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1. Name the renowned Urdu poet who passed away after battling lung cancer recently.
Ans. Akhlaq Mohammad Khan
2. Name the Karnataka Higher Education Minister who passed away in Bangalore
recently.
Ans. Dr.V.S.Acharya
3. Who was honoured with Serbia.s highest honour, the Karadjordje Star medal?
Ans. Novak Djokovic
5. Name the actor who was presented with a National Medal of Arts for his
contributions to
American culture.
Ans. Al Pacino
7. Name the Maldives President who was appointed after Mohamed Nasheed quit.
Ans. Mohammad Waheed Hassan
8. Which country released world.s highest resolution lunar images taken by its
second moon
orbiter, Chang.e-2?
Ans. China
9. Name the commission setup in accordance with Section 74 of the Meghalaya Police
Act.
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11. Who was honoured with Lata Mangehkar award by the Madhya Pradesh government
recently?
Ans. Rajesh Roshan
1. Name the freedom fighter with picture of whom Rs.5 coin would be introduced by
RBI.
Ans. Bhagat Singh
5. Which country has been ranked as the world.s richest country in the list compiled
by US
magazine Forbes?
Ans. Qatar
6. Which country did India beat to qualify for London Olympics men.s hockey 2012?
Ans. France
7. Name the service that is to be launched by Times Group to enable viewers to watch
movies and TV shows online.
Ans. BoxTV.com
8. Name the football player who led India to the gold in the inaugural Asian Games
in New
Delhi who passed away recently.
Ans. Sailendra Nath Manna
9. Who won the Allan Border medal (Australia cricketer of the year) award 2012?
Ans. Michael Clarke
10. Which west Asian country approved for new constitution recently?
Ans. Syria
11. Which model of Nokia phone has been built with 41- megapixel sensor camera?
Ans. Nokia 808 Pureview camera phone
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14. Name the application launched by Vigyan Prasar and IGNOU as a free SMS service
for
mobile users that delivers content on science and related areas.
Ans. Science@Mobile
15. Name the Kerala-based UAE business magnate who was awarded with Interfaith
Harmony Award at Kuala Lumpur.
Ans. M.A.Yusuf Ali
16. Which country has India agreed in-principle. to the participation in hydro
powerprojects in the North-East?
Ans. Bangladesh
17. 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.
Ans. Kerala
18. Who has been appointed as brand ambassador of fruit drink maker rasna?
Ans. Genelia D.souza
19. Name the book which is set to be launched by model-turned-actress Diana Hayden.
Ans. A Beautiful Truth
20. Who has been awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize considered as Nobel prize
in
Architecture?
Ans. Wang Shu
21. Which railway station became the first railway network to offer BluFi, a
combination of
Bluetooth and WiFi to provide information to passengers?
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22. Name the Indian golfer who qualified for The Open Championship to be played in
July at
the Royal Lytham St Annes.
Ans. Anirban Lahiri
23. Which state bagged the second best national award in the Comprehensive
Development
of Tourism category?
Ans. Rajasthan
24. Name the men.s mixed doubles winner of the ATP Dubai Open 2012.
Ans. Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna
25. Who won the men.s singles of ATP Dubai Open 2012?
Ans. Roger Federer
26. Name the Indian American filmmaker who won the .2012 Rising Star Award. for his
feature film .9 Eleven. at the Canada International Film Festival.
Ans. Manan Singh Katohora
Ans. Nirbasan
29. Who is World.s shortest man as per recent Guinness World Records ?
Ans. 72-year old Chandra Bahadur Dangi of Nepal
32. Which singer is launching her own social networking website exclusively for her
fans?
Ans. Lady Gaga [www.littlemonsters.com]
33. Which country released world.s highest resolution lunar images taken by its 2nd
moon
orbiter, Chang.e-2?
Ans. China
34. Who was honoured with Lata Mangehkar award by the Madhya Pradesh government
recently?
