CURRENT AFFAIRS OCT 2012

1. Modernization of Indian Railways Agreement is signed by which two countries?

Ans. India and Belgium

2. Who is appointed as the new Vice Chancellor of Indira Gandhi National Open University

(IGNOU)?

Ans. Gopinath Pradhan

3. Which bank in India get the Banking Technology excellence Award recently?

Ans. South Indian Bank

4. Geeta Chaudhary is associated with which sports item?

Ans. Judo

5. Which company has been ranked by Forbes on August 2012 as the first among the World’s

25 largest oil companies?

Ans. Saudi Aramco

6. Which sports person became the most decorated Olympian of all time with 19 medals after

winning a gold medal in the 4/200 meeter freestyle relay in London Olympics 2012?

Ans. Michael Phelps

7. Which country along with India will begin their joint INDRA-2012 anti terror military exercises

in the Siberian republic of Buryatia on August 2012?

Ans. Russia

8. Name the first Indian who win a medal in Badminton in the history of Olympics?

Ans. Saina Nehwal

9. What is the name of the robotic space probe mission of Curiosity on August 2012?

Ans. Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)

10. Who won the gold medal in 100 metres running at the 2012 London Olympics with a record

time of 9.63 seconds?

Ans. Usain Bolt

11. Name the human gene discovered recently by the scientists that influences how people

respond to flu infections?

Ans. ITFITM 3

12. World Elders Day is observed on which date?

Ans. October 1

13. Recently who has released the report titled ‘World Development Report 2013’?

Ans. World Bank

.

14. Who is the executive director of United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the

Empowerment of Women?

Ans. Michelle Bachelet

15. In which country, the 7th Meeting of the women speakers of Parliament on Gender

Sensitive Parliament was held?

Ans. India

16. Recently who has taken charge as the Chairperson and Managing Director of Allahabad

Bank?

Ans. Shubhalakshmi Panse

17. What is India’s growth forecast for the current fiscal as per the Asian Development Bank

(ADB)?

Ans. 5.6 per cent

18. Which paramilitary force of India has recently celebrated it’s golden jubilee year?

Ans. Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)

19. Who has been elected as the new Prime Minister of Georgia?

Ans. Bidzina Ivanishvili

20. Who is the non resident Indian settled in Colarado in US, has been proposed to the Nobel

Peace Prize by the US government?

Ans. Malireddy Srinivasulu

21. Who is the author of the novel “The Casual Vacancy”?

Ans. J.K Rowling

22. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the National Cricket Selection Committee?

Ans. Sandeep Patil

23. The National Institute of Urban Affairs is located in which city?

Ans. New Delhi

24. Which state government has launched Annshri Yojana, under which around two lakh

families will receive a monthly cash transfer of Rs. 600 per month?

Ans. Delhi

25. Who had led the controversial Operation Blue Star in Amritsar in 1984 and is recently in

news because of attacks on him?

Ans. Kuldeep Singh Brar

26. Recently in which Pakistan city, Shadman Chowk is renamed as Bhagat Singh Chowk?

Ans. Lahore

27. Targeting mainly at school children, Oxford University Press (OUP) has launched a book on

Gandhi on the occasion of his 143rd birth anniversary. What is the name of the book?

Ans. My Early Life: An Illustrated Story

28. Recently which country and India have announced the collaboration to build a model smart

city, which will serve as a template for replication?

Ans. Austria

29. Who has been recently re-elected as President of World Squash Federation?

Ans. N. Ramachandran

30. Recently, who is conferred with the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award?

Ans. Tessy Thomas

31. Who is the present President of the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU)?

Ans. Abdelwahad Radi

32. Who is the head of the government appointed panel on legislative reforms in the financial

sector?

Ans. B.N Srikrishna

33. World Teacher’s Day is observed on which date?

Ans. October 5

34. Who is the winner of 27th Indira Gandhi Award for National integration?

Ans. Gulzar

35. Who is the winner of Vallathol Award 2012?

Ans. Yusafali Kechery

36. Who is the winner of Vayalar Ramavarma Literary Award 2012?

Ans. Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri

37. Niryat Shree and Niryat Bandhu awards are given for the promotion of export sector. Which

bank has won the gold trophy in Niryat Bandhu Award recently?

Ans. Canara Bank

38. Recently, which stock exchange was halted for around 15 minutes as freak trades triggered

a 15 per cent drop in the index?

Ans. National Stock Exchange (NSE)

39. Recently, which country has extradited radical Islamist preacher Abu Hamza al Masri to the

US?

Ans. UK

40. Recently, which institution has declared to help the Indian government with a $500 million

loan to support its scheme for universalizing secondary education, the Rashtriya Madhyamik

Shisha Abhiyan (RMSA)?

Ans. World Bank

41. The Prithvi –II, the surface-to-surface missile was successfully test fired from Odisha. What

is the range of this missile?

Ans. 350 km

42. The 6th October 2012 marks the 125th birth anniversary of Le Corbusier, the Swiss-born

French Architect. Which Indian city was designed by him?

Ans. Chadigarh

43. Which day is observed on 5th October 2012?

Ans. Global James Bond Day

44. Name the Indian cartoonist who was detained in Mumbai on charges of sedition?

Ans. Assem Trivedi

45. Who were the Nobel Prize winners of 2012 in Medicine?

Ans. Sir. John Gurdon & Shinya Yamanka

46. Who were the Nobel Prize winners of 2012 in physics ?

Ans. Serge Haroche & David J Wineland

47. On 7th October 2012, who won his countries presidential election for a third time and a

historically high turnout and now will start a fourth term as President of Venezuela?

Ans. Hugo Chavez

48. Who were the Nobel Prize winners of 2012 in Chemistry?

Ans. Robert J Lefkowitz & Brian K Kobilka

49. Who is the Nobel Prize winners of 2012 in Literature?

Ans. Mo Yan(Guan Moye)

50. Which organization was awarded the nobel prize for peace in 2012?

Ans. European Union (EU)

51. Which city is the host for the eleventh edition of Ananya Dance Festival?

Ans. New Delhi

52. Who is named as it’s female athlete of the year by the European Athletics Federation?

Ans. Jessica Ennis

53. In which city, the Central Bee Research and Training Institute is located?

Ans. Pune

54. Who is the brand ambassador of the Nirmal Bharat Yatra, which has began on October 3?

Ans. Vidya Balan

55. Recently in which state of India, RTI Week 2012 was launched?

Ans. Nagaland

56. Recently, in which city, South Asia’s first knowledge hub in various languages for elected

rural women representatives was launched by US women?

Ans. Jaipur

57. Which coiuntry is the host for International seminar on Energy Access?

Ans. India

58. In which country, the 9th International Women Playwrights Conference was held?

Ans. Sweeden

59. Recently an absurd and anti-Muslim film has created furore in the Middle East. What is the

title of that film?

Ans. Innocence of Muslims

60. In which country, the Football Link International Festival 2012 was started recently?

Ans. India

61. According to the ‘Children in India 2012 A Statistical Appraisal’ report, Which state has

reported the highest number of crimes against children?

Ans. Uttar Pradesh

62. The T.L Shankar Committee report deals with which sector?

Ans. Coal Sector

63. Which country has hosted an international conference on disaster risk management with

the support of world bank?

Ans. Japan

64. Which automobile major has developed the ‘insect car’, a new smart concept car that

monitors driver’s face to help predict what he want to be next?

Ans. Toyota

65. Which force has celebrated it’s 80th anniversary on 8th October 2012?

Ans. Indian Airforce

66. Which application is launched by the Indian Railways on 10th October 2012 to track the

position of train?

Ans. Rail Radar

67. What is the name of the new motorcycle that Royal Enfield has launched on 11 October

2012?

Ans. Thunder bird 500

68. Which countries launched a joint reserch project in to pricing structures in LNG markets on

10th october 2012?

Ans. Japan and India

69. Who become the World’s No. 1 Personal Computer (PC) maker?

Ans. Lenovo

70. Name the Malayalee who appointed as Supreme Court Judge in Singapore?

Ans. Sundaresh Menon

71. Who is appointed as the new Defence Secretary of Pakistan?

Ans. Left. Gen. (Rtd) Aasif Yasin Malik

72. Who is the first gold winner of London Olympics 2012?

Ans. Yee Siling

73. Name the first medal winner of India in London Olympics 2012?

Ans. Gagan Narang

74. Who is the new Home Minister of India?

Ans. Sushil Kumar Shinde

75. Who wrote the Book ‘Pakistan Beyond the crises State’?

Ans. Dr. Mahila Lodhi

76. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of Competition Commission on India?

Ans. Ashok Chawla

77. Name the country that India signed an agreement for the modernisation of Indian Railways

on August 2012?

Ans. Belgium

78. Indian Government decided to allow investment with the objective of boosting bilateral

economic relations from which country?

Ans. Pakistan

79. Who is the second medal winner of India in the London Olympics 2012?

Ans. Vijay Kumar

80. Hameed Ansari is the second person to hold the position of India’s Vice President twice.

Who was the first person?

Ans. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

81. Who is appointed as deputy Chief Minister of Manipur?

Ans. Gaikhanagam

82. Who became the 1st player from Japan to win French Open Super Series 2012 against Saina

Nehwal?

Ans. Minatsu Mitani

83. Who won the Miss International title 2012?

Ans. Miss Japan Ikumi Yoshimatsu

84. Who won the women’s single Denmark Open title 2012?

Ans. Saina Nehwal

Current Affairs September 2012

How many medals India won in the recently concluded London Olympics 2012?

A) 5

B) 4

C) 6

D) 7

Answer: C) 6

Which PSU has recently been awarded with “Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar” in 2012 in

the “Community Sports Identification and Nurturing of Budding Young Talent” category?

A) NTPC

B) BHEL

C) SAIL

D) ONGC

Answer: C) SAIL

Who has won the Gold Medal in the Men’s 100m and 200m sprints in the London Olympics 2012?

A) Michael Frater

B) Usain Bolt

C) Yohan Blake

D) Nesta Carter

Answer: C) Ans) Usain Bolt

1. Scientists at NASA on 27 September 2012 announced that the Mars Curiosity Rover has

discovered

stream bed gravel, which hints towards the presence of waist-deep water on the surface of Mars in

the

past. What is this Mars Curiosity Rover?

(a) Satellite

(b) Team of Astronauts

(c) Robotic explorer

(d) Meteors

Answer: (c) Robotic explorer

2. The Indian Institute of Toxicology Research reported that the water in and around the deserted

Union

Carbide plant is contaminated and not fit for consumption. Where is this Union Carbide Plant

Located?

(a) Bhopal

(b) Jaipur

(c) Shimla

(d) Bhubaneswar

Answer: (a) Bhopal

3. The endangered species, Great Indian Bustard and Lesser Florican have got a dedicated land for

breeding in the Shonkaliya Region of Ajmer District, Rajasthan. What are they?

(a) Birds

(b) Animals

(c) Insects

(d) Amphibian

Answer: (a) Birds

4. The simultaneous earthquakes seen in past few years in which region is found to be a cause of the

Tectonic Plate Disintegration?

(a) Arabian Sea

(b) Indian Ocean

(c) Arabian Peninsula

(d) Himalyan Region

Answer: (b) Indian Ocean

5. On which date the most outstanding demonstrations of its own kind in Khandawa district of Madhya

Pradesh named Jal Satyagraha which had continued for 17 days at Omkareshwar Dam Project came

to an

end?

(a) 10 September 2012

(b) 15 September 2012

(c) 17 September 2012

(d) 12 September 2012

Answer: (a) 10 September 2012

6. Name the astronaut of Indian American origin who took over the command of International Space

Station on 15 September 2012.

(a) Sunita Williams

(b) Kalpana Chawla

(c) Ravish Malhotra

(d) None of these

Answer: (a) Sunita Williams

7. Scientists at Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) warned that most of Earth’s land areas

might

face an extreme summer heat wave than they did faced in between 1951 to 1980. Goddard Institute

of

Space Studies is a division of which space research centre?

(a) ISRO

(b) NASA

(c) Centre of astrophysics

(d) European Space Agency

Answer: (b) NASA

8. On which date from 1995 onwards the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer is

celebrated worldwide?

(a) 15 September

(b) 18 September

(c) 16 September

(d) 12 September

Answer: (c) 16 September

9. Where the ozone layer is mainly found in the Earth’s atmosphere?

(a) Stratosphere

(b) Hemisphere

(c) Ozonosphere

(d) Troposphere

Answer: (a) Stratosphere

10. The environment ministry on 12 September 2012 suspended the clearance of environmental

guidelines issued to 93 Mines across which state?

(a) Himachal Pradesh

(b) Rajasthan

(c) Goa

(d) Madhya Pradesh

Answer: (c) Goa

11 Scientists of the University of Michigan developed a gene therapy which they claimed could

restore the

sense of olfactory function. What is this olfactory function related to?

(a) Sense of hearing

(b) Sense of smell

(c) Sense of sight

(d) Sense of touch

Answer: (b) Sense of Smell

12. Australian scientists along with US experts claimed that they have discovered treatment for

Alzheimer patients following a study finding a link to abnormalities in Alzheimer Patients. Alzheimer’s

disease is

related to?

(a) Brain

(b) Heart

(c) Eye sightedness

(d) Liver

Answer: (a) Brain

13. Researchers from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute in Australia discovered that two proteins that

work together to kill self-reactive immune cells can protect against diseases such as type1 diabetes

and

rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis principally attacks which part of the body?

(a) Joints

(b) Skin

(c) Lungs

(d) Kidney

Answer: (a) Joints

14. India enter into its first multi-lateral Social Science research collaboration with four European

Nations by the approval of projects for networking and social science research cooperation in

between the researchers of these nations. The colaboration came into existence on which date?

(a) 2 September 2012

(b) 7 September 2012

(c) 5 September 2012

(d) 4 September 2012

Answer: (c) 5 September 2012

15. The Zoological Society of London and International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

released a list of 100 different species to be first in line for extinction from 48 different countries during

the World Conservation Congress held in Republic of Korea on 11 September 2012. The Indian

species that was categorised under first line of extinction was_____________

(a) Great Indian Bustard

(b) One horned Rhino

(c) Indian giant Squirrel

(d) Asiatic Lion

Answer: (a) Great Indian Bustard

16. On which date, the Union Cabinet of India, under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister Manmohan

Singh approved the long awaited demand for One Rank One Pension (OROP) and other benefits of

exservicemen.

(a) 21 September 2012

(b) 24 September 2012

(c) 19 September 2012

(d) 17 September 2012

Answer: (b) 24 September 2012

17. Name the Union Minister who on 24 September 2012 took an additional charge of the Railway

Ministry after the exit of Mukul Roy.

(a) C.P. Joshi

(b) Nitish kumar

(c) Mamta Banerjee

(d) None of these

Answer: (a) C.P. Joshi

18. Which Indian Bollywood actress was appointed as International Goodwill Ambassador for the

United

Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) ?

(a) Katrina Kaif

(b) Aishwarya Rai

(c) Kareena kapoor

(d) Madhuri Dixit

Answer: (b) Aishwarya Rai

19. The Election commission of India on 27 September 2012 directed the Political Parties and

candidates

not to use which of the following in the election campaign as it was violating Article 51 (g) of the

constitution?

(a) Animals and Birds

(b) Arms and ammunition

(c) Heavy vehicles

(d) None of these

Answer: (a) Animals and birds

20. Name the Indian nuclear-capable surface-to-surface missile which on 19 September 2012 was

successfully test fired from Wheeler Island, off the Odisha Coast.

(a) Agni III

(b) Agni IV

(c) Prithvi III

(d) Agni V

Answer: (b) Agni IV

21. Name the person who on 13 September 2012 was appointed as the 39th chief justice of India

(a) Justice Altamas Kabir

(b) Justice A.K. Sikri

(c) Rajeev Gupta

(d) Justice Mohit Shantilal Shah

Answer: (a) Justice Altamas Kabir

22. Which person was appointed as the president of, The Indian Newspaper Society for the year

2012-

2013 on 13 September 2012 during the 73rd annual meet of the Newspaper Society?

(a) K.N. Tilak Kumar

(b) Ravindra Kumar

(c) Ashish Bagga

(d) Pradeep Gupta

Answer: (a) K.N. Tilak Kumar

23. On which date Vayalar Ravi, Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs inaugurated the 7th Heads of

Indian Missions (HoMs) conference and announced revised Indian Community Welfare Fund (ICWF)

scheme.

(a) 15 September 2012

(b) 16 September 2012

(c) 17 September 2012

(d) 20 September 2012

Answer: (c) 17 September 2012

24. The Supreme Court of India on 14 September 2012 lifted the gag order on media reporting of

troop

movement that was ordered by one of the High Court. HC order was in violation of the fundamental

right under Article 19(1) (a) of the Constitution, granted to the media and every citizen of the country.

The order came from which of the high court?

(a) Allahabad High court

(b) Calcutta high court

(c) Karnataka high court

(d) Madras high court

Answer: (a) Allahabad High court

25. The Union government hiked Dearness Allowance (DA) by what percent benefiting its 80 lakh

employees and pensioners and costing the exchequer an additional Rs7,408 crore annually?

(a) 4 percent

(b) 8 percent

(c) 7 percent

(d) 6 percent

Answer: (c) 7 percent

26. The Supreme Court of India on 4 September 2012 directed the Union Government of India to re-

fix the pay scale of army officers affected by the which Pay Commission?

(a) Fourth pay Commission

(b) Sixth pay Commission

(c) Fifth Pay Commission

(d) None of these

Answer: (a) Fourth pay Commission

27. At what interest rate percent per annum, The Union Cabinet gave its approval to continue interest

subsidy to Public Sector Banks (PSBs), Regional Rural Banks (RRBs), Cooperatives Banks and

NABARD enabling them to provide short-term crop loans of up to Rs 3 lakhs to farmers during the

year 2012-13?

(a) 7% Per annum

(b) 8.5 % Per annum

(c) 6 % Per annum

(d) 5 % per annum

Answer: (a) 7 % per annum

28. To what percent Government of India on 11 September 2012 reduced interest rates on

rescheduled

crop loans from 12 percent in the drought-affected areas for the fiscal year 2012-13

(a) 8 percent

(b) 5 percent

(c) 7 percent

(d) 6 percent

Answer: (c) 7 Percent

29. The State Health Ministry of Arunachal Pradesh launched a scheme in Itanagar on 14 September

2012 for providing financial assistance upto 1.5 lakh rupees to BPL patients suffering from life

threatening diseases in the form of a onetime grant. What was the name of that scheme?

(a) Rashtriya Aarogya Nidhi

(b) Rashtriya Janseva Nidhi

(c) Rashtriya Sarvoklayan Prayojna

(d) None of these

Answer: (a) Rashtriya Aarogya Nidhi

30. Name the Person of India who was appointed as Chief Economist of World Bank.

(a) Kaushik basu

(b) Jaideep Sarkar

(c) Narayan Murthy

(d) Nandan Nilkeni

Answer: (a) Kaushik basu

31. Name the England football player, the captain of Chelsea in the premier league who announced

his

retirement from International Football on 24 September 2012.

(a) John Terry

(b) Stevan Gerrard

(c) David Beckham

(d) Ashley Cole

Answer: (a) John Terry

32. Name the Indian boxer and London Olympic bronze medalist who on 24 September 2012 named

as

the brand ambassador of super fight league.

(a) Vijendra Singh

(b) M C Mary Kom

(c) Manoj Kumar

(d) Vikas Krishan

Answer: (b) M C Mary Kom

33. Name the Former Cricketer and all-rounder, who was appointed as the Chairman of the five

member senior selection committee of BCCI on 27 September 2012.

(a) Saba Karim

(b) Vikram Rathour

(c) Sandeep Patil

(d) Rajinder Singh Hans.

Answer: (c) Sandeep Patil

34. Deepika Kumari the Sports Person from India, won Silver at Recurve World Cup on 23

September

2012 in Tokyo. Recurve world Cup is related to which Sports Event?

(a) Archery

(b) Shooting

(c) Disc Throwing

(d) Volley ball

Answer: (a) Archery

35. Which Indian golfer wrapped up a four-shot victory at the Yeangder tournament players

Championship in Chinese Taipei on 17 September 2012?

(a) Gaganjeet Bhullar

(b) Jeev Mikha Singh

(c) Shiv Kapur

(d) Jyoti Randhawa

Answer: (a) Gaganjeet Bhullar

36. Name the two players on whom AITA (All India Tennis Association) extended ban till June 2014

(a) Mahesh Bhupati and Rohan Bopanna

(b) Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna

(c) Leander Paes and Sania Mirza

(d) Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupati

Answer: (a) Mahesh Bhupati and Rohan Bopanna

37. Name the owner of Delhi franchise of hockey India

(a) Tata Group

(b) Wave Group

(c) Bharti Group

(d) Aircel and Reliance

Answer: (b) Wave Group

38. Name the person who has been appointed as full time president of Hockey India.

(a) Gayatri Shetty

(b) Mariamma koshy

(c) Bachendri Pal

(d) Dilip Tirki

Answer: (b) Mariamma koshy

39. Name the the Australian Cricketer who on 20 September 2012 announced his retirement from all

formats of Cricket.

(a) Matthew Hayden

(b) Ricky Pointing

(c) Michael Clarke

(d) Bret Lee

Answer: (a) Matthew Hayden

40. Name the BJP MLA who was elected as the President of Indian Boxing Federation on 23

September 2012.

(a) Abhishek Matoria

(b) Ashok Gehlot

(c) Mahesh Joshi

(d) Sachin Pilot

Answer: (a) Abhishek Matoria

41. Name the New Zealand’s fast bowler who retired from both International and Domestic Cricket

(a) Shane Bond

(b) Daryl Tuffey

(c) Ian Butler

(d) Chris Martin

Answer (b) Daryl Tuffey

42. The boxing Champion, Muhammad Ali who retired from the game in the year 1981 was honoured

with Medal in Philadelphia on 13 September 2012. What was the name of that medal?

(a) Liberty medal

(b) Medal of Excellence

(c) Indecorum medal

(d) None of these

Answer: (a) Liberty medal

43. Which Indian player became ICC ODI cricketer of the year?

(a) Virendra Sehwag

(b) MS Dhoni

(c) Suresh Raina

(d) Virat Kohli

Answer: (d) Virat kohli

44. Which character is declared to be the official mascot for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil on 12

September 2012.

(a) Laughing Buddha

(b) A Smiling Armadillo

(c) Shera

(d) A Running Pichachhoo

Answer: (b) A Smiling Armadillo

45. Women SAF football championship 2012 was won by which country?

(a) Nepal

(b) Bhutan

(c) China

(d) India

Answer: (d) India

46. Name the Indian High jumper who won a silver medal in (F42 single leg, amputations minimal

disability category) at London Paralympics Games.

(a) Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda

(b) Vijay Singh Chauhan

(c) Suresh Babu

(d) Hari Shankar Roy

Answer: (a) Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda

47. The legendary tennis player from US who announced his retirement during the US open on 6

September 2012 after facing a defeat from John Martin del Potro.

(a) Roger Federer

(b) Rafael Nadal

(c) Novak Djokovic

(d) Andy Roddick

Answer: (d) Andy Roddick

48. Which Indian female wrestler won Bronze in the World Junior Championship at Pattava on 6

September 2012?

(a) Indu Choudhary

(b) Geeta Phogat

(c) Sonika Kaliraman

(d) Alka tomar

Answer: (a) Indu Choudhary

49. Name the Formula one driver who became the winner of Italian Grand Prix 2012

(a) Fernando Alonso

(b) Lewis Hamilton

(c) Sebastian Vettel

(d) Michael Schumacher

Answer: (b) Lewis Hamilton

50. Name the tennis player who became the first British man to capture US Open Grand Slam

Singles

Championship after 76 years by defeating Novak Djokovic on 11 September 2012.

(a) Andy Murray

(b) Max Woonsam

(c) Jamie Murray

(d) Bunny Austin

Answer: (a) Andy Murray

51. For what percent, The Government of India on 20 September 2012 hiked the foreign investment

cap for the broadcasting service providers?

(a) 65 percent

(b) 74 percent

(c) 80 percent

(d) 54 percent

Answer: (b) 74 percent

52. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on 24 September 2012 approved a package

on debt restructuring for the state-electricity boards. What was net worth of that package?

(a) 1.90 lakh Crore

(b) 3.5 lakh Crore

(c) 2.6 lakh Crore

(d) 1.25 lakh Crore

Answer: (a) 1.90 lakh crore

53. Which agency was instructed by the Central Vigilance Commission on 24 September 2012 to

expand its investigation scope on Coal Block Allocation to private firms in between 1993 to 2004?

(a) Directorate of Revenue Intelligence

(b) Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)

(c) CAG Committee

(d) None of These

Answer: (b) Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)

54. Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has approved a proposed hike of

the government’s stake in Industrial Finance Corporation of India Ltd (IFCI) to make it a state-run

company.What was hike that Percent?

(a) 56.25 Percent

(b) 55.57 Percent

(c) 54.35 Percent

(d) 58.65 Percent

Answer: (b) 55.5 Percent

55. State Bank of India, the country’s largest bank, cuts its base rate with how much point making it to

9.75 percent?

(a) 25 basis point

(b) 45 basis point

(c) 35 basis point

(d) 50 basis point

Answer: (a) 15 basis point

56. The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited introduced a system for making the

payment of the bookings via mobile phones. What is the name of that system?

