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GK Questions

Sl No. Question

2701 Who has recently been appointed as the Chairman of Forward Market Commission?A) Poonam Kishore SaxenaB) B.C. KhatuaC) Ramesh AbhishekD) None of These

2702India’s national football team defeated which country to win the Nehru Cup for the thirdconsecutive time in 2012?

A) IraqB) CameroonC) MalaysiaD) Maldives

2703 "Rose Day (Welfare of cancer patients)" is observed on?A) 22nd SepB) 15th SepC) 16th SepD) 21st Sep

2704What is the name of the Aircraft carrier that China has launched recently? It has bought thisSoviet made carrier from Ukraine.

A) ShenyangB) HsiungC) LiaoningD) None of These

2705Who has been recently awarded with 3 awards in the recently concluded ICC Cricket Award2012 including Cricketer of the year award?

A) HasimAmlaB) Kumar SangakaraC) M S DhoniD) ViratKohli

2706MCX-SX, the latest entity to set up a full-fledged stock exchange in India, has planned for astock barometer index named as?

A) SX-30




B) SX-40C) SX-50D) SX-100

2707Who has been awarded with the "Business Leader of the year 2012" award by the EconomicTimes in September 2012?

A) Mukesh AmbaniB) S D ShibulalC) Anil AgarwalD) Anand Mahindra

2708BharatBenz Truck was launched in India by which global truckmaker?

A) ForceB) SuzukiC) VolvoD) Daimler

2709Which Indian actress has been recently appointed as the new goodwill ambassador for jointUnited Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS in September 2012?

A) Priyanka ChopraB) SushmitaSenC) Aishwarya RaiBachchanD) Kajol

2710Which Country hosted the ICC T20 World Cup held in September 2012?

A) South AfricaB) AustraliaC) EnglandD) Sri Lanka

2711 India's food inflation for August stood at?A) 8.5%B) 10.14%C) 9.14%D) 7.58%

2712Who has been recently awarded with the "ICC Emerging player of the year" by ICC inSeptember 2012?




A) Shane WatsonB) Kumar SangakaraC) Sunil NarineD) ViratKohli

2713 Which commission was appointed by the Indian Government to check the illegal miningcases in different states including Karnataka and Goa?A) M.B. Shah commissionB) Shome commissionC) Kelkar commissionD) None of These

2714S based award-winning digital production company; Digital Domain Media Group (DDMG)has filed for bankruptcy protection under chapter 11 of bankruptcy code. Which Indiancompany has partnered with the same?

A) Yash Raj FilmsB) UTVC) Reliance MediaWorksD) Red Chillies

2715US'a Republican Party Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney was the governor of which USstate?

A) MassachusetsB) VirginiaC) New JerseyD) Nevada

2716 Who has been appointed as the new Chief Justice of India in September 2012?A) S.H. KapadiaB) AltamasKabirC) K.G.BalakrishnanD) None of These

2717 During its policy review meet on 17th September 2012, RBI has reduced CRR by 25 bps to?

A) 4.75%B) 4.50%C) 4.25%D) 4%

2718 The 52nd National Open Athletics Championship was held in which City in India?

A) Pune




B) BangaloreC) DehradunD) Chennai

2719 Who is the new President of Somalia elected in September 2012?A) Sharif Sheikh AhmedB) Hassan Sheikh MohamudC) Mohamed MorsiD) None of These

2720While taking important reform steps in September 2012, The Union cabinet has allowed ___FDI in Aviation?

A) 49%B) 51%C) 26%D) 74%

2721Who heads the Cauvery River Authority looking after the Cauvery realted dispute betweenKarnataka and Tamil Nadu?

A) President of IndiaB) Water Resource MinisterC) Prime MinisterD) Supreme Court Judge handling the dispute

2722 Infosys has acquired consulting firm Lodestone Holding AG for nearly 330 million inSeptember 2012. This is based out of which country?A) FranceB) GermanyC) SwitzerlandD) UK

2723Who has been recently appointed as the new Secretary general of RajyaSabha in Septermber2012?

A) Arun JaitleyB) P. J. KurienC) Shumsher K SheriffD) ShriJaswant Singh

2724 Which country has recently honoured Malaysia's opponent party leader Aung San SuuKyiwith Congressional Gold Medal, one of its top Civilian Honour?A) GermanyB) England




C) USAD) Australia

2725Which Country topped the medal tally table in the recently concluded London Paralympics in2012?

A) USAB) UKC) GermanyD) China

2726 During its policy review meet on 17th September 2012, RBI has kept repo rate unchanged at?

A) 7%B) 7.5%C) 8.5%D) 8%

2727Under the recently launched Rajiv Gandhi Equity Scheme by Government, maximumpermissible investment amount by retail investors is?

A) Rs 100,000B) Rs 60,000C) Rs 50,000D) Rs 40,000

2728What was China's rank in the list of countries in the Global Competitive index 2012-13published by the World Economic Forum in September 2012?

A) 37thB) 28thC) 29thD) 16th

2729While taking important reform steps in September 2012, The Union cabinet has Increased FDIin various streams of broadcast services to ____?

A) 49%B) 51%C) 100%D) 74%

2730As per IRDA directive, Insurance companies have to complete how many years in business toraise capital through IPO?

A) 7 years




B) 10 yearsC) 5 yearsD) 12 years

2731 "International Literacy Day (UNESCO)" is observed on?A) 8th SepB) 15th SepC) 16th SepD) 21st Sep

2732Which country topped the list of countries in the Global Competitive index 2012-13 publishedby the World Economic Forum in September 2012?A) SingaporeB) SwitzerlandC) GermanyD) Luxemberg

2733 11 Indian publicly held companies are featured in the Forbes 2012 list of 50 best publiclytraded companies in Asia-Pacific. Which company in the list did not make to the list?A) ICICI BankB) ITCC) BhartiAirtelD) HDFC Bank

2734Which global Tech company has recently acquired a photo editing platform “Snapseed” inSeptember 2012?

A) MicrosoftB) LinkedInC) GoogleD) Facebook

2735 Which film won the Golden Lion for Best Film at the 69th Venice Film Festival?

A) The MasterB) PietaC) Something in the AirD) The Weight

2736Forbes magazine has published the list of wealthiest Americans. Who has been ranked 1 inthe list?

A) Warren BuffetB) Bill GatesC) Larry Ellison




D) Carlos Slim

2737 The government has approved the disinvestment of some Public Sector Units (PSUs) inSeptember 2012. Which in the list is not among them?A) SAILB) Hindustan CopperC) Oil IndiaD) MMTC

2738Who has been appointed as the World Bank's new country director for India recently inSeptember 2012?

A) N Roberto ZaghaB) Isabel GuerreroC) OnnoRuhlD) Jim Yong Kim

2739 Who has been recently awarded with the "Spirit of Cricket award" by ICC in September 2012?

A) Daniel VettoriB) Kumar SangakaraC) Sunil NarineD) ViratKohli

2740 "Engineers’ Day" is observed on?A) 8th SepB) 15th SepC) 16th SepD) 21st Sep

2741 Which country won the Nehru cup 2012 in Football held in Septermber 2012?

A) MaldivesB) IraqC) PakistanD) India

2742 India's retail inflation for August stood at?A) 9.5%B) 9.86%C) 10.03%D) 9.2%

2743 Who has been selected as the new President of the Indian Newspaper Society for 2012-13?




A) Ashish BaggaB) Hormusji N CamaC) KN Tilak KumarD) Kundan R Vyas

2744 India's passenger car sales dropped by _____ in August, as per SIAM?

A) 11%B) 9%C) 19%D) 15%

2745"The Company of the Year for 2012" sponsored by Economic Times has been awarded towhich Indian Company?

A) ICICI BankB) HDFC BankC) VedantaD) Axis Bank

2746Which Indian IT services company has acquired 51% stake in Bharti Group-owned mobilevalue-added services (VAS)?

