APRIL 2012

INTERNATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS

1. Which two countries signed on strategic pact recently? 2. Which country's Prime minister had been convicted by the Supreme Court for refusing to revive cases against President Asif ali Zardari? US- Afghanistan Pakistan Chennai India & China New Delhi Second Gujarat New Delhi Hyderabad 48,935crore Sikkim Odisha Shanta sinha Mau Raju

INDIA AND WORLD

1. Where was the India & US 16th Navy training " Malabar 2012 held recently? 2. Which two countries are going to lead in urban population growth over the next 40 years? 3. Where was the four day Pakistan life style 'Extra rajanza' held recently in India ?

NATIONAL
1. In which place India stood in most economically confident country ? 2. In which place the Asia's first and largest solar power park situated in India ?

CONFERENCES
1.In which place the seventh joint working meeting of the India & Russia held? 2.Where will be the World Agriculture Congress biannual event will take place for 2013?

STATE
1. How much amount was approved by the planning commission for Andhra Pradesh for the year 2012-13? 2. Which state recieved the best state award recently for strengthening its panchayat raj? 3. Moaists recently released which state MLA after keeping him in captivity for more than 30 days?

AWARDS AND HONOURS

1. Who among the following had been awarded with Yudhvir Award recently for promoting child rights? 2. Who is the Indo- American , won the White house Journalism award recently?

SPORTS AND GAMES

1. Indo-American player Vikas Gowda belongs to which game? Discus throw 2. Where will be the ICC Champions trophy is going to be held in 2013? England 3. Who is the top most women who claimed the World's Ladies Billiards & Snooker Association held in England recently? Uma devi 4. Where will be the next Shooting World Championship 2014 is going to be held ? Spain 5. Who among the following has represented India in the Asian Snooker Championship held in Doha? Aditya Mehta

ECONOMY
1.The Government had made mandatory of E-filling for the income above_______? 2. By how much % the Reverse Repo rate has been adjusted recently? 10lakh 7% Russia 6 30metre Sachin A Hundred Hundreds 14 April (1912) Rail Bheem Mark Rutte

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

1. From which country India had taken INS Chakra for a period of 10 years lease recently? 2. How many Indian origin scientists have been elected for Royal Society recently? 3. What is the length of the World Largest Telescope in which India is going to join to build ?

BOOKS
1. What is the name of the book which was introduced by former Indian Captain Rahul Dravid ?

MISCELLANEOUS
1. On which date the Titanic ships 100 th anniversary was celebrated recently? 2. What is the name of newly designed 5500 horse power diesel locomotive enging manufactures recently?

RESIGNS
1. Which of the following person is the Prime Minister of Netherland who resigned recently?

MAY 2012
INTERNATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS
1.Who has been elected as the president of France in recently held elections? 2. Which country had shut down its last nuclear power plant recently? 3. Who is the Indian lady to occupy 6 position in the world's 20 most powerful moms list ? 4.Who among the following is the New President of Taiwan sworn for his second term recently? 5. Which countries president sentenced to jail at the age of 64 for his war crimes ? Francois Hollande Japan Sonia Gandhi Ma Ying Jeou Liberia Mongolia India India Pratibha Patil 60% Tata Group Osmania Andhra Pradesh & Rajastan P. Chidambaram Japan US University Michael Heneke Rahul Battacharya Chennai India 44 years Malaysia Mattek Kolkata knight riders Bisla Australia Badminton Services 234 Chess 5 Three years 3% India Andhra Pradesh 3.3% Textile Industry Italy Flame Pranab Mukherjee Ali Akbar Salehi US Australia 4th

INDIA AND WORLD

1. From which country India is going to acquire coking coal mine recently? 2. Who is the largest arm importer in the world during 2007-2011?

NATIONAL
1. Which country recorded highest number of deaths due to premature births according to the global action report? 2. Who unveiled the Mahatma Gandhi statue in Johannesburg , South Africa recently? 3. How much percent of India's rural population lives on less than Rs. 35 per day according to NSS report? 4. Which is best the best Companies for Leadership in Asia according to Forbes magazine recently? 5.Acording to Nielsen survey which university got 6th rank among India's best universities ?

STATE
1. IICT hopes to establish Deflouridation plant in which states? 2. Who is the head of Reconstituted panel of inter state council?

AWARDS AND HONOURS

1. By which country Ratan Tata has been conferred "The Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun" title? 2. Narayana Murthy received two awards from which University recently? 3.Who was awarded as "Palme'or" award in 65th cannes Festival? 4.who was awarded the British Friction Prize from India?

SPORTS AND GAMES

1. Where was the ITF Futures Men's Tennis tournament held recently? 2. Which team had won the Asian Sqash Championship recently held in Kuwait? 3. After how many years Manchester city won the premier league football title recently held in Britain? 4. Which country had won the Junior Hockey World Cup ? 5. Breussel open Title won by Sania pair in women doubles, who is the partner of sania ? 6.who is the champion of IPL-5 ? 7. In IPL-5 who got the Man of the Match award ? 8. Weber who won the Monacco Grand pix belongs to which country? 9.Thomas cup Associated to which game ? 10. Santhosh tropy won by which team? 11. Roger Federer wins how many Grand slams to cross the "Jimmy connors" record ? 12. Grand Master viswanathan Anand associated with which game ? 13. How many world titles in Anand's pocket?

ECONOMY
1. The Asian Development Bank had provided $6.25 billion assistance to India for how many years? 2. What is the raised interest rate ceiling on NRI deposits in foreign currencies by RBI recently? 3. In which of the following country the world economic forum is going to open its full fledged office ? 4. Which Government high court invalidated the sub-Quota of Minorities ? 5. NPAs of public sector banks stood at about which % of assets in 2011-12? 6. Union Government decided to streamline 35,000 crore rupee Debt to which Industry?

PLACES
1.which city faced frequent earthqauke twice in a week with 5.8 magnitude in May ?

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

1. What is the name of the virus discovered by Russia recently?

APPOINTMENTS
1. Who had been appointed as the Chairman of Board of Governors for ADB's Bank? 2. Who is the Iranian Foreign Minister ?

COMMITTEES
1. Where was the 2-day G8 summit held recently ?

MISCELLANEOUS
1.The World's Richest women "Gina Rinehart" belongs to which country ? 2. India stood which place in the emission of carbondioxide in the world?

3. who is the wealthiest woman in the world according to Business Review Weekly? 4.who topped the most powerful CEO's list 5. Who solved the 350 years old puzzle of Newton, the physicians previously calculated only by using computers?

Gina Rinehart Ratan Tata Shaurya Roy Alexzander Dale America The Magsaysay Award

DEATHS
1. Who is Norway's world swimming champion died recently? 2. Disco Queen, Donna Summer, who died recently, belongs to which country?

RESIGNS
1. Mahati devi who resigns from Bangla Academy the winner of ?

