Saturday 31 December 2011

MORE CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS OF DECEMBER 2011


Which country's first female athlete is set to participate in Olympics 2012?
Ans : Saudi Arabia

Who is set to take over as LG Display Co. Ltd.'s Chief Executive in 2012?
Ans : Han Sang-beom

Name the Indian origin American who won Guardian First Book award.
Ans : Siddhartha Mukherjee

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?
Ans : Bharti Airtel

Which foreign lender bank has launched fixed rate for home loan and loans against property?
Ans : HSBC.


Which channel did Pakistan cable operators block recently?
Ans : BBC World News

Which two social networking sites have joined hands to challenge Facebook?
Ans : Twitter amd Mixi

Who has been appointed as Chief Privacy Officer(Policy) for facebook?
Ans : Erin Egan

Who has been appointed as Chief Privacy Officer(Products) for facebook?
Ans : Michael Richter

Which Indian banks credit rating have been assigned stable tag by Standard and Poor International rating agency?
Ans : State Bank of India, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and Indian Bank

Name the 2-day literature festival scheduled to be held in Delhi.
Ans : Samanvay: IHC Bharatiya Bhasa Mahotsav

Name the Apple's co-founder who is set to visit India's technology capital.
Ans : Steve Wozniak

Where is ITC set to build $300 million hotel?
Ans : Colombo, Sri Lanka

Name the re-branding of its existing milk and yoghurt products in India by Nestle.
Ans : Nestle a+

Name the short film about child poverty in India which won the Golden Lmap Tree award at the 42nd International Film festival.
Ans : Another Planet

Who won the 2011 Prince Philip Designers Prize?
Ans : Quentin Blake

Who is appointed as CEO of Thomson Reuters Corp?
Ans : James Smith

Which English singer-songwriter is nominated for 6 nominations in 2011 Grammy awards?
Ans : Adele

Which poet won the 2011 Cervantes Prize (The spanish-speaking world's highest literary honour)?
Ans : Nicanor Parra.


Who is on historic Myanmar visit?
Ans : Secreatary of state Hillary Clinton

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

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

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

Which telecom service provider touched 50 million customers mark in Africa recently?
Ans : 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).
Ans : 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.
Ans : K.Ll.Sardana


Saranda Action Plan, has been recently launched by Rural Development Ministry. It will be implemented firstly in Naxal-hit Saranda district of which of the state?
Ans : Ans : Jharkhand

Pune based social activist Baba Adhav is known for championing the cause of protection for which segments of Indian society?
Ans : Workers of Unorganised Sector

Which country is the host to 17th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit in November 2011?
Ans : Maldives
The controversial Sindol hydro-power project is located in which states of India?
Ans : Odisha

Who is the current President of the Indian Premier League?
Ans : Rajeev Shukla

Recently, which country has completed the deployment of its global positioning satellite group “Glonass”?
Ans : Russia

Year 2011 corresponds to which among the following years in Holocene calendar or Holocene era (HE)?
Ans : 12011

Inukurthi Venkateshwara Rao has received the Dronacharya Award 2011 for which sports?
Ans : Boxing

Sandhya Rani Devi was recently awarded Arjuna Award for which sports?
Ans : Wushu

The growers of which of the commodity in India are awarded with Prof. K M Chandy Memorial Award in India?
Ans : Rubber

Who has recently sworn in as the chief of the Central Intelligence Agency (United States)?
Ans : David Petraeus

In which year Dadasaheb Phalke Award was instituted?
Ans : 1669

India has been providing assistance to which neighbors for strengthening and extension of embankments along Lalbakeya, Bagmati and Kamla rivers?
Ans : Nepal

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has been recently reelected for a second term as President of country?
Ans : Argentina

Which Indian archers have won Silver Medal in World Cup archery finals in Istanbul recently?
Ans : Deepika Kumari

Neelima Mishra has recently won which award?
Ans : Ramon Magsaysay Award

At which place, the Borlaug Institute for South Asia (BISA) has been established in India recently?
Ans : Ludhiana

Commonwealth Games bronze-medalist Jai Bhagwan is related to which sport?
Ans : Boxing

Nabam Tuki has been sworn in as Chief Minister of which state recently?
Ans : Arunachal Pradesh

Who heads the new committee set up by Ministry of Railways to review “long-term safety needs” of the national transporter?
Ans : Anil Kakodkar

Global Warrior and Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai is from

Ans: Kenya

Which state of India has now 75 districts ?


