CURRENT AffAIRS

NATIONAL
1. Who among the following was appointed Chairperson of the Indian Council of Social Science Research (1CSSR) on April 1, 2011 ? (1) Andre Betallie (2) JaveedAlam (3) A Nageshwara Rao (4) SukhdeoThorat 2. According to the provisional data of Census 2011 released on March 31, 2011 India's population is (1) 1.12billion (2) 1.21 billion (3) 1.32 billion (4) 1.26 billion 3. In the Union budget, the government proposed to spend Rs.2.72 lakh crore on the sectors out of Rs.5.92 lakh crore earmarked in the Central Plan for 2011-12. (1) Transport (2) Energy (3) Infrastructure (4) Only 1 and 2 4. On which date in 2011 did a special fast track court in Ahmedabad sentence 11 convicts to death and 20 others to life imprisonment in the 2002 Godhra train burning case? (1) March 1 (2) March 16 (3) February 28 (4) February 25 5. In a major relief to farmers and exporters, the Centre on March 2, 2011, slashed the minimum export price for _ by 25 per cent to $450 a tonne from $600. (1) Pulses (2) Rice (3) Onions (4) Potato 6. India, in March 2011, applied to the European Organisation for Nuclear Research at Geneva in for associate membership. (1) Switzerland (2) France (3) Germany (4) Poland 7. The U.S.-India Defence Policy Group meeting was held in Washington in March 2011 for extensive discussion on strengthening bilateral defence ties. (1) 9th (2) 10th (3) 11th (4) 13th 8. On which date in 2011 did the Union Cabinet clear the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Bill, 2011, a Bill seeking to prevent sexual abuse of children? (1) March 3 (2). March 11 (3) March 14 (4) March 18 9. The Chief Minister of which Indian state, on March 4, 2011, asked the state legislators to move a resolution for setting up a Truth and Reconciliation Commission? (1) Chhattisgarh (2) Manipur *(3) Goa (4) Jammu & Kashmir 10. Which country, on March 5, 2011, advocated a closer security relationship with India to check money-laundering and drug-trafficking? U) Myanrrfar (2) Thailand (3) Indonesia (4) Nepal 11. According to data released in New Delhi in March 2011, the area under wheat this Rabi season was higher than 2010 by 10.46 lakh hectares raising hopes of a record crop. (1) Jute (2),Tdbacco (3) Wheat (4) Rice 12. On which date in 2011 did the Supreme Court hold that Parliament has ample powers to enact legislation with respect to extraterritorial aspects for the security of India? (1) March 3 (2) March 4 (3) March 5 (4) March 6 13. The Centre, on March 7, 2011, fixed , 2011, as the deadline for telecom operators to submit plans for interception by security agencies of their services. (1) April 1 (2) May 31 (3) June 1 (4) March 31 14. The Centre, on March 8, 2011, approved a grant of Rs.5 crore to the ASI to make five of its World Heritage Sites accessible to . (1) Children (2) Old people (3) Persons with disabilities (4) All of the above 15. Which state, in March 2011, banned the practice of "bartan" system under which upper caste families extract work from barbers and washermen during family occasions? (1) Orissa (2) Bihar (3) Uttar Pradesh (4) West Bengal 16. The _ Cabinet, on March 9, . 2011, gave its nod to increase women's reservation in local body polls from 33 to 50 per cent. (1) West Bengal (2) Maharashtra (3) Bihar (4) Orissa 17. On which date in 2011 did Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee announce the setting up of a group to quantify the black money being generated? (1) March 3 (2) March 7 (3) March 9 (4) March 11 18. India, on M a r c h 12, 2011, handed over to a list of insurgents who have taken shelter there and those involved in circulating fake Indian currency and trafficking.

