Current affairs briefing for 8th June, 2007.

Hi friends,

Here are our today's links:

http://indiancurrentaffairs.blogspot.com/2007/06/08062007.html

and the quiz page:

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In today's briefing:

1.  Which country has come out with the world's first solar powered cell phone?

2.  The quota war in Andhra Pradesh.

3.  An excellent article on India rupee's gaining strength.

4.  Open Access on cable landing stations.  But what are cable landing stations?  Remember anything from our past notes?

5.  FDI norms in petroleum sector are proposed to be liberalized.

6.  TDS administration is to be tightened.

7.  What is the composition of India's crude basket?  Take a look.

8.  In spite of some of you commenting that some photos are diverting your attention, I can't resist giving you Paris Hilton and Ana Ivanovic photos today.  They are successful in life and they are beautiful.  Let's celebrate them.

9.  One more excellent article on reducing GHGs appeared in today's ET.  Found it worth reading in full.  Hence just a link to it.

10. Orange Brand Prize for Fiction.  What is it?  Who won it?

That's all for today folks.  Happy reading. 

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Current affairs briefing for 7th June, 2007.

Hi friends,

Today is yet again one of those busy days when I couldn't utilize my lunch time for posting our notes.

Here I go:

http://indiancurrentaffairs.blogspot.com/2007/06/07062007.html

I have updated the quiz page today well before 10 AM.  Next update will be between 6 AM and 10 AM tomorrow.

In today's briefing:

1.  Some more interesting stuff that I came across on the ongoing G8 summit.

2.  Were you ever read the riot act?  By anyone?  Not even your parents?  What does this phrase mean anyway?  It is time to learn some language skills.

3.  Centre looks serious on farm revival.

4.  We have heard about the Taj Corridor case, Mayawati et al.  But what exactly is the corridor about?

5.  Where is the "India Now" festival proposed to be held?  What for?

6.  Look at an economists definition of "cyclical overheating" of the economy.

7.  Budhia Singh in news again.  Can you remember why this boy is a prodigy in the first place?

8.  Dollar trading on Indian bourses to be allowed.  What does this imply?

9.  Why is raising sovereign bonds overseas a bad idea? 

And a few more snippets worth our attention.

That's all for today.  Happy reading.

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Current affairs briefing for 6th June, 2007.

Hi friends,

Here go our links for today:

http://discover-it.blogspot.com/2007/06/israel-palestinian-conflict.html

http://indiancurrentaffairs.blogspot.com/2007/06/06062007.html

And don't forget to take a look at the quiz page at http://quizindia.blogspot.com/

In today's briefing:

1.  Some of you have asked me for a briefing on the Israel Palestinian conflict.  I gave it today in Discover It blog.  Take a look.

2.  What does raising rupee loans abroad imply for government and the country?

3.  What does NDNC stand for?  Just kidding.  I am sure most of you know it.

4.  Lo, we have one more regulator.  This time for real estate.

5.  What is the mandated percentage of ethanol doping?  Where will it be taken to?  Which country mandates the highest doping?

6.  Why is giving up tolling on national highways a bad idea?  Kerala seems bent on doing it.  See some reasons why it should not be done.  I don't fully agree with what we noted today.  I have a different take on the subject.

7.  An excellent article by Suresh Prabhu on environment.

8.  What are the currently banned subsidies in WTO norms.  Look at what the US wants included in it.

9.  What are the functions of the High Power panel formed for the Prime Minister on environment?

10.  Something about Basque separatists.  Who are they?  Where do they operate?  I mean which country?

11.  Ever heard of combustible ice?  China joins that exclusive club.  Is India there?

12.  Who is Lewis 'Scooter' Libby?  Why is he in the news?

13.  Commonwealth TT. 

And a few more snippets.

That's for today folks.  Happy reading.

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Current affairs briefing for 5th June, 2007.

