oxford university established a chair in the memory of ? Sanjay Lal l 12. FIFA Announced World cup 2014 will start from 12th June in Brazil 13. Indians win Magsaysay Award Nileema Mishra for solar light in maharastra 14. Rohinton Nariman to be next Solicitor General 15. Vasuki Sunkavalli, popularly known as Vasuki in the Indian modelling industr y, has been chosen to represent India at the Miss Universe contest this year 16. World Population Day: July 11, 17. Ruskin bond and upamanyu chattergee shortlisted for 2011 vodafone-crossword award 18. President of Nasscom- Som mittal 19. In Africa which river passes twice TRopic of Capricon? ) river :Limppopo 20. First aerospace SEZ applied in which place? ) Hattaragi,dist. Belgaum,Karnat ka 1.President of Mumbai Crcket Association: Vilas Rao Deshmukh 2.Copa america 2011won by : Urguaya 3.Golfer who became oldest winner of British Open Championship: Darren Clarke 4.India launched Communication satellite on 15 july 2011: G-SAT-12 5.Chief of Empowered Comitee of Goods And Services tax: Sushil kumar modi 6. Pakistan's new foreign Minister & first women Foreign Minister :Hina Rabbani Khar 7.National Billiards and snooker championship won by: Vidya Pillai from Tamilnad u 8.Bangladesh Freedom Honour is honoured to: Indira Gandhi 9.The Shuttle undocked for Final time from International Space station NaSA: Atl antis 10.Speak Asia COO Got Arrested : Manoj kumar Tarak Bajpai 1 Pallegra is caused due to deficiency of : - (vitamin B3) 2 Negi is a grandmaster associated with which cup (chess) 3 Which article says children should not work below the age of 14 :- article 44 4. SAC is located at ahemdabad 5. 2010 FIFA world cup held in SOUTH AFRICA 6. NH-15 is between ( kandala in gujrat to phatankote in Punjab) 7. Age of supream court judge is -35 years ( just confirm it) 8. GPS stand for global positioning system 9. GPS first satellite launched in1978 10. longest higway in india- NH7 ,kanyakuamri to varanasi 1.who was the last U.S president before Barrack Obama to win a nobel prize-Jimmy carter 2.name the uruguayan footballer who became the third generation winner of the co pa america, after his father and grandfather's achievement - Diego Forlan 3.who won 5 Grammies for his/her 2nd album 'Back to Black-the english singer-son gwriter Amy Wine 4.in which country in the 'Horn of Africa ' did the UN declare a famine, the 1st

time a famine has been declared by the world body in nearly 30 years- somalia 5.in which Asian city was the FINA World championship held recently-Shanghai. 6.giraja devi (vocalist),Natraja Ramkrishina(dance guru),Rahim Fahimuddin Dager( dhrupad mastero) and T.K Murthy(mridangam exponent)--got stangeet natak acedamy' s akadami ratna sadasya by president. 7.wat is gallophobia?-fear of france or anything french. 1.The winner of National Snooker Championship held in Chennai - Aditya Mehta 2.The SAARC nation which has recently banned smoking in public places- Nepal 3.According to the World Investment Report 2011 released by UNCTAD in July 2011, India s position among the top 20 FDI recipients is- 14th (it was 8th in 2009.) 4.The joint operation launched by the security forces of Bihar, U.P. and Jharkha nd to apprehend the maoists is named- Operation Vishwas 5.The spacecraft launched by NASA on a journey to Jupiter is named- Juno 6.The Committee on Customer Service in Banks, constituted by the RBI in 2010, wh ich submitted its report in Aug 2011 was headed by -M. Damodaran 7.The theme of National Environment Awareness Compaign 2011-12 launched by the M inistry of Environment and Forests. -Forests for Sustainable Livelihood 8.The cargo ship which started sinking off the coast of Mumbai and the crew of w hich were rescued by Indian Coast Guard-M.V. Rak Carrier 9.The animal which has been added by the Ministry of Environment and Forests to the list of animals that cannot be trained or used as a performing animal under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act of 1960. -Bull 10.M T Pavit, an oil tanker that drifted in from the Persian Gulf and lay strand ed at Mumbai on 31 Jul 11 belongs to-Panama 11.The Indian shooter, who has secured number one rankng in the world in doublet rap shooting- Ronjan Sodhi 12.The variety of mango grown around foothills of Girnar mountains in Gujarat's Junagadh district, which has been granted the Geographical Indication (GI) tag. - Gir Kesar 13.The new Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes Shri M. C. Joshi