Friday, March 18, 2011

current affairs questions 5


ET -5

1) With which country does India plans to have a joint venture in solar photo-voltaic cells? Russia
2) The nanotechnology initiative of the Russian Government with the Department of Science and Technology? RUSNANO
3) Cabinet rank Coal minister of India? SriPrakash Jaiswal
4) Which firm partnered with SA India to foray into the alternate and renewable energy market in the country? Satarem AG of Switzerland
5) Wind power system launched by Saterem India? Windsat
6) 3 IPO‟s to hit the market this week which plans to raise around 270 crores? Acropetal,Sudar,Fineotex
7) Who can authorize the Government to collect funds by way of taxes, duties and borrowings? Parliament
8) The inputs of a budget: The Planning Commission, The Comptroller and Auditor General, Administrative Ministries and Other Stakeholders
9) What are the two parts of the budget speech? Part A deals with general economic survey and policy statements, Part B contains Taxation proposals
10) Who has the responsibility for framing the Budget? The finance ministry
11) What is the responsibility of the department of Economic affairs? Non-tax revenue
12) What is a „Guillotine‟? The Speaker puts all the outstanding demands to the vote of the House. This device is ‘guillotine’.
13) The bill which gives authority to the Government to incur expenditure from and out of the Consolidated Fund of India? The Appropriation Bill
14) World‟s fastest growing major economy in 2011? China
15) Currency of China? Yuan
16) Cadbury‟s revenue growth for year 2010-27%
17) Kraft foods took over Cadbury - $19.7billion deal
18) BRIC is the term used for which four major emerging economies- Brazil, Russia, India& China
19) Commerce and Industry minister- Anand Sharma
20) SAIL chairman-CS Verma
21) South Korea seeks govt support for Posco‟s Joint venture with- SAIL
22) The only Indian company which has retained international certification by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers – L&T
23) L&T hopes to supply nuclear equipment to- EDF (Electricite de France SA) - largest nuclear power operator.
24) Civil Aviation minister- Vayalar Ravi
25) Ranbaxy‟s 2010 PAT- Rs 1,497- crore
26) Rolls- Royee has been selling 2 models named- Phantom&Ghost and now entering the electric car segment „102EX‟
27) Nokia Partners with Reliance Communications to provide Ovi store
28) Which operating system platform is Nokia planning to install in its upcoming smart-phones- Microsoft windows 7
29) BP CEO-Robert Dudley
30) RIL willing for partnership with- BP
31) What is the growth food subsidy bill is expecting? 27% to rs74231 cr
32) What could be the reason for the trip of mega power plan? Limited availability of coal
33) What is Railways planning to do to cut cost? Use alloys in wagons
34) What is the expected rise in inflation in d year 2011? 11%
35) What will be the growth in the Indian economy in this yr? 8.5-9%
36) Who is the minister for state of finance? S S Palanimanickam
37) What is the full form of GST? Goods and service tax
38) What does FRA stands for? Fiscal Responsibility Tax
39) Who is the finance minister of Kerala? Thomas Isaac
40) Who is the finance minister of Bihar? Sushil Modi
41) What is the income tax arrears on April 1, 2010? Rs 248927 cr
42) What is the expected capacity of power generation plants? 1500MW
43) At what price is BHP buying shale gas reserves from Chesapeake? $4.75 billion
44) Who is the chief executive officer of wall mart? Mike Duke
45) What is the percentage of shares govt. Owns in scooter India? 95%
46) What is the expected percentage of growth rate for the state Karnataka for the 2010-2011 fiscal? 8.2%
47) What is FSDC? Financial Stability and Development Council
48) At present how many units of airwaves in 700MHz band does India possess for commercial services? 108units
49) Who is the CIO of Ericsson India? Tamal Chakravorty
50) The organized coffee retailing segment in India is estimated at around Rs.600 crore
51) What is FIPB? Foreign Investment Promotion Band
52) Dunkin‟s Donuts is in talks to enter India through which franchisee? Jubilant Food Works
