Abbreviations

AADCP	ASEAN Australia Development Cooperation
AADCP	ASEAN Aquaculture Development and Coordinating Programme
AADCP-RPS	ASEAN-Australia Development Cooperation Programme Regional Partnership Scheme
AAECP	ASEAN-Australia Economic Cooperation Programme
AAF	ASEAN Automotive Federation
AAM	ASEAN Airlines Meeting
AAPSIP	ASEAN-Australia Postharvest System Improvement Programme
AARNET	ASEAN-AVRDC Regional Network for Vegetable Research and Development
AASROC	Asian-African Sub-Regional Organizations Conference
ABAC	ASEAN Business Advisory Council
ABAPAST	Advisory Body on ASEAN Plan of Action on Science and Technology
ABASF	Advisory Body of the ASEAN Science Fund
ABF	ASEAN Business Forum
ACBC	ASEAN – China Business Council
ACBC	AFTA – CER Business Council
ACCICG	AFTA-CER CEP Implementation and Coordination Group
ACCORD	ASEAN and China Cooperative Operations in Response to Dangerous Drugs
ACCSM	ASEAN Conference on Civil Service Matters
ACCSQ	ASEAN Consultative Committee for Standards and Quality
ACCTC	ASEAN Coordinators of Customs Training Centre
ACDM	ASEAN Committee on DIsaster Management
ACE	ASEAN Centre for Energy
ACE	ASEAN Committee on Education
ACECA	ASEAN-Canada Economic Cooperation Agreement
ACEDAC	ASEAN Centre for the Development of Agricultural Cooperatives
ACF	ASEAN Cultural Fund
ACFTA	ASEAN-China Free Trade Area
ACJCC	ASEAN-China Joint Cooperation Committee
ACP	ASEAN Cooperation Plan
ACSOC	ASEAN-China Senior Officials Consultation
ACTC	ASEAN Center for Combating Transnational Crime
ACTD	ASEAN Common Technical Dossiers
ACTS	ASEAN Cargo Transport Study
ACTRs	ASEAN Common Technical Requirements
ACTT	ASEAN Communication Team for Tourism
ACW	ASEAN Committee on Women
ACWGDC	ASEAN-China Working Group on Development Cooperation
ADB	ASEAN Development Bank
ADCF	ASEAN Development Cooperation Forum
ADCG	ASEAN Datacom Coordinating Group
ADGICM	ASEAN Directors-General of Immigration Departments and Consular Affairs Division
ADPC	ASEAN Agriculture Development Planning Centre
ADPC	ASIAN Disaster Preparedness Centre
AEBF	ASEAN Energy Business Forum
AEC	ASEAN Economic Community
AEEAP	ASEAN Environmental Education Action Plan
AEEMTRC	ASEAN-EC Energy Management Training and Research Centre
AEG	ASEAN Experts Group
AEGCD	ASEAN Expert Group on Communicable Diseases
AEGDM	ASEAN Expert Group on Disaster Management
AEGFS	Adhoc Expert Group on Food Safety
AEGM	ASEAN Experts Group on Minerals
AEIC	ASEAN Earthquake Information Centre
AEM AEMC	ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting ASEAN-European Community Management Centre
AEMEC	ASEAN Economic Ministers on Energy Cooperation
AEMM	ASEAN-European Union Ministerial Meeting
AENRIC	ASEAN Environmental and Natural Resources Information Centre
AEP	ASEAN Environmental Partnership
AERISRP	ASEAN Plus Three Emerging and Resurging Infections Surveillance and Response Programme
AERR AEY AF	ASEAN Emergency Rice Reserve ASEAN Environment Year ASEAN Foundation
AFAS	ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services
AFC	ASEAN Food Conference
AFDM	ASEAN Finance and Central Bank Deputies
AFDM-WG	ASEAN Finance and Central Bank Deputies Working Group
AFEEC	ASEAN Forum on Energy and Efficiency and Conservation
AFF AFFA AFHB	ASEAN Fisheries Federation ASEAN Federation of Forwarders Association ASEAN Food Handling Bureau
AFMA AFMM AFOC AFPIC AFPHTC AFSIS AFSRB	ASEAN Federation of Mining Associations ASEAN Finance Ministers Meeting ASEAN Forum on Coal ASEAN Forest Product Industry Club ASEAN Fisheries Postharvest Technology Centres ASEAN Food Security Information System ASEAN Food Security Reserve Board
AFTA	ASEAN Free Trade Area
AFTEX AGBEP AHEWS AHIA AHMM AHRN AHPISA	ASEAN Federation of Textile Industries ASEAN Business/Economic Graduate Programme ASEAN Agricultural Hazards Early Warning System ASEAN Heads of Investment Agencies ASEAN Health Ministers Meeting Asian Harm Reduction Network Animal Health and Production Information System in ASEAN
AHPR	ASEAN Declaration on Heritage Parks and Reserves
AHSOM	ASEAN Heads of Statistical Offices Meeting
AHTN	ASEAN Harmonised Tariff Nomenclature
AIA	ASEAN Investment Area
AIBC AIC	ASEAN-India Business Council ASEAN Insurance Commisioner
AICO AIDA	ASEAN Industrial Cooperation Scheme ASEAN-India Digital Archive Project
AIDAB	Australian International Development Assistance Board
AIFM AIFOCOM	ASEAN Institute Forest Management ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Organization Fact Finding Committee to Combat the Drug Menace
AIELTF AII AIJSCC	ASEAN-India Economic Linkage Task force ASEAN Information Infrastructure ASEAN-India joint Sectoral Cooperation Committee
AIJV	ASEAN Industrial Joint Venture
AIMS	ASEAN Interconnection Masterplan Study
AIPA	ASEAN Intellectual Property Association
AIPO	ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Organization
AIR	ASEAN Investment Report
AIRM	ASEAN Insurance Regulators Meeting
AIT AITRI AJCCEP	ASEAN Institute of Technology ASEAN Insurance Regulators Meeting ASEAN-Japan Committee on Comprehensive Economic Partnership
AJCEP	ASEAN-Japan Closer Economic Partnership
AJCEPEG	ASEAN-Japan Closer Economic Partnership Expert Group
AJCGM	ASEAN-Japan Consultative Group Meeting
AJDF	ASEAN-Japan Development Fund
AJSTD	ASEAN Journal for Science and Technology Development
AJUT	ASEAN-Japan Urban Transportation
AKECOP	ASEAN-Korea Environment Cooperation
ALIA	ASEAN Legal Information Authority
ALMM	ASEAN Labour Ministers Meeting
AMAF	ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry
AMBDC	ASEAN Mekong Basin Development Cooperation
AMCA	ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Culture and Arts
AMC	Australian Managing Contractor
AMCs	ASEAN Member Countries
AMEICC	AEM-MITI Economic and Industrial Cooperation committee
AMEM	ASEAN Ministers on Energy Meeting
AMG	Alliance for Mutual Growth
AMM	ASEAN Ministerial Meeting
AMME	ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on the Environment
AMMH	ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Haze
AMMTC	ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Transnational Crime
AMMST	ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Science and Technology
AMO	ASEAN Macroeconomic Outlook
AMRDPE	ASEAN Ministers on Rural Development and Poverty Eradication
AMRI	ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Information
AMRI-TWC	ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Information Technical Working Group
AMRSW	ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Social Welfare
AMSAT	Australian Marince Science and Technology Pty. Limited
AMST	ASEAN Ministers for Science and Technology
ANDIN	ASEAN Newsletter on Disaster Management Information Network
ANEX	ASEAN News Exchange
ANWRA	ASEAN Network of Water Resource Agencies
ANZEC	ASEAN-New Zealand Economic Cooperation Programme
ANZCERTA	Australia-New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement
ANZECP	ASEAN-New Zealand Economic Cooperation Programme
ANZJMC AONBS APAA APAEC APCASO	ASEAN-New Zealand Joint Management Committee Asia-Oceania Network on Biological Science ASEAN Port Authorities Association ASEAN Plan of Action for Energy Cooperation Asia Pacific Council on AIDS Service Organization
APBSD	ASEAN Policy Blueprint for SME Development
APCS	ASEAN Promotional Centre on Information, Culture and Tourism in Seoul
APCTs APDRTC	ASEAN Promotional Chapters for Tourism ASEAN Poultry Disease Research and Training Center