Ans. Rajesh Roshan
35. Why zebras have black and white stripes (recently solved mystery)?
Ans. To keep blood-sucking files away
36. Who was honoured with a posthumous Grammy award for his contributions to the
music
industry in area other than performance?
Ans. Steve Jobs
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1. What is the new name of Russian nuclear powered submarine k- 152 Nerpa after that
handed over to India?
Ans. INS Chakra
6. Who created history by becoming the first Indian female wrestler to have
qualified for the
London Olympics 2012?
Ans. Geeta
9. Name the nuclear submarine which became the part of Indian Navy in April 2012.
Ans. INS Chakra
10. Name the world.s highest and longest bridge that was officially opened to
motorists in
China.
Ans. Anzhaite - Long span suspension Bridge in Jishou
12. Which Asian country recently became member of Consultative Group to Assist the
Poor
(CGAP)?
Ans. India
14. Who was sworn in as Malawi.s President following the death of Bingu wa
Mutharika?
Ans. Joyce Banda
17. India has recently decided to allow Foreign Direct Investment from which Asian
country?
Ans. Pakistan
19. Name the First Radar Imaging Satellite (spy satellite) Successfully launched by
India
recently.
Ans. RISAT-1 India on 26 April 2012 launched India.s first indigenous all weather
Radar
Imaging Satellite (RISAT-1)
20. Which cricket player and lady actor were recommended for Rajya Sabha membership
in
India? Ans. Sachin Tendulkar and Rekha
23. What is the validity period for cheques and bank drafts in India since 1st April
2012?
Ans. Three months from the date of issue
25. Name the protein that has been identified to protect cancer and other cells from
treatments like chemotheraphy and radiation.
Ans. Nrf2
26. Which act was amended to include compulsory registration of marriages in India?
Ans. Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969
27. Name the 51 year old who Conquered Mt.Everest Twenty One times.
Ans. Apa Sherpa
28. Who has been appointed as Governor of Goa, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand?
Ans. Governor of Goa - B.V.Wanchoo Governor of Rajasthan - Margaret Alva Governor of
Uttarakhand - Aziz Qureshi
29. Who has been appointed as Governor of Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra?
30. ISRO recently gave clearance for using which frequency band from satellite for
internet
on trains?
Ans. KU band
31. Which type of SIM cards are Switzerland based Geo Communications AG, launching
in
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32. Name the personality (a poet, an author) whose 150th birth anniversary
celebrated on
May 8th 2012.
Ans. Rabindranath Tagore
35. Which mobile operator is the biggest gainer of mobile number portability (MPN)
service
in India?
Ans. Idea Cellular
37. Name the hockey player who died after being hit in the head by the ball during
a game
in Perth recently.
Ans. Elizabeth Watkins
38. Who created national record by winning silver medal at the Altius Track Crew
Threwdown meet in maui Island, Hawaii recently?
Ans. Krishna Poonia
44. Who became the Chief Minister of Punjab for the fifth time?
Ans. Parkash Singh Badal
46. Name the Goa Tourism minister who died of heart attack recently?
Ans. Matanhy Saldanha
47. Name the bill passed against conduct of any constitutional authority in India.
Ans. Judicial Accountability Bill
48. Who won the woman single.s Madrid Masters title 2012?
Ans. Serena Williams
49. Who won the men single.s Madrid Masters title 2012?
Ans. Roger Federer
50. Who has been appointed as TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) chairman
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51. Which countries have warned North Korea on further Nuclear tests?
Ans. China, Japan and South Korea
53. What is the estimated number of Nations participating in London Olympics 2012?
Ans. 204
54. How many number of events are scheduled for Summer Olympics 2012?
Ans. 302 in 26 sports
57. Death due to which insect is an accident and is covered under accidental death
insurance as per the North District Consumer Forum in India?
Ans. Mosquito
58. Who became the World.s Oldest women to climb the Mount Everest?
Ans. Tamae Watanabe, Seventy three Year Old
60. What is the name of the new version of Android Operating System called?
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61. What is the name of new tool launched by yahoo for online advertisers for their
data
analytics?