A) IBMB) TCSC) Tech MahindraD) Wipro

2747 Which Movie has been shortlisted as India’s official entry to the Oscars for 2012?

A) Paan Singh TomarB) Barfi!C) KahaaniD) None of These

2748 Who has formally taken additional charge of the Railway Ministry following resignation bythe TMS MP and Railway Minister Mukul Roy?A) ShalmanKhurshidB) CP JoshiC) Kapil SibalD) Jairam Romesh

2749Famous film actor SurendranathaThilakan passed away in September 2012. He was a_____________ actor.

A) Kannada




B) TeleguC) MalayalamD) Marathi

2750 India’s Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) jumped by 60% in July to?

A) USD 2.76 billionB) USD 1.76 billionC) USD 1.1 billionD) USD 3.76 billion

2751Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of the national selection committee of BCCI inSeptember 2012?

A) Mohinder AmarnathB) Sandeep PatilC) K SrikanthD) Dilip Vengsarkar

2752 India's core sector growth for August stood at?A) 3%B) -2.5%C) 2.1%D) 3.5%

2753 Yahoo has appointed __________ as its new Chief Financial Officer in September 2012?

A) Ross LevinsohnB) Marissa MayerC) Ken GoldmanD) Scott Thompson

2754 The 16th NAM (Non-Aligned Movement) summit was held in?A) New DelhiB) SanghaiC) TehranD) Baghdad

2755Reliance is all set to launch its breakthrough 4G platform by the end 2012. It has signed whichtech major to create its core technological framework?A) CiscoB) HuwaiiC) NokiaD) Siemens




2756 Which Country won the ICC World Twenty20 cup 2012?A) Sri LankaB) West IndiesC) PakistanD) Australia

2757Who has been recently honoured with the James C Morgan Global Humanitarian Awardsponsored by the Applied Materials for his vision and humanitarian works?A) Deepak ParekhB) Adi GodrejC) AzimPremjiD) N R Narayana Murthy

2758 TCS has recently named whom as its new CFO from from March 2013?

A) S MahalingamB) Rajesh GopinathanC) Rajiv BansalD) N. Chandrasekaran

2759Who is the new External Affairs Minister for India after recent cabinet reshuffle in October2012?

A) Salman KhurshidB) S. Jaipal ReddyC) VeerappaMoilyD) Pawan Kumar Bansal

2760Famous Bengali author and poet Sunil Gangopadhyay dies in October 2012. Which of thefollowing award he did not own in Literature?

A) AnandaPuraskarB) Janpith AwardC) SahityaAkademi AwardD) SaraswatiSamman

2761Which global Telecom company has merged its business with US mobile carrier MetroPCSrecently in October 2012?

A) VodafoneB) AT&TC) VerizonD) T-Mobile




2762 Who is the CEO of Accenture?A) Pierre NantermeB) Evan G. GreenbergC) Klaus KleinfeldD) Jeff Bezos

2763Which Company has acquired Viewdle, which is a leading imaging and gesture recognitioncompany recently in October 2012?

A) NokiaB) MotorolaC) AppleD) Facebook

2764Former Pakistan Cricket team captain Imran Khan has launched which of the below politicalparties?

A) Pakistan Peoples PartyB) Pakistan Tahreek-e-InsafC) Pakistan democratic partyD) Pakistan national party

2765In its monetary policy review meet, The European Central Bank (ECB) has kept its benchmarkinterest rate unchanged at?

A) 0.25%B) 0.5%C) 1%D) 0.75%

2766 Infosys has recently appointed whom as its new CFO effective from November 2012?A) S MahalingamB) Rajesh GopinathanC) Rajiv BansalD) N. Chandrasekaran

2767Which Internaltional Airlines company has recently started flight operation between Indiaand US/UK in October 2012?

A) Lufthansa AirlinesB) Pacific AirlinesC) Virgin AtlanticD) American Airlines




2768Two US Citizen have been jointly awarded with the Nobel Prize 2012 in chemistry. One isRobert Lefkowitz, who is the other one?

A) John GurdonB) Brian KobilkaC) Shinya YamanakaD) None of These

2769Which US Weekly magazine has recently announced to publish its final print edition on 31stDecember 2012 and to go for only digital format and distribution from January 2013?

A) TimeB) ForbesC) The WeekD) Newsweek

2770India secure which rank in the list of top 10 locations for outsourcing business operations in2011 as per the list published by the global property consultant Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)?

A) 1stB) 2ndC) 3rdD) 5th

2771 Which film won the best film award in the 14th Mumbai Film Festival?

A) BarfiB) KahaaniC) Miss LovelyD) Paan Singh Tomar

2772Famous punjabi comedian and Actor JaspalBhatti died in a tragic car accident in October2012. What was his last film?

A) Power CutB) Chak De PhatteC) MausamD) Ek: The Power of One

2773 Which team won the ICC Women's T20 Asia cup 2012 recently held in October 2012?

A) IndiaB) BangladeshC) SrilankaD) Pakistan




2774 Who is the new Railway Minister for India after recent cabinet reshuffle in October 2012?A) Harish RawatB) S. Jaipal ReddyC) VeerappaMoilyD) Pawan Kumar Bansal

2775 Forbes magazine has listed which Indian as the World's richest Indian with net worth of USD21 billion recently in October 2012?A) Mukesh AmbaniB) AzimPremjiC) Lakshmi MittalD) Ruia Brothers

2776Who has been appointed as the new CEO of Citibank after Vikram Pandit stepped down asCEO of the third largest US bank?

A) Mike CorbatB) John HavensC) Michael O’NeillD) None of These

2777 Which Indian Football team won the Federation Cup 2012?A) MohunBaganB) DempoC) East BengalD) None of These

2778Who has become the fifth Indian Cueist to lift the world title twice in the final of the WorldBilliards (Point Frame) Championship in Leeds, UK?A) Mike RussellB) Pankaj AdvaniC) Rupesh ShahD) None of These

2779Which India’s beauty and slimming services chain has recently acquired Malaysian companyWyann International in October 2012?

A) Kaya Skin ClinicB) Shahnaz Husain Beauty ClinicC) VLCCD) None of These

2780In a recent cabinet reshuffle, how many new ministers have been inducted by the PrimeMinister Manmohan Singh?




A) 15B) 17C) 19D) 21

2781British researcher John Gurdon and Japanese scientist Shinya Yamanaka won the Nobel Prize2012 in Medicine for their work related to?

A) Cancel CellsB) Nervous SystemC) Stem cellsD) None of These

2782 Which team won the ICC Women's T20 World cup 2012 recently held in October 2012?A) IndiaB) EnglandC) SrilankaD) Australia

2783 Who has won the Formula One title race of the Japanese Grand Prix for the season 2012?A) Fernando AlonsoB) KimiRaikkonenC) Sebastian VettelD) Lewis Hamilton

2784 "International Day for the Elderly" is observed on?A) 1st OctoberB) 9th OctoberC) 16th OctoberD) 8th October

2785 Which franchise has recently bought Deccan Chargers IPL team in a fresh auction?

A) The Hindu GroupB) ADAG GroupC) Sun TVD) Sahara India

2786 US Unemployment rate for September 2012 stood at?A) 8.1%B) 8.2%C) 8%D) 7.8%




2787 Which Legendary bollywood film maker has died recently in October 2012 due to Dengue?A) Yash ChopraB) Yash JoharC) B R ChopraD) None of These

2788 Who is the new Chairperson and MD of Allahabad Bank appointed in October 2012?

A) NupurMitraB) VijayalakshmiIyerC) ShubhalakshmiPanseD) None of These

2789 Which country hosted the ICC Women's T20 Asia cup 2012 recently held in October 2012?

A) IndiaB) BangladeshC) SrilankaD) China

2790The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lowered India’s growth forecast to ___ for thecurrent financial year 2012-13

A) 5.5%B) 5.3%C) 4.9%D) 5.1%

2791 Who has recently won the “Denmark Open Super Series Premier” title in October 2012?

A) Yihun WangB) Juliane SchenkC) SainaNehwalD) None of These

2792 Which Kannada writer has been awarded with the 46th Jnanpth Award in October 2012?

A) Chandrasekhar KambarB) Amar KantC) Sunil GangopadhyayD) D. Jayakanthan

2793Which bollywood actor is the new brand ambassador of West Bengal who has recentlyappeared in a video to promote the brand?




