Current Affairs – 2012- February

Current Affairs – 2012- February
1. The World’s Youngest MCP and CCNA, who has exceptionally
highest IQ in the world ?
Vishalini 11 year old Indian girl Vishalini, Born in
Thirunelveli, a small city of Tamil Nadu.
2. Name the Pakistani cricketer who was released from jail
because of good behaviour after serving half of his 6 month
sentence.
Mohammad Aamer
3. Which author’s autobiography release was cancelled at the
Kolkata Book Fair?
Taslima Nasreen
4. Name the luxury watch collection launched by Seiko Watch
India at a price range of Rs.1-5 lakh per piece.
Ananta
5. What value of overseas inflow was injected into Indian
markets in January 2012?
Rs.26,000 crore (US$5.08 billion)
6. Which guidelines have SEBI notified allowing companies to
reduce promoter shareholding through private placement?
Institutional Placement Programme (IPP)
7. Which company will acquire full control of UTV Software and
Communications Ltd.?
US-based Walt Disney
8. What is the value of IPO filed by Facebook?
$5 billion
9. Expand SAR.
Specific Absorption Rate
10. Who was awarded ‘Pride of India’ award by the Indian-
American community in Washington?
Mallikarjun Kharge
11. Name the book launched by Sonu Nigam authored by Priya
Kumar.
The Perfect World
12. Which Italian luxury brand is looking to bring its high-end
homeware and furnishings retail stores to India?
Giorgio Armani
13. Which country announced 3-day national mourning following
violence at a football stadium in Port Said?
Egypt
14. Who is World’s shortest man ?
72-year-old Chandra Bahadur Dangi of Nepal
15. Which bollywood actor was honoured with a Green Globe award
for outstanding effort to fight climate change?
Abhishek Bachchan
16. Name the singer who has been appointed as anti-tobacco
campaign ambassador.
Playback Singer Shann
17. Name the car model unveiled by Sahara Force India.
VJM05
18. What award was conferred to Amul company in the
manufacturing category recently?
Green Globe Foundation award
19. Who have been selected for the Bharat Vikas Rathna award by
the All India Business Development Association, New Delhi?
C Basavegowda, President, Mysore and Chamarajanagar District Cooperative
Central
Bank Ltd.
20. Who will be the only Indian driver in the Formula One for
2012 season after signing to continue with Hispania Racing
(HRT)?
Narain Karthikeyan
21. Name the British energy minister who resigned recently.
Chris Huhne
22. Name the car launched by Ferrari for 2012 F1 season?
F2012
23. Name the CEO of Micron Technology who died in a plane crash
and who has been appointed as CEO?
Steve Appleton and Mark Durcan
24. In which country have UN declared end of famine?
Somalia
25. Which social networking site turned 8 recently?
Facebook
26. Who has been appointed as Executive Director of Corporation
Bank?
Amar Lal
27. Who won the World Squash Federation under-21 world cup?
Egypt against India 2-1
28. Which 3-day youth festival is back after a gap of 7 years in
Jaipur?
Ghoomar
29. Who won the Champions Trophy women’s hockey tournament for
the 5th time?
Argentina
30.Name the Romanian Prime Minister who quit recently.
Emil Boc
31. Name the Managing Director and CEO of Dhanlaxmi Bank who
quit recently.
Amitabh Chaturvedi
32. Name the Mumbai-based historian who passed away recently.
Sharada Dwivedi
31. Name the science communicator who passed away recently.
R.D.Sharma
32. In which currency is India set to pay for 45% of Iran oil
imports?
Rupee
33. Name the Maldives President who was appointed after Mohamed
Nasheed quit.
Mohammad Waheed Hassan
34. Who has been appointed as Chief executive operations for
China’s Walmart?
Greg Foran
35. Name the novelist whose 200th birthday ceremony was observed
led by Prince Charles.
Chalres Dickens
36. Which company renewed sponsorship deal with Indian hockey
team?
Sahara
37. Which singer is launching her own social networking website
exclusively for her fans?
Lady Gaga
38. Name the book featuring the problems of NRI’s living in
Gulf countries released by Mohammed Ali Shabbir and written by
Mohammed Saifuddin.
Expat Ride
39. India-born biologist who bags world’s 1st major
international award?
Kamal Bawa
40. Which country released world’s highest resolution lunar
images taken by its 2nd moon orbiter, Chang’e-2?
China
41. What percentage of the world’s mangrove vegetation does
India account for?
3%
42. Which place in Tamil Nadu is all set to get 4th Science
Park?
Coimbatore
43. Name the Indian American orthodontist who was honoured
with ‘Hind Rattan Award’.
Dr.Gagan Balla
44. What sum of amount is National Housing Bank set to receive
from World Bank which would help in its refinancing programme?
