current affairs quick reference guide for ibpsrrb

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Current AffAirs

Quick Reference guide for

IBPS RRB (Regional Rural Banks)

Common written Examination

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AWARDS

1. Miss World 2012-Wen xia YU(China)

2. Brand Ambassador of BMW-Sachin Tendulkar

3. RGN Sadbhavana Award-D.R. Mehta

4. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award- Vijay Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt

5. Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2011 - Soumitra Chatterjee (Bengali actor)

6. Saraswati Samman (2011) - Dr AA Manavalan (Tamil) for his work 'Iram kathaiyum Iramayakalum' (Ramakatha and Ramayanas).

7. Moorti Devi Award (2011) - Dr Gulab Kothari for his book “Mein Hi Radha, Mein Hi Krishna”

8. Bihari Puraskar (2011) - Rajasthani poet Dr Arjundeo Charan for his work “Ghar To Ek Naam Hai Bharose Ro”

9. Vyas Samman (2011) - Hindi writer Ramdarash mishra for his work “aam ke patte”

10. Life time achievement award at 8th Dubai Internationalfilm festival – A.R. Rahman

11. International Gandhi Award-Dr. Caire Veult & Dr. J.D. Samant

12. World Food Prize- Dr. Daniel Hillel(Israeli Scientist)

13. Chameli Devi Jain Award- Tushita Mittal

Appointments – India

1. New President of India- Pranab Mukherjee

2. Re-elected Vice President-Hamid Ansari

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3. New Union Railway Minister- Mukul Roy

4. New Finance Minister- P Chidambaram

5. New Home Minister-Sushil Kumar Shinde

6. New Power Minister- Veerappa Moily

7. New Aviation Secretary-K N Srivastava

8. New secretary to the Prez of India-Omita Paul

9. New Election Commissioner-S. Nasim Ahmad Zaidi

10. New Chief Election Commissioner-V.S. Sampath

11. New Chief Economic Advisor-Raghuram Rajan

12. New Economic affairs secretary-Arvind Mayaram

13. Science and Technology Minister-Vayalar Ravi

14. New Union Aviation Minister- Ajit Singh

15. New CEO of Prasar Bharti – Jawhar Sircar

16. LIC new Chairman-D.K Mehrotra

17. New Navy chief-D.K.Joshi

18. New CMD of OICL-Dr. A.K. Saxena

19. New CMD of Union Bank - D. Sarkar

20. New CMD of Syndicate Bank- M.G. Sanghvi

21. New CMD of Oriental Bank of Commerce- S.L. Bansal

22. New Executive Director of PNB-S. R Bansal

23. New IBA Chairman-Alok Misra

24. Re-elected Nasscom President: Som Mittal

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25. New director of IBPS- Anup Sankar Bhattacharya

26. New Coach of Indian Hockey Team-Jack Nobbs

27. New President of FICCI- R.V. Kanoria

28. New President of International Chamber of Commerce India- Harsh Pati Singhania

29. New CMD of GIC – A.K.Roy

30. New Director (Works)of Delhi Metro - Jitendar Tyagi

31. New Director-General of Indian Coast Guard- M.P.Muralidharan

32. US Ambassador to India - Nancy J Powell

33. New CM of Karnataka -Jagadish Shettar (Previous:Sadananda Gowda)

34. New Chief Minister of U.P.- Akhilesh Yadav

35. New Chief Minister of Punjab – Prakash Singh Badal

36. New Chief Minister of Goa- Manohar Parikar

37. New Chief Minister of Uttrakhand- Vijay Bahuguna

38. New Chief Minister of Manipur- Okram Ibobi Singh

39. New CMD of Coal India Limited (CIL) - S Narsing Rao

40. Governor of Andhra Pradesh - E S L Narasimhan (reelect)

41. Governor of Maharashtra - K. Sankaranarayanan(reelect)

42. Governor of Rajasthan-Margaret Alva

43. New Supreme Court Judge- F. M. Ibrahim Kalifulla

44. Next Army chief of India-Lt. General Bikram Singh.

45. New Ambassador to Cambodia – Dinesh K. Patnaik

46. New Communication Advisor to the Prime Minister-Pankaj Pachauri

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47. CMD of Coal India Limited – S Narsing Rao

