Answers for questions on June 25th 2007

Who was the President of India during the emergency?
A:Fakruddin Ali Ahmed – 1974-77

Who was the first defence minister of India?
A:

Where is the Darfur conference being held?
A:Cairo

Which body confirms and certifies the gas and oil discoveries in India?
A:

Who are actuaries,underwriters?
A: Actuary is a business professional who deals with financial risk and uncertainity
Underwriting is the process to assess the produts of the financial service providers like the banks

What is the rough estimate of NPA (non performing assets)?
A: Of the order of 28000 crore rupees.

What is the levy quota for sugar mills?
A: 10% of the total production –

What is H5N1?
A: The virus which causes Avian Influenza

Who are Prahlad Kakkar,P K Iyengar?
A: Prahlad Kakkar is a famous ad-maker and PK Iyengar is a former chairman of the Atomic Commission

What is India’s quota in IMF voting?
A:

Which Asian countries are the temporary members inn the security council?
A: Belgium, Republic of Congo, Ghana, Indonesia, Italy, Panama, Peru, Qatar, Slovekia and South Africa

What is the bone of contention pertaining to the trade between India and Asean?
A: India’s goegraphical place – it doesnt actually come into south east asia!

What is MQM in Pakistan?
A: the party of Imran Khan – Muttahida Quami Movement

What is the budget for Bharat Nirman?
A: I think it is 1,74,000 crores and also in addition to this, a 3 billion lend from the World Bank

Where is the next G8 summit to be held?
A: Tokyo, Japan

What were the conclusions of the G8 summit in Germany?
A:

What is the Delhi Declaration?
A: It is the declaration for coopearation in climate control – an international minsterial conference

Who is the new PM of Palestine(recognized by Israel)?
A: Salam Fayyad

When was the Munich olynpics held?
A: 1972

Who won the Sultan Azlan shah cup this year?
A:Australia – defeated malaysia and india is in the third spot.