Current affairs 2012

Current Affairs 2012 For All Competitive Exams

1. The World’s Youngest MCP and CCNA, who has exceptionally highest IQ in the world ? 
Ans. Vishalini

2. Name the Pakistani cricketer who was released from jail because of good behaviour after serving half of his 6 month sentence. 
Ans. Mohammad Aamer

3. Which author's autobiography release was cancelled at the Kolkata Book Fair? 
Ans. Taslima Nasreen

4. Name the luxury watch collection launched by Seiko Watch India at a price range of Rs.1-5 lakh per piece. 
Ans. Ananta

5. What value of overseas inflow was injected into Indian markets in January 2012? 

Ans. Rs.26,000 crore (US$5.08 billion) 

6. Which guidelines have SEBI notified allowing companies to reduce promoter shareholding through private placement? 

Ans. Institutional Placement Programme (IPP) 

7. Which company will acquire full control of UTV Software and Communications Ltd.? 

Ans. US-based Walt Disney 

8. What is the value of IPO filed by Facebook? 

Ans. $5 billion 

9. Expand SAR. 

Ans. Specific Absorption Rate 

10. Who was awarded 'Pride of India' award by the Indian-American community in Washington? 

Ans. Mallikarjun Kharge 

11. Name the book launched by Sonu Nigam authored by Priya Kumar. 

Ans. The Perfect World 

12. Which Italian luxury brand is looking to bring its high-end homeware and furnishings retail stores to India? 

Ans. Giorgio Armani 

13. Which country announced 3-day national mourning following violence at a football stadium in Port Said? 

Ans. Egypt 

14. Who is World's shortest man ? 

Ans. 72-year-old Chandra Bahadur Dangi of Nepal

15. Which bollywood actor was honoured with a Green Globe award for outstanding effort to fight 

climate change? 

Ans. Abhishek Bachchan 

16. Name the singer who has been appointed as anti-tobacco campaign ambassador. 

Ans. Playback Singer Shann 

17. Name the car model unveiled by Sahara Force India. 

Ans. VJM05 

18. What award was conferred to Amul company in the manufacturing category recently? 

Ans. Green Globe Foundation award 

19. Who have been selected for the Bharat Vikas Rathna award by the All India Business Development Association, New Delhi? 

Ans. C Basavegowda, President, Mysore and Chamarajanagar District Co-operative Central 

Bank Ltd. 

20. Who will be the only Indian driver in the Formula One for 2012 season after signing to continue with Hispania Racing (HRT)? 

Ans. Narain Karthikeyan 

21. Name the British energy minister who resigned recently. 

Ans. Chris Huhne 

22. Name the car launched by Ferrari for 2012 F1 season? 

Ans. F2012 

23. Name the CEO of Micron Technology who died in a plane crash and who has been appointed as CEO? 

Ans. Steve Appleton and Mark Durcan 

24. In which country have UN declared end of famine? 

Ans. Somalia 

25. Which social networking site turned 8 recently? 

Ans. Facebook 

26. Who has been appointed as Executive Director of Corporation Bank? 

Ans. Amar Lal 

27. Who won the World Squash Federation under-21 world cup? 

Ans. Egypt against India 2- 1 

28. Which 3-day youth festival is back after a gap of 7 years in Jaipur? 

Ans. Ghoomar 

29. Who won the Champions Trophy women's hockey tournament for the 5th time? 

Ans. Argentina 

30.Name the Romanian Prime Minister who quit recently. 

Ans. Emil Boc 

31. Name the Managing Director and CEO of Dhanlaxmi Bank who quit recently. 

Ans. Amitabh Chaturvedi 

32. Name the Mumbai-based historian who passed away recently. 

Ans. Sharada Dwivedi 

31. Name the science communicator who passed away recently. 

Ans. R.D.Sharma 

32. In which currency is India set to pay for 45% of Iran oil imports? 

Ans. Rupee 

33. Name the Maldives President who was appointed after Mohamed Nasheed quit. 

Ans. Mohammad Waheed Hassan 

34. Who has been appointed as Chief executive operations for China's Walmart? 

Ans. Greg Foran 

35. Name the novelist whose 200th birthday ceremony was observed led by Prince Charles. 

Ans. Chalres Dickens 

36. Which company renewed sponsorship deal with Indian hockey team? 

Ans. Sahara 

37. Which singer is launching her own social networking website exclusively for her fans? 

Ans. Lady Gaga 

38. Name the book featuring the problems of NRI's living in Gulf countries released by Mohammed Ali Shabbir and written by Mohammed Saifuddin. 

Ans. Expat Ride 

39. India-born biologist who bags world's 1st major international award? 

Ans. Kamal Bawa   

40. Which country released world's highest resolution lunar images taken by its 2nd moon orbiter, 

Chang'e-2? 

Ans. China 

41. What percentage of the world's mangrove vegetation does India account for? 

Ans. 3% 

42. Which place in Tamil Nadu is all set to get 4th Science Park? 

Ans. Coimbatore 

43. Name the Indian American orthodontist who was honoured with 'Hind Rattan Award'. 

Ans. Dr.Gagan Balla 

44. What sum of amount is National Housing Bank set to receive from World Bank which would help in its refinancing programme? 

