November current affairs questions

1. Who has been reappointed as the Secretary General of 54-nation Commonwealth of Nations for 2nd consecutive term? Kamalesh Sharma 2. Name the MAN industries chairman who passed away recently. JM Mansukhani 3. Who has been named best European investment banker of the year? Anshu Jain 4. Which countrys cabinet unanimously decided to grant India Most Favoured Nation trade status? Pakistan 5. Which country is set to donate used laptop for charity? Dubai 6. Which car range of Ariel Motors is set to arrive in India? Atom range 7. Name the countries which have pressed the Europeans to act swiftly to contain their sovereign debt crisis. China, Russia and the United States 8. Name the RIMs Managing Director for India who quit recently. Frenny Bawa 9. Which music application of RIM for its popular messaging service is to be made available for downloading? BBM Music 10. What is the name given to James Bonds recent movie? Skyfall

11. Who has been awarded The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star by Japan? Maruti Suzuki India Chairman R.C.Bhargava 12. In which district of Karnataka would the Biotech Park worth Rs.103.27 crore was approved by cabinet recently? Mysore 13. Which is the recent Tablet PC running on windows operating system revealed by HP? Slate 2 Tablet PC 14. Name one of the oldest singers who passed away recently ?

Bhupen Hazarika 15. Name the woman officer who became the fourth generation of a family to serve police continuously since 1921. Manusmriti 16. What value of demand drafts to be account payee only as per RBI notification? Above Rs.20,000 17. Where is the 17th SAARC summit to be held? Addu city in Maldives

18.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 19. Which banks total business has crossed Rs.25,000 crore mark recently? City Union Bank 20. Name the new cement launched by ACC specially focused for coastal areas. Coastal Plus 21. What is the validity of banks drafts, pay orders and cheques from the date of issuing, starting April 1st 2012? 3 month validity 22. Who has been crowned Miss South India? Bangalore beauty Lakhsmi Anand 23. Who won the Miss World crown for 2011? Miss Venezuela Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colimenares 24. Who has been approached for a motivational campaign during 2012 London Olympics? Deepika Padukone 25. Who became Indias most prolific Test wicketkeeper getting past Syed Kirmanis longstanding record of 198 Test dismissals? Mahendra Singh Dhoni with 200 dismissals 26. What is the new kind of password developed by researchers for online account to help protect against hacking? Picture password 27. Name the CBS television commentator who died recently. Andy Rooney 28. What has been made mandatory at the time of buying motor insurance by IRDA? Nominee name

29. Where is Indias largest telescope set to be placed for watching distant stars and galaxies? Devasthal 50km from Nanital town 30. Which company has been named top Indian company for investor relations? Infosys 31. Which countrys Prime Minister made a surprise visit to Afghanistan? Australian PM Julia Gillard 32. Which award is singer Lata Mangeshkar set to receive? K.L.Saigal award by Savitri Samiti 33. Which team won gold at the World patrol meet? Indian Army team 34. Who became the first cricketer to score 15,000 runs in test cricket? Sachin Tendulkar 35. Who has won the Ezhuthachan award (highest literary prize instituted by Kerala Government ? M.T.Vasudevan Nair 36. Which country has banned Apple iPhone? Germany 37. Who bought the rights of American TV series 24? Anil Kapoor 38. Which agreement has India and Nepal due to sign? DTAA Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement 39. Which company recently setup its R and D centre in India for e-commerce solutions? Walmart 40. 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

41. Which Spanish bank is to setup a representative office in India to help Spanish companies to tap into the fast growing Indian economy? Caixabank 42. What is the unique feature of HTC edge which is set to be released in 1st quarter of 2012? First Quad-Core smartphone 43. Which educational institutes of Britain have introduced Study of Ancient India? Cambridge University 44. Where is the Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber Physical Systems has been unveiled? Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 45. Which are the 2 awards or recognitions India bagged at the World Travel Market 2011? Worlds Leading Destination and Worlds Leading Tourist Board award 46. Who has been appointed as CEO of UBS India? Aashish Kamat 47. Which Indian city is set to host the World Economic Forums India Economic Summit? Mumbai 48. Which airlines recommendation to financial bail out appears to have failed? Kingfisher Airlines 49. Which continent is fast-emerging IT market, as the name Dark Continent fades off? Africa 50. Which scenes have been banned by Indian Government in movies and TV recently? Smoking scenes

51. With what motto has SAARC summit 2011 concluded? Building bridges, Resolve to fight terrorism and implementation of South Asian Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) 52. What is the increased interest rate for savings in Post office in India? 4 percent 53. Where has the biggest ever diamond unearthed in India? 37.68 carat diamond has been unearthed by NMDC at Panna in Madhya Pradesh 54. Which country would host 18th SAARC summit in 2012? Nepal 55. Where is the Indias first ocenarium planned? Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra 56. Which country senate cleared economic reform bill recently? Italy 57. 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 58. Which country has announced USD 100 million credit facility to Maldives? India 59. Name the website launched by commonwealth war graves commission to honour undivided Indias war heroes. www.cwgc.org 60. Who has been appointed as SEBI chief? U.K.Sinha 61. Where is the Asia-Pacific summit being held? Hawaii 62. 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

63. Who has been appointed as Prime Minister of Italy? Mario Monti 64. Where the 31st India International Trade Fair (IITF) is being held? Pragathi Maidan, New Delhi 65. All ministers of which state have submitted resignations ahead of cabinet reshuffle? Rajasthan state ministers 66. Which cabinet has proposed division of Uttar Pradesh into 4 states? Uttar Pradesh (Mayawati) cabinet 67. Who is set to take over as General Motors President and MD of India operations from 1st January 2012? Lowell Paddock 68. Which Canadian city bids to host IIFA in 2013? Vancouver 69. Who has been selected for Swaralaya-Devarajan Master award? KJ. Yesudas 70. Which bank became the 1st lender to raise funds in offshore yuan in China? IDBI 71. Who becomes first US president to take part in East Asian nations summit? Barack Obama 72. 113. Who is set to be honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Dubai International Film Festival? A.R.Rahman 73. 114. Name the bank which has launched Mobile Bank Accounts in association with Vodafones m-paisa. HDFC Bank

December current affairs

74.Which channel did Pakistan cable operators block recently? BBC World News 75.Which two social networking sites have joined hands to challenge Facebook? Twitter amd Mixi 76.Who has been appointed as Chief Privacy Officer(Policy) for facebook? Erin Egan 77.Who has been appointed as Chief Privacy Officer(Products) for facebook? Michael Richter 78.Which Indian banks credit rating have been assigned stable tag by Standard and Poor International rating agency? State Bank of India, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and Indian Bank 79.Name the 2-day literature festival scheduled to be held in Delhi. Samanvay: IHC Bharatiya Bhasa Mahotsav 80.Name the Apples co-founder who is set to visit Indias technology capital. Steve Wozniak 81.Where is ITC set to build $300 million hotel? Colombo, Sri Lanka 82.Name the re-branding of its existing milk and yoghurt products in India by Nestle. Nestle a+ 83.Name the short film about child poverty in India which won the Golden Lmap Tree award at the 42nd International Film festival. Another Planet 84.Who won the 2011 Prince Philip Designers Prize? Quentin Blake 85.Who is appointed as CEO of Thomson Reuters Corp? James Smith 86.Which English singer-songwriter is nominated for 6 nominations in 2011 Grammy awards? Adele 87.Which poet won the 2011 Cervantes Prize (The spanish-speaking worlds highest literary honour)? Nicanor Parra