Pages

Saturday 14 April 2012

Current Affairs Quiz

1. Which legendary bollywood actor passed away recently at the age of 88 ?

Dev Anand Read More
2. Which two social networking sites have joined hands to challenge Facebook?
Twitter amd Mixi
3. What values of preferential shares have Air India’s lenders were approved by
its board?

Rs.7,500 crore
4. Who has been appointed as Executive Director of Indian Overseas Bank?
A.D.M.Chavali
5. Which Indian banks credit ratings have been assigned stable tag by Standard and Poor International rating agency?
State Bank of India, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and Indian Bank
6. Name the 2-day literature festival scheduled to be held in Delhi.
Samanvay: IHC Bharatiya Bhasa Mahotsav
7. Name the Apple’s co-founder who is set to visit India’s technology capital.
Steve Wozniak
8. Where is ITC set to build $300 million hotel?
Colombo, Sri Lanka
9. Name the Indian American who has been chosen as the most powerful woman in California by National Diversity Council.
Shefali Duggal
10. Name the short film about child poverty in India which won the Golden Lmap Tree award at the 42nd International Film festival.
Another Planet
11. Which country’s first female athlete is set to participate in Olympics 2012?
Saudi Arabia
12. Who is set to take over as LG Display Co. Ltd.’s Chief Executive in 2012?
Han Sang-beom
13. Name the Indian origin American who won Guardian First Book award.
Siddhartha Mukherjee
14. Which telecom provider is set to allow its mobile subscribers in India to access microblogging site Twitter on their handsets free of cost until March 1st, 2012?
Bharti Airtel
15. Which foreign lender bank has launched fixed rate for home loan and loans against property?
HSBC
16. Which actor was recently in India to promote his movie Mission Impossible -4?
Tom Cruise
17. Who has been named captain of the IPL team Rajasthan Royals for the 5th Edition?
Rahul Dravid
18. Which 2 teams have decided to withdraw from F1 teams associations?
Ferrari and Red Bull
19. Name the Iranian teenager who won World Snooker title recently.
Hossein Vafaei Ayouri
20. Which Colombian film bagged Golden Peacock award at the 42nd International Film Festival in India?
Porfirio
21. 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
22. Which bank picked up 51% stake in Bharti Axa Mutual Fund?
Bank of India
23. Which channel did Pakistan cable operators block recently?
BBC World News
24. Name the Former Brazil soccer captain who died recently.
Socrates
25. Where the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry is set to open an office to boost economic ties between the 2 countries?
Kathmandu, Nepal
26. Who won the Golf Hong Kong Open?
Rory McIlroy
27. Who is set to receive Humanitarian award which is to be presented by Harvard Foundation?
Lionel Richie
28. Which tamil song has been treated as classic example of viral marketing as per Indian Institute of Management?
Why this Kolaveri Di?
29. Who got the winning point as Spain won the fifth Davis Cup title?

Rafael Nadal
30. Name the debut Marathi movie of Helen which is set to release on December 16th 2011.
One Room Kitchen
31. Which bank was fined 10.5 million pounds for mis-selling to elderly?
HSBC
32. Which state’s chief minister has surpassed other politicians to emerge as the most popular politico on social media?
Gujarat Chief Minister. Narendra Modi
33. Which country has over taken India as ‘Diabetes Capital’?
China
34. When is the inaugural 3-day global conference on ‘Tax and Inequality’ scheduled to begin in India?
7th December to 9th December 2011
35. Who have been nominated for FIFA World Player of the Year award?
Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Xavi Hernandez
36. Use of which notes is to be treated as terror act?
Fake Notes
37. When the National Telecom Policy is set to be rolled out?
2012
38. Which bank is set to buy more than half of Barclays Indian credit card portfolio?
Standard Chartered Bank
39. Who has been appointed as Manufacturers Association for Information Technology’s executive director?
Sabyasachi Patra
40. Which company recently got NOC from ONGC to sell major stake in its Indian unit to Vedanta Resources?
Carin India
41. Name the mobile app company which Facebook acquired recently.
Gowalla
42. Who resigned from Hindustan Unilever Board recently?
HDFC Chairman Deepak Parekh
43. Name the US scriptwriter who debuted with Bollywood kid books.
Nico Raposo
44. Who has been appointed as Managing Director for India by Research in Motion?
Sunil Dutt
45. Which 3 countries are set to hold Trilateral meet in Washington?
India, US and Japan
46. When is the 2012 Indian Grand Prix scheduled to be held?
October 28th 2012
47. When is the Direct Tax Code (DTC) scheduled to come into force in India?
From 1st April 2012
48. Against whom did Vishwanthan Anand loose in recently held London Chess Classic?
Hikaru Nakamura
49. Which Indian state is set to get Green Field Industrial Corridor?
Arunachal Pradesh
50. Which artist won the 2011 Turner Prize?
Martin Boyce
51. Which singer won six awards in 2011 American Country Awards?
Jason Aldean
52. Who is the 2nd person to score double century in One-day International cricket?

