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July 2012 Current Affairs for upcoming IBPS CWE

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 03:24 AM PDT

Are you searching for Current Affairs of July 2012? Here it is. We have announced some days ago in our Facebook Page about the publication of July 2012 Current affairs. Today we are going to post a list of top most important current affairs of July 2012 that will be considered as the sample general awareness questions for IBPS exam 2012. Have a check.

Q: The Gross Direct Tax collection in April-June 2012-13 rose by A: 6.77 per cent Q: In April-June 2012-13 the Banks Credit rose by A: 1.2% Q: Who has been elected as the new chief minister of Karnataka? A: Mr. Jagadish Shettar Q: What is the full form of TUFS? A: Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme Q: Who is appointed as the chairman of Controller General of Account(CGA)? A: Jawahar Thakur Q: Full form of CERN isA: European Centre for Nuclear Research (announces the existence of God Particle) Q: ISRO has recently announced about Indias first satellite launched in 2013. What is the name of the satellite? A: Astrosat (Dedicated to astronomy) Q: Name the new President of India. A: Mr. Pranab Mukherjee, 13th President of India

Q: New Vice-President of India isA: Hamid Ansari Q: Indias supersonic BrahMos cruise missile has been tested inA: Balasore, Odisha Q: How much amount of package did PM Dr. Manmohan Singh announce to Assam for the latest sectarian violence? A: Rs. 300 crore Q: Indias total public debt increased by A: 4.9 percent Q: Name the US cargo ship that carries humanitarian from USA to Cuba recently. A: Ana Cecila Q: Who is the Syria peace mediator from UN? A: Mr. Kofi Annan

Q: What is the name of Russias upper house of Parliament? A: Duma Q: Who is the present President of Syria? A: Bashar al-Assad

Q: Name the present Prime Minister of Greece. A: Antonis Samaras Q: Who is the president of Romania? A: Train Basescu Q: Indias which team won 19 medals at the Asian Cadet Championship held at Kyrgyzstan? A: Wrestlers team Q: Who has won the silver medal in mens 25m rapid fire pistol in London Olympics 2012? A: Vijay Kumar Q: Who won the bronze medal in badminton in London Olympics 2012? A: Saina Nehwal Q: Who won the bronze medal in 10m air rifle in London Olympics? A: Gagan Narang Q: Who won the Scottish Open golf tournament 2012? A: Jeev Milkha Singh Q: Indias junior mens squash team made history by winning the squash championship 2012 in Doha, Qatar. Which medal did they win? A: Bronze Q: Who won the German Grand Prix F1 title 2012? A: Ferraris racer Fernando Alonso (Spain) Q: How many events were in London Olympics 2012? A: 302 Q: How many athletes were in London Olympics 2012? A: 10500 Q: How many countries participated in London Olympics 2012? A: 204 Q: Who did carry the Indian National Flag in march past of London Olympics Opening Ceremony 2012? A: Sushil Kumar Q: On which day London Olympics 2012 was started? A: 27th July Q: Who won the first gold medal in London Olympics 2012? A: Yi Siling (China) Q: Which Indian shooter won the first medal for India in London Olympics 2012? A: Gagan Narang (Bronze medal in 10 m air rifle) Q: Who won the Hungarian Grand Prix F1 championship 2012? A: Lewis Hamilton

Q: Which country won the Euro Cup 2012? A: Spain(beat Italy at 4-0) Q: The winners of Wimbledon mens doubles title 2012 areA: Jonathan Marray and Frederik Nielson

Q: Name the winners of Wimbledon womens doubles title 2012. A: Serena and Venus Williams Q: Name the winners of Wimbledon mixed doubles title 2012. A: Mike Bryan and Lisa Raymond

Top 30 current affairs of June 2012 helpful for upcoming IBPS Exam
A few days ago we have discussed about Top 22 Current Affairs of May 2012. Today we are going to post here about top 30 current affairs of June 2012 that will be very helpful for IBPS exam. If you are too worry about the general awareness for IBPS exam, then read this set of current affairs that has been made easy for you to be remembered. Have a check.

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Who has been appointed as the new Chief Election Commissioner of India? Mr. V.S Sampath

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Where was the G20 summit held in 2012? Los Cabos, Mexico

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Name the Prime Minister of Nepal at present. Baburam Bhattarai

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Who has been elected as the new Prime Minister of Pakistan? Mr. Raja Pervej Ashraf

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Which country recently sent their first woman into space? China

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In which city the Rio+20 conference was held in 2012? Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Who has been elected as the new President of Egypt? Mr. Mohamed Morsy

Q: Who has been elected as the new Prime Minister of Greece? A: Antonis Samaras

Q: Which Union Minister of India recently resigned from ministry after being accused for corruption? A: Virbhadra Singh

Q: In which state Virbhadra Singh was the Chief Minister for five times? A: Himachal Pradesh

Q: Who has got Karen Harvey Prize 2012? A: Bengali scientist Dibyendu Nandi of Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata.

