general knowledge & current affairs 2011 nov

Current Affairs – 2011- November

Who has been appointed as cricket coach of Australia?

=Mickey Arthur

Which two Japanese stock exchanges are set to merge and create world’s

No.3 exchange?

=Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Securities Exchange Co. Ltd.

Which Union Territory has become the first among all the UTs and

States in India to register 100 per cent banking coverage?

=Union Territory of Puducherry

Which search giant has launched free video service in India?

=Yahoo

Name the IT service Indian subsidiary company that has launched 24×7

technical support lifeline in hindi.

=Belkin (Tollfree: 18004195546)

Who has launched JaxtrSMS, a mobile application that let users to

send unlimited free text messages to any other phone anywhere in the

world?

=Sabeer Bhatia (founder of hotmail.com)

Name the Pakistan ambassador to the US who resigned recently.

=Hussain Haqqani

Who is set to be honoured with C.K.Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award?

=Ajit Wadekar

Name the Indian-American who has been awarded with one of the highest

civilian honours of Guyana in recognition of his role in

strengthening the democracy of Guyana.

=Yashpaul Soi

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Which Japanese imaging major eyeing to open 300 outlets across

India’s small towns?

Canon

Who is on historic Myanmar visit?

=Secreatary of state Hillary Clinton

Who has been named best European investment banker of the year?

=Anshu Jain

Name the ball developed by Adidas which would be the official ball

of the Euro 2012 European Football Championship.

=Tango 12

Which company has launched triple sim mobile with Analog TV in

India?

=G’Five

Which telecom service provider touched 50 million customers mark in

Africa recently?

=Airtel

Name the Guyana born US resident who has been elected as the

international president of the Global Organisation of People of

=Indian Origin (GOPIO).

Ashook Ramsaran

Who has been sworn in as Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister? Nabam Tuki

Who has been reappointed as the Secretary General of 54-nation Commonwealth of Nations for 2nd consecutive term? Kamalesh Sharma

What is the total sms limit per day raised by TRAI as on 1st November 2011?



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200 smses per day

Name the MAN industries chairman who passed away recently. JM Mansukhani

Who won the 38th women's National Premier Chess championship? Tania Sachdev

Which rank does world champion Vishwanathan Anand holds in the world chess rankings? 2nd place

Which country's cabinet unanimously decided to grant India Most Favoured Nation trade status? Pakistan

Which country is set to donate used laptop for charity? Dubai

Name the new smartphone introduced by Samsung. Galaxy Note

Which car range of Ariel Motor's is set to arrive in India? Atom range

Who is set to lead the Indian team in the 4-nation Shastri junior women's hockey tournament? Poonam Rani

Where the world’s biggest stupa has has been planned? Gujarat, 351 feet high stupa towering over a 151 feet statue of Buddha

Name the countries which have pressed the Europeans to act swiftly to contain their sovereign debt crisis. China, Russia and the United States

Name the RIM's Managing Director for India who quit recently.



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Frenny Bawa Which music application of RIM for its popular messaging service is to be made available for downloading? BBM Music

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

What is the name given to James Bond's recent movie? Skyfall

Who has been awarded The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star by Japan? Maruti Suzuki India Chairman R.C.Bhargava

Name the trio cricketers who were sentenced to jail for their role in the spot-fixing scandal. Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir

Name the Greek Prime Minister who won confidence vote recently. George Papandreou

Name the 2 messaging phone launched by Nokia recently. Asha 200 and Asha 201

In which district of Karnataka would the Biotech Park worth Rs.103.27 crore was approved by cabinet recently? Mysore

Which is the recent Tablet PC running on windows operating system revealed by HP? Slate 2 Tablet PC

Which 15-day league is all set to start in Karnataka from 5th November 2011?



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KBL - Karnataka Badminton League

Who scored triple ton for Saurashtra in Ranji Trophy match against Orissa? Ravindra Jadeja, 314 runs off 375 balls

Which sporting event is set to return after a gap of 5 years to Bangalore? National Badminton Championship

When the Bengaluru International Film Festival is is set to be held? December 15th to December 22nd 2011 How many foreign films are to be screened at the Bengaluru International Film Festival?

