Latest General Awareness

1) Who is the Chairman of Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC)? – Dr. C. Rangarajan

2) West Bengal govt. recently decided to change name of the state. What would be new name of the state? – Paschimbanga

3) Rating agency Standard and Poor’s (S&P’s) recently downgraded US’ sovereign rating to AA+ from AAA. Which rating agency, however, gave AAA rating once again to the US? – Fitch

4) Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the organizing committee of the 2015 Cricket World Cup to be hosted jointly the Australia and New Zealand? – James Strong

5) World Swimming Championships 2011 were recently held at – Shanghai (China)

6) Chhedi Jagan International Airport is situated in which country? – Guyana

7) Foundations for India’s 25th atomic power plant were laid recently at which place? – Rawatbhata (Rajasthan)

8) Which company recently launched world’s first computer system with the most advanced Thunderbolt display system? – Apple

9) US space shuttle Atlantis recently came back successfully from its last flight. Atlantis went on its first space mission in which year? – 1981

10) According to a latest report of the Committee on Slum/Census constituted by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, which is the state with largest number of slum dwellers? – Maharashtra (with total slum dwelling population of 18151071)

11) Which type of missile is PRAHAR, which was recently successfully tested by the DRDO at ITR Chandipur? – A short-range surface-to-surface missile with a range of about 150 km

12) 5th World Military Games were held recently at which city? – Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

13) Which famous Indian sportsman would be conferred with the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2011? – Gagan Narang (Shooting)

14) Who is the author of recently launched book “Does He know a Mother’s Heart?”? – Arun Shourie

15) Gopal Subramanium recently resigned from which post alleging union govt.’s not taking him into confidence in a matter directly involving him? – Solicitor General of India