Current Affairs September 2012 76. The Oil and gas exploration and production company Cairn Energy plc sold 8 per cent stake in Cairn India for a net realization of about US Dollar 910 million. The cairn energy is based at (a) UK (b) Germany (c) France (d) Australia Answer: (a) UK 77. TVS Motors on 28 September 2012 launched a new 125 cc Motorcycle in market .The Motorcycle is named by (a) TVS Phoenix (b) TVS Flame (c) TVS Jive (d) TVS Apache RTR Answer: (a) TVS Phoenix 78. Tech Mahindra acquired 51% stake in Bharti group owned mobile value added service (VAS) provider limited for 260 crore. What is the name of that value added service provider? (a) Comviva Technologies (b) Bharti Airtel (c) Infratel Ltd. (d) Vodafone services Answer: (a) Comviva Technologies 79. 25 percent stake of Axis bank subsidiary, Axis Asset Management Company was acquired by Schroder Singapore Holdings. The company is largest asset management company of which country? (a) USA (b) UK (c) Canada (d) Switzerland Answer: (b) UK 80. Name the country in which Tata Steel won a high-speed Rail Contract of Value Rs 315.15 Crore . (a) Germany (b) Japan (c) China (d) France Answer: (d) France 81.HCL Technologies signed a multi-million dollar deals with the Texas-based Semi-conductor and embedded processing solution providing company. Name the company. (a)Freescale (b)Dallas Semiconductor (c)Tri Quint (d)Texas Instrument Answer: (a) Freescale 82.Name the airline which has emerged to be the top ranked carrier for consecutive second month (a)Jet Airways (b)Spice Jet (c)Indigo Airlines (d)Air India Answer: (c) Indigo Airlines 83.On 10 September 2012, Infosys acquired Switzerland based global management consultancy firm, which is considered to be the largest acquisition by Infosys till date. Name the firm acquired. (a) Lodestone (b) Adecco (c) Dartfish (d) Ricola Answer: (a) Lodestone 84.Information training company NIIT Ltd partnered with which Software company on 12 September 2012 for courses in Cloud computing? (a) IBM (b) Microsoft (c) Infosys (d) Wipro Answer: (b) Microsoft 85.A production- Sharing Contract (PSC) was signed by Australian BHP Billiton and UK’s based global energy and Natural Gas Company on 10 September 2010. Name the UK based company. (a) Salamander energy (b) London Marine Consultants (c) Falkland Oil and Gas (d) BG Group Answer: (d) BG Group 86.Which State-owned Indian Bank opened its first branch in South Africa in a move to enhance the relationship between South Africa and India? (a) Bank of India (b) Union bank of India (c) Punjab National bank (d) ICICI Bank Answer (a) Bank of India 87.Larsen & Turbo integrated its L&T Engineering Services with IT business L&T InfoTech for igniting growth rate of the company in technical arena. The company’s newly restructured cluster is rebranded by name as: (a)L&T Technology Services (b)L&T Info engineering Services (c)L&T Tech Engineering Services (d)L&T Tech and Solution services Answer (a) L&T Technology Services 88. Name the steel and power Company which has acquired Canadian Energy Firm CIC for Rs 650 Crore. (a)Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (b)Hira Steel and Power Ltd (c)Nandan Steel and Power Ltd (d)Essar Group of company Answer: (a) Jindal Steel and Power Ltd 89.Bharat electronic limited entered into a joint venture with French Energy Solution Company to manufacture radars for civilian and defense purpose. Name the French company. (a)GDF Suez (b)Thales (c)Dalkia (d)Areva NC Answer: (b) Thales 90.Tata Consultancy Service signed in an agreement of 103 crore to provide ICT Solution for MGNREGS in which State? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Bihar (c) West Bengal (d) Punjab Answer: (c) West Bengal 91.Name the Industry Leader who is nominated to Competition Commission Eminent Persons Advisory Group (EPAG) by the Union government of India. (a)Deepak Parekh (b)Narayan Murthy (c)Kiran Mazumdar Shaw (d)VN Kaul Answer: (a) Deepak Parekh 92.Which call centre service provider company was acquired by Tech Mahindra with a deal of $87.1 Million? (a)Fusion BPO Services (b)Hutchinson Global Services (c)Intelnet (d)Exl services Answer: (b) Hutchinson Global Services 93.A new strain of rice developed by the scientists, which can enhance the productivity in the soil that lacks a nutrient content. Name the nutrient, lack of which effects crop yield. (a)Sulphur (b)Oxygen (c)Phosphorous (d)Carbon Answer: (c) Phosphorous 94.Name the two planets that came together in the Western sky on 15 August 2012 after sunset. (a)Mars and Saturn (b)Earth and Mars (c)upiter and Saturn (d)Venus and Earth Answer: (a) Mars and Saturn 95.)The identified singing mice that use songs to communicate are found in which region? (a)The Himalayan terrain (b)The tropical cloud forests in the mountains of Costa Rica (c) On the volcanic plates of Pacific (d)Greenland Answer: (b) The tropical cloud forests in the mountains of Costa Rica 96.Name the NASA’s Robert that has recently touched the surface of Mars (a)Rover Curiosity (b)Gale Crater (c)Martian home (d)Calif Answer: (a) Rover Curiosity 97. Name the process that will be applied for transferring the gene of the newly developed Stained Rice to the modern variety of rice (a)Cross-Breeding (b)Genetic Engineering (c)Hybridization (d)None of these Answer: (a) Cross-Breeding 98) Which of the following is not a brand owned by Shahnaz Hussain? A) Veda Dynamics B) Kaya Skin clinics C) Shahnaz Herbal D) Forever Beautiful Ans) B- Kaya Skin clinics Which of the following is not a snack brand owned by PepsiCo Company Frito Lay? A) Lays B) Bingo C) Kurkure D) Uncle Chipps Ans)B- Bingo 99.Which beer giant operates in India through its 100% owned subsidiary South Asia Breweries? A) Carlsberg B) AnheuserBusch C) Heineken D) Scottish & Newcastle Ans) Carlsberg 100.Who has been ranked by Time Magazine as the most powerful woman of the past century? A) Mother Teresa B) Indira Gandhi C) Jane Adams D) Golda Meir Ans) Jane Adams 101.Justice Soumitra Sen of the Calcutta High court is the second judge in the country history to face removal proceedings in Parliament. Who was the first? A) Gautam Ghosh B) B. Sudhakar C) V. Ramaswamy D) Kunal Kishore Ans) V. Ramaswamy 102.The book ‘Building A World Class Civil Service for 21st century India’ is written by A) Arun de Souza B) Ian Harris C) S.K. Das D) Devesh Kapur Ans) S.K. Das 103.Which of the following places has been removed from UN list of unresolved disputes? A) Taiwan B) Tibet C) J&K D) Arunachal Pradesh Ans) J&K 104.Which of the following is not a member of Shanghai Cooperation Organization? A) Russia B) Kazakhstan C) Uzbekistan D) South Korea Ans) South Korea 105.The Head Quarters of NATO is situated at A) Vienna, Norway B) New York, USA C) Brussels, Belgium D) Seoul, South Korea Ans) Brussels, Belgium 106.International Day for Tolerance is observed on A) November 10 B) November 16 C) November 24 D) November 28 Ans) November 16 Its https://facebook/Students.First.Choice Hey Girls & Guys Its The Exact Time For All To Stay Up Do Dates With The Most Important Page Students Of Bengal Invite Your Friends & Like The Page Fast #Omar
Posted on: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 03:01:21 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015