CURRENT AFFAIRS

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Current Affairs National May 2011

01. The population of India, as per provisional population data of Census 2011 ?

a) 102,87,37,436
b) 623,724,148
c) 586,469,174
d) 121,01,93,422
e) None of these

02. As per provisional population dam of Census 2011, India's Literacy Rate ?

a) 64.83%
b) 74.04%
c) 93.91%
d) 63.82%
e) 67.66%

03. The population of India has increased by more than ....... million during the decade 2001-11 ?

a) 171
b) 181
c) 191
d) 201
e) None of these

04. Consider the following statements (As per provisional population data of Census 2011) ?
A. India’s Literacy rate is 74.04%.
B. lndia's Males literacy rate is 82.14%.
C. lndia's Female literacy rate is 65.46%.
D. Kerala state has the highest Literacy Rate with 93.91%.
E. Orissa state has the Lowest Literacy Rate with 63,82%. Which of the statements given above is/are incorrect ?

a) A only
b) B only
c) C only
d) D only
e) E only

05. As per provisional population data of Census 2011, Andhra Pradesh Literacy Ratio ?

a) 74.04%
b) 82.14%
c) 65.46%
d) 67.66%
e) None of these

06. As per provisional population A data of Census 2011, Andhra Pradesh density of population ?

a) 382
b) 1102
c) 17
d) 308
e) None of these

07. As per provisional population data of Census 2011, Andhra Pradesh Population ?

a) 19,95,81,477
b) 11,23,72,972
c) 103,804,637
d) 9,1147,736
e) 8,46,65,533

08. As per provisional population data of Census 2011, Population growth rate for the period (2001-11) ?

a) 21.65%
b) 17.64%
c) 18.12%
d) 17.19%
e) None of these

09. As per provisional population data of Census 2011, the population density of Andhra Pradesh ?

a) 277
b) 308
c) 408
d) 508
e) None of these

10. As per provisional population data of Census 2011, the population density of India ?

a) 325
b) 382
c) 482
d) 582
e) None of these

11. Which of the following pairings is wrong (State & Sex Ratio) ?

a) Kerala - 1084
b) Andhra Pradesh - 992
c) Delhi - 866
d) Haryana - 893
e) Tamil Nadu - 995

12. As per provisional population data of Census 2011, Andhra Pradesh Sex Ratio?

a) 940
b) 1084
c) 877
d) 992
e) None of these

13. Which state has become the most densely populated state with 1102 persons per square kilometer ?

a) Bihar
b) West Bengal
c) Kerala
d) Uttar Pradesh
e) None of these

answers:
1) d 2) b 3) b 4) e 5) d 6) d 7) e 8) b 9) b 10) b 11) d 12) d 13)a

APPSC Group II Exam Mock Test – II

01. Which of the following country is not a part of ITER project ?

1. India
2. Australia
3 USA
4. South Korea

02. ITER project, which is to produce electric energy is commissioned at .....

1. Chernobyl (Ukrain)
2. Florida (USA)
3. Koodankulam (India)
4. Cadarache (France)

03. How much money India, as a member of ITER project is contributing towards the project ?

1. 10% of total expenditure
2. 20% of total expenditure
3. 30% of total expenditure
4. 40% of total expenditure

04. ITER project works on the principle of ?

1. Nuclear Fission
2. Nuclear Fusion
3. Combination of both
4. None of the above

05. First woman Space tourist and also the first muslim woman, Anousheh Ansari(40), who paid $ 20 million for the space ride belongs to the following country ?

1. USA
2. Pakistan
3. Soudi Arabia
4. Iran

06. How many women astronauts made space walk so far, including Sunitha L. Williams who is presently in ISS ?

1. 4
2. 5
3. 7
4. 9

07. GLONASS, (Global Navigation Satellite System) is a counter part of USA's GPS (Global positioning System) belongs to the following country. ?

1. European Union
2. China
3. Japan
4. Russia

08. Which of the following country made an agreement with Russia to share the information from the GLONASS (Russian GPS) ?