Ans. Genome
62. Cyber Defence Research Centre came into operation recently in which Indian
state?
Ans. Jharkhand
64. Which country will become biggest IT consumer in Asia-Pacific region surpassing
Japan?
Ans. China
65. Name the former Prime Minister who.s 21st death anniversary was observed in
India on
21st May 2012.
Ans. Rajiv Gandhi
66. Which browser over took Internet Explorer to become top browser in the world?
Ans. Google Chrome
67. Which Netherland based free instant messaging and call application firm is
relocating its
global headquarters to India?
Ans. Nimbuzz
70. Who will receive the honorary doctorate in civil law nearly after 20 years after
Oxford
University awarded?
Ans. Aung Saan Suu Kyi
71. Name the new system that is introduced to get informations of foreigners
visiting India.
Ans. Immigration, Visa and Foreigners Registration and Tracking (IVFRT)
73. Which country surpassed China as the largest Arms Importer in the World?
Ans. India According to a report published in March 2012 by the Stockholm
International
Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), India topped China as the largest importer of arms
during
2007-11 and accounted for 10 per cent of global arms import as compared to Chinese
share
of five per cent.
74. Who is the first Pakistan Prime Minister who convicted for Contempt of Court?
Ans. Yousuf Raza Gilani The Supreme Court of Pakistan convicted Pakistan Prime
Minister
Yousuf Raza Gilani for contempt of court for refusing to reopen corruption cases
against
President Asif Ali Zardari.
76. Which is the bill passed by the Lok Sabha to provide royalty to the lyricists?
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1. Who has taken over as the 25th Chief of the Indian Army?
Ans. General Bikram Singh
2. Name the Indian director whose movies will be launched online as a part of film
festival
in Yahoo India ?
Ans. Vidhu Vinod Chopra
5. Which planet crossed the sun on 5th June 2012 making one complete orbiter
rotation ?
Ans. Venus
7. Who won the mixed doubles title at the French Open 2012?
Ans. Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza
9. Where did Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi accept her 1991 Nobel Peace
Prize ?
Ans. Oslo
15. Name the first woman on Facebook board who joined as Chief Operating Officer ?
16. Which payment mode a must for public sector banks from July 1st 2012 ?
Ans. e-Payment
21. Name the Pakistan Interior Minister who was suspended for dual nationality ?
Ans. Rehman Malik
22. Who won the 21st Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament 2012?
Ans. New Zealand
23. Which medal did India bag at the 21st Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament
2012?
Ans. Bronze
25. Name the author of The Twilight Zone. who passed away recently ?
Ans. Ray Bradbury
26. Who has been appointed as Chief Election Commissioner to take over S.Y.Quraishi
from
June 10th 2012?
Ans. V.S.Sampath
27. Name the company which has developed a vaccine for dengue ?
Ans. Paris-based Sanofi
29. Name the 250 MW unit thermal power project commissioned by BHEL recently?
Ans. Harduaganj thermal power project in Uttar Pradesh
30. What material is used by Israeli scientists to develop strong plastic to replace
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32. Which 2 disease has been identified as top killers around the world by UNICEF?
34. How many medals did India bag at the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships?
Ans. 45 medals, including 29 gold
37. Who was presented with Wisden India Outstanding Achievement award?
Ans. Sachin Tendulkar for completing a century of 100 international hundreds
38. Where have scientists discovered the largest ever under-ice bloom of
phytoplankton?
Ans. Under the Arctic ice
39. Name the Operating system and mobile Operating system version that Apple
announced
at the 23rd annual developers conference WWDC (World Wide Developers Conference)?
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40. Which search engine has signed a deal with Encyclopedia Britannica to bring
richer
content to its search results?
Ans. Microsoft search engine Bing
44. Which 2 country.s home ministers are set to meet on yearly basis?
Ans. India and Bangladesh
45. Name the feature that Facebook is set to launch which will allow advertisers to
participate in real-time bidding to show ads on its website ?
