Awards1. Maharashtra Bhushan Award (2011-12) - Anil Kakodkar2. National Awards Winners for 2012a. Best Film – Kannada film ‘Byari’ and Marathi film ‘Deool’b. Best Hindi Film – I Amc. Best Actor – Girish Kulkarni (Marathi film ‘Deool’)d. Best Actress – Vidya Balan (The Dirty Picture)e. Best Director – Gurvinder Singh (Punjabi film ‘Anhe Ghore Da Daan’)f. Salman Khan’s Chillar Party team won 3 National awards including Best Children’s filmg. Vidya Balan bagged the Best Actress award for her superlative performance in ‘The Dirty Picture’3. Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2011 - Soumitra Chatterjee (Bengali actor)4. Saraswati Samman (2011) - Dr AA Manavalan (Tamil) for his work 'Irama Kathaiyum Iramayakalum' (Ramakatha and Ramayanas).5. Moorti Devi Award (2011) - Dr Gulab Kothari for his book “Mein Hi Radha, Mein Hi Krishna”6. Bihari Puraskar (2011) - Rajasthani poet Dr Arjundeo Charan for his work “Ghar To Ek Naam Hai Bharose Ro”7. Vyas Samman (2011) - Hindi writer Ramdarash mishra for his work “aam ke patte”8. Life time achievement award at 8th Dubai International film festival – A.R. Rahman9. V. Shantaram Life Time Achievement Award - environmental filmmaker Mike Pandey10. Best Friend of American Worker - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao11. Kalidas Samman (2009-10) - Dr. N. Rajam and Saroja Vaidyanathan12. Lata Mangeshkar Award (2011) by the Madhya Pradesh government - Rajesh Roshan13. National Medals of Arts and Humanities award USA (2011)- Amartya Sen14. Templeton Prize (2012)- Dalai lama15. 54th Grammy award - 2012a. Album of the Year: "21," Adeleb. Record of the Year: "Rolling in the Deep" Adelec. Song of the Year: "Rolling in the Deep" Adele Adkins & Paul Epworthd. British singer Adele got 6 Grammy award16. Laureus award in sports - 2012a. Sports man of the year - Novak Djokovic (Serbia)b. Sports woman of the year – Vivian Cheruiyut (Kenya)17. 65th BAFTA award – 2012a. Best film - The Artistb. Best Actor - Jean Dujardin (Film - The Artist)c. Best Actress - Meryl Streep (Film - The Iron Lady)d. Best Director - Michel Hazanavicius (Film - The Artist)e. Film The Artist directed by Michel Hazanavicius got 6 awards18. 84th Oscar awards 2012a. Best Picture - The Artist (Directed by Thomas Langmann)b. Best Director - Michel Hazanavicius (Film - The Artist)c. Best Actor - Jean Dujardin (Film - The Artist)d. Best Actress - Meryl Streep (Film - The Iron Lady)e. The Artist and Hugo both movie got 5 awards19. 69th Golden Globe award – 2012a. Best Film in Drama - The Descendants and In Comedy or Musical - The Artistb. Best Actor in Drama - George Clooney (Film -The Descendants) and in Comedy or Musical - Jean DuJardin (Film - The Artist)c. Best Actress in Drama - Meryl Streep (Film - The Iron Lady) and in Comedy or Musical - Michelle Williams (Film - My Week With Marilyn)20. Best Football player male (FIFA) 2011– Lional Messi ( Barcelona player)21. Best Football player female (FIFA) 2011- Homare Sawa (Japan)22. Gandhi International Award for Peace and Reconciliation - Dalai Lama23. Banker’s of the year by business standard – Rana kapoor MD of Yes bank24. Person of the year by TIME Magazine – The Protester

25. Best Indian Football player AIFF 2011 – Sunil Chhetri

Important Summits1. 20th ASEAN Summit - Phnom Penh (Cambodia)2. 4th BRICS summit - New Delhi3. 10th BASIC Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change - New Delhi4. Arab summit 2012 - Baghdad (Iraq)5. Nuclear security summit 2012 – Seoul (South Korea)6. 12th Annual summit of European Union and India - New Delhi7. G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting - Mexico City8. Friends of Syria Meeting – Istanbul (Turkey)9. 5th Ministerial level India-UK Economic Financial Dialogue – New Delhi10. United Nation Conference on Sustainable Development 2012 – Rio de janeiro (Brazil)11. 17th National youth Festival – Mangalore (Karnataka)12. World Economic Forum – Davos (Switzerland)13. World Polio Summit 2012 - New Delhi

Important Obituaries1. NKP Salve - Union Minister and Ex-BCCI President2. Homai vyarawala – First Indian photographer3. Kim Jong-il – North Korean leader4. P K iyengar - Indian nuclear physicist5. Indira Goswami - Assamese novelist6. Runako Morton - West Indies batsman7. MOH Farooq - Governor of Kerala8. Dev Anand – actor9. S. Bangarappa – ex-chief minister of Karnataka10. Vaclav Havel – Ex-President of czech republic11. Sailen Manna - Football captain12. Joy Mukhurji - ActorRecently elected PM & President of various countries:

Israel: PM Benjamin NetanyahuPresident Shimon Peres

Greece: PM Panagiotis Pikramenos (may 2012)President Karolos Papoulias

Nepal:PM Baburam Bhattarai (29 August 2011)President Ram Baran Yadav

Malawi: President Joyce Banda (Apr. 7, 2012 -)

Serbia: President Slavica Djukic Dejanovic (Apr. 4, 2012

Mauritius: President Monique Ohsan-Bellepeau (Mar. 31, 2012)

Switzerland: Prseident Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf (Jan. 1, 2012 -)

Thailand: PM Yingluck Shinawatra

Brazil: President Dilma Rousseff

Slovakia: PM Iveta Radicová

Australia:PM Julia Gillard(Australia doesnt have any president)

Trinidad and Tobago: PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar

Iceland: PM Jóhanna SigurdardóttirPresident Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (Presidential election to be in july 2012)

Bangladesh:PM Sheikh Hasina WajedPresident Md. Zillur Rahman

Argentina: President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner

Germany: Chancellor Angela Merkel

New Zealand: PM John Key

Jamaica: pm Portia Lucretia Simpson-Miller(seventh pm) (5 January 2012) ( People's National Party)

Foreign Minister of France: FABIUS, Laurent 16 May 2012HOLLANDE, François Gérard Georges : PRESIDENT OF FRANCEUntil May 15, 2012, François Charles Amand Fillon is the Prime Minister of France. After that a new Prime Minister will be appointed by the newly elected French president

President of Hungary: ÁDER, János 2 May 2012pm: Viktor Orbán

Prime Minister of Romania: PONTA, Victor-Viorel (27 April 2012)Finance Minister of Romania. 1 May 2012: GEORGESCU, Florin