Virendar Sehwag Read More
53. Who has been appointed as VP of Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers for Asia?
Xiaodong Lee
54. Who has been appointed to head UN audit panel?
CAG – Vinod Rai
55. Which country becomes 3rd biggest US arms purchaser?
India
56. Which Mail service is now available in 8 Indian languages?
Yahoo Mail
57. Who is set to be civil aviation minister of India?
Ajit Singh
58. Which 2 states to have separate IAS, IPS and IFS cadres?
Manipur and Tripura
59. Who has been appointed as Director General, Central Health Services for Bihar?
Dr.Jagdish Prasad
60. Which business school has been ranked 2nd best MBA School in Asia-Pacific?
IIM Ahmedabad
61. Who won the 2011 Indian National Rally Championship?
Gaurav Gill(co-driver Musa Sherif)
62. Name the telugu film producer popularly known as ‘Mallemala’ who passed away recently.

M.S.Reddy
63. Name the Argentine President who is sworn in for 2nd term.
Cristina Fernandez
64. Name the award that was conferred to Bharti Airtel recently.
Telecom Centre of Excellence Award
65. Name the Indian footballer, an assistant manager of Indian Bank who passed away recently.
Hamilton Bobby
66. Who resigned as National Cricket Academy chairman?

Anil Kumble
67. Where was the midnight marathon held recently?
Bangalore
68. When is the World Series Hockey postponed to?
February 29th 2012
69. Which country is set to open military base in Indian Ocean?
China
70. Who is set to make film on 26/11 attacks?
Ram Gopal Verma
71. Who has been named PGA Tour Player of the Year?
Luke Donald
72. Which bank has been selected as best public sector bank in India?
Bank of Baroda
73. Name the NRI industrialist who has been conferred with the Life Time Achievement award for his contribution in various fields.

Lord Swraj Paul
74. Who won the under-14 boys American Cup Tennis Championship in Miami, Florida?
Sumit Nagal
75. Which state schools are set to implement Trimester system from 2012-13 academic year?
Tamil Nadu
76. Which were the 3 anti-graft bills passed recently by Union Cabinet in India?
Whistleblowers Bill or Public Interest Disclosure and Protection to Persons Making the DisclouserBill, Judicial Accountability Bill and Grievance Redressal Bill
77. Which Indian University is set to tie-up with Canada’s Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) in the area of biology?
M.S.University
78. Name the NRI architect who won Glory of India Award and Certificate of Excellence.
Ar Mohammed Aun
79. Which Noble Laureate’s book containing poems and other works fetched $170,500 at a Sotheby’s auction?
Rabindranath Tagore
80. Which country is set to host BRICS Trade Ministers in March 2012?
India
81. For what purpose India and Russia recently signed a deal?
To produce 42 Sukhoi fighters
82. Which bank launched ‘Bank on wheels’ in Karnataka recently?
State Bank of India
83. Which major bill was cleared by Indian Union Cabinet on 18th December 2011?
Food Security Bill
84. Who has been honoured Banker of the Year award 2010-11?

Ravi Pillai
85. Name the Former Miss Venezuela who died of breast cancer.
Eva Ekvall
86. Where is China set to begin work on the world’s highest airport?
Tibet’s Nagqu town (4,436 metres or 14,553 feet above sea level)
87. Where in Russia is the world’s deepest metro station set to be unveiled?
St.Petersburg, Admiralteiskaya station
88. At what value have India and Japan agreed for currency swap?
$15 billion
89. Where has Aditya Birla Group set to invest $500 million?
Turkey
90. Name the 2 Indian umpires and judge who have been appointed for the 2012 London Olympics
hockey event.

R.V.Raghu Prasad and Claudius De Sales
91. What values of preferential shares have Air India’s lenders were approved by its board?
Rs.7,500 crore
92. Who has been appointed as Executive Director of Indian Overseas Bank?
A.D.M.Chavali

No comments:

Post a Comment