Sunday 26 February 2012

CURRENT AFFAIRS (நடப்புச் செய்திகள்) No.5



1. Consider the following statements and using the code given below identify the personality with whom these statements are associated

1.    He was the founder of Max Telecom
2.    He is the founder and Chairman of Max India
3.    He has been appointed the Non-Executive Chairman of Vodafone India
4.    He is a veteran of Telecom Industry

(a).    Deepak Parekh
(b).    Sunil Bharati Mittal
(c).    KP Singh
(d).    Analjeet Singh

Answer: (d)


2. Which of the following Indian Telecom company on 16 February 2012     got the RBI nod for FCCB redemption?
(a).    Reliance Telecom
(b).    Uninor
(c).    Airtel
(d).    Vodafone

Answer: (a)


3. Cognizant which on 13 February 2012 inked a 5-year deal with Future Group is a
(a).    Logistic Company
(b).    Aviation Company
(c).    Online Retail Company
(d).    Technology Solution Company

Answer: (d)

4. Kintetsu World Express of Japan and Gati on 13 February 2012 entered into a Joint Venture  of which of the following sector?
(a).    Electronic Equipments
(b).    Supply Chain
(c).    Single Brand Retail
(d).    Technology Solution

Answer: (b)


5. Legrand, the French electronic and digital equipments company on 9 February 2012 acquired the UPS business of which of the following Indian brand?
(a).    Luminous
(b).    Onida
(c).    Numeric Power
(d).    Invertabular

Answer: (c)

6.    Name the veteran hindi film music composer Rajesh Roshan was honoured with the Lata Manageshkar award by the Madhya Pradesh government on 8 February 2012.
a.    A R Rehman
b.    Rajesh Roshan
c.    Adnan Sami
d.    Leslie Lewis

Answer: (b)


7.    Noted Hindi writer Professor Ramdarash Mishra was selected for the 21st Vyas Samman for his poetry collection. For which of his poetry collection was he selected for the award?
a.    Pak gai hai dhoop
b.    Path ke Geet
c.    Kandhe par Suraj
d.    Aam Ke Patte

Answer: (d)

8.    Renowned Urdu poet  and noted lyricist of Umrao Jaan, Akhlaq Mohammad Khan passed away in Aligarh on 13 February 2012 after battling lung cancer. Which of the facts about the poet given below are not true?

1.    Akhlaq Mohammad Khan wrote under the pen name 'Shahryar'
2.    Shahryar started his career as a literary assistant at Anjuman Tarraqqi-e-Urdu. He then went on to join Jamia Millia Islamia, as a lecturer in Urdu and rose to become the chairman of the Urdu Department
3.    Shahryar had received the Jnanpith Award, India's highest literary award, in the year 2008.
4.    He edited the literary magazine Sher-o-Hikmat. In 1987 he received the Sahitya Akademy Award in Urdu for his poetry collection, `Khwab Ka Dar Band Hai'

a.    1 & 3
b.    Only 3
c.    Only 2
d.    3 & 4

Answer: (c)

9.    44th Session of Indian Labour Conference was held on 14 – 15th February, 2012 under the chairmanship of Shri Mallikarjun Kharge, Union Minister of Labour & Employment. Which of the facts given below are not true about the conference?

1.    The conference was inaugurated by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
2.    The Conference deliberated upon very topical and critical issues viz., (i) Minimum Wages, (ii) Social Security and (iii) Employability and Employment.
3.    The first such tripartite consultation at the national level was held in 1942 as the Tripartite National Labour Conference – subsequently renamed as Indian Labour Conference since 1944
4.    45 Sessions of Indian Labour Conference have been held so far to discuss prominent labour related issues.

a.    Only 4
b.    2 & 3
c.    1& 3
d.    Only 3

Answer: (a)

10.    Name the senior BJP leader and Higher Education Minister of Karnataka who died in Bangalore on 14 February 2012 following a massive cardiac arrest.
a.    Katti Ramesh Vishwanath
b.    G.S.Basavaraj
c.    K.H. Muniyappa
d.    V S Acharya

Answer: (d)

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