Latest GK

1. Who presented the Union budget 2010-11 in Indian parliament – Pranab Mukherjee

2.Bear and Bulls related to – Stock Market.

3 Base rate will be implemented from – July 2010.

4. Food Inflation in 2009-10 – 17%.

5. Special Drawing Rights issued by – IMF.

6. GDP – Gross Domestic Product(Financial& Banking Acronyms)

7. Economic Survey is done for the year – 2009-10.

8. The details of the companies financial position in the annual report of a company is known as – balance sheet.

9. Which of the following is not related to banking and finance – Cell fusion.

10. Which country facing Crisis in Europe – Greece.

11. NBFC – Non banking finance company.

12. Government has granted 1,200 crore to – Bundelkhand region.

13. Banking services to rural people termed as – Financial Inclusion.

14. To which country India has given 1billion US dollars – Bangladesh.

15. The details of the companies financial position in the annual report of a company is known as – balance sheet.

16. Who presented the Union budget 2010-11 in parliament – Pranab Mukherjee

17. Which of the following told government must cut its fiscal deficit to 3% – 13th Finance Commission.

18. Chairman of 13th finance commission – Vijay Kelkar.

19. South Africa Currency – Rand.

Forbes List Nov 2010 :The worlds most powerful persons

Forbes List Nov 2010
The worlds most powerful persons

1. Hu Jintao, President, Peoples Republic of China
2. Barack Obama, President, United States of America
3. Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al Saud, King, Saudi Arabia
4. Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister, Russia
5. Pope Benedict XVI, Pope, Roman Catholic Church
6. Angela Merkel, Chancellor, Germany
7. David Cameron, Prime Minister, United Kingdom
8. Ben Bernanke, Chairman, Federal Reserve
9. Sonia Gandhi, President, Indian National Congress
10. Bill Gates, Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
11. Zhou Xiaochuan, Governor, People's Bank of China
12. Dmitry Medvedev, President, Russia
13. Rupert Murdoch, CEO, News Corp.
14. Silvio Berlusconi, Prime Minister, Italy
15. Jean-Claude Trichet, President, European Central Bank
16. Dilma Rousseff, President, Brazil
17. Steve Jobs, CEO, Apple
18. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister, India

Current Events - 11th Nov Update

Politics & the Nation

• Congress gets tough, shows door to Chavan, Kalmadi
• Mr Chavan, who became the chief minister of Maharashtra soon after the 26/11 Mumbai terror assault, was ousted from his post an
• hour after US President Barack Obama left the country’s shores after a three-day visit, and an hour before the commencement of the winter session of Parliament.
• In another delayed action, the Congress leadership attempted to remove some of the corruption stain off its sleeve by removing Suresh Kalmadi from the post of Congress Parliamentary Party secretary.
• The Pune MP, who is the chairman of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, had earned widespread opprobrium for himself, and his party, for the large-scale irregularities in awarding various contracts relating to the sporting event. As charges started swirling around him, Mr Kalmadi tried to brazen it out by assuming a defiant stance.

World's Round UP - 8th Nov 2010

1. Politics and nation
2. International
3. Finance Economy