Latest Current Affair Updates for IBPS-CWE 2011: Bank PO & Clerical
1. Which former Supreme Court judge has been appointed as the new Lokayukta of Karnataka to succeed Santosh Hegde?
a. Shivraj Patil
b. Shivaraj V Patil
c. H D Ramaswamy
d. Ram Krishna Hegde
2. The Deutsche Bank has confirmed to appoint which of the following Indian investment bankers as its co-CEO?
a. Navin Chandra
b. Rahul Jain
c. Anshu Jain
d. Ravi Mallick
3. India signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreement with which country paving way for the possibility of exporting its atomic power plants recently?
a. North Korea
b. South Korea
c. China
d. Singapore
4. Recently which country won the Copa America and was crowned South American champion for a record 15th time?
a. Brazil
b. Argentina
c. Paraguay
d. Uruguay
5. Which of the following Indian swimmers has qualified for the 2012 London Olympics?
a. Vikas Mishra
b. Aditi Solanki
c. Sandeep Sejwal
d. Rajiv Ratan
6. Recently IAF has taken the initiative to take part in the "mother" of all air combat exercises, the Red Flag, which is conducted by ___.
a. Russia
b. France
c. Britain
d. USA
7. Government of India has recently notified which of the following chemicals as an explosive?
a. Ammonium chloride
b. Ammonium nitrate
c. Ammonium carbide
d. Calcium carbide
8. Name the world's fourth largest car-maker who has decided to set up a three lakh cars-per-annum manufacturing plant in Sanand.
a. Ford
b. General Motors
c. Toyota Motors
d. Hyundai
9. The Central Board of Trustees, the apex decision-making body of the Employees Provident Fund Organisation, approved appointment of which bank as the custodian of securities of the EPFO?
a. RBS
b. HSBC
c. Standard Chartered
d. ABN Amro
10. ___ got the top position in the latest FIFA Rankings.
a. Germany
b. Spain
c. Brazil
d. Uruguay
11. ‘Jiaolong’ was in news recently because it is ___.
a. A manned mission to moon by China
b. A rehabilitation and relief operation by Japan
c. China’s manned submersible
d. None of the above
12. Which of the following personalities unveiled the Olympic countdown clock?
a. Gagan Narang and Saina Nehwal
b. Abhinav Bindra and Mary Kom
c. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore and Sushil Kumar
d. Abhinav Bindra and Saina Nehwal
13. Gopal Subramaniam resigned from post of Solicitor-General of India. Name the senior advocate who has been appointed to take his place.
a. Rohinton Mistry
b. Fali S Nariman
c. Rohinton Nariman
d. Fiourdasji Sorabji
14. Concerned over the increasing pollution-level in Chandrapur, which of the following NGOs started a drive titled 'Green Ganesha' about pollution-free Ganesh Utsav?
a. Green-Hunt
b. Green-Eco
c. Eco-Ganesha
d. Eco-Pro
15. A joint venture between ___ has produced the LCV (light commercial vehicle), “Dost”.
a. Ashok Leyland & Nissan Motors
b. Ashok Leyland & Renault
c. Tata Motors & Nissan Motors
d. Mahindra & Mahindra & Nissan Motors
16. Which sports person will be conferred with the honour of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awards for the year 2010?
a. Saina Nehwal
b. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
c. Gagan Narang
d. M C Mary Kom
17. Recently, a committee has been constituted by the National Statistical Commission to actively consider whether there is a need for any umbrella legislation to make administrative statistics more ef ective and is headed by ___.
a. Meghnad Desai
b. Rakesh Mohan
c. Jean Dreze
d. N R Madhava Menon
18. Which of the following Indian women has found a place in the Time's list of daredevil wives?
a. Razia Sultana
b. Indira Gandhi
c. Rani Lakshmi Bai
d. Sonia Gandhi
19. Which among the following is the second woman chess player from India to win the grandmaster title at the Women's Grandmasters tournament in China?
a. Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman
b. Koneru Hampi
c. Harika Dronavalli
d. Trupti Murugunde
20. The central government has sought a partnership in publicising of Bharat Nirman Programme with ___.
a. ONGC
b. Indian Railways
c. India Post
b. Doordarshan
21. Recently Indian President Pratibha Patil released a commemorative postage stamp on Rashtrapati Bhavan which marks the 80th Anniversary of the commissioning of the building. Which of the following Governor Generals of India was its first occupant?
a. Lord Amherst
b. Lord Irvin
c. Lord Reading
d. Lord Linlithgow
22. A 12-month ban on synthetic cannabis products has come into effect in New Zealand as they may harm health, including causing heart problems. Cannabis is used since ancient times for as ___.
a. An antibiotic drug
b. A catalyst drug
c. A mineral supplement
d. A recreational drug
23. Rebecca Rickwood won a global competition to find the best use of Microsoft's spreadsheet software, Excel 2007. She belongs to ___.
a. Canada
b. New Zealand
c. India
d. United Kingdom
24. Russian cosmonauts carried out a fraught six-and-a-half-hour space walk recently, releasing a student satellite which will send greetings to radio enthusiasts in 15 languages, as well as photos and pressure data, to commemorate which of the following cosmonauts?
a. Vyacheslov Zudov
b. Valetina Tereshkova
c. Yuri Gagarin
d. Boris Yegorov
25. The food giant Cargill in ___recalled 18,000 tons (16,330 tonnes) of turkey after a salmonella outbreak that killed one person and made dozens ill.
a. Mexico
b. United States of America
c. Denmark
d. United Kingdom
26. Which one of the following Indian companies has entered into collaboration with the Singapore Management University (SMU) for a new R&D facility for cloud-based IT solutions for cities worldwide?
a. Tata Consultancy Services
b. Wipro Technologies
c. Infosys
d. Mahindra Satyam
27. Actress Annette Charles, who played Cha Cha DiGregorio, in the hit movie Grease, died at the age of 63. She belonged to which country?
a. United Kingdom
b. United States of America
c. France
d. Greece
28. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs gave a major fillip to Maharatna SAIL by approving its proposal for revival of the Sindri fertiliser-manufacturing unit that belongs to ___.
a. Krishak Bharti Cooperative Limited (KRIBHCO)
b. Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO)
c. Tata Chemicals Limited (TCL)
d. Fertiliser Cooperation of India (FCIL)
29. Top Indian runner, Tintu Luka won the gold medal at Karlstad Grand Prix in Sweden in her first of the series of events planned as preparation for this month’s World Championships in South Korea. She was the runner-up in ___.
a. 200 m race
b. 400 m race
c. 800 m race
d. 1500 m race
30. Aaranyak, a wildlife research and bio-diversity conservation organisation based in ___ will assist authorities to undertake non-invasive genetics research on two critically endangered species — the Javan and the Sumatran rhinos.
a. Guwahati
b. Itanagar
c. Dispur
d. Tezpur
Ansewrs
1. b. Shivaraj V Patil
2. c. Anshu Jain
3. b. South Korea
4. d. Uruguay
5. c. Sandeep Sejwal
6. d. USA
7. b. Ammonium nitrate
8. a. Ford
9. c. Standard Chartered
10. b. Spain
11. c. China’s manned submersible
12. b. Abhinav Bindra and Mary Kom
13. c. Rohinton Nariman
14. d. Eco-Pro
15. a. Ashok Leyland & Nissan Motors
16. c. Gagan Narang
17. d. N R Madhava Menon
18. c. Rani Lakshmi Bai
19. c. Harika Dronavalli
20. b. Indian Railways
21. b. Lord Irvin
22. d. A recreational drug
23. d. United Kingdom
24. c. Yuri Gagarin
25. b. United States of America
26. a. Tata Consultancy Services
27. b. United States of America
28. d. Fertiliser Cooperation on of India (FCIL)
29. c. 800 m race
30. a. Guwahati
