Current Affairs September 2011
LG- ICC Awards 2011 Winners List
1. Cricketer Of The Year: - Jonathan Trott (England) 2. Test Cricketer Of The Year: - Alastair Cook (England)
3. ODI Cricketer Of The Year: - Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)
4. Spirit Of Cricket Award: - MS Dhoni (India)
5. Emerging Player Award: - Devendra Bishoo (West Indies)
6. T20 International Performance Of The Year: - Tim Southee (New Zealand)
7. Women's Cricketer Of The Year: - Stafanie Taylor (West Indies)
8. Umpire Of The Year: - Aleem Dar (Pakistan)
9. LG People's Choice Award: - Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)
10. ICC Associate and Affiliate Cricketer Of The Year: - Ryan ten Doeschate (Netherlands)
Important days in September
11. 5 September - Teacher's Day
12. 8 September - international literacy day
13. 14 September - Hindi Day
14. 27 September - World tourism day
15. The RBI raised the RR (Repo Rate) and the RRR (Reverse Repo Rate) by 25 basis points on September 16, 2011. The Current Repo Rate stands at 8.25% & current Reverse Repo Rate stands at 7.25%.
16. Which position did Sachin Tendulkar achieve in the ICC Test ranking in August 2011 ?
Ans:- Third position
17. Which company will title sponsor for Indian GP to be held on the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida on October 30th 2011?
Ans:- Airtel
18. What is the New chairperson of the National Commission for Women (NCW) ?
Ans:- Mamta Sharma
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| Leila Lopes |
Ans:- Leila Lopes (Miss Angola)
20. Winner of Asian Man's Hockey Champions Trophy 2011 ?
Ans:- India ( after defeating Pakistan with 4 - 2 )
21. Who recently was elected Chief Minister of Uttarakhand ?
Ans:- Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri (BJP)- 12 Sept, 2011
22. Which Country has won the Women's Asian Champions Trophy defeating China at Ordos, China ?
Ans:- South Korea
23. Who won the women's singles Tennis tournament US Open 2011?
Ans:- Samantha Stosur(Australia)
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| Miss Universe India |
24. Who is the Miss Universe India for the year 2011?
Ans:- Vasuki Sunkavalli
Ans:- Vasuki Sunkavalli
25. Name of the Etios car model diesel versions launched by Toyota ?
Ans:- Etios sedan and Compact car Etios Liva
26. Current( Sept, 2011) position of Team INDIA in ICC one day & Test Cricket ranking ?
Ans:- In One Day- 5th ranking and in Test - 3rd ranking.
27. Who is New President of the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) ?
Ans:- N Srinivasan (replaced Shashank Manohar)
28. Who won the men's 100 meters event at the World Athletics Championships, Daegu, South Korea after Usain Bolt was eliminated from the final for a false start ?
Ans:- Yohan Blake (Jamaican sprinter) and the current 100 metre World Champion.
Note: -Yohan Blake personal best of 9.82 seconds makes him the fourth fastest Jamaican runner, after Nesta Carter, Asafa Powell and Usain Bolt.
Ans:- Etios sedan and Compact car Etios Liva
26. Current( Sept, 2011) position of Team INDIA in ICC one day & Test Cricket ranking ?
Ans:- In One Day- 5th ranking and in Test - 3rd ranking.
27. Who is New President of the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) ?
Ans:- N Srinivasan (replaced Shashank Manohar)
28. Who won the men's 100 meters event at the World Athletics Championships, Daegu, South Korea after Usain Bolt was eliminated from the final for a false start ?
Ans:- Yohan Blake (Jamaican sprinter) and the current 100 metre World Champion.
Note: -Yohan Blake personal best of 9.82 seconds makes him the fourth fastest Jamaican runner, after Nesta Carter, Asafa Powell and Usain Bolt.
29. The sportspersons who have been conferred the rank of honorary Lieutenant Colonel in the Territorial Army by President Pratibha Patil ?
