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Originally Posted by umarahmed View Post
Here are first 30 for June from current affairs vol 2 by rai iqbal

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1. What is the importance of June 30th 2012?
(a) The last minute of 30th June 2012 will be 1 second longer and will be known as ‘leap second’
(b) Russian President set to visit for a maiden bilateral summit
(c) SpaceX Dragon returned to earth to end historic trip recently
(d) None of these
(a) The last minute of 30th June 2012 will be 1 second longer and will be known as ‘leap second’

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2. Name the spacecraft which returned to earth to end historic trip recently.
(a) SpaceX Dragon (b) Discovery
(c) X Man Dragon (d) Dragon Fly
(a) SpaceX Dragon

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3. Which country celebrated Queen’s 60 year reign recently?
(a) United Kingdom (b) Thailand
(c) Canada (d) Brazil
(a) United Kingdom

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4. Irish voters recently backed which pact by large majority by exhibiting final memorandum results?
(a) European Union fiscal pact
(b) European Union Bailout pact
(c) European Union Monterey pact
(d) European Union Health pact
(a) European Union fiscal pact

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5. Who won the 73rd PGA Tour Golf Title 2012?
(a) Tiger Woods (b) Rogen Martar
(c) Wenn John (d) None of these
(a) Tiger Woods

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6. Name the Indian cricketer who took oath as Rajya Sabha MP.
(a) Sachin Tendulkar (b) Rahul Dravid
(c) Yoraj Singh (d) Caple Dav
(a) Sachin Tendulkar

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7. Which Asian stock market hit 28-year low on 4th June 2012?
(a) Tokyo (b) London
(c) New York (d) Paris
(a) Tokyo

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8. The United Nations Human Rights Council votes to condemn the massacre carried out by Syrian forces in the town of Houla, despite Russia, China and Cuba voting against the resolution. Houla massacre incident took place on
(a) June 21, 2012 (b) June 23, 2012
(c) May 25, 2012 (d) June 26, 2012
(c) May 25, 2012

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9. A court in Cairo, Egypt, found former president Hosni Mubarak and former interior minister ______guilty for complicity in the killings of demonstrators in the 2011 revolution that ousted Mubarak and both are sentenced to life in prison.
(a) Habib al-Adly (b) Barry Unsworth
(c) Razan Ghazzawi (d) Nabil Al Arabi
(a) Habib al-Adly

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10. Name the Pakistan Interior Minister who was suspended for dual nationality:
(a) Rehman Malik
(b) Sherien Rehman
(c) Raja Pervez Ashraf
(d) None of these
(a) Rehman Malik

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11. Who won the 21st Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament 2012?
(a) Japan (b) New Zealand
(c) Australia (d) Pakistan
(b) New Zealand

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12. Which country has approved world’s first ‘healthy cola’ for being beneficial to health?
(a) Japan (b) New Zealand
(c) Australia (d) USA
(a) Japan

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13. Which country marked 23rd anniversary of the military crackdown in Tiananmen Square?
(a) Japan (b) Chinaü
(c) Australia (d) USA
(b) China

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14. Which cricketer was recalled by West Indies Cricket Board into One-day squad after 14 month long stand-off?
(a) Ray Bradbury (b) Chris Gayle
(c) Chander Paul (d) Brain Lara
(b) Chris Gayle

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15. Name the psychiatrist and balloonist who took off on the world’s first intercontinental flight in solar-powered plane.
(a) Bertrand Piccard (b) Chris Piccard
(c) Ray Bradbury (d) None of these
(a) Bertrand Piccard

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16. Which planet crossed the sun on 5th June 2012 making one complete orbiter rotation?
(a) Venus (b) Earth
(c) Jupiter (d) Mars
(a) Venus

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17. Name the author of ‘The Twilight Zone’ who passed away recently.
(a) Bertrand Piccard (b) Chris Piccard
(c) Ray Bradbury (d) None of these
(c) Ray Bradbury

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18. International Olympic Committee has announced to live stream free London Olympic Games on which medium to fans in 64 territories across Asia and Africa including India?
(a) Google (b) Youtube
(c) Face Book (d) Hotmail
(b) Youtube

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19. Who is named as Event Ambassador for 2012 World Twenty20?
(a) Malinga (b) Chris Gayle
(c) Chander Paul (d) Brain Lara
(a) Malinga

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20. Name the Lebanese journalist who headed Arab’s newspaper An-Nahar and died recently.
(a) Ghassan Tueni (b) Victoria Zara
(c) Ray Bradbury (d) Habib al-Adly
(a) Ghassan Tueni

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21. Where in the world forced marriage is set to become crime recently?
(a) Britain (b) USA
(c) Pakistan (d) Japan
(a) Britain

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22. Which 2 disease has been identified as top killers around the world by UNICEF in 2012?
(a) Pneumonia and Diarrhea
(b) Pneumonia and AIDs
(c) Fever and Diarrhea
(d) Pneumonia and Dengue
(a) Pneumonia and Diarrhea

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23. Who became the 10th woman in tennis history to win all 4 Grand Slam titles after defeating Italy’s Sara Errani in the French Open 2012?
(a) Maria Sharapova
(b) Serena Williams
(c) Venus Williams
(d) Victoria Zara
(a) Maria Sharapova

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24. Which country is set to launch manned spacecraft in June 2012?
(a) Japan (b) South Korea
(c) China (d) Spain
(c) China

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25. To which Eurogroup the Eurozone finance ministers were willing to respond favourably to the need of 100 billion euros to a bailout request from its troubled banks?
(a) Spain (b) Greece
(c) Cyprus (d) Italy
(a) Spain

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26. What value of bailout did Spain receive recently from European finance ministers?
(a) $125 billion (b) $135 billion
(c) $145 billion (d) $155 billion
(a) $125 billion

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27. Who was Elinor Ostrom?
(a) The first female Nobel Prize laureate in Economics
(b) The first female Nobel Prize laureate in Literature
(c) The first female Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry
(d) The first female Nobel Prize laureate in Physics
(a) The first female Nobel Prize laureate in Economics

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28. Who lead Pakistan’s hockey team in Olympics 2012?
(a) Sohail Abbas
(b) Rehan Butt
(c) Muhammad Wassem
(d) Muhammad Shahbaz
(a) Sohail Abbas


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29. USA exempted which country from Iran’s sanctions?
(a) Japan (b) South Korea
(c) China (d) India
(c) China

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30. What is the importance of June 14th?
(a) World Blood Donor Day
(b) World Children Donor Day
(c) World Woman Day
(d) World heath Day
(a) World Blood Donor Day
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