1. China
2. Japan
3. Ukrain
4. India

09. GAGAN, which stands for GPS and GEO Augmented Navigation belong to which of the following country ?

1. India
2. Pakistan
3. South Africa
4. Brazil

10. Which of the following is the European Union's Global positioning system ?

1. GLONASS
2. GAGAN
3. GALILEO
4. None of the above

answers:
1)2, 2)4, 3)1, 4)2, 5)1, 6)4, 7)4, 8)4, 9)1, 10)3

Current Affairs May 2011

01. Who is the New Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh ?

01. N. Tingkhatra
02. Dorjee Khandu
03. Garbom Gamlin
04. None of these

02. When the Osama bin Laden Dead ?

01. May 3rd 2011
02. April 30th 2011
03. May 2nd 2011
04. May 1st 2011

03. Where the Osama Bin Laden killed by US Army ?

01. Peshawar
02. Taliban
03. Abbottabad
04. Jaffarabad

04. When Arunachal Pradesh CM Dorjee Khandu Dead ?

01. 2 May 2011
02. 5th May 2011
03. 4th May 2011
04. 3rd May 2011

05. Where the Arunachal Pradesh CM helicopter missing ?

01. Itanagar
02. Bhutan
03. Tawang
04. Arunachal Pradesh

06. When the PSLV-C16 Resourcesat-2 mission Rocket launched successfully in Space ?

01. 20th April 2011
02. 29th April 2011
03. 28th April 2011
04. 22th April 2011

07. Who is the double century of IPL 2011 ?

01. Sachin Tendulkar
02. Gayle
03. Virender Sehwag
04. Virat Kohli

08. 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup was won by ?

01. Australia
02. Sri Lalanka
03. Pakistan
04. India

09. The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup opening ceremony was held in ?

01. Eden Gardens, Kolkata
02. M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
03. Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
04. Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi

