Saturday, 15 December 2012

Current Affairs August 2012 Answers

Politics :      1. Hamid Ansari 2. Equador 3. Kofi Anan 4. PJ Kurien 5. Myanmar 6. Pakistan
        7.       Tehran, Iran

Sports : 1. Vijay Kumar won the silver medal in the 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol event
2.      Sushil Kumar, in 60 kg wrestling  3.       Yogeshwar Dutt
4.       Saina Nehwal  5.       MC Mary Kom  6.       Serena Williams of the USA
7.       Michael Phelps, the US swimmer for winning 22 medals including 18 gold medals
8.       Andy Murray  of Great Britain 9.       Usain Bolt of Jamaica in 9.63 seconds
10.       Usain Bolt oF Jamaica in 100m, 200, and 4 x 100m relay
11.   VVS Laxman 12.   MC Mary Kom 13.   Hashim Amla of South Africa
14.   India beat Australia to lift the U-19 World Cup
15.   Unmukt Chand  16. The USA   17. Delhi   
18. England’s test team captain Andrew Strauss

Entertainment : 1. A K Hangal

Miscellaneous :  1. Mexico   2. Raghuram Rajan    3. His nephew Anand Mahindra                             4. Syed Nasim Ahmad Zaidi, the former Civil Aviation secretary        
5. Rear Admiral G Ashok Kumar 
6. Sarod exponent Amjad Ali Khan, vocalist Girija Devi and famous writer Ruskin Bond                      7. Tourism activities in core tiger reserves          8. Delhi government

Science and Technology : 1. A Mars Orbiter to study the various aspects related to Mars
 2. Neil Alden Armstrong        3. Lakshya-1       4. Curiosity

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