Ans. Facebook Exchange
46. Which country is set to create world.s largest marine park network?
Ans. Australia
47. Name the China.s space mission whose crew included its first woman astronaut,
Liu
Yang ?
Ans. Shenzhou-9 spacecraft
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1. Who will become the first Indian woman and 5th sportsperson to be conferred with
Lt.Colonel rank?
Ans. MC Mary Kom
2. India.s which forest area has been added to list of world heritage sites by the
United
Nations Organisation?
Ans. 1,600km long Western Ghats
5. Name the deputy minister who will take charge as Prime Minister in Italy.
Ans. Vittorio Grilli
6. Which Indian state residents will have to pay property tax for the first time?
Ans. Jammu and Kashmir
8. Which state plans for zero pollution technology for water treatment project?
Ans. Kerala
9. Name the first South African female elected as African Union Commission head.
Ans. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
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10. Which application of Microsoft was unveiled with cloud option recently?
Ans. Microsoft Office 2013
11. Name the former South African President who celebrated 94th birthday recently.
Ans. Nelson Mandela
12. How many players represent India at the London Olympics 2012?
Ans. 81 players in 13 sports
13. RBI to issue Rs.5 coins bearing which institutes emblem as it mark.s its
Centenary Year?
Ans. Indian Council Medical Research
14. Which company join hands with Google to introduce Google Web Academy in India?
Ans. NIIT
17. Name the novel written by Kerala-born poet and writer Jeet Thayil which has
found a
place on the 2012 Booker prize list.
Ans. Narcopolis
18. Which Indian state has banned usage of air conditioners and changed office
timings in
all the Government offices, Boards and Corporations following power crisis?
Ans. Punjab
19. Which Indian state bagged best heritage tourism award at the 3 day India Tourism
Mart
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20. Name the Padma Bhushan, Kalidas Puraskar and Kalaimamani award recipient, and
Kuchipudi dancer who passed away recently?
Ans. Vempati Chinna Satyam
23. Name the Indian scientist who is one among nine winners of the 1st Yuri Milner
Fundamental Physics Prize worth Rs.16.7 crore ?
Ans. Ashoke Sen
24. Who will become the first Australian to compete at 7 Summer Olympics Games?
Ans. Andrew Hoy
25. Why the Malayalam film actor Mohanlal.s movie Spirit. exempted from tax?
Ans. Film creates awareness on social issues faced by the society due to increase in
liquor
consumption
27. Which Indian state will setup 200 hi-tech mini-dairy units to boost milk
production?
Ans. Haryana
28. What is the length of world.s longest cable stayed bridge built by Russia?
Ans. 1,104 meter link Valdivostok and Russk y Island
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1. Who became the first male swimmer to win the same event (men.s 200 metres) at 3
successive Olympics?
Ans. Michael Phelps
2. Who became the first Badminton player to win a Olympic Medal for India?
Ans. Saina Nehwal , she won the bronze medal for India in the London Olympics 2012.
3. Who became the 1st tennis players to win 4 Olympic gold medals?
Ans. Venus Williams and Serena Williams
6. Name the women boxer who won Bronze medal for India at the London Olympics 2012.
Ans. Mary Kom
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10. Name the Indian cricketer who retired from international cricket recently.
Ans. V.V.S.Laxman
11. Name the Ethiopian Prime Minister who died recently.
Ans. Meles Zenawi
12. Who was elected as deputy chairperson of the Rajya Sabha in India?
Ans. P.J.Kurien
13. Name the virus which is being spread mostly by mosquito bites that has hit USA
recently.
Ans. West Nile virus
14. Name the US astronaut who was the first to land on moon passed away recently.
Ans. Neil Armstrong
16. Name the American tennis player who retired after US Open 2012 tournament.
Ans. Andy Roddick
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17. What is the name given by Brazilians for 2014 World cup ball?
Ans. Brazuca
18. Which country won the Nehru Cup International Football Tournament 2012?
Ans. India
19. Who won silver in the men.s high jump event for India at the Paralympic Games
2012 in
London?
