Who is the 2nd person to score double century in One-day International cricket?

Virendar Sehwag Who has been appointed as VP of Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers for Asia? Xiaodong Lee Name the Russian boxer who was knocked out off the ring and died recently. Roman Simakov Who has been appointed to head UN audit panel? Vinod Rai Which diversified business group has planned to setup mobile manufacturing plant in India? Videocon Which country becomes 3rd biggest US arms purchaser? India Which Mail service is now available in 8 Indian languages? Yahoo Mail Use of which notes is to be treated as terror act? Fake Notes When is the National Telecom Policy is set to be rolled out? 2012 Which bank is set to buy more than half of Barclays Indian credit card portfolio? Standard Chartered Bank Who has been appointed as Manufacturers Association for Information Technology's executive director? Sabyasachi Patra Which company recently got NOC from ONGC to sell major stake in its Indian unit to Vedanta Resources? Carin India Name the mobile app company which Facebook acquired recently. Gowalla What is the new interface launched by Microsoft for Xbox gamers? Kinect sensor (Kinect for Xbox) Name the US scriptwriter who debuted with Bollywood kid books. Nico Raposo Who has been appointed as Managing Director for India by Research in Motion? Sunil Dutt

Which 3 countries are set to hold Trilateral meet in Washington? India, US and Japan Which bank was fined 10.5 million pounds for mis-selling to elderly? HSBC Which state's chief minister has surpassed other politicians to emerge as the most popular politico on social media? Gujarat Chief Minister. Narendra Modi Which country has over taken India as 'Diabetes Capital'? China When is the inaugural 3-day global conference on 'Tax and Inequality' scheduled to begin in India? 7th December to 9th December 2011 Who have been nominated for FIFA World Player of the Year award? Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Xavi Hernandez Which legendary bollywood actor passed away recently? Dev Anand Name the Former Brazil soccer captain who died recently. Socrates Where has Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry is set to open an office to boost economic ties between the 2 countries? Kathmandu, Nepal Who won the Golf Hong Kong Open? Rory McIlroy Who is set to receive Humanitarian award which is to be presented by Harvard Foundation? Lionel Richie Which tamil song has been treated as classic example of viral marketing as per Indian Institute of Management? Why this Kolaveri Di? Who got the winning point as Spain won the fifth Davis Cup title? Rafael Nadal Name the debut Marathi movie of Helen which is set to release on December 16th 2011. One Room Kitchen Which actor was recently in India to promote his movie Mission Impossible-4? Tom Cruise Who has been named captain of the IPL team Rajasthan Royals for the 5th Edition?

Rahul Dravid Which 2 teams have decided to withdraw from F1 teams associations? Ferrari and Red Bull Name the Iranian teenager who won World Snooker title recently. Hossein Vafaei Ayouri Which Colombian film bagged Golden Peacock award at the 42nd International Film Festival in India? Porfirio Which company introduced disabled-friendly tools for application in software of common use as the world observed World Disability Day on December 3rd 2011? Microsoft India Which bank picked up 51% stake in Bharti Axa Mutual Fund? Bank of India Which country's first female athlete is set to participate in Olympics 2012? Saudi Arabia Who is set to take over as LG Display Co. Ltd.'s Chief Executive in 2012? Han Sang-beom Name the Indian origin American who won Guardian First Book award. Siddhartha Mukherjee Which telecom provider is set to allow its mobile subscribers in India to access micro-blogging site Twitter on their handsets free of cost untill March 1st, 2012? Bharti Airtel Which foreign lender bank has launched fixed rate for home loan and loans against property? HSBC

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First Winter Youth Olympics Start Legislative Assembly Elections in India- Vidhan Sabha Elections 2012 The Supreme Court of India cancelled 122 2G

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spectrum licenses controversially handed out by former Telecom Minister A Raja. Read More about 2G Spectrum Scam & Supreme Courts Judgement Cricketer Yuvraj Singh diagnosed with cancerous tumor in Left Lung. Read more about Cricketer Yuvraj Singh

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Yeosu, South Korea. Solar System

2012 World Expo in Yeosu, South Korea.

June 6 2012 July 27 August 12 2012 August 620, 2012 December 31, 2012

The second and last solar transit of Venus of the century.

London

Summer Olympics held in London.

Mars

Mars Science Laboratory also known as the Curiosity rover is scheduled to land on Mars. The first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol ends.

