Current Affairs Gk Quiz September 2012
Important GK Questions - Auguest 2012
1. Why was Rajasthan’s Jodhpur, Barmer, Jaisalmer, Bikaner and Nagaur in news recently?
Ans: Rajasthan Government declared all 5 districts drought-hit regions
2. Who became the first male swimmer to win the same event (men’s 200 metres) at 3 successive Olympics?
Ans: Michael Phelps
3. Who will take charge as head coach of Uttar Pradesh Ranji team?
Ans: Venkatesh Prasad
4. Who won the 6th Kavala International chess tournament?
Ans: Abhijeet Gupta
5. Which district of Odisha bagged the 5th JRD Tata Memorial Award-2011 for population, reproductive health and family planning program?
Ans: Jaipur district
6. Who became the first Badminton player to win a Olympic Medal for India ?
Ans: Saina Nehwal
7. Which Indian Shooter wins silver medal in Men’s 25 m rapid fire pistol shooting ?
Ans: Vijay kumar
8. Who became the 1st Indian to win Olympic medal (Bronze)?
Ans: K.D.Jadav
9. Who won bronze 10m air rifle at london Olympic 2012 ?
Ans: Indian Shooter Gagan Narang
10. Who became the 1st tennis plauers to win 4 Olympic gold medals ?
Ans: Venus Williams and Serena Williams
11. Who took over as leader of the house in Lok sabha in India?
Ans: Sushilkumr Shinde
12. Who is elected as Vice President of india for 2nd term in 2012 ?
Ans: Hamid Ansari
13. Where in Rajasthan SEBI inaugurated its office?
Ans: Jaipur
14. Which Indian Women Boxer won Bronze medal at the London Olympics 2012 ?
Ans: Mary Kom
15. Which African country plans to bid for 2024 Olympics?
Ans: Nairobi, Kenya
16. Who replaces Keshub Mahindra as Chairman of Mahindra and Mahindra?
Ans: Anand Mahindra
17. Name the team who won their 2nd consecutive Olympic hockey gold.
Ans: Netherlands
18. Who is named as president and CEO of New York Times?
Ans: Mark Thompson (Ex-Director General BBC)
19. Which bird was declared as state bird by the Delhi Government?
Ans: House Sparrow
20. Name the Indian cricketer who retired from international cricket recently.
Ans: V.V.S.Laxman
21. Who was crowned as Miss World 2012?
Ans: Miss China PR, Wenxia Yu
22. Who won Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awards 2012 ?
Ans: Vijay Kumar (Shooting) and Yogeshwar Dutt (Wrestling)
23. Which indian Cricketer won Arjun award 2012 ?
Ans: Yuvraj Singh
24. Which two indian Badminton players won Arjun award 2012 ?
Ans: Ashwani Ponnappa and Parupalli Kashyap
25. Which indian state become the 1st state to issue bio-metric ID cards to it's fishermen ?
Ans: Kerala
26. Who is appointed as the Head of Rajiv Gandhi Khel ratna Awards Committee ?
Ans: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
27. Who was presented with 20th Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award?
Ans: D.R.Mehta
28. Who was elected as deputy chairperson of the Rajya Sabha in India?
Ans: P.J.Kurien
29. Which country joined World Trade Organisation after 18 years of negotiation?
Ans: Russia
30. Which country joined World Trade Organisation after 18 years of negotiation?
Ans: Russia
31. Who is the captain of Under-19 Indian cricket team?
Ans: Unmukt Chand
32. Name the US astronaut who was the first to land on moon passed away recently.
Ans: Neil Armstrong
33. Who won the 39th National Women Challengers Chess Championship in 2012?
Ans: Michelle Catherina
34. Who won under-19 Cricket world cup 2012 ?
Ans: India
2. Who won the 1st gold medal at the Paralympic 2012 event in London ?
Ans: Zhang Cuiping (China)
3. Which country recently withdrew its candidacy for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council?
Ans: Sudan
4. Who quoted “The world expected a lot from us. And compared to that expectation, we have fallen very short. And therefore, I would say, this is worse than 1991??