APEC	Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
APERC	Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre
APHCN	ASEAN Plant Helath Cooperation Network
APJSCC APRIS	ASEAN-Pakistan Joint Sectoral Cooperation Committee ASEAN Project for Regional Integration Support
APRTC ARC	ASEAN Poultry Research and Training Centre ASEAN Research Centre
ARCBC	ASEAN Regional Centre for Biodiversity Conservation
ARCSTC	ASEAN-Russia Commission on Scientific and Technological Cooperation
ARDCMR	ASEAN Regional Development Centre for Mineral Resources
ARF	ASEAN Regional Forum
ARF ISM CT TC ARISPA ARIX ARPDM ARWGTEC ARYDEC	ASEAN Regional Forum Inter-Sessional Meeting on Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime ASEAN ISP Association ASEAN Regional Internet Exchange ASEAN Regional Programme in Disaster Management ASEAN Russia Working Group on Trade, Economic Cooperation ASEAN Rural Youth Development Centre
ASAP	AIDS Society of Asia Pacific
ASAP	ASEAN Services Access Platform
ASC	ASEAN Security Community
ASC	ASEAN Standing Committee
ASCC	ASEAN Socio-cultural Community
ASCHN	ASEAN Sub-Committee on Health and Nutrition
ASCLA	ASEAN Sub-Committee on Labour Affairs
ASCOE	ASEAN Sub-Committee on Education
ASCOPE ASCU ASEAN CCI	ASEAN Council on Petroleum ASEAN Surveillance Coordinating Unit ASEAN Chambers of Commerce and Industry
ASEANTA ASEM ASEP ASF ASFOM ASITF	ASEAN Tourism Association ASEAN Europe Meeting ASEAN Subregional Environment Programme ASEAN Science Fund ASEAN Senior Finance Officials Meeting ASEAN Shrimp Industry Task Force
ASLOM	ASEAN Senior Labour Officials Meeting
ASLOM	ASEAN Senior Law Officials Meeting
ASMC ASNEM	ASEAN Specialized Meteorological Centre ASEAN Network for Environment Management
ASNET-RESED ASOD	ASEAN Network for Rapid Exchange of Strong Earthquake Data ASEAN Senior Officials on Drugs
ASOEN ASOF	ASEAN Senior Officials on the Environment ASEAN Senior Officials on Forestry
ASOMM	ASEAN Senior Official Meeting on Minerals
ASP	ASEAN Surveillance Process
ASP-5 ASPEN	ASEAN Sub-Regional Programme for the Fifth Cycle ASEAN Strategic Plan of Action on the Environment
ASTICK	ASEAN Science and Technology Community for Innovation, Competitiveness and Knowledge
ASTNET	ASEAN Science and Technology Information Network
ASTU	ASEAN Surveillance Technical Support Unit
ASTW	ASEAN Science and Technology Week
ASW	ASEAN Sub-Committee on Women
ASWGFi	ASEAN Sectoral Working Group on Fisheries
ASWGL	ASEAN Sectoral Working Group on Livestock
ASY	ASEAN Sub-Committee on Youth
ASQP	ASEAN Standards and Quality Programme
ATC	ASEAN Traffic Control
ATF	ASEAN Tourism Forum
ATFI	ASEAN Tourism Forum
ATFOA	ASEAN Task Force on AIDS
ATFSSN	ASEAN Task Force on Social Safety Net
ATIC	ASEAN Tourism Information Centre
ATM	ASEAN Transport Ministers
ATRC	ASEAN Telecommunication Regulators’ Council
ATS	Amphetamine-Type Stimulants
ATTC	ASEAN Timber Technology Centre
ATTEN	ASEAN Tourism Training and Education Network
AUN	ASEAN University Network
AUN BOT	ASEAN University Network Board of Trustee
AUNILO	ASEAN University Network Inter-Library Online
AUNP	ASEAN-EU University Network Programme
AUNQUANET	ASEAN University Network Quality Assurance Network
AUSAID	Australian Agency for International Development
AVDRC	ASEAN Vegetable Development and Research Center
AVIST	ASEAN Virtual Institute of Science and Technology
AVOC	ASEAN Vegetable Oils Club
AWGASME	ASEAN Working Group on ASEAN Seas and Marine Environment
AWGATE	ASEAN Working Group on Agriculture and Training Extention
AWGCM	ASEAN Working Group on Custom Matters
AWGCME	ASEAN Working Group on Coastal and Marine Environment
AWGEE	ASEAN Working Group on Environmental Economics
AWGEIPAE	ASEAN Working Group on Environmental Information, Public Awareness and Education
AWGEM	ASEAN Working Group on Environment Management
AWGMEA	ASEAN Working Group on Multilateral Environment Agreement
AWGNC	ASEAN Working Group on Nature Conservation
AWGNCB	ASEAN Working Group on Nature Conservation and Biodiversity
AWGTCP	ASEAN Working Group on Technical Cooperation in Pharmaceuticals
AWGTM	ASEAN Working Group on Tax Matters
AWGTP	ASEAN Working Group on Transboundary Pollution
AWP	ASEAN Women’s Programme
AWPII	ASEAN Work Programme on HIV/AIDS II
AYDM	ASEAN Youth Day Meeting
BAAIC	Basic Agreement on ASEAN Industrial Complementation
BCJ	Builders-Carpentry and Joineries
BFA	Bilateral Payment Arrangement
BBC	Brand-to-Brand Complementation
BIMP-EAGA	Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malysia-Philippines Aast ASEAN Growth Area
BISS	Biodiversity Information Sharing System
BSA	Bilateral Swap Agreements
CAAS	China Academy of Agricultural Sciences
CAMMY	China-ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Youth
CARAM	Coordination of Action Research on AIDS and Mobility
CARD	Centre for ASEAN Agriculture Research and Development Database
CATC	Civil Aviation Training Centre
CCCA	Coordinating Committee on the Implementation of the CEPT for AFTA
CCEC	Coordinating Committee on Electronic Commerce
CCFAC	Codex Committee on Food Additives and Contaminants
CCFICS	Codex Committee on Food Import and Export
CCFL	Codex Committee on Food Labeling
CCFO	Codex Committee on Fats and Oils
CCGP	Codex Committee on General Principle
CCI	Chamber of Commerce and Industry
CCI	Coordinating Committee on Investment
CCS	Coordinating Committe on Services
CDC	Cooper Development Center
CDM	Clean Development Mechanism
CEDAW	Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Woman
CEP	Closer Economic partnership
CEPT	Common Effective Preferential Tariff Scheme
CER	Closer Economic Relations
CERTs	Computer Emergency Response Teams
CGM	Consultative Group Meetings
C&I	Criteria and Indicators
CIDA	Canadian International Development Agency
CITES	Convention on International Trade Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
CLM	Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar
CLMV	Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam
CLP	lassification, Labeling and Packaging
CMI	Chiang Mai Inisiative
CNS/ATM	Communication, Navigation and Surveillance/Air Traffic Management
COCI	Committee on Culture and Information
COE	Certificate of eligibiltiy
COFAB	Committee on Finance and banking
COFAF	Committee on Food, Agriculture and Forestry
COIME	Committee on Industry, Minerals and Energy
COP	Conference of Parties
COSD	Committee on Social and Development
COST	Committee on Science and Technology
COTAC	Committee on Transportation and Communication
COTT	Committee on Trade and Tourism
CPMS	Cooperative Programme on Marine Science
CRC	Convention on the Right of Children
CRISP	Center for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing
CRM	Customs Reforms and Modernisation
CSU	Coordination and Support Unit
CTI	Committe on Trade and Investment
CZERMP	Coastal Zone Environmental and Resources Management Project
DGICM	Directors-General of Immigration and Consular Matters
DIPs	Detailed Implementation Plans
DOTS	Directly-Observed Treatment, Short Course
EAEC	East Asia Economic Caucus
EAEF	EC-ASEAN Energy Facility
EAERR	East Asia/ ASEAN Rice Reserve System
EAF	East Asian Forum
EAI	Enterprise for ASEAN Integration
EASG	East Asia Study Group
EATF	E-ASEAN Task Force
EAP-AP	Environmental Assessment Programme for Asia and the Pacific
EAVG	East Asia Vision Group
EAWG	E-ASEAN Working Group
EBU	Europe Broadcasting Union
EC	European Commission
ECAP	ASEAN-EC Patents and Trademarks System
ECCM	Experts Committee on Custom Matters