(a) Interbank Mobile Payment System (IMPS)

(b) Sybase mobile banking System

(c) Railway mobile banking system

(d) PNB mobile banking System

Answer: (a) Interbank Mobile Payment System (IMPS)

57. Name the Union Minister who had suggested setting up of a National Investment Board (NIB)

under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to accord speedy clearances to mega proposals.

(a) Sharad Pawar

(b) A.K. Antony

(c) Kapil Sibal

(d) P. Chidambaram

Answer (d) P. Chidambaram

58. Reserve Bank of India injected a liquidity of around ___________by slashing down the Cash

Reserve Ratio (CRR) by 25 basis points to 4.50 percent from 4.75 percent.

(a) 17000 crore

(b) 15000 crore

(c) 10000 crore

(d) 12000 crore

Answer: (a) 17000 crore

59. Shimla Municipal Corporation introduced a Tax on Shimla entry of vehicles that are not registered

in Himachal Pradesh. What was the name of that tax?

(a) Envy Tax

(b) Green Tax

(c) Carbon tax

(d) Natural resource consumption tax

Answer: (b) Green tax

60. Name the report which was submitted to the finance minister of India by the Shome Committee

constituted by the Central Board of Direct Taxes, after the approval of Prime Minister of India.

(a) GARR Report

(b) CAG Report

(c) Financial Credit Report

(d) Tax Mitigation Report

Answer: (a) GARR Report

61. In a gesture of goodwill Karnataka government in front of Supreme Court of India agreed to

release _________cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu from the Cauvery River.

(a) 20000

(b) 10000

(c) 5000

(d) 15000

Answer: (b) 10000

62. The EGoM (Empowered Group of Ministers) on 11 September 2012 declared to slash down the

interest rate from 10 to 12 percent to how many percent in the entire 350 drought hit Talukas of the

four states namely, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Karnataka?

(a) 4 percent

(b) 8.5 percent

(c) 7 percent

(d) 6 percent

Answer: (c) 7 percent

63. As per the data released by the government on 14 September 2012, Indian inflation rose from

6.87

percent recorded in July 2012 to _________percent August 2012.

(a) 7.55

(b) 8.0

(c) 9.5

(d) 7.25

Answer: (a) 7.55

64. The Union Cabinet cleared the proposal of foreign direct investment (FDI) for 51 percent in the

multibrand retail chains and _______percent in Aviation power exchanges industry.

(a) 50

(b) 49

(c) 66

(d) 25

Answer: (b) 49

65. The reserve bank of India reduced the Cash Reserve Ratio(CRR) by:

(a) 0.5 percent

(b) 0.25 percent

(c) 0.75 percent

(d) 1 percent

Answer: (b) 0.25 percent

68. Mauritius based, investment firm, got a clearance for their foreign direct investment proposal of

investing Rs 808 crore by the union government of India. What was the name of that investment firm?

(a) Cloverdell Investments Ltd

(b) Conyers Dill and Pearman

(c) CIEL Investment

(d) Paracor Investment

Answer: (a) Cloverdell Investments Ltd

69. To split off the ground handling and engineering services of Air India, Union cabinet approved a

proposal of how much amount so that the two units Air India Engineering Services Limited (AIESL)

and Air India Transport Services Ltd. (AITSL) will be operational as two completely owned

subsidiaries and treated as separate profit centers?

(a) 867 crore

(b) 800 crore

(c) 875 crore

(d) 768 crore

Answer: (d) 768 crore

70. The Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) published its annual publication- India’s external debt:

a status report 2011-12. As per the published report, India’s external debt in the end of March 2012

was:

(a) $345.8 billion

(b) $250 billion

(c) $362.7 billion

(d) $450 billion

Answer: (a) $345.8 billion

71. As per the data released by world Economic Forum India’s ranking declined by three places to

what position in the Global Competitiveness Index 2012-2013?

(a) 59 position

(b) 56 position

(c) 61 position

(d) 64 position

Answer: (a) 59 position

72. Due to the demand slowdown in the US and Europe, India’s exports in July reduced to what per

cent making it a steepest fall in three years?

(a) 15.2 percent

(b) 14.8 percent

(c) 12.5 percent

(d) 13.6 percent

Answer: (b) 14.8 percent

73. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation was awarded with the work of Management Consulting Services

in which international Metro Rail Project?

(a) Jakarta Metro rail project

(b) Moscow Metro rail project

(c) London Metro rail project

(d) Copenhagen Metro rail project

Answer: (a) Jakarta Metro rail project

74. Name the Indian Entrepreneur who was placed at top in the Executive Pay Chart of the listed

companies for the fiscal year 2011-2012.

(a) Mukesh Ambani

(b) Sunil Mittal

(c) Naveen Jindal

(d) Kalanithi Maran

Answer: (c) Naveen Jindal

75. Who is appointed as the chief Legal Executive director of Ashok Leyland?

(a) Sundar Rajan

(b) Dheeraj G. Hinduja

(c) Rajiv Saharia

(d) N.V. Balachandran

Answer: (a) Sundar Rajan

76. The Oil and gas exploration and production company Cairn Energy plc sold 8 per cent stake in

Cairn India for a net realization of about US Dollar 910 million. The cairn energy is based at

(a) UK

(b) Germany

(c) France

(d) Australia

Answer: (a) UK

77. TVS Motors on 28 September 2012 launched a new 125 cc Motorcycle in market .The Motorcycle

is

named by

(a) TVS Phoenix

(b) TVS Flame

(c) TVS Jive

(d) TVS Apache RTR

Answer: (a) TVS Phoenix

78. Tech Mahindra acquired 51% stake in Bharti group owned mobile value added service (VAS)

provider limited for 260 crore. What is the name of that value added service provider?

(a) Comviva Technologies

(b) Bharti Airtel

(c) Infratel Ltd.

(d) Vodafone services

Answer: (a) Comviva Technologies

79. 25 percent stake of Axis bank subsidiary, Axis Asset Management Company was acquired by

Schroder Singapore Holdings. The company is largest asset management company of which

country?

(a) USA

(b) UK

(c) Canada

(d) Switzerland

Answer: (b) UK

80. Name the country in which Tata Steel won a high-speed Rail Contract of Value Rs 315.15 Crore .

(a) Germany

(b) Japan

(c) China

(d) France

Answer: (d) France

81.HCL Technologies signed a multi-million dollar deals with the Texas-based Semi-conductor and

embedded processing solution providing company. Name the company.

(a)Freescale

(b)Dallas Semiconductor

(c)Tri Quint

(d)Texas Instrument

Answer: (a) Freescale

82.Name the airline which has emerged to be the top ranked carrier for consecutive second month

(a)Jet Airways

(b)Spice Jet

(c)Indigo Airlines

(d)Air India

Answer: (c) Indigo Airlines

83.On 10 September 2012, Infosys acquired Switzerland based global management consultancy firm,

which is considered to be the largest acquisition by Infosys till date. Name the firm acquired.

(a) Lodestone

(b) Adecco

(c) Dartfish

(d) Ricola

Answer: (a) Lodestone

84.Information training company NIIT Ltd partnered with which Software company on 12 September

2012 for courses in Cloud computing?

(a) IBM

(b) Microsoft

(c) Infosys

(d) Wipro

Answer: (b) Microsoft

85.A production- Sharing Contract (PSC) was signed by Australian BHP Billiton and UK’s based

global energy and Natural Gas Company on 10 September 2010. Name the UK based company.

(a) Salamander energy

(b) London Marine Consultants

(c) Falkland Oil and Gas

(d) BG Group

Answer: (d) BG Group

86.Which State-owned Indian Bank opened its first branch in South Africa in a move to enhance the

relationship between South Africa and India?

(a) Bank of India

(b) Union bank of India

(c) Punjab National bank

(d) ICICI Bank

Answer (a) Bank of India

87.Larsen & Turbo integrated its L&T Engineering Services with IT business L&T InfoTech for igniting

growth rate of the company in technical arena. The company’s newly restructured cluster is

rebranded by name as:

(a)L&T Technology Services

(b)L&T Info engineering Services

(c)L&T Tech Engineering Services

(d)L&T Tech and Solution services

Answer (a) L&T Technology Services

88. Name the steel and power Company which has acquired Canadian Energy Firm CIC for Rs 650

Crore.

(a)Jindal Steel and Power Ltd

(b)Hira Steel and Power Ltd

(c)Nandan Steel and Power Ltd

(d)Essar Group of company

Answer: (a) Jindal Steel and Power Ltd

89.Bharat electronic limited entered into a joint venture with French Energy Solution Company to

manufacture radars for civilian and defense purpose. Name the French company.

(a)GDF Suez

(b)Thales

(c)Dalkia

(d)Areva NC

Answer: (b) Thales

90.Tata Consultancy Service signed in an agreement of 103 crore to provide ICT Solution for

MGNREGS in which State?

(a) Uttar Pradesh

(b) Bihar

(c) West Bengal

(d) Punjab

Answer: (c) West Bengal

91.Name the Industry Leader who is nominated to Competition Commission Eminent Persons

Advisory Group (EPAG) by the Union government of India.

(a)Deepak Parekh

(b)Narayan Murthy

(c)Kiran Mazumdar Shaw

(d)VN Kaul

Answer: (a) Deepak Parekh

92.Which call centre service provider company was acquired by Tech Mahindra with a deal of $87.1

Million?

(a)Fusion BPO Services

(b)Hutchinson Global Services

(c)Intelnet

(d)Exl services

Answer: (b) Hutchinson Global Services

93.A new strain of rice developed by the scientists, which can enhance the productivity in the soil that

lacks a nutrient content. Name the nutrient, lack of which effects crop yield.

(a)Sulphur

(b)Oxygen

(c)Phosphorous

(d)Carbon

Answer: (c) Phosphorous

94.Name the two planets that came together in the Western sky on 15 August 2012 after sunset.

(a)Mars and Saturn

(b)Earth and Mars

(c)upiter and Saturn

(d)Venus and Earth

Answer: (a) Mars and Saturn

95.)The identified singing mice that use songs to communicate are found in which region?

(a)The Himalayan terrain

(b)The tropical cloud forests in the mountains of Costa Rica

(c) On the volcanic plates of Pacific

(d)Greenland

Answer: (b) The tropical cloud forests in the mountains of Costa Rica

96.Name the NASA’s Robert that has recently touched the surface of Mars

(a)Rover Curiosity

(b)Gale Crater

(c)Martian home

(d)Calif

Answer: (a) Rover Curiosity

97. Name the process that will be applied for transferring the gene of the newly developed Stained

Rice to the modern variety of rice

(a)Cross-Breeding

(b)Genetic Engineering

(c)Hybridization

(d)None of these

Answer: (a) Cross-Breeding

98) Which of the following is not a brand owned by Shahnaz Hussain?

A) Veda Dynamics

B) Kaya Skin clinics

C) Shahnaz Herbal

D) Forever Beautiful

Ans) B- Kaya Skin clinics

Which of the following is not a snack brand owned by PepsiCo Company Frito Lay?

A) Lays

B) Bingo

C) Kurkure

D) Uncle Chipps

Ans)B- Bingo

Which beer giant operates in India through its 100% owned subsidiary South Asia Breweries?

A) Carlsberg

B) AnheuserBusch

C) Heineken

D) Scottish & Newcastle

Ans) Carlsberg

Who has been ranked by Time Magazine as the most powerful woman of the past century?

A) Mother Teresa

B) Indira Gandhi

C) Jane Adams

D) Golda Meir

Ans) Jane Adams

Justice Soumitra Sen of the Calcutta High court is the second judge in the country history to face

removal proceedings in Parliament. Who was the first?

A) Gautam Ghosh

B) B. Sudhakar

C) V. Ramaswamy

D) Kunal Kishore

Ans) V. Ramaswamy

The book ‘Building A World Class Civil Service for 21st century India’ is written by

A) Arun de Souza

B) Ian Harris

C) S.K. Das

D) Devesh Kapur

Ans) S.K. Das

Which of the following places has been removed from UN list of unresolved disputes?

A) Taiwan

B) Tibet

C) J&K

D) Arunachal Pradesh

Ans) J&K

Which of the following is not a member of Shanghai Cooperation Organization?

A) Russia

B) Kazakhstan

C) Uzbekistan

D) South Korea

Ans) South Korea

The headquarters of NATO is situated at

A) Vienna, Norway

B) New York, USA

C) Brussels, Belgium

D) Seoul, South Korea

Ans) Brussels, Belgium

International Day for Tolerance is observed on

A) November 10

B) November 16

C) November 24

D) November 28

Ans) November 16

CURRENT AFFAIRS AUGUST 2012

How many medals India won in the recently concluded

London Olympics 2012?

A) 5

B) 4

C) 6

D) 7

2 Which PSU has recently been awarded with “Rashtriya

Khel Protsahan Puruskar” in 2012 in the “Community

Sports Identification and Nurturing of Budding Young

Talent” category?

A) NTPC

B) BHEL

C) SAIL

D) ONGC

3 Hamid Ansari has recently won the Vice Presidential

election to be re-elected as Vice President of India.

With this he became India’s ___ th Vice President?

A) 12th

B) 13th

C) 14th

D) 15th

4. Indian Post has chosen which IT company to help

them transform their business and modernize their

entire financial system?

A) Wipro

B) HCL

C) Infosys

D) TCS

5. Who has won the Gold Medal in the Men’s 100m and

200m sprints in the London Olympics 2012?

A) Michael Frater

B) Usain Bolt

C) Yohan Blake

D) Nesta Carter

6. Which two countries have entered into news for

disputed teritorries “Senkaku Islands” between them?

A) China and Philipines

B) South Korea and China

C) China and Japan

D) Japan and Russia

7. The union cabinet has fixed the reserve base price for

the 5 MHz pan-India spectrum in the 1800 MHz band

auction at?

A) Rs. 14000 crore

B) Rs. 24000 crore

C) Rs. 18000 crore

D) Rs. 7500 crore

8 . Marikana Platinum mine which has recently faced labor

unrest situated in which country?

A) South Africa

B) Kenya

C) Australia

D) China

9. Russia has recently joined WTO. It becomes the ___

member of WTO after inclusion?

A) 155th

B) 156th

C) 157th

D) 158th

10 Who has been awarded with the Dronacharya Awards

for 2012 in the Kabaddi (Women) discipline?

A) Virender Poonia

B) Sunil Dabas

C) Yashvir Singh

D) J.S. Bhatia

1 Ans) 6

2 Ans) SAIL

3 Ans) 14th

4 Ans) Infosys

5 Ans) Usain Bolt

6 Ans) China and Japan

7 Ans) Rs. 14000 crore

8 Ans) South Africa

9 Ans) 156th

10 Ans) Sunil Dabas

Lance Armstrong, famous for his battle against Cancer

won the most famous Cycling event Tour de France

for how many time?

A) 5

B) 8

C) 7

D) 6

12 Who has been appointed as new Chief Economic

Adviser of India?

A) Kaushik Basu

B) Subramanian Swamy

C) Montek singh Ahluwalia

D) Raghuram Rajan

13 In 2012, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award has been

awarded to how many atheletes?

A) 3

B) 1

C) 2

D) 4

14 India secured which rank in the recently published

Global Competitiveness Index report compiled by the

World Economic Forum?

A) 51

B) 56

C) 59

D) 65

15 Who in the list has been awarded with Rajiv Gandhi

Khel Ratna Award in 2012?

A) Yogeshwar Dutt

B) Sushil Kumar

C) Gagan Narang

D) Saina Nehwal

16 Who won Silver for India in the Men’s 25 m rapid fire

pistol event in the London Olympics 2012?

A) Yogeshwar Dutt

B) Sushil Kumar

C) Gagan Narang

D) Vijay Kumar

17 B.I. Fernandez is the first foreign coach who has been

awarded with the Dronacharya Awards for 2012. He is

from which country?

A) USA

B) Mexico

C) Cuba

D) Canada

18 Microsoft has rebranded its iconic Hotmail to a new

email. Name of the same?

A) hotmail.com

B) msnmail.com

C) Outlook.com

D) None of These

19 What is the name of India’s first own built Nuclear

submarine which is ready for trial?

A) INS Virat

B) INS Vikrant

C) INS Arihant

D) INS Chakra

20 Which global bank has become in the news recently

for violating US law while handling USD 250 million

from Iran?

A) UBS

B) HSBC Bank

C) Standard Chartered Bank

D) Barclays Bank

11 Ans) 7

12 Ans) Raghuram Rajan

13 Ans) 2

14 Ans) 56

15 Ans) Yogeshwar Dutt

16 Ans) Vijay Kumar

17 Ans) Cuba

18 Ans) Outlook.com

19 Ans) INS Arihant

20 Ans) Standard Chartered Bank

21 World’s fastest sportsman Usian Bolt belongs to which

country?

A) South Africa

B) USA

C) Kenya

D) Jamaica

22 In recently concluded London Olympics 2012, which

sportsperson has become the Olympian with highest

number of medals?

A) Michael Phelps

B) Mark Spitz

C) Usain Bolt

D) Larisa Latynina

23 In the recently concluded India’s Vice Presidential

Election, Who was the NDA nominee for Vice President

post?

A) Arun Jaitley

B) Sushma Swaraj

C) Jaswant Singh

D) Murli Manohar Joshi

24 When was the event “Women Boxing” included in the

Olympic games in which India got a bronze medal this

year?

A) 2004

B) 2012

C) 2008

D) 2000

25 Which Indian IT company has won a harassment suit

filed by one of its US employeed Jack Palmer in USA?

A) Wipro

B) TCS

C) Infosys

D) Mahindra Satyam

26 Which Technology company has recently won Rs 2200

crore contract from UIDAI?

A) Mahindra Satyam

B) Wipro

C) HCL Infosystem

D) Infosys

27 Who has been appointed as new CEO of Barclays

Bank?

A) Bob Diamond

B) Marcus Agius

C) David Walker

D) Antony Jenkins

28 Who was India’s flag bearer for the Closing Ceremony

of London Olympics?

A) Mary Kom

B) Yogeshwar Dutt

C) Sushil Kumar

D) Saina Nehwal

29 Which country has recently ruled to sell all tobacco

products in plain packaging effective from December

this year?

A) Germany

B) Japan

C) Australia

D) UK

30 Who has replaced former Un Secretary General Kofi-

Annan as the new Peace Convoy to Syria?

A) Ban Ki-moon

B) Lakhdar Brahimi

C) Nabil El Araby

D) None of These

Current Affairs August 2012 Quiz – 3 Answers

21 Ans) Jamaica

22 Ans) Michael Phelps

23 Ans) Jaswant Singh

24 Ans) 2012

25 Ans) Infosys

26 Ans) HCL Infosystem

27 Ans) Antony Jenkins

28 Ans) Mary Kom

29 Ans) Australia

30 Ans) Lakhdar Brahimi

31 The Supreme Court has ordered which Indian group

to return more than Rs 17,400 crore to return to

the investors as it fails to satisty the regulatory

requirements?

A) Reliane

B) Sahara

C) Tata

D) SKS Microfinance

32 India’s physicist Ashoke Sen has recently won the first

Fundamental Physics Prize started by billionaire Yuri

Milner with Prize value of USD 3 Million. Yuri Milner is

from?

A) UK

B) Germany

C) USA

D) Russia

33 Indian U-19 Cricket team defeated which country

recently to win the U-19 World Cup?

A) England

B) South Africa

C) Pakistan

D) Australia

34 Who lead the India’s U-19 Cricket team in U-19 world

cup and also scored a century in the final to secure

the cup?

A) Baba Aparajith

B) Smit Patel

C) Akshdeep Nath

D) Unmukt Chand

35 Who won the Olympic Gold in the Men’s Tennis singles

category in the recently concluded Lonon Olympics?

A) Roger Federer

B) Rafael Nadal

C) Andy Murray

D) Novak Djokovic

36 India’s has signed agreement with which country for

the modernisation of the Indian Railways and make

some of the major railway stations in the country of

global standard?

A) France

B) Germany

C) Belgium

D) Sweden

37 Which country has recently ended Media censorship as

a part of its political reforms?

A) Iran

B) China

C) Myanmar

D) North Korea

38 Keshub Mahindra has recently stepped down as the

Chairman of which Indian Company?

A) Tech Mahindra

B) Mahindra & Mahindra

C) Hero Moto Corp

D) Kotak Mahindra Bank

39 US based Private equity giant Bain Capital Partners

has announced to acquire 30% stake in which Indian

BPO company?

A) Convergys

B) Ma Foi Outsourcing Solutions Limited

C) Genpact

D) Firstsource

40 Who has been appointed as the Election

Commissioner of India in August 2012?

A) V S Sampath

B) S Y Quraishi

C) Syed Nasim Ahmad Zaidi

D) None of These

31 Ans) Sahara

32 Ans) Russia

33 Ans) Australia

34 Ans) Unmukt Chand

35 Ans) Andy Murray

36 Ans) Belgium

37 Ans) Myanmar

38 Ans) Mahindra & Mahindra

39 Ans) Genpact

40 Ans) Syed Nasim Ahmad Zaidi

41 India’s IIP growth for June stood at?

A) 2.8%

B) 2.2%

C) 1.8%

D) -1.8%

42 Moody’s Analytics has cut India’s FY2012-13 growth

forecast to?

A) 6.25%

B) 5%

C) 5.5%

D) 6.5%

43 Mary Kon won Olympic bronze medal in the London

Olymics in which category?

A) Women’s flyweight (61kg) category

B) Women’s flyweight (55kg) category

C) Women’s flyweight (51kg) category

D) None of These

44 Which famous sportsperson has become the new

brand ambassador of BMW?

A) Virat Kohli

B) M S Dhoni

C) Saina Nehwal

D) Sachin Tendulkar

45 Recently during its policy review meet in August 2012,

RBI has cut SLR by 100 bos to?

A) 23%

B) 24%

C) 8%

D) 4.5%

46 India’s Trade deficit for July stood at?

A) USD 12.5 billion

B) USD 18 billion

C) USD 15.5 billion

D) USD 25.5 billion

47 Who has been appointed as new Chairman of Barclays

Bank?

A) Bob Diamond

B) Marcus Agius

C) David Walker

D) Antony Jenkins

48 Which country topped the medal tally with total 104

medals in the recently concluded London Olympics

2012?

A) China

B) UK

C) USA

D) Germany

49 Vilasrao Deshmukh passed away on 14th August, He

was the Union Minister for?

A) Information Technology

B) Science and Technology and Earth Sciences

C) Rural Development and Environment

D) Power

50 Which Satyajit Ray film has been included in the list

of 50 greatest film of all time based on the voting

conducted by the British Film Institute recently?

A) Agantuk

B) Sakha Prashakha

C) Gupi Gayen Bagha Bayen

D) Pather Panchali

41 Ans) -1.8%

42 Ans) 5.5%

43 Ans) Women’s flyweight (51kg) category

44 Ans) Sachin Tendulkar

45 Ans) 23%

46 Ans) USD 15.5 billion

47 Ans) David Walker

48 Ans) USA

49 Ans) Science and Technology and Earth Sciences

50 Ans) Pather Panchali

CURRENT AFFAIRS JULY 2012

1 Which Tech giant has recently launched tab computer called “Nexus”?

A) Samsung

B) Apple

C) Google

D) IBM

2 Real estate developer True Value Homes (TVH) has signed which sportsman as its new brand

ambassador?

A) Sachin Tendulkar

B) Viswanathan Anand

C) Saina Nehwal

D) Mahendra Singh Dhoni

3 Which in the list was termed as the fastest computer in the world recently?

A) Sequoia

B) K Computer

C) SuperMUC

D) Tianhe-1A

4 Auto Giant BWM has signed which sportsman as its new brand ambassador recently?

A) Sachin Tendulkar

B) Viswanathan Anand

C) Saina Nehwal

D) Mahendra Singh Dhoni

.

5 “Enrique Peña Nieto” has been recently elected as President of which country?

A) Brazil

B) Paraguay

C) Argentina

D) Mexico

6 Recently Scientists have discovered Higgs-Boson particle. It is also known as?

A) Quantum Particle

B) God Particle

C) High mass Particle

D) None of these

7 “Lee Hsien Loong” has recently visited India in July 2012. He is President of?

A) Thailand

B) Malaysia

C) Singapore

D) Philipines

8 Which fomer Chief Minister has recently got clean chit from Supreme Court in Disproportionate

asset case?

A) Mayawati

B) Mulayam Singh Yadav

C) M. Karunanidhi

D) Vilasrao Deshmukh

.

9 After Pranab Mukherjee’s exit from active politics, who has been appointed as the third

chairman of EGoM to fix reserve price of spectrums?

A) Sharad Pawar

B) P. Chidambaram

C) Kapil Sibal

D) Anthony

10 India’s unemployment rate for 2010-11 stood at?

A) 4.5%

B) 3.8%

C) 5.5%

D) 4.8%

1 Ans) Google

2 Ans) Viswanathan Anand

3 Ans) Sequoia

4 Ans) Sachin Tendulkar

5 Ans) Mexico

6 Ans) God Particle

7 Ans) Singapore

8 Ans) Mayawati

9 Ans) P. Chidambaram

10 Ans) 3.8%

11 Pranab Mukherjee has been recently elected as the ____ th President of India?

A) 12th

B) 13th

C) 15th

D) 14th

12 Which Indian Bank has taken step to form India’s first Mortgage guarantee entity just like other

developed countries?

