Who is appointed as Wipro's banking head?
Rajan Kohli
Where in India 3-day gaming carnival will be held from 6th of April
2012?
Ayatti Resort, Greater Noida

Who was named as the winner of the Templeton Prize 2012 for his contribution to affirming life's spiritual dimension?
Dalai Lama

Name the bill passed against conduct of any constitutional authority in India.
Judicial Accountability Bill

What 2 agreements were signed by the development banks of BRICS
countries to boost trade within BRICS nations?

Providing credit facility in local currencies and Facilitating confirmation of
multilateral Letter of Credit

Name the Malaysian financial services group who would deploy the banking solution of Tata Consultancy Services.
AmBank

Where in India Guru Gobind Singh refinery will be inaugurated in April
2012?
Bathinda, Southwest Punjab

Name the company that Titan Energy has partnered with, to offer EPC
services and solar

power project development solutions.
Ortiz Energia, a subsidiary of Spain's Group Ortiz

Who is crowned Miss India World 2012?
Vanya Mishra

Where in Arunachal Pradesh Reserve Bank of India is planning to open its office?
Itanagar

Which Indian state passed Rs.201.05 crore deficit budget for the financial year 2012-13?
Arunachal Pradesh


The indoor hall built at Orissa Cricket Association is named of which cricket personality?
Sachin Tendulkar Indoor Hall





Name the Interactive smart television launched by Samsung for South- West Asian market.
ES8000 LED TV, 55-inch screen

Who has been elected as German President?
Joachim Gauck

Which bank recently celebrated its 75th anniversary?
Indian Overseas Bank

In which stock exchange has RCom filed IPO for Flag Telecom?
Singapore Stock Exchange

At what value and which company is United Parcel Service is set to buy?
TNT Express for $6.85 billion

As Jet Airways discontinues JetLite, which company it is set to merge?
JetKonnect
Name the hockey player who was declared the winner of 'Survivor
India'.
Raj Rani

Expand - NPCI
National Payment Corporation of India

Name the 6 Indian brands among world's 500 best brands as per global consultancy firm
'Brand Finance'.
Tata, Airtel, State Bank of India, Reliance, Indian Oil Corporation and Infosys

Name the laptop launched by Dell priced at Rs.79,900.
XPS13 Ultrabook

On which city Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa is planning a novel?
Peruvian city of Piura

Which Indian city has been selected as city of focus at the Toronto
International Film Festival 2012?
Mumbai

Who has been named for Dada Saheb Phalke award?
Soumitra Chatterjee



1. Who is crowned Miss India World 2012?
- Vanya Mishra

2. Name the cricket personality called ‘The Wall’ who retired from




International cricket recently.

- Rahul Dravid
3. Which country has India agreed ‘in-principle’ to the participation in hydro power-projects in the North-East?
Bangladesh

4. Name the Tech-savvy state which set a record by winning the
National Tourism Award for its website for 5th time in last 10 years.
Kerala

5. Which Malayalam language daily has tied up with Yahoo India to deliver premium digital content in Malayalam?
Malayala Manorama

6. Name the Delhi-based group which has been nominated in the best international brand/group award at the British Reggae Industry Awards.
Reggar Rajahs

7. Which movie of Indian filmmaker Mani Ratnam is now part of the permanent collection at the Austrian Film Museum?
Raavanan

8. Who has been awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize considered as
Nobel prize in Architecture?
Wang Shu

9. Which railway station became the first railway network to offer BluFi, a combination of Bluetooth and WiFi to provide information to passengers?
Bangalore City Railway Station

10. Which state bagged the second best national award in the
Comprehensive Development Of Tourism category?
Rajasthan

11. Name the Kerala-based UAE business magnate who was awarded with
Interfaith Harmony Award at Kuala Lumpur.
M.A.Yusuf Ali

12. Name the men’s mixed doubles winner of the ATP Dubai Open 2012.
Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna

13. When was the World’s oldest post office opened as it celebrates its 300th anniversary?
1712 in Sanquhar, London

14. Name the Indian American filmmaker who won the ’2012 Rising Star Award’ for his feature film ’9 Eleven’ at the Canada International Film Festival.
Manan Singh Katohora

15. Who won the women’s Kabaddi World Cup championship?




India

16. Who is expected to visit India with export of gas and investment on agenda?
Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani

