here are some very important Questions for all Exams preparation SSC, IBPS, IAS, BANK and all
1. Who won her first World Cup individual recurve gold medal in Archery?
Ans. Deepika Kumari
2. Who took over as 28th chief secretary of Madhya Pradesh succeeding Avani Vaish?
Ans. R.Parasuram
3. Which state's Chief Minister has demanded law to deal with cases of discrimination against
northeastern students?
Ans. Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma
4. ISRO recently gave clearance for using which frequency band from satellite for internet on trains?
Ans. KU band
5. Which company bagged the contract for deploying Bharti Airtel's 4G network in Karnataka?
Ans. Huawei
6. Who became the first cricketer to hit 5 consecutive T20 fifties?
Ans. Virender Sehwag
7. Who won the award in the best Actress category at the London Asian Film Festival (LAFF) 2012 for her film 'Bol'?
Ans. Humaima Malick
8. Which type of SIM cards are Switzerland based Geo Communications AG, launching in
India?
Ans. International Mobile Subscriber Identity(IMSI) SIM cards which will allow multiple
mobile numbers from different operators on a single SIM card
9. To help clear cane arrears of over Rs.10,000 crore which commodities exports has been
let free by Government of India recently?
Ans. Sugar
10. Which industry in India will celebrate 100 years of its existence in May 2013?
Ans. Indian Film Industry (May 3rd 1913 to May 3rd 2013)
11. When is Facebook (IPO) set to go public?
Ans. May 18th 2012
12. When will the phased Basel III capital regulation in India be implemented as per RBI
guidelines?
Ans. January 1st, 2013 (to be fully implemented by March 31st, 2018)
13. Name the multifaceted personality (a poet, an author or a painter) whose 150th birth
anniversary would be celebrated on May 8th 2012.
Ans. Rabindranath Tagore
14. Which sport in Goa will benefit from the Government's decision as it will be declared
state sport?
Ans. Football
15. Where in India Archeological Survey of India is planning gallery on Harappan
civilization?
Ans. Vadodara, Gujarat
16. Where in India the 49th Raising Day of the Central Command was celebrated on 3rd May
2012?
Ans. Cantonment, Lucknow
17. Where in Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (Tidco) is
planning to establish aerospace park?
Ans. Chennai
18. Where in Coimbatore, Government has planned to setup cold storage facility for
tomatoes?
Ans. Kinnathukkadavu
19. Which German sportswear maker has planned to shut down 1/3rd of its 900 Reebok
stores in India?
Ans. Adidas
20. Which Kolhapur-based bank is looking at an IPO in 2 years?
Ans. Ratnakar bank
21. Which resource in nuclear reactors will be used for power generation as the Government
has decided to start construction of 300MW reactor by 2016-17?
Ans. Thorium
22. As Indian Parliament holds special sitting on Sunday to celebrate 60th anniversary, when was India's first Parliament session held?
Ans. May 13th, 1952
23. Which country slapped a fine of $80,000 fine on Air India recently?
Ans. US Transportation Department
24. Which Finance company recently deferred its Rs.1,665 crore IPO, which opened on May
2nd 2012?
Ans. Samvardhana Motherson
25. Name the firm which is planning to build mud cottages in Gir area of Junagadh district.
Ans. Swati Infratech Pvt. Ltd.
26. In which glacier have geologists discovered hot water from geothermal sources which is nearly 15 degrees arm in plunging -40 degree Celsius weather?
Ans. Siachen
27. Name the Indian who became first Asian-origin UK councilor.
Ans. Philip Abraham
28. Name the 'Big Bang' scientist whom France jailed for terror plot.
Ans. Adlene Hicheur
29. What value of fund will Asian Development Bank provide to India for 2012-2014 for the
development of various projects?
Ans. $6.25 billion
30. Name the West Indian cricketer who has set an eye on bollywood after IPL.
Ans. Chris Gayle
31. Who is elected as Chair of the ADB's Board of Governors?
Ans. Pranab Mukherjee
32. Which country will host the 46th annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank in
2013?