JUNE 2012
INTERNATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS
1. Hosni Mubarak who was sentenced to life imprisonment was the ex-president of which country? Egypt 2. Which country interior minister Rehman Malik senate over dual nationality Pakistan 3. Motorola is owned by which of the following companies Google 4. Which country takes off the first solar intercontinental flight Switzerland 5. Which country's internal security minister George Saitoti was killed in helicopter crash on 10 June 2012 ? Kenya 7. Noble prize money slashes to how many million? 8 million 8. Which country's Taliban not to allow anti polio campaign in N. Waziristan Pakistan 9. Who is the Saudi Arabian Prince died recently due to which prince salman became the new Saudi Arabian prince? Prince Nayef 9. Yusuf Gilani ,the disqualified PM of pakistan belongs to the party ? PPP 10. Which country Ranked 13th in failed state Index ? Pakistan 11. Larry Ellison,Oracle CEO, recently bought an Island which is called ? Lanai 12. Who is the new prime minister of Pakistan? Parvez Ashraf 13. Which two countries jointly build armoured Infantry vehicle? France & Russia 13.After 22 years, US appointed ambassador to ? Myanmar

INDIA AND WORLD

1. which country allowed foreign direct investment from pakistan? 2. Which country picked an Indo-American to their 2nd highest court as a judge? 3. Which was the country not in BRICS 4.Who is the richest sports person in the world to Forbe's list of world's 100 richest sports person? India US U.S Floyd Mayweather 3 October 2012 49% Coco-cola Kolkata 28th Mexico Assam Himachal Pradesh 943 8.46crore Sachin Tendulkar ONGC Vidya Balan Hindi New Zealand Golf 14 Sharapova Badminton Rafel nadal Shooting Chess 2012 Kabaddi Qatar Runner

NATIONAL
1.Which place India stood in reality rate hike among 53 countries by global house price Index ? 2. Free MEdicines for all scheme to be rolled out from ? 3. According to Google how much % censorship cases in India ? 4. Which company plans to invest in India $5billion by 2020 ?

CONFERENCES
1. On 2 June Indian science congress association meeting held at? 2. IT chief commissioners conference opened by pranab on 11 June is ____ annual conference? 3. G20 summit held at ?

STATE
1. which state released division document for women and children? 2. Which among the states Appraised as Most environmentally sustainable states according to ESI? 3. What is the sex ratio of girls out of 1000 boys according 2011 census in A.P state ? 4. What is the population of AP according to 2012 census ?

AWARDS AND HONOURS

1. Who among the following received "Wisden India" outstanding Achievement award? 2. Petro fed awards winner in the following ? 3. Who awarded as Best actress in IIFA awards in 2012 ? 4. yargadda presented an award for promoting which language ?

SPORTS AND GAMES

1. Which country won the Sultan Azlan shah cup trophy Hockey Tournament ? 2. Tiger woods won his 73rd tour title associated with which game ? 3. How many European championships were completed by 2012 ? 4. Who among the following won all 4 grand slam titles? 5. Saina Nehwal associated with which game? 6. Who among the following won 7 french open titles? 7. Which Game Tejaswini associated with? 8. Which game Koneru Humpy is associated with? 9. Dress code introduced in Wimbledon in which year? 10. In Which game India won gold in third Asian Beach Games ? 11. Who among the below countries never sent women athletes in the Olympics ever? 12. Oscar Pistorius , the amputee to compete at Olympics, is a ________

ECONOMY
1. Which state topped in Gross State Domestic Production in 2011-12 ? 2. How much percent India's exports were dropped in May ? 3. On which loan RBI announced no prepayment penalties will be charged ? Bihar 4.16% Home Loan Tata Motors Maharastra Micro-irrigation method Shenzhon-9 Shenzhou-9 Fat cell Nirmal verma Alok Misra Sekhar Basu Turning Points Mira Govind Advani 5 Britain Indonesia Japan Karnataka The Fifty shades of Grey U.S Defence Secretary Australia Economics India Saudi Arabia America

PLACES
1. Which company involved in Singur land dispute? 2. Which state secretariat gutted in fire accident recently?

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

1. D.Hillel , who received World Food Prize(WEP) is an innovation of ? 2. The Human spaceflight sent by china in which first woman astronaut traveled is ? 3. The fourth human space flight ,Which was launched by china in 2012 is ? 4. Scientists created a bone from which cell in our body recently ?

APPOINTMENTS
1. Who was the last retired navy chief ? 2. Who is the new chairman of IBA ? 3. Who is appointed as the Director of BARC ?

BOOKS
1. What is Abdul kalam's new book ? 2. "Those were the day & then - The Life & Times of L.K.Adavani" written by ?

COMMITTEES
1. How many Mouzas recomended by GTA committee?

MISCELLANEOUS
1. Recently which countrys queen celebrated her diamond jubilee ? 2. Which country faced earth quake of Magnitude of 5.9 rector scale on June 4. 3. Which country's mountaineer climbs world's tallest mountain his country's first person to scale ? 4. Which state girl won Indian Spell Bee? 5. What is the book written by Erika Mitchell ?

VISITORS
1.Who is Leon Pnetta visited India recently ? 2. Which country's commissioner visited uttar pradesh?

DEATHS
1. Which category the first women Elinor Ostrom died recently won the Nobel Prize? 2. Which country Ghazal King Mehdi Hassam belongs to, who died recently ? 3. Prince Nayef who died recently is the crown prince of ?

RESIGNS
1. Which John E. Bryson belongs to, who is the commerce secretary of president Obama?

JULY 2012
INTERNATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS
1. Who has taken the EU presidency on 1 July 2012 ? 2. Which country's government announced national emergency of Animal Health? (Bird flu H7N3) 3. Which two countries avoid rocking the boat on south china sea ? 4. Which country's parliament passed bill to protect leaders from contempt of court proceedings fro Pakistan? 5. How many Indian companies in the list of fortune around 500 companies? 6. Russian Soyuz (TMA-05M) spacecraft blasted -off from ? 7. Which is the top country in the emission of CO2? 8. How much military aid to Pakistan cut by U.S? 9. Which country joined recently in WTO after 18 years? Cyprus Mexico China & U.S Pakistan 8 Kazakhstan U.S $650m Russia 3rd New Delhi 2 $ 40 billion India 32,000 Crore India 112

INDIA AND WORLD

1. According to UN report India stood which place in most attractive destination ? 2. Indo-pakistan foreign secretary level talks held at? 3. How many Island wants Mauritius to preserve by India 4. India sets How many billion dollars trade turnover with west Africa ? 5. Which country violated the WTO norms according to U.S in the field of pharma ? 6. Total cost of the nuclear power project in Tamilnadu ,which was signed by India and Russia estimated as ? 7. Which of the following country have no permanent member ship in the United nations Security council ? 8. India stood at which place in 'Child development Index'

NATIONAL
1. "Accidental deaths & suicides number in India 2011" According to this How much % of Suicide number increased in our country ? 0.7% 2. Which countries not in the join hands to perfect wildlife with India recently? China 3. Which state stood as India's most competitive city according to International think tank report on 11 July 2012 ? Delhi 4. The President of India, who got Maximum votes in election Yet ____? Pranab Mukharjee

CONFERENCES
1. 7th Asean Educational minister's meeting held at ? 2. Which country to host the World Hindi Conference ? Indonesia South Africa Karnataka Madhya Pradesh Goa Hans Raj Bhardwaj Orissa Uttar Pradesh Osmani University Lanco Infratech Sand Sculpture artist Lanco Kondpali Power Ltd Kulandei Francis Narcopolis

STATE
1. Which state driving license will Indicate that a person is willing to donate organs ? 2. Which state stood first in Implementing "Employment Guarantee Scheme " 3. Which state launches 'Ladli Lakshmi' scheme ? 4. Who is the Governor of Karnataka ? 5. Which state announced on 13 July 2012 50 % Quota to women ? 6. Which of the following states has high TFR (total fertility rate )?

AWARDS AND HONOURS

1.Which University Given Doctorate to APCC secretary ? 2. " In House communication excellence Award 2012 " was given to ? 3. Sundarsham Patnaik is a ? 4. Which Co. won the Golden Peacock award in environment category by' World environment Foundation' 5. Who is the winner of Magsaysay Award 2012? 6. Jeet Thayil, long listed poet and novelist for Man Booker prize for his novel?

