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 Current Affairs questions for competition exams

 

1. The union government of India on 1 February 2012 gave the approval for setting up a National Council for Senior Citizens. It will be headed by the minister of____a) External Affairs
b) Social Justice and Empowerment
c) Home
d) Finance

Answer: (b) Social Justice and Empowerment

2.  As per the latest Sample registration System( SRS) bulletin, December 2011 released by the Registrar General of India(RGI), it is noted that Infant Mortality Rate(IMR) dropped further from __ to __ infant deaths per 1000 live births during 2010.a) 50; 47
b) 52; 49
c) 53; 48
d) 48; 47

Answer: (a) 50; 47

3. In the period from January to November 2011, Sri Lanka received just over 7.5 lakh tourists. Of this, over 1.5 lakh were Indians. Indians constituted about what per cent of the tourists to Sri Lanka in 2011?a.    20%
b.    11%
c.    27%
d.    31%

Answer: (a)

4. The Review Committee on the Delhi School Education Act and Rules 1973 submitted its report to Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on 30 January 2012. Which of the following facts are not true in this regard?

1.    The committee was chaired by legal expert Manish Kumar Gaur. The other members of the committee were Abha Joshi and Shailja Chandra.
2.    The committee’s report is aimed at bringing about purposeful amendments to the Act and related rules
3.     The committee, constituted in April 2011 was mandated to examine all issues related to DSEAR-73
4.    It suggested a new concept of conducting school inspections with the primary focus being on the learning outcomes of children.
a.    2 & 3
b.    3 & 4
c.    Only 3
d.    Only 1

Answer: (d)

5.    Freedom fighter and one of the doyens of Indian diplomacy who was an architecht of of the 1971 Indo-Soviet Treaty passed away in New Delhi on 31 january 2012. Identify him.a.    A K Damodaran
b.    Prakash Shah
c.    Bali Ram Bhagat
d.    Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra

Answer: (a)

6.    Which electronic gadget maker predicting a fourth consecutive year of losses, named Kazuo Hirai as chief executive officer, replacing Howard Stringer?a.    Sony
b.    Samsung Electronics
c.    Videocon
d.    Hitachi

Answer: (a)

7.    Binani Industries, the holding company of Braj Binani group, cquired a Belgian fibreglass company for 275 million euros. The Belgian company is a leading manufacturer of fibreglass in Europe. Name the Belgian company.1.    1B
2.    2B
3.    3B
4.    F2B

Answer: ©

8.    Which state run company signed an agreement with its trade unions for increase in the wages under which minimum guaranteed benefit would be 25% of gross?a.    BHEL
b.    CIL
c.    IOC
d.    ONGC

Answer: (b)

9.    Which of the following banks filed a criminal complaint against Sterling Biotech, and its six directors, for allegedly defaulting on repayments on credit facilities provided by the public sector lender?a.    State Bank of Travancore
b.    State Bank of Mysore
c.    State Bank of Patiala
d.    State Bank of Indore

Answer: (b)

10.    Shailesh Rao, managing director (media & platforms) at Google’s Asia-Pacific operations, left the world’s biggest Internet search company to set up the international business of which of the following companies?a.    Yahoo
b.    Rediffmail
c.    Skype
d.    Twitter

Answer: (d)

11) Which state government came out with a set of explict instructions on grating relaxation to children with special needs(CWSN) during their class and board examinations on October 1, 2012

1) Bihar

2) Odisha
3) West Bengal
4) Jharkhand

Ans 2

12) Which state governemnt in October 7, 2012 decided to provide free foodgrains to members of the ToTo community, one of the country's oldest tribes, which is facing extinction?

1) West Bengal
2) Chhattisgarh
3) Jharkhand
4) Tripura

Ans 1

13) The Kerala Cabinet on october 3, 2012 gave the nod for setting up Kerala Monorail corporation Limited to implement the monorail projects in

1) Kozhikode
2) Thiruvananthapuram
3) Ernakulam
4) only 1 and 2

Ans 4

14) Which State Cabinet on Octonber 6, 2012 approved a proposal for re-organisation of the state exercise Department which will generate more resources for the governemnt and check use of illicit liquor?

1) Uttar Pradesh
2) Haryana
3) Delhi
4) West Bengal

Ans 1

15) The western India football Association(WIFA) entered into a 120 year aggreement worth Rs 100 Crore with sporting Ace Pvt. ltd(SAPL) in October 2012 for developing the game in

1) Maharashtra
2) Gujarat
3) Bihar
4) Delhi

Ans 1

16) President Pranab Mukherjee, in October 2012 announced which stste of India to be the first destination for the second Green revolution?

1) Bihar
2) odisha
3) Assam
4) West Bengal

Ans 1

17) Which state Cabinet in October 2012 gave its node for an aggrenment with INTACH for conservation and refurbishment work of 16 monuments in the stste?

1) Punjab
2) Assam
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Delhi

Ans 4

18) The Election Commission of India on October 7, 2012 asked which government to stop distribution of carry-bags free of cost, to PDS  consumers with the Picture of the former Prime Minister A.B .Vijpayee in scribed on them?

1) Madhya Pradesh
2) Karnataka
3) Gujarat
4) Himachal Pradesh

Ans 4

19) The third Unit of TATA Power's Ultra Mega Power(UMPP) at Mundra was synchronized with the grid in October 2012, Which stste is in reference here

1) Maharashtra
2) Gujarat
3) Rajasthan
4) West Bengal

Ans 2

20) Which State government decided in october 2012 that the use of Paint with toxic chemicals on clay idols will be banned in from the 2013 as toxic chemicals used in the paints are insoluble?

1) Bihar
2) Karnataka
3) Rajasthan
4) West Bengal

Ans 4

21) Which State of India claimed in October 2012 to be facing the worst distress situation since 1970 due to poor South-West monsoon?

1) Gujarat
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Karnataka
4) Jharkhand

Ans 3

22) Which State government in October 2012 abolished the compulsory Rural Service(CRS) for medical students, the provision which had led to a series of agitations by medicos in the past few years?
1) Goa
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Karnataka
4) Kerala

Ans 4