Ans: N.R.Narayan Murthy
5. Who took over as the new Indian Navy chief on 31 August 2012 ?
Ans: Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi (DK Joshi)
6. Which Indian state Govt. launched Narmada river linking project?
Ans: Madhya Pradesh
7. What is the name given by Brazilians for 2014 World cup ball?
Ans: Brazuca
8. Who won the Nehru Cup International Football Tournament 2012?
Ans: India
9. Name the bill passed by Loksabha in India without any discussion recently.
Ans: Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Bill, 2010
10. Who won Italian Grand Prix 2012 ?
Ans: Lewis Hamilton (driver of McLaren)
11. Which city in Rajasthan will celebrate its 1st International Film Festival in September 2012?
Ans: Udaipur
12. Who won silver Medal in the men’s high jump event for India at the Paralympic Games 2012 in London?
Ans: Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda
13. Where in India McDonald will open its 1st vegetarian outlet?
Ans: Near Golden Temple, Amritsar
14. Who took over as Chief Economist of World Bank?
Ans: Kaushik Basu
15. Which Indian private sector bank is planning to allow its customers to make transactions through social networking site Facebook?
Ans: ICICI Bank
16. Where was held 16th NAM (Non-Aligned Movement) summit ?
Ans: Tehran, Iran
17. Which subject will be included by CBSE board in class VI from current academic session?
Ans: Chinese language
18. Which 2 country troupes will participate in International Kullu Dusserha/Dasara festival to be held from 24th to 30th October 2012 in India?
Ans: Russia and Brazil
19. Where in India would setup biofuel units across 100 hotels?
Ans: Bangalore
20. Nasscom recently renamed BPO sector as?
Ans: BPM (Business Process Management)
21. Name the newest server edition of operating system unveiled by Microsoft.
Ans: Windows Server 2012
22. Slow down in China’s economic growth has led to deeper cut in which country’s coal sector?
Ans: Indonesia
23. Who won their 12th Grand Slam men’s doubles title?
Ans: Bob and Mike Bryan
24. Who won Women's Singles US Open title 2012 ?
Ans: Serena Williams (USA) - 4th US women's single title
25. Name of Founder of world’s largest dairy company Amul, and responsible for bringing white revolution in India, who was died on 9 September 2012 .
Ans: Verghese Kurien (90)
27. Where in Arunachal Pradesh the 1st agricultural college would be setup?
Ans: Pasighat, headquarters of East Siang district
28. Which Indian state will get its 1st railway station?
Ans: Meghalaya
29. Name the tallest volcano which has let a series of explosions in Managua forcing residents to evacuate.
Ans: Nicaragua
30. Which Indian state Government will train tribal students for IAS, IPS services?
Ans: Maharashtra
31. Why was Gaurav D.Garg in news recently?
Ans: Garg joined Mercer as region leader of Asia, Middle East, Africa and Latin America
32. Which Indian company acquired Switzerland based global management consultancy firm Lodestone ?
Ans: Infosys largest software Company
33. Name the 1st laptop designer who died?
Ans: Bill Moggridge
34. Who is elected as president of Somalia?
Ans: Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
35. Name the Dutch firm which launched online accounting software in India recently.
Ans: Reeleezee
36. How many foreign pharma investments were approved by Indian Government recently?
Ans: 8
37. Who won the US Open 2012 men’s single title?
Ans: Andy Murray
38. Who became the first British man to capture a Grand Slam single championship after 76 years ?
Ans: Andy Murray (Before this, Fred Perry was the British player to win a grand slam in US Championship in the year 1936.)
