1. Which social networking company bought social networking site hi5? Tagged
2. Who has been named European golfer of the year? Luke Donald
3. Who has been named World Soccer player of the year? Lionel Messi
4. Which soccer team has been named Team of the year? Barcelona
5. Which country is set to host BRICS Trade Ministers in March 2012? India
6. Which bearings manufacturer launched Global Technical Centre in Bangalore recently? SKF
7. In which Asian country Apple is set to open R and D centre? Israel
8. What is the open source mobile operating system of Hewlett-Packard (HP) called? WebOS
9. Which company acquired Rights Flow Inc (Music royalty managing company)? Google
10. Which company is working on Hydrogen-powered iPhone? Apple
11. Which famous industrialist 80th birth anniversary was celebrated as brothers reunited? Dhirubhai Ambani
12. Who has been appointed as CEO of Micromax? Deepak Mehrotra
13. How many years did ‘Jana Gana Mana’, National Anthem turned recently? 100 years
14. Which state’s chief Minister took oath as MLC recently? Karnataka’s CM D.V.Sadananda Gowda
15. What value of Government securities is RBI set to buy? Rs.12,000 crore
16. Which cricketer completed 8000 runs in Test cricket recently? Virender Sehwag
17. Where in China first ‘human library’ was opened recently? Beijing
18. Who won the African person of the year award given by Forbes Magazine? Lamido Sansusi(Nigeria’s Central Bank Governor)
19. What is the website name of the Microsoft’s Window’s Store? www.microsoftstore.com
20. Who is the creater of the comic book character Robin in Batman? Jerry Robinson
21. Who has been appointed as President of Royal Academy of Arts? Christopher Le Brun
22. For what purpose India and Russia recently signed a deal? To produce 42 Sukhoi fighters
23. Name the NRI who won bypoll for Labour in London. Seema Malhotra
24. Name the West Indies cricketer commentator who has been honoured with life membership for the Marylebone Cricket Club. Tony Cozier
25. Which Colombian film bagged Suvarna Chakoram (Golden Crow Pheasant) at the 16th International Film Festival of Kerala? The Colours of the Mountains
26. Who becomes the first woman to be nominated as US ambassador to India? Nancy Powell
27. Which became first Indian singles player to reach the final of BWF Superseries? Saina Nehwal
28. Name the American teen who won the Dubai Ladies Masters to become the youngest professional winner on the Ladies European Tour. Lexis Thompson
29. Which Asian country has been admitted to World Trade Organisation recently? Russia
30. Who won the woman’s singles match at the BWF World Super Series Finals? Wang Yihan
31. Who has been selected as president of India International Centre (IIC)?Soli J Sorabjee
32. Who won the Thailand Golf Championship by 7 strokes? Lee Westwood
33. Who won her 3rd WISPA (women’s professional squash tour) crown of 2011 at the Crocodile Challenge Cup in Hong Kong? Dipika Pallikal
34. Name the former Czech president who died recently. Vaclav Havel
35. Which bank launched ‘Bank on wheels’ in Karnataka recently? State Bank of India
36. Which major bill was cleared by Indian Union Cabinet on 18th December 2011? Food Security Bill
37. Which company has agreed to remove its logo from London’s Olympic stadium? A: Dow Chemical
38. Which bank launched ‘Bank on wheels’ in Karnataka recently? A: State Bank of India
39. Name the supreme leader of North Korea who died recently. Kim Jong II
40. What bill on cable TV was passed by Parliament recently? Bill to digitalise cable TV
41. Which agreement did Syria sign recently?Arab League agreement
42. Which telecom operator is set to discontinue services of prepaid customers with inactive usage for continuous period of 60 days? Vodafone
43. Where has IBM recently opened its branch office in India? Vishakhapatnam
44. Name the Saudi prince who bought $300 million stake in Twitter. Alwaleed bin Talal
45. Name the bollywood female actor has been named PETA Person of the Year. Hema Malini
46. What tag has Indian stock market held along with 14 other countries? Trillion-dollar stock market
47. Who has been named AIFF Player of the Year? Sunil Chhetri
48. Who has been honoured Banker of the Year award 2010-11? Ravi Pillai
49. Name the Former Miss Venezuela who died of breast cancer. Eva Ekvall
50. Name the newly developed remotely operated vehicle handed over by Defense Research and Development Organisation to the Indian Army. DAKSH
51. Which Finance is set to raise Rs.600 crore through Debenture Issue? Muthoot Finance
