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Winners of the Noble Prize 2011Posted: 11 Nov 2011 07:20 AM PST

Noble Prize 2011 Name of Awardees:

Peace- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (President of Liberia), Tawakul Karman (Yemeni Activists) for their role in

women empowerment and recognition of womens role in Globle peace

Literature: Tomas Transtromer (Sweden) his poetry explores themes of nature, isolation and identity

Physics: Saul Perimutter (US), Brian Schmidt, American Australian Adam Riess (US) for discovering

that the expansion of the universe is accelerating, a finding that implies that the cosmos will end in frozen

nothingness

Chemistry: Daniel Shechtmen an Israeli scientist for his discovery of Quasicrystals a mosaic like

chemical structure, that fundamentally changed the way chemists look at solid matter;

Medicine: Bruce Beultler (US), Jules Hoffmann (Luxembourg Born Based in France), Ralph Steinman

(Canadian born, based in the US) the trio uncovered key secrets of how the bodys immune system works.

(it is ironical that Ralph Steinman who won the prize for work on cancer, tied just three days before the

announcement of the awards), fighting the disease himself;

Economics: Thomas sergeant (US) Christopher A. Sims (US) for their research looking at the cause and

effect relationship between economic policy and the broader economy

Posted: 13 Nov 2011 08:21 AM PST

UPCOMING IBPS CWE/BANK PO EXAM 2012 SAMPLE QUESTIONS

ANSWERS SET

Answers:- 1.) Chanda Kochhar 2.)Nepal 3.)DTAA - Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement 4.)Roger

Federer 5.)Sebastian Vettel 6.)Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 7.)Mr Montek Singh Ahluwalia 8.)post

office savings scheme 9.)3.5 per cent 10.)Mumbai 11.)Usain Bolt(jamaica), Sally Pearson (Australia)

1.) ICICI Bank chief------------ said at the World Economic Forum that the banking sector will be the

catalyst of India's growth Story.

2.) Which country would host 18th SAARC summit in 2012?


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3.) Which agreement has India and Nepal due to sign recently?

4.) Which tennis player won his 800th match by defeat of Argentine Juan Monaco?

5.) Name the Formula One's world champion who spun out of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at the first

corner on Sunday(13th November 2011) and was forced to retire for the first time this season.

6.) What is the Name/version of the Video Game which is recently launched by Video game giant

Activision Blizzard, the game has made has become the biggest entertainment launch ever with an

estimated $400 million in sell-through.

7.) Name of the deputy chairman of the Planning Commission who said on Friday (11/11/2011) that he

expects the Indian economy to grow between 7.6 to 8 per cent in the current financial year.

8.) The central government has decided to increase interest rates offered on small savings schemes

including ------------, National Savings Certificate, and public provident fund.

9.) What is the current interest rate for post office savings deposits?

10.) In which city the annual India Economic Summit held from November 12 to 14 November?

Quiz-106: Current Affairs for MBA/BBA Entrance Exam, 15th November 2011Posted: 15 Nov 2011 08:19 AM PST

Here are questions related to current affairs November 2011 which would be

impotent/helpful for MBA/BBA and all other Entrance Exam.

Answers:- 1.) Lewis Hamilton 2.) Agni-4 3.) 32 4.) May be(Paschim Pradesh, Awadh Pradesh,

Bundelkhand, Purvanchal) 5.) 10 lakh 6.) Bangalore 7.) Rohan Bopanna(from India) and Aisam-ul-Haq

Qureshi(from Pakistan) 8.) New Delhi 9.) Union Sports minister Ajay Maken


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9 Quiz Questions:-

1.) Who won the Formula One/F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (11-13 November 2011)?

2.) Name of the Indian new generation strategic long-range missile, which has launched on 15 November

2011?

3.) The Indian rupee was down sharply by 40 paise at Rs 50.70 per US dollar in early trade, It was the

rupees lowest level in nearly ---- months.

4.) What would be the name of UP's four sub parts/states, If UP would be divided into four parts

according to UP's Chief Minister Mayawati?

5.)How much reward announcement done by CBI for providing credible information about Bhanwari

(missig nurse)?

6.)Name the city where LinkedIn (professional networking company, which has 135 million members

worldwide and over 12 million in India) set up a technology center?

7.)

Who has won the ATP Masters tournament by beating Julien Benneteau and Nicolas Mahut 6-2, 6-4?

8.)In which city India and Pakistan held its 2 days trade talk from 14 November to 15 November 2011?

9.) Which minister said that he hoped to pass nationa sports bill during parliament winter session in

which BCCI should come under the Right to Information Act(RTI)

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