Ans. Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda
21. Name the newest server edition of operating system unveiled by Microsoft.
Ans. Windows Server 2012
23. Which Indian state will get its first railway station?
Ans. Meghalaya
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1. Who has been selected for J.C Daniel Award for 2011?
Ans. Jose Prakash
4. Who has been awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize. considered as Nobel prize
in
Architecture?
Ans. Wang Shu
8. Name the Indian player who won Thailand open grand prix gold title in Bankok
2012?
Ans. Saina Nehwal
10. Daniel Hillel won the World Food Prize for 2012. He belongs to which country?
Ans. Israel
11. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has removed India from it.s list of
Polio-endemic
countries. Which countries are now left in the list?
Ans. Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria
12. A savings bank account with zero or minimum balance is known as?
Ans. No Frills Account
13. M R Venkatesh became India.s 28th Chess Grand Master in July 2012. He belongs to
which state?
Ans. Tamil Nadu
19. Name the only Indian who got Magsaysay Award of the year 2012?
Ans. Kulandei Francis
22. Who won the Kerala State Film award 2011 in the Best Actor Category?
Ans. Dileep
24. Who has been appointed as the new Chief Justice of India?
Ans. Justice Altamas Kabir
25. Which country won the highest number of medals in the London Olympics 2012?
Ans. USA
27. Which Indian shuttler made the record of winnng Asian youth under 19
championship?
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29. Who is the coach of Indian football team that won the Nehru Cup recently?
Ans. Wim Kovermans
30. Name the player who won the first gold medal in London 2012?
Ans. Yi Siling (China)
31. Who is the captain of under 19 Indian cricket squad that won 2012 world cup?
Ans. Unmukt Chand
32. Who is the official brand ambassador for the World Cup T-20 to be held in Sri
Lanka?
Ans. Lasit Malinga
34. Which famous cricketer.s autobiography is titled as Straight from the heart.?
Ans. Kapil Dev
36. Which team won the Sultan Azlan Shah cup 2012?
Ans. New Zeland
2. Who is appointed as the new Vice Chancellor of Indira Gandhi National Open
University
(IGNOU)?
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3. Which bank in India get the Banking Technology excellance Award recently?
Ans. South Indian Bank
5. Which company has been ranked by Forbes on August 2012 as the first among the
World.s 25 largest oil companies?
Ans. Saudi Aramco
6. Which sports person became the most decorated Olympian of all time with 19 medals
after winning a gold medal in the 4/200 meeter freestyle relay in London Olympics
2012?
Ans. Michael Phelps
7. Which country along with India will begin their joint INDRA-2012 anti terror
military
exercises in the Siberian republic of Buryatia on August 2012?
Ans. Russia
8. Name the first Indian who win a medal in Badminton in the history of Olympics?
Ans. Saina Nehwal
9. What is the name of the robotic space probe mission of Curiosity on August 2012?
Ans. Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
10. Who won the gold medal in 100 metres running at the 2012 London Olympics with a
record time of 9.63 seconds?
Ans. Usain Bolt
11. Name the human gene discovered recently by the scientists that influences how
people
respond to flu infections?
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13. Recently who has released the report titled World Development Report 2013.?
Ans. World Bank
14. Who is the executive director of United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and
the
Empowerment of Women?
Ans. Michelle Bachelet
15. In which country, the 7th Meeting of the women speakers of Parliament on Gender
Sensitive Parliament was held?
Ans. India
16. Recently who has taken charge as the Chairperson and Managing Director of
Allahabad
Bank?
Ans. Shubhalakshmi Panse
17. What is India.s growth forecast for the current fiscal as per the Asian
Development
Bank (ADB)?
Ans. 5.6 per cent
18. Which paramilitary force of India has recently celebrated it.s golden jubilee
year?
Ans. Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)
19. Who has been elected as the new Prime Minister of Georgia?
Ans. Bidzina Ivanishvili
20. Who is the non resident Indian settled in Colarado in US, has been proposed to
the
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22. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the National Cricket Selection
Committee?