17. Who has been elected as Russian President?
Vladimir Putin

18. Name the West Indian cricketer who died in a car accident recently.
- Runako Morton aged 33

19. Name India’s first 3D dance film.
ABCD (Any Body Can Dance)

20. Which 4 financial institutions have agreed to form country’s first
$2 billion (about Rs.10,000 crore) Infrastructure Development Fund to finance infrastructure projects in India?
Bank of Baroda, ICICI Bank, LIC and Citi Financial

21. Who has been appointed as MD of Hyundai Motor India Ltd.?
Bo Shin Seo

22. Which Chinese Electric company has started office in India?
Shangai Electric

23. Which university conferred honoris causa(as honorary academic degree) during its 12th convocation to the finance minister Pranab Mukherjee?
Assam University

24. Which India’s leading commodity exchange would be listed on the
BSE making it India’s first exchange to be listed?
Multi Commodity Exchange

25. Which western India university will start the Institute of
International Studies?
M S University

26. HSBC will sell its general insurance for US $914 million to which
2 companies?
AXA Group and QBE Insurance Group

27. Against which team India will play one-off Twenty20 International cricket on March 30th 2012 to commemorate the 150 years of settlement of Indians in that country?
South Africa

28. Who retained his title of being the world’s richest Indian in
Forbes magazine’s annual list of the world’s richest people?
Mukesh Ambani

29. Name the music director – king of soft melodies who passed away recently.




Ravi Shankar Sharma

30. Who has been appointed as head coach of the Pakistan cricket team?
Dav Whatmore

31. Name the bank that has entered into a partnership with Remit2home to offer Sri Lankans to transfer money back home.
Nations Trust Bank

32. Where is Kerala a film city is to be built?
Varikkassery Mana at Ottapalam

33. Who will be appointed as CEO of L&T?
K Venkataraman

34. Name the chocolate boy of Hindi cinema during 1960′s who passed away recently.
Joy Mukherjee

35. Who is appointed as ISI chief of Pakistan Government?
Lt. Gen. Zaheerul Islam

36. Which Indian NGO has been chosen for America’s first Innovation Award for the Empowerment of Women and Girls, for training and organising wastepickers and eliminating child labour from recycling?
Chintan

37. What is the reduced CRR of scheduled banks as revised by RBI at 75 basis points?
4.75%

38. At what value did Euro zone finance ministers release 2nd bailout package for debt-hit Greece?
$46.9 billion

39. Where was the International Financial Hub inaugurated in India recently?
New Town, Kolkata

40. What is the extended number of days for advance reservation of
Indian railway tickets?
120

41. Which state has recorded an increase in foodgrains production that touched 50.22 lakh tonnes during Kharif 2011 season?
Haryana

42. Name the ambulance launched for farmers in Andhra Pradesh by
Srihari Kotela, a Charterted Accountant.
Rythu Ratham (Tollfree – 18002666208)

43. Which non-banking finance arm of Tata Sons have decided to ramp up its travel business and focus on the retail segment?
Tata Capital




44. Which financial service will Nokia close in India?
Nokia Money

45. Which rank does India hold as per U5MR rates by UNICEF?
46th rank

46. Who will take over the rein of Deutsche Bank CEO at the end of May
2012?
Anshu Jain

47. Who was sworn in as Uttarkhand’s Chief Minister?
- Vijay Bahuguna
48. Name the Indian railway minister who will present Railway Budget
2012-13.
Dinesh Trivedi

49. Who has been appointed as Director General of Police for Punjab?
Sumedh Singh Saini

50. Who and at what age became 5th time Chief Minister of Punjab?
Parkash Singh Badal

51. Where was FICCI FRAMES 2012 – Asia’s largest global convention on film media and entertainment inaugurated?
Kolhapur, Maharashtra

52. Who is sworn as youngest Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh?

- Akhilesh Yadav at the age of 38 years

53. What is the proposed capital support to be infused to PSU’s and financial institutions during the next fiscal year as per Budget 2012-
13?
Rs.15,888 crore

