India Current Affairs- Aug 2011

INDIA CURRENT AFFAIRS

AUG-2011

1.    Which of the following days in July is celebrated as Kargil Vijay Diwas to mark the Indian victory in the Kargil war back in 1999?
a.    29 July
b.    21 July
c.    26 July
d.    78 July
Answer: (c) 26 July

2.    This Sikkim high court Chief facing impeachment on charges of corruption and judicial misconduct resigned on 29 July 2011. Identify him.
a.    Justice PD Dinakaran
b.    Justice V Ramaswamy
c.    Justice Soumitra Sen
d.    Justice P C Joshi
Answer: (a) Justice PD Dinakaran

3.    Who was elected Karnataka's 26th chief minister by BJP's legislator on 3 August 2011?
a.    B S Yeddyurappa
b.    D V Sadananda Gowda
c.    Dr. V S Acharya
d.    C M Udasi
Answer: (b) D V Sadananda Gowda

4.    Restoration work on which of the following tombs in New Delhi led to the discovery of the country's oldest sunken garden?
a.    Isa Khan's tomb
b.    Humayun’s tomb
c.    Safdarjang tomb
d.    Sultan Garhi tomb
Answer: (a) Isa Khan's tomb

5. Rajiv Gandhi Manav Seva Award for the year, 2010 was announced on 19 August 2011. Which ministry is responsible for giving out the award?
a.    Ministry of Women and Child Development
b.    Home Ministry
c.    Finance Ministry
d.    HRD Ministry
Answer: (a) Ministry of Women and Child Development

6. Which Indian state government on 18 August 2011 declared the constitution of State Innovation Council headed by State Chief Secretary Urvashi Gulati for promotion of innovations?
a.    UP
b.    MP
c.    Haryana
d.    Rajasthan
Answer: (c) Haryana

7.  NSSF was approved by the Union Cabinet of India on 28 July 2011.  NSSF stands for__
a) National Social Security Fund
b) National Services Security Fund
c) National Social Services Fund
d) National Safe Security Fund
Answer:  (a) National Social Security Fund

8. Which State government recently decided to provide bicycles to ASHA activists to boost rural health services?
a) Madhya Pradesh
b) HP
c) Rajasthan
d) Uttar Pradesh
Answer:  (a) Madhya Pradesh

9.  The Report by Wildlife Institute of India Enlisted Major Threats to Three Tiger Reserves which are Kalakad- Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Anamalai and Mudumalai. In which one of the following states these tiger reserves are located?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) UP
c) Bihar
d) West Bengal
Answer: (a) Tamil Nadu 

10.  UP state government banned the release of Hindi film Aarakshan. The movie is directed by__
a) Prakash Jha
b) Salman Khan
c) Shahrukh Khan
d) Amitabh Bachchan 
Answer:  (a) Prakash Jha

11. Who was accorded a two-year extension by the Union government on 9 August 2011 beyond his term ending September 2011?
a.    D. Subbarao
b.    Raghuram Rajan
c.    Subir Gokarn
d.    C. D. Deshmukh
Answer:  (a) .    D. Subbarao

12. Which one of the following state governments launched the Dal Bhat Scheme on 15 August 2011?
a) Jharkhand
b) Rajasthan
c) UP
d) Madhya Pradesh
Answer: (a) Jharkhand

13. Indian Community Welfare Fund (ICWF) was Set Up to help Emigrant Indian Nationals in Distress. Which one of the following ministries set up ICWF?
a) Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs
b) Ministry of External Affairs
c) Ministry of Environment & Forests
d) Home Ministry
Answer: (a) Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs

14.  In which one of the following states the Centre has launched an ambitious programme called Himayat?
a) Jammu and Kashmir
b) UP
c) Himachal Pradesh
d) Punjab
Answer:  (a) Jammu and Kashmir

15.  Which one of the following state governments sanctioned 95 thousand 599 posts of teachers?
a)  Madhya Pradesh
b) UP
c) Bihar
d) Haryana

Answer:  (a) Madhya Pradesh

16.  Jharkhand government on 23 August 2011 approved a draft of Right to Service Act 2011.  What is the capital of Jharkhand?
a) Ranchi
b) Agra
c) Bhagalpur
d) Dhanbad
Answer: (a) Ranchi

17. This veteran trade unionist and Communist Party of India-Marxist Politburo member who served the trade union movement as a Secretary of the AITUC in the 1960s and then as one of the key leaders of the CITU of which he became the General Secretary from 1990 to 1999 and then its President till 2010 died on 20 August 2011. Identify him.
a.    Madhukar Kashinath Pandhe
b.    K Varadarajan
c.    Mohd.Amin
d.    Manik Sarkar
Answer: (a) Madhukar Kashinath Pandhe

18. Which Former Indian No 2 snooker player who was India No.2 in snooker for three years from 1980 passed away on 20 August 2011.
a.    Ashok Shandilya 
b.    Geet Sethi
c.    Michael Ferreira
d.    Sayed Habib
Answer: (d) Sayed Habib