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Latest Questions on Current Affairs useful for IBPS Clerical Exam and other Competitive Exams:

Current Affairs is a major section in most of the competitive exams.In IBPS clerk exam current affairs questions are covered under General Awareness Section.Students must prepare this section thoroughly as it is not only high scoring but as well as time saving.We are publishing in this article 15 Current affairs Questions under Current Affairs quiz.So you must study these questions and accordingly memorize them as it is useful for the upcoming bank as well as other competitive exam

1). Global Warrior and Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai who recently to

(A) Angola

(B) Kenya

(C) Zambia

(D) Liberia

2). Which state of India has now 75 districts ?

(A) Madhya Pradesh

(B) Tamil Nadu

(C) Uttar Pradesh

(D) Karnataka

3). Who recently become the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand for the second time ?

(A) Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank

(B) Narayan Dutt Tiwari

(C) Bhagat Singh Koshiyari

(D) Bhuvan Chandra Khanduri

4). Justice J.S Shekher has been appointed as the recently appointed as-

(A) The Judge of Supreme court

(B) Chief Justice of Karnataka High court

(C) The Chief Justice of of Gujarat High court

(D)Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court

5). Leila Lopes who has been crowned with Miss Universe 2011 title is the national citizen of

(A) Zambia

(B) Columbia

(C) Angola

(D) Portugal

6). Who among the following has been honored with 45th Jananipath Award 2009 ?

(A) Amarkant

(B) Shrilal Shukl

(C) Both of the above

(D) None of the above

7). Who among the following has been honoured with 46th Jananipath Award 2010 ?

(A) Shaharyar Khan

(B) Chandrashekher Kambar

(C) Rejendra Shah

(D) O.N.V Kurup

8). Under the 63rd Prime time Emmy Awards who among the following has been adjudged best actress in the category of Movies ?

(A) Maggie Smith

(B) Kate Winslet

(C) Juliana Margulies

(D) Margo Martindale

9). Who has been honoured with Appan Menon Award ?

(A) Amir Prakash

(B) Amar Kant

(C) Lata Mangreshkar

(D) Srinivas Ramani

10). Which among the following is incorporated recently matched with respect to ICC Award 2011 ?

            Awardee                                                       Award

(A)  Alastair cook                                                  Test Player of the year

(B)  Devendra Bishoo                                             Emerging Player of the year

(C)  Tim Southee                                                    Best T-20 Performance of the year

(D)  Sachin Tendulkar                                             Spirit of the cricket award

11). Who among the following has been honoured with Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 2011 in Mathematical sciences?

(A) Dr,Sirshendu

(B) Dr. Mahan Mj

(C) Dr. K.Narayanswamy Balaji

(D) Dr. Shiraj Minwalla

12). Who among the following has figured in the list of World`s 50 most influential people in UK`s Left wing magazine 'New Statesman' ?

(A) Sonia Gandhi

(B) Ratan Tata

(C) Both of the above

(D) None of the above

13). Which country has emerged as thee most competitive country at global level in the annual global Competitiveness Report (CGR) of the world economic forum ?

(A) United Kingdom

(B) Norway

(C) Switzerland

(D) Canada

14). India`s Rank in the Global Competitiveness Report of World Economic forum is ?

(A) 61st

(B) 71st

(C) 56th

(D) 41st

15). As per the global Livability Survey,which Australian city has ranked as most livable city in the world

(A) Sydney

(B) Canberra

(C) Melbourne

(D) None of the above

IBPS is conducting the Clerk Common Written Exam on 27th November 2011.So for the benefit of students we are publishing this latest Current Affairs Quiz for the month of November 2011.Candidates must go through this quiz and find the answers to recent current events that occurred in previous months  

Here are the latest 15 Current Affairs Questions for November 2011

1). The Delhi-Mumbai industrial Corridor project will run through

(A) Eight States

(B) Seven States

(C) Six States

(D) Five States

2). The Government of India has finally released the draft of

(A) Lokpal Bill

(B) Food Security Bill

(C) National Communal Violence Bill

(D) None of the above

3).Who emerged as the richest cabinet minister in the Union Cabinet?

(A) Pranab Mukherjee

(B) P Chidambram

(C) Kamal Nath

(D) Sharad Pawar

4). Which South Asian country Prime Minister Dr Man Mohan Singh visited recently ?