SPORTS AND GAMES

1. Which of the following countries won two consecutive Euro Cup football championship titles in tournament 52 years long history? Spain 2. Which Country Clinches T20 Series against New zealand recently ? West Indies 3. Which state hosts richest domestic golf in India ? Kolkata 4. Who is the 28th Grand Master of India ? M.R.Venkatesh 5. How many medals won by India in Asian Cadet Championships at Bishkket? 19 6. Who won the Wimbledon title 2012 in Men's singles Tennis? Federer 7. Which country's wicket keeper to take the first 500 catches in test cricket? South Africa 8. Which country won test series against Pakistan recently on 12 July 2012? Srilanka 9. Who is the second highest ODI wicket - taker from Australia? Brett Lee

10. Who clinches ODI series against New Zealand recently on 15 July 2012? 11. Which country's golf player is Jeev Mailkha, who won Scottish golf open recently? 12. How many times Serena won west classic title? 13. How many athletes participated in the London Olympics Representing India? 14. The Olympic Games of 2012 held at ? 15. Who won the Hungarian Grand Prix on 29 July 2012? 16. Who is the man from India to get a first medal in London Olympics?

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ECONOMY
1.Tata AIG belongs to which country ? 2. According to UNCTAD report 2012, which is the most preferred FDI destination? 3. Which country cut Interest rates second time in 2 Months ? 4. Which of the following has got its own states of full fledged stock exchange ? 5. Which Bank gives loan to build 9,000 km of rural roads in 5 states ? 6. Which company to Invest Rs 7,500 cr. on rail Infrastructure in 3 states America China China MCX-SX ADB Coal India Ltd 5.8 Stem cells Charon Agni - I Japan 290 km S. V. Muralidhra Rao Karzai Aid Arun Mishra Information Technology Hesham Kandil Sachin Inspirational story

PLACES
1. How much magnitude of Earth quake struk the north india on 11 July 2012 ?

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

1. Which cells are derived from amniotic fluid ? 2. What is the name of the Pluto's largest moon? 3. what is the name of the missile test fired by India recently ? 4. 'Selene-2' landing mission to Moon will be launching by ? 5. What is the range of the super sonic cruise Brahmos Missile ?

APPOINTMENTS
1. Who is executive director appointed by SEBI recently? 2. Who is the new Afghanistan envoy to India ? 3. Who is the New Director of the DGCA is ? 4. Sachin the Rajya sabha member appointed in the committee of ? 5. Who is the new Prime minister of Egypt?

BOOKS
1. Khalid A.H. Ansari wrote book on ? 2. What is the name of the book on saina nehwal ?

COMMITTEES
1. For which project R.K.Pachauri expert committee appointed by PM ? Ram sethu 2. Thorat panel's suggestion to remove cartoons from? NCERT text books 3. Who is the head of the Government's cloud computing panel? Mr Kris Gopala krishna 4. Who has approved the constitution of an export committee on GAAR? Prime Minister 5. Who is the head of the panel set up to look over pay & pension related issues of defence services personnel & ex- servicemen? Ajith seth 6. Who is the head of the SSTCG Committee ? Joint Secretary of Home minister

MISCELLANEOUS
1. Guinness World Records has declared which country's crocodile is the largest in captivity in the world ? 2.what is the length of the world's smallest fly ? 4. How many countries visited by Hillary Clinton since becoming secretary of state in 2009? Philippines 0.4mm 102 China Syria Lee Hsien Loong Raja pervez Ashraf Tamil Sally Ride APJ Abdul Kalam Ghana Marcus Agius Goa

VISITORS
1. Indian envoy to visit which country after 10 years ? 2. Kofi Annan is a UN-Arab league peace envoy for ? 3. Who is the Singapore Prime minister visited India recently ? 4. Who is the Pakistani Prime Minister visited Saudi Arabia recently on 15 July 2012 ?

DEATHS
1. Which language's computing championship Anto peter passed away ? 2.Who is the first woman to travel into space? 3. Lakshmi sehgal, who passed away recently, contested Presidential election against____ 4. Which country's president was passed away recently on 24 July ?

RESIGNS
1. Who is the chairman of Barclays bank quited over LIBOR row ? 2.Which state CM resigned recently after 11 months tenure ?

POINTS TO REMEMBER MONTHWISE AND TOPIC WISE

JULY 2012 CURRENT AFFAIRS BIT BANK
INTERNATIONAL
1. Cypruss main Theme for its EU precidency is ? 2. The Mexican Government declared a national animal heath emergency on 2 July in the face of aggressive ____? 3. U.S & China pledged to ease strains in their relationship renewed disputes over ? 4. Who passed the bill to protect leaders from contempt of court proceedings from Pakistan? 5. Name the space craft in which Sunita Williams took off for the International space station recently? 6.U.S cut Military aid to ______? Towards a Better Europe Bird flu South China sea Asif Ali zardari Soyuz Pakistan

INDIA & WORLD

1.Foreign direct Investment flows into India in 2011 is ? $32 billion 2. Who is the foreign secretary of pakistan at present ? Abhas Jilani 3. What is the name of the Islands offered by Mauritius to India , preserve tax treaty ? North & South Agalega Islands 5. India had invoked a low permitting Nato pharma to manufacturer Nexavar drug to cure? Cancer 6.Which countries signed pact for funding two new units at the kundakulam Nuclear Power Project in Tamilnadu? India & Russia 7.Which country is in best place in Child development Index ? Japan 8.What is the British University which conferred an honorary degree of Doctorate of letters to the elected president Pranab Mukherjee? University of Wolverhampton

NATIONAL
1.Which place of india recognised recently under world heritage list? 2.Inda, south east Asia nations join hands to protech____? 3.Which state has represented the highest no:of suicides According to accidental deaths & Suicides in India 2011? 4. what is the second competitive city in our country according to International think tank report on 11 July 2012? 5. How many central universities are there in India? 6. which association was ban was extended by Government of india due to anti India posture ? 7.Who is the 13th President of India ? Western Ghats Wildlife West Bengal Mumbai 41 LTTE Pranab Mikharjee

STATES
1. Which type of license in Karnataka indicates donation of organs ? Driving License 2. Which scheme was implemented by Madhya Pradesh according to delivery Monitoring unit? MNREGA 3. According to Goa scheme Ladli Lakshmi the women can avail of Rs.1Lakh to meet ? Wedding expenses 4. Who is the new CM of Karanataka? Jagadish shettar 5. Orissa chief Minister Naveen patnaik on 13 July 2012 announced increase in the representation of women in Urban local bodies (ULBs) from 3 percent to ______? 50 % 6. What is the major festival in Rajastahan celebrated inviting rains by women Teej

CONFERENCES
1. Who represented India in 1st East Asia Educational Ministers Meeting ? 2. What is the conference held yo help wartorn Afghanistan ? 3. The first World Hindi Conference will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa from ? 4. What is the name of the conference held by NASA recently for which it has included two indian Innovators ? Purandhareswari Tokyo conference September 22 -24 Conf on waste mgt

AWARDS & HONOURS

1.Who is the received Nayudamma award for the year 2012 ? 2.Who is the APCC secretary ? 3. The winner Golden Peacock Environment Management Award 2012 is ? 4. Lanco Infratech Jopurnal was adjudged best in which category ? 5. Mining Engineer of the year Award for 2010-11 was presented to 6. What is the award recently won by sundarsham Patnaik ? 7.How many Indo- American scientists gotPresidential early career Awards2012 ? V.Rahjanna Ananda Babu Manipal University cover design Narendra Kumar Nanda , director of NMDC Peoples choice medal Award Four Tiger woods Spain Rs.1.25 crores USA 5 Webber saravanan Roger Federer (of Switzerland) Mark Boucher

SPORTS & GAMES

1.Who won the AT & T golf Tournament on 1 July 2012 ? 2.who was the winner of UEFA Eurocup Foot ball championship? 3.The rishcest domestic golf event in the country costs ? 4.M.R .Venkatesh became the grand master chess tournament event at ? 5.How many gold medals won by india in Asian wrestlers cadet championship ay Bishket? 6. Who won British Grand prix in Formula 1? 7. Who won Monsoon Regatta sailing championship held at hyderabad ? 8.Who is the Swiss National won 7 WimbeldonTitles ? 9.Who is the south African wicket keepeer announced retirement after an eye injury?

