current affairs one liners

  The name of the tropical storm, which hit New York in the last week of August 2011- Irene

•    The state, which announced a reward of 10000 rupees for providing information on sex determination test- Madhya Pradesh

•    The state, which decided to impose professional tax on all salaried persons- Bihar

•    The nation, which introduced sex tax metres- Germany

•    Union government signed MoU with this university to address the problem of mental health- University of Melbourne

•    The city, which topped the list in Madhya Pradesh under the national cleanliness policy 2008 survey- Indore

•    The person who won the Presidential election in Singapore to become the country’s seventh president- Tory Tan

•    The Central Zoo authority approved the breeding centre at the place-Govindgarh (Madhya Pradesh)

•    Syrian vice foreign minister who visited India from 31 July 2011 to 2 August 2011-Faisal Mekdad

•    The bank, which approved 500 million dollar loan to help India Improve rail services-Asian Development Bank

•    The Indian navy undertook a Passage Exercise on 10 July 2011 with the navy of the nation- Turkey

•    India on 6 September 2011 signed a historic protocol on land boundary agreement with the nation- Bangladesh

•    The Union government of India decided to lift a ban on wheat exports and put a ban on the export of- Onions

•    Internet search titan Google acquired restaurant review firm Zagat which was founded in the year- 1979

•    The state, which introduced a policy to provide security to whistle blowers on 6 September 2011-Haryana

•    The head of Libya’s National Transitional Council who delivered his first public speech in the capital Tripoli- Mustafa Abdul-Jalil

•    The country, which declared Indian Mujahideen foreign terrorist organization on 15 September 2011-USA

•    India agreed with this nation for future cooperation in coal related areas- Turkey

•    22nd World Mining Congress was held at the city- Istanbul

•    Scientists discovered fossilized remains of a large predatory fish in the place:Ellesmere Island in Arctic Canada

•    This body on 5 September 2011 observed that SEBI has wider powers under the Sebi Act to issue directions to even unlisted firms- Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT)

•    UNCTAD's Trade and Development Report 2011 released on 6 September 2011 projected an economic growth of this percentage for India- 8.1 per cent

•    He was appointed the sixth Chief Minister of Uttarakhand replacing Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank who resigned- Major General (retd) BC Khanduri

•    American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, singer, director, and musician chosen to host the 84th Academy Awards/ Oscars  in February 2012-Eddie Murphy

•    International Literacy Day observed– 8 September

•    Red Bull’s Formula One driver won the Italian Grand Prix– Sebastial Vettel

•    Australia’s twoman tennis player on 11 September 2011 defeated Serena Williams to win the US Open crown and her first grand slam singles title– Samantha Stosur

•    The finance ministry relaxed the norms for foreign institutional investments (FII) in this space– Infrastructure space

•    Bollywood's legendary photographer passed away in Mumbai on 13 September 2011- Gautam Rajadhyaksha

•    Union Cabinet approved increase in the dearness allowance (DA)and relief for the Union government employees and pensioners– 7 %

•    44th Jnanpith Award for 2008 was presented to renowned Urdu poet on 18 September 2011- Professor Akhlaq Mohammad Khan Shahryar

•    Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 16 September 2011 hiked the short-term policy rate (repo rate) by 25 basis points to this percentage– 8.25%

•    Explosion occurred at the Marcoule nuclear reprocessing plant in this European country on 12 September 2011 resulting in the death of one person and injury of three others– France

•    Miss Angola crowned Miss Universe in Sau Paulo, Brazil on 12 September 2011-Leila Lopes

•    She was elected Denmark’s first female Prime Minister on 15 September 2011-Helle Thorning-Schmidt

•    South African cricketer  topped the latest ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen on 18 September 2011- H M Amla

•    This TV show won the Best Drama Award at 63rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony organised on 18 September 2011– Mad Men

•    Karnataka Lokayukta Justice on 19 September 2011 resigned from his post over charges of violating co-operative housing society laws- Shivaraj Virupanna Patil

•    This IPL franchisee’s contract was terminated Board of Control for Cricket in India for non-payment of annual paymentm of Rs Rs 156 crore– Kochi Tuskers

•    Nuclear-capable surface-to-surface medium range missile, Shaurya, successfully test-fired from Chandipur-on-sea off the Orissa coast on 24 September 2011– Shaurya

•    Kenyan environmentalist & first African woman to win Nobel prize died on 25 September 2011- Wangari Maathai 

Nobel peace prize winner and environmentalist Wangari Maathai died on 25 September 2011. She won the Nobel peace prize in___.
Answer: (a) 2004
South Sudan recently chose __ as its official language.
Answer:  (c) English

 India and Nepal on 22 September 2011 resumed security dialogue after a gap of __ Years.
Answer:  (a) Four
 With which one of the following countries India agreed to allow the entry of law firms?
Answer:  (a) United Kingdom 
 Wangari Maathai an environmentalist & first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize died on 25 September 2011 in Nairobi. Which African country did she belong to?
Answer: (b) Kenya
World Tourism Day (WTD) is observed anually on  27 September. What was the theme for WTD 2011?
a.    Tourism – Linking Cultures 

  A fresh offering on the lives of 20 great personalities titled Of a Certain Age: Twenty Life Sketches penned by former West Bengal governor was released by Penguin Books India in New Delhi on 26 September 2011. Name the writer.
b.    Gopalkrishna Gandhi

Uttar Pradesh government announced the creation of three more districts. What is the total number of districts in the state now?
a) 75
 Union Government on 26 September 2011 announced the reconstitution of the National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council (NMCC) under whose chairmanship to energise and sustain the growth of manufacturing industries and help in the implementation of strategies by the government?
a.    V. Krishnamurthy

   According to the report by Crisil Research, companies are likely to post a revenue growth of what per cent in the July-September quarter of 2011 as compared to 19 per cent in April-June quarter and 22 per cent in July-September quarter of 2010?
c.   15%

   Government panel headed by Planning Commission member Arun Maira in its report presented on 27 September 2011 suggested giving more powers to which of the following bodies with respect to mergers and acquisitions in the pharmaceutical sector?
a.    Competition Commission of India