39. Who has been appointed as the new Chief Justice of India ?
Ans: Justice Altamas Kabir after succed Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia
40. Which university took over Cambridge to rank No.1?
Ans: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
41. Which internet hosting company’s services was disrupted nearly 6 hours affecting over 10 million customers recently?
Ans: GoDaddy
42. Dabur recently signed which actor as brand ambassador for its air freshener brand Odonil?
Ans: Karishma Kapoor
43. How does the world know Aseem Trivedi?
Ans: As a cartoonist
44. In which Indian city the 2nd India-ASEAN Business Fair 2012 will be held?
Ans: New Delhi
45. Name the Indo-French PSLV-C20 satellite which is scheduled to be launched on 12-12-12.
Ans: SARAL
46. Why was world’s No.1 platinum firm in South Africa was in news recently?
Ans: Due to labour unrest across South Africa’s mining sector
47. Who is elected as Prime Minister of Libya?
Ans: Mustafa Abu-Shakour
48. Where in India 192 MW Allain Duhangan Hydro Electric Power Project is built?
Ans: Odisha
49. Which Indian state will setup a film studio and academy and help citizens to pursue their dream of building a career in the film industry?
Ans: Jharkhand
50. Where in India International Grand Masters Open Chess Tournament will be held?
Ans: Nagpur (9-day tournament from 15th October 2012)
51. What is the expected growth rate to be set in India’s 12th 5-year plan?
Ans: 8.2 Percent
52. Name the cricketer who was selected for 5th time in a row for ICC’s ODI Team of the Year.
Ans: MS Dhoni
53. Indian government recently cleared what percentage of FDI in and retail and aviation?
Ans: 51% and 49% respectively
54. Why was Geet Brar in news recently?
Ans: Geet Brar, Patiala based entrepreneur launched a music studio
55. Who was named cricketer of the year at the ICC awards 2012?
Ans: Kumara Sangakkara (SL)
56. Who became ICC ODI Cricketer of the year 2012?
Ans: Virat Kohli (india)
58. Who won ICC Emerging Player of the Year Award 2012 ?
Ans: Sunil Narine (WI)
59. Who is ICC Umpire of the Year 2012 ?
Ans: Kumar Dharmasena
60. Who became the second woman in history to take command of ISS (International Space Station) ?
Ans: Sunita Williams(Indian American origin astronaut)
61. Who is elected as chairman of the Audit Bureau of Circulations?
Ans: Shailesh Gupta
62. What is the fund allocated for AIDS fight in 12th 5-year plan in India?
Ans: Rs.9,394 crore
63. According to report released by the Swiss bank UBS which is the world’s most expensive city for food?
Ans: Tokyo
64. Who is appointed as a New Director General of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) ?
Ans: Rajiv Mehta
65. What is the importance of Guwahati Book Fair 2012?
Ans: To celebrate 200 years of Assam’s printing history
66. Who was appointed as member of executive board of the Asian Cricket Council recently?
Ans: Anuraag Thakur
67. Which Indian city started the collection of ‘Green Tax’ from the vehicles?
Ans: Shimla
68. Which Association celebrated 130 years since its launch in India?
Ans: Machilipatnam Bar Association
69. Which event will be hosted in Ambala after 14 years involving India and Pakistan?
Ans: Indo-Pak mushiara
70. Who is appointed as the full-time president of Hockey India?
Ans: Mariamma Koshy
71. Where does the changed cash reserve ratio stands as on 17th September 2012?
Ans: 4.5% Percent
72. What is the modified basis points limit by SEBI on brokerage fees?
Ans: 12bps
73. Which beauty event completed 50 years since its existence in India?
Ans: Femina Miss India
74. Which global player would be the 1st to enter India with the Government allowing foreign airlines to invest in Indian carriers?
Ans: AirAsia
75. According to survey by ‘Ipsos Economic Pulse of the World’ which rank does India hold in the list of most economically confident country?
Ans: 4th rank
76. Name the Australian who quit cricket recently.
Ans: Matthew Hayden
77. Which India state will go for ‘olive green revolution’?
Ans: Punjab
78. What is the minimum year of business existence needed for a General insurance company to file IPO as per the recent IRDA draft guidelines?
