Current Affairs-Jan,2012

1. What is the prevailing CRR as on 25th January 2012? 5.5%

2. Which material is used by scientists to further reduce heat generated from computers? Graphene – the thinnest material known to science

3. Which investment banking topped Indian deal maker in 2011? Morgan Stanley

4. Who is the MD and head of investment banking at Morgan Stanley? Aisha de Seqeira

5. What could be the possible medium used to check blood sugar levels in humans? Saliva

6. Who resigned as SAARC Secretary General? Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed

7. Which player achieved 13,000 run mark in test cricket recently? Ricky Ponting

8. Which tennis player is set to lose No.1 spot in woman’s category? Caroline Wozniacki

9. Which Indian film failed to secure a place in the final nomination list of the 84th Academy Awards? DAM 999

10. A film on which Jamaican reggae star would be presented at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival in February 2012? Bob Marley

11. What is the Standard and Poor’s downgraded rating of France’s sovereign wealth fund Caisse des Depots et Consignations? AA+ from AAA

12. Which company awaits major buy back to boost its stock value? RIL – Reliance Industries

13. Name the two back-end services firms that Kutch milk producers have set up. STAKAPVPCL – Shree Abdasa Taluka Krishi Avam Pashupala in Gujarat and Upaj Producer Company limited in Dubai

14. Which country is set to join European Union in 2013? Coratia

15. Name the social news service acquired by twitter recently. Summify

16. Name the year that is been celebrated across China? Dragon year

17. Who has been signed by Pune as player-mentor? Ganguly

18. Name the new kind of train launched by China. Magnetic train

19. Which auto-maker regained its title as the world’s top-selling automaker in 2011? General Motors

20. Who is appointed as COO of Intel? Brain Krzanich

21. Who is appointed as Managing Editor of Wall Street Journal? Raju Narisetti

22. Where did India open its 5th Consulate in US? Atlanta

23. Which photo pioneer company filed bankruptcy recently? Kodak

24. Which online video streaming site has launched a film festival? YouTube

25. Name the Indian wicketkeeper who is set to debut in place of MS Dhoni in test cricket against Australia. Wriddhiman Saha

26. Name the app unveiled by Apple as an interactive textbook application. e-textbooks app called iBooks

27. Where is the Jaipur Literature Festival held in India? Diggi Palace, Jaipur

28. Which file-sharing website has US shut down recently? Megaupload

29. Who has been appointed as Managing Director and CEO of Godrej Properties Limited? Pirojsha Godrej

30. Petroleum ministry recently allowed import of? ATF – Aviation Turbine Fuel

31. Name the media advisor to Prime Minister who resigned recently. Harish Khare

32. Name the music composer the inspiration behind the song ‘My Name is Anthony Gonsalves’ who died recently.

Anthony Gonsalves

33. Who is set to take oath as justice in Jharkhand High Court? Prakash Chandra Tatia

34. Name the world’s first battery-free wireless mouse launched by Genius. DX-ECO

35. Where is India’s first Startup Village is to be setup? KINFRA Park, Kalamassery, Kochi

36. Which company won India’s biggest fighter deal for $10.4 billion? France’s Dassault Rafale

37. Name the singer who was made the Big Entertainer of the Year in recognition of her ‘Special Contribution to Bengali music. Usha Uthup

38. Name the Managing Director of Hindustan Motors who resigned recently. Manoj Jha

39. How many countries are set to participate in inaugural edition of under-21 Squash World Cup? 8 countries

40. Which driver signed with Formula One team Williams for 2012 F1 season? Bruno Senna

41. Where is the India-Burma talks scheduled on January 19th 2012? Myanmar capital, Naypyitaw

42. Which company is eyeing $1.5 billion IPO for cable business in Singapore? RCOM

43. Name the Yahoo co-founder who resigned recently. Jerry Yang

44. Which global consulting and IT service provider is set to participate in World Economic Forum? Mahindra Satyam

45. To assist delivery of various public services through mobile phones what has the Government planned to launch?

Mobile application store

46. Which country teaches Sanskrit Language Studies and claims it helps children understand English?

New Zealand

47. Who won the Australian Open 2012 doubles final? Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek

48. Who won her first Grand slam title in woman’s Australian Open 2012? Victoria Azarenka

49. How many new planets spread among 11 solar systems have been discovered? 26

50. Which country’s Prime Minister is set to receive honorary D.Litt degree at a convocation at Kurukshetra University? Navin Chandra Ramgoolam, Prime Minister of Mauritius

