Currentaffairsquiz ANSWERS for 1st December

1. Which channel did Pakistan cable operators block recently? A: BBC World News 2. Which two social networking sites have joined hands to challenge Facebook? A: Twitter amd Mixi 3. Who has been appointed as Chief Privacy Officer(Policy) for facebook? A: Erin Egan 4. Who has been appointed as Chief Privacy Officer(Products) for facebook? A: Michael Richter 5. Which Indian banks credit rating have been assigned stable tag by Standard and Poor International rating agency? A: State Bank of India, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and Indian Bank 6. Name the 2-day literature festival scheduled to be held in Delhi. A: Samanvay: IHC Bharatiya Bhasa Mahotsav 7. Name the Apple's co-founder who is set to visit India's technology capital. A: Steve Wozniak 8. Where is ITC set to build $300 million hotel? A: Colombo, Sri Lanka 9. Name the re-branding of its existing milk and yoghurt products in India by Nestle. A: Nestle a+ 10. Name the short film about child poverty in India which won the Golden Lmap Tree award at the 42nd International Film festival. A: Another Planet

Currentaffairsquiz ANSWERS for 2nd December

1. Which country's first female athlete is set to participate in Olympics 2012? A: Saudi Arabia 2. Who is set to take over as LG Display Co. Ltd.'s Chief Executive in 2012? A: Han Sang-beom 3. Name the Indian origin American who won Guardian First Book award. A: Siddhartha Mukherjee 4. Which telecom provider is set to allow its mobile subscribers in India to access micro-blogging site Twitter on their handsets free of

cost untill March 1st, 2012? A: Bharti Airtel 5. Which foreign lender bank has launched fixed rate for home loan and loans against property? A: HSBC

Currentaffairsquiz ANSWERS for 3rd December

1. Which actor was recently in India to promote his movie Mission Impossible -4? A: Tom Cruise 2. Who has been named captain of the IPL team Rajasthan Royals for the 5th Edition? A: Rahul Dravid 3. Which 2 teams have decided to withdraw from F1 teams associations? A: Ferrari and Red Bull 4. Name the Iranian teenager who won World Snooker title recently. A: Hossein Vafaei Ayouri 5. Which Colombian film bagged Golden Peacock award at the 42nd International Film Festival in India? A: Porfirio 6. Which company introduced disabled-friendly tools for application in software of common use as the world observed World Disability Day on December 3rd 2011? A: Microsoft India 7. Which bank picked up 51% stake in Bharti Axa Mutual Fund? A: Bank of India

Currentaffairsquiz ANSWERS for 4th December

1. Which legendary bollywood actor passed away recently? A: Dev Anand 2. Name the Former Brazil soccer captain who died recently. A: Socrates 3. Where has Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry is set to open an office to boost economic ties between the 2 countries? A: Kathmandu, Nepal 4. Who won the Golf Hong Kong Open? A: Rory McIlroy 5. Who is set to receive Humanitarian award which is to be presented by Harvard Foundation? A: Lionel Richie

6. Which tamil song has been treated as classic example of viral marketing as per Indian Institute of Management? A: Why this Kolaveri Di? 7. Who got the winning point as Spain won the fifth Davis Cup title? A: Rafael Nadal 8. Name the debut Marathi movie of Helen which is set to release on December 16th 2011. A: One Room Kitchen

Currentaffairsquiz ANSWERS for 5th December

1. Which bank was fined 10.5 million pounds for mis-selling to elderly? A: HSBC 2. Which state's chief minister has surpassed other politicians to emerge as the most popular politico on social media? A: Gujarat Chief Minister. Narendra Modi 3. Which country has over taken India as 'Diabetes Capital'? A: China 4. When is the inaugural 3-day global conference on 'Tax and Inequality' scheduled to begin in India? A: 7th December to 9th December 2011 5. Who have been nominated for FIFA World Player of the Year award? A: Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Xavi Hernandez

Currentaffairsquiz ANSWERS for 6th December

1. Use of which notes is to be treated as terror act? A: Fake Notes 2. When is the National Telecom Policy is set to be rolled out? A: 2012 3. Which bank is set to buy more than half of Barclays Indian credit card portfolio? A: Standard Chartered Bank 4. Who has been appointed as Manufacturers Association for Information Technology's executive director? A: Sabyasachi Patra 5. Which company recently got NOC from ONGC to sell major stake in its Indian unit to Vedanta Resources? A: Carin India 6. Name the mobile app company which Facebook acquired recently. A: Gowalla