Ans :  Uttar Pradesh

Who recently become the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand for the second time ?

Ans : Bhuvan Chandra Khanduri

Justice J.S Shekher has been appointed as the recently appointed as-


Ans : The Judge of Supreme court

Leila Lopes who has been crowned with Miss Universe 2011 title is the national citizen of

Ans : Angola

Who among the following has been honored with 45th Jananipath Award 2009 ?

Ans : Both of the above

Who among the following has been honoured with 46th Jananipath Award 2010 ?

Ans : Chandrashekher Kambar

Under the 63rd Prime time Emmy Awards who among the following has been adjudged best actress in the category of Movies ?

Ans : Kate Winslet

Who has been honoured with Appan Menon Award ?

Ans : Srinivas Ramani

Who among the following has been honoured with Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 2011 in Mathematical sciences?

Ans : Dr. Mahan Mj

Who among the following has figured in the list of World`s 50 most influential people in UK`s Left wing magazine 'New Statesman' ?

Ans : Both of the above

Which country has emerged as thee most competitive country at global level in the annual global Competitiveness Report (CGR) of the world economic forum ?

Ans : Switzerland

India`s Rank in the Global Competitiveness Report of World Economic forum is ?

Ans : 56th

As per the global Livability Survey,which Australian city has ranked as most livable city in the world

Ans : Melbourne

BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS,DECEMBER 2011


Who has been appointed the new president of MAIT?
Ans: Alok Bharadwaj

India and which country have agreed to strengthen bilateral co-operation in the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Sector?
Ans: South Africa

Who has been elected the Chairman of Audit Bureau of Circulations?
Ans: Sam Balsara

The centre has made special allocation of ____ food grains to Sikkim at BPL prices.
Ans: 2800 MT

Who has been appointed the next Director General of Border Security Force?
Ans: U.K. Bansal

Sachin Pilot, the Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology released the CD containing Text-To-Speech system(TTS) IN ___ Indian languages.
Ans: Six

Who took charge as the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India?
Ans: Pulok Chatterjee

Neyveli Lignite Corporation, a PSU of Ministry of Coal presented a dividend cheque of ___ to Coal Minister, Sriprakash Jaiswal.
Ans: Rs. 360.02 Crore

Who is the new Chairman and Managing Director of ONGC?
Ans: Sudhir VASUDEVA

Who launched a composite herbal formulation named “Perfomax” that has been developed by DRDO?
Ans: Dr. M M. Pallam Raju

Who has been appointed the new chairman of the Press Council of India?
Ans: Markandey Katju

Who took over as Acting Chief Justice of Delhi High Court?
Ans: Arjan Kumar Sikri

Amar Kant and ___ were chosen for Jnanpith Award for the year 2009?
Ans: Shrilal Shukla

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has announced a ___ grant for quake-hit Sikkim.
Ans: Rs. 1000 Crore

World Champion runner ___ has been honored with the “Pride of India” Award?
Ans: Fauja Singh

How many Scientist have been selected for Santi Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology for the year 2011?
Ans: 11

India and ___ will collaborate in weather forecasting and Tsunami Warning System.
Ans: Thailand

Who has been honored with the first Hridaynath Award?
Ans: Lata Mangeshkar

Jai Bhagwan is related to which sport?
Ans: Boxing

Academician ____ has been honored with the “Education Award of Excellence”.
Ans: Rajendra Kumar Anayath

NRI entrepreneur ___ has been conferred with the “Jewel of Punjab” Award.
Ans: Avtar Lit

Where is located the headquarters of the North East Zone Cultural Center?
Ans: Dimapur