52. Name the latest pen drive launched in India by Kingston. Fortune Dragon Drive
53. Who has been awarded Best actor in social role and Entertainer of the year at the Big Star Entertainment Awards recently? Amitabh Bachchan
54. Which Indian state celebrated its 50th anniversary of liberation from 450 years of Portuguese rule? Goa
55. Name Microsoft’s new version of Social Network.So.cl (pronounced as social)
56. Who became first Bangladesh cricket player to take 5-wicket haul and score century in the same test? Shakib Al Hasan
57. Where has facebook moved its headquarters? Menlo Park city, California
58. Who has been named Germany’s sportsman of the Year? NBA star Dirk Nowitzki
59. Name the 2 earth sized extra-solar planets discovered recently. Kepler-20e and Kepler-20f
60. Name the youngster of Australia who topped high school music exam in Tabla playing. Vincent Dodd
61. Which country has declared national disaster as flash floods have left more than 1,000 dead or missing? Philippines
62. Which country has announced plans to separate retail and investment banking to prevent a repeat of financial crisis that triggered massive state bailouts? Britain
63. Who won gold at the women’s 1500 metre title of the 72nd All-India Inter-Varsity athletics championship? Shruthi.K.C
64. Which company won patent rights against Android? Microsoft
65. Which company won patent for Driverless car? Google
66. Name the Olympian, custodian of the gold medal-winning Indian team in the 1951 Asian Games who passed away recently. K.V.Varadaraj
67. Name the debutant novelist who has captured the 600 year old history of Madurai till 1920 in his novel ‘Kaval Kottam’, won the Sahitya Academy Award for 2011.Su.Venkatesan
68. How many hectares of cultivable land in India has declined in the last 5 years due to shift to non-agricultural purposes? 8 lakh hectare
69. Name India’s top nuke scientist who designed the first atomic bomb which was detonated at Pokhran in 1974, who died recently. P.K.Iyengar
70. Who has been appointed as Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court? Justice Adarsh Goel
71. Who has been appointed as Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court? Justice Vikramjit Sen
72. Who stepped down as chairman of Essar Energy? Ravi Ruia
73. Who inaugurated Kerala Cricket Association stadium at Krishnagiri in Wayanad District? S.Sreesanth
74. Who has been named Czech Republic Athlete of the Year? Petra Kvitova
75. Name the American boxing champion who has been sentenced to 90days jail. Floyd Mayweather
76. Where has the bronze statue of Steve Jobs been unveiled? Budapest, Hungary
77. Name the person who hung himself by his hair for 23 minutes setting a world record. Suthakaran Sivagnanathurai
78. Which airlines have slipped to No.5 in market share as the company is cash strapped? Kingfisher Airlines
79. Which Finnish Formula 1 driver is set to return for 2012 season? Kimi Raikkonen
80. Name the Rider who has been voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year. Mark Cavendish
81. Name the first Qatar woman who is set to participate in Qatar’s National Swim Team. Nada Mohammed Wafa
82. Which South African movie won the Best Film award at the 4th edition of the Bangalore International Film Festival? Lucky
83. Name the former Indian test cricketer who passed away in Pune recently. Vasant Ranjane
84. Who has been crowned Pantaloons Femina Miss India South 2012? Shamata Anchan
85. Which event has been recognised as single-biggest Special Olympics event? Gujarat’s Khel Mahakumbh
86. Which country has been ranked 2nd biggest global arms exporter? Russia
87. Name the physicist and Xerox’s chief scientist who passed away recently. Jacob E.Goldman
88. Who is set to partner with Leander Peas in Chennai Open 2012? Janko Tipsarevic
89. Who has been appointed as head coach for Delhi Daredevils? Eric Simmons
90. Which city’s metro turned 9 years? Delhi
91. Who takes over as supreme leader of North Korea? Kim Jon Un
92. Name the website launched by Patna police as Patnaites can get information about the position of different roads.www.patnatrafficpolice.in
93. What is the value of first ever tax-free bonds issue that NHAI is set to launch on 28th December 2011? Rs.5, 000crore
94. Which legendary singer’s 87th Birth anniversary was celebrated across Mumbai on 24th December 2011? Mohammad Rafi
95. Where Karuturi Agro Products has has planned to establish sugar factory? Ethiopia