7. What is the new interface launched by Microsoft for Xbox gamers? A: Kinect sensor (Kinect for Xbox) 8. Name the US scriptwriter who debuted with Bollywood kid books. A: Nico Raposo 9. Who has been appointed as Managing Director for India by Research in Motion? A: Sunil Dutt 10. Which 3 countries are set to hold Trilateral meet in Washington? A: India, US and Japan

Currentaffairsquiz ANSWERS for 7th December

1. When is the 2012 Indian Grand Prix scheduled to be held? A: October 28th 2012 2. When is the Direct Tax Code (DTC) scheduled to come into force in India? A: From 1st April 2012 3. Against whom did Vishwanthan Anand loose in recently held London Chess Classic? A: Hikaru Nakamura 4. Which Indian state is set to get Green Field Industrial Corridor? A: Arunachal Pradesh 5. Who is ranked 18th in top 20 of ICC ODI bowling charts? A: Ravichandran Ashwin 6. Which company was acquired by SAP to boost their portfolio of webbased software? A: SuccessFactors Inc 7.Name the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard(HP) who died recently due to cancer? A: Patricia Dunn 8. What is the name of the small car from Chrysler which features Fiat Spa technology? A: Dodge Dart 9. Who is the CEO of Delphi Automotive? A: Rodney O'Neal 10. Which artist won the 2011 Turner Prize? A: Martin Boyce 11. Name the blues guitarist who died recently? A: Hubert Sumlin 12. Which singer won six awards in 2011 American Country Awards? A: Jason Aldean

Currentaffairsquiz ANSWERS for 8th December

1. Who is the 2nd person to score double century in One-day International cricket? A: Virendar Sehwag 2. Who has been appointed as VP of Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers for Asia? A: Xiaodong Lee 3. Name the Russian boxer who was knocked out off the ring and died recently. A: Roman Simakov 4. Who has been appointed to head UN audit panel? A: Vinod Rai 5. Which diversified business group has planned to setup mobile manufacturing plant in India? A: Videocon 6. Which country becomes 3rd biggest US arms purchaser? A: India 7. Which Mail service is now available in 8 Indian languages? A: Yahoo Mail

Currentaffairsquiz Re: 9th December

1. Who is set to be civil aviation minister of India? A: Ajit Singh 2. What is the lowest sex ratio in Manesar of Gurgaon district? A: 776 females against 1000 males 3. Which 2 states to have separate IAS, IPS and IFS cadres? A: Manipur and Tripura 4. Who has been appointed as Director General, Central Health Services for Bihar? A: Dr.Jagdish Prasad 5. Which business school has been ranked 2nd best MBA school in AsiaPacific? A: IIM Ahmedabad

Currentaffairsquiz ANSWERS for 11th December

1. Who won the 6th SAFF championship title? A: India against Afghanistan

2. Which country finished 5th in Asia to retain their elite berth for the 2013 FIBA Asia U-16 Basketball Championship for women? A: India against Hong Kong 3. Which unit did Jharkhand Government shut down in a unique way to observe National Energy Conservation Day on 11th December 2011? A: Tenughat Vidyut Nigam Limited 4. Who won the Dubai World Golf Championship 2011? A: Alvaro Quiros 5. Who won the 2011 Indian National Rally Championship? A: Gaurav Gill(co-driver Musa Sherif) 6. Which country retained Hockey Championship Trophy with 1-0 win over Spain? A: Australia 7. Name the renowned cartoonist who created Miss Numbupani and Miss Fonseca who died recently. A: Mario Miranda 8. Where else has Karnataka's Deccan Herald news paper marked its publishing footprint in India? A: New Delhi 9. Name the telugu film producer popularly known as 'Mallemala' who passed away recently. A: M.S.Reddy 10. Name the Argentine President who is sworn in for 2nd term. A: Cristina Fernandez 11. Name the TV discovered by British scientists which could be rolled up and carried in a pocket. A: QD TV 12. Name the award that was conferred to Bharti Airtel recently. A: Telecom Centre of Excellence Award 13. Name the Indian footballer, an assistant manager of Indian Bank who passed away recently. A: Hamilton Bobby

Currentaffairsquiz ANSWERS for 12th December

1. Who resigned as National Cricket Academy chairman? A: Anil Kumble 2. Who has been appointed as Civil Aviation Minister? A: Ajit Singh 3. Where was the midnight marathon held recently? A: Bangalore

4. At what value did rupee end against US dollar to breach all-time low? A: 52.84 5. When is the World Series Hockey postponed to? A: February 29th 2012 6. Which country is set to open military base in Indian Ocean? A: China 7. Where has German premium automobile manufacturer Porsche opened its centre in India? A: Bangalore 8. Name the 3G Android phone launched by Vodafone recently. A: Vodafone Smart, priced at Rs.4995