51. Where is India’s second rubber park established? Bodhungnagar in western Tripura

52. Name the mobile brand launched by K.R.Mangalam Group. Chaze

53. Which 3 countries have joined hand to avert European crisis damage to Asia? India, Japan and South Korea

54. Which long-vacant post of National Highways Authority of India is opened to be filled by private sector?

NHAI chairman post

55. Name the Ex-Palm chief who quit HP recently. Jon Rubinstein

56. Name the most expensive upcoming bengali film featuring real life car blasts and underwater shooting off Mauritius with a budget of Rs.7 crore. Macho Mustafa

57. Which card has BSNL launched to facilitate making utility bill payments like electricity and telephone bills? Itz Cash Card (Trust Card)

58. Who is set to head committee on power sector reforms? Pullock Chatterjee

59. Name the boxer who turned 70 recently. Mohammad Ali

60. Which Indian state produced record Kharif crop since its creation in the year 2000? Jharkhand

61. Which state’s theme has been set in 26th Surajkund Crafts Mela in Faridabad, Haryana? Assam

62. Who won Grand slam title in men’s Australian Open 2012? Djokovic

63. Name the former president of Italy who died recently. Oscar Luigi Scalfaro

64. What rank does India hold as steel maker in 2011 as per World Steel Association? 4th rank

65. Who won the women’s snooker title at the Manisha National Billiards and Snooker Championship? M.Chitra

66. What is the export growth as of December 2011? 6.7% at $25billion

67. Which electronic major is set to issue first overseas bond? Samsung

68. Which website is to be shut for 24hrs to stop anti-piracy act? Wikipedia

69. Name the Indian-origin Sikh who has been unanimously elected as the mayor of Charlottesville, a historic American city in Virginia. Satyendra Singh Huja

70. Which service has airtel launched in Zambia? 3.75G service

71. What fund has India planned to launch by July 2012? $1 billion innovation fund

72. Where does inflation stand as on 16th January 2012? 7.47%

73. Where is the first crocodile census set to start? Sunderbans

74. Name the scheme launched by Arunachal Pradesh government for the treatment of Multi Drug Resistant TB patients. Directly Observed Treatment Plus Service (DOTS)

75. Who took charge as Kerala governor? H.R.Bharadwaj

76. Who won the trust of vote in Parliament of Pakistan? Yousuf Raza Gilani

77. Which company topped sensex weight list recently? Infosys

78. Which currency is world’s most undervalued currency as per Big Mac Index? Indian rupee

79. What is the rating retained by Moody’s for France? AAA rating

80. Which mobile operator is planning to file IPO in India? Vodafone

81. Name the pilotless aircraft which was successfully tested recently. Lakshya-II

82. India has become the 32nd signatory for the Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matter of which Paris-based organisation? Organisation for Economic Cooperation Development(OECD)

83. What is the Fitch’s downgraded ratings of Belgium, Cyprus, Italy, Solvenia and Spain? AA from AA+,BBB- from BBB,A- from A+,A from AA- and A from AA-

84. Name the Kerala state governor who passed away recently. M.O.H.Farook

85. Which Indian state is likely to include solar plants to be part of state housing projects? Rajasthan

86. What is proposal from RBI with respect to currency notes of Rs.10 denomination? To introduce Plastic currency notes of Rs.10

87. Which country will replace United States in Olympic men’s qualifiers in New Delhi as per International Hockey Federation? Singapore

88. Who is to be held responsible for fake notes in ATMs? Banks

89. Name the Indian origin MP who will head a German parliamentary committee. Sebastian Edathy

90. Name the Premier of Australia’s Victoria state who is all set to lead the largest-ever Australian trade mission to India. Ted Baillieu

91. How many additional British Trade Offices is UK planning to open in India? 8

92. Who has been appointed as Director Enterprise Business (India and South Asia) by Adobe? Kulmeet Bawa

93. What is the amount received by India in venture capital funding in the solar energy sector? Rs.500 crore

94. Which Government has bought 1.09% worth stake in Reliance Industries? Singapore Government

95. Which bank is likely to increase their presence in Karnataka from the present 71 to 100 branches? Bank of Baroda

96. Who is set to become Coal India Limited acting chairman? Zohra Chatterji

97. Name India’s first woman journalist who died recently. Homai Vyarawalla

98. Which automobile major has plans to setup logistic hub in Bengal, India? Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.

