Current Affairs 2010 - Questions and Answers

391. Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia was appointed Chairperson of a government Committee for overseeing the implementation of drought mitigation strategies in the Bundelkhand region recently. Bundelkhand is a region comprising districts of which of the following states?

392. Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) is developing a system for communication system India that is similar to the Global Positioning System (GPS) of the U.S. What is it named?

393. Subrata Roy, Chairman of Sahara Group joined as one of the volunteers for Commonwealth Games (CWG). What is the CWG volunteer programme renamed as recently?

394. Which of the following statements about Indias External Debt position (at end-March 2010) according to data released by the Reserve Bank of India recently, is/are correct?I. Indias External Debt in 2009-10 was at $ 224.5 billionII. Ratio of External Debt to GDP in 2009-10 was at 18.9%III. Short- term Debt in 2009-10 was 20.1% of External Debt in 2009-10

395. The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) will assist in the restoration of the Vat Phou temple, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, according to an agreement signed during the visit of President Pratibha Patil to which of the following countries recently?