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Current Affairs Quiz May 2012*** Part II

31. Who is elected as Chair of the ADB’s Boardof Governors?
Pranab Mukherjee
32. Which country will host the 46th annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank in
2013?
India in New Delhi
33. Name the Indian-origin doctor who won the London Assembly (Ealing and Hillingdon)
seat?
Dr.Onkar Singh Sahota
34. Who is elected as President of France?
Francois Hollande
35. Which mobile operator is the biggest gainer of mobile number portability (MPN) service
in India?
Idea Cellular
36. Which 2 Indian women won the 16th Asian Team Squash Championship?
Joshna Chinnappa and Dipika Pallikal
37. Name the US secretary who is India ona 3-day visit asking to reduce oil imports from
Iran on the agenda.
Hillary Clinton
38. Which series of bollywood actor’s TV debut got a thumbs up from the Hindi film
industry?
Satyamev Jayate
40. Which popular comic is featuring members of Delhi Daredevils players like Virender Sehwag, Irfan Pathan and Kevin Pietersen?
Chacha Chaudhary in Sabu new comic series
41. Who was sworn in as Russian president for 2nd time?
Vladimir Putin
42. Who won the silver medal at the 3rd International ‘Republic ofKazakhstan President’s
Cup’ held in Almaty, kazakhstan?
Devendro Singh
43. Name the hockey player who died after being hit in the head by the ball during a game in
Perth recently.
Elizabeth Watkins
44. Which movie team is set to open 4-day Children’s Film Festival to be held in Goa from
May 11th 2012?
Gattu
45. Which state’s first marine training institute will be operational from August 2012?
Gujarat
46. Which state of Jaipurwill host first edition of 3-day Fashion Week from May 24th 2012?
Rajasthan
47. After completing a year post acquisition of Patni Computer which company dropped
Patni from its brand name?
iGate Corporation
48. India’s Finance minister recently scrapped a ‘draconian’ clause under which law?
Customs law
49. Red Hat recently setup its R&D centres in which locality outside North America?
Pune and Bangalore in India
50. Which PSU acquired 51% stake in Bharti Axa Mutual Fund?
Bank of India
51. Who created nationalrecord by winning silver medal at the Altius TrackCrew Threwdown meet in maui Island, Hawaii?
Krishna Poonia
52. Who is appointed as Russian Prime Minister?
Dmitry Medvedev
53. Name the aircraft carrier and nuclear submarine India is set to get in 2013.
Admiral Gorshkov and INS Arihant
54. What was rolled backon realty as excise on gold jewellery?
Tax Deducted at Source
55. Where in London a centre dedicated to the life and work of Rabindranath Tagore has
been launched?
Edinburgh
56. Name the former chairman of ICICI bank and billionaire investor who are re-appointed to
the Arcelor Mittal board?
N.Vaghul and Wilbur Ross
57. When was the World Red Cross day celebrated?
May 8 th
58. Which street is renamed after Roger Federer in Germany?
Weststrasse renamed as Roger-Federer-Allee
59. Which cricketer is likely to make an appearance in filmmakerVidhu Vinod Chopra’s
‘Ferrari Ki Sawari’?
Sachin Tendulkar
60. Lahore based Ajoka has planned for 4-day theatre festival to pay tribute to which birth
centenarian as on May 2012?
Saadat Hassan Manto