Hi friends,

Here are our links for today:

http://indiancurrentaffairs.blogspot.com/2007/06/05062007.html

http://discover-it.blogspot.com/2007/06/doha-round-of-wto-talks.html

And don't forget our quiz page which was updated today early in the morning at http://quizindia.blogspot.com/

In today's briefing:

1.  You have asked me to say something about the Doha round of talks.  I covered it today in the Discover It blog. 

2.  Today is World Environment Day.  What is its theme?  Can you guess?

3.  Remember Charles Simonyi?  He is the guy from Microsoft who developed Microsoft Word.  Subsequently he quit M$ and formed his own company.  He is a billionaire by the way.  He started what is called "intentional programming".  Any idea what is this about?  Take a look at it.

4.  We rarely get to know the details of manpower in our defence forces.  Take a look at it today.

5.  How many of you have heard of the Indus Water Commission?  I am sure you would have heard about the Indus Water Treaty of 1960.  But the Commission?  Today we look at it in some depth.

6.  Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding presented.  To whom?  Any idea?

7.  Largest newspaper markets in the world.  What are they?

8.  Press Note 1 of 2005 revisited.

9.  Gujjars call of stir.  What is the deal?

10.  BMW case minutiae.

11.  Credit flow figures to SME segment in 2006-07.

12.  Today's ET had some excellent comments on the caste-based reservation system.  Couldn't resist giving you some excerpts.

That's all for today.  Happy reading.

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Re: Current affairs briefing for 5th June, 2007.

Sorry friends,

The message header should read "Current affairs briefing for 4th June,
2007.

Ignore the mix up.

Ramakrishna

On Jun 4, 5:30 pm, "Ramakrishna C" <ram...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi friends,
>
> Here go our links for today:
>
> http://discover-it.blogspot.com/2007/06/bse-sensex-and-nse-s-cnx-nift...
>
> http://indiancurrentaffairs.blogspot.com/2007/06/04062007.html
>
> And don't forget to take a look at our quiz page at:http://quizindia.blogspot.com/
>
> In today's briefing:
>
> 1. You asked for an explanation of BSE sensex construction. I briefed it
> for you in today's Discover It blog along with NSE Nifty construction.
>
> 2. SSN is mandatory for PF subscribers now. Are we going the US way?
> Let's wait and see.
>
> 3. If genome sequencing of any life form is done, how does it help
> humanity? Take a look.
>
> 4. Take a look at how BRIC countries can possibly lead the world in future;
> provided ofcourse they can work in tandem.
>
> 5. Can you name all the GCC members? Don't quip me as to what is GCC in
> the first place.
>
> 6. CCI is becoming more powerful by the day.
>
> 7. Who is the leader of the Gujjar agitation?
>
> 8. Let's know something about mobile payments.
>
> 9. Higher education is receiving some concrete action.
>
> 10. Coal regulator on cards.
>
> 11. Some strong reasons for judicial reform.
>
> 12. Don't miss today's story on Indian Economy by Mythili Bhusnurmath in
> ET. A must read.
>
> That's all for today friends. Happy reading.
>
> Ramakrishna
>
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Current affairs briefing for 5th June, 2007.

Hi friends,

Here go our links for today:

http://discover-it.blogspot.com/2007/06/bse-sensex-and-nse-s-cnx-nifty.html

http://indiancurrentaffairs.blogspot.com/2007/06/04062007.html

And don't forget to take a look at our quiz page at: http://quizindia.blogspot.com/

In today's briefing:

1.  You asked for an explanation of BSE sensex construction.  I briefed it for you in today's Discover It blog along with NSE Nifty construction.

2.  SSN is mandatory for PF subscribers now.  Are we going the US way?  Let's wait and see.

3.  If genome sequencing of any life form is done, how does it help humanity?  Take a look.

4.  Take a look at how BRIC countries can possibly lead the world in future; provided ofcourse they can work in tandem.

5.  Can you name all the GCC members?  Don't quip me as to what is GCC in the first place.

6.  CCI is becoming more powerful by the day.

7.  Who is the leader of the Gujjar agitation?

8.  Let's know something about mobile payments.

9.  Higher education is receiving some concrete action.

10.  Coal regulator on cards.

11.  Some strong reasons for judicial reform.

12.  Don't miss today's story on Indian Economy by Mythili Bhusnurmath in ET.  A must read.

That's all for today friends.  Happy reading.

