1. Youngest ever Microsoft Certified Professional who died recently at the age o f 16 ?

Arfa Karim Randhawa Read More 2. What is the total number of districts in Chhattisgarh as on 1st January 2012? 27 3. Where the Coastal Business Development Summit is is held? Mangalore,Karnataka 4. Name the DGP replacing outgoing chief Sankar Baruah for Assam. Jayanta Narayan Choudhury 5. Where National Kannada conference is is set to be held in the month of April? Delhi 6. Which country recently joined UNSC as non-permanent member? Pakistan 7. Who are now allowed to invest in Indian stock market directly? QFI s Qualified foreign investors 8. How much of share can a QFI company and QFI s put together hold a stake in Indi an companies? 5% and 10% 9. Which two countries have strengthened business ties to start trading electric ity and petroleum products? India and Pakistan 10. What is SEBI toll free helpline number launched to support 14 languages? 1800 227 575 11. Who has been named male player of the year by Golf writers Association of Am erica? Luke Donald 12. Name the Argentinean bike rider who died after being involved in an accident on the first day of the Dakar Rally. Jorge Martinez Boero 13. Name Afghan s first team of female boxers set to aim for Olympics 2012. Shabnam and Sadaf Rahimi 14. Which country test launched first 3D television broadcast? China 15. What rank does Vishwanathan Anand holds as he prepares for 2012 World chess championship? 4th 16. Name the former Macedoninan President who passed away recently. Kiro Gligorov 17. Which Indian ace tennis star withdrew out of Aircel Chennai Open 2012 becaus e of recurring shoulder injury? Somdev Devvarman

18. Where the 5-day 99th Indian Science Congress science event is is set to star t on 3rd January 2012? Kalinga Institute of industrial Technology, Bhuvaneshwar, Orrisa 19. What bank account facility is set to be launched in India? Bank Number Portability 20. Name the new education tablet launched by Classteacher Learning Systems, a D elhi based Educational Solutions Provider. Classpad 21. Who has been appointed as chief coach of Kolkata Knight Riders? Trevor Bayliss 22. Where in India is Literary Festival 2012 is scheduled to be held? Jaipur 23. What is the concept introduced by Indian Postal Department (Bihar Postal Cir cle) to get a personalized stamp with photograph on it? My Stamp 24. Who takes over as Wipro Technologies Senior Vice President and Corporate Tre asurer? Manoj Jaiswal 25. Who has been considered for first Gates Innovation Award? Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar 26. Which auto major is set to invest USD142 million at its Chennai plant in Ind ia to manufacture a compact sports utility vehicle named EcoSport? Ford India 27. Name the Government policy introduced by Karnataka to boost animation indust ry. Karnataka Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comics (KAVGC) Policy 2011 28. Name the ace woman tennis player who withdrew from Australian Open due to le ft ankle injury. Serena Williams 29. Who has been named as CEO of Yahoo? Scott Thompson 30. Who has been appointed as Senior Vice President in India by CIBER? Vivek.K.Marla 31. Name the interactive presentation tool launched by HP in India. Pocket whiteboard 32. Name the Australian cricket captain who joined the triple-century club recen tly. Michael Clarke scored 329* against India at SCG 33. Where the national and international theater festival, the Bharat Rang Mahot sav set to be held? National School of Drama, Amritsar 34. Who won gold for triple jump at the all India inter-university athletics mee t held in Mangalore, Karnataka?

Arpinder Singh 35. Who has been named Chief Information Officer of WildCard Systems? Shahi Kapur 36. Who has been appointed as VP, Chief Information Officer of Qwest Communicati ons? Girish Varma 37. Name the Indian doctor who became famous for his selfless work in China duri ng the Sino-Japan war whose memorial was dedicated to India. Dr.Dwarkanath Shantaram Kotnis 38. Where has Union Government planned to build 11 tunnels to connect important roads? Pakistan and China borders 39. Which version of Internet Explorer is dead as per Microsoft? Internet Explorer 6 40. Name the website launched by Jammu and Kashmir government for the state s scho ol education department. http://www.jkeducation.gov.in 41. Who was given the first S.K.Singh award for negotiating Indo-US nuclear deal ? D.Bala Venkatesh Varma 42. Where is the world s largest solar telescope set to be built? Merak on Pangong Tso lake in the cold desert Ladakh region 43. Who has been appointed as President of Federation of Indian Export Organisat ions? Rafeeq Ahmed 44. Which state has planned to teach Bhagavad Gita in schools? Karnataka 45. Which automobile maker has re-entered Indian markets after 13 years? Vespa 46. Who won the doubles title at the Chennai Open 2012? Leander Peas and Janko Tipsarevic 47. Which country has called for Indian investments and sought partnership in oi l and gas exploration? Trinidad and Tobago 48. Who has been appointed as Managing Director, President and CEO of Samsung s So uth- West Asia operations? B.D.Park 49. Name the world s first hydrogen powered 3-wheeler which was launched by Mahind ra and Mahindra at the 11th Auto Expo 2012. HyAlfa 50. Who won the FIFA women s World player of the year? Homare Sawa of Japan 51. Who won the FIFA men s world player of the year 3rd time in a row?

Lionel Messi of Argentina 52. Name the car which won the 2012 North American Car of the year award. Hyundai Elantra 53. Name the Guinea Bissau President who died recently. Malam Bacai Sanha 54. Name the chairman of Swiss National Bank who stepped down recently. Philipp Hildebrand 55. Which company has acquired Bangalore-based event and entertainment guide Buz zintown? Yatra online 56. Which country s Prime Minister is to be chief guest at Indian Republic Day par ade? Thailand Prime Minister, Yingluck Shinawatra 57. How many banks are now allowed to import bullion or precious metals? 35 58. Name the recently added banks to import precious metals. Yes Bank, Bank of Maharashtra, City Union Bank and ING Vysya Bank 59. Which bollywood actor is campaigning for clean voting? Aamir Khan 60. Who took over as Director General Military Operations succeeding Lt Gen Anan d Mohan Verma? Lt Gen Ashok Kumar Chaudhary 61. Name the Chinese dancer who took Bharatanatyam and Kathak to Mao s China died recently. Zhang Jun 62. Where the Quick service cum mobile medical dispensary was inaugurated recent ly? Bodh Gaya Temple premises 63. What is the lowest one-day score by Sri Lanka in the recently held match aga inst South Africa? 43 all out 64. What is the worth of total Private equity investment made in India in 2011? $10.11 billion 65. Which country has been ranked first on nuclear safety? Australia 66. What has Kerala hospital introduced to diagnose small bowel bleeding sites, tumours and ulcers? Wireless Capsule Endoscopy 67. Where does the industrial output stand as of November 2011 in India? 5.9% 68. When did India complete one polio-free year? 13th January 2012

69. What is the cost of cheapest electric car unveiled by Tata in Detroit? $20,000 70. Which legendary singer is set to be honoured with lifetime achievement award at the 18th Annual Colors Screen Awards? Asha Bhosle 71. Who has been appointed to google board recently? Diane Greene, VMware co-founder 72. Which service the Indian Government has planned to launch for farmers? Interactive medium of spoken web service 73. Who won gold in Asian shooting championship? Abhinav Bindra 74.Which airways bagged best airline award? Ethad Airways 75. Which Indian city is set to host psychiatry conclaves? Kochi 76. Which country reported rare decline of foreign reserves? China 77. Name India s first woman journalist who died recently. Homai Vyarawalla 78. Who won the Mumbai marathon title recently? Laban Moiben 79. Where does inflation stand as on 16th January 2012? 7.47% 80. Name the scheme launched by Arunachal Pradesh government for the treatment o f Multi Drug Resistant TB patients. Directly Observed Treatment Plus Service (DOTS) 81. Who took charge as Kerala governor? H.R.Bharadwaj 82. Who won the trust of vote in Parliament of Pakistan? Yousuf Raza Gilani 83. Which currency is world s most undervalued currency as per Big Mac Index? Indian rupee 84. Who has been appointed as Director Enterprise Business (India and South Asia ) by Adobe? Kulmeet Bawa 85. What is the amount received by India in venture capital funding in the solar energy sector? Rs.500 crore 86. Which Government has bought 1.09% worth stake in Reliance Industries? Singapore Government 87. Which bank is likely to increase their presence in Karnataka from the presen

t 71 to 100 branches? Bank of Baroda 88. Name the boxer who turned 70 recently. Mohammad Ali 89. What is the export growth as of December 2011? 6.7% at $25billion 90. Which website is to be shut for 24hrs to stop anti-piracy act? Wikipedia 91. Name the Indian-origin Sikh who has been unanimously elected as the mayor of Charlottesville, a historic American city in Virginia. Satyendra Singh Huja 92. What fund has India planned to launch by July 2012? $1 billion innovation fund 93. Where is the India-Burma talks scheduled on January 19th 2012? Myanmar capital, Naypyitaw 94. Name the Yahoo co-founder who resigned recently. Jerry Yang 95. Which global consulting and IT service provider is set to participate in Wor ld Economic Forum? Mahindra Satyam 96. Which card has BSNL launched to facilitate making utility bill payments like electricity and telephone bills? Itz Cash Card (Trust Card) 97. Name the media advisor to Prime Minister who resigned recently. Harish Khare 98. Where India s first Startup Village is to be setup? KINFRA Park, Kalamassery, Kochi 99. Expand SOPA & PIPA Stop Online Piracy Act & Protect IP Act 100. Which photo pioneer company filed bankruptcy recently? Kodak 101. Which online video streaming site has launched a film festival? YouTube 102. Name the Indian wicketkeeper who is set to debut in place of MS Dhoni in te st cricket against Australia. Wriddhiman Saha 103. Where is the Jaipur Literature Festival held in India? Diggi Palace, Jaipur 104. Which file-sharing website has US shut down recently? Megaupload 105. Petroleum ministry recently allowed import of? ATF Aviation Turbine Fuel

