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Current Affairs Useful Bank PO Exams

INTERNATIONAL

1. On 7 January who is the country Palestinian Authority President has issued a decree renaming the organization the “State of Palestine ?

Ans:- Mahmoud Abbas

2. On 16 January 2013 Which country Cargo Ship MV Amina fled away from the waters of Sri Lanka after suffering detention by its Navy for about two months ?

Ans:- Iran

3. Which country  president signed into law the Former Presidents Protection Act of 2012 on January 2013 ?

Ans:- America

4. Which country Bar Council recently Suggested Chemical Castration for Repeated Sex Offenders ?

Ans:- Malaysia

INDIA & WORLD

1. According to the which country  2012 Home Office report, India is among 10 countries that are the main sources of illegal immigration ?

Ans:- Britain

2. On 30 January 2013  which country  Pledged Humanitarian Assistance of 2.5 Million US Dollars to Syria ?

Ans:- India

3. India asked to avoid Violence Prone Areas in which country on 19 January 2013 ?

Ans: Nigeria

4. Which two countries agreed not to allow escalation of tensions along the Line of Control (LoC) on 16 January 2013 ?

Ans:-  India and Pakistan

5. What is the name of the Tibetan Monk got sentenced to death by the Chinese Court for encouraging the self-Immolations?

Ans:-Lorang Konhok

NATIONAL

1. In how many districts Government of India launched Direct Cash Transfer Benefit (CBT) on 1 January  2013  ?

Ans:-  20 districts

2.  According to the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2012 report which class students could read Class II text fell from 53.7% in 2010 to 46.8% in 2012

Ans:- Vth class

3. Who released the Commemorative Postage Stamps, at the Commemoration of the 150th Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, in New Delhi on 12 January 2013 ?

Ans:- President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee

4. Government of India how much crore of the MGNREGA linked Post Office Accounts would be used under the Direct Cash Transfer Scheme on January 2013 ?

Ans:-  3.5 Crore

STATES

1. What is the name of the  system launched by Odisha government on  2 January 2013 for citizens under the Odisha Right to Public Service Act, 2012 ?

Ans:-  Public Service Delivery System

2. In which state the first Shariat panchayat  is scheduled to be inaugurated on 3 March 2013 ?

Ans:- Punjab

3. Which state high court stayed the state government’s decision for giving 4 per cent additional reservation to Gurjar on 29 January 2013?

Ans:-  Rajasthan High Court

4.  On 20 January Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inaugurated Ghat Ki Guni tunnel at Jaipur.

CONFERENCES

1. What is the name of the 100th Indian Science Congress theme which was held from   3 to 7 January 2013 at Kolkata ?

Ans:- Science for Shaping the Future of India

2. The 43rd World Economic Forum Annual Meeting held from 23 – 27 January at —-

Ans:- Davos-Klosters in Switzerland

AWARDS & HONOURS

1. Who is the Mauritius President was received the 11th Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award on 9 January 2013 ?

Ans:- Rajkeswur Purryag

2. Who is an Indian researcher selected for a prestigious ‘Young Investigator Scholarship Award’ for his work on a drug to cure Alzheimer’s?