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Current affairs briefing for 3rd June, 2007.

Hi friends,

Sorry, couldn't post yesterday due to heavy personal commitments.

Here go our links for today:

http://indiancurrentaffairs.blogspot.com/2007/06/03062007.html

http://discover-it.blogspot.com/2007/06/how-should-i-prepare-for-2007-mains-gs.html


In today's briefing:

1.  As promised, I have come out with our second piece on Mains GS preparation for 2007.  Take a look at it in our Discover It blog.

2.  The quiz will resume from tomorrow morning.

3.  Some facts about the developing BMW case.

4.  Brazilian President is visiting India for the second time.  Can you recall his name?

5.  Which is the second largest emitter of Carbon Dioxide in the world?

6.  What do we know about Six Sigma?

7.  India relents on import duties on wines and spirits and falls in line with the WTO norms.

8.  A little about Indoor Cricket.

9.  I don't get tired of Second Life.  Let's see some more details about it.

10.  A rare blooming of palms in Mumbai.  It seems to happen once on 50 to 60 years.  Take a look at the details.

11.  Can you name the first female judge of the Supreme Court?  How many more are appointed to our Supreme Court thereafter?

That's all for today friends.  Happy reading.

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GENERAL STUDIES QUESTION PAPER HELD ON 20^th MAY, 2007

TEST BOOKLET – C

Questions start with

1. Consider the following statements :

1. The mode of removal of a Judge of a High Court in India is same as that of removal of a Judge of the Supreme Court.

2. After retirement from the office, a permanent Judge of a High Court cannot plead or act in any court or before any authority in India.

Which of the statements given above is / are correct ?

