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Which Tech giant has recently launched tab computer called Nexus? A) Samsung B) Apple C) Google D) IBM

2 Real estate developer True Value Homes (TVH) has signed which sportsman as its new brand ambassador? A) Sachin Tendulkar B) Viswanathan Anand C) Saina Nehwal D) Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Which in the list was termed as the fastest computer in the world recently? A) Sequoia B) K Computer C) SuperMUC D) Tianhe-1A

Auto Giant BWM has signed which sportsman as its new brand ambassador recently? A) Sachin Tendulkar B) Viswanathan Anand C) Saina Nehwal D) Mahendra Singh Dhoni

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5 Enrique Pea Nieto has been recently elected as President of which country? A) Brazil B) Paraguay C) Argentina D) Mexico

Recently Scientists have discovered Higgs-Boson particle. It is also known as? A) Quantum Particle B) God Particle C) High mass Particle D) None of these

Lee Hsien Loong has recently visited India in July 2012. He is President of? A) Thailand B) Malaysia C) Singapore D) Philipines

8 Which fomer Chief Minister has recently got clean chit from Supreme Court in Disproportionate asset case? A) Mayawati B) Mulayam Singh Yadav C) M. Karunanidhi D) Vilasrao Deshmukh

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9 After Pranab Mukherjees exit from active politics, who has been appointed as the third chairman of EGoM to fix reserve price of spectrums? A) Sharad Pawar B) P. Chidambaram C) Kapil Sibal D) Anthony

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Indias unemployment rate for 2010-11 stood at? A) 4.5% B) 3.8% C) 5.5% D) 4.8%

1 Ans) Google 2 Ans) Viswanathan Anand 3 Ans) Sequoia 4 Ans) Sachin Tendulkar 5 Ans) Mexico 6 Ans) God Particle 7 Ans) Singapore 8 Ans) Mayawati 9 Ans) P. Chidambaram 10 Ans) 3.8% 11 Pranab Mukherjee has been recently elected as the ____ th President of India? A) 12th B) 13th

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C) 15th D) 14th

12 Which Indian Bank has taken step to form Indias first Mortgage guarantee entity just like other developed countries? A) SBI B) National Housing Bank C) LIC Housing D) HDFC

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Which only Indian President won the Presidential Election without any contest? A) APJ Abdul Kalam B) Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy C) Rajendra Prasad D) Pratibha Patil

14 Eminent Freedom Fighter and social activist Captain Lakshmi Sehgal passed away in Kanpur on 23 July 2012. She was one of the most important members of S C Boses Indian National Army. She contested Presidential election in 2002 against whom? A) APJ Abdul Kalam B) Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy C) Rajendra Prasad D) Pratibha Patil

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Which Country is the largest producer of Cocoa which is mainly used for Chocolate? A) Ghana B) Ivory Coast

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C) Kenya D) Zimbabwe

16 Leader of National Advisory Council, responsible for monitoring the implementation of the UPA governments manifesto, the Common Minimum Programme(CMP)? A) Sonia Gandhi B) Kausik Basu C) Pranab Mukherjee D) Manmohan Singh

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Who has been elected as the new Prime Minister of Egypt? A) Hosni Mubarak B) Hisham Kandil C) Mohamed Morsi D) None of these

18 International donor conference on Afghanistan was held recently to donate funding for Afghanistan development. It was held in? A) Kabul B) Tokyo C) Hong Kong D) Singapore

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Which country will host the 4th Champions League T20 in October this year? A) India B) Australia

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C) South Africa D) England

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QFI (Qualified Foreign Investment) is regulated in India by? A) RBI B) Financial Action Task Force C) SEBI D) IRDA

Current Affairs July 2012 Quiz 2 Answers 11 Ans) 13th 12 Ans) National Housing Bank 13 Ans) Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy 14 Ans) APJ Abdul Kalam 15 Ans) Ivory Coast 16 Ans) Sonia Gandhi 17 Ans) Hisham Kandil 18 Ans) Tokyo 19 Ans) South Africa 20 Ans) Financial Action Task Force 21 Indias cricket control board BCCI has recently suspended which Madhya Pradesh and Deccan Chargers bowler for life term after he was found guilty of receiving money to spot fix a match in domestic cricket? A) Mohnish Mishra B) Shalabh Srivastava C) T. Sudhindra

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D) Amit Yadav

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Which global bank has been recently fined for LIBOR scandal and their CEO resigned? A) Barclays B) UBS C) HSBC D) RBS

23 case?

