Current Affairs Daily Doze- By Man Mohan Joshi
Who will succeed Sony's CEO Howard Stringer?
Kazuo Hirai
Name the Pakistani cricketer who was released from jail because of good behaviour after
serving half of his 6 month sentence.
Mohammad Aamer
Which author's autobiography release was cancelled at the Kolkata Book Fair?
Taslima Nasreen
Name the luxury watch collection launched by Seiko Watch India at a price range of
Rs.1-5 lakh per piece.
Ananta
What value of overseas inflow was injected into Indian markets in January 2012?
Rs.26,000 crore (US$5.08 billion)
Which guidelines have SEBI notified allowing companies to reduce promoter
shareholding through private placement?
Institutional Placement Programme (IPP)
Which company will acquire full control of UTV Software and Communications Ltd.?
US-based Walt Disney
What is the value of IPO filed by Facebook?
$5 billion
Expand SAR.
Specific Absorption Rate
Who was awarded 'Pride of India' award by the Indian-American community in
Washington?
Mallikarjun Kharge
Name the book launched by Sonu Nigam authored by Priya Kumar.
The Perfect World
Which Italian luxury brand is looking to bring its high-end homeware and furnishings
retail stores to India?
Giorgio Armani
Which country announced 3-day national mourning following violence at a football
stadium in Port Said?
Egypt
Name the Florida origin boxer who died recently.
Angelo Dundee
Which bollywood actor was honoured with a Green Globe award for outstanding effort to
fight climate change?
Abhishek Bachchan
Name the singer who has been appointed as anti-tobacco campaign ambassador.
Playback Singer Shann
Name the car model unveiled by Sahara Force India.
VJM05
What award was conferred to Amul company in the manufacturing category recently?
Green Globe Foundation award
Who have been selected for the Bharat Vikas Rathna award by the All India Business
Development Association, New Delhi?
C Basavegowda, President, Mysore and Chamarajanagar District Co-operative Central
Bank Ltd.
Who will be the only Indian driver in the Formula One for 2012 season after signing to
continue with Hispania Racing (HRT)?
Narain Karthikeyan
Name the British energy minister who resigned recently.
Chris Huhne
Name the car launched by Ferrari for 2012 F1 season?
F2012
Name the CEO of Micron Technology who died in a plane crash and who has been
appointed as CEO?
Steve Appleton and Mark Durcan
In which country have UN declared end of famine?
Somalia
Which social networking site turned 8 recently?
Facebook
Who has been appointed as Executive Director of Corporation Bank?
Amar Lal
Who won the World Squash Federation under-21 world cup?
Egypt against India 2-1
How many years did Britain's Queen Elizabeth II complete on throne?
60 years
Name the Managing Director of Kanan Devan Hills Plantations Company Pvt. Ltd. who
passed away.
T.V.Alexander
Which 3-day youth festival is back after a gap of 7 years in Jaipur?
Ghoomar
Name the Spanish cyclist who is suspended for 2 years for a doping offence during the
2010 Tour de France.
Alberto Contador
Who won the Champions Trophy women's hockey tournament for the 5th time?
Argentina
Name the Romanian Prime Minister who quit recently.
Emil Boc
Name the Managing Director and CEO of Dhanlaxmi Bank who quit recently.
Amitabh Chaturvedi
Name the Mumbai-based historian who passed away recently.
Sharada Dwivedi
Name the science communicator who passed away recently.
R.D.Sharma
In which currency is India set to pay for 45% of Iran oil imports?
Rupee
Name the Maldives President who was appointed after Mohamed Nasheed quit.
Mohammad Waheed Hassan
Who has been appointed as Chief executive operations for China's Walmart?
Greg Foran
Name the novelist whose 200th birthday ceremony was observed led by Prince Charles.
Chalres Dickens
Which company renewed sponsorship deal with Indian hockey team?
Sahara
Which singer is launching her own social networking website exclusively for her fans?
Lady Gaga
Name the book featuring the problems of NRI's living in Gulf countries released by
Mohammed Ali Shabbir and written by Mohammed Saifuddin.
Expat Ride
Who resigned as England's football manager?
Fabio Capello
Which country released world's highest resolution lunar images taken by its 2nd moon
orbiter, Chang'e-2?
China
What is S&P's downgraded rating of Japanese electronics and entertainment company
Sony?
BBB+ from A-
Where has the tyre maker Ceat planned to set up its plant investing upto Rs.250 crore?
