October 2012 Quiz Collections Published On

October 2012 GK Quiz Collection
October 2012 Quiz Collections published on http://currentaffairs-businessnews.com/
http://currentaffairs-businessnews.com
Page 1

GK Questions
Sl No. 2571 Question The book Of Thee I Sing is written by A) George W,.Bush B) Prince William C) Barack Obama D) Nicolas Sarkozy Who became the first woman president of Brazil? A) Dilma Rousseff B) Julia Gillard C) Alexandria Mills D) Jemina Rossett Which one of the following is heavy water used in nuclear reactor? A) Water having molecular weight 18 amu B) Water having molecular weight 20 amu C) Water at 40C but having molecular weight 19 amu D) Water below the ice in a frozen sea 2574 "Globally Integrated Enterprise" is a term coined by A) Craig Barrett B) Jack Welch C) Sam Palmisano D) Jeffrey Immelt The Brand Ambassador for BSNL is A) Sachin Tendulkar B) Deepika Padukone C) Preeti Zinta D) Mahendra Singh Dhoni Bravia brand of LCD TVs was launched by? A) Sony B) LG C) Samsung D) Philips Which institution publishes the World Investment Report every year? A) World Trade Organization (WTO) B) International Monetary Fund (IMF) C) United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) D) World Bank 2578 Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) mainly contains
2572
2573
2575
2576
2577
Page 2

A) Methane B) Butane C) Benzene D) A mixture of aromatic hydrocarbons 2579 The situation in which total revenues equals total costs, is knows as A) Monopolistic Competition B) Equilibrium level C) Breakeven point D) Perfect Competition The author of the book titled The Future of India is A) Bimal Jalan B) Deepak Chopra C) Anurag Mathur D) Amitav Ghosh Which of the following woods is used in making cricket bats? A) Cedrus puniferum B) Salix Purpurea (Willow) C) Tectona grandis D) Morus alba Who composed the famous song SARE JAHAN SE ACHHA, HINDUSTAN HAMARA? A) Mirza Ghalib B) Mohd. Iqbal C) Naqsh Layalpuri D) Shakeel Badayuni The first Chief Election Commissioner of India was A) S.P. Sen Verma B) Sukumar Sen C) Dr. Nagendra Singh D) K.V.K. Sundaram Who among the following was the first heavyweight boxer to go undefeated throughout his career? A) Rockey Marciano B) Lee Epperson C) Marry Holmes D) Michael Spinks Where was the Arya Samaj set up for the first time in 1875? A) Amritsar B) Lahore C) Bombay D) Delhi
2580
2581
2582
2583
2584
2585
Page 3

2586 Who built the temple of Angkor vat? A) Surya Varman B) Jaya Varman C) Vaso Varman D) Hari Varman Who was the first Sufi saint in India? A) Shaikh Hamiduddin B) Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya C) Shaikh Qutbudding Auliya D) Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti How many members participated during the first session of the Indian National Congress in 1885, at Bombay? A) 72 B) 172 C) 85 D) 124 In Faizabad, the revolt of 1857 was led by A) Ahmadullah B) Bakht Khan C) Khan Bahadur Khan D) Nana Sahib Which one of the following newspapers was edited by Gandhi? A) Navjeevan B) Kesari C) Maratha D) Gujarat Indian Citizenship Act was passed in A) 1950 B) 1952 C) 1955 D) 1960 The novel White Tiger, which won the Man Booker Prize 2008, was authored by A) Arundhati Roy B) V. S. Naipaul C) Kiran Desai D) Aravind Adiga 2593 Who compared the Dandi March to Napoleons march to Paris on his return from Elba? A) Dadabhai Naoroji
2587
2588
2589
2590
2591
2592
Page 4

B) Lala Lajpat Rai C) Subhash Chandra Bose D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak 2594 A Money Bill passed by the Lok Sabha has to be passed and returned by Rajya Sabha within A) 21 days B) 14 days C) 1 month D) 3 month UTI bank having decided to relinquish the UTI brand name chose the new brand name of A) Exim Bank B) Yes Bank C) Axis Bank D) None of These The ozone layer of atmosphere absorbs A) Visible radiations. B) Ultraviolet radiations. C) Radio waves. D) Dnfrared radiations. The material used for making carry bags for shopping purpose is a polymer of A) Ethylene. B) Acetylene. C) Vinyl Chloride. D) Propylene. 2598 The purification of muddy water by alum is due to A) Dialysis. B) Coagulation. C) Emulsification. D) Filtration. Air is completely removed from an electric bulb to prevent A) Oxidation of tungsten filament. B) Bursting of the bulb. C) Loss of light due to absorption. D) None of these. The meeting point of the Western Ghats and the Eastern Ghats is A) Cardamom Hills. B) Palni Hills. C) Annamalai Hills. D) Nilgiri Hills.
2595
2596
2597
2599
2600
Page 5