A) Amir KhanB) Amitabh BachchanC) Shahrukh KhanD) Salman Khan

2794ArvindKejriwal had recently accused which Indian real estate company which has providedunsecured loan to Robert Vadra and involved in illegal land deals?A) ParsvnathB) UnitechC) DLFD) HDIL

2795Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of Institute of Rural Management (IRMA) inOctober 2012?

A) JeemolUnniB) Deep JoshiC) Sanjay GhoseD) Y. K. Alagh

2796MonishaKaltenborn has become the first woman team principal of which Formula 1 teamrecently in October 2012?

A) Red BullB) SauberC) Force OneD) Marcedez

2797Which famous Formula 1 driver has recently announced his retirement after the current 2012session?

A) Fernando AlonsoB) KimiRaikkonenC) Michael SchumacherD) Lewis Hamilton

2798Which global bank has announced to acquire ING Direct UK retail banking division recentlyin October 2012?

A) BarclaysB) UBSC) Goldman SachsD) Citibank




2799Which PC maker has emerged as the Number 1 player in the world as per the research datapublished by the IT research firm Gartner recently in October 2012?

A) DellB) HPC) LenovoD) Acer

2800 "Indian Air Force Day" is observed on?A) 1st OctoberB) 11th OctoberC) 8th OctoberD) 13th October

2801 Who is the new Law Minister for India after recent cabinet reshuffle in October 2012?

A) Salman KhurshidB) S. Jaipal ReddyC) VeerappaMoilyD) Ashwani Kumar

2802Which country has recently unveiled Asia's biggest radio telescope which can be used tocollect data from Satellites with higher accuracy?

A) JapanB) ChinaC) South KoreaD) India

2803Which Online portal/page Indian Railways has recently to track movements of all therunning trains across the country?

A) RailTrackerB) RailInquiryC) RailRunningInfoD) RailRadar

2804Who has been re-elected as the President of Venezuela for the third time in a row in October2012?

A) Henrique CaprilesB) FiedelKastroC) Hugo ChavezD) None of These




2805 India's overall retail inflation for September stood at?A) 9.9%B) 10.03%C) 9.79%D) 9.73%

2806 Which organization won the Nobel Peace Prize 2012?A) NATOB) European UnionC) UND) OPEC

2807Which brokerage house was responsible behind the crash of NSE index recently in October2012?

A) SharekhanB) Indiabulls securitiesC) Emkay GlobalD) MotilalOswal

2808 India defeated which country to win the ICC Women's T20 Asia cup 2012 in the final mathc?

A) PakistanB) BangladeshC) SrilankaD) China

2809What is the name of the major cyclone that hit South-East coast of India in October 2012 andaffected the states Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh severely?

A) KatrinaB) NilamC) IreneD) Sandy

2810 Who has been chosen as the India’s most powerful women CEO by Economic times for 2012?

A) ChandaKochharB) Kiran M ShawC) Naina Lal KidwaiD) Shikha Sharma

2811 Who have won the Nobel Prize 2012 in Physics field?

A) John Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka




B) Serge Haroche and Shinya YamanakaC) Serge Haroche and David WinelD) Robert Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka

2812Former German football captain Michael Ballack has announced his retirement fromprofession football. He played for which English football club?A) ChelseaB) Liver PoolC) Manchester UnitedD) Manchester City

2813Who has been appointed as the new head of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) cricketcommittee in October 2012 and he will succeed former West Indies Captain Clive Lloyd?

A) Sunil GavaskarB) Saurav GangulyC) Steve WaghD) Anil Kumble

2814 "World Post Office Day" is observed on?A) 1st OctoberB) 19th OctoberC) 11th OctoberD) 9th October

2815 India's IIP growth for August stood at?A) 2.1%B) 3.7%C) 2.7%D) 3.1%

2816Which Chinese writer won the he Nobel Prize 2012 in literature for his literary workregarding Chinese turbulent life?

A) Chen RanB) Mo YanC) Zhu XueqinD) Shing-Tung Yau

2817 India's total exports for September dropped by 11% to?A) USD 33.7 billionB) USD 41.8 billionC) USD 23.7 billion




D) USD 29.7 billion

2818 Who is CEO of eBay?A) Antonio M. PerezB) John DonahoeC) Rex TillersonD) Mark Zuckerberg

2819Which Indian has been awarded with the prestigious the Hoover Medal in 2012 for hisphilanthropic work?

A) AzimPremjiB) APJ Abdul KalamC) N R Narayana MurthyD) Adi Godrej

2820In October 2012, Global credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s has recently cut Spain’ssovereign credit rating by two notches to?

A) BBB-B) Baa3C) BBB+D) BB+

2821

Sachin Tendulkar has been conferred with the membership of the “Order of Australia” whichis very rare honor for Non-Australians in October 2012. Who else from India had received thesame award earlier?

A) Soli SorabjeeB) Sunil GavaskarC) rahulDravidD) None of These

2822What is the name of the major cyclone that hit North-East coast of USA in October 2012 andaffected the area?

A) KatrinaB) NilamC) IreneD) Sandy

2823Austrlian defeated Which Women Cricket team in the final to win the ICC Women’s WorldTwenty20 2012?

A) Sri LankaB) West Indies




C) PakistanD) England

2824 India’s headline inflation measured by the Wholesale Price Index for September stood at?

A) 7.81%B) 7.55%C) 7.31%D) 7.15%

2825Which Indian former cricketer has recently been awarded with C.K.Nayadu Lifetimeachievement award?

A) Kapil DevB) Rahul DravidC) Sunil GavaskarD) Sandeep Patil

2826 The Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by whom has cleared the Land Acquisition Bill?

A) A K AnthonyB) P ChidambaramC) Sharad PawarD) Kapil Sibal

2827Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapley have been awarded with the 2012 Nobel Prize in economics.They are from which country?

A) USAB) UKC) FranceD) None of These

2828 "World Food Day" is observed on?A) 16th OctoberB) 26th OctoberC) 6th OctoberD) 9th October

2829 Who has won the 2012 Booker prize for novel “Bring up the Bodies”?

A) JeetThayilB) Michael FraynC) Hilary MantelD) Deborah Levy




2830Which Country has recently reinstated its engagement with Gujarat Chief Minister NarendraModi after nearly 10 years?

A) JapanB) GermanyC) UKD) Hungary

2831 Yahoo has appointed whom as its next chief operating officer (COO) in October 2012?A) Fred AmorosoB) Marissa MayerC) Ross LevinsohnD) Henrique de Castro

2832After recent cabinet reshuffle in October 2012, JyotiradityaScindia is made the MoS(independent charge) of which sector?

A) PowerB) corporate affairsC) RailwaysD) Tourism

2833Global tech giant has recently opened its largest store in China. In which city the store wasopened?

A) SanghaiB) BeijingC) Hong KongD) None of These

2834 Who is CEO of IBM?A) Meg WhitmanB) Patricia A. WoertzC) Irene B. RosenfeldD) Virginia M. Rometty

2835 Who has won the Indian Grand Prix held in October 2012?A) Fernando AlonsoB) KimiRaikkonenC) Sebastian VettelD) Lewis Hamilton




2836Telecom company Softbank Corp has announced that it will acquire up to 70% in US basedmobile services provider Sprint Nextel Corp for nearly USD 20.1 billion in October 2012.Softbank Corp is based out of?A) GermanyB) UKC) ChinaD) Japan

2837Recently Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has officially launched Aadhar enabled ServiceDelivery to transfer subsidy directly. In which state it was launched?A) HaryanaB) MaharashtraC) RajasthanD) New Delhi

2838 India's food inflation for September stood at?A) 7.86%B) 9.14%C) 7.81%D) 10.22%

2839 Chinese inflation for September stood at?A) 2.3%B) 1.5%C) 1.9%D) 2.8%

2840Who has been appointed as the new Director General of the Central Reserve Police Force inOctober 2012?

