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Meets and Summits

The venue of G-20 Summit, held in Nov 2011, India was represented by Dr. Manmohan Singh – Cannes,

France

The venue of CHOGM Summit 2011, (October 2011) where India was being represented by Vice-

President Hamid Ansari – Perth, Australia

The venue of 5th IBSA (India, Brazil, South Africa) Summit held in Oct 2011, India represented by Dr.

Manmohan Singh – Pretoria, South Africa

The venue of 5th Euro-India Summit held on 13-14 Oct 2011 – Leuven, Belgium

The venue of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) conference held in

Nov – Dec 2011. India was represented by Ms Jayanthi Natarajan – Durban, South Africa

The venue of India-ASEAN summit in November 2011, India represented by Dr. Manmohan Singh – Bali,

Indonesia

The venue of International Vaccine symposium titled 'Vaccines from Discovery to Translation' held in

Nov 2011 – New Delhi

The theme of 17 SAARC summit held in Addu Island, Maldives from 10 to 11 Nov 11 – Building Bridges

The venue of the 17th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation summit, India represented by

Dr. Manmohan Singh – Addu Island, Maldives

The venue of the 20th World Petroleum Congress (WPC), India represented by Minister of Petroleum

and Natural Gas Shri S Jaipal Reddy – Doha, Qatar.

Sports

The Red Bull driver who won the Indian Grand Prix held at Buddh International Circuit on 30 Oct 2011 –

Sebastian Vettel

India's first F1 race held in Oct 2011 was organised by – Jaypee Sports International

The 5.14 km Budh International Circuit which was inaugurated at Noida on 18 Oct 2011 was designed by

– Hermann Tilke

The German Formula 1 driver who has become the youngest to win Double F1 titles back to back (in

2010 and 2011) – Sebastian Vettel

The boxer from Manipur who has been adjudged the best boxer at the 12th Senior National Women

Boxing Championships held in Bhopal in Oct 2011 – Mary Kom

The team which has won the 2011 Durand Cup defeating Prayag United in the finals on 15 Oct 2011 –

Churchill Brothers

South Asian Beach Games at which India topped the medals tally with 11 gold, 9 silver and 7 bronze

were held in October 2011 at – Hambantota (Sri Lanka)

The Indian Double-trap shooter who has won the gold medal at the World Cup finals at Al Ain in United

Arab Emirates on 04 Oct 2011 – Ronjan Sodhi

The Indian cricketer who has been chosen for the Dilip Sardesai award for being India's best cricketer in

the 2011-12 Test series against the West Indies by the BCCI – R. Ashwin

The venue of 65th National Aquatics Championship held in Nov 2011 – Ranchi, Jharkhand

The woman cricketer who has been awarded MA Chidambaram Trophy (Best woman cricketer of 2010-

11) – Jhulan Goswami

The Indian cricketer who has been awarded Polly Umrigar Award for India’s best cricketer of 2010-11 –

Rahul Dravid

The former Indian cricketer who has been awarded BCCI's Col CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Trophy

2010-11 – Ajit Wadekar

The tennis tournament won by seventh seeded Indo-Pak pair Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi

in Nov 2011 – Paris Masters

The team which has won the Beighton Cup (Hockey) defeating ONGC in the finals – Indian Oil

Corporation

On 06 Nov 11, Indian skipper M S Dhoni became India’s most successful wicketkeeper with the highest

number of dismissals when he stumped Kraigg Brathwaite of West Indies, his 199th victim in 62 Tests.

The earlier record of highest number of dismissals was held by – Syed Kirmani

The squash player who has become the first Indian to reach the quarter-finals at the World Squash Open

championship being held at Rotterdam, Netherlands – Dipika Pallikal

The Indian boxer who has been ranked No. 2 in the international rankings released by AIBA on 01 Nov

11 – Vikas Krishan

The venue of 64th

Senior Men and 27th

Senior Women National Weightlifting Championships which were

held from 24 Dec 2011 to 28 December 2011 – Berhampur, Odisha

The team which has won the 62nd National Basketball Championship (Women) held at Chennai from 16

to 24 Dec 2011 – Indian Railways

The team which has won the 62nd

National Basketball Championship (Men) held at Chennai from 16 to

24 Dec 2011 – Punjab

The Indian badminton star who created history by becoming 1st Indian singles player to reach finals of