(A) Nepal

(B) Bhutan

(C) Sri Lanka

(D) Bangladesh

5). LCUs which recently came into news stands for

(A) Local Care Utility

(B) Landing Craft Utility

(C) Landing Care Utility

(D) None of the above

6). The Central government is set to make it compulsory of its annual purchases from Dalits-run and Tribal run firms for-

(A) 9 %

(B) 4 %

(C) 5 %

(D) 6%

7). A government panel has suggested a super body to regulate

(A) Health sector

(B) Banking Sector

(C) Aviation Sector

(D) None of the above

8). How much the amount the planning commission has fixed for a person in India to cross below poverty line in urban areas?

(A) Rs 40

(B) Rs 32

(C) Rs 45

(D) Rs42

9). The Conferences of the presiding officers of legislative bodies in India was recently held in

(A) Hyderabad

(B) Jaipur

(C) Sri Nagar

(D) Bhopal

10). In the last week of the September 2011 India test fired

(A) Agni II Missile

(B) Prithvi III Missile

(C) Trishul

(D) Prithvi II Missile

11). In recently approved 12 th 5th year plan the growth rate has been pegged at

(A) 8 %

(B) 8.5 %

(C) 9 %

(D) 10 %

12). With Wic insurgent group has the central government has signed a ceasefire accord ?

(A) JKLF

(B) Manipur Liberation Front

(C) ULFA

(D) None of the above

13).The Shourya Missile which was recently test fired is-

(A) Air to Air Missile

(B) Surface to Surface Missile

(C) Air to Surface

(D) Surface to Air Missile

14). Hell Thorning Schmidt has been elected as the first woman Prime Minister of

(A) Sweden

(B) Denmark

(C) Norway

(D) None of the above

15). United State`s of America`s poverty rate has recently reached-

(A) 20.2 %

(B) 15.01 %

(C) 18.5 %

(D) 21.3 %

Here are some of the Questions for the recent current Affairs Events that occurred in the Month of September and October 2011.These Quiz/Questions are very useful for IBPS Clerk Exam 2011 and other competitive exams.

1). The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna awardee for 2011 is

(A) Zaheer Khan

(B) Gagan Narang

(C) Tejaswini Sawant

(D) Jwala Gutta

2). Who among the following has not been honoured with Arjuna Award 2011 ?

(A) Shabbir Ali

(B) Somdev Devvarman

(C) Pras Anatha Karamaka

(D) Rajpal Singh

3). Who among the following has been awarded Dronacharaya Award 2011 ?

(A) Sushil Kohli

(B) Shabbir Ali

(C) Rajkumar

(D) Kuntal Roy

4). Who among the following has been honoured with Sahitya Akademi Award for Children`s Literature in Hindi Language ?

(A) Shyam Dutt Parag

(B) Hari Krishna Dev sare

(C) Ramesh Parekh

(D) M.L.Thangappa

5). Which Indian woman has been ranked as the 7th most powerful woman of the world bu the prestigious Forbes Magazine ?

(A) Sonia Gandhi

(B) Indra Nooyi

(C) Chnada Kochar

(D) Jayalalitha

6). Which football player has been given UEFA best player in Europe Award in August 2011 ?

(A) Ronaldo

(B) Lionel Messi

(C) Didier Drogba

(D) Ronaldinho

7). Recently Scientists have discovered a huge underground river flowing beneath

(A) Nile River

(B) Volga River

(C) Amazon River

(D) None of the above

8). The 19th National Childeren`s Science Congress will be held in

(A) Jaipur

(B) Hyderabad

(C) Kochi

(D) Ahmedabad

9). `Irene' recently hit

(A) USA

(B) Philippines

(C) Arabian Peninsula

(D) Thailand`s Coast

10). `Last Man in Tower' is novel by

(A) William Adler

(B) Deepali Pant Joshi

(C) Arvind Adiga

(D) Siddharth Deb

11). World Teacher Day is observed on

(A) October 10

(B) October 15

(C) October 25

(D) October 05

12). The Prime Minister`s Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) in its Economic Outlook 2011-2012 released in August 2011 lowered its economic growth projection for 2011-12 from 9 % to

(A) 7.5%

(B) 8.2%

(C) 8.5%

(D) 8.7%

13). Which among the following countries did India in July 2011 sign an agreement and Protocol for avoidance of double taxation and prevention of Fiscal Evasion

(A) Latavia

(B) Lithuania

(C) Estonia

(D) None of the above

14). Besides Malayasia, with which of the following countries India`s Comprehensive Economic Agreement come into force recently ?

(A) Indonesia

(B) Japan

(C) Australia

(D) Cambodia

15). India and South Africa have set a target of $ 15 billion trade by

(A) 2020

(B) 2014

(C) 2012

(D) 2015

In the previous two post we have published Latest questions on Banking Awareness.Now this time we would like to cover some Current Affairs Questions.So Check here 15 latest Current Affairs Question 2011 for Month of November

1).NICRA which was recently in news stands for--

(A) National Initiative on climatic Resolution Agreement

(B) National Initiative on climate Resilient Agriculture

(C) National Initiative on capacity building of Resilient Agriculture

(D) None of the above.