106. Name the new kind of train launched by China. Magnetic train 107. Which auto-maker regained its title as the world s top-selling automaker in 2 011? General Motors 108. Who is appointed as COO of Intel? Brain Krzanich 109. Who is appointed as Managing Editor of Wall Street Journal? Raju Narisetti 110. Where did India open its 5th Consulate in US? Atlanta 111. Which country is set to join European Union in 2013? Coratia 112. Name the year that is been celebrated across China? Dragon year 113. Who won the Ranji Trophy 2011-12? Rajasthan 114. What rank does India hold to have a nuclear submarine? 6th position 115. Which parliament passed Armenian gernocide bill? French Parliament 116. What is the prevailing CRR as on 25th January 2012? 5.5% 117. Which state s theme has been set in 26th Surajkund Crafts Mela in Faridabad, Haryana? Assam 118. Who won Grand slam title in men s Australian Open 2012? Djokovic 119. What rank does India hold as steel maker in 2011 as per World Steel Associa tion? 4th rank 120. What sum of capital has been approved to be infused in SBI and PNB? Rs.7,900 crore and Rs.1,285 crore urrent Affairs Quiz March 2012 Posted by Admin on April 4, 2012

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Current affairs 2012 for All Competitive exams | Current Affairs March 2012 quiz | gk questions | current affairs for civil services|General knowledge| IBPS | S BI | Bank po|RRB|SSC|State PSC|MBA Entrence|Railway exams. So enjoy reading :) 1. Who is crowned Miss India World 2012? - Vanya Mishra Chandigarh girl Vanya Mishra is crowned the Pantaloons Femina Miss India Wor ld 2012 in a glittering grand finale of the 49th edition of the beauty pageant. The Miss India Earth title went to 24-year-old Prachi Mishra of Pune, while Chen nai girl Rochelle Maria Rao, 23, is crowned as the Miss India International. R ead More 2. Name the cricket personality called The Wall cket recently. - Rahul Dravid The 39-year-old Batting great Rahul Dravid, the second most prolific batsman in the game s history and India s middle order bulwark for years, on Friday bid adi eu to Test cricket, bringing down the curtain on a glorious 16-year career. Re ad More 3. Which country has India agreed in-principle -projects in the North-East? Bangladesh 4. Name the Tech-savvy state which set a record by winning the National Tourism Award for its website for 5th time in last 10 years. Kerala 5. Which Malayalam language daily has tied up with Yahoo India to deliver premiu m digital content in Malayalam? Malayala Manorama 6. Name the Delhi-based group which has been nominated in the best international brand/group award at the British Reggae Industry Awards. Reggar Rajahs 7. Which movie of Indian filmmaker Mani Ratnam is now part of the permanent coll ection at the Austrian Film Museum? Raavanan 8. Who has been awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize considered as Nobel priz e in Architecture? Wang Shu 9. Which railway station became the first railway network to offer BluFi, a comb ination of Bluetooth and WiFi to provide information to passengers? Bangalore City Railway Station to the participation in hydro power who retired from International cri

10. Which state bagged the second best national award in the Comprehensive Devel opment Of Tourism category? Rajasthan 11. Name the Kerala-based UAE business magnate who was awarded with Interfaith H armony Award at Kuala Lumpur. M.A.Yusuf Ali 12. Name the men s mixed doubles winner of the ATP Dubai Open 2012. Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna 13. When was the World s oldest post office opened as it celebrates its 300th anni versary? 1712 in Sanquhar, London 14. Name the Indian American filmmaker who won the 2012 Rising Star Award for his feature film 9 Eleven at the Canada International Film Festival. Manan Singh Katohora 15. Who won the women s Kabaddi World Cup championship? India 16. Who is expected to visit India with export of gas and investment on agenda? Qatar s Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani 17. Who has been elected as Russian President? Vladimir Putin 18. Name the West Indian cricketer who died in a car accident recently. - Runako Morton aged 33 Read More

19. Name India s first 3D dance film. ABCD (Any Body Can Dance) 20. Which 4 financial institutions have agreed to form country s first $2 billion (about Rs.10,000 crore) Infrastructure Development Fund to finance infrastructur e projects in India? Bank of Baroda, ICICI Bank, LIC and Citi Financial 21. Who has been appointed as MD of Hyundai Motor India Ltd.? Bo Shin Seo 22. Which Chinese Electric company has started office in India? Shangai Electric 23. Which university conferred honoris causa(as honorary academic degree) during its 12th convocation to the finance minister Pranab Mukherjee?

Assam University 24. Which India s leading commodity exchange would be listed on the BSE making it India s first exchange to be listed? Multi Commodity Exchange 25. Which western India university will start the Institute of International Stu dies? M S University 26. HSBC will sell its general insurance for US $914 million to which 2 companie s? AXA Group and QBE Insurance Group 27. Against which team India will play one-off Twenty20 International cricket on March 30th 2012 to commemorate the 150 years of settlement of Indians in that c ountry? South Africa 28. Who retained his title of being the world s richest Indian in Forbes magazine s annual list of the world s richest people? Mukesh Ambani 29. Name the music director Ravi Shankar Sharma 30. Who has been appointed as head coach of the Pakistan cricket team? Dav Whatmore 31. Name the bank that has entered into a partnership with Remit2home to offer S ri Lankans to transfer money back home. Nations Trust Bank 32. Where is Kerala a film city is to be built? Varikkassery Mana at Ottapalam 33. Who will be appointed as CEO of L&T? K Venkataraman 34. Name the chocolate boy of Hindi cinema during 1960's who passed away recentl y. Joy Mukherjee 35. Who is appointed as ISI chief of Pakistan Government? Lt. Gen. Zaheerul Islam 36. Which Indian NGO has been chosen for America s first Innovation Award for the king of soft melodies who passed away recently.

Empowerment of Women and Girls, for training and organising wastepickers and eli minating child labour from recycling? Chintan 37. What is the reduced CRR of scheduled banks as revised by RBI at 75 basis poi nts? 4.75% 38. At what value did Euro zone finance ministers release 2nd bailout package fo r debt-hit Greece? $46.9 billion 39. Where was the International Financial Hub inaugurated in India recently? New Town, Kolkata 40. What is the extended number of days for advance reservation of Indian railwa y tickets? 120 41. Which state has recorded an increase in foodgrains production that touched 5 0.22 lakh tonnes during Kharif 2011 season? Haryana 42. Name the ambulance launched for farmers in Andhra Pradesh by Srihari Kotela, a Charterted Accountant. Rythu Ratham (Tollfree 18002666208)

43. Which non-banking finance arm of Tata Sons have decided to ramp up its trave l business and focus on the retail segment? Tata Capital 44. Which financial service will Nokia close in India? Nokia Money 45. Which rank does India hold as per U5MR rates by UNICEF? 46th rank 46. Who will take over the rein of Deutsche Bank CEO at the end of May 2012? Anshu Jain 47. Who was sworn in as Uttarkhand s Chief Minister? - Vijay Bahuguna 48. Name the Indian railway minister who will present Railway Budget 2012-13. Dinesh Trivedi 49. Who has been appointed as Director General of Police for Punjab?

Sumedh Singh Saini 50. Who and at what age became 5th time Chief Minister of Punjab? Parkash Singh Badal 51. Where was FICCI FRAMES 2012 entertainment inaugurated? Kolhapur, Maharashtra 52. Who is sworn as youngest Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh? - Akhilesh Yadav at the age of 38 years. Read More Asia s largest global convention on film media and

53. What is the proposed capital support to be infused to PSU s and financial inst itutions during the next fiscal year as per Budget 2012-13? Rs.15,888 crore 54. Who has been appointed as Additional Advocate General of Tamil Nadu? P.H.Arvindh Pandian 55. From which tax will RBI be spared? Wealth Tax 56. Who won the Australian Grand Prix 2012? Jenson Button 57. Who won the Swiss Open 2012 title against China s Shixian Wang? Saina Nehwal 58. Who will replace Dinesh Trivedi as Railway Minister? Mukul Roy Read More

59. The indoor hall built at Orissa Cricket Association is named of which cricke t personality? Sachin Tendulkar Indoor Hall 60. Who has been elected as German President? Joachim Gauck 61. Which bank recently celebrated its 75th anniversary? Indian Overseas Bank 62. As Jet Airways discontinues JetLite, which company it is set to merge? JetKonnect 63. Name the hockey player who was declared the winner of Survivor India .