10. Highest number of doping tests were conducted in which Olympic Games? 11. Who sets another National record of 50 m breast stroke event in 35.42 seconds? 12. Who is the fastest bowler from Australia retired recently from International cricket? 13. Who will be the Indias flag -bearer in London Olympics 14. Who won Swedish open title in Mens Singles ? 15. Who Won Scottish Golf Open on 16 Juy 2012 ? 16. West Classic Title won by ? 17.Who is the first South Africa batsman to score a triple century?

London Olympic Games 2012 Jaya veena Brett Lee Sushil kumar David Ferrer Jeev Mailkha Serena Williams Hashima Amla

ECONOMY
1.Tata AIG wants to merge in ? Tata AIA Life 2.Which facility was launched by RBI for G-secs trading ? Web based system for online trading 3.To whom ICICI bank sold its debt in Kingfisher ? Srei arm 4.India stod on which position in the production of pharma products . 3rd largest producer 5.India falls in which place for the most preferred destination as reported by UNCTAD? 3rd 6. what are the 5 states to build 9,000 km of rural roads to connect through? Assam,Chattigarh, Madhya praedesh, orissa & West Bengal 7. How many crores Coal India LTD wants to Invest on Rail Infrastructure in 3 states ? 7,500 crores

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

1.Which plants Reactor is going to restart in Japan after a huge Earth Quake ? 2.The Zebrafish research facility is availabale at ? 3.What is the alternative source of stem cell ? 4.What is the HIV test that rcently got FDA permission ? 5.What is God Particle? 6. Change-3 mission to moon by ? 7. What is the anti-HIV drug, first approved by USFDA? 8. Brahmos Missile has been inducted in all the three wings of Indian armed forces but not in ? Ohi Nuclear plant CCMB Amniotic stem cell Ora Quick Test a sub-atomic Particle (Name : Higgs Boson) China Truvada Russia

PERSONS IN NEWS a)Appointments

1. Who is newly elected president of mexico? 2. Who is the newly appointed as controller General of accounts ? 3. Who is appointed as additional secretary and financial advisor in the ministry of steel 4. Who is the 1st woman MD in India of US food company Heinzs ? 5. who is the new CEO of yahoo! 6.Which countrys New envoy key Karzai Aid to India ? 7.Who has been appointed as the Standing committee members of Rajya sabha ? 8. Who has been appointed as the firsts chancellor for Nalanda University? 9. Who is the new president of Ghana ? 10. Who is the new Secretary of President Pranab ? Enrique Nieto Jawahar Thakur E.k.Bharat Bhushan Seema Modi Marissa Mayer Afghanistan Sachin & Rekha Amertya sen John Dramani Mahama, Omita Paul Fraud of manipulating global benchmark lending rates Answer :Mr sadananda Gowda Anto peter Antonin Holy Mrinal Gore Sally Ride Lakshmi sehgal Tajikistan S.Jaishakar Kofi annan

b) Resigns
1.In which fraud the Barclays bank was involved? 2. Who resigned as karnataka CM ?

c)Deaths
1. Who is the Tamil Language computing championship away recently ? 2.Truvada , the first anti HIV drug approved by USFDA was developed by 3.Veteran Socialist leader who died on 17 July 2012 ? 4.Who is the first US woman to travel into space? 5.Who was the head of womens regiment of subhasg chandra Boses Indian National Army(INA)?

d)Visitors
1. which country S. M Krishna external affairs Minister of India visited recently om 1July? 2.Who is the Indian Envoy to visit Tibet after 10 years ? 3. The UN envoy who visited syria on 9 July 2012 is ?

e)Miscellaneous
1.The President of which country won 5times as a president ? Ice land 2.What is the nickname of the south Philippines Crocodile which enters in Guinness world Record as largest in Captivity in the world ? Lolong 3. Oldest Meteor Impact was found in ? Green Land 4.What is the name of the worlds smallest fly? Eury platea nanaknihali 5. What is the name of the Europes tallest builifing ? Shard 6. How many days logged by Hillary clinton on the road , since 2009 ? 351 days 7. Who is the Anglo Indian to vote in Presidential election in 2012 ? Derek OBrien, a Trinamool congress M.P

DAYS & DATES

1. World Population Day is observed on ? July 11

2. Parents Day is Obeserved on ?

July 2 Sachin:Born to Bat Indian Banking Expectations Timeless Steel Profiles of Indian Hockey Olympics R.K.Pachuri expet committee Thorat committee Infosys GAAR norms Security Agencies Russias southern Krasnodar Hindhukush

BOOKS IN NEWS
1.Which book was written by Journalist Khalid A-H Ansari? 2. Which book was released recently by D.Subba Rao RBI Governor in chennai on July 4? 3. what is the name of the Book released by Rahul Dravid is ? 4.What is the title of the book released on hockey Olympics?

COMMITTEES
1.Which committee was appointed by PM for the alternative route for sethu samudram ? 2. Which committee was set up by the kapil sibal to analyze the cartoons in NCERT text books 3. Mr . Kris Gopala Krishna Executive co- chariman of ? 4. P.M Constituted an expert committee to prepare and finalize guidelines for ? 5. SSTCG Committee to Coordinate among _____?

Places in News
1. Which region in Russia faced floods on 7 July 2012 ? 2. what is the main origin of the earth quake struck in Northern India on 11 July ?

JUNE 2012
INTERNATIONAL 1.India joined recently in which council of nations in Geneva on June 1st? UNHRC 2. Who is the Ex-President of Egypt sentenced to life imprisonment ? Hosni Mubarak 3.What is the company that is recently bought by google Meebo 4. The defence secretary of which country visited India recently to discuss chinas growing assertiveness U.S 5.What is the prize money given for Noble prize? 10million crowns 6.What is the organization that conducts auction on Gandhis memorabilia? Sothebys London 7. Who is the new President of Egypt ? Mohammed Morsey 8. Who is newly appointed Saudi Arabian Prince ? Prince salmon Bin Abdul Aziz 9.The PM of Pakistan who was disqualified by court of Prime Minister-ship recently, is ? Yusuf Raza Gilani 10. Who is the new PM of Greece ? Antoni Samara 11.The Oracle CEO, who bought Hawaiis sixth largest island,Lanai , is ? Larry Ellison 12.Who was the Kenyas Internal security minister killed in helicopter crash on 10 June 2012? George Saitoti 13. Which Agency given the list of failed state Index ? Foreign policy agency 14. Which party Parvez Ashraf belongs to? Pakistan peoples party 15. Who is elected as the president of Egypt ? Islamic Mohamed Mursi 16. Who is composed the official song for London 2012 Olympics? Muse 17. Which countrys court held US health care Law of constitution ? U.S INDIA & WORLD 1.India allowed which country in FDI? pakistan 2. who is indo- american elected as the 2nd highest court of US? srikanth srinivasan 3.Who is the richest sports person in India according to Forbes list of Worlds 100 richest sports person ? M.S.Dhoni 4. In the 7th G-20 summit ,how much contribution did India made to IMFs bailout Fund ? 10million US Dollars 5. Which company want to invest 1.5billion euros to set up 25 stores in the country under single brand retail FDI? IKEA NATIONAL 1.who is the artist recently called off the Israel visit to disapprove Israeli policies? Zakir Hussain 2.Which country stood 1st for the strongest annual growth rate according to the global survey by knight frank ? Brazil 3. What is the name of only country where the worlds largest selling soap brand is being launches as deodorant ? India 4.Which computer educator creates Indias first 3D ad film ? Aptech 5.Who is the president of NASSCOM? Som Mittal STATES 1.Who won in the by-elections of A.P? Y.S.R Congress party 2.What is the sex ratio of urban girls out of 1000 boys according to 2011 census in A.P state ? 946 3.Indias first River-lake link project launched In ? Bundelkhand 4.Which state Government announced an un-employment scheme ? Rajasthan CONFERENCES 1. Indian science congress held at ? Kolkatta 2.What is the name of the alternative International AIDS conference held by India ? Dubar Mahila Samanway samiti (DMSS) 3.Who inaugurated the 28th Annual conference of chief commissioners and Directors General of Income Tax in the capital? Pranab Mukharjee 4.Rio+20 earth summit took place at ? Rio de Janeiro AWARDS & HONOURS 1.who is the first Indian to receive Wisden India outstanding achievement award? Sachin Tendulkar 2. Who awarded as the Best actor in IIFA awards? Ranbir Kapoor

