Sports "Multiple Choice Questions"

1. Consider the following statements :
1. The yonex- sunrise Indian open badminton Grand prix Gold was held in Chennai.
2. 19 countries are participating in the tournament, carrying a prize money of $ 150000.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

2. Consider the following statements :
1. Vishwanathan Anand retained the FIDE World Chess championship, defeating Bulgarian Veselin Topalov.
2. Anand become the undisputed World Chess champion after winning an eight player tournament in 2007.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

3. Consider the following statements :
1. Sushil Kumar won his first ever Gold Medal in the Asian Wrestling held in New Delhi.
2. Sushil won the bronze medal in the Olympic game of 2008.
Which of the above statement is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

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Sample Content: "Sports"

Sebastian Vettel wins Malaysian GP

• Sebastian Vettel led Mark Webber in a 1-2 finish for Red Bull at the Malaysian Grand Prix.
• Vettel passed pole-sitter Webber in the run to the first corner and held that lead throughout, with Nico Rosberg finishing third for Mercedes as forecast rain stayed away from the Sepang circuit.
• Renault’s Robert Kubica was fourth and Force India’s Adrian Sutil took fifth.

Paes & Dlouhy beat Bhupathi & Mirnyi for title

• Third seeds Lukas Dlouhy and Leander Paes claimed their first title of the season by defeating fourth seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi 6-2, 7-5 in the final of the Sony Ericsson Open.
• The results : Finals: Women: Kim Clijsters bt Venus Williams 6-2, 6-1. Men’s doubles: Lukas Dlouhy & Leander Paes bt Mahesh Bhupathi & Max Mirnyi 6-2, 7-5 .

Roddick reigns supreme at Key Biscayne

• Andy Roddick used a dominating serve and a smart baseline game to beat Tomas Berdych 7-5, 6-4 and win the Sony Ericsson Open.
• The results : Men’s singles final: Andy Roddick bt Tomas Berdych 7-5, 6-4

Indian Open badminton at Chennai

• The Yonex-Sunrise Indian Open badminton Grand Prix Gold was be held at the Nehru Indoor Stadium from June 8 to 13.
• Nineteen countries are participating in the tournament, carrying a prize money of $1,50,000.
• After the Chennai event, the players have proceed to Singapore and then to Indonesia, according to a press release from Tamil Nadu Badminton Association.

Emma Bonney downs Chitra for World title

• Emma Bonney claimed her fifth World Ladies Billiards title, beating India’s Chitra Magimairaj 269-220 in a 90-minute final at the Hall Green Stadium, Birmingham.
• The results: Final: Emma Nonney bt Chitra 269-220. Semifinals: Emma bt Hughes 448-89; Chitra bt Palmius 313-186.

Person in News "Multiple Choice Questions"

1. Match the following
List I (well known Person) List II (Releated field)
A. Sant Sing Chatwal 1. Businessman
B. Ilaiyaraaja 2. Music Composer
C. Vinid Banga 3. Hotelier
D. Zohra Segal 4. Artiste.
     A B C D
(a) 1 2 3 4
(b) 3 2 1 4
(c) 2 4 1 3
(d) 2 4 3 1

2. Match the following
List I (well known person) List II (Related Fiedl)
A. Anil Bordia 1. Environmentalist.
B. B.M. Hegde. 2. Nuclear Scientist.
C. Bikash Sinha 3. Educationist
D. Ranjit Bhargava 4. Cardiologist.
     A B C D
(a) 2 3 4 1
(b) 1 2 3 4
(c) 2 1 4 3
(d) 3 4 2 1

3. Match the following
List I (well Known Person) List II (Related Field)
A. Bipin Chandra 1. Historian
B. N. Vaghul 2 Music Composer
C. N.M. Shroff 3. Bamker
D. Shrivias Khale. 4. Eye Speualist
     A B C D
(a) 1 4 2 3
(b) 4 3 2 1
(c) 1 3 4 2
(d) 1 4 3 2