99. Which company has unveiled world’s slimmest smartphone recently? Huawei

100. At what value has Anti-virus maker AVG filled IPO? $125 million

101. Who won the Sydney International tennis tournament? Jarkko Nieminen

102. Who won the Mumbai marathon title recently? Laban Moiben

103. Which Indian city is set to host psychiatry conclaves? Kochi

104. Which country reported rare decline of foreign reserves? China

105. Which mobile maker sold over 450 patents recently? Nokia

106. How many euro zone countries have S&P downgraded? 9

107. Which two companies have Intel tied-up to make the first smart phone running on intel chips? Motorola Mobility and Lenovo

108. Who has been appointed to google board recently? Diane Greene, VMware co-founder

109. Which service the Indian Government has planned to launch for farmers? Interactive medium of spoken web service

110. Who won gold in Asian shooting championship? Abhinav Bindra

111. Who has been appointed as COO of Titan Industries? H.G.Raghunath

112. Which airways bagged best airline award? Ethad Airways

113. Where does the industrial output stand as of November 2011 in India? 5.9%

114. When did India complete one polio-free year? 13th January 2012

115. What is the cost of cheapest electric car unveiled by Tata in Detroit? $20,000

116. Which legendary singer is set to be honoured with lifetime achievement award at the 18th Annual Colors Screen Awards? Asha Bhosle

117. Which company has unveiled 5G Wi-Fi chips? Broadcom

118. What has been launched portraying the life of technology freak and Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in the US recently? Comic book

120. Which company has retained top patent spot for 19th straight year? IBM

121. Where the Quick service cum mobile medical dispensary was inaugurated recently? Bodh Gaya Temple premises

122. What is the lowest one-day score by Sri Lanka in the recently held match against South Africa? 43 all out

123. What is the worth of total Private equity investment made in India in 2011? $10.11 billion

124. Which country has been ranked first on nuclear safety? Australia

125. What has Kerala hospital introduced to diagnose small bowel bleeding sites, tumours and ulcers? Wireless Capsule Endoscopy

126. Which country’s Prime Minister is to be chief guest at Indian Republic Day parade? Thailand Prime Minister, Yingluck Shinawatra

127. How many banks are now allowed to import bullion or precious metals? 35

128. Name the recently added banks to import precious metals. Yes Bank, Bank of Maharashtra, City Union Bank and ING Vysya Bank

129. Which bollywood actor is campaigning for clean voting? Aamir Khan

130. Who took over as Director General Military Operations succeeding Lt Gen Anand Mohan Verma? Lt Gen Ashok Kumar Chaudhary

131. Which cricketer turns 39 as he becomes the oldest to play in Test cricket? Rahul Dravid

132. Name the Chinese dancer who took Bharatanatyam and Kathak to Mao’s China died recently. Zhang Jun

133. Name the world’s thinnest smartphone unveiled by Huawei recently. Ascend P1

134. Who won the Ranji Trophy 2011-12? Rajasthan

135. Name the Indian-American Journalist who has been named as Managing Editor of Wall Street Journal. Raju Narisetti

136. Who took over the role of co-CEO of Research in Motion? Thorsten Heins

137. What rank does India hold to have a nuclear submarine? 6th position

138. Name the youngest mayor of Otsu, Japan. Naomi Koshi

139. Which parliament passed Armenian gernocide bill? French Parliament

140. What product have Hitachi decided to stop producing? Television

141. Name the Srilankan cricketer who resigned as captain from all 3 forms of the game. Dilshan

142. Who has been appointed as Managing Director, President and CEO of Samsung’s South-West Asia operations? B.D.Park

143. Name the world’s first hydrogen powered 3-wheeler which was launched by Mahindra and Mahindra at the 11th Auto Expo 2012. HyAlfa