10. Who Was the first bowler of these 2 hat-tricks in cricket World Cup ?

01. Yuvaraj Singh
02. Tim Southee
03. Robin Peterson
04. Lasith Malinga

11. When the International Labour Day ?

01. 11th May
02. 2nd May
03. 1st May
04. 21st May

12. When the Press Freedom Day ?

01. May 4th
02. May 23rd
03. May 13th
04. May 3rd

13. When the International Energy Day ?

01. May 30th
02. May 13th
03. May 3rd
04. May 14th

14. When the World Red Cross Day date ?

01. May 10th
02. May 15th
03. May 18th
04. May 8th

15. When the National Technology Day ?

01. May 7th
02. May 9th
03. May 12th
04. May 11th

16. When we celebrate International Nurse Day ?

01. May 14th
02. May 13th
03. May 12th
04. May 11th

17. When the International Day Of the family ?

01. May 5th
02. May 17th
03. May 15th
04. May 18th

18. When World Telecom Day ?

01. May 12th
02. May 15th
03. May 17th
04. None of these

19. When the Commonwealth Day celebrate ?

01. May 17th
02. May 16th
03. May 24th
04. May 27th

20. When Anti tobacco Day ?

01. May 31st
02. May 21st
03. May 12st
04. May 22nd

21. Who win the Cadapa By - Elections 2011 ?

01. TDP
02. CPIM
03. Congress Party
04. Y.S.Jagan - YSR Party

22. Who will win the West Bengal Elections 2011 ?

01. BJP
02. Trinamool Congress
03. CPM
04. Others

23. Who will win the Tamil Nadu Elections 2011 ?

01. Congress
02. DMK
03. Jayalalitha
04. BJP

24. Who will win the Kerala Assembly Elections 2011 ?

01. Left Democratic Front ( LDF )
02. BJP
03. United Democratic Front ( UDF )
04. None of these

25. Who will win the Assam State 2011 Elections ?

01. CPM
02. BJP
03. Congress
04. Others

26. Who will win the Pondicherry Elections 2011 ?

01. Congress
02. BJP
03. CPM
04. others

27. Who is New Chief Minister of West Bengal ?

01. Mamata Banerjee
03. Lalu Prasad yadav
03. BJP Party
04. Others

28. Who is the New Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu ?

01. S. Thirunavukkarasar
02. Jayalalitha
03. M . Karunanidhi
04. None of These

29. Who is the new CM of Kerala State ?

01. Oommen Chandy
02. K. Surendaran
03. CPM leader
04. None of these

30. Who is the New Chief Minister Of Assam State ?

01. CPM
02. Tarun Gogoi
03. BJP Leader
04. None of these

31. Who is the New CM of Pondicherry ?

01. Mr.Srinivasan
02. N.C Mohandoss
03. N. Ranga Swamy
04. Others

32. 58th National Awards Best Actor in Tamil ?

01. Saranya
02. Dhanush
03. Rajnikanth
04. None of These

33. As per provisional population data of Census 2011, India's Literacy Rate ?

01. 64.83 %
02. 74.04 %
03. 63.82 %
04. 93.91 %

answers: 1)3, 2)3, 3)3, 4)3, 5)1, 6)1, 7)2, 8)4, 9)3, 10) 4, 11)3, 12)4, 13)3, 14)4, 15)4, 16)3, 17)3, 18)3, 19)3, 20)1, 21)4, 22) 2, 23)3, 24)3, 25)3, 26)1, 27)1, 28)2, 29)1, 30)2, 31)3, 32)2, 33)2

Current Affairs June 2011

* answers

01. When the National Statistics Day ?

01. June 29*
02. June 5
03. June 30
04. June 25

02. When World Environment Day ?

01. June 6
02. June 5*
03. June 4
04. June 2

03. When is the Child's Labour Prohibition Day ?

01. June 10th
02. June 11th
03. June 12th*
04. None of these

04. Which day we celebrating "World Blood Donor Day" ?

01. 10th June
02. 15th June
03. 13th June
04. 14th June*

05. When the Maqbool Fida Hussain Dead ?

01. June 09th 2011*
02. June 08th 2011
03. June 11th 2011
04. June 10th 2011

06. Who is the Andhra Pradesh Dy. CM in 2011 ?

01. KTR
02. Venkata swamy
03. Raja Narasimha*
04. KCR

07. When is the World Ocean's Day ?

01. June 8*
02. June 7
03. June 9
04. None of these

08. When celebrate the Children's Day ?

01. June 10*
02. June 11
03. June 13
04. June 14

09. Which date Father's Day celebrating ?

01. June 20
02. June 19*
03. June 18
04. June 21

10. When is the Rose Day ?

01. June 23
02. June 25
03. June 24
04. June 26*

11. Hatf-2 a short range surface to surface ballistic missile was recently successfully tested by ?

(A) Pakistan*
(B) Iran
(C) Uzbekistan
(D) Kazakhstan

12. Anoop Misra has been appointed as the new Chief Secretary of ?

(A) Uttar Pradesh*
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Karnataka
(D) Jammu and Kashmir

13. Which non resident India has occupied thc slot of being the richest Asian in the United Kingdom ?

(A) Sunil Bharti Mittal
(B) Lakshmi Mittal*
(C) Indira Nooyi
(D) Lord Swaraj Paul

14. Which of the following states has the highest number of Special Economic Zones ?

(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Karnataka
(C) Kerala
(D) Andhra Pradesh*

15. Government recently approved ?

(A) 20 FDI Proposals
(B) 14 FDI Proposals*
(C) 12 FDI Proposals
(D) 11 FDI Proposals