BWF Super Series at Liuzhou in China (December 2011) – Saina Nehwal

India won the SAFF Football Cup on 11 Dec 2011, the final being played at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium,

New Delhi, by defeating – Afghanistan

The cricketer from Maharashtra who scored 451 runs in 466 balls in Group A match against Assam in the

Cooch Behar Trophy in Dec 2011) – Vijay Zol

The sportsperson who has won the women's title at the 59th

National Squash Championship held from

07 to 10 Dec 2011 in Chennai – Dipika Pallikal

The sportsperson who has won the men's title at the 59th

National Squash Championship held from 07

to 10 Dec 2011 in Chennai – Saurav Ghosal

The Indian cricketer who has become the highest individual scorer in One-day Internationals by scoring

219 runs against West Indies in Indore in December 2011 – Virender Sehwag

Socrates, the great footballer who died on 04 Dec 2011, played for – Brazil

The player who has won IBSF World Snooker Championship held in Bangalore from 28 November to 03

December 2011, thus becoming the first Iranian to do so – Hoosein Vafaei Ayouri

The country which has won the Davis Cup 2011 (100th

edition) defeating Argentina in the finals in

December 2011 – Spain

The woman Grandmaster of Airport Authority of India, who has grabbed her maiden national title at the

38th National Women Premier Chess Championship held in November 2011 in Chennai – Mary Ann

Gomes

The six-year old boy from Mumbai who has become the youngest cricketer to play in officially

recognized tournament by BCCI, the Giles Shield – Musheer Khan

The city in which the World's largest cross-country run for school children was held on 06 Nov 11 – New

Delhi

Medicine

The drug used globally for treatment of breast cancer which has been banned in India for its misuse in

treatment of infertility among women – Letrozole

The renowned nephrologist from Apollo Hospitals, Chennai who has been awarded the 40th

Dhanvantari Award recently – Dr. M.K. Mani

The state which has become the first in the country to include the new Pentavalent Vaccine (a vaccine

against diptheria, pertussis, tetanus, haemophilus influenza and hepatitis B) in the National

Immunisation Schedule by launching it on 15 Dec 2011 – Kerala)

Defence

The 37 tonne inter-continental nuclear-capable Bulava ballistic missile were recently test fired by –

Russia

The second of Kamorta-class Anti-Submarine Warfare corvette launched by Garden Reach Shipbuilders

and Engineers, Kolkata in October 2011 is named – INS Kadmatt

The type of helicopter which strayed into Pakistan occupied Kashmir and was force-landed at Skardu

while flying from Leh to Bhimbad in October 2011 was – Cheetah

The four day joint exercise between the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO)

which was conducted at Air Force Station Jamnagar in October 2011 was named – Ex Eastern Bridge –

2011

The military training exercise Shakti 11, which was held in Ranikhet, Uttarakhand in October 2011 is joint

exercise of the armies of India and – France

The first ever India Bangladesh military exercise held in October was named – Op. Sampriti

The second of Deepak class tanker manufactured by Italy to be inducted by the Indian Navy is named.

(The India Navy also has two Jyoti class fleet tankers, Jyoti and Aditya, thus taking the total number of

fleet tankers to four) – INS Shakti

Vijaynagar airfield, which was inaugurated by the Indian Air Force in November 2011, as an Advance

Landing Ground is located in – Arunachal Pradesh

The annual coastal security exercise to test the coastal preparedness of Lakshadweep and Minicoy

islands held in November 2011 was named – Neptune IV

The Indian Navy ship which has been involved in thwarting pirate attacks in the Gulf of Aden on 11 Nov

11 (and earlier twice in Sep 2011) – INS Sukanya

The DRDO developed Medium Altitude Long Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (MALE - UAV) which

completed its 5th successful flight in November 2011 – Rustom 1

The Indian Air Force fighter aircraft which had been temporarily grounded following a crash near Pune

on 13 Dec 2011 – Sukhoi 30MKI

The army exercise which was conducted in Barmer district of Rajasthan in December 2011 was named –

Sudarshan Shakti

Railways

The railway station which will be developed as the best station in the country by the Indian Railways –