A) K.Vijay KumarB) PranaySahayC) Harish MeenaD) None of These

2841US coffee chain giant Starbucks with collaboration of Tata Global Beverages (TGBL) hasopened their India’s first Starbucks coffee outlet in which city in October 2012?A) HyderabadB) BangaloreC) New DelhiD) Mumbai




28424th OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) World Forum wasrecently held in?

A) New DelhiB) SanghaiC) ParisD) New York

2843Recently Indian Hotels Company Ltd (IHCL) has made a bid of USD 1.42 billion in order toacquire US luxury hotels group Orient-Express Hotels in October 2012. Indian Hotelscompany belongs to which Hotel group of India?A) Leela GroupB) Oberoi GroupC) Tata SonsD) ITC Group

2844 "UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction" is observed on?

A) 1st OctoberB) 21st OctoberC) 8th OctoberD) 13th October

2845After recent cabinet reshuffle in October 2012, famous Telegu actor Chiranjeevi is made theMoS (independent charge) of which sector?

A) PowerB) corporate affairsC) RailwaysD) Tourism

2846 China’s GDP growth in the last July-September quarter stood at?

A) 8%B) 7.4%C) 7.6%D) 8.5%

2847 Who has been elected as the Prime Minister of Libya recently in October 2012?

A) Ali ZeidanB) Mohamed MagariafC) Abdurrahim El-KeibD) None of These

2848 Who has been recently appointed as the chairperson of Bank of India?




A) NupurMitraB) ShubhalakshmiPanseC) VijayalakshmiIyerD) None of These

2849Well Known executive Rajat Gupta has been recently sentenced to 2 years in prison for hisalleged involvement in Insider trading case. He is not directly associated with which MNC inthe list?

A) Goldman SachsB) P&GC) CitibankD) Mckinsey

2850Lance Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles he won and banned for lifeby the governing body of cycling due to his involvement in the doping scam. He belongs towhich country?

A) FranceB) UKC) USAD) Germany

2851The UK economy came back to growth from recession in the last quarter of July-September.Its GDP growth in the same quarter stood at?A) 0.1%B) 0.5%C) 1%D) 1.5%

2852Which Services company has been awarded with the Golden Peacock Award 2012 forexcellence in corporate governance in October 2012?

A) Infotech EnterprisesB) HULC) CMCD) Bokaro Steel Plant

2853 Who in the list won the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards 2012 in "Biological Sciences" field?A) GovindsamyMugeshB) Ravishankar NarayananC) Sandip BasuD) Shantanu Chowdhury




2854 T L Shankar Committee report is associated with which sector?A) Coal SectorB) Natural Gas sectorC) Steel SectorD) Banking Sector

2855India’s which business house has recently become India’s fist business house to achieve USD100 billion in revenues in October 2012?

A) RelianceB) Aditya Birla GroupC) Tata SonsD) Vedanta group

2856Which Indian pharma company has announced that it wants to acquire OctoPlus, Amsterdamfor nearly 27.39 million euros in October 2012?

A) CiplaB) RanbaxyC) Sun PharmaD) Dr Reddy’s Lab

2857Nirmal Bharat yatra was launched in October 2012. Who is the brand ambassador for thesame initiative?

A) Amir KhanB) Amitabh BachchanC) AiswaryaRaiBachchanD) Vidya Balan

2858 J K Rowling, new novel after harrypoter series?A) The Casual VacancyB) The Lost SymbolC) George EliotD) None of These

2859

US based global mass media giant Disney is going to acquire another US based filmproduction company Lucasfilm for nearly USD 4.05 billion. Which movie series is associatedwith the company Lucasfilm?

A) The BatmanB) The Toy StoryC) Star WarsD) Shreak




2860Joining other states which banned selling of Gutka, which state has recently banned the samefrom April 2013?

A) Uttar PradeshB) KarnatakaC) MaharashtraD) Tamil Nadu

2861 West Indies Cricket team defeated which country to win the ICC World Twenty20 cup in2012?A) Sri LankaB) PakistanC) AustraliaD) South Africa

2862 India’s foreign direct investment (FDI) was dropped to _______ in August?

A) USD 4.3 billionB) USD 2.83 billionC) USD 2.96 billionD) USD 2.26 billion

2863The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cut the cash reserve ratio (CRR) by 25 basis points to_______ during its monetary policy review meet in October 2012?

A) 4%B) 4.25%C) 4.5%D) 5%

2864RBI has kept Repo rate unchanged at _________ during its monetary policy review meet inOctober 2012?

A) 6.5%B) 7%C) 8%D) 7.5%

2865Who has led the Operation Blue Start at the Golden Temple in Amritsar in 1984 which drewhuge controversy among the sikh community across the world?

A) Jarnail Singh BhindranwaleB) Kuldeep Singh BrarC) Shabeg SinghD) KPS Gill




2866RBI has also lowered India's FY 2012-13 GDP growth forecast to ____ compared to earlierforecast of 6.5% during its monetary policy review meet in October 2012.A) 6%B) 5.8%C) 6.2%D) 5.5%

2867India’s Finance Minister P Chidambaram has recently rolled out his new Fiscal Consolidationplan in October 2012 in order to reduce fiscal deficit to ______ by 2016-17.A) 3.5%B) 3%C) 4%D) 2.5%

2868Hilary Mantel has won the 2012 Booker prize for novel “Bring up the Bodies” which is thesecond book in a historical trilogy. Earlier she won the Booker prize in which year as well forthe first novel in the trilogy named “Wolf Hall”?

A) 2010B) 2007C) 2008D) 2009

2869India’s Pankaj Advani has recently won World billiards title after defeating the defendingchampion Mike Russell by 1,895-1,216 in the final. This is his ______ world title so far.

A) 5thB) 7thC) 10thD) 9th

2870 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards is provided in which category?A) Social workB) LiteratureC) ArtsD) Sciene

2871 India’s former skipper Saurav Ganguly has announced his retirement from Domestic firstclass cricket and IPL matches as well. He has been part of which team for last 2 years?A) Deccan ChargersB) Pune WarriorC) Kolkata Knight RidersD) Chennai Super Kings




2872Which team won the Champions League T20 2012 title in October 2012?

A) Chennai Super KingsB) Sydney SixersC) LionsD) Mumbai Indians

2873After recent cabinet reshuffle in October 2012, who is the new MoS for Human ResourcesDevelopment?

A) ChiranjeeviB) S. Jaipal ReddyC) ShashiTharoorD) Ashwani Kumar

2874Which Indian Airlines has retained the number one position in the month of September aswell with market share of 27.2%?

A) IndigoB) Jet AirwaysC) Indian AirlinesD) Spice Jet

2875Minister of Human Resources Kapil Sibal has recently signed four memorandums ofunderstanding between education institutes with Minister of Tertiary Education, Skills andEmployment, Steven Joyce. The other country associated in the MoU is?

A) AustraliaB) New ZealandC) FranceD) UK

2876Industry chamber FICCI has appointed whom as its Secretary General with effect fromNovember 1?

A) Ramesh AbhishekB) Rajiv KumarC) A. Didar SinghD) Adi Godrej

2877SainaNehwal has defeated world No.1 Chinese Wang Yihan recently in which series?

A) Bangkok Open Super SeriesB) Malaysia Open Super SeriesC) Denmark Open Super Series PremierD) Beijing Open Super Series




2878India and which other country has recently announced the launch of nuclear negotiations fora civil nuclear deal that will enable the sale of uranium?

A) AustraliaB) New ZealandC) FranceD) UK

2879

Which formula one team has recently got into controversy for its decision to carry the logo ofItalian Navys flag on its cars at the Indian Grand Prix as a mark of support for the two Italianmarines held here as prisoners?

A) Red BullB) SauberC) FerrariD) Marcedez

2880Which famous ship that appeared in Hollywood movies like Pirates of the Caribbean: DeadMan's Chest has sinked due to Sandy?