Name one of the oldest singers who passed away recently. Bhupen Hazarika

Name the woman officer who became the fourth generation of a family to serve police continuously since 1921. Manusmriti

What value of demand drafts to be account payee only as per RBI notification? Above Rs.20,000

Where is the 17th SAARC summit to be held? Addu city in Maldives

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

Which banks total business has crossed Rs.25,000 crore mark recently? City Union Bank



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Name the new cement launched by ACC specially focused for coastal areas. Coastal Plus

What is the validity of banks drafts, pay orders and cheques from the date of issuing, starting April 1st 2012? 3 month validity

Who has been crowned Miss South India? Bangalore beauty Lakhsmi Anand

Who won the Miss World crown for 2011? Miss Venezuela - Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colimenares

Who won the WTA Tournament of Champions title at Bali? Ana Ivanovic

Who won the World Golf Championship - HSBC Champions golf tournament at Shangai? Martin Kaymer of Germany

Who has been approached for a motivational campaign during 2012 London Olympics? Deepika Padukone Who became India's most prolific Test wicketkeeper getting past Syed Kirmani's long-standing record of 198 Test dismissals? Mahendra Singh Dhoni with 200 dismissals

What is the new kind of password developed by researchers for online account to help protect against hacking? Picture password

Name the CBS television commentator who died recently. Andy Rooney

What has been made mandatory at the time of buying motor insurance by IRDA?



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Where is India's largest telescope set to be placed for watching distant stars and galaxies? Devasthal - 50km from Nanital town

Which company has been named top Indian company for investor relations? Infosys

Who won the Guatemala presidential election? Otto Perez Molina

Which country's Prime Minister made a surprise visit to Afghanistan? Australian PM Julia Gillard

Which award is singer Lata Mangeshkar set to receive? K.L.Saigal award by Savitri Samiti

Which team won gold at the World patrol meet? Indian Army team

Who won the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament title? Roger Federer

Who became the first cricketer to score 15,000 runs in test cricket? Sachin Tendulkar

Who has won the Ezhuthachan award (highest literary prize instituted by Kerala Government)? M.T.Vasudevan Nair

Which country has banned Apple iPhone? Germany Who bought the rights of American TV series 24? Anil Kapoor



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Who became 7th Indian to take 5 wickets on debut for India? R.Ashwin

Name the 1989 Nobel Prize physicist who died recently. Norman Ramsey

Who has been picked by Force India for Abu Dhabi's young Formula 1 driver test? Max Chilton

Which agreement has India and Nepal due to sign? DTAA - Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement

Which company recently setup its R and D centre in India for e-commerce solutions? Walmart

Which country has been reinstated to the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification tournament? Myanmar

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

Which Spanish bank is to setup a representative office in India to help Spanish companies to tap into the fast growing Indian economy? Caixabank

What is the unique feature of HTC edge which is set to be released in 1st quarter of 2012? First Quad-Core smartphone

Which educational institutes of Britain have introduced Study of Ancient India? Cambridge University



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Where is the Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber Physical Systems has been unveiled? Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Who has been named Greek interim Prime Minister? Lucas Papademos

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 Who has been appointed as CEO of UBS India? Aashish Kamat

What is Australia's lowest Test cricket score in 109 years? 47 all out against South Africa in 2011

Who became the first wicketkeeper to cross 500 catches? Mark Boucher

Which fund gets priority from a company under liquidation over repaying loans to secured creditors? Employees' Provident Fund

Name the latest Sumo variant launched by Tata Motors. Sumo Gold

Which Indian city is set to host the World Economic Forum's India Economic Summit? Mumbai

Name the Mexican Interior Minister who was killed in a helicopter crash recently. Francisco Blake

Which tennis icon won the 800th match of his career? Roger Federer



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Which airlines recommendation to financial bail out appears to have failed? Kingfisher Airlines

Name the Nobel laureate who is set to lead Liberian peace initiative. Laymah Gbowee

Which continent is fast-emerging IT market, as the name Dark Continent fades off? Africa

Which scenes have been banned by Indian Government in movies and TV recently? Smoking scenes

With what motto has SAARC summit 2011 concluded? Building bridges, Resolve to fight terrorism and implementation of South Asian Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA)

What is the increased interest rate for savings in Post office in India? 4 percent

Where has the biggest ever diamond unearthed in India? 37.68 carat diamond has been unearthed by NMDC at Panna in Madhya Pradesh Which country would host 18th SAARC summit in 2012? Nepal

Name the high capacity circuit breaker launched by Siemens recently. 1200-KV SF6 circuit breaker with evacuation capacity of 8000MW

Where is the India's first ocenarium planned? Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra

Who are been named athlete of the year 2011?