Currentaffairsquiz ANSWERS for 13th December

1. Which two sports personality have been named ITF World Champions for 2011? A: Novak Djokovic of Serbia and Petra Kvitova of Cezh Republic 2. Who is set to make film on 26/11 attacks? A: Ram Gopal Verma 3. Who has been named PGA Tour Player of the Year? A: Luke Donald 4. Which bank has been selected as best public sector bank in India? A: Bank of Baroda 5. Name the NRI industrialist who has been conferred with the Life Time Achievement award for his contribution in various fields. A: Lord Swraj Paul 6. Which company overtook RIL as most influential stock on bourses? A: Infosys 7. Who is set to head Dell's Public-Large Enterprise business? A: Harsha Lal 8. Who won the under-14 boys American Cup Tennis Championship in Miami, Florida? A: Sumit Nagal 9. Name the Spanish movie actor who died in Madrid recently. A: Alberto de Mendoza 10. Which state schools are set to implement Trimester system from 2012-13 academic year? A: Tamil Nadu

Currentaffairsquiz 14th December

1. Which were the 3 anti-graft bills passed recently by Union Cabinet in India? A: Judicial Accountability bill, Food for security bill, Citizen Charter bill 2. Which Indian University is set to tie-up with Canada's Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) in the area of biology? A: M S University 3. Name the NRI architect who won Glory of India Award and Certificate of Excellence. A:Mohammed Aun 4. In which country has Sebi-promoted National Institute of Securities Market has agreed to offer its help to setup a securities training institute? A:Pakistan 5. Name the Indian-origin journalist who has been named the editor and executive vice president of the Los Angeles Times. A: Davan Maharaj 6. Who has been named Time's Person of the Year? A: The Protestor 7. Which Noble Laureate's book containing poems and other works fetched $170,500 at a Sotheby's auction? A: Rabindranath Tagore

Currentaffairsquiz ANSWERS for 15th December

1. Which social networking company bought social networking site hi5? A: Tagged 2. Who has been named European golfer of the year? A: Luke Donald 3. Who has been named World Soccer player of the year? A: Lionel Messi 4. Which soccer team has been named Team of the year? A: Barcelona 5. Which country is set to host BRICS Trade Ministers in March 2012? A: India 6. Which bearings manufacturer launched Global Technical Centre in Bangalore recently? A: SKF

Currentaffairsquiz ANSWERS for 16th December

1. In which Asian country Apple is set to open R and D centre? A: Israel 2. For what purpose India and Russia recently signed a deal? A: To produce 42 Sukhoi fighters (42 is the number of fighters) 3. Name the NRI who won bypoll for Labour in London. A: Seema Malhotra 4. Name the West Indies cricketer commentator who has been honoured with life membership for the Marylebone Cricket Club. A: Tony Cozier 5. Which Colombian film bagged Suvarna Chakoram (Golden Crow Pheasant) at the 16th International Film Festival of Kerala? A: The Colours of the Mountains

Currentaffairsquiz ANSWERS for 17th December

1. Who becomes the first woman to be nominated as US ambassador to India? A: Nancy Powell 2. Which became first Indian singles player to reach the final of BWF Superseries? A: Saina Nehwal 3. Name the American teen who won the Dubai Ladies Masters to become the youngest professional winner on the Ladies European Tour. A: Lexis Thompson 4. Which Asian country has been admitted to World Trade Organisation recently? A: Russia

Currentaffairsquiz ANSWERS for 18th December

1. Who won the woman's singles match at the BWF World Super Series Finals? A: Wang Yihan 2. Who has been selected as president of India International Centre(IIC)? A: Soli J Sorabjee 3. Who won the Thailand Golf Championship by 7 strokes? A: Lee Westwood 4. Who won her 3rd WISPA(women's professional squash tour) crown of 2011 at the Crocodile Challenge Cup in Hong Kong? A: Dipika Pallikal

5. Name the former Czech president who died recently. A: Vaclav Havel 6. Which company has agreed to remove its logo from London's Olympic stadium? A: Dow Chemical 7. Which bank launched 'Bank on wheels' in Karnataka recently? A: State Bank of India 8. Which major bill was cleared by Indian Union Cabinet on 18th December 2011? A: Food Security Bill