144. Who won the FIFA women’s World player of the year? Homare Sawa of Japan

145. Who won the FIFA men’s world player of the year 3rd time in a row? Lionel Messi of Argentina

146. Name the car which won the 2012 North American Car of the year award. Hyundai Elantra

147. Name the Guinea Bissau President who died recently. Malam Bacai Sanha

148. Name the chairman of Swiss National Bank who stepped down recently. Philipp Hildebrand

149. Which company has acquired Bangalore-based event and entertainment guide Buzzintown? Yatra online

150. Where is the world’s largest solar telescope set to be built?  Merak on Pangong Tso lake in the cold desert Ladakh region

151. Who has been appointed as President of Federation of Indian Export Organisations? Rafeeq Ahmed

152. Which state has planned to teach Bhagavad Gita in schools? Karnataka

153. Name the Bajaj Pulsar model which is priced below Rs.1 lakh. Bajaj Pulsar 200NS

154. Who won the doubles title at the Chennai Open 2012? Leander Peas and Janko Tipsarevic

155. Which country has called for Indian investments and sought partnership in oil and gas exploration? Trinidad and Tobago

156. When is the Goods and Services Tax panel set to meet? January 9th and 10th 2012

157. Where has Union Government planned to build 11 tunnels to connect important roads? Pakistan and China borders

158. Which version of Internet Explorer is dead as per Microsoft? Internet Explorer 6

159. Name the website launched by Jammu and Kashmir government for the state’s school education department.

www.jkeducation.gov.in

160. What is the new product unveiled by Yahoo recently? Search Direct

161. Who was given the first S.K.Singh award for negotiating Indo-US nuclear deal? D.Bala Venkatesh Varma

162. Where the national and international theater festival, the Bharat Rang Mahotsav set to be held? National School of Drama, Amritsar

163. Who won gold for triple jump at the all India inter-university athletics meet held in Mangalore, Karnataka?

Arpinder Singh

164. Who has been named Chief Information Officer of WildCard Systems? Shahi Kapur

1565. Who has been appointed as VP, Chief Information Officer of Qwest Communications? Girish Varma

166. When is Rajinikanth’s biography set to hit stands? 12.12.2012

167. Which auto major is set to invest USD142 million at its Chennai plant in India to manufacture a compact sports utility vehicle named EcoSport? Ford India

168. Name the Government policy introduced by Karnataka to boost animation industry. Karnataka Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comics (KAVGC) Policy 2011

169. Name the ace woman tennis player who withdrew from Australian Open due to left ankle injury. Serena Williams

170. Who has been named as CEO of Yahoo? Scott Thompson

171. To protect consumers from unscrupulous jewellers which proposal has the government made mandatory for gold? Hallmarking

172. Who has been appointed as Senior Vice President in India by CIBER? Vivek.K.Marla

173. Name the interactive presentation tool launched by HP in India. Pocket whiteboard

174. Which Person to Person messaging portal acquired 160by2.com recently? way2sms.com

175. Name the Australian cricket captain who joined the double-century club recently. Michael Clarke

176. Who has been appointed as chief coach of Kolkata Knight Riders? Trevor Bayliss

177. Who has been appointed as UNSC’s special adviser on Myanmar? Vijay Nambiar

178. Which film directed by Ashvin kumar was released online on 26th January 2012?  Inshallah Kashmir: Living Terror

179. Name the woman pilot who led the Air Force contingent creating history at the 63rd Republic Day parade.

Sneha Shekhawat

180. Which cinema feature ended 35 mm’s 120 year old dominance? Digital cinema

181. Name Aircel’s CMO who quit recently. Rahul Saighal

182. Who has been appointed as coach of Sri Lankan cricket team? Graham Ford

183. Who won the 2012 Sundance Institute-Mahindra Global Filmmaking award? Directors: Indian Shonali Bose, Australian Ariel Kleiman, South African Etienne Kallos and Dominga Sotomayor from Chile

184. Name the nano’s rival announced by bajaj recently. RE60

185. Where in India is Literary Festival 2012 is scheduled to be held? Jaipur

186. What is the concept introduced by Indian Postal Department(Bihar Postal Circle) to get a personalized stamp with photograph on it? My Stamp