a) Only 1

b) Only 2

c) Both 1 and 2

d) Neither 1 nor 2

Ans : a

2. Which one ………. of the formation of the following as full States of the Indian Union ?

Ans : b

3. Tarapore Committee was associated with which…………..?

Ans : b

4. Who among …….Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund ?

Ans : d

5. Where are Shevaroy Hills located ?

Ans : d

6. Participatory Notes (PNs) are associated ………….

Ans : b

7. A train completes a journey with a few stoppages………does the train stop during the journey?

Ans : a

8. Who among ……………. the Union Finance Ministers of India ?

Ans : a

9. Which one……….. order of production ( in million tones ) of the given foodgrains in India ?

Ans : d

10. Which one…….. joined the European Union in January, 2007 ?

Ans : a

11. What is the average distance (approximate ) between the Sun and the Earth ?

Ans : d

12. Consider : If magenta and yellow coloured circles intersected area will have red colour…..

Ans : a

13. Consider : A flute of smaller length produces waves of lower frequency.

Ans : a

14. Four wires of same material and dimensions as under ……… elongated maximum ?

Ans : d

15. The average salary of 100 employees in an office is Rs. 16,000 per month…………

Ans : a

16. Raghu Rai is well-known for which one of the following areas ?

Ans : b

17. Which one………. Won the CSIR Award for Science and Technology ( S & T )………..

Ans : a

18. Which one…………. same clock time as that of the …….. any given instant ?

Ans : d

19. Which one……… pitcher plant becomes modified into a pitcher ?

Ans : b

Assertion & Reason

20. A : The Council of Ministers in the Union of India ………….. the Rajya Sabha.

Ans : d

21. A : According to the Wavell Plan, ……… Executive Council were to be equal.

Ans : c

22. A : River Kalinadi is an east-flowing ……….southern part of India.

Ans : d

23. A : There are no tea plantations in any African country.

Ans : d

24. A : A jet aircraft moving at Mach Number equal to 1 travels faster…………1 near the seal level.

Ans : b

25. A person has to completely put……….. 403 litres of petrol, 465 litres of diesel and 496 litres……...

Ans : b

26. Amit starts from a point A and walks to another point B……….

Ans : d

27. A and B can complete work together in 5 days. …………a lone to complete the job ?

Ans : a

28. Parimarja Negi has excelled in which one of the following games ?

Ans : c

29. If all the numbers from 501 to 700 are written, what is the total……digit 6 appears ?

Ans : a

30. The National Housing Bank ……….wholly-owned subsidiary……………

Ans : b

31. Were is the famous Vijaya Vittala temple…………..

Ans : c

32. Consider : The Judges (Inquiry ) Bill 2006…….Justices and Judges.

Ans : b

33. Who among……..Chile's first woman President ?

Ans : b

34. Which one…..known as Top Slip ?

Ans : d

35. What was ………..Operation Sukoon launched b the Government of India ?

Ans : b

36. In human body, which…………… blood calcium and phosphate ?

Ans : c

37. How do most insects respire ?

Ans : d

38. In human beings,…………does the sperm fertilise the ovum?

Ans : b

39. Which one………..human brain is the regulating centre for swallowing and vomiting ?

Ans : b

40. Production of ……………..function of the liver ?

Ans : b

41. Which one………..defence agency to a full defence ministry ?

Ans : b

42. Who among….FIFA World Player of the year for the year 2006 ?

Ans : b

43. Which one………digestive enzyme in the human system ?

Ans : b

44. Which of…… light are strongly absorbed by plants ?

Ans: c

45. Match : List-I ( Person ) List-II ( Known As )

Ans : c

46. Which….not correctly matched : a) Cosmic Background Explorer : Satellite Programme

( COBE )