Ans:- Mahaveer Golechha

3. Who got the Best Actor award at the 58th Idea Filmfare Awards held in Mumbai on 20 January 2013?

Ans:- Ranbir Kapoor

4. Who honoured with the prestigious “International Scientific Cooperation Award 2012″?

Ans:-  C N R Rao

5. Who launched a Tang Prize(Asian Noble Prize) on 28 January 2013 ?

Ans:-  Samuel Yin

6. Who was selected for the Order of Australia Medal award on 30 January 2013?

Ans:- Krishna Arora

SPORTS & GAMES

1. Who is a former India player  announced his retirement from  first class cricketer on 01 January 2013?

Ans:- Sanjay Bangar

2. Who got the CEAT  International Cricketer of the Year 2011-12 on 03 January 2013?

Ans:- Virat Kohli

3. Who won the WTA Brisbane International trophy on 5th January 2013?

Ans:-  Sania Mirza and  Bethanie Mattek

4. Who defeated the Bulgarian star Grigor Dimitrov to get a Brisbane International title on 06 January 2013?

Ans:-  Andy Murray

5.  Who won the Chennai Open Tennis Title on 6 January 2013 ?

Ans:- Tipsarevic

6. Which country won in the third and final Test match against Sri Lanka on 6 January 2013 ?

Ans:- Australia

7. Who is an Australian cricketer  suspended for one match and  $4500 at MCG on 07 January 2013?

Ans:-  Shane Warne

8. Who got the  FIFA Player of the Year award consecutively four times?

Ans:- Lionel Messi

9. Who got the youngest national table tennis championship award on 11 January 2013?

Ans:- Soumyajit Ghosh

10. Which country won the Test series with 2-0 between South Africa and New Zealand?

Ans:- South Africa

11. Who is from Andhra Pradesh selected to represent India at the World Cup fencing championship in Doha (Qatar), to be held from January 19 to 21?

Ans:- Y.Hala

12. To whom the International Olympics Committee (IOC) asked  to return the Olympic Bronze Medal and Certificate of 2000 Sydney Games  on 17 January 2013 after found guilty of doping?

Ans:- Lance Armstrong

13. Who won the Malaysian Open Badminton Championship Women’s singles title on 20 January 2013 ?

Ans:- Tai Tzu-ying

14. Who won the Australian Open Tennis Tournament Mens single’s title in the final on January 2013 ?

Ans:- Novak Djokovic

15. Who got the first place  in the women’s singles rankings in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings released on 31 January 2013?Ans:- Lee Juri

ECONOMY

1. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index Who is the 18th richest person in the  world?

Ans:- Mukesh Ambani

2. Which country company Toyota Motor appears at the top ranked in the top-1500 Global R&D investments list ?

Ans:-  Japan

3. On 29 January  2013  The Reserve Bank of India slashed Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) from 4.25% to —-

Ans:- 4 percent

4. On 23 January 2013 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) projected that the economic growth rate of India in 2013 would be ——– ?

Ans:- 5.9 percent

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

1. NASA/ESA Astronomers had captured one of the flattest galaxies known in the universe, sitting like a silver needle in the haystack of space using Hubble Space Telescope.What is the name of the galaxy?

Ans:-  IC 2233

2. What cells in White blood cells having the capacity to kill the tumour (Cancer) cell?

Ans:-  T lymphocytes

3. What is the name of the rocket used to launch a Mars Orbiter Mission in the mid-October 2013?

Ans:-  PSLV-XL

4. How many earth size plantes are found in a Milky way Glaxy?

Ans:-  17 billion

5. What is the name of the missile successfully test fired by the Indian Navy on09 January 2013 at Visakhapatnam?

Ans:-  Brahmos

6. What is the name of the largest Space structure found in the Universe?

Ans:-  Large Quasar Group(LQG)

7. What is the name of the underwater ballistic missile India successfully test fired on 27 January 2013?

Ans:-  K-15.

8. What is the name of the multi-barrel rocket launcher (MBRL) weapon system, was successfully test fired from a defence base at Chandipur-on-sea on 30 January 2013?

Ans:- Pinaka

PERSONS IN NEWS

A) APPOINTMENTS

1. Who is the first minority community person appointed as a chief of the Intelligence Bureau?

Ans:- Asif Ibrahim

2. Who is appointed a deputy governor at the Reserve Bank of India on 02 January 2013?

Ans:-  Urjit Patel

3. Who is the present chairman of 20th Law Commission?

Ans:-  Justice DK Jain

4. Who is the first woman speaker and Indian-origin  elected for the Singapore’s Parliament on 08 Janauary 2013?

Ans:-  Halimah Yacob

5. Who is the new Chairman and Managing Director of Canara Bank?

Ans:-  RK Dubey

6. Who is the new executive director of Central Bank of India appointed on 11 January 2013?

Ans:-  Raj Kumar Goyal

7. Who is the Founding Chairwoman of CII’s women wing

Ans:- Suchitra Ella

8. Who is the present Secretary of State of America?

Ans:- John Kerry

9. Who is the present President of  Czech?

Ans:- Milos Zeman

B) RESIGNS

1. Who is the first woman chief justice SriLanka dismissed by the Sri Lankan President?

Ans:-  Shirani Bandamayake

C) DEATHS

1. Who is the oldest surviving woman of the world, died at the age of 115 years in a town near Tokyo, Japan on 12 Jan. 2012 ?