EC-IIP	European Community International Investment Partner
ECIP	European Community Investment Partner Scheme
ECO	Economic Cooperation Organization
ECOPS	Environmental Cooperation Project Steering COmmittee
ECU	European Currency Union
EDP	Executive Development Programme
EE	Environmental Education
EE&C-SSN	Energy Efficiency and Conservation-Subsector Network
EG	Expert Group
EGAT	Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
EGIM	Experts Group Meeting on Immigration Matters
EIB	European Investment Bank
EIP	Environmental Improvement Project
EIPA	European Institute of Public administration Programme
ELTO	English Language Training for Officials
EMC	Electromagnetic Compatibility
EMTC	Energy Management Training Courses
ENRA	Environmental and Natural Resources Accounting
EPG	Eminent Persons Group
EPGG	Energy Policy Governing Group
EPO	European Patent Office
EPSAP	Energy Policy and System Analysis Project
ESA	European Space Agency
ESC	Environmentally Sustainable Cities
ESCAP	UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
ESSPA	Energy Supply Security Planning in the ASEAN
EU	European Union
EVSL	Experts Group on early Voluntary Sectoral Liberalization
FAO	Food and Agriculture Organization
FANS	Future Air Navigation System
FASC	Federation of ASEAN Shippers Councils
FASA	Federation of ASEAN Shipowners’ Association
FASID	Japan Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development
FCG	Fisheries Consultative Group
FDI	Foreign Direct Investment
FDRS	Fire Danger Rating System
FDS	Feasibility Design Stage
FGRID	Forest Genetic Resource Information Database
FIFSTA	Federation of International Food Science and Technology Associations
FIQC	Fish Inspection and Quality Control
FMD	Foot and Mouth Disease
FOCPF	Future-Orieted Cooperation Projects Fund
FPT	Fish Product Technology
FSDPs	Full Scale Demonstration Projects
FSMP	Fire Supression Mobilization Plan
GAP	Good Agricultural Practice
GATS	General Agreement on Trade in Services
GATT	General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
GMOs	Genetically Modified Organism
GMS	Greater Mekong Subregion
GMP	Good Manufacturing Practices
GRAs	Genetic Reource Areas
GRSP	Global Road Safety Partnership
GSP	General System of Preference
HACCP	Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points
HAPUA	Heads of ASEAN Power Utilities / Authorities
HLTF	High Level Task Force
HONLEA	Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies
HPA	Hanoi Plan of Action
HPG	Haze Prevention Group
HRD	Human Resource Development
HIV/AIDS	Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
HRDM	Human Resources Development and Management
HS	Harmonized System
HTTF	Haze Technical Task Force
IAEA	International Atomic Energy Agency
IAECC	India-ASEAN Economic Cooperation Committee
IAI	Initiative for ASEAN Integration
IAPs	Immediate Action Plans
IATEP	Inter-ASEAN Technical Exchange Programme
IBRS	International Business Reply Services
ICAO	Internation Civil Aviation Organization
ICGFI	International Consultative Group on Food Irradiation
ICLARM	International Centre for Living Aquatic Resources Development
ICMSF	International Commission on Microbiological Specification for Foods
ICP	International Comparison Programme
ICPM	International Committee on Phytosanitary Measures
ICTSD	Information and Communication Technology for Sustainable Development
ICT	Information and Communication Technology
IDCF	IAI Development Cooperation Forum
IDEA	Initiative for Development in East Asia
IDPAS	Institutional Development for ASEAN Secretariat
IEA	International Energy Agency
IFIs	International Financial Institutions
IFF	Intergovernmental Forum on Forests
IILP	Inter-Institutional Linkages Programme
IIP	International Investment Position
ILO	International Labour Organization
ILS	Instrument Landing System
ILSI	International Life Sciences Institute
IMF	International Monetary Fund
IMT-GT	Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle
INTA	International Trademark Association
IOM	Internation Organization for Migration
IP	Intellectual Property
IPD	Information Preparation and Dissemination
IPM	Integrated Pest Management
IPR	Intellectual Property Rights
IRS	Indian Remote Sensing
ISEAS	Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
ISG-CBM	Intersessional Support Group on Confidence-Building Measures
ISM-CTTC	Inter-sessional Meeting on Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime
ISRO	Indian Space Research Organization
ISIS	Institute of Strategic and International Studies
ISO	Inetrnational Standard Organization
ISP	Internet Service Provider
ISQAP	Industrial Standards and Quality Assurance Programme (ASEAN-EC Programme)
ITB	Internationale Tourisme Bourse
ITS	Intelligent Transport System
ITTO	International Tropical Timber Organization
ITWG	Interim Technical Working Group
IUEP	Integrated Urban Energy Planning
IWRM	Integrated Water Resources Management
JACPP	Japan-ASEAN Cooperation Promotion Programme
JAEP	Japan-ASEAN Exchange Project
JAFTA	Japan-ASEAN Finance Technical Assistance
JAGEF	Japan-ASEAN General Exchange Fund
JATA	Japan Association of Travel Agents
JBIC	Japan Bank for International Cooperation
JCC	Joint Consultative Committee
JCM	Joint Consultative Meeting
JETRO	Japanese Exetrnal Trade Organisation
JLSAP	Joint Linkages Appraisal Panel
JMC	Joint Management Committee
JPC	Joint Planning Committee
JPC-SC	Joint Planning Committee to the Sub-Committee
JPMC	Joint Planning and Monitoring Committee
JPRC	Joint Planning and Review Committe
JSTC	Joint Science and Technology Committee
KAIST	Korean Advance Institute of Science and Technology
KDI	Korean Development Institute
KIET	Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade
KMA	Korean Metereology Administration
KOICA	Korea International Cooperation Agency
KOTFA	Korean World Travel Fair
KOTRA	Korea Trade Promotion Corporation
KNTC	Korea National Tourism Corporation
KRIBB	Korean Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology
LBI	Legally Binding Instrument
LCR	Living Coastal Resources
LINKS	Legal Information Network System
LTIIR	Land Transport Infrastructure Integration Roadmap
M-ATM	Meeting of the ASEAN Tourism Ministers
MBDS	Mekong Basin Disease Surveilance
MC	Management Committee
MCM	Multinational Cultural Mission
MEAs	Multilateral Environment Agreements
METI	Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industri
MFRD	Marine Fisheries Research Department
MFN	Most Favoured Nation
MITI	Ministry of International Trade and Industry
MLS	Microwave Landing System
MOU	Memorandum of Understanding
MRAs	Mutual Recognition Arrangements
MRLs	Maximum Residue Limits
MT-NIT	Multimodal Transport and New Information Technology
MU	Ministerial Understanding
NACA	Network of Aquaculture Centre in Asia and Pacific
NAFTA	North American Free Trade Area
NASDA	National Space Development Agency
NBRUs	National Biodiversity Refernce Units
NCSW	National Council on Social Welfare
NECTEC	National Electronics and Computer Technology Center
NERIC	National Environment Resource Information Centers
NFP	National Forest Programme
NFPWG	National Focal Point Working Group
NGOs	Non-Governmental Organizations
NGUT	Natural Gas Utilization in Transport
NHAPs	National Haze action Plans
NIIs	National Information Infrastructure
NIIT	National Institute of Information Technology
NRSE	New and Renewable Sources of Energy
NTBs	Non-Tariff Barriers
NTOs	ASEAN National Tourism Organizations
NTTCCs	National Transit Transprot Coordinating Committees
NWS	Nuclear Weapon States