Currentaffairsquiz ANSWERS for 19th December

1. Name the supreme leader of North Korea who died recently. A: Kim Jong II 2. What bill on cable TV was passed by Parliament recently? A: Bill to digitalise cable TV 3. Which agreement did Syria sign recently? A: Arab League agreement 4. Which telecom operator is set to discontinue services of prepaid customers with inactive usage for continuous period of 60 days? A: Vodafone 5. Where has IBM recently opened its branch office in India? A: Vishakhapatnam 6. Name the Saudi prince who bought $300 million stake in Twitter. A: Alwaleed bin Talal 7. Name the bollywood female actor has been named PETA Person of the Year. A: Hema Malini 8. What tag has Indian stock market held along with 14 other countries? A: Trillion-dollar stock market

Currentaffairsquiz ANSWERS for 20th December

1. Who has been named AIFF Player of the Year? A: Sunil Chhetri 2. Who has been honoured Banker of the Year award 2010-11? A: Ravi Pillai 3. Name the Former Miss Venezuela who died of breast cancer. A: Eva Ekvall

4. Name the newly developed Remotely operated vehicle handed over by Defense Research and Development Organisation to the Indian Army. A: DAKSH 5. Which Finance is set to raise Rs.600 crore through Debenture Issue? A: Muthoot Finance 6. Name the latest pendrive launched in India by Kingston. A: Fortune Dragon Drive 7. Who has been awarded Best actor in social role and Entertainer of the year at the Big Star Entertainment Awards recently? A: Amitabh Bachchan 8. Which Indian state celebrated its 50th anniversary of liberation from 450 years of Portuguese rule? A: Goa 9. Name Microsoft's new version of Social Network. A: So.cl(pronounced as social) 10. Who became first Bangladesh cricket player to take 5-wicket haul and score century in the same test? A: Shakib Al Hasan 11. Where has facebook moved its headquarters? A: Menlo Park city, California 12. Who has been named Germany's sportsman of the Year? A: NBA star Dirk Nowitzki 13. Name the 2 earth sized extra-solar planets discovered recently. A: Kepler-20e and Kepler-20f 14. Name the youngster of Australia who topped high school music exam in Tabla playing. A: Vincent Dodd 15. Which country has declared national disaster as flash floods have left more than 1,000 dead or missing? A: Philippines 16. Which country has announced plans to separate retail and investment banking to prevent a repeat of financial crisis that triggered massive state bailouts? A: Britain 17. Who won gold at the women's 1500 metre title of the 72nd All-India Inter-Varsity athletics championship? A: Shruthi.K.C

Currentaffairsquiz ANSWERS for 21st December

1. Which company won patent rights against Android? A: Microsoft 2. Which company won patent for Driverless car? A: Google 3. Name the Olympian, custodian of the gold medal-winning Indian team in the 1951 Asian Games who passed away recently. A: K.V.Varadaraj 4. Name the debutant novelist who has captured the 600 year old history of Madurai till 1920 in his novel 'Kaval Kottam', won the Sahitya Academy Award for 2011. A: Su.Venkatesan 5. How many hectares of cultivable land in India has declined in the last 5 years due to shift to non-agricultural purposes? A: 8 lakh hectare 6. Name India's top nuke scientist who designed the first atomic bomb which was detonated at Pokhran in 1974, who died recently. A: P.K.Iyengar 7. Who has been appointed as Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court? A: Justice Adarsh Goel 8. Who has been appointed as Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court? A: Justice Vikramjit Sen 9. Who stepped down as chairman of Essar Energy? A: Ravi Ruia 10. Who inaugurated Kerala Cricket Association stadium at Krishnagiri in Wayanad District? A: S.Sreesanth

Currentaffairsquiz ANSWERS for 22nd December

1. Who has been named Czech Republic Athlete of the Year? A: Petra Kvitova 2. Name the American boxing champion who has been sentenced to 90days jail. A: Floyd Mayweather 3. Where has the bronze statue of Steve Jobs been unveiled? A: Budapest, Hungary 4. Name the person who hung himself by his hair for 23 minutes setting a world record. A: Suthakaran Sivagnanathurai

5. Which airlines has slipped to No.5 in market share as the company is cash strapped? A: Kingfisher Airlines 6. Which Finnish Formula 1 driver is set to return for 2012 season? A: Kimi Raikkonen 7. Name the Rider who has been voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year. A: Mark Cavendish 8. Name the first Qatar woman who is set to participate in Qatar's National Swim Team. A: Nada Mohammed Wafa 9. Which South African movie won the Best Film award at the 4th edition of the Bangalore International Film Festival? A: Lucky 10. Name the former Indian test cricketer who passed away in Pune recently. A: Vasant Ranjane