Bangladesh
What percentage of the world's mangrove vegetation does India account for?
3%
Which place in Tamil Nadu is all set to get 4th Science Park?
Coimbatore
Name the Indian American orthodontist who was honoured with 'Hind Rattan Award'.
Dr.Gagan Balla
What sum of amount is National Housing Bank set to receive from World Bank which
would help in its refinancing programme?
$300 million(Rs.1,500 crore)
Name the newly elected President of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and
Industry (FICCI)?
R.V.Kanoria
Which cricket batting legend is been inducted into ICC Hall of Fame?
Sunil Gavaskar
Name the commission setup in accordance with Section 74 of the Meghalaya Police Act.
Police Accountability Commission
What sum of amount has Bank of England set to pump into economy?
50 billion pounds
Name the electronics retailer bought by Flipkart for $25 million.
Letsbuy
When is Windows 8 set to be released by Microsoft?
February 29th 2012
Where was Pele's statue unveiled recently?
L'Amitie stadium in Libreville
Which company will stop making digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital
picture frames?
Eastman Kodak Co. (Kodak)
Name the German's 1997 Tour de France winner who received 2-year ban for a blood
doping offence.
Jan Ullrich
Who was honoured with Lata Mangehkar award by the Madhya Pradesh government
recently?
Rajesh Roshan
Name the site launched by an Italian computer science professor who hopes it will be a
challenge to the US technology giant Google.
Volunia (www.volunia.com)
Which bank is set to launch India's first Infrastructure Debt Fund (IDF)?
IDBI bank
Where is the wax sculpture of Novak Djokovic revealed?
Central Serbian town of Jagodina
Who has been appointed as non-executive chairman for India operations by Vodafone?
Analjit Singh
Name the bollywood writer-filmmaker who passed away recently.
O.P.Dutta
Why zebras have black and white stripes (recently solved mystery)?
To keep blood-sucking files away
Which economist is named for US Humanities medal?
Amartya Sen
Who is the first Indian defence minister to visit Saudi Arabia?
A.K.Antony
How many Italian banks S&P rating was downgraded recently?
34
Name the former secretary-general of Basketball Federation of India who passed away
recently.
Harish Sharma
Name the US-based pop music queen who died recently.
Whitney Houston
Bearing whose image is South Africa set to launch bank notes?
Nelson Mandela, first President of South Africa
Who won their first-ever Africa Cup of Nations title in soccer tournament?
Zambia
How many gold did India win at the Kung-Fu event in Nepal?
6
Which company has tied up with Yahoo India to deliver digital content in Bengali for the
website bengali.yahoo.com?
Ananda Bazar Patrika
Who won the women's doubles event at the Pattaya Open 2012?
Sania Mirza and Anastasia Rodionova
Who has been elected as Deputy Chief of Indian Army?
Lt.Gen.Ramesh Halgali
Who was honoured with a posthumous Grammy award for his contributions to the music
industry in area other than performance?
Steve Jobs
What percentage is the planned road tax for vehicles across India?
6%
Who has been appointed as the Managing Director for India and SAARC operations by
McAfee?
Jagdish Mahapatra
Who will replace Eric Simons as Indian cricket bowling coach?
Australian, Joe Dawes
Who took over as president of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India for the year
2012-13?
Jaydeep Shah
Name the renowned Urdu poet who passed away after battling lung cancer recently.
Akhlaq Mohammad Khan
Name the Karnataka Higher Education Minister who passed away in Bangalore recently.
V.S.Acharya
Who was honoured with Serbia's highest honour, the Karadjordje Star medal?
Novak Djokovic
Name the cyclonic storm that has hit Madagascar.
Cyclone Giovanna
Which Asian country is ready to increase its participation to help solve EU debt crisis?
China
At what value has Bank of Japan set to expand its asset purchase programme?
10tn yen($130 billion)
Name the actor who was presented with a National Medal of Arts for his contributions to
American culture.
Al Pacino
Where has JSW Energy planned to setup 450-600MW coal-fired plant?
South Africa
Name the 2 recently-retired football national team veterans who were felicitated by All
India Football Federation.
Climax Lawrence and Mahesh Gawli
With which US-based company did TTK Prestige Ltd. tie up recently?
World Kitchen
Name 3 dual-SIM Android smartphones unveiled by Samsung recently.
Galaxy Ace Duos, Galaxy Y Pro Duos and Galaxy Y Duos
What tax would be applied for vehicles entering Shimla from outside?