4. Match the following
List I (well Known Person) List II (Related Field)
A. Ustand Sultan Khan 1. yurveda practioner
B. Kumudini Lakhia 2. Panchavadya Exponent
C. K.N. Marar 3. Sarangi player
D. E.T. Narayanan 4. Kathak exponent
     A B C D
(a) 1 2 3 4
(b) 3 4 2 1
(c) 1 2 4 3
(d) 3 4 1 2

5. Who won the common wealth writer’s prize for 2010 for his epic tale solo set in communist and post-communist Bulgaria.
(a) Rana Dasgupta
(b) Shisir Bose
(c) Ranjan Mukherjee
(d) Bilal Sangupta

• Anand loses

Sample Content: "Person in News"

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 recently the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Kolkata-based Eastern Command. A veteran of many battles, he participated in the 1971 Bangladesh war and saw action in Operation Pawan in Sri Lanka, for which he was awarded the Yudh Seva Medal.
• He the 24th Indian to be the Army Chief, and was awarded the Param Vishist Seva Medal for distinguished service in 2009.

Anish Kapoor’s sculpture for 2012 Olympics

• A towering steel sculpture, taller than the Statue of Liberty and designed by the internationally renowned Mumbai-born artist Anish Kapoor , will form the backdrop to the London 2012 Olympic Games stadium in East London.
• Unveiling the design of the £19.1m project — a massive web of spiralling steel in the form of five Olympic rings — the Mayor of London Boris Johnson hailed it as an “inspired work of art’’ that would change the East London landscape forever and come to be internationally recognised as an “iconic cultural legacy’’ of the Games.
• The 115-metre tall ArcelorMittal Orbit, named after Lakshmi Mittal’s steel company which is partially funding the project, will be 22 metres higher than the Statue of Liberty providing what is promised to be a panaromic view of London .
• It will be placed in the Olympic Park.

Sample Content: "Award & Prizes"

Classical Tamil Award for Aska Parpola

• Asko Parpola, leading authority on the Indus script and Professor Emeritus of Indology in the University of Helsinki, Finland, has been chosen for the Kalaignar M. Karunanidhi Classical Tamil Award for 2009.
• Professor Parpola receive a cash prize of Rs. 10 lakh, a citation and a memento during the World Classical Tamil Conference held in Coimbatore in June.
  Srimanta award for Borgohain and Sharmila
• The Assam government has decided to confer the coveted Srimanta Sankaradeva Award to noted journalist and writer Homen Borgohain for the year 2007 in recognition of his significant contribution to journalism and literature and noted actor Sharmila Tagore in the fields of art and culture for the year 2008. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would present the awards at a function in the city tentatively fixed for April 23, said an official release .

Current Affairs 2010 Book

The Book Covers:

• National Issues
• International Issues
• Bilateral Issues
• Economic Issues
• National Reports
• World Reports
• Bills
• Summits /Conferences
• Awards
• Persons in News
• Places in News
• Book & Authors
• Acronyms / Abbreviation

Sample Content: Science & Technology "Defence, Space & Nuclear Technology"

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.”
• “Chennai,” the third and last Kolkata class warship is a 6,700-tonne destroyer, 163 metres long and 16 metres wide. It is propelled by four gas turbines, and is designed to achieve speeds in excess of 30 knots. This indigenously designed ship will have state-of-the-art weapons and sensors, stealth features, an advanced action information system, a comprehensive auxiliary control system, world class modular living spaces, sophisticated power distribution system and a host of other advanced features.
• It will be fitted with the indigenous supersonic BrahMos surface-to-surface missile system.
• 95 per cent of the country’s trade was through sea lanes.

India-Singapore naval exercises begin

• The navies of India and Singapore hold annual exercises this year, in the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal. The 2010 edition of the Singapore Indian Maritime Bilateral Exercise (SIMBEX) has eight platforms, five Indian and three Singaporean that take part in the exercise, besides fixed and rotary aircraft.
• The cooperation was formalised in 1994, when the Singaporean naval ships started training in the anti-submarine warfare with the Indian Navy.
• This year’s exercise was the 17th in the SIMBEX series. The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) is sending RSS Intrepid (formidable class frigate) and RSS Victory (Victory class missile corvette). These ships will also call at Port Blair and Visakhapatnam.