48. President of ASSOCHAM- Mr Rajkumar Dhoot

49. Reelected NASSCOM President-Som Mittal

50. Chairman of NASSCOM-N Chandrasekaran

51. Indian High commissioner to U.K. – Jaimini Bhagwati

52. TRAI Chairman-Rahul Khullar

53. New Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha-PJ Kurien

APPOINTMENTS - WORLD

1. New PM of Greece - Antonis Samaras

2. New PM of Pak- Raja Pervez Ashraf.

3. New PM of Syria- Wael al-Halki(Replace: Riyad Hijab)

4. New PM of France-Jean Marc Ayrault

5. New PM of Egypt- Hisham Kandil

6. New President of Egypt- Mohamed Morsi

7. New President of Russia-Vladimir Putin

8. New President of Yemen-A.Mansour Hadi

9. New President of Germany - Joachim Gauck

10. New President of Maldives - Mohamed Waheed

11. New President of Malawi - Joyce Banda

12. President of Nicaragua - Daniel Ortega (re-elected)

13. President of Guyana - Donald Ramotar

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14. New Secretary General of SAARC-Ahmed Saleem

15. New Pakistan High Commissioner to India - Salman Bashir

16. New president of World Bank - Jim Yong Kim (Koreanborn)

17. New CEO of Deutsche Bank-Ravneet Gill

18. New Italian FM-Vittorio Grilli

19. New UN Arab League Envoy for Syria-Lakhdar rahimi

20. President of the European Council - Herman Van Rompuy (re-elected)

21. ICC President-Allan Isaac(NZ)(Privious-Sharad Pawar)

22. New UN mediator in Syria-Lakhdar Brahimi

PERSONS IN NEWS

1. President of Pakistan- Asif Ali Zardari

2. Bhutanese PM- Jigme Y Thinley

3. Syria President-Bashra-al-Assad

4. U.S Defence Secretary -Leon Pnetta

5. Prime Minister of Singapore- Mr. Lee Hsien Loong

6. Mauritius Prime Minister -Navinchandra Ramgoolam

7. Singapore PM-Lee Hsien Loong

8. Brazil President-Dilma Rousseff

9. South Africa President-Jacob Zuma

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OBITUARYs

1. Vilas Rao Deshmukh-Union Science and Technology Minister

2. Mehdi hassan-Ghazal legend

3. Dara Singh-Film Actor

4. Rajesh Khanna- Film Actor

5. Ravi Shankar- Music Composer

6. Joy Mukherjee- Film Actor

7. Bingu wa Mutharika-Malawi’s President

8. Ahmed Ben Bella- first President of Algeria

9. R.H. Patil- First MG of NSE

IMPORTANT ECONOMIC NEWS

1. Current Rate

a. Bank Rate – 9%

b. CRR – 4.75%

c. SLR – 23%

d. Repo – 8%

e. Reverse Repo– 7% f. MSF– 9%

2. 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17) Theme – Faster, sustainable and more inclusive

growth 9 - 9.5% GDP growth 4% agriculture growth Literacy rate – 100%

Extra Power generation capacity – 76000 MW

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3. 11th Five year plan recorded 8.2% GDP Growth. Agriculture growth 3.3%

4. Basel norms will be implemented in India from 1 January 2013 to 2018 (in world 2013 to 2019)

5. Indian banks would need Rs 3,90,000-5,00,000 crore capital over the next six years in the wake of Basel III capital regulations announced by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

6. Largest home loan provider - State Bank of India (one lakh crore Rs. to 20 lakh families)

7. Top three according to per capita income: - Goa, Delhi, Haryana.

8. Seoul-headquartered Woori Bank has set up its first Indian branch in Chennai.

9. Cheque and Draft is valid for 3 month from 1 April 2012.

10. After SBI and NABARD ownership of National Housing Bank (Now RBI hold 100% share) will be transferred from RBI to Government

Important Organizations and Summits

1. New Members :

United Nation – Total – 193 (Last Member Joined – South Sudan)

WTO – Total– 156 (Last Member Joined - Russia)

World Bank and IMF – Total– 188 (Last Member Joined– South Sudan)

European Union – Total– 27 (Next member will be Croatia in July 2013)

