current affairs 2012

Current Affairs 2012, Objective Current Affairs

Current Events 2012

Objective Current Affairs
Q. She started her career as an IFS officer and was unanimously elected the 15th Lok Sabha Speaker. She was elected to Lok Sabha and representing a constituency in the state of:   1 Jharkhand   2 Madhya Pradesh   3 Bihar   4 West Bengal     Ans: 3
Q. Who among the following is the author of the book "My Country, My Life?   1 A.P.J. Abdul Kalam   2 Atal Bihari Vajpayee   3 L.K. Advani   4 Shashi Tharoor     Ans: 3
Q. In the year 2012, which actor bagged the Best Actor Award at the 59th National Film Awards?   1 Ranbir Kapoor   2 Appu Kutty   3 Girish KulKarni   4 Hrithik Roshan     Ans: 3
Q. Emomali Rahmon recently visited India is the president of   1 Turkmenistan   2 Russia   3 Republic of Tajikistan   4 Turkey     Ans: 3
Q. Who is the UN Messengers of Peace   1 Aishwarya Rai Bachchan   2 Michael Douglas   3 Monique Coleman   4 Elie Wiesel     Ans: 2
Q. Kaushik Basu the ex-economic adviser of PM recently in news, appointed as   1 President of IMF   2 President of World Bank   3 Economic Adviser of UNO   4 Chief Economist of World Bank     Ans: 4
Q. The UN theme for the 2012 International Day of Peace is   1 Sustainable Peace   2 Sustainable Future   3 Sustainable Peace for a Sustainable Future.   4 None of the above     Ans: 3
Q. The year by which India is expected to achieve total sanitation coverage, as per the Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India is -   1 2017   2 2015   3 2018   4 2019     Ans: 1
Q. Which film actress has been selected as the brand ambassador of Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan?   1 Priyanka Chopra   2 Aishwarya Roy   3 Vidya Balan   4 Katrina Kaif     Ans: 3
Q. The joint exercise carried out by the Army and the Indian Air Force in the desert of Rajasthan is named -   1 Neptune   2 Malabar 2012   3 Exercise Shoorveer   4 Bhumi Raksha   Objective Current Affairs Q. For which region of the country the Union Government has cleared a 8,500 crore project under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)?   1 North eastern region   2 Gorkhaland   3 Bundelkhand   4 Naxalite-affected districts     Ans: 4 Q. As per data released by Indian statistical organisation in May 2012, India's Industrial production declined by 3.5 per cent in March 2012, the chief factor behind this decline is -   1 Surplus rain   2 Contraction in manufacturing and mining output   3 Devaluation of rupee   4 Eurozone crisis     Ans: 2 Q. Recently Wikipedia city Monmouth has been built. In which city is it located?   1 Australia   2 Canada   3 South Africa   4 USA     Ans: 4 Q. United States has decided to ease the stiff economic and diplomatic sanctions imposed on which country and appointed envoy to her after 22 years?   1 Sri Lanka   2 Myanmar   3 South Africa   4 South Sudan     Ans: 2 Q. The Government has launched a scheme called _____ for encourages and enables Overseas Indian Workers to save for their return and resettlement and to save for their old age by providing a co-contribution from the Government, is   1 Indira Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana   2 Pravasi Suraksha Yojana   3 Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana   4 Rajiv Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana     Ans: 3 Q. Who was the father of Operation Flood?   1 APJ Abdul Kalam   2 M. S. Swaminathan   3 Dr Verghese Kurien   4 KPS Gill     Ans: 3 Q. 16th NAM Summit recently held at   1 Singapore   2 Cairo   3 Teheran   4 Manila     Ans: 3 Q. Who is the winner of US Open Tennis 2012 in women section?   1 Victoria Azarenka   2 Venus Williams   3 Samantha Stosur   4 Serena Williams     Ans: 4 Q. Who is the winner of US Open Tennis 2012 men section?   1 Novak Djokovic   2 Andy Murray   3 Roger Federer   4 Rafel Nadal     Ans: 2 Q. Vedanta Alumina is a company operating in the area of   1 Mining   2 Textiles   3 Banking   4 Cement     Ans: 1 Objective Current Affairs Q. Which of the following is used as a fuel in Nuclear power stations in India?   1 Tin   2 Thorium   3 Copper   4 All of these     Ans: 2 Q. In which one of the following States was the first UID card issued?   1 Maharashtra   2 Assam   3 Manipur   4 West Bangal     Ans: 1 Q. Expand the term MGNREGA.   1 Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act   2 Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Generation Agency   3 Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Generation Act   4 None of these     Ans: 1 Q. Which one of the following States has passed a legislation to confiscate the property of corrupt officials and to open schools in these properties?   1 Bihar   2 Jharkhand   3 Rajasthan   4 Haryana     Ans: 1 Q. In which one of the following States, Jaitapur Nuclear Power plant is proposed to be set up?   1 Haryana   2 Maharashtra   3 Orissa   4 Karnataka     Ans: 2 Q. The Eleventh 'Five-Year Plan' of India is for the Five years ranging from?   1 2007-2012   2 2009-2014   3 2008-2013   4 None of these     Ans: 1 Q. The Government of India provides direct financial support to which of the following schemes?   1 Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana   2 Packing Credit Guarantee Scheme   3 ULIP   4 All of the above     Ans: 1 Q. The Reserve Bank does not have an office in   1 Gulbarga   2 Kanpur   3 Jaipur   4 Bhopal     Ans: 1 Q. Which one of the following is the objective of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)issued by the Government?   1 To ensure that Companies take steps for rehabilitation of project-affected people   2 To ensure that Companies use some of their profits for educating the project-affected people   3 To ensure that Companies provide health care to project-affected people   4 None of these     Ans: 1 Q. The disease which has been declared by the Union Government to be a mandatorily notifiable in order to provide better diagnosis and treatment and reduce its transmission is -   1 Tuberculosis   2 Diabetes   3 Malaria   4 Cancer     Ans: 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...   Ans: 3