ODA	Official Development Assistance
ODS	Ozone Depleting Substances
OECD	Organization for Economic Co-operation Development
OHIM	Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market
OIE	Organisation Internationale des Epizootics
OPCV	Overseas Project Corporation of Victoria
OSHNET	ASEAN Occupational Safety and Health Network
OWP	Overall Working Plan
PAC	Project Advisory Committee
PAC	Project Appraisal Committee
PCA	Post Clearance Audit
PCC	Project Coordinating Committee
PDD	Project Design Document
PEM	Policy Exchange Mechanism
PIDS	Philippine Institute for Development Studies
PITO	Private Investment Trade Opportunities
PIWP	Policy Implementation and work Programme
PLANTI	Plant Quarantine and Training Institute
PLWHA	People Living with HIV/AIDS
PMC	Post Ministerial Conferences
POATC	Program of Action in Transportation and Communication
POES	Polar Orbiting Environment Satellite
PRA	Pest Risk Analysis
PRESSEA	Promotion of Renewable Energy Sources in Southeast Asia
PROMEEC	Promotion of Energy Efficiency and Conservation
PROSEA	Plant Resources on Southeast Asia
PSC	Project Steering Committee
PTA	Preferential Trading Arrangement
QASAF	Quality Assurance Systems for ASEAN Fruits
QRs	Quantitative Restrictions
RBAAIJV	Revised Basic Agreement on ASEAN Industrial joint Ventures
RCCRF	Regionalization of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries
RCICM	Regional Training Course on Integrated COastal Management
RCP	Research Priorities Committee
R & D	Research and Development
RETA	Regional Technical Assistance
RETA PMU	RETA’s Project Management Unit
RHAP	Regional haze Action Plan
ROD	Regional Ocean Dynamics
ROK	Republic of Korea
ROO	Rules of Origin
RPS	Regional Partnership Scheme
RTB	Radio Television Brunei
RTD	Research and Technological Development
RTP	Regional Training Programme
SAEI	Southeast Asian Environment Initiative
SAR	Search and Rescue
SAREX	Search and Rescue Exercise
SARS	Severe Acute Respiration Syndrome
SAARC	South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation
SCB	Sub-Committee on Biotechnology
SCF	Special Cooperation Fund
SCFST	Sub-Committee on Food Science and Technology
SCIRD	Sub-Committee on Science and Technology Infrastructure and Resources Development
SCMG	Sub-Committee on Meteorology and geophysics
SCMIT	Sub-Committee on Microelectronics and Information Technology
SCMS	Sub-Committee on Marine Science
SCMST	Sub-Committee on Materials Science and Technology
SCNCER	Sub-Committee on Non-Conventional Energy Research
SCSTA	Sub-Committee on Space Technology Application
SCOT	Sub-Committee on Tourism
SDI	Selective Dissemination of Information
SoE	State of the Environment
SEAFDEC	South East Asia Fisheries Development Centre
SEA HDR	Southeast Asian Human Development Report
SEAMEO	Southeast Asian Ministers on education Organization
SEANWFZ	Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapons Free Zone
SEOM	Senior Economic Officials Meeting
SMES	Small and Medium-Scale Enterprises
SoER	State of the Environment Report
SFM	Sustainable Forest Management
SHS	Sender-Keeper Management
SKRL	Singapore-Kunming Rail Link
SL	Sensitive List
SLOA	Suplementary Letters of Agreement
SLOM	Senior Labour Officials Meeting
SMCE	Small and Medium-size Cultural Enterprise and Industry
SMEs	Small and Medium enterprises
SMEWG	SMEs Agencies Working Group
SOM	Senior Officials Meeting
SOM-I	Senior Officials Meeting on Investment
SOME	Senior Officials Meeting on Energy
SOMEC	Senior Officials Meeting on Energy Cooperation
SOME-METI	Senior Officials Meeting on Energy – Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
SOMHD	Senior Officials Meeting on Health Development
SOMRDPE	Senior Officials Meeting on Rural Development and Poverty Eradication
SOMSWD	Senior Officials Meeting Social Welfare and Development
SOMTC	Senior Officials Meeting on Transnational Crime
SOMTI	Senior Officials Meeting on Trade and Investment
SOMY	Senior Officials Meeting on Youth
SPAE	Strategic Plan of Action and the Environment
SPC	South Pacific Commission
SPF	South Pacific Forum
SPS	Sanitary and Phytosanitary
SRCR	Sub-Regional Climate Review
SRFA	Sub-Regional Firefighting Arrangement
SSN	Social Safety Nets
S&T	Science and Technology
STOM	Senior Transport Officials Meeting
TAC	Treaty of Amity and Cooperation
TAGP	Trans-ASEAN Gas Pipeline Project
TCDC	Technical Cooperation Among Developing Countries
TEDI	Trade Electronic Data Interchange
TEL	Temporary Exclusion List
TELSOM	Telecommunication Senior Officials Meeting
TELMIN	Telecommunication Ministers Meeting
TEMIC	Telecommunications Executive Management Institute
TFGR	Transport Facilitation of Goods Roadmap
TIFA	Trade and Investment Framework Agreement
TIPP	Trade and Investment Promotion Programme
TISI	Thai Industrial Standard Institute
TNC	Trade Negotiating Committee
TNG	Trade Negotiating Group
TOR	Terms of Reference
TPAS	Technology Promotion and Assistance Services
TQMC	Total Quality Management Control
TREATI	Trans-Regional EU-ASEAN Trade Initiative
TRIPs	Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
TROPMED	Tropical Medicine and Public Health
TTCB	Transit Transport Coordinating Board
TWG1	Technical Working Group on Standards and Conformance
TWG2	Technical Working Group on Conformity Assessment
TWG3	Technical Working Group on Testing, Calibration and Laboratory Accreditation
TQM	Total Quality Management
UAP	Unprocessed Agricultural Products
UNCSD	United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development
UNCTAD	United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNDCP	United Nations International Drug Control Programme
UNDESA	United Nations Departments for Economic and Social Affairs
UNDP	United Nations Development Programme
UNEP	United Nations Environmental Programme
UNESCO	United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNICEF	United Nations International Children Education Fund
UN-ODC	United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
UNTAET	United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor
UNSD	United Nations Statistics Division
US-AEP	United States Asian Environmental Partnership
US-EIP	United States Environmental Improvement Programme
USEPA	United States Environmental Protection Agency
USTR	United States Trade Representative
VAC	Visit ASEAN Campaign
VALENTE	ASEAN Energy Database, Valorization of Energy Technology
VAP	Vientiane Action Programme
VAY	Visit ASEAN Millenium Year
WCAIA	Working Committee on ASEAN Investment Area
WCT	WIPO Copyright Treaties
WEC	West-East Corridor
WGABI	Working Group on Agribusiness
WGASME	Working Group on ASEAN Seas and Marine Environment
WGEE	Working Group on Environmental Economics
WGEIPAE	Working Group on Environmental Information, Public Awareness and Education
WGEM	Working Group on Environmental Management
WGFDIS	Working Group on Foreign Direct Investment Statistics
WGIC	Working Group on Industrial Cooperation
WGIPC	Working Group on Intelectual Property Cooperation
WGL	Working Group on Livestock
WGNC	Working Group on Nature Conservation
WGTEC	Working Group on Trade and Economic
WGTP	Working Group on Transboundary Pollution
WHO	World Health Organization
WIPO	World Intellectual Property Organization
WPPT	WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
WSSD	World Summit on Sustainable Development
WTM	World Travel Mart
WTO	World Trade Organization
WWTTT-CPD	Waste Water Treatment Technology Transfer and Cleaner Production Demonstration
ZOPFAN	Zone of Peace Freedom and Neutrality