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STATES
26. Which of the following State on April 3, 2011 decided to confer Eklavya Puraskar on Munaf Patel? (1) Uttar Pradesh (2) Gujarat (3) Madhya Pradesh (4) Rajasthan 27. T h e Central Government, in March 2011, took an initiative to set up separate High Courts in (1) Tripura (2) Manipur (3) Meghalaya , (4) All of the above 28. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, on March 3, 2011, bagged a mega-order worth Rs. 3,220 crore for supply critical equipment to a thermal power project in _. (1) Kerala (2) West Bengal (3) Bihar (4) Jharkhand 29. The Centre, in March 201*1, announced plans to develop 'Sufi circuit' in and Jharkhand in a big way to attract tourists from across the country and abroad. (1) Andhra Pradesh (2) Kerala (3) Bihar (4) Uttar Pradesh 30. . . on March 5, 2011, became the first State in the country to hold the annual B-1 test totally online for its police force for the fourth consecutive year since 2008. (1) Haryana (2) Kerala (3) Delhi (4) Punjab 31. Haryana, in March 2011, constituted an Inquiry Commission under retired Justice __ to inquire into the killing of Sikhs in the November 1984 riots. (1) T. P. Garg (2) A S . Dahiya (3) P.N. Parmar (4) S.N. Dabas 32. A footwear development centre, an initiative of the Union Commerce Ministry, was in March 2011, announced to be set up on the outskirts of in Rajasthan. (1) Jaipur (2) Jodhpur (3) Bikaner (4) Barmer 33. On which date in 2011 did NALCO decide to go for capital restructuring by splitting the eq-

19. On which date in 2011 did President Pratibha Patil cancel the appointment of P.J. Thomas as Central Vigjlance Commissioner? (1) March 14 (2) March 12 (3) March 16 (4) March 18 20. The Supreme Court, on March 16, 2011, observed that Article of the Constitution would apply even to a foreign national staying in India. (1) 19 (2) 21 (3) 24 (41 31 21. The Union-Finance Ministry, on March 17, 2011, gave nod for , % interest on PF for 2010-11. (1) 8.3 (2) 8.8 (3) 9.5 (4) 10.0 22. was granted the status of minority institution by the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions in New Delhi on February 22, 2011. (1) Indraprastha University (2) Guru Govind Singh University (3) Jamia Millia Islamia (4) Deoband University 23. The Central government, on February 24, 2011, raised the election expenditure limit for both Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies by around per cent. (1) 25 (2) 33 (3) 42 (4) 60 24. The Railway budget for 2011 -12, on February 25, 2011, allowed tolhe Railways for the first'time, to issue tax-free bonds to the tune of Rs. crore in the next financial year. (1) 5,000 (2) 7^500 (3) 10,000 (4) 15,000 25. Railway M i n i s t e r M a m a t a Banerjee, in February 2011, announced to launch four". Express" train services, to mark the 150th birth a n n i v e r s a r y of Rabindranath Tagore. (1) Kavi (2) Guru (3) Kavi Guru (4) RashtraKavi

uity share of Rs. 10 into two equity shares of Rs.5 each for the first time? (1) March 11 (2) March 9 (3) March 7 (4) March 5 34. The second annual Tarang cine awards, instituted by the Tarang entertainment television channel, were presented in in March 2011. (1) Dispur (2) Guwahati (3) Haldia (4) Bhubaneshwar 35. Which state government, on March 7, 2011, announced to undertake a detailed census of cancer patients in the state? (1) Delhi (2) Haryana (3) Punjab (4) Orissa 36. Which state, on March 8, 2011, announced that women employees in the state would be entitled to two years' leave during their entire s e r v i c e period for children's proper care? (1) Rajasthan (2) Bihar (3) Uttarakhand (4) Goa 37. According to the National Criminal Records Bureau reports rel e a s e d in (March 2 0 1 1 , records highest number of rape cases. (1) Delhi (2) Madhya Pradesh (3) Orissa (4) West Bengal 38. in March 2011, sought Indian investment in linking its islands to open up a land route to that country from Jaipur. (1) Nepal (2) Indonesia (3) Bhutan (4) Afghanistan 39. Which state, on March 8, 2011, conferred Indira Gandhi Mahila ShaktiSamman, Kalpana Chawla Shourya Samman and Sanno Devi Panchayati Raj Samman awards? (1) Punjab (2) Haryana (3) Delhi (4) Himachala Pradesh 40. _, on March 10, 2011, decided to disallow field trials of Bt maize in the Sftate, citing probable hazards to personal health and the environment in general. (1) Kerala (2) Karnataka (3) Tamil Nadu (4) Bihar

