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2.How much increase in the Freight Earnings for Year 2009-10 has been projected by Interim Railway Budget?
Ans:-8.7%
3. What is the operating ratio of Indian Railways in the Interim Budget 2009-10?
Ans:-89.9%
5. What is the Total expenditure for FY 2009 as per Interim Union Budget 2009?
Rs. 9,53, 231 crore
7. How much amount was allocated to NREGS in the Interim Union Budget 2009-10?
Rs. 30,100 crore
8. How much increase was provisioned in Interim Union Budget for Defense ? (in percentage)
Ans:-35%
10. What are the three items include getting major subsidies in the Interim Budget?
Ans:-Food, Petroleum & Fertilizer
11. How much was allocated to Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan in the Interim Budget 2009?
Ans:-13100 crore
12. UPA Government's which flagship programme was allotted maximum ?
NREGS , Rs. 30100 crore
15. Which country will host the 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup?
Ans:-India
16. Which city shall host the 2012 Olympic games?
Ans:-London
17. Sheru" is official mascot of which Games?
Ans:-Commonwealth Games to be held at Delhi in 2010
19. Which organization celebrated its Platinum Jubilee in January 2009?
Ans:-Indian National Science Academy
20. Which are the three Indian cricketers recently inducted in ICC hall of Fame?
Ans:-Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev and Bishan Singh Bedi
21. Who is the new chief of RAW, appointed in January 2009?
Ans:-KC Verma
22. Who recently won the Parshvanath International Open Chess Tournament?
Ans:-Surya Shekhar Ganguly
23. Which award has been given to " Pankaj Advani" this year?
Padam Shri
24. Shyam Manohar was given National Sahitya Award 2008. He writes in which language?
Ans:-Marathi
25. Saroja Vaidyanathan is a dancer recently given Sangeet natak Academy Award 2009. What type of dance she performs?
Ans:-Bharatnatyam
26. Who was the runner-up in Australian Open 2009 Men's Singles?
Ans:-Roger Federer
28. Which country has recently emerged as India's largest defense supplier?
Ans:-Israel
29. Recently , Maharastra government challenged the constitutional validity of certain provisions which of the acts?
Ans:-States Reorganization Act 1956, & Bombay
31. The central board of Trustees of Employees Provident Fund has recommended what rate of interest for 2008-09?
Ans:-8.5%
34. How much Dearness Allowance (DA) was recently approved by CCEA for Central Government Employees?
Ans:-6%
36. In March 2009 , director of FBI met Home Minister P Chidambaram in New Delhi and discuss security and terrorism related issues. What is his name?
Ans:-Mr. Robert Mueller
37. First time in the History , Coal India Ltd won two coal blocks for exploration in which country ?
Ans:-Mozambique
38. Where was the 14th World Conference on Tobacco or Health was held recently (March 8, 2009)
Ans:-Mumbai
39. Which committee has recently submitted its report on " Renovation and Rejuvenation of
Universities" ?
Ans:-Yashpal Committee
41. Which sports man in branded as " Fastest Man on Earth" ?
Ans:-Usain Bolt
43. According to a recent UN report , Indian Economy is expected to grow by what rate in percentage in 2009?
Ans:-6%
44. Who won the Men's Singles Title in Indian Open Badminton Championship 2009?
Ans:-Taufique Hidayat of Indonesia
45. Where was Indian Open Badminton Championship 2009 held?
Ans:-Hyderabad
46. Who won the women's singles title Indian Open Badminton Championship 2009?
Ans:-Pi Hongyan of France
47. According to a research conducted by healthcare researchers Deloitte, what is India's Rank in Medical Tourism?
Ans:-second after Thailand
48. N Sundardevan Committee is enquiring into what matter?
Ans:-Police Action on Madras High Court Campus
49. For the 12th Five Year plan Government of Rajasthan has invited leading power companies to buy how much power?
Ans:-2000 megawatt
50. Which team won Vija Harare Trophy in March 2009?
Ans:-Tamil Nadu
51. What is the name of the European satellite launched in 2009, which will show the Inner working of earth, from the movements of ocean currents to the location of oil deposits?