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Usain Bolt of Jamaica and Sally Pearson of Australia

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

Which country senate cleared economic reform bill recently? Italy

When is iPhone 4S set to launch in India? November 25th 2011

Which medal did India bag in Lal Bahadur Shastri Under-21 women's hockey tournament? Bronze

Name the 'Tomorrow Never Dies' actress who is set to visit India for the International Film Festival to be held in Goa from November 23rd to December 3rd 2011. Michelle Yeoh

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

Name the 1968 Noble prize for medicine winner, who died recently. Gobind Khorana

Which country has announced USD 100 million credit facility to Maldives? India

Which stadium is set to host opening match of World Series Hockey starting on December 17th 2011? Dhyan Chand National Stadium Who resigned as Italian Prime Minister recently? Silvio Berlusconi



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Which country is set to host 2018 Commonwealth Games? Australia

Which city is set to host 2017 world athletic championship? London

Name the cricket writer who died recently. Peter Roebuck

Name the website launched by commonwealth war graves commission to honour undivided India's war heroes. www.cwgc.org

Who won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2011? Lewis Hamilton

Who has been appointed as SEBI chief? U.K.Sinha

Who won the Paris Masters 2011 title for the first time? Roger Federer

Who won the men's doubles Paris Masters title 2011? Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi

Where is the Asia-Pacific summit being held? Hawaii

What is the significance of 14th November 2011 in India? Children's day

Which social media has Election Commission in India planned to use to educate voters? Facebook

Name the first animated film in Kannada for children which are to



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be screened at the 17th edition of the International Children's Film festival in Hyderabad. Chintu's Skool

Mining near which famous temple has got nod from centre? Vaishno Devi temple

When is Goa scheduled to host Asian Beach games? Which Karnataka state is set to host 6th state-level cycling championship? Belgaum

Name the singer who completed 50 years as singer recently. Yesudas

Where is celebrity cricket league being promoted by Salman Khan? Sharjah

Which festival was celebrated by Oriyas in the diamond city recently? Boita Bandana Utsav

Name the push e-mail services that BSNL is set to provide to its mobile subscribers of all circles in India. Bharat Berry services

Name the marriage act that Sikh community wants Union law minister to implement in near future. Anand Marriage Act

Which iCon is now part of B-school curriculum? Steve Jobs

Name the Pakistani singer who is set to render his voice for a patriotic song for an Indian film, 498A - The Weeding gift. Ustaad Ghulam Ali

Who has been appointed as Prime Minister of Italy?



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Mario Monti

Name the Indian city which is connected directly to European ports. Kochi

Who scored his 36th century in test cricket recently? Rahul Dravid

Who completed 22 years of playing international cricket? Sachin Tendulkar

What Utsav is been scheduled in Dharwad from 23rd to 25th December 2011? Dharwad Utsav

Which region of Madhya Pradesh has Infosys agreed to set up a development centre? Indore Where the 31st India International Trade Fair (IITF) is being held? Pragathi Maidan, New Delhi

All ministers of which state have submitted resignations ahead of cabinet reshuffle? Rajasthan state ministers

Which cabinet has proposed division of Uttar Pradesh into 4 states? Uttar Pradesh (Mayawati) cabinet

Who is set to take over as General Motors President and MD of India operations from 1st January 2012? Lowell Paddock

Which Canadian city bids to host IIFA in 2013? Vancouver

Who is set to participate in 50m rifle prone event at the



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forthcoming 55th National shooting championships? Nana Patekar

Which tennis star has been named WTA player of the year? Petra Kvitova

Who has been selected for Swaralaya-Devarajan Master award? KJ. Yesudas

Which bank became the 1st lender to raise funds in offshore yuan in China? IDBI

Which mobile carrier prepares for possible IPO in India? Vodafone

Name the e-mail prioritizer bought by facebook. MailRank

Which company's share has iGate planned to delist? Patni Computer

Name the director appointed by Apple recently. Robert A Iger

Name the director who has been promoted as non-executive chairman serving Apple since 2000. Arthur D Levinson Who is set to make debut appearance in 2012 Abu Dhabi's Golf Championship? Tiger woods

