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Name the yesteryear actress who featured in the popular song Ae Meri Zohra Jabeen from the film Waqtwho passed away recently.

Achala Sachdev passed away at a Pune hospital on April 30, 2012. Achala was 91 year old. Read More 2. Where in India, largest solar power plant with an installed capacity of 40 MW started producing electricity? Pokhran in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan 3. Which department in India plans to set up 1000 ATMs across 6 states? Postal department 4. Who created history by becoming the first Indian female wrestler to have qualified for the London Olympics 2012? Geeta 5. Who has been appointed next Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission?

Ratan Kumar Sinha Read More

6. In which part of India, Indo Tibetan Border Police headquarters is to be opened? Bihar 7. Which states High Court has insisted that banks cannot freeze accounts nor stop services of issuing cheque book or ATM facility where the account holder has not supplied KYC (Know Your Customers) documents? Gujarat 8. Name the former Haryana chief secretary who took oath as state information commissioner ? Urvashi Gulati 9. Which State becames the 3rd state in India to launch State Portal (SP) and State Service Delivery Gateway (SSDG) project? Nagaland 10. Who won the World Series Hockey 2012 title? Sher-E-Punjab 11. In which state Urdu medium Government schools would be setup as announced by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav? Uttar Pradesh 12. Where is the Worlds first Virtual shopping store opened? Korea 13. Who is named as HSBCs India CEO? Stuart Milne 14. Which Indian state bans guthka from 1st of April 2012 to curb the increasing number of mouth cancer cases? Madhya Pradesh 15. Which Indian state chief minister has urged union Finance Minister to bail it out of its huge burden? West Bengal 16. Name the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Chief Justice who was sworn in as Supreme court judge ? F.M.Ibrahim Kalifulla 17. Name the Gujarati techie whose name has emerged for Indias President as the nation has to elect 16th President in July 2012 ? Sam Pitroda 18. At what value Air Indias restructuring plan was approved by a group of 19 banks led by SBI? 18,000 crore

19. Which services Airtel is planning to launch in Kolkata in April 2012? 4G services 20. Name the nuclear submarine which joined Indian Navy. INS Chakra 21. Which education company bagged Rs.209 crore order from Assam Government? Educomp 22. Which 2 north Indian states will have pipeline connected oil terminals for supply of diesel, petrol and kerosene? Jammu and Himachal Pradesh 23. Which Asian country has issued tender to buy minimum of 30,000 tonnes of basmati rice from India and Pakistan? Iraq 24. NSE founder who passes away Recently?

RH Patil Dr R H Patil, chairman, Clearing Corporation of India (CCIL) and founder-managing director of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) passed away in Mumbai. Read More 25. Who donated 1 million Singapore Dollars to Indian Heritage Centre? Founder of Singapore-based IT company Si2i Mobility B.K.Modi 26. Name the worlds highest and longest bridge that was officially opened to motorists in China. Anzhaite Long-span Suspension Bridge in Jishou 27. Which bank has opened 16 Ultra Small branches in 16 locations in villages to cater to financial needs of the rural populace? IDBI Bank 28. Who has been conferred with Sir Jehangir Ghandy Medal? Narayana Murthy 29. In which city in Kerala will Infosys setup its 2nd campus? Thiruvananthapuram

30. Which bank will set up 1-person micro branches to serve remote areas of the northeastern region financially? Indian Overseas Bank 31. Which act does not allow to prosecute (no wife can claim compensation or maintenance) husbands girlfriend? Protection of Women from Domestic Vilonce Act, 2005 32. Name the 3 Indian hockey players after whom tube stations in London has been renamed. Dhyan Chand, Roop Singh and Leslie Claudius 33. Who has been signed up as brand ambassador of Toyota Kirloskar Motors? Virat Kohli 34. When was 63rd Rajasthan Day celebrated? 30th March 2012 35. Where in Rajasthan Spices Boards first Spices Park is setup? Jodhpur 36. Which Asian country recently became member of Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP)? India 37. Who won her 6th world sprint title at the world track cycling championships 2012? Victoria Pendleton 38. Name the Malawi President who died after heart attack. Bingu wa Mutharika 39. Who was sworn in as Malawis President following the death of Bingu wa Mutharika?

Joyce Banda Read More

40. Which Asian country made Hindu marriage registration a must by bringing the law in lines with India? Bangladesh 41. Israel has decided to setup its consulate office in which part of India? Bangalore 42. Which Indian city is likely to get water taxis and air-conditioned trams? Kolkata 43. Name the young doctor who is set to become the first foreign national of Indian origin to walk across Antarctica carrying the Indian Flag. Dr. Alexander Kumar 44. Name the youngest Indian boxer who qualified for London Olympics 2012.