GENERAL AWARENESS MCQs

  1: When will be the opening ceremony of 2012 Summer olympics?

1. July 27, 2012
2. Aug 27, 2012
3. July 17, 2012
4. July 21, 2012

  2: Which City will become the first host Summer Olympics for three times?

1. London
2. Rome
3. Athens
4. Lahore

  3: When will be the closing ceremony of 2012 Summer Olympics ?

1. 14th November, 2012
2. 19th August, 2012
3. 12th August, 2012
4. 14th August, 2012

  4: When will be the next pair of solar transit of venus predicted?

1. Year 2117 and 2128
2. Year 2114 and 2120
3. Year 2119 and 2123
4. Year 2117 and 2125

  5: In which part of the world will the total Solar Eclipse appears which occurs
on 13th November 2012?

1. Nothern Alaska
2. Eastern Russia
3. Nothern Australia And South Pacific
4. South Africa

  6: Which country test launched first 3D television Broadcast?

1. Russia
2. America
3. Japan
4. China

  7: The name “ Hitachi” is a combination of two Chinese characters, ‘Hi’ and ‘Techi’ meaning:

1. Flying and Eagle
2. Moon and Sun
3. Sun and Rise
4. High and Mountain

  8: The sportswear company “Adidas” belongs to which country?

1. Japan
2. Russia
3. China
4. Germany

9: What is the name given to “ Nike” logo ?

1. Sweep
2. Swift
3. Swoosh
4. Swipe

  10: What is the name of Super Computer built by “ IBM”?

1. Recta
2. Compac
3. Ultra Super
4. Sequoia

Answers
Q 1: (a) July 27, 2012
Q 2: (a) London
Q 3: (c) 12th August, 2012
Q 4: (d) Year 2117 and 2125
Q 5: (C) Nothern Australia And South Pacific
Q 6: (d) China
Q 7: (c) Sun and Rise
Q 8: (D) Germany
Q 9: (c) Swoosh
Q 10 (d)Sequoia

GENERAL AWARENESS FOR ALL COMPETITIVE EXAMS

1. Donor nations offered $16 billion to Afghanistan in development aid through 2015 at an international conference on Afghanistan that was held on July 8, 2012 in?
1) London
2) Tokyo
3) Kabul
4) New Delhi
5) Islamabad

2. Roger Federer of Switzerland won his seventh Wimbledon and 17th Grand Slam tennis title on July 8, 2012. Whom did he defeat in the final?
1) Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
2) David Ferrer (Spain)
3) Florian Mayer (Germany)
4) Andy Murray (Great Britain)
5) Marin Cilic (Croatia)

3. Which of the following is/are considered as retail loans?
1) Personal loans
2) Educational loans
3) Auto loans
4) Home loans
5) All the above

4. Which Hollywood actor has been named Ambassador-at-large for Haiti in recognition of his humanitarian work since the 2010 earthquake?
1) Brad Pitt
 2) Sean Penn
3) Tom Cruise
4) Will Smith
5) Leonardo Dicaprio

5. Which of the following foreign banks has appointed Sunil Kaushal as its Chief Executive for India and South Asia?
1) BNP Paribas
2) Deutsche Bank
3) Citi bank
4) ABN-AMRO Bank
5) Standard Chartered Bank

6. Akhlaq Mohammed Khan Shahr-yar passed away recently. He was a Jnanpith award winner in wh-ich of the following languages?
1) Hindi
2) Oriya
3) Urdu
4) Punjabi
5) Marathi

7. Which of the following footballers won the Euro 2012 Golden Boot award after scoring three goals in the Championship?
1) Mario Gomez (Germany)
2) Mario Mandzukic(Croatia)
3) Mario Balotelli (Italy)
4) Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
5) Fernando Torres (Spain)

8. Oscar Pistorius, known as the 'Blade Runner' because he runs on carbon fiber blades, has won the 2012 Laureus World Sports-person of the Year with a Disabi-lity Award. He belongs to which of the following countries?
1) Sweden
2) Norway
3) Denmark
4) South Africa
5) Australia

9. Which state has become the first state in the country to issue e-stamp papers in all denomi-nations?
1) Gujarat
2) Delhi
 3) Karnataka
4) Maharashtra
5) West Bengal

10. Operation Atlanta is undertaken by which of the following organizations to prevent and combat acts of piracy off the coast of Somalia?
1) NATO
2) UNO
3) EU
4) SAARC
5) FAO

11. Indian diplomat Vijay Nambiar has been appointed as United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's Special Advisor on which of the following countries?
1) China
2) Pakistan
3) Afghanistan
4) Myanmar
5) Sri Lanka

12. Who is the author of the book 'Last Man in Tower'?
1) Anita Desai
2) Kiran Desai
3) Aravind Adiga
4) Vikram Seth
5) Rahul Bhattacharya

13. Which of the following honorary ranks has been given to Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Indian cricket team captain, in the Territorial Army?
1) Captain
2) Major
3) Colonel
4) Major General
5) Lieutenant Colonel

14. Who became the new Chief of Pakistan's spy agency Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) on March 9, 2012?
1) Hamid Gul
 2) Asad Durrani
3) Nadeem Taj
4) Zaheer-ul-Islam
5) Ashfaq Parvez Kayani

15. Sherwood Rowland of America passed away recently. He won the 1995 Nobel Prize in which of the following disciplines?
1) Physics
2) Chemistry
3) Medicine
4) Economics
5) Literature

16. Who among the following is a Golf player?
1) Pankaj Advani
2) Vijender Singh
3) Jeev Milkha Singh
4) Susheel Kumar
5) Rohan Bopanna

17. Mukul Roy became the new Railways Minister on March 20, 2012. He belongs to which of the following political parties?
1) Samajwadi Party
2) Bahujan Samaj Party
3) Rashtriya Janata Dal
4) Rashtriya Lok Dal
5) Trinamool Congress

18. Which of the following is an asset reconstruction company?
1) CIBIL
2) IRDA
3) ASCI
4) ARCIL
5) DICGC

19. Who is the present Cabinet Secretary of India?
1) K.M.Chandrasekhar
2) Ajit Kumar Seth
3) Ranjan Mathai
4) Nirupama Rao
5) Pankaj Dwivedi

20. Bihari Puraskar is a literary award instituted by the K.K.Birla Foundation. It is given only to writers from?
1) Rajasthan
2) Bihar
3) Orissa
4) Uttarakhand
5) Uttar Pradesh

21. Gopal Krishna Gandhi, former Governor of West Bengal, is the Chairman of the governing body of Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS). Where is IIAS located?
1) Pune
2) Shimla
3) Nagpur
4) Deharadun
5) Kolkata

22. Joy Mukherjee passed away recently. He was an eminent?
1) Scientist
 2) Poet
3) Actor
4) Musician
5) Chess player

23. Hindi film music composer Rajesh Roshan was conferred the Lata Mangeshkar award recently. Which state gives this award?
1) Maharashtra
2) Gujarat
3) Rajasthan
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Karnataka

24. According to the 2012 Environ-mental Performance Index (EPI) released in January 2012, what is India's rank? (The Index is produced by researchers at Yale and Columbia Universities in collaboration with the World Economic Forum. Switzerland took the top spot.)
1) 134
2) 125
 3) 135
4) 143
5) 142

25. The residents of which of the following cities created a world record when over 15,000 people gathered to sing the national anthem on the eve of Republic day on January 26, 2012?
1) Gandhinagar
2) Yamunanagar
3) Aurangabad
4) Pushkar
5) Jaipur

26. The National Security Guard (NSG) hub at which of the following cities is the regional centre for eastern India?
1) Bhubaneshwar
2) Gangtok
3) Itanagar
4) Kolkata
5) Shillong

27. India is likely to produce how many million tones of food grains during 2011-12, according to the 2nd Advance estimates of crop production released in February 2012?
1) 249.78
2) 244.78
3) 250.42
4) 245.54
5) 247.45

28. Which country has developed a rating index called ' Comparative Rating Index of Sovereigns' (CRIS) on the basis of sovereign ratings of various countries compiled through rating data of Moody's and GDP data of the International Monetary Fund?
1) Pakistan
2) USA
3) Indonesia
4) India
5) Ecuador

29. Which of the following private banks is/are eligible to handle central and state government business as agents of the Reserve Bank of India, at par with public sector banks?
1) ICICI Bank
2) HDFC Bank
3) Axis Bank
4) All 1, 2, 3

5) All private sector banks
30. A huge stock of gas was found recently in Rashidpur field which is in?
1) Bangladesh
2) Pakistan
3) India
4) Kazakhstan
5) Iran

31. IAEA is an organization working in the area of?
1) Banking
2) World trade
3) Defense
4) Nuclear Energy
5) Social welfare

