Friday, August 30, 2013

August Current Affairs Part III


1) Some Facts about Low cast carrier AirAsia ..
  • headquartered in Kuala Lumpur
  • It has been named as the world's best low-cost airline
  • Chief Advisor of the Board: Ratan Tata 
  • Chairman of Board: S.Ramadorai
  • foreign direct investment of up to 49%
  • The airline would be operated as a joint venture between Tata Sons and AirAsia, with AirAsia holding 49% of the airline. Lakshmi Mittal's son in law Amit Bhatia will take up 21% and Tata Sons will take up a stake of 30% in the airline.
2) Who took over as Central Provident fund commissioner of Provident Fund organizations?
Ans: Krishan Kumar Jalan

3) Six Forts of Which states has been included in world heritage site of UNESCO in Phenom Phah Combodia?
Ans: Rajastan and Name of Forts are: (can be remember like ; Chi Ku Run ; Jai Ga Na)
  1. Chhitorgarh
  2. Kumbhgarah
  3. Ranthambore
  4. Jaisalmare
  5. Aamir
  6. Gagron
4) Who won WalterScott Prize 2013?
Ans: Tan Twan Eng

5) To Safeguard the interest of shareholders SEBI has mandated the companies to buyback atleast what percentage of shares?
Ans: 50%

6) Recently TechMahindra merged satyam computer fully,thus becoming  Inida's ____ largest IT company?
Ans: Sixth

7) Who won the most popular personality award as per Forbe's list 2013?
Ans: Oprah Winfrey

8) Who has been appointed as Director General of National Disaster Response Force in June 2013?
Ans: Krishna Chaudhary

9) Who was sworn as Australia new PM?
Ans: Kevin Rudd

10) Which Inidan city will going to host 29 Annual General Meeting of World Economic Forum in Nov 2013?
Ans: Kochi

11) SDR(Special Drwaing Rights) ,The currency of IMF is exist in which Form?
Ans: Book Keeping Entry Only.

12 )India earn highest forex amount from export of which commodity?
Ans Cotton

13) Headline Inflation is calculated on the basis of?
Ans: WPI

14) Which NBFC recently got license for establishing White Label ATM?
Ans: Muthoot Finance & Tata Communications

15) India's first all women police station has been opened in which state?
Ans:  Arunachal Pradesh

For August Current Affairs Part I ; Part II


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