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Miss Venezuela Ivian Sarcos crowned Miss World 2011

Miss Venezuela Ivian Sarcos was on November 06 evening crowned Miss World 2011, and India’s hopes of winning the title for the sixth time came crashing down as Miss India World Kanishtha Dhankhar failed to make it to the top 25.

At an extravagant ceremony at the Earls Court in London, 21-year-old Sarcos defeated over 100 beauties from various parts of the world at the 61st Miss World contest.

Miss Philippines Gwendoline Ruais was the first runner-up and Miss Puerto Rico Amanda Perez became the second runner-up.

The gala event kicked off on Sunday evening with a dynamic performance by British street dance troupe Diversity, followed by the introduction of the Miss World contestants.

It ended with Miss World 2010 Alexandria Mills crowning Sarcos. The jury included former Miss World winners — Cindy Breakspeare (1976), Nigeria Agbani Darego (2001), Zhang Zilin (2007) and Kaiane Aldorino (2009).

Titleholders:

Year	Country/Territory	Miss World	Location	Date
2011	Venezuela	Ivian Sarcos	London, United Kingdom	6 November
2010	USA	Alexandria Mills	Sanya, China	30 October
2009	Gibraltar	Kaiane Aldorino	Johannesburg, South Africa	12 December
2008	Russia	Ksenia Sukhinova	Johannesburg, South Africa	13 December
2007	China	Zhang Zilin	Sanya, China	1 December
2006	Czech Republic	Taťána Kuchařová	Warsaw, Poland	30 September
2005	Iceland	Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir	Sanya, China	10 December
2004	Peru	María Julia Mantilla	Sanya, China	4 December
2003	Ireland	Rosanna Davison	Sanya, China	6 December
2002	Turkey	Azra Akın	London, United Kingdom	7 December
2001	Nigeria	Agbani Darego	Sun City, South Africa	16 November
2000	India	Priyanka Chopra	London, United Kingdom	30 November

BY NUMBER OF WINS:

Country/Territory	Titles	Winning years
Venezuela	6	1955, 1981, 1984, 1991, 1995, 2011
India	5	1966, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000,
United Kingdom		1961, 1964, 1965, 1974(resigned) , 1983
United States	3	1973, 1990, 2010
Iceland		1985, 1988, 2005
Jamaica		1963, 1976, 1993
Sweden		1951, 1952, 1977
Russia	2	1992, 2008
Peru		1967, 2004
Austria		1969, 1987
Germany		1956, 1980 (resigned)
Argentina		1960, 1978
South Africa		1958, 1974 (took over title in November 1974)
Australia		1968, 1972
Netherlands		1959, 1962
Gibraltar	1	2009
China		2007
Czech Republic		2006
Ireland		2003
Turkey		2002
Nigeria		2001
Israel		1998
Greece		1996
Poland		1989
Trinidad & Tobago		1986
Dominican Republic		1982
Guam		1980 (took over title on 28 November 1980)
Bermuda		1979
Puerto Rico		1975
Brazil		1971
Grenada		1970
Finland		1957
Egypt		1954
France		1953

APPSC 2011 GROUP-2 KEY

CURRENT AFFAIRS MCQs

1.  Which among the following constitutional amendment bill contains the provision of increase in women  reservation in panchayats?

a. 110th

b. 111th

c. 112th

d. 113^th

2. Who among the following Lokayukta has asked President to censure Chief Minister of Delhi?

a. Santosh Hegde

b. Manmohan Sarin

c. Alok Vadhwa

d. Purshottam Jaiswal

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3. Which state has announced the decision to demerge its National Institute of Sports (NIS), from the Sports Authority of India (SAI)?

a. Punjab

b. Himachal Pradesh

c. Gujarat

d. Maharashtra

4. What is the name of the New Intelligence Chief, who handed over command of US and NATOled troops in Afghanistan?

a. General David Petraeus

b. General Rodrigue

c. General Basil Peterson

d. General Farimon Luasa

5. Who among the following has recently taken over as the director of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII)?

a. J P Sinha

b. Sharmila Tagore

c. Shabana Azmi

d. Dharmendra Jai Narain

6. The GSAT-12 communication satellite has been launched successfully on July 15, 2011 by which of the following launch vehicle?

a. GSLV G-6

b. GSLV-F7

c. PSLV C-16

d. PSLV C-17

7. Recently the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) successfully flighttested its latest missile Prahaar from the Launch Complex III of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) off the Chandipur coast in Balasore district. Prahaar is a

a. Surface to surface missile

b. Surface to air missile

c. Air to surface missile

d. Sea to air missile

8. Chinese and Southeast Asian officials have agreed on a draft of guidelines to avert tension in the South China Sea at a meeting held with senior officials of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN at:

a. Manila (Philippines)

b. Bandar Seri Begawan  (Brunei)

c. Ho Chi Minh city  (Vietnam)

d. Bali (Indonesia)

9. Who is the current Prime Minister of Egypt?

a. Essam Sharaf

b. Gouda Abdel Khalek

c. Mahmoud Eissa

d. Hazem El-Beblawi

10 Hurricane Dora was active recently over the region of

a. Australia

b. Europe

c. South America

d. North America

11. The Cabinet approved the proposal for enhancing reservation for women in Panchayats from the present 33 per cent to 50 per cent with the provision being applicable to all seats filled through

a. Direct election

b. Indirect election

c. Nomination

d. Both direct election and  nomination

12. India signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreement with which of the following country paving the way for the possibility of exporting its atomic power plants recently?

