General Knowledge Question

For Various Competitive Examinations 

• Navajivan Express' runs between: Chennai-Ahmedabad
• RISAT-1, which was put in orbit in April 2012 by PSLV-C19, is the heaviest satellite launched by India so far with a weight of :1,858 kg
• The two-day 20th ASEAN Summit was held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia in 2012 in the month of:April-2012
• Abd-Rabbu Mansour was recently elected as the President of which one of the following Arab nation :Yemen
• Name the Tamil author who was announced the winner of the Saraswati Samman 2011 by K.K. Birla Foundation announced on March 22, 2012 for his book Irama Kathaiyum Iramayakalum.:A.A. Manavalan 
• Which legendary versatile Bengali actor was on March 21,2012 selected for India's highest film honour the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2012:Soumitra Chatterjee 
• Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh during his tour of Maharashtra's Satara district announced on March 11,2012 a national award for sanitation and water in the name of which of the following Maharashtrian saints:Sant Gadge Baba 
• Akali Dal Chief Prakash Singh Badal, sworn in as the chief minister of Punjab on March 14, 2012. Badal became the chief minister of the state for:Fifth time 
• Which one of the following state governments imposed restrictions on the visit of foreign tourists to the areas inhabited by Tribals:Odisha 
• Indian black eagle was spotted in the Aravali Biodiversity park after a gap of : 90 years. 
• Name the freedom fighter with picture of whom Rs.5 coin would be introduced by RBI.:Bhagat Singh 
• Name the news search engine introduced by Rediff.com:Real time News Search 
• Tiger brand is associated with which company:Britannia 
• Name the cricketer who was honored with lifetime membership the Sydney Cricket Ground:Sachin Tendulkar 
• Which country has been ranked as the world’s richest country in the list compiled by US magazine Forbes;Qatar 
• Which country did India beat to qualify for London Olympics men’s hockey 2012:France 
• Name the service that is to be launched by Times Group to enable viewers to watch movies and TV shows online:BoxTV.com 
• 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 
• Who won the Allan Border medal (Australia cricketer of the year) award 2012:Michael Clarke 
• Which west Asian country approved for new constitution recently:Syria 
• Which model of Nokia phone has been built with 41-megapixel sensor camera:Nokia 808 Pureview camera phone 
• Name the digital music store launched by flipkart.com:FlyteDownload From
• Name the online property search portal launched by HDFC in Kolkata:HDFC Red 
• 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 
• Name the Kerala-based UAE business magnate who was awarded with Interfaith Harmony Award at Kuala Lumpur;M.A.Yusuf Ali 
• 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 
• Name the book which is set to be launched by model-turnedactress Diana Hayden:A Beautiful Truth 
• Who has been awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize considered as Nobel prize in Architecture:Wang Shu 
• 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:RajasthanDownload 
• Name the men’s mixed doubles winner of the ATP Dubai Open 2012:Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna 
• 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 has been elected as Russian President recently:Vladimir Putin
• Name of Taslima Nasreen’s autobiography:Nirbasan 
• Who is World’s shortest man as per recent Guinness World Records ;72-year old Chandra Bahadur Dangi of Nepal 
• Name the Romanian Prime Minister who quit recently:Emil Boc 
• Name the Maldives President who was appointed after Mohamed Nasheed quit:Mohammad Waheed Hassan 
• Which singer is launching her own social networking website exclusively for her fans:Lady Gaga
• Which country released world’s highest resolution lunar images taken by its 2nd moon orbiter, Chang’e-2:China 
• Who was honoured with Lata Mangehkar award by the Madhya Pradesh government recently:Rajesh Roshan 
• Why zebras have black and white stripes (recently solved mystery):To keep blood-sucking files away 
• Who was honoured with a posthumous Grammy award for his contributions to the music industry in area other than performance:Steve Jobs 
• Name the yesteryear actress who featured in the popular song ‘Ae Meri Zohra Jabeen’ from the film ‘Waqt’who passed away recently:Achala Sachdev passed away at a Pune hospital on April 30, 2012. was 91 year old. 
• Where in India, largest solar power plant with an installed capacity of 40 MW started producing electricity:Pokhran in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan
• Which department in India plans to set up 1000 ATM’s across 6 states:Postal department
• Who created history by becoming the first Indian female wrestler to have qualified for the London Olympics 2012:Geeta
• Who has been appointed next Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission:Ratan Kumar Sinha

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