Green Tax, applicable from February 20th 2012
Name the renowned Punjabi comedian who would be honoured with Gopal Sehgal
Award at the Punjabi film festival to be held in Amritsar.
Jaswinder Bhalla
In which country did Apple lose iPad copyright battle?
China
Name the Indian-American who was awarded with most powerful woman of California
award.
Shefali Razdan Duggal
Name India's first tablet magazine launched by Times Internet Limited.
Tweek
Which east Indian state would be promoted as festival tourism destination?
Arunachal Pradesh
Which Australian cricketer retired form all form of cricket?
Andrew Symonds
Which 3 countries met in Islamabad to focus on regional cooperation and seek peace and
stability?
Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran
What is the new variant of Sumo launched by Tata Motors?
Sumo Gold
Where in Kerala a rail coach factory was approved by Union cabinet?
Palakkad coach factory
Who is appointed as Managing director of Xerox for its India operations?
Rajat Jain
Name the Sri Lankan cricketer who completed 10,000 ODI runs.
Kumar Sangakkara
Who has been selected as CEO of Prasar Bharati?
Jawhar Sircar
Name the 100 year old who set cycling record by riding 24.25km in an hour.
Robert Marchand, a French cyclist
Name the German President who quit over a loan scandal.
Christian Wulff
Name the Indian-born professor who became first recipient of Gunnerus Sustainability
Award.
Kamal Bawa
Which Brazilian auto parts manufacturer joined the Sahara Force India team as an official
partner for the 2012 season?
Aethra
What is the new service launched by Barclays bank for transferring money from one
account to any other account-holder in the UK?
Pingit
What is the record high of food production expected to exceed at the end of the Eleventh
Five Year Plan ending March 31st 2012?
250 million tonnes
To which country's have Iran stopped oil exports?
Britain and France
Which PSU bank recently introduced account portability(transfer of account from one
branch with same account number) facility?
Indian Bank
Who will launch the Sunday version of The Sun daily national newspaper published in
Britain?
Rupert Murdoch, Chairman, News Corporation
Name the Australian Ex-Captain who retired from One-day cricket.
Ricky Ponting
What is the salary limit where salaried employees will not be required to file income tax
returns for assessment year 2012-13?
Rs.5 lakh
Who was named the Professional Golf Tour of India's Rolex Player of the Year?
Chiragh Kumar
Name the Sri Lankan cricket commentator and former first-class cricketer who passed
away.
Ranil Abeynaike
Name the Liberia's Italian football coach who was dropped after the national teams
defeat.
Roberto Landi
Which company has RIL joined to produce one lakh tonnes of butyl rubber a year in
Jamnagar?
SIBUR
At what value Eurozone approved second bailout for Greece?
130 billion euros(172 billion dollars)
Which bank would give Rs.1,650 crore relief package for Kingfisher Airlines?
SBI
Name the Australian foreign minister who resigned recently.
Kevid Rudd
Which Dubai based telecom company has decided to shut India operations?
Etisalat
What place does India hold globally in terms of economic confidence index?
Fourth
With which US motorcycle firm has Hero MotoCorp signed a technology-sharing deal?
Erik Buell Racing
Name the freedom fighter with picture of whom Rs.5 coin would be introduced by RBI.
Bhagat Singh
Who has been selected for Janapada Shri Award for her contributions to the development
of Burrakatha?
Burrakatha Eramma
Name the service launched by Airtel to its mobile subscribers to make payment of utility
bills, pay at merchant outlets and transfer money to another person in 300 cities in India.
Airtel Money
Which Indian vaccine manufacturer who has joined Emzor Pharma of Nigeria to help the
country fight polio? Name the vaccine for the protection against the disease.
Panacea Biotec, Polprotec
Name the Bangalore-based Hindustani vocalist who passed away recently.
Lalita Shivaram Udhayaker
In which housing finance major did Citi sell its stake for Rs.9,327 crore?
HDFC
Name the bollywood producer who has been invited to speak at the Harvard India
Conference 2012?
Ritesh Sidwani
Name the news search engine introduced by Rediff.com website.
Relatime News Search
Which Asian country was recently taken off the list of polio endemic countries by the
World Health Organisation?
India
Which company is Vedanta set to merge with Sesa Goa?
Sterlite
Where in India 9-day 20th World Book Fair is held?