Which global bank is under investigation in US for its alleged involvement in money laundering

A) Barclays B) UBS C) HSBC D) RBS

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Current UP Government has renamed Panchsheel Nagar district as? A) Sambhal B) Amethi C) Amroha D) Hapur

25 Indias which travel portal has recently acquired Travelguru, Indian arm of US travel services provider Travelocity? A) Yatra B) MakemyTrip C) Easemytrip

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D) None of these

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Indias export growth for May 2012 stood at? A) -4.16% B) 4.16% C) 4.76% D) -5.5%

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Which pharmacy giant has been recently investigated by US authority for healthcare fraud case? A) Pfizer B) Glaxo Smith Kline C) Johnson & Johnson D) Glenmark

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Indias core sector growth for May 2012 stood at? A) 2.2% B) 5.8% C) 4% D) 3.8%

29 Which has come out to be the no. 1 player in the Indias domestic smart phone market with 40.4% market share during the January-March quarter 2012? A) Nokia B) Samsung C) RIM D) Apple

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Who won the Womens single title in Wimbledon 2012 recently? A) Serena Williams B) Maria Sarapova C) Venus Williams D) Agnieszka Radwanska

Current Affairs July 2012 Quiz 3 Answers 21 Ans) T. Sudhindra 22 Ans) Barclays 23 Ans) HSBC 24 Ans) Hapur 25 Ans) Yatra 26 Ans) -4.16% 27 Ans) Glaxo Smith Kline 28 Ans) 3.8% 29 Ans) Samsung 30 Ans) Serena Williams

1. Wrestler-actor who died recently at the age of 84 ? Rustam-E-Hind Dara Singh 2. How is Oscar Pistorius known in the sporting world? An athlete who would compete in London Olympics (individual 400 metres and 4 * 400relay) 3. Who will replace Mark Thompson as BBC director general in August 2012? George Entwistle 4. Which Indian PSU bank recently setup its Security Operation Centre?

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United Bank of India 5. Harvard Business Review has featured which ho me appliances maker as one of the 6th most successful sales and marketing company in the world? Eureka Forbes 6. Which country announced 16.7 billion in extra taxes on big business and rich to meet deficit targets and balance its budget by 2017? France 7. Shadow of what has been clicked by scientists with an effort lasting more than 5 years? Single Atom 8. Name the movie shot by kannada director Arvind Kaushik in a record 2 hours. Nam Areiali Innondhina 9. Which football team is set to file IPO in New York Stock Exchange? Manchester united 10. Where does India stand on global innovation index rank as it drops 2 positions from existing one? 64th rank 11. Expand FTII. (Hint: Film) Film and Television Institute of India 12. India will sign an audio-visual co-operation agreement with which country to increase cooperation in filmmaking, screening and student exchange programmes? Poland 13. From which part of India does Srilanka-based Mihin Lanka Airlines will operate flights to Colombo? Madurai, Tamil Nadu 14. Which mobile network recently launched Flat 30p plan for its customers in India? Sistema Shyam Teleservices Ltd. which operates under MTS brand 15. Who is elected Indias 13th President?