Orthopedic Surgeon ___ has been honored with the “Community Champion Award”.
Ans: Jimmy Daruwalla

Who is the winner of Men’s singles at Cincinnati Open 2011?
Ans: Andy Murray

England’s test skipper, Andrew Strauss and Coach ___ have received OBE award.
Ans: Andy Flower

What is the correct full form of the export promotion scheme DEPB?
Ans: Duty Entitlement Passbook

Indian off-spinner ___ has been conferred with “Sikh Sports person of the Year” at the World Sikh Awards 2011?
Ans: Harbhajan Singh

Who has written the book titled “The Perils of Democracy”?
Ans: P. C. Alexander

Veteran and noted ____ Dr. Haridutt Bhatt Shailesh passed away?
Ans: Writer

Which river is known as Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet?
Ans: Brahmaputra

The former presiding officer of the ___, C. Achuthan has passed away.
Ans: Securities Appellate Tribunal

What is the minimum annual investment limit in New Pension Scheme?
Ans: Rs. 6000

Maqbool Sabri has passed away recently. Who was he?
Ans: Qawal Singer

____ Veteran and former Union Minister Vasant Sathe has passed away.
Ans: Congress

K.k. Srivastava has taken over as new Member Traffic, ___ and ex-officio secretary to Govt. of India.
Ans: Railway Board

Six-time Congress MLA of ___, Prem Singh has passed away.
Ans: Himachal Pradesh

Which state govt. launched a micro-finance project for women on 8 October, 2011?
Ans: Delhi

Nobel peace prize winner and environmentalist Wangari Maathai died. She was won the Nobel peace prize in ___.
Ans: 2004

India and ___ agreed to set up a mechanism for payment of crude oil and ensure bilateral trade.
Ans: Iran

Film producer ____ has passed way.
Ans: Surinder Kapoor

“Federation Cup” is associated with which sport?
Ans: Football

Rajya Sabha Member and ___ Ramdayal Munda has passed away.
Ans: Educationist

The IBSF World Men’s Snooker Championship 2011 will be held in ___.
Ans: Bangalore

Former ____ Chief Minister Bhagwat Jha Azad has passed away.
Ans: Bihar

Who has won the Men’s Singles Badminton Title at the Japan Open 2011?
Ans: Chen Long

Roger Williams has passed away recently. He was a famous ____.
Ans: Pianist

Former ____ all-rounder cricketer Dominic Cork announced his retirement from cricket.
Ans: England

Noted ___ Vishnudutt Bagar has passed away.
Ans: Economist

Rastriya Swasthya Bima Yojana was formally launched on ____.
Ans: October 1, 2007

Jawahar Gram Samriddhi Yojna was been launched on ____.
Ans: 1st April, 1999

The Apple founder and former ___ Steve Jobs has passed away.
Ans: CEO

Sarva Siksha Avijan was launched in ____.
Ans: 2001

Renowned India ____ Singer Jagjit Singh has passed away.
Ans: Ghazal

Prime Minister’s Rozgar Yojna was launched on _____.
Ans: October 2, 1993

National Rural Livelihoods Mission was launched on ____.
Ans: 3rd June, 2011

India-Czech Republic Trade will touch US $ 2 Billion by ____.
Ans: 2012

Rajiv Gandhi Gramin LPG Vitaran Yojana was launched in ____.
Ans: October 16, 2009

Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya Scheme was launched in _____.
Ans:  July, 2004

International Day for Disaster Reduction is observed on the second ____ of October.
Ans: Wednesday

Which country is maker of “Nissan” Car?
Ans: U.S.A

Singareni Collieries Company Limited has paid a dividend of ____ to the Government of India for the year 2010-11.
Ans: Rs. 42.38 Crore

The central government approved financial assistance worth ___ for quake-hit West Bengal.
Ans: Rs. 120 Crore

In which country Multan Cricket Stadium is located?
Ans: PAKISTAN

India and ____ signed a comprehensive social security agreement.
Ans: Germany

Sebastian Vettel is associated with which sport?
Ans: Formula 1 Race