2. 38th G 8 Meeting 2012 - David camp, USA (Last meeting 2011 – Deauville, France)

3. 7th G 20 Meeting 2012 – Los Cabos, Mexico

4. 20th ASEAN Meeting 2012 – Phnom penh, Cambodia

5. Earth Summit : -Rio de Janeiro

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6. 12th SCO Summit 2012-Beijing (Next in 2013- Kyrgyzstan)

7. Arab summit 2012 - Baghdad (Iraq)

8. Nuclear security summit 2012 – Seoul (South Korea)

9. 4th BRICS summit - New Delhi

10. 10th BASIC Summit - New Delhi

11. 17th National youth Festival – Mangalore (Karnataka)

12. World Economic Forum – Davos (Switzerland)

13. World Polio Summit 2012 - New Delhi

14. Nato Summit-Chikago

15. FM Trilateral Talks(China& India&Russia)-Moscow

IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER

Indian boxer Mary Kom to be conferred Lt Colonel rank.

Rajiv Gandhi Jeevandayee Arogya Yojana (health insurance scheme) was launched in Maharashtra

Reserve Bank has launched a website explaining ways to detect counterfeit notes. With a tagline 'Pehchano PaiseKi Boli, Kyunki Paisa Bolta Hai',

Mangalam village became the first village in India where

all households were provided banking facilities, it is situated in Pondicherry

M S Dhoni becomes brand ambassador of cricket in Nepal

Himangini Singh crowned Miss Asia Pacific World

E-stamping to be launched in Delhi 28 June of all denominations.

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Rawatbhata Atomic Power Station is in Rajasthan.

Google’ Buying ‘Meebo’ To Help Social Networking Push

Aung San Suu Kyi Accepts Nobel Peace Prize 21 years late

India’s First River-lake link project launched In Bundelkhand

Kofi Annan resign as the UN special Envoy to Syria

National Housing Bank (NHB) and three others have

joined hands to form the country's first mortgage

guarantee firm which has an initial paid up capital of Rs

120 crore. The other members of the joint venture campan are – Genworth, Asian Development Bank and International Finance Corporation

India has allowed foreign direct investment(FDI) from Pakistan.

Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) granted permission to MCX Stock Exchange (MCXSX) to operate as a full-fledged stock exchange

11th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2013 will be held in Cochin (Kerala). Last meeting was held in Jaipur.

Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced to provide $74.8 million loan to improve road connectivity in the North East states.

World Bank approved an 1100 crore rupees loan for Himachal Pradesh to promote green initiatives and sustainable development.

Home Ministry declined permission to three Iranian banks (Eghtesad-e-Novin, Parsian Bank and Bank Kasargad) to open branches in India.

9th World Hindi Conference will be held in South African city Johannesburg from 22 to 24 of September this year.

The main theme of the conference is “Bhasha Ki Asmita Aur Hindi Ka Vaishvik Sandarbh”.

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South Africa’s Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma became the first woman head of African Union (A.U.) Commission.

World Bank Sanstions loan for Rural Livelihoods Project in Bihar

BOOKS AND AUTHORS

1. “Those were the Day and then-The Life & Times of Lal Krishna Advani”-Mira Govind Advani

2. Turning Points-APJ Abdul Kalam

3. Diamond Dust & Other Stories- Anita Desai

4. My Unforgettable Memories-Mamata Banerjee

ABBREVIATION IN NEWS

1. NCTC - National Counter-Terrorism Centre

2. GAAR - General anti avoidance rule

3. TCS -Tax Collection at Source

4. DTAA – Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement

5. TIEA – Tax Information exchange Agreement

6. EFSF – European Financial Stability Facility

7. NPS – New Pension Scheme

8. MMRCA – Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft

9. DRDO - Defence Research and Development Organisation

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10. GSLV - Geo-Synchronous Launch Vehicle

