Banking and General Knowledge Test 2

Scientists at the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal, Haryana were in news recently for creating a cloned version called 'Garima' of which of the following animals?

Which journalist was appointed as new Media Adviser to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently?

Raman Srivastava has taken over as the new Director General of which of the following?

Railway minister Mamata Banerjee renamed Tollygunge metro station after which movie personality recently?

Which of the following has signed a MoU for instituting a Chair Professorship fot Radar Studies at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore recently?

Vikas Swarup, whose book was turned into the Oscar-winning 'Slumdog Millionaire,' was appointed India's Consul-General in which of the following countries?

According to Union Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh where will India's first �Natural History Museum� be established?

Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee announced the launch of a new train between Singur and Howrah from August 1, 2009. What is the train named?

Which of the following is/are true regarding INS Arihant, a nuclear submarine that was launched by the Indian Navy recently?
I.          Its launch makes India only the sixth country in the world to possess a nuclear submarine after USA, Russia, Britain, China and France.
II.         Tata Steel was the private sector company that built the hull of the submarine
III.        The enriched uranium fuel for the reactor was supplied by the Rare Materials Project, Mysore

Who was the chairman of the jury at the Venice Film Festival organised in September 2009?

Pingali Venkaiah was honoured with the issue of a postage stamp recently. Which of the following did he design?

Which prominent leader was expelled from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) for violating the organisational principles and discipline recently?

How many banks were nationalised by the Government of India in 1969?

Which channel separates the Andamans from the Nicobar group of Islands?

According to government estimates, India's foodgrain production in the crop year ending June 30, 2009 is expected to be around _____.

Who is the Chairman of NASSCOM?

Well known agricultural scientist M S Swaminathan is the winner of all of the following awards and honours except which of the following?

The Prime Meridian and the Equator intersect at a point in which of the following oceans?

Which country is the largest producer of geo-thermal energy in the world?

New Delhi based Seva Bharti is the winner of the prestigious Rashtriya Mahatma Gandhi Award for 2008. Which state government gives this award?

Which of the following became the first state in India to provide reservation of HIV +ve hi government jobs?

The Reserve Bank of India has decided to help banks, as a temporary measure, by providing additional liquidity support under LAP. What is the full form of LAP?

Which of the following is headquartered in Paris and has Catherine Cesarsky as its President?

Which of the following is not a department of the Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India?

Which of the following is not a social sector programme being run by the government of India?

The National Illness Assistance Fund (NIAF) which was set up in 1997 is now known with which new name?

Who among the following is that author of the book entitled, �To a Hunger-free World�?

Avinash Chander is the director of which military programme?

Ulysses spacecraft - whose primary mission was to study the Sun - was a joint venture between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and _____

Who is the winner of the Crystal Award for 2009 by World Economic Forum?

Which state government has launched the 'Mamta Scheme' an ambitious project to improve conditions of mothers and newborns?

Which large Tata Group company has B. Muthuraman as its Managing Director?

A Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha to enable transfer of the RBFs equity holding in India's largest bank-the State Bank of India (SBI) to the Union govt. How much equity does the RBI hold in SBI?

Which corporate group is financing the Women's Institute for Studies in development Oriented Management (WISDOM)-started by Banasthali Vidyapeeth, a deemed university in Rajasthan?

Where are the headquarters of the Eastern Naval Command of India located?

Who is the chairman of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)?

Which institution was commissioned by the Govt of India to set up computerised stamp duty administration system to implement e-stamping project to end forgeries of stamp papers?

Which former Secretary General of the United Nations passed away in 2008?

What Indian name is given to the Russian built Admiral Gorshkov, a 238-meter long aircraft carrier that will join the Indian Navy?

Which Tata Group company completed 100 years of its founding in 2008?

Which organization has declared the birthday (October 2) of Mahatma Gandhi as �International Day of Nonviolence�?

Which place in Madhya Pradesh is the site of the proposed Indira Gandhi National Tribal University?

Which among of the following Parliamentary committee probed the cash-for-votes scandal related to the trust vote in the Lok Sabha?

Padma Vibhushan 2009 awardee Prof Jasbir Singh Bajaj was honoured for his work in which field?

What was the operation launched by security forces to flush out terrorists holed up in Mumbai's hotels on 26 November 2008 called?