A) SBI

B) National Housing Bank

C) LIC Housing

D) HDFC

13 Which only Indian President won the Presidential Election without any contest?

A) APJ Abdul Kalam

B) Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy

C) Rajendra Prasad

D) Pratibha Patil

14 Eminent Freedom Fighter and social activist Captain Lakshmi Sehgal passed away in Kanpur on

23 July 2012. She was one of the most important members of S C Bose’s Indian National Army. She

contested Presidential election in 2002 against whom?

A) APJ Abdul Kalam

B) Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy

C) Rajendra Prasad

D) Pratibha Patil

15 Which Country is the largest producer of Cocoa which is mainly used for Chocolate?

A) Ghana

B) Ivory Coast

C) Kenya

D) Zimbabwe

16 Leader of National Advisory Council, responsible for monitoring the implementation of the UPA

government’s manifesto, the Common Minimum Programme(CMP)?

A) Sonia Gandhi

B) Kausik Basu

C) Pranab Mukherjee

D) Manmohan Singh

17 Who has been elected as the new Prime Minister of Egypt?

A) Hosni Mubarak

B) Hisham Kandil

C) Mohamed Morsi

D) None of these

18 International donor conference on Afghanistan was held recently to donate funding for

Afghanistan development. It was held in?

A) Kabul

B) Tokyo

C) Hong Kong

D) Singapore

19 Which country will host the 4th Champions League T20 in October this year?

A) India

B) Australia

C) South Africa

D) England

20 QFI (Qualified Foreign Investment) is regulated in India by?

A) RBI

B) Financial Action Task Force

C) SEBI

D) IRDA

Current Affairs July 2012 Quiz – 2 Answers

11 Ans) 13th

12 Ans) National Housing Bank

13 Ans) Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy

14 Ans) APJ Abdul Kalam

15 Ans) Ivory Coast

16 Ans) Sonia Gandhi

17 Ans) Hisham Kandil

18 Ans) Tokyo

19 Ans) South Africa

20 Ans) Financial Action Task Force

21 India’s cricket control board BCCI has recently suspended which Madhya Pradesh and Deccan

Chargers bowler for life term after he was found guilty of receiving money to spot fix a match in

domestic cricket?

A) Mohnish Mishra

B) Shalabh Srivastava

C) T. Sudhindra

D) Amit Yadav

22 Which global bank has been recently fined for LIBOR scandal and their CEO resigned?

A) Barclays

B) UBS

C) HSBC

D) RBS

23 Which global bank is under investigation in US for its alleged involvement in money laundering

case?

A) Barclays

B) UBS

C) HSBC

D) RBS

24 Current UP Government has renamed “Panchsheel Nagar” district as?

A) Sambhal

B) Amethi

C) Amroha

D) Hapur

25 India’s which travel portal has recently acquired Travelguru, Indian arm of US travel services

provider Travelocity?

A) Yatra

B) MakemyTrip

C) Easemytrip

D) None of these

26 India’s export growth for May 2012 stood at?

A) -4.16%

B) 4.16%

C) 4.76%

D) -5.5%

27 Which pharmacy giant has been recently investigated by US authority for healthcare fraud case?

A) Pfizer

B) Glaxo Smith Kline

C) Johnson & Johnson

D) Glenmark

28 India’s core sector growth for May 2012 stood at?

A) 2.2%

B) 5.8%

C) 4%

D) 3.8%

29 Which has come out to be the no. 1 player in the India’s domestic smart phone market with

40.4% market share during the January-March quarter 2012?

A) Nokia

B) Samsung

C) RIM

D) Apple

30 Who won the Women’s single title in Wimbledon 2012 recently?

A) Serena Williams

B) Maria Sarapova

C) Venus Williams

D) Agnieszka Radwanska

Current Affairs July 2012 Quiz – 3 Answers

21 Ans) T. Sudhindra

22 Ans) Barclays

23 Ans) HSBC

24 Ans) Hapur

25 Ans) Yatra

26 Ans) -4.16%

27 Ans) Glaxo Smith Kline

28 Ans) 3.8%

29 Ans) Samsung

30 Ans) Serena Williams

1. Wrestler-actor who died recently at the age of 84 ?

“Rustam-E-Hind” Dara Singh

2. How is Oscar Pistorius known in the sporting world?

An athlete who would compete in London Olympics (individual 400 metres and 4 * 400relay)

3. Who will replace Mark Thompson as BBC director general in August 2012?

George Entwistle

4. Which Indian PSU bank recently setup its Security Operation Centre?

.

United Bank of India

5. Harvard Business Review has featured which ho me appliances maker as one of the 6th most

successful sales and marketing company in the world?

Eureka Forbes

6. Which country announced 16.7 billion in extra taxes on big business and rich to meet deficit targets

and balance its budget by 2017?

France

7. Shadow of what has been clicked by scientists with an effort lasting more than 5 years?

Single Atom

8. Name the movie shot by kannada director Arvind Kaushik in a record 2 hours.

Nam Areiali Innondhina

9. Which football team is set to file IPO in New York Stock Exchange?

Manchester united

10. Where does India stand on global innovation index rank as it drops 2 positions from

existing one?

64th rank

11. Expand FTII. (Hint: Film)

Film and Television Institute of India

12. India will sign an audio-visual co-operation agreement with which country to increase cooperation

in

filmmaking, screening and student exchange programmes?

Poland

13. From which part of India does Srilanka-based Mihin Lanka Airlines will operate flights

to Colombo?

Madurai, Tamil Nadu

14. Which mobile network recently launched Flat 30p plan for its customers in India?

Sistema Shyam Teleservices Ltd. which operates under MTS brand

15. Who is elected India’s 13th President?

Pranab Mukherjee Read More

16. Name the project of Mozilla which is workin g on Mobile Operating System, firefox OS.

Boot to Gecko project

17. What quantity o f wheat would be exported to ease storage crunch in India?

2 million tonnes

18. Who is appointed as Chairman for Australian and New Zealand operations by Mahindra

Satyam?

Edward Ted Pretty

19. Which PSU bank has waived off minimum balance criteria for savings b ank account?

State Bank of India

20. How many IPO’s worth 50,500 crores were called off in 18 months?

55

21. Thomas Cook recently expanded its presence in which Indian state?

Bihar

22. Who will become the first Australian to compete at 7 Summer Olympics Games?

Andrew Hoy

23. Bollywood’s first superstar who dies recently at 69 ?

Superstar Rajesh Khanna

24. Why is the Mohanlal star rer movie ‘Spirit’ exempted from tax?

Film creates awareness on social issues faced b y the society due to increase in liquor consumption

25. Where will the Under-19 World Cup 2012 be played and who will lead Indian team?

Australia, Unmukt Chand

26. Who is elected as President of the Indian Medical Association for Bihar state for the year

2012 -13?

Paediatrician Dr.Arun Kumar

27. Who won the Irish Open 2012 title?

Welshman Jamie Donaldson

28. Who will become the first Indian woman and 5th sportsperson to be conferred with

Lt.Colonel rank?

MC Mary Kom

29. How do we know Bob Diamond with respect to b anking domain?

Ex-CEO of Barclays

30. Name the Chief Operating Officer of Barclays who quit recently.

Jerry del Missier

31. Who released comic book based -on chef mafias recently?

Anthon y Bourdain

32. Who was named player of Euro 2012?

Magisterial Iniesta

33. Which Indian state will setup 200 hi-tech mini-dairy units to boost milk production?

Haryana

34. Which Indian Union Territory has been included in Indian Science Congress

Association’s chapter?

Puducherry

35. What is the length of world’s longest cable-stayed bridge built by Russia?

1,104 meter link Valdivostok and Russk y Island

36. Who won against Usain Bolt in the 200 metres final event?

Yohan Blake

37. What is the budget estimates for Manipur state set for 2012 -2013?

Rs.3,500 crore

38. How man y listed companies on BSE and NSE will be facilitated with electronic voting

by their shareholders for all postal ballot resolutions?

Top 500 listed companies

39. Name the Barclays chairman who quit recently.

Marcus Agius

40. Which of India’s forest area has been added to list of world heritage sites by the United

Nations Organisation?

1,600km long Western Ghats

41. Australia is set to play an ODI against which emerging cricket nation in Middle East in August

2012?

Afghanistan

42. Expand GGCL. (Hint: Gas)

Gujarat Gas Company Limited

43. Where is the National Electrical Summit 2012 scheduled in India?

Vadodara, Gujarat

44. Name the Baroda state’s visionary ruler whose 150th birth anniversary would be celebrated by

FGI

Business Centre.

Sayajirao Gaekwad III

45. Who is the Indian business person among 27 global leaders appointed b y the United Nations to

eliminate malnutrition?

Vinita Bali

46. Which state boards in India are suggested b y State Bank of India to be listed?

State Electricity Boards

47. Expand NDS-OM. (Hint: Order)

Negotiated Dealing System Order-Matching

48. Who won the Mexico presidency elections?

Enrique Pena Nieto

49. People earning over what value of income should now file income tax returns

electronically in India?

Rs.10 lakh and above

50. Travelguru will be acquired by which company?

Yatra.com

51. What value worth agreement did Egypt sign with Saudi-based Islamic Development

Bank to receive energy and food imports?

$1 billion

52. Who sworn in as the 27th Chief Minister of Karnataka?

Jagdish Shettar

53. Who is sworn-in as Hong Kong leader by Chinese President Hu Jintao?

Leung Chun-ying

54. Which state recently launched a financial aid scheme for HIV/AIDS patients poor family with the

assistance of Rs.1,000 per month for medical treatment?

Delhi

55. Expand AIDWA. (Hint: Women)

All India Democratic Women’s Association

56. Which state will observe July 2012 as anti-dengue month?

Punjab

57. Expand IIAS. (Hint: Arsenic)

International Institute of Arsenic Studies

58. Over what value of annual turnover will imp act private tuition providers to pay 12% tax out of the

earnings?

Rs.10 lakh

59. Who won and retained European Championship title 2012?

Spain

60. Who won the Euro 2012 Golden Boot?

Fernando Torres

61. What percentage of growth did Nagaland register over 2011 -2012 annual plan?

27%

62. Name the concert held in Bangkok, Thailand on June 21st 2012 to celebrate World Music

Day.

Handshake Concert

63. Where was the global agri-business meet 2012 held?

Shangai, China

64. List some of the new services which are under 12% service tax category.

Speed Posts, Express Parcels

1st class and air-conditioned travel b y railways

Travel and holiday

tickets bought from online portals

Taking GMAT and

GRE tests

Passport and Visa services

Currency exchange Mutual fund exit loads

Actors, Singers and Other performers

Entry fee for conference, seminars, workshops, sport and cultural events

Services of Fashion Designers, marriage bureaus, astrologers and numerologists

65. Which services from railways are exempted from service tax starting July 1st 2012?

Passenger fare and freight

66. What is the extra second added to UTC known as?

Zulu time

67. Who now owns a joint stake in Tata Group’s Life Insurance?

Hong Kong-based AIA Group, Tata AIA Life In surance

68. Which state’s Driving License would now indicate the person as ‘Organ Donor’?

Karnataka

69. Which newspaper launched its website in Chinese language?

The New York Times

70. Who has been appointed as UK government’s Chief Scientific Advisor?

Prof Sir Mark Walport

71. What is the name of the weight-loss pill approved by US health regulators which can help people

to lose on average of 5% of their body weight?

Belviq

72. Who has been appointed as United States first Ambassador to Burma in 22 years?

Derek Mitchell

73. Expand IPCC

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

74. In which year IPCC was awarded Nobel Peace Prize for “their efforts to build up and disseminate

greater knowledge about man-made climate change”?

2007

75. What is the significance of Montreal Protocol?

An International treaty d esigned to protect the ozone layer b y phasing out the production

of numerous substances believed to be responsible for ozone depletion.

76. What was the objective of International environment treaty UNFCCC?

To stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent

dangerous

anthropogenic interference with the climate system.

77. Which is the only remain ing signator y who has not ratified Kyoto Protocol?

United States of America (USA)

78. When was the Indian National Congress established?

28th December 1885

79. Who was responsible for establishing Indian National Congress?

A.O.Hume

80. Who was the first president of Indian National Congress (INC)?

W.C.Banerjee

81. What is the meaning of the word ”Congress”?

Assembly of the People

82. Who suggested the word Congress for “Indian National Congress”?

Dadabhai Naoroji

83. When was East Indian Association formed?

1866

84. What is the significance of “Durand Line Agreement” between the Colonial British India and

Afghanistan which was established in 1893?

An agreement not to exercise interference beyond the frontier line between Afghanistan and colonial

British India (Now Pakistan)

85. When was the National Geographic Society established?

1888 in United States

86. Why don’t we feel the movement of earth?

Because the spinning and orbital speed of the earth stays the same so acceleration or deceleration is

not felt

87. Where will you end up, if you are in Jaisalmer (In dia) and you are able to dig through the Earth?

Easter Island

88. What was the result of collision of Indian Plate with the Eurasian Plate?

The formation of Himalayas

89. What is the other name given to the world’s largest island “Greenland”?

Kalaallit Nunaat

90. Which part of the land of the world is said to be the lowest point?

It is at the Dead Sea on the border o f Israel and Jordan 1312 feel below sea level

91. Which is the world’s third -tallest mountain?

Kanchenjunga, Nepal/Tibet

92. What are pouched mammals called?

Marsupials

93. Which is the smallest mammal in the world?

Bumblebee bat weighs 1. 98 grams

94. Name the organelles present in the eukaryotic cells which are responsible to metabolize and

eliminate toxic substance from the cells?

Perox isome

95. What are the basic functions of Lymphatic Sy stem in Human Body?

To defend the body against foreign or ganisms such as bacteria and virus and to transport interstitial

fluid and substances from the digestive system into the blood stream

96. What is the name given to the bone of the fingers or toes?

Phalanges

97. Which type of fish feeds on ocean vegetation or corals?

Grazers

98. Which is the largest species of turtle alive today?

Leatherback Turtle which can reach a total length of 8.2 feet with a weight of 680kgs

99. What is the permanent memor y built in computer called?

ROM

100. VIRUS stands for?

Vital Information Resource under Siege

101. How are data organized in a spreadsheet?

Rows and Columns

102. What is the process used to recall a document saved previously called?

Retrieve

103. The term that we use to describe physical components of a computer is called?

Hardware

104. Which command reboots a computer?

CTRL+ALT+DEL

105. Expand WWW.

World Wide Web

106. “Zipping” a file means?

Compressing the Message

107. What is objective of UPS?

Provides backup power

108. Modem speeds are measured in ____

BPS

109. MPIS stands for?

Million Instructions per Second

110. Numbers are stored and transmitted inside a computer in _______ form

ASCII Code

111. What is the address given to a computer connected to a network called?

IP Address

112. Biometric is a _____device.

Input

113. Memory is made up of ?

Thousands of cells

114. Who built the first mechanical calculator?

Pascal

115. The basic operations performed by computer are?

Arithmetic, Logical & Storage operations

116. Which combination of keys needs to be pressed to make a percent sign?

Shift+5

CURRENT AFFAIRS MAY 20121. What is the new name of Russian nuclear powered submarine k- 152 Nerpa after that handed over toIndia?Ans. INS Chakra2. Who is the author of the book ‘My Unforgettable Memories’ ?Ans. Mamata Banerjee3. Who is the present Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh?Ans. Nabam Tuki4. Whose Auto Biography is called ‘Prisoner 5990’ ?Ans. R. Balakrishna Pilla5. Where in India, largest solar power plant with an installed capacity of 40 MW started producingelectricity?Ans. Pokhran in Rajasthan6. Who created history by becoming the first Indian female wrestler to have qualified for the LondonOlympics 2012?Ans. Geeta7. Who has been appointed next Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission?Ans. Ratan Kumar Sinha8. Where is the World’s first Virtual shopping store opened?Ans. Korea9. Name the nuclear submarine which became the part of Indian Navy in April 2012.Ans. INS Chakra10. Name the world’s highest and longest bridge that was officially opened to motorists in China.Ans. Anzhaite – Long span suspension Bridge in Jishou11. Where in Rajasthan Spices Board’s first Spices Park is setup?Ans. Jodhpur12. Which Asian country recently became member of Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP)?Ans. India13. Name the Malawi President who died recently?

Ans. Bingu wa Mutharika14. Who was sworn in as Malawi’s President following the death of Bingu wa Mutharika?Ans. Joyce Banda15. Where in Himachal Pradesh Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) would be opened?Ans. Una district16. Which country surpass China as Iran’s top oil client?Ans. India17. India has recently decided to allow Foreign Direct Investment from which Asian country?Ans. Pakistan18. Which Indian state’s 100th anniversary was celebrated recently?Ans. Bihar.19. Name the First Radar Imaging Satellite (spy satellite) Successfully launched by India recently.Ans. RISAT-1India on 26 April 2012 launched India’s first indigenous all weather Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT-1)20. Which cricket player and lady actor were recommended for Rajya Sabha membership in India?Ans. Sachin Tendulkar and Rekha21. Who is appointed as the youngest Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh?Ans. Akhilesh Yadav at the age of 38.22. Longding became the 17th district of which Indian state?Ans. Arunachal Pradesh23. What is the validity period for cheques and bank drafts in India since 1st April 2012?Ans. Three months from the date of issue24. Name the Serbian President who resigned recently.Ans. Boris Tadic25. Name the protein that has been identified to protect cancer and other cells from treatments likechemotheraphy and radiation.Ans. Nrf226. Which act was amended to include compulsory registration of marriages in India?Ans. Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 196927. Name the 51 year old who Conquered Mt.Everest Twenty One times.Ans. Apa Sherpa28. Who has been appointed as Governor of Goa, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand?Ans.Governor of Goa – B.V.WanchooGovernor of Rajasthan – Margaret AlvaGovernor of Uttarakhand – Aziz Qureshi29. Who has been appointed as Governor of Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra?Ans.Governor of Andhra Pradesh – E.S.L.NarasimhanGovernor of Maharashtra – K.Sankaranarayanan30. ISRO recently gave clearance for using which frequency band from satellite for internet on trains?Ans. KU band31. Which type of SIM cards are Switzerland based Geo Communications AG, launching in India?Ans. International Mobile Subscriber Identity(IMSI) SIM cardswhich will allow multiple mobile numbersfrom different operators on a single SIM card.32. Name the personality (a poet, an author) whose 150th birth anniversary celebrated on May 8th 2012.Ans. Rabindranath Tagore33. Where in India Archeological Survey of India is planning gallery on Harappan civilization?

Ans. Vadodara, Gujarat34. Who is elected as President of France?Ans. Francois Hollande.35. Which mobile operator is the biggest gainer of mobile number portability (MPN) service in India?Ans. Idea Cellular36. Who was sworn in as Russian president for Second time?Ans. Vladimir Putin37. Name the hockey player who died after being hit in the head by the ball during a game in Perthrecently.Ans. Elizabeth Watkins38. Who created national record by winning silver medal at the Altius Track Crew Threwdown meet inmaui Island, Hawaii recently?Ans. Krishna Poonia39. Who is elected as Russian Prime Minister recently?Ans. Dmitry Medvedev40. Name the aircraft carrier and nuclear submarine India is set to get in 2013.Ans. Admiral Gorshkov and INS Arihant41. Who is crowned Miss India World 2012?Ans. Vanya Mishra42. Where in Kerala a film city is to be built?Ans. Varikkassery Mana at Ottapalam43. Who was sworn in as Uttarkhand’s Chief Minister?Ans. Vijay Bahuguna44. Who became the Chief Minister of Punjab for the fifth time?Ans. Parkash Singh Badal45. Who has been elected as German President?Ans. Joachim Gauck46. Name the Goa Tourism minister who died of heart attack recently?Ans. Matanhy Saldanha47. Name the bill passed against conduct of any constitutional authority in India.Ans. Judicial Accountability Bill48. Who won the woman single’s Madrid Masters title 2012?Ans. Serena Williams49. Who won the men single’s Madrid Masters title 2012?Ans. Roger Federer50. Who has been appointed as TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) chairman for a three yearterm?Ans. Rahul Khullar51. Which countries have warned North Korea on further Nuclear tests?Ans. China, Japan and South Korea52. What is the Motto of London Olympics 2012?.Ans. Inspire a Generation53. What is the estimated number of Nations participating in London Olympics 2012?Ans. 20454. How many number of events are scheduled for Summer Olympics 2012?Ans. 302 in 26 sports55. What does the Paralympic logo of Olmpics 2012 represent?

Ans. River Thames in East London56. At what value did Facebook IPO open at Nasdaq?Ans. $42.0557. Death due to which insect is an accident and is covered under accidental death insurance as per theNorth District Consumer Forum in India?Ans. Mosquito58. Who became the World’s Oldest women to climb the Mount Everest?Ans. Tamae Watanabe, Seventy three Year Old59. Which Mobile E-commerce Application was acquired by Facebook recently?Ans. Karma60. What is the name of the new version of Android Operating System called?Ans. Jelly bean (Android 5)61. What is the name of new tool launched by yahoo for online advertisers for their data analytics?Ans. Genome62. Cyber Defence Research Centre came into operation recently in which Indian state?Ans. Jharkhand63. Name the first Bangladeshi woman to climb the Mt.Everest.Ans. Nishat Majumder64. Which country will become biggest IT consumer in Asia-Pacific region surpassing Japan?Ans. China65. Name the former Prime Minister who’s 21st death anniversary was observed in India on 21st May2012.Ans. Rajiv Gandhi66. Which browser over took Internet Explorer to become top browser in the world?Ans. Google Chrome67. Which Netherland based free instant messaging and call application firm is relocating its globalheadquarters to India?Ans. Nimbuzz68. What is the name of world’s tallest residential building?Ans. Princess Tower in Dubai, UAE (1356 feet)69. Name the social network launched for the people who are on death bed.Ans. My Last Wish.70. Who will receive the honorary doctorate in civil law nearly after 20 years after Oxford Universityawarded?Ans. Aung Saan Suu Kyi71. Name the new system that is introduced to get informations of foreigners visiting India.Ans. Immigration, Visa and Foreigners Registration and Tracking (IVFRT)72. Name the two mascots of London Olympics 2012.Ans. Wenlock and Mandeville73. Which country surpassed China as the largest Arms Importer in the World?Ans. IndiaAccording to a report published in March 2012 by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute(SIPRI), India topped China as the largest importer of arms during 2007-11 and accounted for 10 per centof global arms import as compared to Chinese share of five per cent.74. Who is the first Pakistan Prime Minister who convicted for Contempt of Court?Ans. Yousuf Raza GilaniThe Supreme Court of Pakistan convicted Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani for contempt ofcourt for refusing to reopen corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari.

75. The Fourth BRICS summit was held in:Ans. New Delhi on March 29, 201276. Which is the bill passed by the Lok Sabha to provide royalty to the lyricists?Ans. The Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2010 passed on 22nd May 2012.1. Who won her first World Cup individual recurve gold medal in Archery?Deepika Kumari2. Who took over as 28th chief secretary of Madhya Pradesh succeeding Avani Vaish?R.Parasuram3. Which state’s Chief Minister has demanded law to deal with cases of discrimination againstnortheastern students?Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma4. ISRO recently gave clearance for using which frequency band from satellite for internet ontrains?KU band5. Which company bagged the contract for deploying Bharti Airtel’s 4G network in Karnataka?Huawei6. Who became the first cricketer to hit 5 consecutive T20 fifties?Virender Sehwag.7. Who won the award in the best Actress category at the London Asian Film Festival (LAFF) 2012for her film ‘Bol’?Humaima Malick8. Which type of SIM cards are Switzerland based Geo Communications AG, launching inIndia?International Mobile Subscriber Identity(IMSI) SIM cards which will allow multiplemobile numbers from different operators on a single SIM card9. To help clear cane arrears of over Rs.10,000 crore which commodities exports has beenlet free by Government of India recently?Sugar10. Which industry in India will celebrate 100 years of its existence in May 2013?Indian Film Industry (May 3rd 1913 to May 3rd 2013)11. When is Facebook (IPO) set to go public?May 18th 201212. When will the phased Basel III capital regulation in India be implemented as per RBIguidelines?January 1st, 2013 (to be fully implemented by March 31st, 2018)13. Name the multifaceted personality (a poet, an author or a painter) whose 150th birthanniversary would be celebrated on May 8th 2012.Rabindranath Tagore14. Which sport in Goa will benefit from the Government’s decision as it will be declaredstate sport?Football15. Where in India Archeological Survey of India is planning gallery on Harappancivilization?Vadodara, Gujarat16. Where in India the 49th Raising Day of the Central Command was celebrated on 3rd May2012?Cantonment, Lucknow17. Where in Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (Tidco) is

planning to establish aerospace park?Chennai.18. Where in Coimbatore, Government has planned to setup cold storage facility fortomatoes?Kinnathukkadavu19. Which German sportswear maker has planned to shut down 1/3rd of its 900 Reebokstores in India?Adidas20. Which Kolhapur-based bank is looking at an IPO in 2 years?Ratnakar bank21. Which resource in nuclear reactors will be used for power generation as the Governmenthas decided to start construction of 300MW reactor by 2016-17?Thorium22. As Indian Parliament holds special sitting on Sunday to celebrate 60th anniversary, when wasIndia’s first Parliament session held?May 13th, 195223. Which country slapped a fine of $80,000 fine on Air India recently?US Transportation Department24. Which Finance company recently deferred its Rs.1,665 crore IPO, which opened on May2nd 2012?Samvardhana Motherson25. Name the firm which is planning to build mud cottages in Gir area of Junagadh district.Swati Infratech Pvt. Ltd.26. In which glacier have geologists discovered hot water from geothermal sources which isnearly 15 degrees arm in plunging -40 degree Celsius weather?Siachen27. Name the Indian who became first Asian-origin UK councilor.Philip Abraham28. Name the ‘Big Bang’ scientist whom France jailed for terror plot.Adlene Hicheur29. What value of fund will Asian Development Bank provide to India for 2012-2014 for thedevelopment of various projects?$6.25 billion.30. Name the West Indian cricketer who has set an eye on bollywood after IPL.Chris Gayle31. Who is elected as Chair of the ADB’s Board of Governors?Pranab Mukherjee32. Which country will host the 46th annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank in2013?India in New Delhi33. Name the Indian-origin doctor who won the London Assembly (Ealing and Hillingdon)seat?Dr.Onkar Singh Sahota34. Who is elected as President of France?Francois Hollande35. Which mobile operator is the biggest gainer of mobile number portability (MPN) servicein India?

