Thursday 15 March 2012



1. Central Rice Research Institute (CRRI) was setup in year 1946 in which states?
Odisha.
2.The Sariska Tiger Reserve is a national park in India located in which  districts of Rajasthan?
Alwar.
3.Kerala has launched a project titled “Hunger Free City” aims to provide highly subsidized meals once a day to public at designated centers in a city and ensure that no person in the city goes without at least one square meal a day. Which city is  the first city chosen for this?
Kozhikode.
4.The Reserve Bank of India has constituted a committee on priority sector under the Chairmanship of Mr. M V Nair, he is Chairman of which  banks?
Union Bank of India.
5.Who  is the current chief coach of Indian men's hockey team?
Michael Nobbs.
6.Akhlaq Mohammad Khan 'Shahryar' was honoured with the Jnanpith Award in 2008 and the Sahitya Akademi Award for his book:
Khwab ka Dar Band Hai.
7.'Snehasparsham' is a pension project for the unwed tribal mothers in which of the states?
Kerala.
8.Which river interlinking project is proposed to be the first river interlinking project in the country?
Ken to Betwa.
9.Sahitya Akademi president Sunil Gangopadhyaya presented Sahitya Akademi Awards 2011 in New Delhi to which  Telugu poets for his book ‘Swaralayalu' on Hindustani music?
Samala Sadasiva.
10.Public sector major, Canara Bank has opened its first ultra small branch which would be open all seven days in a week and would be linked with the bank's Core Banking Solution in which  states?
Tamil Nadu.
11.Which of the States has launched ‘Zero Landless programme' for distributing land to the landless and eligible persons from among the weaker sections of society?
Kerala.
12.Who  has been selected for the S.R. Jindal Prize for his outstanding contribution in his field ,along with the former Lokayukta of Karnataka, Justice N. Santosh Hegde ?
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.
13.Go Airlines is a leading low-fare service airline, flying to 21 destinations within India with 160 daily flights. Who is the CEO of GoAir?
Giorgio de Roni.
14.Which States last registered a case of wild poliovirus ?
West Bengal.
15.'Pancheshwar dam' is to be constructed on which rivers?
Sarada (Mahakali).
16.Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh has set up a three-member panel to examine the report on Air India-Indian Airlines merger and prepare a schedule for their implementation recommended by which Committee?
Dharmadhikari Committee.
17.Vempalli Gangadhar has bagged Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2011 for which the books of short-stories in Telugu?
“Molakala Punnami”.
18.Which  country's President has decorated tennis World No. 1 Novak Djokovic with the highest state honour medal 'Gold Star of Karadjordje'?
Serbia.
19.Which  Odia writers has been selected for Kendra Sahitya Akademi for his/her novel ‘Achinha Basabhumi'?
Kalpana Kumari Devi.
20.'Megha-Tropiques' is a:
satellite mission to study the water cycle in tropical atmosphere.
21.Sahitya Akademi president Sunil Gangopadhyaya presented Sahitya Akademi Award 2011, to which of  the Telgu poets for his book ‘Swaralayalu' on Hindustani music?
Samala Sadasiva.
22.Who is the maker of documentary film ‘Jashn-e-Azadi,’?
Sanjay Kak.
23.Who is the current President of Maldives?
Waheed Hassan.
24.Which state has launched “Indira Bal Swasthya Yojana (IBSY)” to provide free treatment to all children?
Haryana.
25.Recently, Tata Power along with SN Power has signed a 236 MW ‘Duger Hydro Electric Project' in which  state?
Himachal Pradesh.
26.Central Research Institute of Unani Medicine (CRIUM) was established in December 1971 it is located in:
Hyderabad.
27.Which Biosphere Reserves has been nominated for the prestigious Michael Batisse Award under the Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme of the United Nations Educational, Science and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)?
Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve (NBR).
28.To boost dryland crop production, which state has launched 'Bhoo Chetana' programme in 2009?
Karnataka.
29.23rd National sub-junior “kho-kho” championship was recently held in which state?
Karnataka.
30.For imparting training to less-educated and unemployed youths to improve their skills in the hospitality sectors, India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) has launched “Hunar Se Rozgar” (Employment through Skills) scheme in which states?
Rajasthan.
31.Insecticides India has entered into a marketing tie-up with which of the following Japanese Chemicals companies to distribute ‘Pulsor', a fungicide which prevents sheath blight in rice in India?
Nissan.
32.On the grounds of “disagreement with certain State policies and inability of the government to deal with mining scam and other scandals, which of the social activists has declined the Karnataka government's Basava Puruskar 2010?
Medha Patkar.
33.'Etisalat' is a telecommunications services provider company of which country?
UAE.
34.“The Last Lecture” is a book authored by which author?
Jeffrey Zaslow.
35.Which of the state governments would get an assistance of Rs. 2,000 crore from the Union government to set up internal infrastructure for the proposed Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemical Investment Regions (PCPIRs)?
Odisha.
36.VE Commercial Vehicles, a 50:50-joint venture between the Volvo Group and Eicher Motors, is setting up a bus manufacturing plant in:
Madhya Pradesh.
37.Which authors has written the book “Feeding the forgotten poor”?
William D. Dar.
38.Recently, Sun pharmaceutical company has formed joint venture with:
Merck.
39.Who is the current Project Director of Chandrayaan II?
M. Annadurai.
40.Who has been declared for 'Vyas Samman' for his poetry collection “ Aam Ke Patte ”?
Ramdarash Mishra.

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