New Delhi
Where does India's forex reserves stand for the week ended 17th February 2012?
$293.44 billion
Name the operating system launched by Black Berry-maker Research in Motion for its
PlayBook tablet.
PlayBook OS 2.0
Name the cricketer who was honoured with lifetime membership of the Sydney Cricket
Ground.
Sachin Tendulkar
Which country has been ranked as the world's richest country in the list compiled by US
magazine Forbes?
Qatar
Which country did India beat to qualify for London Olympics men's hockey 2012?
France
Name the Italian luxury brand which has entered into Indian market and opened its first
store in Mumbai.
Frette
Name the cricketer who would be inducted into Australian Cricket Hall of Fame.
Shane Warne
Name the service that is to be launched by Times Group to enable viewers to watch
movies and TV shows online.
BoxTV.com
Which 3 Indian companies topped the top 100 list of arms manufactures released by
disarmament watchdog SIPRI for 2012?
HAL, BEL and Ordanance Factories Board (OFB)
Name the football player who led India to the gold in the inaugural Asian Games in New
Delhi who passed away recently.
Sailendra Nath Manna
Who won the Allan Border medal (Australia cricketer of the year) award 2012?
Michael Clarke
Which west Asian country approved for new constitution recently?
Syria
Which model of Nokia phone has been built with 41-megapixel sensor camera?
Nokia 808 Pureview camera phone
Name the chief appointed for Pakistan Air Force.
Air Marshal Tahir Rafiq Butt
Which company signed a long-term agreement to supply 250 MW power to Bangladesh
Power Development Board?
NTPC
What value of second bailout pacakge did German parliament pass for Greece to help the
country avoid a default?
130 billion euros ($174.4 billion)
Name the digital music store launched by flipkart.com.
Flyte
Where in India was the inaugural World Series Hockey tournament held?
Chandigarh
Which company bagged Airtel's network deal for Maharashtra?
Nokia Siemens
Who has been appointed as chairman of MindTree?
Subroto Bagchi
Name the online property search portal launched by HDFC in Kolkata
HDFC Red
Who resigned as PepsiCo India Foods CEO?
Varun Berry
Name the application launched by Vigyan Prasar and IGNOU as a free SMS service for
mobile users that delivers content on science and related areas.
Science@Mobile
Who will succeed Sony's CEO Howard Stringer?
Kazuo Hirai
Name the Pakistani cricketer who was released from jail because of good behaviour after
serving half of his 6 month sentence.
Mohammad Aamer
Which author's autobiography release was cancelled at the Kolkata Book Fair?
Taslima Nasreen
Name the luxury watch collection launched by Seiko Watch India at a price range of
Rs.1-5 lakh per piece.
Ananta
What value of overseas inflow was injected into Indian markets in January 2012?
Rs.26,000 crore (US$5.08 billion)
Which guidelines have SEBI notified allowing companies to reduce promoter
shareholding through private placement?
Institutional Placement Programme (IPP)
Which company will acquire full control of UTV Software and Communications Ltd.?
US-based Walt Disney
What is the value of IPO filed by Facebook?
$5 billion
Expand SAR.
Specific Absorption Rate
Who was awarded 'Pride of India' award by the Indian-American community in
Washington?
Mallikarjun Kharge
Name the book launched by Sonu Nigam authored by Priya Kumar.
The Perfect World
Which Italian luxury brand is looking to bring its high-end homeware and furnishings
retail stores to India?
Giorgio Armani
Which country announced 3-day national mourning following violence at a football
stadium in Port Said?
Egypt
Name the Florida origin boxer who died recently.
Angelo Dundee
Which bollywood actor was honoured with a Green Globe award for outstanding effort to
fight climate change?
Abhishek Bachchan
Name the singer who has been appointed as anti-tobacco campaign ambassador.
Playback Singer Shann
Name the car model unveiled by Sahara Force India.
VJM05
What award was conferred to Amul company in the manufacturing category recently?
Green Globe Foundation award
Who have been selected for the Bharat Vikas Rathna award by the All India Business
Development Association, New Delhi?
C Basavegowda, President, Mysore and Chamarajanagar District Co-operative Central
Bank Ltd.
Who will be the only Indian driver in the Formula One for 2012 season after signing to
continue with Hispania Racing (HRT)?
Narain Karthikeyan
Name the British energy minister who resigned recently.
Chris Huhne
Name the car launched by Ferrari for 2012 F1 season?