Habibgunj

SIMRAN (Satellite Imaging for Rail Navigation) based Real Time Information System launched recently

to provide train location and train running position through SMS and internet has been jointly

developed by Indian Railways and – IIT, Kanpur

India's longest Railway Tunnel (10.96 km) from Quazigund to Banihal, whose excavation was completed

recently is under the – Pir Panjal mountain range

The luxury tourism train run by Maharashtra Tourism which has resumed operations earlier stopped

following Mumbai terror attack – Deccan Odyssey

India's first AC Double-decker train which was flagged off on 02 Oct 2011 by the Railway Minister Dinesh

Trivedi runs from Howrah to – Dhanbad

The first Shatabdi Express for South Central Railway introduced on 13 Nov 2011 runs between

Secunderabad and – Pune

Indian Railways has recently reduced the advance reservation period for Tatkal tickets from 48 hours

before the commencement of journey to – 24 hours

Arts, Music, Cinema etc.

The Indian singer who has entered the Guiness Book of World Records for the most single studio

recordings – Asha Bhonsle

The actor who has been awarded NDTV Lifetime Achievement Award – Dev Anand

Andha Yug, a play was recently staged in Delhi's Firoz Shah Kotla after a gap of about 50 years. Andha

Yug is a famous play written by – Dharamveer Bharti

Satyadev Dubey, a Padma Bhushan 2011 recipient, who passed away on 25 Dec 2011 was associated

with – Theatre

Ritu Guha who passed away on 24 Dec 2011 was an exponent of – Rabindra Sangeet

The noted Ghazal singer, who died on Oct 10, 2011. (He is known to have composed and recorded the

poetry written by former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee) – Jagjit Singh

Ustad Sultan Khan, who passed away on 27 Nov 2011 was a renowned – Sarangi player

Ai Weiwei, who has been named as the most powerful figure in the art world by London-based Art

Review magazine belongs to – China

Computers, Technology etc.

The developer of C language and UNIX operating system, who died in Oct 2011 – Dennis Ritchie

The language which has become the first Indian language to join the Unicode Consortium as a full

member, paving the way for standardised, user-friendly fonts and scripts for the language on

computers. (Hindi and Tamil are institutional members of the consortium) – Telugu

Akash, the cheapest tablet PC in the world launched by the Union Minister for HRD is manufactured by –

Datawind

The National Online Examination System which was launched by the Govt in Nov 2011 has been

developed by – C-DAC

TCS, India's largest technology company bagged the biggest deal for an Indian firm from UK-based

pension provider. The name of the company is – Friends Life

Institutes, Universities etc.

The place at which the government has decided to set up National Institute of Mountaineering & Allied

Sports (NIMAS) – Dirang in Arunachal Pradesh

The place at which country's first Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre devoted to the

hearing impaired has been set up – New Delhi

The place in West Bengal where setting up of Institute of Handloom Technology has been approved by

the Central Government – Shantipur in Nadia dist.

The state which has passed the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Hindi University Bill-2011 for setting up the first

Hindi University in the state – Madhya Pradesh

Films

The Columbian film directed by Alejandro Landes and produced by Franciso Aljure which has bagged the

coveted Golden Peacock Award for the Best Film at the 42nd International Film Festival of India 2011 in

Goa – Porfirio

The venue of CMS Vatavaran Film Festival (Green Film Festival) held in Dec 2011 – New Delhi

The film actor who has been appointed the national brand ambassador of UNICEF to promote child

nutrition – Aamir Khan

Dam 999, the film which has been banned by TN Government because of its reference to Mullaperiyar

dam is directed by – Sohan Roy

The film which has won the Best Feature Film in 'Indian Competition' category at the 17th International

Children's Film Festival in Hyderabad – Chillar Party

The Iranian film which won the Golden Elephant for being the Best Feature Film in the ‘Competition

International' section of the 17th International Children's Film Festival held in Hyderabad – Alafzar

(Meadows)

The venue of 17th International Children's Film Festival held in Nov 2011 – Hyderabad

Anniversaries, Days etc.

The theme for World Food Day observed on 16 October 2011 – Food Prices – From Crisis to Stability.