Shiva Thapa Read More 45. What percentage hike was allocated for Karnataka by Planning Commission for current fiscal 2012-13 in the 12th Plan? 10% 46. Who will be the sports ambassador for the state of Haryana? Leander Paes 47. Which category of women will be allowed to participate in the Miss Universe beauty pageant from next year? Transgender women 48. Which rank does Bangalore hold as preferred entrepreneurial locations worldwide? 9th rank 49. Which TV has become the first Indian television channel to enter the Chinese market? Zee TV

50. Which act was amended to include compulsory registration of marriages in India? Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 51. Where in Himachal Pradesh Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) would be opened? Una district 52. What denominations of currency note will RBI introduce bearing rupee symbol? Rs.20 and Rs.50 currency notes 53. Name the index on which NSE is set to launch derivative trade. FTSE 100 index 54. What percentage and value of US based Max New York Life Insurance was sold to Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance (MSI)? 26% and Rs.2,731 crore 55. Which country replaced China as Irans top oil client? India 56. India has recently decided to allow Foreign Direct Investment from which Asian country? Pakistan 57. What value of equity infusion did Air India get spread over a period of 9 years? Rs. 30,000 crore 58. Where in India Integrated Check Post was inaugurated on the occasion of Baisakhi to enhance trade between India-Pakistan? Attari 59. Which education council in India would have its own job portal for the students of technical and professional institutions? All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) 60. Which 2 countries have agreed to resume dialogue on disarmament and nonproliferation after a gap of 9 years? India and China 61. Which repayment transaction is now allowed by RBI electronically i.e. NEFT? Repayment of Loan EMIs 62. How many co-sponsors are against the Bill of outsourcing call centers in USA? 106 co-sponsors 63. How much basis point did RBI cut key rates after 3 years? 50 basis points

64. Name the Master Cards President and CEO who has been elected next chairman of the US-India Business Council? Ajay Banga 65. Which Indian FMCG company crossed $1 billion mark in 2011-12? Dabur India 66. Which 14 year old ICC cricket tournament would end after 2013? ICC Champions Trophy 67. Which state has included services of the petroleum industry, including that provided by tanker operations as essential services under the states Essential Services Maintenance Act 1971, (Act 20 of 1971)? Andhra Pradesh 68. Which Indian states 100th anniversary was celebrated recently? Bihar 69. Who replaces Simon Leung chief executive of the greater China region of Microsoft? Ralph Haupter 70. Bill to include children with disabilities under which Act was recently passed by Rajya Sabha recently? Right to Education Act 71. Name the spy satellite launched by ISRO recently. RISAT-1 72. Which cricket player and lady actor were recommended for Rajya Sabha membership in India?

Sachin Tendulkar and Rekha 73. Name the Indian origin entrepreneur and educator who is named as the Goodwill Ambassador for Education Partnerships for UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). Sunny-Varkey

74. Who has been appointed as Governor of Goa, Rajasthan and Uttarkhand? B.V.Wanchoo, Margaret Alva and Aziz Qureshi 75. Who were given fresh terms as Governor of Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra? E.S.L.Narasimhan and K.Sankaranarayanan 76. Which Indian state will be showcased at the Cannes Film Festival? Gujarat 77. Which 2 Asian countries will hold 1st ever economic dialogue on 30th April 2012? India and Japan 78. Name the first of the four Dreamliner aircraft that Air India got from Nikki Haleys state. Boeing 787 79. Who won the Asian Snooker Championship 2012? Aditya Mehta 80. Who retained the crown as Britains richest man? Lakshmi Mittal 81. Where was the India Investrade 2012 organised by Indian Chamber of Commerce, Kolkata held? Colombo, Sri Lanka 82. Name the mango variety named after the youngest Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Akhilesh aam, named after Akhilesh Yadav 83. Which Indian state is planning to make 100 the common number to dial in any emergency? Tamil Nadu 84. Who became the 1st player to cross 2000 runs in cricket tournament IPL? Suresh Raina 85. Which country is keen to boost trade ties with Kerala? Singapore 86. Who became the 1st player to win Barcelona title for 7 times? Rafael Nadal 87. Name the former BCCI president who passed away recently after whom the challenger trophy was named. N.K.P.Salve 1. The Worlds Youngest MCP and CCNA, who has exceptionally highest IQ in the world ?