2601 International Rice Research Institute is situated in A) Philippines. B) Indonesia. C) Malaysia. D) India. Which city is called the Boston of the East? A) Mumbai B) Ahmedabad C) Coimbatore D) Madurai Army Day is observed on A) 16th January B) 15th January C) 17th January D) 20th January NIA stands for A) National Aeronautics Agency B) National Investigation Agency C) National Armament Agency D) None of these In which of the following years was General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) absorbed into the World Trade Organization (WTO)? A) 1991 B) 1995 C) 2000 D) 2005 Which company has launched a sports utility vehicle (SUV), the Chevrolet Forester in India? A) Maruti Udyog B) Toyota C) Mahindra and Mahindra D) General Motors Name the Indian President who headed ISRO. A) S.D. Sharma B) K R Narayanan C) R. Venkatraman D) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Which economist was awarded the 'Commander of the Order of the Southern Cross' for his pioneering work in introducing VAT in Brazil? A) Parthasarathi Shome
2602
2603
2604
2605
2606
2607
2608
Page 6

B) C Rangarajan C) Vijay KelkarZ D) Ashok Lahiri 2609 Which of the following countries will host the World Cup Football 2018? A) Qatar B) Russia C) Australia D) Germany 2610 Who is the author of the book Wealth of Nations? A) Ricardo B) Keynes C) Karl Marx D) Adam Smith What does Balance of trade mean? A) Total trade B) Difference between imports and exports C) The profit earned by a trader D) Cost price plus profit 2612 Who granted Diwani rights of Bengal to the East India Company? A) Bahadur Shah B) Shah Alam II C) Mir Jafar D) Mir Kasim The highest waterfall in the world is at A) Salto Angel, Venezuela. B) Niagara Falls, USA. C) Victoria Falls, Africa. D) Jog Falls, India. Upanishads are A) A source of Hindu Philosophy. B) Books of ancient Hindu Law. C) Books on social behavior by Manu. D) Prayers to God. What does GST stand for? A) Global Security Treaty B) Goods and Services Tax C) Geo Stationary Transmission D) Grand Surveillance Turbine
2611
2613
2614
2615
Page 7

2616 The element which is commonly used in nuclear reactor for producing electricity by nuclear fission is A) Radium B) Plutonium C) Uranium D) Deuterium Who took over as the Chief Minister of Bihar after Assembly elections of 2010? A) Lalu Prasad Yadav B) Ram Vilas Paswan C) Sushil Modi D) Nitish Kumar 2618 Which of the following countries have won the first ever Gold Medal in T20 cricket in Asian Games? A) Bangladesh B) Pakistan C) Sri Lanka D) India Pulitzer Prize is given in which field? A) Painting B) Literature C) Technology D) Medical Which of the following is not a member in Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) group of countries? A) Cambodia B) Indonesia C) Philippines D) India Bank of Baroda was nationalized in the year A) 1969 B) 1978 C) 1957 D) 1980 The World Bank is headquartered at A) Washington DC, USA B) Massachusetts, USA C) New York, USA D) Houston, Texas Name the Chief Executive Officer of Prasar Bharati who was suspended on charges of irregularities.
2617
2619
2620
2621
2622
2623
Page 8

A) Vinod Rai B) M V Nair C) B S Lalli D) Ranjan Mittal 2624 Who is the author of the book "Jawaharlal Nehru: Civilizing a Savage World" A) Arun Shourie B) Nayantara Sehgal C) R. K. Narayan D) Namita Gokhale 2625 Who is the author of the book "My Life with Taliban"? A) Abdul Salam Zaeef B) Mulla Omar C) Mullah Sadiq D) Mohammad Yaqub Name the first batsman to notch up 50 Test hundreds A) Jack Kallis B) Ricky Ponting C) Virendra Sehwag D) Sachin Tendulkar Who has been named Time magazine's 2010 Person of the year? A) Julian Assange B) Mark Zuckerburg C) Wen Jiabao D) Barack Obama Who among the following is the main accused in the estimated 400cr fraud at Citibank's Gurgaon branch? A) Shivraj Puri B) Vikram Pandit C) Hardeep Puri D) Shivaji Batra National Youth Day is observed on the birthday of Swami Vivekananda on A) January 5 B) January 7 C) January 12 D) January 17 2630 The first edition of the South Asian Winter Games was held in A) Dehradun B) Gulmarg C) Ooty
2626
2627
2628
2629
Page 9