54. Who has been appointed as Additional Advocate General of Tamil
Nadu?
P.H.Arvindh Pandian

55. From which tax will RBI be spared?
Wealth Tax

56. Who won the Australian Grand Prix 2012?
Jenson Button

57. Who won the Swiss Open 2012 title against China’s Shixian Wang?
Saina Nehwal

58. Who will replace Dinesh Trivedi as Railway Minister?

Mukul Roy

59. The indoor hall built at Orissa Cricket Association is named of which cricket personality?




Sachin Tendulkar Indoor Hall

60. Who has been elected as German President?
Joachim Gauck

61. Which bank recently celebrated its 75th anniversary?
Indian Overseas Bank

62. As Jet Airways discontinues JetLite, which company it is set to merge?
JetKonnect

63. Name the hockey player who was declared the winner of ‘Survivor
India’.
Raj Rani

64. Expand – NPCI
National Payment Corporation of India

65. Which Indian city has been selected as city of focus at the
Toronto International Film Festival 2012?
Mumbai

66. Who has been named for Dada Saheb Phalke award?
Soumitra Chatterjee

67. Which European nation has tied up with the Indian Railways to renovate 14 railway stations in India?
Belgium

68. Name the Goa Tourism minister who died of heart attack recently?
Matanhy Saldanha

69. Which team won the cricket Asia Cup 2012?
Pakistan

70. Expand – NBFC
Non-Banking Finance Companies

71. Which British newspaper won the annual Press Awards – the Oscars of British Journalism?
Daily Mail (Newspaper and Website of the year)

72. What amount of loan for education has been offered to India by
World Bank?
$500 million

73. 64 years after Independence which Indian state saw a locomotive train for the first time?
Manipur (12km from Jiribam to Dholakhal)

74. Longding became the 17th district of which Indian state?
Arunachal Pradesh

75. Israeli Government is planning to setup 3 agricultural excellence




centres in which Indian state?
Gujarat

76. Who has been nominated for World bank President post by US President?
Korean-American Physician-Anthropologist Jim Yong Kim

77. Who will be appointed as Army chief to succeed Gen.V.K.Singh?

- Lt. Gen. Bikram Singh
78. Who won 2nd silver medal in the men’s 50m rifle three position at the Amir of Kuwait International Shooting Grand Prix?
Gagan Narang

79. Name the new tax norms which will come into effect from April 1st
2012.
GAAR – General Anti-Avoidance Rules

80. Which 2 banking facilities would not require signature attestation instead only thumb impression as per RBI?
Fixed deposits and Opening a bank locker

81. Which state will get its first commercial dairy for processing of camel milk into various products in Kutch district once the provision is made in its 2012-13 budget?
Gujarat

82. Who is appointed as chairman of Haldia Petrochemicals?
Kolkata’s industry minister Partha Chatterjee

83. Who is named as Peace ambassador of world religious Parliament?
Pt.Arjun Prasad Bastola

84. Who is appointed as Wipro’s banking head?
Rajan Kohli

85. Who was named as the winner of the Templeton Prize 2012 for his contribution to affirming life’s spiritual dimension?
Dalai Lama

86. Name the bill passed against conduct of any constitutional authority in India.
Judicial Accountability Bill

87. Where in India Guru Gobind Singh refinery will be inaugurated in
April 2012?
Bathinda, Southwest Punjab

88. Where in Chennai is the 2nd airport is to be setup?
Sriperumbudur

89. Where in Arunachal Pradesh Reserve Bank of India is planning to open its office?




Itanagar

90. Which Indian state passed Rs.201.05 crore deficit budget for the financial year 2012-13?
Arunachal Pradesh

91. Which IPL cricket team signed up with UNICEF in a bid to support the adolescent girls in India?
Delhi Daredevils

92. Who has replaced Shankar Bidari as DGP and IG in Karnataka?
A.R.Infant

93. Which Indian state would celebrate 77th foundation day on 1st
April 2012?
Odisha or Orissa

94. Name the 26/11 Mumbai terror survivor who has been selected as a flag bearer at the London 2012 Olympics.
Harnish Patel

95. Name the PSU bank whose 108 branches were inaugurated electronically by Union Minister of State for Finance Namo Narain Meena.
Syndicate Bank







Name the Kerala-based UAE business magnate who was awarded with
Interfaith Harmony Award at Kuala Lumpur.
M.A.Yusuf Ali

Name the bank that has entered into a partnership with Remit2home to offer Sri Lankans to transfer money back home.
Nations Trust Bank

Which country has India agreed 'in-principle' to the participation in hydro power-projects in the North-East?
Bangladesh

Name the Tech-savvy state which set a record by winning the National
Tourism Award for its website for 5th time in last 10 years.
Kerala

