Latest Current Affair Updates for IBPS-CWE 2011: Bank PO & Clerical, Nov 2011-5

1. Which Indian company celebrated its founders 172nd birth anniversary recently?
(a) Tata group (b) Bharti group (c) Reliance group (d) Hinduja group

2. India has recently resumed payments to Iran for the crude oil being purchased after putting in place an alternative system of routing money through a German bank, putting an end to the oil payment crisis by making payment in which of the following currency?

(a) Dollar (b) Euro (c) Rial (d) Rupee


3. As per UNIDO’s just released International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics 2011, India, Brazil and China’s share in world manufacturing output has reached to:
(a) 32 per cent (b) 45 per cent (c) 52 per cent (d) 60 per cent

4. Chief Vigilance Commissioner in India is appointed on the basis of recommendation made by a high power committee (HPC) headed by -

(a) Prime Minister (b) Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha (c) Home Minister (d) Chief Justice of India


5. Who is the current Chairman of Rajya Sabha?
(a) Hamid Ansari (b) Jayanti Natrajan (c) Karia Munda (d) Najma Hephtulla


6. Government announced the setting up of an inter-ministerial task force on direct subsidies under :
(a) Nandan Nilekani (b) Narayana Murthi (c) V. Ramaswamy (d) Jagmohan


7. India will soon sign its ninth civil nuclear agreement with its negotiators having finalized the text with :
(a) South Korea (b) Japan (c) France (d) Canada

8. The first of its kind mosquito repellent has been developed under a special technology commercialisation programme signed between the DRDO and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) by name of -

(a) Maxo Military (b) Maxo Safe (c)Soft Wipes (d) All of the above


9. India’s longest rail bridge has been recently constructed in :
(a) Kerala (b) Bihar (c) Maharastra (d) West Bengal


10. Which country has recently proposed “joint exploration with India for the development of rare earth minerals?
(a) Japan (b) Iran (c) America (d) Russia


11. The Supreme Court refused to relax its order banning sale of tobacco products like gutka and pan masala in plastic sachets beyond:
(a) 1st January, 2012 (b) 1st April, 2011 (c) 1st March, 2011 (d) 1st December, 2011

12. Which of the following bench of the Justices said that any demand for money, property or valuable security made from the bride or her parents or other relatives by the bridegroom or his parents or other relatives or vice versa in connection with the marriage will fall within the mischief of “dowry’?

(a) Justices Aftab Alam and R.M. Lodha (b) Justices Mathur and Justice Shivaraj V. Patil (c) Justices Markandey (d) Justices Punchhi

13. According to Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), wheat production in which of the following countries is on risk?

(a) China (b) Japan (c) Afganistan (d) Australia

14. Which University is going to develop a rare collection of films made in India during the final years of the British raj into a new teaching course ?

(a) Cambridge University (b) Oxford University (c) Harvard University (d) Mumbai University.

15. Which of the Satellites were being built by ISRO to meet the requirements of PS-1 and PS-2 specified in the Antrix-Devas Agreement?

(a) GSAT-6 and GSAT-6A (b) GSAT-5 and GSAT-6 (c) GSAT- 6 and GSAT-7 (d) GSAT-7 and GSAT-8


ANSWERS:
1. a 2. b 3. a 4. a 5. a 6. a 7. a 8. d 9. a 10. a 11. c 12. a 13. a 14. a 15. a