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CURRENT AFFAIRS AND GENERAL KNOWLEDGE SUBJECTIVE PAPER 8

1. Which country has over taken India as ‘Diabetes Capital’?

China

2. Name the US scriptwriter who debuted with Bollywood kid books.

Nico Raposo

3. Which country announced 3-day national mourning following violence at a football stadium

in Port Said?

Egypt

4. Petroleum ministry recently allowed import of?

ATF – Aviation Turbine Fuel

5. Which auto-maker regained its title as the world’s topselling automaker in 2011?

General Motors

6. Who has been appointed as Chief executive operations for China’s Walmart?

Greg Foran

7. Name the Indian footballer, an assistant manager of Indian Bank who passed away

recently.

Hamilton Bobby

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

Ghoomar

9. Who won the doubles title at the Chennai Open 2012?

Leander Peas and Janko Tipsarevic

10. Who won the FIFA men’s world player of the year 3rd time in a row?

Lionel Messi of Argentina

11. Who took over as president of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India for the year

2012-13?

Jaydeep Shah

12. Name the chief appointed for Pakistan Air Force.

Air Marshal Tahir Rafiq Butt

13. Who is the 2nd person to score double century in One-day International cricket?

Virendar Sehwag

14. Name the telugu film producer popularly known as ‘Mallemala’ who passed away recently.

M.S.Reddy

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

US-based Walt Disney

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

The Perfect World

17. Who has been named as CEO of Yahoo?

Scott Thompson

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18. Who won gold in Asian shooting championship?

Abhinav Bindra

19. Which Indian city is set to host psychiatry conclaves?

Kochi

20. Name the interactive presentation tool launched by HP in India.

Pocket whiteboard

21. What is the concept introduced by Indian Postal Department (Bihar Postal Circle) to get a

personalized stamp with photograph on it?

My Stamp

22. Which card has BSNL launched to facilitate making utility bill payments like electricity and

telephone bills?

Itz Cash Card (Trust Card)