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was, on March 11, 2011, selected for the prestigious Vyas Samman for 2010 for his collection of poems, 'Phir Bhi Kuch Rah Jayega'. (1) AbhijitShukla (2) ManishPandey (3) Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari (4) AshokDhingra 42. The Vidhan Sabha, in March 2011, passed unanimous resolutions urging the Union Government to "pursue" the SutlejYamuna Link Canal matter in the Supreme Court. (1) Delhi (2) Punjab (3) Rajasthan (4) Haryana 43. , in March 2011, launched a scheme for regeneration of Dalit "bastis" (localities) in the urban areas of the State. (1) Uttar Pradesh (2) Bihar (3) Kerala (4) Tamil Nadu 44. Supreme Court judge Justice Ananga Kumar Patnaik, on March 12, 2011, conferred the Sahitya Bharati Samman-2010 on eminent poet .. (1) Suresh Panda (2) Rahul Dey (3) Sitakanta Mohapatra (4) Avinash Mohanty 45. The foundation stone for a new building of the Rajasthan State Judicial Academy was laid in in March 2011. (1) Jodhpur (2) Alwar (3) Jaipur (4) Jaisalmer 46. The third National Convention on the Right to Information (RTT) Act was held in in March 2011. (1) Dispur (2) Kohima (3) Shillong (4) Aizawl 47. The first Padmanath Memorial and Ramanath Memorial literary awards for 2010 were, on March 13, 2011, presented to _ and Bijit Kumar Bhattacharya in Guwahati. (1) AjitBarua (2) ManishThakur (3) Harendra Sharma (4) Nikhil Banerjee 48. The Cabinet, on March 14, 2011, approved the draft of the Geo-Spatial Data Infrastructure (Management, Control, Administration, Security and Safety) Bill.

(1) Delhi (2) Madhya Pradesh (3) Maharashtra (4) Gujarat 49. Reportedly the first of its kind in Asia, the Camel Rescue Centre, an exclusive asylum for ailing camels came up at Bassi in in March 2011. (1) Punjab (2) Haryana (3) Uttar Pradesh (4) Rajasthan 50. The Union Cabinet, on March 17, 2011, gave its nod for establishment of the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development as a Category I Institute of UNESCO in . (1) Mumbai (2) Chennai (3) Kochi (4) New Delhi

INTERNATIONAL
51. Nursultan Nazarbayev was on April 4,2011 re-elected president of which of the following countries for the third term ? (1) Kazakhstan (2j Ukraine (3) Kyrgyzstan (4) Syria 52. Thousands of anti-government protesters, on March 2, 2011, marched on the Interior Ministry in , demanding the release of all political prisoners. (1) Kigali (2) Manama (3) Algiers (4) Khartoum 53. Private the U.S. soldier in detention on charges of supplying Wikileaks with sensitive government data, was slapped with 22 new charges on March 3, 2011. (1) James Manning (2) Stuart Dawson (3) Bradley Manning . (4) Peter Grant 54. The U.S. Bureau of Labour Statistics, on March 4, 2011, announced that the net addition to jobs in the U.S. economy was during the month of February 2011. (1) 116,000 (2) 155,000 (3) 175,000 (4) 192,000 55. The Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) finally joined the Nepal government on .. 2011. (1) March 4 (2) March 8 (3) March 11 (4) March 18