The theme for World Habitat Day 2011 to be observed on October 3rd, 2011 – Cities and Climate

Change

The day which has been designated as World Habitat Day by the UN – 1st Monday of October

The day which has been declared by the PM Dr. Manmohan Singh to be observed as the National

Mathematics Day being the birthday of Ramanujan – Dec 22.

2012 has been declared by the Prime Minister as – National Mathematical Year

The theme of World Science Day for Peace and Development 2011 – Towards green societies: equity,

inclusiveness, participation

Awards

The British novelist who has been awarded the Man Booker prize, 2011 for his novella, The Sense of an

Ending – Julian Barnes

The Indian cities which have won the Environmentally Sustainable City Awards (ESCA), 2011 at the 5th

Euro-India Summit – Mysore and Vijayawada

The activist who has been selected for Avicenna Leadership Award constituted by Avicenna Academy for

Leadership, Netherlands – Kiran Bedi

The person who has been chosen for the 26th Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration for his

yeoman’s service in promoting and preserving the spirit of national integration – Mohan Dharia

The social activist and founder of Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA) who has been selected for

Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development 2011 for her lifetime achievements in

empowering women through grassroots entrepreneurship – Ela Bhatt

The noted Malayalam writer who has been selected for the prestigious Vayalar Rama Varma literary

award for his novel "Jeevathathinte Pusthakam (Book of Life). (The award is instituted in memory of

eminent poet and lyricist Vayalar Rama Varma) – K P Ramanunni

The veteran actor who has been chosen to receive the Kalidas Samman award by the Madhya Pradesh

government – Anupam Kher

The social activist who has been chosen for the Basava award for the year 2010, instituted by the

Karnataka government – Medha Patkar

O.P. Jindal Global University chancellor who has been conferred the Justice P.N. Bhagwati Award for his

"outstanding contribution" to legal education and corporate philanthropy – Naveen Jindal

The film director who has been chosen for KR Narayanan Puraskaram for the film DAM999 – Sohan Roy

The person who has been chosen for the CNN-IBN Indian of the Year 2011 award – Anna Hazare

The 'entity' which has been named the TIME Person of the Year 2011, by the TIME magazine – The

Protestor

The person who has been named person of the year by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

(PETA) – Hema Malini

The Pakistani writer who has been chosen for the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize for his debut novel The

Wandering Falcon – Jamil Ahmad

The footballer who has been named the Player of the Year 2011 by the All India Football Federation –

Sunil Chhetri

The Mexican scientist who has been chosen for UNESCO-Kalinga Prize 2011 for popularising science – Dr

Rene Raul Drucker

The Indian-born molecular biologist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2009, has been

granted Knighthood by UK – Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

The veteran singer who has been chosen for KL Saigal award by Savitri Vikas Samiti – Lata Mangeshkar

The 23-year old woman from Kolkata, who has become the third Indian after Amartya Sen and Sir Partho

Dasgupta to win one of Cambridge University’s highest honours – the Stevenson Prize – Mahima

Khanna

The organisation which has won the Thomson Reuters India Innovation Award- 2011 in "Hi-Tech

Academic & Government" Category – DRDO

The classical and playback singer who has been chosen for 2011 Swaralaya Devrajan Master Award –

K.J. Yesudas

The Indian tourism compaign which won the Asia's Leading Tourist Board award at World Travel Awards

in London – Incredible India

Surveys, Reports etc.

The country which tops the Human Development Index 2011 – Norway

The country which tops the Gender Inequality Index 2011 – Sweden

The percentage who suffer from Multi-dimensional Poverty in India as per the report on Human

Development released by United Nations Development Programme – 53.7%

The rank of India as per Gender Inequality Index 2011 released by United Nations Development

Programme – 129

The rank of India as per Human Development Index 2011 released by United Nations Development

Programme – 134

As per recent Government of India release, the doctor-population ratio in India is – 1 : 2000

The rank of India in the Bribery Index released by Transparency International for 28 countries – 19

The company which has topped the list of Indian companies in the Fortune 500 – Indian Oil Corporation

As per Telecom Regulatory Authority of India report the tele-density in India at the end of September is

– 75.48 connections per 100 people

Banking

The Indian public sector bank whose rating has been downgraded from C- to D+ by rating agency