Idea Cellular36. Which 2 Indian women won the 16th Asian Team Squash Championship?Joshna Chinnappa and Dipika Pallikal37. Name the US secretary who is India on a 3-day visit asking to reduce oil imports fromIran on the agenda.Hillary Clinton38. Which series of bollywood actor’s TV debut got a thumbs up from the Hindi filmindustry?Satyamev Jayate40. Which popular comic is featuring members of Delhi Daredevils players like Virender Sehwag,Irfan Pathan and Kevin Pietersen?Chacha Chaudhary in Sabu new comic series41. Who was sworn in as Russian president for 2nd time?Vladimir Putin42. Who won the silver medal at the 3rd International ‘Republic of Kazakhstan President’sCup’ held in Almaty, kazakhstan?Devendro Singh.43. Name the hockey player who died after being hit in the head by the ball during a game inPerth recently.Elizabeth Watkins44. Which movie team is set to open 4-day Children’s Film Festival to be held in Goa fromMay 11th 2012?Gattu45. Which state’s first marine training institute will be operational from August 2012?Gujarat46. Which state of Jaipur will host first edition of 3-day Fashion Week from May 24th 2012?Rajasthan47. After completing a year post acquisition of Patni Computer which company droppedPatni from its brand name?iGate Corporation48. India’s Finance minister recently scrapped a ‘draconian’ clause under which law?Customs law49. Red Hat recently setup its R&D centres in which locality outside North America?Pune and Bangalore in India50. Which PSU acquired 51% stake in Bharti Axa Mutual Fund?Bank of India51. Who created national record by winning silver medal at the Altius Track Crew Threwdownmeet in maui Island, Hawaii?Krishna Poonia52. Who is appointed as Russian Prime Minister?Dmitry Medvedev53. Name the aircraft carrier and nuclear submarine India is set to get in 2013.Admiral Gorshkov and INS Arihant54. What was rolled back on realty as excise on gold jewellery?Tax Deducted at Source55. Where in London a centre dedicated to the life and work of Rabindranath Tagore hasbeen launched?Edinburgh

.56. Name the former chairman of ICICI bank and billionaire investor who are re-appointed tothe Arcelor Mittal board?N.Vaghul and Wilbur Ross57. When was the World Red Cross day celebrated?May 8th58. Which street is renamed after Roger Federer in Germany?Weststrasse renamed as Roger-Federer-Allee59. Which cricketer is likely to make an appearance in filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s‘Ferrari Ki Sawari’?Sachin Tendulkar60. Lahore based Ajoka has planned for 4-day theatre festival to pay tribute to which birthcentenarian as on May 2012?Saadat Hassan Manto61. NSG base will be setup in which part of India?GujaratWhich Oscar-winning musician has been conferred with his first American Honorary Doctorate bythe Miami University?A.R.Rahman62. Name the Russian plane which went missing on a demonstration over Indonesia in the area ofMount Salak recently.Sukhoi Superjet 10063. Name the former Ukraine Prime Minister who ended her 20-day hunger strike afterclaiming that her guards handled her roughly while in prison.Yulia Tymoshenko64. Which sector is likely to get electronic development fund to promote its R&D activities?Information Development sector65. Denominations above what value should now be machine processed for authenticity by bankbranches as per RBI notification?Rs.100 and above66. Which singer is awarded America’s highest civilian honour “The Medal of Freedom”?Bob Dylan.67. Who won the Google Photography Prize 2012?Viktor Johansson (A Swedish Student)68. What is the name of the Carrie Underwood’s album released on May 1st 2012?Blown away69. Which singers were awarded 2012′s Sweden highest music honour “The Polar MusicPrize”?Paul Simon and Yo-Yo Ma70.Which bollywood actor is starring in the Hollywood movie “The Amazing Spider-man”?Irrfan Khan71. Name the bill passed by Rajya Sabha in India to protect children against sexual abuse.Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences Bill72. Name the bill approved by the Union Cabinet in India to regulate the micro finance industryand bring the micro lenders under the purview of RBI.Micro Finance Sector Development and Regulation Bill, 201173. Which city in India leads household penetration of the internet as per Census 2011?Gurgaon

74. Which sporting tournament will be held in Orissa from 11th May to 28th May 2012?66th National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy 201275. How many districts of the border state of Punjab will get clusters of food processingindustry post United Nation’s Industrial Development Organisation’s survey?2 districts76. AICTE has allowed private engineering colleges to run dual degree programme forbachelor of engineering and master of technology courses in which state recently?Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh77. In which year MotoGP set to make its debut in India?201378. WHO in its ‘International Travel and Health Bulletin 2012′ issued a malaria alert to whichcountry recently?India79. Which society in Goa is organising children’s film festival from May 11th to 13th 2012 atMaquinez Palace, Panaji?.Entertainment Society of Goa80. Which state in India has made ID proof mandatory for pregnant women who undergoultrasound?Haryana81. WHO has urged which country to act on Palestinian hunger-strike?Israel82. Which state announced 500MW gas-fired power plant in its budget session recently?Tamil Nadu83. Who has been named EPL manager of the year?Alan Pardew84. Which country recently honoured over 150 peacekeepers?Haiti85. Which football sporting event will India bid to host at the FIFA Congress in Budapestscheduled for May 24th and 25th 2012?Under-17 World Cup in 201786. Punjab has recently achieved a record wheat crop produce of what value?120 lakh tones87. Which 3 northeastern Indian states will have its own high courts?Tripura, Manipur and Meghalaya88. Jammu and Kashmir Government will set up Development and Management Authority topromote which sport in the state?Golf89. Where in Kozhikode UL Cyber Park with Special Economic Zone status is built?Malabar90. Which airline will become first to provide in-flight mobile access in UK?Virgin Atlantic91. Which country has BCCI allowed to play in Champions League T20 in India?Pakistan92. Which country’s president visited India recently?Maldivian President, Mohammed Waheed.93. Where and at what cost was The Arcelor Mittal Orbit has been built?London, amounting to 22.7million pounds

94. Name the Indian American who has been named as Chancellor of California.Pradeep Khosla95. Where in India “Veer Bharat Premises”, a unique museum dedicated to Indian heroes willbe setup?Bhopal96. Name the Venezuelan who won his maiden Formula One Spanish Grand Prix 2012.Pastor Maldonado97. Who won the woman single’s Madrid Masters title 2012?Serena Williams98. Who won the men single’s Madrid Masters title 2012?Roger Federer99. Name the companies that Nigeria’s telecom authority fined a total of 7.3 million dollarsfor providing poor services to customers.Bharti Airtel, MTN, Etisalat and Globacom100. Which bank has is ranked 2nd most profitable public sector bank in terms of annual profitfor the fiscal year ended March, 2012?Bank of Baroda101. Who has been appointed as TRAI chairman for a 3 year term?Rahul Khullar102. Where in India first 2MW solar power plant started functioning?Uttar Pradesh103. Where was the British World War II fighter plan found recently?Egypt desert104. Which 3 countries have warned North Korea on further Nuclear tests?China, Japan and South Korea105. Who will temporarily replace Yahoo Chief Executive Scott Thompson?Ross Levinsohn.106. Which 3 India’s bank and Insurance Company did Credit ratings agency Moody’sdowngrade recently?ICICI bank, HDFC Bank, Axis Bank and Life Insurance Corporation107. Which automobile maker is planning Rs.1,500 crore plant in Tamil Nadu?Yamaha108. Which Chennai-based hospital became the first in India to receive the ‘halal’ certificationfrom the Halal Development Authority?Global Health City109. Which company signed a deed with the National Apprenticeship Scheme of Britain toimpart software skills training for about 100 youths in Britain?Infosys110. What is the theme of World Economic Forum which is to be held in India between 6thand 8th November 2012?From Deliberation to Transformation111. Name the Indian who became the youngest to win Asian Chess Championship.Primarjan Negi112. Which Asian country was invited by NATO to Chicago summit 2nd day of which willfocus on Afghanistan?Pakistan113. Name the child actor who acted in movie ‘Paa’ died in the Nepal plane crash recently.Taruni Sachdev

114. Name the mass segment vehicle launched by Honda targeting Indian market.Dream Yuga115. Who won the top player in the English Premier League’s history?Ryan Giggs116. Who won the top manager award for the past 20 years in EPL?Alex Ferguson117. Which 3 North Eastern states will have planetarium by 2013?Nagaland, Manipur and Jorhat in Assam118. Which state will introduce a bill to protect heritage buildings which are not protected bythe Archaeological Survey of India or the state archeological department?.Tamil Nadu (Tamil Nadu Heritage Commission Bill 2012)119. Which country’s President has been fined $17,000 by its electoral authorities for urginghis Facebook followers on polling day to vote for him?Taiwan (President Ma Ying-jeou)120. In which Junior Asia Cup tournament did India bag Bronze medal recently?Hockey121. Who will help bring the Olympic flame to Britain along with 5 young Britons as a formalhandover ceremony in Athens, London 2012 on 18th May 2012?David Beckham122. Which company is planning to open ‘Motherwood Maternity’, ‘A pea in the Pod’ and‘Destination Maternity’ brands in India?Mahindra Retail123. Where in India the first store of ‘Destination Maternity’ is opened by Mahindra Retail?Gurgaon124. Which town in Odisha touched 45 degree Celsius on 16th May 2012?Sambalpur, Hirakud, Titilagarh, Jharsuguda and Sonepur125. Which company was allowed by Indian cabinet to sign a gas purchase agreement withTurkmenistan national oil firm?GAIL India Ltd.126. Bharti Airtel tied-up for mobile banking services with which bank recently?Axis Bank127. Nomura downgraded which company from ‘buy’ to ‘reduce’?Larsen and Toubro128. Nomura downgraded which company from ‘buy’ to ‘neutral’?Ashok Leyland129. What did Rajya Sabha approve in the Copyright Amendment Bill seeking to removeoperational difficulties?Address newer issues related to the digital world and worldwide web130. Demand for which language in the 8th Schedule of Indian constitution could be acceptedsoon?Bhojpuri.131. Expand LAAR Bill.Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill132. Name the Grammy-winning, nicknamed the Queen of Disco who passed away after a battlewith cancer.Donna Summer133. What value of swap facility has RBI set up for SAARC nations?

$2 billion134. At what value did Facebook IPO open at Nasdaq?$42.05135. Who rang the opening bell remotely of Nasdaq as Facebook made its public debut on18th May 2012?Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg136. Name the NRI who became the first Lord Mayor of Leicester town in UK.Abdul Razak Osman137. Name the Indian-American who was elected to Sugar Land City of Texas in US.Himesh Gandhi138. Death due to which insect is an accident and is covered under accidental death insuranceas per the North District Consumer Forum in India?Mosquito139. Kerala investor meet was held as a part of build-up towards which event in September2012?Emerging Kerala Conclave140. Which rating agency has downgraded Greek banks ratings from B- to CCC?Fitch rating agency141. How many Spanish banks debt ratings have been cut by Moody’s, citing the effects ofrecession?16 Spanish banks142. Name the 73 year old Japanese oldest woman to scale Mt.Everest.Tamae Watanabe143. Which Mobile E-commerce App was acquired by Facebook recently?Karma.144. What is the name of the new version of Android Operating System called?Android 5 “Jelly bean”145. What is the name of new tool launched by yahoo for online advertisers for their dataanalytics?Genome146. Who won the Football Champions League 2012 final match against Bayern Munich?Chelesa147. Which state Government in the west of India completed 1 year at office?West Bengal148. Which state Government in South India completed 1 year at office?Tamil Nadu149. Which Indian state is now center of spiritual tourism?Gujarat150. Cyber Defence Research Centre came into operation recently in which Indian state?Jharkhand151. Name the 1st Bangladeshi woman who scaled Mt.Everest.Nishat Majumder152. Name the Indian origin British civil servant who was chosen as president of EuropeanBank for Reconstruction and Development.Suma Chakrabarti153. Which country will become biggest IT consumer in Asia-Pacific surpassing Japan?China154. Name the 12 years and 9 months old child prodigy from Bhojpur district in Bihar who

created history by cracking IIT-JEE 2012.Satyam Kumar of Bakhorapur155. Who won the French MotoGP 2012?Jorge Lorenzo156. One-year of rural posting is made compulsory for which medical course in India?MMBS.157. Name the Indian player who won his first ever ATP Challenger singles title 2012.Yuki Bhambri158. Name the asteroid which could come near to earth on 15 February 2013 leading todisruption of geosynchronous satellites.DA14159. Name the 12 year old who has lectured at harvard and co-written a book in America.Blake Kernen160. Name the card that would popularise after Chief General Manager D.V.Deshpande forNABARD urged commercial banks to promote it in Bihar.Kisan Credit Card161. Name the former Prime Minister who’s 21st death anniversary was observed in India on21st May 2012.Rajiv Gandhi162. Which browser over took Internet Explorer to become top browser in the world?Google Chrome163. Which country is pressing for global internet governance to the UN committee?India164. As per the Delhi Registration of Marriages Bill 2012, marriage registration is madecompulsory in Delhi within how many days of tying the knot?60 days. If exceeds, one has to pay a fine of Rs.10,000165. Which Indian state with over 6 lakh unemployed youths could get an Information andTechnology park?Jammu and Kashmir166. Name the tower in Dubai, UAE which is 413.4 metres (1,356 feet) high and has 101storeys, the world’s tallest residential building.Princess Tower167. Who won the men’s Rome Masters 2012 for a record 6th time?Rafael Nadal168. Which act was passed for Sikh organisations recently?Anand Marriage Act169. What is the changed brand name of West Assam Milk Producer’s Cooperative Union Ltd..(Wamul) milk in the market?Purabi Smart170. Name one among the Bee Gees who died recently fighting against cancer.Robin Gibb171. Which city in Rajasthan will be made smoking free?Jaipur172. Expand ADaRSH.Association for Development and Research of Sustainable173. Expand GRIHA.Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment

174. Name the former chief minister of Meghalaya who passed away recently.Flinder Anderson Khonglam175. Which state Government in India announced a pension of Rs.1,000 per month postretirement and housing scheme for homeless journalists?Tripura176. Name the deputy Prime Minister who quit from Nepal cabinet recently.Krishna Sitaula177. Expand PAC.Public Accounts Committee178. Name the Indian who became the first Prime Minister to visit Myanmar after 25 years.Dr.Manmohan Singh179. Who won the 66th Santosh Trophy?Services against Tamil Nadu (3-2)180. Which company has warned of internet blackout on July 9th 2012?Google181. Which company has invested Rs.21,000 crore to setup railway wagon and componentfactory in West Bengal?SAIL182. Name the tennis player who played his 50th Grand Slam tournament at the French Open2012..Roger Federer183. Who won the Monaco Grand Prix 2012?Mark Webber184. Who won the Chennai Open 2012 at the Indian Squash Academy?Joshna Chinappa (6th title of her career)185. Who won the Thomas Cup 2012 title?Lin Dan186. Which countries recently signed 12 agreements, including a $500 million credit line,border area development and air services?India and Mayanmar187. Where in India 3-day international student’s film festival will be held from 1st June2012?Kolkata188. Which film of Raj Kapoor has been added to All-Time 100 list of the greatest films madesince 1923 by Time magazine?Awaara189. Who has been appointed as commerce secretary in India?S.R.Rao190. Who has been appointed as director general of Jammu and Kashmir police?Ashok Prasad191. Which football team has been identified as the world’s most popular football club by asurvey carried out by market research agency, Kantar?Manchester United192. Expand SFIO.Serious Fraud Investigation Office193. Which Northeast state got Software Technology Park recently?Tripura

194. Ritesh Idnani was Chief Operating Officer of which BPO company?Infosys

Current Affairs April 20121. Name the freedom fighter with picture of whom Rs.5 coin wouldbe introduced by RBI.Ans. Bhagat Singh2. Name the news search engine introduced by Rediff.comAns. Relatime News Search3. Tiger brand is associated with which company?Ans. Britannia4. Name the cricketer who was honoured with lifetime membershipof the Sydney Cricket Ground.Ans. Sachin Tendulkar5. Which country has been ranked as the world’s richest countryin the list compiled by US magazine Forbes?Ans. Qatar6. Which country did India beat to qualify for London Olympicsmen’s hockey 2012?Ans. France7. Name the service that is to be launched by Times Group toenable viewers to watch movies and TV shows online.Ans. BoxTV.com8. Name the football player who led India to the gold in theinaugural Asian Games in New Delhi who passed away recently.Ans. Sailendra Nath Manna9. Who won the Allan Border medal (Australia cricketer of theyear) award 2012?Ans. Michael Clarke10. Which west Asian country approved for new constitutionrecently?Ans. Syria11. Which model of Nokia phone has been built with 41-megapixelsensor camera?Ans. Nokia 808 Pureview camera phone12. Name the digital music store launched by flipkart.com.Ans. Flyte13. Name the online property search portal launched by HDFC inKolkataAns. HDFC Red14. Name the application launched by Vigyan Prasar and IGNOU asa free SMS service for mobile users that delivers content onscience and related areas.Ans. Science@Mobile15. Name the Kerala-based UAE business magnate who was awardedwith Interfaith Harmony Award at Kuala Lumpur.Ans. M.A.Yusuf Ali16. Which country has India agreed ‘in-principle’ to theparticipation in hydro power-projects in the North-East?Ans. Bangladesh

17. Name the Tech-savvy state which set a record by winning theNational Tourism Award for its website for 5th time in last 10years.Ans. Kerala18. Who has been appointed as brand ambassador of fruit drinkmaker rasna?Ans. Genelia D’souza19. Name the book which is set to be launched by model-turnedactressDiana Hayden.Ans. A Beautiful Truth20. Who has been awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prizeconsidered as Nobel prize in Architecture?Ans. Wang Shu21. Which railway station became the first railway network tooffer BluFi, a combination of Bluetooth and WiFi to provideinformation to passengers?Ans. Bangalore City Railway Station22. Name the Indian golfer who qualified for The OpenChampionship to be played in July at the Royal Lytham St Annes.Ans. Anirban Lahiri23. Which state bagged the second best national award in theComprehensive Development of Tourism category?Ans. Rajasthan24. Name the men’s mixed doubles winner of the ATP Dubai Open2012.Ans. Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna25. Who won the men’s singles of ATP Dubai Open 2012?Ans. Roger Federer26. Name the Indian American filmmaker who won the ’2012 RisingStar Award’ for his feature film ’9 Eleven’ at the CanadaInternational Film Festival.Ans. Manan Singh Katohora27. Who has been elected as Russian President recently?Ans. Vladimir Putin28. Name of Taslima Nasreen’s autobiography?Ans. Nirbasan29. Who is World’s shortest man as per recent Guinness WorldRecords ?Ans. 72-year old Chandra Bahadur Dangi of Nepal30. Name the Romanian Prime Minister who quit recently.Ans. Emil Boc31. Name the Maldives President who was appointed after MohamedNasheed quit.Ans. Mohammad Waheed Hassan32. Which singer is launching her own social networking websiteexclusively for her fans?Ans. Lady Gaga [www.littlemonsters.com]33. Which country released world’s highest resolution lunarimages taken by its 2nd moon orbiter, Chang’e-2?

Ans. China34. Who was honoured with Lata Mangehkar award by the MadhyaPradesh government recently?Ans. Rajesh Roshan35. Why zebras have black and white stripes (recently solvedmystery)?Ans. To keep blood-sucking files away36. Who was honoured with a posthumous Grammy award forhis contributions to the music industry in area other thanperformance?Ans. Steve Jobs1. Name the yesteryear actress who featured in the popularsong ‘Ae Meri Zohra Jabeen’ from the film ‘Waqt’who passed awayrecently.Achala Sachdev passed away at a Pune hospital on April 30, 2012.Achala was 91 year old.2. Where in India, largest solar power plant with an installedcapacity of 40 MW started producing electricity?Pokhran in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan3. Which department in India plans to set up 1000 ATM’s across 6states?Postal department4. Who created history by becoming the first Indian femalewrestler to have qualified for the London Olympics 2012?Geeta5. Who has been appointed next Chairman of Atomic EnergyCommission?Ratan Kumar Sinha6. In which part of India, Indo Tibetan Border Policeheadquarters is to be opened?Bihar7. Which state’s High Court has insisted that banks cannotfreeze accounts nor stop services of issuing cheque book or ATMfacility where the account holder has not supplied KYC (KnowYour Customers) documents?Gujarat8. Name the former Haryana chief secretary who took oath asstate information commissioner ?Urvashi Gulati9. Which State becames the 3rd state in India to launch StatePortal (SP) and State Service Delivery Gateway (SSDG) project?Nagaland10. Who won the World Series Hockey 2012 title?Sher-E-Punjab11. In which state Urdu medium Government schools would be setupas announced by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav?Uttar Pradesh12. Where is the World’s first Virtual shopping store opened?Korea

13. Who is named as HSBC’s India CEO?Stuart Milne14. Which Indian state bans guthka from 1st of April 2012 tocurb the increasing number of mouth cancer cases?Madhya Pradesh15. Which Indian state chief minister has urged union FinanceMinister to bail it out of its huge burden?West Bengal16. Name the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Chief Justice who wassworn in as Supreme court judge ?F.M.Ibrahim Kalifulla17. Name the Gujarati techie whose name has emerged for India’sPresident as the nation has to elect 16th President in July2012 ?Sam Pitroda18. At what value Air India’s restructuring plan was approved bya group of 19 banks led by SBI?18,000 crore19. Which services Airtel is planning to launch in Kolkata inApril 2012?4G services20. Name the nuclear submarine which joined Indian Navy.INS Chakra21. Which education company bagged Rs.209 crore order from AssamGovernment?Educomp22. Which 2 north Indian states will have pipeline connected oilterminals for supply of diesel, petrol and kerosene?Jammu and Himachal Pradesh23. Which Asian country has issued tender to buy minimum of30,000 tonnes of basmati rice from India and Pakistan?Iraq24. NSE founder who passes away Recently?RH PatilDr R H Patil, chairman, Clearing Corporation of India (CCIL) andfounder-managing director of the National Stock Exchange (NSE)passed away in Mumbai25. Who donated 1 million Singapore Dollars to Indian HeritageCentre?Founder of Singapore-based IT company Si2i Mobility B.K.Modi26. Name the world’s highest and longest bridge that wasofficially opened to motorists in China.Anzhaite Long-span Suspension Bridge in Jishou27. Which bank has opened 16 Ultra Small branches in 16locations in villages to cater to financial needs of the ruralpopulace?IDBI Bank28. Who has been conferred with Sir Jehangir Ghandy Medal?Narayana Murthy

29. In which city in Kerala will Infosys setup its 2nd campus?Thiruvananthapuram30. Which bank will set up 1-person micro branches to serveremote areas of the northeastern region financially?Indian Overseas Bank31. Which act does not allow to prosecute (no wife can claimcompensation or maintenance) husband’s girlfriend?Protection of Women from Domestic Vilonce Act, 200532. Name the 3 Indian hockey players after whom tube stations inLondon has been renamed.Dhyan Chand, Roop Singh and Leslie Claudius33. Who has been signed up as brand ambassador of ToyotaKirloskar Motors?Virat Kohli34. When was 63rd Rajasthan Day celebrated?30th March 201235. Where in Rajasthan Spices Board’s first Spices Park issetup?Jodhpur36. Which Asian country recently became member of ConsultativeGroup to Assist the Poor (CGAP)?India37. Who won her 6th world sprint title at the world trackcycling championships 2012?Victoria Pendleton38. Name the Malawi President who died after heart attack.Bingu wa Mutharika39. Who was sworn in as Malawi’s President following the deathof Bingu wa Mutharika?Joyce Banda40. Which Asian country made Hindu marriage registration a mustby bringing the law in lines with India?Bangladesh41. Israel has decided to setup its consulate office in whichpart of India?Bangalore42. Which Indian city is likely to get water taxis and airconditionedtrams?Kolkata43. Name the young doctor who is set to become the first foreignnational of Indian origin to walk across Antarctica carrying theIndian Flag.Dr.Alexander Kumar44. Name the youngest Indian boxer who qualified for LondonOlympics 2012.Shiva Thapa45. What percentage hike was allocated for Karnataka by PlanningCommission for current fiscal 2012-13 in the 12th Plan?10%

46. Who will be the sports ambassador for the state of Haryana?Leander Paes47. Which category of women will be allowed to participate inthe Miss Universe beauty pageant from next year?Transgender women48. Which rank does Bangalore hold as preferred entrepreneuriallocations worldwide?9th rank49. Which TV has become the first Indian television channel toenter the Chinese market?Zee TV50. Which act was amended to include compulsory registration ofmarriages in India?Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 196951. Where in Himachal Pradesh Indian Institute of InformationTechnology (IIIT) would be opened?Una district52. What denominations of currency note will RBI introducebearing rupee symbol?Rs.20 and Rs.50 currency notes53. Name the index on which NSE is set to launch derivativetrade.FTSE 100 index54. What percentage and value of US based Max New York LifeInsurance was sold to Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance (MSI)?26% and Rs.2,731 crore55. Which country replaced China as Iran’s top oil client?India56. India has recently decided to allow Foreign DirectInvestment from which Asian country?Pakistan57. What value of equity infusion did Air India get spread overa period of 9 years?Rs. 30,000 crore58. Where in India Integrated Check Post was inaugurated on theoccasion of Baisakhi to enhance trade between India-Pakistan?Attari59. Which education council in India would have its ownjob portal for the students of technical and professionalinstitutions?All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)60. Which 2 countries have agreed to resume dialogue ondisarmament and non-proliferation after a gap of 9 years?India and China61. Which repayment transaction is now allowed by RBIelectronically i.e. NEFT?Repayment of Loan EMI’s62. How many co-sponsors are against the Bill of outsourcingcall centers in USA?