PM of Jordan: Fayez al-Tarawneh MAY 2, 2012

Important Operation and committee1. India and USA navy exercise – Malabar 20122. The IAF's Eastern Air Command commenced Exercise codenamed “Pralay”3. Rangrajan committee – Sugar industry4. Kakodkar committee - railway safety5. Sam pitroda committee - railways6. Shyamala Gopinath committee – Financial frauds7. M.V. Nair committee – Priority lending sector8. Shivraj patil committee – Productivity in Agriculture sector9. B.K. chaturvedi committee – Power sector reform

Important National Events1. Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said that tea would be declared the National drink by next year.1. India successfully test fired nuclear-capable Agni-V (ICBM), which covered a range of more than 5,000 km from Wheeler Island in Orissa.2. Shahrukh Khan and Vidya Balan will be brand ambassadors sanitation3. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people of the world.4. Abhishek Manu Singhvi resigned as Congress spokesperson and Chairperson of Parliament's Standing Committee.5. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched heaviest, indigenous radar imaging satellite, RISAT-1 satellite into space aboard the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C19) from

Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh). RISAT-1's radar will be able to see through clouds and work in darkness.6. India's second moon mission Chandrayaan-2 will be launched in 2014.7. New members of Rajya sabha :-a. Arun Jaitley (BJP)b. Mayawati (BSP)c. Vilasrao Deshmukh (central minister)d. Rajeev Shukla (central minister)e. Chiranjeevi (Actor)f. Jaya Bachchan (Samajwadi Party)g. Dilip Singh Tirkey (former hockey captain)8. Sachin Tendulkar, Rekha and industrialist Anu Aga were nominated in Rajya sabha9. India will host next meeting of Board of Governors of Asian Development Bank (ADB) in May next year10. The Reserve Bank of India asked banks to allow intra-bank account portability in cases where full KYC (know your customer) details of the concerned account have been ascertained.11. President Pratibha Patil visited Seychelles and South Africa12. Russian submarine K-152 Nerpa inducted in Indian Navy as INS Chakra13. India opened third research centre Bharti after Dakshin Gangotri and Matri14. Supreme court judge Dalveer Bhandari elected in International court of justice15. Bengal Government will launch own daily newspaper and TV channel named Paschim Banga and Dainik16. India joined in project of largest thirty meter telescope (TMM) in Hawai island (USA)17. Rajasthan State Assembly passed a resolution to form Legislative Council18. According to Stockholm international peace research institute - Largest importer is India (2nd China)19. Bihar Day, celebrated on 22 March when it was separated from Bengal 100 years ago (1912)20. French company Dassault Rafale today bagged India's biggest contract for supplying 126 combat aircraft for the Air Force21. The World Health Organization has confirmed that India has gone a whole year without having a new case of polio22. The Supreme Court quashed all 122 spectrum licenses (2G licenses) granted during the tenure of former communications minister A Raja.23. India tested interceptor missiles from Wheeler Island in Orissa24. The Supreme Court of India has urged that the project for the linking of the rivers of India be accelerated and implemented25. 10th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) held from 7-9 January, 2012 in Jaipur. kamla persad-bissessar (Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago) was the Chief Guest26. India cleared a $1.23-billion deal for purchasing 490 French air-to-air missiles MICA for the Indian air force Mirage 2000 fleet

Important International Events1. United States troops will leave Afghanistan at the end of 20142. Standard and Poor’s (S&P) lowered India’s long-term rating from stable (BBB+) to negative (BBB-) (which is the lowest investment grade rating)3. Pakistan test-fired the nuclear-capable Hatf-4 Shaheen-1A ballistic missile4. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited India5. India, Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed on TAPI pipeline project (Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India)6. Indian steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal is wealthiest man in Britain, according to The Sunday Times7. President of Russia – Vladimir Putin8. 61 Indian companies are included in Global-2000 list of Forbes -20129. South Sudan became 188th Member of World Bank and International Monetary Fund.10. According to Forbes magazine richest person of world Carlos Slim Helu (Mexico) and richest person of India Mukesh ambani.

11. South Korean steel company will establish a steel plant in Jagatsinghpur district of Orissa.12. Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed has resigned after weeks of unrest13. Maldive expelled from commonwealth ministerial action group14. Prime minister of mauritius Navinchandra ramgoolam visit to india15. Kofi annan special envoy of united nation to Syria16. Highest per capita income - Qatar17. Pakistan elected as a temporary member of United Nation security council for 2012-1318. Croatia will become 28th member of EU in July 2013.19. The United Nations framework convention on Climate held in Durban (South Africa) in 201120. Canada announces exit from kyoto climate treaty21. The Bangladeshi parliament has passed bill that will enable the return of property seized from the country's Hindu minority.22. All American soldiers have been returned from Iraq23. India and Nepal signed Double Taxation Avoidance Treaty (DTAA)

mportant Economic news1. In 2011-12 => Import - $488.6 billion (32% Increased)Export - $303.7 billion (21% Increased)Trade deficit - $184.9 billion2. Seoul-headquartered Woori Bank has set up its first Indian branch in Chennai.3. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut the policy rates by 50 Basis points. Revised Rate of RBIa. Bank Rate – 9% (Decreased 50 basis point in April 2012)b. Cash Reserve Ratio – 4.75% (Decreased 75 basis point in March 2012)c. Statutory Liquidity Ratio – 24% (Unchanged)d. Repo Rate – 8% (Decreased 50 basis point in April 2012)e. Reverse Repo Rate – 7% (Decreased 50 basis point in April 2012)f. Marginal Standing Facility Rate – 9% (Decreased 50 basis point in April 2012)g. Target for Inflation Rate for March 2013– 6.5%h. Target for Growth Rate of GDP (2012-13) – 7.3%4. RBI has made it mandatory for all banks to print the MICR and IFSC code on the passbook and statement of account of the customers.5. Reserve Bank asked banks not to levy any penalty on pre-payment of loans taken on floating rate6. Record food grain production in India 2011-12 => 252.56 million tonesWheat production => 90.23 million tonesRice production =>103.41 million tones7. The interest rate on the Employees' Provident Fund will be increased to 8.6 per cent from 8.25 per cent for the current fiscal.8. IMF lowered India's growth projection to 6.9 per cent for 2012.9. Power generation capacity in india now more than 2,00,000 MW. In 11th Five year plan 54,964 MW capacity added.10. RBI permitted RRB and cooperative bank to participate in Centralized Payment systems. Now these banks can transfer fund through NEFT and RTGS.11. Foreign exchange reserves in India on March 2012 – $296 billion dollar12. March 2012 Inflation rate on whole sale price index – 6.89% and on Consumer price index – 9.47%13. Centre launched a $2 billion infrastructure debt fund (IDF) to catalyse long-term lending to core sectors. The fund, which will be set up jointly by private sector lender ICICI Bank, Bank of Baroda, Citibank and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC)14. Cheque and Draft will be valid for 3 month from 1 April 2012.15. Poverty line for rural areas is Rs 672 and for urban areas is Rs 859 (2009-10). In India 354 million or 29.8 % of Indians are below than poverty line.16. Teledensity in India in december 2011 – 76.86%17. After SBI and NABARD ownership of National Housing Bank will be transferred from RBI to Government