Moody's – State Bank of India

The state which has been declared the first total banking state in India, the declaration being made as

every household in all the 14 districts in the state has at least one bank account and the facility for need-

based credit – Kerala

As per RBI directive banks have to offer uniform rate of interest on savings bank deposits up to – Rs. 1

lakh

As per the latest RBI notification, Account Payee demand drafts are to be mandatorily issued for

amount exceeding – Rs. 20,000/-

The validity period of cheques and drafts has been reduced by the Reserve Bank from six months to

(with effect from 01.04.2012) – 3 months

Caixa Bank which recently opened its representative office in India is headquartered in – Barcelona,

Spain

Countries, States and Places

The South Asian country which has been appointed a permanent member of the UN Scientific

Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation(UNSCEAR) by the United Nations General Assembly –

Pakistan

The country which has become the first to quit the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, on grounds that

such an accord was an "impediment" on cutting global carbon emissions with top emitters like the US

and China not covered by it – Canada

The island nation in the Indian Ocean where China is setting up its first military base abroad – Seychelles

The country which has been admitted as a full-fledged member by UNESCO in October 2011 - Palestine

The country in which a plaque of Rabindranath Tagore has been unveiled in its parliament – Iran

The place in Rajasthan where the Government has given an in principle approval for establishing a Spice

Park under Assistance to States for Infrastructure Development of Exports (ASIDE) Scheme with a

financial support of Rs.10.00 Crore – Kota

The place in Rajasthan which has been identified for establishing a new nuclear energy power station

with 4x700 MW nuclear power plants – Banswara

Dhamra Port, jointly developed by Tata Steel and L & T, which was dedicated to the nation on 18 Dec

2011 is located in – Odisha

The village in Nepal which has become has become Asia's first renewable energy village with the

installation of mini wind-solar hybrid power system – Dhaubadi

The state in India where Russia set up a polling station to enable its citizens to cast their votes to elect

the State Duma - lower house of the Parliament – Goa

The venue of 19th National Childrens' Science Congress held in December 2011 – Jaipur

The city in which 3D images of all over-ground and underground utilities like telephone lines, power

cables, water and sewer lines and roads have been made available on a single portal to facilitate better

urban planning and governance (making the city at par with cities like New York, Paris and London) –

New Delhi

The state which has launched web based Social Security Pension System for effective and timely

disbursement of pension to aged people, widows and disabled persons of deprived and weaker sections

of the society – Rajasthan

The place at which a 30 MW solar power plant, claimed to be the largest project of its kind in Asia, was

inaugurated by Chief Minister Narendra Modi in October 2011 – Gunthawada in Banaskantha (Gujarat).

(The project has been set up by – Moser Baer Clean Energy Limited (MBCEL))

The state which has launched the Chacha Nehru Sehat Yojana, a scheme for providing free medical

treatment to school children upto the age of 14 years – Delhi

Space

The most earthlike extra-solar planet discovered by NASA in December 2011 is named – Kepler 22b

The Chinese satellite navigation system which started providing initial positioning, navigation and timing

operational services to China is named – Beidou

The world's biggest extraterrestrial explorer launched by NASA towards Mars on 26 Nov 2011 is named

– Curiosity

Committees

The expert group set up by the Central Government to suggest restructuring of power utilities of seven

major States, including Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh is headed by – B.K. Chaturvedi

The Committee of Governors constituted by the President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil to study and

recommend measures for enhancing productivity, profitability, sustainability and competitiveness of the

agriculture sector in India with special reference to rainfed area farming is headed by – Shivraj Patil

The Committee set up to prepare a comprehensive policy to deal with corrupt practices in the private

sector is headed by – Kiran Karnik

Persons

Yulia V. Tymoshenko, who was sentenced to seven years imprisonment in Oct 2011 is the former Prime

Minister of – Ukraine

The Assamese writer and winner of 2000 Jnanpith Award who died on 29 Nov 2011 – Indira Goswami

The person who has been chosen to head the TATA group after its present Chairman Ratan Tata retires

in Dec 2012 at the age of 75 years – Cyrus P. Mistry

The Indian origin scientist who died on 09 Nov 11. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1968

– Hargobind Khorana

The new Prime Minister of Greece who succeeded George Papandreou in November 2011, who resigned

in view of country's economic trouble – Lucas Papademos

Joe Frazier, also known as Smokin' Joe, who died on Nov 07, 2011 was associated with the sport of –