187. Who takes over as Wipro Technologies Senior Vice President and Corporate Treasurer? Manoj Jaiswal

188. Name the company which is set to enter into Laptop market with its dual-screen laptop U-Book. NajmTek

189. Name the dual screen digital Wi-Fi camera launched by Samsung recently. DV300F

190. Who has been considered for first Gates Innovation Award? Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar

191. What is SEBI toll free helpline number launched to support 14 languages? 1800227575

192. Who has been named male player of the year by Golf writers Association of America? Luke Donald

193. Name the Argentinian bike rider who died after being involved in an accident on the first day of the Dakar Rally. Jorge Martinez Boero

194. Name Afghan’s first team of female boxers set to aim for Olympics 2012. Shabnam and Sadaf Rahimi

195. Which country test launched first 3D television broadcast? China

196. What rank does Vishwanathan Anand holds as he prepares for 2012 World chess championship? 4th

197. Name the former Macedoninan President who passed away recently. Kiro Gligorov

198. Which Indian ace tennis star withdrew out of Aircel Chennai Open 2012 because of recurring shoulder injury?

Somdev Devvarman

199. Where is the 5-day 99th Indian Science Congress science event is set to start on 3rd January 2012? Kalinga Institute of industrial Technology, Bhuvaneshwar, Orrisa

200. What bank account facility is set to be launched in India? Bank Number Portability

201. Name the new education tablet launched by Classteacher Learning Systems, a Delhi based Educational Solutions Provider. Classpad

202. Which type of IPO proposal is SEBI committee working on? e-IPO

203. Name the Indian doctor who became famous for his selfless work in China during the Sino-Japan war whose memorial was dedicated to India. Dr.Dwarkanath Shantaram Kotnis

204. What is the total number of districts in Chhattisgarh as on 1st January 2012? 27

205. Where is the Coastal Business Development Summit is held? Mangalore, Karnataka

206. Name the DGP replacing outgoing chief Sankar Baruah for Assam. Jayanta Narayan Choudhury

207. Where is National Kannada conference is set to be held in the month of April? Delhi

208. Which country recently joined UNSC as non-permanent member? Pakistan

209. Who are now allowed to invest in Indian stock market directly? QFI’s – Qualified foreign investors

210. How much of share can a QFI company and QFI’s put together hold a stake in Indian companies? 5% and 10%

211. Which two countries have strengthened business ties to start trading electricity and petroleum products? India and Pakistan

212. Name the bike priced 1.17 lakh unveiled by bajaj recently. KTM Duke 200

213. Who has been awarded Ashok Chakra for LoC encounter? Lieutenant Navdeep Singh

214. Name the renowned Kerala writer who passed away recently. Sukumar Azhikode

215. ‘Brand Kerala’, was part of which tourism fair which concluded recently? International Tourism Trade Fair(FITUR) 2012

216. After which sporting person has Madhya Pradesh decided to set up museum? Dhyan Chand

217. Who inaugurated the 36th Kolkata Book Fair? Italian author Beppe Severgni

218. Which country posted first annual trade deficit since 1980? Japan

219. Who has been appointed as officer in the general division of the Order of Australia for distinguished service to cricket? Ricky Ponting

220. 15,000 people from which Indian city participated in a mass singing of national anthem ‘Jana Gana Mana’ to create a world record in the process? Aurangabad

221. What value of trade target has been fixed between India and Thailand? $14 billion

222. What sum of capital has been approved to be infused in SBI and PNB? Rs.7,900 crore and Rs.1,285 crore

223. Tatas recently signed pact to open what cafes? Starbucks cafe

224. Name the device launched by Scosche’s that disables mobile phone function while driving. cellCONTROL

225. What is the composition of world’s first magnetic soap produced? Iron-rich salts dissolved in water

226. Sikhs recently got official Gurudwara in which country? Dubai, UAE

227. Which automobile maker has re-entered Indian markets after 13 years? Vespa

228. Ma Ying-jeou won President’s  re-election for second term. He is the president of which country? Taiwan

229. SOPA stands for :- Stop Online Piracy Act (The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is a United States bill introduced by U.S. Representative Lamar S. Smith (R-TX) to expand the ability of U.S. law enforcement to fight online trafficking in copyrighted intellectual property and counterfeit goods.)

230. PIPA stands for :- Protect IP Act (The PROTECT IP Act (Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act, or PIPA) is a proposed law with the stated goal of giving the US government and copyright holders additional tools to curb access to "rogue websites dedicated to infringing or counterfeit goods", especially those registered outside the U.S.)