Abbreviation in News1. NCTC - National Counter-Terrorism Centre2. GAAR - General anti avoidance rule3. TCS -Tax Collection at Source4. DTAA – Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement5. TIEA – Tax Information exchange Agreement6. EFSF – European Financial Stability Facility7. NPS – New Pension Scheme8. MMRCA – Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft9. DRDO - Defence Research and Development Organisation10. GSLV - Geo-Synchronous Launch Vehicle11. ISRO - Indian Space Research Organisation12. EEFC - Exchange Earner's Foreign Currency13. NDMA – National Disaster Management Authority14. BRICS – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa15. BASIC – Brazil, South Africa, India and China16. PPP – Public Private Partnership and Purchasing Power parity17. MTCR – Missile Technology Control Regim18. NSG – Nuclear Suppliers Group19. IAEA – International Atomic Energy Agency20. CEPA – Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement21. CECA - Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement22. FIPB – Foreign Investment Promotion board23. PSLV – Polar Satellite Launch vehicle24. ICBM – Inter-continental Ballistic missile25. CCEA – Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs26. IDF – Infrastructure Debt Fund27. CRIS – Comparative Rating Index for Sovereign28. GRAIL – Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory29. NCHER – National Commission for Higher Education and Research30. NCHRH - National Commission for Human Resources for Health31. FII – Foreign Institutional Investor32. DII – Domestic Institutional Investor33. GST – Goods and Services Tax34. DTC – Direct Tax Code35. MPLADS – MP Local Area Development Scheme36. FCNRA – Foreign Currency Non Resident account37. MFI - Micro Finance Institutions38. MFDC – Micro Finance Development Council39. TRAI - Telecom Regulatory Authority of India40. CIC - Central Information Commission41. BCCI - Board of Control for Cricket in India42. SAARC - South-Asian Association for Regional Co-operation43. ASEAN – Association of South East Asian Nation44. TAPI - Turkmenistan-Aghanistan-Pakistan-India45. NLD –National League for Democracy46. MSF – Marginal Standing Facility47. MIRV - Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle48. ECBs - External Commercial Borrowings49. NHRC - National Human Rights Commission50. NEFT - National Electronic Funds Transfer51. RTGS - Real Time Gross Settlement52. NIA - National Investigation Agency53. S&P - Standard and Poor’s

New Appointment1. Chairman and MD of General Insurance Corporation (GIC) - Mr Ashok Kumar Roy2. New Pakistan High Commissioner to India - Salman Bashir3. New president of World Bank - Jim Yong Kim (Korean-born)4. Governor of Uttarakhand - AzizQureshi5. Governor of Goa – B V Wanchu6. Governor of Andhra Pradesh - E S L Narasimhan (re-elected)7. Governor of Maharashtra - K. Sankaranarayanan (re-elected)8. US Ambassador to India - Nancy J Powell9. Army-Chief - Lt General Bikram Singh10. President of International Chamber of Commerce India (ICC India) - Harsh Pati Singhania11. President of Germany - Joachim Gauck12. Chairman & MD of India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO)- Smt. Rita Menon13. Secretary General of SAARC – Ahmad Saleem14. President of the European Council - Herman Van Rompuy (re-elected)15. President of Maldives - Dr Mohamed Waheed16. President of Yemen - Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi17. President of Malawi - Joyce Banda18. President of Nicaragua - Daniel Ortega (re-elected)19. President of Nigeria - Goodluck Jonathan (re-elected)20. President of the Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) - M. Rafeeque Ahmed21. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation 's new MD - Mr. Mangu Singh22. CEO of Prasar Bharti – Jawhar Sircar23. Chairperson of the National Film Development Corporation - Ramesh Sippy24. General president of the Indian Science Congress – Manmohan singh25. India's ambassador to Belgium - Rahul Khullar26. CMD of Coal India Limited – S Narsing Rao27. President of Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) - Mr Rajkumar Dhoot28. Indian High commissioner to U.K. – Jaimini Bhagwati29. President of FICCI - Mr R.V. Kanoria30. Directors of RBI's central board - DK Mittal31. President of Asian organisation of the Institution of the Accountants General (ASOASI) - Mr Vinod Rai (Comptroller and Auditor General of India).32. President of Guyana - Donald Ramotar33. Editor-In-Chief of The Hindu group – Siddharth varadarajan34. New king of Malaysia - Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah35. Union Railway Minister – Mukul Roy36. Union Aviation Minister – Ajit Singh37. Chief Minister of U.P. – Akhilesh Yadav38. Chief Minister of Punjab – Prakash singh badal39. Chief Minister of Goa – Manohar Parikar40. Chief Minister of Uttrakhand – Vijay Bahuguna41. Chief Minister of Manipur – Okram Ibobi Singh

India’s Rank in Important world Index1. Human development Index – 134th2. World Hunger Index – 66th3. World Corruption Index – 95th4. World Competitiveness Index – 56th5. Annual Global Innovation Barometer – 6th

and women in politics...105 rank..

GENEVA----- WHO,ITU,WMO,WIPO,ILO

WASHINGTON---- IMF,IBRD,IDA,IFCVIENNA-----UNIDO IAEAPARIS ---- UNESCOROME----IFAD FAONEW YORK -----UNICEF

The 2012 Laureus World Sports Awards1. Sportsman: Novak Djokovic (Serbia tennis player)2. Sportswoman: Vivian Cheruiyot (Athlete from Kenya)3. Sport for Good: Raí (Soccer Brazil)4. Disabled star: Oscar Pistorius (South African sprint runner) (fastest man on no legs)5. Team: FC Barcelona (Spanish football)6. Lifetime Achievement: Bobby Charlton (football player)7. Comeback: Darren Clarke (golfer, Netherlands)8. Action: Kelly Slater

1. Who is crowned Miss India World 2012?

- Vanya Mishra

Chandigarh girl Vanya Mishra is crowned the Pantaloons Femina Miss India World 2012 in a glittering grand finale of the 49th edition of the beauty pageant. The Miss India Earth title went to 24-year-old Prachi Mishra of Pune, while Chennai girl Rochelle Maria Rao, 23, is crowned as the Miss India International. Read More

2. Name the cricket personality called ‘The Wall’ who retired from International cricket recently.

- Rahul Dravid

The 39-year-old Batting great Rahul Dravid, the second most prolific batsman in the game’s history and India’s middle order bulwark for years, on Friday bid adieu to Test cricket, bringing down the curtain on a glorious 16-year career. Read More

3. Which country has India agreed ‘in-principle’ to the participation in hydro power-projects in the North-East?

Bangladesh

4. Name the Tech-savvy state which set a record by winning the National Tourism Award for its website for 5th time in last 10 years.