Ans. India in New Delhi
33. Name the Indian-origin doctor who won the London Assembly (Ealing and Hillingdon)
seat?
Ans. Dr.Onkar Singh Sahota
34. Who is elected as President of France?
Ans. Francois Hollande
35. Which mobile operator is the biggest gainer of mobile number portability (MPN) service
in India?
Ans. Idea Cellular
36. Which 2 Indian women won the 16th Asian Team Squash Championship?
Ans. Joshna Chinnappa and Dipika Pallikal
37. Name the US secretary who is India on a 3-day visit asking to reduce oil imports from
Iran on the agenda.
Ans. Hillary Clinton
38. Which series of bollywood actor's TV debut got a thumbs up from the Hindi film
industry?
Ans. Satyamev Jayate
40. Which popular comic is featuring members of Delhi Daredevils players like Virender Sehwag, Irfan Pathan and Kevin Pietersen?
Ans. Chacha Chaudhary in Sabu new comic series
41. Who was sworn in as Russian president for 2nd time?
Ans. Vladimir Putin
42. Who won the silver medal at the 3rd International 'Republic of Kazakhstan President's
Cup' held in Almaty, kazakhstan?
Ans. Devendro Singh
43. Name the hockey player who died after being hit in the head by the ball during a game in
Perth recently.
Ans. Elizabeth Watkins
44. Which movie team is set to open 4-day Children's Film Festival to be held in Goa from
May 11th 2012?
Ans. Gattu
45. Which state's first marine training institute will be operational from August 2012?
Ans. Gujarat
46. Which state of Jaipur will host first edition of 3-day Fashion Week from May 24th 2012?
Ans. Rajasthan
47. After completing a year post acquisition of Patni Computer which company dropped
Patni from its brand name?
Ans. iGate Corporation
48. India's Finance minister recently scrapped a 'draconian' clause under which law?
Ans. Customs law
49. Red Hat recently setup its R&D centres in which locality outside North America?
Ans. Pune and Bangalore in India
50. Which PSU acquired 51% stake in Bharti Axa Mutual Fund?
Ans. Bank of India
51. Who created national record by winning silver medal at the Altius Track Crew Threwdown meet in maui Island, Hawaii?
Ans. Krishna Poonia
52. Who is appointed as Russian Prime Minister?
Ans. Dmitry Medvedev
53. Name the aircraft carrier and nuclear submarine India is set to get in 2013.
Ans. Admiral Gorshkov and INS Arihant
54. What was rolled back on realty as excise on gold jewellery?
Ans. Tax Deducted at Source
55. Where in London a centre dedicated to the life and work of Rabindranath Tagore has
been launched?
Ans. Edinburgh
56. Name the former chairman of ICICI bank and billionaire investor who are re-appointed to
the Arcelor Mittal board?
Ans. N.Vaghul and Wilbur Ross
57. When was the World Red Cross day celebrated?
Ans. May 8 th
58. Which street is renamed after Roger Federer in Germany?
Ans. Weststrasse renamed as Roger-Federer-Allee
59. Which cricketer is likely to make an appearance in filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra's
'Ferrari Ki Sawari'?
Ans. Sachin Tendulkar
60. Lahore based Ajoka has planned for 4-day theatre festival to pay tribute to which birth
centenarian as on May 2012?
Ans. Saadat Hassan Manto
61. NSG base will be setup in which part of India?
Ans. Gujarat
Which Oscar-winning musician has been conferred with his first American Honorary Doctorate by the Miami University?
Ans. A.R.Rahman
62. Name the Russian plane which went missing on a demonstration over Indonesia in the area of Mount Salak recently.
Ans. Sukhoi Superjet 100
63. Name the former Ukraine Prime Minister who ended her 20-day hunger strike after
claiming that her guards handled her roughly while in prison.
Ans. Yulia Tymoshenko
64. Which sector is likely to get electronic development fund to promote its R&D activities?
Ans. Information Development sector
65. Denominations above what value should now be machine processed for authenticity by bank branches as per RBI notification?