32. Which of the following is a non institutional source of credit?
1) Commercial Banks
2) RRBs
3) Cooperative Banks
4) Moneylenders
5) None of these

33. Which of the following is/are renewable source of energy?
A) Solar Energy
B) Wind Energy
C) Nuclear Energy
1) Only (A)
 2) Only (B)
3) Only (C)
4) Both (A) & (B)
5) All (A), (B) & (C)

34. The Head of which of the following agencies/organizations is designated as Governor?
1) SEBI
2) LIC
3) All public sector banks
4) All private sector banks
5) None of these

35. Which of the following is the currency of Myanmar?
1) Taka
2) Peso
3) Dinar
4) Kyat
5) Baht

36. Heavy water is used in?
1) Pharma industry
2) Textile industry
3) Nuclear power
4) Cement industry
5) None of these

37. Which of the following terms is related to cricket?
1) Grand Slam
2) Love
3) Trump
4) Ashes
5) Jockey

38. Which of the following books is written by Chetan Bhagat?
1) A Suitable Boy
2) Golden Gate
3) A Bend in the River
4) Revolution 2020
5) A House for Mr.Biswas

39. Who headed a high level committee that was mandated to go into all aspects of black money and suggest measures to stop its generation?
1) M.C.Joshi
2) Sam Pitroda
3) C.Rangarajan
4) Pranab Mukherjee
5) Pradeep Kumar

40. A meeting of the Environment Ministers of BASIC countries took place in February 2012 in which of the following cities?
1) New Delhi
2) Durban
3) Brasilia
4) Beijing
5) Sanya

ANSWERS:
1) 2 2) 4 3) 5 4) 2 5) 5 6) 3 7) 5 8) 4 9) 2 10) 3 11) 4 12) 3 13) 5 14) 4 15) 2 16) 3 17) 5 18) 4 19) 2 20) 1 21) 2 22) 3 23) 4 24) 2 25) 3 26) 4 27) 3 28) 4 29) 5 30) 1 31) 4 32) 4 33) 4 34) 5 35) 4 36) 3 37) 4 38) 4  39) 1 40) 1

GENERAL AWARENESS MCQs FOR BANK EXAMS

1. Abel Prize is named after Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel (1802-1829). It is given annually to outstanding mathematicians by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Who won this prize in 2012?
1) Mikhail Gromov
2) John Tate
3) John Thompson
4) Jacques Tits
5) Endre Szemeredi

2. The Inter State Council was set up in 1990 following the recom-mendation of the Sarkaria Com-mission on Centre-State relatio-ns. Who is its present Chairman?
1) Hamid Ansari
2) Manmohan Singh
3) Pranab Mukherjee
4) C.Rangarajan
5) None of these

3. Which state has recently started a programme called 'Anandadhara' for Self Help Groups?
1) Andhra Pradesh
2) Odisha
3) West Bengal
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Himachal Pradesh

4. Which country's lower house of the Parliament is called State Duma?
1) Japan
2) Italy
3) Russia
4) Maldives
5) Philippines

5. Who was appointed as the Prime Minister of France on May 15, 2012?
1) Jean-Marc Ayrault
2) Francois Hollande
3) Laurent Fabius
4) Nicolas Sarkozy
5) None of these

6. Golden Globe Awards are given for excellence in which of the following fields?
1) Literature
2) Journalism
3) Sports
4) Science
5) Film & Television

7. Who won her first world cup individual recurve gold medal in archery at Antalya, Turkey in May 2012?
1) Dola Banerjee
2) Deepika Kumari
3) Bombayala Devi
4) Purnima Mahato
5) None of these

8. Who was presented Ashok Chakra posthumously on January 26, 2012?
1) Lt.Sushil Khajuria
2) Lt.Navdeep Singh
3) Lt.Col.Kamaldeep Singh
4) Captain Ashutosh Kumar
5) None of these

9. According to the Prime Minister, the research and development spending would be doubled by which of the following years?
1) 2015
2) 2016
3) 2017
4) 2020
5) 2018

10. What is the bilateral trade target between India and Thailand for 2014?
1) 7 billion dollars
2) 14 billion dollars
3) 10 billion dollars
4) 20 billion dollars
5) 12 billion dollars

11. Which of the following is a pilot less target aircraft?
1) Prithvi
2) Akash
3) Pinakini
4) Lakshya
5) None of these

12. Amjad Ali Khan has been prese-nted the Mallikarjun Mansur award, which is named after the legendary Hindustani singer. He is an expert in playing which of the following instruments?
1) Santoor
2) Sitar
3) Sarod
4) Bansuri
5) Mohan Veena

13. What does 'I' denote in the abbreviation FIPB?
1) Innovation
2) Investment
3) India
4) Industrial
5) None of these

14. With regard to the 57th Filmfare Awards for 2011 which of the following pairs is not matched correctly?
1) Best Film - Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
2) Best Actress - Priyanka Chopra
3) Best Music - A.R. Rahman
4) Lifetime Achievement - Aruna Irani
5) Best Director - Zoya Akhtar

15. Who was recently honoured with a Knighthood by the British royal establishment?
1) Amartya Sen
2) Lakshmi Nivas Mittal
3) Anil Agarwal
4) Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
5) None of these

16. The DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2012 was given to Shehan Karunatilaka for his book 'Chinaman'. To which country does this author belong?
1) Nepal
2) Bhutan
3) Thailand
4) India
5) Sri Lanka

17. Who among the following was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 2012?
1) Ronen Sen
2) N.Vittal
3) T.V.Rajeshwar
4) Shabana Azmi
5) Dharmendra

18. Where was the largest literary festival in Asia-Pacific held in January 2012?
1) Hyderabad
2) Jaipur
3) Mumbai
4) Kolkata
5) Chandigarh

19. Laurent Lamothe became the Prime Minister of which of the following countries on May 16, 2012?
1) Cuba
2) Jamaica
3) Barbados
4) Haiti
5) Dominican Republic

20. Goolam Vahanavati was reappoi-nted to which of the following posts for two more years with effect from June 8, 2012?
1) Chief Election Commissioner
2) Attorney General
3) Solicitor General
4) Central Vigilance Commissioner
5) None of these

21. Who was given the Phalke Ratna Award in May 2012?
1) Manoj Kumar
2) Shashi Kapoor
3) Rishi Kapoor
4) Amitabh Bachchan
5) None of these

22. Identify the mismatched pair STATE GOVERNOR
1) Goa - B.V.Wanchoo
2) Uttarakhand - Aziz Qureshi
3) Maharashtra - K.Sankara- narayanan
4) Rajasthan - Margaret Alva
5) Gujarat - H.R.Bharadwaj

23. Hillary Clinton visited India in May 2012. She is the United States?
1) Secretary of State
2) Defense Secretary
3) Commerce Secretary
4) Treasury Secretary
5) None of these

24. Edvard Munch's painting 'The Scream' was sold for a record $ 120 million at an auction in May 2012. Munch belonged to which of the following countries?
1) Sweden
2) Denmark
3) Poland
4) Ukraine
5) Norway

25. Who was awarded the Ernst & Young Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to the emergence of financial Services in India?
1) Deep Kalra
2) Deepak Parekh
3) Anand Burman
4) Analjit Singh
5) N.Chandrasekaran

26. Jana Gana Mana, India's National Anthem, completed 100 years recently. It was sung for the first time at the Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress on which of the following dates?
1) January 24, 1912
2) January 26, 1912
3) December 27, 1911
4) December 25, 1911
 5) None of these

27. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was sworn in the President of which of the following African countries for the second time on January 16, 2012?
1) Malawi
2) Liberia
3) Uganda
4) Rwanda
5) Sudan

28. Viswanathan Anand won the world chess championship for the fifth time in Moscow in May 2012 by defeating which of the following players?
1) Magnus Carlsen
2) Vladimir Kramnik
3) Boris Gelfand
4) Vassily Ivanchuk
5) None of these

29. Which is the largest bank in the private sector in India in terms of number of branches?
1) HDFC Bank
2) ICICI Bank
3) Axis Bank
4) IndusInd Bank
5) Kotak Mahindra Bank