Kerala

5. Which Malayalam language daily has tied up with Yahoo India to deliver premium digital content in Malayalam?

Malayala Manorama

6. Name the Delhi-based group which has been nominated in the best international brand/group award at the British Reggae Industry Awards.

Reggar Rajahs

7. Which movie of Indian filmmaker Mani Ratnam is now part of the permanent collection at the Austrian Film Museum?

Raavanan

8. Who has been awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize considered as Nobel prize in Architecture?

Wang Shu

9. Which railway station became the first railway network to offer BluFi, a combination of Bluetooth and WiFi to provide information to passengers?

Bangalore City Railway Station

10. Which state bagged the second best national award in the Comprehensive Development Of Tourism category?

Rajasthan

11. Name the Kerala-based UAE business magnate who was awarded with Interfaith Harmony Award at Kuala Lumpur.

M.A.Yusuf Ali

12. Name the men’s mixed doubles winner of the ATP Dubai Open 2012.

Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna

13. When was the World’s oldest post office opened as it celebrates its 300th anniversary?

1712 in Sanquhar, London

14. Name the Indian American filmmaker who won the ’2012 Rising Star Award’ for his feature film ’9 Eleven’ at the Canada International Film Festival.

Manan Singh Katohora

15. Who won the women’s Kabaddi World Cup championship?

India

16. Who is expected to visit India with export of gas and investment on agenda?

Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani

17. Who has been elected as Russian President?

Vladimir Putin

18. Name the West Indian cricketer who died in a car accident recently.

- Runako Morton aged 33 Read More

19. Name India’s first 3D dance film.

ABCD (Any Body Can Dance)

20. Which 4 financial institutions have agreed to form country’s first $2 billion (about Rs.10,000 crore) Infrastructure Development Fund to finance infrastructure projects in India?

Bank of Baroda, ICICI Bank, LIC and Citi Financial

21. Who has been appointed as MD of Hyundai Motor India Ltd.?

Bo Shin Seo

22. Which Chinese Electric company has started office in India?

Shangai Electric

23. Which university conferred honoris causa(as honorary academic degree) during its 12th convocation to the finance minister Pranab Mukherjee?

Assam University

24. Which India’s leading commodity exchange would be listed on the BSE making it India’s first exchange to be listed?

Multi Commodity Exchange

25. Which western India university will start the Institute of International Studies?

M S University

26. HSBC will sell its general insurance for US $914 million to which 2 companies?

AXA Group and QBE Insurance Group

27. Against which team India will play one-off Twenty20 International cricket on March 30th 2012 to commemorate the 150 years of settlement of Indians in that country?

South Africa

28. Who retained his title of being the world’s richest Indian in Forbes magazine’s annual list of the world’s richest people?

Mukesh Ambani

29. Name the music director – king of soft melodies who passed away recently.

Ravi Shankar Sharma

30. Who has been appointed as head coach of the Pakistan cricket team?

Dav Whatmore

31. Name the bank that has entered into a partnership with Remit2home to offer Sri Lankans to transfer money back home.

Nations Trust Bank

32. Where is Kerala a film city is to be built?

Varikkassery Mana at Ottapalam

33. Who will be appointed as CEO of L&T?

K Venkataraman

34. Name the chocolate boy of Hindi cinema during 1960's who passed away recently.

Joy Mukherjee

35. Who is appointed as ISI chief of Pakistan Government?

Lt. Gen. Zaheerul Islam

36. Which Indian NGO has been chosen for America’s first Innovation Award for the Empowerment of Women and Girls, for training and organising wastepickers and eliminating child labour from recycling?

Chintan

37. What is the reduced CRR of scheduled banks as revised by RBI at 75 basis points?

4.75%

38. At what value did Euro zone finance ministers release 2nd bailout package for debt-hit Greece?

$46.9 billion

39. Where was the International Financial Hub inaugurated in India recently?

New Town, Kolkata

40. What is the extended number of days for advance reservation of Indian railway tickets?

120

41. Which state has recorded an increase in foodgrains production that touched 50.22 lakh tonnes during Kharif 2011 season?

Haryana

42. Name the ambulance launched for farmers in Andhra Pradesh by Srihari Kotela, a Charterted Accountant.

Rythu Ratham (Tollfree – 18002666208)

43. Which non-banking finance arm of Tata Sons have decided to ramp up its travel business and focus on the retail segment?

Tata Capital

44. Which financial service will Nokia close in India?

Nokia Money

45. Which rank does India hold as per U5MR rates by UNICEF?

46th rank

46. Who will take over the rein of Deutsche Bank CEO at the end of May 2012?

Anshu Jain

47. Who was sworn in as Uttarkhand’s Chief Minister?

- Vijay Bahuguna

48. Name the Indian railway minister who will present Railway Budget 2012-13.

Dinesh Trivedi

49. Who has been appointed as Director General of Police for Punjab?

Sumedh Singh Saini

50. Who and at what age became 5th time Chief Minister of Punjab?

Parkash Singh Badal

51. Where was FICCI FRAMES 2012 – Asia’s largest global convention on film media and entertainment inaugurated?

Kolhapur, Maharashtra

52. Who is sworn as youngest Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh?

- Akhilesh Yadav at the age of 38 years. Read More

53. What is the proposed capital support to be infused to PSU’s and financial institutions during the next fiscal year as per Budget 2012-13?

Rs.15,888 crore

54. Who has been appointed as Additional Advocate General of Tamil Nadu?

P.H.Arvindh Pandian

55. From which tax will RBI be spared?

Wealth Tax

56. Who won the Australian Grand Prix 2012?

Jenson Button

57. Who won the Swiss Open 2012 title against China’s Shixian Wang?

Saina Nehwal

58. Who will replace Dinesh Trivedi as Railway Minister?

Mukul Roy Read More

59. The indoor hall built at Orissa Cricket Association is named of which cricket personality?

Sachin Tendulkar Indoor Hall

60. Who has been elected as German President?

Joachim Gauck

61. Which bank recently celebrated its 75th anniversary?

Indian Overseas Bank

62. As Jet Airways discontinues JetLite, which company it is set to merge?

JetKonnect

63. Name the hockey player who was declared the winner of ‘Survivor India’.

Raj Rani

64. Expand – NPCI

National Payment Corporation of India

65. Which Indian city has been selected as city of focus at the Toronto International Film Festival 2012?

Mumbai

66. Who has been named for Dada Saheb Phalke award?

Soumitra Chatterjee

67. Which European nation has tied up with the Indian Railways to renovate 14 railway stations in India?

Belgium

68. Name the Goa Tourism minister who died of heart attack recently?

Matanhy Saldanha

69. Which team won the cricket Asia Cup 2012?

Pakistan

70. Expand – NBFC

Non-Banking Finance Companies

71. Which British newspaper won the annual Press Awards – the Oscars of British Journalism?

Daily Mail (Newspaper and Website of the year)

72. What amount of loan for education has been offered to India by World Bank?

$500 million

73. 64 years after Independence which Indian state saw a locomotive train for the first time?

