General Awareness August 2012

1.Full form of ASEAN ?

     Association of South East Asian Nations

2.Last ASEAN summit was held at ?

    Cambodia,Phnom Penh(20th)

3.Foreign minister of Cambodia ?

     Hor Namhong

4.Who is the new Home Minister of India?

      Sushil k.Shindae

5.Who is the India's 13th president ?

     Mr. Pranab Mukerjee

6.How many votes Mr.Mukerjee scored ?

       3095(value 713763)

7.Mr.Sangma, who contested aganist Mr Mukerjee in president election belonged to which party earlier ?

      NCP

8.How much rupees is allocated to ICDS in the 12th five year plan ?

          44000 crore rupees

9.What is the full form of ICDS ?

       Integrated Child Health Plan

10.According to latest education development index(EDI) which state comes first ?

      Puduchery 

11.Who is the prime minister of Singapore ?

       Lee Heisn Loong

12.Eurozone nations agreed for a bailout of $122 billion for which country bank ?

       Spain

13.Latest member to WTO(world trade organisation) ?
         Russia

14.How many years Russia negotiated from join to WTO ?
       18 years

15.Recently which countries signed anti rebel pact aimed at eliminating anti rebels  ?
       D.R Congo & Rawanda

16.President of D.R Congo ?
     Mr.Jospeph Kabila

17.President of Rawanda ?  
  Mr. Paul kangame

18.The name of US ship which arrived in Cuba after 50 years in Havana Bay ?
       Ana Cecilia

19.Which country celebrate one year of Independence july 9 ?
      South Sudan

20.New Prime minister of Egypt /
       Heshman Kandil

21.The score Gagan Narang in Olympic games in London for bronze ?
       701.1

22.The first gold medal winner in Olympics 2012 London ?
         Yi Siling (China)

23.Which American women make history by winning gold for five consecutive years ?
         Kimberley Rhode(Skeet shooting)

24.Kulandei Francis was named as one of the Magsaysay award winner,name of his self help group ?
       Integrated Village Development Project (Tamil nadu)

25.New chief minister of Karnataka ?
       Jagadish Shettar

26.Salary of Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer ?
             $70 million

27.Wimbledon 2012 winners
       Men's singles - Roger Federer (swis)
       Women's singles - Serena williams(USA)
      Mixed Doubles -Lisa Raymond and Mike Brayan of USA
      Women's Doubles - William's sisters
       Men's Doubles -Jonathan Marray and Fredrik Nielsen

28.Hungarian Grand Prix winner ?
      Mc Laren's Lewis Hamilton of Britain

29.German Grand Prix winner ?
     Ferrari's  Fernando Alonso of Spain

30.British Grand Prix winner  ?
      Red bull's Mark Webber of Australia ?

31.Chairman of GAAR ?
       Parthasarathi Shome

32.Australis largest source of permanent migrants ?
         India

33.How many Indian Words are included in the new Oxford Dictionary ?
         200

34.Fukuoka Prize winner 2012 ?
    Vandana Shiva  (culture)

35.Full form of GAAR ?
    General Anti Avoidance Rule

36.Author of Turning Points ?
     Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam

37.Ghana's new President ?
      Jhon D Mahama

38.New US ambassador Myanmar ?
       Derek J Mitchel