F2012
Name the CEO of Micron Technology who died in a plane crash and who has been
appointed as CEO?
Steve Appleton and Mark Durcan
In which country have UN declared end of famine?
Somalia
Which social networking site turned 8 recently?
Who has been appointed as Executive Director of Corporation Bank?
Amar Lal
Who won the World Squash Federation under-21 world cup?
Egypt against India 2-1
How many years did Britain's Queen Elizabeth II complete on throne?
60 years
Name the Managing Director of Kanan Devan Hills Plantations Company Pvt. Ltd. who
passed away.
T.V.Alexander
Which 3-day youth festival is back after a gap of 7 years in Jaipur?
Ghoomar
Name the Spanish cyclist who is suspended for 2 years for a doping offence during the
2010 Tour de France.
Alberto Contador
Who won the Champions Trophy women's hockey tournament for the 5th time?
Argentina
Name the Romanian Prime Minister who quit recently.
Emil Boc
Name the Managing Director and CEO of Dhanlaxmi Bank who quit recently.
Amitabh Chaturvedi
Name the Mumbai-based historian who passed away recently.
Sharada Dwivedi
Name the science communicator who passed away recently.
R.D.Sharma
In which currency is India set to pay for 45% of Iran oil imports?
Rupee
Name the Maldives President who was appointed after Mohamed Nasheed quit.
Mohammad Waheed Hassan
Who has been appointed as Chief executive operations for China's Walmart?
Greg Foran
Name the novelist whose 200th birthday ceremony was observed led by Prince Charles.
Chalres Dickens
Which company renewed sponsorship deal with Indian hockey team?
Sahara
Which singer is launching her own social networking website exclusively for her fans?
Lady Gaga
Name the book featuring the problems of NRI's living in Gulf countries released by
Mohammed Ali Shabbir and written by Mohammed Saifuddin.
Expat Ride
Who resigned as England's football manager?
Fabio Capello
Which country released world's highest resolution lunar images taken by its 2nd moon
orbiter, Chang'e-2?
China
What is S&P's downgraded rating of Japanese electronics and entertainment company
Sony?
BBB+ from A-
Where has the tyre maker Ceat planned to set up its plant investing upto Rs.250 crore?
Bangladesh
What percentage of the world's mangrove vegetation does India account for?
3%
Which place in Tamil Nadu is all set to get 4th Science Park?
Coimbatore
Name the Indian American orthodontist who was honoured with 'Hind Rattan Award'.
Dr.Gagan Balla
What sum of amount is National Housing Bank set to receive from World Bank which
would help in its refinancing programme?
$300 million(Rs.1,500 crore)
Name the newly elected President of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and
Industry (FICCI)?
R.V.Kanoria
Which cricket batting legend is been inducted into ICC Hall of Fame?
Sunil Gavaskar
Name the commission setup in accordance with Section 74 of the Meghalaya Police Act.
Police Accountability Commission
What sum of amount has Bank of England set to pump into economy?
50 billion pounds
Name the electronics retailer bought by Flipkart for $25 million.
Letsbuy
When is Windows 8 set to be released by Microsoft?
February 29th 2012
Where was Pele's statue unveiled recently?
L'Amitie stadium in Libreville
Which company will stop making digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital
picture frames?
Eastman Kodak Co. (Kodak)
Name the German's 1997 Tour de France winner who received 2-year ban for a blood
doping offence.
Jan Ullrich
Who was honoured with Lata Mangehkar award by the Madhya Pradesh government
recently?
Rajesh Roshan
Name the site launched by an Italian computer science professor who hopes it will be a
challenge to the US technology giant Google.
Volunia (www.volunia.com)
Which bank is set to launch India's first Infrastructure Debt Fund (IDF)?
IDBI bank
Where is the wax sculpture of Novak Djokovic revealed?
Central Serbian town of Jagodina
Who has been appointed as non-executive chairman for India operations by Vodafone?
Analjit Singh
Name the bollywood writer-filmmaker who passed away recently.
O.P.Dutta
Why zebras have black and white stripes (recently solved mystery)?
To keep blood-sucking files away
Which economist is named for US Humanities medal?
Amartya Sen
Who is the first Indian defence minister to visit Saudi Arabia?
A.K.Antony
How many Italian banks S&P rating was downgraded recently?
34
Name the former secretary-general of Basketball Federation of India who passed away
recently.
Harish Sharma
Name the US-based pop music queen who died recently.