106 co-sponsors63. How much basis point did RBI cut key rates after 3 years?50 basis points64. Name the Master Card’s President and CEO who has beenelected next chairman of the US-India Business Council?Ajay Banga65. Which Indian FMCG company crossed $1 billion mark in 2011-12?Dabur India66. Which 14 year old ICC cricket tournament would end after2013?ICC Champions Trophy67. Which state has included services of the petroleum industry,including that provided by tanker operations as essentialservices under the state’s Essential Services Maintenance Act1971, (Act 20 of 1971)?Andhra Pradesh68. Which Indian state’s 100th anniversary was celebratedrecently?Bihar69. Who replaces Simon Leung chief executive of the greaterChina region of Microsoft?Ralph Haupter70. Bill to include children with disabilities under which Actwas recently passed by Rajya Sabha recently?Right to Education Act71. Name the spy satellite launched by ISRO recently.RISAT-172. Which cricket player and lady actor were recommended forRajya Sabha membership in India?Sachin Tendulkar and Rekha73. Name the Indian origin entrepreneur and educator who isnamed as the Goodwill Ambassador for Education Partnerships forUN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).Sunny-Varkey74. Who has been appointed as Governor of Goa, Rajasthan andUttarkhand?B.V.Wanchoo, Margaret Alva and Aziz Qureshi75. Who were given fresh terms as Governor of Andhra Pradesh andMaharashtra?E.S.L.Narasimhan and K.Sankaranarayanan76. Which Indian state will be showcased at the Cannes FilmFestival?Gujarat77. Which 2 Asian countries will hold 1st ever economic dialogueon 30th April 2012?India and Japan78. Name the first of the four Dreamliner aircraft that AirIndia got from Nikki Haley’s state.

Boeing 78779. Who won the Asian Snooker Championship 2012?Aditya Mehta80. Who retained the crown as Britain’s richest man?Lakshmi Mittal81. Where was the India Investrade 2012 organised by IndianChamber of Commerce, Kolkata held?Colombo, Sri Lanka82. Name the mango variety named after the youngest ChiefMinister of Uttar Pradesh.‘Akhilesh aam’, named after Akhilesh Yadav83. Which Indian state is planning to make 100 the common numberto dial in any emergency?Tamil Nadu84. Who became the 1st player to cross 2000 runs in crickettournament IPL?Suresh Raina85. Which country is keen to boost trade ties with Kerala?Singapore86. Who became the 1st player to win Barcelona title for 7times?Rafael Nadal87. Name the former BCCI president who passed away recentlyafter whom the challenger trophy was named.N.K.P.Salve

Current Affairs March 2012Who is appointed as Wipro’s banking head?Rajan KohliWhere in India 3-day gaming carnival will be held from 6th of April2012?Ayatti Resort, Greater NoidaWho was named as the winner of the Templeton Prize 2012 for hiscontribution to affirming life’s spiritual dimension?Dalai LamaName the bill passed against conduct of any constitutional authorityin India.Judicial Accountability BillWhat 2 agreements were signed by the development banks of BRICScountries to boost trade within BRICS nations?Providing credit facility in local currencies and Facilitatingconfirmation ofmultilateral Letter of CreditName the Malaysian financial services group who would deploy thebanking solution of Tata Consultancy Services.AmBankWhere in India Guru Gobind Singh refinery will be inaugurated in April2012?

Bathinda, Southwest PunjabName the company that Titan Energy has partnered with, to offer EPCservices and solarpower project development solutions.Ortiz Energia, a subsidiary of Spain’s Group OrtizWho is crowned Miss India World 2012?Vanya MishraWhere in Arunachal Pradesh Reserve Bank of India is planning to openits office?ItanagarWhich Indian state passed Rs.201.05 crore deficit budget for thefinancial year 2012-13?Arunachal PradeshThe indoor hall built at Orissa Cricket Association is named of whichcricket personality?Sachin Tendulkar Indoor HallName the Interactive smart television launched by Samsung for South-West Asian market.ES8000 LED TV, 55-inch screenWho has been elected as German President?Joachim GauckWhich bank recently celebrated its 75th anniversary?Indian Overseas BankIn which stock exchange has RCom filed IPO for Flag Telecom?Singapore Stock ExchangeAt what value and which company is United Parcel Service is set tobuy?TNT Express for $6.85 billionAs Jet Airways discontinues JetLite, which company it is set to merge?JetKonnectName the hockey player who was declared the winner of ‘SurvivorIndia’.Raj RaniExpand – NPCINational Payment Corporation of IndiaName the 6 Indian brands among world’s 500 best brands as per globalconsultancy firm‘Brand Finance’.Tata, Airtel, State Bank of India, Reliance, Indian Oil Corporationand InfosysName the laptop launched by Dell priced at Rs.79,900.XPS13 UltrabookOn which city Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa is planning a novel?Peruvian city of PiuraWhich Indian city has been selected as city of focus at the TorontoInternational Film Festival 2012?MumbaiWho has been named for Dada Saheb Phalke award?Soumitra Chatterjee

1. Who is crowned Miss India World 2012?- Vanya Mishra2. Name the cricket personality called ‘The Wall’ who retired fromInternational cricket recently.- Rahul Dravid3. Which country has India agreed ‘in-principle’ to the participationin hydro power-projects in the North-East?Bangladesh4. Name the Tech-savvy state which set a record by winning theNational Tourism Award for its website for 5th time in last 10 years.Kerala5. Which Malayalam language daily has tied up with Yahoo India todeliver premium digital content in Malayalam?Malayala Manorama6. Name the Delhi-based group which has been nominated in the bestinternational brand/group award at the British Reggae Industry Awards.Reggar Rajahs7. Which movie of Indian filmmaker Mani Ratnam is now part of thepermanent collection at the Austrian Film Museum?Raavanan8. Who has been awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize considered asNobel prize in Architecture?Wang Shu9. Which railway station became the first railway network to offerBluFi, a combination of Bluetooth and WiFi to provide information topassengers?Bangalore City Railway Station10. Which state bagged the second best national award in theComprehensive Development Of Tourism category?Rajasthan11. Name the Kerala-based UAE business magnate who was awarded withInterfaith Harmony Award at Kuala Lumpur.M.A.Yusuf Ali12. Name the men’s mixed doubles winner of the ATP Dubai Open 2012.Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna13. When was the World’s oldest post office opened as it celebratesits 300th anniversary?1712 in Sanquhar, London14. Name the Indian American filmmaker who won the ’2012 Rising StarAward’ for his feature film ’9 Eleven’ at the Canada InternationalFilm Festival.Manan Singh Katohora15. Who won the women’s Kabaddi World Cup championship?India16. Who is expected to visit India with export of gas and investmenton agenda?Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani17. Who has been elected as Russian President?Vladimir Putin

18. Name the West Indian cricketer who died in a car accidentrecently.- Runako Morton aged 3319. 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 tofinance infrastructure projects in India?Bank of Baroda, ICICI Bank, LIC and Citi Financial21. Who has been appointed as MD of Hyundai Motor India Ltd.?Bo Shin Seo22. Which Chinese Electric company has started office in India?Shangai Electric23. Which university conferred honoris causa(as honorary academicdegree) during its 12th convocation to the finance minister PranabMukherjee?Assam University24. Which India’s leading commodity exchange would be listed on theBSE making it India’s first exchange to be listed?Multi Commodity Exchange25. Which western India university will start the Institute ofInternational Studies?M S University26. HSBC will sell its general insurance for US $914 million to which2 companies?AXA Group and QBE Insurance Group27. Against which team India will play one-off Twenty20 Internationalcricket on March 30th 2012 to commemorate the 150 years of settlementof Indians in that country?South Africa28. Who retained his title of being the world’s richest Indian inForbes magazine’s annual list of the world’s richest people?Mukesh Ambani29. Name the music director – king of soft melodies who passed awayrecently.Ravi Shankar Sharma30. Who has been appointed as head coach of the Pakistan cricket team?Dav Whatmore31. Name the bank that has entered into a partnership with Remit2hometo offer Sri Lankans to transfer money back home.Nations Trust Bank32. Where is Kerala a film city is to be built?Varikkassery Mana at Ottapalam33. Who will be appointed as CEO of L&T?K Venkataraman34. Name the chocolate boy of Hindi cinema during 1960′s who passedaway recently.Joy Mukherjee35. Who is appointed as ISI chief of Pakistan Government?

Lt. Gen. Zaheerul Islam36. Which Indian NGO has been chosen for America’s first InnovationAward for the Empowerment of Women and Girls, for training andorganising wastepickers and eliminating child labour from recycling?Chintan37. What is the reduced CRR of scheduled banks as revised by RBI at 75basis points?4.75%38. At what value did Euro zone finance ministers release 2nd bailoutpackage for debt-hit Greece?$46.9 billion39. Where was the International Financial Hub inaugurated in Indiarecently?New Town, Kolkata40. What is the extended number of days for advance reservation ofIndian railway tickets?12041. Which state has recorded an increase in foodgrains production thattouched 50.22 lakh tonnes during Kharif 2011 season?Haryana42. Name the ambulance launched for farmers in Andhra Pradesh bySrihari Kotela, a Charterted Accountant.Rythu Ratham (Tollfree – 18002666208)43. Which non-banking finance arm of Tata Sons have decided to ramp upits travel business and focus on the retail segment?Tata Capital44. Which financial service will Nokia close in India?Nokia Money45. Which rank does India hold as per U5MR rates by UNICEF?46th rank46. Who will take over the rein of Deutsche Bank CEO at the end of May2012?Anshu Jain47. Who was sworn in as Uttarkhand’s Chief Minister?- Vijay Bahuguna48. Name the Indian railway minister who will present Railway Budget2012-13.Dinesh Trivedi49. Who has been appointed as Director General of Police for Punjab?Sumedh Singh Saini50. Who and at what age became 5th time Chief Minister of Punjab?Parkash Singh Badal51. Where was FICCI FRAMES 2012 – Asia’s largest global convention onfilm media and entertainment inaugurated?Kolhapur, Maharashtra52. Who is sworn as youngest Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh?- Akhilesh Yadav at the age of 38 years53. What is the proposed capital support to be infused to PSU’s andfinancial institutions during the next fiscal year as per Budget 2012-

13?Rs.15,888 crore54. Who has been appointed as Additional Advocate General of TamilNadu?P.H.Arvindh Pandian55. From which tax will RBI be spared?Wealth Tax56. Who won the Australian Grand Prix 2012?Jenson Button57. Who won the Swiss Open 2012 title against China’s Shixian Wang?Saina Nehwal58. Who will replace Dinesh Trivedi as Railway Minister?Mukul Roy59. The indoor hall built at Orissa Cricket Association is named ofwhich cricket personality?Sachin Tendulkar Indoor Hall60. Who has been elected as German President?Joachim Gauck61. Which bank recently celebrated its 75th anniversary?Indian Overseas Bank62. As Jet Airways discontinues JetLite, which company it is set tomerge?JetKonnect63. Name the hockey player who was declared the winner of ‘SurvivorIndia’.Raj Rani64. Expand – NPCINational Payment Corporation of India65. Which Indian city has been selected as city of focus at theToronto International Film Festival 2012?Mumbai66. Who has been named for Dada Saheb Phalke award?Soumitra Chatterjee67. Which European nation has tied up with the Indian Railways torenovate 14 railway stations in India?Belgium68. Name the Goa Tourism minister who died of heart attack recently?Matanhy Saldanha69. Which team won the cricket Asia Cup 2012?Pakistan70. Expand – NBFCNon-Banking Finance Companies71. Which British newspaper won the annual Press Awards – the Oscarsof British Journalism?Daily Mail (Newspaper and Website of the year)72. What amount of loan for education has been offered to India byWorld Bank?$500 million73. 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 Pradesh75. Israeli Government is planning to setup 3 agricultural excellencecentres in which Indian state?Gujarat76. Who has been nominated for World bank President post by USPresident?Korean-American Physician-Anthropologist Jim Yong Kim77. Who will be appointed as Army chief to succeed Gen.V.K.Singh?- Lt. Gen. Bikram Singh78. Who won 2nd silver medal in the men’s 50m rifle three position atthe Amir of Kuwait International Shooting Grand Prix?Gagan Narang79. Name the new tax norms which will come into effect from April 1st2012.GAAR – General Anti-Avoidance Rules80. Which 2 banking facilities would not require signatureattestation instead only thumb impression as per RBI?Fixed deposits and Opening a bank locker81. Which state will get its first commercial dairy for processing ofcamel milk into various products in Kutch district once the provisionis made in its 2012-13 budget?Gujarat82. Who is appointed as chairman of Haldia Petrochemicals?Kolkata’s industry minister Partha Chatterjee83. Who is named as Peace ambassador of world religious Parliament?Pt.Arjun Prasad Bastola84. Who is appointed as Wipro’s banking head?Rajan Kohli85. Who was named as the winner of the Templeton Prize 2012 for hiscontribution to affirming life’s spiritual dimension?Dalai Lama86. Name the bill passed against conduct of any constitutionalauthority in India.Judicial Accountability Bill87. Where in India Guru Gobind Singh refinery will be inaugurated inApril 2012?Bathinda, Southwest Punjab88. Where in Chennai is the 2nd airport is to be setup?Sriperumbudur89. Where in Arunachal Pradesh Reserve Bank of India is planning toopen its office?Itanagar90. Which Indian state passed Rs.201.05 crore deficit budget for thefinancial year 2012-13?Arunachal Pradesh91. Which IPL cricket team signed up with UNICEF in a bid to support

the adolescent girls in India?Delhi Daredevils92. Who has replaced Shankar Bidari as DGP and IG in Karnataka?A.R.Infant93. Which Indian state would celebrate 77th foundation day on 1stApril 2012?Odisha or Orissa94. Name the 26/11 Mumbai terror survivor who has been selected as aflag bearer at the London 2012 Olympics.Harnish Patel95. Name the PSU bank whose 108 branches were inauguratedelectronically by Union Minister of State for Finance Namo NarainMeena.Syndicate BankName the Kerala-based UAE business magnate who was awarded withInterfaith Harmony Award at Kuala Lumpur.M.A.Yusuf AliName the bank that has entered into a partnership with Remit2home tooffer Sri Lankans to transfer money back home.Nations Trust BankWhich country has India agreed ‘in-principle’ to the participation inhydro power-projects in the North-East?BangladeshName the Tech-savvy state which set a record by winning the NationalTourism Award for its website for 5th time in last 10 years.KeralaWho has been appointed as brand ambassador of fruit drink maker rasna?Genelia D’souzaWhich Malayalam language daily has tied up with Yahoo India to deliverpremium digital content in Malayalam?Malayala ManoramaName the Delhi-based group which has been nominated in the bestinternational brand/group award at the British Reggae Industry Awards.Reggar RajahsWhich movie of Indian filmmaker Mani Ratnam is now part of thepermanent collection at the Austrian Film Museum?RaavananName the book which is set to be launched by model-turned-actressDiana Hayden.A Beautiful TruthWho has been awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize considered asNobel prize in Architecture?Wang ShuTo which company did Kodak sell its online photo services business,Kodak Gallery?ShutterflyWhich railway station became the first railway network to offerBluFi, a combination of Bluetooth and WiFi to provide information topassengers?

Bangalore City Railway StationName the Indian golfer who qualified for The Open Championship to beplayed in July at the Royal Lytham St Annes.Anirban LahiriWhich state bagged the second best national award in the ComprehensiveDevelopment of Tourism category?RajasthanName the world’s tallest free-standing broadcast tower at a height of643m(2,080 ft) that has been erected in Japan.Tokyo Sky TreeWho will be appointed as Army chief to succeed Gen.V.K.Singh?Lt.Gen.Bikram SinghName the men’s mixed doubles winner of the ATP Dubai Open 2012.Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan BopannaWhen was the World’s oldest post office opened as it celebrates its300th anniversary?1712 in Sanquhar, LondonWho won the men’s singles of ATP Dubai Open 2012?Roger FedererName the Indian American filmmaker who won the ’2012 Rising StarAward’ for his feature film ’9 Eleven’ at the Canada InternationalFilm Festival.Manan Singh KatohoraWho won the women’s Kabaddi World Cup championship?IndiaWho is expected to visit India with export of gas and investment onagenda?Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al ThaniWho has been elected as Russian President?Vladimir PutinName Charlie Chaplin’s grand daughter who has made debut in Indianfilm ‘Chaurahen’.KieraName the Global law firm which could open its office in India once therules permit to do so.Baker and McKenzieName the West Indian cricketer who died in a car accident recently.Runako MortonName India’s first 3D dance film.ABCD (Any Body Can Dance)Which company has bagged title sponsorship for Asia Cup 2012 forsecond consecutiveyear?Micromax Informatics LimitedName the Italian business school which in association with LuxuryConnect of New Delhi would start executive education programs in Indiawith a special focus on luxurybusiness.SDA Bocconi School of Management

Which 4 financial institutions have agreed to form country’s first $2billion (about Rs.10,000 crore) Infrastructure Development Fund tofinance infrastructure projects in India?Bank of Baroda, ICICI Bank, LIC and Citi FinancialWith which South African firm did Tata Power enter in joint venture todevelop power projects in Africa?ExxaroWho has been appointed as MD of Hyundai Motor India Ltd.?Bo Shin SeoWhich Chinese Electric company has started office in India?Shangai ElectricWhich university conferred honoris causa(as honorary academic degree)during its 12th convocation to the finance minister Pranab Mukherjee?Assam UniversityWhich India’s leading commodity exchange would be listed on the BSEmaking it India’s first exchange to be listed?Multi Commodity ExchangeWhere is the world’s highest altitude (13,500 feet) film festival setto begin?LadakhWhich cholesterol lowering tablet has Ranbaxy Laboratories launched in4 European countries – Italy, Sweden, the Netherlands and Germany?AtorvastatinWhich car was launched by Tata Motors at the Geneva Motor Show whichcould deliver 100 kilometers per litre of fuel (under battery onlypower)?Tata MegapixelCachar Tea in Barak Valley of Assam is to be sold to which country?BangladeshWhich western India university will start the Institute ofInternational Studies?M S UniversityHSBC will sell its general insurance for US $914 million to which 2companies?AXA Group and QBE Insurance GroupAfter 3 and 1/2 years which US investment bank has announced its exitfrom bankruptcy?Lehman BrothersAgainst which team India will play one-off Twenty20 Internationalcricket on March 30th 2012 to commemorate the 150 years of settlementof Indians in that country?South AfricaWhich Bollywood female actor’s wax statue was unveiled at the MadameTussauds wax museum?Madhuri DixitWho retained his title of being the world’s richest Indian in Forbesmagazine’s annual list of the world’s richest people?Mukesh AmbaniWhich Chinese subsidiary company took over Australia’s Gloucester Coal

miner in a multi-bllion dollar deal?YancoalName the music director – king of soft melodies who passed awayrecently.Ravi Shankar SharmaName the BPO firm acquired by Mahindra Satyam for $27 million.vCustomer bizWho has been appointed as head coach of the Pakistan cricket team?Dav WhatmoreName the cricket personality called ‘The Wall’ who retired fromInternational cricket recently.Rahul DravidWhere is Kerala a film city is to be built?Varikkassery Mana at OttapalamWho will be appointed as CEO of L&T?K VenkataramanWhere in Europe the 82nd Edition of Motor Show 2012 is held?GenevaName the chocolate boy of Hindia cinema during 1960′s who passed awayrecently.Joy MukherjeeWho is appointed as ISI chief of Pakistan Government?Lt. Gen. Zaheerul IslamWhich 5 provinces of Ecuador have been declared state of emergency asthe country is hit by heavy flooding?Manabi, Los Rios, Guayas, El Oro and LojaWhich Indian NGO has been chosen for America’s first Innovation Awardfor the Empowerment of Women and Girls, for training and organisingwastepickers and eliminating child labour from recycling?ChintanWhat is the reduced CRR of scheduled banks as revised by RBI at 75basis points?4.75%Where did Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata inaugurate the firstclassroom of Harvard Business School (HBS)?Taj Lands End at Bandra suburb, MumbaiAt what value did Euro zone finance ministers release 2nd bailoutpackage for debt-hit Greece?$46.9 billionWhat did Tibetans organise to mark anniversary at their main temple inMcLeodganj?Tibetan National upraising dayWhere was the International Financial Hub inaugurated in Indiarecently?New Town, KolkataWhat is the extended number of days for advance reservation of Indianrailway tickets?120Which state has recorded an increase in foodgrains production that

touched 50.22 lakh tonnes during Kharif 2011 season?HaryanaName the ambulance launched for farmers in Andhra Pradesh by SrihariKotela, a Charterted Accountant.Rythu Ratham (Tollfree – 18002666208)Who won the woman’s All-England Open 2012 title?Li XueruiWhich non-banking finance arm of Tata Sons have decided to ramp up itstravel business and focus on the retail segment?Tata CapitalWhich financial service will Nokia close in India?Nokia MoneyWhich rank does India hold as per U5MR rates by UNICEF?46th rankGujarat’s which famous shawl got Geographical Indication(GI) tag?Kutchi shawlsWhich 3rd biggest economy of eurozone confirmed it is under recession?ItalyWhere is the 12th Edition of India Fashion Forum 2012 set to begin?Bombay Exhibition Centre, GoregaonCelebrating 107th Foundation Day Corporation Bank recently launchedwhat service to its customers?CorpBank Application for android tablets and smartphonesWho will take over the rein of Deutsche Bank CEO at the end of May2012?Anshu JainWhich agricultural university has successfully produced the world’sfirst cloned pashminagoat?Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and TechnologyWhich chipmaker is developing as (ITV) Internet-based TV service?IntelWho was sworn in as Uttarkhand’s Chief Minister?Vijay BahugunaName the Indian railway minister who will present Railway Budget 2012-13.Dinesh TrivediWhich company launched India’s first CDMA Android tablet?Reliance CommunicationsWho has been appointed as Director General of Police for Punjab?Sumedh Singh SainiWhich popular reference book will stop printing its famed 32-volumeprint edition and godigital?Britanica EncyclopaediaWho and at what age became 5th time Chief Minister of Punjab?Parkash Singh BadalWhere was FICCI FRAMES 2012 – Asia’s largest global convention on filmmedia and entertainment inaugurated?