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National Payment Corporation of India 65. Which Indian city has been selected as city of focus at the Toronto Internat ional Film Festival 2012? Mumbai 66. Who has been named for Dada Saheb Phalke award? Soumitra Chatterjee 67. Which European nation has tied up with the Indian Railways to renovate 14 ra ilway stations in India? Belgium 68. Name the Goa Tourism minister who died of heart attack recently? Matanhy Saldanha 69. Which team won the cricket Asia Cup 2012? Pakistan 70. Expand NBFC

Non-Banking Finance Companies 71. Which British newspaper won the annual Press Awards urnalism? Daily Mail (Newspaper and Website of the year) 72. What amount of loan for education has been offered to India by World Bank? $500 million 73. 64 years after Independence which Indian state saw a locomotive train for t he first time? Manipur (12km from Jiribam to Dholakhal) 74. Longding became the 17th district of which Indian state? Arunachal Pradesh 75. Israeli Government is planning to setup 3 agricultural excellence centres i n which Indian state? Gujarat 76. Who has been nominated for World bank President post by US President? Korean-American Physician-Anthropologist Jim Yong Kim 77. Who will be appointed as Army chief to succeed Gen.V.K.Singh? the Oscars of British Jo

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78. Who won 2nd silver medal in the men s 50m rifle three position at the Amir of Kuwait International Shooting Grand Prix? Gagan Narang 79. Name the new tax norms which will come into effect from April 1st 2012. GAAR General Anti-Avoidance Rules

80. Which 2 banking facilities would not require signature attestation instead only thumb impression as per RBI? Fixed deposits and Opening a bank locker 81. Which state will get its first commercial dairy for processing of camel mil k into various products in Kutch district once the provision is made in its 2012 -13 budget? Gujarat 82. Who is appointed as chairman of Haldia Petrochemicals? Kolkata s industry minister Partha Chatterjee 83. Who is named as Peace ambassador of world religious Parliament? Pt.Arjun Prasad Bastola 84. Who is appointed as Wipro s banking head? Rajan Kohli 85. Who was named as the winner of the Templeton Prize 2012 for his contribution to affirming life s spiritual dimension? Dalai Lama 86. Name the bill passed against conduct of any constitutional authority in Ind ia. Judicial Accountability Bill 87. Where in India Guru Gobind Singh refinery will be inaugurated in April 2012 ? Bathinda, Southwest Punjab 88. Where in Chennai is the 2nd airport is to be setup? Sriperumbudur 89. Where in Arunachal Pradesh Reserve Bank of India is planning to open its of fice? Itanagar 90. Which Indian state passed Rs.201.05 crore deficit budget for the financial

year 2012-13? Arunachal Pradesh 91. Which IPL cricket team signed up with UNICEF in a bid to support the adoles cent girls in India? Delhi Daredevils 92. Who has replaced Shankar Bidari as DGP and IG in Karnataka? A.R.Infant 93. Which Indian state would celebrate 77th foundation day on 1st April 2012? Odisha or Orissa 94. Name the 26/11 Mumbai terror survivor who has been selected as a flag beare r at the London 2012 Olympics. Harnish Patel 95. Name the PSU bank whose 108 branches were inaugurated electronically by Unio n Minister of State for Finance Namo Narain Meena. Syndicate Bank

1. Name the yesteryear actress who featured in the popular song een from the film Waqt who passed away recently.

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Achala Sachdev passed away at a Pune hospital on April 30, 2012. Achala was 91 y ear old. Read More 2. Where in India, largest solar power plant with an installed capacity of 40 MW started producing electricity? Pokhran in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan 3. Which department in India plans to set up 1000 ATM s across 6 states? Postal department 4. Who created history by becoming the first Indian female wrestler to have qual ified for the London Olympics 2012? Geeta 5. Who has been appointed next Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission? Ratan Kumar Sinha Read More

6. In which part of India, Indo Tibetan Border Police headquarters is to be open ed? Bihar 7. Which state s High Court has insisted that banks cannot freeze accounts nor sto p services of issuing cheque book or ATM facility where the account holder has n ot supplied KYC (Know Your Customers) documents?

Gujarat 8. Name the former Haryana chief secretary who took oath as state information co mmissioner ? Urvashi Gulati 9. Which State becames the 3rd state in India to launch State Portal (SP) and St ate Service Delivery Gateway (SSDG) project? Nagaland 10. Who won the World Series Hockey 2012 title? Sher-E-Punjab 11. In which state Urdu medium Government schools would be setup as announced by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav? Uttar Pradesh 12. Where is the World s first Virtual shopping store opened? Korea 13. Who is named as HSBC s India CEO? Stuart Milne 14. Which Indian state bans guthka from 1st of April 2012 to curb the increasing number of mouth cancer cases? Madhya Pradesh 15. Which Indian state chief minister has urged union Finance Minister to bail i t out of its huge burden? West Bengal 16. Name the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Chief Justice who was sworn in as Supr eme court judge ? F.M.Ibrahim Kalifulla 17. Name the Gujarati techie whose name has emerged for India s President as the n ation has to elect 16th President in July 2012 ? Sam Pitroda 18. At what value Air India s restructuring plan was approved by a group of 19 ban ks led by SBI? 18,000 crore 19. Which services Airtel is planning to launch in Kolkata in April 2012? 4G services 20. Name the nuclear submarine which joined Indian Navy. INS Chakra 21. Which education company bagged Rs.209 crore order from Assam Government? Educomp 22. Which 2 north Indian states will have pipeline connected oil terminals for s upply of diesel, petrol and kerosene? Jammu and Himachal Pradesh 23. Which Asian country has issued tender to buy minimum of 30,000 tonnes of bas mati rice from India and Pakistan? Iraq

24. NSE founder who passes away Recently? RH Patil Dr R H Patil, chairman, Clearing Corporation of India (CCIL) and founder-man aging director of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) passed away in Mumbai. Re ad More 25. Who donated 1 million Singapore Dollars to Indian Heritage Centre? Founder of Singapore-based IT company Si2i Mobility B.K.Modi 26. Name the world s highest and longest bridge that was officially opened to moto rists in China. Anzhaite Long-span Suspension Bridge in Jishou 27. Which bank has opened 16 Ultra Small branches in 16 locations in villages to cater to financial needs of the rural populace? IDBI Bank 28. Who has been conferred with Sir Jehangir Ghandy Medal? Narayana Murthy 29. In which city in Kerala will Infosys setup its 2nd campus? Thiruvananthapuram 30. Which bank will set up 1-person micro branches to serve remote areas of the northeastern region financially? Indian Overseas Bank 31. Which act does not allow to prosecute (no wife can claim compensation or mai ntenance) husband s girlfriend? Protection of Women from Domestic Vilonce Act, 2005 32. Name the 3 Indian hockey players after whom tube stations in London has been renamed. Dhyan Chand, Roop Singh and Leslie Claudius 33. Who has been signed up as brand ambassador of Toyota Kirloskar Motors? Virat Kohli 34. When was 63rd Rajasthan Day celebrated? 30th March 2012 35. Where in Rajasthan Spices Board s first Spices Park is setup? Jodhpur 36. Which Asian country recently became member of Consultative Group to Assist t he Poor (CGAP)? India 37. Who won her 6th world sprint title at the world track cycling championships 2012? Victoria Pendleton 38. Name the Malawi President who died after heart attack. Bingu wa Mutharika 39. Who was sworn in as Malawi s President following the death of Bingu wa Muthari ka?