Name the swimmer who set the national record in 800m freestyle in a time of 8:12:57sec at the 65th Senior National Aquatic meet. Saurabh Sangvekar



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Which is the first professional social-networking site opened its R&D center in Bangalore? Linkedin

Who has been appointed as CEO of Cable & Wireless Worldwide(C&WW)? John Pluthero

Who has been appointed CEO of Swiss bank UBS? Sergio Ermotti

Who is the co-founder and developer of open-source social network zDiaspora who died recently? Ilya Zhitomirskiy

Who won gold at men's 50M free pistol at the 55th National shooting championships? Om Prakash

Who becomes first US president to take part in East Asian nations summit? Barack Obama

Who has been named as CEO of Air France? Alexandre de Juniac

Who is the head of European department's International Monetary Fund resigned from his post recently? Antonio Borges

Which are the new blackberry smart phones which runs on blackberry 7 operating system unveiled by RIM on recently? Blackberry Bold 9790 and Blackberry Curve 9380

Who is the founder of shoe-selling online store www.zappos.com? Nick Swinmurn

What is the name of the new movie starring George Clooney?



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The Descendants What is the name of the award named after the Queen Elizabeth that would be given for the engineers for exceptional achievements in engineering? The Queen Elizabeth Engineering Prize

Which Spanish writer and director was honoured at an annual event by Museum of Modern Art (MoMa)? Pedro Almodovar

How many players have signed up for World Series hockey? 150 Indian players

What award was Buddh International Circuit, India's first Formula One Grand Prix conferred at the Professional Motorsport World Expo 2011? Motorsport Facility of the Year

Which tv network has bagged rights of 'Revolution 2020'? UTV

Who is set to be honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Dubai International Film Festival? A.R.Rahman

Which Qatar based channel launched its English news channel across India on Dish TV? Al Jazeera

Where has the 19th ASEAN Summit begun and what is its theme? Indonesia, "ASEAN Community in a Global Community of Nations"

Name the android-based touch-screen handset launched by Motorola recently in India. Defy+

Name the Afghan women and Palestinian peace activist who have been conferred the 2011 UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh prize for the promotion of tolerance and non-violence, an award instituted in memory of



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Mahatma Gandhi. Anarkali Honaryar and Khaled Abu Awwad

Who accepted United Nations award for promoting peace and tolerance after a decade? Aung San Suu Kyi

Where has Nissan planned diesel engine unit in India? In Chennai, inside Oragadam plant

Which country is set to rebuild Srilanka's war-ravaged railway tracks in Northern province? India Where the 3-day cultural festival is titled Octave 2011 held? Nagpur

Which most awaited Superfast Express was flagged off by chief minister Arjun Munda recently? Hatia-Pune Superfast Express

How many records were created on the inaugural day of Senior National Aquatic Championships? 4 records

Who is the president of Karnataka State Cooperative Federation? G.T.Devegowda

Where was All India Cooperative week held in Karnataka? Belgaum

Which express was flagged off by Nagaland chief minister recently, in turn connecting Nagaland to mainland and bringing Nagaland into railway network of India? Dimapur-Kamakhya Nagaland Express

Name the former Philippine president who was arrested recently for electoral fraud.



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Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Against which company did Suzuki terminate its alliance recently? Volkswagen

Which is the new facebook app introduced by paypal that lets people send money to other users within the facebook network? Send money

Which company is set to buy network access security providing company called "Avenda Systems" Aruba Networks

What is the name of the online game developing company which is been acquired by Sega? Three Rings Design

Which is the latest and the first ultrabook launched by HP recently? HP Folio

Name the investor whom HP inducted into its board. Ralph Whitworth At what value Motorola Mobility is set to be sold to Google? $12.5 billion

Which community leadership was presented with 'Transforming Our World' at 12th Indo-American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Houston? Swatantra Jain of Vinmar International and Avinash Ahuja of Magnum Producing Company

To which UN's commission has India been re-elected and name its member? UN's International Law Commission and Narinder Singh

What is the prize money set for World Series Hockey? Rs.4 crore

What is the market share of Indigo airlines in October which is



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ahead of struggling Kingfisher airlines? 19.6 percent

Which has been recognised as world's tallest tower? The Tokyo Sky Tree, 634-meter

