Latest Current Affairs Questions and Answers of June, 2012

         Who took over as president of the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India?

          

         Ans- Rajkumar Dhoot

               Who was elected as Yemen’s new President?

Ans- Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi

             Who will be the next Indian Army Chief?

Ans-Bikram Singh

         The President Prativa Devisingh Patil was launching the national Pulse Polio Programme for 2012 and administered Polio vaccine drops to_______ children at Rashtrapati Bhawan.

Ans-: 8.

           Who has assumed charge as Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary?

Ans- Jalil Abbas Jilani

           Who has been appointed as director General, National Disaster Response Force and Civil defence?

Ans- Prakash Mishra

           Who has been sworn in as the chief Minister of Goa?

Ans-Manohar Parrikar

           Which is the largest state in North-East in terms of area?

Ans- Arunachal Pradesh.

  

             Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar presented the ‘Degree of Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa)’ to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at _________ convocation of IARI.

Ans- 50^th

            Who has been honoured US government with a prestigious ‘Outstanding American by Choice’ Award?

Ans- Vivek Wadhwa

  

                          Who has released the “India Reference Annual 2012” and “Bharat 2012”?

       Ans- Mohan Jatua.

                        Psychoanalyst and writer _________ was awarded Germany’s Order of Merit.

Ans- Sudhir Kakar

Legendry printer _________ has been conferred the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Indian Chamber of Commerce.

Ans-: Ganesh Pyne

              Former ____________ Secretary M.A. Vellodi died

Ans- External Affairs Ministry

                        Renowned cricket commentator, Ranil Abeynaike of __________ passed away

Ans- Sri Lanka

                        Pandit Nidan Bandhu Banerjee passed away. Who was he?

Ans- Classical Vocalist

                        Olympian and ________ Asian Games gold medal winning football captain Sailendra Nath Manna died.

Ans- : 1951.

          .  At present, _______ districts in the 18 states and 3 Union Territories are converged under National Horticulture Missione.

Ans- 372

                        P.K. Narayana Panicker Passed away on 29 February, 2012. He was a prominent Social leader in _____________

Ans- Kerala

                        Eminent ________ artist-sculptor Sobha Brahma died.

Ans-:  Assamese

        .  Air Marshal Rajinder Singh AVSM VM took over as Air officer Commanding-in-Chief, Training   Command, _____________

Ans-: Bangalore.

                  Ravi Shankar Sharma passed away on March 7, 2012 who was he?

Ans-:  Music director.

          Joy Mukherjee died in Mumbai on March 9, 2012. Who was he?

Ans- Actor.

          India and Indonesia are set to reach their target of trade worth US$25 billion by _________.

Ans- : 2015.

          Who has won the best actress award in the 59^th national Final Awards?

Ans- Vidya Balan. 

                  Who became the first district in the Karnataka to be chosen for the Nirmal Gram puraskar?

Ans- : Dakshina Kannada.

                      The” Nirmal Gram Puraskar” award was instituted in __________ by Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation.

Ans- 2003

                      Which country has clinched the first Women’s Kabaddi World Cup Championship title?

Ans- India.

             Which state Government introduced the Mamoni scheme in the state under the National Rural Health Mission?

Ans- Assam.

             Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina Won his 10^th career ATP by defeating ________ 

Ans- Michaek Llodra.

                      When was first Rail Budget announced?

Ans- November, 1997

            Each year, on 23 March the World Meteorological Organization, its ________ Members and the worldwide meteorological community celebrate, the World meteorological day.

Ans-: 189.

                    Finance Minister R.K. Shanmukham Chetty presented the first budget of a free and independent India in ___________

Ans- 1947-48

                     The Shakshar Bharat Mission was started by the Union Government in __________

Ans-: 2009.

             India is the __________ largest cotton exporter

Ans- Second. 

.                    Gujarat and ____________ are two major cotton producing states.

Ans- Maharashtra.

                      A scheme for financial assistance promotion and strengthening of regional and Local museums is implemented by the Government since __________.

Ans- 1992-93

                     The “Malwa Trophy “is related to which sport?

Ans- Football.

                      The National Commission for Minorities was set up in ________ as a statutory body

.

Ans- 1993

                          In cortex with banking related terms, what is the correct full form of PCR?

Ans- Provisioning Coverage Ratio

                       Census of India 2011 was conducted in _________ phases 

Ans: Two.

             Who has been appointed chairman of the Securities Commission of Malaysia?

       Ans- Ranjit Ajit Singh

                  Which bank appointed Madhukant GIRdharlal Sanghvi as its new chairman?

Ans- Syndicate Bank

                  The World’s longest railway platform in India. Where is it?

Ans- Kharagpur

          Who has been appointed as director (personnel) of power Grid Corporation of India Ltd?

Ans- R.P.Singh

             Where did India’s first metro rail start?

Ans- Kolkata

                      Who has sworn in as the seventh chief minister of Uttarakhand?  

       Ans- Vijay Bahuguna

            Who took oath as chief Minister of Punjab for a record fifth time?

Ans- Prakash Singh Badal

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented his first annual budget in ___________

Ans- : 1982-83.