Vishalini 11 year old Indian girl Vishalini, Born in Thirunelveli, a small city of Tamil Nadu. Read More 2. Name the Pakistani cricketer who was released from jail because of good behaviour after serving half of his 6 month sentence. Mohammad Aamer 3. Which authors autobiography release was cancelled at the Kolkata Book Fair? Taslima Nasreen 4. Name the luxury watch collection launched by Seiko Watch India at a price range of Rs.1-5 lakh per piece. Ananta 5. What value of overseas inflow was injected into Indian markets in January 2012? Rs.26,000 crore (US$5.08 billion) 6. Which guidelines have SEBI notified allowing companies to reduce promoter shareholding through private placement? Institutional Placement Programme (IPP) 7. Which company will acquire full control of UTV Software and Communications Ltd.? US-based Walt Disney 8. What is the value of IPO filed by Facebook? $5 billion 9. Expand SAR. Specific Absorption Rate 10. Who was awarded Pride of India award by the Indian-American community in Washington? Mallikarjun Kharge 11. Name the book launched by Sonu Nigam authored by Priya Kumar. The Perfect World

12. Which Italian luxury brand is looking to bring its high-end homeware and furnishings retail stores to India? Giorgio Armani 13. Which country announced 3-day national mourning following violence at a football stadium in Port Said? Egypt 14. Who is Worlds shortest man ?

72-year-old Chandra Bahadur Dangi of Nepal Read More 15. Which bollywood actor was honoured with a Green Globe award for outstanding effort to fight climate change? Abhishek Bachchan 16. Name the singer who has been appointed as anti-tobacco campaign ambassador. Playback Singer Shann 17. Name the car model unveiled by Sahara Force India. VJM05 18. What award was conferred to Amul company in the manufacturing category recently? Green Globe Foundation award 19. Who have been selected for the Bharat Vikas Rathna award by the All India Business Development Association, New Delhi? C Basavegowda, President, Mysore and Chamarajanagar District Co-operative Central Bank Ltd. 20. Who will be the only Indian driver in the Formula One for 2012 season after signing to continue with Hispania Racing (HRT)? Narain Karthikeyan

21. Name the British energy minister who resigned recently. Chris Huhne 22. Name the car launched by Ferrari for 2012 F1 season? F2012 23. Name the CEO of Micron Technology who died in a plane crash and who has been appointed as CEO? Steve Appleton and Mark Durcan 24. In which country have UN declared end of famine? Somalia 25. Which social networking site turned 8 recently? Facebook 26. Who has been appointed as Executive Director of Corporation Bank? Amar Lal 27. Who won the World Squash Federation under-21 world cup? Egypt against India 2-1 28. Which 3-day youth festival is back after a gap of 7 years in Jaipur? Ghoomar 29. Who won the Champions Trophy womens hockey tournament for the 5th time? Argentina 30.Name the Romanian Prime Minister who quit recently. Emil Boc 31. Name the Managing Director and CEO of Dhanlaxmi Bank who quit recently. Amitabh Chaturvedi 32. Name the Mumbai-based historian who passed away recently. Sharada Dwivedi 31. Name the science communicator who passed away recently. R.D.Sharma 32. In which currency is India set to pay for 45% of Iran oil imports? Rupee 33. Name the Maldives President who was appointed after Mohamed Nasheed quit. Mohammad Waheed Hassan 34. Who has been appointed as Chief executive operations for Chinas Walmart? Greg Foran

35. Name the novelist whose 200th birthday ceremony was observed led by Prince Charles. Chalres Dickens 36. Which company renewed sponsorship deal with Indian hockey team? Sahara 37. Which singer is launching her own social networking website exclusively for her fans? Lady Gaga 38. Name the book featuring the problems of NRIs living in Gulf countries released by Mohammed Ali Shabbir and written by Mohammed Saifuddin. Expat Ride 39. India-born biologist who bags worlds 1st major international award?