Ans. Sandeep Patil
24. Which state government has launched Annshri Yojana, under which around two lakh
families will receive a monthly cash transfer of Rs. 600 per month?
Ans. Delhi
25. Who had led the controversial Operation Blue Star in Amritsar in 1984 and is
recently in
news because of attacks on him?
Ans. Kuldeep Singh Brar
26. Recently in which Pakistan city, Shadman Chowk is renamed as Bhagat Singh Chowk?
Ans. Lahore
27. Targeting mainly at school children, Oxford University Press (OUP) has launched
a book
on Gandhi on the occasion of his 143rd birth anniversary. What is the name of the
book?
Ans. My Early Life: An Illustrated Story
28. Recently which country and India have announced the collaboration to build a
model
smart city, which will serve as a template for replication?
Ans. Austria
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30. Recently, who is conferred with the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award?
Ans. Tessy Thomas
31. Who is the present President of the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU)?
Ans. Abdelwahad Radi
32. Who is the head of the government appointed panel on legislative reforms in the
financial sector?
Ans. B.N Srikrishna
34. Who is the winner of 27th Indira Gandhi Award for National integration?
Ans. Gulzar
37. Niryat Shree and Niryat Bandhu awards are given for the promotion of export
sector.
Which bank has won the gold trophy in Niryat Bandhu Award recently?
Ans. Canara Bank
38. Recently, which stock exchange was halted for around 15 minutes as freak trades
triggered a 15 per cent drop in the index?
Ans. National Stock Exchange (NSE)
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39. Recently, which country has extradited radical Islamist preacher Abu Hamza al
Masri to
the US?
Ans. UK
40. Recently, which institution has declared to help the Indian government with a
$500
million loan to support its scheme for universalizing secondary education, the
Rashtriya
Madhyamik Shisha Abhiyan (RMSA)?
Ans. World Bank
41. The Prithvi II, the surface-to-surface missile was successfully test fired from
Odisha.
What is the range of this missile?
Ans. 350 km
42. The 6th October 2012 marks the 125th birth anniversary of Le Corbusier, the
Swissborn French Architect. Which Indian city was designed by him?
Ans. Chadigarh
44. Name the Indian cartoonist who was detained in Mumbai on charges of sedition?
Ans. Assem Trivedi
45. Who were the Nobel Prize winners of 2012 in Medicine?
Ans. Sir. John Gurdon & Shinya Yamanka
47. On 7th October 2012, who won his countries presidential election for a third
time and a
historically high turnout and now will start a fourth term as President of
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50. Which organization was awarded the nobel prize for peace in 2012?
Ans. European Union (EU)
51. Which city is the host for the eleventh edition of Ananya Dance Festival?
Ans. New Delhi
52. Who is named as it.s female athlete of the year by the European Athletics
Federation?
Ans. Jessica Ennis
53. In which city, the Central Bee Research and Training Institute is located?
Ans. Pune
54. Who is the brand ambassador of the Nirmal Bharat Yatra, which has began on
October
3?
Ans. Vidya Balan
55. Recently in which state of India, RTI Week 2012 was launched?
Ans. Nagaland
56. Recently, in which city, South Asia.s first knowledge hub in various languages
for
elected rural women representatives was launched by US women?
Ans. Jaipur
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58. In which country, the 9th International Women Playwrights Conference was held?
Ans. Sweeden
59. Recently an absurd and anti-Muslim film has created furore in the Middle East.
What is
the title of that film?
Ans. Innocence of Muslims
60. In which country, the Football Link International Festival 2012 was started
recently?
Ans. India
61. According to the Children in India 2012 A Statistical Appraisal. report, Which
state has
reported the highest number of crimes against children?
Ans. Uttar Pradesh
62. The T.L Shankar Committee report deals with which sector?
Ans. Coal Sector
63. Which country has hosted an international conference on disaster risk management
with
the support of world bank?
Ans. Japan
64. Which automobile major has developed the insect car., a new smart concept car
that
monitors driver.s face to help predict what he want to be next?