56. T h e Director of the London School of Economics Sir was, in March 2011, forced to resign over the university's financial links with Muammar Qadhafi's regime. (1) Meghnad Desai (2) Howard Davies (3) Andrew Schlesinger (4) Roger Hartley 57. Though the Taurus XL rocket carrying NASA's satellite lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on March 4, 2011, the mission failed soon. (1) Freedom (2) Independence (3) Glory (4) Zenith 58. On which date in 2011 did China's Premier Wen Jiabao unveil a draft of China's next FiveYear Plan at the start of the annual session of the country's Parliament in Beijing? (1) March 18 (2) March 9 (3) March 13 (4) March 5 59. Which West African state was witness to fighting in March 2011, with thousands of people fleeing across the border to Liberia? (1) Senegal (2) Morocco (3) Ivory Coast (4) Guinea Coast 60. In a landmark step, twenty-one Roman Catholic priests in were, on March 8, 2011, suspended after being linked to an investigation into widespread child molestation. (1) Denver (2) Darwin (3) Philadelphia (4) Toronto 61. Senate Republicans, on March 9, 2011, passed a Bill that pares back the rights of unions to negotiate pay rises to historically low levels. (1) Iowa (2) Ohio (3) Minnesota (4) Wisconsin 62. An earthquake on March 10, 2011, toppled more than 1,000 houses and apartment buildings in China's southwest near the border with . (1) Myanmar (2) South Korea (3) North Korea (4) Laos

63. On March 11, 2011, a ferocious tsunami spawned by one of the largest earthquakes ever re-. corded slammed Japan's coast, killing t h o u s a n d s of people. (1) Northern (2) Eastern (3) Southern (4) Western 64. Japanese government, in March 2011, declared an "atomic power emergency" and evacuated residents living close to , No. 1 plant, operated by Tokyo Electric Power. (1) Okinawa (2) Tokyo (3) Nagoya (4) Fukushima 65. A tri-nation monitoring group of diplomats was established in on March 15, 2011, to brainstorm ways of rescuing sailors on board ships that Somali pirates had hijacked. (1) New Delhi (2) Beijing (3) Dubai (4) Cairo 66. Which was the sole nation to veto a U.N. resolution condemning Israeli settlement activity in the West Bank and East Jerusalem on February 18, 2011? (!) India (2) Canada (3) USA (4) Britain 67. Yoweri Museveni, the long-time president of , on February 20, 2011, inned another term in Kampala, allowing him to extend his 25-year hold on power. (1) Uganda (2) Botswana (3) Cameroon (4) Congo 68., , one of New Zealand's biggest cities, on February 22, 2011, lay in ruins after a powerful earthquake toppled buildings and churches on a busy weekday. (1) Hamilton (2) Napier " (3) Wellington (4) Christchurch 69. The ASEAN, on February 23, 2011, agreed to deploy observers in Cambodia and Thailand along their border near the mediaeval Preah Vihear Hindu temple. (1) Malaysian (2) Indonesian (3) Philippine (4) Singapore 70. On which date in 2011 did the "Russian Parliament ratify an agreement with the United States

of America on air transit of military cargoes to Afghanistan? (1) February 21 (2) February 28 (3) February 25 (4) March 1 71. The United States government finally imposed unilateral sanctions against the regime of Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi on , 2011. (1) March 16 (2) February 28 (3) March 1 (4) February 25 72. Russia, on February 26, 2011, successfully launched a next-generation navigation satellite for its Glonass global communication system from the northern space centre. (1) Vladivostok (2) Kursk (3) Plesetsk (4) Moscow 73. Prime Minister of , Mohammed Ghannouchi, on February 28, 2011, resigned as security forces clash with protesters demanding the removal of Ministers of his interim government. (1) Oman (2) Yemen (3) Tunisia (4) Somalia 74. Which of the following Academy Award (s) was/were won by the King's Speech at the 8 2 Academy Awards in Los Angeles on February 28, 2011? (1) Best Picture (2) Best Director (3) Best Actor (4) All of the above 75. Which country, in February 2011, ruled out the likelihood of unrest after calls for a "Jasmine Revolution" circulated on the Internet? (1) China (2) Malaysia (3) Pakistan (4) Afghanistan
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ECONOMY & BUSINESS

76. On which date in 2011 did the Bombay Stock Exchange 30share benchmark Sensex zoom 623.10 points, its biggest single day jump since May, 2009? (1) March 1 (2) March 16 (3) March 11 (4) March 7 77. As per the data released in New Delhi on March 1, 2011, during April-January 2010-11, outbound shipments grew by per cent to $184.63 billion.