3. Which Organization got wins Effie award ? Ogilvy Mumbai 4) Who got Mexican Honour from India during G-20 summit ? R.K.Pachauri 5.Which organization received 2012 World Business & Development Award ? ITC 6. which organization awarded as G20 challenge award for Medicare? Apollo 7.Who bagged the Entrepreneur of the year award,2012 of Hyderabad Management Association? K.Ravi, M.D of NCL industries 7. Ratan Tata was recently honoured for his innovation in philanthropy by Rockefeller foundation Life Time achievement award SPORTS & GAMES 1.Who won ITF mens future title, which held in Mandya karanataka on June 2nd 2012 ? Saket Myneni 2.Who won on June 4 a golden Medal in prost pree elite womens discus throw event, where she belong s to Russia ? Darya Pischalnikova 3.who won the French open title 2012 in mixed doubles? Bhupati-sania 4. Euro cup is organized by UEFA 5. Who won the 2012 French Open title in Mens singles? Nadal 6.Who is the Indian Cricketer appointed as a brand ambassador of Nepal cricket Association? M.S.Dhoni 7. Who is the First woman to win 3 tittles of Indonesia open super series in India badminton history? Saina Nehwal 8.Who is the Indian Hockey goal Keeper suspended recently for being positive in the doping test? Adrin Dsouza 9.Who won bronze in Junior womens meeting of shooting hopes Championship concluded at Plzen in Czench Republic on 10 June ? Tejaswini 10.Who won the 800m race in Diamond league meet with a time of one minute 41.74 seconds ? Rudisha 11. Who shared the title with humpy in the FIDE womens Grand Pix ? Anna Muzychuk 12.Who is organizes the Wimbledon Championship? All England Club 13.The country which is going to sent women athletes in the Olympics for the first time ever Saudi 14.Who is the first amputee runner to compete at the Olympic games ,2012? Oscar Pistorius ECONOMY 1.Bihar topped in Gross State domestic product with which percent Growth in 2011-12? 13.1% 2.Which Federation stated 10 point agenda for economic survival of India ? CII (The confederation of Indian Industry) 3. Which rating agency downgraded 15 of the worlds biggest banks on 21 June ? Moody 4.Which organization set the norms for listing SEs? SEBI 5.What is the current limit of foreign investment in government bonds? 20 billion dollar SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 1.which vegetables genome was sequenced completely in 2012? Tomato 2. what is the name of the missile test fired by the Pakistan recently. Haft VII(babur) 3.When did the largest solar flare occurred ? March 7.2012 4.Where the largest database of martian impact creates on Mars is ? At the university of Colorado

5.who is the first woman Astronaut of china sent into space ?

Liu Yang

6.Fourth human spaceflight shenzhon-9 was launched into space by which country in 2012 ? China 7.What is the technology that is currently being used in India to detect cyclones and Tsunamis, implemented by NIO & ISRO Aerial Microwave Radar Gauge 8.What is the first country where German house was started for the first time ? U.S PERSONS IN NEWS a)Appointments 1.Who is appointed as the IAFs western Air command chief ? Arup Raha

2.Who is appointed as the new chairman of LIC ?

3.Who is the cricketer taken oath as a Rajya sabha MP recently on June 4? 4.Who is recently appointed as navy chief? 5.who retired as CEC recently? 6. who appointed as the head of DGH ?

Dinesh Kumar Mehrotra

Sanchin Tendulkar D.K.Joshi S.Y.Qureshi R.N.Chaubey

7.Present deputy governor who reappointed recently of RBI ?

8. Who is the new CEO of Tata Global ? 9.Who is the chairman of FAI- south ? 10 . who is new chief of ICC ? 11. who is the new commissioner of Delhi Police after B.K.Gupta ?

K.C.Chakrabarty
Harish Bhat K.Rahul raju Alan Isaac Neeraj Kumar

12. Who is appointed as the US ambassador to Myanmar ?

b) Resigns 1. who resigned as the commerce secretary of president Obama ? c)Deaths

Derek Mitchell
John E. Bryson

2.Who is the union minister for micro,small and medium enterprises resigned recently on fraud corruption charges Virbadra Singh 1. Who is the first women to win Nobel Prize in Economics ?
2.The first boxer to win the first olympic gold medal,who died recently? 3. Mehdi Hassan, how died recently is a ______ by profession? 4.Who is national secretary of CITU died recently?

Elinor Ostrom
Teofila Stevenson Ghazal Singer Dipankar Mukherjee

d)Visitors 1.Which place visited by PM Manmohan after 2 summits ? 2.Who is the US Defence secretary visited india recently ? e)Miscellaneous 1. Britain Queen Elizabeth-II celebrated her diamond Jubilee at ? 2.Who is the Japanese mountaineer climbs the worlds 14 tallest mountains ? 3. Who won Indian Spell Bee by spelling word Belligerent conducted by Times of India ? 4.Who beat the R.J.Rolling book harry potter record of fastest selling in a week? DAYS & DATES 1.The worlds environment day is celebrated on 2. Refusee Day is observed on ? BOOKS IN NEWS

Pretoria Leon Pnetta Thames ,London Hirotaka Takeuchi Samvida Venkatesh Erika Mitchell 5th June 21st June

1. Abdul kalam Turning points is a sequel of ?

2.What is the book released about L.K.Advani? COMMITTEES

Wings of fire
Those were the day and then -The Life & times of L.K.Advani

1.Who headed the (GTA) high power committee?

Places in News 1.Which country faced earth quake of Magnitude of 5.9 rector scale on June 4. 2.What is the happiest place on earth as announced the new Economics Foundations Happy Planet Index ? Abbreviations

Retire Justice Shyamal sen

Indonesia Sumatra island Costa Rica

1.IUCN stands for ? 2.ESI stands for ?

International Union for Conservation of Nature Environmental Sustainable Index

May 2012 Current Affairs Bit Bank

INTERNATIONAL 1.Who is the new president of Russia recently taken sworn? 2. The Hamburg harbour celebrates how many years recently? 3. Which company become number one mobile company in the world? Vladimir Putin 823 years Samsung

4. Which country had discovered petroleum recently?

5.Liberias president for his war crimes sentenced to jail for ? INDIA & WORLD 1.What is the place where Pakistan lost nearly 140 soldiers after a masive avalannde entombed the Gayari army base recently?