Kolhapur, MaharashtraWhich former tennis player resigned from the board of the KingfisherAirlines?Vijay AmritrajWhere was the 3rd International Exhibition and Conference on CivilAviation 2012 inaugurated?Aviation India 2012, HyderabadExpand – COAICOAI – Cellular Operators Association of IndiaExpand – AUTSPIAUTSPI – Association of Unified Telecom Service Providers of IndiaName the acting Cricket South Africa President who resigned recently.AK KhanWho is appointed as youngest Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh?Akhilesh YadavWhat is the reduced interest rate on deposits in Employees ProvidentFund?8.25%What value of bailout fund did IMF approve for Greece recently?28 billion euroName the Gujarat Chief minister whose image would be published on theTime magazine’s March 26th 2012 issue.Narendra ModiWhat is the hiked service tax announced in the annual budget 2012-13on mobile phone bills?2%What is the proposed capital support to be infused to PSU’s andfinancial institutionsduring the next fiscal year as per Budget 2012-13?Rs.15,888 croreName the online library launched by National Institute for VisuallyHandicapped.Online Braille LibraryWhat is the proposed lowered securities transaction tax on cashdelivery transactions?0.1%Who has been appointed as Additional Advocate General of Tamil Nadu?P.H.Arvindh PandianFrom which tax will RBI be spared?Wealth TaxName the chief executive of cricket South Africa who has beensuspended.Gerald MajolaName the Indian Formula 1 driver who failed to qualify for AustralianGP.Narain KarthikeyanWhich movement marked 6-month anniversary as over 200 protestersgathered in New York’s Zuccotti Park?Occupy Wall Street

Who won the Australian Grand Prix 2012?Jenson ButtonWho won the Swiss Open 2012 title against China’s Shixian Wang?Saina NehwalWho will replace Dinesh Trivedi as Railway Minister?Mukul RoyWhich university in Jammu is organising 2-day Kishan Mela 2012?Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and TechnologyWho won the Indian Wells 2012 title for a record fourth time?Roger FedererName the hotel built in 1891 at Himachal Pradesh which has beengranted National Heritage status.Chail PalaceWho has been named India’s Glam Diva?Bollywood actress Priyanka ChopraWho is chosen for the NTR National Film Award 2010?South Indian Actress SharadaWho was adjudged boldest business person of the year 2011 at theFinancial Times ArcelorMittal Boldness in Business Awards?Michael WoodfordWhich European nation has tied up with the Indian Railways to renovate14 railway stations in India?BelgiumName the Goa Tourism minister who died of heart attack recently?Matanhy SaldanhaAt what swap ratio did Tech Mahindra buyout Mahindra Satyam?2:17In amended divorce bill who would be given power to reduce or waiveoff the cooling period?Court i.e. JudgeWhich mircoblogging site is popularly known as ‘SMS of the internet’which turned 6years in March 2012?TwitterWhich team won the cricket Asia Cup 2012?PakistanWhich Dubai-based airlines are open to investing in India as theGovernment is considering allowing foreign airlines?Emirates groupWhich European nation was hit by 24-hour strike against austeritymeasures agreed by the Government in return for an internationalbailout?PortugalExpand – NBFCNon-Banking Finance CompaniesName the U.S. author who won the 8th annual Story prize for shortfiction – “We Others”.Steven MillhauserWhich British newspaper won the annual Press Awards – the Oscars of

British Journalism?Daily Mail (Newspaper and Website of the year)What amount of loan for education has been offered to India by WorldBank?$500 million64 years after Independence which Indian state saw a locomotive trainfor the first time?Manipur (12km from Jiribam to Dholakhal)Longding became the 17th district of which Indian state?Arunachal PradeshName the 3 state-run power companies from Gujarat which bagged goldand brozen shields at the National Awards for Meritorious Performancein Power Sector.Uttar Gujarat Vij Company Ltd. (UGVCL), Gujarat Energy TransmissionCompany Ltd. (GETCO) and Madhya Gujarat Vij Company Ltd. (MGVCL)Israeli Government is planning to setup 3 agricultural excellencecentres in which Indian state?GujaratWho has been nominated for World bank President post by US President?Korean-American Physician-Anthropologist Jim Yong KimName the company that launched Android tablet Ira costing Rs.4,000.WishtelWhich group of students scoring 90% and above could seek admission inundergraduate courses at Oxford University?CBSE and ISCTo which Asian country are Indian oil companies set to exportpetroleum products?PakistanName the Padma Bhushan awardee who was honoured with ‘Proclamation bythe City of New York’.Shabana AzmiWhat is the validity period for cheques and bank drafts in India from1st April 2012?3 months from the date of issueWhat is the all-time high of Cardamom export during April-Januaryfiscal?3,900 tonnes valued at Rs.308.32 croreWho won the Malaysian GP 2012?Fernando AlonsoWho recently visited Korean demilitarised zone?US President – Barack ObamaName the polish lady who did her PhD. in Sanskrit and then translatedBhagavad Gita into Polish recently.Anna RacinskaName the boxers who won gold medals at the 6th Asian BoxingChampionships in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.MC.Mary Kom and L.Sarita DeviWhere in Chennai is the 2nd airport is to be setup?Sriperumbudur

Which actor passed away as the Kerala Government selected him forJ.C.Daniel award for his contributions to the Malayalam industry?Jose PrakashWhere in India the Para Athletics National Championship 2012 heldwhich is also a selection trial for London Paralympics?BangaloreWhere in Kenya oil has been discovered for the first time?Ngamia-1 in Turkana CountyWhat is the increased interest rate on small savings scheme such asPPF and NSC applicable from 1st April 2012?PPF – 8.8% from 8.6% NSC – 8.9% from 8.7%Name the website launched to facilitate job prospects for Jammu andKashmir youths.nsdcindia.org/udaanWho won 2nd silver medal in the men’s 50m rifle three position at theAmir of Kuwait International Shooting Grand Prix?Gagan NarangName the new tax norms which will come into effect from April 1st2012.GAAR – General Anti-Avoidance RulesWhich 2 banking facilities would not require signature attestationinstead only thumb impression as per RBI?Fixed deposits and Opening a bank lockerWho was elected as Speaker of the Uttarkhand Assembly after defeatingHarbans Kapoor by 8 votes?Govind Singh KunjwalWho has replaced Subhinder Singh Prem as Managing Director for AdidasGroup India?Claus HeckerottWhich state will get its first commercial dairy for processing ofcamel milk into various products in Kutch district once the provisionis made in its 2012-13 budget?GujaratWhich 2 states in India has the production of rice doubled?Bihar and JharkhandWhich Indian state marks 100 years and set to celebrate it with afashion show called “Silks of Bihar”?BiharWhich IT and network technologies have planned to setup mobilecommunication system development centre in India?NEC CorporationWhich company’s Indian mutual fund business would L&T Finance acquire?FidelityWho is appointed as chairman of Haldia Petrochemicals?Kolkata’s industry minister Partha ChatterjeeWhich Sheffield based independent wholesale distributor of commercialvehicle parts and accessories did TVS Group acquire?Universal ComponentsWhich magazine named N.R.Narayana Murthy among the 12 greatest

entrepreneurs?Fortune magazineName the Chinese President who is in India on a 2-day visit toparticipate in the BRICS summit 2012.Hu JintaoWhat value of funding has been approved by World Bank for theRajasthan agricultural competitiveness project in India?$109 millionWith which Chinese company did suzlon tie up to develop 800 MW ofdomestic and international projects over the next 3 years?CGN Wind Energy Co.To which company Sify Technologies Limited will sell its entire stakein MF Global SifySecurities India Pvt. Ltd.?PhillipCapital Group, Singapore-based financial services companyWho is named as Peace ambassador of world religious Parliament?Pt.Arjun Prasad BastolaWhich part of India could possibly head towards 2nd green revolutionwith substantial increase in rice production?Eastern statesWhen was Earth Hour 2012 observed?March 31st 2012 (8:30pm to 9:30pm)To mark the 150th birth anniversary of which personality has theBengali Association of Jharkhand will celebrate 3-day 13th BanglaSanskritik Mela from April 13th 2012?Swami VivekanandaWho has been named president of Pay Pal unit to replace ScottThompson?David MarcusWhich IPL cricket team signed up with UNICEF in a bid to support theadolescent girls in India?Delhi DaredevilsWho has replaced Shankar Bidari as DGP and IG in Karnataka?A.R.InfantWhich Indian state would celebrate 77th foundation day on 1st April2012?Odisha or OrissaName the 26/11 Mumbai terror survivor who has been selected as a flagbearer at the London 2012 Olympics.Harnish PatelName the PSU bank whose 108 branches were inaugurated electronicallyby Union Minister of State for Finance Namo Narain Meena.Syndicate BankWhich part of India has Scottish Development International has plansto setup office to promote investment into Scotland and help domesticcompanies explore new export markets?South India (Chennai or Bangalore)

Current Affairs – 2012- February1. The World’s Youngest MCP and CCNA, who has exceptionally

highest IQ in the world ?Vishalini 11 year old Indian girl Vishalini, Born inThirunelveli, a small city of Tamil Nadu.2. Name the Pakistani cricketer who was released from jailbecause of good behaviour after serving half of his 6 monthsentence.Mohammad Aamer3. Which author’s autobiography release was cancelled at theKolkata Book Fair?Taslima Nasreen4. Name the luxury watch collection launched by Seiko WatchIndia at a price range of Rs.1-5 lakh per piece.Ananta5. What value of overseas inflow was injected into Indianmarkets in January 2012?Rs.26,000 crore (US$5.08 billion)6. Which guidelines have SEBI notified allowing companies toreduce promoter shareholding through private placement?Institutional Placement Programme (IPP)7. Which company will acquire full control of UTV Software andCommunications Ltd.?US-based Walt Disney8. What is the value of IPO filed by Facebook?$5 billion9. Expand SAR.Specific Absorption Rate10. Who was awarded ‘Pride of India’ award by the Indian-American community in Washington?Mallikarjun Kharge11. Name the book launched by Sonu Nigam authored by PriyaKumar.The Perfect World12. Which Italian luxury brand is looking to bring its high-endhomeware and furnishings retail stores to India?Giorgio Armani13. Which country announced 3-day national mourning followingviolence at a football stadium in Port Said?Egypt14. Who is World’s shortest man ?72-year-old Chandra Bahadur Dangi of Nepal15. Which bollywood actor was honoured with a Green Globe awardfor outstanding effort to fight climate change?Abhishek Bachchan16. Name the singer who has been appointed as anti-tobaccocampaign ambassador.Playback Singer Shann17. Name the car model unveiled by Sahara Force India.VJM0518. What award was conferred to Amul company in the

manufacturing category recently?Green Globe Foundation award19. Who have been selected for the Bharat Vikas Rathna award bythe All India Business Development Association, New Delhi?C Basavegowda, President, Mysore and Chamarajanagar District CooperativeCentralBank Ltd.20. Who will be the only Indian driver in the Formula One for2012 season after signing to continue with Hispania Racing(HRT)?Narain Karthikeyan21. Name the British energy minister who resigned recently.Chris Huhne22. Name the car launched by Ferrari for 2012 F1 season?F201223. Name the CEO of Micron Technology who died in a plane crashand who has been appointed as CEO?Steve Appleton and Mark Durcan24. In which country have UN declared end of famine?Somalia25. Which social networking site turned 8 recently?Facebook26. Who has been appointed as Executive Director of CorporationBank?Amar Lal27. Who won the World Squash Federation under-21 world cup?Egypt against India 2-128. Which 3-day youth festival is back after a gap of 7 years inJaipur?Ghoomar29. Who won the Champions Trophy women’s hockey tournament forthe 5th time?Argentina30.Name the Romanian Prime Minister who quit recently.Emil Boc31. Name the Managing Director and CEO of Dhanlaxmi Bank whoquit recently.Amitabh Chaturvedi32. Name the Mumbai-based historian who passed away recently.Sharada Dwivedi31. Name the science communicator who passed away recently.R.D.Sharma32. In which currency is India set to pay for 45% of Iran oilimports?Rupee33. Name the Maldives President who was appointed after MohamedNasheed quit.Mohammad Waheed Hassan34. Who has been appointed as Chief executive operations for

China’s Walmart?Greg Foran35. Name the novelist whose 200th birthday ceremony was observedled by Prince Charles.Chalres Dickens36. Which company renewed sponsorship deal with Indian hockeyteam?Sahara37. Which singer is launching her own social networking websiteexclusively for her fans?Lady Gaga38. Name the book featuring the problems of NRI’s living inGulf countries released by Mohammed Ali Shabbir and written byMohammed Saifuddin.Expat Ride39. India-born biologist who bags world’s 1st majorinternational award?Kamal Bawa40. Which country released world’s highest resolution lunarimages taken by its 2nd moon orbiter, Chang’e-2?China41. What percentage of the world’s mangrove vegetation doesIndia account for?3%42. Which place in Tamil Nadu is all set to get 4th SciencePark?Coimbatore43. Name the Indian American orthodontist who was honouredwith ‘Hind Rattan Award’.Dr.Gagan Balla44. What sum of amount is National Housing Bank set to receivefrom World Bank which would help in its refinancing programme?$300 million(Rs.1,500 crore)45. Name the newly elected President of Federation of IndianChambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)?R.V.Kanoria46. Which cricket batting legend is been inducted into ICC Hallof Fame?Sunil Gavaskar47. Name the commission setup in accordance with Section 74 ofthe Meghalaya Police Act.Police Accountability Commission48. What sum of amount has Bank of England set to pump intoeconomy?50 billion pounds49. Name the electronics retailer bought by Flipkart for $25million.Letsbuy50. When is Windows 8 set to be released by Microsoft?

February 29th 201251. Veteran Bollywood writer-filmmaker who died recently ?O.P. Dutta52. Which company will stop making digital cameras, pocket videocameras and digital picture frames?Eastman Kodak Co. (Kodak)53. Name the German’s 1997 Tour de France winner who received 2-year ban for a blood doping offence.Jan Ullrich54. Who was honoured with Lata Mangehkar award by the MadhyaPradesh government recently?Rajesh Roshan55. Name the site launched by an Italian computer scienceprofessor who hopes it will be a challenge to the US technologygiant Google.Volunia (www.volunia.com)56. Which bank is set to launch India’s first InfrastructureDebt Fund (IDF)?IDBI bank57. Where is the wax sculpture of Novak Djokovic revealed?Central Serbian town of Jagodina58. Who has been appointed as non-executive chairman for Indiaoperations by Vodafone?Analjit Singh59. Name the bollywood writer-filmmaker who passed awayrecently.O.P.Dutta60. Why zebras have black and white stripes (recently solvedmystery)?To keep blood-sucking files away61. Which economist is named for US Humanities medal?Amartya Sen62. Who is the first Indian defence minister to visit SaudiArabia?A.K.Antony63. Name the former secretary-general of Basketball Federationof India who passed away recently.Harish Sharma64. Name the US-based pop music queen who died recently.Whitney Houston65. Who won the women’s doubles event at the Pattaya Open 2012?Sania Mirza and Anastasia Rodionova66. Who has been elected as Deputy Chief of Indian Army?Lt.Gen.Ramesh Halgali67. Who was honoured with a posthumous Grammy award forhis contributions to the music industry in area other thanperformance?Steve Jobs68. What percentage is the planned road tax for vehicles across

India?6%69. Who has been appointed as the Managing Director for Indiaand SAARC operations by McAfee?Jagdish Mahapatra70. Who will replace Eric Simons as Indian cricket bowlingcoach?Australian, Joe Dawes71. Who took over as president of Institute of CharteredAccountants of India for the year 2012-13?Jaydeep Shah72. Name the renowned Urdu poet who passed away after battlinglung cancer recently.Akhlaq Mohammad Khan73. Name the Karnataka Higher Education Minister who passed awayin Bangalore recently.V.S.Acharya74. Who was honoured with Serbia’s highest honour, theKaradjordje Star medal?Novak Djokovic75. At what value has Bank of Japan set to expand its assetpurchase programme?10tn yen($130 billion)76. Where in India 9-day 20th World Book Fair is held?New Delhi77. Where does India’s forex reserves stand for the week ended17th February 2012?$293.44 billion78. Name the cricketer who was honoured with lifetime membershipof the Sydney Cricket Ground.Sachin Tendulkar79. Which country has been ranked as the world’s richest countryin the list compiled by US magazine Forbes?Qatar80. Which country did India beat to qualify for London Olympicsmen’s hockey 2012?France81. Which west Asian country approved for new constitutionrecently?Syria82. Which model of Nokia phone has been built with 41-megapixelsensor camera?Nokia 808 Pureview camera phone83. Name the chief appointed for Pakistan Air Force.Air Marshal Tahir Rafiq Butt84. Which company signed a long-term agreement to supply 250 MWpower to Bangladesh Power Development Board?NTPC85. What value of second bailout pacakge did German parliament

pass for Greece to help the country avoid a default?130 billion euros ($174.4 billion)86. Name the digital music store launched by flipkart.com.Flyte87. Where in India was the inaugural World Series Hockeytournament held?Chandigarh88. Which company bagged Airtel’s network deal for Maharashtra?Nokia Siemens89. Who has been appointed as chairman of MindTree?Subroto Bagchi90. Name the online property search portal launched by HDFC inKolkataHDFC Red91. Who resigned as PepsiCo India Foods CEO?Varun Berry92. Name the application launched by Vigyan Prasar and IGNOU asa free SMS service for mobile users that delivers content onscience and related areas.Science@Mobile

Current Affairs – 2012- January

1. Youngest ever Microsoft Certified Professional who diedrecently at the age of 16 ?Arfa Karim Randhawa2. What is the total number of districts in Chhattisgarh as on1st January 2012?273. Where the Coastal Business Development Summit is is held?Mangalore,Karnataka4. Name the DGP replacing outgoing chief Sankar Baruahfor Assam.Jayanta Narayan Choudhury5. Where National Kannada conference is is set to be held in themonth of April?Delhi6. Which country recently joined UNSC as non-permanent member?Pakistan7. Who are now allowed to invest in Indian stock marketdirectly?QFI’s – Qualified foreign investors8. How much of share can a QFI company and QFI’s put togetherhold a stake in Indian companies?5% and 10%9. Which two countries have strengthened business ties to starttrading electricity and petroleum products?India and Pakistan10. What is SEBI toll free helpline number launched to support

14 languages?1800 227 57511. Who has been named male player of the year by Golfwriters Association of America?Luke Donald12. Name the Argentinean bike rider who died after beinginvolved in an accident on the first day of the Dakar Rally.Jorge Martinez Boero13. Name Afghan’s first team of female boxers set to aim forOlympics 2012.Shabnam and Sadaf Rahimi14. Which country test launched first 3D television broadcast?China15. What rank does Vishwanathan Anand holds as he prepares for2012 World chess championship?4th16. Name the former Macedoninan President who passed awayrecently.Kiro Gligorov17. Which Indian ace tennis star withdrew out of Aircel ChennaiOpen 2012 because of recurring shoulder injury?Somdev Devvarman18. Where the 5-day 99th Indian Science Congress science eventis is set to start on 3rd January 2012?Kalinga Institute of industrial Technology, Bhuvaneshwar, Orrisa19. What bank account facility is set to be launched in India?Bank Number Portability20. Name the new education tablet launched by ClassteacherLearning Systems, a Delhi based Educational Solutions Provider.Classpad21. Who has been appointed as chief coach of Kolkata KnightRiders?Trevor Bayliss22. Where in India is Literary Festival 2012 is scheduled to beheld?Jaipur23. What is the concept introduced by Indian Postal Department(Bihar Postal Circle) to get a personalized stamp withphotograph on it?My Stamp24. Who takes over as Wipro Technologies Senior Vice Presidentand Corporate Treasurer?Manoj Jaiswal25. Who has been considered for first Gates Innovation Award?Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar26. Which auto major is set to invest USD142 million at itsChennai plant in India to manufacture a compact sports utilityvehicle named EcoSport?Ford India27. Name the Government policy introduced by Karnataka to boostanimation industry.Karnataka Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comics (KAVGC)

Policy 201128. Name the ace woman tennis player who withdrew fromAustralian Open due to left ankle injury.Serena Williams29. Who has been named as CEO of Yahoo?Scott Thompson30. Who has been appointed as Senior Vice President in India byCIBER?Vivek.K.Marla31. Name the interactive presentation tool launched by HP inIndia.Pocket whiteboard32. Name the Australian cricket captain who joined the triplecenturyclub recently.Michael Clarke scored 329* against India at SCG33. Where the national and international theater festival, theBharat Rang Mahotsav set to be held?National School of Drama, Amritsar34. Who won gold for triple jump at the all India interuniversityathletics meet held in Mangalore, Karnataka?Arpinder Singh35. Who has been named Chief Information Officer of WildCardSystems?Shahi Kapur36. Who has been appointed as VP, Chief Information Officer ofQwest Communications?Girish Varma37. Name the Indian doctor who became famous for his selflesswork in China during the Sino-Japan war whose memorial wasdedicated to India.Dr.Dwarkanath Shantaram Kotnis38. Where has Union Government planned to build 11 tunnels toconnect important roads?Pakistan and China borders39. Which version of Internet Explorer is dead as per Microsoft?Internet Explorer 640. Name the website launched by Jammu and Kashmir governmentfor the state’s school education department.www.jkeducation.gov.in41. Who was given the first S.K.Singh award for negotiatingIndo-US nuclear deal?D.Bala Venkatesh Varma42. Where is the world’s largest solar telescope set tobe built?Merak on Pangong Tso lake in the cold desert Ladakh region43. Who has been appointed as President of Federation of IndianExport Organisations?Rafeeq Ahmed44. Which state has planned to teach Bhagavad Gita in schools?Karnataka45. Which automobile maker has re-entered Indian marketsafter 13 years?

Vespa46. Who won the doubles title at the Chennai Open 2012?Leander Peas and Janko Tipsarevic47. Which country has called for Indian investments and soughtpartnership in oil and gas exploration?Trinidad and Tobago48. Who has been appointed as Managing Director, President andCEO of Samsung’s South- West Asia operations?B.D.Park49. Name the world’s first hydrogen powered 3-wheeler which waslaunched by Mahindra and Mahindra at the 11th Auto Expo 2012.HyAlfa50. Who won the FIFA women’s World player of the year?Homare Sawa of Japan51. Who won the FIFA men’s world player of the year 3rd time ina row?Lionel Messi of Argentina52. Name the car which won the 2012 North American Car of theyear award.Hyundai Elantra53. Name the Guinea Bissau President who died recently.Malam Bacai Sanha54. Name the chairman of Swiss National Bank who stepped downrecently.Philipp Hildebrand55. Which company has acquired Bangalore-based event andentertainment guide Buzzintown?Yatra online56. Which country’s Prime Minister is to be chief guest atIndian Republic Day parade?Thailand Prime Minister, Yingluck Shinawatra57. How many banks are now allowed to import bullion or preciousmetals?3558. Name the recently added banks to import precious metals.Yes Bank, Bank of Maharashtra, City Union Bank and ING VysyaBank59. Which bollywood actor is campaigning for clean voting?Aamir Khan60. Who took over as Director General Military Operationssucceeding Lt Gen Anand Mohan Verma?Lt Gen Ashok Kumar Chaudhary61. Name the Chinese dancer who took Bharatanatyam and Kathak toMao’s China died recently.Zhang Jun62. Where the Quick service cum mobile medical dispensary wasinaugurated recently?Bodh Gaya Temple premises63. What is the lowest one-day score by Sri Lanka in therecently held match against South Africa?43 all out64. What is the worth of total Private equity investment made in

India in 2011?$10.11 billion65. Which country has been ranked first on nuclear safety?Australia66. What has Kerala hospital introduced to diagnose small bowelbleeding sites, tumours and ulcers?Wireless Capsule Endoscopy67. Where does the industrial output stand as of November 2011in India?5.9%68. When did India complete one polio-free year?13th January 201269. What is the cost of cheapest electric car unveiled byTata in Detroit?$20,00070. Which legendary singer is set to be honoured with lifetimeachievement award at the 18th Annual Colors Screen Awards?Asha Bhosle71. Who has been appointed to google board recently?Diane Greene, VMware co-founder72. Which service the Indian Government has planned to launchfor farmers?Interactive medium of spoken web service73. Who won gold in Asian shooting championship?Abhinav Bindra74.Which airways bagged best airline award?Ethad Airways75. Which Indian city is set to host psychiatry conclaves?Kochi76. Which country reported rare decline of foreign reserves?China77. Name India’s first woman journalist who died recently.Homai Vyarawalla78. Who won the Mumbai marathon title recently?Laban Moiben79. Where does inflation stand as on 16th January 2012?7.47%80. Name the scheme launched by Arunachal Pradesh government forthe treatment of Multi Drug Resistant TB patients.Directly Observed Treatment Plus Service (DOTS)81. Who took charge as Kerala governor?H.R.Bharadwaj82. Who won the trust of vote in Parliament of Pakistan?Yousuf Raza Gilani83. Which currency is world’s most undervalued currency as perBig Mac Index?Indian rupee84. Who has been appointed as Director Enterprise Business(India and South Asia) by Adobe?Kulmeet Bawa85. What is the amount received by India in venture capitalfunding in the solar energy sector?

Rs.500 crore86. Which Government has bought 1.09% worth stake in RelianceIndustries?Singapore Government87. Which bank is likely to increase their presence in Karnatakafrom the present 71 to 100 branches?Bank of Baroda88. Name the boxer who turned 70 recently.Mohammad Ali89. What is the export growth as of December 2011?6.7% at $25billion90. Which website is to be shut for 24hrs to stop anti-piracyact?Wikipedia91. Name the Indian-origin Sikh who has been unanimously electedas the mayor of Charlottesville, a historic American city inVirginia.Satyendra Singh Huja92. What fund has India planned to launch by July 2012?$1 billion innovation fund93. Where is the India-Burma talks scheduled on January 19th2012?Myanmar capital, Naypyitaw94. Name the Yahoo co-founder who resigned recently.Jerry Yang95. Which global consulting and IT service provider is set toparticipate in World Economic Forum?Mahindra Satyam96. Which card has BSNL launched to facilitate making utilitybill payments like electricity and telephone bills?Itz Cash Card (Trust Card)97. Name the media advisor to Prime Minister who resignedrecently.Harish Khare98. Where India’s first Startup Village is to be setup?KINFRA Park, Kalamassery, Kochi99. Expand SOPA & PIPAStop Online Piracy Act & Protect IP Act100. Which photo pioneer company filed bankruptcy recently?Kodak101. Which online video streaming site has launched a filmfestival?YouTube102. Name the Indian wicketkeeper who is set to debut in placeof MS Dhoni in test cricket against Australia.Wriddhiman Saha103. Where is the Jaipur Literature Festival held in India?Diggi Palace, Jaipur104. Which file-sharing website has US shut down recently?Megaupload105. Petroleum ministry recently allowed import of?ATF – Aviation Turbine Fuel

106. Name the new kind of train launched by China.Magnetic train107. Which auto-maker regained its title as the world’s topsellingautomaker in 2011?General Motors108. Who is appointed as COO of Intel?Brain Krzanich109. Who is appointed as Managing Editor of Wall Street Journal?Raju Narisetti110. Where did India open its 5th Consulate in US?Atlanta111. Which country is set to join European Union in 2013?Coratia112. Name the year that is been celebrated across China?Dragon year113. Who won the Ranji Trophy 2011-12?Rajasthan114. What rank does India hold to have a nuclear submarine?6th position115. Which parliament passed Armenian gernocide bill?French Parliament116. What is the prevailing CRR as on 25th January 2012?5.5%117. Which state’s theme has been set in 26th Surajkund CraftsMela in Faridabad, Haryana?Assam118. Who won Grand slam title in men’s Australian Open 2012?Djokovic119. What rank does India hold as steel maker in 2011 as perWorld Steel Association?4th rank120. What sum of capital has been approved to be infused in SBIand PNB?Rs.7,900 crore and Rs.1,285 crore

GK- Current Affairs June 2012

1 .Who took over as Vice-Chief of Indian Air Force?