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40. Which Asian country made Hindu marriage registration a must by bringing the law in lines with India? Bangladesh 41. Israel has decided to setup its consulate office in which part of India? Bangalore 42. Which Indian city is likely to get water taxis and air-conditioned trams? Kolkata 43. Name the young doctor who is set to become the first foreign national of Ind ian origin to walk across Antarctica carrying the Indian Flag. Dr.Alexander Kumar 44. Name the youngest Indian boxer who qualified for London Olympics 2012. Shiva Thapa Read More

45. What percentage hike was allocated for Karnataka by Planning Commission for current fiscal 2012-13 in the 12th Plan? 10% 46. Who will be the sports ambassador for the state of Haryana? Leander Paes 47. Which category of women will be allowed to participate in the Miss Universe beauty pageant from next year? Transgender women 48. Which rank does Bangalore hold as preferred entrepreneurial locations worldw ide? 9th rank 49. Which TV has become the first Indian television channel to enter the Chinese market? Zee TV 50. Which act was amended to include compulsory registration of marriages in Ind ia? Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 51. Where in Himachal Pradesh Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) would be opened? Una district 52. What denominations of currency note will RBI introduce bearing rupee symbol? Rs.20 and Rs.50 currency notes 53. Name the index on which NSE is set to launch derivative trade. FTSE 100 index 54. What percentage and value of US based Max New York Life Insurance was sold t o Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance (MSI)? 26% and Rs.2,731 crore

55. Which country replaced China as Iran s top oil client? India 56. India has recently decided to allow Foreign Direct Investment from which Asi an country? Pakistan 57. What value of equity infusion did Air India get spread over a period of 9 ye ars? Rs. 30,000 crore 58. Where in India Integrated Check Post was inaugurated on the occasion of Bais akhi to enhance trade between India-Pakistan? Attari 59. Which education council in India would have its own job portal for the stude nts of technical and professional institutions? All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) 60. Which 2 countries have agreed to resume dialogue on disarmament and non-prol iferation after a gap of 9 years? India and China 61. Which repayment transaction is now allowed by RBI electronically i.e. NEFT? Repayment of Loan EMI s 62. How many co-sponsors are against the Bill of outsourcing call centers in USA ? 106 co-sponsors 63. How much basis point did RBI cut key rates after 3 years? 50 basis points 64. Name the Master Card s President and CEO who has been elected next chairman of the US-India Business Council? Ajay Banga 65. Which Indian FMCG company crossed $1 billion mark in 2011-12? Dabur India 66. Which 14 year old ICC cricket tournament would end after 2013? ICC Champions Trophy 67. Which state has included services of the petroleum industry, including that provided by tanker operations as essential services under the state s Essential Se rvices Maintenance Act 1971, (Act 20 of 1971)? Andhra Pradesh 68. Which Indian state s 100th anniversary was celebrated recently? Bihar 69. Who replaces Simon Leung chief executive of the greater China region of Micr osoft? Ralph Haupter 70. Bill to include children with disabilities under which Act was recently pass ed by Rajya Sabha recently? Right to Education Act 71. Name the spy satellite launched by ISRO recently.

RISAT-1 72. Which cricket player and lady actor were recommended for Rajya Sabha members hip in India? Sachin Tendulkar and Rekha 73. Name the Indian origin entrepreneur and educator who is named as the Goodwil l Ambassador for Education Partnerships for UN Educational, Scientific and Cultu ral Organisation (UNESCO). Sunny-Varkey 74. Who has been appointed as Governor of Goa, Rajasthan and Uttarkhand? B.V.Wanchoo, Margaret Alva and Aziz Qureshi 75. Who were given fresh terms as Governor of Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra? E.S.L.Narasimhan and K.Sankaranarayanan 76. Which Indian state will be showcased at the Cannes Film Festival? Gujarat 77. Which 2 Asian countries will hold 1st ever economic dialogue on 30th April 2 012? India and Japan 78. Name the first of the four Dreamliner aircraft that Air India got from Nikki Haley s state. Boeing 787 79. Who won the Asian Snooker Championship 2012? Aditya Mehta 80. Who retained the crown as Britain s richest man? Lakshmi Mittal 81. Where was the India Investrade 2012 organised by Indian Chamber of Commerce, Kolkata held? Colombo, Sri Lanka 82. Name the mango variety named after the youngest Chief Minister of Uttar Prad esh. Akhilesh aam , named after Akhilesh Yadav 83. Which Indian state is planning to make 100 the common number to dial in any emergency? Tamil Nadu 84. Who became the 1st player to cross 2000 runs in cricket tournament IPL? Suresh Raina 85. Which country is keen to boost trade ties with Kerala? Singapore 86. Who became the 1st player to win Barcelona title for 7 times? Rafael Nadal 87. Name the former BCCI president who passed away recently after whom the chall enger trophy was named. N.K.P.Salve

Dr R H Patil, chairman, Clearing Corporation of India (CCIL) and founder-man aging director of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) passed away in Mumbai Current Affairs Quiz May 2012 Posted by Admin on June 22, 2012 Current affairs 2012 for All Competitive exams | Current Affairs May 2012 quiz | gk questions | current affairs for civil services|General knowledge| IBPS | SBI | Bank po|RRB|SSC|State PSC|MBA Entrence|Railway exams. So enjoy reading 1. Who won her first World Cup individual recurve gold medal in Archery? Deepika Kumari 2. Who took over as 28th chief secretary of Madhya Pradesh succeeding Avani Vais h? R.Parasuram 3. Which state s Chief Minister has demanded law to deal with cases of discriminat ion against northeastern students? Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma 4. ISRO recently gave clearance for using which frequency band from satellite fo r internet on trains? KU band 5. Which company bagged the contract for deploying Bharti Airtel s 4G network in K arnataka? Huawei 6. 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 Festi val (LAFF) 2012 for her film Bol ? Humaima Malick 8. Which type of SIM cards are Switzerland based Geo Communications AG, launchin g in India? International Mobile Subscriber Identity(IMSI) SIM cards which will allow multip le mobile numbers from different operators on a single SIM card 9. To help clear cane arrears of over Rs.10,000 crore which commodities exports has been let free by Government of India recently? Sugar 10. Which industry in India will celebrate 100 years of its existence in May 201 3? Indian Film Industry (May 3rd 1913 to May 3rd 2013) 11. When is Facebook (IPO) set to go public? May 18th 2012

12. When will the phased Basel III capital regulation in India be implemented as per RBI guidelines? January 1st, 2013 (to be fully implemented by March 31st, 2018) 13. Name the multifaceted personality (a poet, an author or a painter) whose 150 th birth anniversary would be celebrated on May 8th 2012. Rabindranath Tagore 14. Which sport in Goa will benefit from the Government s decision as it will be d eclared state sport? Football 15. Where in India Archeological Survey of India is planning gallery on Harappan civilization? Vadodara, Gujarat 16. Where in India the 49th Raising Day of the Central Command was celebrated on 3rd May 2012? Cantonment, Lucknow 17. Where in Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (Tidco) i s planning to establish aerospace park? Chennai 18. Where in Coimbatore, Government has planned to setup cold storage facility f or tomatoes? Kinnathukkadavu 19. Which German sportswear maker has planned to shut down 1/3rd of its 900 Reeb ok stores in India? Adidas 20. Which Kolhapur-based bank is looking at an IPO in 2 years? Ratnakar bank 21. Which resource in nuclear reactors will be used for power generation as the Government has decided to start construction of 300MW reactor by 2016-17? Thorium 22. As Indian Parliament holds special sitting on Sunday to celebrate 60th anniv ersary, when was India s first Parliament session held? May 13th, 1952 23. Which country slapped a fine of $80,000 fine on Air India recently? US Transportation Department 24. Which Finance company recently deferred its Rs.1,665 crore IPO, which opened on May 2nd 2012? Samvardhana Motherson 25. Name the firm which is planning to build mud cottages in Gir area of Junagad

h district. Swati Infratech Pvt. Ltd. 26. In which glacier have geologists discovered hot water from geothermal source s which is nearly 15 degrees arm in plunging -40 degree Celsius weather? Siachen 27. Name the Indian who became first Asian-origin UK councilor. Philip Abraham 28. Name the Big Bang scientist whom France jailed for terror plot. Adlene Hicheur 29. What value of fund will Asian Development Bank provide to India for 2012-201 4 for the development of various projects? $6.25 billion 30. Name the West Indian cricketer who has set an eye on bollywood after IPL. Chris Gayle 31. Who is elected as Chair of the ADB s Board of Governors? Pranab Mukherjee 32. Which country will host the 46th annual meeting of the Asian Development Ban k in 2013? India in New Delhi 33. Name the Indian-origin doctor who won the London Assembly (Ealing and Hillin gdon) seat? Dr.Onkar Singh Sahota 34. Who is elected as President of France? Francois Hollande 35. Which mobile operator is the biggest gainer of mobile number portability (MP N) service in India? Idea Cellular 36. Which 2 Indian women won the 16th Asian Team Squash Championship? Joshna Chinnappa and Dipika Pallikal 37. Name the US secretary who is India on a 3-day visit asking to reduce oil imp orts from Iran on the agenda. Hillary Clinton 38. Which series of bollywood actor s TV debut got a thumbs up from the Hindi film industry? Satyamev Jayate 40. Which popular comic is featuring members of Delhi Daredevils players like Vi render Sehwag, Irfan Pathan and Kevin Pietersen? Chacha Chaudhary in Sabu new comic series

41. Who was sworn in as Russian president for 2nd time? Vladimir Putin 42. Who won the silver medal at the 3rd International Republic of Kazakhstan Pres ident s Cup held in Almaty, kazakhstan? Devendro Singh 43. Name the hockey player who died after being hit in the head by the ball duri ng a game in Perth recently. Elizabeth Watkins 44. Which movie team is set to open 4-day Children s Film Festival to be held in G oa from May 11th 2012? Gattu 45. Which state s first marine training institute will be operational from August 2012? Gujarat 46. Which state of Jaipur will host first edition of 3-day Fashion Week from May 24th 2012? Rajasthan 47. After completing a year post acquisition of Patni Computer which company dro pped Patni from its brand name? iGate Corporation 48. India s Finance minister recently scrapped a Customs law draconian clause under which law?

