Thursday, November 24, 2011

Current Affairs 001


    1.   Who was declared as the successor of the Tata Sons by its current Chairman, Ratan Naval Tata?
         Answer: Cyrus P Mistry (He will take office from 2012; he will be the sixth and the youngest Chairman of the Tata Group and only the second non-Tata after Sir Nowroji Saklatvala to head the group; he is also the largest single shareholder (18.4 %) in Tata Sons making his worth about Rs. 38,000 Crore)

Cyrus P Mistry


    2.   Who is the current Governor of Reserve Bank of India?
   Answer: Duvvuri Subbarao (His term has been extended until September 4, 2013)

Duvvuri Subbarao


    3.  Who is the Current Chief Election Commissioner of India?
  Answer: Shahabuddin Yaqoob Quraishi (He succeeded Navin Chawla as C.E.C on 30 July 2010)

S Y Quraishi

    4.  Who was awarded the Arthur Ashe Humanitarian Award for a foundation which focuses on social work and development aid particularly on childhood and youth?
 Answer: Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera for his contributions through the Rafa Nadal Foundation

    5.  Who won the International Man Booker Prize for 2011?
  Answer: Philip Roth

Philip Roth

DID YOU KNOW?

Baskin Robbins plain vanilla ice cream is the number one selling flavour and accounts for a quarter of their sales.

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