(1) 11.5 (2) 18.3 (3) 29.3 (4) 33.4 78. On which date in 2011 did the Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry give up its 'tough stand' on payment of royalty and cess paid by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation? (1) March 2 (2) March 5 (3) March 8 (4) March 12 79. The Central Governmeiit, on March 3, 2011, admitted that it might not be possible to roll out the Goods and Services Tax (GST) from 2012. (1) January (2) March ' (3) April (4) October . 80. India, in March 2011, resumed payments to for the crude oil being purchased after putting in place an alternative system of routing money through a German bank. (1) Syria (2) Saudi Arabia (3) Oman (4) Iran 81. Cadbury India, as part of the Kraft Foods Group, introduced its popular biscuits in India in March 2011. (1) McVities (2) Jammy (3) Dodgers i (4) Oreo 82. Global Healthcare Holdings, on March 4, 2011, acquired 28.6 per cent in Lanka Hospitals Corporation, a leading Colombo listed Sri Lankan hospital. (1) Apollo (2) Escorts (3) Max (4) Fortis 83. According to the ITA data released in March 2011, the civil aviation sector in 2010 registered the lowest accident rate in its history with aviation safety performance rate of _. (1) 0.21 (2) 0.41 (3) 0.61 (4) 0.81 84. Widening the scope of interest rate futures market, the Reserve Bank of India, on March 7, 2011, permit -Day government bond to be traded in this market. (1) 31 (2) 61 (3) 91 (4) 121 85. The Government, in March 2011, announced to infuse Rs.l, 740 crore in as recapitalisation package to shore up the bank's equity capital. (1) Oriental Bank of Commerce

(2) BankofBaroda (3) CanaraBank (4) Indian Overseas Bank 86. CLP India, belonging to CLP Group of Hong Kong, in March 2011, announced to develop two new wind farmsone in Rajasthan and the other in . (1) Tamil Nadu (2) Andhra Pradesh (3) Gujarat (4) Maharashtra 87. The BML -led Hero Group, on March 8,2011, announced to acquire the entire 26 per cent stake of Japan's Honda Motor Co in their joint-venture Hero Honda Motors Ltd. (1) Singhania (2) Mittal (3) Ahuja (4) Munjal 88. According to data released in New Delhi on March 9, 2011, net direct tax collections grew per cent to Rs.3,36,117 crore during April-February 2010-11. (1) 20.75 (2) 26.50 (3) 30.50 (4) 45.00 89J The Essar Group, on March 10, 2011, announced to take over state-owned Zisco Steel of in a $750-million deal to revive pro. duction at the defunct firm. (1) South Africa (2) Egypt (3) Zimbabwe (4) Kenya 90. The Group, in March 2011, announced to raise private equity funds of about $300 million to invest in infrastructure projects in India. (1) Standard Chartered (2) Max New York (3) Royal Bank of Scotland (4) Kotak Mahindra 9 1 . As per the data released in March 2011, exportsjumped by 49.8 per cent year-on-year during February 2011 to $ billion. (1) 23.6 (2) 34.50 (3) 40.32 (4) 55.66 92. U.S.-based General Electric, on March 14, 2011, announced to invest about $ million for setting up an infrastructure equipment manufacturing facility in India. (1) 100 (2) 200 (3) 300 (4) 400 93. The RBI panel, on March 15, 2011, recommended that the rate should be the single policy

