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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

In our previous post we have published Current Banking Awareness Questions for the events that occurred in the month of September and October and now this time we publishing 15 more Current Banking Awareness question that will improve your Banking Aptitude and will broaden your knowledge before the IBPS clerk exam 2011.Here are some of the current Banking Awareness Questions 2011:

1). Which of the following foreign agency will assist the municipal agencies to improve quality of municipal schools through its school excellence program ?

(A) IMF

(B) UNDP

(C) UNICEF

(D) ADB

2). Which of the following has got RBI nod to issue prepaid card to its clients

(A) LIC

(B) SIDBI

(C) NABARD

(D) GIC

3). In deposit account `KYC` (Know Your customer) has been implemented in 2002 as per directicve of 

(A) SEBI

(B) RBI

(C) IBA

(D) IRDA

4). Which of the following intrest rate indicates towards long run viewpoint of RBI

(A) Repo Rate

(B) CRR

(C) Bank Rate

(D) Reserve Repo Rate

5). What is cross border exchange

(A) Foreign exchange trade in India

(B) Hawala trading of Indian rupee

(C) Illegal transfer of Indian rupee

(D) None of the above

6). As per RBI directions, the places having population above 2000,have to be provided banking facilities positively be the end of 

(A) March 2011

(B) March 2012

(C) March 2013

(D) March 2015

7). Mega food parks scheme was initiated by the Government of India with the objective:

(A) To ensure better prices products to farmers

(B) To increase productivity of agriculture crops

(C) To Control food prices

(D) None of the above

8). Which of the following organization provides guarantee to exporters ?

(A) EXIM Bank

(B) Export Loan Guarantee Corporation

(C) RBI

(D) Commerce Ministry

9). The term IRR used in banking/financial sectors to

(A) Internal Rate of Return

(B) Internal Revaluation Reserve

(C) Investment Reserve Ratio

(D) Internal Risk Return

10). Which of the following regulates mutual funds ? 

(A) Association of Mutual Funds of India

(B) SEBI

(C) RBI

(D) IRDA

11). The share percentage of sponsor bank in the equity of Regional Rural bank is

(A) 25 %

(B) 33 %

(C) 49 %

(D) 51 %

12). "Base Rate " is a banking term.The base term is determined by 

(A) RBI

(B) Commercial Bank

(C) Finance Ministry

(D) Import Substitution

13). DEPB Scheme which ended in September 2011 was related with

(A) Foreign Direct Investment

(B) Foreign Institutional Investment

(C) Export Promotion

(D) Import Substitution

14). Recently Ministry of commerce have introduced a new "Niryat Bandhu" scheme for mentoring first generation Entrepreneurs?Who among the following are the "Niryat Bandhus" ?

(A) Entrepreneurs

(B) Officers

(C) Agents

(D) Export Assistants

15). Who among the Following is the current Managing Director of International Monetary Fund (IMF) ?

(A) Robert Zoellick

(B) Christina Lagarde

(C) Pascal Lamy

(D) Helen clark

In this article we are presenting the questions on Current Socio Economic and Banking Awareness events that happened in the month of October and September 2011.These questions are very useful for the upcoming IBPS clerk exam on 27th November 2011 because in General Awareness Section most of the questions are asked are Current-Socio Economic events.So you must study these questions and accordingly memorize them.

1). RBI on 16th September 2011 raised the Repo rate by 20 basis points which took the repo rate to -

(A) 8.00 %

(B) 8.25 %

(C) 8.50 %

(D) 8.75 %

2). The rate at which RBI gives short term loan to commercial banks is called

(A) Repo Rate

(B) Reserve Repo Rate

(C) Bank Rate

(D) Cash Reserve Rate

3). The Approach paper of 12th 5 year plan (2012-2017) proposes country`s average growth rate at

(A) 8.0%

(B) 8.5%

(C) 9.0%

(D) 9.5%

4). UNCTAD had forecasted India`s growth in 2011 at 8.6 % a year ago now UNCTAD has revised this growth rate at

(A) 8.0%

(B) 8.1%

(C) 8.2%

(D) 8.3%

5). At the end of March 2011,India`s external debt stock stood at

(A) US $ 298.6 billion

(B) US $ 300.9 billion

(C) US $ 305.9 billion

(D) US $ 311.6 billion

6). As on end march 2011,the percentage of short term debt to total debt stands at