$300 million(Rs.1,500 crore)
45. Name the newly elected President of Federation of Indian
Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)?
R.V.Kanoria
46. Which cricket batting legend is been inducted into ICC Hall
of Fame?
Sunil Gavaskar
47. Name the commission setup in accordance with Section 74 of
the Meghalaya Police Act.
Police Accountability Commission
48. What sum of amount has Bank of England set to pump into
economy?
50 billion pounds
49. Name the electronics retailer bought by Flipkart for $25
million.
Letsbuy
50. When is Windows 8 set to be released by Microsoft?
February 29th 2012
51. Veteran Bollywood writer-filmmaker who died recently ?
O.P. Dutta
52. Which company will stop making digital cameras, pocket video
cameras and digital picture frames?
Eastman Kodak Co. (Kodak)
53. Name the German’s 1997 Tour de France winner who received 2-
year ban for a blood doping offence.
Jan Ullrich
54. Who was honoured with Lata Mangehkar award by the Madhya
Pradesh government recently?
Rajesh Roshan
55. Name the site launched by an Italian computer science
professor who hopes it will be a challenge to the US technology
giant Google.
Volunia (www.volunia.com)
56. Which bank is set to launch India’s first Infrastructure
Debt Fund (IDF)?
IDBI bank
57. Where is the wax sculpture of Novak Djokovic revealed?
Central Serbian town of Jagodina
58. Who has been appointed as non-executive chairman for India
operations by Vodafone?
Analjit Singh
59. Name the bollywood writer-filmmaker who passed away
recently.
O.P.Dutta
60. Why zebras have black and white stripes (recently solved
mystery)?
To keep blood-sucking files away
61. Which economist is named for US Humanities medal?
Amartya Sen
62. Who is the first Indian defence minister to visit Saudi
Arabia?
A.K.Antony
63. Name the former secretary-general of Basketball Federation
of India who passed away recently.
Harish Sharma
64. Name the US-based pop music queen who died recently.
Whitney Houston
65. Who won the women’s doubles event at the Pattaya Open 2012?
Sania Mirza and Anastasia Rodionova
66. Who has been elected as Deputy Chief of Indian Army?
Lt.Gen.Ramesh Halgali
67. Who was honoured with a posthumous Grammy award for
his contributions to the music industry in area other than
performance?
Steve Jobs
68. What percentage is the planned road tax for vehicles across
India?
6%
69. Who has been appointed as the Managing Director for India
and SAARC operations by McAfee?
Jagdish Mahapatra
70. Who will replace Eric Simons as Indian cricket bowling
coach?
Australian, Joe Dawes
71. Who took over as president of Institute of Chartered
Accountants of India for the year 2012-13?
Jaydeep Shah
72. Name the renowned Urdu poet who passed away after battling
lung cancer recently.
Akhlaq Mohammad Khan
73. Name the Karnataka Higher Education Minister who passed away
in Bangalore recently.
V.S.Acharya
74. Who was honoured with Serbia’s highest honour, the
Karadjordje Star medal?
Novak Djokovic
75. At what value has Bank of Japan set to expand its asset
purchase programme?
10tn yen($130 billion)
76. Where in India 9-day 20th World Book Fair is held?
New Delhi Read More
77. Where does India’s forex reserves stand for the week ended
17th February 2012?
$293.44 billion
78. Name the cricketer who was honoured with lifetime membership
of the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Sachin Tendulkar
79. Which country has been ranked as the world’s richest country
in the list compiled by US magazine Forbes?
Qatar
80. Which country did India beat to qualify for London Olympics
men’s hockey 2012?
France
81. Which west Asian country approved for new constitution
recently?
Syria
82. Which model of Nokia phone has been built with 41-megapixel
sensor camera?
Nokia 808 Pureview camera phone
83. Name the chief appointed for Pakistan Air Force.
Air Marshal Tahir Rafiq Butt
84. Which company signed a long-term agreement to supply 250 MW
power to Bangladesh Power Development Board?
NTPC
85. What value of second bailout pacakge did German parliament
pass for Greece to help the country avoid a default?
130 billion euros ($174.4 billion)
86. Name the digital music store launched by flipkart.com.
Flyte
87. Where in India was the inaugural World Series Hockey
tournament held?
Chandigarh
88. Which company bagged Airtel’s network deal for Maharashtra?
Nokia Siemens
89. Who has been appointed as chairman of MindTree?
Subroto Bagchi
90. Name the online property search portal launched by HDFC in
Kolkata
HDFC Red
91. Who resigned as PepsiCo India Foods CEO?
Varun Berry
92. Name the application launched by Vigyan Prasar and IGNOU as
a free SMS service for mobile users that delivers content on
science and related areas.
Science@Mobile