1. Who has been sworn in as Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister?
Nabam Tuki
2.Who has been reappointed as the Secretary General of 54-nation Commonwealth of Nations for 2nd consecutive term?
Kamalesh Sharma
3. Which Indian cricketer has been chosen for the Dilip Sardesai award?
Ravichandran Ashwin
4. Name the MAN industries chairman who passed away recently.
JM Mansukhani
5. Who won the 38th women’s National Premier Chess championship?
Tania Sachdev
6. Who has been named best European investment banker of the year?
Anshu Jain
7. Which country’s cabinet unanimously decided to grant India Most Favoured Nation trade
status?
Pakistan
8. Which country is set to donate used laptop for charity?
Dubai
9. Who is set to be appointed as Morocco’s first-ever Prime Minister?
Abdelilah Benkirane
10. Which car range of Ariel Motor’s is set to arrive in India?
Atom range
11.Who is set to lead the Indian team in the 4-nation Shastri junior women’s hockey
tournament?
Poonam Rani
12. Where the world’s biggest stupa has has been planned?
Gujarat, 351 feet high stupa towering over a 151 feet statue of Buddha
13. Name the countries which have pressed the Europeans to act swiftly to contain their
sovereign debt crisis.
China, Russia and the United States
14. Name the RIM’s Managing Director for India who quit recently.
Frenny Bawa
15. Which music application of RIM for its popular messaging service is to be made
available for downloading?
BBM Music
16. Who has former sports minister Manohar Singh Gill recommended for the Padma
Award?
100 year old Fauja Singh who stunned the world by completing the Tokyo
Marathon
17. What is the name given to James Bond’s recent movie?
Skyfall
18. Who has been awarded The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star by Japan?
Maruti Suzuki India Chairman R.C.Bhargava
19. Name the Greek Prime Minister who won confidence vote recently.
George Papandreou
20. In which district of Karnataka would the Biotech Park worth Rs.103.27 crore was
approved by cabinet recently?
Mysore
21. Which is the recent Tablet PC running on windows operating system revealed by HP?
Slate 2 Tablet PC
22. Which 15-day league is all set to start in Karnataka from 5th November 2011?
KBL – Karnataka Badminton League
23. Who scored triple ton for Saurashtra in Ranji Trophy match against Orissa?
Ravindra Jadeja, 314 runs off 375 balls
24. Which sporting event is set to return after a gap of 5 years to Bangalore?
National Badminton Championship
25. When the Bengaluru International Film Festival is is set to be held?
December 15th to December 22nd 2011
26. How many foreign films are to be screened at the Bengaluru International Film Festival?
130
27. Name one of the oldest singers who passed away recently ?
Bhupen Hazarika
28. Name the woman officer who became the fourth generation of a family to serve police
continuously since 1921.
Manusmriti
29. What value of demand drafts to be account payee only as per RBI notification?
Above Rs.20,000
30. Where is the 17th SAARC summit to be held?
Addu city in Maldives
31. On whose name has the Manchester United renamed the north stand at its Old Trafford
stadium?
Sir Alex Ferguson manager of Manchester United since 25 years
32. Which banks total business has crossed Rs.25,000 crore mark recently?
City Union Bank
33. Name the new cement launched by ACC specially focused for coastal areas.
Coastal Plus
34. What is the validity of banks drafts, pay orders and cheques from the date of issuing,
starting April 1st 2012?
3 month validity
35. Who has been crowned Miss South India?
Bangalore beauty Lakhsmi Anand
36. Who won the Miss World crown for 2011?
Miss Venezuela – Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colimenares
37. Who won the WTA Tournament of Champions title at Bali?
Ana Ivanovic
38. Who won the World Golf Championship – HSBC Champions golf tournament at
Shangai?
Martin Kaymer of Germany
39. Who has been approached for a motivational campaign during 2012 London Olympics?
Deepika Padukone
40. Who became India’s most prolific Test wicketkeeper getting past Syed Kirmani’s longstanding
record of 198 Test dismissals?
Mahendra Singh Dhoni with 200 dismissals
41. What is the new kind of password developed by researchers for online account to help
protect against hacking?
Picture password
42. Name the CBS television commentator who died recently.
Andy Rooney
43. What has been made mandatory at the time of buying motor insurance by IRDA?
Nominee name
44. Where is India’s largest telescope set to be placed for watching distant stars and galaxies?
Devasthal – 50km from Nanital town
45. Which company has been named top Indian company for investor relations?
Infosys
46. Who won the Guatemala presidential election?
Otto Perez Molina
47. Which country’s Prime Minister made a surprise visit to Afghanistan?
Australian PM Julia Gillard
48. Which award is singer Lata Mangeshkar set to receive?
K.L.Saigal award by Savitri Samiti
49. Which team won gold at the World patrol meet?
Indian Army team
50. Who won the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament title?
Roger Federer
51. Who became the first cricketer to score 15,000 runs in test cricket?
Sachin Tendulkar
52. Who has won the Ezhuthachan award (highest literary prize instituted by Kerala
Government ?