11. ISRO - Indian Space Research Organisation

12. EEFC - Exchange Earner's Foreign Currency

13. NDMA – National Disaster Management Authority

14. BRICS – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa

15. BASIC – Brazil, South Africa, India and China

16. PPP – Public Private Partnership & Purchasing Power parity

17. MTCR – Missile Technology Control Regim

18. NSG – Nuclear Suppliers Group

19. IAEA – International Atomic Energy Agency

20. CEPA – Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement

21. CECA - Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement

22. FIPB – Foreign Investment Promotion board

23. PSLV – Polar Satellite Launch vehicle

24. ICBM – Inter-continental Ballistic missile

25. CCEA – Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs

26. IDF – Infrastructure Debt Fund

27. CRIS – Comparative Rating Index for Sovereign

28. GRAIL – Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory

29. NCHER – National Commission for Higher Education and Research

30. NCHRH - National Commission for Human Resources for Health

31. FII – Foreign Institutional Investor

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32. DII – Domestic Institutional Investor

33. GST – Goods and Services Tax

34. DTC – Direct Tax Code

35. MPLADS – MP Local Area Development Scheme

36. FCNRA – Foreign Currency Non Resident account

37. MFI - Micro Finance Institutions

38. MFDC – Micro Finance Development Council

39. TRAI - Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

40. CIC - Central Information Commission

41. BCCI - Board of Control for Cricket in India

42. SAARC - South-Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

43. ASEAN – Association of South East Asian Nation

44. TAPI - Turkmenistan-Aghanistan-Pakistan-India

45. NLD –National League for Democracy

46. MSF – Marginal Standing Facility

47. MIRV - Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entryVehicle

48. ECBs - External Commercial Borrowings

49. NHRC - National Human Rights Commission

50. NEFT - National Electronic Funds Transfer

51. RTGS - Real Time Gross Settlement

52. NIA - National Investigation Agency

53. S&P - Standard and Poor’s

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54. RGSSBY- Rajiv Gandhi Shilpi Swasthya Bima Yojana.

55. AMFI- Association of Mutual Fund in India.

56. SRO- Self Regulatory Organisation.

57. TDSAT- Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal.

58. BTIA -Broad-based Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreeme

SPORTS

London Olympics 2012 (This is the 30th summer Olympics)

Highest Medal Tally :

1st. US : 104 Medals (46 G+29 S+ 29 B)

2nd China : 88 Medals (38 G+27 S+ 23 B)

India’s Position – 55th : 6 M(2 S +4 B) Women’s Hockey- Netherlands bt Argentina

Next: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2016

India’s Medal in London Olympics

Euro Cup-2012 Venue- Spain; Winner-Spain; Runner-Italy

Azlan Shah cup Venue: Malaysia Winner-NZ; Runner-Argentina; 3rd Place-India

French Open Men Single: Rafael Nadal(Spain) bt Novak Djokovic(Serbia)

Men Double-Max Mirnyi(Belarus) and Danial Nestor(Canada)bt Bob and Mike Bryan(USA)

Women Double: Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci(Italy) bt Maria Kirileko and Nadia

Petrova(Russia)

Wimbledon mixed doubles Winner-Mike Bryan and Lisa Raymond

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Runner-Leander Paes-Elena Vesnina

Thailand Open Grand Prix Single Name Medel Sport Event Gagan Narang Bronze Shooting Men's 10m Air Rifle Vijay Kumar Silver Shooting Men's 25 Rapid Fire Pistol

Saina Nehwal Bronze Badminton Women's singles Mary Kom Bronze Boxing,

Women'sflyweight Yogeshwar Dutt Bronze Wrestling Men's 60 kg Freestyle Sushil Kumar Silver Wrestling Men's 66 kg Freestyle

Indonesia Open SingleVenue: Jakarta; Winner-Saina Nehwal Runner :Li Xuerui(China)

Some more Useful questions for IBPS RRB Exam

Who is the Liberia’s president sentenced to jail for 50 years for his war crimes? Answer: Charles Taylor The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has provided assistance of how many USD aid to India? Answer: $6.25 billion Name the PM of singapore who was on a three day visit to India in July? Answer : Lee Hsien Loong The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESACAP) is associated with which organization ? Answer : UNO Where is the world’s largest temple is going to be built by Mahavir Mandir trust? Answer : Bihar At which place the “Awan ka Cinema” film festival is going to be organized? Answer : Kargil Who is the deputy governor of Reserve Bank of India who's term was extended recently? Answer : Dr. K.C. Chakrobarty