rate to unambiguously signal the SPORTS stance of monetary policy. (1) PLR (2) Repo 101. Martin Kaymer of became the (3) Bank (4) CLR new World number one in golf on 94. In one of the biggest FDI in the March ], 2011, taking over from energy sector,.Reliance Industries Lee Westwood who deposed TiLtd., on February 21, 2011, anger Woods on October 31. 2011. nounced the sale of 30 per cent (1) Britain (2) Switzerland (3) Germany (4) Russia stake in its 23 blocks to BP of __ for $7.20 billion. 102. Olympic champion of China, (1) USA (2) U.K. on March 4, 201], finished on (3) Germany (4) Saudi Arabia top in women's skeet in the World Cup in Concepcion, Chile. 95. In the 'Review of the economy 2010-11' released in New Delhi (1) Chang Ming by C. Rangarajan in February (2) Dan Li 2011, the Indian economy was (3) Zhang Shan projected to grow by per cent (4) Sung Tang this fiscal. 103. West Bengal, in March 20L1, (1)7.2 (2)8.1 won the 22nd all-India cricket (3) 8.6 (4) 9.4 tournament for physically challenged defeating by 42 runs 96. Steel Authority of India, in Febat Anantapur. ruary 2011, announced plans to (1) Delhi (2) Punjab put up four three million tonne (3) Haryana manufacturing facilities in . (4) Maharashtra (1) Indonesia 104. A.S. Suresh Krishna of Andhra (2) South Africa Pradesh, on March 5, 2011, beat (3) Oman and Mongolia of Delhi to win the National (4) All of the above Jute Board-National grass-court 97. Commerce and Industry Minister tennis tournament in Kolkata. Anand Sharma, on February 23, (1) Ashutosh Singh 2011, announced India's aim to (2) Saurabh Bhatia ~ double its exports to $ billion (3) Anil Solanki in the next three years. (4) Dinesh Raina. (1) 250 (2) 350 105. The fourth Indo-Bhutan Friend(3) 450 (4) 600 ship Car Rally, on March 8, 2011, 98. State-run Power Finance Corpoculminated in Thiropu, with ration, on February 24, 2011, apfinishing first in the adventure . pointed to manage the Rs. category. 5,606 crore follow-on public of(1) Manish Sharma fer (FPO). (2) Sudip Ghosh (L) Goldman Sachs (3) SanjayBose (2) JM Financial and DSP Merill (4) Rubin Patel Lynch 106. in March 2011, bagged a (3) ICICI Securities double, winning the men's and (4) All of the above women's titles in the 58th senior 99. The Economic Survey, on FebruNational kabaddi championship in ary 25, 2011, said India currently Udupi, Karnataka. has one of the lowest average (1) SAIL electricity tariffs in the world (2) Services . cents per unit at the retail (3) GAIL level. (4) Indian Railways (1) 4 (2) 6 107. on March 11, 2011, earned (3) 8 (4) 10 the distinction of achieving the 100. The Union Budget 2011-2012, on best-ever individual finish by an February 28, 2011, announced Indian in the Usha International a package of Rs. crore to help Queen Sirikit Cup in New Delhi. the handloom sector overcome its (1) GauriMonga financial problems. (2) ShilpaJasn (1) 1500 (2) 2000 (3) Mina] Mohan (3) 3,000 (4) 5000 (4) Alka Pandey