16. When celebrating Education Day ?

01. 20th June 2011*
02. 19th June 2011
03. 24th June 2011
04. 25th June 2011

17. Which date celebrating ADARSH SCHOOL's Day ?

01. 23rd June 2011*
02. 25th June 2011
03. 28th June 2011
04. 24th June 2011

18. When Bhalika Vidhya Day celebrating ?

01. 20th June 2011
02. 21st June 2011
03. 23rd June 2011
04. 22nd June 2011*

19. Which day we celebrate World Blood Donor Day ?

01. 14th Jun*
02. 13th Jun
03. 15th Jun
04. 20th Jun

20. When celebrating World Sickle Cell Day ?

01. 22th June
02. 19th June*
03. 18th June
04. 17th June

21. National HIV Testing Day

01. 27th June*
02. 17th June
03. 29th June
04. 07th June

22. National Cancer Survivors Day ?

01. 1st June*
02. 21st June
03. 11th June
04. 15th June

23. When Teddy Bear Day ?

01. June 23rd
02. June 24th*
03. June 25th
04. June 22nd

24. When We celebrating Sky Day ?

01. June 25th
02. June 30th*
03. June 29th
04. June 23rd

25. When Superman's Birthday ?

01. June 30*
02. June 25
03. June 24
04. June 22

26. World Music Day 2011 ?

01. 10 June
02. 20 June
03. 11 June
04. 21 June *

APPSC Group II Exam Mock Test – I

* answer

01. The students in three classics are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 5. if 40 students are increased in each class. the ratio changes to 4 : 5 : 7. Originally. the total number of students was ?

(1) 100
(2) 180
(3) 200*
(4) 400

02. The ratio of incomes of two persons is 5 : 3 and that of their expenditures is 9 : 5. Find the income of each person. if they save Rs. 1,300 and Rs, 900 respectively.

(1) Rs. 4.000. Rs. 2.400*
(2) Rs. 3,000, Rs. 1.800
(3) Rs. 5.000, Rs'. 3.000
(4) Rs. 4.500 Rs. 2.700

03. A fort has provisions for 50 days. If after 10 days, they are strengthened by 500 men and the remaining food lost 35 days. how many men were there in the fort initially ?

(1) 3500*
(2)3000
(3) 2500
(4) 4000

04. The sum of the numbers of boys and girls in a school is 150. If the number of boys is x. the number of girls becomes x% of the total number of students. The number of boys is.

(1) 90
(2) 50
(3) 40
(4) 60*

05. A number is increased by 20% and then it is decreased by 10%. Find the net increase or decrease percent ?

(1) 10% increase
(2) 10% decrease
(3) 8% increase*
(4) 8% decrease

06. Chinese astronauts are referred to as ?

1. Cosmonant
2. Spationaut
3. Taikonaut*
4. Sailor

07. The outer Space Treaty aims at keeping space peaceful including Moon, came into force in ?

1. 1965
2. 1967*
3. 1950
4. 1985

08. The Moon Treaty (Moon Agreement) which was made exclusively for the preservation of Moon, peaceful came into force on ?

1. 1967
2. 1970
3. 1979*
4. 1980

09. How many planets are there in the solar system, which are officially recognised by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) ?

1. 9
2. 12
3. 10
4. 8*

10. A newly discovered Kuiper object by Michael Brown and group which was regarded as a planet for some time is ?

1. Xena (2003 UB-313)*
2. Charon
3. Ceres
4. Pluto

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Science & Technology, Defense, Environment April 2010

India launch the indigenously developed warship “INS Chennai”

• Mr. Antony launch the “INS Chennai,” the third missile destroyer of Project-15A, being built for the Navy at the Mazagon Docks.(Mumbai)

• When commissioned into the Navy in 2013, it will be the most potent vessel with state-of-the-art weapons and sensors, along with its predecessors — “Kolkata” and “Kochi.”

• 95 per cent of the country's trade was through sea lanes.

Person In News April 2010

Person In News: April 2010

Gen. Vijay Kumar Singh takes charge as Chief of Army Staff

• General Vijay Kumar Singh took charge as the Chief of Army Staff from General Deepak Kapoor, who retired from service.

• Gen. Singh, 59, is a third generation officer of the Rajput regiment and was until