World

1. Youngest ever Microsoft Certified Professional who died recently at the age of 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 6. Which country recently joined UNSC as non-permanent member? Pakistan

9. Which two countries have strengthened business ties to start trading electricity and petroleum products? India and Pakistan 11. Who has been named male player of the year by Golf writers Association of America? 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 Afghans 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 because of recurring shoulder injury? Somdev Devvarman 20. Name the new education tablet launched by Classteacher Learning Systems, a Delhi 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 24. Who takes over as Wipro Technologies Senior Vice President and Corporate Treasurer? 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 India to manufacture a compact sports utility vehicle named EcoSport? Ford India 27. Name the Government policy introduced by Karnataka to boost animation industry. Karnataka Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comics (KAVGC) Policy 2011 28. Name the ace woman tennis player who withdrew from Australian Open due to left 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 recently. Michael Clarke scored 329* against India at SCG 33. Where the national and international theater festival, the Bharat Rang Mahotsav set to be held? National School of Drama, Amritsar 34. Who won gold for triple jump at the all India inter-university athletics meet held in Mangalore, Karnataka? Arpinder Singh 37. Name the Indian doctor who became famous for his selfless work in China during the SinoJapan 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 states school education department. 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 worlds 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 Organisations? 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 oil and gas exploration? Trinidad and Tobago 48. Who has been appointed as Managing Director, President and CEO of Samsungs South- West Asia operations? B.D.Park 49. Name the worlds first hydrogen powered 3-wheeler which was launched by Mahindra and Mahindra at the 11th Auto Expo 2012. HyAlfa 50. Who won the FIFA womens World player of the year? Homare Sawa of Japan

51. Who won the FIFA mens 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 Buzzintown? Yatra online 56. Which countrys Prime Minister is to be chief guest at Indian Republic Day parade? 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 Anand Mohan Verma? Lt Gen Ashok Kumar Chaudhary 61. Name the Chinese dancer who took Bharatanatyam and Kathak to Maos China died recently. Zhang Jun 62. Where the Quick service cum mobile medical dispensary was inaugurated recently? Bodh Gaya Temple premises 63. What is the lowest one-day score by Sri Lanka in the recently held match against South Africa? 43 all out

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 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 Indias 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 of 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 worlds most undervalued currency as per Big Mac Index? Indian rupee 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 present 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 92. What fund has India planned to launch by July 2012? $1 billion innovation fund 94. Name the Yahoo co-founder who resigned recently. Jerry Yang

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 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 test 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 worlds top-selling automaker in 2011? 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

111. Which country is set to join European Union in 2013? Coratia 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 117. Which states theme has been set in 26th Surajkund Crafts Mela in Faridabad, Haryana? Assam 118. Who won Grand slam title in mens Australian Open 2012? Djokovic 119. What rank does India hold as steel maker in 2011 as per World Steel Association? 4

Ministers of india
Prime Minister and also in-charge of minister : Manmohan Singh Minister of Finance : Pranab Mukherjee Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Food Processing Industries : Sharad Pawer Minister of Defense : A.K.Antony Minister of Home Affairs : P.chidambaram Minister of External Affairs : S.M Krishna Minister of Micro.Small and Medium enterprises : Virbhadra Singh

Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences : Vilasro Deshmukh Minister of health and Family Welfare : Ghulam Nabi Azad Minister of Power : Sushilkumar Shinde Minister of Corporate Affairs : M.Veerappa Molly Minister of New and Renewable Energy : Farooq Adbullah Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas : S.jaipal reddy Minister of urban Development : Kamal Nath Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs and Minister of Civil Aviation : Vayalar Ravi Minister of Information and Broadcasting : Mrs. Ambika Soni Minister of Labour and Employment : Mallikarjun Kharge Minister of Human resources Development/Information Technology : Kapil Sibal Minister of Commerce and Industry and Minister of Textiles : Anand Sharma Minister of Road Transport and Highways : C.P. Joshi Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Minister of Culture : MS.Selja Minister of Tourism : Subodh Kant Sahay Minister of Shipping : G.K. Vasan Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Minister of Water Resources : Pawan Kumar Bansal Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment : Mukul Wasnik Minister of Chemical fertilizers : M.K.Alagri Minister of Heavy Industries and Public enterprises : Parful Patel Minister of Coal : ShriPrakash Jaiswal Minister of Law and Justice and Minister of Monitor Affairs : Salman Kursheed Minister of Tribal Affairs and Minister of Panchayati Raj : V.Kishore Chandra Deo

Minister of Steel : Beni Prasad Verma Minister of Railways : Dinesh Trivedi Minister of Rural Development : Jairam 1]President -Smt Pratibha Patil 2]Prime Minister and also in- Dr. Manmohan Singh 3] Minister of Finance - Shri Pranab Mukherjee 4]Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Food Processing Industries - Shri Sharad Pawar 5]Minister of Defence - Shri A.K. Antony 6]Minister of Railway -Shri Dinesh Trivedi 7] Minister of Home Affairs - Shri P. Chidambaram 8] Minister of External Affairs - Shri S.M. Krishna 9] Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises - Shri Virbhadra Singh 10] Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences- Shri Vilasrao Deshmukh 11]Minister of Health and Family Welfare - Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad 12] Minister of Power - Shri Sushilkumar Shinde 13] Minister of New and Renewable Energy - Dr. Farooq Abdullah 14] Minister of Steel -Shri Beni Prasad 15] Minister of coal - Shri Shriprakash Jaiswal 16]Minister of Shipping -Shri G.K. Vasan 17]Minister of Information and Broadcasting - Smt. Ambika soni