Ans: 10 years
79. Name the author of ‘Lahmon ki Khattah’ who died recently.
Ans: Muzaffar Razmi
80. Who is re-appointed as News Broadcast Association president of India?
Ans: Narayan Rao
81. Which company bagged the Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Award for the year 2010-11?
Ans: Goa Shipyard Ltd.
82. Which rank does shuttler P.V.Sindhu hold in the latest badminton ranking list?
Ans: 20th rank
83. What is the reduced tax on overseas borrowing by local companies which is applicable for funds borrowed between July 2012 and June 2015?
Ans: 5% Percent
84. What is the aim of 9th World Hindi Conference?
Ans: To make hindi UN language
85. Which event of Microsoft held in Bangalore recently set Guinness record for most participants in a software development marathon at one location?
Ans: Microsoft Windows 8 Appfest
86. Which Indian movie was recently nominated for Oscars (Academy awards) in the Best Foreign Language Film category?
Ans: Barfi
87. Which country recently cancelled events to commemorate 40 years of diplomatic relationship with Japan?
Ans: China
88. Who won silver medal at the Archery World Cup 2012?
Ans: Deepika Kumari
89. Why was former India wicketkeeper MSK Prasad in news recently?
Ans: Prasad became life member of Andhra Cricket Association
90. Which Indian city will be the 1st to get cycle sharing scheme?
Ans: Mysore
91. Where in Bihar 1st IT park will be setup?
Ans: Bihta, 30 km from Patna
92. Which country lifed ban on Indian poultry and Spanish livestock recently?
Ans: Oman
93. Name the national award winner for best supporting actor in the movie ‘Ritubhedangal’ in 1988 who died recently.
Ans: Thilakan
94. Who are elected as Chairman and Vice-chairman of Press Trust of India?
Ans: R.Lakshmipathy and K.N.Shanth Kumar
1. Why was Rajasthan’s Jodhpur, Barmer, Jaisalmer, Bikaner and Nagaur in news recently?
Ans: Rajasthan Government declared all 5 districts drought-hit regions
2. Who became the first male swimmer to win the same event (men’s 200 metres) at 3 successive Olympics?
Ans: Michael Phelps
3. Who will take charge as head coach of Uttar Pradesh Ranji team?
Ans: Venkatesh Prasad
4. Who won the 6th Kavala International chess tournament?
Ans: Abhijeet Gupta
5. Which district of Odisha bagged the 5th JRD Tata Memorial Award-2011 for population, reproductive health and family planning program?
Ans: Jaipur district
6. Who became the first Badminton player to win a Olympic Medal for India ?
Ans: Saina Nehwal
7. Which Indian Shooter wins silver medal in Men’s 25 m rapid fire pistol shooting ?
Ans: Vijay kumar
8. Who became the 1st Indian to win Olympic medal (Bronze)?
Ans: K.D.Jadav
9. Who won bronze 10m air rifle at london Olympic 2012 ?
Ans: Indian Shooter Gagan Narang
10. Who became the 1st tennis plauers to win 4 Olympic gold medals ?
Ans: Venus Williams and Serena Williams
11. Who took over as leader of the house in Lok sabha in India?
Ans: Sushilkumr Shinde
12. Who is elected as Vice President of india for 2nd term in 2012 ?
Ans: Hamid Ansari
13. Where in Rajasthan SEBI inaugurated its office?
Ans: Jaipur
14. Which Indian Women Boxer won Bronze medal at the London Olympics 2012 ?Ans: Mary Kom
15. Which African country plans to bid for 2024 Olympics?
Ans: Nairobi, Kenya
16. Who replaces Keshub Mahindra as Chairman of Mahindra and Mahindra?
Ans: Anand Mahindra
17. Name the team who won their 2nd consecutive Olympic hockey gold.
Ans: Netherlands
18. Who is named as president and CEO of New York Times?
Ans: Mark Thompson (Ex-Director General BBC)