Ans:- Koto Okubo

2. Who is the the former all-rounder of India from Surat died on 13 January 2013 in Mumbai ?

Ans:- Rusi Framroze Surti

3. Who is the co-founder of Reditt committed suicide on 11 January 2013 ?

Ans:- Aaron Awartz

D) VISITORS

1.  Which village was visited by Mauritius  President Rajkeswur Purryag  in Bihar near patna on January 2013 ?

Ans:-  Bojeetpore

2. Who visited Vietnam on January 2013 from India ?

Ans:-  Vice President Hamid Ansari

3. Who visited the India from Bhutan on 23 January 2013?

Ans:-  Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck

E)MISCELLANEOUS

1. In which case Ex-CM of Haryana Om Prakash Chautala arrested on 16 January 2013?

Ans:-Teachers Recruitment Scam

2. Who is the oldest Indian woman conquer the 6 Summits,the highest mountains of each of the six continents?

Ans:- Premlata Agarwal

3. What is the name of the Tibetan Monk got sentenced to death by the Chinese Court for encouraging the self-Immolations?

Ans:- Lorang Konhok

PLACES  IN  NEWS

1.  On 27 January 2013 In which country 233 People Killed in Night Club Fire Accident ?

Ans:- Brazil

ABBREVIATIONS

1. What is the abbreviation of WEF?

Ans:-  World Economic Forum

BOOKS IN NEWS

1. Who is the author of  “My Share of the Task : A Memoir ” Book ,which was released on 7 January 2013 ?

Ans:- General Stanley McChrystal

COMMITTEES

1. What is the name of the committee set up to recommend measures to improve laws dealing with sexual offences on 23 December 2012?

Ans:-  JS Verma

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United India Insurance Company, is a leading Public Sector General Insurance Company wholly owned by Government of India with a targeted gross premium of about Rs.10,000 crores. A rapidly growing company with more than 1600 offices, highest network in the whole non-life insurance industry throughout the country.

The company has just completed 75 years of commendable service and leading the non-life insurance industry with its innovative products and approach. A technologically advanced, customer friendly company with the solvency margin of 2.50, the best in the industry is rated iAAA by ICRA for 9 consecutive years and B++ rating by AM Best.

The company is recognized with the awards of “Best General Insurer of the Year 2010” by NDTV Profit, one of the top three General Insurers in Asia at 14th Asia Insurance Industry Awards 2010, Skoch Financial Inclusion Award for 2011, Bloomberg UTV Award for the Best General Insurer (Public Sector) of the Year 2011 and Best Insurer – Non Life by the “Dalal Street Investment Journal’s PSU Awards 2011, Skoch Financial Inclusion Award 2013 for ICT based Innovation – Mpower and CNBC TV18 award in 2013 for Best General Insurer Provider – Public Sector”

The company propose to recruit young and dynamic candidates for its offices all over India for its requirement in Generalist discipline. Applications are invited from eligible Indian Citizens for the post of Administrative Officer (Scale I).

(1) Total No of Vacancies: - 445 (approximate)

(A) Reservation of Vacancies

Total Vacancies	SC	ST	OBC	Un-reserved
445	67	32	133	213

Note:

                    a) Reservation for Released Emergency Commissioned Officers (ECO), Short Service and Retrenched Commissioned Officers (SSCRO) shall be as per rules.

                    b) The vacancies reserved for Persons with Disabilities is 17 (including 4 backlog)

The Pan-India vacancies indicated above are only tentative and actuals may vary. As of now, the vacancies are substantially in Western and Southern Zones as compared to East and Northern Zones of the Country. The candidates cannot have any right or preference for posting in any particular State of his choice as the selection and posting is on All India basis. The company‟s decision would be final in all these cases and the candidates are liable to be posted anywhere across the Country.

(2) Eligibility conditions: (As on 31.12.2012)

(A) Qualifications: Graduation with 60% (55% for SC/ST candidates) or Post Graduation with minimum 55% (50% for SC/ST candidates) marks in aggregate from recognised University.

