1. Modernization of Indian Railways Agreement is signed by
which two countries?
Ans. India and Belgium
2. Who is appointed as the new Vice Chancellor of Indira
Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)?
Ans. Gopinath Pradhan
3. Which bank in India get the Banking Technology excellence
Award recently?
Ans. South Indian Bank
4. Geeta Chaudhary is associated with which sports item?
Ans. Judo
5. Which company has been ranked by Forbes on August 2012 as
the first among the World’s 25 largest oil companies?
Ans. Saudi Aramco
6. Which sports person became the most decorated Olympian of
all time with 19 medals after winning a gold medal in the 4/200 meeter
freestyle relay in London Olympics 2012?
Ans. Michael Phelps
7. Which country along with India will begin their joint
INDRA-2012 anti terror military exercises in the Siberian republic of Buryatia
on August 2012?
Ans. Russia
8. Name the first Indian who win a medal in Badminton in the
history of Olympics?
Ans. Saina Nehwal
9. What is the name of the robotic space probe mission of
Curiosity on August 2012?
Ans. Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
10. Who won the gold medal in 100 metres running at the 2012
London Olympics with a record time of 9.63 seconds?
Ans. Usain Bolt
11. Name the human gene discovered recently by the
scientists that influences how people respond to flu infections?
Ans. ITFITM 3
12. World Elders Day is observed on which date?
Ans. October 1
13. Recently who has released the report titled ‘World
Development Report 2013’?
Ans. World BanK
14. Who is the executive director of United Nations Entity
for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women?
Ans. Michelle Bachelet
15. In which country, the 7th Meeting of the women speakers
of Parliament on Gender Sensitive Parliament was held?
Ans. India
16. Recently who has taken charge as the Chairperson and
Managing Director of Allahabad
Bank?
Ans. Shubhalakshmi Panse
17. What is India’s growth forecast for the current fiscal
as per the Asian Development Bank (ADB)?
Ans. 5.6 per cent
18. Which paramilitary force of India has recently
celebrated it’s golden jubilee year?
Ans. Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)
19. Who has been elected as the new Prime Minister of
Georgia?
Ans. Bidzina Ivanishvili
20. Who is the non resident Indian settled in Colarado in
US, has been proposed to the Nobel Peace Prize by the US government?
Ans. Malireddy Srinivasulu
21. Who is the author of the novel “The Casual Vacancy”?
Ans. J.K Rowling
22. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the National
Cricket Selection Committee?
Ans. Sandeep Patil
23. The National Institute of Urban Affairs is located in
which city?
Ans. New Delhi
24. Which state government has launched Annshri Yojana,
under which around two lakh families will receive a monthly cash transfer of
Rs. 600 per month?
Ans. Delhi
25. Who had led the controversial Operation Blue Star in
Amritsar in 1984 and is recently in news because of attacks on him?Ans. Kuldeep
Singh Brar
26. Recently in which Pakistan city, Shadman Chowk is
renamed as Bhagat Singh Chowk?
Ans. Lahore
27. Targeting mainly at school children, Oxford University
Press (OUP) has launched a book on
Gandhi on the occasion of his 143rd birth anniversary. What
is the name of the book?
Ans. My Early Life: An Illustrated Story
28. Recently which country and India have announced the
collaboration to build a model smart city, which will serve as a template for
replication?
Ans. Austria
29. Who has been recently re-elected as President of World
Squash Federation?
Ans. N. Ramachandran
30. Recently, who is conferred with the Lal Bahadur Shastri
National Award?
Ans. Tessy Thomas
31. Who is the present President of the Inter Parliamentary
Union (IPU)?
Ans. Abdelwahad Radi
32. Who is the head of the government appointed panel on
legislative reforms in the financial sector?
Ans. B.N Srikrishna
33. World Teacher’s Day is observed on which date?
Ans. October 5
34. Who is the winner of 27th Indira Gandhi Award for
National integration?
Ans. Gulzar
35. Who is the winner of Vallathol Award 2012?
Ans. Yusafali Kechery
36. Who is the winner of Vayalar Ramavarma Literary Award
2012?
Ans. Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri
37. Niryat Shree and Niryat Bandhu awards are given for the
promotion of export sector. Which bank has won the gold trophy in Niryat Bandhu
Award recently?
Ans. Canara Bank
38. Recently, which stock exchange was halted for around 15
minutes as freak trades triggered
a 15 per cent drop in the index?
Ans. National Stock Exchange (NSE)
39. Recently, which
country has extradited radical Islamist preacher Abu Hamza al Masri to the US?
Ans. UK
40. Recently, which institution has declared to help the
Indian government with a $500 million loan to support its scheme for
universalizing secondary education, the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shisha Abhiyan
(RMSA)?
Ans. World Bank
41. The Prithvi –II, the surface-to-surface missile was
successfully test fired from Odisha. What is the range of this missile?
