Current affairs 2012 for All Competitive exams | Current Affairs June 2012

Who won the French Open 2012 men's title?
Ans- Rafael Nadal

Who was presented with Wisden India Outstanding Achievement award?
Ans- Sachin Tendulkar for completing a century of 100 international hundreds

Who will lead Indian hockey team in Olympics 2012?
Ans- Bharat Chetri

Which university signed MoU with Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) to establish a Hindi Chair in South China?
Ans- Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (GDUFS)

Where have scientists discovered the largest ever under-ice bloom of phytoplankton?
Ans- Under the Arctic ice

USA exempted India from which country's sanctions?
Ans- Iran

Name the 5-day film festival that is to be organised by Entertainment Society of Goa in collaboration with Directorate of Film Festivals and National Film Archive of India.
Ans- Cinema Out of the Box

Name the Operating system and mobile Operating system version that Apple announced at the 23rd annual developers conference WWDC (World Wide Developers Conference).
Ans- Mountain Lion and iOS6

Which Qatar-based bank is expected to start India operations?
Ans- Doha Bank

Which search engine has signed a deal with Encyclopedia Britannica to bring richer content to its search results?
Ans- Microsoft search engine Bing

Who is appointed as Brand Ambassador of TVS Motor?
Ans - Anushka Sharma

Which company exported 100 'Falcon' buses to Ghana?
Ans- Ashok Leyland

Name the SVB Financial Group's banking unit which is set to open its first international branch in London.
Ans- Silicon Valley Bank

Which Indian company is set to enter dairy business from 2013?
Ans- Sahara India

Where does inflation stand as of May 2012?
Ans- 7.55%

In which movie actor Sridevi is set to make a comeback?
Ans- English Vinglish

Which state Government recently awarded Indian hockey team for qualifying to London Olympics 2012?
Ans- Haryana

Which states will 'Gandhi Peace Bus' tour, to conclude at Mangalore in July 2012?
Ans- Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka

What is the importance of June 14th?
Ans- World Blood Donor Day

In which year Government of Orissa declared filmmaking as an industry?
Ans- 1974

Which traditional sport of Sikkim is set to get an academy?
Ans- Archery

Name the first Northeast state to have IIIT (Indian Institute of Information Technology).
Ans- Tripura

Which global financial services firm has termed Indian economy is facing stagflation?
Ans- Moody's

Name the Tagore literary awardees for the different genres of novels, poetry, short stories and drama between 2007-2009.
Ans- Sheel Kolambkar for Geera (Konkani)
Jagdish Prasad Mandal for Gaamak Jingi (Maithili)
Akkitham Achyutham Nambudiri for Anthimahakaalam
(Malayalam)N.Kunjamohan Singh for Eina Kenge Kenba Natte (Manipuri)
Indramani Darnal for Krishna Krishna (Nepali) and
Arjan Hasid for Na Ien Na (Sindhi)
Amitav Ghosh for Sea of Poppies (English)


 
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