Note:

                    (i) Qualifications mentioned above should be from any recognised University / Institute in India duly approved by UGC / AICTE as the case may be with appropriate pattern like 10+2+3 or its equivalent pattern.

                    (ii) Other things being equal, preference will be given to candidates having post qualification experience in their area of specialization and/or having qualification in non-life Insurance.

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                    (iii) The candidates should have completed the qualification mentioned above on or before 31.12.2012. Those who have written the examination as on 31.12.2012 and whose results are declared after 31.12.2012 are not eligible to apply.

                    (iv) Working knowledge of Computer is must.

(B) Age (As on 31.12.2012) Minimum age : 21 years

Maximum age limit :

1	General	30 years
2	SC/ST	35 years
3	OBC	33 years
4	ECO / SSRCO	35 years
5	Physically challenged	40 years
6	Physically challenged candidates, if SC/ST	45 years
7	Physically challenged candidates, if OBC	43 years
8	All persons who have ordinarily been domiciled in Kashmir Division of J & K State during the period from 01.01.1980 to 31.12.1989	35 years
9	Resident of Assam State during the period from 01.01.1980 to 15.08.1985	35 years

For confirmed employees of General Insurance Corporation of India, Public Sector General Insurance Companies, Agriculture Insurance Company of India Limited, the maximum age limit will be as under:

General: 40 years

SC/ST: 45 years

OBC: 43 years

(3) Application Fee:

A Fee as indicated below is to be made thro‟ any Branch of State Bank of India by paying appropriate application fee in Account No.32900646001 in favour of “UNITED INDIA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED”.

Category of Applicant	Amount of Fees/ Service Charges to SBI (Non-refundable)
SC/ ST/ Persons with Disability (PWD), Permanent Employees of UIICL	Rs. 100/-+ Rs 25/- as service charges to SBI
All other categories(GEN/ OBC/ ECO/SSRCO)	Rs. 500/-+ Rs 25/- as service charges to SBI

*service charge payment is applicable for offline payment only.

(4) Date of Written Examination: 26.05.2013 (Sunday)

(5) Emoluments and Benefits: Rs.33,000/- p.m. (approx)

Basic pay in the scale of Rs.17240/-840(14)-29000-910(4)-32640 and other admissible allowances as applicable. Besides emoluments, other benefits like Gratuity, LTS, Medical Benefits, Group Personal Accident Insurance, Group Savings Linked Insurance Scheme (GSLI), Performance Linked Incentive (PLI) and New Pension Scheme, leased accommodation would be extended as per rules of the Company.

(6) Service Conditions:

As applicable in the Company from time to time. Posts are permanent and the selected candidates on appointment may be posted or transferred to any place in India as may be decided by the Company.

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(7) Selection Procedure:

The selection would be in two stages ie., On line Multiple Choice Objective Type test and Descriptive Test. All the candidates who applied and are eligible as per criteria prescribed for the post shall undergo objective type test to be conducted tentatively on 26.5.2013 through on line. The Descriptive Test on English, précis writing and Letter writing would be conducted based on the objective test marks in the descending order upto a maximum of about six times the vacancies of the respective categories. The qualified candidates of the on line objective test may be called for descriptive test in selected State Capitals (subject to sufficiency of candidates in the centres) in about 2 to 3 weeks from the date of declaration of results of on line objective test.

A candidate shall be required to qualify in descriptive test, but the marks in descriptive paper shall not count for final selection. The finally qualified candidates will be called for interview upto three times the vacancies of the respective categories and final selection will be made on the basis of performance in the on line objective test and interview. Outstation candidates called for interview will be reimbursed to and fro second class rail fare/bus fare by the shortest route from the station of residence to the place of interview on production of evidence of having undertaken journey for interview purpose.

The objective test with a duration of two hours with test structure as under:

Sr. No.	Test		No. of Qs.		Marks		Time
1	Reasoning		50		50		Composite Time Of Two Hours
2		Quantitative Aptitude		50		50
3		English		50		50
4		General Knowledge, Financial Awareness & Computer Knowledge		50		50

All the questions will be of objective type with five alternative choices out of which one will be the correct answer. The candidate has to select the correct answer and „mouse click‟ that alternative which he/she feels is correct. There will be a penalty for wrong answers marked by the candidates. For each wrong answer marked one fourth of the marks assigned to the question will be deducted from those obtained. The alternative/option that is clicked on will be highlighted and will be treated as the answer to that question.