19. Which bird was declared as state bird by the Delhi Government?
Ans: House Sparrow
Ans: V.V.S.Laxman
21. Who was crowned as Miss World 2012?
Ans: Miss China PR, Wenxia Yu
22. Who won Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awards 2012 ?
Ans: Vijay Kumar (Shooting) and Yogeshwar Dutt (Wrestling)
23. Which indian Cricketer won Arjun award 2012 ?
Ans: Yuvraj Singh
24. Which two indian Badminton players won Arjun award 2012 ?
Ans: Ashwani Ponnappa and Parupalli Kashyap
25. Which indian state become the 1st state to issue bio-metric ID cards to it's fishermen ?
Ans: Kerala
26. Who is appointed as the Head of Rajiv Gandhi Khel ratna Awards Committee ?
Ans: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
27. Who was presented with 20th Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award?
Ans: D.R.Mehta
28. Who was elected as deputy chairperson of the Rajya Sabha in India?
Ans: P.J.Kurien
29. Which country joined World Trade Organisation after 18 years of negotiation?
Ans: Russia
30. Which country joined World Trade Organisation after 18 years of negotiation?
Ans: Russia
31. Who is the captain of Under-19 Indian cricket team?
Ans: Unmukt Chand
32. Name the US astronaut who was the first to land on moon passed away recently.
Ans: Neil Armstrong
33. Who won the 39th National Women Challengers Chess Championship in 2012?
Ans: Michelle Catherina
34. Who won under-19 Cricket world cup 2012 ?
Ans: India
Important GK Questions - September 2012
1. Which US legendary tennis player announced his retirement recently ?
Ans: Andy Roddick
Ans: Andy Roddick
2. Who won the 1st gold medal at the Paralympic 2012 event in London ?
Ans: Zhang Cuiping (China)
3. Which country recently withdrew its candidacy for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council?
Ans: Sudan
4. Who quoted “The world expected a lot from us. And compared to that expectation, we have fallen very short. And therefore, I would say, this is worse than 1991??
Ans: N.R.Narayan Murthy
5. Who took over as the new Indian Navy chief on 31 August 2012 ?
Ans: Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi (DK Joshi)
6. Which Indian state Govt. launched Narmada river linking project?
Ans: Madhya Pradesh
7. What is the name given by Brazilians for 2014 World cup ball?
Ans: Brazuca
8. Who won the Nehru Cup International Football Tournament 2012?
Ans: India
9. Name the bill passed by Loksabha in India without any discussion recently.
Ans: Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Bill, 2010
10. Who won Italian Grand Prix 2012 ?
Ans: Lewis Hamilton (driver of McLaren)
11. Which city in Rajasthan will celebrate its 1st International Film Festival in September 2012?
Ans: Udaipur
12. Who won silver Medal in the men’s high jump event for India at the Paralympic Games 2012 in London?
Ans: Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda
13. Where in India McDonald will open its 1st vegetarian outlet?
Ans: Near Golden Temple, Amritsar
14. Who took over as Chief Economist of World Bank?
Ans: Kaushik Basu
15. Which Indian private sector bank is planning to allow its customers to make transactions through social networking site Facebook?
Ans: ICICI Bank
16. Where was held 16th NAM (Non-Aligned Movement) summit ?
Ans: Tehran, Iran
17. Which subject will be included by CBSE board in class VI from current academic session?
Ans: Chinese language
18. Which 2 country troupes will participate in International Kullu Dusserha/Dasara festival to be held from 24th to 30th October 2012 in India?