Bangladesh
50years Siachen

2.Sahar signed an agreement to build and develop a new city in which country?
3. India made dozen agreements with which country recently? NATIONAL 1. The country with the greatest numbers of preterm birth with 35,19,100 is ________? 2. Where was the statue of Mahatma Gandhi was unveiled recently?

Bangladesh
Myanmar India South Africa

3. What is the position of India in cyber crime according to report given by SDA? 4. Where will be the 46th Asian Development Bank Meeting of 2013 will be held?
5. How many years were completed by our existing parliament after the first election held in 13 May 1952?

fifth place New Delhi

60 years

6. What is the name of the TAPI gas pipeline project (TGPP) which originate from the Turkmenistan reaches to India via Afghanistan and Pakistan? Peace pipeline
7. Whose death anniversary is observed as the Anti Terrorism Day? 8. Osmania University Ranked ______ in the top 121 Universities in the country according to Nielsen survey STATES 1.The Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hopes to Establish Deflouridation Plants in which states? CONFERENCES 1. At which place the World Wildlife Fund summit is going to be held ? Rajiv Gandhi 6th A.P & Rajasthan Brazil

2. Where was the NATO summit 2012 held for Three days recently ?

Chicago

AWARDS & HONOURS 1. Who had been awarded Kalpana Chawla Excellence Award? Miss Vinya Mishra & Sushma Seth 2. Who is the person from India got the prestigious International Jurists award? Mulayam Singh Yadav 3. Who has been conferred The Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun title recently? Ratan Tata 4. Who has been awarded the first Tagore Award for cultural harmony ? Pt Ravi Shankar 5.who awarded in 65th cannes film festival as best actor ? Mads Mikkelsen 6. Rahul Battachary who is an Indian won British friction prize on ? Literature SPORTS & GAMES 1.Who had won the World Snooker Title for 2012 held at Sheffield? Ronnie OSullivan 2.What is the new national record set by Krishna Poonia atTrack crew Throwdown Meet recently in Hawaii? 64.76m 3. Who had won the World Cup Title recently held at Antalya, Turkey? Deepika Kumari 4. Who had won the Madrid Mens Open title held at Madrid , Spain recently? Roger Federar 5. Who had won the National Junior Boxing championship for 2012 Manjeet Singh 6. Sania-Mattek pair recently won which title? Brussel open Title 7. who won orange cap in IPL-5 ? Chris Gale (RCB) 8. The total 6s in the IPL is 728 9. Formulae one Manacco Grand pix won by ? Mark Weber 10.the winner of thomas cup in London olympics is ? Lin danled(china) 11. chattisgardh girls and boy clinch national tites on which game ? Basket ball 12. Grand master Anand belongs to which state in India? Chennai ECONOMY 1.Which state topped the list of highest per capita income in the country with 1,92,652 rupees? Goa 2.The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has provided assistance of how many USD aid to India? $6.25 billion 3. What are the norms called for the implementation of the new global capital adequacy which was directed by the RBI to Indian Banks? Basel-III 4. Andhrapradesh high court invalidated which % sub-quato for Minority? 4.5% SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 1. Which country had recently test fired a short range ballistic missile ? Pakistan 2. Which country has launched TMA-04M rocket recently? Russia 3.India test fired the which type of Akash Missile recently? Surface to air 4. pakistan test fired Nuclear capable _______ Missile ? Hatf9 PERSONS IN NEWS a)Appointments 1. Name the Vatican Envoy to India and Nepal, who inaugurated A.P Mission Congress? Sarvotore Pennacchio

2. Who has been appointed as the German ambassador to India recently? Michael steiner 3. who selected as a member of Borad Federation Against drugs from India? Kiran Bedi b) Resigns 1. Who is Snooker champion announced his retirement recently? Stephen Hendry 2. Who is the Indian American scientist quits from top energy post recently? Apunava Majumdar 3. who is vice president and CCO of infosys Bpo reginesed recently? Ritesh Idnani c)Deaths 1.Who is the Afghan peace negotiator shot dead recently? Arsalan Rahmani Daulat 2. Who is the Mexican novelist played dominant role in Latin America died recently? Carlos Fuentes d)Visitors 1. Who is the EU Ambassador to India visited Nagaland to interact with chamber of commerce and industry recently? Joao Cravinho 2. who is the democracy Icon in Myanmar ,first visit to abroad in 24years is ? Aung san suu kyi e)Miscellaneous 1. Where is the worlds largest temple is going to be built by Mahavir Mandir trust? Bihar 2. At which place the Awan ka Cinema film festival is going to be organized? Kargil 3. Tallest residential building princess tower located at ? Dubai 4. Worlds richest lady according to business review weekly ? Gina Rinehart 5. who is the present president of myanmar ? Theinsein DAYS & DATES 1. The laughter day is celebrated on which day? First Sunday of May every month 2. Anti tobacco day is celebrated on which day? May 31st BOOKS IN NEWS 1. Who is the author of the book Harbinger of Social Justic ? Sarah Booth COMMITTEES 1.Where was the 47th IAC committee meeting of NDA held? Khadakwasla Places in News 1. In which region of Italy faced powerfull earth quake ? north eastern region

April 2012 Current Affairs Bit Bank

INTERNATIONAL 1. Aung San Suu Kyi who recently won in Myanmar parliament elections, belongs to which political party? Answer : Nation League for Democracy (NLD) 2.The US Govenment announced an additional 12.2 million aid to which country recently? Answer : Syria 3. Who is the Chief of Laskhar e-Taiba, a reward money of $10 million has been announced on him by America? Answer : Hafiz Saeed INDIA & WORLD 1. Indias which board was admitted as the 11th member of MDEP recently? Atomic Energy Regulatory 2.Which two countries signed an agreement on Contract Workers ? India & UAE 3. Which countries had signed six agreements in diverse areas recently including oil& gas? India & Qatar 4. In which country the Industrial Canton Fair is going to be held? China NATIONAL 1. Where is the largest Tulip garden is situated in Asia? Srinagar 2. Which country had stated to expand the members in UN Security Council recently? India 3. Where was the oldest and largest bank of South Korea had set its branch recently in India ? Chennai 4.Commemorative Postage Stamp of which president was released to mark the birth centenary recently? R.Venkataraman 5. Union Government decided to raise working capital ECB resources for which sector recently? Aviation sector STATES 1. Where was the foundation stone for countrys first financial city laid up in ? Bangalore 2. In which state the 4G services were launched recently? Kolkata CONFERENCES 1. In which place was the 20th ASEAN Summit held recently? Combodia 2.Where was the RIC trilateral conference held recently? Answers : Mascow 3. Where was the 6th summit of the Americas held recently? Colombia AWARDS & HONOURS 1.Who is the Democratic leader of Myanmar awarded with Sukarno Prize for creation of Democracy in the country? Aung San Suu Kyi 2. Which award has been presented to Lt.Gen.Bikram Singh? Gallantry Award SPORTS & GAMES 1. Novack Djikivic world no-1 defeated whom to claim the Miami masters title in the final held in Florida? Andy Murrey