Ans : d

47. Consider : 1. China has the observes status at the South Asian Association…………

Ans : c

48. Match : List-I ( Eminent person ) List-II (Known As )

Ans : d

49. Three identical vessels A, B and C are filled……… vessel is emptied first ?

Ans : c

50. In the latter half of the year 2006,……….. military coup take place ?

Ans : c

51. Match : List-I ( Aluminium company ) List-II ( Location )

Ans : b

52. Which one…….. is located in the Bastar region ?

Ans : d

53. Out of the four southern States : A.P., …….T. Nadu …….maximum number of Indian States ?

Ans : a

54. Dalbergia species is associated with …………………following ?

Ans : d

55. Which one……..major Indian cities is most eastward located ?

Ans : a

56. Which one……………. rivers originates at Amarkantak ?

Ans : c

57. Which one……….. rivers is the longest ?

Ans : a

58. Consider : 1. Either of the two belts over the oceans at about 30^o to 35^o N…………..Latitude.

Ans : a

59. Match : List-I (City) List-II ( River )

Ans : a

60. Which one…….. States of India has the lowest density of population ?

Ans : c

61. Consider : 1. Balaghat is known for its diamond mines.

Ans : d

62. In the human body, which structure is the appendix attached to ?

Ans : b

63. Which one……… Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Orissa ?

Ans : c

64. Which one….. Shanghai Cooperation Organisation ?

Ans : c

65. With reference to the steel industry in India in the recent times………….Vizag Steel Plant

Ans : c

66. Who among……wrote the book- Ayodhya : 6 December 1992 ?

Ans : b

67. With……………….international meetings held in the year 2006………….. matched ?

Ans : b

68. The Stilwell Road, built in 1940s, which was recently in news, …………..

Ans : b

69. NASA's Deep Impact space mission…………nucleus ?

Ans : d

70. Who among………… taken more than 500 wickets in Test Cricket ?

Ans : b

71. Which one………Acharya Vinoba Bhave's Bhoodan Movement …….movement ?

Ans : c

72. Match : List-I ( Person ) List-II ( Company )

Ans : d

73. Which one…….. decreasing order …different sectors to the Gross Domestic Product of India ?

Ans : b

74. Consider : 1. North Atlantic Cooperation Council ( NACC)…………

Ans : b

75. In how many maximum different ways can 3 identical balls be placed in the 12 squares…..?

Ans : d

76. Groups each containing 3 boys ……….5 boys-A,B,C,D, and E……….. groups ?

Ans : a

77. Six faces of a cube……….1 to 6………….different number.

Ans : a

78. Each of the 3 persons is to be given …………..three persons is equal to 30….. be done ?

Ans : b

79. 6 equidistant vertical lines are drawn on a board. 6 equidistant horizontal lines are also……

