India Current Affairs- May 2011 (Part-1)

INDIA CURRENT AFFAIRS

MAY-2011 (Part-1)

1.    The Pawan Hans helicopter carrying among others Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister, Dorjee Khandu had gone missing on 30 April 2011. The search operation that followed came to an on 4 May 2011 when Dorjee's body was found among the wreckage of the Pawan Hans. To which of the following tribes of Arunachal Pradesh did Dorjee belong to?
a.    Monpa
b.    Sherdukpen
c.    Memba
d.    Wancho
Answer: (a) Monpa

2. The Haryana government declared two days’ state mourning on 5 May and 6 May 2011 following the death of Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu. Dorjee Khandu was the Chief Minister of -
a) Assam
b) AP
c) Manipur
d) Meghalaya
Answer: (b) AP

3. The Supreme Court of India on 5 May 2011 reserved verdict on the petition seeking a direction to disband and disarm Special Police Officers recruited under Salwa Judum movement. Salwa judum movement is associated with which one of the following states?
a) Chhattisgarh
b) Bihar
c) Jharkhand
d) Madhya Pradesh
Answer: (a) Chhattishgarh

4. Which one of the following launched social security scheme for Gramin Dak Sevaks?
a) Ministry of Home Affairs
b) Ministry of Communications and IT
c) Ministry of Personnel and Grievance
d) Ministry of Rural Development
Answer: (b) Ministry of Communications and IT

5. S.C. Chetal took over as Director of which of the following bodies in India on 29 April 2011?
a. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
b. Fast Breeder Test Reactor (FBTR) Center
c. Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research
d. BARC Training School
Answer: (c) Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research

6. The Indian government on 2 May 2011 appointed Girish Chandra Chaturvedi as petroleum secretary. Who did he replace?
a.    Murli Manohar Joshi
b.    BL Meena
c.    S Sundareshan
d.    Ajay Maken
Answer: (c) S Sundareshan

7.    Ashok Motwani was appointed Managing Director and CEO on 2 May 2011 of which of the following bodies?
a.    Stock Holding Corporation of India
b.    IDBI Trusteeship Services
c.    Asset Reconstruction Company of India
d.    Small Industries Development Bank of India
Answer: (a) Stock Holding Corporation of India

8.    The Chief Minister of which Indian state approved an outlay of Rs.1,255 crore for upgradation of water supply and sewerage works in the State on 4 May 2011?
a.    Haryana
b.    Uttarakhand
c.    Gujarat
d.    MP
Answer: (a) Haryana

9.    Who was sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh on 5 May 2011 following the death of Dorjee Khandu in the Pawan Hans chopper crash?
a.    Jarbom Gamlin
b.    Chowna Mein
c.    C C Singpho
d.    Newlai Tingkhatra
Answer: (a) Jarbom Gamlin

10.  Which one of the following became the first Indian state to launch an e-payment system for commercial tax payers?
a) AP
b) Karnataka
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Madhya Pradesh
Answer: (b) Karnataka

11. Which of the following veteran Malayalam actor was chosen for 2011 Prem Nazir award, given out in memory of the late evergreen hero, Prem Nazir?
a. G K Pillai
b. Kunchako Boban
c. Prithviraj
d. Vimala Raman
Answer: (a) G K Pillai

12. Supreme Court of India ruled out corrective action in Bhopal gas tragedy case. When the Bhopal gas tragedy had happened?
a) 2-3 December 1984
b) 6 November 1983
c) 12 February 1982
d) 20 March 1984
Answer: (a) 2-3 December 1984

13. Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh declared on 8 May 2011 that the Union government had approved two more tiger reserves in Karnataka. The tiger reserves were approved in which of the following districts in Karnataka?
a. Chamarajanagar district and Chikmagalur district
b. Ramanagara District and Chikballapur distric
c. Bangalore Rural District and Kolar Districts
d. Dharwad District and Belgaum District
Answer: (a) Chamarajanagar district and Chikmagalur district

14. Six-day joint exercise of the Indian Army and the Air Force, Vijayee Bhava began on 9 May 2011 aims at fine-tuning concept of Cold Start doctrine. The Cold Start doctrine, a military doctrine that involves joint operations between the three main services Army, Navy, and Air Force was developed by the Indian Armed Forces in which year?
a. 2000
b. 1997
c. 2006
d. 2004
Answer: (d) 2004

15. The Indian Union Ministry of Environment on 6 May 2011 gave its approval India’s first Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) specialising in infrastructure development in the Himalayan region. In which of the following states of the Himalayan region will the IIT be developed?
a. Uttarakhand
b. Himachal Pradesh
c. Jammu & Kashmir
d. AP
Answer: (b) Himachal Pradesh

16. Fifty-nine year-old Aasha Jee on 8 May became the first Kashmiri Pandit woman to win a panchayat poll in which predominantly Muslim village in Kashmir?
a. Zazun
b. Wusan
c. Liderwan
d. Bohipora
Answer: (b) Wusan

17. Who was elected the new president of the prestigious Supreme Court Bar Association in an election held on 11 May 2011?
a.    Ram Jethmalani
b.    Adish C. Aggarwala
c.    K C Kaushik
d.    P H Parekh
Answer: (d) P H Parekh

18. J. Jayalalithaa was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on 16 May 2011 by Governor SS Barnala along with 33 cabinet ministers at the Madras University. Name the constituency in TN from which she contested the election and won.
a.    North Chennai Assembly Constituency 
b.    Cuddalore Assembly Constituency 
c.    Thiruvallur Assembly Constituency 
d.     Srirangam Assembly Constituency
Answer: (d) Srirangam Assembly Constituency

19. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the North Eastern State Roads Investment Programme (NESRIP). The project is being financially assisted by which of the following monetary organisations?
a.    Reserve Bank of India
b.    Asian Development Bank
c.    International Monetary Fund
d.    World Bank
Answer: (b) Asian Development Bank

20. Who was on 17 May 2011 elected as the new state youth Congress chief of Uttarakhand?
a.    Anand Singh Rawat
b.    Jyoti Rautela
c.    Harak Singh Rawat
d.    Sangram Singh Paudir
Answer: (a) Anand Singh Rawat