Whitney Houston
Bearing whose image is South Africa set to launch bank notes?
Nelson Mandela, first President of South Africa
Who won their first-ever Africa Cup of Nations title in soccer tournament?
Zambia
How many gold did India win at the Kung-Fu event in Nepal?
6
Which company has tied up with Yahoo India to deliver digital content in Bengali for the
website bengali.yahoo.com?
Ananda Bazar Patrika
Who won the women's doubles event at the Pattaya Open 2012?
Sania Mirza and Anastasia Rodionova
Who has been elected as Deputy Chief of Indian Army?
Lt.Gen.Ramesh Halgali
Who was honoured with a posthumous Grammy award for his contributions to the music
industry in area other than performance?
Steve Jobs
What percentage is the planned road tax for vehicles across India?
6%
Who has been appointed as the Managing Director for India and SAARC operations by
McAfee?
Jagdish Mahapatra
Who will replace Eric Simons as Indian cricket bowling coach?
Australian, Joe Dawes
Who took over as president of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India for the year
2012-13?
Jaydeep Shah
Name the renowned Urdu poet who passed away after battling lung cancer recently.
Akhlaq Mohammad Khan
Name the Karnataka Higher Education Minister who passed away in Bangalore recently.
V.S.Acharya
Who was honoured with Serbia's highest honour, the Karadjordje Star medal?
Novak Djokovic
Name the cyclonic storm that has hit Madagascar.
Cyclone Giovanna
Which Asian country is ready to increase its participation to help solve EU debt crisis?
China
At what value has Bank of Japan set to expand its asset purchase programme?
10tn yen($130 billion)
Name the actor who was presented with a National Medal of Arts for his contributions to
American culture.
Al Pacino
Where has JSW Energy planned to setup 450-600MW coal-fired plant?
South Africa
Name the 2 recently-retired football national team veterans who were felicitated by All
India Football Federation.
Climax Lawrence and Mahesh Gawli
With which US-based company did TTK Prestige Ltd. tie up recently?
World Kitchen
Name 3 dual-SIM Android smartphones unveiled by Samsung recently.
Galaxy Ace Duos, Galaxy Y Pro Duos and Galaxy Y Duos
What tax would be applied for vehicles entering Shimla from outside?
Green Tax, applicable from February 20th 2012
Name the renowned Punjabi comedian who would be honoured with Gopal Sehgal
Award at the Punjabi film festival to be held in Amritsar.
Jaswinder Bhalla
In which country did Apple lose iPad copyright battle?
China
Name the Indian-American who was awarded with most powerful woman of California
award.
Shefali Razdan Duggal
Name India's first tablet magazine launched by Times Internet Limited.
Tweek
Which east Indian state would be promoted as festival tourism destination?
Arunachal Pradesh
Which Australian cricketer retired form all form of cricket?
Andrew Symonds
Which 3 countries met in Islamabad to focus on regional cooperation and seek peace and
stability?
Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran
What is the new variant of Sumo launched by Tata Motors?
Sumo Gold
Where in Kerala a rail coach factory was approved by Union cabinet?
Palakkad coach factory
Who is appointed as Managing director of Xerox for its India operations?
Rajat Jain
Name the Sri Lankan cricketer who completed 10,000 ODI runs.
Kumar Sangakkara
Who has been selected as CEO of Prasar Bharati?
Jawhar Sircar
Name the 100 year old who set cycling record by riding 24.25km in an hour.
Robert Marchand, a French cyclist
Name the German President who quit over a loan scandal.
Christian Wulff
Name the Indian-born professor who became first recipient of Gunnerus Sustainability
Award.
Kamal Bawa
Which Brazilian auto parts manufacturer joined the Sahara Force India team as an official
partner for the 2012 season?
Aethra
What is the new service launched by Barclays bank for transferring money from one
account to any other account-holder in the UK?
Pingit
What is the record high of food production expected to exceed at the end of the Eleventh
Five Year Plan ending March 31st 2012?
250 million tonnes
To which country's have Iran stopped oil exports?
Britain and France
Which PSU bank recently introduced account portability(transfer of account from one
branch with same account number) facility?
Indian Bank
Who will launch the Sunday version of The Sun daily national newspaper published in
Britain?
Rupert Murdoch, Chairman, News Corporation
Name the Australian Ex-Captain who retired from One-day cricket.
Ricky Ponting
What is the salary limit where salaried employees will not be required to file income tax
returns for assessment year 2012-13?