49. Red Hat recently setup its R&D centres in which locality outside North Ameri ca? Pune and Bangalore in India 50. Which PSU acquired 51% stake in Bharti Axa Mutual Fund? Bank of India 51. Who created national record by winning silver medal at the Altius Track Crew Threwdown meet in maui Island, Hawaii? Krishna Poonia 52. Who is appointed as Russian Prime Minister? Dmitry Medvedev 53. Name the aircraft carrier and nuclear submarine India is set to get in 2013. Admiral Gorshkov and INS Arihant 54. What was rolled back on realty as excise on gold jewellery? Tax Deducted at Source 55. Where in London a centre dedicated to the life and work of Rabindranath Tago re has been launched? Edinburgh 56. Name the former chairman of ICICI bank and billionaire investor who are re-a

ppointed to the Arcelor Mittal board? N.Vaghul and Wilbur Ross 57. When was the World Red Cross day celebrated? May 8th 58. Which street is renamed after Roger Federer in Germany? Weststrasse renamed as Roger-Federer-Allee 59. Which cricketer is likely to make an appearance in filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Cho pra s Ferrari Ki Sawari ? Sachin Tendulkar 60. Lahore based Ajoka has planned for 4-day theatre festival to pay tribute to which birth centenarian as on May 2012? Saadat Hassan Manto 61. NSG base will be setup in which part of India? Gujarat Which Oscar-winning musician has been conferred with his first American Honorary Doctorate by the Miami University? A.R.Rahman 62. Name the Russian plane which went missing on a demonstration over Indonesia in the area of Mount Salak recently. Sukhoi Superjet 100 63. Name the former Ukraine Prime Minister who ended her 20-day hunger strike af ter claiming that her guards handled her roughly while in prison. Yulia Tymoshenko 64. Which sector is likely to get electronic development fund to promote its R&D activities? Information Development sector 65. Denominations above what value should now be machine processed for authentic ity by bank branches as per RBI notification? Rs.100 and above 66. 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 away 69. Which singers were awarded 2012's Sweden highest music honour The Polar Music Prize ? Paul Simon and Yo-Yo Ma 70.Which bollywood actor is starring in the Hollywood movie n ? Irrfan Khan The Amazing Spider-ma

71. Name the bill passed by Rajya Sabha in India to protect children against sex ual abuse. Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences Bill 72. Name the bill approved by the Union Cabinet in India to regulate the micro f inance industry and bring the micro lenders under the purview of RBI. Micro Finance Sector Development and Regulation Bill, 2011 73. Which city in India leads household penetration of the internet as per Censu s 2011? Gurgaon 74. Which sporting tournament will be held in Orissa from 11th May to 28th May 2 012? 66th National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy 2012 75. How many districts of the border state of Punjab will get clusters of food p rocessing industry post United Nation s Industrial Development Organisation s survey? 2 districts 76. AICTE has allowed private engineering colleges to run dual degree programme for bachelor of engineering and master of technology courses in which state recently ? Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh 77. In which year MotoGP set to make its debut in India? 2013 78. WHO in its International Travel and Health Bulletin 2012' issued a malaria al ert to which country recently? India 79. Which society in Goa is organising children s film festival from May 11th to 1 3th 2012 at Maquinez Palace, Panaji? Entertainment Society of Goa 80. Which state in India has made ID proof mandatory for pregnant women who unde rgo ultrasound? Haryana 81. WHO has urged which country to act on Palestinian hunger-strike? Israel 82. Which state announced 500MW gas-fired power plant in its budget session rece ntly? Tamil Nadu 83. Who has been named EPL manager of the year? Alan Pardew 84. Which country recently honoured over 150 peacekeepers? Haiti 85. Which football sporting event will India bid to host at the FIFA Congress i n Budapest

scheduled for May 24th and 25th 2012? Under-17 World Cup in 2017 86. Punjab has recently achieved a record wheat crop produce of what value? 120 lakh tones 87. Which 3 northeastern Indian states will have its own high courts? Tripura, Manipur and Meghalaya 88. Jammu and Kashmir Government will set up Development and Management Authorit y to promote which sport in the state? Golf 89. Where in Kozhikode UL Cyber Park with Special Economic Zone status is built? Malabar 90. Which airline will become first to provide in-flight mobile access in UK? Virgin Atlantic 91. Which country has BCCI allowed to play in Champions League T20 in India? Pakistan 92. 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 Khosla 95. Where in India Veer Bharat Premises , a unique museum dedicated to Indian heroe s will be setup? Bhopal 96. Name the Venezuelan who won his maiden Formula One Spanish Grand Prix 2012. Pastor Maldonado 97. Who won the woman single s Madrid Masters title 2012? Serena Williams 98. Who won the men single s Madrid Masters title 2012? Roger Federer 99. Name the companies that Nigeria s telecom authority fined a total of 7.3 milli on dollars for providing poor services to customers. Bharti Airtel, MTN, Etisalat and Globacom 100. Which bank has is ranked 2nd most profitable public sector bank in terms of annual profit for the fiscal year ended March, 2012? Bank of Baroda 101. Who has been appointed as TRAI chairman for a 3 year term? Rahul Khullar

102. Where in India first 2MW solar power plant started functioning? Uttar Pradesh 103. Where was the British World War II fighter plan found recently? Egypt desert 104. Which 3 countries have warned North Korea on further Nuclear tests? China, Japan and South Korea 105. 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 s downgrade recently? ICICI bank, HDFC Bank, Axis Bank and Life Insurance Corporation 107. Which automobile maker is planning Rs.1,500 crore plant in Tamil Nadu? Yamaha 108. Which Chennai-based hospital became the first in India to receive the halal ertification from the Halal Development Authority? Global Health City 109. Which company signed a deed with the National Apprenticeship Scheme of Brit ain to impart software skills training for about 100 youths in Britain? Infosys 110. What is the theme of World Economic Forum which is to be held in India betw een 6th and 8th November 2012? From Deliberation to Transformation 111. Name the Indian who became the youngest to win Asian Chess Championship. Primarjan Negi 112. Which Asian country was invited by NATO to Chicago summit 2nd day of which will focus on Afghanistan? Pakistan 113. Name the child actor who acted in movie Paa ently. Taruni Sachdev died in the Nepal plane crash rec c

114. Name the mass segment vehicle launched by Honda targeting Indian market. Dream Yuga 115. Who won the top player in the English Premier League s history? Ryan Giggs 116. Who won the top manager award for the past 20 years in EPL? Alex Ferguson 117. Which 3 North Eastern states will have planetarium by 2013? Nagaland, Manipur and Jorhat in Assam 118. Which state will introduce a bill to protect heritage buildings which are n

ot protected by the 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 urging his 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? Hockey 121. Who will help bring the Olympic flame to Britain along with 5 young Britons as a formal handover ceremony in Athens, London 2012 on 18th May 2012? David Beckham 122. Which company is planning to open Motherwood Maternity , A pea in the Pod Destination Maternity brands in India? Mahindra Retail 123. Where in India the first store of Retail? Gurgaon Destination Maternity and

is opened by Mahindra

124. Which town in Odisha touched 45 degree Celsius on 16th May 2012? Sambalpur, Hirakud, Titilagarh, Jharsuguda and Sonepur 125. Which company was allowed by Indian cabinet to sign a gas purchase agreemen t with Turkmenistan national oil firm? GAIL India Ltd. 126. Bharti Airtel tied-up for mobile banking services with which bank recently? Axis Bank 127. Nomura downgraded which company from buy Larsen and Toubro 128. Nomura downgraded which company from buy Ashok Leyland to to reduce ? neutral ?

129. What did Rajya Sabha approve in the Copyright Amendment Bill seeking to rem ove operational difficulties? Address newer issues related to the digital world and worldwide web 130. Demand for which language in the 8th Schedule of Indian constitution could be accepted soon? Bhojpuri 131. Expand LAAR Bill. Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill 132. Name the Grammy-winning, nicknamed the Queen of Disco who passed away after a battle with cancer. Donna Summer 133. What value of swap facility has RBI set up for SAARC nations?