96. Which were the 3 anti-graft bills passed recently by Union Cabinet in India? Whistleblowers Bill or Public Interest Disclosure & Protection to Persons Making the Disclouser Bill, Judicial Accountability Bill and Grievance Redressal Bill
97. Which Indian University is set to tie-up with Canada’s Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) in the area of biology? M.S. University
98. Name the NRI architect who won Glory of India Award and Certificate of Excellence. Ar Mohammed Aun
99. In which country has Semi-promoted National Institute of Securities Market has agreed to offer its help to setup a securities training institute? Pakistan
100. Name the Indian-origin journalist who has been named the editor and executive vice president of the Los Angeles Times. Davan Maharaj
101. Who has been named Time’s Person of the Year? The Protester
102. Which Noble Laureate’s book containing poems and other works fetched $170,500 at a Sotheby’s auction? Rabindranath Tagore
103. Which two sports personalities have been named ITF World Champions for 2011? Novak Djokovic of Serbia and Petra Kvitova of Cezh Republic
104. Who is set to make film on 26/11 attacks? Ram Gopal Verma
105. Who has been named PGA Tour Player of the Year? Luke Donald
106. Who is the author of the book “Non Stop India”? Mark Tully
107. At what price was Apple’s original partnership agreement signed by the founder were sold at an auction? $1,594,500
108. Who became the first director to recieve the American Riviera Award? Martin Scorsese
109. Which bank has been selected as best public sector bank in India? Bank of Baroda
110. Name the NRI industrialist who has been conferred with the Life Time Achievement award for his contribution in various fields. Lord Swraj Paul
111. Which company overtook RIL as most influential stock on bourses? Infosys
112. Who is set to head Dell’s Public-Large Enterprise business? Harsha Lal
113. Who won the under-14 boys American Cup Tennis Championship in Miami, Florida? Sumit Nagal
114. Name the Spanish movie actor who died in Madrid recently. Alberto de Mendoza
115. Which state schools are set to implement Trimester system from 2012-13 academic year? Tamil Nadu
116. Who resigned as National Cricket Academy chairman? Anil Kumble
117. Who has been appointed as Civil Aviation Minister? Ajit Singh
118. Where was the midnight marathon held recently? Bangalore
119. At what value did rupee end against US dollar to breach all-time low? 52.84
120. When is the World Series Hockey postponed to? February 29th 2012
121. Which country is set to open military base in Indian Ocean? China
122. Which company is going to buy Novellus Systems? Lam Research Corp.
123. Which particle is called as the god’s particle? Higgs boson
124. Which movie has scored the most nominations in the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards? The Help
125. Which are the 5 new features in Hangouts introduced in Google+ for Businesses? Go Live, On Air Broadcasting, On Air Recording, Dial In and Notification
126. Who discovered the famous anti-inflammatory drug “Ibuprofen”? Stewart Adams
127. Where has German premium automobile manufacturer Porsche opened its centre in India? Bangalore
128. Name the 3G Android phone launched by Vodafone recently. Vodafone Smart, priced at Rs.4995
129. Who won the 6th SAFF championship title? India against Afghanistan
130. Which country finished 5th in Asia to retain their elite berth for the 2013 FIBA Asia U-16 Basketball Championship for women? India against Hong Kong
131. Which unit did Jharkhand Government shut down in a unique way to observe National Energy Conservation Day on 11th December 2011? Tenughat Vidyut Nigam Limited
132. Who won the Dubai World Golf Championship 2011? Alvaro Quiros
133. Who has been appointed as prime minister of Peru? Oscar Valdés
134. Which actress is named as “female star of the year” by CineAsia (An Asian Film-industry organisation) Li Bingbing
135. Who won the 2011 Indian National Rally Championship? Gaurav Gill(co-driver Musa Sherif)
136. Which country retained Hockey Championship Trophy with 1-0 win over Spain? Australia
137. Name the renowned cartoonist who created Miss Numbupani and Miss Fonseca who died recently. Mario Miranda
138. Where else has Karnataka’s Deccan Herald news paper marked its publishing footprint in India? New Delhi
139. Name the telugu film producer popularly known as ‘Mallemala’ who passed away recently. M.S.Reddy
140. Name the Argentine President who is sworn in for 2nd term. Cristina Fernandez