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Pranab Mukherjee Read More 16. Name the project of Mozilla which is workin g on Mobile Operating System, firefox OS. Boot to Gecko project 17. What quantity o f wheat would be exported to ease storage crunch in India? 2 million tonnes 18. Who is appointed as Chairman for Australian and New Zealand operations by Mahindra Satyam? Edward Ted Pretty 19. Which PSU bank has waived off minimum balance criteria for savings b ank account? State Bank of India 20. How many IPOs worth 50,500 crores were called off in 18 months? 55 21. Thomas Cook recently expanded its presence in which Indian state? Bihar 22. Who will become the first Australian to compete at 7 Summer Olympics Games? Andrew Hoy 23. Bollywoods first superstar who dies recently at 69 ?

Superstar Rajesh Khanna 24. Why is the Mohanlal star rer movie Spirit exempted from tax? Film creates awareness on social issues faced b y the society due to increase in liquor consumption 25. Where will the Under-19 World Cup 2012 be played and who will lead Indian team? Australia, Unmukt Chand 26. Who is elected as President of the Indian Medical Association for Bihar state for the year

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2012 -13? Paediatrician Dr.Arun Kumar 27. Who won the Irish Open 2012 title? Welshman Jamie Donaldson 28. Who will become the first Indian woman and 5th sportsperson to be conferred with Lt.Colonel rank? MC Mary Kom 29. How do we know Bob Diamond with respect to b anking domain? Ex-CEO of Barclays 30. Name the Chief Operating Officer of Barclays who quit recently. Jerry del Missier 31. Who released comic book based -on chef mafias recently? Anthon y Bourdain 32. Who was named player of Euro 2012? Magisterial Iniesta 33. Which Indian state will setup 200 hi-tech mini-dairy units to boost milk production? Haryana 34. Which Indian Union Territory has been included in Indian Science Congress Associations chapter? Puducherry 35. What is the length of worlds longest cable-stayed bridge built by Russia? 1,104 meter link Valdivostok and Russk y Island 36. Who won against Usain Bolt in the 200 metres final event? Yohan Blake 37. What is the budget estimates for Manipur state set for 2012 -2013?

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Rs.3,500 crore 38. How man y listed companies on BSE and NSE will be facilitated with electronic voting by their shareholders for all postal ballot resolutions? Top 500 listed companies 39. Name the Barclays chairman who quit recently. Marcus Agius 40. Which of Indias forest area has been added to list of world heritage sites by the United Nations Organisation? 1,600km long Western Ghats 41. Australia is set to play an ODI against which emerging cricket nation in Middle East in August 2012? Afghanistan 42. Expand GGCL. (Hint: Gas) Gujarat Gas Company Limited 43. Where is the National Electrical Summit 2012 scheduled in India? Vadodara, Gujarat 44. Name the Baroda states visionary ruler whose 150th birth anniversary would be celebrated by FGI Business Centre. Sayajirao Gaekwad III 45. Who is the Indian business person among 27 global leaders appointed b y the United Nations to eliminate malnutrition?

Vinita Bali 46. Which state boards in India are suggested b y State Bank of India to be listed? State Electricity Boards 47. Expand NDS-OM. (Hint: Order) Negotiated Dealing System Order-Matching

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48. Who won the Mexico presidency elections? Enrique Pena Nieto 49. People earning over what value of income should now file income tax returns electronically in India? Rs.10 lakh and above 50. Travelguru will be acquired by which company? Yatra.com 51. What value worth agreement did Egypt sign with Saudi-based Islamic Development Bank to receive energy and food imports? $1 billion 52. Who sworn in as the 27th Chief Minister of Karnataka?

Jagdish Shettar 53. Who is sworn-in as Hong Kong leader by Chinese President Hu Jintao? Leung Chun-ying 54. Which state recently launched a financial aid scheme for HIV/AIDS patients poor family with the assistance of Rs.1,000 per month for medical treatment? Delhi 55. Expand AIDWA. (Hint: Women) All India Democratic Womens Association 56. Which state will observe July 2012 as anti-dengue month? Punjab 57. Expand IIAS. (Hint: Arsenic) International Institute of Arsenic Studies 58. Over what value of annual turnover will imp act private tuition providers to pay 12% tax out of the earnings?