Ans:-The Goce Probe
52. Italy and Switzerland have decided to redraw their borders . What is the reason of
Ans:-global warming dissolved the Alpine glaciers
53. On what date Earth Hour was observed?
Ans:-March 28, 2009
55. Who won the Dubai World Cup 2009 in March 2009?
Well Armed
56. Recently Charles Simonyi was in news for what?
Ans:-First Person to Travel in Space Twice as Tourist
57. What was bank Rate on 4th March 2009?
Ans:-6%
58. What was Repo Rate & Reserve Repo Rate since March 4, 2009?
Ans:-5% & 3.5% respectively
59. Which PSU has recently emerged as top profit making central PSU?
Ans:-ONGC
61. What was the RIL-RPL merger ratio?
Ans:-at 1:16
62. On week ended march 20, 2009 what was India's Inflation Rate?
Ans:-0.27%
63. What was the rate of Inflation in march 2008?
Ans:-8.02%
64. How many gears are there in Nano?
Ans:-Four forward and one reverse
65. Who has been declared the single largest loser by Forbes Magazine in the global recession as his fortune declines 2/3rd?
Ans:-Anil Ambani
66. Who are the three Indians among the most influential people of 2009 by Time Magazine?
Ans:-Sonia Gandhi, Ratan Tata and Mukesh Ambani
67. Who won the BNP Paribas Open Championship in march 2009?
Ans:-Rafael Nadal
68. What was India's export and import growth rates in February 2009?
Ans:-negative 13.7% and negative 18.2% respectively
70. What was India's Foreign Exchange Reserve on March 20, 2009?
Ans:-$ 253.83 billion
71. How many members will be elected for the 15th Loksabha?
Ans:-543
72. In which states delimitation process was not undertaken?
Ans:-J& K, Arunanchal Pradesh, Assam, Jharkhand
73. In which three states assembly elections are taking place simultaneously to Lok Sabha Polls?
Ans:-AP, Orissa, and Sikkim
74. Which south American leader , traveled in India in March 2009 , was conferred a honorary doctorate degree by Madras University ?
Ans:-Chilean President Michelle Bachlet
76. What is the main use of Awacs?
Ans:-detection of incoming hostile cruise missiles
77. Recently INS Parandu was commissioned. What is INS Parandu?
Ans:-Air station of Navy at Uchipuli in Tamil Nadu
78. Recently the term Tax Heaven was in news. What is a tax heaven?
Ans:-where foreign people can safely hide their black money
79. Approximately how much Foreign Money is locked in Swiss Banks?
Ans:-$ 2 Trillion
80. International Criminal Court recently issued arrest warrant for Sudan's President Omar al-Beshir. Genocide was one of the charges included. True / false?
Ans:-False, charges include crimes against humanity
82. Recently Fifth World Water Forum was concluded on World water Day on March 22. Where?
Ans:-Istanbul , Turkey
83. Where was the first meeting of World Water Forum held ?
Ans:-Morocco in 1997
85. Where will the 15th World Conference on Tobacco or Health will take place?
Ans:-Singapore in 2012
86. African Union recently suspended the membership of which nation?
Ans:-Madagascar
87. What was the reason of African Union to suspend membership of Madagascar?
Ans:-military forced the elected president from office
88. On march 30, 2009, Arab League Summit was held at which place?
Ans:-Doha, Qatar
89. Recently , which three agreed to continue pushing forward the Six-Party talks aimed at realizing denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula ?
Ans:-China, Japan and South Korea
90. Where was the Earth Hour started ?
Ans:-Sydney in 2007
91. Information Technology Gyan Kendras is a scheme of which state government?
Ans:-Rajasthan
92. Recently which north east state government survived a floor test ?
Ans:-Meghalaya
93. Who has taken charge as the first ever Director General of Operations at Air Headquarters in New Delhi ?
Ans:-Air Marshal D C Kumaria
94. Indian Government has appointed whom as the new Chief of the Indian Air Force?
Ans:-AIR Marshal Pradeep Vasant Naik
95. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has launched new coins of what denomination ? (April 11, 2009)
Ans:-10 Rupee
96. Recently which insurance Giant Launched Credit Card?
Ans:-LIC
97. Ardhanarishwar, Awara, Masiha, Pankheen, Jane Anjane, Dhalti Raat, Swapnamayi, Nav Prabhat and Doctor are some works of a Hindi Writer who passed away recently . What is his name?
Ans:-Vishnu Prabhakar
99. What is the name of actor Chiranjivi's party ?
Ans:-Praja Rajyam Party
100. Luther L Terry Awards are given for outstanding work in which field?
Ans:-tobacco control
101. Where were held the 4th Women's World Awards recently ?
Ans:-Stadthalle F in Vienna
102. Which tourist train recently begged National Tourism Award Under Most Innovative Tourism Product for year 2007-2008?
Ans:-Mahaparinirvan Express
103. Mahaparinirvan Express is launched to target which tourism circuit in India?
Ans:-Buddhist Circuit
104. Who has recently topped the list of top 10 World's Billionaires by Forbes Magazine?
Ans:-Bill Gates
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