30. Which organization was set up to boost overall rural development in India?
1) RBI 2) SEBI
3) SIDBI
4) NABARD
5) PFRDA

31. Indian Overseas Bank celebrated Platinum Jubilee (75 years) in 2012. Where is its headquarters located?
1) Bangalore
2) Mumbai
3) Chennai
4) New Delhi
5) Hyderabad

32. Which of the following is a private bank in India?
1) Corporation Bank
2) Canara Bank
3) Syndicate Bank
4) Vijaya Bank
5) South Indian Bank

33. The Head Office of which of the following banks is in Kolkata?
1) Indian Bank
2) Syndicate Bank
3) Bank of India
4) UCO Bank
5) None of these

34. Amar Kant is an eminent author in which of the following languages?
1) Odiya
2) Hindi
3) Kannada
4) Punjabi
5) None of these

35. Which of the following organizations work for the welfare of women?
1) CRY
2) CII
3) SEWA
4) WIPO
5) CCI

36. Who is the author of the book 'A Bend in the River'?
1) Mark Tully
2) Amrita Preetam
3) Mulk Raj Anand
4) V.S.Naipaul
5) None of these

37. Which of the following countries is not a member of SAARC?
1) Nepal
2) Myanmar
3) Bhutan
4) Bangladesh
5) Sri Lanka

38. The Kyoto Protocol is aimed at fighting?
1) Terrorism
2) Global warming
3) Maritime piracy
4) Economic recession
5) None of these

39. David Ferrer is a Lawn Tennis player of which of the following countries?
1) Spain
2) Australia
3) Switzerland
4) Argentina
5) None of these

40. Which agency was set up to boost foreign investments in India?
1) FCCB
2) FEMA
3) FIPB
4) FRBM
5) None of these

ANSWERS:
1) 5 2) 2 3) 3 4) 3 5) 1 6) 5 7) 2 8) 2 9) 3 10) 2
11) 4 12) 3 13) 2 14) 2 15) 4 16) 5 17) 3 18) 2 19) 4 20) 2
21) 4 22) 5 23) 1 24) 5 25) 2 26) 3 27) 2 28) 3 29) 2 30) 4
31) 3 32) 5 33) 4 34) 2 35) 3 36) 4 37) 2 38) 2 39) 1 40) 3

IUCN RELEASED RED LIST OF THREATENED SPECIES FOR YEAR 2012

International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) on 19 June 2012 released its latest update of the Red List of Threatened Species. The report showed that of the 63837 species assessed, 19817 are threatened with extinction, including 41 per cent of amphibians, 33 per cent of reef building corals, 25 per cent of mammals, 13 per cent of birds, and 30 per cent of conifers.
From India the IUCN listed 132 species of plants and animals as Critically Endangered, the most threatened category. With as many as 60 different species assessed as Critically Endangered and 141 species as Endangered, plants appeared to be the most threatened life form.
18 species of amphibians, 14 fishes, 10 mammals and 15 varieties of birds were assessed as critically endangered while, 310 species were included in the list of endangered species. The list of endangered species includes 69 fishes, 38 mammals and 32 amphibians. Two plant species namely Euphorbia Mayuranthanii of Kerala were listed in the extinct in the wild category, while a leaf frog species and six plants were reported to be extinct. On a global basis the IUCN classified 3947 as Critically Endangered, 81 as Extinct, 63 as Extinct in the Wild. In the lower risk categories, there were 5766 species in Endangered, 10104 in Vulnerable and 4467 in Near Threatened categories. Scientific data regarding 10497 species was not available and hence classified as Data Deficient.

WHAT IS INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE (IUCN)
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is the world’s oldest and largest global environmental organization. Founded in 1948, today it is the largest professional global conservation network of the world. As of now the organization has more than 1200 member organizations including 200+ government and 900+ non-government organizations. The IUCN Red List is a critical indicator of the health of the world’s biodiversity. Headquartered in Gland near Geneva in Switzerland, IUCN's vision is "a just world that values and conserves nature."

IUCN RED LIST
Founded in 1969, IUCN Red List is the most comprehensive, objective global approach for evaluating the conservation status of plant and animal species. The goal of the IUCN Red List is to provide information and analyses on the status, trends and threats to species in order to inform and catalyse action for biodiversity conservation.

Coast Guard radar project may make hornbills extinct

The Coast Guard’s proposal to install a radar on the tiny island of Narcondam in the Andaman and Nicobar cluster threatens to wipe out the last of the 350 endangered Narcondam Hornbills, which are indigenous to the island.

Categorised as endangered in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of threatened species this year, Aceros narcondami, exclusively found in the lush wildlife sanctuary of Narcondam, has been struggling to survive.

In India it is listed under Schedule 1 of the Wildlife Protection Act.

Studies by the Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON) suggest that the population of this endangered species is on the decline, making it vulnerable to extinction and in need of the highest possible protection.

The proposal for the radar and diesel power supply source installation came up before a meeting of the Standing Committee of the National Board of Wildlife on June 13 where conservationists like M. D. Madhusudan of Nature Conservation Foundation (NCF) pitched for its rejection for the dangers it posed to the survival of the bird and to the fragile island ecosystem. After a field visit, the committee, headed by Director of the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) Asad R. Rahmani, recommended its abandonment. Bird watchers wondered why the Coast Guard was insisting on radar in an eco-sensitive location when there were other alternative sites like the Landfall Island.

In an allout effort to save the bird and pressure the Central government to abandon the ‘ill-advised’ proposal, conservationists have stepped up their campaign. Conservation India has come up with a short movie by wildlife film maker Shekar Dattatri. 

Letter to Environment Minister

In a letter to the Minister of State for Environment and Forests, Jayanthi Natarajan, Divya Mudappa, T. R. Shankar Raman and Aparjita Dutta of the NCF have expressed serious concern. Of the 350 hornbills, only 161 to 185 (46 to 53 per cent) are mature breeding birds, with only 80 to 90 possible pairs. This is one of the reasons why their global threat status has spiked, they said quoting the SACON study.

Disputing the Coast Guard’s contention that the installation involved only 0.6736 hectares as “false and misleading”, they said 20 hectares would be directly affected, while 400 hectares or 60 per cent of the island area would be affected indirectly.

As the site for the radar was atop a hillock in the dense forest, access for its installation and regular maintenance would become important and a two kilometre road would have to cut through the virgin forest. This would mean cutting an unspecified number of trees that would not only affect the bird’s feeding, nesting and roosting but loss of the entire habitat, the NCF said.

Already a police outpost of 30 personnel has resulted in a loss of 50 acres and continuous disturbance, they said adding that construction of roads and their maintenance could also lead to great instability as Narcondam is a volcanic island with ash beds, loose rocks and soil.

Regular maintenance would invariably lead to further disturbance, erosion and spread of invasive alien species, the NCF warned.

BANK EXAMS GENERAL AWARENESS QUESTIONS

1.Which country's senate voted to remove President Fernando Lugo from office in an impeachment trial in June 2012? (He was replaced by Federico Franco)
1) Chile
2) Paraguay
3) Uruguay
4) Peru
5) Suriname

2.Fatou Bensouda became the first woman and the first African to head the team of prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC), The Hague on June 15, 2012. She is a former Minister of Justice of which of the following countries?
1) Rwanda
2) Kenya
3) Gambia
4) Uganda
5) Nigeria

3.Didier Drogba played a part in an exhibition football match in India in June 2012. To which country does this footballer belong?
1) England
2) Argentina
3) Ghana
4) Ivory Coast
5) Egypt

4.Dr. Shanta Sinha was presented the Upendra Nath Brahma Soldier of Humanity Award in June 2012 by the Upendra Nath Brahma Trust in Guwahati. Shanta Sinha is the Chairperson of the?
1)National Commission for Women (NCW)
2)Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC)
3)Children's Film Society India (CFSI)
4)National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR)
5) None of these

5.DEPB is an export incentive scheme of the Indian Govern-ment provided to exporters in India. What is its full form?
1)Duty Enforcement and Promotion Board
2)Development, Export and Procurement Board
3)Duty Entitlement Pass Book
4) Development, Export and Procurement Bureau
5)None of these