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Tallest residential building “princess tower” located at ? Answer : Dubai World’s richest lady according to business review weekly ? Answer : Gina Rinehart Which Public Sector bank of India opened 171 ultra small branches in a single day recently? Answer : Vijaya Bank The country with the greatest numbers of preterm birth with 35,19,100 is ________? Answer: India Where was the statue of Mahatma Gandhi was unveiled recently? Answer: South Africa Which country will host 4th edition of Champions League T20? South Africa What is the position of India in cyber crime according to report given by SDA? Answer: fifth place What is name of the newfound moon of the ex-planet Pluto? Answer : P5 Where will be the 46th Asian Development Bank Meeting of 2013 will be held? Answer: New Delhi How many years were completed by our existing parliament after the first election held in 13 May 1952? Answer: 60 years What is the name of the TAPI gas pipeline project (TGPP) which originate from the Turkmenistan reaches to India via Afghanistan and Pakistan? Answer: Peace pipeline Whose death anniversary is observed as the Anti Terrorism Day? Answer: Rajiv Gandhi

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Which country will host the Fourth Edition of Champions League Twenty20 Cricket Tournament? Answer : South Africa Osmania University Ranked ______ in the top 121 Universities in the country according to Nielsen survey Answer: 6th The Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hopes to Establish Deflouridation Plants in which states? Answer : A.P & Rajasthan At which place the World Wildlife Fund summit is going to be held ? Answer: Brazil Which state govt's has issued ‘Samajik Mukti’ smart cards for workers in unorganised sector? Answer: West Bengal Where was the NATO summit 2012 held for Three days recently ? Answer: Chicago Who had been awarded Kalpana Chawla Excellence Award? Answer : Miss Vinya Mishra & Sushma Seth Who is the person from India got the prestigious International Jurists award? Answer : Mulayam Singh Yadav Who has been conferred “The Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun” title recently? Answer: Ratan Tata Who has been awarded the first Tagore Award for cultural harmony ? Answer : Pt Ravi Shankar Who awarded in 65th cannes film festival as best actor ? Answer: Mads Mikkelsen Rahul Battachary who is an Indian won British friction prize on ? Answer: Literature

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Who had won the World Snooker Title for 2012 held at Sheffield? Answer: Ronnie O’Sullivan What is the new national record set by Krishna Poonia atTrack crew Throwdown Meet recently in Hawaii? Answer : 64.76m Who had won the World Cup Title recently held at Antalya, Turkey? Answer: Deepika Kumari Who had won the Madrid Men’s Open title held at Madrid , Spain recently? Answer: Roger Federar Who had won the National Junior Boxing championship for 2012 Answer: Manjeet Singh Jet airways tied up with which bank recently to launch credit cards ? Answer : HDFC Bank Sania-Mattek pair recently won which title? Answer: Brussel open Title Who won orange cap in IPL-5 ? Answer : Chris Gale (RCB) The total 6′s in th IPL are Answer: 728 Formulae one Manacco Grand pix won by ? Answer: Mark Weber The winner of thomas cup in London olympics is ? Answer: Lin danled(china) Chattisgarh girls and boys clinch the National titles in which game ? Answer : Basket ball Grand master Anand belongs to which state in India? Answer: Chennai

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Which state topped the list of highest per capita income in the country with 1,92,652 rupees? Answer: Goa Who is the new president of Russia recently taken sworn? Answer : Vladimir Putin The Hamburg harbour celebrates how many years recently? Answer: 823 years Which company become number one mobile company in the world? Answer: Samsung Which country had discovered petroleum recently? Answer: Bangladesh What is the place where Pakistan lost nearly 140 soldiers after a masive avalannde entombed the Gayari army base recently? Answer: Siachen Sahar signed an agreement to build and develop a new city in which country? Answer: Bangladesh India made dozen agreements with which country recently? Answer: Myanmar What are the norms called for the implementation of the new global capital adequacy which was directed by the RBI to Indian Banks? Answer: Basel-III Andhrapradesh’s high court invalidated which % sub-quato for Minority? Answer: 4.5% Which country had recently test fired a short range ballistic missile ? Answer: Pakistan Pakistan test fired Nuclear capable _______ Missile ? Answer: Hatf9