(8) Examination Centres :

Competitive written examination will be held at specific centres in India. The candidates may choose any one of the centres mentioned in Annexure I which must be indicated in the application form clearly. No change of the centre will be allowed at a later date. Company reserves the right to direct candidates to appear at a centre other than the one chosen by them for written examination without monetary assistance. Company reserves the right to hold the written examination at some and not all the examination centres listed in annexure I depending upon the number of candidates and other relevant factors. Appearing in the written exam will not automatically confirm any right of being selected for the above said posts.

(9) Probation:

Selected candidates if certified to be medically fit, may be appointed as ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER (SCALE-I) on probation for a period of one year which may be extended by a further period of six months.

The Company reserves the right to terminate the service of the candidate if found unsuitable at any time during the probationary period or the extended probationary period without any notice or assigning any reason thereof. During the probationary period, candidates may be required to undergo theoretical / practical training as may be prescribed / arranged for them.

11) How to Apply:

                    1. Candidates are required to apply Online through website www.uiic.co.in No other means/ mode of application will be accepted.

                    2. Candidates are required to have a valid personal email ID. It should be kept active during the currency of this recruitment. The company may send call letters for written test, interview etc. through the registered email ID. Under no circumstances, he/she should share/ mention email ID to/ or of any other person. Candidates can also download their call letters from the website by logging in using their application number and date of birth. Call letters will be uploaded on the website about two weeks before the date of written examination.

                    3. In case, a candidate does not have a valid personal email ID, he/she should create his/ her new email ID before applying Online.

Applicants are first required to go to the UIIC‟s website www.uiic.co.in and open the link 'Recruitment'. Thereafter, open the Recruitment Notification entitled „UIIC ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS RECRUITMENT – 2012-13'

4. The candidate is required to keep the details about bio-data ready to enable him/her to fill up the application form correctly. The name of the candidate or his/her father/husband etc. should be spelt correctly in the application as it appears in the certificates/mark sheets. Payment of Application Fee/service Charges has to be done after successful registration of the application else application will be treated as cancelled.

5. Before applying online a candidate will be required to have a scanned(digital) image of his/her photograph and signature as per the specifications given in Annexure-II.

6. Choice of Examination City: Candidates should indicate the Name of the Examination City in the appropriate column of the online Application form. No change of Examination City will be permissible at a later date. The Company, for administrative reasons, however, reserves the right to direct the candidate to appear for online examination at any City other than the one chosen by the candidate.

7. In the event of not being able to fill the data in one go, the candidate can save the data already entered. When the data is saved, registration number and password will be generated by the system and displayed on the screen. Candidate should note down the registration number and password. Email and SMS indicating the Registration Number and Password will be sent. Candidates can reopen the saved data using Registration Number and Password and edit the particulars, if needed. This facility will be available for three times in all. Once the application is filled completely, the candidate should submit the data. In case of Offline payment, candidates should take a printout of the system generated fee payment challan immediately. No change/alteration will be allowed thereafter. The registration at this stage is provisional.

8. Payment of Application Fee/service Charges

A. Off line Payment:

In case of Offline Payment of Application Fee/service Charges, the payment will be accepted from 2nd working day after the on-line registration and can be made within three working days thereafter at any branch of State Bank of India by cash only. System generated payment challan will be used for depositing the amount. Once the amount is paid, the registration process will be complete. Candidates should ensure State Bank of India Branch Code, Journal Number along with Branch Seal on the Candidate‟s copy of the Challan. Candidates are advised to preserve the payment challan with them for reference and use in future.