Q: Which country has won the Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament 2012? A: New Zealand

Q: Which Indian player has been honoured with Wisden Indias maiden outstanding Achievement Award? A: Sachin Tendulkar

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Who has won the Miss Asia Pacific World 2012 crown held in Busan, South Korea? Ms. Himangini Singh Yadu of India on 16th June, 2012

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Who has won the French Open womens singles title in 2012? Maria Sarapova of Russia

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Who has won the French Open mens singles title in 2012? Rafael Nadal of Spain

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Who has won the Thailand Open Grand Prix badminton championship 2012? Saina Nehwal

Q: Name the Indian shooter who has won the junior womens air rifle Gold at the International Junior Shooting Competition 2012 in Suhl, Germany? A: Shriyanka Sadangi

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Who has won the Indonesian Open Super Series title in 2012? Saina Nehwal

Q: Name the player who has won the Canadian Grand Prix Formula One title 2012 in Montreal, Canada. A: Lewis Hamilton

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Who has won the European Grand Prix Formula One championship in 2012?

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Fernando Alonso of Ferrari

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Which Indian player has won the Li-Ning Victorian Badminton Championship 2012? Anup Sridhar

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Who has been elected as the new President of the International Cricket Council (ICC)? Alan Isaac of New Zealand

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Who was the President of ICC before Alan Isaac? Mr. Sharad Pawar

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Which famous Gazal singer was died recently? Mehdi Hasan

Q: Which pakistans player has been banned recently by the England Cricket Board (ECB) for spot fixing in County Cricket? A: Danish Kaneria

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Name the player who has scored highest runs in Test cricket as a 11th player. Tino Best of West Indies (95 runs against Bangladesh on 10th June, 2012)

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Name the players who have won the French Open mixed doubles title 2012. Mahesh Bhupati and Sania Mirza

Q: Name the woman lawn tennis player of India (besides Sania Mirza) who has got the Wild Card Entry in womens doubles in London Olympic. A: Rushmi Chakraborty

Q: Who has been selected as the best football coach of India in 2012 by IFF? A: Armendo Colaso

20 Sample General Awareness questions for IBPS PO/SO/Clerk/RRB exam 2012

Some days ago we have post Top 22 current affairs questions of May 2012 that is helpful for upcoming IBPS exam for Clerk/Po/Specialist Officer/RRBs. Today we are going to discuss 20 samplegeneral knowledge question for IBPS exam 2012. Each question has four options and at the end of each question you will find a button saying Show Answer, by clicking this button you will see the correct answer. Lets take a mock test for IBPS exam 2012 sitting at your home. 1) Who designed the symbol of Indian Rupee?

A. D Uday Reddy B. D Kumar Raju @. Udai Kumar D. D Udit Kumar

2 ) Who wrote the book 'The Masque of Africa'? A. Tony Blair @. V S Naipal C. Jhumpa Lahiri D. M S Swaminathan

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Which of the following country relates to 'Jasmine Revolution'?

A. Lybia B. Sudan @. Tunisia D. Egypt

4) Who announced the first Industrial policy in India in 1948? A. J L Nehru B. Sardar Patel @. S P Mukhejee D. S Chetty

5) A. B. C.

Which team has won the first Indian Premier League (IPL)? KKR Mumbai Indians Chennai Super kings

@.

Rajasthan royals

6) The amount of food grain under the Annapurna Scheme is provided to an eligible person every month is ________________ A. B. C. @. 10 kg 5 kg 7 kg 15 kg

7) Which of the following is a zero based budget? A. B. C. @. Balance budget Deficit budget Surplus budget All of the above

8) @. B. C. D.

Whose signature is present in Ten Rupee notes?________________ Governor of RBI Chaiman of SBI Finance Secretary Finance Minister

9) The maximum share in National Income of India constitutes in __________ A. B. @. D. Primary sector Secondary sector Tertiary sector All of the above

10) @. B. C. D.

Who had scored first 10,000 runs in International Test cricket? Sunil Gavaskar Sachin Tendulkar Ricky Ponting Brain Lara

11) A. B. C. @.

Pankaj Advani is associated with________________ Shooting Badminton Boxing Billiards

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UNESCO gives the award_______________ Pulitzer prize Kalinga prize Man Booker prize None of this

13) @. B. C. D.

Open Market Operation (OMO) is carried out by________________ RBI Finance Ministry Ministry of Commerce Planning Commission

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Who is known as the 'Father of Modern India' ? Mahatma Gandhi Subhash Chandra Bose M G Ranade Ram Mohon Roy

15) A. B. C. @.