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Rs.10 lakh 59. Who won and retained European Championship title 2012? Spain 60. Who won the Euro 2012 Golden Boot? Fernando Torres 61. What percentage of growth did Nagaland register over 2011 -2012 annual plan? 27% 62. Name the concert held in Bangkok, Thailand on June 21st 2012 to celebrate World Music Day. Handshake Concert 63. Where was the global agri-business meet 2012 held? Shangai, China 64. List some of the new services which are under 12% service tax category. Speed Posts, Express Parcels 1st class and air-conditioned travel b y railways Travel and holiday tickets bought from online portals Taking GMAT and GRE tests Passport and Visa services Currency exchange Mutual fund exit loads Actors, Singers and Other performers Entry fee for conference, seminars, workshops, sport and cultural events Services of Fashion Designers, marriage bureaus, astrologers and numerologists 65. Which services from railways are exempted from service tax starting July 1st 2012?

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Passenger fare and freight 66. What is the extra second added to UTC known as? Zulu time 67. Who now owns a joint stake in Tata Groups Life Insurance? Hong Kong-based AIA Group, Tata AIA Life In surance 68. Which states Driving License would now indicate the person as Organ Donor? Karnataka 69. Which newspaper launched its website in Chinese language? The New York Times 70. Who has been appointed as UK governments Chief Scientific Advisor? Prof Sir Mark Walport 71. What is the name of the weight-loss pill approved by US health regulators which can help people to lose on average of 5% of their body weight? Belviq 72. Who has been appointed as United States first Ambassador to Burma in 22 years?

Derek Mitchell 73. Expand IPCC The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 74. In which year IPCC was awarded Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change? 2007 75. What is the significance of Montreal Protocol? An International treaty d esigned to protect the ozone layer b y phasing out the production of numerous substances believed to be responsible for ozone depletion. 76. What was the objective of International environment treaty UNFCCC?

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To stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. 77. Which is the only remain ing signator y who has not ratified Kyoto Protocol? United States of America (USA) 78. When was the Indian National Congress established? 28th December 1885 79. Who was responsible for establishing Indian National Congress? A.O.Hume 80. Who was the first president of Indian National Congress (INC)? W.C.Banerjee 81. What is the meaning of the word Congress? Assembly of the People 82. Who suggested the word Congress for Indian National Congress? Dadabhai Naoroji 83. When was East Indian Association formed? 1866 84. What is the significance of Durand Line Agreement between the Colonial British India and Afghanistan which was established in 1893? An agreement not to exercise interference beyond the frontier line between Afghanistan and colonial British India (Now Pakistan) 85. When was the National Geographic Society established? 1888 in United States 86. Why dont we feel the movement of earth? Because the spinning and orbital speed of the earth stays the same so acceleration or deceleration is not felt 87. Where will you end up, if you are in Jaisalmer (In dia) and you are able to dig through the Earth? Easter Island

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88. What was the result of collision of Indian Plate with the Eurasian Plate? The formation of Himalayas 89. What is the other name given to the worlds largest island Greenland? Kalaallit Nunaat 90. Which part of the land of the world is said to be the lowest point? It is at the Dead Sea on the border o f Israel and Jordan 1312 feel below sea level 91. Which is the worlds third -tallest mountain? Kanchenjunga, Nepal/Tibet 92. What are pouched mammals called? Marsupials 93. Which is the smallest mammal in the world? Bumblebee bat weighs 1. 98 grams 94. Name the organelles present in the eukaryotic cells which are responsible to metabolize and eliminate toxic substance from the cells? Perox isome 95. What are the basic functions of Lymphatic Sy stem in Human Body? To defend the body against foreign or ganisms such as bacteria and virus and to transport interstitial fluid and substances from the digestive system into the blood stream 96. What is the name given to the bone of the fingers or toes? Phalanges 97. Which type of fish feeds on ocean vegetation or corals? Grazers 98. Which is the largest species of turtle alive today? Leatherback Turtle which can reach a total length of 8.2 feet with a weight of 680kgs 99. What is the permanent memor y built in computer called? ROM