B. Online Payment:

                    i) Candidates should carefully fill in the details in the Online Application at the appropriate places very carefully and click on the “SUBMIT” button at the end of the Online

                    Application Format. Before pressing the “SUBMIT” button, candidates are advised to verify every field filled in the application especially with regard to spellings.

                    ii) The application form is integrated with the payment gateway and the payment process can be completed by following the instructions therein.

                    iii) Payment can be made by using only Master/Visa Debit or Credit Cards or Internet Banking by providing information as asked on the screen.

                    iv) In case candidates wish to pay fees/service charges through the online payment gateway after the upload of photograph and signature an additional page of the application form is displayed wherein candidates may follow the instructions and fill in the requisite details.

                    v) If the online transaction has been successfully completed, a Registration Number and Password will be generated which shall be preserved by the candidate for future reference.

                    vi) If the online transaction has not been successfully completed, then the following message is displayed “Your online transaction was unsuccessful. Please register again”. Candidates may then revisit the “Apply Online” link and fill in their application details again. In case of unsuccessful registration the amount of fees debited will be refunded to the account in due course.

                    vii) On successful completion of the transaction, an e-receipt will be generated. Candidates are required to take a printout of the e-receipt.

                    viii) After submitting your payment information in the online application form, please wait for the intimation from the server. DO NOT press BACK or REFRESH button in order to avoid double charge.

                    ix) To ensure security of your data, please close the browser window once your transaction is completed.

Current Affairs Useful for Various Competitive Exams

INTERNATIONAL

1. Who announced a $10 million donation for a global war chest to educate all girls by 2015 set up in the name of Malala Yousafzai?
Ans: Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari

2. Who elected as a Prime Minister with a clear victory over the  Prime Minister  and leader of the Democratic Party of Japan(DPJ) Yoshihiko Noda in the Parliament elections of Japan on 26 December 2012?
Ans: Shinzo Abe

3. Who is the first woman President of South Korea?
Ans: Park Chung-hee

4. Which bill that will give intelligence and security agencies sweeping powers to conduct surveillance passed by Pakistan’s National Assembly on 20 December 2012?
Ans: Fair Trial Bill 2012

5) Which state the Pakistan Government officially recognised  as an independent state on 26 December 2012?
Ans:Kosovo

INDIA and WORLD

1. Who is the Bihar’s State Chief minister recently among Foreign Policy magazine “The Top 100 Global Thinkers”  List ?
Ans: Nitish Kumar

2. Which Country  had agreed to set up barbed wire Fencing along Tripura border on  2 December 2012?
Ans: Bangladesh

3. Which country signed with India on 10 December 2012 on five pacts?
Ans: Ukraine

4. According to the 2011 Britain population census record what percent of the Hindu religion became a third-largest religion in the Nation’s ?
Ans: 1.5 %

5. According to the which survey report India nonetheless has one of the largest Muslim populations in the world ?
Ans: Pew research

NATIONAL

1. Which Criminal Law bill Passed by Lok Sabha on 4 December 2012 ?
Ans: Sexual Assault a Gender-Neutral Offence

2. On 7 December 2012 The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) cleared a major expansion plan of the strategic Karwar naval base Phase II Alpha of the project Seabird in ——
Ans: Karnataka

3. Which bill providing for quota for SCs and STs in government job promotions was on 2012 December 17 passed by Rajya Sabha?
Ans: Constitution 117th  Amendment Bill

4. The Union Government of India on 23 December 2012 constituted a three-member Commission to suggest measures for saftey of women.Who is the head of this Commiitte?
Ans: Former Chief Justice of India J.S. Verma

5. On 25 December 2012  Government of India decided to set up five-year project for restoring the overall which structure of critical sectors of India?
Ans: Cyber Security

6. Which amendment bill 2011 have been passed by Lok Sabha on 20 December 2012?
Ans: Banking Laws Amendment Bill, 2011

7. Whose commission appointed for Delhi incident victim Nirbhaya’s Case on December 2012?
Ans: Usha mehra

STATES

1. Which Scheme announced by Assam government on 12 December 2012 ?
Ans: Special Health Scheme

2. Which state Lokayukta Bill, 2012 was passed on 14 December 2012 ?
Ans: Meghalaya

3. UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi was launched a major food security programme of Delhi Government on 15 December 2012. What is the name of the program?
Ans: Annshri Yojna

4. Which state government  on 17 December 2012 ordered a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into the matter of multi-crore irrigation scam?
Ans: Maharashtra

5. Which State had became the first state that announced some measures for making public transport safer via use of technology on 23 December 2012?
Ans: Karnataka