$2 billion 134. At what value did Facebook IPO open at Nasdaq? $42.05 135. Who rang the opening bell remotely of Nasdaq as Facebook made its public de but on 18th May 2012? Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg 136. Name the NRI who became the first Lord Mayor of Leicester town in UK. Abdul Razak Osman 137. Name the Indian-American who was elected to Sugar Land City of Texas in US. Himesh Gandhi 138. Death due to which insect is an accident and is covered under accidental de ath insurance as per the North District Consumer Forum in India? Mosquito 139. Kerala investor meet was held as a part of build-up towards which event in September 2012? Emerging Kerala Conclave 140. Which rating agency has downgraded Greek banks ratings from B- to CCC? Fitch rating agency 141. How many Spanish banks debt ratings have been cut by Moody s, citing the effe cts of recession? 16 Spanish banks 142. Name the 73 year old Japanese oldest woman to scale Mt.Everest. Tamae Watanabe 143. 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 t heir data analytics? Genome 146. Who won the Football Champions League 2012 final match against Bayern Munic h? Chelesa 147. Which state Government in the west of India completed 1 year at office? West Bengal 148. Which state Government in South India completed 1 year at office? Tamil Nadu 149. Which Indian state is now center of spiritual tourism? Gujarat

150. Cyber Defence Research Centre came into operation recently in which Indian state? Jharkhand 151. Name the 1st Bangladeshi woman who scaled Mt.Everest. Nishat Majumder 152. Name the Indian origin British civil servant who was chosen as president of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Suma Chakrabarti 153. Which country will become biggest IT consumer in Asia-Pacific surpassing Ja pan? China 154. Name the 12 years and 9 months old child prodigy from Bhojpur district in B ihar who created history by cracking IIT-JEE 2012. Satyam Kumar of Bakhorapur 155. Who won the French MotoGP 2012? Jorge Lorenzo 156. One-year of rural posting is made compulsory for which medical course in In dia? MMBS 157. Name the Indian player who won his first ever ATP Challenger singles title 2012. Yuki Bhambri 158. Name the asteroid which could come near to earth on 15 February 2013 leadin g to disruption of geosynchronous satellites. DA14 159. Name the 12 year old who has lectured at harvard and co-written a book in A merica. Blake Kernen 160. Name the card that would popularise after Chief General Manager D.V.Deshpan de for NABARD urged commercial banks to promote it in Bihar. Kisan Credit Card 161. Name the former Prime Minister who s 21st death anniversary was observed in I ndia on 21st May 2012. Rajiv Gandhi 162. Which browser over took Internet Explorer to become top browser in the worl d? Google Chrome

163. Which country is pressing for global internet governance to the UN committe e? India 164. As per the Delhi Registration of Marriages Bill 2012, marriage registration is made compulsory in Delhi within how many days of tying the knot? 60 days. If exceeds, one has to pay a fine of Rs.10,000 165. Which Indian state with over 6 lakh unemployed youths could get an Informat ion and Technology park? Jammu and Kashmir 166. Name the tower in Dubai, UAE which is 413.4 metres (1,356 feet) high and ha s 101 storeys, the world s tallest residential building. Princess Tower 167. Who won the men s Rome Masters 2012 for a record 6th time? Rafael Nadal 168. Which act was passed for Sikh organisations recently? Anand Marriage Act 169. What is the changed brand name of West Assam Milk Producer s Cooperative Unio n Ltd. (Wamul) milk in the market? Purabi Smart 170. Name one among the Bee Gees who died recently fighting against cancer. Robin Gibb 171. Which city in Rajasthan will be made smoking free? Jaipur 172. Expand ADaRSH. Association for Development and Research of Sustainable 173. Expand GRIHA. Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment 174. Name the former chief minister of Meghalaya who passed away recently. Flinder Anderson Khonglam 175. Which state Government in India announced a pension of Rs.1,000 per month p ost retirement and housing scheme for homeless journalists? Tripura 176. Name the deputy Prime Minister who quit from Nepal cabinet recently. Krishna Sitaula 177. Expand PAC. Public Accounts Committee 178. Name the Indian who became the first Prime Minister to visit Myanmar after 25 years. Dr.Manmohan Singh

179. Who won the 66th Santosh Trophy? Services against Tamil Nadu (3-2) 180. Which company has warned of internet blackout on July 9th 2012? Google 181. Which company has invested Rs.21,000 crore to setup railway wagon and compo nent factory in West Bengal? SAIL 182. Name the tennis player who played his 50th Grand Slam tournament at the Fre nch Open 2012. Roger Federer 183. Who won the Monaco Grand Prix 2012? Mark Webber 184. 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 Dan 186. Which countries recently signed 12 agreements, including a $500 million cre dit line, border area development and air services? India and Mayanmar 187. Where in India 3-day international student s film festival will be held from 1st June 2012? Kolkata 188. Which film of Raj Kapoor has been added to All-Time 100 list of the greates t films made since 1923 by Time magazine? Awaara 189. Who has been appointed as commerce secretary in India? S.R.Rao 190. Who has been appointed as director general of Jammu and Kashmir police? Ashok Prasad 191. Which football team has been identified as the world s most popular football club by a survey carried out by market research agency, Kantar? Manchester United 192. Expand SFIO. Serious Fraud Investigation Office 193. Which Northeast state got Software Technology Park recently? Tripura 194. Ritesh Idnani was Chief Operating Officer of which BPO company? Infosys

Current Affairs Quiz June 2012 Posted by Admin on July 6, 2012 Current affairs 2012 for All Competitive exams | Current Affairs June 2012 quiz | gk questions | current affairs for civil services|General knowledge| IBPS | SB I | Bank po|RRB|SSC|State PSC|MBA Entrence|Railway exams. So enjoy reading :) 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 ne gative from stable? Indian Bank 6. Which 2 countries signed a Tax Information Exchange Agreement to promote econ omic 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 Sripe rumbudur, 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 Pun jab 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 fina l 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 i n 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 198 0? 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 tournamen t 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 w hich 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 20 12? D.K.Joshi 30. Which country has approved world s first healthy cola for being beneficial to he alth? 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 interco ntinental flight in solar-powered plane. Bertrand Piccard 34. Name the India s London bound discus thrower who bagged silver medal at the Po st 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 Wom en 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 ro tation? 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 Ray Bradbury The Twilight Zone who passed away recently.

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 Eklav ya award by Gujarat Government recently? Yusuf Pathan and Munaf Patel 43. Who has been appointed as Chief Election Commissioner to take over S.Y.Qurai shi from June 10th 2012? V.S.Sampath 44. International Olympic Committee has announced to live stream free London Oly mpic Games on which medium to fans in 64 territories across Asia and Africa incl uding 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 12t h 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 c ollection? 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 se parate 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 te chnical 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 rec ently. 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 t he 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 th eir 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 rep lace steel and other materials used in pipelines and machinery? Polypropylene 73. Which 2 models of smartphones launched by Motorola are water-resistant, scra tchresistant 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 UNICE F? Pneumonia and Diarrhea 77. Who was sworn in as cabinet minister in the Vijay Bahuguna Government in Utt arakhand? 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 a fter 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 fa vourably 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 Championship s? 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 L td.? 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 minis ters? $125 billion 88. Which housing arm of India launched its first low-cost housing project targe ting 366 Tier-II and Tier-III cities and costing between Rs.5.5 lakh and Rs.12 l akh? 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 phytopl ankton? 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 Societ y of Goa in collaboration with Directorate of Film Festivals and National Film A rchive of India. Cinema Out of the Box

98. Name the Operating system and mobile Operating system version that Apple ann ounced at the 23rd annual developers conference WWDC (World Wide Developers Conf erence). 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 Ashok Leyland Falcon buses to Ghana?

103. Name the SVB Financial Group s banking unit which is set to open its first in ternational 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 t o London Olympics 2012? Haryana 108. Which states will Gandhi Peace Bus 2? 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 Informatio n Technology). Tripura 113. Which global financial services firm has termed Indian economy is facing st agflation? Moody s 114. Name the Tagore literary awardees for the different genres of novels, poetr y, short stories and drama between 2007-2009. tour, to conclude at Mangalore in July 201

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 develo ped 25 lakh saplings mainly of G 9 variety of banana by a farmer, Subhas Mohan P andey? 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 advertiser s 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 le ap 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 sta tes 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 cultur e? 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

Current affairs 2012 for All Competitive exams | Current Affairs July 2012 quiz | gk questions | current affairs for civil services|General knowledge| IBPS | SB I | Bank po|RRB|SSC|State PSC|MBA Entrence|Railway exams. So enjoy reading :) 1. Wrestler-actor who died recently at the age of 84 ? Rustam-E-Hind Dara Singh Read More

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 tha n 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 positio ns 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 opera te flights to Colombo? Madurai, Tamil Nadu 14. Which mobile network recently launched Flat 30p plan for its customers in In dia? 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, fi refox 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 M ahindra Satyam? Edward Ted Pretty 19. Which PSU bank has waived off minimum balance criteria for savings b ank acc ount? 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 Read More 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 te am? Australia, Unmukt Chand 26. Who is elected as President of the Indian Medical Association for Bihar sta te 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 pr oduction? 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 electroni c 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 b y the United Nations Organisation? 1,600km long Western Ghats 41. Australia is set to play an ODI against which emerging cricket nation in Mi ddle 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 lis ted? 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 Developme nt Bank to receive energy and food imports? $1 billion 52. Who sworn in as the 27th Chief Minister of Karnataka? Jagdish Shettar Read More 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 p oor 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 Wo rld 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 wh ich 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 year s? Derek Mitchell Read More 73. Expand IPCC The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 74. In which year IPCC was awarded Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to build u p 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 wou ld 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 Afgh anistan 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 acceler ation or deceleration is not felt 87. Where will you end up, if you are in Jaisalmer (In dia) and you are able t o 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 l evel 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 b lood 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 6 80kgs 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 calle d?