Rs.5 lakh
Who was named the Professional Golf Tour of India's Rolex Player of the Year?
Chiragh Kumar
Name the Sri Lankan cricket commentator and former first-class cricketer who passed
away.
Ranil Abeynaike
Name the Liberia's Italian football coach who was dropped after the national teams
defeat.
Roberto Landi
Which company has RIL joined to produce one lakh tonnes of butyl rubber a year in
Jamnagar?
SIBUR
At what value Eurozone approved second bailout for Greece?
130 billion euros(172 billion dollars)
Which bank would give Rs.1,650 crore relief package for Kingfisher Airlines?
SBI
Name the Australian foreign minister who resigned recently.
Kevid Rudd
Which Dubai based telecom company has decided to shut India operations?
Etisalat
What place does India hold globally in terms of economic confidence index?
Fourth
With which US motorcycle firm has Hero MotoCorp signed a technology-sharing deal?
Erik Buell Racing
Name the freedom fighter with picture of whom Rs.5 coin would be introduced by RBI.
Bhagat Singh
Who has been selected for Janapada Shri Award for her contributions to the development
of Burrakatha?
Burrakatha Eramma
Name the service launched by Airtel to its mobile subscribers to make payment of utility
bills, pay at merchant outlets and transfer money to another person in 300 cities in India.
Airtel Money
Which Indian vaccine manufacturer who has joined Emzor Pharma of Nigeria to help the
country fight polio? Name the vaccine for the protection against the disease.
Panacea Biotec, Polprotec
Name the Bangalore-based Hindustani vocalist who passed away recently.
Lalita Shivaram Udhayaker
In which housing finance major did Citi sell its stake for Rs.9,327 crore?
HDFC
Name the bollywood producer who has been invited to speak at the Harvard India
Conference 2012?
Ritesh Sidwani
Name the news search engine introduced by Rediff.com website.
Relatime News Search
Which Asian country was recently taken off the list of polio endemic countries by the
World Health Organisation?
India
Which company is Vedanta set to merge with Sesa Goa?
Sterlite
Where in India 9-day 20th World Book Fair is held?
New Delhi
Where does India's forex reserves stand for the week ended 17th February 2012?
$293.44 billion
Name the operating system launched by Black Berry-maker Research in Motion for its
PlayBook tablet.
PlayBook OS 2.0
Name the cricketer who was honoured with lifetime membership of the Sydney Cricket
Ground.
Sachin Tendulkar
Which country has been ranked as the world's richest country in the list compiled by US
magazine Forbes?
Qatar
Which country did India beat to qualify for London Olympics men's hockey 2012?
France
Name the Italian luxury brand which has entered into Indian market and opened its first
store in Mumbai.
Frette
Name the cricketer who would be inducted into Australian Cricket Hall of Fame.
Shane Warne
Name the service that is to be launched by Times Group to enable viewers to watch
movies and TV shows online.
BoxTV.com
Which 3 Indian companies topped the top 100 list of arms manufactures released by
disarmament watchdog SIPRI for 2012?
HAL, BEL and Ordanance Factories Board (OFB)
Name the football player who led India to the gold in the inaugural Asian Games in New
Delhi who passed away recently.
Sailendra Nath Manna
Who won the Allan Border medal (Australia cricketer of the year) award 2012?
Michael Clarke
Which west Asian country approved for new constitution recently?
Syria
Which model of Nokia phone has been built with 41-megapixel sensor camera?
Nokia 808 Pureview camera phone
Name the chief appointed for Pakistan Air Force.
Air Marshal Tahir Rafiq Butt
Which company signed a long-term agreement to supply 250 MW power to Bangladesh
Power Development Board?
NTPC
What value of second bailout pacakge did German parliament pass for Greece to help the
country avoid a default?
130 billion euros ($174.4 billion)
Name the digital music store launched by flipkart.com.
Flyte
Where in India was the inaugural World Series Hockey tournament held?
Chandigarh
Which company bagged Airtel's network deal for Maharashtra?
Nokia Siemens
Who has been appointed as chairman of MindTree?
Subroto Bagchi
Name the online property search portal launched by HDFC in Kolkata
HDFC Red
Who resigned as PepsiCo India Foods CEO?
Varun Berry
Name the application launched by Vigyan Prasar and IGNOU as a free SMS service for
mobile users that delivers content on science and related areas.
Science@Mobile
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