Manipur (12km from Jiribam to Dholakhal)

74. Longding became the 17th district of which Indian state?

Arunachal Pradesh

75. Israeli Government is planning to setup 3 agricultural excellence centres in which Indian state?

Gujarat

76. Who has been nominated for World bank President post by US President?

Korean-American Physician-Anthropologist Jim Yong Kim

77. Who will be appointed as Army chief to succeed Gen.V.K.Singh?

- Lt. Gen. Bikram Singh Read More

78. Who won 2nd silver medal in the men’s 50m rifle three position at the Amir of Kuwait International Shooting Grand Prix?

Gagan Narang

79. Name the new tax norms which will come into effect from April 1st 2012.

GAAR – General Anti-Avoidance Rules

80. Which 2 banking facilities would not require signature attestation instead only thumb impression as per RBI?

Fixed deposits and Opening a bank locker

81. Which state will get its first commercial dairy for processing of camel milk into various products in Kutch district once the provision is made in its 2012-13 budget?

Gujarat

82. Who is appointed as chairman of Haldia Petrochemicals?

Kolkata’s industry minister Partha Chatterjee

83. Who is named as Peace ambassador of world religious Parliament?

Pt.Arjun Prasad Bastola

84. Who is appointed as Wipro’s banking head?

Rajan Kohli

85. Who was named as the winner of the Templeton Prize 2012 for his contribution to affirming life’s spiritual dimension?

Dalai Lama

86. Name the bill passed against conduct of any constitutional authority in India.

Judicial Accountability Bill

87. Where in India Guru Gobind Singh refinery will be inaugurated in April 2012?

Bathinda, Southwest Punjab

88. Where in Chennai is the 2nd airport is to be setup?

Sriperumbudur

89. Where in Arunachal Pradesh Reserve Bank of India is planning to open its office?

Itanagar

90. Which Indian state passed Rs.201.05 crore deficit budget for the financial year 2012-13?

Arunachal Pradesh

91. Which IPL cricket team signed up with UNICEF in a bid to support the adolescent girls in India?

Delhi Daredevils

92. Who has replaced Shankar Bidari as DGP and IG in Karnataka?

A.R.Infant

93. Which Indian state would celebrate 77th foundation day on 1st April 2012?

Odisha or Orissa

94. Name the 26/11 Mumbai terror survivor who has been selected as a flag bearer at the London 2012 Olympics.

Harnish Patel

95. Name the PSU bank whose 108 branches were inaugurated electronically by Union Minister of State for Finance Namo Narain Meena.Syndicate Bank

1. The Arab league summit was held in Baghdad from 27 March 2012 to 29 March 2012. The three-day summit was hosted by Iraq for the first time since 1990. 22 Arab league states participated in the summit. The Baghdad summit discussed the uprising in Syria and the Iraqi debts to its neighbours. The previous Arab league summit was held in Sirte. Syria didn’t participate in the Summit. It was suspended in the midst of the uprising against the Assad regime

2. .The second Nuclear Security Summit was held in Seoul, on 26-27 March 2012. 53 heads of state and government, as well as representatives of the United Nations (UN), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), European Union (EU) and INTERPOL, attended the 2012 summit.The first Nuclear Security Summit was held in Washington in April 2010. It was initiated by US President Barack Obama.

3. Syria on 27 March 2012 accepted the 19-point UN peace plan to end violence in the country. The 19-point plan was handed over by Kofi Annan to Syrian President during his recent visit to the Syria. The plan calls for a cease-fire by Syrian forces and to commit to a daily two-hour halt in fighting to allow humanitarian access and medical evacuations. It also calls for a full cease-fire to be supervised by the UN so that all parties can discuss a political solution.

4. World Water Day is observed annually on 22 March with an objective to focus attention on the importance of freshwater as well as to advocate sustainable management of freshwater resources. In 2012, the International World Water Day is observed with the theme The World is Thirsty because we are Hungry.

5. Vladimir Putin from United Russia Party won the Russian Presidential Election with 63.75 percent of votes on 5 March 2012.Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov came second with 17.18 percent of the votes. Putin has already served eight years as President (2000-2004 and 2004-2008) and four years as PM (2008-2012). This will be his third term as President.

6. North Korea agreed to suspend its nuclear enrichment programme in return for US food aid. USA had promised North Korea 240000 tonnes of nutritional assistance. North Korea also agreed to allow UN inspectors to monitor its reactor in Yongbyon .This step was taken two months after Kim Jong-un came to power following the death of his father, Kim Jong-il. It is expected to bring peace in East Asian region and ease the tension between North Korea and South Korea.

7. The Dubai Metro, comprising the red and green lines, has entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest driverless metro network in the world spanning 74.695 km.

8. Qatar has been ranked as the world's wealthiest country in a new list compiled by the prestigious US magazine Forbes. The second and third positions were occupied by Luxemburg and Singapore. Liberia and Congo took the last positions.

9. Vanya Mishra of Chandigarh crowned as the Pantaloons Femina Miss India World 2012 in the grand finale of the 49th edition of the beauty pageant on 30 March 2012 in Mumbai.

10. The Union Cabinet of India on 23 March 2012 approved the redrafted Marriage laws (Amendment) Bill, 2010. The bill seeks to give a woman share in her husband’s property in case of a divorce but the quantum of share will be decided by the courts on case by case basis. It also aims at giving rights to adopted children on par with biological off-springs. According to the redrafted bill, adopted children will have rights on par with biological off-springs of a couple in case the parents go for a divorce. It is important to note that all these changes in the bill were based on the recommendations made by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law and Justice and Personnel.

11. Union Minister Mukul Roy was on 20 March 2012, sworn in as the Union cabinet Minister by President Pratibha Patil in New Delhi. He is to head to Union Railway Ministry following the resignation of his predecessor Dinesh Trivedi. He replaced Dinesh Trivedi, who was forced to resign after he raised rail passenger fares in Union rail Budget 2012-13

12. According to comptroller and auditor general’s draft report titled ‘Performance Audit Of Coal Block Allocations’, the government lost Rs 10.67 lakh crore by not auctioning coal blocks between 2004 and 2009.155 coal blocks were given to commercial entities without auction between 2004 and 2009 thereby causing the exchequer a loss of Rs 10.67 lakh crore at 31 March 2011 prices . The

estimated loss is six times higher than the loss figure of Rs 1.76 lakh crore suffered for the 2G scam. The beneficiaries include some 100 private companies, as well as some public sector units, in industries such as power, steel and cement.

13. Kotala Gram panchayat of Chandragiri mandal ,Chittoor dist of A.P, has won the central government’s Gram Ratna Award. It has won the award for showing the best results in the development of panchayat.

14. As per UNICEF’s State of the World’s Children Report 2012, some dark facts are revealed. 18 per cent of those below 15 years and 47 per cent of those below 18 years are married in India. Thirty percent of Indian girls aged between 15 and 19 are married.

