Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Miss Angola, Leila Lopes now Miss Universe 2011



  • The annual Miss Universe pageant  held in Sao Paulo.
  • Miss Angola, 25-year-old Leila Lopes(Black Beauty), took the crown after impressing judges with her striking cream-colored gown.
  • Lopes is the first winner the pageant has ever selected from her country. 
  • she beat 88 other competitors from around the world, she was crowned by last year’s winner, Ximena Navarrete, from Mexico. 
  • Profile detail:
    Birth Name: Leila Lopes
    Birth Date: 1986 (age 23–25)  Birth Place: Benguela, Angola
    Height: 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
    Hair color: Dark brown
    Eye color: Dark brown
    Title(s): Miss Angola UK 2011, Miss Angola 2011
    Major Competition(s): Miss Angola 2011(Winner)(Miss Photogenic), Miss Universe 2011

Friday, September 2, 2011

Solved Que



 1.    A study titled Being five star in productivity — road map for excellence in Indian banking was released FICCI-IBA-BCG on 22 August 2011, the eve of IBA-FICCI annual banking conference. Which of the facts related to the report stated below are not true?
   2.    India's gross domestic product (GDP) growth will make the Indian banking industry third largest in the world by 2025.
   3.    The report highlighted that banks have to strive for excellence on three dimensions: branch sales and service, new channels and lean operations
   4.    Indian banks deploy 62 per cent of staff in customer facing roles as against the benchmark of 82 per cent observed by BCG globally.
   5.    Indian banks, the report mentioned were to be doing well overall with industry cost-income ratio below 50 per cent.
   a.    1 & 3
   b.    Only 3
   c.    Only 2
   d.    3 & 4
Answer: (c)

2. According to the data released by the Life Insurance Council on 22 August 2011, the life insurance industry witnessed a decline of what percent in its total premium collections for the quarter ended June 2011?
a.    3.8%
b.    4.2%
c.    6.1%
d.    5%
Answer:  (d)

3. According to a study Private Cloud Landscape in India released by EMC Corporation and Zinnov Management Consulting, a management consulting firm in July 2011, what will be the value of the cloud market in India by 2015?
a.    $ 4.5 billion
b.    $6 billion
c.    $ 5.6 billion
d.    $ 9 billion
Answer: (a)

4. Which of the following bodies estimated IT companies would continue to grow globally at 16-18 per cent in 2011-12 despite the economic crisis in the U.S. and European markets?
a.    FICCI
b.    NASSCOM
c.    CII
d.    ASOCHAM
Answer: (b)

5.   
Food inflation rose to what percent for the week ended August 13 on the back of dearer onions, potatoes, fruits and protein-based items?
a.    9%
b.    9.3%
c.    9.80%
d.    10%
Answer: (c)