Answers to the questions of Jan 30 2007

What is ETA in Spain?
A: Euskadi Ta Askatasuna or ETA

Who is the Israeli president who is facing charges on rape?
A: Moshe Katzav

What is Indo Russian trade volume?
A: around 3 Billion Dollors

What is Sinopec?
A: The China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation

Who is Jagdish Khattar?
A: MD, Maruti Udyog Limited. and former IAS officer

What is IRDA in insurance terms?
A: Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority

Write the full form of TRAI?
A: Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of India

Who has the major stake in VSNL?
A: Tatas

What is MIDHANI?
A: Mishra Dhatu Nigam limited, DOD agency, Hyderabad

How many sites in India are there in the world heritage list?
A: 26

Who is the head of SBI?
A: Om Prakash Bhatt – Chairman. SBI is under RBI as of now and may go into the hands of the government.

Which Indian bank is having the largest number of foreign branches?
A: SBI – the largest bank in the world in terms of manpower and branches

What is the institute started in Chennai testing on newsprint and inks?
A: Ifra India and the Research Institute of Newspaper Development Institute, Chennai

Who are the largest producers of gas?
A: Saudi Arabia, Canada and Iran

Which country is supporting the Koodankulam reactors?
A: Russia

Who is the guest for this years Republic day celebrations?
A: Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia

What is FBTR?
A: Fast Breed Test Reactor under IGCAR and BARC

What is bio dynamic farming?
A:Biodynamics is a method of agriculture which seeks to actively work with the health-giving forces of nature. It is the oldest non-chemical agricultural movement in the world

What are the different types of diabetes?
A: Insulin – Dependent Diabetes Mallitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetis Mallitus and Gestational Diabetis

Which company produces the Flexcube banking software?
A: I-Flex

What is OVL’s stake in Sakhalin 1?
A: 20%

Who was the Armenian journalist shot dead recently for condemning the Armenian genocide by Turkey?
A: Dink

Where is Karwar naval base?
A: Karnataka – a Blue water project of the Navy exclusively, code named Seabird – INS Kadamba – Binaga Point to the Anjadip Island is the exact place.

What is a bogoslof?
A: Bogoslof Island is the summit of a largely submarine stratovolcano located in the Bering Sea

When was the Secretary of State post established in India?
A: Pitt’s India Act 1784

Who is the head of Tata steels?
A: Ratan Tata, MD of Tata Steel is Muthuraman

What is POSCO famous for?
A: Pohang Iron and Steel Company, third largest steel company in the world, South Korea

Who is the head of HAMAS?
A: Khaled Mashaal and Ismail Haniya

Who is the PM of PoK?
A: Attitque Khan

Where was Vijay Nambiar selected?
A: Chief of Staff of the New Secretary General, UN