Heavyweight Boxing

Venezuelan beauty who won the Miss World crown for 2011at the beauty pageant in London in

November 2011 – Miss Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colimenarese

The person elected as the interim Prime Minister of Libya to head the transitional government – Abdel

Rahim al-Kib

The new Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh who was sworn in on 01 Nov 2011 – Nabam Tuki

The American youngster who became the youngest to climb Mt. Everest in 2010 (at the age of 13 yrs 10

mths 10 days) has become the youngest the scale the seven summits in Dec 2011 – Jordan Romero

The new Union Minister for Civil Aviation – Ajit Singh

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India who has been elected as the Chairman of the Panel of

External Auditors of the United Nations, the Specialized Agencies and the International Atomic Energy

Agency – Vinod Rai

Mario Miranda, who passed away on 11 Dec 2011 was a renowned – Cartoonist

Cyclones, Ships etc

The cyclone that arose in the Bay of Bengal and hit the coastal parts of Tamilnadu on 30 Dec 2011 was

named – Thane

The typhoon which hit the Phillipines on 16 Dec 2011, bringing flash floods and landslides and killing

people was named – Typhoon Washi

The typhoon which lashed Phillipines in Sep-Oct 2011 (within a week after Typhoon Nesat had

devastated its island Luzon) – Nalgae

The Indian ship which sank near the southern Dhofar region of Oman in Novemeber 2011 killing 5

sailors, after it was caught up in strong winds of tropical cyclone Keila was named - MSV Shiv Sagar

MNV 2169

The ship Montecristo which was hijacked in the Indian Ocean by Somalian pirates in Oct 2011 and

rescued by the British forces belonged to – Italy

In October 2011, Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc has found the wreckage of another ship laden with

silver and torpedoed by the Germans in World War I, the name of the ship – SS Mantola

(SS Gairsoppa was the first ship whose wreck was found in September 2011)

Miscellaneous

The 1,000-year-old Lord Bhavanarayana Swami temple, constructed during the reign of Chalukyas,

whose tower collapsed on 23 Oct 11 is located in – Bapatla, A.P.

Recently President Thein Sein of Myanmar announced that the work on Myitsone dam project was to

be suspended during his tenure. The river on which the dam is located is – Irrawady

328 ft high Fateh Burj, the tallest victory tower in the country, commemorating the victory of Sikh

warrior Baba Banda Singh Bahadur over a Mughal king of Sirhind, Wazir Khan in 1711 has been

inaugurated at – Chappar Chiri (Mohali)

The sanctuary in Rajasthan which is to be converted into a National Park as decided by Rajasthan govt –

Kumbhalgarh Sanctuary

The festival organised by the Ministry of Women and Child Development in Delhi from 14 Nov 11 to

showcase its policies, schemes, programmes, initiatives and activities in furtherance of the welfare of

the mother and the child is named – Vatsalya Mela

The theme of 31st India International Trade Fair starting in New Delhi from 13 Nov 11 – Indian

handicrafts – The magic of the gifted hands

The commonly used pulse variety whose genome has been sequenced by the scientists at ICRISAT –

Arhar or Pigeon Pea

The three elements which have been added to the periodic table after approval from the General

Assembly of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP), taking the total number of

elements to 112. – darmstadtium (Ds), roentgenium (Rg) and copernicium (Cn).

As per the new Public Procurement policy cleared by the Union Cabinet on 01 Nov 11, Union

Ministries/PSUs are mandated to make purchases from micro and small enterprises owned by dalits and

tribals (SCs/STs) to an amount not less than – 4% of annual purchases

The Nimoo Bazgo Hydro-electric Project to which Pakistan has recently raised objections is located on

river – Indus

The 1000 cr scheme launched by the Odisha government to construct at least 400 bridges in next three

years in order to provide connectivity to all the villages in the state is named – Biju Setu Yojana

The number of new jobs the National Manufacturing Policy announced by the Central Govt aims to

create by 2022 – 100 million

The new limit imposed by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on the number of commercial/non-

commercial SMS that can be sent each day – 200

The first Indian Comic Superhero created by Stan Lee creator of Spiderman, X Men etc is named –

Chakra, the Invincible