Currentaffairsquiz ANSWERS for 23rd December

1. Who has been crowned Pantaloons Femina Miss India South 2012? A: Shamata Anchan 2. Which event has been recognised as single-biggest Special Olympics event? A: Gujarat's Khel Mahakumbh 3. Which country has been ranked 2nd biggest global arms exporter? A: Russia 4. Name the physicist and Xerox's chief scientist who passed away recently. A: Jacob E.Goldman 5. Who is set to partner with Leander Peas in Chennai Open 2012? A: Janko Tipsarevic 6. Who has been appointed as head coach for Delhi Daredevils? A: Eric Simmons

Currentaffairsquiz ANSWERS for 24th December

1. Which city's metro turned 9 years? A: Delhi 2. Who takes over as supreme leader of North Korea? A: Kim Jon Un 3. Name the website launched by Patna police as Patnaites can get information about the position of different roads.

A: www.patnatrafficpolice.in 4. What is the value of first ever tax-free bonds issue that NHAI is set to launch on 28th December 2011? A: Rs.5,000crore 5. Which legendary singers 87th Birth anniversary was celebrated across Mumbai on 24th December 2011? A: Mohammad Rafi 6. Where has Karuturi Agro Products has planned to establish sugar factory? A: Ethiopia

Currentaffairsquiz ANSWERS for 25th and 26th December 2011

1. Name the ex-Chief Minister of Karnataka who died recently. A: Bangarappa 2. Which company won the SAP ACE Award 2011 for the category "Best-Run Business in Cloud ERP Implementation"? A: iSAT Network Engineers 3. Which note denomination is set to be issued with rupee symbol by RBI? A: 500 rupees note 4. Which stake has sony set to sell to Samsung for $940 million? A: LCD's stake 5. Which event has been recognised as single-biggest event at the Special Olympics? A: Gujarat's Khel Mahakumbh 6. China recently tested high-speed train at what speed? A: 500kmph 7. Which middle east country is set to allow foreign airlines to fly domestic routes? A: Saudi Arabia 8. Which Indian city is set to host International coffee festival in January 2012? A: Delhi 9. Name the Indian football team defender who retired from international football recently. A: Mahesh Gawli

Currentaffairsquiz ANSWERS for 27th December

1. Which company is working on Hydrogen-powered iPhone? A: Apple

2. Which famous industrialist 80th birth anniversary was celebrated as brothers reunited? A: Dhirubhai Ambani 3. Who has been appointed as CEO of Micromax? A: Deepak Mehrotra 4. How many years did 'Jana Gana Mana', National Anthem turned recently? A: 100 years 5. Which state's chief Minister took oath as MLC recently? A: Karnataka's CM D.V.Sadananda Gowda 6. What value of Government securities is RBI set to buy? A: Rs.12,000 crore 7. Which cricketer completed 8000 runs in Test cricket recently? A: Virender Sehwag 8. Where in China first 'human library' was opened recently? A: Beijing

Currentaffairsquiz ANSWERS for 28th December

1. Which country's President has been diagonised with cancer? A: Argentine President Cristina Fernandez 2. Name the professor at Moran college who has been conferred with Pratima Barua Pandey Memorial Award. A: Anil Saikia 3. Which state's Government finances are in dire straits and planners are banking on the 12th Five Year Plan to bail them out? A: Himachal Pradesh 4. Name the weightlifter who has set a record by lifting 188kg in men's 94kg category an the National Weightlifting Championship to win 3 gold medals. A: Shyamlal.M 5. Which Asian country unwelcomes Facebook? A: Vietnam 6. Which Asian country is set to introduce US style visa rules for foreigners? A: China 7. Where is China set to begin work on the world's highest airport? A: Tibet's Nagqu town(4,436 metres or 14,553 feet above sea level) 8. Where in Russia is the world's deepest metro station set to be unveiled? A: St.Petersburg, Admiralteiskaya station

Currentaffairsquiz ANSWERS for 29th December

1. At what value have India and Japan agreed for currency swap? A: $15 billion 2. Where has Aditya Birla Group set to invest $500 million? A: Turkey 3. Name the 2 Indian umpires and judge who have been appointed for the 2012 London Olympics hockey event. A: R.V.Raghu Prasad and Claudius De Sales 4. What value of preferential shares have Air India's lenders were approved by its board? A: Rs.7,500 crore 5. Who has been appointed as Executive Director of Indian Overseas Bank? A: A.D.M.Chavali 6. Which LG smartphone is set to hit markets by January 2012? A: LG Prada 3.0 7. Who resigned from Hindustan Unilever Board recently? A: HDFC Chairman Deepak Parekh 8. Name the Indian American who has been chosen as the most powerful woman in California by National Diversity Council. A: Shefali Dugga