141. Name the TV discovered by British scientists which could be rolled up and carried in a pocket. QD TV
142. Name the award that was conferred to Bharti Airtel recently. Telecom Centre of Excellence Award
143. Name the Indian footballer, an assistant manager of Indian Bank who passed away recently. Hamilton Bobby
144. Who is set to be civil aviation minister of India? Ajit Singh
145. What is the lowest sex ratio in Manesar of Gurgaon district? 776 females against 1000 males
146. Which 2 states to have separate IAS, IPS and IFS cadres? Manipur and Tripura
147. Who has been appointed as Director General, Central Health Services for Bihar? Dr.Jagdish Prasad
148. Which business school has been ranked 2nd best MBA School in Asia-Pacific? IIM Ahmedabad
149. Who is the 2nd person to score double century in One-day International cricket? Virendar Sehwag
150. Who has been appointed as VP of Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers for Asia? Xiaodong Lee
151. Name the Russian boxer who was knocked out off the ring and died recently. Roman Simakov
152. Who has been appointed to head UN audit panel? Vinod Rai
153. Which diversified business group has planned to setup mobile manufacturing plant in India? Videocon
154. Which country becomes 3rd biggest US arms purchaser? India
155. Which Mail service is now available in 8 Indian languages? Yahoo Mail
156. When is the 2012 Indian Grand Prix scheduled to be held? October 28th 2012
157. When is the Direct Tax Code (DTC) scheduled to come into force in India? From 1st April 2012
158. Against whom did Vishwanthan Anand loose in recently held London Chess Classic? Hikaru Nakamura
159. Which Indian state is set to get Green Field Industrial Corridor? Arunachal Pradesh
160.Who is ranked 18th in top 20 of ICC ODI bowling charts? Ravichandran Ashwin
161.Which company was acquired by SAP to boost their portfolio of web-based software? SuccessFactors Inc
162. Name the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard(HP) who died recently due to cancer? Patricia Dunn
163. What is the name of the small car from Chrysler which features Fiat Spa technology? Dodge Dart
164. Who is the CEO of Delphi Automotive? Rodney O’Neal
165. Which artist won the 2011 Turner Prize? Martin Boyce
166. Name the blues guitarist who died recently? Hubert Sumlin
167. Which singer won six awards in 2011 American Country Awards? Jason Aldean
168. Use of which notes is to be treated as terror act? Fake Notes
169. When the National Telecom Policy is is set to be rolled out? 2012
170. Which bank is set to buy more than half of Barclays Indian credit card portfolio? Standard Chartered Bank
171. Who has been appointed as Manufacturers Association for Information Technology’s executive director? Sabyasachi Patra
172. Which company recently got NOC from ONGC to sell major stake in its Indian unit to Vedanta Resources? Carin India
173. Name the mobile app company which Facebook acquired recently. Gowalla
174. What is the new interface launched by Microsoft for Xbox gamers? Kinect sensor (Kinect for Xbox)
175. Name the US scriptwriter who debuted with Bollywood kid books. Nico Raposo
176. Who has been appointed as Managing Director for India by Research in Motion? Sunil Dutt
177. Which 3 countries are set to hold Trilateral meet in Washington? India, US and Japan
178. Which bank was fined 10.5 million pounds for mis-selling to elderly? HSBC
179. Which state’s chief minister has surpassed other politicians to emerge as the most popular politico on social media? Gujarat Chief Minister. Narendra Modi
180. Which country has over taken India as ‘Diabetes Capital’? China
181. When is the inaugural 3-day global conference on ‘Tax and Inequality’ scheduled to begin in India? 7th December to 9th December 2011
182. Who have been nominated for FIFA World Player of the Year award? Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Xavi Hernandez
183. Which legendary bollywood actor passed away recently? Dev Anand
184. Name the Former Brazil soccer captain who died recently. Socrates
185. Where Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry has is set to open an office to boost economic ties between the 2 countries? Kathmandu, Nepal
186. Who won the Golf Hong Kong Open? Rory McIlroy
187. Who is set to receive Humanitarian award which is to be presented by Harvard Foundation? Lionel Richie
188. Which tamil song has been treated as classic example of viral marketing as per Indian Institute of Management? Why this Kolaveri Di?