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Name the Vatican Envoy to India and Nepal, who inaugurated A.P Mission Congress? Answer : Sarvotore Pennacchio Who has been appointed as the German ambassador to India recently? Answer: Michael steiner Who selected as a member of Borad Federation Against drugs from India? Answer : Kiran Bedi Which country has launched TMA-04M rocket recently? Answer: Russia India test fired the which type of Akash Missile recently? Answer: Surface to air Who is Snooker champion announced his retirement recently? Answer : Stephen Hendry Who is the Indian American scientist quits from top energy post recently? Answer : Apunava Majumdar Who is vice president and CCO of infosys Bpo reginesed recently? Answer: Ritesh Idnani Who is the Afghan peace negotiator shot dead recently? Answer : Arsalan Rahmani Daulat Who is the Mexican novelist played dominant role in Latin America died recently? Answer : Carlos Fuentes Who is the EU Ambassador to India visited Nagaland to interact with chamber of commerce and industry recently? Answer: Joao Cravinho Who is the democracy Icon in Myanmar ,first visit to abroad in 24years is ? Answer: Aung san suu kyi Who is the present president of myanmar ? Answer: Theinsein The laughter day is celebrated on which day?

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Answer: First Sunday of May every month Anti tobacco day is celebrated on which day? Answer : May 31st Who is the author of the book ‘Harbinger of Social Justic’ ? Answer: Sarah Booth Where was the 47th IAC committee meeting of NDA held? Answer: Khadakwasla ”Reflections of a Statesman” book was written on whose life history ? Answer : R.Venkataraman India’s which board was admitted as the 11th member of MDEP recently? Answer : Atomic Energy Regulatory Which two countries signed an agreement on Contract Workers ? Answer : India & UAE Which countries had signed six agreements in diverse areas recently including oil& gas? Answer : India & Qatar In which country the Industrial “Canton Fair” is going to be held? Answer : China Where is the largest Tulip garden is situated in Asia? Answer: Srinagar Which country had stated to expand the members in UN Security Council recently? Answer : India Where was the oldest and largest bank of South Korea had set its branch recently in India ? Answer : Chennai Commemorative Postage Stamp of which president was released to mark the birth centenary recently? Answer : R.Venkataraman

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Union Government decided to raise working capital ECB resources for which sector recently? Answer : Aviation sector Where was the foundation stone for country’s first financial city laid up in ? Answer : Bangalore In which state the 4G services were launched recently? Answer : Kolkata In which place was the 20th ASEAN Summit held recently? Answer : Combodia Where was the RIC trilateral conference held recently? Answers : Mascow Where was the 6th summit of the Americas held recently? Answer : Colombia Who is the Democratic leader of Myanmar awarded with Sukarno Prize for creation of Democracy in the country? Answer : Aung San Suu Kyi Which award has been presented to Lt.Gen.Bikram Singh? Answer : Gallantry Award Novack Djikivic world no-1 defeated whom to claim the Miami masters title in the final held in Florida? Answer : Andy Murrey Who is the first woman wrestler to be qualified for the Olympics afterwinning gold in Astana recently? Answer : Geeta Kumari Who is the Tennis player captured her 40th career title in WTA tournament? Answer : Sarena Williams Who had won the 11th Asian Billiards championship held in Goa recently? Answer : Pankaj Advani

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Where was the Archery World Cup Stage-I games held recently? Answer : Shanghai Who had won the Men’s Single Asian Badminton Championship recently? Answer : Chen Jin With the cooperation of which country Multiskill development centre is going to start in Bangalore and Gulberg? Answer : Germany According to the World Economic Outlook report what is the lowered economic growth of India in 2012? Answer : 6.9% What is name of the World’s first flying car ? Answer : Terrafugia Where was the new ISRO spy satellite centre was launched recently? Answer : Sriharikota In which place India has successfully carried out the AWACS test flight recently? Answer : Brazil From which place the Agni-v long range ballistic missile was test fired recently? Answer : Odisha What is the name of the ballistic missile which was test fired by Pakistan recently? Answer : Hatf-IV What is the name of all weather radar imaging satellite launched recently by India ? Answer : RISAT-I What is the name of the stealth frigate which was inducted into navy recently? Answer : INS Teg Who is the new special envoy to Sudan and South Sudan? Answer : Amarendra Khatua Who is the new king of Malaysia elected recently?