2).Food Safety and standards Act 2001 came into force on

(A) August 10,2011

(B) August 20,2011

(C) August 5,2011

(D)August 23,2011

3). T-50 stealth fighter is being jointly developed by India and

(A) Russia

(B) France

(C) Japan

(D) South Africa

4). How many Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) have recently been granted Maharatna Status

(A) Five

(B) Eight

(C) Nine

(D) Seven

5). Recently India signed joint Border map with

(A) Pakistan

(B) Nepal

(C) Myanmar

(D) Bangladesh

6). INS Kaurava is India`s

(A) Patrol Vessel

(B) Water jet fast attack craft

(C) Aircraft Carrier

(D) None of the above

7). Anna Hazare ended his fast on August 28 2011 after parliament adopted resolution backing his three demands.Which is not one of them ?

(A) Lowered Bureaucracy be covered under the ambit of Jan Lokpal Bill

(B) Citizen`s Charter be approved by parliament

(C) President of India should also be covered under the ambit of Jan Lokpal bill

(D) Appointment of Lokayuktas in states under the Jan Lokpal Bill

8). The New Prime Minister of Nepal is

(A) Ram Baran Yadav

(B) Kamal dahl Prachanda

(C) Baburam Bhattarai

(D) Jhalanath Khanal

9). Tony Tan is the new President of

(A) Malaysia

(B) Singapore

(C) Indonesia

(D) Australia

10). Aisa Pacific Parliamentarians conference was recently held in

(A) Chiang Mai

(B) Delhi

(C) Jakarta

(D) Manila

11). Which country recently listed emergency imposed 28 years ago ?

(A) Sri Lanka

(B) Thailand

(C) Indonesia

(D) Myanmar

12). Who is the Chief Minister of Karanataka  ?

(A) B.S Yeddyurappa

(B) Sadananda Gowda

(C) Nishank Pokhriyal

(D) K.Rosaiah

13). Which among the following is not correctly matched ?

        Governor                                                                               State

(A) Ram Naresh Yadav                                                             (A) Rajasthan

(B) Syed Ahmed                                                                       (B) Jharkhand

(C) K.Rosaiah                                                                           (C) Tamil Nadu

(D) K.Sanaranarayan                                                                 (D) Goa

14). Devan Sharma recently resigned from the post of President of

(A) Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)

(B) Standard and Poor`s

(C) World Trade Organization

(D) None of the above

15). Naota Kan recently resigned from the post of the Prime Minister of

(A) Poland

(B) Japan

(C) England

(D)Australia

Current Affairs is one of the important and toughest section in most of the competitive exams today.Students must prepare thoroughly this section as most students fail to attempt questions in this section.So Keeping this trend we are publishing in this article some of the Current Affairs Questions with answers for the month of November 2011.Here are some of the important Current Affairs Questions along with Answers:

The Winners for Jananipath Awards for 2010 and 2011 are:

  The Indian State which was recently affected by a powerful earthquake is:

        Sikkim

  IMF recently projected growth rate during 2011-2012 for India at:

  7.5-7.75 %

  By the end of 2012,India will test fire:

  BrahMos airborne Launcher Prototype

China recently Objected to India`s Oil Exploration Project in :

 The New chief Minister of Uttarakhand is:

  Shri B.C Khanduri

  India recently defeated Pakistan to which Trophy:

  Asian Champion Trophy Hockey Tournament

  Jaipur recently hosted the meetings of health ministers of

 WHO`s South-East Asia Region

The country with which India signed a new Land Border Agreement is

 Bangladesh

India and Sri Lanka recently conducted biggest ever naval exercise called:

 SLINEX II

This year India`s Official entry for OSCAR Awards 2012 is:

 Adaminte Makan Abu (National Award Winning Malayam  Movie)

Recently in September 2011, a triparite agreement with the objective of bringing peace in Assam was signed between

      Union Govt,Assam Govt and ULFA  

The Union Government recently approved

The Union Government in September 2011 Approved

1).The person belonging to which of the following games did not get Dronacharya Award in 2011 ?