Who has been appointed as brand ambassador of fruit drink maker rasna?
Genelia D'souza

Which Malayalam language daily has tied up with Yahoo India to deliver premium digital content in Malayalam?
Malayala Manorama





Name the Delhi-based group which has been nominated in the best international brand/group award at the British Reggae Industry Awards. Reggar Rajahs

Which movie of Indian filmmaker Mani Ratnam is now part of the permanent collection at the Austrian Film Museum?
Raavanan

Name the book which is set to be launched by model-turned-actress
Diana Hayden.
A Beautiful Truth

Who has been awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize considered as
Nobel prize in Architecture?
Wang Shu

To which company did Kodak sell its online photo services business, Kodak Gallery?
Shutterfly

Which railway station became the first railway network to offer BluFi, a combination of Bluetooth and WiFi to provide information to passengers?
Bangalore City Railway Station


Name the Indian golfer who qualified for The Open Championship to be played in July at the Royal Lytham St Annes.
Anirban Lahiri

Which state bagged the second best national award in the Comprehensive
Development of Tourism category?
Rajasthan

Name the world's tallest free-standing broadcast tower at a height of
643m(2,080 ft) that has been erected in Japan.
Tokyo Sky Tree

Who will be appointed as Army chief to succeed Gen.V.K.Singh?
Lt.Gen.Bikram Singh

Name the men's mixed doubles winner of the ATP Dubai Open 2012.
Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna

When was the World's oldest post office opened as it celebrates its
300th anniversary?
1712 in Sanquhar, London

Who won the men's singles of ATP Dubai Open 2012?
Roger Federer




Name the Indian American filmmaker who won the '2012 Rising Star Award' for his feature film '9 Eleven' at the Canada International Film Festival.
Manan Singh Katohora

Who won the women's Kabaddi World Cup championship?
India

Who is expected to visit India with export of gas and investment on agenda?
Qatar's Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani

Who has been elected as Russian President?
Vladimir Putin

Name Charlie Chaplin's grand daughter who has made debut in Indian film 'Chaurahen'.
Kiera

Name the Global law firm which could open its office in India once the rules permit to do so.
Baker and McKenzie

Name the West Indian cricketer who died in a car accident recently.
Runako Morton


Name India's first 3D dance film.
ABCD (Any Body Can Dance)

Which company has bagged title sponsorship for Asia Cup 2012 for second consecutive
year?
Micromax Informatics Limited

Name the Italian business school which in association with Luxury Connect of New Delhi would start executive education programs in India with a special focus on luxury
business.
SDA Bocconi School of Management

Which 4 financial institutions have agreed to form country's first $2 billion (about Rs.10,000 crore) Infrastructure Development Fund to finance infrastructure projects in India?
Bank of Baroda, ICICI Bank, LIC and Citi Financial

With which South African firm did Tata Power enter in joint venture to develop power projects in Africa?
Exxaro

Who has been appointed as MD of Hyundai Motor India Ltd.?
Bo Shin Seo





Which Chinese Electric company has started office in India?
Shangai Electric

Which university conferred honoris causa(as honorary academic degree) during its 12th convocation to the finance minister Pranab Mukherjee? Assam University

Which India's leading commodity exchange would be listed on the BSE
making it India's first exchange to be listed?
Multi Commodity Exchange

Where is the world's highest altitude (13,500 feet) film festival set to begin?
Ladakh

Which cholesterol lowering tablet has Ranbaxy Laboratories launched in
4 European countries - Italy, Sweden, the Netherlands and Germany?
Atorvastatin

Which car was launched by Tata Motors at the Geneva Motor Show which could deliver 100 kilometers per litre of fuel (under battery only power)?
Tata Megapixel


Cachar Tea in Barak Valley of Assam is to be sold to which country?
Bangladesh

Which western India university will start the Institute of
International Studies?
M S University

HSBC will sell its general insurance for US $914 million to which 2 companies?
AXA Group and QBE Insurance Group

After 3 and 1/2 years which US investment bank has announced its exit from bankruptcy?
Lehman Brothers

Against which team India will play one-off Twenty20 International cricket on March 30th 2012 to commemorate the 150 years of settlement of Indians in that country?
South Africa

Which Bollywood female actor's wax statue was unveiled at the Madame
Tussauds wax museum?
Madhuri Dixit


