1. Name the chief appointed for Pakistan Air Force. Air Marshal Tahir Rafiq Butt
2. Which company signed a long-term agreement to supply 250 MW power to Bangladesh Power Development Board? NTPC
3. What value of second bailout package did German parliament pass for Greece to help the country avoid a default? 130 billion Euros ($174.4 billion)
4. Name the digital music store launched by flipkart.com. Flyte
5. released by disarmament watchdog SIPRI for 2012?HAL, BEL and Ordanance Factories Board (OFB)
6. Name the football player who led India to the gold in the inaugural Asian Games in New Delhi who passed away recently. Sailendra Nath Manna
7. Who won the Allan Border medal (Australia cricketer of the year) award 2012? Michael Clarke
8. Which west Asian country approved for new constitution recently? Syria
9. Which model of Nokia phone has been built with 41-megapixel sensor camera? Nokia 808 Pureview camera phone
10. Name the cricketer who was honoured with lifetime membership of the Sydney Cricket Ground. Sachin Tendulkar
11. Which country has been ranked as the world’s richest country in the list compiled by US magazine Forbes? Qatar
12. Which country did India beat to qualify for London Olympics men’s hockey 2012? France
13. Name the Italian luxury brand which has entered into Indian market and opened its first store in Mumbai. Frette
14. Name the cricketer who would be inducted into Australian Cricket Hall of Fame. Shane Warne
15. Name the service that is to be launched by Times Group to enable viewers to watch movies and TV shows online.BoxTV.com
16. Which Asian country was recently taken off the list of polio endemic countries by the World Health Organisation? India
17. Which company is Vedanta set to merge with Sesa Goa? Sterlite
18. Where in India 9-day 20th World Book Fair is held? New Delhi
19. Where does India’s forex reserves stand for the week ended 17th February 2012? $293.44 billion
20. Name the operating system launched by Black Berry-maker Research in Motion for its Play Book tablet.Play Book OS 2.0
21. Name the Bangalore-based Hindustani vocalist who passed away recently. Lalita Shivaram Udhayaker
22. In which housing finance major did Citi sell its stake for Rs.9,327 crore? HDFC
23. Name the bollywood producer who has been invited to speak at the Harvard India Conference 2012? Ritesh Sidwani
24. Name the news search engine introduced by Rediff.com website. Relatime News Search
25. Name the freedom fighter with picture of whom Rs.5 coin would be introduced by RBI. Bhagat Singh
26. Who has been selected for Janapada Shri Award for her contributions to the development of Burrakatha? Burrakatha Eramma
27. Name the service launched by Airtel to its mobile subscribers to make payment of utility bills, pay at merchant outlets and transfer money to another person in 300 cities in India. Airtel Money
28. Which Indian vaccine manufacturer who has joined Emzor Pharma of Nigeria to help the country fight polio? Name the vaccine for the protection against the disease. Panacea Biotec, Polprotec
29. Name the Australian foreign minister who resigned recently. Kevid Rudd
30. Which Dubai based telecom company have decided to shut India operations? Etisalat
31. What place does India hold globally in terms of economic confidence index? Fourth
32. With which US motorcycle firm has Hero Moto Corp signed a technology-sharing deal? Erik Buell Racing
33. Name the Australian Ex-Captain who retired from One-day cricket. Ricky Ponting
34. What is the salary limit where salaried employees will not be required to file income tax returns for assessment year 2012-13?Rs.5 lakh
35. Who was named the Professional Golf Tour of India’s Rolex Player of the Year? Chiragh Kumar
36. Name the Sri Lankan cricket commentator and former first-class cricketer who passed away. Ranil Abeynaike
37. Name the Liberia’s Italian football coach who was dropped after the national teams defeat. Roberto Landi
38. Which company has RIL joined to produce one lakh tonnes of butyl rubber a year in Jamnagar? SIBUR
39. At what value Eurozone approved second bailout for Greece?130 billion Euros(172 billion dollars)
40. Which bank would give Rs.1,650 crore relief package for Kingfisher Airlines? SBI
41. What is the new service launched by Barclays bank for transferring money from one account to any other account-holder in the UK? Pingit
42. What is the record high of food production expected to exceed at the end of the Eleventh Five Year Plan ending March 31st 2012?250 million tonnes
43. To which country’s have Iran stopped oil exports? Britain and France
44. Which PSU bank recently introduced account portability (transfer of account from one branch with same account number) facility? Indian Bank