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

imp .... Name the Indian doctor who became famous for his selfless work in China during t he Sino-Japan war whose memorial was dedicated to India. Dr.Dwarkanath Shantaram Kotnis What is the total number of districts in Chhattisgarh as on 1st January 2012? 27 Where the Coastal Business Development Summit is is held? Mangalore,Karnataka Name the DGP replacing outgoing chief Sankar Baruah for Assam. Jayanta Narayan Choudhury Where National Kannada conference is is set to be held in the month of April? Delhi Which country recently joined UNSC as non-permanent member? Pakistan Who are now allowed to invest in Indian stock market directly? QFI's - Qualified foreign investors How much of share can a QFI company and QFI's put together hold a stake in India n companies? 5% and 10% Which two countries have strengthened business ties to start trading electricity

and petroleum products? India and Pakistan What is SEBI toll free helpline number launched to support 14 languages? 1800227575 Who has been named male player of the year by Golf writers Association of Americ a? Luke Donald Name the Argentinean bike rider who died after being involved in an accident on the first day of the Dakar Rally. Jorge Martinez Boero Name Afghan's first team of female boxers set to aim for Olympics 2012. Shabnam and Sadaf Rahimi Which country test launched first 3D television broadcast? China What rank does Vishwanathan Anand holds as he prepares for 2012 World chess championship? 4th Name the former Macedoninan President who passed away recently. Kiro Gligorov Which Indian ace tennis star withdrew out of Aircel Chennai Open 2012 because of recurring shoulder injury? Somdev Devvarman Where the 5-day 99th Indian Science Congress science event is is set to start on 3rd January 2012? Kalinga Institute of industrial Technology, Bhuvaneshwar, Orrisa What bank account facility is set to be launched in India? Bank Number Portability Name the new education tablet launched by Classteacher Learning Systems, a Delhi based Educational Solutions Provider. Classpad Which type of IPO proposal is SEBI committee working on? e-IPO Who has been appointed as chief coach of Kolkata Knight Riders? Trevor Bayliss Name the nano's rival announced by bajaj recently. RE60 Where in India is Literary Festival 2012 is scheduled to be held? Jaipur What is the concept introduced by Indian Postal Department (Bihar Postal Circle) to get a personalized stamp with photograph on it?

My Stamp Who takes over as Wipro Technologies Senior Vice President and Corporate Treasur er? Manoj Jaiswal Name the company which is set to enter into Laptop market with its dual-screen l aptop U-Book. NajmTek Name the dual screen digital Wi-Fi camera launched by Samsung recently. DV300F Who has been considered for first Gates Innovation Award? Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Which auto major is set to invest USD142 million at its Chennai plant in India t o manufacture a compact sports utility vehicle named EcoSport? Ford India Name the Government policy introduced by Karnataka to boost animation industry. Karnataka Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comics (KAVGC) Policy 2011 Name the ace woman tennis player who withdrew from Australian Open due to left a nkle injury. Serena Williams Who has been named as CEO of Yahoo? Scott Thompson To protect consumers from unscrupulous jewelers which proposal has the governmen t made mandatory for gold? Hallmarking Who has been appointed as Senior Vice President in India by CIBER? Vivek.K.Marla Name the interactive presentation tool launched by HP in India. Pocket whiteboard Which Person to Person messaging portal acquired 160by2.com recently? way2sms.com Name the Australian cricket captain who joined the double-century club recently. Michael Clarke Where the national and international theater festival, the Bharat Rang Mahotsav set to be held? National School of Drama, Amritsar Who won gold for triple jump at the all India inter-university athletics meet he ld in Mangalore, Karnataka? Arpinder Singh

Who has been named Chief Information Officer of WildCard Systems? Shahi Kapur Who has been appointed as VP, Chief Information Officer of Qwest Communications? Girish Varma When is Rajinikanth's biography set to hit stands? 12.12.2012 Where has Union Government planned to build 11 tunnels to connect important road s? Pakistan and China borders Which version of Internet Explorer is dead as per Microsoft? Internet Explorer 6 Name the website launched by Jammu and Kashmir government for the state's school education department. www.jkeducation.gov.in What is the new product unveiled by Yahoo recently? Search Direct Who was given the first S.K.Singh award for negotiating Indo-US nuclear deal? D.Bala Venkatesh Varma Where is the world's largest solar telescope set to be built? Merak on Pangong Tso lake in the cold desert Ladakh region Who has been appointed as President of Federation of Indian Export Organisations ? Rafeeq Ahmed Which state has planned to teach Bhagavad Gita in schools? Karnataka Which automobile maker has re-entered Indian markets after 13 years? Vespa Who won the doubles title at the Chennai Open 2012? Leander Peas and Janko Tipsarevic Which country has called for Indian investments and sought partnership in oil an d gas exploration? Trinidad and Tobago When is the Goods and Services Tax panel set to meet? January 9th and 10th 2012 Who has been appointed as Managing Director, President and CEO of Samsung's Sout hWest Asia operations? B.D.Park Name the world's first hydrogen powered 3-wheeler which was launched by Mahindra and Mahindra at the 11th Auto Expo 2012. HyAlfa Who won the FIFA women's World player of the year?

Homare Sawa of Japan Who won the FIFA men's world player of the year 3rd time in a row? Lionel Messi of Argentina Name the car which won the 2012 North American Car of the year award. Hyundai Elantra Name the Guinea Bissau President who died recently. Malam Bacai Sanha Name the chairman of Swiss National Bank who stepped down recently. Philipp Hildebrand Which company has acquired Bangalore-based event and entertainment guide Buzzintown? Yatra online Which country's Prime Minister is to be chief guest at Indian Republic Day parad e? Thailand Prime Minister, Yingluck Shinawatra How many banks are now allowed to import bullion or precious metals? 35 Name the recently added banks to import precious metals. Yes Bank, Bank of Maharashtra, City Union Bank and ING Vysya Bank Which bollywood actor is campaigning for clean voting? Aamir Khan Who took over as Director General Military Operations succeeding Lt Gen Anand Mo han Verma? Lt Gen Ashok Kumar Chaudhary Which cricketer turns 39 as he becomes the oldest to play in Test cricket? Rahul Dravid Who has been appointed to google board recently? Diane Greene, VMware co-founder Which service the Indian Government has planned to launch for farmers? Interactive medium of spoken web service Who won gold in Asian shooting championship? Abhinav Bindra Who has been appointed as COO of Titan Industries? H.G.Raghunath Which airways bagged best airline award? Ethad Airways Which Indian city is set to host psychiatry conclaves? Kochi Which country reported rare decline of foreign reserves? China

Which mobile maker sold over 450 patents recently? Nokia How many euro zone countries have S&P downgraded? 9 Which country President won re-election? Taiwan President Which two companies have Intel tied-up to make the first smart phone running on intel chips? Motorola Mobility and Lenovo Who is set to become Coal India Limited acting chairman? Zohra Chatterji Name India's first woman journalist who died recently. Homai Vyarawalla Which automobile major has plans to setup logistic hub in Bengal, India? Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. Which company has unveiled world's slimmest smartphone recently? Huawei At what value has Anti-virus maker AVG filled IPO? $125 million Who won the Sydney International tennis tournament? Jarkko Nieminen Who won the Mumbai marathon title recently? Laban Moiben Where does inflation stand as on 16th January 2012? 7.47% Where is the first crocodile census set to start? Sunderbans Name the scheme launched by Arunachal Pradesh government for the treatment of Mu lti Drug Resistant TB patients. Directly Observed Treatment Plus Service (DOTS) Who took charge as Kerala governor? H.R.Bharadwaj Who won the trust of vote in Parliament of Pakistan? Yousuf Raza Gilani Which company topped sensex weight list recently? Infosys Which currency is world's most undervalued currency as per Big Mac Index? Indian rupee What is the rating retained by Moody's for France? AAA rating

Which mobile operator is planning to file IPO in India? Vodafone Who has been appointed as Director Enterprise Business (India and South Asia) by Adobe? Kulmeet Bawa What is the amount received by India in venture capital funding in the solar ene rgy sector? Rs.500 crore Which Government has bought 1.09% worth stake in Reliance Industries? Singapore Government Which bank is likely to increase their presence in Karnataka from the present 71 to 100 branches? Bank of Baroda Name the boxer who turned 70 recently. Mohammad Ali What is the export growth as of December 2011? 6.7% at $25billion Which electronic major is set to issue first overseas bond? Samsung Which website is to be shut for 24hrs to stop anti-piracy act? Wikipedia Name the Indian-origin Sikh who has been unanimously elected as the mayor of Charlottesville, a historic American city in Virginia. Satyendra Singh Huja Which service has airtel launched in Zambia? 3.75G service What fund has India planned to launch by July 2012? $1 billion innovation fund Where is the India-Burma talks scheduled on January 19th 2012? Myanmar capital, Naypyitaw Which company is eyeing $1.5 billion IPO for cable business in Singapore? RCOM Name the Yahoo co-founder who resigned recently. Jerry Yang Which global consulting and IT service provider is set to participate in World E conomic Forum? Mahindra Satyam To assist delivery of various public services through mobile phones what has the Government planned to launch? Mobile application store

