Events Of May 2011

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EVENTS OF MAY 2011 QUESTION

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1)According to a report published by the United Nations, India's population is projected to peak by this year

2060

2)The winner of Santosh Trophy 2011 held in May 2011 in Assam

WEST BENGAL

3)The country which has released a postal stamp on Rabindranath Tagore to commemorate his 150 birth anniversay

SRI LANKA

4)The US Space Shuttle which made its last flight in May 2011. (it had first flown in 1992)

ENDEAVOUR

5)The new Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes

PRAKASH CHANDRA

6)The new aircraft being acquired by the Indian Navy for deployment on its aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya

MIG 29K

7)The medium-power radar being commissioned by IAF (developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation) to be deployed on Pakistan border is named

ARUDHRA

8)The country which has decided to shut down all its nuclear power plants by 2022, a decision that would make it the first major industrialised power to go nuclear-free in the aftermath of the atomic disaster in Japan

GERMANY

9)The country to which Tata Motors has first exported its small car Nano

SRI LANKA

10)The Committee constituted by GoI to examine ways to strengthen laws to curb the generation of black money in the country, its illegal transfer abroad and its recovery will be headed by
CHAIRMAN, CBDT

11)India's longest railway tunnel, which is under construction in the Pir Panjal mountain range will connect Qazigund in Kashmir with
BANIHAL IN JAMMU REGION.

12)The countries with which India has signed a Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) to check tax evasion and facilitate exchange of banking information

ETHIOPIA AND TANZANIA

13)The professor of IIT-Mumbai who has been selected for the prestigious G D Birla Award for Scientific Research for his contributions in the area of electronic communications

SUBHASIS CHAUDHURI

14)With effect from 01 Jun 11, women will be considered senior citizens for railway concessions at the age of

58

15)The new FICCI Secretary General, replacing Amit Mitra who has joined the new West Bengal Govt

RAJIV KUMAR

16)Grimsvotn volcano, which has erupted effecting air-traffic in Europe is located in

ICELAND

17)The People's Tribunal on the Safety, Viability and Cost Efficiency of Nuclear Energy set up by the protesters against Jaitapur Nuclear Project is headed by
JUSTICE (RETD) A P SHAH AND JUSTICE (RETD) S D PANDIT.

18)The Pakistani Naval Base, which was taken over by Militants for about 18 hours on May 22-23

MEHRAN

19)The venue of Second Africa - India Forum, India being represented by Dr. Manmohan Singh
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA

20)Three Gorges dam, the largest in the world, has been causing environmental problems in China is built on the river

YANGTZE

21)The climber from Arunachal Pradesh who has become the first woman mountaineer in the world to achieve the feat of climbing Mt Everest twice in the same season (First on May 12 and second time on May 22)

ANSHU JAMSENPA

22)Sea-bird Naval base, Phase I of which was completed in May 2011 is located at
KARWAR, KARNATAKA

23)GSAT-8, aboard Ariane 5 launcher was launched on May 21 from
GUIANA SPACE CENTRE, KOURU

24)Oldest Indian woman and also the first woman from Jharkhand to scale Mt Everest. See interactivity on Everest Achievers here

PREMLATA AGARWAL

25)The green innovative concept, evolved at the behest of the President of India, to create eco-friendly sustainable urban habitats is named

ROSHNI

26)The place in Madhya Pradesh, where a new refinery set up by Bharat Oman Refineries Ltd has been dedicated to the nation

BINA

27)The Indian swimmer who has won eight medals, including three gold at the 54th Malaysian Open Swimming Championship

VIRDHAWAL KHADE

28)The state which has become the largest producer of bio-fertilisers as per the latest data

TAMILNADU

29)Gamesa, the company which has signed an agreement with power company Caparo Energy India Ltd. to deliver wind turbines belongs to

SPAIN

30)The country which has leased land in Uganda and Tanzania to improve food-security in its own country

BANGLADESH

31)The new Chief Minister of Puducherry

N RANGASWAMY

32)The onboard magazine of Indian Railways which has been released recently to be distributed free on Rajdhani/Shatabdi Express trains and AC coaches of Duranto

RAIL BANDHU

33)The winner of Sultan Azlan Shah Trophy played in Malaysia (Runner-up : Pakistan)

AUSTRALIA

34)The new Chief Minister of Kerala (from Congress)

OOMMEN CHANDY

35)The founder of Bharat Kisan Union who died on 15 May 2011 (BKU was formed on 17 Oct 1986)

MAHINDRA SINGH TIKAIT

36)The person who has been chosen to captain Indian cricket team during its tour to West Indies in Jun 2011

SURESH RAINA

37)The sixth economic census is planned to be conducted by the Government of India in the year (the 5th census was held in 2005)

2012

38)The venue of 2011 Arafura Games which are held once every 2 years for upcoming sportsperson of the Asia-Pacific region
DARWIN, AUSTRALIA

39)The Indian boxer who was the lone Indian Gold Medallist at the Arafura Games and was also awarded the 'Best Boxer' trophy

PINKI JANGRA

40)akistan's new 330-megawatt nuclear power plant built with Chinese assistance is located at

CHASHMA

41)The person who has bettered his own world record of climbing Mt Everest 20 times by doing it the 21st time

APA SHERPA

42)The founder of Super 30, (an Indian educational program to train 30 talented students from economically backward sections for IIT-JEE), who is being conferred 'Education in Excellence Award-2011 by Doha Chapter of Bihar Foundation

ANAND KUMAR

43)The person who has been chosen for 2011 ITU World Telecommunication and Information Society Award by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the leading United Nations agency for Information and Communication Technology
MR. SAM PITRODA

44)The lake on which Tulbul project, talks on which have resumed between India and Pakistan, is located

WULAR LAKE

45)The person who has been chosen for Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding 2009.

GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL

46)The newly formed World Spice Organisation is to be headquartered at
KOCHI, KERALA

47)Twelve-year old Mumbai girl nicknamed the 'LITTLE MERMAID', who entered the Limca Book of World Records after becoming the youngest to win the Kimberley National Lake Argyle Swim in the crocodile infested waters of Kununurra, Western Australia.

SWAPNALI YADAV

48)The joint exercise of the Army and the Air Force being conducted in the deserts of Bikaner and Suratgarh in Rajasthan is named

VIJAYEE BHAVA

49)Five-time world champion who clinched her first gold medal of the year by winning the Asian Cup Women's Boxing tournament in Haikou, China

M C MARY KOM

50)The Indian origin person who has retained his position as the richest person in the UK for the 7th year in a row in 2011

LAKSHMI MITTAL

51)The venue of 3-day film festival organised to commemorate the 150 birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore

NEW DELHI

52)The new Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh who has been appointed following the death of Mr Dorji Khandu in an aircrash

JARBOM GAMLIN

53)Maheshwar Hydro Power Project which was given the go-ahead for resumption of the stalled construction is located on
RIVER NARMADA IN M.P.

54)The Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh who has died in a Pawan Hans helicopter crash

DORJI KHANDU

55)The limit for making payments using mobile phones, known as M-WALLET, has been increased by RBI from Rs 5,000 to.
RS. 50,000

56)India's fastest computer in terms of theoretical peak performance of 220 TeraFLOPS (220 Trillion Floating Point Operations per second) developed by Satish Dhawan Supercomputing Facility located at Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) under Indian Space Research Organisation is named
SAGA-220

57)The venue of Asian Development Bank's 44th Board of Governor's Annual Meet, India being represented by Shri Pranab Mukherjee
HANOI, VIETNAM

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