108. Lee Chong Wei, on March 13, 2011, won the All-England Open men's singles title, beating , the Olympic champion from China, in the final in Birmingham. (1) Ming Sung (2) Tai Lin (3) Jet Chang (4) Lin Dan 109. , in March 2011, topped the table with five gold, three silver and a bronze in the North India women's boxing championship in Gurgaon. (1) Manipur (2) Haryana (3) Nagaland (4) Gujarat 110. John Davison of who became an^oyernight household name i n 2 0 0 3 by breaking the record for the fastest World Cup hundred, announced his retirement on March 15, 2011. (1) Ireland (2) The Netherland (3) Canada (4) Zimbabwe 111. , on February 20, 2011, secured her Woman FIDE Master title after winning a silver medal in the World Youth chess championship in Greece. (1) Elena Hartley (2) Ivaiia Furtado (3) Susan Sardine (4) Rose Dawson 112. in February 2011, won the Gold Avantha Masters trophy in Gurgaon, after England's Robert Coles faltered on the 18th green. (1) HireshSinha (2) Rakesh Mishra (3) S.S.R Chowrasia (4) R.N. Singh 113. _, on February 23, 2011, beat Mithun Murali of Tamil Nadu in the men's singles final of the 34th National Games' tennis competition in Ranchi. (1) Mahesh Pandey (2) Rohit Singh (3) Kartar Sandhu (4) KaranRastogi 114. Katulu Ravi Kumar of , in February 2011, set a Games record in the clean and jerk event of the 34th National Games weightlifting competition at Jamshedpur. (1) Services (2) Punjab (3) Indian Railways (4) Haryana

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on February 25, 2011, regained the Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy for the sub-junior National football tournament,dethroning holder Jharkhand in Kolkata. (1) Goa (2) Mizoram (3) Manipur (4) Sikkim 116. Muni Ram Tirkey of and Prativa Boro of Assam, in February 2011, emerged the men's and w o m e n ' s c h a m p i o n s in t h e recurve event of the 34th National Games archery competition. (1) Jharkhand (2) Bihar (3) Madhya Pradesh (4) Bengal 117. Jharkhand men and women's teams, on February 25,2011, lost to Punjab and respectively in the hockey finals of the 34th Jharkhand National Games in Ranchi. (1) Tamil Nadu (2) Kerala (3) Haryana (4) Delhi 118. Bengal, in February 2011, got the better of in the final of the men's football event of the 34th National Games at the Birsa Munda Stadium in Ranchi. (1) Goa (2) Nagaland (3) Punjab (4) Uttar Pradesh 119. on February 20, 2011, upset Joseph Abraham for the men's 400m hurdles gold in the athletic competition of the National Games in Ranchi. (1) BrajeshTyagi (2) Kuldev Singh (3) MohnishShukla (4) NirmalSahay 120. Services' , on February 19, 2011, clinched gold in the men's 3000m steeplechase in the 34th Jharkhand National Games in Ranchi. (1) (2) (3) (4) Mohan Sharma Jaiveer Singh PradeepDabas Abhishek Mathur

PERSONS, PLACES & AWARDS

121. of the USER, Kolkata, in March 2011, used a computer model of solar activity to explain how the Sun lost its spots and solar storms for a long period. (1) Rohit Dey (2) AshishRanjan (3) SubhajitSaha (4) Dibyendu Nandi 122. , on March 1, 2011, took over as Chairman of Coal India Limited (CIL) in Kolkata. (1) Nirmal Chandra Jha (2) AvinashVerma (3) Deepak Singh (4) Prashant Chauhan 123. American Petroleum Institute, on March 9, 2011, announced to sponsor a conference and exhibition in targeting oil and gas industry. (1) Riyadh (2) Doha (3) Cairo (4) Damascus 124. Coal India Limited (CIL), on March 11, 2011, bagged the 'Century International Quality ERA Award (CQE)' in the Category. (1) Platinum (2) Diamond (3) Gold (4) Silver 125. Which city, on February 23, 2011, hosted the extraordinary International Energy Forum meeting? (1) Paris (2) Lisbon (3) Madrid (4) Riyadh 126. Jindal Steel and Power (JSPL), on Februaiy 26, 2011, announced to set up the biggest steel plant in . (1) Orissa (2) Jharkhand (3) West Bengal (4) Chhattisgarh 127. Pakistan's Minister for Minority Affairs was murdered in Islamabad on March 2, 2011. (1) Intisar Khan (2) Shahbaz Bhatti (3) Malik Arbaaz (4) Imran Nasir 128. Apple's chief executive who, in March 2011, unveiled a new version of the iPad that is thinner, lighter and features video cameras at a company event in San Francisco, is .

