Current Affairs Questions
1. Who is crowned Miss India World 2012?
Ans Vanya Mishra
2. Name the cricket personality called 'The Wall' who retired from International cricket recently.
Ans. Rahul Dravid
3. Which country has India agreed 'in-principle' to the participation in hydro power-projects in the
North-East?
Ans.Bangladesh
4. 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
5. Which Malayalam language daily has tied up with Yahoo India to deliver premium digital
content in Malayalam?
Ans. Malayala Manorama
6. Name the Delhi-based group which has been nominated in the best international brand/group
award at the British Reggae Industry Awards.
Ans. Reggar Rajahs
7. Which movie of Indian filmmaker Mani Ratnam is now part of the permanent collection at the
Austrian Film Museum?
Ans. Raavanan
8. Who has been awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize considered as Nobel prize in
Architecture?
Ans. Wang Shu
9. Which railway station became the first railway network to offer BluFi, a combination of
Bluetooth and WiFi to provide information to passengers?
Ans. Bangalore City Railway Station
10. Which state bagged the second best national award in the Comprehensive Development Of
Tourism category?
Ans. Rajasthan
11. Name the Kerala-based UAE business magnate who was awarded with Interfaith Harmony
Award at Kuala Lumpur.
Ans. M.A.Yusuf Ali
12. Name the men's mixed doubles winner of the ATP Dubai Open 2012.
Ans. Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna
13. When was the World's oldest post office opened as it celebrates its 300th anniversary?
Ans. 1712 in Sanquhar, London
14. 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
15. Who won the women's Kabaddi World Cup championship?
Ans. India
16. Who is expected to visit India with export of gas and investment on agenda?
Ans. Qatar's Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani
17. Who has been elected as Russian President?
Ans. Vladimir Putin
18. Name the West Indian cricketer who died in a car accident recently.
Ans. Runako Morton aged 33
19. Name India's first 3D dance film.
Ans. ABCD (Any Body Can Dance)
20. Which 4 financial institutions have agreed to form country's first $2 billion (about Rs.10,000
crore) Infrastructure Development Fund to finance infrastructure projects in India?
Ans. Bank of Baroda, ICICI Bank, LIC and Citi Financial
21. Who has been appointed as MD of Hyundai Motor India Ltd.?
Ans. Bo Shin Seo
22. Which Chinese Electric company has started office in India?
Ans. Shangai Electric
23. Which university conferred honoris causa(as honorary academic degree) during its 12th
convocation to the finance minister Pranab Mukherjee?
Ans. Assam University
24. Which India's leading commodity exchange would be listed on the BSE making it India's first
exchange to be listed?
Ans. Multi Commodity Exchange
25. Which western India university will start the Institute of International Studies?
Ans. M S University
26. HSBC will sell its general insurance for US $914 million to which 2 companies?
Ans. AXA Group and QBE Insurance Group
27. Against which team India will play one-off Twenty20 International cricket on March 30th 2012
to commemorate the 150 years of settlement of Indians in that country?
Ans. South Africa
28. Who retained his title of being the world's richest Indian in Forbes magazine's annual list of the
world's richest people?
Ans. Mukesh Ambani
29. Name the music director - king of soft melodies who passed away recently.
Ans. Ravi Shankar Sharma
30. Who has been appointed as head coach of the Pakistan cricket team?
Ans. Dav Whatmore
31. Name the bank that has entered into a partnership with Remit2home to offer Sri Lankans to
transfer money back home.
Ans. Nations Trust Bank
32. Where is Kerala a film city is to be built?
Ans. Varikkassery Mana at Ottapalam
33. Who will be appointed as CEO of L&T?
Ans. K Venkataraman
34. Name the chocolate boy of Hindi cinema during 1960's who passed away recently.
Ans. Joy Mukherjee
35. Who is appointed as ISI chief of Pakistan Government?
Ans. Lt. Gen. Zaheerul Islam
36. Which Indian NGO has been chosen for America's first Innovation Award for the
Empowerment of Women and Girls, for training and organising wastepickers and eliminating
child labour from recycling?
Ans. Chintan
37. What is the reduced CRR of scheduled banks as revised by RBI at 75 basis points?
Ans. 4.75%
38. At what value did Euro zone finance ministers release 2nd bailout package for debt-hit Greece?
Ans. $46.9 billion
39. Where was the International Financial Hub inaugurated in India recently?
Ans. New Town, Kolkata
40. What is the extended number of days for advance reservation of Indian railway tickets?
Ans. 120
41. Which state has recorded an increase in foodgrains production that touched 50.22 lakh tonnes
during Kharif 2011 season?
Ans. Haryana
42. Name the ambulance launched for farmers in Andhra Pradesh by Srihari Kotela, a Charterted
Accountant.
Ans. Rythu Ratham (Tollfree - 18002666208)
43. Which non-banking finance arm of Tata Sons have decided to ramp up its travel business and
focus on the retail segment?
Ans. Tata Capital
44. Which financial service will Nokia close in India?
Ans. Nokia Money
45. Which rank does India hold as per U5MR rates by UNICEF?
Ans. 46th rank
46. Who will take over the rein of Deutsche Bank CEO at the end of May 2012?
Ans. Anshu Jain
47. Who was sworn in as Uttarkhand's Chief Minister?
Ans. Vijay Bahuguna
48. Name the Indian railway minister who will present Railway Budget 2012-13.
Ans. Dinesh Trivedi
49. Who has been appointed as Director General of Police for Punjab?
Ans. Sumedh Singh Saini
50. Who and at what age became 5th time Chief Minister of Punjab?
Ans. Parkash Singh Badal
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