General Awareness for the week ending 12-11-2010

1. World's Tallest statue a giant 108 feet high idol of Hanuman (the Monkey God) was unveiled at Jakhoo Hanuman temple in Shimla. It surpasses the current tallest statue of 'Christ the Redeemer', which measures at 98 feet and stands at an altitude of 2296 feet in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil .
2. MPI = Multidimensional Poverty Index.
3. BIMARU States =  Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.
4. Audacity of Hope written by Barack Obama
5. Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) office completes 150 years. Sir Edmund Drummond was appointed the first Auditor General on November 16, 1860, and V. Narahari Rao was appointed the first Comptroller and Auditor General of Independent India in 1948. Current Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India is Vinod Rai.
6. 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.
7.  Fifth G20 Summit held in Seoul, South Korea on November 11–12.
8.  Attorney General of India = Goolam Essaji Vahanvati.