Who retained his title of being the world's richest Indian in Forbes




magazine's annual list of the world's richest people?
Mukesh Ambani

Which Chinese subsidiary company took over Australia's Gloucester Coal miner in a multi-bllion dollar deal?
Yancoal

Name the music director - king of soft melodies who passed away recently.
Ravi Shankar Sharma

Name the BPO firm acquired by Mahindra Satyam for $27 million.
vCustomer biz

Who has been appointed as head coach of the Pakistan cricket team?
Dav Whatmore

Name the cricket personality called 'The Wall' who retired from
International cricket recently.
Rahul Dravid

Where is Kerala a film city is to be built?
Varikkassery Mana at Ottapalam

Who will be appointed as CEO of L&T?
K Venkataraman


Where in Europe the 82nd Edition of Motor Show 2012 is held?
Geneva

Name the chocolate boy of Hindia cinema during 1960's who passed away recently.
Joy Mukherjee

Who is appointed as ISI chief of Pakistan Government?
Lt. Gen. Zaheerul Islam

Which 5 provinces of Ecuador have been declared state of emergency as the country is hit by heavy flooding?
Manabi, Los Rios, Guayas, El Oro and Loja

Which Indian NGO has been chosen for America's first Innovation Award for the Empowerment of Women and Girls, for training and organising wastepickers and eliminating child labour from recycling?
Chintan

What is the reduced CRR of scheduled banks as revised by RBI at 75 basis points?
4.75%

Where did Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata inaugurate the first




classroom of Harvard Business School (HBS)?
Taj Lands End at Bandra suburb, Mumbai

At what value did Euro zone finance ministers release 2nd bailout package for debt-hit Greece?
$46.9 billion

What did Tibetans organise to mark anniversary at their main temple in
McLeodganj?
Tibetan National upraising day
Where was the International Financial Hub inaugurated in India
recently?

New Town, Kolkata
What is the extended number of days for advance reservation of Indian
railway tickets?
120

Which state has recorded an increase in foodgrains production that touched 50.22 lakh tonnes during Kharif 2011 season?
Haryana

Name the ambulance launched for farmers in Andhra Pradesh by Srihari
Kotela, a Charterted Accountant.
Rythu Ratham (Tollfree - 18002666208)


Who won the woman's All-England Open 2012 title?
Li Xuerui

Which non-banking finance arm of Tata Sons have decided to ramp up its travel business and focus on the retail segment?
Tata Capital

Which financial service will Nokia close in India?
Nokia Money

Which rank does India hold as per U5MR rates by UNICEF?
46th rank

Gujarat's which famous shawl got Geographical Indication(GI) tag?
Kutchi shawls

Which 3rd biggest economy of eurozone confirmed it is under recession?
Italy

Where is the 12th Edition of India Fashion Forum 2012 set to begin?
Bombay Exhibition Centre, Goregaon

Celebrating 107th Foundation Day Corporation Bank recently launched what service to its customers?
CorpBank Application for android tablets and smartphones





Who will take over the rein of Deutsche Bank CEO at the end of May
2012?
Anshu Jain

Which agricultural university has successfully produced the world's first cloned pashmina
goat?
Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology

Which chipmaker is developing as (ITV) Internet-based TV service?
Intel

Who was sworn in as Uttarkhand's Chief Minister?
Vijay Bahuguna

Name the Indian railway minister who will present Railway Budget 2012-
13.
Dinesh Trivedi

Which company launched India's first CDMA Android tablet?
Reliance Communications

Who has been appointed as Director General of Police for Punjab?
Sumedh Singh Saini

Which popular reference book will stop printing its famed 32-volume print edition and go
digital?
Britanica Encyclopaedia

Who and at what age became 5th time Chief Minister of Punjab?
Parkash Singh Badal

Where was FICCI FRAMES 2012 - Asia's largest global convention on film media and entertainment inaugurated?
Kolhapur, Maharashtra

Which former tennis player resigned from the board of the Kingfisher
Airlines?
Vijay Amritraj

Where was the 3rd International Exhibition and Conference on Civil
Aviation 2012 inaugurated?
Aviation India 2012, Hyderabad

Expand – COAI
COAI - Cellular Operators Association of India

Expand – AUTSPI
AUTSPI - Association of Unified Telecom Service Providers of India




Name the acting Cricket South Africa President who resigned recently.
AK Khan

Who is appointed as youngest Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh?
Akhilesh Yadav