2. Who is the first woman wrestler to be qualified for the Olympics afterwinning gold in Astana recently? Geeta Kumari 3. Who is the Tennis player captured her 40th career title in WTA tournament? Sarena Williams 4. Who had won the 11th Asian Billiards championship held in Goa recently? Pankaj Advani 5. Where was the Archery World Cup Stage-I games held recently? Shanghai 6. Who had won the Mens Single Asian Badminton Championship recently? Chen Jin ECONOMY 1.With the cooperation of which country Multiskill development centre is going to start in Bangalore and Gulberg? Germany 2. According to the World Economic Outlook report what is the lowered economic growth of India in 2012? 6.9% SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 1. What is name of the Worlds first flying car ? Terrafugia 2. Where was the new ISRO spy satellite centre was launched recently? Sriharikota 3. In which place India has successfully carried out the AWACS test flight recently? Brazil 4. From which place the Agni-v long range ballistic missile was test fired recently? Odisha 5.What is the name of the ballistic missile which was test fired by Pakistan recently? Hatf-IV 6. What is the name of all weather radar imaging satellite launched recently by India ? RISAT-I 7. What is the name of the stealth frigate which was inducted into navy recently? INS Teg PERSONS IN NEWS A)Appointments 1. Who is the new special envoy to Sudan and South Sudan? Amarendra Khatua 2. Who is the new king of Malaysia elected recently? Sultan Abdul Halim 3. Who had been appointed as UNHCR special envoy recently? Angelina Jolie 4. Who had been appointed as the President of World Heart Federation ? Dr.Srinath Reddy B) Resigns 1.Lucas Papademos is president of which country resigned recently due to early elections in the country? Greece 2.Who is the president of Mali resigned recently? Amadov Toumani Toure 3. What is the name of Jordan Prime minister who resigned recntly? Awn aL Khasawneh C)Deaths 1. Who is the legendary newsman popular CBS 60Minutes programmer died recently? Mike Wallace

2.Who is president of Malawi died of heart attack recently? Binju Wa Mutharika D)Visitors 1.The Chancellor of Exchequer of UK, who visited India for the fifth economic financial ministerial meeting held in New Delhi? George Osborne 2. Who is the Pakistan president visited India recently? Asif Ali Zardari 3.Who is the Norwegian Minister of Trade & Industry visited India regarding Telenor issue recently? Trond Giske E)Miscellaneous 1. Which city is the worlds most impressive city according to the Wealth report? London 2. Which organisation has became the heritage of the sank Titanic ship 100 years ago? UNESCO PLACES IN NEWS 1. Where is the name of the worlds highest tunnel bridge located in China? Aizhai Books in news 1.Reflections of a Statesman book was written on whose life history ? R.Venkataraman Committees in news 1. Under whom the two member Adarsh Judicial Commission was set up by the Maharashtra Government? N.N.Kumbahar

March 2012 Current Affairs Bit Bank

INTERNATIONAL 1. How many EU states had signed the pact for budget discipline on 2 March 2012 ? 25 states 2. Who is the Asia s richest man according to the forbes list ? LI Ka Shing 3. Which are the most ethical firms of the world according to the report revealed by the Ethical Institutes ? Tata & Wipro 4. Which is worlds largest art, antiques market owing country ? China 5. Which country gave a call to boycott American products recently for voting against a resolution? Srilanka INDIA & WORLD 1.Who is the Arab League head , who discussed on the issue of Syrian fate failed recently held in Cairo on 3 March2012? Nabil Elaraby 2. Who had inaugurated the trade show in Jakarta by India, to reach the target of $ 25 billion by 2015 ? Mr. Anand Sharma 3. Where was the Indo-Israel free trade agreement meeting was held recently? Hyderabad NATIONAL 1.Which are the two new missiles developed by defense research & development laboratory handed over to Navy & IAF on 3 March 2012? Torpedo & Akash 2. Who is the next Army cheif for the Indian Army after the retirement of Gen.V.K.Singh on 31 May 2012? Lt,Gen.Bikram singh 3. Who is Asias richest woman with a net worth of $ 12billion in our country? Savitri Jindal 4. Who is the Foreign minister of Italy who has been camping in India relating with two Italian Marines recently? Staffan De Misture 5. How many new trains had been introduced by the railway minister in Railway budget 2012-13? 75 6. Which company had opened centre of excellence for oracle recently for IT services and business solutions ? Tata Consultancy Services ( TCS) 7. Name the project which had been sanctioned 423crore rupees loan assistance in Gujarat from NABARD Narmada link project STATES 1. Which state recorded the highest voting percentage in the history of election, which were held in the month of Feb in five states recently? Goa 2. Who is the first independent woman loco driver in SCR? S. Satyavathi 3. What is the assets declared by Mayawati while her nomination for the Rajya Sabha recently? 111.64 crore 4. Which is the plan , which was launched by the Chief minister of A.P Kiran Kumar recently? SHG Linkage credit plan 5. From which place in Andhra Pradesh the first International flight took off recently? Visakhapatnam CONFERENCES 1. Who inaugurated the 50th golden jubilee celebration of Afro-Asian Rural Development Organisation held in New Delhi recently?

Manmohan singh 2. In which place the Turkeys World Trade Bridge International Summit is going to be held ? Istanbul 3. In which place was the International Monitory Fund Summit was held recently ? New Delhi 4. Where was the second conference of nuclear security summit held recently? Seoul 5. Where will be the third Nuclear Security Summit is going to be held next year ? Netherland AWARDS & HONOURS 1. Who is the Telugu novelist, who had been awarded Kurra Kotisuryamma Memorial Award for his outstanding contribution to Telugu literature? Bheemaraju Venkataramana 2. Who is the worlds tallest man, finally stopped growing after treated ? Sultan Kosen 3. Who had been awarded with Ugadi Puraskaram from the Andhra Pradesh Government recently? P.Surya Rao 4. Who is the woman, awarded with Nirmal Gram Puraskar for the year 2012 from Andhra Pradesh from the President Pratibha Patil recently? Y.Chintamma 5.How many new World Records were set up in 12 hours by the former England cricketer Andrew Flintoff and Steve Harmison ? 14 6. Who is the Hungarian Mathematician who has been awarded with Abel Prize for the year 2012? Endre Szemerede SPORTS & GAMES 1. To which place India dropped in ODI championship Table after losing their triangular series in Australia? 3rd place 2. Who is cricket player who made 100 centuries in his career recently? Sachin Tendulkar 3. Who is the sportswoman from Andhra Pradesh ,who is going to represent India at the World Cup for Archery which is going to held in China in April 2012? Jyothi Surekha 4. Who had won the BNP Paribas Womens single title for the year 2012? Victoria Azarenka 5. Who is the Worlds no-1 ranking Golf player , Who had won the US PGA Transitions Chmpsp held at Florida recently? Luke Donald 6. Who had been the Player of the Tournament in the Asia Cup 2012 held at Dhaka recently ? Shakib Al Hasan ECONOMY 1. What is the name of the new card product which was launched by ICICI bank for the super rich recently? Sapphiro 2. In which place is Indian railways in World ranking? Fourth place 3.What is the percentage of service tax , which had been raised in the budget 2012-13? 12% 4.What is the per capita income of India for the year 2012-13 ? Rs. 60972 5. Which country is the highest consumer of oil in per capita terms ? United states 6. Which country stood at the least place in service sector ? India 7.What is the per capita GDP of Qatar ? 44.45 lakh 8. How much financial aid was granted by the World Bank to India ? $4.3billion 9. Name the new equality saving scheme announced in the budget 2012-13 recently? The Rajiv Gandhi Equality saving scheme SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 1. In how many planets in solar system life may exist according to the researchers ? 2. What is the name of the second largest Moon of Saturn? 3. What is the name of the submarine which had been taken as lease from Russia recently? 4. Which type of Asprin was invented by the scientist to fight against Cancer? PERSONS IN NEWS a) Appointments 1. Who is the new M.D for Hyundai Motors India , who was appointed recently?