Steve Jobs Mike Rafter Alex Richardson Robin Hugh 129. was, on March 4, 2 0 1 1 , picked by Egypt's military rulers to replace Ahmed Shafiq as Prime Minister. (1) Mir Suleiman (2) EssamSharaf (3) ZafarMirza (4) Maqbool Shirazi 130. Alberto Granado, who accompanied Ernesto 'Che' Guevara on a journey of discovery across Latin America, died in Cuba on March 5, 2011. (1) 1952 (2) 1956 (3) 1961 (4) 1969 131. The High Court of Bangladesh, on March 8, 2011, dismissed the challenge of to the Bank of Bangladesh order removing him as MD of the Grameen Bank. (1) Ismail Farooq (2) Muhammad Yunus (3) Ismail Sheikh (4) YawarKhan 132. Defence Minister of , KarlTheodor zu Guttenberg, on February 18, 2011, gave up his doctorate title amid allegations he copied large parts of his thesis. (1) Sweden (2) Finland (3) Germany (4) Spain 133. was, on March 1, 2011, named a member of the JPC on the 2G spectrum scam from the Rajya Sabha after Abhishek Singhvi recused himself. (1) Mohsina Kidwai (2) Jayanthi Natarajan (3) Mamta Banerjee (4) JayaBachchan 134. Eminent astrophysicist , known for his work on pulsars, passed away in Bangalore on March 2, 2011. (1) Shekhar Kartik (2) Murli Davangere (3) Venkatraman Radhakrishnan (4) Venkitaraman Pillai 135. On which date in 2011 did Congress President Sonia Gandhi finally reconstitute the Congress Working Committee, the party's apex body, and the Secretariat in New Delhi? (1) March 2 (2) March 6 (3) March 4 (4) March 14

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L36. Which Indian city hosted the second Vishwa Kannada Sammelan in March 2011? (1) Bangalore (2) Mangalore (3) Belgaum (4) New Delhi 137. Senior diplomat Raminder Singh Jassal died in on March 11, 2011, where he was posted as Ambassador since 2008. (1) Turkey (2) Chile (3) Mexico (4) Canada 138. The Supreme Court, in March 2011, appealed to Pakistan to consider granting remission to ;, an Indian prisoner detained in the Lahore central jail for about 27 years. (1) HireshDuggal (2) ManojSharma (3) Akhil Kohli (4) Gopal Dass 139. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, on February 19, 2011, laid the f o u n d a t i o n stones of the country's second National Institute of Design at . (1) Kolkata (2) Jorhat (3) Patna (4) Allahabad 140. David Paget, a London court judge, on February 25, 2011, sentenced , a law student who posted Islamic terrorist propaganda on the Internet to five years in jail. (1) Amir Akhtar (2) ImranButt (3) Suleiman Farid (4) Mohammed Gul 141. Major , in February 2011, became the first woman officer to receive a gallantry award in the Army Sena Medal (Gallantry). (1) AmitaDubey (2) Nidhi Gupta (3) MitaliMadhumita (4) SuparnaSen 142. The CBI, in February 2011, arrested CMD of the public sector National Aluminium Corporation Limited (NALCO) in Bhubaneshwar. (1) Abhay Kumar Srivastava (2) Sushant Singh (3) Prashant Gautam (4) Deepak Verma 143. In its first major vote after joining the UNSC for the next two years, India voted in favour of sanctions against Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi on , 2011. (1) February 26 (2) February 27

(3) February 28 (4) March 1 144. Environment Ministers of Brazil, South Africa, India and China, in February 2011, met at the sixth BASIC Ministerial meeting on Climate Change in . (1) Beijing (2) Sao Paulo (3) New Delhi (4) Durban 145. Collector R. Vineel Krishna was, on February 24, 2011, freed in Jan Bai in Orissa after having spent eight days near the Balimela reservoir as a hostage to the Maoists. (1) Koraput (2) Puri (3) Visakhapatnam (4) Malkangiri

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