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Current Affairs Quiz May 2012*** part I

1. Who won her first World Cup individual recurve gold medal in Archery?
Deepika Kumari
2. Who took over as 28thchief secretary of Madhya Pradesh succeeding Avani Vaish?
R.Parasuram
3. Which state’s Chief Minister has demanded law to deal with cases of discrimination against northeastern students?
Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma
4. ISRO recently gave clearance for using which frequency band from satellite for internet on trains?
KU band
5. Which company bagged the contract for deploying Bharti Airtel’s 4G network in Karnataka?
Huawei
6. Who became the first cricketer to hit 5 consecutive T20 fifties?
Virender Sehwag
7. Who won the award in the best Actress category at the London Asian Film Festival (LAFF) 2012 for her film‘Bol’?
Humaima Malick
8. Which type of SIM cards are Switzerland based Geo Communications AG, launching in
India?
International Mobile Subscriber Identity(IMSI) SIM cards which will allow multiple
mobile numbers from different operators on a single SIM card
9. To help clear cane arrears of over Rs.10,000 crore which commodities exports hasbeen
let free by Government of India recently?
Sugar
10. Which industry in India will celebrate 100 years of its existence in May 2013?
Indian Film Industry (May 3rd 1913 to May 3rd 2013)
11. When is Facebook (IPO) set to go public?
May 18th 2012
12. When will the phasedBasel III capital regulation in India be implemented as per RBI
guidelines?
January 1st, 2013 (to be fully implemented by March 31st, 2018)
13. Name the multifaceted personality (a poet, an author or a painter) whose 150th birth
anniversary would be celebrated on May 8th 2012.
Rabindranath Tagore
14. Which sport in Goa will benefit from the Government’s decision as it will be declared
state sport?
Football
15. Where in India Archeological Survey of India is planning gallery on Harappan
civilization?
Vadodara, Gujarat
16. Where in India the 49th Raising Day of the Central Command was celebrated on 3rd May
2012?
Cantonment, Lucknow
17. Where in Tamil Nadu,Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (Tidco) is
planning to establish aerospace park?
Chennai
18. Where in Coimbatore, Governmenthas planned to setup coldstorage facility for
tomatoes?
Kinnathukkadavu
19. Which German sportswear maker has planned to shut down 1/3rd of its 900 Reebok
stores in India?
Adidas
20. Which Kolhapur-based bank is looking at an IPO in 2 years?
Ratnakar bank
21. Which resource in nuclear reactors will be used for power generation as the Government
has decided to start construction of 300MW reactor by 2016-17?
Thorium
22. As Indian Parliament holds special sitting on Sunday to celebrate 60th anniversary, when was India’s first Parliament session held?
May 13th, 1952
23. Which country slapped a fine of$80,000 fine on Air India recently?
US Transportation Department
24. Which Finance company recently deferred its Rs.1,665 crore IPO, which opened on May
2nd 2012?
Samvardhana Motherson
25. Name the firm which is planning to build mud cottages in Gir area of Junagadh district.
Swati Infratech Pvt. Ltd.
26. In which glacier havegeologists discovered hot water from geothermal sources which is nearly 15 degrees arm in plunging-40 degree Celsius weather?
Siachen
27. Name the Indian who became first Asian-origin UK councilor.
Philip Abraham
28. Name the ‘Big Bang’ scientist whom France jailed for terror plot.
Adlene Hicheur
29. What value of fund will Asian Development Bank provide to India for2012-2014 for the
development of various projects?
$6.25 billion
30. Name the West Indian cricketer who has set an eye on bollywood after IPL.
Chris Gayle