Kamal Bawa Read More 40. Which country released worlds highest resolution lunar images taken by its 2nd moon orbiter, Change-2? China 41. What percentage of the worlds mangrove vegetation does India account for? 3% 42. Which place in Tamil Nadu is all set to get 4th Science Park? Coimbatore 43. Name the Indian American orthodontist who was honoured with Hind Rattan Award. Dr.Gagan Balla 44. What sum of amount is National Housing Bank set to receive from World Bank which would help in its refinancing programme? $300 million(Rs.1,500 crore)

45. Name the newly elected President of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)? R.V.Kanoria 46. Which cricket batting legend is been inducted into ICC Hall of Fame? Sunil Gavaskar 47. Name the commission setup in accordance with Section 74 of the Meghalaya Police Act. Police Accountability Commission 48. What sum of amount has Bank of England set to pump into economy? 50 billion pounds 49. Name the electronics retailer bought by Flipkart for $25 million. Letsbuy 50. When is Windows 8 set to be released by Microsoft? February 29th 2012 51. Veteran Bollywood writer-filmmaker who died recently ?

O.P. Dutta Read more 52. Which company will stop making digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital picture frames? Eastman Kodak Co. (Kodak) 53. Name the Germans 1997 Tour de France winner who received 2-year ban for a blood doping offence. Jan Ullrich 54. Who was honoured with Lata Mangehkar award by the Madhya Pradesh government recently? Rajesh Roshan

55. Name the site launched by an Italian computer science professor who hopes it will be a challenge to the US technology giant Google. Volunia (www.volunia.com) 56. Which bank is set to launch Indias first Infrastructure Debt Fund (IDF)? IDBI bank 57. Where is the wax sculpture of Novak Djokovic revealed? Central Serbian town of Jagodina 58. Who has been appointed as non-executive chairman for India operations by Vodafone? Analjit Singh 59. Name the bollywood writer-filmmaker who passed away recently. O.P.Dutta 60. Why zebras have black and white stripes (recently solved mystery)? To keep blood-sucking files away 61. Which economist is named for US Humanities medal?

Amartya Sen Read More 62. Who is the first Indian defence minister to visit Saudi Arabia? A.K.Antony 63. Name the former secretary-general of Basketball Federation of India who passed away recently. Harish Sharma 64. Name the US-based pop music queen who died recently. Whitney Houston 65. Who won the womens doubles event at the Pattaya Open 2012? Sania Mirza and Anastasia Rodionova 66. Who has been elected as Deputy Chief of Indian Army? Lt.Gen.Ramesh Halgali

67. Who was honoured with a posthumous Grammy award for his contributions to the music industry in area other than performance? Steve Jobs 68. What percentage is the planned road tax for vehicles across India? 6% 69. Who has been appointed as the Managing Director for India and SAARC operations by McAfee? Jagdish Mahapatra 70. Who will replace Eric Simons as Indian cricket bowling coach? Australian, Joe Dawes 71. Who took over as president of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India for the year 2012-13? Jaydeep Shah 72. Name the renowned Urdu poet who passed away after battling lung cancer recently. Akhlaq Mohammad Khan 73. Name the Karnataka Higher Education Minister who passed away in Bangalore recently. V.S.Acharya 74. Who was honoured with Serbias highest honour, the Karadjordje Star medal? Novak Djokovic 75. At what value has Bank of Japan set to expand its asset purchase programme? 10tn yen($130 billion) 76. Where in India 9-day 20th World Book Fair is held? New Delhi Read More 77. Where does Indias forex reserves stand for the week ended 17th February 2012? $293.44 billion 78. Name the cricketer who was honoured with lifetime membership of the Sydney Cricket Ground. Sachin Tendulkar 79. Which country has been ranked as the worlds richest country in the list compiled by US magazine Forbes? Qatar 80. Which country did India beat to qualify for London Olympics mens hockey 2012? France 81. Which west Asian country approved for new constitution recently? Syria

82. Which model of Nokia phone has been built with 41-megapixel sensor camera? Nokia 808 Pureview camera phone 83. Name the chief appointed for Pakistan Air Force. Air Marshal Tahir Rafiq Butt 84. Which company signed a long-term agreement to supply 250 MW power to Bangladesh Power Development Board? NTPC 85. What value of second bailout pacakge did German parliament pass for Greece to help the country avoid a default? 130 billion euros ($174.4 billion) 86. Name the digital music store launched by flipkart.com. Flyte 87. Where in India was the inaugural World Series Hockey tournament held? Chandigarh 88. Which company bagged Airtels network deal for Maharashtra? Nokia Siemens 89. Who has been appointed as chairman of MindTree? Subroto Bagchi 90. Name the online property search portal launched by HDFC in Kolkata HDFC Red 91. Who resigned as PepsiCo India Foods CEO? Varun Berry 92. Name the application launched by Vigyan Prasar and IGNOU as a free SMS service for mobile users that delivers content on science and related areas. Science@Mobile