Sunday Quiz on Current Affairs

March 21st, 2009

Q- Recently which organization found new bacteria in stratosphere?

Q- Who is the chief minister of Meghalaya who survived floor test recently?

Q- President Barack Obama's administration has cleared a sale to India of eight Boeing Co P-8I maritime patrol aircraft. What is the amount

of this deal?

Q- State-run Bank of India has cut its benchmark prime lending rate (BPLR) by 0.5 per cent fromÂ…Â…Â… to Â…Â… effective from April 1?

Q- What is SPQEM?

Q- Scheme for Providing Quality Education in Madarasas is a scheme launched through which organization?

Q- Recently J& K RTI law was in news. What is this law?

Q- Where was the 29th SAARC Festival of Literature started in March 2009?

Q- Despite 3 stimulus packages by the government India's industrial production fell in January. How much ?

Q- Recently some banks changes FCNR rates. What is FCNR?

Q- Which company has recently topped the list of Fortune's most admired company of the world ?

Q- A United Nations body working on climate change has rejected a CDM project proposal submitted by Tata Chemicals. What is CDM?

Q- Where was a harappan era cemetary found recently ?

Q- Who will take over as the next Chief Election Commissioner of India on April 20?

Q- India has successfully tested the latest land attack version of which supersonic cruise missile at a firing range in Pokhran in the Rajasthan

Desert

Q- The government on March 3, 2009 approved 29 foreign direct investment (FDI) proposals that will bring in how much investment into the

country?

Q- According to a report released by the World Economic Forum , what is the rank of India in most attractive tourist destinations of the world

?

Q- RBI's repo rate- the rate at which the central bank lends to banks against pledging of government bonds. What is current repo rate ?

Q- Who is the first DG of Indian Air Force?

Q- Patients' rights as well as the rights of healthcare providers might get legal recognition with the Union health ministry recently drawing up a

draft legislation called?

Q- Recently India lifted ban from Import of China's Products. Which products and on what ground they were banned?

Q- Loksabha polls will be in how many phases ?

Q- The global slowdown continues to impact India's exports which declined Â….% in January 2009?

Q- Which company plans to replenish all the groundwater used by the company in India back into nature and become completely 'water

neutralÂ´ by 2012.

Q- With pulses production estimated to decline this fiscal, the government today extended import of these products at Â…Â….duty. (how much

duty )

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