General Exams Question and Answers

1. In which Indian city will the Nano Science and Technology be setup?
Bangalore (Devanahalli)

2. Which French tyre maker is all set to start production in Chennai unit?
Michelin

3. Which French cement gaint has been allowed to mine for limestone in Meghalaya’s East Khasi hills by Supreme Court?
Lafarge

4. The death of which film maker could be remembered as ‘Siddheswari’ won the national award for Best documentary film in 1989?
Mani Kaul

5. Which spiritual leader celebrated his 76th Birthday recently?
Dalai Lama

6. Which country is set to role out 1st phase of National internet in August at 8Mb for home users?
Iran

7. Approximately how much hectares of land in India is under organic certification as on March 2010?
4.4 million hectares

8. Who has been appointed as Manager of West Indies Under-19 cricket team?
Courtney Walsh

9. After battling with cancer which British actress died recently?
Anna Massey

10. Where has Posco planned Rs.52,000 crore project in India?
Orrisa, Jagatsinghpur

11. Which company is all set to acquire British online bookstore The Book Depository?
Amazon.com

12. Which Bharathanatyam exponent was conferred with Yagnaraman Lifetime Achievement Award?
Padma Subrahmanyam

13. Who has been appointed as CEO of Fortis Healthcare?
Aditya Vij

14. Who has been appointed as RBI Deputy Governor?
Harun Rashid Khan

15. Who has been appointed as BHEL’s Director of Finance?
P.K.Bajpai

16. Which social networking site has gained 2nd rank in USA?
LinkedIn

17. Who is been appointed as the CEO of Genpact?
Tiger Tyagarajan

18. Who is the VC and CEO of HDFC bank?
Keki Mistry

19. Who is the CEO of Facebook?
Mark Zuckerberg

20. In which Indian city will the Nano Science and Technology be setup?
Bangalore (Devanahalli)

21. Who sealed his 2012 Olympics berth for the Archery Event?
Jayanta Talukdar

22. Which actor is all set to construct a temple for Sachin Tendulkar and Mahendra Singh Dhoni?
Manoj Tiwari

23. Which part of Sudan is all set to celebrate its Independence Day on 8th July 2011,Saturday?
South Sudan

24. Which networking website now allows video calls and group chat?
Facebook

25. Who recently joined 400 wicket elite club in Test Cricket?
Harbhajan Singh

26. Where in India has Indian Institute of Management planned to open its 2nd campus?
Bangalore, Anekal

27. Who is to succeed defence secretary Pradeep Kumar?
Shashikant Sharma
28. Who won gold in 19th Asian Athletics Championship?
Mayookha

29. Which job-starved state in India has been granted Rs.1,000 crore job plan?
Jammu and Kashmir

30. Who has been appointed as CFO of Firssource Solutions Limited.?
Rajesh Subramaniam

31. Which Asian country becomes the first country to win the FIFA women’s world cup?
Japan

32. Who won the British Open Golf Championship 2011?
Darren Clarke

33. Who was the 400th wicket of Harbhajan Singh?
Carlton Baugh

34. Which countries reached the semi-finals of Copa America 2011?
Peru,Uruguay,Paraguay,Venezuela

35. Who won the MotoGP German Grand Prix 2011?
Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team)

36. Which country won the Snooker World Cup 2011 after 15 years?
China

37. Who won the British Grand Prix 2011?
Alonso

38. The Mysore campus of Infosys has been renamed as?
Naryana Murthy Centre of Excellence

39. Which 2 Indian cricketers are nominated for all-time greatest Test team?
Sachin and Sehwag

40. Who has been appointed as CEO of Sun TV Network?
K.Vijay Kumar

41. Which bank has entered into pact with SBI Mutual Fund?
Indian Bank

42. Who has been appointed as CEO of Aditya Brila Finance?
Rakesh Singh

43. Which bank has launched credit card with no pre-set limit on spending?
HDBC Bank

44. Airtel has inked deal with which company for IT solutions to African employees?
IBM

45. Which passenger jet with a capacity to fly about 250 people non-stop up to 16,000 km landed at the IGI airport?
Boeing 787 Dream-liner

46. Who has been appointed as Railway Minister in cabinet reshuffle 2011?
Dinesh Trivedi

47. Who has been appointed as Tribal Affairs and Panchayati Raj Minister in cabinet reshuffle 2011?
Kishore Chandra Deo

48. Who takes over Ministry of Steel in cabinet reshuffle 2011?
Beni Prasad Verma

49. Who has been appointed as Rural Development Minister in cabinet reshuffle 2011?
Jairam Ramesh

50. Which country has been included as 193rd member of United Nations?
Sundan