53) Muscat based Kitara Capital has invested about Rs. 78 crore for a minority stake in TVS automobile solutions
54) The world‟s largest truck company Daimler launched which brand for India? Bharat Benz
55) Which Pharma company got notice from US drug regulator? Aurobindo Pharma
56) Which Tech firm won multimedia IT contract from Vodafone? Tech Mahindra
57) Which Chinese manufacturer of automobiles started making vehicles with Hindustan motors? Shandong Shifeng
58) What is FCCB? Foreign currency convertible bonds
59) Who controls Hero group which is to be separated from Hero Honda Company? Munjal family
60) Which committee was set up to investigate policies of successive governments from 1998 to 2009 in allocation and pricing of telecom licenses? 30 member Joint Parliamentary Committees
61) What is the cause for skidding of sensex point which is likely to fan inflation & interest rates? Surging oil prices
62) By what % Essar group has cut loop telecom stake? 1.5%
63) Private equity firm Bain capital will buy stake in which company? Hero Investment pvt ltd.
64) In the union budget 2011, the govt is thinking to allow FDI in which sector? multi brand retail
65) By what % automobiles majors are likely to raise prices? 3%
66) What is the sector where Karnataka govt will incur max expenditure for the financial year 2011-12? agriculture & irrigation (17857 crore)
67) Which committee has been appointed to investigate policies of govt. in relation to allocation & pricing of telecom licenses? joint parliamentary committee(30 members)
68) Recently HUL Brews is planning to enter into which sector after us giants‟ starbucks & dunkins have finalized deal? Bru world cafĂ© outlet
69) Which delhi based company is in talk with which p.e firms to raise 500 crore for ongoing construction activities in n.india? Ansal(real estate company)
70) With which company pfizer has agreed to re-enter the global insulin market? Biocon
71) Who is the director of tata sons who was grilled recently by cbi with respect to telecom sector? R.K Krishna kumar
72) By what amount cocoberry co. has raised fund making the rise of investment in food industry? $2 million
73) Who have been appointed as brand ambassador by hul to push its bru brand? Shahid kapoor & Priyanka chopra
74) Which place of karnataka was banned for mining after “illegal mining” issue came into picture? Bellary
75) What % of excise duty is expected to increase in liquor prices in karnataka which was announced in union budget? 10%
76) What is the current account deficit (CAD) of Q2 of FY11? It has touched 4.1% of GDP
77) By what price did world food price index rise in Jan 2011? 28%
78) What is the earnings of General motors in the year 2010? $4.7 billion
79) What is seed money? Seed money is capital which is provided at the start of a project or initiative to help it get off the ground. As the name implies, the money is the seed which is supposed to help the project grow.
80) Which is the world‟s third largest supplier of personal computers? Dell
81) What does CRISIL stand for? Credit Rating and Information Services of India Ltd - India's leading Ratings, Research, Risk and Policy Advisory Company based in Mumbai
82) What amount of subsidy is provided by government on diesel, kerosene and LPG cylinder? Diesel – Rs 10.74 per litre, Kerosene – Rs 21.60 per litre, LPG – Rs 356.07 per cylinder
83) How many board level posts are vacant in central public sector enterprises (CPSEs)? 71 posts
84) What is SCOPE ? It stands for standing conference on public enterprises which is the apex body of public enterprises in India.
85) How much does the private Airlines (Kingfisher, jet airways, jetlite, spicejet, indigo) owe to the Airport Authority of India (AAI)? Rs 352 crore
86) Who is the Civil Aviation minister of India? Mr .Vayalar Ravi
87) What could be the reason for a new recession in future? Soaring oil prices
88) How much has the price of crude oil per barrel increased to? $117 a barrel.
89) Who is the new chairman of financial planning standards board (FPSB) ? Dhirendra Swarup
90) What is the food inflation during the week ended feb 12? 11.49%

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