A) HBS TitanicB) HBS BountyC) HMS MountyD) HMS Bounty

2881

China blocked access to the English as well as Chinese-language website of which magazineafter the website published article on the Prime Minister Wen Jiabao with a claim that he andhis family has created a total asset of at least US dollar 2.7 Million?

A) FortuneB) New York TimesC) ForbesD) Time

2882

India's top squash player JoshnaChinappa won the IJM Land Penang Open after defeating topmost squash player SitiMunirahJusoh in straight games on 30 October 2012. SitiMunirahJusohis from which country?

A) USAB) France




C) UKD) Malaysia

2883

Which state tops the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) list of being best-performingStates and Union territories in terms of environmental well-being released by PlanningCommission in October 2012?

A) Himachal PradeshB) ChandigarhC) UttarakhandD) Sikkim

2884

The well known educational programme known for training economically backward sectionfor the IIT-JEE, Super 30 has entered into an agreement with which University to sponsor itsstudent a chance to study there?

A) University of BeijingB) University of TokyoC) National University of SingaporeD) Oxford University

2885

The Supreme Court has lifted its interim ban on tourism in core areas of tiger reserves acrossthe country in October 2012. As per the new Guidelines, a maximum of ______ of the corearea is going to be outlined for regulated tourism.

A) 20%B) 15%C) 25%D) 10%

2886Films Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has recently announced its plan toestablish a National Museum of Indian Cinema (NMIC) in which Indian city?

A) BangaloreB) New DelhiC) HyderabadD) Mumbai

2887

Which New Zealand cricket player has claimed the top honour at the New Zealand CricketAwards the "Sir Richard Hadlee Medal" for 2011-12 recently?




A) Doug BracewellB) Ross TaylorC) Martin GuptillD) B Mccullam

2888 Who won Shanghai Rolex Masters final held in October 2012?A) Roger FedererB) Rafael NadalC) Andy MurrayD) Novak Djokovic

2889Who has been named as the "Player of the Tournament" in the recently held ICC T20 WorldCup 2012?

A) Kumar SangakaraB) Chris GayleC) Shane WatsonD) Sunil Narine

2890Who has been recently appointed as Secretary in Ministry of Micro, Small and MediumEnterprises (MSME) recently?

A) Rahul KhullarB) Vivek RaeC) Radha Krishna MathurD) S R Rao

2891

India was ranked at which position in the report on Global Hunger Index for seventh yearwhich was released in October 2012 by the International Food Policy Research Institute(IFPRI), Welthungerhilfe, and Concern Worldwide?

A) 57thB) 65thC) 36thD) 61st

2892Which global language made its official debut recently in October 2012 among one of theLanguages at Pope Benedict’s weekly general audiences?

A) HindiB) JapaneseC) ChineseD) Arabic




2893

Which Ministry has started a campaign named Nirmal Bharat Yatra which focuses on makingthe country free from open defecation recently in October 2012?

A) Ministry of Women and Child DevelopmentB) Ministry of Health and Family WelfareC) Ministry of Rural developmentD) Ministry of Urban development

2894First ever "International Day of the Girl Child" was observed on?

A) 19th OctoberB) 15th OctoberC) 11th OctoberD) 1st October

2895 KelkarCommitte report is associated with?A) FDI in TelecommunicationB) Fiscal consolidationC) Financial regulatory bodiesD) Norms for new banking license

2896Name the public sector lender that selected Metlife as its partner for a proposed foray into thelife insurance segment?

A) Punjab National BankB) State Bank of IndiaC) Central Bank of IndiaD) Bank of Baroda

2897Which Indian PSU bank in tune with its plans to expand its retail division in the UK enteredthe mortgage market in the country for the first time?

A) Punjab National BankB) State Bank of IndiaC) Central Bank of IndiaD) Bank of Baroda

2898 CMD of a Indian public sector bank is appointed by?A) Indian Banks AssociationB) Central Government




C) RBID) Bank's Board of Directors

2899Which of the following country is a member of G8 group of countries?A) RussiaB) IndiaC) ChinaD) South Africa

2900 The Inter-State Council in India is chaired by the?A) PresidentB) Prime MinisterC) Chief Justice of Supreme CourtD) Union Home Minister

2901 Which Indian economist is among the 26 people who have been appointed by the UN toadvise the world body on the global development agenda beyond 2015?A) Kaushik BasuB) SendhilMullainathanC) AmartyaSenD) Abhijit Banergee

2902 Which Indian University is known by "Oxford of the East"?A) Benaras Hindu UniversityB) JNUC) Allahabad UniversityD) Delhi University

2903Who has been selected for the Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award 2012?A) GautamBhaiB) Sunil DuttC) Wahiduddin KhanD) D. R. Mehta

2904 In India, the planning commission of a state, is chaired by?A) Prime MinisterB) Governor of the stateC) President




D) Chief Minister of the state

2905 Recently, Pakistan announced to confer its third highest civilian honour, Sitara-i-Imtiaz, towhom?A) JavedAkhtarB) Gopi Chand NarangC) GuljarD) Yash Chopra

2906 Nirmal Bharat Yatra is a?A) Girls education campaignB) sanitation campaignC) Education for all campaignD) Stop child marriage campaign

2907 Which Stock Exchanges has emerged as the world's largest in terms of the number of trades inequity segments for the first six months of the 2012?A) FTSE, UKB) NYSE, USAC) Nikkei, JapanD) NSE, India

2908Which in the list was the 100th mission of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)?A) PSLV C-12B) GSLV 7C) PSLV C- 16D) PSLV C-21

2909Who is the current president of SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry?A) KosalaWikramanayakeB) Vikramjit Singh SahaneyC) Mr. AnnisulHuqD) Ahmed Saleem

2910 Which of the following is a direct tax?A) Customs DutyB) Gift taxC) Sales tax




D) Excise Duty

Answers

Sl No. Question Answer

2701Who has recently been appointed as the Chairman of ForwardMarket Commission?

Ans) Ramesh Abhishek

2702India’s national football team defeated which country to winthe Nehru Cup for the third consecutive time in 2012?

Ans) Cameroon

2703 "Rose Day (Welfare of cancer patients)" is observed on? Ans) 22nd Sep

2704What is the name of the Aircraft carrier that China haslaunched recently? It has bought this Soviet made carrier fromUkraine.

Ans) Liaoning

2705Who has been recently awarded with 3 awards in the recentlyconcluded ICC Cricket Award 2012 including Cricketer of theyear award?

Ans) Kumar Sangakara

2706MCX-SX, the latest entity to set up a full-fledged stockexchange in India, has planned for a stock barometer indexnamed as?

Ans) SX-40

2707Who has been awarded with the "Business Leader of the year2012" award by the Economic Times in September 2012?

Ans) Anil Agarwal

2708BharatBenz Truck was launched in India by which globaltruckmaker?

Ans) Daimler

2709Which Indian actress has been recently appointed as the newgoodwill ambassador for joint United Nations Programme onHIV/AIDS in September 2012?

Ans) Aishwarya RaiBachchan

2710Which Country hosted the ICC T20 World Cup held inSeptember 2012?

Ans) Sri Lanka

2711 India's food inflation for August stood at? Ans) 9.14%

2712Who has been recently awarded with the "ICC Emergingplayer of the year" by ICC in September 2012?

Ans) Sunil Narine

2713Which commission was appointed by the Indian Governmentto check the illegal mining cases in different states includingKarnataka and Goa?

Ans) M.B. Shah commission

2714

S based award-winning digital production company; DigitalDomain Media Group (DDMG) has filed for bankruptcyprotection under chapter 11 of bankruptcy code. Which Indiancompany has partnered with the same?

Ans) Reliance MediaWorks

2715US'a Republican Party Presidential Candidate Mitt Romneywas the governor of which US state?

Ans) Massachusets




2716Who has been appointed as the new Chief Justice of India inSeptember 2012?

Ans) AltamasKabir

2717During its policy review meet on 17th September 2012, RBI hasreduced CRR by 25 bps to?

Ans) 4.50%

2718The 52nd National Open Athletics Championship was held inwhich City in India?

Ans) Chennai

2719Who is the new President of Somalia elected in September2012?