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Answer : Sultan Abdul Halim Who had been appointed as UNHCR special envoy recently? Answer : Angelina Jolie Who had been appointed as the President of World Heart Federation ? Answer : Dr.Srinath Reddy Lucas Papademos is president of which country resigned recently due to early elections in the country? Answer : Greece Who is the president of Mali resigned recently? Answer : Amadov Toumani Toure What is the name of Jordan Prime minister who resigned recntly? Answer : Awn aL Khasawneh Who is the legendary newsman popular CBS “60Minutes” programmer died recently? Answer : Mike Wallace Who is president of Malawi died of heart attack recently? Answer : Binju Wa Mutharika The Chancellor of Exchequer of UK, who visited India for the fifth economic financial ministerial meeting held in New Delhi? Answer : George Osborne Who is the Pakistan president visited India recently? Answer : Asif Ali Zardari Who is the Norwegian Minister of Trade & Industry visited India regarding Telenor issue recently? Answer : Trond Giske Which city is the world’s most impressive city according to the Wealth report? Answer : London Which organisation has became the heritage of the sank Titanic ship 100 years ago? Answer : UNESCO

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What is the name of the world’s highest tunnel bridge located in China? Answer : Aizhai Under whom the two member Adarsh Judicial Commission was set up by the Maharashtra Government? Answer : N.N.Kumbahar Aung San Suu Kyi who recently won in Myanmar parliament elections, belongs to which political party? Answer : Nation League for Democracy (NLD) The US Govenment announced an additional 12.2 million aid to which country recently? Answer : Syria Who is the Chief of Laskhar e-Taiba, a reward money of $10 million has been announced on him by America? Answer : Hafiz Saeed

Which type of Asprin was invented by the scientist to fight against Cancer? Answer: Gas-filled Who is the new M.D for Hyundai Motors India , who was appointed recently? Answer: Bo Shin Seo Who is the New President of Germany , who has been elected recently? Answer: Joachin Gauck Who is the new Railway minister for UPA Government ? Answer: Mukhul Roy Who is the Railway minister , who had resigned recently from the cabinet for raising the railway fares ? Answer: Dinesh Trivedi Who is the philanthropist who died recently, vice chairman of Sankar foundation? Answer: Sankar Rao

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Who is the Egypt Ambassador, who visited India for the golden jubilee celebration of (AARDO)? Answer: Mr.Ahmed Abulkheir Who is the Turkish Ambassador who visited Hyderabad recently? Answer: Dr.Burak Aklapar Who is the managing director of International monitory fund ( IMF) , who visited India recently? Answer: Christine Lagarde Who is the Prime ministe of Canada who had visited Thailand recently? Answer: Staphen Harper Who is the US Secretary of commerce who visited India for bilateral trade meeting ? Answer: John Bryson Who is Bollywood Actress to become the sixth Bollywood celebrity to be honoured with a wax likeness? Answer: Madhuri Dixit AIMA stands for ? Answer: All India Management Association Who had written the book ” Didi: A Political biography “of Mamata Benerjee recently? Answer: Monobina Gupta Name the project which had been sanctioned 423crore rupees loan assistance in Gujarat from NABARD Answer: Narmada link project Which state recorded the highest voting percentage in the history of election, which were held in the month of Feb in five states recently? Answer: Goa Who is the first independent woman loco driver in SCR? Answer: S. Satyavathi What is the assets declared by Mayawati while her nomination for the Rajya Sabha recently?

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Answer: 111.64 crore Which is the plan , which was launched by the Chief minister of A.P Kiran Kumar recently? Answer: SHG Linkage credit plan From which place in Andhra Pradesh the first International flight took off recently? Answer: Visakhapatnam Who inaugurated the 50th golden jubilee celebration of Afro-Asian Rural Development Organisation held in New Delhi recently? Answer: Manmohan singh In which place the Turkey’s World Trade Bridge International Summit is going to be held ? Answer: Istanbul In which place was the International Monitory Fund Summit was held recently ? Answer: New Delhi Where was the second conference of nuclear security summit held recently? Answer: Seoul Where will be the third Nuclear Security Summit is going to be held next year ? Answer: Netherland The Telugu novelist, who had been awarded Kurra Kotisuryamma Memorial Award for his outstanding contribution to Telugu literature? Answer: Bheemaraju Venkataramana Who is the world’s tallest man, finally stopped growing after treated ? Answer: Sultan Kosen Who had been awarded with Ugadi Puraskaram from the Andhra Pradesh Government recently? Answer: P.Surya Rao Who is the women, awarded with Nirmal Gram Puraskar for the year 2012 from Andhra Pradesh from the President Pratibha Patil recently? Answer: Y.Chintamma