CONFERENCE

1. What is the theme of  ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit held from 20 – 21 December 2012 in New Delhi ?
Ans: ASEAN – India Partnership for Peace and Shared Prosperity

2. Which of the following country will host the Climate Conference in 2013?
Ans: Poland

AWARDS and HONOURS

1. Who was honoured with award of ‘National Tansen Samman’ for year 2011-12 for their contribution to Hindustani classical music?
Ans: Rajan and Sajan

2. Which state received the Silver Icon Web Ratna Award 2012 for its public grievance redressal website?
Ans: Bihar

3. Who received the Yuri Milner Foundation award for the work on black holes and in the discovery of a new subatomic particle believed to be the long-sought Higgs boson?
Ans: Stephen Hawking

4. Who will be honoured with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously and he is also the first Indian to got this award?
Ans: Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar

5. Who is former BBC correspondent had been conferred with Lifetime Achievement Award for 2012 on 16 December 2012?
Ans: Sir Charles Wheeler

6. Who is the Indian-origin girl won the prestigious a wildlife conservation award in South Africa ?
Ans: Afeefah Patel

7. Who was honoured with ‘Tolkappiyar’ award  by the President on 21 December 2012?
Ans: C. Govindarajanar

8. Who is the Bollywood actor  attended the Italy’s River to River Film Festival from India and honoured by the Government of Italy
Ans: Amitabh Bachchan

9. Who became the first Emirati and Arab to win the Tagore Peace Prize on 26 December 2012?
Ans: Shihab Ghanem

10. Who was honoured with Canada’s Highest Civilian Award – the Order of Canada in December 2012?
Ans: Venkatesh Mannar

SPORTS and GAMES

1. Who won the 23rd Lal Bahadur Shastri hockey tournament at the Shivaji Stadium New Delhi on 4 December 2012?
Ans: Air India

2. Who set the record for most goals in a calender year by scoring his 86th goal of 2012?
Ans: Barcelona’s soccer  player Lionel Messi

3. Who was named Swiss Female athlete of the year at the 2012 Credit Suisse Sports Awards on 16 December 2012 in Zurich ?
Ans: Nicola Spirig

4. Who had been named the ‘ AIFF (All India Football Federation) Player of the Year  on 20 December 2012?
Ans: Rahim Nabi

5. Who is the Indian cricketer retired from ODI’s on 23 December 2012?
Ans: Sachin Tendulkar

6. Who won the Syed Modi India Grand Prix Gold 2012 title?
Ans: Kashyap Parupalli

7. Which country won the Asian Men’s Hockey Champions Trophy 2012 in Qatar on 26 December 2012?
Ans: Pakistan

8. Who won the gold medal for India in Azerbaijan boxing tourney?
Ans: Aman Indora

9. Who won the World Tennis Championship title on 29 December 2012 in Abu Dhabi ?
Ans: Novak Djokovic

10. Who got the gold medal in  the men’s rapid fire pistol event at the 56th National Shooting Championship in New Delhi?
Ans: Vijay Kumar

11. Who is the Australian player inducted in the  International Cricket Council’s Hall of Fame on 4 January 2013 at the Sydney Cricket Ground?
Ans: McGrath

ECONOMY

1. According to US intelligence counsel which country economy dominate the world economy by 2030?
Ans: India

2. According to the  International Telecommunications Communication Union (ITU) Information Society 2012 – Observe report number of cell phone connections exceeding  the world’s population by ——
Ans: 2014

3. How much amount was loss by India in the form of black money during the period 2001 to 2010?
Ans: $123 billion

4. According to an Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) survey which business group in India perceived to be India’s best-known global brand within and outside the country?
Ans: Tata Group

SCIENCE and TECNOLOGY

1. What is the name of the scientist developed Smart Phone application to easily observe the heart beat of a patient?
Ans: Jems Haythers

2. Which country scientists were developed  a new technology that allows electronic messages sent from mobile phones to be directly projected on to contact lens placed in the recipient’s eyes?
Ans: Belgian

3. What are the names of NASA’s twin probes crashed successfully onto Lunar Mountain?
Ans: Ebb and Flow

4. Which discovery top placed in Journal Science’s 2012  Top 10 list released on 22 December 2012 ?
Ans: Discovery of the Higgs Boson