Which card has BSNL launched to facilitate making utility bill payments like ele ctricity and telephone bills? Itz Cash Card (Trust Card) Who is set to head committee on power sector reforms? Pullock Chatterjee Name the media advisor to Prime Minister who resigned recently. Harish Khare Name the music composer the inspiration behind the song 'My Name is Anthony Gonsalves' who died recently. Anthony Gonsalves Who is set to take oath as justice in Jharkhand High Court? Prakash Chandra Tatia Name the world's first battery-free wireless mouse launched by Genius. DX-ECO Where India s first Startup Village is to be setup? KINFRA Park, Kalamassery, Kochi Expand SOPA Stop Online Piracy Act Expand PIPA Protect IP Act Which photo pioneer company filed bankruptcy recently? Kodak Which online video streaming site has launched a film festival? YouTube Name the Indian wicketkeeper who is set to debut in place of MS Dhoni in test cr icket against Australia. Wriddhiman Saha Name the app unveiled by Apple as an interactive textbook application. e-textbooks app called iBooks Where is the Jaipur Literature Festival held in India? Diggi Palace, Jaipur Which file-sharing website has US shut down recently? Megaupload Who has been appointed as Managing Director and CEO of Godrej Properties Limited ? Pirojsha Godrej Petroleum ministry recently allowed import of? ATF - Aviation Turbine Fuel Who has been signed by Pune as player-mentor? Ganguly

Name the new kind of train launched by China. Magnetic train Which auto-maker regained its title as the world's top-selling automaker in 2011 ? General Motors Who is appointed as COO of Intel? Brain Krzanich Who is appointed as Managing Editor of Wall Street Journal? Raju Narisetti Where did India open its 5th Consulate in US? Atlanta Which company awaits major buy back to boost its stock value? RIL - Reliance Industries Name the two back-end services firms that Kutch milk producers have set up. STAKAPVPCL - Shree Abdasa Taluka Krishi Avam Pashupala in Gujarat and Upaj Producer Company limited in Dubai Which country is set to join European Union in 2013? Coratia Name the social news service acquired by twitter recently. Summify Name the year that is been celebrated across China? Dragon year Who won the Ranji Trophy 2011-12? Rajasthan Name the Indian-American Journalist who has been named as Managing Editor of Wal l Street Journal. Raju Narisetti Who took over the role of co-CEO of Research in Motion? Thorsten Heins What rank does India hold to have a nuclear submarine? 6th position Name the youngest mayor of Otsu, Japan. Naomi Koshi Which parliament passed Armenian gernocide bill? French Parliament What product has Hitachi decided to stop producing? Television Name the Srilankan cricketer who resigned as captain from all 3 forms of the gam e. Dilshan

What is the prevailing CRR as on 25th January 2012? 5.5% Which material is used by scientists to further reduce heat generated from compu ters? Graphene - the thinnest material known to science Which investment banking topped Indian deal maker in 2011? Morgan Stanley Who is the MD and head of investment banking at Morgan Stanley? Aisha de Seqeira What could be the possible medium used to check blood sugar levels in humans? Saliva Who resigned as SAARC Secretary General? Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed Which player achieved 13,000 run mark in test cricket recently? Ricky Ponting Which tennis player is set to lose No.1 spot in woman's category? Caroline Wozniacki Which Indian film failed to secure a place in the final nomination list of the 8 4th Academy Awards? DAM 999 A film on which Jamaican reggae star would be presented at the 62nd Berlin Inter national Film Festival in February 2012? Bob Marley What is the Standard and Poor's downgraded rating of France's sovereign wealth f und Caisse des Depots et Consignations? AA+ from AAA Name the bike priced 1.17 lakh unveiled by bajaj recently. KTM Duke 200 Who has been awarded Ashok Chakra for LoC encounter? Lieutenant Navdeep Singh Name the renowned Kerala writer who passed away recently. Sukumar Azhikode 'Brand Kerala', was part of which tourism fair which concluded recently? International Tourism Trade Fair(FITUR) 2012 After which sporting person has Madhya Pradesh decided to set up museum? Dhyan Chand Who inaugurated the 36th Kolkata Book Fair? Italian author Beppe Severgni Which country posted first annual trade deficit since 1980? Japan

Who has been appointed as officer in the general division of the Order of Austra lia for distinguished service to cricket? Ricky Ponting 15,000 people from which Indian city participated in a mass singing of national anthem 'Jana Gana Mana' to create a world record in the process? Aurangabad What value of trade target has been fixed between India and Thailand? $14 billion Who has been appointed as UNSC's special adviser on Myanmar? Vijay Nambiar Which film directed by Ashvin kumar was released online on 26th January 2012? Inshallah Kashmir: Living Terror Name the woman pilot who led the Air Force contingent creating history at the 63 rd Republic Day parade. Sneha Shekhawat Which cinema feature ended 35 mm's 120 year old dominance? Digital cinema Name Aircel's CMO who quit recently. Rahul Saighal Who has been appointed as coach of Sri Lankan cricket team? Graham Ford Who won the 2012 Sundance Institute-Mahindra Global Filmmaking award? Directors: Indian Shonali Bose, Australian Ariel Kleiman, South African Etienne Kallos and Dominga Sotomayor from Chile Name the pilotless aircraft which was successfully tested recently. Lakshya-II India has become the 32nd signatory for the Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matter of which Paris-based organisation? Organisation for Economic Cooperation Development (OECD) What is the Fitch s downgraded rating of Belgium, Cyprus, Italy, Solvenia and Spai n? AA from AA+,BBB- from BBB,A- from A+,A from AA- and A from AAName the Kerala state governor who passed away recently. M.O.H.Farook Which Indian state is likely to include solar plants to be part of state housing projects? Rajasthan What is proposal from RBI with respect to currency notes of Rs.10 denomination? To introduce Plastic currency notes of Rs.10 Which country will replace United States in Olympic men's qualifiers in New Delh

i as per International Hockey Federation? Singapore Who is to be held responsible for fake notes in ATMs? Banks Name the Indian origin MP who will head a German parliamentary committee. Sebastian Edathy Name the Premier of Australia's Victoria state who is all set to lead the larges t-ever Australian trade mission to India. Ted Baillieu How many additional British Trade Offices is UK planning to open in India? 8 Which country teaches Sanskrit Language Studies and claims it helps children und erstand English? New Zealand Who won the Australian Open 2012 doubles final? Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek Who won her first Grand slam title in woman's Australian Open 2012? Victoria Azarenka How many new planets spread among 11 solar systems have been discovered? 26 Which country's Prime Minister is set to receive honorary D.Litt degree at convo cation at Kurukshetra University? Navin Chandra Ramgoolam, Prime Minister of Mauritius Where is India's second rubber park established? Bodhungnagar in western Tripura Name the mobile brand launched by K.R.Mangalam Group. Chaze Which 3 countries have joined hand to avert European crisis damage to Asia? India, Japan and South Korea Which long-vacant post of National Highways Authority of India is opened to be f illed by private sector? NHAI chairman post Name the Ex-Palm chief who quit HP recently. Jon Rubinstein Name the most expensive upcoming Bengali film featuring real life car blasts and underwater shooting off Mauritius with a budget of Rs.7 crore. Macho Mustafa Which Indian state produced record Kharif crop since its creation in the year 20 00?

Jharkhand Which state's theme has been set in 26th Surajkund Crafts Mela in Faridabad, Har yana? Assam Who won Grand slam title in men's Australian Open 2012? Djokovic Name the former president of Italy who died recently. Oscar Luigi Scalfaro What rank does India hold as steel maker in 2011 as per World Steel Association? 4th rank Who won the women's snooker title at the Manisha National Billiards and Snooker Championship? M.Chitra Name the Bajaj Pulsar model which is priced below Rs.1 lakh. Bajaj Pulsar 200NS What sum of capital has been approved to be infused in SBI and PNB? Rs.7,900 crore and Rs.1,285 crore Tatas recently signed pact to open what cafes? Starbucks cafe Name the device launched by Scosche's that disables mobile phone function while driving. cellCONTROL What is the composition of world's first magnetic soap produced? Iron-rich salts dissolved in water Sikhs recently got official Gurudwara in which country? Dubai, UAE Which company won India's biggest fighter deal for $10.4 billion? France's Dassault Rafale Name the singer who was made the Big Entertainer of the Year in recognition of h er 'Special Contribution to Bengali music'. Usha Uthup(Didi) Name the Managing Director of Hindustan Motors who resigned recently. Manoj Jha How many countries are set to participate in inaugural edition of under-21 Squas h World Cup? 8 countries Which driver signed with Formula One team Williams for 2012 F1 season? Bruno Senna