Ans: Russia and Brazil
19. Where in India would setup biofuel units across 100 hotels?
Ans: Bangalore
20. Nasscom recently renamed BPO sector as?
Ans: BPM (Business Process Management)
21. Name the newest server edition of operating system unveiled by Microsoft.
Ans: Windows Server 2012
22. Slow down in China’s economic growth has led to deeper cut in which country’s coal sector?
Ans: Indonesia
23. Who won their 12th Grand Slam men’s doubles title?
Ans: Bob and Mike Bryan
24. Who won Women's Singles US Open title 2012 ?
Ans: Serena Williams (USA) - 4th US women's single title
25. Name of Founder of world’s largest dairy company Amul, and responsible for bringing white revolution in India, who was died on 9 September 2012 .Ans: Verghese Kurien (90)
26. Name the 100th space mission launched by ISRO recently.
Ans: PSLV-C21 (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle)
Ans: PSLV-C21 (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle)
27. Where in Arunachal Pradesh the 1st agricultural college would be setup?
Ans: Pasighat, headquarters of East Siang district
28. Which Indian state will get its 1st railway station?
Ans: Meghalaya
29. Name the tallest volcano which has let a series of explosions in Managua forcing residents to evacuate.
Ans: Nicaragua
30. Which Indian state Government will train tribal students for IAS, IPS services?
Ans: Maharashtra
31. Why was Gaurav D.Garg in news recently?
Ans: Garg joined Mercer as region leader of Asia, Middle East, Africa and Latin America
32. Which Indian company acquired Switzerland based global management consultancy firm Lodestone ?
Ans: Infosys largest software Company
33. Name the 1st laptop designer who died?
Ans: Bill Moggridge
34. Who is elected as president of Somalia?
Ans: Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
35. Name the Dutch firm which launched online accounting software in India recently.
Ans: Reeleezee
36. How many foreign pharma investments were approved by Indian Government recently?
Ans: 8
37. Who won the US Open 2012 men’s single title?
Ans: Andy Murray
38. Who became the first British man to capture a Grand Slam single championship after 76 years ?
Ans: Andy Murray (Before this, Fred Perry was the British player to win a grand slam in US Championship in the year 1936.)
39. Who has been appointed as the new Chief Justice of India ?
Ans: Justice Altamas Kabir after succed Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia
40. Which university took over Cambridge to rank No.1?
Ans: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
41. Which internet hosting company’s services was disrupted nearly 6 hours affecting over 10 million customers recently?
Ans: GoDaddy
42. Dabur recently signed which actor as brand ambassador for its air freshener brand Odonil?
Ans: Karishma Kapoor
43. How does the world know Aseem Trivedi?
Ans: As a cartoonist
44. In which Indian city the 2nd India-ASEAN Business Fair 2012 will be held?
Ans: New Delhi
45. Name the Indo-French PSLV-C20 satellite which is scheduled to be launched on 12-12-12.
Ans: SARAL
46. Why was world’s No.1 platinum firm in South Africa was in news recently?
Ans: Due to labour unrest across South Africa’s mining sector
47. Who is elected as Prime Minister of Libya?
Ans: Mustafa Abu-Shakour
48. Where in India 192 MW Allain Duhangan Hydro Electric Power Project is built?
Ans: Odisha
49. Which Indian state will setup a film studio and academy and help citizens to pursue their dream of building a career in the film industry?
Ans: Jharkhand
50. Where in India International Grand Masters Open Chess Tournament will be held?
Ans: Nagpur (9-day tournament from 15th October 2012)
51. What is the expected growth rate to be set in India’s 12th 5-year plan?
Ans: 8.2 Percent
52. Name the cricketer who was selected for 5th time in a row for ICC’s ODI Team of the Year.
Ans: MS Dhoni
53. Indian government recently cleared what percentage of FDI in and retail and aviation?
Ans: 51% and 49% respectively
54. Why was Geet Brar in news recently?
Ans: Geet Brar, Patiala based entrepreneur launched a music studio
55. Who was named cricketer of the year at the ICC awards 2012?
Ans: Kumara Sangakkara (SL)
