New Delhi: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, a doting dad of Aryan and Suhana, has been voted India`s most popular father in a Father`s Day poll conducted by a web site. He got more votes than megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who has a daughter and a son.

The results of the poll, conducted among over 11,000 Indian women, by a matrimonial site, were announced a day ahead of Father’s Day Sunday.

Shah Rukh received 34.83 percent votes while Amitabh was chosen by 31.58 percent of the women surveyed. Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar took the third spot with 18.61 percent.

“The poll showcases some of the most successful Indian men whose love and dedication also makes them popular fathers.

Project Loon: Google plans balloon network to extend internet reach

Google launches giant balloons over New Zealand’s south Island, carrying computer equipment that can create a high-speed internet infrastructure. Codenamed ‘project loon’, the helium filled balloons carry antennae, computers, batteries and navigational equipment, collecting power from solar panels that dangle below. Each can provide internet coverage over an area of 1200 square kilometres. The project intends to help remote areas across the world access internet coverage

Google says balloons could be an option for connecting rural, remote and underserved areas to internet

1. The drugs used to reduces body temperature is called
antipyretics

2. The National Chemical Laboratory is situated in
Pune

3. Which of the following is a skin disease ?

Pellagra

4. Who received the V.V.Giri Memorial award 2011?

Ans  : Utsa Patnaik

5. Who received the Pakistan’s Highest award “Nisan-i-Imtiaz”?

Ans  : Saadat Hasan Manto

10. Which is the strongest oxidizing agent?

Fluorine

11. Which country is signed on MoU with the Election Commission of India on 01 August 2012 strengthening the electoral processes and political culture?

Ans : South Korean

12. Russia and India prepare for INDRA-2012 for?
Ans: anti-terror military excercises Siberian Republic of Buryatia

13. Who is suspect in a shooting incident at a Gurudwara in Oak Creek,US?
Ans : Wade Michael Page

14. Which country asked the India to to register its Oil Marketing Companies(OMCs) for supply of petroleum products such as petrol,diesel, furnace oil and petcoke?
Ans akistan

15. DNA is associated with a sugar called

Deoxyribose

16. Who got the first place in Forbes magazine list?

Ans  : Angela Merkel

17. On which country India impose a ban on importing milk and milk products?
Ans : China

18. Through which port the India, Iran & Afghanistan decide to expand their trade and economic ties?

Ans  : Chabahar

19. How many number of coaches received the Dronacharya Award for 2012?

Ans : 8

20. ………….is known as the first Aadhar village in India
Tembhli

International financial regulators have eased rules on minimum quantities of cash and liquid assets all banks must hold, set to take effect in 2015. The agreement, by the body that oversees the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, is an attempt to make banks less vulnerable to runs. The new “liquidity coverage ratio” will be phased in from 2015 and take full effect four years later.

Basel Norms

• The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision provides a forum for regular cooperation on banking supervisory matters. Its objective is to enhance understanding of key supervisory issues and improve the quality of banking supervision worldwide.
• Basel is a set of standards and practices developed for global banks to ensure that they maintain adequate capital to withstand periods of economic strain. It is a comprehensive set of reform measures designed to improve the regulation, disclosures and risk management within the banking sector.
• Basel I norms was introduced in 1998, focused almost entirely on credit risk. It defined capital requirement and structure of risk weights for banks.
• Basel II was introduced in 2004, laid down guidelines for capital adequacy, risk management and disclosure requirements.
• It is widely felt that the shortcoming in Basel II norms is what led to the global financial crisis of 2008. That is because Basel II did not have any explicit regulation on the debt that banks could take on their books, and focused more on individual financial institutions, while ignoring systemic risk. To ensure that banks don’t take on excessive debt, and that they don’t rely too much on short term funds, Basel III norms were proposed in 2010.
• Basel III establishes tougher capital standards through more restrictive capital definitions, higher risk-weighted assets (RWA), additional capital buffers and higher requirements for minimum capital ratios. It also introduces new strict liquidity requirements.

The Sri Lankan parliament has voted to remove Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake .The chamber, dominated by supporters of Sri Lanka’s president, voted to impeach her by 155 votes to 49. The government accuses her of corruption – an allegation she denies. Recent court rulings said the process was unconstitutional, and she may refuse to leave. The president must now decide whether to enforce the sacking.

Critics of the government say that the judge is being victimised and the independence of the judiciary is being challenged. The government denies this. Supporters of the government took to the streets and rallied outside her official residence to celebrate her sacking.

Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Woman Media Person, 2012
Tushita Mittal of Tehelka magazine has been selected for her reports on life in interior Bengal, Orissa and Chattisgarh, affected by bloody civil strife, naxal and vigilante violence.

A vaccine is a biological preparation that improves immunity to a particular disease. A vaccine typically contains an agent that resembles a disease-causing microorganism, and is often made from weakened or killed forms of the microbe, its toxins or one of its surface proteins. The agent stimulates the body’s immune system to recognize the agent as foreign, destroy it, and “remember” it, so that the immune system can more easily recognize and destroy any of these microorganisms that it later encounters.

Vaccines may be prophylactic (example: to prevent or ameliorate the effects of a future infection by any natural or “wild” pathogen), or therapeutic (e.g. vaccines against cancer are also being investigated; see cancer vaccine).

The term vaccine derives from Edward Jenner’s 1796 use of cow pox (Latin variola vaccinia, adapted from the Latin vaccīn-us, from vacca, cow), to inoculate humans, providing them protection against smallpox.

*Small pox-Edward Jener
*Cholera-Louis Pasteur
*T.B.Vaccine-Calmete&Guerin
*Polio-Jonas E.Salk

Infectious Diseases 

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, 2012

Olympic medalists Vijay Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt have been jointly conferred the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, country’s highest sporting honour.

Dronacharya Awards, 2012

Virender Poonia (Athletics), Sunil Dabas (Kabaddi), Yashvir Singh (Wrestling), Harendra Singh (Hockey), Satyapal Singh (Para-sports, athletics), J.S. Bhatia (Athletics, for Life Time achievement), Bhawani Mukherjee (Table tennis, for Life Time achievement), B.I. Fernandez (Boxing).

Dhyan Chand Awards, 2012

Jagraj Singh Mann (Athletics), Gundeep Kumar (Hockey), Vinod Kumar (Wrestling) and Sukhbir Singh Tokas (Para-sports).

Arjuna Awards, 2012
Deepika Kumari (Archery), Laishram Bombayla Devi (Archery), Sudha Singh (Athletics), Kavita Ramdas Raut (Athletics), Ashwani Ponnappa (Badminton), Parupalli Kashyap (Badminton), Aditya S Mehta (Billiards and Snooker), Vikas Krishan (Boxing), Yuvraj Singh (Cricket), Sardar Singh (Hockey), Yashpal Solanki (Judo), Anup Kumar (Kabaddi), Samir Suhag (Polo), Annu Raj Singh (Shooting), Omkar Singh (Shooting), Joydeep Karmakar (Shooting), Deepika Pallikal (Squash), Sandeep Sejwal (Swimming), Ng. Sonia Chanu (Weightlifting), Narsingh Yadav (Wrestling), Rajinder Kumar (Wrestling), Geeta Phogat (Wrestling), M. Bimoljit Singh (Wushu), Deepa Mallick (Athletics, Paralympics), Ramkaran Singh (Athletics, Paralympics).

1) ‘As You Like It’ was written by :
(a) Bernard Shaw
(b) George Orwell
(c) Pearl S Buck
(d) Shakespeare

correct answer is  (d) Shakespeare

 As You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 or early 1600 and first published in the First Folio, 1623. The play’s first performance is uncertain, though a performance at Wilton House in 1603 has been suggested as a possibility.The play features one of Shakespeare’s most famous and oft-quoted speeches, “All the world’s a stage”, and is the origin of the phrase “too much of a good thing”. The play remains a favourite among audiences and has been adapted for radio, film, and musical theatre.

2) The Konkan railway has been constructed between :
(a) Thiruvananthapuram and Mumbai
(b) Manglore and Chennai
(c) Thiruvananthapuram and Goa
(d) Mangalore and Mumbai

 correct answer is d) Mangalore and Mumbai

Konkan Railway Line between Roha in Maharashtra and Mangalore in Karnataka. The Konkan Railway route is 760 km in length

3) Palatana Power Plant is located in which of the following states?
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Kerala
(c) Tripura
(d) Karnataka
correct answer is  (c) Tripura

4) The National Highway 1 connects
(a) Chennai and New Delhi
(b) Jammu and New Delhi
(c) Kolkata and Amritsar
(d) Srinagar and Thiruvananthapuram
The correct answer is (c) Kolkata and Amritsar

Check your Word Power :
5) The antonym of the word Tart is
(a) sour
(b) loose
(c) sweet
(d) long

correct answer is  (c) sweet

Tart Definition: bitter, sour in taste or effect

Current Affairs for the day :

6) Keith Campbell was a British biologist who was a key part of the team which created Dolly the ———-, a breakthrough in animal cloning, has died.

a) sheep

b) dog

c) fish

d) cat
correct answer is  (a) sheep

Congratulations to everyone who got the correct answers. A new set of challenging questions will be posted shortly. Wait for it.

