The Government has appointed ______ as the next Chief of the Naval Staff. Ans: D. K. Joshi.

Major producer of mulberry silk in India is ______. Ans: Karnataka. What does PPP represents? Ans: Private Public Partnership. World Day against Child Labour is celebrated on _____ June every year. Ans: 12th. Who has been appointed as Chairman of National Highways Authority of India? Ans: Rajinder Pal Singh. 2012 marks the _____ anniversary of the United Nations Environment programme and World Environment Day. Ans: 40th. In _____, Independent India conducted its first elections. Ans: 1952. When is National energy Conservation Day celebrated? Ans: 14th December. In which year Dadasaheb Phalke Award was instituted? Ans: 1969. Who has been appointed as the new Chief Election Commissioner of India? Ans: V.S. Sampath. World Telecommunication and Information Day, celebrated each year on _____ May. Ans: 17th.

French Open 2012 was the _____ edition of French Open. Ans: 111th. Anti-Terrorism Day was observed on _______ May. Ans: 21st. Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit 2012 concluded in ______ on 7 June 2012. Ans: Beijing. Which country successfully test-fired the indigenously developed Hatf-VII (Babur) cruise missile on 5 June 2012? Ans: Pakistan. Who assumed the charge as Chairman of the Competition Appellate Tribunal of India? Ans: Justice V.S. Sirpurkar. The second BRICS Health Ministers meeting will be hosted by India in ______. Ans: November, 2012. Who has elected as the President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)? Ans: Suma Chakrabarti. Who has elected as the new Director General of International Labour Organization? Ans: Briton Guy Ryder. Who took over as the 25th Chief of the Indian Army? Ans: Bikram Singh. Who has been re-elected to the commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf for a five year term from 2012-17? Ans: Dr. S. Rajan.

Who has been conferred with an honorary degree by New York Universitys Polytechnic Institute? Ans: Sam Pitroda. Who is the President of Myanmar? Ans: Thein Sein. Donna Summer has died at the age of 63 in Florida. Who was she? Ans: Singer. At present who is the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh? Ans: Akhilesh Yadav. Which country has own the 21st Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament in Malaysia? Ans: New Zealand. Dipika Kumari is a famous ______ player. Ans: Archery. Who won the prestigious Ondaatje Prize 2012 for his book The Sly Company of People Who Care? Ans: Rahul Bhattacharya. Who took over as Frances new Prime Minister on 16th May, 2012? Ans: Jean-Marc Ayrault. Indian Grand Master Vishwanathan Anand retained the World Chess Title for the record fifth time by defeating _______. Ans: Boris Gelfand. The Kabir Puraskar Scheme was introduced in _____. Ans: 1990.

International Level Crossing Awareness Day is observed on ______. Ans: 7th June. India and which other country together accounted for a third of the deaths of pregnant women globally in 2010, as per latest UN data? Ans: Nigeria. The Union Cabinet approved allowance at the rate of ______ per month per head to the non-gazetted personnel of Andaman and Nicobar Police, recently. Ans: Rs 1697. India test fired successfully its indigenously-developed surface-to-air missile from the integrated Test Range. Name it. Ans: Akash. Which state government recently announced a ban on the manufacture and sale of gutka and pan masala, containing tobacco in the state with immediate effect? Ans: Kerala. India and Myanmar signed how many agreements, including a $ 500 million credit line for border area development and air services? Ans: 12. The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has announced a new scheme under the MPLADS. Name the scheme. Ans: One MP-One Idea. Which State Governments plan to boost coastal tourism has received a shot in the arm as the Planning Commission has approved a 1,200-crore special grant for the project. Ans: Gujarat. The ______ meeting of the India-Kazakhstan Joint Working Group on Textiles took place on the 7-8th June, 2012 at Gurgaon.