Air Marshal D.C. Kumaria

2. Who took charge of command of the Western Air Command (WAC)?

Air Marshal Arup Raha

3. Name the Indian American girl who won the 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee crown.

Snigdha Nandipati

4. Name the spacecraft which returned to earth to end historic trip.

SpaceX Dragon

5. Global rating agency Fitch downgraded which banks credit rating outlook to negative from

stable?

Indian Bank

6. Which 2 countries signed a Tax Information Exchange Agreement to promote economic

cooperation and joint investment to boost bilateral trade?

India and Bahrain

7. Name the Taiwanese bank which is set to open its 2nd branch in India at Sriperumbudur,

Tamil

Nadu.

Chinatrust Commercial Bank

8. To save which ailing company, proposal is being made by 2 oil sector PSU’s IOC and MRPL

to

take charge of running it?

Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd. (HPL)

9. Name the Sikh leader from BJP, who won his 2nd term as MLA from Dasuya in Punjab

assembly

elections and died recently.

Amarjit Singh Sahi

10. Which country celebrated Queen’s 60 year reign recently?

United Kingdom

11. Irish voters recently backed which pact by large majority by exhibiting final memorandum

results?

European Union fiscal pact

12. Who won the 73rd PGA Tour Title 2012?

Tiger Woods

13. Who won the Catalunya MotoGP 2012?

Jorge Lorenzo

14. Who won the Copenhagen International sand sculpture championship 2012 held in

Denmark?

Sudarsan Patnaik for “Save the Ocean” sand sculpture of 20-feet high

15. Name the Australia’s largest beef producer.

Australia Agriculture Co. (AAco)

16. Name the Indian cricketer who took oath as Rajya Sabha MP.

Sachin Tendulkar

17. Which electronic giant’s stock dipped below 1,000 yen for first time since 1980?

Sony

18. Name the oldest American men’s clothier chain Reliance inked pact with to hold 49% stake

in

it.

Brooks Brothers

19. Which Asian stock market hit 28-year low on 4th June 2012?

Tokyo

20. Name the Pakistan Interior Minister who was suspended for dual nationality.

Rehman Malik

21. Who won the 21st Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament 2012?

New Zealand

22. Which medal did India bag at the 21st Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament 2012?

Bronze

23. What is the importance of June 5th?

World Environment Day

24. Which shrubs are turning into trees as Arctic region warms?

Tundra shrubs

25. Music Academy in Chennai has been granted the status of research centre by which

Karnataka-based University?

Tumkur University

26. For which summit Russian President Vladimir Putin is in Beijing, China?

Regional Security summit

27. Where did the Boeing Phanton Eye drone made its ground?

Edwards Air Force Base

28. Which scam-hit bank’s license was cancelled by Reserve Bank of India recently?

Madhavpura Mercantile Cooperative Bank (MMCB)

29. Who is named as Navy chief as Admiral Nirmal Verma retires on August 31st 2012?

D.K.Joshi

30. Which country has approved world’s first ‘healthy cola’ for being beneficial to health?

Japan

31. Which country marked 23rd anniversary of the military crackdown in Tiananmen Square?

China

32. Which cricketer was recalled by West Indies Cricket Board into One-day squad after 14

month

long stand-off?

Chris Gayle

33. Name the psychiatrist and balloonist who took off on the world’s first intercontinental

flight in

solar-powered plane.

Bertrand Piccard

34. Name the India’s London bound discus thrower who bagged silver medal at the Post Pre

Elite

Women’s event at Portland, US.

Krishna Poonia

35. Who was named captain of 18-member Indian hockey team for the 6th Junior Women’s

Asia

Cup to be held in Thailand from June 27th 2012?

Mid-fielder, Ritu Rani

36. Which planet crossed the sun on 5th June 2012 making one complete orbiter rotation?

Venus

37. Name the Wisconsin governor in USA who survived recall.

Scott Walker

38. How many gold did India win on 1st day of Commonwealth Weightlifting?

11 gold

39. Name the author of ‘The Twilight Zone’ who passed away recently.

Ray Bradbury

40. Where in India talking ATM is launched by Union Bank of India?

Ahmedabad

41. Name the boxer who ended his 19 year boxing career which earned him 5 world titles and 3

weight classes.

Shane Mosley

42. Which 2 cricketer of India’s World Cup winning squad were conferred with Eklavya award

by

Gujarat Government recently?

Yusuf Pathan and Munaf Patel

43. Who has been appointed as Chief Election Commissioner to take over S.Y.Quraishi from

June

10th 2012?

V.S.Sampath

44. International Olympic Committee has announced to live stream free London Olympic

Games

on which medium to fans in 64 territories across Asia and Africa including India?

Youtube

45. Which state’s rice exporters demand abolition of cess on paddy?

Punjab

46.How many positive list services will be taxed from July 1st 2012?

119

47. Name the company which has developed a vaccine for dengue.

Paris-based Sanofi

48. What value is the allocated by Planning Commission for sanitation in the 12th Five Year

Plan?

36,000 crore

49. Who won the South African Cricketer, Test Cricketer and CSA Fan’s Cricketer of the Year

award?

Vernon Philander

50. Name the writer who has been felicitated with an Assamese Japi.

Chetan Bhagat

51. What value of investment proposal did Karnataka get across 14 sectors on the 1st day of

2nd

Global Investors Meet (GIM 2012)?

Rs.5 trillion (Rs.5 lakh crore)

52. What rate of interest did European Central Bank retain?

1%

53. Based on which film has Titan’s children watch brand ZOOP launched new watch

collection?

Madagascar 3 : Europe’s Most Wanted

54. Who won the mixed doubles title at the French Open 2012?

Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza

55. Which section of Income Tax Act lets Assesses minor children eligible for separate tax

exemption?

Section 54 EC

56. Who is named as CEO of Samsung?

Kwon Oh-hyun

57. Which social bookmarking site unveiled new logo, 6 years since its launch?

Twitter

58. What value of compensation has Nasdaq offered for clients who were hit by technical

problems that arose during the Facebook IPO on May 18th 2012?

$40 million

59. Which Asian country’s central bank cut its interest rates by 25 basis points, being its first

cut

since the 2008-09 financial crisis?

China

60. Who is named as Event Ambassador for 2012 World Twenty20?

Malinga

61. Name the 250 MW unit thermal power project commissioned by BHEL recently.

Harduaganj thermal power project in Uttar Pradesh

62. Name the Lebanese journalist who headed Arab’s newspaper An-Nahar and died recently.

Ghassan Tueni

63. Name the football tournament kick started at Warsaw on 8th June 2012.

UEFA Euro 2012

64. What value of money will be pumped in the market on June 12th 2012 by buying

Government

securities to ease the liquidity situation by RBI?

12,000 crore

65. Quote the reason why RBI recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the

Central

Bank of Bahrain?

To promote greater co-operation and sharing of supervisory information between the 2 regulators

67. Which Indian company’s Rs.1,000 IPO in 1977 is now worth Rs.7.7lakh?

Reliance Industries Limited

68. What value of capital infusion was made in Regional Rural Bank’s to improve their capital

adequacy and lending capacity to the agriculture sector?

Rs.632 crore

69. Expand FLCC (Hint: Credit).

Financial Literacy and Credit Counselling

70. Expand FLC (Hint: Literacy).

Financial Literacy Centres

71. What is the jobless rate in Greece as of March 2012?

21.9%

72. What material is used by Israeli scientists to develop strong plastic to replace steel and

other

materials used in pipelines and machinery?

Polypropylene

73. Which 2 models of smartphones launched by Motorola are water-resistant,

scratchresistant

and dust-proof?

Motorola DEFY XT and DEFY MINI

74. Name the south Indian filmmaker-editor who passed away recently.

K.S.R.Doss

75. Where in the world forced marriage is set to become crime?

Britain

76. Which 2 disease has been identified as top killers around the world by UNICEF?

Pneumonia and Diarrhea

77. Who was sworn in as cabinet minister in the Vijay Bahuguna Government in Uttarakhand?

Harak Singh Rawat

78. Who won the Dutch MotoGP?

Casey Stoner

79. Who became the 10th woman in tennis history to win all 4 Grand Slam titles after defeating

Italy’s Sara Errani in the French Open 2012?

Maria Sharapova

80. From which country India is set to buy 8 warships?

South Korea

81. Which country is set to launch manned spacecraft in June 2012?

China

82. To which Eurogroup the Eurozone finance ministers were willing to respond favourably to

the

need of 100 billion euros to a bailout request from its troubled banks?

Spain

83. How many medals did India bag at the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships?

45 medals, including 29 gold

84. Where in Chennai first phase of 50 acre ‘Logistics Park’, a facility comprising warehouses

and

commercial complex has been completed by Shri Kailash Logistics Ltd.?

Oragadam

85. Who won the Thailand Open 2012?

Saina Nehwal

86. Who won the Canadian Grand Prix 2012?

Lewis Hamilton

87. What value of bailout did Spain receive recently from European finance ministers?

$125 billion

88. Which housing arm of India launched its first low-cost housing project targeting 366 Tier-II

and

Tier-III cities and costing between Rs.5.5 lakh and Rs.12 lakh?

Sahara Infrastructure and Housing

89. Name the Ex-industry secretary who is to be appointed as NHAI chief.

R.P.Singh

90. Name the Indian actor who is set to make hollywood debut with ‘The Lord of the Rings’

producer Barrie Osborne.

Kamal Haasan

91. Who won the French Open 2012 men’s title?

Rafael Nadal

92. Who was presented with Wisden India Outstanding Achievement award?

Sachin Tendulkar for completing a century of 100 international hundreds

93. Who will lead Indian hockey team in Olympics 2012?

Bharat Chetri

94. Which university signed MoU with Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) to establish

a

Hindi Chair in South China?

Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (GDUFS)

95. Where have scientists discovered the largest ever under-ice bloom of phytoplankton?

Under the Arctic ice

96. USA exempted India from which country’s sanctions?

Iran

97. Name the 5-day film festival that is to be organised by Entertainment Society of Goa in

collaboration with Directorate of Film Festivals and National Film Archive of India.

Cinema Out of the Box

98. Name the Operating system and mobile Operating system version that Apple announced at

the

23rd annual developers conference WWDC (World Wide Developers Conference).

Mountain Lion and iOS6

99. Which Qatar-based bank is expected to start India operations?

Doha Bank

100. Which search engine has signed a deal with Encyclopedia Britannica to bring richer

content

to its search results?

Microsoft search engine Bing

101. Who is appointed as Brand Ambassador of TVS Motor?

Anushka Sharma

102. Which company exported 100 ‘Falcon’ buses to Ghana?

Ashok Leyland

103. Name the SVB Financial Group’s banking unit which is set to open its first international

branch in London.

Silicon Valley Bank

104. Which Indian company is set to enter dairy business from 2013?

Sahara India

105. Where does inflation stand as of May 2012?

7.55%

106. In which movie actor Sridevi is set to make a comeback?

English Vinglish

107. Which state Government recently awarded Indian hockey team for qualifying to London

Olympics 2012?

Haryana

108. Which states will ‘Gandhi Peace Bus’ tour, to conclude at Mangalore in July 2012?

Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka

109. What is the importance of June 14th?

World Blood Donor Day

110. In which year Government of Orissa declared filmmaking as an industry?

1974

111.Which traditional sport of Sikkim is set to get an academy?

Archery

112. Name the first Northeast state to have IIIT (Indian Institute of Information Technology).

Tripura

113. Which global financial services firm has termed Indian economy is facing stagflation?

Moody’s

114. Name the Tagore literary awardees for the different genres of novels, poetry, short stories

and drama between 2007-2009.

Sheel Kolambkar for Geera (Konkani)

Jagdish Prasad Mandal for Gaamak Jingi (Maithili)

Akkitham Achyutham Nambudiri for Anthimahakaalam

(Malayalam)N.Kunjamohan Singh for Eina Kenge Kenba Natte (Manipuri)

Indramani Darnal for Krishna Krishna (Nepali) and

Arjan Hasid for Na Ien Na (Sindhi)

Amitav Ghosh for Sea of Poppies (English)

115. Where in Madhya Pradesh first tissue culture lab has been set up and developed 25 lakh

saplings mainly of G – 9 variety of banana by a farmer, Subhas Mohan Pandey?

Hamalapur Somvari, near to Betul district

116. Name the former McKinsey chief and Goldman Sachs director who is convicted of insider

trading.

Rajat Gupta

117. Name the feature that Facebook is set to launch which will allow advertisers to participate

in

real-time bidding to show ads on its website.

Facebook Exchange

118. Which country is set to create world’s largest marine park network?

Australia

119. Which country expects 5.5% growth in tourist arrivals from India?

Hong Kong

120. Name the China’s space mission whose crew included its first woman astronaut, Liu

Yang.

Shenzhou-9 spacecraft

121. Which state got India’s 4th Buddhist centre?

Arunachal Pradesh

122. Who becomes 4th Prime Minister of Greece in 8 months time?

Antonis Samaras

123. Which 2 country’s home ministers are set to meet on yearly basis?

India and Bangladesh

124. Which payment mode a must for public sector banks from July 1st 2012?

e-Payment

125. Who will take on Spain in Euro 2012 finals?

Italy

126. What is the importance of June 30th 2012?

The last minute of 30th June 2012 will be 1 second longer and will be known as ‘leap second’

127. What percentage of additional service tax would be levied on all bollywood actors and

those

perform on television serials?

12%

128. Who took over as the director of ISRO Satellite Centre?

S.K.Shivakumar replaces T.K.Alex

129. T.P.Sudhindra was recently in news, which sport did he play?

Cricket

130. Name the list of 6 states which will raise 32.8 billion rupees via 10 year loans according to

RBI.

Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Punjab and Rajasthan

131. Which agricultural arm would setup over 20 rural gurukuls across Indian states including

Jharkhand?

NABARD

132. Who is appointed as Andhra Pradesh chief secretary?

Minnie Mathew

133. Which state will setup film promotion board to promote its films and culture?

Haryana

134. Which country is to setup auto component and Engineering Park in Gujarat?

Japan

135. Which application of Microsoft is available for educational institutes free of cost?

Microsoft Office 365

More GK1. Which is the oldest parliamentary democracy in the world? : Great Britain

2. What is the holy book of Parsis called? : The Zend Avesta

3. Which city was founded by Alexander the Great in Egypt? : Alexandria

4. Who was known as Maid Of Orleans? : Joan of Arc

5. What is the Japanese parliament called? : Diet

6. Who was the German-Jewish girl who hid in an Amsterdam attic during WW II and wrote a diary

which later became famous? : Anne Frank

7. Which Roman emperor build Byzantium?: Constantine

8. Which is the largest pyramid?

The Great Pyramid was built for King Cheops (khufu), the second king of the IV Dynasty

9. After which Florentine explorer was America named? : Amerigo Vespucci

10. In which century was Lord Buddha born?: 6th Century BC (around 560 BC)

11. Which famous Englishman was killed in the Battle of Trafalgar?: Admiral Lord Nelson

12. Who discovered the electron? : Sir J J Thompson

13. Which is the longest bone in the human body?: The femure, the thigh bone

14. At which temperature do both the Centigrade and Fahrenheit show the same reading?: -40C

equals -40F

15. Who invented the bifocal lens?: Benjamin Franklin

16. Why we do not feel pains to cut our nails?: Nails are not connected to cartilages or blood vessels.

Hence, there is no pain felt when we cut nails.

17. Who invented the jet engine?: Sir Frank Wittle of England in 1973.

18. What is Mach Number? : The ratio of speed of the body to the speed of the sound under similar

conditions.

19. What is the scientific name for study of handwriting?: Graphology

20. What causes an object to look black?

When the radiation falling on an object is fully absorbed, the object appears black.

21. Who discovered insulin? : Sir Frederick Grant Banting and J J R Macleod

22. Which element has the highest boiling point?: Tantalum, around 6000C

23. Why does a tennis ball bounce higher on hills than on plains?

The gravitational pull in the hills is less than that of in the plains.

24. Which planet has the biggest satellite?: Saturn’s seventh, known as Titan (diameter 5680 km)

25. Which is the most common of all the metals in the earth’s crust? : Aluminum, 8.13%

25. What is the source of caviar?: It is made by salting the roe of sturgeon

26. What is herpetology? : Study of reptiles

27. What is an aardvark?: An ant-eating animal

28. From which plant is morphine obtained?: Opium poppy

29. Who discovered the cause of malaria?: Roland Ross

30. How do we term plants specially adapted to capture and digest insects?: An insectivorous

31. To which family of plants does the apple belong?: The rose family

32. In which country is tea first believed to have been cultivated?: South China

33. What is known as ‘vegetable gold’?: Saffron

34. Which vegetable contains the most iron?: Spinach, 100gm of which 2.2gm is iron

35. To which botanical family does the onion belong?: The lily family (allium cepa)

36. From which tree is quinine obtained?: Cinchona tree

37. Marie Curie was awarded the Nobel Prize twice. In which categories did she win them?

Physics 1903 (radioactivity) and Chemistry 1911 (metallic radiation)

38. Which scientist received Nobel Prizes for both Chemistry and Peace?

Linus Pauling

39. Who invented the vacuum flask?: James Dewar (U.K.) in 1892

40. With which important invention is the name of Leeuwenhoek associated? : The microscope

41. Which Russian born American is so famous for research connected with television that he has

been described as ‘the father of modern television’?

Vladimir Zworykin

42. The first words to be spoken over a telephone were: “Mr. Watson, come here, I want you”, who

spoke them?

Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) to his assistant on 10th March 1876.

43. When the indicator methyl orange is introduced in an alkaline substances what colour does it

become?

Yellow

44. What is generally considered to be the forerunner of chemistry?: Alchemy

45. What branch of chemistry is concerned with carbon compounds?: Organic Chemistry

46. Of what is the molecule of ozone composed?: 3 oxygen atoms

47. What is the different of aluminium and aluminum? : No difference at all

48. Name the famous diplomat who proved that lightning is a form of electricity?: Benjamin Franklin

49. Name the three men involved in the first voyage to the Moon? : Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and

Michael Collins

50. Who propounded the laws of planetary motion?: Johannes Kepier, German astronomer.

51. Which planet has the largest number of moons?: Saturn

52. What is another name for an asteroid?: Planetoid

53. What is an angstrom?

A unit of length equal to 1/10th of a millimicron or 10 millionth of a millimeter.

54. How long is a nautical mile?: 1853m or 1.85km

55. Who founded in 300 B.C., a school of mathematics is Alexandria in ancient Egypt?: Euclid

More GKThe first Prime minister of Bangladesh was: Mujibur Rehman

The longest river in the world is: the Nile

The longest highway in the world is: the Trans-Canada

The longest highway in the world has a length of About: 8000 km

The highest mountain peak in the world is: Mount Everest(8848 m)

The country that accounts for nearly one third of the total teak production of the world is: Myanmar

The biggest desert in the world is: the Sahara desert

The largest coffee growing country in the world is: Brazil

The country also known as “country of Copper” is: Zambia

The name given to the border which separates Pakistan and Afghanistan is:Durand line

The river Volga flows out into: the Caspian Sea

The coldest place on the earth is Verkoyansk in Siberia

The country which ranks second in terms of land area is: Canada

The largest Island in the Mediterranean sea is: Sicily

The river Jordan flows out into the Dead sea

The biggest delta in the world is: the Sunderbans

The capital city that stands on the river Danube is: Belgrade

The Japanese call their country as: Nippon

The length of the English channel is: 564 kilometres

The world’s oldest known city is: Damascus

The city which is also known as the City of Canals is: Venice

The country in which river Wangchu flows is Myanmar

The biggest island of the world is: Greenland

The city which is the biggest centre for manufacture of automobiles in the world is:Detroit, USA

The country which is the largest producer of manganese in the world is: USA

The country which is the largest producer of rubber in the world is: Malaysia

The country which is the largest producer of tin in the world is: Malaysia

The river which carries maximum quantity of water into the sea is: the Mississippi

The city which was once called the `Forbidden City’ was: Peking

The country called the Land of Rising Sun is: Japan

Mount Everest was named after Sir George Everest

The active volcano Vesuvius is located in Italy

The country known as the Sugar Bowl of the world is: Cuba

The length of the Suez Canal is 162.5 kilometers

The lowest point on earth is the coastal area is: Dead sea

The Gurkhas are the original inhabitants of Nepal

The largest ocean of the world is: the Pacific ocean

The largest bell in the world is: the Tsar Kolkol at Kremlin, Moscow

The biggest stadium in the world is: the Strahov Stadium, Prague

The world’s largest diamond producing country is: South Africa

Australia was discovered by James Cook

The first Governor General of Pakistan is: Mohammed Ali Jinnah

Dublin is situated at the mouth of river Liffey

The earlier name of New York city was New Amsterdam

The Eifel tower was built by Alexander Eiffel

The Red Cross was founded by Jean Henri Durant

The country which has the greatest population density is Monaco

The national flower of Britain is Rose

Niagara Falls was discovered by Louis Hennepin

The national flower of Italy: Lily

The national flower of China is Narcissus

The permanent secretariat of the SAARC is located at Kathmandu

The gateway to the Gulf of Iran is Strait of Hormuz

The first Industrial Revolution took place in England

World Environment Day is observed on 5th June

The First Republican President of America was George Washington

The country famous for Samba dance is Brazil

The name of Alexander’s horse was Beucephalus

Singapore was founded by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles

The famous British one-eyed Admiral was Nelson

The earlier name of Sri Lanka was Ceylon

The UNO was formed in the year 1945

UNO stands for United Nations Organization

The independence day of South Korea is celebrated on 15th August

`Last Judgment’ was the first painting of famous Italian painter: Michelangelo

Paradise Regained was written by John Milton

The first President of Egypt was Mohammed Nequib

The first man to reach North Pole was Robert Peary

The most famous painting of Pablo Picasso was Guermica

The primary producer of newsprint in the world is Canada

The first explorer to reach the South Pole was Cap. Ronald Amundson

The person who is called the father of modern Italy is G.Garibaldi

World literacy day is celebrated on 8th September

The founder of modern Germany is Bismarck

The country known as the land of the midnight sun is Norway

The place known as the Roof of the world is Tibet

The founder of the Chinese Republic was San Yat Sen

The first Pakistani to receive the Nobel Prize was Abdul Salam

The first woman Prime Minister of Britain was Margaret Thatcher

The first Secretary General of the UNO was Trygve Lie

The sculptor of the statue of Liberty was Frederick Auguste Bartholdi

The port of Baku is situated in Azerbaijan

John F Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harry Oswald

The largest river in France is Lore

The Queen of England who married her brother-in-law was Catherine of Aragon

The first negro to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize was Ralph Johnson Bunche

The principal export of Jamaica is Sugar

New York is popularly known as the city of Skyscrapers

Madagascar is popularly known as the Island of Cloves

The country known as the Land of White Elephant is Thailand

The country known as the Land of Morning Calm is Korea

The country known as the Land of Thunderbolts is Bhutan

The highest waterfalls in the world is the Salto Angel Falls, Venezuela

The largest library in the world is the United States Library of Congress, Washington DC

India’s National Dairy Research Institute’ is located at: Hyderabad

Who amongst the following is the author of the book ‘Pakistan Papers’: Janardan Thakur

Arjun Munda has taken over as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand

Which of the following is no more in the small savings schemes? Kisan Vikas Patra

The country readmitted to the Commonwealth recently: Pakistan

Who is India’s first Grand Master in Chess?: Koneru Humpy

The age of a tree can be determined by:Counting the annual growth rings of its stem

Which one of the following is essentially a solo dance ?: Mohiniattam

The deepest oceanic trench Mariana is located in: Pacific Ocean

During the Mughal period, which one of the followingwere the first to come to India as

traders: Portuguese

The term Punter is associated with the game of: Horse Racing

The system of Proportionate Representation is used in the election for the:President of India

Which one of the following is available in the sea in plenty and is given to the patient suffering from a

deficiency disease “Goitre”? Iodine

How many bones are there in human body?: 206

The headquarters of the ILO are at: Geneva

The drama King Lear was written by: William Shakespeare

What is the other name of India mentioned in our Constitution ? Bharat

Which of the following places is associated with Jainism?: Pavapuri

Deficiency of which of the following causes knock-knee, bow legs and pigeon chest in

children: Vitamin D

Blood is filtered by which pair of organs: Kidneys

With which bank is Noble Laureate Mohammad Younus associated: Grameen Bank

Football World Cup of 2010 is going to be held in: South Africa

Which Indian Cricketer is nicknamed “Haryana Hurricane”: Kapil Dev

The term ‘Eagle’ is associated with: Golf

Punchline of ‘YES Bank’: Experience are expertise

New Punchline of Dabur is: Celebrate Life

‘Let your heart fly’ is associated with: Indian Airlines

‘Big Bazaar’ and ‘Food Bazaar’ are owned by: Pantaloon Retail

‘We understand your world” is the punchline of HDFC Bank

Branded diesel ‘Turbojet’ belongs to : HPCL

Popular Whisky brand ‘Johnny Walker’ belongs to company: DIAGEO

‘The future of Automobile’ is the punchline of: Mercedes Benz

Electrolux, world’s largest home appliance company belongs to : Sweden

‘Honours yours Trust’ is the punchline of bank: UCO Bank

Hindi Business Channel ‘Awaaz’ is owned by: CNBC TV 18

Ashok Leyland company belongs to industrial group: Hinduja

HSBC Bank holds stakes in Indian Bank: AXIS Bank

‘Delighting you always’ is the punchline of Canon

AC Manufacturer Voltas belongs to group: Tata

SBI’s rank on the list of World’s top Bank is 80

Hindi News Channel ‘Channel 7’ belongs to group: Dainik Jagran

Spencers supermarket is owned by group: RPG

‘Inspiring Confidence’ is the tagline of Bajaj

‘Putting news first’ is the punchline of news channel: BBC

Amitabh Bachchan is the brand ambassador of this Jewellery Brand: D’dmas

Promoter of Optical Storage Maker ‘Moser Baer’: Deepak Puri

Global telecom and networking company Cable and Wireless has tied up with this Indian