5 Planets Rhea INS Chakra Gas-filled

Bo Shin Seo

2. Who is the New President of Germany , who has been elected recently? Joachin Gauck 3. Who is the new Railway minister for UPA Government ? Mukhul Roy b) Resigns 1. Who is the Railway minister , who had resigned recently from the cabinet for raising the railway fares ? Dinesh Trivedi c) Deaths 1.Who is the philanthropist who died recently, vice chairman of Sankar foundation? Sankar Rao d) Visitors 1.Who is the Egypt Ambassador, who visited India for the golden jubilee celebration of (AARDO)? Mr.Ahmed Abulkheir 2. Who is the Turkish Ambassador who visited Hyderabad recently? Dr.Burak Aklapar 3. Who is the managing director of International monitory fund ( IMF) , who visited India recently? Christine Lagarde 4. Who is the Prime ministe of Canada who had visited Thailand recently? Staphen Harper 5. Who is the US Secretary of commerce who visited India for bilateral trade meeting ? John Bryson e) Miscellaneous 1. Who is Bollywood Actress to become the sixth Bollywood celebrity to be honoured with a wax likeness? Madhuri Dixit ABBREVIATIONS 1. AIMA stands for All India Management Association BOOKS IN NEWS 1. Who had written the book Didi: A Political biography of Mamata Benerjee recently? Monobina Gupta 2. Russian court dismissed the plea seeking ban on which Holly Literature book translation recently ? Bhagwad Gita

February 2012 Current Affairs Bit Bank

INTERNATIONAL 1. Who had won the US Republic Florida Primary election held recently ? Mitt Romney 2. By the end of which year the American military is going to end the combat operations in Afghanistan? 2013yr 3. What is the mechanism policy of EU to double their renewable energy? Rio+20 4. In which place the National Australia Bank was opened its Maiden Branch in India recently ? Mumbai 5. Which country is going to grant India the MFN status by the end of 2012 ? Pakistan 6. Who is new US abbassador to India? Nancy J.Powell INDIA & WORLD 1. What is the bilateral trade target set up by India & China recently $100b 2. China wants to work with India in which issue recently ? Piracy fight 3. Between which two countries the 12th defence policy group meeting was held in New delhi ? India & US NATIONAL 1.Which disease had been included in lifestyle other than diabetes and hypertension ? Cancer 2. Which are the three most happiest countries where people reside ? Indonesia,India &Mexico 3. From which place India is going to test its most ambitious missile Agni- V ? Odisha 4. According to researchers which country is losing its forests more rapidly ? India 5. Samsung had launched which type of note book into the market recently ? series 5 ultra 6. From which date the implementation of Matatma Gandhi Rural Employment, Guarantee Act will start ? 4/1/2012 7. Who inaugurated the 12th polio summit 2012 which was held in NewDelhi recently ? Manmohan singh STATES 1. How many people died of malaria worldwide in 2010-2011 according to the world malaria report ? 46800 2. Name the maths social net work in face book called ? Teaching Tomorrow 3. Which city in A.P had decided to become cycle proud and introduced no Motor vehicle zones across 20km of roads ? Vishakapatnam 4. Which state Government had shortlisted for the two companies for setting up the E-waste dismantlity facilities ? West Bengal 5. Who had launched a major state wide de- warming campaign in Delhi recently ? Sheila Dikshit 6. Which state ranked top in investment proposal in the year 2011 ? Gujarat CONFERENCES 1.Where was the National Conference on Governance meeting organised on Jan 29 2012 ? New Delhi 2. Where was the 58th annual meeting of the Indian Association of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgeons held at ?

Kolkata 3. On which date the Indian -Asean summit was held for two days in NewDelhi recently ? 12 th Feb 4. Who inaugurated the 15th National conference on e-governance held for two days ? Mr.M.Naveen Patnaik AWARDS & HONOURS 1. The P.M of Mauritius Navinchandra Ramloolam had been honoured with which Dr. recently ? Doctor of law 2. Who had been awarded as sports women of the year 2012 recently at Laureus sports awards ? Vivian Chruiyot 3. Who is the Indian to receive the pretigious honour, Manager of the Year 2011 award recently ? Siva ram krishna prasad 4. To which tennis player the serbian president Boris Tadic conffered the highest Serbain award Gold star of Karadjordge for 2012? Novack Djokovic 5. Who had been graced as chief guest for the 5th Ramnath Goenka Awards for the excellence in Journalism 2012, held at Taj palace in NewDelhi ? Hamid Ansari 6. Who had won the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the year Award for 2011 ? Rahul Batia SPORTS & GAMES 1. Who had won the mens national grass court tennis championship from A.P ? Saketh Mineni 2. Which country had won the Africa nations cup title cup which held on 13 Feb 2012 ? Zambia 3. Who is the cricket player who had awarded with ESPN Cricin for best batting performance award in test matches ? Sachin tendulkar 4. W ho is the cricket batsman who had announced recently retirement from one day cricket ? Ricky Poting 5. Who is the person, who had won the Mens 85 plus 5km walk event held at Manipur from A.P on the opening day of 33rd National Masters Atheletics Championship ? G.Satyanarayana rao 6. Who won the SAIL SBI open Golf title on 25 Feb 2012 held in Delhi ? Anirban Lahiri ECONOMY 1. The RBI of India is going to issue how much rupee note denomination with insert letter R in the Mahata Gandhi series ? Rs 1000 2. The RBI had made an announcement to bring Rs 5 coin was devoted to which person recently ? Bhagat singh 3. Who had directed the Unoin Government to issue Broad band license to Qual comm ? Telecom dispute settlement Appellate Tribunal 4. Who had issued a circular for development of white label automated teller machines from non-banks ? Reserve Bank of India SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 1. What is name of home cleaning robot within the vaccum cleaner segment ? Niche 2. Which country had launched the self guided bullet missile ? US (America ) 3. What is the name of orbit above, an observation satellite launched by Iran on 3 Feb 2012 ? Navid 4. Which is the new planet discovered by the researchers recently found water on it ? GJ1214b 5. Name the new US-based racing bike which was manufactured by the worlds largest two wheeler Hero Motocorp recently? Erik Buell Rcing

6. Name the new gene, which was discovered by the UK scientists recently ? Meg I 7. Name the Chinas global navigation and positioning network known as ? Beidou PERSONS IN NEWS a) Appointments 1. Who had been appointed as the Honarary secretary for the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh from Andhrapradesh ? Dr.P.Raghuram b) Resigns 1. Who is the president of Maldives who had resigned on 7 Feb 2012 ? Mohamed Nasheed 2. Who is the world bank president who resigned recently for completing his five yrs term? Robert Zoelllick 3. Who is the German president who had resigned recently over a scandal recieved before becoming the head of the state ? Christian Wulff c) Deaths 1. Who is the pop music singer ,six times Grammy award winner deid on 11 Feb 2012 Whitney Huoston 2. Who is the British Journalist who on 22 Feb was shot dead by the French photographers in Syria ? Marie Colvin 3. Who is the foriegn correspondent and a two time pulitzer prize winner died in Eastern Syria on 16 Feb 2012 ? Anthony Shadid d) Visitors 1. Mr.Navinchandra Ramgoolan is P.M of which country who visited India on 7Feb 2012 for six days ? Mauritius e) Miscellaneous 1. Name the Indian-American person who had made himself the cover of the prestigous Time magazine recently? Preet Bharara BOOKS IN NEWS 1. Who is the author of the book Nirbasan whose opening ceremony of the book releasing was cancelled in India ? Taslima Nasreen 2. Who was the author of the book Time Guerrilla recently released of his own memoir? Fidel Castro 3. Name the book which was released by the vice president of India Mr.Hamid Ansari in Newdelhi recently? Sufism & Indian Mysticism