Ans) Hassan SheikhMohamud

2720While taking important reform steps in September 2012, TheUnion cabinet has allowed ___ FDI in Aviation?

Ans) 49%

2721Who heads the Cauvery River Authority looking after theCauvery realted dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu?

Ans) Prime Minister

2722Infosys has acquired consulting firm Lodestone Holding AGfor nearly 330 million in September 2012. This is based out ofwhich country?

Ans) Switzerland

2723Who has been recently appointed as the new Secretary generalof RajyaSabha in Septermber 2012?

Ans) Shumsher K Sheriff

2724Which country has recently honoured Malaysia's opponentparty leader Aung San SuuKyi with Congressional GoldMedal, one of its top Civilian Honour?

Ans) USA

2725Which Country topped the medal tally table in the recentlyconcluded London Paralympics in 2012?

Ans) China

2726During its policy review meet on 17th September 2012, RBI haskept repo rate unchanged at?

Ans) 8%

2727Under the recently launched Rajiv Gandhi Equity Scheme byGovernment, maximum permissibe investment amount byretail investors is?

Ans) Rs 50,000

2728What was China's rank in the list of countries in the GlobalCompetitive index 2012-13 published by the World EconomicForum in Septermber 2012?

Ans) 29th

2729While taking important reform steps in September 2012, TheUnion cabinet has Increased FDI in various streams ofbroadcast services to ____?

Ans) 74%

2730As per IRDA directive, Insurance companies have to completehow many years in business to raise capital through IPO?

Ans) 10 years

2731 "International Literacy Day (UNESCO)" is observed on? Ans) 8th Sep

2732Which country topped the list of countries in the GlobalCompetitive index 2012-13 published by the World EconomicForum in Septermber 2012?

Ans) Switzerland

273311 Indian publicly held companies are featured in the Forbes2012 list of 50 best publicly traded companies in Asia-Pacific.Which company in the list did not make to the list?

Ans) ICICI Bank




2734Which global Tech company has recently acquired a photoediting platform “Snapseed” in September 2012?

Ans) Google

2735Which film won the Golden Lion for Best Film at the 69thVenice Film Festival?

Ans) Pieta

2736Forbes magazine has published the list of wealthiestAmericans. Who has been ranked 1 in the list?

Ans) Bill Gates

2737The government has approved the disinvestment of somePublic Sector Units (PSUs) in September 2012. Which in the listis not among them?

Ans) SAIL

2738Who has been appointed as the World Bank's new countrydirector for India recently in September 2012?

Ans) OnnoRuhl

2739Who has been recently awarded with the "Spirit of Cricketaward" by ICC in September 2012?

Ans) Daniel Vettori

2740 "Engineers’ Day" is observed on? Ans) 15th Sep

2741Which country won the Nehru cup 2012 in Football held inSeptermber 2012?

Ans) India

2742 India's retail inflation for August stood at? Ans) 10.03%

2743Who has been selected as the new President of the IndianNewspaper Society for 2012-13?

Ans) KN Tilak Kumar

2744India's passenger car sales dropped by _____ in August, as perSIAM?

Ans) 19%

2745"The Company of the Year for 2012" sponsored by EconomicTimes has been awarded to which Indian Company?

Ans) HDFC Bank

2746Which Indian IT services company has acquired 51% stake inBharti Group-owned mobile value-added services (VAS)?

Ans) Tech Mahindra

2747Which Movie has been shortlisted as India’s official entry tothe Oscars for 2012?

Ans) Barfi!

2748Who has formally taken additional charge of the RailwayMinistry following resignation by the TMS MP and RailwayMinister Mukul Roy?

Ans) CP Joshi

2749Famous film actor SurendranathaThilakan passed away inSeptember 2012. He was a _____________ actor.

Ans) Malayalam

2750India’s Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) jumped by 60% in Julyto?

Ans) USD 1.76 billion

2751Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of the nationalselection committee of BCCI in September 2012?

Ans) Sandeep Patil

2752 India's core sector growth for August stood at? Ans) 2.1%

2753Yahoo has appointed __________ as its new Chief FinancialOfficer in September 2012?

Ans) Ken Goldman

2754 The 16th NAM (Non-Aligned Movement) summit was held in? Ans) Tehran




2755Reliance is all set to launch its breakthrough 4G platform bythe end 2012. It has signed which tech major to create its coretechnological framework?

Ans) Cisco

2756 Which Country won the ICC World Twenty20 cup 2012? Ans) West Indies

2757Who has been recently honoured with the James C MorganGlobal Humanitarian Award sponsored by the AppliedMaterials for his vision and humanitarian works?

Ans) N R Narayana Murthy

2758TCS has recently named whom as its new CFO from fromMarch 2013?

Ans) Rajesh Gopinathan

2759Who is the new External Affairs Minister for India after recentcabinet reshuffle in October 2012?

Ans) Salman Khurshid

2760Famous Bengali author and poet Sunil Gangopadhyay dies inOctober 2012. Which of the following award he did not own inLiterature?

Ans) Janpith Award

2761Which global Telecom company has merged its business withUS mobile carrier MetroPCS recently in October 2012?

Ans) T-Mobile

2762 Who is the CEO of Accenture? Ans) Pierre Nanterme

2763Which Company has acquired Viewdle, which is a leadingimaging and gesture recognition company recently in October2012?

Ans) Motorola

2764Former Pakistan Cricket team captain Imran Khan haslaunched which of the below political parties?

Ans) Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf

2765In its monetary policy review meet, The European CentralBank (ECB) has kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at?

Ans) 0.75%

2766Infosys has recently appointed whom as its new CFO effectivefrom November 2012?

Ans) Rajiv Bansal

2767Which Internaltional Airlines company has recently startedflight operation between India and US/UK in October 2012?

Ans) Virgin Atlantic

2768Two US Citizen have been jointly awarded with the NobelPrize 2012 in chemistry. One is Robert Lefkowitz, who is theother one?

Ans) Brian Kobilka

2769Which US Weekly magazine has recently announced topublish its final print edition on 31st December 2012 and to gofor only digital format and distribution from January 2013?

Ans) Newsweek

2770

India secure which rank in the list of top 10 locations foroutsourcing business operations in 2011 as per the listpublished by the global property consultant Jones LangLaSalle (JLL)?

Ans) 1st

2771Which film won the best film award in the 14th Mumbai FilmFestival?

Ans) Miss Lovely

2772Famous punjabi comedian and Actor JaspalBhatti died in atragic car accident in October 2012. What was his last film?

Ans) Power Cut




2773Which team won the ICC Women's T20 Asia cup 2012 recentlyheld in October 2012?

Ans) India

2774Who is the new Railway Minister for India after recent cabinetreshuffle in October 2012?

Ans) Pawan Kumar Bansal

2775Forbes magazine has listed which Indian as the World's richestIndian with net worth of USD 21 billion recently in October2012?

Ans) Mukesh Ambani

2776Who has been appointed as the new CEO of Citibank afterVikram Pandit stepped down as CEO of the third largest USbank?

Ans) Mike Corbat

2777 Which Indian Football team won the Federation Cup 2012? Ans) East Bengal

2778Who has become the fifth Indian Cueist to lift the world titletwice in the final of the World Billiards (Point Frame)Championship in Leeds, UK?

Ans) Rupesh Shah

2779Which India’s beauty and slimming services chain has recentlyacquired Malaysian company Wyann International in October2012?

Ans) VLCC

2780In a recent cabinet reshuffle, how many new ministers havebeen inducted by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh?

Ans) 17

2781British researcher John Gurdon and Japanese scientist ShinyaYamanaka won the Nobel Prize 2012 in Medicine for theirwork related to?

Ans) Stem cells

2782Which team won the ICC Women's T20 World cup 2012recently held in October 2012?

Ans) Australia

2783who has won the Formula One title race of the Japanese GrandPrix for the season 2012?

Ans) Sebastian Vettel

2784 "International Day for the Elderly" is observed on? Ans) 1st October

2785Which franchise has recently bought Deccan Chargers IPLteam in a fresh auction?