RMSI has been awarded with 'Technology Initiative of the Year' award at the 15th Asia Insurance Industry for the launch of which software? PIER (profiler for insurance exposure and risk) software

Who has been selected for Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development 2011? Social activist Ela Bhatt

Where has Huawei launched its Global Network Operations Centre? Bangalore

Name the England all-rounder, native of apartheid-era South Africa who died recently. Basil D'Oliveira

Which MotoGP giant pulled out of Motor Sports until 2014? Suzuki

Which North African country has been readmitted as member of the UN Human Rights Council? Libya

Which company is set to launch $1 shoe in India? Adidas Name the Mexican novelist and poet who died following lengthy illness just after being awarded. Daniel Sada

Who donated Wikipedia foundation $500,000 recently?



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Google co-founder Sergei Brin

Who won the Presidents Cup for United States? Tiger Woods

Which Canada-based smartphone maker is set to provide free aptitude test application on its BlackBerry phones for students in India with partnership with content providers Ipomo and mobile operator Vodafone? Research in Motion

Whose statue has Celebrity Wax Museum in Maharashtra unveiled? Anna Hazare

Who broke his own National record in the 100m freestyle event in the 65th Senior National Aquatics Championships? Aaon Agnel D'Souza clocked 51:15

Which writers mobile application iJaihoon, dubbed as the 'App for the eye within' was launched at the Sharajah International Book Fair 2011? Mujeeb Jaihoon

Which country is set to open military hospital in Tajikistan? India

Who won the men's air rifle gold in the 55th National Shooting Championships? Abhinav Bindra

Who won the Karnataka Badminton League 2011? Flypower Warriors

Who joined the elite club of Singapore christened 'Friends to Shore'? India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru

Who won the men's and women's kabaddi World Cup titles?



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India

Name Patni's ex-CEO who joined IPsoft. Jeya Kumar

Where in Assam is Indian Institute of Information Technology to be set up? Mirza Which country's firm makes highest contribution to Luxembourg Exchange? Indian firms

Who has been named 2015 cricket World Cup CEO? John Harnden

Which rank does India hold globally in Internet speed?

Name the android 2.3 powered tablet developed by students studying in first year from AVR and SVR College of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad. AVE tablet

Name the Vice President appointed by SAP for Asia Pacific Japan region. Tom Kindermans

Which Malaysian firm launched GSM mobile handset MQ3500 also called 'Quran mobile' recently. Tolmol.com in joint venture with ENMAC Engineering

Which PSU bank is set to re-launch mutual fund by December 2011? Bank of India

Which country is set to invest $2.4billion in gold production? Brazil

Who has been appointed as cricket coach of Australia?



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Mickey Arthur

Which two Japanese stock exchanges are set to merge and create world's No.3 exchange? Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Securities Exchange Co. Ltd.

Which Union Territory has become the first among all the UTs and States in India to register 100 per cent banking coverage? Union Territory of Puducherry

Which search giant has launched free video service in India? Yahoo

Name the IT service Indian subsidiary company that has launched 24x7 technical support lifelines in hindi. Belkin (Tollfree: 18004195546) Who has launched JaxtrSMS, a mobile application that let users to send unlimited free text messages to any other phone anywhere in the world? Sabeer Bhatia (founder of hotmail.com)

Name the Pakistan ambassador to the US who resigned recently. Hussain Haqqani

Who is set to be honoured with C.K.Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award? Ajit Wadekar

Name the Indian-American who has been awarded with one of the highest civilian honours of Guyana in recognition of his role in strengthening the democracy of Guyana. Yashpaul Soi

Which Japanese imaging major eyeing to open 300 outlets across India's small towns? Canon

Which two countries signed security pact recently? India and United Arab Emirates



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Who has been named Pakistan envoy to US? Sherry Rehman

Who is set to succeed Ratan Tata as Tata sons Chairman in 2012? Cyrus P Mistry

Name the founder and chairman of SKS Microfinance who resigned from the companies board recently. Vikram Akula

Which Indian cricketer is set to receive Polly Umrigar award? Rahul Dravid

Who resigned from the boards of News International's two news paper companies -The Sun and The Times? James Murdoch

Which French hotel major launched the 'ibis Bengaluru Techpark' in India, Bangalore recently? Accor

Who has launched the world's first Islamic finance benchmark rate? Thomson Reuters