What is the reduced interest rate on deposits in Employees Provident
Fund?
8.25%

What value of bailout fund did IMF approve for Greece recently?
28 billion euro

Name the Gujarat Chief minister whose image would be published on the
Time magazine's March 26th 2012 issue.
Narendra Modi

What is the hiked service tax announced in the annual budget 2012-13 on mobile phone bills?
2%


What is the proposed capital support to be infused to PSU's and financial institutions
during the next fiscal year as per Budget 2012-13?
Rs.15,888 crore

Name the online library launched by National Institute for Visually
Handicapped.
Online Braille Library

What is the proposed lowered securities transaction tax on cash delivery transactions?
0.1%

Who has been appointed as Additional Advocate General of Tamil Nadu?
P.H.Arvindh Pandian

From which tax will RBI be spared?
Wealth Tax

Name the chief executive of cricket South Africa who has been suspended.
Gerald Majola

Name the Indian Formula 1 driver who failed to qualify for Australian
GP.
Narain Karthikeyan

Which movement marked 6-month anniversary as over 200 protesters gathered in New York's Zuccotti Park?
Occupy Wall Street





Who won the Australian Grand Prix 2012?
Jenson Button

Who won the Swiss Open 2012 title against China's Shixian Wang?
Saina Nehwal

Who will replace Dinesh Trivedi as Railway Minister?
Mukul Roy

Which university in Jammu is organising 2-day Kishan Mela 2012?
Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology

Who won the Indian Wells 2012 title for a record fourth time?
Roger Federer

Name the hotel built in 1891 at Himachal Pradesh which has been granted National Heritage status.
Chail Palace




Who has been named India's Glam Diva?
Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra

Who is chosen for the NTR National Film Award 2010?
South Indian Actress Sharada

Who was adjudged boldest business person of the year 2011 at the Financial Times ArcelorMittal Boldness in Business Awards? Michael Woodford

Which European nation has tied up with the Indian Railways to renovate
14 railway stations in India?
Belgium

Name the Goa Tourism minister who died of heart attack recently?
Matanhy Saldanha

At what swap ratio did Tech Mahindra buyout Mahindra Satyam?
2:17

In amended divorce bill who would be given power to reduce or waive off the cooling period?
Court i.e. Judge

Which mircoblogging site is popularly known as 'SMS of the internet' which turned 6

years in March 2012?
Twitter




Which team won the cricket Asia Cup 2012?
Pakistan

Which Dubai-based airlines are open to investing in India as the
Government is considering allowing foreign airlines?
Emirates group
Which European nation was hit by 24-hour strike against austerity
measures agreed by the Government in return for an international bailout?
Portugal

Expand - NBFC
Non-Banking Finance Companies

Name the U.S. author who won the 8th annual Story prize for short fiction - "We Others".
Steven Millhauser


Which British newspaper won the annual Press Awards - the Oscars of
British Journalism?
Daily Mail (Newspaper and Website of the year)

What amount of loan for education has been offered to India by World
Bank?
$500 million

64 years after Independence which Indian state saw a locomotive train for the first time?
Manipur (12km from Jiribam to Dholakhal)

Longding became the 17th district of which Indian state?
Arunachal Pradesh

Name the 3 state-run power companies from Gujarat which bagged gold and brozen shields at the National Awards for Meritorious Performance in Power Sector.
Uttar Gujarat Vij Company Ltd. (UGVCL), Gujarat Energy Transmission
Company Ltd. (GETCO) and Madhya Gujarat Vij Company Ltd. (MGVCL)

Israeli Government is planning to setup 3 agricultural excellence centres in which Indian state?
Gujarat

Who has been nominated for World bank President post by US President?
Korean-American Physician-Anthropologist Jim Yong Kim

Name the company that launched Android tablet Ira costing Rs.4,000.
Wishtel

Which group of students scoring 90% and above could seek admission in undergraduate courses at Oxford University?




