Current Affairs Short Answers-2012(June-July)

1. Who is appointed as Chairman for Australian and New Zealand  operations by Mahindra Satyam?

Answer: Edward Ted Pretty

2. Where did the Boeing Phanton Eye drone made its ground?
Answer: Edwards Air Force Base

3. What quantity o f wheat would be exported to ease storage crunch in India?

Answer: 2 million tonnes

4. Who is named as Navy chief as Admiral Nirmal Verma retires on August 31st 2012?
Answer: D.K.Joshi

5. What is the process used to recall a document saved previously called?

Answer: Retrieve

6. Which PSU bank has waived off minimum balance criteria for savings b ank account?

Answer: State Bank of India

7. How are data organized in a spreadsheet?

Answer: Rows and Columns

8. What is the meaning of the word  ”Congress”?

Answer: Assembly of the People

9.Which scam-hit bank’s license was cancelled by Reserve Bank of India recently?
Answer: Madhavpura Mercantile Cooperative Bank (MMCB)

10. Name the Wisconsin governor in USA who survived recall.
Answer: Scott Walker

11. Who was responsible for establishing Indian National Congress?

Answer: A.O.Hume

12. VIRUS stands for?

Answer: Vital Information Resource under Siege

13. When was East Indian Association formed?

Answer: 1866

14. Expand IIAS. (Hint: Arsenic)

Answer: International Institute of Arsenic Studies

15. Who suggested the word Congress for “Indian National Congress”?

Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji

16. How many gold did India win on 1st day of Commonwealth Weightlifting?
Answer: 11 gold

17. Who will become the first Indian woman and 5th sportsperson to be conferred with Lt.Colonel rank?

Answer: MC Mary Kom

18. Who was the first president of Indian National Congress (INC)?

Answer: W.C.Banerjee

19. Name the author of ‘The Twilight Zone’ who passed away recently.
Answer: Ray Bradbury

20. Name the writer who has been felicitated with an Assamese Japi.
Answer: Chetan Bhagat

21. Who won the Thailand Open 2012?

Answer: Saina Nehwal

22. What value of investment proposal did Karnataka get across 14 sectors on the 1st day of 2nd Global Investors Meet (GIM 2012)?
Answer: Rs.5 trillion (Rs.5 lakh crore)

23. Which state will observe July 2012 as anti-dengue month?

Answer: Punjab

24. Name the Chief Operating Officer of Barclays who quit recently.

Answer: Jerry del Missier

25. Over what value of annual turnover will imp act private tuition providers to pay 12% tax out of the earnings?

Answer: Rs.10 lakh

26. What rate of interest did European Central Bank retain?
Answer: 1%

27. From which country India is set to buy 8 warships?
Answer: South Korea

28. Who won the Irish Open 2012 title?

Answer: Welshman Jamie Donaldson

29. Which country is set to launch manned spacecraft in June 2012?
Answer: China

30. How do we know Bob Diamond with respect to b anking domain?

Answer: Ex-CEO of Barclays

31. To which Eurogroup the Eurozone finance ministers were willing to respond favourably to the need of 100 billion euros to a bailout request from its troubled banks?
Answer: Spain

32. Who won and retained European Championship title 2012?

Answer: Spain