a) Hockey

b) Football

c) Wrestling

d) Swimming

2). The Debt - ridden Euorozone, which saw a very dissapointing ecomin growth accoding to a data released by the European Union`s statistical agency in August 2011, comprises

a) 14 Nations

b) 16 Nations

c) 17 Nations

d) 18 Nations

3). The name of Pakistan`s first communication sattelite put into orbit by china in august 2011 is

a) PakSat-1 CS

b) Comsat-1P

c) PakSat-1

d) PAKSAT-1R

4). Which of the following is the biggest Indian refiner to import crude oil from Iran

a) MRPL

b) Essar

c) HPCL

d) IOC

5). As per an august 2011 report released by premier research firm, McKinsey, the total amount of debt incurred by governments acsross the globe till the end of 2010 accounted to global GDP`s

a) 59 %

b) 63 %

c) 69 %

d) 71 %

6). Which is the International Advanced Research centre for powder mettalury and new materials located ?

a) Bengaluru

b) Hyderabad

c) Coimbtore

d) Machilipatnam

7). What is ` Super 301` ?

a) A name of Modern computer

b) A New variety of Wheat

c) American Trade Law

d) A New vaccine for AIDA

8). who built the `Ibadatkhana` at Fatehpur Sikri ?

a) Akbar

b) Jahangir

c) Shahjahan

d) Aurangzeb

9). Malik Kafur was whose general ?

a) Balban

b) Ala-ud-din-Khilji

c) Muhammad-bin Tughluq

d) Firoz Shah Tughluq

10). Government Of India has recently launched the Worlds Cheapest Ever Tablet namely

a) Sakshat Tablet

b) Datawind Tablet

c) Aakash Tablet

d) Kindle fire Tablet

11). Who among the Following is the first President of world`s newest nation south sudan

a) Morgan Tsavangirai

b) Goodluck Jonathan

c) Salva Kir

d) Lamie Diack

12). Who among the following has recently resigned as the Prime Minister of Nepal

a) Madhav Kumar Nepal

b) Prachanda

c) Jhala Nath Khanal

d) Dr.Baburam Bhattarai

1). Kashang Power Project,being set up in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh,will have the production capacity of

(a) 100 MW
(b) 110 MW
(c) 120 MW
(d) 130 MW



2). A Leading Business School,INSEAD conferred "Business Leader for the World Award" in June 2011 on

(a) Ratan Tata
(b) Sunil B. Mittal
(c) Azim H. Premji
(d) Adi Godrej



3). According to the data released by National Sample Survey Office (NSSO),India`s unemployment rate fell in 2009-10 to

(a) 1 percent
(b) 1.5 percent
(c) 2 percent
(d) 2.5 percent



4). As Per rankings released by the magazine Foreign Policy in June 2011,Pakistan`s position among "Most failed states" is 

(a) 7th
(b) 12th
(c) 25th
(d) 30th



5). Accoding to the recent statistical Review of world Energy 2011report released by British Petroleum, between 2009 and 2010, China`s energy consumptiom grew at the highest rate is the world by

(a) 10 percent
(b) 10.2 percent
(c) 11 percent
(d) 11.2 percent



6). which of the following is the tide produced as a consequence of moon and sun pulling the earth in the same direction

(a) Spring tide
(b) Neap tide
(c) High tide
(d) Low tide



7). The Red data book containing information on wild plants and animals in danger of extinction has been published by which one of the following ?

(a) International Union for conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
(b) World Wildlife fund
(c) World Conservation Union
(d) United Nations Environment Programme



8). Who was the first recipient of Nehru Award for International Understanding ?

(a) Martin Luther King
(b) Mother Teresa
(c) U. Thant
(d) Dr. Jonas Salk



9). Who has been appointed as the governor of RBI after the retirement of Sh. Y.V Reddy ?

(a) Dr. Indra Rangarajan
(b) Dr. Dilip Sanghvi
(c) Dr. Vijay L Kelkar
(d) Mr D. Subarao



10). Who is the first Indian sports person to win Individual gold medal in the Olympic Games ?

(a) Leander Paes
(b) Vijender Kumar
(c) Abhinav bindra
(d) Vikram Rathore




11). The curreny of bhutan is

(a) Lote
(b) Rupiah
(c) Ngultrum
(d) Shekel



12). Who presented the first Union budget of free India ?

(a) Rejendra Prasad - 1949
(b) John Mathai - 1950
(c) R.K Shanmukham Chetty - 1947
(d) C.D Deshmukh - 1952




13). The Capital of Austria is:

(a) Canberra
(b) Vienna
(c) Jakarta
(d) Tokyo




14). The Classical Dance Kathakali Originated in which Indian State

(a) Orissa
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) West Bengal
(d) Kerala



15). Which among the following was a journal brought out by Abul Kalam Azad

(a) Al-Hilal
(b) Comrade
(c) The Indian sociologist
(d Zamindar