D) Shillong 2631 Which of the following countries is not member of SAARC? A) Afghanistan B) Myanmar C) Bhutan D) Maldives Which of the following organizations releases World Economic Outlook report? A) World Bank B) IMF C) UNDP D) WTO 2633 Who was the oldest person so far to have been awarded Nobel Prize and what was his age at that time? A) Prof. William Lawrence Bragg, 88 years B) Prof. Francis Peyton Rous, 87 years C) Prof. Frederic Sanger, 90 years D) Sir John Bardeen, 89 years Which of the following is spicified by Beta? A) Country Risk B) Systematic Risk C) Unsystematic Risk D) Interest Rate Risk Which of the following comes under liability A) Receivables B) Land C) Cash and Cash Equivalents D) Payables The White House on 10 February 2012 named India's renowned economist as the receipient of the 2011 US National Humanities Medal. Who is that person? A) Montek Singh Ahluwalia B) C. Rangarajan C) Usha Thorat D) Amartya Sen India asked which one of the following nations to bring in a national anti-piracy legislation for investigation and prosecution of suspected pirates? A)Somalia B)China C)Egypt D)Ghana
2632
2634
2635
2636
2637
Page 10

The largest (12.76 carat) rough pink diamond ever found in Australia was discovered in a West Australian mine owned by Rio Tinto. What was diamond named? A) Argyle Pink Jubilee B) Williams Pink C) Aurora Butterfly of Peace D) Eureka Diamond Former Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram inaugurated the the fourth and final regional hub of the National Security Guard (NSG) in which of the following places on 23 February 2012 A) Mumbai B) Imphal C) Srinagar D) Vishakapattnam The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) panel on priority sector lending was headed by which of the following members? A) M.V.Nair B) Dr.D.Subbarao C) Dr.K.C.Chakrabaraty D) Subir Gokran Which country in the list is the highest producer of Jute? A) Malaysia B) India C) Bangladesh D) China 2642 India's Central Drug Research Institute located in which City? A) Chennai B) New Delhi C) Lucknow D) Hyderabad 2643 The 'World Ozone Day' is observed on? A) 21st September B) 6th September C) 16th September D) 16th October 2644 What is the currency of South Korea? A) Franc B) Yuan
2638
2639
2640
2641
Page 11

C) Yen D) Won
2645
Which Indian Scientist is also known as the 'Father of India's Nuclear Programme'? A) Dr. Satyendra Nath Bose B) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam C) Dr. Homi J. Bhabha D) Dr. C.V. Raman
2646
Which Indian Scientist is also known as the 'Missile Man of India'? A) Dr. Satyendra Nath Bose B) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam C) Dr. Homi J. Bhabha D) Dr. C.V. Raman Which of the following duration represents the period of the first Five-Year Plan in India? A) 1947 52 B) 1950 55 C) 1951 56 D) 1949 54
2647
2648
Which sector in the list is part of eight core sectors in India? A) Garment B) Fertilizer C) Leather D) Jute
2649
Who is the author of the book Development as Freedom? A) Kaushik basu B) C. Rangarajan C) M. S. Swaminathan D) Amartya Sen
2650
Which of the following awards is given in the Sports category? A) Pulitzer Award B) Arjun Award C) Magsasay Award D) Booker Prize
Page 12

2651 India's headline inflation is calculated using? A) Retail Price Index B) Consumer Price Index C) Wholesale Price Index D) None of These 2652 The census in India is done after? A) 12 Years B) 15 years C) 10 years D) 20 years 2653 Who is the author of the book "Between the Assassinations" A) Arundhuti Roy B) Salman rushdie C) Arvind Adiga D) Chetan Bhagat Italian sportswear maker Fila has signed up which Indian cricketer as its first ever brand ambassador in India? A) Virat Kohli B) Gautam Gambhir C) Virender Sehwag D) MS Dhoni
2654
2655
Which Indian Two-Wheeler company has launched a new 125 cc motorcycle 'Ignitor'? A) Bajaj B) Honda C) Hero Moto Corp D) TVS Supreme Court has ordered which Indian group to refund nearly Rs 17,400 crore to its more than 2 crore investors in September 2012? A) Pearless B) Tata C) Reliance D) Sahara
2656
Page 13