Ans:- Abhinav Bindra & MS Dhoni
30. Who won Jnanpith Award for the year 2010 ?
Ans:- Chandrashekhara Kambara (for his contributions to Kannada literature)
31. Which 2 satellites launched by NASA (Sep 10, 2011) on a mission to map the Moon's inner core for the first time ?
Ans:- GRAIL-A and GRAIL-B
32. Which actress has been in the news recently in the news for commenting Rahul Gandhi as ‘Half Indian’?
Ans:- Katrina Kaif
33. Who chosen for India’s highest literary honour Jnanpith Award for the year 2009 ?
Ans:- Amar Kant and Shri lal Shukla (Hindi authors).
Ans:- Abhinav Bindra & MS Dhoni
30. Who won Jnanpith Award for the year 2010 ?
Ans:- Chandrashekhara Kambara (for his contributions to Kannada literature)
31. Which 2 satellites launched by NASA (Sep 10, 2011) on a mission to map the Moon's inner core for the first time ?
Ans:- GRAIL-A and GRAIL-B
32. Which actress has been in the news recently in the news for commenting Rahul Gandhi as ‘Half Indian’?
Ans:- Katrina Kaif
33. Who chosen for India’s highest literary honour Jnanpith Award for the year 2009 ?
Ans:- Amar Kant and Shri lal Shukla (Hindi authors).
34. Who won the men's singles Tennis tournament US Open 2011?
35. Which Nobel Peace Prize winner (2004 ) passed away recently( 25 Sept. 2011)?
Ans:- Wangari Muta Maathai ( Environmentalist)
Note:- She became the first African woman, and the first environmentalist, to win the prize.
36. Where held on a cultural programme "Remembering Tagore" to commemorate the 150th Birth Anniversary of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore ?
Ans:- UNESCO HQs, Paris
37. Which car model launched by nissan motors in india 2011 ?
Ans:- Nissan Motors India, the Japanese carmaker has launched the new Sunny mid level sedan in India at a ceremony in Mumbai.
38. Author of Novel "Revolution 2020: Love, Corruption, Ambition" ?
Ans:- Chetan Bhagat
39. Who is the Current president of the International Association of Athletics Federations ?
Ans:- Lamine Diack (Senegal), He was re-elected for another 4 year term on August 25, 2011.
40. Recently limelight "Gopalgarh" related to which state ?
Ans:- Bharatpur Dist., Rajasthan
41. What is the name of Shoaib Akhtar Controversial biography ?
Ans:- "Controversially Yours"
42. Anti Corrpution Crusader Anna Hazare belongs to which state?
Ans:- Maharashtra
43. What is "Roke" ?
Ans:- The powerful typhoon that hit Japan on 21 Sep 11. One other typhoon "Talas" also that recently lashed Japanese island of Shikoku and Honshu
44. Recently, Sathyamangalam forest which has been declared a wildlife sanctuary is located in which State ?
Ans:- Tamilnadu, India
45. Which three New District in UP announced by CM Mayawati on 28 September, 2011
Ans:- Prabuddha Nagar, Panchsheel Nagar and Bhim Nagar
46. Who won Right Livelihood Award (Also Called alternative Nobel prize) 2011 ?
Ans:- Huang Ming (China) - for his outstanding success in the development and mass-deployment of cutting-edge technologies for harnessing solar energy.
47. Who will become Denmark's first female Prime Minister ?
Ans:- Helle Thorning-Schmidt
48. Recently, Which Social Network service developed by search engine giant Google, is released to the general public ?
Ans:- Google+ (Google Plus)
49. Which Indian State Affected by the earthquake in September, 2011 ?
Ans:- Sikkim
50. In which Country announced reforms giving women the right to vote and run in municipal elections ?
Ans:- Saudi Arabia
51. Who breaks the world record for the marathon at the Berlin Marathon 2011 ?
Ans:- Patrick Makau Musyoki of Kenya
RPSC 2nd Gr. Teacher-GK answer key - 2011
See also Current Affairs Previous months
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