Here are the questions for today!

GK Questions of the day :

Who wrote “Harsha Charita”?
(a) Kautilya
(b) Harshavardhana
(c) Banabhatta
(d) Ibn Batuta

Amitav Ghosh, who was recently in news, is a famous _____.
(a) Politician
(b) Scientist
(c) Economist
(d) Novelist

The biggest airport in the world is in :
(a) United States of America
(b) England
(c) Saudi Arabia
(d) United Arab Emirates

Improve your English now :

The answers shall be published tomorrow, along with a new set of challenging questions. Post your guesses as comments below NOW!

Justice Altamas Kabir on 29 September 2012 was sworn-in as the new chief justice of India by President Pranab Mukherjee. He took over the office from Justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia, who retired after serving the Supreme Court for two and a half year. 64 year old Altamas Kabir will be in the office for a period of nine months, from 29 September 2012 to 18 July 2013. His oath ceremony was conducted at the ceremony held at Ashoka Hall of Rastrapati Bhawan.

At the swearing ceremony some of the dignitaries present were Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Vice President Hamid Ansari, working Chairperson of NDA L.K. Advani, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, RJD leader Lalu Yadav along with several Union Ministers.

About Justice Altamas Kabir

Justice Altamas Kabir was appointed as the Judge of Supreme Court on 9 September 2005 and is known for some of the landmark judgments related to election laws and human rights. He pursued his MA in LL.B from University of Calcutta and started his career as a practitioner in civil and criminal cases in the year 1973 at District court of Calcutta. Altamas Kabir was first time appointed as a permanent judge in the Calcutta high Court on 6 August 1990 and has served the Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court.

Supreme Court of India upheld the death sentence of Mumbai Terror Attack Convict Ajmal Amir Kasab

Special Court convicted 32 People in Naroda Patiya Riot Case

The Government approved a Complete Ban on Employment of Children

Supreme Court directed the Government to re-fix the Pay Scale of Army Officers

India and Tajikistan went ahead on strategic partnership and signed six agreements

Sixth Mekong–Ganga Cooperation meeting held in New Delhi

India established Diplomatic Relations with Niue

GK question of the day

The correct answer is  (b) Silver bromide

Science question of the  day :

The correct answer is  (b) Mercury

History Question of the day :

The correct answer is (b) 1498

Improve your English now :

The correct answer is (b) However.

Check your Word Power :

Official residence

Miss World 2012 is Wenxia YU of China

In a glittering ceremony held at the Dongsheng Stadium Wenxia YU of China won the title of Miss World 2012.  In a record breaking event 116 contestants represented their countries on the world stage. It was the second time a Miss China contestant was awarded the title. The last time was in 2007 when Zhang Zilin took the honor. The 23-year-old Ms. Yu is a music student who said she wants to become a music teacher.Femina Miss India managed to win the Seventh position.

1. GK Question of the day :

The correct answer is (D) Yeast

the question was ,The fungus that produces alcohol is :

 2. English Classroom -Improve your English now

The correct answer is (d) Polyglots.

 3.Current Affairs Quiz

answer is :55 .

the question was   :India’s position in the London 2012 Olympics medal tally  is  ….?

Detailed  facts:

Rank: 55

Congratulations to everybody who got the correct answers. Today’s set of questions will be posted shortly.

Improve your English now :

Improve your English now :
A person who speaks several languages is
(a) Philologist
(b) Pluralist
(c) Linguist
(d) Polygot

can you guess the answer ?

The answer  for the above question will be published on tomorrow .

Post your guesses as comments below NOW!

Tintu Luka won Greenko 52nd National Inter-State Senior Althletic Championship

Athletic Tintu Luka won Greenko 52nd National Inter-State Senior Althletic Championship on 24 June 2012 by defeating her competitor Sinimole Paulose. She won the championship in women’s 800 meters. She is India’s best athletic in the two-lap race.

Tintu timing was 2m 01.36s. The timing was near to her National record of 1m 59.17s, which was set in Brussels in 2010.Sinimole won silver with the timing of 2:03.71 where S R Bindu was third in 2:09.53.

Athlete Tintu Luka is the National Record Holder in 800 meter race. She is trained by P.T.Usha at Usha School of Athletics which is holded by Olympics Gold Quest.

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