2657 Whom the ministry of mines has given additional charge as chairman and managing director (CMD) of PSU Company NALCO in September 2012? A) B L Bagra B) Arun Prakash C) Anshuman Das D) None of These Who has recently taken over the role of director at the MRF Pace Foundation in Chennai from Australian fast bowler genius Dennis Lillee? A) Bret Lee B) Glenn McGrath C) Shaun Pollock D) Wasim Akram Who has taken over as the new Navy Chief of India in August 2012? A) Nirmal Verma B) Devendra Kumar Joshi C) B.K Singh D) Arun Prakash Which Company has unveiled its first smartphones Lumia 920 and 820 using Windows 8 software yesterday in USA recently? A) Motorola B) Samsung C) LG D) Nokia Which Committee has recently sugegsted Indian Government to eliminate Diesel subsidy by 2013-14 for fiscal consolidation? A) Shome Committee B) Kelkar Committee C) Parekh Committee D) Narshimha Committee Liang Guanglie has recently visited India in September 2012. He is Defence Minister of which country? A) Malaysia B) Thailand
2658
2659
2660
2661
2662
Page 14

C) China D) Japan Five Indian companies are placed in the list of The Worlds Most Innovative Companies compiled the Forbes Magazine. Which company topped the list among all the Indian Companies?
2663
A) Hindustan Unilever B) Tata Consultancy Services C) Infosys D) Larsen & Toubro 2664 India's headline inflation for August stood at? A) 7.25% B) 6.87% C) 7.55% D) 7% 2665 India's export for August stood at? A) USD 20.5 Billion B) USD 32.3 Billion C) USD 22.3 Billion D) USD 38 Billion Which Institute secured 1st Rank in the QS World University Rankings 2011-2012 for Best Universities across the world? A) Cambridge University B) Harvard University C) Oxford University D) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Which is announced as the official mascot for the 2014 FIFA World Cup? A) Zakumi B) Panda C) Smiling Armadillo D) None of These Indias Kerala based poet Jeet Thayil has been shortlisted for the 2012 Man Booker Prize in Fiction category for which novel? A) Bring up the Bodies
2666
2667
2668
Page 15

B) Swimming Home C) Narcopolis D) The Garden of Evening Mists The Indian Cricket board, BCCI has terminated the contract of which IPL team recently in September 2012? A) Deccan Chargers B) Pune Warriors C) Chennai Super Kings D) Royal Challengers Bangalore 2670 "World Ozone Day" is observed on? A) 8th Sep B) 15th Sep C) 16th Sep D) 21st Sep 11 Indian publicly held companies are featured in the Forbes 2012 list of 50 best publicly traded companies in Asia-Pacific. Which Indian company topped the list among Indian Companies?
2669
2671
A) Tata Consultancy Services B) ITC C) Bharti Airtel D) HDFC Bank Morgan Stanley has lowered Indias GDP growth forecast for current fiscal year 2012-13 to ____ in September 2012? A) 6.1% B) 5.8% C) 5.1% D) 6.6% Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda won the first medal for India at the 2012 paralympic games held in London in which category? A) Long Jump F42 Event B) Weight Lifting C) Boxing D) High Jump Event
2672
2673
Page 16

2674 Which day is observed as the World Tourism Day? A) 17th September B) 7th September C) 28th September D) 27th September While taking important reform steps in September 2012, The Union cabinet has allowed ___ FDI in multi brand retail? A) 49% B) 51% C) 26% D) 74% Verghese Kurien who died recently in September 2012 was associated with which indian brand? A) ITC B) Mother Dairy C) Amul D) None of These Which global fast food giant has opened a completely Veg restaurant in India for the first time in September 2012? A) Subway B) KFC C) McDonald's D) Dominos Which Indian IT company has recently acquired Zurich based Consultancy firm Loadstone for USD 350 million? A) HCL Technologies B) Wipro C) Infosys D) TCS 2679 Who won the mens Singles US Open title 2012? A) Roger Federer B) Rafael Nadal C) Andy Murray D) Novak Djokovic 2680 Who won the Women's Singles US Open title 2012 recently?
2675
2676
2677
2678
Page 17