Ans : c

80. In the figure shown above, ….. 8 identical balls can be placed in the small triangles… one ball?

Ans : -

81. Wangari Maathai, the Noble Prize winner from Kenya………..

Ans : c

82. Robert Webster is known for his work associated with …………..

Ans : b

83. How is Gabriel Garcia Marquez well known as ?

Ans : c

84. MCA-21 is a major initiative taken up by the Government of India………… areas ?

Ans : c

85. Consider : The repo rate is the rate at which …..Reserve Bank of India.

Ans : d

86. Where was the first conference of the Pughwash Conferences on Sciences and World Affairs….

Ans : c

87. For which ………… books did Kiran Desai win the Man Booker prize 2006 ?

Ans : c

88. The Pulitzer Prize is associated with …………….

Ans : c

89. Who among ……. The book Bahubivah ?

Ans : b

90. Which one…………. below of small intestine in the human body ?

Ans : d

91. Shahgarh area in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan…………

Ans : a

92. Near the end of the year 2006……. Commonwealth after a military coup ?

Ans : c

93. What is the Galileo Project ……….. been in news recently ?

Ans : d

94. The First Factory Act restricting the working hours…. adopted during whose time ?

Ans : c

95. Consider : 1. In India, Red Panda is naturally……Western Himalayas only.

Ans : a

96. Consider : 1. The Chairman of the Committee on Public Accounts ……Lok Sabha

Ans : a

97. Consider :1. The series of the International Paper Sizes ……..A0 size whose area is 0.5m²

Ans : c

98. Which of…………Constitution Amendment Acts seeks…………. Legislative assembly……

Ans : a

99. Consider……….. financial emergency under Article 360 of the Constitution of India

Ans : a

100. Which of…………. Visualization of the internal structure of human body ?

Ans : a

101. The song 'Amar Sonar Bangla' ……National Anthem of Bangladesh. ……..

Ans : d

102. Match : List-I (Writer ) List-II ( Book )

Ans : a

103. Consider : The nation-wide scheme of the National Child Labour Projects ( NCLP)………..

Ans : b

104. Match : List-I (Town) List-II ( River Nearer to it )

Ans : b

105. Which one…… not contain silver ? Horn silver ……………

Ans : b

106. Which one……. is called philospher's wool ? Zinc bromide…………….

Ans : c

107. Which one………..matched ? a) William Dickson : Motion Picture film

Ans : c

108. Match : List-I ( Company ) List-II ( Major Area / Product )

Ans : c

109. Consider : 1. Jawaharlal Nehru was………….. India at the time of his death.

Ans : d

110. Which one……….. for constructed by the British in India ?

Ans : b

111. Consider : 1. Robert Clive was the first Governor-General of Bengal.

Ans : b

112. Who among……….Europeans ……….pre-independence India as traders ?

Ans : c

113. The ruler of which……………British on the pretext of misgovernance ?

Ans : a

114. Who ……………newspaper Shome Prakash ?

Ans : b

115. At which………. Mahatma Gandhi first start his Satyagraha in India ?

Ans : c

116. Who was the Speaker of the First Lok Sabha ?

Ans : b

117. Which one…………. massacre by the British at Jallianwala Bagh ?

Ans : c

118. Who wrote the book – 'The Story of the Integration of the Indian States' ?

Ans : d

119. In which State is the Guru Shikhar Peak located ?

Ans : a

120. The largest coral reef in the world is found near the coast……………countries ?

Ans : a

121. Consider : 1. The annual range of temperature is …………Atlantic Ocean.

Ans : b

122. Through which one……..Straits, …………..United Kingdom and France ?

Ans : c

123. Which one…………. glass can cut off ultraviolet rays ?

Ans : b

124. Which one…….non-metals ………conductor of electricity ?

Ans : b

125. Which one ……………another name of RDX ?

Ans : d

126. Where…………..Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) located ?

Ans : b

127. Which one……….Asian Games………..times from the year 1951 to the year 2006 ?

Ans : b

128. Where is Copacabana Beach located ?

Ans : c

129. Who was Leander Paes's ………US Open Tennis Tournament, 2006 ?

Ans : b

130. Who among………. the World Wide Web (WWW) ?

Ans : c

131. Three dice ( each having six faces ……….. 1 to 6) are rolled……………number 2?

Ans : a

132. All the six letters of the name SACHIN ………………SACHIN in that sequence ?

Ans : c

133. Five balls of different colours………….ways in which this can be done ?

Ans : d

134. Amit has five friends: 3 girls and 2 boys……….Amit's friends and two are his wife's?

Ans : c

135. What is the maximum number of different paths ……..A and the station B ?

Ans : -

136. Pairs : a) T.S. Krishnamurthy : Former Chief Election Commissioner of India.

Ans : c

137. Which of………..Tshwane Declaration in October, 2006 ?

Ans : b

138. Recently, the European Union and other six countries…………not a signatory to it ?

Ans : a

139. Match : List-I (Person) List-II (Known As )- A. Bhajan Sopori ……

Ans : c

140. Which one…….Himalayan Passes…………..between India and China ?

Ans : c

141. How is Steve Fossett known as ?

Ans : b

142. Basel II relates to …….. International standards for safety in civil aviation.

Ans : d

143. Match : List-I (Person) List-II (Position/Organisation ) A. Nancy Pelosi……….

Ans : c

144. In which…………….Global Automotive Research Centre being set up ?

Ans : a

145. Consider : 1. Republicans won …………..U.S. House……..Elections held in the year 2006 ?

Ans : b

146. What is the broad area………Nobel Prize………..Physiology or Medicine……prize ?

Ans : b

147. In which one……………kimberlite been discovered in the recent past ?

Ans : b

148. Which one ……………Panama Canal to link the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans ?

Ans : a

149. Consider : In the year 2006…..full-fledged cryogenic stage in rocketry.

Ans : d

150. Consider : In November, 2006 DRDO ……..using Prithvi-II missile.

Ans : c

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Current affairs briefing for 1st June, 2007.

Hi friends,

Here are our links for today:

http://indiancurrentaffairs.blogspot.com/2007/06/01062007.html

http://discover-it.blogspot.com/2007/06/preparing-for-mains-gs-paper.html

And don't forget the quiz page for today at http://quizindia.blogspot.com/

In today's briefing:

1. Some of you have been asking me to write something about the preparation for Mains GS paper.  I wrote something today in the Discover It blog.  More on this will follow tomorrow also.

2.  Latest figures on Indian Economy.  Released by CSO.  Worth remembering some figures.

3.  How much do we know about the constitutional provisions of reservations?  Important in the context of Gujjar agitation in Rajasthan.

4.  See how Tamilnadu gets to dictate India's foreign policy.  Especially with reference to Sri Lanka.

5.  One more small recap on the Indo-US nuclear deal.

6.  Thailand's regional airline launches services in India.

7.  With the present Revenue Secretary set to become the Cabinet Secretary, there is change in the Chairmen of the CBEC and CBDT also.  Brand new revenue team for the country!!!

8.  Ever heard of 'mezzo finance'?  This is the MFI jargon.

9.  Something about coal imports.

10.  Something about bank PLR.

That's all for today.

Happy reading.

Ramakrishna

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