Current Affairs Quiz February 2012

Current Affairs Quiz February 2012

 

1. The World’s 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.
3.  What value of overseas inflow was injected into Indian markets in January 2012?Rs.26,000 crore (US$5.08 billion)
4. Which guidelines have SEBI notified allowing companies to reduce promoter shareholding through private placement?Institutional Placement Programme (IPP)
5. Expand SAR.Specific Absorption Rate
6.  Who was awarded ‘Pride of India’ award by the Indian-American community in Washington?
   Mallikarjun Kharge
7. Who is World’s shortest man ?72-year-old Chandra Bahadur Dangi of Nepal 
8. Which bollywood actor was honoured with a Green Globe award for outstanding effort to fight climate change?Abhishek Bachchan
9. Name the singer who has been appointed as anti-tobacco campaign ambassador.Playback Singer Shann
10. What award was conferred to Amul company in the manufacturing category recently?Green Globe Foundation award
11. Who will be the only Indian driver in the Formula One for 2012 season after signing to continue with Hispania Racing (HRT)?Narain Karthikeyan
12. In which country have UN declared end of famine?Somalia
13. Which social networking site turned 8 recently?Facebook
14. Which 3-day youth festival is back after a gap of 7 years in Jaipur?Ghoomar
15.        In which currency is India set to pay for 45% of Iran oil imports?Rupee
16. India-born biologist who bags world’s 1st major international award Gunnerus Sustainability Award from the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters (DKNVS)?Kamal Bawa          
17. 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)
18. Name the newly elected President of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)?R.V.Kanoria
19. Name the electronics retailer bought by Flipkart for $25 million.Letsbuy
20.  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)
    
21. Which bank is set to launch India’s first Infrastructure Debt Fund (IDF)?IDBI bank
22. Why zebras have black and white stripes (recently solved mystery)?To keep blood-sucking files away
23.  Which economist is named for US Humanities medal?Amartya Sen       
24. Who won the women’s doubles event at the Pattaya Open 2012?Sania Mirza and Anastasia Rodionova
25. Who was honoured with a posthumous Grammy award for his contributions to the music industry in area other than performance?Steve Jobs
26. Name the renowned Urdu poet who passed away after battling lung cancer recently.Akhlaq Mohammad Khan 'Shahryar'
27. Which country has been ranked as the world’s richest country in the list compiled by US magazine Forbes?Qatar
28. Which country did India beat to qualify for London Olympics men’s hockey 2012?France
29. Which west Asian country approved for new constitution recently?Syria
30. Which model of Nokia phone has been built with 41-megapixel sensor camera?Nokia 808 Pureview camera phone
31. Which company signed a long-term agreement to supply 250 MW power to Bangladesh Power Development Board?NTPC