Ans: Third. A MoU has been signed between India and which other country during the visit of Dr. C.P. Joshi to that country? Ans: Canada. India and ______ have unveiled the Open Government Platform to foster transparency by making government data, documents, tools and processes publicly available. Ans: United States. Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports has approved the proposal worth how much for financial assistance under the scheme of Urban Sports Infrastructure, recently? Ans: Rs 23 Crore. The Union Cabinet approved the proposal of the Ministry of Defence for mutual exchange of ______ of land between UT of Chandigarh and IAF for expansion of Civil Air Terminal at Chandigarh Airport. Ans: 2.50 acres. Which country has been ranked as the seventh top polluter mainly due to carbon emissions? Ans: Australia. What is the amount that German government has approved as contribution for Afghan Army, recently? Ans: USD 190 million. US President Barack Obama nominated ______ as the countrys first ambassador to Myanmar in 22 years. Ans: Derek Mitchell. NATO and Northrop Grumman Corporation signed a contract of what amount to set up a ground surveillance system? Ans: $ 1.7 billion.

Which is Indias rank in the World Banks latest survey on global trade logistics? Ans: 46th. Which two Indian companies have been included in the BrandZ list of the top 100 most valuable global brands 2012? Ans: ICICI Bank & Bharti Airtel. Which country has been voted the worst place for women among 19 economies? Ans: India. The Power Ministry has set a target of adding ______ capacity in the current financial year. Ans: 18,000 MW. IVRCL Ltd has bagged orders worth Rs 652.65 crore from the government of which state? Ans: Andhra Pradesh. Bharti Airtels customers will now be able to open no-frills savings account in which bank through their mobiles? Ans: Axis Bank. CCI has approved the proposal of Nippon Life to acquire how much percentage of stakes in RCAML? Ans: 26 percent. Demand of Gold in India has declined by how much percent during the first quarter of the current year? Ans: 29 percent. Etihad Airways signed a code-share agreement with Safi Airways of _____ for seat booking in each other airlines. Ans: Afghanistan.

Indias food grain production is projected to grow by what percent in 2012 -13. Ans: 0.8 percent. Beni Prasad Verma has released a report entitled A Roadmap for Research & Development and Technology for Indian Industry. Who is he? Ans: Union Minister for Steel. Indias economic growth is likely to rise to _____ in 2013, according to the OECD. Ans: 7.7%. IT spending by Indian Enterprises is expected to grow to ______ according to research firm Gartner. Ans: Rs 1.91 lakh crore. Growth in developing East Asia and Pacific is slowing and the region is expected to post how much percent expansion this year, according to the World Bank report? Ans: 7.6 percent. The government has increased interest rates on SDS and State Provident Funds for the year 2012-13 to _______ from ______ recently. Ans: 8.8 percent, 8.6 percent. Bharti Airtel has acquired stakes of how much percent in Qualcomms broadband wireless access (BWA) business in India for USD 165 million? Ans: 49 percent. Which country has remained the worlds biggest producer of Magnesium since 1999? Ans: China. Which company has bagged a $6 million order to supply 50 vestibule busses to Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation? Ans: Ashok Leyland Ltd. The UN has predicted a growth rate of ______ rather than a ______ for India in 2012.

Ans: 6.7%, 7.7%. Which company has supplied 100 Falcon busses to Ghana for $7.6 million? Ans: Ashok Leyland. The government announced _______ hike in support price of paddy to farmers at Rs 1,250 for the 2012-13 crop year (July-June). Ans: Rs 170/quintal. Maruti Suzuki India Ltd decided to get into a merger with which company? Ans: Suzuki Power-train India Ltd. The Union Government of India suspended VRS Natarajan. He was the head of which state-run defence enterprises? Ans: Bharat Earth Movers Limited. According to the figures released by CGA, Indias fiscal deficit eased to how much percent of GDP? Ans: 5.7 percent. For continuous technological up-gradation of export sectors, EPCG scheme has now been extended up to _______. Ans: 31st March, 2013. What is the full form of ECB? Ans: External Commercial Borrowing. How many new items are being added to Market Linked Focus Product Scheme? Ans: 46. How many new items are being added to Focus Product Scheme (FPS) list? Ans: 110. Who is the regulatory authority for Insurance business in India?

Ans: IRDA. The erstwhile UTI bank is presently known as ______. Ans: Axis Bank. The term deficit financing means the Government borrows the money from the _____. Ans: RBI. What does the letter F denote in NBFCs, a term seen very frequently in Banking world these days? Ans: Financial. What is the abbreviated name of the body/agency set up to boost foreign investments in India? Ans: FEMA. What is the full form of FDI? Ans: Foreign Direct Investment.