A) Serena Williams B) Maria Sarapova C) Venus Williams D) Agnieszka Radwanska Who has been recently awarded with the "ODI Cricketer of Year 2012" by ICC in September 2012? A) Shane Watson B) Kumar Sangakara C) Chris Gayle D) Virat Kohli Justice Altamas Kabir has recently swoen in as the Chief Justice of India. With this he became the ____ CJI of India A) 39th B) 41st C) 38th D) 40th Recently Ministry of Environment and Forestry has stopped Mining in which state? A) Karnataka B) Maharashtra C) Goa D) Madhya Pradesh While taking important reform steps in September 2012, The Union cabinet has allowed ___ FDI in Single brand retail? A) 49% B) 51% C) 100% D) 74% Which Indian Hotel group has recently launched World's largest LEED platinum hotel in Chennai? A) Oberoi Group B) Indian Hotels C) ITC Ltd D) Leela Group 2686 Indias IIP growth for the month of July stood flat at?
2681
2682
2683
2684
2685
Page 18

A) 0.5% B) 0.1% C) -0.5% D) -1.8% Who has been recently appointed as the Chief Economist of the World Bank in September 2012 replacing Justin Yifu Lin? A) Mantek Singh Ahuwalia B) Raghuram Rajan C) Kaushik Basu D) None of These "Alzheimers Day; Day for Peace & Non- violence (UN)" is observed on? A) 8th Sep B) 15th Sep C) 16th Sep D) 21st Sep Who has been recently awarded with the Test Cricketer of Year 2012" by ICC in September 2012? A) Shane Watson B) Kumar Sangakara C) Chris Gayle D) Virat Kohli Which Indian IT Company has recently won the contract to modernize nearly 1,50,000 post office across India? A) TCS B) Wipro C) Infosys D) HCL Technologies Which Country hosted the ICC Women's T20 World Cup held in September 2012? A) South Africa B) Australia C) England D) Sri Lanka
2687
2688
2689
2690
2691
Page 19

2692 Recently US Ambassador Christopher Stevens and 3 others were killed during a protest by Muslims triggered by a movie in which country? A) Egypt B) Libya C) Syria D) Iraq Which Indian IT company has acquired Hutchison's back office call centre business in India in Sep 2012? A) Wipro B) Infosys C) TCS D) Tech Mahindra Who is the head of the Inter Ministerial Group (IMG) formed to review the allocation of coal blocks which were allocated earlier without auction? A) Subodh Kant Sahay B) Sharad Pawar C) Zohra Chatterji D) None of These What was India's rank in the list of countries in the Global Competitive index 2012-13 published by the World Economic Forum in Septermber 2012? A) 57th B) 58th C) 59th D) 56th 5 Indian companies have made it to the list of 100 most innovative companies in the world as compiled by Forbes magazine. Which in the list did not make to the list? A) Sun Pharma B) Reliance Industries C) TCS D) Infosys US Maganize Forbes has recently published the list of 100 most innovative companies in the world. Which company in the list secured 1st Rank in the list?
2693
2694
2695
2696
2697
Page 20

A) Red Hat B) Google C) Amazon.com D) Salesforce.com What is the revised annual GDP growth rate for 12th plan from earlier GDP growth of 9%? A) 8% B) 8.5% C) 8.2% D) 7.8% The Union Cabinet has approved 51% FDI in Multi Brand retail and made it mandatory to procure _____ of the products from the small-scale industries? A) 40% B) 50% C) 25% D) 30% Who has been recently awarded with the Peoples Choice award in the recently concluded ICC Cricket Award 2012? A) Hasim Amla B) Kumar Sangakara C) M S Dhoni D) Virat Kohli
2698
2699
2700
Answers
2571 2572 2573 2574 2575 2576 2577 2578 2579 The book Of Thee I Sing is written by Who became the first woman president of Brazil? Which one of the following is heavy water used in nuclear reactor? "Globally Integrated Enterprise" is a term coined by The Brand Ambassador for BSNL is Bravia brand of LCD TVs was launched by? Which institution publishes the World Investment Report every year? Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) mainly contains The situation in which total revenues equals total costs, is knows as Ans) Barack Obama Ans) Dilma Rousseff Ans) Water having molecular weight 20 amu Ans) Sam Palmisano Ans) Deepika Padukone Ans) Sony Ans) United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Ans) Butane Ans) Breakeven point
Page 21