H.P. Administrative Service ( Preliminary) Examination 2010

Sample Questions Based on Revised Pattern of H.P. Administrative Service Exam etc. Combined Competitive (Preliminary) Effective From 2011.

The Syllabus and pattern of H.P. Administrative Service Etc. Combined Competitive (Preliminary) Examination had undergone significant changes with effect from 2011. These changes have already been intimated to the public vide Press Note in dated 28th March, 2011, which is available on H.P. Public Service Commission website.

• Yunus removed as Grameen Bank chief
• China plans Tibet-Xinjiang rail links
• Thousands fleeing fighting in Ivory Coast
• IAEA approves safeguards for new Pakistani reactors
• UN Women's scheme for widows
• Dalai Lama to step down
• Illinois abolishes death penalty

Economy and Energy "Multiple Choice Questions"

1. Which of the statement is incorrect ?
(a) India has set up Sovereign Fund that would help its state-run Companies to Pursue acquisition of oil, gas, coal, LNG and other raw material in other countries in order to compete with China.
(b) Oil and natural gas corporation Videsh Limited (OVL) had been told to pursue at least one major oil and gas asset every year.
(c) OVL last year bought Imperial Energy Plc for $2.1 billion is India’s biggest energy acquisition.
(d) India’s Soverign Fund is constituted with the help of Russia. As Russia has enough experience in this regard.

2. Consider the following statements.
1. Karaikal Port is a deep-water private port at karaikal district of Puducherry.
2. India Infrastructure Fund (IIF) Which will be investing in this project. Is a fund managed by IDFC Project equity Company Limited.
Which of the above statements is\ are correct ?
(a) 1 Only
(b) 2 Only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 Nor 2.

3. Recently which Indian Company has earning its green revenue with issuance of first set of Certified Emission Reduction (CER) from its first rigistered CDM (clean Development Mechanism) Project. ?
(a) ONGC
(b) NPCIL
(c) NTPC
(d) SAIL

4. Rosneft, Gazprom, and Sistema, with these oil and gas Companies, India’s company OVL has decided to join hand to jointly bid for the sakhalin - III Project in far east Russia, and gas fields in East Siberia and yamal Peninsula. These Companies belongs to :
(a) Germany
(b) Russia
(c) China
(d) Kazakhstan.

5. Which was the first state- owned company that hit the capital market to mop up about Rs16000 crore by selling its equity and issuing fresh shares to the public, as part of government’s ambitious disinvestment programme to raise the targeted Rs40,000 crore.
(a) ONGC
(b) NTPC
(c) SAIL
(d) NPCIL.

Sample Content: Economy & Energy "Energy"

India plans ‘Sovereign Fund’ to seek energy assets abroad

• In an indication of India turning aggressive in its hunt for energy assets abroad, the government is drawing up ambitious plans to set up a ‘Sovereign Fund’ that would help its state-run companies pursue acquisition of oil, gas, coal, LNG and other raw material in other countries in order to compete with China.
• Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Videsh Limited (OVL) had been told to pursue at least one major oil and gas asset every year.
• China, with $2.4 trillion of reserves and a $300-billion sovereign fund, has outpaced India in the global quest for resources to feed the world’s fastest-growing major economies. Chinese companies spent a record $32 billion last year buying oil, coal and metal assets abroad, while a $2.1-billion investment by OVL was India’s sole energy acquisition. OVL last year bought Imperial Energy Plc for £1.4 billion ($2.1 billion) in India’s biggest energy acquisition.

ONGC gets CER from UN Agency

• ONGC has taken another stride towards earning green revenue with issuance of first set of certified emission reduction (CER) from its first registered CDM (clean development mechanism) project, waste heat recovery project at Mumbai High. According to a release, the UN Agency UNFC & CC (UNFCCC) issued the CERs on March 18. With this, the deck is clear for ONGC to earn revenue from CDM projects.

Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission

It is hereby informed that the A.P. Public Service Commission have decided to conduct the written examinations for the following recruitments as per the schedule given below.

Schedule of Examination