Company: VSNL

The punchline ‘Let there be light’ is associated with: Hindustan Times

‘Uncommon Sense’ adline is associated with: Marico Industries

Domestic Rating Agency CRISIL has been acquired by: Standard & Poor

Walton family is promoter of which famous Company: Walmart

“India’s International Bank” is tagline of: Bank Of Baroda

The company which has acquired mobile handset business of Siemens(Germany):BenQ

“Hindi at its best” is associated with: Navbharat Times

‘Petronas’ is one of the Petroluem Company based in: Malaysia

The foreign tobacco company which holds equity stakes in ITC is: British American Tobacco

Two confectionary brands ‘Maha Lacto’ and ‘Eclair’ are owned by company:Nutrine

‘An Indian Multinational’ is adline associated with: Videocon

The Times of India is set to launch a 24 hour news channel in alliance with this international media

entity: Reuters

Essar Steel is promoted by: Ruia family

Prime Minister of England when India got its independence: Clement Atlee

The person who has been given the sobriquet “Little Corporal”: Napoleon Bonaparte

Mughal ruler who started a new religion “Din-e-Elahi”: Akbar

The country which has been admitted to G-20: Uruguay

The city which has the sobriquet “ Paris of Latin America”: Buenos Aires

In Greek Mythology, the father of Pegasus(the winged horse): Poseidon

The airline which has common man as its lucky mascot: Air Deccan

France Telecom sold its 9.9 % stake in this cellular service company: BPL Telecom

The company which has entered into branded filter coffee segment under the nameMr. Bean Coffee

Junction: Tata Coffee

HB written on the HB pencils stands for: Hard Bond

Corporate Tax is levied on : Income of Companies

I was created by Bobby Kooka in 1938. Who am I?: Air India’s Maharaja

This European Bank holds 6 % stake in HCL technologies: Deutsche Bank

The company which owns the brand “Vicks Vaporub”: P & G

“The Power on your side” is the punchline of : Bajaj Allianz

“Going beyond Expectations” is the punchline of: Malaysia Airlines

Footwear company Aero Club owns this brand: WoodLand

The biggest airport in the world(area): King Fahd International Airport, Riyadh(Saudi Arabia)

Nobel Prize was started in this year: 1901

Anatoly Karpov(Russia) is associated with: Chess

“Statue of Liberty” was a gift to US from this country: France

“Man of Destiny” was the sobriquet given to: Napoleon Bonaparte

UN day is celebrated on: 24th October

The emblem of UN is: The Olive branch

Owner of Star T.V Network is: Rupert Murdoch

“Delighting You Always” is the punchline of: Canon

Kolkata based clubs Mohan Bagan and East Bengal are owned by this businessman: Vijay Mallaya

Chik and Fairever brands are owned by this company: Cavin Care

Headquarters of International Atomic Energy Agency is at: Vienna, Austria

Headquarters of International Labour Organization(ILO): Geneva

Headquarters of UNICEF: New York City

Headquarters of UNESCO: Paris

Headquarters of WHO: Geneva

Headquarters of International Monetary Fund(IMF): Washington D.C

Headquarters of Food & Agriculture Organization(FAO): Rome

Headquarters of North Atlantic Treaty Organization(NATO): Brussels, Belgium

Headquarters of Organization of Petroluem Exporting Countries(OPEC): Vienna

Headquarters of European Union: Brussels, Belgium

Headquarters of Interpol: Paris

Number of countries who are members of OPEC: 13

Number of countries who are members of NATO: 26

Number of countries who are members of UN: 192

Number of countries who are members of WTO: 148

Home country of sports company Adidas: Germany

The baseline of Bombay Stock Exchange Limited is: “The Edge is Efficiency”

Single largest share holder in Idea Cellular is: AV Birla Group

Food Brand “Nature Fresh” is owned by this company: Cargill

The company which owns apparel brand “John Player”: ITC

BATA, the footwear company originally hails from: Czech Republic

The name of space shuttle in which Kalpana Chawla died: Columbia

The richest woman of India and owner of Biocon International: Kiran Majumdar Shaw

“My Life” is a famous work of: Bill Clinton

Akio Morita is associated with the establishment of: Sony Corporation

Coldarin is a famous drug from: Johnson & Johnson

The chairperson of National Commission for Women India is: Girija Vyas

The FDI limit in the domestic airlines has been increased to: 49 %

“Live your Dreams” is the punchline of: Polaris Software

Founder of Amazon.com: Jeff Bezos in 1994

“Travel & Living” is a 24 hour channel from the stable of: Discovery Channel

Ryder Cup is associated with: Golf

Alcatel is a telecom major that hails from: France

“Between Hope and History” is a famous work of: Bill Clinton

Sales Tax is an example of: Indirect tax

India’s first indigenously built submarine: INS Shalki

The number of pairs of Chromosomes in Human Beings is: 23

Theosophical Society Of India was founded by: Annie Beasant

The maximum gap between two sessions of Parliament can be: 6months

India’s first Corporatized port is at: Ennore(near Chennai)

“Swarmala Entertainment” a music company is a joint venture between: BMG & Sony

Strepsils, Clearsil drugs are from: Boots Piramal Health Care

Nivea Brand is owned by: Beiersdorf

World’s largest Spirits Company: DIAGEO

Spiritual Channel Jagran is promoted by: Zee TV

Nicklodeon a channel for kids belongs to: Viacom Inc. Media Group

Company which is largest supplier of HIV AIDS drug: Glaxo

Brand Ambassdor of Gillette: David Beckham

“Blue Box”, “Green Box” are terms related with: Agricultural subsidies in WTO

India’s first LNG Terminal has been established at: Dahej(Gujrat)

Youngest Parliamentarian in new Lok Sabha is: Sachin Pilot

“Straight From the Heart” is the autobiography of: Kapil Dev

Jammu & Kashmir is associated with this article: Article 370

“The Golden Gate” is a book authored by: Vikram Seth

Least Populous state of India is: Sikkim

Niblic and Bogey are the term associated with: Golf

Shungulu Committee is related to: IIM fee cut issue

Qutub Minar was built by: Started by Qutub-din-Aibak and finished by Iltutmish

The person who coin the term “Ambush Marketing”: Jerry Welsh

Indian State with highest population density: West Bengal

Some more PunchlinesToshiba: Choose Freedom

Walmart: Always low prices. Always.

Haier: Inspired living

JVC: The perfect Experience

Sony: Like no other

Samsung: Imagine the possibilities

Hyundai: Drive your way

Honda: The power of dreams

Louis Phillipe: The upper Crest

Peter England: Honestly Impressive

BMW: The ultimate Driving Machine

TCS: Beyond the obvious

Star Sports: We know your game

Infosys: Powered by Intellect, driven by values

Apple Macintosh: Think different

NDTV Profit: News you can use

Servo: 100 % performance. Every time.

Speed: High Performance Petrol.

ONGC: Making tomorrow brighter

Air Canada: A breath of fresh air

British Airways: The way to fly.

At &T: Your world. Delivered

Standard Chartered Bank: Leading the way in Asia, Africa and the Middle East

Sun Microsystems: The network is the Computer

DELL: Yours is here

LEE: The jeans that built America

IBM: On demand Business, in demand people

FIAT: Driven by Passion

Volkswagen: The Car

Accenture: High Performance, delivered.

HP-Invent: Everything is possible

Windows XP: Do more with less

Microsoft: Your Potential Our Passion

Amazon.com: … and you are done

MRF Tyres: Tyres with muscles

Chevron Corporation: Human Energy

IBP: Pure Bhi, Poora Bhi

GAIL: Gas and beyond

EPZ stands for: Export Processing Zone

Kelkar Committee related to: Direct Taxes

Chairman of Britannia Industries: Mr. N.N. Wadia

Newspaper started by Jawaharlal Nehru: National Herald

“Euthanasia”(mercy killing) has been allowed in: The Netherlands

Water body between India and Sri Lanka: Palk Strait

Hottest Planet of Solar System: Venus

Source of Sun’s Energy: Nuclear Fusion

Brightest Planet in Solar System: Venus

Scientific Study of birds is known as : Orinthology

Plaster of Paris is made by partial dehydration of: Gypsum Salt

Guru of Shivaji: Ramdas

Father of History: Herodotus

The statement “Man is born free but he is always in chain” is given by: Rousseau

Bull-fighting is national game of: Spain

The city which has been given the sobriquet “Eternal City”: Rome

Instrument for measuring the intensity of earthquakes is: Seismograph

Bhopal Gas Tragedy is associated with this gas: Methyl-Iso-Cynate

Indian state which has highest Forest Cover: Madhya Pradesh

WTO was earlier known as: GATT(General Agremment on Tarrifs & Trade)

Unit of measure of Sound level: Decibel

Fountain Pen works on the Principle of: Capilliary Action

India’s highest paid CEO: Mukesh Ambani(25 crores)

UN charter was ratified in 1945 by: 29 nations

Montenegro, 192nd member of UN is in this continent: Europe

The International Court of Justice is located at: The Hague(Netherlands)

The total number of judges of International Court of Justice is: 15

Water body that connects Red sea with Mediterranean Sea: Suez Canal.

First Indian man to cross English Channel: Mihir Sen

First Indian woman to cross English Channel: Aarti Shah

Planet with maximum number of satellites: Jupiter

Percentage of Earth’s surface covered by India: 2.4 %

Yellow revolution is related with: Oil Seeds

Instrument to measure the relative density of milk: Lactometer

Largest island of the World: Greenland

First Indian Golfer to be ranked in to World 50: Jeev Milkha Singh

Atmospheric Layer which is farthest from the Earth’s surface: Exosphere

Atmospheric Layer which is closest from the Earth’s surface: Troposphere

“Doctrine of Lapse” was initiated by governor-general: Lord Dalhousie

Mahatma Gandhi was given the sobriquet of “Father of nation” by: Rabindranath Tagore

The first session Of Indian national Congress under the president ship of : W.C. Banerjee

Minor Planets revolving between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars are called:Asteroids

First Indian state to have gone under President’s rule: Punjab

The Planet named after The Roman God of agriculture: Saturn

The city known as “Land of Thousand lakes”: Helsinki

Headquarters of International Red Cross at: Geneva

Father of Cell Phone: Martin Cooper

Panchyati Raj comes under the list: State List

World Women’s day is celebrated on: 8th March

Smallest Republic in World: Nauru

Least densely populated Indian Union territory: Andaman & Nicobar

First traders to reach India were from country: Portugal

First Governor of Reserve bank of India: Osborne Smith

The leader known as “Man of Destiny”: Napoleon Bonaparte

Country in which original version of “Big Boss” aired first: The Netherlands

The controversial “Tehri Dam” is built on: Bhagirathi

Governor-general of India during 1857 uprising: Lord Canning

Country known as “Sugar-bowl of World” is: Cuba

Ex-officio chairman of Planning Commission is: Prime Minister of India

Percentage of Area covered by Pacific Ocean: 35 %

Sakyamuni is the nickname of: Lord Buddha

Newspaper founded By mahatma Gandhi in 1903 in South Africa: Indian Opinion

Personality known as “Saint of Gutters”: Mother Teresa

FIRST In WORLD and India:1. First American President to visit China: Richard Nixon (In 1972)

2. First American President to Visit India: Dwight Eisenhower (in 1959)

3. First Asian Games held: New Delhi (1951)

4. First Asian to win Nobel Prize for Literature: Rabindranath Tagore (India 1913)

5. First Asian Woman to cross the English Channel: Aarti Saha (India 1959)

6. First Bowler to claim hatrick in successive tests : Wasim Akram

7. First Chinese Piligrim to visit India: Fahien (401- 410)

8. First Cricketer to achieve a hatrick in both innings of a test match: Thomas James Matthews

(Australia in 1912).

9. First European Invader of India: Alexander (Greece in 326 BC)

10. First European to visit China: Marco Polo (Italy)

11. First Foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna: Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1987)

12. First Man Cosmonaut in Space: Yuri Gagarin (Former Russia 1961)

13. First Man to walk in space: Alexi Lenov (Russia)

14. First Person to sail around the World: Ferdinand Magellan (Portugal)

15. First President of Chinese Repulbic: Yuan Shikai (1912-1916)

16. First President of Pakistan: Iskander Mirza (1956-60)

17. First Prime Minister of Pakistan: Liaquat Ali Khan (1947-51)

18. First President of USA: George Washington (1789 -1797)

19. First Secretary-General of UN: Trygve Lie (of Norway 1946-1953)

20. First Speaker in Hindi At the United Nations: Atal bihari Vajpayee

21. First Test Tube baby: Louise Joy Brown (1978, England)

22. First Woman Cosmonaut in Space: Valentina Tereshkova (Russia 1963)

23. First Women Judge of International Court of Justice: Rosalyn Higgins (Britain 1995)

24. First Woman Pilot to circle the globe: Jerrie Mock (1964)

25. First Woman President of country: Isabel Martinez de Peron (Argentina 1974-76)

26. First Woman Prime Minister of Country: Sirimavo Bhandarnayke (Sri Lanka 1960)

27. First Woman to climb Mount Everest: Junko Tabei (Japan 1975)

28. First Woman to reach North Pole: Ann Bancroft (1986)

29. First Woman President of UN General Assembly: Vijayalakshmi Pandit (India 1953)

30. First Pope to visit India: Pope Paul VI (1964)

31. First Actress of Indian talkies: Zubeida, of the movie Alam Ara (1931).

32. First Bharat Ratna Medal Winner: C.Rajgopalachari (1954).

33. First British Governor-general of Free India: Lord Louis Mountbatten

34. First Captain of Inidan test Cricket team: C.K.Nayudu (1932).

35. First Player to hit a century for Indian Cricket team: Lala Amarnath.

36. First Chairman of Rajya Sabha: S.V.Krishnamoorthy (1952).

37. First Chief Election Commissioner: Sukumar Sen (1950-1958).

38. First Chief Justice of India: Hiralal J. Kania

39. First Chief of Indian Air Staff: Sir Thomas Elmhirst.

40. First Indian Commander-in-chief: K.M.Cariappa

41. First Indian Cosmonaut to go in space: Rakesh Sharma (1984)

42. First Indian cricketer to have batted in all positions (1 to 11): Vinoo Mankad

43. First Dada Saheb Phalke Award Winner: Devika Rani

44. First Indian Field Marshal: S.H.F.J. Manekshaw

45. First Indian film star chief minister of a state: M.G.Ramachandran (Tamil Nadu)

46. First Finance Minister of Independent India: R.K.Shanmugham Chetty (1947)

47. First Indian Finance Minister to present the Budget three times in a row: Manmohan Singh (1993,

1994, 1995).

48. First Governor-general of British India: Warren hastings

49. First Indian Home Minister: Sardar Vallabhai Patel

50. First Indian ICS officer: Satyendranath Tagore.

51. First Indian Governor general of free India: C. Rajgopalachari

52. First Indian Woman President Of Indian National Congress: Sarojini Naidu (1925).

53. First Jain Tirthankara: Rishabh Dev (Total of 24 tirthankaras and Mahavir was the last of them).

54. First Indian to climb Mount Everest without Oxygen: Phu Dorjee

55. First Indian to climb Mount Everest: Tenjing Norgay (with Sir Edmund Hillary, 1953)

56. First Indian to win an individual Olympic Medal: K.D.Jadhav (Bronze in weightlifting – Helsinki

1952 Olympics).

57. First Indian member of British Parliament: Dadabhai Naoroji(1862).

58. First Indian Miss Universe: Sushmita Sen (1994)

59. First Indian Miss World: Reeta Faria (1966).

60. First Woman Chief Minister of Indian State: Sucheta Kriplani

61. First Woman Speaker of Lok Sabha: Meira kumar

62. First Youngest Indian chief Minister of state: Prafuula Mohanta, Assam at the age of 32

63. First Indian Cabinet Minister: Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

64. First Woman Minister in India: Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit.

65. First Indian Prime Minister to resign from office: Morarji Desai, 1979.

66. First Indian President to die in office: Dr. Zakir Hussain, 1969

67. First Indian Chief Minister to die in office: C.N.Annadurai (Tamil nadu)

68. First Speaker Of Lok Sabha: G.V.Mavlankar (1952-1956)

69. First Non-Congress government at centre: Janta Party with morarji Desai as PM (1977).

70. First Indian Deputy Prime Minister: Sardar Vallabhai Patel (1947-50)

71. First Indian Vice-President: S. Radhakrishnan

72. First female Indian President: Pratibha patil

73. First hindi film to be screened at United nations: Lago Raho munna Bhai

74. First Indian 3D film: My Dear kuttichathan, (malyalam film of 1984)

75. First Indian 70 mm film: Padayottam (malyalam film in 1982)\

76. First Indian movie to be nominated in Best Foreign Category for Oscars: Mother India (1957).

77. First Indian Oscar Winner: Bhanu Atahaiya (for Costume designing) for movie “Gandhi” (1982).

78. First Sound film made in India: Alam Ara (1931).

79. First silent film to be made in India: Raja Harishchandra (1913) by Dadasaheb phalke.

Prominent National parks of India:India’s first national park was established in 1935 as Hailey National park now known as Corbett

national park. As of April 2007, there are 96 national parks in India. All national parks of India

encompass 1.16% of India’s total surface area.

a) Bandipur National Park: Karnataka

b) Bandhavgarh National Park: Madhya Pradesh

c) Bannerghatta national Park: Karnataka

d) Chandoli National park: Madhya Pradesh

e) Corbett national park: Uttarakhand

f) Dachigam National Park: Jammu & Kashmir.

g) Dudhwa national park: Uttar Pradesh

h) Gir national Park: Gujrat

i) Great Himalayan National Park: Himachal Pradesh

j) Guindy national park: Tamil Nadu

k) Hazaribagh National park: Jharkhand

l) Indira Gandhi National Park (Previously Annamalai national park): Tamil Nadu

m) Indravati national park: Chattisgarh

n) Kanha National park: Madhya Pradesh

o) Kaziranga national Park: Assam

p) Kudremukh National park: Karnataka

q) Nandankannan National park: Orissa

r) Panna national park: Madhya Pradesh

s) Periya National park: Kerela

t) Ranthambore National Park: Rajasthan

u) Salim Ali National park: Jammu & Kashmir

v) Sariska national park: Rajasthan

w) Simlipal National park: Orissa

x) Sunderbans National park: West Bengal

y) Valmiki National Park: Bihar

z) Rani Jhansi Marine National Park: Andaman & Nicobar

List of Indian folk dances related with respective states:1.) Maharashtra & Goa: Koli dance.

2.) Rajasthan & Haryana: Ghoomar.

3.) Tamil Nadu: Bharatnatyam

4.) North India: Kathak

5.) Kerela: Kathakali, Mohiniattam, Padiyani dance.

6.) Andhra Pradesh: Kuchipudi

7.) Manipur: Manipuri and Dol-cholom.

8.) Orissa: Odissi, Ghumura folk dance, Goti folk dance

9.) Assam : Bihu

10.) Himachal Pradesh: Hikal

11.) Bihar: Chhau, Karma/ Munda

12.) Gujrat: Garba, Raas, Padhar, Tippani

13.) Chattisgarh: Panthi

14.) Karnataka: Yakshagana (classical dance drama) and Dollu Kunitha

15.) Kashmir: Dumhal

16.) Maharashtra: Pavri Nach

17.) Punjab: Bhangra, Giddha

Famous Indian Dancers:a) Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam: related with Bharatnatyam.

b) Yamini Purna Tilaka Krishnamurthy alias Yamini Krishnamurthy: related with Bharatnatyam.

c) Mallika Sarabhai: related with Bharatnatyam and Kuchipudi.

d) Sonal Mansingh: related with Odissi.

e) Birju Maharaj: related with Kathak.

f) Chitra Vishweswaran: related with Bharatnatyam.

g) Anita Ratnam: related with Kathakli, Mohiniattam and Bharatnatyam.

United Nations:UN was founded in 24th October 1945 after World War II to replace League of Nations, to stop wars

between countries and to promote peace and co-operation among member nations.

With the addition of Montenegro on 28th June 2006, there are currently 192 member states of UN.

There are six official languages used in UN namely Arabic, Chinese(Mandarin), English, French,

Russian and Spanish.

UN has primarily six principal organs:

a) General Assembly: Headquarter at New York City

b) Security Council: Headquarter at New York City . Five Permanent members of Security Council

are France, China, United Kingdom, USA and Russia. The Security Council consists of 15 member

states with 5 of them being Permanent member while the remaining 10 are non-permanent members.

The ten non-permanent seats are held for two-year terms. Currently ten non-permanent members are

Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, Gabon, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, Nigeria, Turkey and Uganda.

The five permanent members have veto powers.

c) The Economic and Social Council: Headquarter at New York City. It has 54 members.

d) The Secretariat: Headquarter at New York City. UN Secretariat is headed by Secretary General.

List of Secretary Generals:

i) Trygve Lie (Norway): 1946-1952

ii) Dag Hammarskjold (Sweden): 1953-1961 (Died while in office).

iii) U Thant (Burma or Myanmmar): 1961-1972 (first Asian)

iv) Kurt Waldheim (Austria): 1972-82

v) Javier Perez de Cuellar (Peru): 1982-92 (first from American continent)

vi) Boutros Boutros Ghali (Egypt): 1992-97 (first from Africa)

vii) Kofi Annan (Ghana) : 1997-2007

viii) Ban-ki-Moon (South Korea): 2007 – current

e) International Court of Justice at headquarter at Hague (in Netherlands)

f) United Nations Trusteeship council (Currently inactive).

Other prominent UN agencies arei) World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters at Geneva, Switzerland.

ii) World Food Program headquarters at Rome.

iii) United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) headquarters at New York.

iv) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) headquarters at Rome.

v) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters at Vienna, Austria.

vi) International labour Organization (ILO) headquarters at Geneva, Switzerland.

vii) World Bank headquarters at Washington D.C. Current head is Robert Zoellick.

viii) International monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters at Washington D.C. Current head is

Dominique Stauss-Kahn.

ix) United nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization(UNESCO) headquarters at

Paris.

x) World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) headquarters at Madrid, Spain.

xi) International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) headquarters at Montreal, Canada.

Currencies of Prominent Countries:Afghanistan: Afghani

Argentina: Austral and Argentinian neuvo Peso (previously it was Peso).

Australia: Australian Dollar

Austria: Euro

Bangladesh: Taka

Belarus: Belarussian Rouble

Belgium: Euro

Bhutan: Ngultrum (Indian rupee is also used).

Brazil: Real

Cambodia: Riel

Canada: Canadian Dollar

China: Yuan Renminbi

Cuba: Cuban Peso

Cyprus: Euro

Czech republic: Czech Koruna

Denmark: Danish Krone

Egypt: Egyptian Pound

Finland: Euro

France: Euro

Germany: Euro

Ghana: Cedi

Greece: Euro

Greenland: Danish krone

Hong-Kong: Hong-kong dollar

Hungary: Forint

Indonesia: Rupiah

Iran: Iranian Rial

Iraq: Iraqi Dinar

Iceland: Euro

Israel: Shekel

Italy: Euro

Japan: Yen

N.Korea: North Korean Won

S.Korea: South Korean Won

Kuwait: Kuwaiti Dinar

Luxembourg: Euro

Malaysia: Ringgit (Malaysian dollar)

Maldives: Rufiyaa

Mauritius: Mauritius Rupee

Mexico: Mexican new Peso

Monaco: Euro

Morocco: Morocco Dirham

Myanmar: Kyat

Nauru: Australian Dollar

Nepal: Nepalese Rupee

Netherland: Euro

New Zealand: New Zealand Dollar

Norway: Norwegian Krone

Oman: Oman Riali

Pakistan: Pakistani Rupee

Paraguay: Guarani

Peru: Inti and new Sol

Philipines: Phillipines Peso

Poland: new Zloty

Portugal: Euro

Puerto Rico: US Dollar

Qatar: Qatari Rial

Russian Federation: Russian Federation Rouble

Saudi Arabia: Saudi Riyal

Singapore: Singapore Dollar

South Africa: Rand

Spain: Euro

Sri Lanka: sri Lankan Rupee

Sudan: Sudanese Pound

Sweden: Swedish Krona

Switzerland: swiss Franc

Thailand: baht

Turkey: New Turkish lira

United Arab Emirates: UAE Dirham

United kingdom: Pound Sterling

Uruguay: Uruguayan Peso

Venezuela: Bolivar Fuerte

Zimbabwe: US Dollar