56. Who became ICC ODI Cricketer of the year 2012?Ans: Virat Kohli (india)
57. Who became ICC Test Cricketer of the year 2012?
Ans: Kumara Sangakkara
Ans: Kumara Sangakkara
58. Who won ICC Emerging Player of the Year Award 2012 ?
Ans: Sunil Narine (WI)
59. Who is ICC Umpire of the Year 2012 ?
Ans: Kumar Dharmasena
60. Who became the second woman in history to take command of ISS (International Space Station) ?
Ans: Sunita Williams(Indian American origin astronaut)
61. Who is elected as chairman of the Audit Bureau of Circulations?
Ans: Shailesh Gupta
62. What is the fund allocated for AIDS fight in 12th 5-year plan in India?
Ans: Rs.9,394 crore
63. According to report released by the Swiss bank UBS which is the world’s most expensive city for food?
Ans: Tokyo
64. Who is appointed as a New Director General of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) ?
Ans: Rajiv Mehta
65. What is the importance of Guwahati Book Fair 2012?
Ans: To celebrate 200 years of Assam’s printing history
66. Who was appointed as member of executive board of the Asian Cricket Council recently?
Ans: Anuraag Thakur
67. Which Indian city started the collection of ‘Green Tax’ from the vehicles?
Ans: Shimla
68. Which Association celebrated 130 years since its launch in India?
Ans: Machilipatnam Bar Association
69. Which event will be hosted in Ambala after 14 years involving India and Pakistan?
Ans: Indo-Pak mushiara
70. Who is appointed as the full-time president of Hockey India?
Ans: Mariamma Koshy
71. Where does the changed cash reserve ratio stands as on 17th September 2012?
Ans: 4.5% Percent
72. What is the modified basis points limit by SEBI on brokerage fees?
Ans: 12bps
73. Which beauty event completed 50 years since its existence in India?
Ans: Femina Miss India
74. Which global player would be the 1st to enter India with the Government allowing foreign airlines to invest in Indian carriers?
Ans: AirAsia
75. According to survey by ‘Ipsos Economic Pulse of the World’ which rank does India hold in the list of most economically confident country?
Ans: 4th rank
76. Name the Australian who quit cricket recently.
Ans: Matthew Hayden
77. Which India state will go for ‘olive green revolution’?
Ans: Punjab
78. What is the minimum year of business existence needed for a General insurance company to file IPO as per the recent IRDA draft guidelines?
Ans: 10 years
79. Name the author of ‘Lahmon ki Khattah’ who died recently.
Ans: Muzaffar Razmi
80. Who is re-appointed as News Broadcast Association president of India?
Ans: Narayan Rao
81. Which company bagged the Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Award for the year 2010-11?
Ans: Goa Shipyard Ltd.
82. Which rank does shuttler P.V.Sindhu hold in the latest badminton ranking list?
Ans: 20th rank
83. What is the reduced tax on overseas borrowing by local companies which is applicable for funds borrowed between July 2012 and June 2015?
Ans: 5% Percent
84. What is the aim of 9th World Hindi Conference?
Ans: To make hindi UN language
85. Which event of Microsoft held in Bangalore recently set Guinness record for most participants in a software development marathon at one location?
Ans: Microsoft Windows 8 Appfest
86. Which Indian movie was recently nominated for Oscars (Academy awards) in the Best Foreign Language Film category?
Ans: Barfi
87. Which country recently cancelled events to commemorate 40 years of diplomatic relationship with Japan?
Ans: China
88. Who won silver medal at the Archery World Cup 2012?
Ans: Deepika Kumari
89. Why was former India wicketkeeper MSK Prasad in news recently?
Ans: Prasad became life member of Andhra Cricket Association
90. Which Indian city will be the 1st to get cycle sharing scheme?
Ans: Mysore
91. Where in Bihar 1st IT park will be setup?
Ans: Bihta, 30 km from Patna
92. Which country lifed ban on Indian poultry and Spanish livestock recently?
Ans: Oman
93. Name the national award winner for best supporting actor in the movie ‘Ritubhedangal’ in 1988 who died recently.
Ans: Thilakan
94. Who are elected as Chairman and Vice-chairman of Press Trust of India?
Ans: R.Lakshmipathy and K.N.Shanth Kumar
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