Which bollywood production house has launched YRF Entertainment in Hollywood? Yash Raj Films Who completed 13,000 runs in Test cricket recently? Rahul Dravid

Which bank abolished penalty on pre-payment of housing loans recently? SBI

Who has been named most powerful Asian in UK? Lakshmi Mittal



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Who is set to be appointed as national ambassador of United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (Unicef)? Aamir Khan

Name the former Kerala Ranji Trophy player who passed away recently. Mohammed Ibrahim

Nokia Corp has applied to delist from which stock exchange as the trading volumes of its shares fell? Frankfurt Stock Exchange

Which movie's screening has been banned by Tamil Nadu Government recently? DAM 999

Who has been appointed as special representative and head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan? Jan Kubis

Name the bill that was approved by the Union Cabinet to improve efficiency and increase accountability of the corporate sector. Companies Bill, 2011

Name the world's first ever Android tablet launched for kids. Nabi, launched by Fuhu

Who became the 3rd Indian to score a century and take 5-wickets in the same test? Ravichandran Ashwin

Whose statues were unveiled by the Celebrity Wax Museum at Lonavla in Pune recently? Cricketer Kapil Dev and Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal

Who is the Prime Minister designate for Egypt? Kamal Ganzouri

What is the downgraded credit rating of Belgium?



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AA from AA+ Which African nation is on first poll since constitutional reforms? Morocco

Which television broadcaster is set to launch dedicated F1 High Definition channel? Sky Sports

Which country's Prime Minister won 2nd term recently? New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key

Name the online education service launched for its landline broadband customers recently. Topper Education

Name the bank which has launched MobileBank Accounts in association with Vodafone's m-paisa. HDFC Bank

Who won the ATP World Tour Finals title? Roger Federer

Who won the Brazilian Grand Prix 2011? Mark Webber

Name the Sarangi player who passed away recently. Ustad Sultan Khan

Name the Brazilian director who was participating in Goa International Film Festival of India died recently. Oscar Maron Filho

Who was the shooter who clinched gold medal equaling the world record in team event at the Asian Shotgun Championship in Kuala Lumpur? Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

Who has been nominated by Russia's ruling party to run for



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President in March 2012 election? Vladimir Putin

Which state's HIV infection among pregnant women has reduced to less than one percent recently? Andhra Pradesh

Which 3 Indian states are set to get high courts? Tripura, Manipur and Meghalaya Which Indian cricketer has been chosen for the Dilip Sardesai award? Ravichandran Ashwin

Who is set to be appointed as Morocco's first-ever Prime Minister? Abdelilah Benkirane

Name the Britain's most daring film-maker who passed away recently. Ken Russell

Which stock exchange launched operations on NSE to become the only stock exchange in India to offer facility to trade on 3 trading platforms - BSE, NSE and CSE with a single membership? Calcutta Stock Exchange

Which country has overtaken India in BPO sector? Phillipines

Which country's financial markets are set to be closed for 3 days ahead of new Islamic Hijri year 1433 as the country celebrate its 40th anniversary? United Arab Emirates

Name the Jnanpith award winning Assame litterateur who died recently. Indira Goswami

Name the American Airlines parent who have filed for bankruptcy in the US.



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AMR Corp

Which country's IT companies are set to ban emails in office? France

Which painter's documentary is set to be screened at the 42nd International Film Festival of India? M.F.Husain's documentary

Name the Formula One world champion who is set to return to Formula One racing in 2012. Kimi Raikkonen

Name the Multi-purpose vehicle that Maruti is set to unveil at the Delhi Auto Expo in January 2012. Ertiga (which means 3 rows in Indonesia)

Which university has bagged 'Best Usage Award' among Indian Universities for 2010 from Springer eBooks and e-Journals? Bharathidasan University Who is on historic Myanmar visit? Secreatary of state Hillary Clinton

Who has been named best European investment banker of the year? Anshu Jain

Name the ball developed by Adidas which would be the official ball of the Euro 2012 European Football Championship. Tango 12

Which company has launched triple sim mobile with Analog TV in India? G'Five

Which telecom service provider touched 50 million customers mark in Africa recently? Airtel



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Name the Guyana born US resident who has been elected as the international president of the Global Organisation of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO). Ashook Ramsaran

Name the telecom giant from New York who was awarded with Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Award on the eve of Late Indira Gandhi's 94th birthday. K.Ll.Sardana



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