Current Affairs 2010 - Questions and Answers

211. Which of the following categories of Indian Telecom Industry showed in decline in revenues in 2009-10, according to the Voice & Data survey of Indian Telecom Industry 2010 unveiled recently?

212. Which state assembly recently passed a legislation that seeks to punish government officials for failure or delay in providing public services?

213. President Roza Otunbayeva, in news recently for announcing her country’s first elections after a new constitution was approved in a referendum, is the first female President of __________ .

214. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) unveiled a discussion paper on entry of new banks in the private sector on August 11, 2010. Which of the following statements about current RBI norms regarding foreign shareholding in private sector banks is/are correct?I. Banks can have upto 74 per cent foreign shareholdingII. Foreign institutional investors (FII) shareholding in banks cannot exceed 33%III. Non-resident Indians (NRI) shareholding in banks cannot exceed 24%

215. Who was given overriding powers to supervise preparations for the Commonwealth Games because of delays in completion, by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently?