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

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 ?

 









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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General knowledge questions about Sports

Important gk questions about Cricket

Important gk questions about cricket means Important gk questions about Sachin Tendulkar

1. Which Cricketer is known as God of Cricket ?
Answer: Sachin Tendulkar


2. Which Cricketer is known as Master blaster ?
Answer: Sachin Tendulkar


3. Who is the first batsman to score a Double Century in ODI ?
Answer:  Sachin Tendulkar


4. Which batsman scored most runs in One day International Cricket ?
Answer: Sachin Tendulkar


5. How many ODI matches played by Sachin Tendulkar ?
Answer: 463


6. What is the ODI batting average of Sachin Tendulkar ?
Answer:  44.83


7. What is number of Centuries made by Sachin Tendulkar in ODI Cricket ?
Answer: 49


8. What is number of Half Centuries made by Sachin Tendulkar in ODI Cricket ?
Answer: 96


9. What is the Top score of Sachin Tendulkar in ODI Cricket ?
Answer: 200*


10. What is the number of Wicket taken by Sachin Tendulkar in ODI Cricket ?
Answer: 154


11. Who played most number of matches in ODI cricket ?
Answer: Sachin Tendulkar


12. Who scored most runs in ODI cricket matches ?
Answer: Sachin Tendulkar (18,426)



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General knowledge questions about Sports

Important General knowledge Questions and Answers About Tennis Tournament


1. In which Country Tennis originated ?
Answer: France


2. In which Country Modern Tennis originated ?
Answer: England


3. What is the length of standard Tennis Court ?
Answer:  78 feet


4. Where is the headquarters of International Tennis Federation ?
Answer: Roehampton (south-west London)


5. Where did the Grand slam, French Open take place ?
Answer:  Roland Garro (in Paris)


6. Where did the Grand slam, Australian Open take place ?
answer: Melbourne Park (in Melbourne)


7. Where did the Grand slam, US Open take place ?
answer: Flushing Meadows


8. Which is the oldest  oldest tennis tournament in the world ?
Answer:  Wimbledon


9. Which is the highest paying tennis tournament in the world ?
Answer: US Open

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Quiz questions : Gk years

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61. In which year Preamble amended to add the words "sovereign socialist" ?
in 1976 (42 Amendment)


62. In which year Santosh Trophy  national football tournament started ?
in 1941


63. In which year Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) formed ?
in 1962 Oct 24


64. In which year Kendra Sangeetha Nataka Academy came into existence ?
in 1953


65. In which year British East India company founded ?
in AD 1600


66. In which year Dutch East India company founded ?
in AD 1602


67. In which year French East India company founded ?
in AD 1664


68. In which year First world War started ?
in 1914 July 28


69. In which year First world War ended ?
in 1918 November 18


70. In which year Railway budget separated from general budget in India ?
in 1921


71. Chandrayan-1 was launched on ?
in 2008 Oct 22


72. In which year Zamindari system was abolished in India ?
in 1954



73. In which year Indian Constitution was finally adopted ?
in 1949 Nov 26


74. In which year British Commonwealth established ?
in 1926


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Latest General Awareness Questions 2012 : Current Affairs RRB

Important and Expecting General Awareness ( Current Affairs ) question for RRB, General Awareness question ( Current Affairs ) for SBI clerk and Postal Assistant exam, 2012


1. What is the new name of Big Ben tower in London ?
Answer: Elizabeth tower


2. Who is the new President of All Indian Tennis Association ?
Answer: Anil Khanna


3. Who is the new President of Egypt ?
Answer: Muhammad Murzi


4. Which country will host the 2016 Euro Cup?
Answer: France


5. Who won the Golden Boot in 2012 Euro Cup ?
Answer: Fernando Torres (Spain)


6. Who is elected as Best player of 2012 Euro cup ?
Answer: Andres Iniesta


7. Who is the new president of Mexico ?
Answer: Enrique Pena Nieto


8. Who is the new prime minister of Greece ?
Answer: Antonis Samaras


9. Who is the first amputee to compete in Olympics ?
Answer: Oscar Pistorius


10. Who is appointed as new President of World Bank on 16th April 2012 ?
Answer: Jim Yong Kim


11. Who is crowned as Miss India 2012 ?
Answer: Vanya Mishra


12. Who is crowned as Miss World 2012 ?
Answer: Yu Wenxia (China)














13. Who won the 73 rd PGA Tour title 2012 ?
Answer: Tiger Woods


14. Who is the First woman Space traveler of China ?
Answer: Liu Yung


15. Which Indian Won the Ramon Magsaysay Award ?
Answer: Kulendei Francis


16. Who is newly appointed as UN Special Envoy for Syria replacing Kofi Annan ?
Answer: Lakhdar Brahmini 


 17. Who is the present President of Pakistan ?
Answer: Asif Ali Zardar

18. Who is the present Prime Minister of Pakistan ?
Answer: Raja Pervaiz Asharaf


19. Who is the present President of Nepal ?
Answer: Ram Baran Yadav

20. Who is the present Prime Minister of Nepal ?
Answer: Baburam Bhattari


21.What is the name of new book written by Shashi Tharoor ?
Answer: Pax Indica


22. Who is the first Indian origin to became Supreme Court chief justice of Singapore ?
Answer: Sundaresh Menon (kerala)


23. Which are the satellites put into orbit by PSLV-21 as ISRO's 100th mission ?
Answer:  SPOT-6 (French earth observation satellite) and Proiteres (Japanese micro satellite )


24. Who the first Muslim and Youngest Minister of Norway (newly appointed) ?
Answer: Hadia Tajik  ( Norwegian Culture Minister)

25. Which Country host the ICC World T20 tournament ?
Answer: Sri Lanka


* 26.  Who won Indian Grand Prix 2012 ?
Answer: Sebastian Vettel


* 27. Who won the Denmark Open Badminton Super Series Premiere 2012 ?
Answer: Saina Nehwal


* 28.  What is the name of newly released autobiography of  Saina Nehwal ?
Answer: Playing to win

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Nobel prize 2012 : GK questions

Nobel Prize Winners 0f 2012


1. Who are the winners of 2012 Nobel Prize for Medicine ?
Answer: John Gurdon (Britain) , Shinya Yamanaka (For stem cell research)


2. Who are the winners of 2012 Nobel Prize for Chemistry ?
Answer: Robert J. Lefkowitz , Brian K. Kobilka (for studies of G-protein-coupled receptors)



3. Who are the winners of 2012 Nobel Prize for physics ?
Answer: Serge Haroche and David J. Wineland


4. Who is the winners of 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature ?
Answer: Mo Yan (china)
 

5. Who is the winners of 2012 Nobel Prize for Peace ?
Answer: European Union


* 6. Who is the winners of 2012 Nobel Prize for Economics ?
Answer: Alvin E. Roth , Lloyd S. Shapley



More Important Gk Questions about Nobel Prize


1. In which year Nobel Prize instituted ?
Answer: 1901

2. In which year the Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences was established ?
Answer: 1967 ( by Riksbank )


3. When did Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize ?
Answer: 1913

4. When did CV Raman won the Nobel Prize?
Answer: 1930

5. When did Har Gobind Khorana won the Nobel Prize?
Answer: 1968

6. When did Mother Teresa won the Nobel Prize ?
Answer: 1979

7. When did Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar won the Nobel Prize ?
Answer: 1983

8. When did Amartya Sen won the Nobel Prize?
Answer: 1998 (Welfare Economics)


9. Who is the first Woman to win Nobel Prize ?
Answer: Madam Curie (in 1903-Physics, in 1911-chemistry)

* Who is the First Muslim woman to win Nobel Prize ?
Answer: Shirin Ebadi

* 10. The city in which Nobel Prize (except Peace prize) are awarded ?
Answer: Stockholm

* 11. The city in which Nobel Prize for Peace is awarded ?
Answer: Oslo (Norway)

* 12. Who is the first political leader to receive Nobel Prize for Literature ?
Answer: Winston Churchill



* 13. Who is the first person to get Nobel Prize for Physics ?
Answer: Wilhem Roentgen

* 14. Who is the first person to get Nobel Prize for Chemistry ?
Answer: Jacobus Vant Hoff

* 15. Who is the first person to get Nobel Prize for Medicine ?
Answer: Emil Von Behring

* 16. Who is the first person to get Nobel Prize for Literature ?
Answer: Rene Sully Prudhomme

* 17. Who is the first person to get Nobel Prize for Peace ?
Answer: Henri Dunant , Frederic Passy

* 18. Who is the first person to get Nobel Prize for Economics ?
Answer: Ragner Frisch , Jan Tinbergen

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