2580 2581 2582 2583 2584 2585 2586 2587 2588 2589 2590 2591 2592 2593 2594 2595 2596 2597 2598 2599 2600 2601 2602 2603 2604 2605 2606 2607 2608 The author of the book titled The Future of India is Which of the following woods is used in making cricket bats? Who composed the famous song SARE JAHAN SE ACHHA, HINDUSTAN HAMARA? The first Chief Election Commissioner of India was Who among the following was the first heavyweight boxer to go undefeated throughout his career? Where was the Arya Samaj set up for the first time in 1875? Who built the temple of Angkor vat? Who was the first Sufi saint in India? How many members participated during the first session of the Indian National Congress in 1885, at Bombay? In Faizabad, the revolt of 1857 was led by Which one of the following newspapers was edited by Gandhi? Indian Citizenship Act was passed in The novel White Tiger, which won the Man Booker Prize 2008, was authored by Who compared the Dandi March to Napoleons march to Paris on his return from Elba? A Money Bill passed by the Lok Sabha has to be passed and returned by Rajya Sabha within UTI bank having decided to relinquish the UTI brand name chose the new brand name of The ozone layer of atmosphere absorbs The material used for making carry bags for shopping purpose is a polymer of The purification of muddy water by alum is due to Air is completely removed from an electric bulb to prevent The meeting point of the Western Ghats and the Eastern Ghats is International Rice Research Institute is situated in Which city is called the Boston of the East? Army Day is observed on NIA stands for In which of the following years was General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) absorbed into the World Trade Organization (WTO)? Which company has launched a sports utility vehicle (SUV), the Chevrolet Forester in India? Name the Indian President who headed ISRO. Which economist was awarded the 'Commander of the Order of the Southern Cross' for his pioneering work in introducing VAT in Brazil? Ans) Bimal Jalan Ans) Salix Purpurea (Willow) Ans) Mohd. Iqbal Ans) Sukumar Sen Ans) Rockey Marciano Ans) Bombay Ans) Surya Varman Ans) Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Ans) 72 Ans) Ahmadullah Ans) Navjeevan Ans) 1955 Ans) Aravind Adiga Ans) Subhash Chandra Bose Ans) 14 days Ans) Axis Bank Ans) Ultraviolet radiations. Ans) Ethylene. Ans) Filtration. Ans) Bursting of the bulb. Ans) Nilgiri Hills. Ans) Philippines. Ans) Ahmedabad Ans) 15th January Ans) National Investigation Agency Ans) 2000 Ans) General Motors Ans) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Ans) Vijay KelkarZ
Page 22

2609 2610 2611 2612 2613 2614 2615 2616 2617 2618 2619 2620 2621 2622 2623 2624 2625 2626 2627 2628 2629 2630 2631 2632 2633 2634 2635 2636 Which of the following countries will host the World Cup Football 2018? Who is the author of the book Wealth of Nations? What does Balance of trade mean? Who granted Diwani rights of Bengal to the East India Company? The highest waterfall in the world is at Upanishads are What does GST stand for? The element which is commonly used in nuclear reactor for producing electricity by nuclear fission is Who took over as the Chief Minister of Bihar after Assembly elections of 2010? Which of the following countries have won the first ever Gold Medal in T20 cricket in Asian Games? Pulitzer Prize is given in which field? Which of the following is not a member in Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) group of countries? Bank of Baroda was nationalized in the year The World Bank is headquartered at Name the Chief Executive Officer of Prasar Bharati who was suspended on charges of irregularities. Who is the author of the book "Jawaharlal Nehru: Civilizing a Savage World" Who is the author of the book "My Life with Taliban"? Name the first batsman to notch up 50 Test hundreds Who has been named Time magazine's 2010 Person of the year? Who among the following is the main accused in the estimated 400cr fraud at Citibank's Gurgaon branch? National Youth Day is observed on the birthday of Swami Vivekananda on The first edition of the South Asian Winter Games was held in Which of the following countries is not member of SAARC? Which of the following organizations releases World Economic Outlook report? Who was the oldest person so far to have been awarded Nobel Prize and what was his age at that time? Which of the following is spicified by Beta? Which of the following comes under liability The White House on 10 February 2012 named India's renowned economist as the receipient of the 2011 US National Humanities Medal. Who is that person? Ans) Russia Ans) Adam Smith Ans) Difference between imports and exports Ans) Shah Alam II Ans) Salto Angel, Venezuela. Ans) A source of Hindu Philosophy. Ans) Goods and Services Tax Ans) Uranium Ans) Nitish Kumar Ans) Bangladesh Ans) Literature Ans) India Ans) 1969 Ans) Washington DC, USA Ans) B S Lalli Ans) Nayantara Sehgal Ans) Abdul Salam Zaeef Ans) Sachin Tendulkar Ans) Mark Zuckerburg Ans) Shivraj Puri Ans) January 12 Ans) Dehradun Ans) Myanmar Ans) IMF Ans) Prof. Francis Peyton Rous, 87 years Ans) Systematic Risk Ans) Payables Ans) Amartya Sen
Page 23

