Who is the new Forwards Market Commission head?
A: BC Khatua who replaced Sunderesan recently
Who is the richest Asian woman, who recently expired?
A: Nina Wang died recently and now the richest woman is Rita Sharma
Who received the 2007 Malcolm Adishesaih award?
A: Dr Ramachandra Guha has been awarded this award for development studies for 2007
Who is the new Miss Universe?
A: Riya Mori of Japan – japan got this after 46 years…
What is the new concept of Global navy?
A: An US Idea of informal 100 ships to meet emergencies and Indian Navy is not a part of it as of now
Which is the oil and gas company which has taken over the private oil fields and production in Venezuela?
A: I think it is taken by the state owned PDVSA
Which company bought Covansys?
A: CSC
Who is the head of the Italian space agency?
A: Goinavvi Bignami
Which CM in India got the Millennium development Goals award of the UN?
A: Vasudhara Raje of Rajasthan
Who is the chief of UGC?
A: Sukhadeo Thorat
What are the Marine Commandos called?
A: MARCOS
Who is the head of the commission on Centre State ties?
A: MM Punchhi
Which university is in the development of the “cloak of invisibility”?
A:
What is NIPER?
A: National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research – Mohali – Punjab
Who is the CARLOS THE JACKAL?
A: Illich Ramirez Sanchez – a venezulan extreme leftist who was involved in the bombing of OPEC headquarters
What is NTC? How many mills does it have now? What are the problem faced by it?
A: National Textile Corporation, it is the single largest central PSU for textiles with 52 textile mills under it and comes under the Ministry of textiles – problems faced by it are the restructuring and modernisation along with the issue of special purpose vehicle
What is PCPIR? When was it released?
A: Petroleum, Chemicals, Petrochemicals Investment Region Policy – released on May 8th 2007
How much stake does Holcim have in ACC?
A: 41%
What is IMDEX 2007?
A: International Maritime Defence Exhibition and Conference
Which states form the “Gang of Four “ in Self help groups?
A: Andhra pradesh, karnataka, kerala and tamil nadu
Who is Gordon Scott,Roman Polanski?
A: Gordon is the famous Tarzan who died recently and Roman Polanski is the Academy award winning Hollywood Director – he won the award for The Pianist
What is an SLP in judiciary?
A: Special Leave Petition
Who received the Prem Bhatia award?
A: Pallavi Ayyier – the Hindu Correspondent in China for political relations coverage
Who received the Florence Nightingale award?
A: Major General Mrs Shashi Bala of Military Nursing was given this award this year
What is backwater effect related to a dam?
A: related with The submergence level of the villages when the water in the dam crosses its limit to store
Where is IISER located?
A: Pune
Which official of the DRDO has been appointed by the UN to report on the implementation of the UNSC resolution?
A: V Siddhratha
Which country has the largest Catholic population?
A:
Who are Metric Martyr’s?
A: British Food Sellers – they were fined for not allowing to use Metric system for weighing
Which country leads in wind energy production?
A: Germany and India is in the fourth position
What are VAJRA corps?
A: One of the illustrious and elite unit of the Indian army – part of the Punjab regiment
Which two directors are planning to produce films on TINTIN?
A: Steven Speilberg and Peter Jackson
Where is the 2008 Olympics to be held?
A: Biejing, China
Who is Jose Ramos Horta?
A: the Newly elected president of east timor
What is the 93rd amendment?
A: Reservation and the addtion of Article 15(5) for allowing the state to make reservations for other backward classes in educational institutions
Who is the new cabinet secretary?
A: KM Chandrasekhar – BK Chaturvedi is the previous one
What is demutualization?
A: The process in which a mutual company becomes a share company
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