Ans. Rs.100 and above
66. Which singer is awarded America's highest civilian honour "The Medal of Freedom"?
Ans. Bob Dylan
67. Who won the Google Photography Prize 2012?
Ans. Viktor Johansson (A Swedish Student)
68. What is the name of the Carrie Underwood's album released on May 1st 2012?
Ans. Blown away
69. Which singers were awarded 2012's Sweden highest music honour "The Polar Music
Prize"?
Ans. Paul Simon and Yo-Yo Ma
70.Which bollywood actor is starring in the Hollywood movie "The Amazing Spider-man"?
Ans. Irrfan Khan
71. Name the bill passed by Rajya Sabha in India to protect children against sexual abuse.
Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences Bill
72. Name the bill approved by the Union Cabinet in India to regulate the micro finance industry and
bring the micro lenders under the purview of RBI.
Ans. Micro Finance Sector Development and Regulation Bill, 2011
73. Which city in India leads household penetration of the internet as per Census 2011?
Ans. Gurgaon
74. Which sporting tournament will be held in Orissa from 11th May to 28th May 2012?
Ans. 66th National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy 2012
75. How many districts of the border state of Punjab will get clusters of food processing
industry post United Nation's Industrial Development Organisation's survey?
Ans. 2 districts
76. AICTE has allowed private engineering colleges to run dual degree programme for
bachelor of engineering and master of technology courses in which state recently?
Ans. Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
77. In which year MotoGP set to make its debut in India?
Ans. 2013
78. WHO in its 'International Travel and Health Bulletin 2012' issued a malaria alert to which
country recently?
Ans. India
79. Which society in Goa is organising children's film festival from May 11th to 13th 2012 at
Maquinez Palace, Panaji?
Ans. Entertainment Society of Goa
80. Which state in India has made ID proof mandatory for pregnant women who undergo ultrasound?
Ans. Haryana
81. WHO has urged which country to act on Palestinian hunger-strike?
Ans. Israel
82. Which state announced 500MW gas-fired power plant in its budget session recently?
Ans. Tamil Nadu
83. Who has been named EPL manager of the year?
Ans. Alan Pardew
84. Which country recently honoured over 150 peacekeepers?
Ans. Haiti
85. Which football sporting event will India bid to host at the FIFA Congress in Budapest
scheduled for May 24th and 25th 2012?
Ans. Under- 17 World Cup in 2017
86. Punjab has recently achieved a record wheat crop produce of what value?
Ans. 120 lakh tones
87. Which 3 northeastern Indian states will have its own high courts?
Ans. Tripura, Manipur and Meghalaya
88. Jammu and Kashmir Government will set up Development and Management Authority to
promote which sport in the state?
Ans. Golf
89. Where in Kozhikode UL Cyber Park with Special Economic Zone status is built?
Ans. Malabar
90. Which airline will become first to provide in-flight mobile access in UK?
Ans. Virgin Atlantic
91. Which country has BCCI allowed to play in Champions League T20 in India?
Ans. Pakistan
92. Which country's president visited India recently?
Ans. Maldivian President, Mohammed Waheed
93. Where and at what cost was The Arcelor Mittal Orbit has been built?
Ans. London, amounting to 22.7million pounds
94. Name the Indian American who has been named as Chancellor of California.
Ans. Pradeep Khosla
95. Where in India "Veer Bharat Premises", a unique museum dedicated to Indian heroes will
be setup?
Ans. Bhopal
96. Name the Venezuelan who won his maiden Formula One Spanish Grand Prix 2012.
Ans. Pastor Maldonado
97. Who won the woman single's Madrid Masters title 2012?
Ans. Serena Williams
98. Who won the men single's Madrid Masters title 2012?
Ans. Roger Federer
99. Name the companies that Nigeria's telecom authority fined a total of 7.3 million dollars
for providing poor services to customers.
Ans. Bharti Airtel, MTN, Etisalat and Globacom
100. Which bank has is ranked 2nd most profitable public sector bank in terms of annual profit
for the fiscal year ended March, 2012?
Ans. Bank of Baroda
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