189. Who got the winning point as Spain won the fifth Davis Cup title? Rafael Nadal
190. Name the debut Marathi movie of Helen which is set to release on December 16th 2011.One Room Kitchen
191. Which actor was recently in India to promote his movie Mission Impossible-4? Tom Cruise
192. Who has been named captain of the IPL team Rajasthan Royals for the 5th Edition? Rahul Dravid
193. Which 2 teams have decided to withdraw from F1 teams associations? Ferrari and Red Bull
194. Name the Iranian teenager who won World Snooker title recently. Hossein Vafaei Ayouri
195. Which Colombian film bagged Golden Peacock award at the 42nd International Film Festival in India? Porfirio
196. Which company introduced disabled-friendly tools for application in software of common use as the world observed World Disability Day on December 3rd 2011? Microsoft India
197. Which bank picked up 51% stake in Bharti Axa Mutual Fund? Bank of India
198. Which country’s first female athlete is set to participate in Olympics 2012? Saudi Arabia
199. Who is set to take over as LG Display Co. Ltd.’s Chief Executive in 2012? Han Sang-beom
200. Name the Indian origin American who won Guardian First Book award. Siddhartha Mukherjee
201.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?Bharti Airtel
202. Which foreign lender bank has launched fixed rate for home loan and loans against property? HSBC
203. Which channel did Pakistan cable operators block recently? BBC World News
204. Which two social networking sites have joined hands to challenge Facebook? Twitter amd Mixi
205. Who has been appointed as Chief Privacy Officer (Policy) for facebook? Erin Egan
206. Who has been appointed as Chief Privacy Officer (Products) for facebook? Michael Richter
207. Which Indian banks credit ratings have been assigned stable tag by Standard and Poor International rating agency? State Bank of India, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and Indian Bank
208. Name the 2-day literature festival scheduled to be held in Delhi. Samanvay: IHC Bharatiya Bhasa Mahotsav
209. Name the Apple’s co-founder who is set to visit India’s technology capital. Steve Wozniak
210. Where is ITC set to build $300 million hotel? Colombo, Sri Lanka
211. Name the re-branding of its existing milk and yoghurt products in India by Nestle. Nestle a+
212. Name the short film about child poverty in India which won the Golden Lmap Tree award at the 42nd International Film festival. Another Planet
213. Who won the 2011 Prince Philip Designers Prize? Quentin Blake
214. Who is appointed as CEO of Thomson Reuters Corp? James Smith
215. Which English singer-songwriter is nominated for 6 nominations in 2011 Grammy awards?Adele
216. Which poet won the 2011 Cervantes Prize (The spanish-speaking world’s highest literary honour)? Nicanor Parra
217. Name the ex-Chief Minister of Karnataka who died recently. Bangarappa
218. Which company won the SAP ACE Award 2011 for the category “Best-Run Business in Cloud ERP Implementation”? ISAT Network Engineers
219. Which note denomination is set to be issued with rupee symbol by RBI? 500 rupees note
220. Which stake has Sony set to sell to Samsung for $940 million? LCD’s stake
221. Which event has been recognized as single-biggest event at the Special Olympics? Gujarat’s Khel Mahakumbh
222. China recently tested high-speed train at what speed? 500kmph
223. Which Middle East country is set to allow foreign airlines to fly domestic routes? Saudi Arabia
224. Which Indian city is set to host International coffee festival in January 2012? Delhi
225. Name the Indian football team defender who retired from international football recently. Mahesh Gawli
226. Which country’s President has been diagonised with cancer? Argentine President Cristina Fernandez
227. Name the professor at Moran college who has been conferred with Pratima Barua Pandey Memorial Award. Anil Saikia
228. Which state’s Government finances are in dire straits and planners are banking on the 12th Five Year Plan to bail them out? Himachal Pradesh
229. Name the weightlifter who has set a record by lifting 188kg in men’s 94kg category an the National Weightlifting Championship to win 3 gold medals. Shyamlal.M
230. Which Asian country unwelcome Facebook? Vietnam
231. Which Asian country is set to introduce US style visa rules for foreigners? China
232. Where is China set to begin work on the world’s highest airport? Tibet’s Nagqu town (4,436 metres or 14,553 feet above sea level)
233. At what value have India and Japan agreed for currency swap? $15 billion
234. Where has Aditya Birla Group set to invest $500 million? Turkey
235. Name the 2 Indian umpires and judge who have been appointed for the 2012 London Olympics hockey event. R.V.Raghu Prasad and Claudius De Sales
236. What value of preferential shares have Air India’s lenders were approved by its board? Rs.7,500 crore
237. Who has been appointed as Executive Director of Indian Overseas Bank? A.D.M.Chavali
238. Which LG smartphone is set to hit markets by January 2012? LG Prada 3.0
239. Who resigned from Hindustan Unilever Board recently? HDFC Chairman Deepak Parekh
240. Name the Indian American who has been chosen as the most powerful woman in California by National Diversity Council. Shefali Duggal
241. Where in Russia is the world’s deepest metro station set to be unveiled? St.Petersburg, Admiralteiskaya station
242. United Nations has deignated 2012 year as what? “International year of Cooperatives” and “International year of Sustainable Energy
243. On which date Annular Solar Eclipse will occur in the year 2012? 20th May 2012 (Northern China to California)
244. On which Date Century’s second and last solar transit of Venus will be held? 6th June,2012
245. Which city will become the first to host Summer Olympics for three times? London
246. Which country is all set to launch Kuafa spacecraft in the year 2012? China
247. What is the name of the super computer built by IBM? Sequoia – For National Nuclear Security
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