2637 India asked which one of the following nations to bring in a national anti-piracy legislation for investigation and prosecution of suspected pirates? The largest (12.76 carat) rough pink diamond ever found in Australia was discovered in a West Australian mine owned by Rio Tinto. What was diamond named? Former Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram inaugurated the the fourth and final regional hub of the National Security Guard (NSG) in which of the following places on 23 February 2012 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) panel on priority sector lending was headed by which of the following members? Which country in the list is the highest producer of Jute? India's Central Drug Research Institute located in which City? The 'World Ozone Day' is observed on? What is the currency of South Korea? Which Indian Scientist is also known as the 'Father of India's Nuclear Programme'? Which Indian Scientist is also known as the 'Missile Man of India'? Which of the following duration represents the period of the first Five-Year Plan in India? Which sector in the list is part of eight core sectors in India? Who is the author of the book Development as Freedom? Which of the following awards is given in the Sports category? India's headline inflation is calculated using? The census in India is done after? Who is the author of the book "Between the Assassinations" Italian sportswear maker Fila has signed up which Indian cricketer as its first ever brand ambassador in India? Which Indian Two-Wheeler company has launched a new 125 cc motorcycle 'Ignitor'? Supreme Court has ordered which Indian group to refund nearly Rs 17,400 crore to its more than 2 crore investors in September 2012? Whom the ministry of mines has given additional charge as chairman and managing director (CMD) of PSU Company NALCO in September 2012? Who has recently taken over the role of director at the MRF Pace Foundation in Chennai from Australian fast bowler genius Dennis Lillee? Who has taken over as the new Navy Chief of India in August 2012? Ans) Somalia
Ans)Argyle pink jubilee
2638
Ans)Mumbai
2639 2640 2641 2642 2643 2644 2645 2646 2647 2648 2649 2650 2651 2652 2653 2654 2655
Ans)M.V.Nair Ans) Bangladesh Ans) Lucknow Ans) 16th September Ans) Won Ans) Dr. Homi J. Bhabha Ans) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Ans) 1951 56 Ans) Fertilizer Ans) Amartya Sen Ans) Arjun Award Ans) Wholesale Price Index Ans) 10 years Ans) Arvind Adiga Ans) Virender Sehwag Ans) Hero Moto Corp Ans) Sahara
2656
Ans) Anshuman Das
2657
Ans) Glenn McGrath
2658
2659
Ans) Devendra Kumar Joshi
Page 24