CBSE and ISC

To which Asian country are Indian oil companies set to export petroleum products?
Pakistan

Name the Padma Bhushan awardee who was honoured with 'Proclamation by the City of New York'.
Shabana Azmi

What is the validity period for cheques and bank drafts in India from
1st April 2012?
3 months from the date of issue
What is the all-time high of Cardamom export during April-January
fiscal?
3,900 tonnes valued at Rs.308.32 crore

Who won the Malaysian GP 2012?
Fernando Alonso

Who recently visited Korean demilitarised zone?
US President - Barack Obama

Name the polish lady who did her PhD. in Sanskrit and then translated
Bhagavad Gita into Polish recently.
Anna Racinska

Name the boxers who won gold medals at the 6th Asian Boxing
Championships in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
MC.Mary Kom and L.Sarita Devi

Where in Chennai is the 2nd airport is to be setup?
Sriperumbudur

Which actor passed away as the Kerala Government selected him for J.C.Daniel award for his contributions to the Malayalam industry? Jose Prakash

Where in India the Para Athletics National Championship 2012 held which is also a selection trial for London Paralympics?
Bangalore

Where in Kenya oil has been discovered for the first time?
Ngamia-1 in Turkana County

What is the increased interest rate on small savings scheme such as
PPF and NSC applicable from 1st April 2012?
PPF - 8.8% from 8.6% NSC - 8.9% from 8.7%

Name the website launched to facilitate job prospects for Jammu and
Kashmir youths.
nsdcindia.org/udaan




Who won 2nd silver medal in the men's 50m rifle three position at the
Amir of Kuwait International Shooting Grand Prix?
Gagan Narang

Name the new tax norms which will come into effect from April 1st
2012.
GAAR - General Anti-Avoidance Rules

Which 2 banking facilities would not require signature attestation instead only thumb impression as per RBI?
Fixed deposits and Opening a bank locker

Who was elected as Speaker of the Uttarkhand Assembly after defeating
Harbans Kapoor by 8 votes?
Govind Singh Kunjwal
Who has replaced Subhinder Singh Prem as Managing Director for Adidas
Group India?

Claus Heckerott
Which state will get its first commercial dairy for processing of
camel milk into various products in Kutch district once the provision is made in its 2012-13 budget?

Gujarat

Which 2 states in India has the production of rice doubled?
Bihar and Jharkhand

Which Indian state marks 100 years and set to celebrate it with a fashion show called "Silks of Bihar"?
Bihar

Which IT and network technologies have planned to setup mobile communication system development centre in India?
NEC Corporation

Which company's Indian mutual fund business would L&T Finance acquire?
Fidelity

Who is appointed as chairman of Haldia Petrochemicals?
Kolkata's industry minister Partha Chatterjee

Which Sheffield based independent wholesale distributor of commercial vehicle parts and accessories did TVS Group acquire?
Universal Components

Which magazine named N.R.Narayana Murthy among the 12 greatest entrepreneurs?
Fortune magazine

Name the Chinese President who is in India on a 2-day visit to


participate in the BRICS summit 2012.
Hu Jintao

What value of funding has been approved by World Bank for the
Rajasthan agricultural competitiveness project in India?
$109 million

With which Chinese company did suzlon tie up to develop 800 MW of domestic and international projects over the next 3 years?
CGN Wind Energy Co.


To which company Sify Technologies Limited will sell its entire stake in MF Global Sify

Securities India Pvt. Ltd.?
PhillipCapital Group, Singapore-based financial services company


Who is named as Peace ambassador of world religious Parliament?
Pt.Arjun Prasad Bastola




Which part of India could possibly head towards 2nd green revolution with substantial increase in rice production?
Eastern states

When was Earth Hour 2012 observed?
March 31st 2012 (8:30pm to 9:30pm)

To mark the 150th birth anniversary of which personality has the Bengali Association of Jharkhand will celebrate 3-day 13th Bangla Sanskritik Mela from April 13th 2012?
Swami Vivekananda

Who has been named president of Pay Pal unit to replace Scott
Thompson?
David Marcus


Which IPL cricket team signed up with UNICEF in a bid to support the adolescent girls in India?
Delhi Daredevils

Who has replaced Shankar Bidari as DGP and IG in Karnataka?
A.R.Infant

Which Indian state would celebrate 77th foundation day on 1st April
2012?
Odisha or Orissa




Name the 26/11 Mumbai terror survivor who has been selected as a flag bearer at the London 2012 Olympics.
Harnish Patel

Name the PSU bank whose 108 branches were inaugurated electronically by Union Minister of State for Finance Namo Narain Meena.
Syndicate Bank

Which part of India has Scottish Development International has plans to setup office to promote investment into Scotland and help domestic companies explore new export markets?
South India (Chennai or Bangalore)