a. North Korea

b. South Kora

c. China

d. Singapore

13. Recently  English  has been dropped as final year subject  in which of the following state university?

a. Mumbai

b. Saurashtra

c. Odisha

d. Himachal Pradesh

14. Which  IIM  has announced extension of  the reach of its publisher training programme to countries in South East Asia from next year?

a. IIM Lucknow

b. IIM Ahmedabad

c. IIM Kozhikode

d. IIM Bangalore

15. What is the name of the Metropolitan Police Commissioner  who resigned following criticism for hiring former News of the World executive Neil Wallis - who was questioned by police investigating hacking - as an adviser in UK?

a. Sir Vinfery simpson

b. Sir Maddley Thomson

c. Sir Anerdson Majle

d. Sir Paul Stephenson

16. Who among the following  was offi cially named as the next envoy of India to the United States of America ?

a. Nirupama Roy

b. A N Ahuja

c. R K Sharma

d. J P S hukla

17. Which of the following personality has been appointed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerji as an advisor to ‘Resurgent Bengal’ scheme?

a. Amartya sen

b. Sam Pitroda

c. Arjun Sengupta

d. Usha Thorat

18. The world’s largest Indian flag weighing 250 kg was unfurled at the ‘Vibrant India Festival’ which began recently in –

a. France

b. China

c. Russia

d. USA

19. Minister for Defense A K Antony recently presented the first  Mercy Ravi Award for Woman of Substance to

a. Kiran Bedi

b. Vandana Shiva

c. Sheila Dikshit

d. Arundhati Roy

20. Which among the following  state has announced that 90 per  cent seats in sports academies will be fi lled by players from the  state?

a. Uttar Pradesh

b. Madhya Pradesh

c. Haryana

d. Punjab

21. Who among the following was elected president of the Mumbai  Cricket Association at its 77th annual general body meeting  recently?

a. Manohar Joshi

b. Vilasrao Deshmukh

c. Gajanan karve

d. Sharad Pawar

22. Which among the following is the oldest commissioned ship of  the Indian Navy, ‘a landing ship tanker, which was given a fond  farewell after 35 years of service  recently?

a. INS Jaladh

b. INS Sharabh

c. INS Shankul

d. INS Padmesh

23. Which state has the highest  rural teledensity of 70.23 ?

a. Karnataka

b. Himachal Pradesh

c. Rajasthan

d. Gujarat

24. Who among the following has  become the world’s No. 1 double  trap shooter as per the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) rankings released?

a. Gagan Narang

b. Sanjeev Rathore

c. Vijay Kumar

d. Ronjan Sodhi

25. Which Indian wildlife research and bio-diversity conservation organization will assist Indonesian authorities to undertake non-invasive genetics research on two critically endangered species — the Javan and the Sumatran rhinos — in Indonesia?   

a. Aaranyak

b. Parivesh

c. Paryavaran

d. Sanrakshak

  

26. Which country is stepping into the Indian Ocean for the first time for mineral exploration?

a. Japan

b. Canada

c. China

d. India

27. Which among the following is the latest European country to act against the burqa after France and Belgium have banned the wearing of burqa in public? 

a. Germany

b. Spain

c. Italy

d. Denmark

28. Which Indian-American who is an expert in international finance law, has been appointed as Senior Advisor in the US State Department's South and Central Asia Bureau to cement ties with the Diaspora groups?

a. Mitul Desai

b. Sanjeev Upadhyay

c. Upendra Bansal

d. Manendra Singh

29. Which airline has become the fi rst airline to use biofuels on regular commercial fl ights in a six-month trial that it estimates will reduce CO2 emissions by up to 1,500 tones during the period?

a. Lufthansa

b. Air India

c. Kingfi sher

d. Airbus

30. Which among the following  Governor Generals of India was  the fi rst occupant of Rashtrapati Bhawan of India?

a. Warren Hastings

b. Lord Irwin

c. Lord Willington

d. Lord Rippon

31. Typhoon Muifa has devastated  which among the following countries eastern coast?

a. Indonesia

b. Japan

c. China

d. Hongkong

ANSWERS:

1.  d  Manchester united

1. a 10th

2. b Manmohan Sarin

3. a Punjab

4. a General David Petraeus

5. d Dharmendra Jai Narain

6. d PSLV C-17

7. a  Surface to surface missile

8. d Bali (Indonesia)

9. a Essam Sharaf

10. d  North America

11. a  Direct election

12. b  South Korea

13. b Saurashtra

14. b IIM, Ahmedabad

15. d  Sir Paul Stephenson

16. a  Nirupama Roy

17. b  Sam Pitroda

18. c  USA

19. c  Sheela Diskshit

20. b  Madhya Pradesh

21. b  Vialsrao Deshmukh

22. b  INS Sharabh

23. b  Himachal Pradesh

24. d  Ronjan Sodhi

25. a  Aranyak

26. c  China

27. c  Italy

28. a  Mitul Desai

29. a  Lufthansa

30. b  Lord Irwin

31. c  China