15. The Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh visited South Korea on 25 March 2012.India and South Korea agreed to set a new bilateral trade target of 40 billion US dollars by 2015. During his visit, India and South Korea decided that the seventh meeting of the Joint Commission will be held in New Delhi in 2012. It was also decided that both countries will explore constructive and forward looking ways to facilitate greater access to each other’s products and services.

16. The Fourth BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) Summit was held in New Delhi on 29 March 2012. The BRICS nations signed two major agreements during this summit. One was to boost trade among BRICS nations by offering trade in local currency. This will replace dollar as the main currency of trade among them. The other agreement was to set up a development bank on lines of multilateral lending agencies. The theme of the Summit was- BRICS Partnership for Global Stability, Security and Prosperity. BRICS declaration (Delhi declaration) issued at the end of the summit says situation concerning Iran cannot be allowed to escalate into conflict. Declaration says BRICS recognises Iran's right to peaceful uses of nuclear energy and supports resolution of issues through dialogue. The fifth BRICS summit will be held in March- April 2013 in South Africa. The first summit was held in Yekaterinburg, Russia in June 2009.

17. India and Colombia on 12 March 2012 signed a Cultural Exchange Programme (CEP) in New Delhi for the period of 2012-2016. Both India and Colombia shall contribute to the exchange and cooperation between institutions and organisations that deals with cultural affairs, as well as amongst cultural creators, researchers and cultural agents of the two nations. Both the nations have agreed to set up a joint working group to look after the implementations of their programme. The joint working group will have a meeting alternately in India and in Colombia when decided by both the nations.

18. The R B I on 26 March 2012 restructured the fair practices code (FPC) to be adopted by non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) while doing lending business. The guidelines issued by the central bank covered general principles on adequate disclosures on the terms and conditions of a loan and also adopting a non-coercive recovery method. The modified FPC is required to be put in place by all NBFCs with the approval of their boards within one month from the date of issue of this circular (26 March 2012). Also RBI directed that the FPC should be published on the web-site of the company for public information. The NBFCs were directed not to resort to undue harassment such as persistently bothering the borrowers at odd hours and use of muscle power with respect to loan recovery. In 2006, the RBI had issued FPC norms for all NBFCs to be adopted by them while doing the lending business

19. Four States namely Jharkhand, Mizoram, Sikkim and Lakshadweep on 16 March 2012 signed MoU with the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation under the Indian Statistical Strengthening Project (ISSP) for the States and Union Territories. ISSP is aimed at strengthening State Statistical Systems by way of providing adequate technical and financial support to improve their statistical capacity and infrastructure. ISSP is a very important and a comprehensive project of Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, with an approved outlay of about 650 crore rupees, out of which 80% has been funded through World Bank Loan and 20 percent is being borne by the Government of India.

20. The union government decided to increase public spending in the health sector to 2.5 per cent of GDP from the current 1.4 per cent in the 12th Five Year Plan period beginning 2012.The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) directed the Planning Commission to allocate funds during the 12th Five-Year Plan. The decision to increase the funds in this sector was in tune with the recommendations of the Srinath Reddy-led committee on universal healthcare coverage set up by the plan panel.

21. Shyamala Gopinath-Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) on 29 March 2012 appointed Shyamala Gopinath as the Chairperson of the Advisory Board on Bank, Commercial and Financial Frauds. Gopinath, a former Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor, will hold the position for two years, effective from 26 March 2012. The Board is part of the organisational set-up of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is providing the required investigative and secretarial services, along with necessary funds, by the RBI.

22. JOACHIM GAUCK - Former East German pro-democracy activist Joachim Gauck was elected asGermany's new President, on 18 March 2012. He succeeded Christian Wulff.

23. ABD-RABBUH MANSOUR HADI - became the President of Yemen, on 27 February 2012. Hadi, a General People's Congress party leader replaced Ali Abdullah Saleh to the position.

24. Akhilesh Yadav(38)- Akhilesh was sworn in as the 33 rd Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh on 15 March 2012. He was administered the oath by the UP Governor B L Joshi

25. Prakash Singh Badal -of Shiromani Akali Dal, sworn in as the 31st Chief Minister of Punjab on 14 March 2012

26. BIKRAM SINGH - Union Government announced that he would be the next chief of the Army.

27. S.Narasingarao-He was appointed as the Chairman of the Coal India Ltd. He is presently working as the CMD of Singareni Collieries.

28. Indian Kabaddi women team won the first ever Women World Cup Kabaddi championship title defeating Iran on 4 March 2012, held in Patna... Sixteen countries participated in this event.

29. Indian Kabaddi women team won the first ever Women World Cup Kabaddi championship title defeating Iran on 4 March 2012, held in Patna... Sixteen countries participated in this event.

30. Roger Federer won the Dubai international open singles tennis title by defeating Andy Murray in the finals held in Dubai on 3 March. While Indian duo Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan bopanna won the mens doubles title.

31. Iconic India batsman Sachin Tendulkar on 25 February became the first overseas player to be presented with the honorary life membership of the Sydney Cricket Ground.

32. Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader, Dalai Lama was selected for the Templeton Prize, 2012.

33. Tamil writer A.A. Manavalan is bestowed with the 21st Saraswati Samman for his work Irama Kathaiyum Iramayakalum (Ramakatha and Ramayanas) published in 2005. The K K Birla Foundation announced the award on 22 March 2012.

34. Legendary Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee was on 21 March 2012 selected for India's highest film honour - the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2012.

35. Wang Shu of China won the Pritzker prize of this year, which can be called Nobel in Architecture.

State-owned oil firms have hiked auto LPG prices by Rs 6 per litre from yesterday mid night. This is the third increase in this year. With this LPG price will increase to Rs 49.72 per litre from earlier price of Rs 43.65 Rs per litre.

2. SEBI allows Stock exchanges and depositories to list but with some riders as “Listing will be restricted to those stock exchanges that address the conflict of interest between business expansion and their role as a frontline regulator”. This move came as per the recommendations of the Bimal Jalan Committee on listing of exchanges.

3. New TATA Sons Chairman Cyrus Mistry and Famous Banker O P Bhatt have joined the board of directors of Tata Consultancy Services. With this the board now has 14 directors, including 7 independent directors.

4. Sachin Tendulkar handed over the captaincy charge of Mumbai Indians IPL team to Harbhajan Singh to concentrate more in his batting. Harbhajan Singh led the side to the Champions League Twenty20 crown last season.

5. Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska won the Women’s single title at Miami open tennis tournament after defeating Russia’s Maria Sarapova.

6. Serbia’s Novak Djokovic clinched the Men’s single title at Miami open tennis tournament after defeating Briton Andy Murray.

7. India’s Leander Paes clinched the Men’s doubles title at Miami open tennis tournament along with his Czech partner Radek Stepanek. This is his 50th Doubles tennis title.

