General Knowledge and Current Affairs - 04

• 2012 is a leap year which is also the International year for Cooperatives, International year for Sustainable Energy for All.

• "Think Different" is an advertising slogan created for Apple Computer in 1997 by the Los Angeles office of advertising agency TBWA.

• Five finger discount is term used for shoplifting or stealing.

• Duvvuri Subbarao is the current head of Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

• Muhammad bin Tughlug was succeeded by Firuz Shah Tughlug in 1351 AD.

• Second Battle of Panipat - 1556 AD.

• Akbar conquered Gujarat in 1573 AD.

• In 1929 Alexander Flemming made a discovery that the fungus penicillium could produce an antibacterial substance, which he called penicillin.

• The term antibiotic was coined by Selman Waksman in 1942.

• Bacterial photosynthesis does not use water.

• Fungi consists of eukaryotic cells.

• 2012 Olympic Games are scheduled to take place in London from 27th July to 12 August 2012.

• 6th Central Pay Commission comprised a Chairman and 3 Members.

• May 31 - Anti Tobacco Day.

• First automobile industry in India was, Premier automobiles ltd at Kurla (Mumbai) in the year 1947.

• Birth place of Micheal Anjelo - Italy.

• Sikkim became a new state in the year? 1975.

• From where was the word "Congress" borrowed? North American History.

• SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India)was established in the year 1988 and became autonomous in 1992.

• Indian Marriage Acts: Hindu - 1955, Muslim - 1939, Christian - 1872

• Panama Canal connects the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean.

• Headquarters of the International Red Cross Society is situated in Geneva.

• 2012 Chennai Open Tennis: India's Leander Paes, Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic won doubles crown; Canada's Milos Raonic captured singles title.

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