The book 'The God of Small Things' is written by _______ V S Naipal Chetan Bhagat Anita Desai Arundhati roy

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Who is the national ambassador of the UNICEF at present?

A. B. C. @.

Amitav Bachchan Sharukh Khan Salman Khan Amir Khan

17) From which country US President Barack Obama decided to withdraw 10000 troops at the end of 2011? A. B. C. @. Iraq Pakisthan Iran Afganisthan

18) A. B. @. D.

Rauf is a tribal/folk dance of ________________ UP Bihar Jammu & Kashmir Rajasthan

19) Which of the following country has decided to increase bilateral trade to $200 billion by 2020 with Russia? A. India @. China C. Japan D. USA

20) The minimum age to be nominated as a member of Lok Shabha is A. 30 @. 25 C. 35 D. 21

15 Sample General Awareness Questions for IBPS RRBs 2012 Exam

We have announced few days ago to post sample GK questions for IBPS RRBs 2012 exam. Today we are going to post here 15 such sample questions which would be very useful for upcoming IBPS RRBs 2012

exam. Judge yourself ! 1) Name the India's Nuclear capable surface-to-surface missiles_______________ @. B. C. D. Agni-I Arjun-II Dronacharya-II Edusat-IV

2) A. B. @. D.

The book written by Chetan Bhagat is________________ Purpose of LIfe My Life Three Mistakes of My Life Shalimar the Crown

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In which of the following countries 'Grameen Bank', the bank of poor is present?

A. India B. Sri Lanka C. Nepal @. Bangladesh

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In which game Santosh Trophy is associated?

A. Cricket @. Football C. Badminton D. Chess

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On which day International Mother's Day is observed?

@. Second Sunday of May B. First Sunday of June C. Second Sunday of June D. Fisr Sunday of April

6)

With which of the following country India has done 123 Agreement?

A. England B. France

C. Russia @. USA

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The full form of FII is________________

@. Foreign Institutional Investment B. Formal Investment in India C. Final Investment in India D. Fair Institutional Investment

8)

Name the public sector unit from the following options.________________

A. ICICI Bank B. TCS @. BHEL D. TESCO

9)

In which country Federal Reserve organization is present?

A. France B. Canada @. USA D. Japan

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"Nation Banks on us" is a punch line of which of the following banks?

A. IDBI Bank @. Corporation Bank C. Bank of India D. UCO Bank

11) Usain Bolt, a world famous sprinter is a citizen of which of the following countries? A. USA B. South Africa C. West Indies @. Jamaica

12) The political party of late Benazir Bhutto is________________ @. Pakistan's People's Party B. Muslim League C. Pakistan National Congress D. None of this

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World's biggest consumer of gold is________________

A. Japan @. India C. USA D. Russia

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The author of the book 'Namesake' is________________

A. Shobha De B. Vikram Seth @. Jhumpa Lahiri D. Kiran Desai

15)

Who is appointed as the new Chief of Naval Staff on June 5, 2012?

@. Devendra Kumar Joshi B. Vikram Singh C. Nirmal Verma D. None of this

Blue Revolution - Fisheries Development Brown Revolution - Leather Production Gray Revolution - Housing Development Green Revolution - Agriculture Production Pink Revolution - Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Silver Revolution - Egg Production White Revolution - Dairy Development

Yellow Revolution - Oil Seed Production

New List India National Days

January 9 -NRI Day January 12 -Youth Day January 15 -Army Day January 24 -National Girl Child Day January 25 -National Tourism Day, National Voters Day January 26 -Indian Republic Day January 30 -Martyr's Day February 1 -National Costal Area Protection Day February 19 -Panchayati Raj Day February 24 -Central Excise Day February 28 -Science Day March 4 -National Safety Day March 18 -Ordnace Factory Day April 5 -National Maritime Day April 14 -Dr. B. R. Ambedkar's Birthday May 1 -Labour Day May 11 -Technical Education Day, National Technology Day May 21 -Anti Terrorism Day May 29 -Everest Day June 29 -Statistics Day July 26 -Kargil Victory Day August 9 -Quit India Day August 15 -Independence Day August 20 August 29 -Sadbhavana Day -Sports Day

September 5 -Teachers Day September 14 -Hindi Day September 15 -Engineers Day

October 2 October 8

-Gandhi Jayanti -Airforce Day

October 10 -Postal Day October 13 -Filately Day October 31 -National Integration Day November 9 -Law Day November 11 -Education Day November 14 -Childrens Day November 19 -Citizen Day November 24 -NCC Day December 2 -National Pollution Control Day December 4 -Indian Navy Day December 7 -Armed Forces Flag Day December 18 -Minority Rights Day December 23 -Farmers Day December 24 -Consumer Day