8. The Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry, on Wednesday, signed Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) for the newly awarded 16 oiland gas blocks under the IX round of New Exploration Licensing Policy (NELP), with Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) emerging as the biggest winner with six blocks.

9. The oil ministry has sought an additional cash compensation of Rs 400 billion ($7.88 billion) from the finance ministry to partially cover revenue losses of state-run companies that sell diesel, kerosene, and cooking gas at state-set subsidised rates

10. The government issued a rare presidential decree to force Coal India to guarantee long-term fuel supply to private power firms as against the decision taken by the Independent board members. As per the directive, Coal India will pay penalties to the Power sector companies if it fails to supply 80% of its coal supply commitment. The penalty amount is left to be decided by the Board members of Coal India.

11. Singareni Collieries Company Chairman and Managing Director, S S Narsing Rao is likely to be appointed as a new CMD of Coal India. Currently Zohra Chatterji is working as a temporary CMD of Coal India after N C Jha’s retirement.

12. Chief Justice of J&K High Court, Fakir Muhammad Ibrahim Khalifullah has sworn in as a new judge of India’s Supreme Court.

13. Indian arm of Japanese two wheeler giant Honda, HMSI; has overtaken Bajaj Auto as the second largest two-wheeler player in Indian market. Now it is only after Hero Moto Corp based on the total sales volume in March. Its total sales volume stood at 2,12,812 units in March compared to 2,10,383 units sold by Bajaj Auto. Hero Moto Corp sold 5,13,552 units of two wheelers during the same month.

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U.S. President Barack Obama has nominated Jim Yong Kim, a Korean-born public health specialist who is now the President of Dartmouth College, for the role of President of the World Bank.

15. Trade Targets between India and Africa revised, worth US$ 90 billion by 2015

16. Indian Navy has formally introduced its new nuclear-power enabled submarine INS Chakra which it has taken as a 10-year lease from Russia for around USD 1 billion. The nuclear powered submarine has unlimited power generation facility under the water compared to diesel run conventional submarines and it can stay under the water without being worried about power generation. Introduction of this submarine will definitely increase the power of Indian navy.

17. Unemployment rate in euro zone consisting of 17 nations jumped to 10.8% in February compared to 10.7% in the previous month of January. This is the highest ever unemployment rate since the formation of euro zone and euro currency on 1999.

18.Govt offers tax breaks to boost exports to Iran

The government will offer tax incentives to exporters for sales in rupees to Iran, in the latest effort by New Delhi to bolster exports in return for oil from the Islamic Republic

19.Govt. plans $30 billion investment to develop airports. In 10th and 11th five-year plans, the government has invested $10 billion. The airports developed under the public-private-partnership model are presently handling 60 per cent of the passenger traffic in the country. The government has planned to invest $30 billion in next 10 years

20. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) panel on priority sector lending proposed that the target (priority sector) for foreignbanks may be increased to 40 per cent of net bank credit from the current level of 32 per cent with sub-targets of 15 per cent for exports and 15 per cent for the MSE sector, within which 7 per cent may be earmarked for micro enterprises. The target of domestic scheduled commercial banks for lending to the priority sector may be retained at 40 per cent of net bank credit. The committee, under the chairmanship of M. V. Nair, Chairman, Union Bank of India

21.India replaces China as Iran's top oil client. Iran traditionally sells most of its 2.2 million barrels per day of oil exports in Asia, where China, India, Japan and South Korea are the four biggest buyers.

22. inauguration of Asia's first solar park at Charanka village in Patan district will take place on April 19.

1.Name the country’s first sub-sonic cruise missile, which is going to be test launched in April 2012.Nirbhay.

2.Which of the organisations has been chosen for the Skoll Award, 2012 for Social Entrepreneurship by the Skoll Foundation in Oxford, England?The National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI) and Nidan.

3.Recently, who has been appointed as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand?Vijay Bahuguna.

4.Recently, State-owned Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd. (KIOCL) has signed, a contract for exploration, development and mining in Akjoujt Iron Ore project at Mauritania in West Africa, with which of the companies?Curve Capital Ventures.

5.Which female actor has been awarded best actress award in 59th National Film Awards?Vidya Balan.

6.Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana(PMAGY) is going to be transferred from the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment to which of the Ministry?The Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD).

7.Which of the server chips has recently been launched by Intel Corp?Xeon E5-2600.

8.Who ohas been chosen for Chameli Devi Jain award?Tusha Mittal.

9.Recently, an Indian NGO, has been selected for the U.S.' first Innovation Award for the Empowerment of Women and Girls for training and organising waste-pickers and eliminating child labour from recycling. Name the NGO.Chintan.

10.Who will take over as the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of engineering conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T) from April 1, 2012?K. Venkataramanan.

11.Recently, which country has qualified for silver medal in the women's 4x400m relay of the last Asian athletics championships due to doping disqualifications of athletes from Kazakhstan and Iraq?India.

12.Recently, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has chalked out several plans to increase gross enrolment ratio (GER) of students in higher education during the 12th Five-Year Plan (2012-17) from present:20 per cent to 30 per cent.

13.Union Minister for Rural Development, Drinking Water and Sanitation, Jairam Ramesh announced a national award for sanitation and water. This award has been instituted in the name of:Sant Gadge Baba.

14.Which committee has recommended elimination of all level crossings from the railway landscape within the next five years as a measure of avoiding accidents and deaths?Anil Kakodkar Committee.

15.Which country is India’s second largest supplier of crude oil against whom, western countries have sanctioned to curtail import of oil?Iran.

16.Who sports personality recently won the All England Open badminton title 2012?Lin Dan

17.Who is the current chairman and chief executive officer of Pepsico?Indira K. Nooyi.

18.The Central government proposes to convert the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) into a mission with changed name to provide health care to the urban poor also, in the course of the 12th Plan. What will be its new name?National Health Mission.

19.Aamir Khan is national goodwill ambassador of which of the organisations?UNICEF.

20.Pajero Sports car is associated with which car manufacturing companies?Hindustan Motor's Limited (HM).

21.Which oil company has recently agreed to pay $7.8 billion in a settlement reached with claimants affected by the spill from one of its wells in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010?BP.

22.Who is the current Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Posco-India?Yong-Won Yoon.

23.Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) is a partner of the Government of India in promoting India’s exports. Who is the current Director General & CEO of FIEO ?Ajay Sahai.

24.'Bandar Abbas port' is located in which country?Iran.

25.Recently, which California-based company has been acquired by Chip-maker AMD for $334 million?SeaMicro.

26.Which Indian State has recently launched a scheme of free distribution of goats/sheep to the poorest of the poor?Tamil Nadu.

27.Which among the following Motorcycle companies has launched its gearless scooter portfolio with the launch of its latest offering, ‘Swish 125'?Suzuki Motor.

28.A.P. Choudhary is the current Chairman-cum-Managing Director of which company?Rashtriya Ispat Nigal Limited (RINL).