Ans. Toyota
65. Which force has celebrated it.s 80th anniversary on 8th October 2012?
Ans. Indian Airforce
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66. Which application is launched by the Indian Railways on 10th October 2012 to
track the
position of train?
Ans. Rail Radar
67. What is the name of the new motorcycle that Royal Enfield has launched on 11
October
2012?
Ans. Thunder bird 500
68. Which countries launched a joint reserch project in to pricing structures in LNG
markets
on 10th october 2012?
Ans. Japan and India
69. Who become the World.s No. 1 Personal Computer (PC) maker?
Ans. Lenovo
70. Name the Malayalee who appointed as Supreme Court Judge in Singapore?
Ans. Sundaresh Menon
73. Name the first medal winner of India in London Olympics 2012?
Ans. Gagan Narang
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76. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of Competition Commission on India?
Ans. Ashok Chawla
77. Name the country that India signed an agreement for the modernisation of Indian
Railways on August 2012?
Ans. Belgium
78. Indian Government decided to allow investment with the objective of boosting
bilateral
economic relations from which country?
Ans. Pakistan
79. Who is the second medal winner of India in the London Olympics 2012?
Ans. Vijay Kumar
80. Hameed Ansari is the second person to hold the position of India.s Vice
President twice.
Who was the first person?
Ans. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
82. Who became the 1st player from Japan to win French Open Super Series 2012
against
Saina Nehwal?
Ans. Minatsu Mitani
84. Who won the women.s single Denmark Open title 2012?
Ans. Saina Nehwal
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1. Who won the Best Story. award for the movie Kushiyaan. at the Punjabi
International
film Academy Award (PIFAA) held in Toronto?
Ans. Rajan Gangahar
2. Who won the GITAM Foundation Award of Rs. 10 lakh presented by GITAM University
recently?
Ans. Dr. M.S Swaminathan
3. Confederation of All India Traders has decided to observe August 9th 2012 as
which day?
Ans. Quit FDI day
6. Who has been appointed as the Chief Economic Advisor in the finance ministry of
India
recently?
Ans. Raghuram G Rajan
8. Who is the first ever Indian to win back-to-back individual Olympic medals?
Ans. Sushil Kumar
9. Who is the present Chairman of the largest open schooling systems in the world
NIOS.?
Ans. S.S Jena
10. What is the name given to India.s mission to Mars in November 2013?
Ans. Mars Orbiter Mission
11. Which hospital would be the first computer assisted total hip replacement in
India on
17th August 2012?
Ans. All India Institute of Medical Sciences
12. Who is currently holding the Office of Comptrollers and Auditors General of
India?
Ans. Vinod Rai
13. Name the first country in the world to require tobacco products to be in plain
packaging?
Ans. Australia
15. Who won the 2012 Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience Award?
Ans. Aung San Suu Kyi
17. Who has been elected as the new Deputy Chairman of the Upper House of Indian
Parliament, Rajyasabha on 21st August 2012?
Ans. Prof. P.J Kurian
18. According to the Forbes annual list of the world.s 100 most powerful women on
August
2012, who has been ranked first?
Ans. Angela Merkel
22. Name the tablet that was unveiled at the UN headquarters on the occasion of
India.s
current Presidency of the UN Security council ?
Ans. Aakash 2
23. Who is named WTA player of the Year for the 4th time after winning Wimbledon, US
Open and Olympic gold in the year 2012?
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24. What number has to be dialed to access bank account balance information or
placing a
cheque book request from mobile?
Ans. *99#
26. Which missile was successfully test fired in India on 23rd November 2012?
Ans. Supersonic Interceptor Missile
29. Who is the Director General of United Nations Educational Scientific and
Cultural
Organization (UNESCO)?
Ans. Irina Bokova
30. Who is the Director General of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)?
Ans. Yukiya Amano
35. Which e-learing platform was launched by Pranab Mukherjee (President of India)?
Ans. A-view (www.aview.in)
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