Ans. 350 km
42. The 6th October 2012 marks the 125th birth anniversary
of Le Corbusier, the Swiss-born French Architect. Which Indian city was
designed by him?
Ans. Chadigarh
43. Which day is observed on 5th October 2012?
Ans. Global James Bond Day
44. Name the Indian cartoonist who was detained in Mumbai on
charges of sedition?
Ans. Assem Trivedi
45. Who were the Nobel Prize winners of 2012 in Medicine?
Ans. Sir. John Gurdon & Shinya Yamanka
46. Who were the Nobel Prize winners of 2012 in physics ?
Ans. Serge Haroche & David J Wineland
47. On 7th October 2012, who won his countries presidential
election for a third time and a historically high turnout and now will start a
fourth term as President of Venezuela?
Ans. Hugo Chavez
48. Who were the Nobel Prize winners of 2012 in Chemistry?
Ans. Robert J Lefkowitz & Brian K Kobilka
49. Who is the Nobel Prize winners of 2012 in Literature?
Ans. Mo Yan(Guan Moye)
50. Which organization was awarded the nobel prize for peace
in 2012?
Ans. European Union (EU)
51. Which city is the host for the eleventh edition of
Ananya Dance Festival?
Ans. New
52. Who is named as it’s female athlete of the year by the
European Athletics Federation?
Ans. Jessica Ennis
53. In which city, the Central Bee Research and Training
Institute is located?
Ans. Pune
54. Who is the brand ambassador of the Nirmal Bharat Yatra,
which has began on October 3?
Ans. Vidya Balan
55. Recently in which state of India, RTI Week 2012 was
launched?
Ans. Nagaland
56. Recently, in which city, South Asia’s first knowledge
hub in various languages for elected rural women representatives was launched
by US women?
Ans. Jaipur
57. Which coiuntry is the host for International seminar on
Energy Access?
Ans. India
58. In which country, the 9th International Women
Playwrights Conference was held?
Ans. Sweeden
59. Recently an absurd and anti-Muslim film has created
furore in the Middle East. What is the title of that film?
Ans. Innocence of Muslims
60. In which country, the Football Link International
Festival 2012 was started recently?
Ans. India
61. According to the ‘Children in India 2012 A Statistical
Appraisal’ report, Which state has reported the highest number of crimes
against children?
Ans. Uttar Pradesh
62. The T.L Shankar Committee report deals with which
sector?
Ans. Coal Sector
63. Which country has hosted an international conference on
disaster risk management with the support of world bank?
Ans. Japan
64. Which automobile major has developed the ‘insect car’, a
new smart concept car that monitors driver’s face to help predict what he want
to be next?
Ans. Toyota
65. Which force has celebrated it’s 80th anniversary on 8th
October 2012?
Ans. Indian Airforce
66. Which application is launched by the Indian Railways on
10th October 2012 to track the position of train?
Ans. Rail Radar
67. What is the name of the new motorcycle that Royal
Enfield has launched on 11 October
2012?
Ans. Thunder bird 500
68. Which countries launched a joint reserch project in to
pricing structures in LNG markets on 10th october 2012?
Ans. Japan and India
69. Who become the World’s No. 1 Personal Computer (PC)
maker?
Ans. Lenovo
70. Name the Malayalee who appointed as Supreme Court Judge
in Singapore?
Ans. Sundaresh Menon
71. Who is appointed as the new Defence Secretary of Pakistan?
Ans. Left. Gen. (Rtd) Aasif Yasin Malik
72. Who is the first gold winner of London Olympics 2012?
Ans. Yee Siling
73. Name the first medal winner of India in London Olympics
2012?
Ans. Gagan Narang
74. Who is the new Home Minister of India?
Ans. Sushil Kumar Shinde
75. Who wrote the Book ‘Pakistan Beyond the crises State’?
Ans. Dr. Mahila Lodhi
76. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of Competition
Commission on India?
Ans. Ashok Chawla
77. Name the country that India signed an agreement for the
modernisation of Indian Railways on August 2012?
Ans. Belgium
78. Indian Government decided to allow investment with the
objective of boosting bilateral
economic relations from which country?
Ans. Pakistan
79. Who is the second medal winner of India in the London
Olympics 2012?
Ans. Vijay Kumar
80. Hameed Ansari is the second person to hold the position
of India’s Vice President twice. Who was the first person?
Ans. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
81. Who is appointed as deputy Chief Minister of Manipur?
Ans. Gaikhanagam
82. Who became the 1st player from Japan to win French Open
Super Series 2012 against Saina Nehwal?
Ans. Minatsu Mitani
83. Who won the Miss International title 2012?
Ans. Miss Japan Ikumi Yoshimatsu
84. Who won the women’s single Denmark Open title 2012?
Ans. Saina Nehwal
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