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100. VIRUS stands for? Vital Information Resource under Siege 101. How are data organized in a spreadsheet? Rows and Columns 102. What is the process used to recall a document saved previously called? Retrieve 103. The term that we use to describe physical components of a computer is called? Hardware 104. Which command reboots a computer? CTRL+ALT+DEL 105. Expand WWW. World Wide Web 106. Zipping a file means? Compressing the Message 107. What is objective of UPS? Provides backup power 108. Modem speeds are measured in ____ BPS 109. MPIS stands for? Million Instructions per Second 110. Numbers are stored and transmitted inside a computer in _______ form ASCII Code 111. What is the address given to a computer connected to a network called? IP Address 112. Biometric is a _____device.

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Input 113. Memory is made up of ? Thousands of cells 114. Who built the first mechanical calculator? Pascal 115. The basic operations performed by computer are? Arithmetic, Logical & Storage operations 116. Which combination of keys needs to be pressed to make a percent sign? Shift+5

Normal life hit as Eastern GRID collapsed July 31, indianewsdiary Coal Mining hits Tiger habitat in Central India, alleges Greenpeace, WLSO July 30, indianewsdiary Side Effects of Pyari threat: On Sunday, Naveen transferred 11 IAS officers July 29, indianewsdiary Railways reduces Rs 186 crore from Odisha budget July 28, indianewsdiary After IPS, Naveen overhauls IAS officers, no sign of Cabinet reshuffle July 27, indianewsdiary Wipe-out Bangladeshi Muslim from Assam, demands Chouhan Published on 26 Jul, 2012 July 26, indianewsdiary Notice to 190 Mines firm on illegal mining July 24, indianewsdiary Notice to 190 Mines firm on illegal mining July 24, indianewsdiary Notice to 190 Mines firm on illegal mining July 24, indianewsdiary Notice to 190 Mines firm on illegal mining July 24, indianewsdiary Notice to 190 Mines firm on illegal mining July 24, indianewsdiary Pranab Da captures Indias Raisina Hills July 23, indianewsdiary Pranab Da captures Indias Raisina Hills July 22, indianewsdiary Minor reshuffle among IPS officers July 21, indianewsdiary

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Honeymoon less marriage between Congress-NCP heading towards Divorce July 20, indianewsdiary Raisina Hill Race: Exposed and Rejected,145 cast,2 abstain July 19, indianewsdiary Bollywood bids adieu to Kaka July 18, indianewsdiary BOC- India to invest INR 5.4 Billion in Odisha plant July 17, indianewsdiary No official missive from Assam Police, says Odisha DGP July 16, indianewsdiary Call it end of Pyari Raj July 15, indianewsdiary King of Good Times write open letter to employees July 14, indianewsdiary 50% reservation for women in Odisha ULBs July 13, indianewsdiary Bollywoods Iron Man lost battle against death July 12, indianewsdiary Rousing welcome to Pranab Da,BJD too ready for Sangma July 11, indianewsdiary SS Mahapatra elected to FIMI Managing Committee July 10, indianewsdiary Odisha Minority Forum hits out at Naveen Govt July 9, indianewsdiary Patnaik Steel and Alloys under scanner for illegal mining July 8, indianewsdiary 2007 batch IPS Satyendra Kumar changes his cadre July 7, indianewsdiary MCI debars MBBS admission in KIIT Medical College for 2 years July 6, indianewsdiary 149 elephants killed in Odisha in 2 years July 5, indianewsdiary New DGP to join office on Friday July 4, indianewsdiary Tension continues in Paradip Oil Refinery, 10 injured July 3, indianewsdiary Sabyasachi wanted to be in Central Committee of CPI (Maoist) July 2, indianewsdiary Cong likely to support BJD dissidents to form Govt in Odisha July 1, indianewsdiary