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01. Who won the Miss International title 2012? - Miss Japan Ikumi Yoshimatsu

02. Who won the French Open Super Series 2012 beating Saina Nehwal? - Minatsu Mitani

03. Which bank in India got the Banking Technology excellence Award recently? - South Indian Bank

04. Who were the Nobel Prize winners of 2012 in Chemistry? - Robert J Lefkowitz & Brian K Kobilka (For complete list of Nobel Prize winners 2012 refer older posts)

05. Which organization was awarded the Nobel Prize for peace in 2012? - European Union (EU)

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

07. Recently, who is conferred with the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award? - Tessy Thomas

08. Who is the new External Affairs Minister? -  Salman Khurshid

09. Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of the National Cricket Selection Committee? - Sandeep Patil

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

11. Who won the gold medal in 100m race at the 2012 London Olympics with a record time of 9.63 seconds?-  Ussain Bolt

12. Who has been elected as the new Prime Minister of Georgia? - Bidzina Ivanishvili

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

14. Which Indian cricketer was recently conferred with’ order of Australia’ honour by Australian Government? -  Sachin Tendulkar

15. Which day is observed on 5th October 2012 by the film world? - Global James Bond Day

16. Who is named as it’s female athlete of the year by the European Athletics Federation? - Jessica Ennis

17. Who is the brand ambassador of the Nirmal Bharat Yatra, which has began on October 3 by the Government of India? -  Vidya Balan

18. Which application was launched by the Indian Railways on 10th October 2012 to track the position of train? - Rail Radar

19. Name the Indian (Malayalee) who appointed as Supreme Court Judge in Singapore? -  Sundaresh Menon

20. Name the country that India signed an agreement for the modernisation of Indian Railways on August 2012? - Belgium

21. How many medals were won by India in the 2012 London Olympics? - 6

22. Name the event that was for the first time included in the London Olympics 2012? - Women’s Boxing

23. World Teacher’s Day is observed on which date? - October 5

24. Recently in which Pakistan city, Shadman Chowk is renamed as Bhagat Singh Chowk? - Lahore

25. Who is appointed as the new Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India? - Justice Altamas Kabir