45. Who will launch the Sunday version of The Sun daily national newspaper published in Britain? Rupert Murdoch, Chairman, News Corporation
46. Name the Sri Lankan cricketer who completed 10,000 ODI runs. Kumar Sangakkara
47. Who has been selected as CEO of Prasar Bharati? Jawhar Sircar
48. Name the 100 year old who set cycling record by riding 24.25km in an hour.Robert Marchand, a French cyclist
49. Name the German President who quit over a loan scandal. Christian Wulff
50. Name the Indian-born professor who became first recipient of Gunnerus Sustainability Award. Kamal Bawa
51. Which Brazilian auto parts manufacturer joined the Sahara Force India team as an official partner for the 2012 season? Aethra
52. Name India’s first tablet magazine launched by Times Internet Limited. Tweek
53. Which east Indian state would be promoted as festival tourism destination? Arunachal Pradesh
54. Which Australian cricketer retired form all form of cricket? Andrew Symonds
55. Which 3 countries met in Islamabad to focus on regional cooperation and seek peace and stability?Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran
56. What is the new variant of Sumo launched by Tata Motors? Sumo Gold
57. Where in Kerala a rail coach factory was approved by Union cabinet? Palakkad coach factory
58. Who is appointed as Managing director of Xerox for its India operations? Rajat Jain
59. Name 3 dual-SIM Android smartphones unveiled by Samsung recently. Galaxy Ace Duos, Galaxy Y Pro Duos and Galaxy Y Duos
60. What tax would be applied for vehicles entering Shimla from outside? Green Tax, applicable from February 20th 2012
61. Name the renowned Punjabi comedian who would be honoured with Gopal Sehgal Award at the Punjabi film festival to be held in Amritsar. Jaswinder Bhalla
62. In which country did Apple lose iPad copyright battle? China
63. Name the Indian-American who was awarded with most powerful woman of California award.Shefali Razdan Duggal
64. Name the renowned Urdu poet who passed away after battling lung cancer recently. Akhlaq Mohammad Khan
65. Name the Karnataka Higher Education Minister who passed away in Bangalore recently. Dr.V.S.Acharya
66. Who was honoured with Serbia’s highest honour, the Karadjordje Star medal? Novak Djokovic
67. Name the cyclonic storm that has hit Madagascar.Cyclone Giovanna
68. Which Asian country is ready to increase its participation to help solve EU debt crisis? China
69. At what value has Bank of Japan set to expand its asset purchase programme? 10tn yen ($130 billion)
70. Name the actor who was presented with a National Medal of Arts for his contributions to American culture. Al Pacino
80. Where has JSW Energy planned to setup 450-600MW coal-fired plant? South Africa
81. Name the 2 recently-retired football national team veterans who were felicitated by All India Football Federation. Climax Lawrence and Mahesh Gawli
82. With which US-based company did TTK Prestige Ltd. tie up recently? World Kitchen
83. Who has been elected as Deputy Chief of Indian Army? Lt.Gen.Ramesh Halgali
84. Who was honoured with a posthumous Grammy award for his contributions to the music industry in area other than performance? Steve Jobs
85. What percentage is the planned road tax for vehicles across India? 6%
86. Who has been appointed as the Managing Director for India and SAARC ofb:ons by McAfee? Jagdish Mahapatra
87. Who will replace Eric Simons as Indian cricket bowling coach? Australian, Joe Dawes
88. Who took over as president of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India for the year 2012-13?Jaydeep Shah
Bearing whose image is South Africa set to launch bank notes? Nelson Mandela, first President of South Africa
89. Who won their first-ever Africa Cup of Nations title in soccer tournament? Zambia
90. How many gold did India win at the Kung-Fu event in Nepal? 6
91. Which company has tied up with Yahoo India to deliver digital content in Bengali for the website bengali.yahoo.com? Ananda Bazar Patrika
92. Who won the women’s doubles event at the Pattaya Open 2012? Sania Mirza and Anastasia Rodionova
93. Which economist is named for US Humanities medal? Amartya Sen
94. Who is the first Indian defence minister to visit Saudi Arabia? A.K.Antony
95. How many Italian banks S&P rating was downgraded recently? 34
96. Name the former secretary-general of Basketball Federation of India who passed away recently. Harish Sharma
97. Name the US-based pop music queen who died recently. Whitney Houston
98. Which bank is set to launch India’s first Infrastructure Debt Fund (IDF)? IDBI bank
99. Where is the wax sculpture of Novak Djokovic revealed? Central Serbian town of Jagodina
100. Who has been appointed as non-executive chairman for India operations by Vodafone? Analjit Singh
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