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How many new World Records were set up in 12 hours by the former England cricketer Andrew Flintoff and Steve Harmison ? Answer: 14 Who is the Hungarian Mathematician who has been awarded with Abel Prize for the year 2012? Answer: Endre Szemere’de To which place India dropped in ODI championship Table after losing their triangular series in Australia? Answer: 3rd place Who is cricket player who made 100 centuries in his career recently? Answer: Sachin Tendulkar Who is the sportswoman from Andhra Pradesh ,who is going to represent India at the World Cup for Archery which is going to held in China in April 2012? Answer: Jyothi Surekha Who had won the BNP Paribas Women’s single title for the year 2012? Answer: Victoria Azarenka Who is the World’s no-1 ranking Golf player , Who had won the US PGA Transitions Championship held at Florida recently? Answer: Luke Donald Who had been the ‘Player of the Tournament’ in the Asia Cup 2012 held at Dhaka recently ? Answer: Shakib Ali Hasan What is the name of the new card product which was launched by ICICI bank for the super rich recently? Answer: Sapphiro In which place is Indian railways in World ranking? Answer: Fourth place What is the percentage of service tax , which had been raised in the budget 2012-13? Answer: 12%

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What is the per capita income of India for the year 2012-13 ? Answer: Rs. 60972 Which country is the highest consumer of oil in per capita terms ? Answer: United states Which country stood at the least place in service sector ? Answer: India What is the per capita GDP of Qatar ? Answer: 44.45 lakh How much financial aid was granted by the World Bank to India ? Answer: $4.3billion Name the new equality saving scheme announced in the budget 2012-13 recently? Answer: The Rajiv Gandhi Equality saving scheme In how many planets in solar system life may exist according to the researchers ? Answer: 5 Planets What is the name of the second largest Moon of Saturn? Answer: Rhea What is the name of the submarine which had been taken as lease from Russia recently? Answer: INS Chakra Russian court dismissed the plea seeking ban on which Holly Literature book translation recently ? Answer: Bhagwad Gita How many EU states had signed the pact for budget discipline on 2 March 2012 ? Answer: 25 states Who is the Asia ‘s richest person according to the forbes list ? Answer : LI Ka Shing Which are the most ethical firms of the world according to the report revealed by the Ethical Institute’s ?

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Answer: Tata & Wipro Which is world’s largest art, antiques market owing country ? Answer: China Which country gave a call to boycott American products recently for voting against a resolution? Answer: Srilanka Who is the Arab League head , who discussed on the issue of Syrian fate failed recently held in Cairo on 3 March2012? Answer: Nabil Elaraby Who had inaugurated the trade show in Jakarta by India, to reach the target of $ 25 billion by 2015 ? Answer: Mr. Anand Sharma Current rank of India in steel production? Answer : 4th Rank Where was the Indo-Israel free trade agreement meeting was held recently? Answer: Hyderabad Which are the two new missiles developed by defense research & development laboratory handed over to Navy & IAF on 3 March 2012? Answer: Torpedo & Akash Who is the next Army cheif for the Indian Army after the retirement of Gen.V.K.Singh on 31 May 2012? Answer: Lt,Gen.Bikram singh Who is Asia’s richest woman with a net worth of $ 12billion in our country? Answer: Savitri Jindal Who is the Foreign minister of Italy who has been camping in India relating with two Italian Marines recently? Answer: Staffan De Misture How many new trains had been introduced by the railway minister in Railway budget 2012-13?

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Answer: 75 Which company had opened centre of excellence for oracle recently for IT services and business solutions ? Answer: Tata Consultancy Services ( TCS)

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