29.Which among the railway stations became the first railway network to offer BluFi, a combination of Bluetooth and Wi-Fi that will provide passengers with a wealth of information?Bangalore City.

30.Recently, the Supreme Court has appointed Justice H.S. Bedi as Chairman of the Monitoring Authority to probe all cases of fake encounter deaths in Gujarat from 2003 to 2006. Justice Bedi replaces Justice:M.B. Shah.

31.Who among the is the present Prime Minister of Fiji?Commodore Bainimarama.

32.Houses are constructed under the 'Griha Bhagya scheme' for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe families in which of the following States?Karnataka.

33.Who among the following personalities has recently won the 'Pritzker Architecture Prize 2012', considered as the Nobel prize in architecture?Wang Shu.

34.The Naval Science and Technological Laboratory (NSTL), Visakhapatnam has designed and developed the Torpedo Advanced Light (TAL). Torpedoes are:Underwater Missiles.

35.Who is the is the current Chairman and CEO of General Motors?Daniel F. Akerson.

36.Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports (NIS) is Asia's largest Sports Institute located in which State?Punjab.

37.'Bhavani Island' is located in which of the States?Andhra Pradesh.

38.Who is the current chairman of the Asian organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (ASOSAI)?Vinod Rai.

39.Which of the railway stations has bagged ‘Best Tourist Friendly Railway Station' award for 2010-11?New Delhi railway station.

40. India’s Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has banned the use of live animals in dissection and other experiments in educational and research institutions in order to protect the natural balance. However, Scientists conducting new molecular research will be exempted from the ban.

41. US nominee Jim Yong Kim has been chosen as the new president of the World Bank after defeating Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. He will succeed current President Robert Zoellick.

42. Japan has agreed to give loan worth of USD 60 billion to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to improve its financial position and help debt ridden euro zone countries.

43. China has increased its US debt holding by USD 12.7 billion in February to total holding of USD 1.178 trillion. China is the largest foreign investor in the US government debt.

44.Joyce Banda becomes Malawi's first female president

45.Justice Kumar to be new Chief Justice of J&K

46.Mukul Roy sworn in as new railway minister

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Joachim Gauck elected new German President

Awards & Persons:

Man Booker 2011--------------Julian BarnesDutch Award----------------Kiran bediSikh sportsman of the year-------------harbajan singhAkshaya Mohanti----------------Asha bonsleKalidas Samman---------------Anupam kerDhanwantari award-------------M.K ManiStevenson Prize--------------Mahima khannaMen Athlet of the year 2011----------Ussain boalt, JamicaWomen Athlet of the year 2011------------Sally pearson, Australia, Hardles gameNational Ambassador of UNICEF--------------Amir khanIndira Gandhi Prize 2011----------------Ela BhattPopels Parliament Global Award--------------Nelson MandelaWTA Player of the year-----------petra kvitovaSwiss ambassador Award---------------Ratan Tata26th Indira Gandhi award-----------Mohan dhariaBritish empire medal-------------Alastair cookFIH player of the year----------------Jamine Dwyer , AustraliaYoung Hocky Player 2011------------Mathew Swann, AustraliaAIFF Player of the year 2011-------------sunil chetriC. K Nayudu life time achievement award 2010-11-------------Ajit WadekarCompany of the year 2011------------Bajaj AutoBusiness leader of the year 2011----------chanda kocharAshok chakra---------- late. Navadeep singhMallikarjun Mansur award-------------Amjad AlikhanMahatma Gandhi award -------------Dalai lamaRamnath goenka awards (Journalism)Print---- J. GopikrishnanBroadcost--- Udayan mukarjeeDSC Prize---------------Shehan KarunatilakaPadma vibushan:K. G Subramanyan---Art, Painting, sculptureLate. Mario de Miranda---Art, CartoonistBhupen Hazarika---Vocal music

Kantilal hastimal sancheti---medicine, orthopedisT.V Rajeswer---civil servicesFIFA mens player of the year-----------Lionel messi, ArgentinaFIFA womens player of the year-----------Homale sawa, JapanFIFA fair play award-----------Japanese FootballBasava award 2010-----------Medha patkarPGA Tour player of the year----------Luke DonaldBest public sector bank------------bank of barodaGlory of india award---------Ar. Md. AunMost admired Indian Brand-----------TataErnst & Young entrepreneur of the year award2011---------Rahul BhatiaSaraswathi Samman 2011-------------A A Manavalan, TamilDadasaheb palkhe award 2012-----------soumitra chatrjee, BengaliSir Garifield sober trophy--------------Jonathan TrottKalinga chair award----------Prof. Trinh Xuan Thuan, VietnamPravasa Bharatiya Samman-----------Kamala Prasad bissessarFIFA Coach of the year ------------Joseph Guardiolo, BarcelonaGodavari Puraskar 2012-----------Sudharshan patnaikNational communal haromony award 2011---------mr. khamlina, Mizoram &Mr. md. Abdu Bari, Odisha.Best Teaching practice award ----------IGNOULaurus Sports award 2012---------Novak DjokovicBirla award for science------------prof. Tapar kumar kunduICC cricket hall fame-------------sunil gavaskar21st vyas samman----------------Ramdarsh mishra, hindiSahitya Akademi Yuva puraskar 2011-----------vikram sampathGunnerus Sustainability award ----------------kamal bavaBest friend of American worker award---------wen jiaboKalidas Samman 2009-10--------------Dr. N. Rajan & Saroja vidyanathan.Chameli Devi Jain Award 2012 - Tusha Mittal of Tehelka's Kolkata News BureauErnst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2011 - Raul Bhatia21st Vyas Samman - Ramdarash Mishra for his poetry collection Aam ke patte?2011 US National Humanities Medal - Amartya SenLata Manageshkar Award - Rajesh RoshanTop International Olympic Committee Award - Manisha MalhotraGold Star of Karadjordje - Novak Djokovic

NDTV Awards :-Legend of Sport Award - Leander paesLifetime Achievement Award - Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, Baichung BhutiaV Shantaram Life Time Achievement Award - Mike Pandey

Padma Vibhushan ( 5 Awards ):-1) Mario Miranda ( Cartoonist )2) Bhupen Hazarika ( Musician )3) K G Subramanyam ( Art )4) Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti ( Medicine )5) TV Rajeshwar ( Civil Service )?2011 FIFA Ballond'Or award - Lionel MessiBasava Sri Award - Meha patkar (Social Sector )CEO of the Year Award - SAIL Chairman CS VermaSahitya Akademi Award - Samala SadasivaMaster Dinanath Mangeshkar Award for 2012 - Madhuri DikshitBihari puraskar------Arjendeo charanUS Humanities medal--------Amartyasen

Pride of India award---------Mallikarjun khargeGD Birla award-------prof. Tapas kumar kunduS.R Jindal Prize-----A.P.J Kalam & N. Santhoshe hegdeLatamangeshkar award-------Rajesh Roshan Khumukcham