5. What is the name of protein found by the Chris Ormandy, researcher of Sydney‘s Garvan Institute to makes breast cancer tumours more aggressive and resistant to treatment?
Ans: ELF5

PERSONS IN NEWS

APPOINTMENTS

1. Who was appointed as Adviser to Finance Minister of India on 6 December 2012?
Ans: Parthasarathy Shome

2. Who appointed as a Senior Security Adviser in Home ministry on 11 December 2012?
Ans: Vijay Kumar

3. Who elected as the Chair of the UN auditors panel for the year 2013?
Ans: Vinod Rai

4. Who is the first Woman president of FICCI?
Ans: Naina Lal Kidwai

5. Who is the first woman president of Chicago-based Federation of Indian Associations (FIA)?
Ans: Rita Singh

6. Who was appointed as the new chief of Border Security Force(BSF) on 18 December 2012?
Ans: Subhash Joshi

7. Who sworn as the new Chief Minister of Gujarath for 4th consecutive time on 26 December 2012?
Ans: Narendra Modi

RESIGNS

1. Who is the Singapore’s Parliament speaker resigned on 12 December 2012 over an extramarital affair with a staff member of the People’s Association?
Ans: Michael Palmer

2. Who is the Israeli Foreign Minister submitted his resignation on 16 December 2012 due to a pending indictment against him for fraud and breach of trust?
Ans: Avigdor Lieberman

DEATHS

1. Who is the world’s oldest woman died on 4 December 2012?
Ans: Besse Cooper

2. Who is the world’s tallest woman died on 4 December 2012?
Ans: Yao Defen

3. Who is the Britist astronomer and Who was a former president of the British Astronomical Association passes away on 9 December 2012?
Ans: Sir Patrick Moore

4. Who is the former Ranji cricketer ,who did the highest score in the first – class cricket died on 11 december 2012?
Ans: BB Nimbalkar

5. Who is the Sitar maestro and the receiver of Bharat Ratna passes away in San Diego on 11 December 2012?
Ans: Sitar maestro Pandit  Ravi Shankar

6. Who is the co-inventor of bar code with Bernad Silver died on 9 December 2012?
Ans: Norman Joseph

7. Who is the  the world’s oldest person and a resident of Iowa, had died on 17 December 2012 in Johnston?
Ans: Dina Manfredini

8. Who is the former hockey player and Donee of Padma Shree award died on 20 December 2012?
Ans: Leslie Claudius

VISITORS

1. Who is the Palestnian Hamas leader visited the Gaza on 6th December 2012?
Ans: haled Meshaal

2. Who is the Pakistan’s Interior Minister  visited India from 14 to 16 December 2012?
Ans: Rehman Malik

MISCELLANEOUS

1. Which country person Jiroemon Kimura (115 years)  had been named  the new oldest person in the world by Guinness World Records on 18 December 2012 ?
Ans: Japan

2. Harvard Business Review (HBR) prepared a 100 best performing global chief executives list.Who was the first among the Indian CEOs featured in this list?
Ans: Subir Raha

PLACES IN NEWS

1. Which of the following country was hit by the powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 on 7 December 2012?
Ans: Japan

ABBREVIATIONS

1. What is the full of   U N F C C C   …. ?
Ans: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

2. G A A R ………..full form?
Ans: General Anti Avoidance Rules

BOOKS IN NEWS

1. Who is the author of  Former India opener Late Pankaj Roy Book  Pankaj, Bengal`s Forgotten Hero?
Ans: Bengali sports journalist Gautam Bhattacharya

2.What is the name of a  book written by Former Chief Justice P N Bhagwati?
Ans: My Tryst with Justice

3. What is the name of the M.S. Subbulakshmi new book launched on December 2012?
Ans: M.S. Subbulakshmi – Queen of Carnatic Music

COMMITTEES

1. Whose Committee had appointed by Market regulator Sebi to frame a single set of guidelines for all types of foreign investors?
Ans: K.M. Chandrashekhar

IMPORTANT DAYS and DATES

1. When is the International Mother Tongue Day celebrated?
Ans: February, 21

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