M.T.Vasudevan Nair
53. Which country has banned Apple iPhone?
Germany
54. Who bought the rights of American TV series 24?
Anil Kapoor
55. Who became 7th Indian to take 5 wickets on debut for India?
R.Ashwin
56. Name the 1989 Nobel Prize physicist who died recently.
Norman Ramsey
57. Who has been picked by Force India for Abu Dhabi’s young Formula 1 driver test?
Max Chilton
58. Which agreement has India and Nepal due to sign?
DTAA – Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement
59. Which company recently setup its R and D centre in India for e-commerce solutions?
Walmart
60. Which country has been reinstated to the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
tournament?
Myanmar
61. At what price the Centre is set to supply rice to all below poverty line families under the
proposed Food Security Act?
Re.1 per kg
62. Which Spanish bank is to setup a representative office in India to help Spanish companies
to tap into the fast growing Indian economy?
Caixabank
63. What is the unique feature of HTC edge which is set to be released in 1st quarter of
2012?
First Quad-Core smartphone
64. Which educational institutes of Britain have introduced Study of Ancient India?
Cambridge University
65. Where is the Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber Physical Systems has been unveiled?
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
66. Who has been named Greek interim Prime Minister?
Lucas Papademos
67. Which are the 2 awards or recognitions India bagged at the World Travel Market 2011?
World’s Leading Destination and World’s Leading Tourist Board award
68. Who has been appointed as CEO of UBS India?
Aashish Kamat
69. What is Australia’s lowest Test cricket score in 109 years?
47 all out against South Africa in 2011
70. Who became the first wicketkeeper to cross 500 catches?
Mark Boucher
71. Which Indian city is set to host the World Economic Forum’s India Economic Summit?
Mumbai
72. Name the Mexican Interior Minister who was killed in a helicopter crash recently.
Francisco Blake
73. Which tennis icon won the 800th match of his career?
Roger Federer
74. Which airlines recommendation to financial bail out appears to have failed?
Kingfisher Airlines
75. Name the Nobel laureate who is set to lead Liberian peace initiative.
Laymah Gbowee
76. Which continent is fast-emerging IT market, as the name Dark Continent fades off?
Africa
77. Which scenes have been banned by Indian Government in movies and TV recently?
Smoking scenes
78. With what motto has SAARC summit 2011 concluded?
Building bridges, Resolve to fight terrorism and implementation of South Asian
Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA)
79. What is the increased interest rate for savings in Post office in India?
4 percent
80. Where has the biggest ever diamond unearthed in India?
37.68 carat diamond has been unearthed by NMDC at Panna in Madhya Pradesh
81. Which country would host 18th SAARC summit in 2012?
Nepal
82. Where is the India’s first ocenarium planned?
Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra
83. Who are been named athlete of the year 2011?
Usain Bolt of Jamaica and Sally Pearson of Australia
84. Which country has been suspended from Arab league and why?
Syria, to end violence against protesters, and called for sanctions and transition
talks with opposition
85. Which country senate cleared economic reform bill recently?
Italy
86. Which medal did India bag in Lal Bahadur Shastri Under-21 women’s hockey
tournament?
Bronze
87. Who became the first foreign head of government or state to address ‘People’s Majlis’,
Maldives’ Parliament in its history of 78 years?
Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh
88. Name the 1968 Noble prize for medicine winner, who died recently.
Gobind Khorana
89. Which country has announced USD 100 million credit facility to Maldives?
India
90. Which stadium is set to host opening match of World Series Hockey starting on
December 17th 2011?
Dhyan Chand National Stadium
91. Who resigned as Italian Prime Minister recently?
Silvio Berlusconi
92. Which country is set to host 2018 Commonwealth Games?
Australia
93. Which city is set to host 2017 world athletic championship?
London
94. Name the cricket writer who died recently.
Peter Roebuck
95. Name the website launched by commonwealth war graves commission to honour
undivided India’s war heroes.
www.cwgc.org
96. Who won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2011?
Lewis Hamilton
97. Who has been appointed as SEBI chief?
U.K.Sinha
98. Who won the Paris Masters 2011 title for the first time?
Roger Federer
99. Who won the men’s doubles Paris Masters title 2011?
Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
100. Where is the Asia-Pacific summit being held?
Hawaii
101. Name the first animated film in Kannada for children which are to be screened at the 17th
edition of the International Children’s Film festival in Hyderabad.
Chintu’s Skool
102. When is Goa scheduled to host Asian Beach games?
2018
103. Who has been appointed as Prime Minister of Italy?
Mario Monti
104. Where the 31st India International Trade Fair (IITF) is being held?
Pragathi Maidan, New Delhi
105. All ministers of which state have submitted resignations ahead of cabinet reshuffle?
Rajasthan state ministers
106. Which cabinet has proposed division of Uttar Pradesh into 4 states?
Uttar Pradesh (Mayawati) cabinet
107. Who is set to take over as General Motors President and MD of India operations from 1st
January 2012?
Lowell Paddock
108. Which Canadian city bids to host IIFA in 2013?
Vancouver
109. Which tennis star has been named WTA player of the year?
Petra Kvitova
110. Who has been selected for Swaralaya-Devarajan Master award?
KJ. Yesudas
111. Which bank became the 1st lender to raise funds in offshore yuan in China?
IDBI
112. Who becomes first US president to take part in East Asian nations summit?
Barack Obama
113. Who is set to be honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Dubai International
Film Festival?
A.R.Rahman
114. Name the bank which has launched MobileBank Accounts in association with Vodafone’s
m-paisa.
HDFC Bank