Ans) Sun TV

2786 US Unemployment rate for September 2012 stood at? Ans) 7.8%

2787Which Legendary bollywood film maker has died recently inOctober 2012 due to Dengue?

Ans) Yash Chopra

2788Who is the new Chairperson and MD of Allahabad Bankappointed in October 2012?

Ans) ShubhalakshmiPanse

2789Which country hosted the ICC Women's T20 Asia cup 2012recently held in October 2012?

Ans) China

2790The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lowered India’sgrowth forecast to ___ for the current financial year 2012-13

Ans) 4.9%

2791Who has recently won the “Denmark Open Super SeriesPremier” title in October 2012?

Ans) SainaNehwal

2792Which Kannada writer has been awarded with the 46thJnanpth Award in October 2012?

Ans) Chandrasekhar Kambar




2793Which bollywood actor is the new brand ambassador of WestBengal who has recently appeared in a video to promote thebrand?

Ans) Shahrukh Khan

2794ArvindKejriwal had recently accused which Indian real estatecompany which has provided unsecured loan to Robert Vadraand involved in illegal land deals?

Ans) DLF

2795Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of Institute ofRural Management (IRMA) in October 2012?

Ans) Deep Joshi

2796MonishaKaltenborn has become the first woman teamprincipal of which Formula 1 team recently in October 2012?

Ans) Sauber

2797Which famous Formula 1 driver has recently announced hisretirement after the current 2012 session?

Ans) Michael Schumacher

2798Which global bank has announced to acquire ING Direct UKretail banking division recently in October 2012?

Ans) Barclays

2799Which PC maker has emerged as the Number 1 player in theworld as per the research data published by the IT researchfirm Gartner recently in October 2012?

Ans) Lenovo

2800 "Indian Air Force Day" is observed on? Ans) 8th October

2801Who is the new Law Minister for India after recent cabinetreshuffle in October 2012?

Ans) Ashwani Kumar

2802Which country has recently unveiled Asia's biggest radiotelescope which can be used to collect data from Satellites withhigher accuracy?

Ans) China

2803Which Online portal/page Indian Railways has recently totrack movements of all the running trains across the country?

Ans) RailRadar

2804Who has been re-elected as the President of Venezuela for thethird time in a row in October 2012?

Ans) Hugo Chavez

2805 India's overall retail inflation for September stood at? Ans) 9.73%

2806 Which organization won the Nobel Peace Prize 2012? Ans) European Union

2807Which brokerage house was responsible behind the crash ofNSE index recently in October 2012?

Ans) Emkay Global

2808India defeated which country to win the ICC Women's T20Asia cup 2012 in the final mathc?

Ans) Pakistan

2809What is the name of the major cyclone that hit South-East coastof India in October 2012 and affected the states Tamil Naduand Andhra Pradesh severely?

Ans) Nilam

2810Who has been chosen as the India’s most powerful womenCEO by Economic times for 2012?

Ans) ChandaKochhar

2811Who have won the Nobel Prize 2012 in Physics field? Ans) Serge Haroche and

David Winel




2812Former German football captain Michael Ballack hasannounced his retirement from profession football. He playedfor which English football club?

Ans) Chelsea

2813Who has been appointed as the new head of the InternationalCricket Council’s (ICC) cricket committee in October 2012 andhe will succeed former West Indies Captain Clive Lloyd?

Ans) Anil Kumble

2814 "World Post Office Day" is observed on? Ans) 9th October

2815 India's IIP growth for August stood at? Ans) 2.7%

2816Which Chinese writer won the he Nobel Prize 2012 inliterature for his literary work regarding Chinese turbulentlife?

Ans) Mo Yan

2817 India's total exports for September dropped by 11% to? Ans) USD 23.7 billion2818 Who is CEO of eBay? Ans) John Donahoe

2819Which Indian has been awarded with the prestigious theHoover Medal in 2012 for his philanthropic work?

Ans) N R Narayana Murthy

2820In October 2012, Global credit rating agency Standard & Poor’shas recently cut Spain’s sovereign credit rating by two notchesto?

Ans) BBB-

2821

Sachin Tendulkar has been conferred with the membership ofthe “Order of Australia” which is very rare honour for Non-Australians in October 2012. Who else from India had receivedthe same award earlier?

Ans) Soli Sorabjee

2822What is the name of the major cyclone that hit North-East coastof USA in October 2012 and affected the area?

Ans) Sandy

2823Austrlian defeated Which Women Cricket team in the final towin the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 2012?

Ans) England

2824India’s headline inflation measured by the Wholesale PriceIndex for September stood at?

Ans) 7.81%

2825Which Indian former cricketer has recently been awarded withC.K.Nayadu Lifetime achievement award?

Ans) Sunil Gavaskar

2826The Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by whom has clearedthe Land Acquisition Bill?

Ans) Sharad Pawar

2827Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapley have been awarded with the2012 Nobel Prize in economics. They are from which country?

Ans) USA

2828 "World Food Day" is observed on? Ans) 16th October

2829Who has won the 2012 Booker prize for novel “Bring up theBodies”?

Ans) Hilary Mantel

2830Which Country has recently reinstated its engagement withGujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi after nearly 10 years?

Ans) UK

2831Yahoo has appointed whom as its next chief operating officer(COO) in October 2012?

Ans) Henrique de Castro




2832After recent cabinet reshuffle in October 2012,JyotiradityaScindia is made the MoS (independent charge) ofwhich sector?

Ans) Power

2833Global tech giant has recently opened its largest store in China.In which city the store was opened?

Ans) Beijing

2834 Who is CEO of IBM? Ans) Virginia M. Rometty

2835 Who has won the Indian Grand Prix held in October 2012? Ans) Sebastian Vettel

2836

Telecom company Softbank Corp has announced that it willacquire up to 70% in US based mobile services provider SprintNextel Corp for nearly USD 20.1 billion in October 2012.Softbank Corp is based out of?

Ans) Japan

2837Recently Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has officiallylaunched Aadhar enabled Service Delivery to transfer subsidydirectly. In which state it was launched?

Ans) Rajasthan

2838 India's food inflation for September stood at? Ans) 7.86%

2839 Chinese inflation for September stood at? Ans) 1.9%

2840Who has been appointed as the new Director General of theCentral Reserve Police Force in October 2012?

Ans) PranaySahay

2841US coffee chain giant Starbucks with collaboration of TataGlobal Beverages (TGBL) has opened their India’s firstStarbucks coffee outlet in which city in October 2012?

Ans) Mumbai

28424th OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation andDevelopment) World Forum was recently held in?

Ans) New Delhi

2843

Recently Indian Hotels Company Ltd (IHCL) has made a bidof USD 1.42 billion in order to acquire US luxury hotels groupOrient-Express Hotels in October 2012. Indian Hotels companybelongs to which Hotel group of India?

Ans) Tata Sons

2844"UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction" isobserved on?

Ans) 13th October

2845After recent cabinet reshuffle in October 2012, famous Teleguactor Chiranjeevi is made the MoS (independent charge) ofwhich sector?

Ans) Tourism

2846China’s GDP growth in the last July-September quarter stoodat?

Ans) 7.4%

2847Who has been elected as the Prime Minister of Libya recentlyin October 2012?

Ans) Ali Zeidan

2848Who has been recently appointed as the chairperson of Bank ofIndia?

Ans) VijayalakshmiIyer

2849

Well Known executive Rajat Gupta has been recentlysentenced to 2 years in prison for his alleged involvement inInsider trading case. He is not directly associated with whichMNC in the list?

Ans) Citibank




2850

Lance Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de Francetitles he won and banned for life by the governing body ofcycling due to his involvement in the doping scam. He belongsto which country?

Ans) USA

2851The UK economy came back to growth from recession in thelast quarter of July-September. Its GDP growth in the samequarter stood at?

Ans) 1%

2852Which Services company has been awarded with the GoldenPeacock Award 2012 for excellence in corporate governance inOctober 2012?

Ans) Infotech Enterprises

2853Who in the list won the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards 2012in "Biological Sciences" field?