Ans. $300 million(Rs.1,500 crore) 

45. Name the newly elected President of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)? 

Ans. R.V.Kanoria 

46. Which cricket batting legend is been inducted into ICC Hall of Fame? 

Ans. Sunil Gavaskar 

47. Name the commission setup in accordance with Section 74 of the Meghalaya Police Act. 

Ans. Police Accountability Commission 

48. What sum of amount has Bank of England set to pump into economy? 

Ans. 50 billion pounds 

49. Name the electronics retailer bought by Flipkart for $25 million. 

Ans. Letsbuy 

50. When is Windows 8 set to be released by Microsoft? 

Ans. February 29th 2012 

51. Veteran Bollywood writer-filmmaker who died recently ? 

Ans. O.P. Dutta

     

52. Which company will stop making digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital picture frames? 

Ans. Eastman Kodak Co. (Kodak) 

53. Name the German's 1997 Tour de France winner who received 2-year ban for a blood doping offence. 

Ans. Jan Ullrich 

54. Who was honoured with Lata Mangehkar award by the Madhya Pradesh government recently? 

Ans. Rajesh Roshan 

55. Name the site launched by an Italian computer science professor who hopes it will be a challenge to the US technology giant Google. 

Ans. Volunia (www.volunia.com) 

56. Which bank is set to launch India's first Infrastructure Debt Fund (IDF)? 

Ans. IDBI bank 

57. Where is the wax sculpture of Novak Djokovic revealed? 

Ans. Central Serbian town of Jagodina 

58. Who has been appointed as non-executive chairman for India operations by Vodafone? 

Ans. Analjit Singh 

59. Name the bollywood writer-filmmaker who passed away recently. 

Ans. O.P.Dutta 

60. Why zebras have black and white stripes (recently solved mystery)? 

Ans. To keep blood-sucking files away 

61. Which economist is named for US Humanities medal? 

Ans. Amartya Sen 

62. Who is the first Indian defence minister to visit Saudi Arabia? 

Ans. A.K.Antony 

63. Name the former secretary-general of Basketball Federation of India who passed away recently. 

Ans. Harish Sharma 

64. Name the US-based pop music queen who died recently. 

Ans. Whitney Houston 

65. Who won the women's doubles event at the Pattaya Open 2012? 

Ans. Sania Mirza and Anastasia Rodionova 

66. Who has been elected as Deputy Chief of Indian Army? 

Ans. Lt.Gen.Ramesh Halgali 

67. Who was honoured with a posthumous Grammy award for his contributions to the music industry in area other than performance? 

Ans. Steve Jobs 

68. What percentage is the planned road tax for vehicles across India? 

Ans. 6% 

69. Who has been appointed as the Managing Director for India and SAARC operations by McAfee? 

Ans. Jagdish Mahapatra 

70. Who will replace Eric Simons as Indian cricket bowling coach? 

Ans. Australian, Joe Dawes 

71. Who took over as president of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India for the year 2012-13? 

Ans. Jaydeep Shah 

72. Name the renowned Urdu poet who passed away after battling lung cancer recently. 

Ans. Akhlaq Mohammad Khan 

73. Name the Karnataka Higher Education Minister who passed away in Bangalore recently. 

Ans. V.S.Acharya 

74. Who was honoured with Serbia's highest honour, the Karadjordje Star medal? 

Ans. Novak Djokovic 

75. At what value has Bank of Japan set to expand its asset purchase programme? 

Ans. 10tn yen($130 billion) 

76. Where in India 9-day 20th World Book Fair is held? 

Ans. New Delhi  

77. Where does India's forex reserves stand for the week ended 17th February 2012? 

Ans. $293.44 billion 

78. Name the cricketer who was honoured with lifetime membership of the Sydney Cricket Ground. 

Ans. Sachin Tendulkar 

79. Which country has been ranked as the world's richest country in the list compiled by US magazine Forbes? 

Ans. Qatar 

80. Which country did India beat to qualify for London Olympics men's hockey 2012? 

Ans. France 

81. Which west Asian country approved for new constitution recently? 

Ans. Syria 

82. Which model of Nokia phone has been built with 41-megapixel sensor camera? 

Ans. Nokia 808 Pureview camera phone 

83. Name the chief appointed for Pakistan Air Force. 

Ans. Air Marshal Tahir Rafiq Butt 

84. Which company signed a long-term agreement to supply 250 MW power to Bangladesh Power 

Development Board? 

Ans. NTPC 

85. What value of second bailout pacakge did German parliament pass for Greece to help the country  avoid a default? 

Ans. 130 billion euros ($174.4 billion) 

86. Name the digital music store launched by flipkart.com. 

Ans. Flyte 

87. Where in India was the inaugural World Series Hockey tournament held? 

Ans. Chandigarh 

88. Which company bagged Airtel's network deal for Maharashtra? 

Ans. Nokia Siemens 

89. Who has been appointed as chairman of MindTree? 

Ans. Subroto Bagchi 

90. Name the online property search portal launched by HDFC in Kolkata 

Ans. HDFC Red 

91. Who resigned as PepsiCo India Foods CEO? 

Ans. Varun Berry