6.What does the letter 'M' denote in the abbreviation MRTP, an act that has been repealed?
1) Market
2) Money
3) Minimum
4) Monopolies
5) Maximum

7.Which of the following does not come under secondary sector?
1) Manufacturing
2) Construction
3) Automotive Industry
4) Tourism
5) Textile Industry

8.Shivarama Karanth (1977), Girish Karnad (1998) and Chandrasekhar Kambar (2010) have received the Jnanpith Award, India's highest literary honor, for writings in which of the following Indian languages?
1) Malayalam
2) Kannada
3) Tamil
4) Hindi
5) Sanskrit

9.More than 20 years after being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, which of the following leaders delivered Nobel Prize acceptance speech in Oslo, Norway in June 2012?
1) Nelson Mandela
2) Dalai Lama
3) Shirin Ebadi
4) Aung San Suu Kyi
5) Alva Myrdal

10.Daniel Hillel won the World Food Prize for 2012. He belongs to which of the following countries?
1) USA
2) UK
3) Israel
4) Norway
5) Sweden

11.The World Health Organization (WHO) has removed India from its list of Polio-endemic countries. Which three countries are now left on the endemic list?
1)Uganda, Sudan and South Sudan
2)Algeria, Rwanda and Kenya
3)Sudan, Afghanistan and Australia
4)Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria
5) None of these

12.According to the Asia-Pacific Regional Millennium Develop-ment Goals (MDG) report 2011-12, India has not done well in which of the following areas?
1)Improving the primary education enrolment rate
2)Promoting gender equality
3)Increasing forest cover
4)Bringing infant mortality down
5)Bringing down the tuberculo-sis prevalence rate

13.Which city hosted the India- European Union (EU) annual summit in February 2012?
1) Brussels (Belgium)
2) London (U.K.)
3) New Delhi (India)
4) Paris (France)
5) None of these

14.The Supreme Court declared the allocation of 2G spectrum by the UPA Government "illegal" and cancelled how many telecom licenses allotted on or after January 10, 2008? (The licenses had been allotted to 11 companies during the tenure of former Telecom Minister A. Raja)
1) 113
2) 122
3) 132
4) 112
5) 116

15.Which country has agreed to put a freeze on its nuclear progra-mme in exchange for food assis-tance from the United States of America?
1) Iran
2) Syria
3) Venezuela
4) North Korea
5) Libya

16.Which two countries signed a non-aggression pact in February 2012? (The two sides had agreed to respect each other's soverei-gnty and territorial integrity?
1) Iran and Iraq
2) North Korea and South Korea
3) Sudan and South Sudan
4) Afghanistan and Pakistan
5) Argentina and Great Britain

17.Waheed Hassan became the President of which of the following countries in February 2012?
1) Iran
2) Syria
3) Afghanistan
4) Egypt
5) Maldives

18.Who replaced Ali Abdullah Saleh as the President of Yemen in February 2012?
1)Ali Muhammad Mujawar
2)Mohammed Basindawa
3)Ali Salim Al-Beidh
4)Abd-Rabbuh Mansour Al-Hadi
5)Haidar Abu Bakr al- Attas

19.India's largest electricity producer National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) will supply 250 MW power to which of the following countries? (NTPC entered into the deal with this country through NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of NTPC, on February 28, 2012)
1) Myanmar
2) Pakistan
3) Bangladesh
4) Sri Lanka
5) Nepal

20.Sauli Niinisto assumed office as the 12th President of which of the following countries on March 1, 2012?
1) Denmark
2) Finland
3) Sweden
4) Norway
5) Netherlands

21.Who took over as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Prasar Bharati in February 2012?
1) B.S.Lalli
2) Rajiv Takru
3) Jawhar Sircar
4) Uday Kumar Varma
5) None of these

22."In the Name of the People" is a collection of articles written and speeches delivered by which of the following former Presidents of India?
1) R.Venkatraman
2) A.P.J.Abdul Kalam
3) Shankar Dayal Sharma
4) K.R.Narayanan
5) Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

23.India has recently inducted Mi-17 V5 armed helicopters from which of the following countries to enhance its operational capabilities including carrying troops and cargo to high altitude areas?
1) France
2) Russia
3) UK
4) Italy
5) USA

24.The coveted G.D.Birla award for scientific research for 2011 was given to which of the following scientists? ( G.D.Birla Award was instituted in 1991 by the K.K.Birla Foundation and given for Indian scientists who are below the age of 50 years.)
1) R.A.Mashelkar
2) Ashok Sen
3) Goverdhan Mehta
4) Tapas Kumar Kundu
5) Biman Bagchi

25.The 84th Academy Awards (Osc-ars) were presented in Los Ang-eles, USA on February 26, 2012. Identify the mismatched pair?
1)Best Picture-The Artist
2)Best Actor- Jean Dujardin (The Artist)
3)Best Actress- Octavia Spencer (The Help)
4)Best Director- Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
5)Best Supporting Actor-Chris-topher Plummer (Beginners)

26.Which of the following films won the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards in 2012?
1) A Separation (Iran)
2) Bullhead (Belgium)
3) Footnote (Israel)
4) In Darkness (Poland)
5) None of these

27.Agnieszka Radwanska won the Dubai Tennis Championship and Sony Ericsson Open tennis title in 2012. She belongs to which of the following countries?
1) Russia
2) Belarus
3) Poland
4) Slovakia
5) Czech Republic

28.Which of the following cricket teams won the Duleep Trophy for the first time in Indore in 2012?
1) East Zone
2) Central Zone
3) South Zone
4) West Zone
5) North Zone

29.Which of the following batsmen hit a record 45-ball century, the fastest ever in Twenty20 Internationals recently?
1)Chris Gayle (West Indies)
2)Brendon McCullum (New Zealand)
3)Tilakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka)
4)Richard Levi (South Africa)
5)Suresh Raina (India)

30.Indian hockey team has qualified for the 2012 London Olympics by defeating which of the following countries in the final of the qualifying tournament in New Delhi?
1) Pakistan
2) Germany
3) Chile
4) France
5) South Africa

31.Which of the following countries is a member of G8?
1) Australia
2) China
3) Spain
4) Brazil
5) Canada

32.Federal Reserve is the central bank of which of the following countries?
1) UK
2) Canada
3) Mexico
4) Russia
5) None of these

33.Which of the following banks was merged with the State Bank of India on August 26, 2010?
1) State Bank of Saurashtra
2) State Bank of Indore
3) State Bank of Patiala
4) State Bank of Mysore
5) State Bank of Travancore

34.Banking falls under which of the following sectors?
1) Primary
2) Manufacturing
3) Industrial
4) Service
5) None of these

35.A savings bank account with zero or minimum balance is known as?
1) Current Account
2) No Frills Account
3)Term Deposit Account
4)Savings Bank Ordinary Account
5)Student Savings Bank Account

36.Which of the following Acts controls banking activities in India?
1)Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934
2)Banking Regulation Act, 1949
3)State Bank of India Act, 1955
4)NABARD Act, 1981
5)None of these

37.Which of the following banks has reappointed Shikha Sharma as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer for a further period of three years with effect from June 1, 2012 to May 31, 2015?
1) ICICI
2) IndusInd
3) Axis
4) ING Vysya
5) Karur Vysya

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Spain sinks Italy 4-0 for Euro title

Spain rediscovered their magic on July 01 to beat ailing Italy 4-0 in the Euro 2012 final and with it became the first nation to win three big football titles in a row.

David Silva (14th), Jordi Alba (41st), Fernando Torres (84th) and Juan Mata (88th) were on target as Barcelona midfielders Xavi and Andres Iniesta pulled the strings in midfield in their usual commanding style after some slightly below-par performances earlier in the tournament.

Spain became the first team to get a big event hat-trick following titles at Euro 2008 and the 2010 World Cup with the biggest winning margin in a final, are the first to win back-to-back Euro titles and matched Germany’s record three continental titles, the first being in 1964.

Italy, who had held Spain 1-1 in their opening group match and made a surprise run to the final with a 2-1 victory over Germany in the semis, failed to end a 44-year drought since their only Euro trophy in 1968.