Ans) Shantanu Chowdhury

2854 T L Shankar Committee report is associated with which sector? Ans) Coal Sector

2855India’s which business house has recently become India’s fistbusiness house to achieve USD 100 billion in revenues inOctober 2012?

Ans) Tata Sons

2856Which Indian pharma company has announced that it wants toacquire OctoPlus, Amsterdam for nearly 27.39 million euros inOctober 2012?

Ans) Dr Reddy’s Lab

2857Nirmal Bharat yatra was launched in October 2012. Who is thebrand ambassador for the same initiative?

Ans) Vidya Balan

2858 J K Rowling, new novel after harrypoter series? Ans) The Casual Vacancy

2859

US based global mass media giant Disney is going to acquireanother US based film production company Lucasfilm fornearly USD 4.05 billion. Which movie series is associated withthe company Lucasfilm?

Ans) Star Wars

2860Joining other states which banned selling of Gutka, which statehas recently banned the same from April 2013?

Ans) Uttar Pradesh

2861West Indies Cricket team defeated which country to win theICC World Twenty20 cup in 2012?

Ans) Sri Lanka

2862India’s foreign direct investment (FDI) was dropped to _______in August?

Ans) USD 2.26 billion

2863The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cut the cash reserve ratio(CRR) by 25 basis points to _______ during its monetary policyreview meet in October 2012?

Ans) 4.25%

2864RBI has kept Repo rate unchanged at _________ during itsmonetary policy review meet in October 2012?

Ans) 8%

2865Who has led the Operation Blue Start at the Golden Temple inAmritsar in 1984 which drew huge controversy among the sikhcommunity across the world?

Ans) Kuldeep Singh Brar




2866RBI has also lowered India's FY 2012-13 GDP growth forecastto ____ compared to earlier forecast of 6.5% during itsmonetary policy review meet in October 2012.

Ans) 5.8%

2867India’s Finance Minister P Chidambaram has recently rolledout his new Fiscal Consolidation plan in October 2012 in orderto reduce fiscal deficit to ______ by 2016-17.

Ans) 3%

2868

Hilary Mantel has won the 2012 Booker prize for novel “Bringup the Bodies” which is the second book in a historical trilogy.Earlier she won the Booker prize in which year as well for thefirst novel in the trilogy named “Wolf Hall”?

Ans) 2009

2869India’s Pankaj Advani has recently won World billiards titleafter defeating the defending champion Mike Russell by 1,895-1,216 in the final. This is his ______ world title so far.

Ans) 7th

2870Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards is provided in whichcategory?

Ans) Sciene

2871India’s former skipper Saurav Ganguly has announced hisretirement from Domestic first class cricket and IPL matches aswell. He has been part of which team for last 2 years?

Ans) Pune Warrior

2872which team won the Champions League T20 2012 title inOctober 2012?

Ans) Sydney Sixers

2873After recent cabinet reshuffle in October 2012, who is the newMoS for Human Resources Development?

Ans) ShashiTharoor

2874Which Indian Airlines has retained the number one position inthe month of September as well with market share of 27.2%?

Ans) Indigo

2875

Minister of Human Resources Kapil Sibal has recently signedfour memorandums of understanding between educationinstitutes with Minister of Tertiary Education, Skills andEmployment, Steven Joyce. The other country associated in theMoU is?

Ans) New Zealand

2876Industry chamber FICCI has appointed whom as its SecretaryGeneral with effect from November 1?

Ans) A. Didar Singh

2877SainaNehwal has defeated world No.1 Chinese Wang Yihanrecently in which series?

Ans) Denmark Open SuperSeries Premier

2878India and which other country has recently announced thelaunch of nuclear negotiations for a civil nuclear deal that willenable the sale of uranium?

Ans) Australia

2879

Which formula one team has recently got into controversy forits decision to carry the logo of Italian Navys flag on its cars atthe Indian Grand Prix as a mark of support for the two Italianmarines held here as prisoners?

Ans) Ferrari




2880Which famous ship that appeared in Hollywood movies likePirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest has sinked due toSandy?

Ans) HMS Bounty

2881

China blocked access to the English as well as Chinese-language website of which magazine after the websitepublished article on the Prime Minister Wen Jiabao with aclaim that he and his family has created a total asset of at leastUS dollar 2.7 Million?

Ans) New York Times

2882

India's top squash player JoshnaChinappa won the IJM LandPenang Open after defeating top most squash playerSitiMunirahJusoh in straight games on 30 October 2012.SitiMunirahJusoh is from which country?

Ans) Malaysia

2883

Which state tops the Environmental Performance Index (EPI)list of being best-performing States and Union territories interms of environmental well-being released by PlanningCommission in October 2012?

Ans) Uttarakhand

2884

The well known educational programme known for trainingeconomically backward section for the IIT-JEE, Super 30 hasentered into an agreement with which University to sponsor itsstudent a chance to study there?

Ans) University of Tokyo

2885

The Supreme Court has lifted its interim ban on tourism incore areas of tiger reserves across the country in October 2012.As per the new Guidelines, a maximum of ______ of the corearea is going to be outlined for regulated tourism.

Ans) 20%

2886Films Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting hasrecently announced its plan to establish a National Museum ofIndian Cinema (NMIC) in which Indian city?

Ans) Mumbai

2887

Which New Zealand cricket player has claimed the top honourat the New Zealand Cricket Awards the "Sir Richard HadleeMedal" for 2011-12 recently?

Ans) Martin Guptill

2888 Who won Shanghai Rolex Masters final held in October 2012? Ans) Novak Djokovic

2889Who has been named as the "Player of the Tournament" in therecently held ICC T20 World Cup 2012?

Ans) Shane Watson

2890Who has been recently appointed as Secretary in Ministry ofMicro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) recently?

Ans) Vivek Rae

2891

India was ranked at which position in the report on GlobalHunger Index for seventh year which was released in October2012 by the International Food Policy Research Institute(IFPRI), Welthungerhilfe, and Concern Worldwide?

Ans) 65th




2892Which global language made its official debut recently inOctober 2012 among one of the Languages at Pope Benedict’sweekly general audiences?

Ans) Arabic

2893

Which Ministry has started a campaign named Nirmal BharatYatra which focuses on making the country free from opendefecation recently in October 2012?

Ans) Ministry of Ruraldevelopment

2894First ever "International Day of the Girl Child" was observedon?

Ans) 11th October

2895 KelkarCommitte report is associated with? Ans) Fiscal consolidation

2896Name the public sector lender that selected Metlife as itspartner for a proposed foray into the life insurance segment?

Ans) Punjab National Bank

2897Which Indian PSU bank in tune with its plans to expand itsretail division in the UK entered the mortgage market in thecountry for the first time?

Ans) State bank of India

2898 CMD of a Indian public sector bank is appointed by? Ans) Central Government

2899 Which of the following country is a member of G8 group ofcountries? Ans) Russia

2900 The Inter-State Council in India is chaired by the? Ans) Prime Minister

2901Which Indian economist is among the 26 people who havebeen appointed by the UN to advise the world body on theglobal development agenda beyond 2015? Ans) Abhijit Banergee

2902 Which Indian University is known by "Oxford of the East"? Ans) Allahabad University

2903 Who has been selected for the Rajiv Gandhi NationalSadbhavana Award 2012? Ans) D. R. Mehta

2904 In India, the planning commission of a state, is chaired by?Ans) Chief Minister of thestate

2905 Recently, Pakistan announced to confer its third highestcivilian honour, Sitara-i-Imtiaz, to whom? Ans) Gopi Chand Narang

2906 Nirmal Bharat Yatra is a? Ans) sanitation campaign

2907Which Stock Exchanges has emerged as the world's largest interms of the number of trades in equity segments for the firstsix months of the 2012? Ans) NSE, India

2908 Which in the list was the 100th mission of Indian SpaceResearch Organisation (ISRO)? Ans) PSLV C-21

2909 Who is the current president of SAARC Chamber ofCommerce and Industry?

Ans) Vikramjit SinghSahaney

2910 Which of the following is a direct tax? Ans) Gift tax


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