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Current affairs Questions for competitive exams 2012

Current affairs and General Awareness questions 2013 for IBPS, Bank PO, RRB, SBI and Postal assistant part-2



1. Who is newly appointed as United Nations goodwill ambassador for UNAIDS ?
Answer: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
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2. Which country won T20 World cup 2012 ?
Answer: West indies (beating Sri Lanka)


3. Which country won T20 Womens World cup 2012 ?
Answer: Australia (beating England)


4. What is the name of new book written by JK Rowling ?
Answer: The Casual Vacancy


5. According to the Forbes annual list of the world's 100 most powerful women on August 2012, Who has been ranked in the first place ?
Answer:  Angela Merkel


6. What is the name of new ship commissioned on 2012 for coast guard ?
Answer: Rajatarang


7. Who won the 2012 Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience Award ?
Answer: Aung San Suu Kyi


8. Which Country won Asian Kabadi Championship 2012 ?
Answer: Pakistan (defeating India)


9. Who is the Winner of 2012 US Grand Prix ?
Answer: Lewis Hamilton


10. The seventh meeting of the G-20 summit was held in which country ?
Answer: Mexico (Los Cabos)


11. Which is the fastest super computer ?
Answer: Titan


12. Who is the new chief of RAW ?
Answer: Alok Joshi


13. Who will be the first Muslim head of Intelligence Bureau (IB) ?
Answer: Syed Asif Ibrahim


14. Which country won Davis cup 2012 (men's tennis) ?
Answer: Czech Republic


15. In which jail Ajmal Kasab hanged ?
Answer: Yerawada Jail (Pune)


16. Who is the new CBI director ?
Answer: Ranjit Sinha (25th director)


17. Who is the Winner of Miss Universe 2012 ?
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Answer: Olivia Culpo


18. Who is the winner of  Laureus Award Sportsman of the Year 2012 ?
Answer: Novak Djokovic


19. Who is the winner of  Laureus Award Sportswoman of the Year 2012 ?
Answer: Vivian Cheruiyot


20. Who is the winner of SASTRA Ramanujan Prize in 2012 ?
Answer: Zhiwei Yun


* 21. Who is the brand ambassador of BMW in India ?
Answer: Sachin Tendulkar


* 22. Who is the special public prosecutor of 2008 Mumbai attack ?
Answer: Ujjwal Nikam


* 23. Who is the winner of 2011 Jnanpith Award ?
Answer: Dr.Pratibha Ray


* 24. Who is the present president of Ghana ?
Answer: John Dramani Mahama


* 25. Who is the new chair man of Tata group ?
Answer: Cyrus Mistry


* 26. Who is America's New Foreign Secretary ?
Answer: John Kerry

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31 comments:

  1. who is the new elected president of venezuela?

    Answer: Hugo Chavez

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    1. Nicolás Maduro
      April 19, 2013 – January 2019

      now new president of venezuela

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    2. yes, thanks for updating

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  2. massini {young italy}October 15, 2012 at 7:12 PM

    who is the present Deputy Chairman of Planning
    Commission ?

    Answer: Montek Singh
    Ahluwalia

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  3. NATO summit held in which Country ?

    Answer: Chicago

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    1. 2012 NATO summit was held at Chicago
      refer link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_summit

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  4. Where is the headquarters of NATO ?

    Answer: Brussels (Belgium)

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  5. INS garuda (in Kochi)October 16, 2012 at 7:08 PM

    For Important questions about Nobel Prize and 2012 Winners visit Nobel prize 2012 : GK questions

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  6. who is the first women chief of african union (new) ?

    Answer: Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma

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  7. alan shugarth (floppy)October 16, 2012 at 8:27 PM

    who is the first man to reach the supersonic speed (highest jump) without travelling in a jet or spacecraft?

    Answer: Felix Baumgartner

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  8. Who is 2012 booker prize winner ?

    Answer : Hilary Mantel

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  9. Who is the first woman to win booker prize twice?

    Answer: Hilari mental

    in 2012 (Bring up the Bodies)

    in 2009 (Wolf Hall)

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  10. Which satellite is put into orbit by 101th Mission of ISRO ?

    Answer: GSAT-10

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  11. Which actor was recently conferred with the second highest French civilian award "Officer Dan Ordre Arts et des Lettres"?

    Answer: Aishwarya Rai Bachan

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  12. current affairs question

    Who is the president of ICC (International Cricket Council) ?

    Answer: Alan Isaac

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  13. Now its better to read hari thanks for the quick response
    Good Job...
    Thanks..

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  14. Who wrote the novels 'Aparichita' and 'Shilapadma' ?

    Answer: Pratibha Ray (2011 Jnanpith Award winner)

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  15. Important gk question

    Who is the director of the film 'Life of pi' ?

    Answer: Ang Lee

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  16. What is the auto biography of I.K. Gujral ?

    Answer: Matters of Discretion

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  17. current affairs question

    Who becomes the first female politician to be appointed as the leader of the opposition in lok sabha ?

    Answer: Sushma Swaraj

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  18. What is meant by HD 40307 ??

    Ans: Its a planet

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    1. HD 40307 is a star and HD 40307 g, HD 40307 b are planets which orbiting the star HD 40307.

      thank you..

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  19. who was the previous pope?

    ans: Pope Benedict II

    Tennis originated in - _____________
    Ans France

    Cricket was known as ____________
    ANS: the gentleman's game


    Modern Tennis originated in ___________
    Ans England

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    1. who was the previous pope?

      ans: Pope Benedict XVI

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    2. who was the previous pope?

      ans: Pope Benedict XVI

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  20. abrivation of NASA?

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    1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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  21. abreviation of IRNSS

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    1. Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System

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  22. The mathematical symbol Pi was invented by a Indian..

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