(A) 21.2 %

(B) 20.0 %

(C) 19.3 %

(D) 18.9 %

7). Which of the following committee has proposed to abolish the distinction between the Plan and Non-Plan expenditure

(A) Suresh Tendulkar Committee

(B) Rangarajan Committee

(C) Rakesh Mohan Committee

(D) Usha Thorat committee

8). During April-July 2011 period, the core sector registered ............ growth against 6.5 growth is the same period last year

(A) 5.6 %

(B) 5.7 %

(C) 5.8 %

(D) 6.0 %

9). NTPC has decided to set up its first overseas power plant in

(A) Mauritius

(B) Sri Lanka

(C) Indonesia

(D) Kenya

10). During 2011,total farm exports of India stood at $ 21903 miilion which is ........ of total ountry`s export

(A) 8.68 %

(B) 9.32 %

(C) 9.96 %

(D) 10.03 %

11). On which one of the following "Head of the Expenses", the expenses of the Govt. of India are highest ?

(A) Food Subsidy

(B) Oil Subsidy

(C) Fertilizer Subsidy

(D) POL Subsidy

12). Under provisions of which one of the following acts the RBI issues directives to banks of India

(A) RBI Act

(B) RBI Regulation Act

(C) Essential Commodity Act

(D) RBI and Banking Regulation Act

13. Consider the following:

1. Repo Rate

2. Reverse Repo Rate

3. Cash Reserve Ratio

4. Statutory Liquidity Ratio

Which among the above are called Statutory Pre-emptions?

(A) 1 & 2

(B) 2 & 3

(C) 3 & 4

(D) 1 & 4

14). Which among the following body regulates Mutual Funds in India?

(A) RBI

(B) SEBI

(C) NABARD

(D) AMFI

15). Which among the following was the main objective of the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2003?

(A) Achieve Fiscal Surplus

(B) Eliminate Revenue deficit

(C) Eliminate Fiscal Deficit

(D) Stop Money Laundering

As all of us know that IBPS is conducting the Supplementary Exam for PO and Management Trainees on 14th November 2011 (Sunday) .The Supplementary exam is being conducted by IBPS for only those students who could not appear in the IBPS CWE for PO and MT that was held on 18th September 2011 due to the negligence of candidates for not bringing the Identity details with them at the time of Examination.So this supplementary exam is being conducted for only those candidates who has submitted their request for Supplementary exam on the IBPS Official Website between 1st October 2011 to 12th October 2011.

Call Letter for IBPS PO/MT Supplementary Exam 2011:   

Those candidates who have successfully registered  for IBPS Supplementary exam can download their call letters from the IBPS Official website (www.ibps.in) after 1st November 2011.The Call letter can be downloaded by entering the registration details like (Registration Number,Password and Date of Birth) on the Call letter Download page.

At the time of Examination the candidates identity is verified by checking the Call letter,Payment Receipt and Photo Identity Proof by the Invigilator.The Photocopy of Identity proof,Original call letter and Original payment receipt will have to surrendered.If at any point of time whether during the examination or after the examination if candidates eligibility and identity is found to be acquired with false means or by making false statements then his/her candidature is likely to be canceled and he/she may face a criminal action.

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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

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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

The Joint Recruitment Cell of Parliament of India has invited applications for the recruitment of Clerks in the Office of Lok Sabha Secretariat,Before applying candidates must ensure that they fulfill all the eligibility conditions that are required for serving in the Lower House of Indian Parliament.

Here are some of the details that must be checked before students can apply for the post of Junior Clerk in Lok Sabha.

Job Title: Junior clerk

Pay-scale: Rs. 5200-20200 (PB-1) + GRADE PAY: Rs. 2400

Age Limit : Maximum Age is 27 years

Number of Vacancies : 22 Posts

Educational Qualifications: The Educational qualifications for the post of Junior Clerk in Lok Sabha is as given below:

A Graduate Degree from any recognized university of India along with an minimum typing speed of 40 words per minute

Preference: Those Students who will have typing speed in both Hindi and English shall be given preference.

Desirable: Certificate in computer course recognized by All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE)/Department of Electronics Accreditation of Computer Courses (DOEACC) or courses equivalent to 'O' Level in terms of syllabus and duration of course as prescribed by DOEACC.

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