Current Affairs October 2012 :- Persons

Current Affairs October 2012,Kerala PSC Current Affairs questions

1.Who is appointed as the new Vice Chancellor of Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)?
Ans. Gopinath Pradhan

2.Who is the executive director of United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women?
Ans. Michelle Bachelet

3. Who has been elected as the new Prime Minister of Georgia?
Ans. Bidzina Ivanishvili

4. Who is the non resident Indian settled in Colarado in US, has been proposed to the Nobel Peace Prize by the US government?
Ans. Malireddy Srinivasulu

5.Who is the author of the novel “The Casual Vacancy”?
Ans. J.K Rowling

6.Who had led the controversial Operation Blue Star in Amritsar in 1984 and is recently in news because of attacks on him?
Ans. Kuldeep Singh Brar

7. Who has been recently re-elected as President of World Squash Federation?
Ans. N. Ramachandran

8. Who is conferred with the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award?
Ans. Tessy Thomas

9.Who is the present President of the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU)?
Ans. Abdelwahad Radi

10. Who is the head of the government appointed panel on legislative reforms in the financial sector?
Ans. B.N Srikrishna

11. Who is the winner of 27th Indira Gandhi Award for National integration?
Ans. Gulzar

12. Who is the winner of Vallathol Award 2012?
Ans. Yusafali Kechery

13. Who is the winner of Vayalar Ramavarma Literary Award 2012?
Ans. Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri

14. The 6th October 2012 marks the 125th birth anniversary of Le Corbusier, the Swiss-born French Architect. Which Indian city was designed by him?
Ans. Chadigarh

15. Name the Indian cartoonist who was detained in Mumbai on charges of sedition?
Ans. Assem Trivedi

16. Who were the Nobel Prize winners of 2012 in Medicine?
Ans. Sir. John Gurdon & Shinya Yamanka

17. Who were the Nobel Prize winners of 2012 in physics ?
Ans. Serge Haroche & David J Wineland

18. On 7th October 2012, who won his countries presidential election for a third time and a historically high turnout and now will start a fourth term as President of Venezuela?
Ans. Hugo Chavez

19.Who were the Nobel Prize winners of 2012 in Chemistry?
Ans. Robert J Lefkowitz & Brian K Kobilka

20. Who is the Nobel Prize winners of 2012 in Literature?
Ans. Mo Yan(Guan Moye)

21. Which organization was awarded the nobel prize for peace in 2012?
Ans. European Union (EU)

22. Who is named as it‟s female athlete of the year by the European Athletics Federation?
Ans. Jessica Ennis

23.Who is the brand ambassador of the Nirmal Bharat Yatra, which has began on October 3?
Ans. Vidya Balan

24.The T.L Shankar Committee report deals with which sector?
Ans. Coal Sector

25. Name the Malayalee who appointed as Supreme Court Judge in Singapore?
Ans. Sundaresh Menon

26. Who is appointed as the new Defence Secretary of Pakistan?
Ans. Left. Gen. (Rtd) Aasif Yasin Malik

27. Who is the new Home Minister of India?
Ans. Sushil Kumar Shinde

28. Who wrote the Book „Pakistan Beyond the crises State‟?
Ans. Dr. Mahila Lodhi

29. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of Competition Commission on India?
Ans. Ashok Chawla

30.Hameed Ansari is the second person to hold the position of India‟s Vice President twice. Who was the first person?
Ans. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

31. Who is appointed as deputy Chief Minister of Manipur?
Ans. Gaikhanagam

32. Who won the Miss International title 2012?
Ans. Miss Japan Ikumi Yoshimatsu



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