2660 2661 2662 Which Company has unveiled its first smartphones Lumia 920 and 820 using Windows 8 software yesterday in USA recently? Which Committee has recently sugegsted Indian Government to eliminate Diesel subsidy by 2013-14 for fiscal consolidation? Liang Guanglie has recently visited India in September 2012. He is Defence Minister of which country? Five Indian companies are placed in the list of The Worlds Most Innovative Companies compiled the Forbes Magazine. Which company topped the list among all the Indian Companies? India's headline inflation for August stood at? India's export for August stood at? Which Institute secured 1st Rank in the QS World University Rankings 2011-2012 for Best Universities across the world? Which is announced as the official mascot for the 2014 FIFA World Cup? Indias Kerala based poet Jeet Thayil has been shortlisted for the 2012 Man Booker Prize in Fiction category for which novel? The Indian Cricket board, BCCI has terminated the contract of which IPL team recently in September 2012? "World Ozone Day" is observed on? 11 Indian publicly held companies are featured in the Forbes 2012 list of 50 best publicly traded companies in Asia-Pacific. Which Indian company topped the list among Indian Companies? Morgan Stanley has lowered Indias GDP growth forecast for current fiscal year 2012-13 to ____ in September 2012? Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda won the first medal for India at the 2012 paralympic games held in London in which category? Which day is observed as the World Tourism Day? While taking important reform steps in September 2012, The Union cabinet has allowed ___ FDI in multi brand retail? Verghese Kurien who died recently in September 2012 was associated with which indian brand? Which global fast food giant has opened a completely Veg restaurant in India for the first time in September 2012? Which Indian IT company has recently acquired Zurich based Consultancy firm Loadstone for USD 350 million? Who won the mens Singles US Open title 2012? Who won the Women's Singles US Open title 2012 recently? Ans) Nokia Ans) Kelkar Committee Ans) China Ans) Larsen & Toubro
2663
2664 2665 2666 2667 2668 2669 2670
Ans) 7.55% Ans) USD 22.3 Billion Ans) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Ans) Smiling Armadillo Ans) Narcopolis Ans) Deccan Chargers Ans) 16th Sep Ans) Tata Consultancy Services (Rank: 4)
2671
2672
Ans) 5.1% Ans) High Jump F42 Event Ans) 27th September Ans) 51% Ans) Amul Ans) McDonald's Ans) Infosys Ans) Andy Murray Ans) Serena Williams
2673 2674 2675 2676 2677 2678 2679 2680
Page 25

2681 2682 2683 2684 2685 2686 2687 2688 2689 2690 2691 Who has been recently awarded with the "ODI Cricketer of Year 2012" by ICC in September 2012? Justice Altamas Kabir has recently swoen in as the Chief Justice of India. With this he became the ____ CJI of India Recently Ministry of Environment and Forestry has stopped Mining in which state? While taking important reform steps in September 2012, The Union cabinet has allowed ___ FDI in Single brand retail? Which Indian Hotel group has recently launched World's largest LEED platinum hotel in Chennai? Indias IIP growth for the month of July stood flat at? Who has been recently appointed as the Chief Economist of the World Bank in September 2012 replacing Justin Yifu Lin? "Alzheimers Day; Day for Peace & Non- violence (UN)" is observed on? Who has been recently awarded with the Test Cricketer of Year 2012" by ICC in September 2012? Which Indian IT Company has recently won the contract to modernize nearly 1,50,000 post office across India? Which Country hosted the ICC Women's T20 World Cup held in September 2012? Recently US Ambassador Christopher Stevens and 3 others were killed during a protest by Muslims triggered by a movie in which country? Which Indian IT company has acquired Hutchison's back office call centre business in India in Sep 2012? Who is the head of the Inter Ministerial Group (IMG) formed to review the allocation of coal blocks which were allocated earlier without auction? What was India's rank in the list of countries in the Global Competitive index 2012-13 published by the World Economic Forum in Septermber 2012? 5 Indian companies have made it to the list of 100 most innovative companies in the world as compiled by Forbes magazine. Which in the list did not make to the list? US Maganize Forbes has recently published the list of 100 most innovative companies in the world. Which company in the list secured 1st Rank in the list? What is the revised annual GDP growth rate for 12th plan from earlier GDP growth of 9%? Ans) Virat Kohli Ans) 39th Ans) Goa Ans) 100% Ans) ITC Ltd. Ans) 0.1% Ans) Kaushik Basu Ans) 21st Sep Ans) Kumar Sangakara Ans) Infosys Ans) Sri Lanka Ans) Libya
2692
2693
Ans) Tech Mahindra Ans) Zohra Chatterji
2694
Ans) 59th
2695
Ans) Reliance Industries
2696
Ans) Salesforce.com
2697
2698
Ans) 8.2%
Page 26

2699 The Union Cabinet has approved 51% FDI in Multi Brand retail and made it mandatory to procure _____ of the products from the small-scale industries? Who has been recently awarded with the Peoples Choice award in the recently concluded ICC Cricket Award 2012? Ans) 30%
2700
Ans) Kumar Sangakara
Page 27

October 2012 Quiz Collections Published On

Hochgeladen von

Dokumentinformationen

Originaltitel

Copyright

Verfügbare Formate

Dieses Dokument teilen

Dokument teilen oder einbetten

Freigabeoptionen

Stufen Sie dieses Dokument als nützlich ein?

Sind diese Inhalte unangemessen?

Copyright:

Verfügbare Formate

October 2012 Quiz Collections Published On

Hochgeladen von

Copyright:

Verfügbare Formate

October 2012 GK Quiz Collection